Cross-Realm Dungeon Feature Coming Soon
Originally Posted by Slorkuz (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With the continued popularity of the Dungeon Finder, many players have been asking for a way to group up with real-life friends who play on other realms to take on instances together. Today, we wanted to give you a heads up about a new feature currently in development that will allow players to invite Real ID friends of the same faction to a party regardless of the realm they play on, and then queue up for a 5-player regular or Heroic dungeon.

As this is a fairly complex service to develop, we don’t have a release date to share quite yet. It’s important to note that as with some of the other convenience- and connectivity-oriented features we offer, certain elements of the cross-realm Real ID party system will be premium-based, though only the player sending the invitations will need to have access to the premium service. We'll have more details to share with you as development progresses -- in the meantime, you may begin to see elements of the feature appear on the World of Warcraft PTR.
This article was originally published in forum thread: Cross-Realm Dungeon Feature Coming Soon started by Boubouille View original post
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  1. goozen's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by rogie View Post
    LOL. They don't invest more money into the game, silly. It's called profit, and it goes to larger salaries and their shareholders. Or, best case, it goes into OTHER games. This game MAKES money. Silly, silly, silly goozen.
    As with any company profit is devided by set persentages, so yes it will be invested.
  1. bergmann620's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by rogie View Post
    In a thread with over 1,500 posts, it's hard to be the #1 worst. Grats.
    Grats on an opinion, with nothing else. Grats.
  1. Zeshiro's Avatar
    I have to wonder if the people defending this are the douche bag friends so they wanna buy this to help rep with their friends.
  1. MrWizard's Avatar
    WoW is already in a completely boring and stagnant state, this was just what I needed to cancel and wait on Diablo 3. This just went a little too far for me to keep putting money into WoW, and I can only see more and more 'premium' being implemented in the future as they hemorrhage subscriptions.


    Keep ripping that wound open Blizzard, the gas companies may be able to price gouge but you have to remember, WoW isn't a life necessity.
  1. Mongoose19's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by bergmann620 View Post
    First off, don't put words in my mouth.

    Second, what is a "retarded logic of lovering product quality"?

    Third, I know they evolve. What you don't get is that some features they provide for free (Firelands, ZA/ZG, etc) and some, you have to pay extra for. You can have an opinion as to which one is which, but that doesn't make it fact.
    What does it make "some" features needing to be payed extra for, oh wait I know people who are dumb enough to spend money on such shit!
  1. Ranor's Avatar
    Still going strong with this? You guys are persistent!

    I think it's cute that even blues think the conspiracy theories are loltastic.

    Keep up the good fight, my Blizzard Defense Force minions.
  1. mmocf983e2506b's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ranor View Post
    Still going strong with this? You guys are persistent!

    I think it's cute that even blues think the conspiracy theories are loltastic.

    Keep up the good fight, my Blizzard Defense Force minions.
    Offensive.
    Source for the blues, proof of this being a conspiracy theory.
    I am happy that you love being milked royally every time Blizzard decides to do so.
  1. coldfront's Avatar
    Most working jobs these days would cover the cost of the paid service for cross realm real id dungeons, in 1 hour max 2 hours.

    You can't afford 1-2 hours of work to pay for it?

    lol irl
  1. bergmann620's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Mongoose19 View Post
    What does it make "some" features needing to be payed extra for, oh wait I know people who are dumb enough to spend money on such shit!
    I'm sure you've never spent money on something that others would think is stupid.

    Somehow, I'm able to sleep at night even though I squeeze out $3 a month so I can post auctions on lunch at my desk at work. I know. It's a good thing my wife and friends don't know how dumb I am.
  1. mmocd85d679b36's Avatar
    You could always reroll on your friends server for free, if you cba to reroll and lose EVERYTHING get the credit card out
  1. mmocf983e2506b's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by coldfront View Post
    Most working jobs these days would cover the cost of the paid service for cross realm real id dungeons, in 1 hour max 2 hours.

    You can't afford 1-2 hours of work to pay for it?

    lol irl
    It's not about the cost, try to see behind the curtains on your eyes.
    You cannot simply agree to every way they decide to charge you more you should be paying/has paid so far.
    If you do, well good for you, I don't like throwing away my hard earned paychecks.
  1. Nero Duskwind's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by goozen View Post
    "One thing leads to another. Coffee leads to Red Bull, Red Bull leads to crank."
    This thread is either people feeling entitled, or doomsayers.
    If blizz go down that road they will fail, but they still havent.
    Not exactly a doomsaying. It's the only logical conclusion that Blizzard will inevitably expand this service to include raiding and PVP with RealID friends of the same faction. Flexible raid lockout, same quality gear in 10 and 25 man content, and guild perks/levelling implemented to counterbalance the rise of cherrypicked pugs; the writing is pretty much on the wall.
  1. Ranor's Avatar
    It's true, I'm watching. But my hope is that by locking the other thread it exhibits that I (and others here) are keeping a close eye on these not only for constructive feedback and discussion, but also watching out for ongoing flaming, trolling, and Code of Conduct violations.

    We wouldn't have posted what little we have to share with you if we didn't think it was important to share it within its context and then get that constructive feedback. We're not trying to do anything clandestine here nor are we trying to cause anyone stress or durress. I'm going to go out on a limb and make a couple of promises (which I try not to do.) I promise you that we will take all due consideration into what is being said no matter what the end result is. I also promise that we will do our utmost to share with you as much information with you all including the cost, any limitations, accessiblity, how it works and more, once we have that information to share. We're not taking any of this lightly.

