World of Warcraft players are reporting a very strange bug following the game’s 12.1 update.
Normally, when someone disconnects during combat, their character becomes unresponsive and eventually disappears. But some players are now seeing disconnected characters continue moving and fighting on their own.
>In one reported case, an Evoker disconnected during a fight but then continued attacking.
>Another player said his brother’s Warrior disconnected and, around 30 seconds later, the character charged into the boss and started attacking again.
Some people said that Blizzard may be testing a new disconnect protection system that uses AI-controlled character tech to keep a player active after losing connection.