When the gates opened on the World of Warcraft: Forever beta, it was a free-for-all. Everyone fought to be the first to "tag" enemies with their attacks so they would count for their quests—a problem that is essentially obsolete in modern WoW.
My memories of doing this in the real classic WoW came flooding back as I frantically tried to claim enemies before someone else did. But that old frustration also prompted old solutions: Whenever I came across a quest to kill seven wolves or whatever, I invited other players into my group so that everyone got credit.
This, according to senior game designer Josh Greenfield on X, is exactly what Blizzard wants to see.
Greenfield responded to a conversation about whether or not shared enemy kill credit should be a thing in WoW: Forever to say pretty firmly that it's not going to change.
"This is one of those things that we simply must hold the line on," he wrote. "I think there are other things we can do to help alleviate some frustration here but shared tagging is not it."
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