Will Classic allow both factions to be playable?

[Shibah-spirestone]

You can just message people on Battle(dot)NET without any approval from the receiver?

How is someone going to know my Discord or Twitch ID from my character name in game?

In Classic we had the realm forums, Teamspeak, Ventrilo, IRC, etc.

I fail to see how any of the items you mention mean we should now allow both factions on the same server on PvP realms.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

It’s weird that things might actually change over 15 years.

You still haven’t mention what magic feature changed it

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

Battle.net , Discord, Twitch, to name a few.

Don’t join some streamer’s team/guild/server. Other than that, BattleNet doesn’t change the landscape.

[Nalal-bleeding-hollow (Nalal)]

Both factions shouldn’t be playable on the same realm, that only leads to more problems in the long run like cross faction collusion.

[Davrille-moon-guard]

Pretty sure that was added to PvP realms at the end of TBC, cause I know you couldn’t have cross faction in TBC either.

But I don’t want to be able to make both factions, I think it will ruin the spirit of PvP on some realms.

Both factions on PvP realms happened in Wrath.

[Davrille-moon-guard]

Such as? We had voice comms back then. We had chat channels back then. We had forums back then. And yet the restriction mattered.

Ahhh, IRC, what memories.

Trillian! One-stop shopping for all your chat needs!

[Corbalas-malygos]

Yes, you could have characters of both factions on the same server on PvE realms in vanilla. I did it.

[Kolben-icecrown (Kolben)]

Yes and 2004 is a vastly different internet landscape than 2019.

Not in any way that matters to communication inside or outside the game…

However allowing characters from both factions on the same PVP server makes it easier to send rage whispers and locate players to grief them.

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

Also, I predict that Blizzard will disable Battle Net’s “Location In Game” feature for Classic, and will just say “Classic”, rendering any attempt to track them in game pointless.

[Narya-kirin-tor (Narya)]

Yes, you could have characters of both factions on the same server on PvE realms in vanilla. I did it.

This.

It’s bizarre how many people don’t seem to realize that non-PvP realms are a thing.

[Wínter-ysera]

I didn’t even think about it until reading. I guess they should have the faction specific server restriction restored, totally fine w/ it.

Still reading, interesting that earlier posters indicate it was specific to PVP realms. I played pretty exclusively on Magtheridon until Cata. If it was a PVP only rule then make it so.

[anon55524488]

Historically, either you chose Alliance or Horde for the realm you played on. Will Classic follow suit, or will both factions be playable?

I was just about to ask this same question.

Both factions shouldn’t be playable on the same realm, that only leads to more problems in the long run like cross faction collusion.

But was this restricted to just PvP servers?

Yes, you could have characters of both factions on the same server on PvE realms in vanilla. I did it.

OK, this is what I was looking for. Thanks for the Answer.

[Nalal-bleeding-hollow (Nalal)]

But was this restricted to just PvP servers?

I believe so

[Eloraell-moon-guard]

@Kaivax

In WoW Classic, you’ll have the following character limits per WoW account:

• A maximum of 10 characters per WoW Classic realm
• A maximum of 50 characters across all of the WoW Classic realms in your region
• Only one faction per realm on PvP realms
• No overlap or regard with the character limits in Battle for Azeroth

You’ll be able to have up to 50 Battle for Azeroth characters and up to 50 WoW Classic characters at the same time.

Kaivax just posted.