Blizzard: Faction-Change Service in the Works 06/29/2009

Sigh another useless "service" offered by now everyone who wanted to play on opposite factions have done so and rerolled thier toons to max level if not several max level toons on various servers. It was a good money maker for blizzard as it kept people in the game longer increasing thier monthly feels as what coulda been done in one month will take a few more. Anyways I think this is a sign that WOW is slowly winding down so blizzard is doing a garage sale every now and then to keep their members happy. The alliance/horde is balancing out so I 'm guessing WOW has a few more years to it before its' phased out completely.

For the moment its generating some extra $25 per toon should people want to reroll on other servers.

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* . Faction-Change Service in the Works 06/29/2009 01:58:43 PM PDT

original link: WOW forums
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We wanted to give everyone a very early heads-up that, in response to player requests, we’re developing a new service for World of Warcraft that will allow players to change their faction from Alliance to Horde or Horde to Alliance. There’s still much work to do and many details to iron out, but the basic idea is that players will be able to use the service to transform an existing character into a roughly equivalent character of the opposing faction on the same realm. Players who ended up creating and leveling up characters on the opposite factions from their friends have been asking for this type of functionality for some time, and we’re pleased to be getting closer to being able to deliver it.

As with all of the features and services we offer, we intend to incorporate the faction-change service in a way that won’t disrupt the gameplay experience on the realms, and there will be some rules involved with when and how the service can be used. The number of variables involved increases the complexity of implementing this service, but we plan to take the time needed to ensure that it lives up to expectations before officially rolling it out. We’ll go into much more detail on all of this here at http://www.WorldofWarcraft.com as development progresses. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know that because this type of functionality requires extensive internal testing well in advance of release, you may be seeing bits and pieces of the service in the test builds we use for the public test realms moving forward.

Event: Mid Summers' Festival

(June 21 – July 4).
http://www.wowwiki.com/Midsummer_Fire_Festival

Loots of note:
Captured Flame (pet),
Frostscythe of Lord Ahune (WH)
[Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost] (Screenshot)
Scorched Stone (Pet) (WH)
[Shards of Ahune] (Rewards Tabard of Summer Flames / Tabard of Summer Skies

Formula: Enchant Weapon - Deathfrost Binds when picked up Requires Enchanting (350) Use: Learn how to permanently enchant a weapon so your damaging spells and melee weapon hits occasionally inflict an additional 150 Frost damage and reduce the target's melee, ranged, and casting speed by 15% for 8 sec.

