After several failed hotfixes, Blizzard ended the pandemic by performing a hard reset, and a later patch prevented companions from contracting Corrupted Blood entirely.
Note to the future: next pandemic, try a hard reset.
Seriously though, it’s wild they couldn’t hotfix it.
It’s wild that they couldn’t change the spread property of the debuff to be deactivated if you weren’t in the boss chamber. That should not be a hard fix…
For the uninitiated/lazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident
Note to the future: next pandemic, try a hard reset.
Seriously though, it’s wild they couldn’t hotfix it.
It’s wild that they couldn’t change the spread property of the debuff to be deactivated if you weren’t in the boss chamber. That should not be a hard fix…
Huh, TIL. Neat.
Who else remembers learning this from Cracked articles (which they read at work)?
Man i really miss Cracked. It used to be so good.
I still credit my sense of humor to Cracked.
Good fucking riddance! They made me believe if I don’t poop standing up, I will get hemorroids…for years.
https://viruscomix.com/page599.html
you may or may not recognize the artist
And who else didn’t need an article because they were there when it happened?
Also, if you like videos: https://youtu.be/EB3jOD2wjUc
That was highly entertaining, thank you