10-23-2005, 06:50 AM
I agree, Drasca. The things in WC3 and the Frozen Throne considered, I almost consider the Alliance the evil side. They're arrogant, xenophobic bastards who'd rather kill everything that looks like a monster than figure out if it really is. They even hate eachother most of the time!
I think it was Mongojerry who said that there was a alot of quests and storyline in the Alliance involving the various members spying on, backstabbing, doublecrossing, etc. the other factions. (I haven't played alliance past about level 36--but even in that time there was quite a bit of content emphasizing how little each faction liked having to rely on the other. I especially liked some of the night elf stuff. Bordering on "Ew, you're a gnome!" style.)
There's almost none of that on the horde side, and even what there is is basically some random guy going, "I dunno about those undead guys. You should go fetch a book about them for me."
Why is this? The alliance isn't really one faction. It's four factions that just kind of agree not to kill eachother for right now. Just like in the earlier games. After WC2 or WC1--I forget which--I remember it saying that the human king tried to keep each of the factions together, to protect eachother from further incursions by the demon-crazed orcs. Of course they don't go along with it. They're the elves/dwarves/whateverthehellelse! Why do they need anybody else!? They're SUPERIOR! So they hole up in whatever home of choice they have, they spurn everybody who helped them (note that certain notable heroes were great people, and helped whoever they could whenever they could--those are the good guys; not some random elf, just 'cause he happens to be an elf), and most of them get obliterated by the scourge. Sad, sad. :(
The horde sticks together, the horde protects its own, the horde works for the good of the horde. All of the horde. And as of Thrall taking power, the horde does not go to war with the alliance. Some of the horde doesn't like that too much, but what can you do? The warchief says it, that's how it is. And that goes for trolls, tauren, orcs... and to a certain extent undead. As much as I play the undead quite a bit (and in quest-based dialogues, such as The Warlord's Command, the dialogue options are just as horde-worthy as any other race), they're really only horde because Blizzard thought they were cool, and had to have them allied with somebody.
I think it was Mongojerry who said that there was a alot of quests and storyline in the Alliance involving the various members spying on, backstabbing, doublecrossing, etc. the other factions. (I haven't played alliance past about level 36--but even in that time there was quite a bit of content emphasizing how little each faction liked having to rely on the other. I especially liked some of the night elf stuff. Bordering on "Ew, you're a gnome!" style.)
There's almost none of that on the horde side, and even what there is is basically some random guy going, "I dunno about those undead guys. You should go fetch a book about them for me."
Why is this? The alliance isn't really one faction. It's four factions that just kind of agree not to kill eachother for right now. Just like in the earlier games. After WC2 or WC1--I forget which--I remember it saying that the human king tried to keep each of the factions together, to protect eachother from further incursions by the demon-crazed orcs. Of course they don't go along with it. They're the elves/dwarves/whateverthehellelse! Why do they need anybody else!? They're SUPERIOR! So they hole up in whatever home of choice they have, they spurn everybody who helped them (note that certain notable heroes were great people, and helped whoever they could whenever they could--those are the good guys; not some random elf, just 'cause he happens to be an elf), and most of them get obliterated by the scourge. Sad, sad. :(
The horde sticks together, the horde protects its own, the horde works for the good of the horde. All of the horde. And as of Thrall taking power, the horde does not go to war with the alliance. Some of the horde doesn't like that too much, but what can you do? The warchief says it, that's how it is. And that goes for trolls, tauren, orcs... and to a certain extent undead. As much as I play the undead quite a bit (and in quest-based dialogues, such as The Warlord's Command, the dialogue options are just as horde-worthy as any other race), they're really only horde because Blizzard thought they were cool, and had to have them allied with somebody.