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WoW Forever Professions: Blizzard Wanted You to Make Friends

31 October 2026 · Short · Watch on YouTube

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Blizzard's Kris Zierhut told IGN that WoW Forever's professions are cross-linked on purpose: "I need to be friends with people, more cross-linking in professions." And: "I can't just go to the auction house and buy everything I need." The guides read that and found the answer: a second character. Your main gathers, your alt crafts. An obituary, read by the deceased.

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I can't just go to the auction house and buy everything I need.

Kris Zierhut, Blizzard, to IGN · IGN · Jacqueline Thomas · 2026-10-27

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  1. IGN · Jacqueline Thomas · 2026-10-27 I need to be friends with people, more cross-linking in professions.
  2. IGN · Jacqueline Thomas · 2026-10-27 I might need another person to help me craft it. I can't just go to the auction house and buy everything I need.
  3. YouTube · NOHITJEROME · 2026-10-30 To break the cycle, you simply have to have a second character.
  4. YouTube · NOHITJEROME · 2026-10-30 Your main does the gathering, and your second character does the actual professions.
  5. YouTube · NOHITJEROME · 2026-10-30 My plan, though, is to make actually a third character.

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  • NOHITJEROME: “This Profession BREAKS WoW Forever” (YouTube, 2026-10-30)

Transcript

Obituaries — the plan

Blizzard wanted you to make friends. Kris Zierhut, to IGN1: "I need to be friends with people, more cross-linking in professions." Sweet. A crafting system with a dating profile.

Obituaries — the rule

"I can't just go to the auction house and buy everything I need"2. So the guides read the plan. One guide's answer3:

A friend. Made at character creation.

Obituaries — the friend group

Your main gathers. Your alt crafts4. He's making a third5. A whole friend group. One login.

Obituaries — cause of death

I like the idea. I want strangers trading outside Orgrimmar for ten years. But a mailbox never says no. Cause of death: the alt.

I'll be here. Forever.