Blizzard publishes a New Player's Starter Guide for WoW Forever

On Wednesday, October 28, Blizzard published a New Player's Starter Guide for WoW Forever. It covers the first steps from your account to your first group. Some points in it are new or now officially confirmed:

• Roleplay-PvP at launch: According to Blizzard, the Normal, PvP, Roleplay and Roleplay-PvP rulesets are available from launch. Hardcore comes later.
• Experience Preset: The first time you log in, you choose Classic or Enhanced, before you pick your ruleset. Classic starts with Standard Definition models and with quest objective markers, One-bag and transmog turned off. Enhanced starts with High Definition models and these features on. If you're unsure, Blizzard recommends Enhanced. You can change each setting later under Game Menu > Options.
• HD or SD per character: You pick this every time you create a character, and you can change it later in the options or at a Barbershop. It only affects appearance.
• Controller: According to Blizzard, controller support is available in a beta state. You play on Windows or Mac.
• Professions: Each character can learn two primary professions and all three secondary professions: Cooking, Fishing and First Aid.
• Playing together: Groups, guilds, dungeons and raids only work with the same faction and the same ruleset. Agree on both before you create your characters.

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Source: Blizzard, Oct 28, 2026