WoW: Forever has me excited, but Blizzard needs to tread carefully — the player base will be seriously split in its current state
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Locking in a "forever" ruleset risks hard-forking a 20-year community into incompatible tribes. For any live service considering a nostalgia or "classic" lane, design migration and cross-mode incentives up front or expect churn around every major rules decision.
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