Typos in Warlords of Draenor

[Aquamonkey]

Working as intended. The log was written by orcs. They're not the smartest people around. I'm more surprised that it has complete sentences.

[Arqas]

It's not even just simple typos where you hit the wrong key; I've seen spelling errors that make you wonder if the author believes "its" is the same as "it's".

And beyond typos, you can point out the differences in writing quality, suggesting differing levels of writing experience. Specifically I'd refer to as examples several questlines in Nagrand, and the Garrison stables dailies--the linguistic style is less sophisticated, more straightforward.

And beyond even matters of style, I remember seeing language that's more appropriate for a business meeting than a fantasy/comedy setting, unfortunately used in a non-ironic way. This does affect immersion, somewhat. I'd say there's been a gradual change throughout the expansions, but it is this expac where reading the flavor texts while leveling did this catch my attention.

I'm enjoying WoD so all this is more observation than complaint, but one thing I'm starting to do now is to skip reading a questline if I feel it's not written up to par. It's not something I used to do and I've played since BC.

[Blufossa]

The indicator that these aren't just 'whatever, typos they happen lol' is that they're not getting fixed. Which to means leans towards they're either entirely unaware, which I doubt, or they're too lazy to fix them.

Which I believe is the case.

I'm kind of more concerned about the lack of content than any typos...

[Kathranis]

My biggest typo pet peave in WoW is "yea." There's one quest designer (I think I even know which one it is) who always uses "yea" (as in "yea or nay") when he means "yeah." He worked on Spires of Arak this time around so that typo shows up a bunch in the Arak quests, but it's a recurring problem in every expansion, going back at least to Wrath of the Lich King (Borean Tundra). Their writing quality is also noticeably below that of some of the other designers.

It bugs the hell out of me.

[Arqas]

And as a concrete example, the Ashran PvP message is currently:

"Would you like to join the Ashran battle?"

versus something like:

"Would you like to join the battle for Ashran?"

There's a different flow and feel to it, and experienced authors are good at these nuances.

Or even more evocative:

"Would you like to join the battle of Ashran?"

[Keile]

Envoys log was a bad example....it is supposed to be a log written by someone in the games world.
If anything, adding typos makes that feel more real....They don't have spellcheck on Azeroth/Draenor!

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Haha, I suggest checking out sites like Engrish.com if you want to see what that really looks like. WoD is not anywhere close.

Though I am curious: what quests have you noticed with typos in them? I'm generally pretty good at catching those but I don't remember any memorable ones across all the characters I've leveled up (aside from one where the "typo" was intentional wordplay).

I didn't memorize them, but there were tons of them, much more than usually.

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Envoys log was a bad example....it is supposed to be a log written by someone in the games world.
If anything, adding typos makes that feel more real....They don't have spellcheck on Azeroth/Draenor!

Really? You think those typos were intended? Come on.

[IIamaKing]

You would think they had some sort of spell checker. What is this the industrial age?

[Heywes]

wisdom - briefing

I didn't even spot the 'n' or the reversed 'ei' hah!

[IIamaKing]

My biggest typo pet peave in WoW is "yea." There's one quest designer (I think I even know which one it is) who always uses "yea" (as in "yea or nay") when he means "yeah." He worked on Spires of Arak this time around so that typo shows up a bunch in the Arak quests, but it's a recurring problem in every expansion, going back at least to Wrath of the Lich King (Borean Tundra). Their writing quality is also noticeably below that of some of the other designers.

It bugs the hell out of me.

We as a culture have dropped that "H" I think.

[Deleted]

If you wanna talk about typos then look at their world bosses. BOTH have either alternate or incorrect spellings.

Drov the Ruiner is called Drove the Ruiner in your garrison mission.

Tarlna has mentions of a "Tarina" in his dungeon journal.

[Deleted]

If you wanna talk about typos then look at their world bosses. BOTH have either alternate or incorrect spellings.

Drov the Ruiner is called Drove the Ruiner in your garrison mission.

Tarlna has mentions of a "Tarina" in his dungeon journal.

I thought the correct spelling was Tarina, lol. It's just sad.

[RoKPaNda]

I think what people are missing, when they say that there are millions of words in-game and typos are bound to happen, is that the amount of typos went up significantly with WoD. And yeah it's not a massive deal if you never read quest text, but if you do ... taaaaaaacky.

We as a culture have dropped that "H" I think.

This is the first I'm hearing of this. Yea in place of Yeah is just lazy and disgusting and offensive.