    There have been a lot of very strange speculation discussions ocurring that have made us scratch our collective heads. Please try to give us the benefit of the doubt that we want this service to be beneficial and as accessible as possible. Again, we are not making easy decisions here. If they were easy, we would have had every answer you wanted already.

    I'd like to encourage everyone to please try to cut back on the conspiracy theories in these threads. They're not productive or constructive to these discussions and lead to some nasty flame wars or inferences.
    From Neth on the official forums.
  1. Asatru's Avatar
    There's over 100 pages spread across 6 capped threads on the officials about this too. Blizzard fucked up big.
  1. mmocf983e2506b's Avatar
    Read : My boss said this has to stop or he will not have his weekend in Hawaii. Blues will say what they are ordered to.
    So they are still going to implement that, despite of ppl not liking the idea of it. Great.
    We'll have to wait and see what happens. I am out if this goes live as a paid service.
  1. Ranor's Avatar
    I'm sure none of us will miss you. Just like nobody misses anyone who goes out kicking and screaming like a child.

    I mean, I could sit here and recap what I did last night about how this isn't a big deal, changes nothing, this isn't a precursor to some crazy event that will end the World of Warcraft. It's just a simple case of "I WANT THIS MOMMY GIMME GIMME WAAHH WHY WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME." - It's hard to see that it's that way from the standpoint of the one throwing the temper tantrum.

    BUTTTT. There's no point in that because people have explained it far more logically than I have and people scream at them like they're a witch needing to be burned at the stake. :3
  1. bergmann620's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Asatru View Post
    There's over 100 pages spread across 6 capped threads on the officials about this too. Blizzard fucked up big.
    That's what, 1,000 people? 5,000?

    Sorry, nothing on the forums is truly 'big' at this point.

    The vast majority of WoW players will likely not even know this has been added.
  1. Vayshan's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Prem View Post
    How many other things in your day to day life haven't increased in price? I can't think of many at all. Blizzard aren't immune to the recession, inflation or competition - they've yet to directly pass on these costs. If they can keep things the way they are by adding, let me stress, optional things that don't really impact on gameplay at all, more power to them. And I can imagine this thread would have even more posts than 70 odd pages if my suggestion about increased sub costs was to go ahead (and a significantly larger proportion of posters would actually be justified in giving their opinion on the subject).

    I never said you wouldn't, I wasn't using you as an example at all, just pointing out that people are here just to moan and complain about something that truthfully doesn't matter to them in the slightest.

    Where I work, if the company was to hit it's target sales for the day, we don't get to go home, we push for more. That's what business is about - and that's every business. It's not evil, it's not mean, it's not greedy, it's how things work - we don't live in a utopia just yet.
    Theres a limit to how far you can push. This WILL enhance your gameplay value/experience and a lot of ppl are touchy about this. Blizzard should be carefull when they start charging extra for something that is only a minimal upgrade to an alrdy existing service. It's not like they need to hire new ppl to code a fresh new app for a completely different platform. The alrdy have all the knowledge, ppl and experience with coding WoW, so there is 0 reason why this should be a payed service. Afterall, I didn't see a bill on my doormat for the revamped battle.net which was way more work than this will be.
  1. mmocf983e2506b's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ranor View Post
    I'm sure none of us will miss you. Just like nobody misses anyone who goes out kicking and screaming like a child.

    I mean, I could sit here and recap what I did last night about how this isn't a big deal, changes nothing, this isn't a precursor to some crazy event that will end the World of Warcraft. It's just a simple case of "I WANT THIS MOMMY GIMME GIMME WAAHH WHY WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME." - It's hard to see that it's that way from the standpoint of the one throwing the temper tantrum.

    BUTTTT. There's no point in that because people have explained it far more logically than I have and people scream at them like they're a witch needing to be burned at the stake. :3
    I did not say I will leave these forums, plz don't cry for me, I am here , darling.
    Great for you that you want to pay extra for what you already paid for, your choice.
    Nobody is screaming like a child, I propose you cut down on animes for this week. As you can see I am not the only one against this . Flaming us and labeling ppl does not prove your point even the slightest.
  1. Laughriot's Avatar
    Sorry, I don't get it. If you don't like the service, don't pay for it. I have never once bought a pet or mount from the store, paid for a character recustomization, race changed, or faction changed. I do not have mobile armory, or remote guild chat.

    I also don't complain about the fact that they cost money.

    I hate to sound like a flaming troll, but... why is everyone whining about something that doesn't really effect them at all? Just don't pay for the service. There are tons of ways around this feature that don't cost an extra monthly fee. Reroll on your friend's server. Have your friend reroll on yours. Hand a L1 character on your main server a full set of BoAs and 20kg, and then transfer him to play with your friend.

    Oh, oh! Or here's another fantastic idea! Play WoW with your guild, and then go see your friend IRL! And if you aren't close enough to see them IRL, talk to them on Facebook and play Farmville with them, or something! I KNOW, IT'S CRAZY!

    This thread, and all of the threads about this topic on the official forums... it just goes to show that people will whine about absolutely anything.

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