Originally Posted by
KrakHed
Even when you blame it all on the faction leader, other characters die too.
Nazgrim was never in Warcraft 3. The thing is, Blizzard hasn't built up new characters sufficiently to replace those lost.
See, the Alliance still has Danath, Turalyon, Alleria, Khadgar, Kurdran, and so on. Hell, even Arator is still alive to be a legacy character if he's ever promoted. The Alliance has a healthy cast with a full set of faction leaders, who are appropriately replaced with characters built up for that purpose much of the time. There's so many that there's hardly room to give them all screen time.
Sure, Draenei would be screwed if they lost Velen at their current stage of development, but Night Elves have plenty of characters laying around. Plenty of A tier characters, even, ones who warranted unique models. Who are the stars of novels dedicated to them and came from Warcraft 3.
Likewise, the Humans have some nice A and B tier characters, and plenty of C tier as well. Some from Warcraft 2, 3, or who were built up over the course of WoW with literally having the most models of any character to depict growth from boy, teen, to young man. With novels dedicated to them as main characters.
As for Dwarves? I don't recall a single notable Dwarven character ever dying, even if they're all B-listers. Gnomes are pretty fucked, though. For Worgen, Genn has been firmly established as a solid B character, but the rest are pretty C-class.
So, let's consider the Horde. Not a single legacy character from Warcraft 2 remains, nor do their children. None were redeemed as was hoped. Jorin Deadeye is D-tier at best, and he's the closest we've got to that.
So, let's look at the Orcs, the "Face" of the Horde. They have a decommissioned A-lister, Thrall, and two prominent B characters, Saurfang and Eitrigg, though Saurfang is probably B+ by now. Drek'thar was in a wheelchair last we saw him, but he'd qualify too. Notice a pattern here? There are no young Orcs. Only Orcs about to kick the bucket any day now. Thrall is literally the only prominent green Orc whose hair isn't grey. Orcs have not had their cast restocked, so it's understandable that Orc fans are scared they'll lose what little they have left.
Oh, and what about Trolls? Vol'jin was basically B+. He got a bit of a boost towards the end, but got killed off. The rest is C or D tier. Rokhan was in Warcraft 3, but barely had any lines. I guess he's B tier now.
Tauren have Baine, who I'd still list as B+ at best. The rest are C or D.
Forsaken have Sylvanas, A, Nathanos, B, and a few Cs. Blood Elves have a few Bs.
As such, the Horde's experience is that they don't have characters to spare. None of their races are like Humans or Night Elves, or even Dwarves.
The Horde doesn't like losing characters because the Horde doesn't have any to spare. Orcs are literally all senile old men on their deathbeds by now.