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WoW Players Can Soon *Gasp* Change Sides

11:00AM June 30, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

If you’re a WoW player, you’re one of two things. You’re Alliance, or you’re Horde. That’s it. That’s where the line is drawn. Or… it was. Pretty soon, that won’t matter anymore.

Blizzard have begun work on a new service that will let players switch sides. Alliance to Horde. Or Horde to Alliance. Whichever way you want to turn your coat, you’ll be free to do it.

There’ll apparently be rules governing the use of the service, but in a nutshell, here’s how Blizzard explain it:

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.

So there you have it. Sounds great for those itching for a change, but I can see some more hardcore role-players within the community being a little upset.

Faction-Change Service in the Works [Blizzard]

Comments

  • Chris

    June 30, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    Fantastic. This might bring me back into WoW

  • Thermal Ions

    June 30, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    “you’ll be free to do it.”

    I doubt you’ll be free to do it. Rather you’ll be able to avail yourself of the paid facility to do it.

    • Nath

      September 6, 2009 at 3:14 PM

      And this guy turned out to be right on the money.

  • Blah2

    June 30, 2009 at 8:27 PM

    I’m not even a roleplayer and this upsets me.

  • Doug

    June 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    Hmmmm……looks to me like there’s going to be some epic ‘formerly my side’ griefing…

  • Jason

    June 30, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Sweet I can finally abuse the crap out of all those @#%!@^( gankers that are on my hate list.

  • Morkai

    July 1, 2009 at 12:24 AM

    this is freaking awesome, exactly what i was talking about last week to my guild mates… finally i can get my warrior back into the game.

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