A New Corrupted Blood Incident Has Started in Dragonflight!

 

The Dragon Isles truly are dangerous as it seems we’re on the precipice of another Corrupted Blood incident! Many players are reporting a spreading disease, a little different and less deadly this time, but seemingly no less contagious!

This time around we have a more psychological plague to deal with, as Contagious Cowardice is affecting NPCs and players alike! Many rare elites on the Dragon Isles use the debuff, and it seems something went wrong with limiting it, much the same was as the original Corrupted Blood incident years ago.

This one is very different from the original, however, as the damaging part of the debuff doesn’t seem to be working in sanctuaries like cities, so we most likely won’t be seeing the seas of corpses we did back in the original plague. There is a new damaging effect this time though, and it’s for your ears – as the debuff has a distinct and unpleasant sound, which gets amplified as more and more players around you have it.

Plenty of players have been reporting the situation, and it seems mostly contained to Valdrakken at the moment, so it hasn’t spread through portals… yet (and hopefully it can’t), but some players have been spreading it around outside as well.

It only doesn’t do damage if you are within a sanctuary. Once you leave town with it the damage starts. With some guild assistance we managed to drag it to a few areas where crowds gather such as the Community Feast (though this is a sanctuary, it’s fun seeing the mass circles) and to people waiting for the Siege of Dragonbane Keep. – Daevii

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Contagious Cowardice is a debuff applied by some rares around the Dragon Isles. It spreads from player to player, just like Corrupted Blood did all those years ago. Fortunately, Blizzard seemed to have learned from last time and it’s not doing any damage if you’re in a sanctuary – but it is jumping between people and spreading, and when it does so, it makes a huge noise! It gets pretty deafening somewhere full of afk people, like say, the auction house… : ( – Eschamali

 

And here’s a refresher on the original Corrupted Blood incident:

So let’s see just how far this particular plague gets and just how cowardly players can be!