Those discontent with their current World of Warcraft housing neighborhood may soon have another option at their disposal.
Currently, those participating in WoW's recently added player housing feature have two options when it comes to joining a neighborhood. The first is to join a public neighborhood that is open to anyone, while the second is to be a member of a guild and join a neighborhood that only fellow guild members can live in.
Soon, however, it looks like there will be a third option to choose from. The ability to create invite-only charter neighborhoods recently appeared for testing on the beta for WoW's upcoming Midnight expansion. The feature doesn't appear to be fully functioning just yet, but there is an option for naming and purchasing a charter neighborhood, implying that the feature is indeed on the way.
This charter option lets the owner invite whoever they want to the neighborhood, including players from an opposite faction, allowing Horde and Alliance players to live side-by-side. This option also allows for players from different servers or guilds, as is the case with public neighborhoods.
Exactly how much it might cost to create a charter neighborhood is still unknown, but if it's relatively cheap, it could have some side effects. If players are easily able to create their own private neighborhoods, more public neighborhoods could start to become abandoned. However, players can easily pick up their house and move it to a new, more populated neighborhood with little effort.
Whether character neighborhoods will go live with WoW's Midnight pre-patch on January 20 or with the expansion proper on March 2 (or sometime later) is still unclear. However, players have already wasted little time coming up with all kinds of awe-inspiring player housing creations, so giving one person or a small group the keys to an entire neighborhood could create some even more impressive results.
As for what is definitely coming in the Midnight pre-patch, the update will introduce class talent tree changes, a new Demon Hunter specialization, major user interface updates, an overhaul of WoW's transmog system, and a controversial new policy towards player-made add-ons that will see many related to combat no longer function.
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Currently, those participating in WoW's recently added player housing feature have two options when it comes to joining a neighborhood. The first is to join a public neighborhood that is open to anyone, while the second is to be a member of a guild and join a neighborhood that only fellow guild members can live in.
Soon, however, it looks like there will be a third option to choose from. The ability to create invite-only charter neighborhoods recently appeared for testing on the beta for WoW's upcoming Midnight expansion. The feature doesn't appear to be fully functioning just yet, but there is an option for naming and purchasing a charter neighborhood, implying that the feature is indeed on the way.
This charter option lets the owner invite whoever they want to the neighborhood, including players from an opposite faction, allowing Horde and Alliance players to live side-by-side. This option also allows for players from different servers or guilds, as is the case with public neighborhoods.
Exactly how much it might cost to create a charter neighborhood is still unknown, but if it's relatively cheap, it could have some side effects. If players are easily able to create their own private neighborhoods, more public neighborhoods could start to become abandoned. However, players can easily pick up their house and move it to a new, more populated neighborhood with little effort.
Whether character neighborhoods will go live with WoW's Midnight pre-patch on January 20 or with the expansion proper on March 2 (or sometime later) is still unclear. However, players have already wasted little time coming up with all kinds of awe-inspiring player housing creations, so giving one person or a small group the keys to an entire neighborhood could create some even more impressive results.
As for what is definitely coming in the Midnight pre-patch, the update will introduce class talent tree changes, a new Demon Hunter specialization, major user interface updates, an overhaul of WoW's transmog system, and a controversial new policy towards player-made add-ons that will see many related to combat no longer function.
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