WoW to Get Faction Change Feature
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Roleplayers are just going to have to pretend there's been a surgical breakthrough in the WoW universe.CantFaketheFunk said:
quote="Baby Tea" post="7.121898.2436013"]I think it would be way cooler if you could have 'defectors'.
You know, playing a night-elf on the horde side.
Then you'd keep all of your gear, and mounts and everything!
And THAT would cause loads of whining.[/quote]
...and chaos ensues.
This would be a better idea than trying to figure out all the equivalents.
You know, playing a night-elf on the horde side.
Then you'd keep all of your gear, and mounts and everything!
And THAT would cause loads of whining.[/quote]
...and chaos ensues.
This would be a better idea than trying to figure out all the equivalents.
I agree with you friend ^__^ I love my little troll hunter so much, I would never exchange her for a weak little allie XPquiet_samurai said:
You know, I could care less about this than what I think MOST players would really really love..
The ability to change your RACE.
I know waaaay too many people who started and leveled a race they just arent happy with anymore who would be more active if they could use a character they prefer.
For example, I have a level 72 Tauren hunter that I would love to level except that honestly, I'm TIRED of Tauren. Tauren were cool when I first started the game so many years ago, but now I hate him... I hate how big they are, how they take up so much screen space, how navigating hallways is such a pain in the butt, and their hit box might as well have a "slay me first" sign on it. Being able to switch to a Blood Elf would reinvigorate the class for me. Same goes for my Mage Troll
The ability to change your RACE.
I know waaaay too many people who started and leveled a race they just arent happy with anymore who would be more active if they could use a character they prefer.
For example, I have a level 72 Tauren hunter that I would love to level except that honestly, I'm TIRED of Tauren. Tauren were cool when I first started the game so many years ago, but now I hate him... I hate how big they are, how they take up so much screen space, how navigating hallways is such a pain in the butt, and their hit box might as well have a "slay me first" sign on it. Being able to switch to a Blood Elf would reinvigorate the class for me. Same goes for my Mage Troll
Give it a couple of years and Blizzard will be giving us the option to change our tauren's eye colour for a tenner. At what point do they decide they have enough cash?
That's essentially what this is. From what it sounds like, it's just that if you want to be another race on your current side, you have to pay twice to do it.HyenaThePirate said:
We're/They're roleplayers. Pretend is our/their forte. Do not understimate us/them! ^_^Vanguard_Ex said:
Will they allow you to transfer more than once?
There will probably be a time frame.. once every 6 months or something..
I'd gladly pay for the ability to change my race, not just my faction. I enjoy being horde, never liked Alliance nor do I really like the idea of alliance players suddenly flooding the horde with their usual immature behaviour.. (in my experience mostly children and 'casual/mainstream' players choose Alliance because the humanoid/elf/dwarf races are more attractive to them, who envision themselves as the "heroes" of the story slaying the traditional "beast monster" enemies).
As for faction only gear/mounts stuff, I suspect they'll just reimburse you the in-game equivalent or cost.. if it cost x-badges then you'll just get those back. For example, you'll get all of your Arathi basin points back to spend, etc...
There will probably be a time frame.. once every 6 months or something..
I'd gladly pay for the ability to change my race, not just my faction. I enjoy being horde, never liked Alliance nor do I really like the idea of alliance players suddenly flooding the horde with their usual immature behaviour.. (in my experience mostly children and 'casual/mainstream' players choose Alliance because the humanoid/elf/dwarf races are more attractive to them, who envision themselves as the "heroes" of the story slaying the traditional "beast monster" enemies).
As for faction only gear/mounts stuff, I suspect they'll just reimburse you the in-game equivalent or cost.. if it cost x-badges then you'll just get those back. For example, you'll get all of your Arathi basin points back to spend, etc...
Long overdue feature. It was ridiculous how you couldn't play with your friends just because they happened to go on the other faction.
That said, the game is basically unfixable. I don't foresee playing it again, even for nostalgic purposes, as the pricing model effectively kills dabbling.
That said, the game is basically unfixable. I don't foresee playing it again, even for nostalgic purposes, as the pricing model effectively kills dabbling.
I'm really looking forward to this as now I can make one of my lvl 80 horde characters alliance and therefore raid with all my friends 
Deserters would be awesome,but I will NOT be changing my Paladin(human) to a Blood elf,no no no.
What I mean by "deserter" is as in a human paladin that joined the horde,only trouble would be making sure the two sides stay balanced.
