Hogwarts Legacy silently shuts up annoying NPC
Hogwarts Legacy(opens in new tab) received a recent patch that was mainly focused on bug fixes and ray tracing. Yet the patch notes(opens in new tab) omitted a change, swiftly spotted by players and subsequently confirmed by developer Avalanche, that is more of a quality of life improvement. They've shut up those bloody statues.
Ignatia Wildsmith is a long-dead witch, remembered and immortalised in the wizarding world for her invention of Floo Powder. Nevermind the lore: Floo travel is what you use to fast-travel around Hogwarts Legacy. In-game you do this by going up to busts of Ignatia Wildsmith which, this being a magical world, chatter away at you. And boy does Ignatia go on about how great her invention is and travel broadening the mind and oh my word just let me fast travel please.
«Just confirmed an additional feature in this patch that didn't make it into the patch notes,» said Chandler Wood(opens in new tab), Avalanche's community manager. «Reduced the frequency of Ignatia Wildsmith's lines (a significant reduction), so while travel is definitely more convenient with Floo powder, you won't have to hear about it constantly.»
I'm probably overdoing it but Ignatia was annoying, more for the frequency with which you end up fast travelling than anything especially wrong with the character or performance: It was all just a bit incessant and players have been complaining about it for months(opens in new tab).
Harry Potter fans being the calm and reasonable sorts they are, of course, some have declared the gobby inventor a Voldemort-level annoyance, which does seem a bit much. Others meanwhile will probably not appreciate the change, and spare a thought for this player(opens in new tab): «Ignatia is my best friend
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