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In vanilla WoW, both Horde and Alliance have their fun. I find the Ally ones fun, but only because I don't have all the quests memorized by now.
BC, Horde is the way to go for most of it. The orcs have the Mag'har to reunite with and the belves have Keal'Thalas to boo at. The Alliance have.. A bunch of angry commanders and some Broken Draenei.
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I'll admit I haven't done everything on both sides, but isn't Icecrown pretty much the same for the two factions? That's the area I found was most deeply steeped in Lich King lore.Saturo wrote:Yeah, but alliance gets all the questlines regarding Arthas...
I also think Northrend is much more interesting than what can be reduced to Arthas. Yeah, everything you do is fall-out from Arthas' actions, but everything surrounding the Nerubians is super interesting, and both the Forsaken and Taunka story lines were just fantastic. I really found Dragonblight Horde-side to be more lore-interesting than Alliance-side.
I totally agree with you there. Funny thing, I've been reading Dragonlance (on book 2 right now) and I find the stuffiness of some of the heroes' races to fit the alliance well. Thinking of themselves and their people before the good of the whole world, forging alliances because it benefits them... Definitely Horde has much more emotional bonds, I'd say - even if they don't trust each other. Story-wise, I'd expect a hero of the Horde to have a much more interesting background and path than a hero of the alliance. "How did you become a hero?" "Oh well, I went to Stormwind and enrolled in Hero-School. Duh."Vephriel wrote:I think there's a stronger bond with the Horde races all being outcasts of sorts, bonding together out of necessity and as a means of survival. It was just a lot more compelling to me than the Alliance which overall seemed a bit stale. The Horde was refreshing and I was much more drawn in to their plight than anything else.
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That's an excellent point Sarayana, it illustrates my own thoughts really well. I love the fact that there is so much unrest within the Horde factions themselves. I'm not saying there isn't any dispute within the Alliance of course, because obviously there is, but at face value I can't get over the stereotypical flavors of the Alliance and I think the charm of the Horde is the unique and different facets. It just really appealed to me. ^^Sarayana wrote:I totally agree with you there. Funny thing, I've been reading Dragonlance (on book 2 right now) and I find the stuffiness of some of the heroes' races to fit the alliance well. Thinking of themselves and their people before the good of the whole world, forging alliances because it benefits them... Definitely Horde has much more emotional bonds, I'd say - even if they don't trust each other. Story-wise, I'd expect a hero of the Horde to have a much more interesting background and path than a hero of the alliance. "How did you become a hero?" "Oh well, I went to Stormwind and enrolled in Hero-School. Duh."Vephriel wrote:I think there's a stronger bond with the Horde races all being outcasts of sorts, bonding together out of necessity and as a means of survival. It was just a lot more compelling to me than the Alliance which overall seemed a bit stale. The Horde was refreshing and I was much more drawn in to their plight than anything else.
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I wasn't trying to say Alliance is "dull" or anything of the sort, what I'm trying to illustrate is that ... hmm... I guess both factions are allies of convenience, really, but Alliance seems to be more calculating in that than Horde. I could be wrong, I'm not really strong on lore, I just have what I've soaked up in-game.
Let me put it differently. I imagine the Alliance settling on becoming allies during a war meeting or diplomatic mission. I see Horde becoming allies on the battle field as the Tauren, for example, are joined by the orcs in their fight against the whatchamacallems. Kolkar.
I suppose that *does* make Alliance look more dull, but I don't think they are. I just find their bond is more calculated. And really, the whole "civilised" sense of the Alliance, even though it's often misleading, does give me the sense that I'm playing someone who's being groomed to do heroic deeds, where it's easier to play my Horde characters as people who sort of happen upon those heroic deeds. That's what I meant by the Stormwind Hero-School. Does that make sense?
All that being said, I don't particularly love one faction over another, I love certain races. I really like the trolls and tauren, and Alliance side I prefer the draenei and dwarves. Humans and gnomes never get past the low levels, and night elves... well, I leveled two, but only because I wanted druids and didn't have another option Alliance-side. So I guess I should reword my initial statement to say that I wholeheartedly love playing certain races.
Anyway! Enough rambling, I hope some of that made sense.
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That's why I always like explaining my own reasoning behind my love of the faction I play. I know it's not shared by everyone, and I don't expect everyone to agree with me. But I feel that at least presenting my feelings of it does more to illustrate my thoughts than just screaming some baseless pride cry.
I'll admit I enjoy the friendly rivalry though. Much like opposing sports teams, it's fun to have two sides of something to feel strongly about. I'll join in with some 'For the Horde' every now and then, but all in good fun. As for those who take it too far and too seriously, well....again, best ignored. xD