A waiting list could fix that,you line up you to change and(for example) there is a orc warrior and you(whatever you want to be) than since you are in first and so are they you trade places,there we have -1 for the horde and -1 the alliance and +1 for the horde and +1 for the alliance and as most of us know 1+1-1-1=0 and so the player ratio remains the same.
There was a thread on if you talk to yourself,seemly I also typed to myself.
What I mean by "deserter" is as in a human paladin that joined the horde,only trouble would be making sure the two sides stay balanced.
A waiting list could fix that,you line up you to change and(for example) there is a orc warrior and you(whatever you want to be) than since you are in first and so are they you trade places,there we have -1 for the horde and -1 the alliance and +1 for the horde and +1 for the alliance and as most of us know 1+1-1-1=0 and so the player ratio remains the same.
There was a thread on if you talk to yourself,seemly I also typed to myself.
They should let you keep your current character, just change faction. You'd be an obvious traitor and the first guy to die in PvP.
I have mixed opinions about the entire thing to be honest. Truthfully I could see a mass exodus from the Alliance to Horde to be honest. Despite what people might think "The Horde" does not have better or more mature players (heck, Barrens chat is infamous for a reason). It's all about game imbalance issues and The Horde having been handed a lot of minor advantages which over time snowballed into a decent amount of favortism.
Penny Arcade once called rolling Alliance one of the biggest gips in the gaming industry. Game informer mentioned "Alliance Syndrome" with the angelic faction in their preview of Aion not too long ago. There has also been a lot of talk about "Bad guy Chic" and how developers almost always seem to put more time into the bad guys and make them cooler, and typically stronger. It isn't just WoW, if you looked at say Warhammer Online and what happened with Destruction right out of the gate it would be pretty obvious. The "Knights Of The Old Republic" MMO seems to be headed in the same direction with "Sith Mania" both with the attention they are getting in the lore, the players screaming "I wanna be Sith" and the various reveals.
Right now I think WoW basically needs to make Alliance cooler, and also needs to act to balance the results of long-term imbalance. Things that compounded based on "minor" issues that should have been fixed or changed years ago. Not allow for side switching.
At any rate if they WANT to allow people to switch factions, they should look at Everquest 2 as an example of how to do it. In EQ 2 there was a quest chain that allowed a character to change sides between Qeynos and Freeport (at least when I played briefly) so if you wanted to play a Good Dark Elf or Ratonga you could, and if you wanted to be an evil High Elf or whatever you could do that as well. This would solve the achievement issues and such.
I've also sort of felt that at least on the RP/PVE servers there should have been a neutral option. Lorewise I'd imagine there would be heroes and such more or less agreeing with the position of Jaina Proudmoore rather than everyone being a mindless fanatic of one side or
the other.
I understand the whole game design around faction rivalry though and why they did things the way they did.
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Penny Arcade once called rolling Alliance one of the biggest gips in the gaming industry. Game informer mentioned "Alliance Syndrome" with the angelic faction in their preview of Aion not too long ago. There has also been a lot of talk about "Bad guy Chic" and how developers almost always seem to put more time into the bad guys and make them cooler, and typically stronger. It isn't just WoW, if you looked at say Warhammer Online and what happened with Destruction right out of the gate it would be pretty obvious. The "Knights Of The Old Republic" MMO seems to be headed in the same direction with "Sith Mania" both with the attention they are getting in the lore, the players screaming "I wanna be Sith" and the various reveals.
Right now I think WoW basically needs to make Alliance cooler, and also needs to act to balance the results of long-term imbalance. Things that compounded based on "minor" issues that should have been fixed or changed years ago. Not allow for side switching.
At any rate if they WANT to allow people to switch factions, they should look at Everquest 2 as an example of how to do it. In EQ 2 there was a quest chain that allowed a character to change sides between Qeynos and Freeport (at least when I played briefly) so if you wanted to play a Good Dark Elf or Ratonga you could, and if you wanted to be an evil High Elf or whatever you could do that as well. This would solve the achievement issues and such.
I've also sort of felt that at least on the RP/PVE servers there should have been a neutral option. Lorewise I'd imagine there would be heroes and such more or less agreeing with the position of Jaina Proudmoore rather than everyone being a mindless fanatic of one side or
the other.
I understand the whole game design around faction rivalry though and why they did things the way they did.
>>>----Therumancer--->
I like your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.Therumancer said:
If it gives my Night Elf the opportunity to visit Orgrimmar or my Troll the chance to see Darnassus, though, I'd be willing to look the other way. Even if I'll be attacked by a lot of Warcraft lore fans.