World Of Warcraft factions Alliance and Horde are preparing for radical changes that will break the game’s 18-year tradition. The change will be added to the game in the second half of Shadowlands’ new content update Eternity’s End, that is, when the 9.2.5. break patch is released.
World Of Warcraft faction walls collapse
When the faction change is added to the game, a Horde player will be able to participate in end-of-game activities with his alliance-side friend, namely raid, dungeon and RBG(Rated Battleground, PVP activity). In addition, Alliance and Horde players will be able to coexist if they keep War Mode closed in the open world.
Following the announcement, World Of Warcraft Executive Director Ion Hazzikostas gave an interview to IGN. Hazzikostas was already implying that they had been working on a system that would work between factions for some time. Ion Hazzikostas stated that this idea has been in their minds for months and said:
” We take another look at the changes that we previously said “no, impossible” but demanded by our player community. One of these demands was related to the logic of the faction.”
Hazzikostas stated that they had a hard time planning how to incorporate this logic into the game. The logic of the World Of Warcraft faction, not only technical but also ideological foundations, decided that instead of completely tearing down these walls (at least for now), it was time to release the players in this regard.
Guild system won’t change for now
A player playing for the Alliance side will not be able to go for tea in Horde’s home city of Orgrimmar, but they have decided that it is time to give their players freedom, united in the face of every major threat. The changing World of Warcraft factional logic will still have some limitations.
Players from Horde and Alliance will be able to join the same group, talk on the chat screen, exchange items. Players will be able to invite their friends from the opposite faction, who are friends through the Battle.net, directly to raid or dungeon groups via BattleTag. In addition, players who join in-game communities on both sides will also be able to invite each other.
In the Group Finder system, which is designed to find Dungeon, raid, or PVP groups, both Alliance and Horde players will be able to apply to the same groups together. The Guild system will remain faction-based for now.
