The World of Warcraft is getting a little smaller with the new Real ID Party feature that is now available on servers for testing. Real ID Party will allow players who are Real ID friends to raid together regardless of what server they are on.
Currently during the testing phase the service will be free, however once out of testing, players can expect to pay a fee for the service. No date has been announced yet for when testing will complete.
Although just announced, there is already player backlash that yet another WoW service will charge players. Not only do players already have to buy the game and expansions, they also have to pay a monthly subscription fee, pay for race changes, name changes, character transfers, faction changes, pets and store items. For a game that is P2P, that’s a shit load of paid services already to add yet another paid service to the mix.
Second doesn’t Blizzard realize the service will be a failure if they charge for it. What good is paying for the Real ID Party service if none of your friends on other servers do?
YES! I HOPE BLIZZARD DOES THIS AND SEALS THE NAIL IN THEIR COFFIN!