Shards of Ahune Binds when picked up This Item Begins a Quest Requires Level 65

	Continent	Zone	Region	Coords
	Eastern Kingdoms	Arathi Highlands	Hammerfall	[74, 41]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Arathi Highlands	Refuge Pointe	[50, 44]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Badlands	Kargath	[4, 49]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Blasted Lands	Nethergarde Keep	[58, 17]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Burning Steppes	Flame Crest	[62, 29]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Burning Steppes	Morgan's Vigil	[80, 62]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Dun Morogh	Kharanos	[46, 46]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Duskwood	Darkshire	[74, 51]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Elwynn Forest	Goldshire	[43, 65]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Eversong Woods	North Sanctum	[46, 50]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Ghostlands	Tranquillien	[46, 26]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Hillsbrad Foothills	Southshore	[50, 46]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Hillsbrad Foothills	Tarren Mill	[58, 25]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Hinterlands	Aerie Peak	[14, 50]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Hinterlands	Revantusk Village	[76, 74]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Ironforge	Hall of Explorers	[64, 25]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Loch Modan	Thelsamar	[32, 40]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Redridge Mountains	Lakeshire	[24, 59]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Silvermoon City	Court of the Sun	[70, 43]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Silverpine Forest	The Sepulcher	[49, 38]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Stormwind	The Canals	[49, 72]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Stranglethorn Vale	East of Booty Bay	[33, 73]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Stranglethorn Vale	East of Booty Bay	[32, 75]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Swamp of Sorrows	Stonard	[47, 47]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Tirisfal Glades	Brill	[57, 52]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Undercity	Ruins of Lordaeron	[68, 9]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Western Plaguelands	Chillwind Camp	[43, 82]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Westfall	Sentinel Hill	[56, 54]
	Eastern Kingdoms	Wetlands	Menethil Harbor	[13, 47]
	Kalimdor	Ashenvale	Astranaar	[38, 54]
	Kalimdor	Ashenvale	Splintertree Post	[70, 69]
	Kalimdor	Azuremyst Isle	Azure Watch	[44, 53]
	Kalimdor	Barrens	Crossroads	[52, 28]
	Kalimdor	Bloodmyst Isle	Blood Watch	[55, 69]
	Kalimdor	Darkshore	Auberdine	[37, 46]
	Kalimdor	Desolace	Nijel's Point	[65, 17]
	Kalimdor	Desolace	Shadowprey Village	[26, 76]
	Kalimdor	Durotar	Razor Hill	[52, 47]
	Kalimdor	Dustwallow Marsh	Brackenwall Village	[33, 30]
	Kalimdor	Dustwallow Marsh	Theramore Isle	[62, 40]
	Kalimdor	Exodar, The	The Crystal Hall	[41, 26]
	Kalimdor	Feralas	Camp Mojache	[72, 47]
	Kalimdor	Feralas	Feathermoon Stronghold	[28, 44]
	Kalimdor	Mulgore	Bloodhoof Village	[51, 60]
	Kalimdor	Orgrimmar	Valley of Wisdom	[47, 38]
	Kalimdor	Silithus	Cenarion Hold	[57, 34]
	Kalimdor	Silithus	Cenarion Hold	[46, 44]
	Kalimdor	Stonetalon Mountains	Sun Rock Retreat	[50, 60]
	Kalimdor	Tanaris	Gadgetzan	[52, 29]
	Kalimdor	Tanaris	Gadgetzan	[49, 27]
	Kalimdor	Teldrassil	Dolanaar	[55, 60]
	Kalimdor	Teldrassil	Rut'theran Village	[55, 91]
	Kalimdor	Thousand Needles	Freewind Post	[41, 52]
	Kalimdor	Thunder Bluff	Spirit Rise	[21, 26]
	Kalimdor	Winterspring	Everlook	[62, 35]
	Kalimdor	Winterspring	Everlook	[59, 35]
	Northrend	Borean Tundra	Bor'gorok Outpost	[51, 12]
	Northrend	Borean Tundra	Fizzcrank Airstrip	[55, 20]
	Northrend	Crystalsong Forest	Sunreaver's Command	[80, 53]
	Northrend	Crystalsong Forest	Windrunner's Overlook	[78, 75]
	Northrend	Dragonblight	Agmar's Hammer	[39, 48]
	Northrend	Dragonblight	Wintergarde Keep	[75, 44]
	Northrend	Grizzly Hills	Amberpine Lodge	[34, 61]
	Northrend	Grizzly Hills	Conquest Hold	[19, 61]
	Northrend	Howling Fjord	Camp Winterhoof	[48, 13]
	Northrend	Howling Fjord	Fort Wildervar	[58, 16]
	Northrend	Sholazar Basin	River's Heart	[47, 66]
	Northrend	Sholazar Basin	River's Heart	[47, 62]
	Northrend	Storm Peaks	K3	[42, 87]
	Northrend	Storm Peaks	K3	[40, 86]
	Northrend	Zul'Drak	The Argent Stand	[41, 61]
	Northrend	Zul'Drak	The Argent Stand	[43, 71]
	Outland	Blade's Edge Mountains	Sylvanaar	[42, 66]
	Outland	Blade's Edge Mountains	Thunderlord Stronghold	[50, 59]
	Outland	Hellfire Peninsula	Honor Hold	[62, 58]
	Outland	Hellfire Peninsula	Thrallmar	[55, 40]
	Outland	Nagrand	Garadar	[51, 34]
	Outland	Nagrand	Telaar	[50, 70]
	Outland	Netherstorm	Area 52	[31, 63]
	Outland	Netherstorm	Area 52	[32, 68]
	Outland	Shadowmoon Valley	Shadowmoon Village	[33, 30]
	Outland	Shadowmoon Valley	Wildhammer Stronghold	[40, 55]
	Outland	Terokkar Forest	Allerian Stronghold	[55, 55]
	Outland	Terokkar Forest	Stonebreaker Hold	[52, 43]
	Outland	Zangarmarsh	Telredor	[69, 52]
	Outland	Zangarmarsh	Zabra'Jin	[36, 52]