You are posting this on a race that can go into both capitals and i am replying to you on a race that can go into both capitals.
Warcraft Orcs vs Humans was a long LONG time ago, think its time to move on.
Since when can Belfs go to Stormwind without alerting the guards?
Nope, it will come eventually.
Blood Elf and Void/High Elf are biologically the same race.
Pandaren were a bad move (because neutral races are a bad move) and void elves were nothing other than an excuse for the sake of appeasing a group of people who wouldnât hush. I stand by my stance and I am fine with not moving on.
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Suit yourself but i mean⊠if your reason is âbecause its badâ you might want to have a better reason.
I can dislike something and me disliking it because I dislike it is more than enough of a reason.
I have been consistent on these forums for a long time in that I feel like diminishing the faction divide is a bad move because Warcraft in and of itself was about the factions and they have interesting narrative beats, not just in Horde vs. Alliance, but also internally involving political ideas and otherwise.
The Wrath Gate in WOTLK was a faction narrative, and was one of the best narratives ever presented in the middle of an also-pressing crisis that showed political divide, a difference in agenda, and how that effected both Alliance and Horde. Losing the ability for narrative situations like that is a waste in my opinion.
Keep in mind, Iâm totally fine with cross-faction play. But I donât think that means also tossing out the faction narrative is good.
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Thats understandable if you dont like it, nothing wrong with that.
Personally i believe the factions should stay but not be race locked.
If we had complex and compelling reasons for each race to be on one or the other side i think it just opens up more windows for writing.
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Thatâs not how a race war works. They want to kill you for being an orc, they believe violence, savagery, and thirst for blood and destruction are inherent to your race and want to kill you for it.
I get that some progress has been made but there are a lot (one could argue most) of the Alliance that believe in the above statement and recent conflicts have only reaffirmed their beliefs. There has been no real peace made and the faction relations are a powder keg waiting to go off again. The conflict is just tabled for the moment.
Eventually we are just going to be back at Vanilla WoW factions where âThough Azeroth was saved, the tenuous pact between the Horde and the Alliance has all but evaporated. The drums of war thunder once again.â Ya know the status quo that is central to WoW and hopefully they wonât duck it up again.
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There are ALWAYS exceptions. A human child that had their parents killed in Stratholme and wants revenge on the alliance.
An orc child that saw what Sylvanas did to Saurfang and blames the horde.
There are always exceptions to the norm. They happen in stories all the time. Sure, most of the time they dont know the truth about what happened but it still happens.
Thatâs how you get sub-factions and splinter factions. It doesnât mean you join the people who are trying to kill you for simply existing. They donât accept you and wonât ever trust you. Ask Turalyon(leader of the Alliance now) what he thinks of Orcs.
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I would definitely love this. My Druid could be a night elf and a member of the Horde.
I would play Draenei / horde
Even though thatâs heresy
No I wouldnât pay for that.
I would have no interest. I can already play on both factions when Iâm in the mood.
I would totally pay.
Id rather it be free. But id pay.
âThe Price of Treasonâ - for a small fee, enroll as a deserter to your kith and kin, no longer able to tolerate the hypocrisy of the (insert appropriate faction name).
Iâd buy that for a dollar, and Iâd roll a Horde gnome and an alliance Orc.
There, Iâve said.
Nah. The only thing thatâs missing from x-faction play right now is x-faction guilds.