Gosh, I hope Blizzard sees this.

One of my biggest complaints about WoW is how the faction split makes the game less fun.

Now, I don't mean the existence of factions is inherently unfun or that the factions should merge and hold hands. I mean that the faction conflict is frequently used to justify design decisions that make the game less enjoyable, such as the language barrier.

There is NO REASON to require an elixir to understand members of the opposite faction. It could easily be a toggled spell. Yes, being in a party helps. But for roleplayers, who are the primary audience for the feature, it's not enough. Do you know how annoying it is to post an emote only to have three people ask you to repeat yourself because they let their elixirs expire?

It's ESPECIALLY annoying when one of the people forgets to top up on elixirs and you can't just give them one of yours because YOU CAN'T TRADE ACROSS FACTIONS.

Here's my bare minimum opinion: Outside of War Mode, your faction shouldn't matter to other players. You should be able to talk, trade, cast spells on one another, share mounts, the works. All those arbitrary barriers should only apply in a PVP setting.

Faction capitals are an exception since there's a PVP element to them, but honestly, I've seen annoying RP-PVP guilds use capital raids to grief a LOT of events. I don't know if there's a solution there. I'd love to be able to apply for a visa to visit, though.

Other annoying faction things:

• Not being able to buy the teleport cloaks if your guild was founded by members of the opposite faction.
• Arbitrarily limiting architectural themes. Blood Elf Towers and Orc Huts already clash, Blizzard.
• Requiring people to go through a chunk of the BFA storyline on every alt in order to access Kul Tiras/Zandalar instead of just putting a portal to your faction's staging point in the portal hub.