WoW Forever adds a Roleplay-PvP ruleset for the November 4 launch

Blizzard will add a Roleplay-PvP ruleset to World of Warcraft: Forever for launch on November 4. Game developer Aggrend announced it in a Blizzard forum post on October 22. Blizzard’s ruleset overview carries the same note, marked as updated on 10/22.

The post follows a podcast episode in which Blizzard discussed its concerns about this ruleset while saying the topic was still under internal discussion. Our ruleset guide, linked below, still records the earlier “no current plans” remark from that episode; this post replaces it. Blizzard now says that over the last few days the team looked at “what it would take to add it” and decided “to go for it.” The post adds that the team is “working hard” to let players select Roleplay-PvP and reserve names there once name reservation begins on Tuesday, October 27. That is a goal, not a promise, and Blizzard’s overview is just as careful: “We also plan to make it so that this Ruleset is available with Early Name Reservation.”

For players, the practical question is which names to bring on October 27. Our name reservation guide covers who can reserve and the regional start times. It also lists the limit of three characters in total across all rulesets, so a Roleplay-PvP character uses one of the same three slots as a Normal, PvP or Roleplaying one. Blizzard’s overview says characters can’t move freely between rulesets and that cross-ruleset grouping isn’t supported. Pick the ruleset your group will play on before you spend a slot.

Blizzard has not said what separates Roleplay-PvP from the existing PvP and Roleplaying rulesets. The ruleset overview says that on the PvP ruleset a player can create characters for only one faction, and it does not say whether Roleplay-PvP follows that rule. Our ruleset guide explains the four rulesets and the faction-balance system Blizzard describes.