Faction change cooldown reduced
by Adam Holisky 
Oct 27th 2009 at 2:40PM
It's interesting to note the effect all this has: you can now more or less freely move around servers and factions without any major consequences. Three days off of raiding isn't a big deal, however two months off if you land in a bad guild after faction transfering your main is quite an issue.
There hasn't been any blue post about this yet, but the information is present on the screens when you undertake a race change, as pictured above.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Swifteye Oct 27th 2009 3:27PM
Seriously, seriously considering taking the Tauren that I changed into a Dwarf and changing it back into a Tauren. I miss my big, so-ugly-she's-actually-kinda-pretty cowgirl!
... sucks to think Blizz might actually get a total of $60 from me on a single toon just because I'm indecisive and make rash decisions. >.
Jason Oct 27th 2009 11:09PM
The real question is, why would you ever switch in the first place?
Swifteye Oct 28th 2009 10:01AM
I have toons on both sides, and I love my guilds on each side. Simple fact is that my Alliance-side guild didn't have a single high-level Enchanter, while my Horde-side guild has several, so I brought over my 450 Enchanter to help them out because I didn't have the gold to power-level another Enchanter quickly.
I shouldn't have, though... I mean, my Alliance guild loves having a helpful Enchanter about, but really, it's not worth the fact that I hate playing that toon now, because she's not the proud Tauren that I grew to love.
*shrugs*
Paultab Oct 27th 2009 3:33PM
Gold sellers rejoice!
ladygamertn Oct 27th 2009 3:53PM
I changed my Nelf Druid to Tauren Druid and moved to the realm I have my Hordies on... about 3 days later I joined a really great guild and found we needed a healer desperately... As my Druid was on the 60 day cooldown, I ended up leveling my 43 Priest to 80 in about 12 days. I really, really missed my Druid, though.
As soon as I read this on WoW.com, I hightailed it over to the official website and completed the faction change from Horde to Alliance. WooHOOOOOOO! So now we have two healers and other people are leveling healers so I'll also be able to dps with my Priest and Druid.
Love it!
Highsky Oct 27th 2009 3:55PM
i hope this also is for characters that already had changed cuz i really want to change back
eROKv Oct 27th 2009 4:04PM
yesterday i had two weeks left on my faction transfer cooldown and i just checked it and its ready to go again right now.
SpaceGoatPriest Oct 27th 2009 4:04PM
" you can now more or less freely move around servers and factions without any major consequences."
At $30 (approx) each time, I would say that is a consequence this cheap skate won't do.
Dart Oct 27th 2009 4:16PM
Blizz, don't kid yourself. Just remove the CD.
Everything that starts off at a long CD eventually goes down to basically no time.
Jon Do Oct 27th 2009 4:55PM
So how long until "Dual Faction" is implemented?
lol
Joshua Oct 27th 2009 5:20PM
So glad - I had until Nov 4th to on my Priest, but now I can switch back to alliance right away. Back to dwarf? Draenei? Hmm.
Kittywulfe Oct 27th 2009 6:05PM
The restrictions in your photo all refer to race change and not faction change. Is it really gonna be 3 days?
Amaxe-1 Oct 27th 2009 8:33PM
Says : "Faction Change or Race Change"
Kittywulfe Oct 27th 2009 9:49PM
How about that... I saw "race change" in all the other lines, but totally missed it in the most obvious one! lol
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Knyle2 Oct 29th 2009 9:33AM
FALSE!