WoD Capitals Changed IV: A New Hope

#1 - June 27, 2014, 8:50 p.m.

Corey Stockton, the lead game designer, tweeted that the faction capitals on Draenor have been changed from Karabor and Bladespire Citadel to the faction camps on Ashran.

https://twitter.com/mumper/status/482381728393072641

Ashran is a forced PvP zone, and though you aren't auto-flagged in the "cities" themselves, you will be if you step out of them onto Ashran itself, regardless of server type. The "Don't flag me ever" toggle is in, but they haven't stated whether or not Ashran's nature will override it.

Map of Ashran in the current build, with the Horde capital up north and the Alliance capital down south:
http://marlamin.com/minimaps/maps/6.0.1.18471/Ashran.png

Video of Ashran, with the Horde capital at 1:07 and the Alliance capital shortly after. Yes, the shanty towns are it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNF-KCbKgkw

06/27/2014 01:43 AMPosted by Shadryck
Hey Darstine, add this to the OP
Guy named Grimskul provided it in the last thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqR4CqTgMow&list=UUni0hHncayvoNoTd16VtoPA
Alliance at 1:05
Horde at 6:45

Tweet from Holinka stating that the capitals can be invaded:
https://twitter.com/holinka/status/482572120128368640

@mrbeanie45 @SkyShark_X2 It will be possible to invade

Stockton's response:
https://twitter.com/mumper/status/482575134943760384

@JesseGarrett8 No doubt, we did. Just like every BlizzCon where we talk about early design, things change during development.

Tweet from a third party with the video in which they state what the capitals will be, just for the sake of being thorough:
https://twitter.com/JesseGarrett8/status/482540200502243328

Holinka also tweeted that this is full of "Out of date information," but refused to elaborate.

Lore doing damage control:
https://twitter.com/CM_Lore/status/482594950740062208

Also: LOTS of misinformation and misunderstandings floating around re: faction capitals. I'm working on getting details out ASAP.

Still waiting on his post as of this writing.

To the community members reading: engage the devs on Twitter if you feel strongly enough, but be professional. No death threats.

First thread: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/13271477123
Second thread: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/13271477143
Third thread: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/13271747224