Rulesets
WoW Forever rulesets
Forever has no realms. You pick a ruleset instead, and that decides who you play with.
Five ways to play
Normal
Quest, fight monsters, and fight other players only if you want to.
PvP
Players fight players, and you are almost always fair game.
Roleplay
Strict naming and behavior rules, for people who stay in character.
Roleplay PvP
The roleplay rules, with player combat on top.
Hardcore
The hardest road: death has lasting consequences. Opens sometime after launch.
You can group, run dungeons and raid with anyone on your ruleset. Horde and Alliance still can't team up.
Blizzard has the final word on all of this. Every post is in our blue posts.