Alliance players in World of Warcraft: Forever are asking Blizzard not to lift the Horde faction lock on PvP realms. In a Nov. 10 update, Blizzard said it is adjusting character creation according to regional faction balance, with the goal of bringing the sides as close to an even split as possible.
One Reddit post describes Alliance questing as nearly impossible and estimates that Horde outnumber Alliance by 50%. That figure is the poster’s estimate, not a verified count.
PvP Realms are currently unplayable as Alliance
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A second thread fears that Alliance players may quit or reroll on PvE realms, leaving an even smaller Alliance population on PvP realms. Those departures are a feared outcome, not a confirmed trend.
Faction Imbalance Is Going to Kill the PvP Server
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Blizzard’s Nov. 10 forum update put the widest regional faction split at roughly 55/45, short of the studio’s 50/50 goal. That is Blizzard’s regional figure, not confirmation of the Reddit estimate.
The character-creation system now considers overall faction balance across a region’s PvP rulesets instead of relying on a population snapshot from one moment. Current restrictions make it harder to create Horde characters on North American PvP rulesets and Alliance characters in EU Roleplay-PvP. Blizzard says the restricted faction may switch sides as players settle.
Blizzard acknowledged that limits on starting with a preferred faction can frustrate players, but described them as a trade-off for the ruleset’s long-term health, especially while guilds form and rivalries develop. The current measures are regional and can change, rather than imposing the same permanent restriction on one faction everywhere.
Faction access is separate from reward progression. Blizzard’s 14-tier PvP reward track uses weekly Rank-point caps to pace rewards, while the character-creation limits address faction balance.
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