Since both, the factions aren’t at war with each other and now friends, shouldn’t that mean Horde and Alliance players be able to walk into Stormwind or Ogrimmar without being attacked by the NPC guards, maybe it could work as long as Warmode is off.
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They’ll probably do another faction war again.
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I wouldn’t say they are “friends” but… I would be in favor of this just for the RP
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In addition, every race should know common language because it’s the most popular language to all the races, and it doesn’t make much sense that blood elves are unable to speak it, yet void elves are also blood elves but they understand common.
You have no idea the amount of roleplayers like Pandaren that say: “I can’t speak Common well” Like please: Taran Zhu was speaking to the Alliance and Horde at first contact, it stands to reason that Common exists as an ancient language that predates the Humans and all races speak it to one another…But you’re from Moon Guard so I suppose you do.
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I’m just trying to sound logical, because it’s just annoying that every race should understand each other, but they don’t, even though Blizzard is already aiming for Alliance and Horde to become friends unless they repeat the story process that leads them to have them fighting each other all over again.
Toleration and understanding are not the same thing. The Alliance taking the stance of it not being worth the immense collateral it would take to wipe the Horde off the face of the map, is not the same as them being cool with Horde races wandering around their territories.
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Pretty much through Wrath-MoP, this character didn’t speak Common, and it was a slow learning process do to her unwilling to learn a language she associated with humans.
You’re doing it wrong
I don’t think so… Elves that have been living in isolation for 10,000 years would have no need to learn it. I do not think Taran Zhu communicating with us is evidence that everyone just inherently knows common… Imagine if Blizzard dedicated entire parts of the story to people just figuring out how to communicate? That’s unrealistic to expect. That doesn’t mean communication barriers do not exist.
An armistice isn’t friendship. The Horde and Alliance have come to an agreement that the Horde will stop trying to kill the Alliance, in exchange for the Alliance not getting killed by the Horde.
Agreeing to not murdering isn’t friendship.
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I’m just saying because it leaves everyone to wonder why Anduin is ignoring his father’s warning he gave to the Horde when he said this “If the Horde fails to uphold honor as Garrosh did, we will end you.”
Well because not everyone in the Horde failed to uphold Honor. Case in point Baine.
I think having an explanation of an inherent lingua franca in a fantasy setting as an in-lore explanation as to why so many Azerothian species can speak upon first contact w/ each other (while we skipped over it WoD Blizzard has posited that Common doesn’t exist on Draenor) isn’t a terrible thing. It sucks for RPers that desperately want that language barrier RP but…Well, Idc
Every member of the Horde is responsible for the crime at Teldrassil, yes Sylvanas gave the order but most of the Horde carried out that order, the rest just stood there and watched.
I thought you were suggesting we should all be walking through each others’ cities. Y’know, cuz that’s what you had said in the first place.
But regarding that anyway; because Anduin wasn’t in SoO. How would he know what his father said if he wasn’t there? And Blanduin is his own boy. He does things his own way. Peace, no matter the cost.
Genn already threw that threat out the window with his attack on Sylvanas in Stormheim; when he revealed that to the Alliance it didn’t really matter if the Horde upheld honor or not. From the Horde’s perspective, the Horde had not abandoned honor when their lines where shattered on the Broken Shore. The Alliance were warned the same time the call to retreat was made.
Also, with how 8.2.5 presents it the Alliance were not in a position to actually follow through with Varian’s threat without immense, catastrophic cost. I have no doubt that if the Alliance committed to wiping out the Horde at the end of BfA, they could … but with their situation being what it was … I don’t think there would be much of an Alliance left by the end of that mess.
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Anduin was there when Varian said that warning. I’m going off topic here, but this is Blizzard’s story they’re free to do whatever they want with it, but I’d say in order to keep the factions from fighting each other all over again, they should allow entry for every race equally in all territory and cities. All traditions should be respected by all races.
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I have my suspicions nobody on either side would be stupid enough to pretend the factions are that chummy. Not even Anduin. If he starts letting members of the Horde into his city what are the Night Elf refugees going to do? Exactly. Same thing inverted with Zandalari Trolls and anyone from the Alliance. Just because you have an armistice doesn’t mean the people you rule want to ever see the enemy traipsing around where they live.
its headcanon you can subscribe too, but it isn’t confirmed lore. So, RPers who want to RP a language barrier can… That sucks for you but… Well, idc.