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PvP Faction Balance Updates - November 10 (Blizzard update, 10 Nov)
10 Nov 2026 · Kaivax on the official forums
TL;DR
- Blizzard investigated whether trial accounts affected faction balance figures and found no evidence that trial characters had any impact at all.
- The 55/45 faction split refers to the active logged-in population across all levels over a specific period of time.
- The clarification came in response to a player question about trial accounts, in the "PvP Faction Balance Updates - November 10" thread.
Blue post Kaivax wrote:Peeknsap:
when taking into account the trial accounts.
We did significant investigation into that, and there is no evidence that trial characters had any impact at all.
When we say 55/45, we’re looking at the active logged-in population across all levels over a specific period of time.