The
World of Warcraft website announces Blizzard is working on a new PvP
Mercenary Mode that will allow players to participate in Ashran or unrated
Battlegrounds without having to wait through long queues. Word is this will
switch you to the appropriate faction on the fly:
They say, 適eep your
friends close, and your enemies closer迫and soon, you値l be able to do just
that.
In an upcoming patch, we値l be adding a feature that allows you to act as a
mercenary for the opposite faction in PvP. Whenever your faction is experiencing
a long wait time to get into Ashran or unrated Battlegrounds, agents of the
enemy faction will appear in your base in Ashran (Stormshield for the Alliance,
Warspear for the Horde). These agents will allow you to enter Ashran or
Battlegrounds disguised as an enemy player, and actually fight as the opposite
faction.
When you compete as a mercenary, you値l still earn all the same rewards you
would have by winning or losing as your own faction (with the exception of
faction-specific achievements). You値l also have your race automatically changed
into one appropriate for the opposite faction while you池e still inside the
Battleground or Ashran. Perhaps most importantly, however, you値l experience
much shorter queue times, as our matchmaking system will be able to fill up
groups much quicker!
Our goal with Mercenary Mode is to allow players who want to participate in
Ashran or unrated Battlegrounds the ability to do so without having to wait
through long queues, while still maintaining the spirit of the core Alliance vs
Horde fantasy. We値l be testing this feature soon on the Public Test Realm, and
look forward to hearing your feedback!