Faction changes are now live!

If you’ve ever dreamt of being part of the Horde (and we know you have, I mean.. c’mon..) – now’s your chance.

Posted by Nethaera on 3 Sep 09   [Source]


But even more interesting (and I totally called it):




The current faction change costs US$30. I’m not sure whether the race change will be the same cost.


Full FAQ are available through the official site, but read on for some of the questions that I was particularly curious about, and have now been answered:



• During this process, you will select a new character race from the opposite-faction races that have the character’s class available. You cannot change a character’s class.

• Each Faction Change purchase will also provide the target character with an included re-customization and optional name change.
• You CAN use the service to change back to the original faction, and choose a new race (but only if your class is available in the other race).
• You may change a character’s faction every 60 days.
• Note: I’ve paraphrased this section for brevity. Equipment, mounts, achievements, and titles which are not considered faction-specific will remain unchanged by this process. Faction-specific equipment (etc) will be automatically exchanged for a cross-faction equivalent. You can view a full list of faction-specific items here.
• Non-combat pets will not be affected by this process and will be available once the character’s faction change completes. This even includes faction-specific non-combat pets.
• Neither enchants nor socketed gems will be affected by an exchange.
• Upon changing factions, the reputation level associated with the character’s previous race will become the reputation level of the new race. All other racial reputations will be converted according to the following chart:

  
Orc (Orgrimmar) ↔ Human (Stormwind)
  Tauren (Thunder Bluff) ↔ Gnome (Gnomeregan Exiles)
  Undead (The Undercity) ↔ Night Elf (Darnassus)
  Troll (Sen’jin) ↔ Dwarf (Ironforge)
  Blood Elf (Silvermoon) ↔ Draenei (The Exodar)

  
Additional faction-specific reputations will be converted into their cross-faction equivalents (if a cross-faction equivalent exists). You can view a full list of qualifying faction-specific reputations and their equivalents here.

• Faction neutral reputations will not be affected by this process, and faction-specific reputations which do not possess an equivalent will be lost.
• Quests which are active in the character’s log at the time of the Faction Change will be cleared and all quest items associated with these quests will be destroyed.
• Completed quests that are considered faction-specific will be removed from the list of completed quests and no longer count towards any running “quests completed” totals. Should you ever elect to change back to the original faction, the original list of completed quests will be restored. Completed quests that are considered faction-neutral or possess a cross-faction equivalent will be unaffected or automatically exchanged without any detriment to the quest completed totals.
• All flight points associated with the character will be reset and you will receive a new list of flight points which are appropriate for the level and new faction.


Happy Horde-ing!

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