Preparing to strike IF THREATENED is defensive, not aggressive. Do you really see no difference?
What do you mean, “of course”? Aggressive for a melee fighter is moving to be in melee range of the person you want to attack. Defensive is waiting to see if the other person enters your range.
Again, do you really see no difference here? Because if not, I don’t see how we can continue this discussion.
I think there’s a difference between defensive fighting and offensive (aggressive) fighting, yes.
Some things are “red named” without actually attacking. Like Vereesa Windrunner to all Horde PCs all through WotLK.
She gave the guards no orders, so how can they demonstrate that they’re not following them?
Pointing a Spear at you, even if not actively trying to run you through is Aggressive AS WELL AS Defensive. It’s a open threat, as much as someone pointing a gun at you is, even if they are only doing it “defensively,” they are still threatening you.
It’s a Hostile posture that’s saying “I will kill you.”
No. That’s an actual ATTACK, not an Aggressive stance. One can be Aggressive without actually attacking. Most mobs and Bosses in this game fall under that definition.
Yes, because she was hostile to them, even though she wouldn’t (or couldn’t) attack them.
Order’s don’t have to be voiced outright. They fact that they rose their weapons at her entrance showed that either they knew why she was there and choose to stand against her or they were just responding to her “angry tone”, which they had no legitimate reason to raise their weapons against here.
But it’s safe to assume it’s the former. Aethas knew why she was there before Jaina did.
If you really don’t see a meaningful difference between “I’m attacking you” and “I’m prepared to fight back if you attack me,” then I think we have nothing further to say to each other. Have a nice day.
P.S. The word you want is raised, not rose. “He rose from his bed and raised his arms.”