Ashran Portal Silbermond

Senior PvP Designer Brian Holinka has stated that following the Warlords of Draenor expansion, he expects Ashran’s relevance to diminish, much like with old raids. However, if the zone is a success, the developers will likely incorporate lessons learned from the zone into future features. [43]

If claimed, will be a devastating weapon to uphold. Access to Ashran is achieved primarily through flightmasters, who will fly Alliance and Horde players into their respective faction capitals of Stormshield and Warspear, respectively, found somewhat outside the PvP zone.

Entering Ashran will automatically flag players for PvP combat, regardless of server type, and players will remain PvP flagged as long they are in the zone. [5] Found off the north east coast of Draenor ‘s Tanaan Jungle, Ashran is the same island that held Deathwing’s Lair shortly after the Second War in the main universe. [6]

With patch 8.0.1 the battleground was temporarily removed, [7] leaving the zone accessible but devoid of all former battleground NPCS. In patch 8.2.0 Ashran was re-added as a battleground, though its open world form is still entirely empty. The island of Ashran was once home to a mighty ogre empire, [8] apparently ruled at some point by Kor’lok.