Quite an amusing thread.
Must say that playing through the scenario first battle (beachhead) and second battle (ground forces) seemed underwhelming for us heroes but you could see horde forces becoming stretched thin, losing NPCs left and right. For the final battle there was nothing left but a handfull of elite warriors and champions against the biggest force I have seen in the past 12 years of WoW. I think for the first time I was stuck on 1 FPS (usually 100+) on my mage trying to cast AoE because there were approx 200+ demons running around on my own screen and multiple spaceships shooting random laser beams of death. The last time I had it this bad was in TBC when we had an 80man raid in Stormwind and Alliance responded en masse.
That fight felt like a losing battle at some point (felt like the demon counter was going up with an increasing pace, not down regardless of how much AoE dmg we had) and the whole time I was like: Alliance, hurry the f... up we ain't going to last.
In the end Sylvannas saved the Alliance and Horde. The Horde factions (except the Forsaken) would generally stay, fight and die for a cause like this because that is the Horde way. In that scenario even if the Alliance would manage to reach and even kill Gul'dan. All the demons and spaceships that wiped out the horde faction and all their leaders would have an easy time cleaning house flanking the Alliance from every side resulting in their faction wipe as well. I mean in the end even Gul'dan is just an expandable pawn for the Legion. Only Sylvannas seemed to realize, comprehend and calculate the entire situation because she has her emotions in check making it possible for her to cut the losses and live to fight another day.
The only thing that bugs me a little is that whenever there is hardship for Alliance and Horde, the Horde always seems to come out of it worse. It is starting to get annoying and I am seeing a huge void in Horde leadership and strength.
1. Wrathgate.... hardship for both sides but Horde came out so much worse. I mean Bolvar at least became a new hero/Lich King. But poor Dranosh Saurfang got nothing to show for, unworthy death for a member of the greatest Orc family in the history of WoW, poor Broxigar and Varok. Let alone the Undercity left in shambles and the Forsaken significantly weakened and distrusted.
2. Cata... Cairne dieing in a total unglorious way but it is logical to make way for his son Baine to rise and shine but the rise and shine part is not there.
3. MoP... Horde again comes out so badly, losing the strongest Warchief (Garrosh) of all time and leaving Orgrimmar ánd the Horde in utter shambles. Thrall losing his powers. I mean granted Alliance lost Theramore but there was nobody of significance there and is comparable to the massacre of Sunreavers in Dalaran.
4. Legion... All Horde leaders utterly overhwelmed, defeated and injured in combat during the Scenario. Wrynn dieing makes sense, he has to make way for his son to shine just like Cairne did and you get a feeling he will. But who will fill the void of the darkspear faction....
Feels like massive voids within the Horde factions, they really feel pathetically weak in the leadership division which reflects their strength.