1.6 Leaked Patch Notes

[Arnulf]

And as far as Blizzard goes, these folks obvioulsy prefer Alliance players (the majority of the paying customers), and moreover have obviously absolutely no clue of the realities on the public WOW realms.
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Careful! First off, I doubt that these "leaked patch notes" are the real thing. So Will of the Forsaken is not on the table. Or highly improbable.

Second, I've heard that 2:1 Alliance vs. Horde argument much too often. I do not think it's true either. And even if it were true it does not make any difference depending on how the active server population is. There may be a 2:1 ratio of registered player characters (more alts on the Alliance side for example) on a particular server. But if the Horde is much more active than the lazy Alliance bastards, then the real ratio could be very much 2:1 for the Horde.

Having said that, balancing a game of this scope is pretty much an impossible task. For the same reasons balancing D2 was pretty much impossible: Too many variables.

Let's assume just for a moment that WOW is purely balanced. You wouldn't see a difference to the current situation because people would need to figure out every counter to every advantage there was. With a purely balanced WOW you would still hear cries for nerfing/buffing certain skills because they were perceived as imbalanced.

-Arnulf

PS: You want to counter fear effectively? Mithril Insignia Become an armour blacksmith! ;)