The time is almost at hand.
Horde and Alliance players will soon be able to team up for raids, dungeons and rated PvP inside World of Warcraft, Blizzard has recently revealed.
The change will mark the first time players will be able to join up with one another in the title’s eighteen year history and comes as part of the title’s 9.2.5 update.
A specific date that the update will be available has not yet been detailed by Blizzard, though we are to understand it will follow the Eternity’s End major patch.
“Once in a party together, members of the opposite faction will remain unfriendly while in the ‘outdoor’ world (and fully hostile in War Mode!), as they do today, though they will be able to communicate through party chat,” Blizzard’s Ion Hazzikostas wrote, detailing the upcoming functionality.
“Upon entering a dungeon, raid, or rated PvP match, however, all members will be friendly and able to assist each other in combat, trade loot, earn shared achievements, and otherwise fully cooperate the same way members of the same faction have always been able to. A major goal in announcing this feature in advance is to make sure we’re capturing all the expectations and requirements for this to be a smooth experience. A group raiding, doing Mythic+ keys, or chasing higher PvP ratings should be able to operate seamlessly whether they’re a same-faction or cross-faction group.”
We’ll let you know when the functionality becomes available.
World of Warcraft is available now on Windows PC and Mac.
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