HvH and Alliance QOL

WoW Classic Cataclysm Classic Discussion
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Bring in HvH but try to address the issue with faction imbalance.

Here are some ideas:

  • Alliance characters start at Level “” or receive some kind of temporary xp boost

  • Limit the amount of new horde characters that can be created on servers where the imbalance is greater than “”

  • Open up free faction transfers on servers where the imbalance is greater than “”

  • Incentivise transfers with XP/Honor/Professions

  • Incentivise using your boosted character token on the Alliance side

I would like this addressed so I can play on either my Alliance or Horde character and not be outnumbered 2:1 or be the overwhelming majority in most areas.

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Yes please

Hell no

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I can see why this could be a bad move so fair enough, just throwing some ideas out to get everyone thinking.

I do think however you need some sort of
incentive to improve the balance rather than “freeze” it

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I just don’t see why any of that would make you want to start a new Alliance character on a server tilted 65/35 in the Horde’s favour (with indications its going to get worse rather than better).

As I see it the problem is Classic’s original sin. Once its there, you can’t really get rid of it. Massive alliance advantages when the WOTLK prepatch rolls round might help persuade some guilds to make the switch. But… yeah. Still not convinced why you’d ever pick to go on a server where you have such a colossal disadvantage.

And I think that’s far more of the issue than “imba racials”. Its just obviously not fun to play a version of WoW where you are being ganked all the time in the open world, there’s a fraction of the people to play with for group content and the auction house is crippled. You’re not “hard” by going against the grain. You are just giving yourself a worse experience.

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Well with that attitude and mindset nothing will ever be done. I rolled alliance as I’d prefer not to be the overwhelming majority, my server is 40:60 and it’s not as bad as you say but it does need to be addressed.

I also want to use my boost on a horde character so have been looking at realms that are somewhat even but the disparity does gradually grow, this disparity could be stopped in its tracks by implementing restrictions that promote faction balance such as character limits for the majority faction.

I agree with what you’re saying about people not wanting to jump ship and be stuck and outnumbered due to lack of other players transferring. Maybe if the transfers worked on a sign up basis rather than an immediate transfer, with the transfer happening once enough people sign up.

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I think the solution should be more focused on BG issue and only then on other faction balance factors.

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