[Aquamonkey]

We as a culture have dropped that "H" I think.

This is the first I'm hearing of this. Yea in place of Yeah is just lazy and disgusting and offensive.

'Yea' is older than 'yeah' and they mean different things.

[IIamaKing]

'Yea' is older than 'yeah' and they mean different things.

Yea, how do you like that, Yea is a form of yes recorded to be first used around the 900s, while Yeah is said to be from the early 1900's. They both mean "yes" though. I guess at some point we just added an "H" because English is dumb.

[Aquamonkey]

Yea, how do you like that, Yea is a form of yes recorded to be first used around the 900s, while Yeah is said to be from the early 1900's. They both mean "yes" though. I guess at some point we just added an "H" because English is dumb.

'Yea' (pronounced yeɪ) is an affirmation or yes vote, synonymous with 'aye' and opposite 'nay'. 'Yeah' is an informal form of yes.

[Rixis]

If you wanna talk about typos then look at their world bosses. BOTH have either alternate or incorrect spellings.

Drov the Ruiner is called Drove the Ruiner in your garrison mission.

Tarlna has mentions of a "Tarina" in his dungeon journal.

I thought the correct spelling was Tarina, lol. It's just sad.

If you look 50 yards west, where Tormmok stands, there are some dead mobs named something like Tarina Thornweavers. I think it was meant to be Tarina, Tarlna doesn't roll of the tongue so well.

[Xeraxis]

Really? You think those typos were intended? Come on.

Really? You proof read your diary before going to bed each night? Come on.

[xanzul]

I feel like there are so many typos in Warlords of Draenor, in quest text and tooltips, much more than usual. Did they let some non-native speakers write all these things?

Just in the text of the item Envoy's Log alone.

Have you bothered looking at all the other text in all the other parts of the game or is this simply part #53453241 of your endless bitching about Wod?

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Yeah, I've noticed it's way too prevalent in WoD. I've seen some errors in previous expansions, but WoD really took the cake. It's like there wasn't anybody around to proof-read before releasing the final product. To throw around a recent word, it makes it appear unfinished. A rushed product and they were just lacking by not bothering to check most quest text.
The one that really bothers me is that Garrison Mine Coffee Thing, and it says it works in 'Garrison Mine's'. /sigh
Blizzard are a business, and it's just unprofessional to have so many spelling mistakes in their game. I see enough butchering of English in trade chat (Granted, not everyone playing is English, so it might be their second language); I wouldn't expect it from the designers.

There is not one single thing about Wod that is rushed. The expansion wasn't even released until at least 6 after its original target release date. There are no more types in Wod than there were in Mop, Cata, Wrath, TBC and vanilla so any of you even thinking of trotting out the tired "the old Blizz wouldn't do this" line, don't even bother.

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Maybe this is why they're hiring more QA workers lol.

They said themselves they want to put out the game and let the polishing happen later. I guess this is included in that "polishing"

They absolutely have not said any such thing.

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probably "wisdon" and "breifing"

they should invest in better writing software

Just as the text in Wod is written by humans, so is software meaning it is inherently flawed and imperfect.

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Yeah, I've noticed tons of those throughout WoD. Sure, there are always a couple of mistakes, but this feels like they outsourced those texts to China and then didn't even check them.

Do you seriously need to resort to bigotry just so you can get a few more digs in at Blizzard?

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The indicator that these aren't just 'whatever, typos they happen lol' is that they're not getting fixed. Which to means leans towards they're either entirely unaware, which I doubt, or they're too lazy to fix them.

Which I believe is the case.

Blizzard has already addressed this multiple times over the years and considering your 5k+ posts here I don't believe for a second you haven't read their statements on it. These things are typically fixed in patches.

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I didn't memorize them, but there were tons of them, much more than usually.

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Really? You think those typos were intended? Come on.

Everyone in Azeroth/Draenor spells perfectly? Really?

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I think what people are missing, when they say that there are millions of words in-game and typos are bound to happen, is that the amount of typos went up significantly with WoD. And yeah it's not a massive deal if you never read quest text, but if you do ... taaaaaaacky.



This is the first I'm hearing of this. Yea in place of Yeah is just lazy and disgusting and offensive.

And the same is true for every other expansion and every single x.1 patch fixed the majority of them. This is NOT new.

[Count Zero]

Nothing as bad as the Horde Shrine portal to "Ogrimmar" that lasted for, what, a couple months ?