Horde and Alliance – Finally united? An interview with the WoW director at least suggests “Cross-Faction” play and raises hopes.
This is a topic that has been around for ages and is repeatedly discussed in World of Warcraft. The faction barrier disturbs many players who would like to play with their friends “on the other side.” However, this has not been possible so far. At least for raiding, a solution seems to be slowly coming into sight. Because Game Director Ion Hazzikostas gives hope.
Where did the information come from? From an interview between VentureBeat magazine and World of Warcraft’s Game Director, Ion Hazzikostas. He revealed many details about the current state of development in a lengthy conversation and also addressed some critical questions. One of the topics was the possibility of Horde and Alliance being able to raid together.
What was said? Hazzikostas was asked if “something like cross-faction raiding is now more on the developers’ radar” and gave the following response:
I would say it is more on our radar, yes. That is one of the things we need to solve a lot, how we could approach it and enable it, but in the end, the question is: If Jaina and Thrall can fight side by side in a raid, why can’t Alliance and Horde do that in this raid as well? Especially when we know it would solve many of the social problems players are facing. […]
Accordingly, it seems that the developer team of World of Warcraft is at least seriously considering such an implementation. However, it is also clear that this would involve many adjustments. For example, specific rules would need to be established so that a combined group in PvP in the open world could not exploit.
When could this happen? Since implementation has not yet been confirmed, one should not expect it in the near future. Such large features are usually introduced with the launch of a new expansion or the corresponding “pre-patch”.
If the developers actually want to bring the feature, then the first (realistic) date for that would probably be Patch 10.0, which is the start of the expansion after Shadowlands. And that is likely still two years away.
What do you think about it? Do you want Horde and Alliance to raid together? Or would that ruin the core of WoW?
