After Eternity ends, World of Warcraft begins cross-faction play
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World of Warcraft players will soon be able to play dungeons, raids, and rated PvP together, whether they’re allied with the Alliance or the Horde. Blizzard Entertainment explained that the feature won’t be ready in time for the upcoming Eternity’s End update, but will be released in the subsequent 9.2.5 update — after all, there are two decades of code to go through.
“Over the years, many players have questioned whether the rules limiting communication and cooperation between the Alliance and the Horde need to be so absolute,” the developers said. “Faction divides can prevent close friends from playing together, or make players feel that their faction has much less opportunity for them to pursue their favorite group content. But for a long time, in order to preserve the core elements of World of Warcraft, these drawbacks have been Makes sense — it all started with a game called Warcraft: Orcs and Men, right? But, to quote a former tribal warchief, ‘times are changing.'”
With this feature, if you have members of opposing factions in your friends list, or if you are part of a cross-faction Warcraft community, you can invite them directly to parties.
You’ll also find that pre-made groups in the group finder list for Mythic Dungeons, Raids, or Rated Arena modes will be open to applicants from both factions, but if you’re the leader, you can still limit your group to a faction.
However, guild and hero dungeons, skirmishes and random battlegrounds will remain limited to one faction. “This is both because there is less faction-driven pressure around random groups, and by randomly placing queued orcs and night elves in a group to avoid compromising the selective nature of the feature,” Blizzard said.
The move is significant because conflict between the Alliance and the Horde has been a central part of Warcraft for years. I mean, hey, for the past two decades, you couldn’t raid with a buddy if they were in opposing factions. For Blizzard, though, it’s time to reconsider this.
“People reading this may be a little disturbed, worried that this will weaken the basic principles of Warcraft,” Blizzard said. “At BlizzCon 2019, when an attendee asked about cross-faction play, we replied at the time, ‘The separation of the Alliance and the Horde…is the backbone of Warcraft.’ But when you think about it, that’s an oversimplification: Alliance And the Horde identity is fundamental to Warcraft. While sometimes this identity is one of division and open conflict, since Warcraft III we’ve seen the Alliance and Horde find common ground and work together (especially Including the last Warcraft chapter being titled “The End of Eternity”), and the list of examples of collaborations in World of Warcraft itself.
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“We hope these changes will really strengthen faction identity by allowing more players to play a faction with values, aesthetics and characters that they find more appealing, rather than being forced to choose between personal preferences and gameplay abilities.” friend.”
In other Warcraft news, Blizzard revealed that it will no longer allow organizations to offer a variety of “non-traditional” services in MMORPGs, including boosting, matchmaking, and hosting. It’s certainly been a busy day for a long-running MMO.
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