Another week, another episode of the WoW: Forever Podcast! This week Countdown To Classic and Josh “Aggrend” Greenfield are joined by Lead Classic Designer Tim Jones, plus special guests TipsOutBaby & Savixirl to talk about PvP in World of Warcraft: Forever.
No Character Transfers Between Rulesets
Aggrend kicked off the episode by talking about the difference between the PvP and Normal Rulesets in WoW Forever. He wanted to clarify that there will be no character transfers between rulesets, meaning that if you don’t like being ganked while you’re out questing, the only way to switch to Normal will be to roll a new character.
So in Aggrend’s own words, “Follow your heart”, but make sure you know if you want to be part of open-world PvP or not before you make your characters.
No RP-PvP Ruleset – For Now
While the Forever team say that they would love to include a RP-PvP ruleset, they cite three major reason for not including it at launch:
- The server possibly not being a RP realm in practice, with players choosing it for PvP.
- The RP community already being a smaller player base, and the danger of splitting an already smaller set of players.
Never say never though. Aggrend said they are listening to the community and that there could be a possibility for RP-PvP “down the line”.
Fixes for Open-World PvP Layering
Much of the enjoyment from playing on a PvP server comes from the open-world PvP, and there have already been many large-scale organized PvP events out in the open world on the Beta. But a problem has been layering during these PvP battles.
The developer team is working on this, and they are making “small incremental steps”. The problem is seated in technology and engineering, and while they are hoping to have a fix ready for launch in November, they can’t guarantee that it will be ready.
Alterac Valley Honor Gains Nerfed, But Buffed in All Other Battlegrounds
To combat an un-fun gameplay loop of only running Alterac Valley (and avoiding most actual PvP in the process) to farm Honor, Honor gains in that specific Battleground will be reduced. But the team is hoping that the more impactful change will be the increase to Honor gains in all other Battlegrounds!
Dueling Zone Made Specifically For the $100,000 PvP Tournament
We are getting very close to the $100,000 Dueling Tournament, and the Forever team is on board to support it! Based on an unfinished map in Mount Hyjal, this Dueling Arena will be used in Day 2 of the tournament, and will facilitate reagent vendors and possibly a way to reset cooldowns.
For now, this zone will only be available for the tournament, but the team is hoping to make it a fully-fledged part of the game at a later time. It’s a good time to be a dueling enjoyer!