I know this will attract the worst kind of people to it like flies to a sandwich left out in the sun, and it will likely lead to arguments, but its something thats really been bothering the crap out of me of late with all thats happened, is happening and will happen.
As horde, I've always followed the belief in those noble savages who faught for there freedom against the oppressive alliance, and won there freedom though hardship. Thats what made the horde cool, that it was a group fighting for survival in all this.
But of late, with what the writers are doing, they seem to say one thing and yet bypass it on another level. I remember the way metzen spoke about mists of pandaria, that we will be the bad guys more or less, those causing his war in pandaria and unleasing the sha.
Thats all well and good, and it would have seemed like an intresting concept given the war causing it.. if it wasn't for the fact it seems the horde are the ones who stand more in the wrong and being the aggressive ones against the alliance well the alliance just runs away and sucks there thumbs, then cries on the forums about it.
Wheres this whole thing of showing the bad that both sides cause to each other, that the ravages of war cause them both to do stupid things and follow blindly into it leading to death and ruin. We have the horde doing such things in cata, gilneas, southshore, ashenvale, and now theramore, a massive example of the ravages of war claiming the lives of both soldiers and innocents.
But the alliance? They only have Taurajo as an example of there warcrimes, and even that was whitewashed by the way the quest of presented, with hawkwind being all 'oh I feel such shame for this!' attitude.
This isn't even remotely a case of both sides doing wrong to one another, this is showing the horde doing all the aggressive action and the alliance either cleaning up or running away. I thought they were going to show the alliance doing as many wrongs to the horde as the horde did to them, but its just not the case here.
I'm not an alliance fan, I'm horde, and yet I find the way this whole thing has been portrayed as laughable. How can it be justified saying 'well both sides are responsible for whats happening on pandaria' then it just seems like the horde strikes, the alliance retaliate and this process repeats. Wheres the badness caused by the alliance to make that statement justified? They just come across as weak.
Ok, Garrosh and his leadership has caused this, I get that blizzard, I hate what the horde has become under him and want to see his rule end. But why does it have to be shown as the alliance does nothing destructive in war, that there isn't consequences for there actions like the horde has with theres? Taurajo is a weak example compared to whats going to happen to theramore.
I also realise this won't be recognized by blizzard but its a debate that bothers the crap out of me anyway. This just doesn't feel like a two sided fight here, those saying blizzard failed to pay attention to making the alliance appear as bad as the horde in wartime, well they were right.