When is the Horde bias going to be addressed and fixed? It negatively affects the game!

A bold statement… now let’s turn to simulation sites to check in with the facts just out of the Top 5 Races for each dps spec! (Squishing down talent choices, Nelf day/night and Zandalari loa buffs to equal one race)

Death Knight:

  • Frost: 3 of 5 are alliance
  • Unholy: 3 of 5 are alliance

Demon Hunter

  • Havoc: Night Elf leads Blood Elf no matter the time of day

Druid:

  • Balance: 2 of 5 alliance
  • Feral: 2 of 5 alliance (worth noting, Night Elf is a full % above troll here)

Hunter:

  • Beast Master: 3 of 5 alliance
  • Marksman: 3 of 5 alliance (hell, 3 of top 10 are horde lulz)
  • Survival: 3 of 5 alliance (again 3 of top 10 are horde)

Mage:

  • Arcane: 3 of 5 alliance
  • Fire: 4 of 5 alliance
  • Frost: 4 of 5 alliance

Monk:

  • Windwalker: 3 of 5 alliance

Paladin:

  • Retribution: 3 of 5 alliance

Priest:

  • Shadow: 4 of 5 alliance (3 of 5 if it isn’t ‘night time’)

Rogue:

  • Assassination: 3 of 5 alliance
  • Outlaw: 3 of 5 alliance
  • Subtlety: 4 of 5 alliance

Shaman:

  • Elemental: Equal Split… and Pandaren
  • Enhance: Equal Split… and Pandaren

Warlock:

  • Affliction: 3 of 5 horde
  • Demonology: 3 of 5 horde
  • Destruction: 3 of 5 alliance

Warrior:

  • Arms: 3 of 5 alliance
  • Fury: 4 of 5 alliance

So, given pure math, horde is better at… uh, being one druid, two warlocks, and an equal split on both shaman specs. 5 of 24 specs. While the largest potential dps gain that stands out like a sore thumb on all these charts (as in not a few tenths of a percent) is Night Elf feral druid. Very interesting.

https://www.herodamage.com/druid/races/1t-t26-feral
https://bloodmallet.com/chart/druid/feral/races/castingpatchwerk

Also worth noting that these problems you claim are mostly relegated to the USA and are not the norm globally… so perhaps, it isn’t a game problem… but a player problem. :thinking:

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