Hey there Flywheel! I actually tried to contact you a couple of days ago but we’re not friends on Discord so I don’t believe you got it. Some of the members of my RP/PvP guild and I have formed a Hordside equivalent in order to work with the Horde and hopefully balance out future RP/pvp events for Moonguard. We are the Grimhammer Warband and my character there is Azruk, the second in command. If you’d like, I’d love to set up a meeting so we can talk about ways to motivate more rp and gameplay in the MG Horde community.
This is awesome. I cant wait to meet you all at some events. Maybe pop in for the weekly Tavern night at Wrynn’s Tail in Org on Wednesday’s at 8p server time. I’ll let Flywheel speak for our guild and your question. Welcome to red side, and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!
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Well, swapped to an Orc Warrior and so far loving the gameplay. Also seeing a lot of potential for rp. I think one of the strengths of MG Horde is the number of people who aren’t Blood Elves. Not a dig BE roleplayers, but there is just a massive amount of that on Wyrmrest. MG seems to offer more options for Orcs, Tuaren and the other more savage races. This is just what I’ve seen and could be wrong about, but I think it’s something to push when talking about a more active Horde Community.
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I have noticed the same when it comes to horde rp. Theres still a fair amount of Sin’dorei role players, but it feels like they just dont come to Org in the numbers here like they do on WRA. I would love to see them be a bit more out and about, but having role played a Sin’dorei myself I can see why those trips to Org are sparse.
There are quite a bit of Orcs, Tuaren, and Forsaken but trolls seem to be in short supply. MG could really use something to revitalize and emphasize troll rp similar to what Flashbang has done for goblin.
I agree, and as any good goblin knows, “if you want to sell a product, ya gotta have a good marketing strategy!” Promoting Moon Guard Horde as a server that encourages more diversity, particularly among the more ‘savage’ races (I like that) would be an excellent selling feature. We need to show people what makes us different to all the rest.
Maybe I can put together some kind of Moon Guard Horde advertizement in a place like the World’s End Tavern forum.
In regards to your other ideas, Jarltor, I’m with you. Balancing the factions for world PvP events was one of the main reasons I listed for doing this in my original post. In fact, only yesterday Maxen approached me and asked if I could help him gather some Horde for the 150+ Alliance people they are expecting for the Conquest of Zandalar d20 campaign starting in February.
Now, if a good chunk of those Alliance people were able to roll up a Horde alt and play that instead, it would definitely help to even things out. It’s not a lack of population problem we’re having, it’s a lack of faction balance.
I know that the shortage of walk up RP is one of the main turnoffs for people rolling Horde. Dissatisfaction with the Horde storyline is the other. But if all those people on WrA Horde can live with it, why can’t we? In my view, you don’t have to make the Blizzard storyline the central focal point of your character. It’s just somewhere to begin. Leave it as a background, and choose something else about Horde that you like. There’s plenty of old content rich in ideas.
Forming a MG Horde RP-PvP group is a good step I think. Rather than make a whole new discord, how about you join the AHRSG one associated with this forum thread? I can create a channel for discussing PvP events, even assign a role to interested people if that helps.
AHRSG: Alliance to Horde Re-roll Support Group discord info
https://discord.gg/SmRpCfS
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I was doing a general forum search and I came across these forum posts which kind of made me raise my eyebrows.
Apparently on non-RP servers, people are struggling with a faction imbalance the other way around. That’s there’s too much Horde and not enough Alliance!
Apparently most of the “elite” PvEers and PvPers are Horde. They’re also saying that Alliance loses most BGs. I generally find the reverse, but okay!
I don’t know what any of it means, but just throwing it out there for discussion.
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It means matchmaking is broken, that’s pretty much it.
At any level, roleplayers around 10% of the playerbase. That does not mean we don’t suffer from the failed experiments Blizzard is addicted to performing on us, but it also doesn’t mean the game’s overall population balance (which favours Horde a bit) reflects the population imbalance on RP servers, particularly Moon Guard.
