Looks like the much talked-about faction transfer service in World of Warcraft has gone live. For 30 bucks you can take your Horde character to the Alliance or vice versa. Not sure if its worth the money but I am sure there are people out there willing to shell it out. Check out the FAQ provided by WoW on the service.

Faction Change FAQ 1
Faction Change FAQ 2

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There has been a flurry of news lately about World of Warcraft’s next expansion. Looks like Cataclysm is going to be the name according to Wow.com. All the speculations from various sources seems to be coming true.

Wow.com sources told them that the new races of Cataclysm will be actually be:

• Worgen – Alliance



• Goblin – Horde

You can find out more information about the Goblins and Worgen from WoWWiki.

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World of Warcraft has released another large content patch 3.2 probably to contend with a lot of the new MMOs releasing this month. Check out the content patch notes and enjoy the official trailer for the release found below!

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I am pretty sure I am not the only gamer who has felt that World of Warcraft slowly becomes more like a job once you hit max level. This is a difficult balance for most MMO’s to find, you want to provide continual content but most of the time it gets too repetitive and players slowly lose interest.

1) Daily Quests: This was a great idea by Blizzard to provide constant quests even after you have completed the quest grind fest to reach level 80. However most players are forced into doing daily quests to have enough gold to pay for repairs whether you are raiding or pvping. This does begin to lose its appeal especially when you are fighting other players to collect items or protect an NPC.

2) Reputation: The concept goes hand in hand with daily quests. Players have the option to collect reputation for various factions and get new rewards after hitting friendly, honored, revered or exhaulted levels. This is accomplished by battling through instances wearing a faction’s tabard and or completing daily quests. This is fun at first but after gaining exhaulted with a few factions it is hard to find the ambition to do this again for another faction or better yet another character.

3) Player versus Player: World PvP in World of Warcraft in my opinion can be exciting however very unbalanced. Repeatable ganking gets frustrating very quickly and if you don’t have any friends to back you up than sometimes the only option is to log or resurrect at the spirit healer which could be costly depending on your gear.

4) Raiding: Everyone wants to raid, why because ultimately it’s some of the best gear in the game. Blizzard did make some great changes by adding badges into the game so all players get a reward for spending hours setting up and battling through a 5, 10 or 25 man instance. However still some the best items are bind on pickup and the odds of actually getting random dropped gear out of a 10 or 25 man instance can be time sink. A small portion of players actually achieve the best gear in the game and that is only if you play a considerable amount every week.

5) Guild: Whether you have been a guild master or looking to join a guild this task in itself can be very time consuming and frustrating. I personally have been on both sides and it is not easy, if you are in a guild give your guild masters a lot of credit because a lot of time and effort is put into keeping a guild functioning. If you are a player who can’t find a successful guild than you better forget about seeing the hardest content in the game. Yeah, there is the option of a pickup group, but you most likely won’t have chance to get any gear.

These are just my thoughts of someone who joined World of Warcraft when it first opened it doors and has spent many hours at the computer as a raider, pvp addict, guild master and multi-boxer of 5 accounts.

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