I had an Erevien moment and had to get this off my chest
The Horde only section needs to be removed for the Glory of the Sin’dorei.
While it is lovely that we have a little bit of Silvermoon, that still belongs to the Horde, it also means that it needs to be marked out. So we have Red Sin’dorei banners (their correct color) around the Horde Only section, to indicate it’s there. While we have those weird Blue Banners flown throughout the rest of the city and it just feels wrong.
So please remove the Horde only section, as it serve no purpose anyway and put up the correct color banners throughout the City.
I think the real issue is that they did not give a small enclave of Silver Convenant to the Alliance players. The Bazaar could’ve been then the common grounds, with seperate banks and AH’s.
That being said, I do like seeing the old High Elven sky blue leaking out in banners, gems and building paintings here and there. It gives the nation building Lor’themar undertook a new face, world-buildingwise imo. I will write about this at some point at the lore.
It’s a Horde City, I have zero issue with the shared areas but it would seem inappropriate for there to any Alliance only area. The Horde only have the original capital area as their exclusive part. The rest of the city is open to all.
originality it was planed the alliance get a ghetto and were confinded there which spark a outcry by the allicne communty because, We help the horde defend the city and cant expiciece and visit the full city while horde on the other hand coud freely roam though belàmeth and gilneas.
Its still a SHAED hub, and exlcuing a large potion of the palyer base from it is very disrepectfull and yeah blizzad got the backlash so thex had to change it
Is this the god damn dress again? because there is no god damn way the banners are grey some of them are almost the exact same shade of blue as the night skybox..
EDIT: There is nothing in Heaven or Earth that can convince me this is not blue.
No those are bluey-purple. When the OP talked about the ‘red Sin’Dorei banners’ I assumed he meant the ones with the Phoenix symbol on the red banners that tell you when you are in inner Silvermoon (the Horde district).
There are gray ones bearing the same symbol in outer Silvermoon.
The Horde section of Silvermoon is the same as the Alliance side, admittedly I have only just taken some horde characters to Silvermoon ready for levelling to 90, but I could see no difference at all in the layout/look of the City as a horde character. It looked exactly the same as it does on my levelled Alliance character. So I guess it is just for flavour/lore reasons.
The Horde exclusive section of the city is actually the majority of the TBC version of the city, or the inner (and oldest) part of the city. It is absolutely for flavour/lore reasons, and it allows those who really don’t want to interact with the Alliance for RP reasons a place to go.
Yes I understand, that is why I said it’s for flavour/lore reasons, but I also understand why others are disappointed with the decision, as Kurst said earlier:
We have no faction war anymore, which again people are divided in opinions on whether this is a good thing or bad, but for me it makes no sense that the factions are still split in any of the cities (even Org or SW). We can be in guilds/communities together, I myself have an Alliance character in my Horde guild, yet we are split in a city? It’s just the inconsistency in the narrative that Blizzard have given us which is now one of peace with no faction conflict.
There are Horde players disappointed the Alliance has access to a Horde city at all. It balances out.
Not necessarily, you are looking at it from the point of view of a player, and players are the Heroes of Azeorth who hang out with the leaders and see the big picture.
The Alliance and Horde still apparently hate each other at the level of the average civilian.
I understand your view and I know a lot of people share it But the fact that Horde were given access to Alliance Bel’ameth and Gilneas doesn’t really show a balance.
Of course we have always had some neutral hubs/zones as well.
In the end people will have different views, mine is it’s inconsistent with the current narrative.
The difference being though that neither Bel’Ameth or Gilneas are major faction cities. An equivalent to Silvermoon is the Exodar or Ironforge.
Personally I don’t think the Horde should have access to those cities. Narratively Alliance access to Silvermoon is seen as temporary, meaning the Alliance only has access for the duration of the Midnight expansion and then they are expected to leave.
Gameplay wise it is forever, but that’s a different matter.
But the fact that Horde were given access to Alliance Bel’ameth and Gilneas doesn’t really show a balance.