We all know humans get all the spotlights in Warcraft. Humans are the best in everything it seems, example Nathanos was so good as an archer he became the first human farstrider (which is still lame). Another are mages (Jaina, Khadgar, Rhonin ect.) they apparently blow the elves away with how talented they are yet the elves had mastered magic before humans were taught it. The lich king and 3 of his horsemen are human. Most female elves dig humans. Then they have a super priest King… oh and not to mention in army of Draenei is lead by a human. Every time I see a new or old human character in WoW I feel like it always gives off a “Superman” type of feeling. Like super boring and done.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m human IRL but this is a fantasy game with awesome lore for most of the races (sorry gnomes) so when you compare the horde and alliance and all the human lore on the alliance the horde seems more insteresting. On the alliance it’s humans, humans and more humans. They do introduce new characters that are different races but they are quickly over shadowed by the big guns that never seem to die beside the 1,000 piece puzzle known as Varian.
Idk I play alliance side just to see the story each expansion and it’s always… dull, save a couple zones here and there.
It feels good that night elves are getting the spotlight I just wish it was the humans of storm wind that had their city burned and not them. It just leaves less room for night elves in the future. An more for humans.
Maybe next expansion let some humans go on the brink of extinction? Maybe kill off a few guys to let another race take up a power position and become a character that can develop into something special? Give the other races (besides gnomes) a shot at KEEPING the spotlight more than an expansion? Also undead do could as humans, which for a race that flames to “stick to the shadows” they love the spotlight. Tauren are a perfect race to expand on and legion missed the chance to develop their leader.
Idk I was just thinking too much about it.
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the massive focus on humans is what drives me away from playing alliance, i’ve always liked elves though even though we look like humans with floppy ears and antennae…
the fact that Blizzard strokes the human potential trope so much removes any interest in what should be an underdog race working to secure their place in the world and it ruins the story for the other races.
the lack of any real racial struggle within humans in WoW makes them dull and unbearable.
elves should have strongest mages
draenei should have strongest paladins
orcs, worgen and tauren should have the most powerful warriors
night elves and draenei should have the strongest priests
not humans
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Exactly, it’s drives me away from the alliance as well. I honestly thought orcs were bad till I rolled an alliance toon. That’s what I like about the horde although overall it’s not even but least races are given a zone here and there. How many gnome zones do you remember since BC? I mean it’s ridiculous tbh idk how alliance can stomach it.
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Don’t forget Goblins and Gnomes being significantly more intelligent than humans.
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Rest assured, one and all; The Night Elf interactions with…those creatures…is currently being re-evaluated.
ANDU TELDRASSIL!
what’s worse is the other races in the alliance have so much of their own identity wiped away to fit in better with the humans too, at least the night elves are moving away from that (for now, i wonder how long it’ll be until blizzard clips their claws again)
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to be fair i think they at least give the gnomes credit for being the alliance’s engineers. we need more emphasis on things like that though, maybe some questlines with an entirely gnomish unit with no dirty old humans involved.
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Most Humans in fantasy have always been over powered and the main focus “hero” characters lol. Wow’s Humans are pretty accurate in that stereotype.
Thanks for clearing that up.
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I second the notion that overly-focusing on human characters pushes me away from Alliance. The one non-human to get a lot of spotlight is Genn, and he spends most of that time in human form so that’s wasted.
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Not just wow, most fantasy histories have some human in the spotlight. You really don’t know? The ppl that read, play and make this things are humans. They won’t make the human race look week, incompetent, petty and inept as we (real humans) are.
Now I agree with you, it’s too much, they need to focus on other alliance races, but don’t expect humans to be portrait realistically in a fantasy game.
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I agree 100%. I would also like to point out that as a gnomes, you listed the superior race first.
All hail our future goblin overlords!
You are too happy. I have to keep my eye on you. I will probably wake up with a new shiny dagger in my back.
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I’ve practically got this bookmarked at this point:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumansAreSpecial
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I was with you until you said tauren should get the spotlight. Tauren are the gnomes of the Horde. Please, no more tauren lore unless Cairne is coming back. Baine is the worst.
Gnomes are my favorite alliance race, but worst represented. Tauren are similar for the horde.
It’s just that I’m pretty sure Baine might be in love with Anduin. Literally. We already have one character that’s in love with Anduin. One disappointment is enough.
/shudder when he called Anduin an “honorary tauren” and sent him a piece of his horn
creepy
they need to boot him off and give the tauren a fierce leader again who doesn’t kiss the ground that humans tread on