Why the rest of the Alliance simply doesn´t run ASAP to stomp the Horde in defense of their allies when the historical record in-game related to this type of conflicts shows that any time that the Horde “fought back” it ended up with a big bad crater with an Alliance name and a huge amount of Alliance lost lives IS a plothole.
Two reasons.
- They would not be rushing in defense of their Allies - the Night Elves are the aggressors here. That said, Worgen and Draenei likely would get content in the Ashenvale questing that precedes it.
- It plugs into a larger scenario where both factions’ diplomatic and military resources are stretched. I shared it with Droite - these are the contours of it. Writing a PVP-Narrative, Post Shadowlands
Good look trying to invest in “positive characterization for Horde Orcs” when we have a COMPLETE expac -WoD- retconning their fall from grace from “usually peaceful but then devil fooled and manipulated them” to “they act like warmongering jerks cause WoW´s “Titanic Gods” designed the Orcs as a-holes by starters”.
I think that’s easy to do when you regard the Orcs as a concept - harder when you approach individual characters. I get the feeling that if we’re presented with likeable, fun people, people are naturally going to want to defend them. That’s a task the Barrens questing would have to accomplish.
Your secodn plothole / hurdle: why would any on the Alliance care over murdered Orcs when those Orcs have been consistently shown as violent maniacs that never respected the Alliance races at any point in the story of the game?
The Alliance aren’t supposed to care. The Horde player is supposed to care - rebuilding the investment is for them, not us.