World of Warcraft: Forever skips realms and introduces gameplay rulesets instead, where you can pick your preferred playstyle and get whisked to an Azeroth populated with like-minded individuals. But things can get complicated if, say, you want to play with your friends or guildmates from across the world.

Plus, it’s not like Blizzard will squeeze everyone using your gameplay ruleset into the same world instance. This is where layers come in, and it’s similar to, but also very different from, its original iteration in Classic .

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A quick recap on Layers in World of Warcraft Sharding in WoW

What is Layering in WoW

Layering in WoW: Forever Rulesets are mega servers

Zone-based layering

The Familiar Faces feature

World Refresh will shuffle populations

How to switch Layers in WoW: Forever?

Layering needs to improve in WoW: Forever

A quick recap on Layers in World of Warcraft

A group of players going to a dungeon in WoW: Forever.…