So after about 12 years on and off playing wow almost always as Alliance for fresh wrath i want to go Horde. However i dont care for PVP servers and all the PVE servers are dominated by Alliance. I would rather play on a server that is AT LEAST 60% Horde because of dungeon groups. So i have 3 options as i see it
Go Fresh and hope the faction balance works out better for Horde this time around
Start on a Horde dominated PVP Server like Gehennas or Golemagg and just accept the occaisional pvp is gonna happen
Switch to the US servers where there are a couple of Horde Dominated PVE servers
probably should keep your decision on hold as server situation might change with wotlk release .
plus some servers are getting merged in few days so that might also change some dynamics i think
Switching to US is ok but you do need a second subscription if you want to play both US and EU, and remember you start from scratch, level 1 with nothing at all, well you could buy a boost.
There are realms that are 60% horde and have 500 players but since you want PvE it doesn’t matter which faction is dominant, you want the most Horde players on one PvE realm, so Mirage or Pyrewood for the EU English, US English is Mankrik.
If you are ok with time zones and/or latency, then absolutely go to US …
Aside from that Wpvp is basically dead, so dont worry much about it … the reason why pvp realms are the only viable to play on is because they are flooded with pve players … so you should have no issue getting groups there .
As someone who played on the US servers during the original tbc and wrath, I wouldn’t recommend it.
The latency is much better these days (180ish compared to 300+) however the time will be the biggest problem.
Primetime for you as an european will be somewhere around 2AM depending on where you live (I remember starting raids at 3AM).
I’d say just start on a Horde only pvp server. On these servers pvp is nothing more than a tag, you’ll see an alliance once every few months
Hmmm… lots to think about there. I honestly hadnt though about the time difference. (Which is dumb for someone with family in the u.s.). I think ill probably roll a horde toon on the fresh eu servers. Give them a couple of weeks to see how the populations go if i end up “Neck deep in humans” ill go to gehennas or golemagg since they are the “Horde Only” PV(E)P servers for EU.
I have started playing horde character on golemagg .i am now lvl 24 and I have not faced any gank attack from alliance yet . Good luck on your journey .