Considering we have been working together since Legion and the end of BFA and now, I can really see some type of faction merge but also dissenters. For example I cannot see the Night Elves accepting any Horde into the Alliance or the Blood Elves working with the Kirin Tor. What I can see however, are mini factions similiar to this:
A group of alliance that are well the alliance and refuse to merge with the Horde
A group of the horde that refuses to merge with the alliance
A merged group comprised of horde/alliance
Mini merged groups that want to work with certain factions on both sides. Like I could see the Kiran Tor, Kul Tirans, Taurens, and the Orcs working with Jaina/Thrall/Baine to form a faction
It would be good to see the alliance splinter and fracture, we are seeing some of that already, depending what happens to Anduin, but just how many will accept an Alliance lead by Turalyon and Alleria and the hinted dangerous combination of light and void? Maybe our next expansion will be Battle for the Alliance or the Fight for the Alliance.
You can tell every single rational cold fact, yet they would oppose emotions. Imho, if they would quit because factions are no more, then theyāre actually not enjoying wow at all and should already quit the game.
Itās like they think factions being wowās dna and so unique that is good. But thatās not true, something being unique does not imply said thing is good, but they just donāt wanna see other ways.
My father is working in airplanes safety and the first thing he learnt was to never tell āWeāve been doing the same things for over a decadeā because that means youāre not challenging your processes and way of doing things. In wowās case, challenging the faction barrier leads to the conclusion that is sucks and tearing down this wall would not affect those who care aboot that wall.
How I wish I could play my favourite races which are night elves and void elves (sadly both on aliance side) and still be able to play with my friendsā¦95% of my friends play horde or switched to it cause there were more players. Iām really sad
Thatās an impression easy to get if one skips a whole load and expansions and patches. Really, the only factions conflicts ended when the Horde realised they actually had a bad warchief and ganged up with the Alliance to remove them. Garrosh Hellscream as well as Sylvanas.
There have been no such a thing as warmongery for the sake of warmongery without any hidden motives since Cataclysm.
The Alliance and the Horde are sworn enemies and should remain such.
I also donāt enjoy them working together as much as they do, to save the world, even if it actually makes sense. Iād rather it be an individual struggle for both parties, while simultaneously fighting eachother.
For me, it would be so bland and boring if it basically was just one faction (them being allied). Being two factions I feel is way better for the lore-aspect of the game and simply cooler imo. I even wouldnāt mind them adding a third faction and start building upon that, disregarding that it surely wouldnāt make sense when it comes to balancing the game, queue times etc, which perhaps tells how much I disapprove of said merge.
Perhaps you can suggest for blizzard to make you a new standalone World of Warcraft: Horde vs Alliance? Such a game with no story progression and only warmongery is needed so you guys can go there and stop being an obstacle for us WoW-players who wants story progression in the main game.
I donāt mind story progression. I just donāt want it to go in a direction that would end up with the two factions merging together. If that makes me an obstacle, so be it!
And thatās why Iām convinced cross faction should be enabled for raiding and M+. Would that hurt the game? Would that screw the lore? Raiding is aboot 10% of global playerbase so I donāt get how cross faction pve would imply factions no longer exist for the remaining 90%.
