World of Warcraft’s Trading Post inventory for May had a huge fake out that threw players for a loop. While these glitches caused some frustration and confusion among players, they also showed off some awesome new cosmetics coming to World of Warcraft in the future.
The Trading Post is a new World of Warcraft feature that lets players purchase cosmetic items with Trader’s Tender, a special currency awarded for completing various tasks each month. The inventory for the Trading Post rotates monthly, meaning the stock of World of Warcraft items for May recently went live.
However, when the May Trading Post inventory went live on EU servers, players found an unexpected surprise. Several previously-advertised items were missing on the Trading Post, and the Feathered Cowl of the Guardian, Standard of the Guardian, and Feathered Drape of the Guardian – three Medivh-inspired items World of Warcraft players had previously discovered in the files – were available. The models for these items were broken, but their appearances were able to be datamined because of the glitch.
Unfortunately, the error was short-lived. World of Warcraft cut off access to the Trading Post soon after the stock refreshed, and when it was reactivated, the Medivh-inspired items were gone, and the inventory returned to normal. Players who purchased these broken items were still able to wear their glitched appearances, but WoW will probably remove them and refund their Trader’s Tender soon, if they haven’t already.
While many players are sad these items were removed from the Trading Post, they now know what they look like, and can expect them to be available soon. Considering they already have Trader’s Tender costs associated with them, it is likely they will be added to the June or July inventories of the World of Warcraft feature. On the off chance they aren’t, players might see them added to the cash shop, offered as a 6-month subscriber reward, or given as the free monthly reward for completing the Traveler’s Log.
Though players have loved the Trading Post so far, it seems to have had several problems in the short time it has been up. After a glitchy launch, the first rollover of WoW’s new feature in March broke the Freeze option, and the new Tiercel’s Wing cosmetic weapon from this month is erroneously classified as a warglaive, despite being advertised as a sword. Hopefully, World of Warcraft will be able to iron out the kinks in the popular new feature to avoid similar glitches in the future.
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