For years? Come on, take a serious look at vanilla. The Alliance had far more leveling zones than the Horde, and Stormwind was an actual living city unlike the deserted Orgrimmar. Heck, should I remind you that the Winterspring Frostsabers were already in vanilla while the Un'goro Raptors (which should have been in vanilla!) were released along with Cataclysm?
Burning Crusade was 50/50
WotLK obviously favored Alliance, since pretty much all lore centered around the Alliance: Tirion, Arthas, Muradin, Frost Dwarves, Vrykul, Mechgnomes, you name it.
Then came Cataclysm, yes this expansion did favor the Horde. I agree with you on that, but don't make it sound like all the previous also favored the Horde because the facts are heavily against you.
Mists of Pandaria seems to slightly favor the Alliance to compensate for Cataclysm, but not by much.
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I swear these type of threads leave me with a bad taste when I say "bias".
The WC2 and before argument doesn't work in this anymore, and here is why. Back then, blizzard had no two and throw between them, they simply had the horde labeled as the bad guys and the alliance as the good guys. Its from this that the alliance believe themselves still as the good guys in everything they do.
But the story moved on, there is no 'Our side are the good guys you guys are are the baddies' anymore in warcraft. Its simply now a case of both side being equal and opposite to one another. Neither horde or alliance will ever beat each other, and whatever one side does to the other, it will always be looked at subjectively now.
So, do alliance still think themselves the good guys and should win out absolutely? I dare say many do them do, because of the past rhetoric.
No, it really isn't. And this isn't bias. The fact the alliance is pitted against a faction who has black metallic spikes from there buildings, has the color red as its main color, uses wolves and kodos for mounts instead of ponies and cats, it really is just a case the horde has more 'cooler' elements to it.
The horde is savage, wild and holds honor and aggression to its name. The alliance is prideful, arrogant and firm. And all I'm saying is it is so much easier to make one of these appear cooler and more badass then the other, the other requiring more effort to do so.
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And now we got super duper prince Anduin running around pandaria doing goodie good things.
I don't actually know what anything you said really proved. That because the Horde is no longer evil the Alliance simply cannot have a good story? Your point about the narrative of good vs evil is also largely irrelevant as there is always an evil to fight - it's just not the Horde. Except in MoP it currently is. The "Evil" simply shifted. Wrath for example had a good Alliance narrative.
"So in a way, I want even the gameplay to indicate that Varian is fighting a very different kind of war than Garrosh, remembering what the Alliance is supposed to be about. This lawful good overdrive. We're supposed to be superheroes, you know?"
By Metzen's own words the Alliance is the greater force of good between the two on the moral horizon scope. To call the Alliance anything but the good guys really is to ignore Metzen's own description of the Alliance. I'm not saying that the Alliance don't haver their bad eggs or that the Horde are bad or evil at their core.
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You're joking right? I mean really? Varian knows best (and the other leaders are dumb as day old dook) is better writing than Vol'jin and the Blood Elves coming into their own as powerful and strong leaders backed by principle???
Intro gear was T9/ToCr reskins. Was made in Wrath and entirely subjective.and the gear has been better modeled for Alliance side.
"Rescue my son" is only a morally higher ground than "paint this new continent red".The intro to panda land is a much better story line than the intro on horde side imho.
No, Jaylock it's not.Is the obvious Horde favoritism blizzard has shown for years finally starting to die down?
I wouldn't say favor as much as its now the alliances turn to have some character building and gains in the war. Cata had alot of horde centered lore in terms of how the war was going and thrall. But its not like its ever been highly unbalanced. The horde are getting some nice lore on some of their leaders that had in the past little to none. I also hear people say "Well the alliance has their guy as the new lich king" Well thrall is the defacto aspect of the earth so we got our love as well.
You've just proved my point and validated it. You believe the alliance are the ultimate good in the story. You also interpreted metzens words to suit your own belief. Metzen was saying that Varian had forgotten what was more important and needing to get his shit sorted, you however saw it as if he was saying the alliance must be the lawful good and so the horde is bad.
See, your not looking at the larger picture, because however you want to intrpret it, there is no lawful good in the kind of war happening right now, the only good in it comes from those thinking outside the war itself.
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horde races live in rotting hovels and filthy huts, Alliance live in cities. It's comparing uncivilised versus civilised, with a few cross overs.Horde has aggressive races with savage undertones living in harsh wastelands and in the wilds.
Alliance live in castles and tree houses.
