Why blizzard wants to combine factions

[chrisisvacant]

No, people don't love it BECAUSE it happened repeatedly.

Nah, that's just how Blizzard tells the story. Bubble up, explode, rebalance, repeat.

[Lumineus]

imagine it would be the same as it is now. horde vs alliance, except now they can be your friends and guildmates. there have been plenty of pvp systems in other games where everyone but people in your group/guild/arbitrary faction were hostile in pvp zones, even if you could b e on the same team otherwise. though maybe with the ability to change which "Faction" you represent in pvp in major cities or something.

Or instead of Alliance and Horde, they could introduce new opt-in subfactions that aren't necessarily drawn on the old faction lines, treating the PC as a mercenary sellsword. These PvP oriented alignments could be more dynamic, changing with the story of each expansion or maybe even from season to season.

[kaminaris]

Nah, that's just how Blizzard tells the story. Bubble up, explode, rebalance, repeat.

You joking right? 10yo wouldn't be fooled by it. It is painfully obvious that this faction setting has been setback for storywriting as they need to consider both sides each time.

[chrisisvacant]

You joking right? 10yo wouldn't be fooled by it. It is painfully obvious that this faction setting has been setback for storywriting as they need to consider both sides each time.

Wouldn't be fooled by what? The story is written out the same every time. Where have you been? Literally every single expansion deals with the faction conflict. Literally every single expansion has both factions ultimately come together. Literally every expansion has a point where relations then breakdown again. It has been a cornerstone of the story since the inception of the fucking IP.

There's no chance in hell they are removing the core identity of the game (orcs vs humans). You are legit dreaming.