Originally Posted by
GloriousBastard
I've been an Alliance for a long time, my loyalties have been to the High King and to the High King only. And I too believed that Blizzard favored the Horde, that is until, I sat back in my chair, and pondered upon the question: ''What if the Alliance just isn't interesting?'' And thus, I abandoned the Alliance and swore my eternal allegiance to the Horde, Thrall's Horde, that is.
Roleplay nonesense aside though, below is a list of Alliance and Horde activity from Cata to MoP, which you can skip, of course:
Horde Gilneas invaded by Horde
Horde Silverwind Refuge captured by Horde
Horde Southshore destroyed by Horde
Horde Hillsbrad Fields destroyed by Horde
Alliance Gilneas liberated by Alliance
Alliance Forsaken Forward Command destroyed by Alliance
Alliance Fenris Keep conquered by Alliance
Horde Pyrewood Village destroyed by Horde
Horde Ambermill captured by Horde
Neutral Andorhal conquered by Alliance and Horde
Horde Andorhal conquered completely by Horde
Horde Azshara conquered by Horde
Horde Talrendis Point assaulted by Horde
Alliance Mor'shan Rampart assaulted by Alliance
Alliance Warsong Lumbercamp assulted by the Alliance
Alliance Shaol'Watha assulted by the Alliance
Alliance Forsaken attack on Quel'Danil reppled
Horde Northwatch Hold assaulted by Horde
Alliance Honor's Stand captured by Alliance
Alliance Camp Taurajo destroyed by Alliance
Alliance Stonard assaulted by Alliance
Horde Nethergarde Mines assaulted by Horde
Horde Bael'dun Keep destroyed by Horde
Horde Thal'darah Grove destroyed by Horde
Alliance Shatterspear Vale destroyed by Alliance
Horde Northwatch Hold captured by Horde
Horde Fort Triumph destroyed by Horde
Horde Theramore Isle destroyed by Horde
Alliance Northwatch Hold recaptured by Alliance
Horde Thunder Hold captured by Horde
Horde Strongarm Airstrip destroyed by Horde
Horde Scenic Overlook Camp destroyed by Horde
Alliance Garrosh'ar Point destroyed by Alliance
Alliance Twinspire Keep captured by Alliance
Alliance Temple of the Red Crane liberated by Alliance
Alliance Lion's Landing secured by Alliance
Horde Domination Point secured by Horde
Alliance Dalaran joins Alliance and expels Horde
Alliance Destruction of the Divine Bell
Darkspear Rebellion erupts in Echo Isles.
Razor Hill captured by Vol'jin and Thunder Bluff liberated from Garrosh.
Northern Barrens assaulted by the Alliance and the Darkspear Rebellion.
Heart of Y'Shaarj resurrected by the Pools of Power, Vale of Eternal Blossoms scarred, Sha of Pride unleashed.
Horde rebel and Alliance armada assaults the Bladefist Bay
Siege of Orgrimmar begins
As you can see, both are fairly equal. What the Alliance lacks, is character development, but how do you develop characters that are so mundane and generic? The game critic Yathzee touched upon this subject in one of his videos, he said, and I quote: ''The word "fantasy" is supposed to evoke any wondrous scenario the imagination can conjure, but for some reason we keep coming back to the elves and dwarves! Elves and dwarves, elves and dwarves, elves and motherfucking dwarves. Also wizards.'' See, the Alliance races have just gotten so painfully generic, almost every fantasy MMO I can think of has these races in them. And they are almost always the same: Humans are white knighty-bastards, dwarves are short bearded blacksmithy-bastards, elves are naturelovery-bastards, and gnomes are tinkery- sneakery-bastards, and these are just the norms we have begun to expect of these races, where as the races of the Horde are slightly more abstract and unique which gives developers more freedom when writing lore for them.
TLDR: Horde are innovative and give writers more space and flexibility when writing, Alliance, not so much, their races are used in every fantasy almost and are always the same, dwarves are always blacksmiths for example.