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World of Warcraftfans have begun noticing their characters sitting on the Warbands character select screen inThe War Withinalpha. Though a seemingly innocuous change,World of Warcraftplayers are excited to see what this new life breathed into the login screen could mean for the future.
Warbands are a new feature coming inWorld of Warcraft: The War Withinthat will revolutionize how players approach the game. In addition to tons of alt-friendly adjustments to make many aspects of the game account-wide, the character select screen is getting an overhaul that includes a function where fans can select four of their favorite characters to pose together.
However,duringWorld of Warcraft: The War Withinalpha, some fans noticed a fun detail about this new character select screen. Initially, the characters on this special login screen just idly stood around. That said, some testers have noticed their characters have begun sitting around the campfire instead.WoWcontent creators Taliesin & Evitel and MrGM discovered their characters taking a load off, proving it was not just a fluke or glitch.
The New Character Select Screen in WoW: The War Within
WhenWorld of Warcraftfirst showed off Warbands at BlizzConlast year, the mocked-up image for the new loading screen showed four characters dynamically posed around a campfire. The alpha version of the character select screen was a bit less exciting, but the spark of life in the form of randomly sitting down around the fire shows thatWorld of Warcraftis still adding more things to the feature. Players are wondering what other emotes they might eventually spy around their campfire, and hope their characters might eventually be able to dance and laugh together.
The new Warbands system may have even more new features in the future as well.World of Warcrafthas hinted at new backgrounds that fans could collect and use for their Warbands, andWoWexecutive producer Holly Longdale teased completing Follower Dungeonswith one’s own alts. Warbands are one of the most exciting new features coming inThe War Within, and watchingWorld of Warcraftevolve it in real time is likely to delight players in the new expansion.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and is the ninth expansion pack for the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.Dragonflight features an overhauled user interface, raises the level cap to 70, and introduces a new race and class.
