{"id":2157496,"date":"2026-09-22T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2157496"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:46:10","slug":"blizzard-reveals-the-world-of-warcraft-forever-feature-we-simply-must-hold-the-line-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2157496","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Reveals the World of Warcraft Forever Feature ‘We Simply Must Hold the Line On’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ever since Blizzard revealed World of Warcraft: Forever<\/a> at Blizzcon 2026<\/a>, the company has been laser-focused on maintaining its Classic+ identity, even if that means not implementing some quality-of-life features the game’s retail version has had for years. <\/p>\n

In a reply to GingiTV<\/a> and Nobbel87<\/a>, two of the biggest WoW personalities on X\/Twitter (albeit from complete opposite ends of the community), Blizzard developer Josh Greenfield confirmed that not implementing shared drops and tagging was “one of those things that we simply must hold the line on.” He continued, saying “It\u2019s hard to see the value in something like this when you are frustrated in the moment but it is extremely important to our social pillar to maintain some of this friction.”<\/p>\n

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Yep, this. This is one of those things that we simply must hold the line on. I think there are other things we can do to help alleviate some frustration here but shared tagging is not it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to see the value in something like this when you are frustrated in the moment but\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Greenfield (@AggrendWoW) September 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the retail version of World of Warcraft, players who are questing or trying to farm rare spawns can all tag the same enemy (to a limit), so that everyone can get the rewards for killing it. This makes it a lot easier to play the game outside of a group, but it all but eliminates the need to group up with other players outside of high-end group content like dungeons and raids. <\/p>\n

It’s not hard to see why some people would want shared tagging implemented in Forever, too. The beta for this new version of old World of Warcraft has been incredibly popular<\/a>, which means there’s a lot of competition for anyone that just wants to kill some boars for some bones. The solution, which was suggested by Nobbel and confirmed by Greenfield is to “group up and get it done together,” which will give people more opportunity to socialize, which is really what WoW Forever is designed for. <\/p>\n

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World of Warcraft Forever or Retail?<\/h2>\n

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