Here’s the thing. “NoChange” was a joke to start with. Blizzard has only used that mantra to excuse them modifying the retail client.
Blizzard already intended to make no significant changes to Classic.
…you think it was done to make it “vanilla like”. But every thing has been to make it easier to run Classic in “maintenance mode”, and on minimal hardware.
Racials in TBC were the same as Vanilla except that they gave Fear Ward to all priests about half way through the expansion. So basically Horde is even stronger because it has Fear Ward as well as all the current racials.
One faction isn’t vastly stronger. Again, let’s look at actual facts:
Dwarf - Stoneform - Flipping AMAZING. Both in PVP and PVE.
Dwarf - Gunskill - Good in PVE
Humans - Perception - Excellent in PVP
Humans - Sword Skill - Excellent in PVE
Gnomes - Escape Artist - Amazing in PVP, good/gimicky useful in PVE
Orcs - 2.5% higher stun resist chance - Good in PVP
Orcs - Ax Skill Excellent in PVE
Orcs - Pet damage increase - pretty decent for PVP/PVE
Tauren - Warstomp - okay in PVP/PVE
Troll - Berserking - Excellent in PVE/Meh in PVP
Undead - WOTF - Excellent in PVP, Good/situational in PVE
Saying horde are clearcut better is sort of ridiculous. Both sides have small things that may make them more appealing. For some of us, our class of choice isn’t offered on the other faction. Which also plays a huge roll.
I wanted to play shammy, which means many of my friends had no choice but to go horde. Just like some of my friends wanted to play pally. There’s just certain things you can’t fix.
Also, many people are playing ally in reeeeeetail. They’re tired of it and want a change of pace. Acting like this is some form of crime and making it seem like a group of people “got what they deserve” is not only foolish, but it’s laughable. Use your head.
quite the broad brush you’re using: I always wanted classic +. I saw this as an opportunity to do it better. I also realize why that would have been impossible.