Sorry it's not a "cat" it's a Lion. A single lion could annihilate an entire pack of sniveling wolves and send them scattering tails between their legs with a ferocious roar in the real world. And lions operate in groups as well. A lion is a symbol of strength far greater than anything a stinking wolf could represent yet you call it a "cat". And there in lies the problem, along with terribad writing.The alliance has a cat for its symbol.
The horde has a wolf.
Actually, a single lion couldn't. Lions are stalkers, and they attack in short bursts. In fact, Lions have terrible endurance. After the first attack, which I'll grant the Lion for stealth, the rest of the wolf pack would be aware of its presence. The Lion would run out of energy to defend against the a whole pack of wolves pretty quickly.
One on one, the fight would likely go to the lion. But your claim of a single lion taking out a wolf pack was just plain silly.
Actually a single lion could on account of a single lion can and has defended against packs of HYENAS which are far bigger, stronger, and nastier than any wolf could ever hope to be. Lions don't need endurance, they could literally smash a wolf in half with one swipe
Not really. You watch a nature film and see a pack of wolves take down a buffalo you don't realise that 10+ other times, an individual buffalo drove them off and probably killed one goring it or stomping on it. Wolves aren't successful hunters and haven't any power at an individual level, unlike a 500+ lb lion -.-One on one, the fight would likely go to the lion. But your claim of a single lion taking out a wolf pack was just plain silly.
You've misinterpreted what I said and on top of that completely ignored my closing points.
The Alliance are not and cannot be "the ultimate good" when they have their own problems in them. They are the "gooder" (that's a word now) of the two and that's how it's always been, the Alliance are the light grey and the Horde the dark grey which you yourself referenced a page ago when you described the differences between the two in your own interpretation.
There is a reason I said "moral horizon scope" as we're that atm the Alliances morals are more resolute compared to the current Horde's.
Do I have to quote myself? "I'm not saying that the Alliance don't haver their bad eggs or that the Horde are bad or evil at their core.".
So like I said at thei core the Horde is good, but currently they are not a force of good.
How can you in the current story not see the Alliance as the good guy's and the Horde as the bad guys? The whole Horde narrative is that Garrosh has made them the bad guys and that certain members and leaders don't like that.
Btw the Metzen quote is about both Varian and the Alliance "remembering what the Alliance is supposed to be about" and constant use of "we" not "he". Atm the two are also mutual.
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Blizzard does not favor one faction over the other, and never has. Horde tends to be more interesting at least in my opinion, but that is because of the nature of the faction, not the treatment they get from Blizzard.
the only thing i can see blizzard favouring is alliance airships .....so far in the last what 3 expansions every horde airship you have gotten onto has either crashed blew up gotten attacked or otherwise gone down in a fistful of flaming death .
So the way i se this its blizzards way of promoting alliance airways over hordes harrasers, so i,m going to contact the EU fair trade court and get this sorted sue blizzard for promoting unfair compatition in azeroths airways .
Ok can i remove my tinfoil hat now please please its starting to chaff my buttocks
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Well, it's been pretty much proven over and over again that blizzard has always and will always favor the horde. It's out and out blatant. Metzen especially. I do have to say though, so far, this expansion has been fairly well neutral. And it's about time. With 90s on each side of things, i can't determine a clear winner during this expansion as far as the favoritism battle goes. Hopefully the horde boner blizz has is going soft. But too soon to tell.
Tirion - Not Alliance lore. Human =/ Alliance
Arthas - Also not Alliance lore. He isn't human or even part of the alliance. He also has as much connection to the Horde through the Forsaken as he does to the Alliance.
Muradin - A horrible ret con, but Alliance lore non the less.
Frost Dwarves - These tie in with Muradin, don't try to count something twice.
Vrykul - Progenitor race of humans, Val'kyr = undead/forsaken
Mechgnomes - Taunka
So of the 6 things you listed 2 are flat out not alliance lore, 1 is only alliance lore, 1 is a repeated, 1 is arguably part alliance part horde and the last item has a direct counter part on the horde side. That seems like a fairly neutral expansion to me.
All I know is Alliance is better than horde in every faucet. I mean even in factions colors, everyone knows red is "aggressive" which is why all the kids who get picked on and made fun of join it. The Horde have green baby Jesus because they lack any real character development. Human racial. The only thing the Horde is good for is being a bunch of babies, they cry worse than alliance when they don't get their way, its embarrassing.