[Druid - Shapeshift] Powershifting occasionally fails

Author: TheSCREWEDSoftwareCreated Sep 18, 2026Updated Sep 18, 2026
LabelsConfirmedChromieCraft GenericCOREClass - Druid

Triage

Issue linked from CC: https://github.com/chromiecraft/chromiecraft/issues/8862

Triage Notes:

  • Be a druid
  • Be level 80
  • .learn all my class And make the following macro and use it

/use [form:3] !Cat Form

You can read the comments of the issue for more information, I can't reproduce it locally so it can be a latency depended issue or not

Original Post Below:


Current Behaviour

Powershifting (recasting one's shapeshift) will occasionally fail, with the message "not recovered yet". This is not conditioned by combat, as I was able to reproduce this in Dalaran, while standing still and powershifting my mana bar away.

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This is not by no means a guaranteed occurance, in fact is it rather rare, but impactful for gameplay.

Expected Behaviour

Shapeshifting should not randomly fail, especially when not under any effect that might cause it to fail (crowd controls or similar)

Source

Mentions of instant and flawless powershifting can be found all over the web for every game version up to the removal of the practice: https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Powershifting

As it's hard to argue for the nonexistence of a behavior, I'll attach a complaint raised by players of classic in an instance when that version of the game (this time classic tbc) behaved similar to the way CC is now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX_6ZjzUTuw&t=4

Steps to reproduce the problem

  1. Create a powershift macro: /use !Cat Form
  2. Spam this macro
  3. Eventually (potentially after exhausting the mana bar once or twice) you will be dropped out of cat form as the shift fails

Extra Notes

I apologize for the source being rather weak, however this technique has been a standard practice of druids for years, and therefore people mentioning that it's not supposed to fail, aren't common.

Customizations

No response

AC rev. hash/commit

https://github.com/chromiecraft/azerothcore-wotlk/commit/a4ea6d60a24d1f499aaf8ca62d3f6b1ac857f823

Operating system

Ubuntu 22.04

Modules

Server

ChromieCraft

Source: azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk