What would it be? A means to control krakens to sink the Kul Tiran fleet from the depths? Sea giants or some other doomsday weapon that the Alliance wouldn’t touch.
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Why stop at a single thing, Naga recruitment for the win. This is actually one of the few things that would tie Slyvanas’ actions together if this was all an effort to have the Naga side with the Horde. A fleet is fine for besieging Stormwind, but Naga who can swim under the harbor defenses and directly attack, while the Horde attacks by land is something else.
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For Nazjatar!
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I can see the lead up to the recruitment scenario now.
Rebel Naga Commander: “Pleassse help.”
Tyrande: “How do we know we can trust you? You’re a Highborne of Azshara’s court, literally shaped by Old God magic”
RNC: “OMG! MY POOR DELICATE FEELINGSSSS. SSSSO tRiGgErEd!!1!”
Thalyssra: “Isn’t she just the worst?”
Liadrin: hands RNC a Horde tabard
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More the Naga appear to have never forgiven the Kal’dorei, since at their heart their still Highborne, and view Tyrande/Malfurion as usurpers who are responsible for their snake/fishy state.
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The Alliance has Jinyu! Clearly the Horde need their own aquatic race or they risk falling behind!
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Krakens didn’t seem to help Garrosh when he tried it. Don’t think they alone would help now. Maybe something that would give the Horde an edge against the tide sages since having those on the ally side gives them a huge boost in any naval combat.
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They’d probably steal some of the Naga’s spiked armor technology. If there’s anything the Horde desperately needs, it’s more spikes on their armor.
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Bicycles. They don’t need them, so we should take them back.
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Because clearly what the Horde needs is yet another doomsday device to fumble.
I’m tired of the Horde having superweapons. Sometimes I just want to watch a bunch of sweaty barbarians pummel the Alliance forces to death.
Is that so bad?
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No you’ll get spooky skellingtons with blight and you’ll like it mister Yagarr!!
And now I want Skeleton Jack in the Horde.
All hail the Pumpkin King!
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The irony is that this describes Void Elves almost exactly.
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I agree completely.
It’s always struck me as super weird that Blizzard tends to write it so that the faction that, at its core, is comprised of giant, barbaric warriors, is also the faction that tends to rely on technological or magical shenanigans.
Shouldn’t it be the reverse? Shouldn’t the physically much smaller Alliance be the ones relying on magic and tech to even the odds?
In fact, the Warcraft movie heavily picks up on that kind of obvious point. In that setting, the Alliance is able to counter the massive orcs because they have things like Dwarvish hand cannons. I think the writers made that choice because…well, it makes a lot more sense. It would have been super dissonant for audiences to show them all these humongous orcs but then have those same orcs unable to win a fight without trickery.
When it comes to a physical battle orcs versus humans should resemble an NFL team versus a local middle school squad. I don’t care how well trained that middle school squad is. They aren’t stopping the 300 lb linebacker.
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I’m sure Azshara will have some magical thing the Blood Elves and Nightborne might want.
That’s why there has to be a suitable amount of Elven drama. So that the Naga don’t sit down with the Void Elves, start swapping Void stories, and go Alliance.
Actually, it is more than just training. The Alliance troops had more than just individual training.
They were also better equipped. A fully armored human is pretty durable, especially compared to the light armor the Horde troops typically wore. I think a lot of people forget or don’t realize just how much a difference wearing plate would make in a fight. Not to mention better weapons and shields. A lot of the size advantage disappears when you factor that in.
Additionally, they approach fighting very differently. The traditional Horde troops tends to fight like beserkers. There is little coordination in the fight. They each just try to kill as many as possible. Coordination is a huge factor in war. Soldiers working together and coordinating attacks and defense is really why Rome was so effective and conquered so many areas. It makes a huge difference in a fight.
So, yes the Horde has massive warriors in Tauren and to a lesser extent Orcs. But, with the armor advantage coupled with coordination like shield walls, tandem attacks, etc. it actually makes sense to see the Alliance troops standing toe to toe with the Horde. In your analogy it would be more like the if all the NFL size players only had pick up game levels of experience while the middle school size players had years of professional experience. And the NFL size guys were only wearing jeans and t-shirts. While the middle school size players were fully equipped and got to use spiked bats.
I see a lot of people act like the Horde should just mow through the Alliance in any fight because they have bigger guys. But, that is far from the only consideration.
Thing is as Iron Horde industrialization becomes more rampant this issue will go away, unlike Draeni and Lightforged Crystal tech which requires specific resources largely nonnative to Azeroth and magical attunements, Iron Horde tech is pretty much tech adapted to a magical setting.
Let alone consider the horrors that could be unleashed if the Blood Elves and Nightborne start mixing their magi tech into Iron Horde tech.
Mind you I do agree the tech advantage has been what has saved the Alliance in the past.
Super ironic, the Horde is the tech/magic faction and the Alliance is the warrior faction. Even then the Horde can’t compete with the Alliance because of Jaina.
You Horde need to petition Blizzard to modernize the Crossroads into a giant train station. All those cool Iron Horde assets in Gorgrond is going to waste.