Told is the operative word here. I know where the “chumps” argument comes from - it comes largely from an analysis of the text versus what’s been plastered up on the screen, with Dazar’alor and to a lesser extent Lordaeron being the big exceptions. Apart from that, the Horde comes across as looking powerful, and this was strictly because they were slotted into the “bad guy” role for BFA - you see a pretty stark demonstration of that with the War of the Thorns.
Ideally, in terms of power balance, the factions should be just that - balanced - which strikes me as a defect of this proposal because it doesn’t import elements that I included in my PVP post-shadowlands post. As I stated before, I believe that the Horde through its own efforts should be able to prevent the Night Elves from spilling into their own territories. They should appear capable. They just shouldn’t be the only ones - this being true both in a strict text sense and the sense of what’s presented, and understood by general audiences.
Hope that helps to clarify what I mean.
Edit: I really should link that post - because I’m finding that it’s more and more important to understanding what I’m going for, as opposed to what I think people think I’m going for. Writing a PVP-Narrative, Post Shadowlands - #23 by Kyalin-cenarion-circle