World of Warcraft says all that fans want to hear. Reputation will be account-wide and also Transmog collectors can breathe a sigh of relief.
At BlizzCon 2023, the next 3 expansions of World of Warcraft were announced, which together form the “Worldsoul Saga.” The next addon is titled “The War Within” and is set to be released as early as 2024. The developers have already revealed a lot of details about the next expansion and some seemingly small features are true fan favorites, because:
Almost all unlocks will be account-wide.
What has Blizzard announced? In the “What’s Next” panel, the developers already talked about some of the features coming in the new expansion. Especially “Warbands” was extremely popular. The basic idea behind it is that they want to respect players’ time more.
Most unlocks are set to be “account-wide” – this especially applies to reputation. The days of needing to grind reputation with multiple twinks are over. If one character has the reputation, all characters do.
The second big innovation concerns transmogs. In the future, you will be able to collect transmog items from all armor classes. For example, mages will also be able to collect plate items and add them to their collection, even though mages cannot use plate armor.
However, be aware that this does not affect the ability to transmogrify itself. A mage must still choose from cloth or cosmetic items when transmogrifying. Only the unlocking of items is available without restrictions.
You can see the experiences of our editor Benedict at BlizzCon here:
What does the Warbands feature look like? The developers emphasize that “Warbands” does not provide a new interface in the game. There is no overview page for the “Warbands” – that is simply the internal name for this system. Once “The War Within” is live, the data of all your characters will simply be compiled.
Especially this affects reputation unlocks. Many players have accumulated reputation with numerous factions on old characters, but over the years have switched their “main.” The new main character does not yet have the respective reputation unlocks.
What does this mean for new reputation factions? It is still unclear how these unlocks for new reputation factions will work. After all, it would be possible to farm quests with multiple characters to quickly raise a reputation faction. Those who play only one hero would then be at a disadvantage. It is likely that Blizzard will impose limitations here, allowing certain sources to grant reputation for the whole account only once.
How do you like these innovations?
