Ping
Ping has several meanings in World of Warcraft.
Minimap
Ping usually means to click on the Minimap, which plays a brief sound and highlights the clicked location on party members' minimaps. This can be useful for pointing out flag runners in Capture the Flag-style battlegrounds, pointing out hard-to-see objects like [Serpentbloom] in Wailing Caverns, or just plain flipping out and irritating the party.
Latency
Some players of a technical bent might use "ping" to refer to how much lag they have, after the classic networking tool. Latency can be checked by hovering over the Game Menu icon , which is part of the Micro Menu in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Communication
The ping system allows players to quickly communicate with their team without having to use voice or text chat. Holding G opens up a ping wheel to quickly call out commands such as Attack, Assist, Warning, and On My Way - players select an option by hovering the mouse over the option, then releasing. It is also possible to send contextual pings by tapping G while hovering an enemy, the ground, or the unit frames, where the game will issue a target-related ping.
Patch changes
- Patch 10.1.7 (2023-09-05): Ping system added.