World of Warcraft adds much-requested Warbands feature in patch 11.1

World of Warcraft finally adds customizable campsites to Warband's character selection screen in Patch 11.1. While the update doesn't have a release date yet, campsites will be another type of collectible that players can acquire starting with the new World of Warcraft update.

War bands in World of Warcraft is a collection of quality-of-life improvements that Blizzard has described as “account-wide everything.” In addition to shared progress, reputation and transmog unlocks, the Warbands system has also revamped the character selection screen to allow four characters to pose together around a single campsite.

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But in Patch 11.1 the character selection screen will get some major overhauls like World of Warcraft fans have been looking forward to since before Warbands were first introduced The war within. In Undermined, players will be able to unlock new camping backgrounds for their character selection screen, tracked via the combo box. The ones players have collected will be accessed and displayed from the menu button at the top of the character selection screen, where they can also set some as favorites, or even randomly drop in between some or all of their unlocked campsites.

If that's not enough, players will be able to save their characters in up to 20 different camp groups, each of which can be named or customized individually. Since players cannot currently have 80 characters on their accounts, presumably a single toon will be able to appear in multiple campsites at the same time.

In addition to this feature, a number of other quality of life and accessibility improvements are also coming in Patch 11.1. The Quest Log box receives several new UI elements, including an events tab to keep track of world activities. Additional support for tracking and sorting add-ons will be implemented, and the newly updated stable will gain a drop-down menu that allows one to change their pet's specialization, ostensibly allowing them to set any Hunter pets in World of Warcraft they want, regardless of mechanics.

These improvements and more, including some significant class changes, will be available as part of World of Warcraft Patch 11.1. The update itself is expected to arrive sometime in February, but players can look forward to its arrival in the Public Test Realm early next year. The new Warbands character select screen customizations will likely arrive in one of the first PTR builds, so fans won't have to wait long to see what the different campsites look like and how the system itself works.

WoW Patch 11.1 UI and Availability Updates (PTR)

• Additional camp groups can now be created on the character selection screen with a maximum of 20 groups. Groups can be changed or deleted by right-clicking on the group header button.
• New Warband camping backgrounds can now be unlocked for the character select screen. A list of available campsites can be found on a new tab in the Warband Collections box.
• Collected campsites can be accessed and viewed from the menu button at the top of the character selection screen. From here you can:
  • Assign a camping background to a specific group or to all groups.
  • Set a campsite as a favourite.
  • Randomize from your favorites. If there are no favorites, one will be selected from all available.
• The Quest Log window has received several updates:
  • The map filter now has a counter for how many objects are hidden from the map.
  • The map legend has been moved to a tab on the side of the box.
  • A new events tab has been added to the box with information about ongoing and scheduled events within Khaz Algar. This allows you to track the completion of weekly events and set reminders for upcoming timed events.
• Hunter pet specializations can now be changed in the stable via a drop down menu.
• Overall add-on performance information has been added to the top of the AddOn list, and information for specific add-ons is now included in the tooltip that appears when you hover over the game menu micro button.
• AddOns can now be categorized by addon author and related addons will be automatically grouped in the list. Search and new right-click options have also been added to the menu.
• World events displayed in a city hub are now consolidated with other map pins in the hub. Pins will be placed in their actual locations as you zoom in on the map.
• The indicator that a mission has already been completed by your warband now appears at the top of the chatter frame.
• The performance score display in the guild list now shows the total performance points of that character's warband, the same value shown in the performance interface. The score will not be updated in the guild until that character has logged in at least once.

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