Wrath of the Lich King Factions and Reputation

At the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, the Blizzard development team discussed the ways in which faction reputation will work in the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion.

The Blizzard team introduced the concept of “Championing” which allows players to sport a specific faction’s tabard during a heroic dungeon run and gain reputation for that particular faction regardless of the dungeon they’re in. In addition, they will also gain reputation for the dungeon they’re running. And if that wasn’t good enough, wearing the tabard of the faction from the dungeon the player is running allows them to accumulate a small percentage of bonus reputation for that faction.

The idea behind the Championing concept is to help players gain reputation in a way that doesn’t feel like a grind as it has in the past. Championing is certain to go over well with a lot of players. Already there was much cheering from the audience.

The Blizzard team also revealed that reputation requirements will be removed as a barrier to entry into Heroic dungeons.

PvP rewards will be accessible through reputation gain, as they currently are in The Burning Crusade, and overall there will be a greater variety of rewards.

Blizzard also recognizes that not all trade skills were equally represented through faction rewards in TBC and aim to fix that oversight.