Originally Posted by
bloodkin
You'd think that such a long reply would have a point beyond ''You don't like it, but the horde is the favored faction because I say so and you are just too stupid to see it" but here we are. Get of your high horse, talking down to everyone who's opinion doesn't reflect your own doesn't add any value to your arguments nor does it help any form of discussion. Granted, someone with such a strong opinion about elves and Alliance by extension wouldn't agree with my statement, but that is expected.
I'd argue, that YOU are the one to miss the point. My point was that the turbulent character developments and changes are either too strong (villain batting, killing off) or downright stupid (Baine) for the horde, with only a few interesting character remaining. These developments can be done in a reasonable manner, but the way it has worked out over the years has not been in a way that made the horde an interesting faction when looking at it's leadership. The races that have joined in the meantime were also fine (I vehemently dislike vulpera, but they are irrelevant anyway). The nightborne joining the horde is somewhat of a quirk, and seems to hinge on negative interactions with the night elves and the way blood elves had very similar experiences that the nightborne found themselves in, and finding kinship in that.
You do make one interesting note, that the character development in wow somehow resembles that of GoT. The horde characters are a far more diverse range of characters which gives the writers good opportunities to do creative things, but also creates the perfect chance to utterly ruin them. The blatant stupidity/undesirability of characters such as garrosh and sylvanas, coupled with their presence in the story has severely reduced the enjoyment of being part of the hord during multiple expansions. It was nut fun to be part of the horde, knowing Garrosh was warchief during cata and pandaria, and Sylvanas was atrocious during BFA. Blizz has pushed the character presence and drama to the forefront of the narrative of wow, and this made it clear that they are incapable of writing any good character progression. This also goes up for the Alliance to a lesser extent. I may dislike up to half of the cast, but I can't deny the fact that their character developments ar at least better than that of the horde. Jaina, anduin and magni have seen some drastic character changes, most of which have been received positively. Magni has been an interesting character and very involved in in titan related lore. Most (if not all) of the alliance leadership can be chalked down as great heroes and leaders with more than enough accolades to their name. Next to the fact that just about every war has been won by the alliance, I'd also argue that the quality of horde home towns/cities has ALWAYS lagged far behind that of the alliance, with stormwind having had multiple upgrades over the years.
When I say that there is a (somewhat) clear favoritism towards the alliance, that is because at the very least, every character in the alliance cast has earned the respect/trust of the player, didn't go completely apeshit insane or had questionable motivations. Horde leaders in contrast, were mostly reduced to memes due to irrational behaviour or irrelevance. The alliance more often than not have better/more pleasant city layouts. I mentioned that I mostly play horde, but I've played both factions for at least a decade and started as alliance. To me, the horde only has experienced favoritism in the racials department, which did have impact on server populations.
You may not like what I have to say, but this is how I see it and petty remarks will not change my point of view.
to get back on topic, I'd say that the horde was/is a family forced to be together out of necessity, while the alliance in contrast is a family in which each member enjoys the benefit of each other and stay together by their own choice.