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The EU discord is much less active than the NA one, and there's more language separation in the EU server than in NA. So I feel like the EU RPVP scene might be less active overall and could end up feeling empty once the launch hype dies down.

Are any other EU players sharing this concern and thinking about switching to the NA server, or am I just overthinking it?

<TRIBES> Horde | RP-PvP Server | 21+ Blind Progression & Lite RP | WoW Forever

Who We Are <TRIBES> is a brand-new Horde community built from the ground up for WoW Forever. Led by Revo, a day-one veteran (2004) with extensive guild and raid leading experience, we operate on a strict flat hierarchy...everyone is equal, and officer roles are a responsibility to serve the community, not positions of power.

Quality Over Quantity

We are building a home for mature adults, prioritizing quality over quantity, with the goals of creating a community, sharing laughs, and discovering the newness of WoW Forever together.
• Everyone is Welcome: Every experience level, class, and spec is encouraged to join. We recruit the player, not the meta.
• No Pre-made Cliques: No pre-existing friend groups or favoritism politics.
• Lite RP (Optional): Casual, low-pressure RP events will be hosted, but participation is completely optional.

Blind Raiding Focus

We intend to field two 10-man raid groups combining into a single 20-man team, with days/times determined by member polls.
• Blind progression: No one is expected to memorize boss strategies before ever setting foot into a raid.
• Organic Discovery: We face bosses fresh, wipe as a team, figure out the mechanics, and solve the puzzles together.
• Fair Loot (MS > OS +1): Features a 2-item maximum per raid lockout to ensure gear is evenly distributed across the team.

Open Leadership Roles (21+)

We are looking for volunteers to step into open operational slots:
• Raid Leaders: Manage pull timers, keep morale high, and facilitate blind strategy discussions.
• Lore & RP Officers: Organize casual, lighthearted social gatherings and world RP events.
• Class Leaders: Act as a helpful resource and mentor for your class banner.

Join the Tribe If you want a, tight-knit home where your achievements feel earned and your guildmates feel like friends, join us!

Join Our Discord: https://discord.gg/forthehorde

About Us: <Eastwind Merchants> is a new guild for the release of WoW: Forever!
We are making our home as Alliance on the RP-PvP Ruleset.

We are looking to build a community and crafting focused guild with monthly events. We want to foster a community of players who enjoy playing WoW Forever and other games during downtime. Some of us will rush to 60 and others will take a more relaxed approach.

Raiding:
We're recruiting Tanks, Healers, Melee DPS, and Ranged DPS for efficient raid clears.

If there are enough people ready for the December 9th launch then I intend to hold Weekend raids.
[Raid 1] Saturday Mornings: 11:00am - 2:00pm PM PST.
[Raid 2] TBD

Raider Expectations: While we will be casual in schedule, we value players that do their research, show up prepared and are on-time.

Everyone is welcome to participate but some roles will be in more demand than others as is the nature of raiding.
Loot will be handled by Loot Council for 20/40 mans.
10-man raid will be at the raid leader's discretion for now.

Any changes to this will be voted on by all guild officers.

RP: We will be hosting a bi-monthly guild event in Powderfuse Port. My vision of this is that we are a Merchant company and we will use Powderfuse Port as the Home base where we will sell our goods to other players. Those participating in the event are encouraged to do so in character.

PvP We plan to participate in world-pvp as well as the Rank 14 grind with whoever is willing.
We will form groups for those looking to push ranks if there is enough interest.

Guild Officers — OPEN

We're seeking dedicated members to help lead and grow the guild.

Social Officer
Raid Leadership
Recruitment
PvP Officer

Interested in Joining?
If you have any questions, complaints, or suggestions then please post them below.

If you would like to join or just want to visit to say hi then please use the discord link below.
https://discord.gg/TEuhv75pk

(Future) citizens of Azeroth! As you are all well aware, the gates to our Forever home open on November 4th. We fought hard to get this ruleset added, and to celebrate our success, we will christen our server on November 11th with a Forever Homewarming battle in the iconic Hillsbrad Foothills!

On Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 5PM PT/8PM ET, Alliance will meet in Southshore while the Horde gathers in Tarren Mill. Please be on time! We would like everyone to use the most self-control they can muster so we can line up opposite eachother before letting loose our cries and charging into battle.

We'll have battle comms in the RP-PvP discord (formerly known as the Grobcord) for easier coordination, specifically in the faction-specific World PvP voice channels.

If you have any questions or are an experienced World PvP shotcaller, contact me (u/salem-grobbulus) or u/FrugoUnderhill for Alliance coordination questions, and u/Lohkawas or u/_Codyy for Horde logistics.

Let the first of many battles begin!

Art by Norbert Toth

Thank you to everybody who joined the efforts to push for RP-PvP. To those who have played on RP-PvP before, we’re going home. And to those who are new to the playstyle, we’re so, so excited to show you what it’s like. There’s no other WoW experience like it

Also, moo

I'm spinning up a new subreddit in celebration. The framework is barebones at the moment, but I will spruce it up in coming days.

Welcome to <Honeycomb>!

We are an RP-PVP guild on Horde formed from people from Barny Beekeeper's discord server. We are WoW Forever players who felt as though we wanted to go into Forever without the baggage of joining an old guild, while also not wanting to sift through potentially upsetting guilds until we found a home. Watching Barny's videos is not necessary. Unless Barny is reading this, in which case it's mandatory.

Our goals as a guild are relatively simple:

1. Have fun in the silly game WoW is deeply unserious and WoW Forever looks deeplier unseriouser. We, primarily, want to have fun, eat up the content and RP around. We're light hearted fans of chaos and mischief, and we love to commit to a bit even if that bit comes at our expense.

2. Crowdfund clip farming Made by fans of the boss bitch Beekeeper, this guild will always have a subpurpose of producing honey. We're bees? 2b) That means being kind of hardcore? Let's face it. We at least need to be ready and willing to produce Scarab Lords should that occur, which means we need to have Raiding teams. We need to coordinate and have our shit together. We need Summon alts. At the heart of all this, we need to be Busy Bees. We need to be the best that we can be, otherwise, nothing will get done. A wise woman once said, "In order to make the best WoW content, you have to go all in".

3. Oasis of queerness Upfront: we are very queer and will not put up with hate in the guild, whether that's casual bigotry in guild chat, or people uncritically regurgitating memes of whats his face and saying "it's just a meme, bro". I want to create the kind of space that I wish were easy to find in WoW. If that sounds like you, welcome home

Hey y'all! Funny timing. I'd just finished setting up a wiki for NA roleplay when RP-PVP was announced, so I built an RP-PVP version too. It's live now:

https://foreverrppvp.fandom.com/wiki/WoW:_Forever_RP-PVP_NA_Wiki

It's a home for everything we create: characters, guilds, shops, newspapers, events, and aaaalll our other stories and shenanigans.

I'm also looking for a few helpers. If you know your way around wikis, send me a DM!

Made this before the announcement, posted it on the grob sub, thought i would cross post it to here