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Going both ways?06.29.09

According to Nethaera:

We wanted to give everyone a very early heads-up that, in response to player requests, we’re developing a new service for World of Warcraft that will allow players to change their faction from Alliance to Horde or Horde to Alliance. There’s still much work to do and many details to iron out, but the basic idea is that players will be able to use the service to transform an existing character into a roughly equivalent character of the opposing faction on the same realm. Players who ended up creating and leveling up characters on the opposite factions from their friends have been asking for this type of functionality for some time, and we’re pleased to be getting closer to being able to deliver it.

As with all of the features and services we offer, we intend to incorporate the faction-change service in a way that won’t disrupt the gameplay experience on the realms, and there will be some rules involved with when and how the service can be used. The number of variables involved increases the complexity of implementing this service, but we plan to take the time needed to ensure that it lives up to expectations before officially rolling it out. We’ll go into much more detail on all of this here at http://www.WorldofWarcraft.com as development progresses. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know that because this type of functionality requires extensive internal testing well in advance of release, you may be seeing bits and pieces of the service in the test builds we use for the public test realms moving forward.

A long time ago, I rerolled a Horde Druid on Mal’ganis so that I could potentially try and play with some of the fantastic people over there. Eventually, I missed all the perks that came with my Night Elf (you know, armor, achievements, ten million pets) and went back to the Alliance. But if I could simply wave a magic wand, pay a “nominal” fee and transform Runy into a Tauren…would I?

Obviously there are a million implications here. What would the faction transfer entail? Would you be able to pick your appearance? Would it reset your server transfer timer? What about your faction-based reputations? Would those transfer or reset? Will the best Horde guilds now get slammed by 6 million giddy Alliance players?

What will you do?

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Curiosity killed the cat.06.19.09

As per usual, the latest content patch will rearrange class balance, offer a new dungeon, entice us with new pets, and try to alleviate the daily quest grind with…new daily quests. How do you feel about all that? Too many sweeping changes each time? Not enough? Does content feel too rushed?

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Soulbound.05.31.09

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You’re a winner!05.19.09

Yesterday concluded the Guest Yogger contest, and I got some fantastic entries. While I’m gone for the next two weeks, look forward to discussions from:                 

Bushidox of Cenarion Circle, who wants to tell you all about ArP, and

Wickit of Ysera, bringing to you the pros and cons of T7.5 and T8.5 set bonuses.

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Moorkasaur’s Druid Bear Form
If each of you wouldn’t mind shooting me an e-mail with your addresses, I’ll be more than happy to send you your prizes! Congratulations, and thanks for keeping the beast running with great content while I’m gone! Thank you to everyone who submitted an article for consideration!  

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The Guest Yogger Saga Continues!05.15.09

Have you been toying with the idea of contributing a post to the Soon-to-be-Soulbound Guest Yogger Contest? It’s Friday, bitches, and the contest comes to a close by the end of the day on Monday. Dig deep and find your inner Old-God and set aside seven minutes this weekend to make a submission! Remember:

  • You’ve got until May 18th to submit to me a well-structured, mostly grammatically correct article about Feral Druids. Use my Contact page.
  • I will choose anywhere between one and three winners based on the quality of the work. I appreciate current news, accurate information, and clever wit.
  • The winner(s) will receive a prize, including but not necessarily limited to, a 3 month XBOX Live Gamecard, an XBOX Live Trial Account, a Papa Hummel’s Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit Card, and credited publication on my site.
  • Do you need to be a blogger already? No, but if you are, let me know what site you write for.
  • Do you need pictures? No, but if you come up with something awesome, include that as well.
  • Do you need to be working on end-game content? No, but I’m not interested in leveling guides/specs. It doesn’t have to be on game mechanics, either. If you have a sweet op-ed about Ferals, send it my way.
  • All rights to your articles are reserved by YOU.

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