wow Big Love Rocket Renamed to X-45 Heartbreaker in Patch 9.1.5

[Stan 5,021]

Blizzard has renamed the Big Love Rocket from the Love is in the Air event into X-45 Heartbreaker and the Twin Consorts Throne of Thunder encounter in this week’s 9.1.5 PTR build.

Achievements

• Big Love Rocket was renamed to X-45 Heartbreaker.
  • Obtain the X-45 Heartbreaker from Apothecary Hummel in Shadowfang Keep during Love is in the Air.

Items

• Big Love Rocket was renamed to X-45 Heartbreaker.

Raids

• We also discovered a change to the Throne of Thunder Twin Consorts encounter. It’s now called Twin Empyreans. The associated loot has been renamed too.

In an effort to remove inappropriate references from the game, in Patch 9.1.5 alone, Blizzard renamed multiple achievements, Mac'Aree to Eredath, desexualized some Vanilla paintings, and changed a word in their API source code.

[PepperAmmy 34]

oh for *filtered* sake... there is going too far then there is this *filtered*

[Dejo93 984]

As a representative of the Taliban, I would like to thank Blizzard for sharing our values

 

Inshallah

[Arcling 877]

Even that rocket was too offensive? If ToT bosses are too much, then I wonder what they are going to do about certain section of Black Temple. There was also Karazhan with its mistresses. Are they going to change these too?

[Elfomal 55]

FINALLY THEY RENAMED THE ROCKET!!!! 

 

IT REALLY WAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE WOW EVER HAD, NOW I FEEL THAT EVERYTHING IS SOLVED!

 

Ps: Yes, its sarcasm.

[BobTheHuman 72]

In the next 9.1.5 update Twin Empyrean will be dressed in stylish Hazmat suits and during Love is the Air event will be seen alongside Princess Theradras and Therazane, occasionally spawning in major cities and busting a move on Prodigy - Fat of the Land in their search for true love.

-Blizzard

[SidonisAntares 288]

Okay I'm convinced that the firm they hired to clean themselves up is listing anything even remotely perverted (whether offensive or not, some obviously is) and the devs are renaming it out of fear.

Also, they forgot something:

[CheLives 6]

As someone has held the same job continuously for over 30 years...yes things have changed.

 

However, NO, none of that would have EVER been allowed even 16 years ago in the workplace.

Blizzard is a workplace. The rules apply to them. This not about players, it's about the workplace.

[Calorat 78]

47 minutes ago, CheLives said:

As someone has held the same job continuously for over 30 years...yes things have changed.

 

However, NO, none of that would have EVER been allowed even 16 years ago in the workplace.

Blizzard is a workplace. The rules apply to them. This not about players, it's about the workplace.

this is still a media company though and if restrictions are going to be placed on what they can use for naming and storytelling it's not a good sign.  I mean the name of the game is world of warcraft  you don't think people find war offensive????

[Calorat 78]

How soon until Thrall is removed from the game or completely changed to Go'el everywhere??  I mean this seems way overboard and isn't going to help cause newsflash to the company the name Activision-Blizzard will forever be tied to *filtered* harassment/assault now so you probably better go ahead and change that name too.  I mean when people are going around saying  stuff like " I Act-Blizzed that chick at the bar last night"  you aren't going to make em forget by changing the names of items and NPCs

[Halock 156]

3 hours ago, Arcling said:

Even that rocket was too offensive? If ToT bosses are too much, then I wonder what they are going to do about certain section of Black Temple. There was also Karazhan with its mistresses. Are they going to change these too?

And Dreadscar Rift. And Boralus.

Consort is another one of those overcorrections. Here in the UK it's a familiar title that is still lined up for use. Yes, it has a baser meaning -- but I thought that was why ToT used it. It trod the line carefully, making you wonder. 

But no. Consortaths.

[cakeman100 1]

this makes my boomer parents very happy. this aligns with their christian values.

[Guz 20]

it will always be known as the *filtered* mount

[dangjerk 1]

So guys can't even try to get laid anymore?

Talk about population control.

[Calin 45]

I'm just happy that blizzard isn't in control of the borderlands franchise.
They would've straight out remove moxxi from the game I reckon.

[Perak 23]

Its just going from one extreme to another -.-

[Nayrusa 50]

they certainly missing the point but okay

now i really wonder when they kill the smogs

[Raffinaddi 18]

Funny how they still are tonedeaf. Exemplifying the Madonna-Prostitute complex they have by going from one extreme to the other.

Edited September 22, 2021 by Kakistocrat

[MeMy10 26]

Wonder if they know about that NPC in Krasarang Wilds at a certain fishing village..

[Arcling 877]

10 hours ago, Halock said:

Consort is another one of those overcorrections. Here in the UK it's a familiar title that is still lined up for use. Yes, it has a baser meaning -- but I thought that was why ToT used it. It trod the line carefully, making you wonder. 

In the context of king's/emperor's consort it simply means wife. So in this case, I would never deem it as inappropriate.

[Helvorn 57]

This is an textbook example of how to overreact in panic. Being driven by panic of any further law problems with a rabid, bloodthristy and utterly insane "movement". How much of a *filtered* up insane SJW you must be to feel offended by "LOVE ROCKET". Holy *filtered*.

In 15 years of WoW maybe 1% of players thought anything else of it than just being a "LOVE ROCKET". So who is the oversexualized one here? Not the players, but some apeshit-crazy crusaders hating all and everything.

But just go on, this is FUBAR ridiculous.

Edited September 22, 2021 by Helvorn

[Halock 156]

34 minutes ago, Helvorn said:

In 15 years of WoW maybe 1% of players thought anything else of it than just being a "LOVE ROCKET". So who is the oversexualized one here? Not the players, but some apeshit-crazy crusaders hating all and everything.

I actually had to have the joke pointed out to me long ago, but I think I'd side on more people getting the joke than not. I was kinda surprised this wasn't the first change they made.

The weird thing is that it's a joke that nobody really minded. Plenty of people found it funny. I think people call 'prude' way too quickly, but honestly, I don't know what other term fits if we can't have juvenile jokes like that.

Kinda interested to see how it goes down. I hate the consort change, I disagree with it, but I'm not expecting much of it. It's a weird term, people can misunderstand... yeah, sure. 

But they're stepping on toes with the Love Rocket. People know it, and people'll notice it's gone.

(And besides that, the name isn't even crude in and of itself!!!! Call it a 'heartbreaker' all you want, it's still a rocket! I don't understand...)

[Arcling 877]

1 hour ago, Helvorn said:

Not the players, but some apeshit-crazy crusaders hating all and everything.

Corporations don't care. I'm not sure if anyone actually cared. They are simply overreacting and covering their asses just in case there are any doubts about them "thoroughly changing as a company".

48 minutes ago, Halock said:

Kinda interested to see how it goes down. I hate the consort change, I disagree with it, but I'm not expecting much of it. It's a weird term, people can misunderstand... yeah, sure. 

Yeah, and as was mentioned before, if they had "problems" with these names, then what's going to happen about BT, Kara and some other places. Are they going to remove those mobs? Or just change them into something like a "guest" or "companion".

[Skayan 52]

17 hours ago, CheLives said:

As someone has held the same job continuously for over 30 years...yes things have changed.

 

However, NO, none of that would have EVER been allowed even 16 years ago in the workplace.

Blizzard is a workplace. The rules apply to them. This not about players, it's about the workplace.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by Skayan

[Halock 156]

1 hour ago, Skayan said:

 

 

Wow, Reddit's way more on one side than I thought it would be.