Regardless, numbers just don’t matter in roleplay. Some of the communities with the best roleplay around are 50 players or less. Anyone who has a genuine interest in roleplaying on the Horde faction is already doing it. I’ll repeat what I said before: there is plenty of prestige in joining a less populous community and helping it to grow or at least being there to support those who are. It has already grown into something much larger and much more connected than it was a few months ago.
And anyone assessing the “roleplayer” population of the Alliance to be anywhere near the majority of our 75% hold is just delusional. You guys are doing a lot better over here than you may realize. I just hope your hubs aren’t full of people without TRPs (or with red light profiles) in non-RP guilds like ours frequently are.
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I’ve been red side for awhile and have not read any red light profiles, but I have only rp’d in In SMC a handful of times. I mention SMC because when I was WRA that was the place. Yeah, there was a lot of good rp happening there, but their were usually 2 brothels open at any time. I’m also not saying that doesnt happen here on MG. I have no doubt it does, but if so it’s not as pronounced. That’s most likely due to Goldshire and it being the largest hub for erp on any server.
If you’re looking for less of that in your face erp crowd then horde on Moonguard may be your best bet.
So close to that Highmountain Tauren…
I’ll be there soon guys!
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Get to moooo’vin. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Cant wait to meet you.
Can you give me tips to make it go faster? I just finished the main storyline which pushed me a little bit into Honored, but it seems like its very slow going from there.
Quoting Medialion from the old forums so credit to him.
"Highmountain is the easiest of the allied races to unlock due to giving insane amounts of rep for completing the zones main story.
When I was done with everything, I was about 2000 away from revered.
But here is the best method of doing the rest:
-Emisarry for highmountain every time its up. Easy 1500 rep for about 10 minutes of work
-Order hall missions if you built it up, rep tokens are very easy to get from this if you spent time upgrading your followers. 500 rep for a faction as the main reward, with the bonus roll being a random token of any broken isles faction (1500)
-Kirin tor emisarry. Finishing this gives you a choice of 1500 rep for whatever faction you want. Typically spent on factions that are hard to earn rep for like army of light and argusian reach. But if your just after highmountain, go for it.
-Clean out highmountain of every WQ each day. Those 75 rep per quest adds up pretty fast if you clear it out consistantly"
He nailed everything pretty well. I hope this helps speed you along the way to joining us. I would love to see more Tauren out rping, regardless of tauren flavor.
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Horde re-roll here! Unlocked Mag’har and went right for them =). My Warlock is already Horde (Changed her last week), though I really wanted a Mag’har Shaman, and so far I LOVE her.
I’m still working on her backstory, since I’m not familiar with Mag’har lore, but I love them.
Going to start looking for a guild for her that doesn’t mind a shy person, and a shy mag’har =)
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Horde tavern night is every Wednesday in Org at Wyverns Tail, 8p server time. We also have a horde guild expo on the 3rd Friday of each month at 8p server time. The expo was just last week, but I’m sure others will chime in here with ways to find a guild to your liking. We would gladly take a shy member into Flashbang, but we’re a goblin only guild.
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Glad to have you Horde side, Emishala!
If you’re looking for information about Mag’hars then I’d definitely recommend checking out Nobbel87’s wowhead guide or any of his videos on them!
Like Mekgrim said, the guild expo was last week so you just missed it unfortunately but if you’re interested in a militaristic style pro-Horde guild for any of your characters then maybe consider Warbound Council. [H-RP/PVP/PVE] <The Warbound Council> (Heavy RP-PVP)
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Welcome new Horde folks! Your courage is honorable. Please don’t be afraid to ask if you need with anything!
Also, thanks to everyone for helping to bump this thread, and staying positive. Much appreciated.
If you are looking for something different, playing MG Horde is a challenging but rewarding experience, with lots of cool people willing to work together.
Come on over and try it for yourself!
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I’m looking forward to getting to know you guys!
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Thanks for the tips on the figuring out Mag’har, as well as the guild link. I’m not sure I’m ready for a heavy RP guild, but will certainly keep it in mind =D!
I look forward to getting into Rp =)
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All goblin raid team blasting off to the new raid tonight at 10p. Did you know that there are a few raid teams horde side?
I’m considering trying Horde side again on MG but I really only like to play Blood Elves and am admittedly a little worried about how the RP will be over there.