World of Warcraft Forever developers want Horde-Alliance battles to develop naturally in the open world. The plans include attacks on Stormwind and Orgrimmar, though Blizzard will intervene if player behavior becomes abusive or \u201ctruly degenerate.\u201d<\/p>
Senior Game Designer Josh Greenfield and Lead Game Designer Tim Jones discussed the game\u2019s PvP plans during a developer conversation with streamers and podcast host Josh Corbett. They described a system focused on player-driven conflict rather than a tightly controlled competitive format.<\/p>
World of Warcraft Forever will use a single-server structure for each ruleset. Players will share one large game environment, although they will not see every player at the same time. The available choices will be PvE, where opposing factions cannot attack each other in the open world; PvP, where Horde and Alliance characters can fight; and RP, which focuses on character-driven roleplay.<\/p>
The game will not offer an RP-PvP ruleset. Greenfield pointed to problems on later RP-PvP servers, including Season of Discovery\u2019s Crusader Strike server. Blizzard removed that server\u2019s RP designation after about three months because many players were not following the roleplay rules.<\/p>
Players will need to choose their ruleset before the full launch. Greenfield explained that Blizzard does not plan to allow transfers between PvE and PvP because of concerns about balance. A player who decides after six months that PvP is unsuitable would probably need to start again on a PvE server.<\/p>
Jones expects competition for rare materials, recipes and creatures to create spontaneous battles after the beta\u2019s level-30 limit is removed and players can progress to level 60. He mentioned rare rewards such as the Crusader enchant as items that could draw players from both factions to the same location.<\/p>
The developers are also considering objectives that encourage faction conflict. Jones wants players to attack Stormwind and Orgrimmar, while Greenfield supports giving players reasons to take the faction war into the open world.<\/p>
The team plans to keep PvP free-form and casual. Jones explained that players should be able to focus on having fun instead of feeling forced to grind. High-ranked PvP armor will have a distinctive appearance, but its statistics will not necessarily be the best choice for every PvP activity.<\/p>
In Battlegrounds, premade groups should generally face other premade groups. Greenfield noted that solo players should not be matched against fully coordinated teams, although they may be placed with small groups of two or three players.<\/p>
The developers also discussed camping and griefing. Greenfield acknowledged that repeated attacks can be frustrating, but described difficult encounters as part of the PvP experience. Jones expects those conflicts to encourage players to join guilds, call friends for help or organize retaliation.<\/p>
Greenfield explained that Blizzard will avoid broad restrictions unless player behavior becomes abusive. The team wants strategies and social interactions to resemble the original version of World of Warcraft while retaining the option to intervene when players exploit the system or create a persistently harmful experience.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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