Thinking in the context of WPVP or Battlegrounds, where it isn’t 1v1, as I don’t think anybody has ever claimed that WoW is balanced around 1v1 dueling, the question was more about just how advantageous the skillsets of Race/Class combinations for Horde are over the skillsets of Race/Class combinations for Alliance. What that has to do with warrior vs mage with or without Paladin, you tell me.
See above. There’s also a topic discussing Faction Racial Ability Imbalance.
Oh, OK. I hadn’t realized how strong it was, or even that it granted immunity after use for a few seconds. That really does seem quite strong!
I also did not know that the Paladin skills to immobilize undead were not effective in Classic. That would also make a considerable impact.
Anyway, I’m pretty interested in an overall understanding of just how much of a difference the racials make, statistically. Like, has anybody put together charts to show that with teams of 10v10 in WSG, for example, that due to WotF, and Hardiness, Horde will win, on average N percent more often than Alliance?
It seems like something that would have been on Elitist Jerks back in the day, as they tended to like to try to work through mathematical probability, as far as I recall.