Im back to wow for season 3.
I have done some m+ and as I opened raider io suddenly all of top Demon hunters are in alliance. And my question is, did i miss something or is it simple prefering night elves thanks to cross-faction guilds and groups?. I know that both elves have different racial abilities.
It’s just because of the racials, that’s all. Blood Elves don’t get that crit or haste racial that Night Elves get, so overall the Havoc & Vengeance DHs are mostly all Night Elves.
But yes, this is due also to the cross faction guilds/groups, which has kinda killed off a lot things. You’ll find that mostly ALL classes will be mainly played by Dwarves as well, due to the 2% crit racial and the stone form racials.
It’s because of Shadowmeld. You can deny so many dangerous boss mechanics with it.
For example at Blight of Galakrond, you take 0 dmg and you can cause the Corrosion ball to not spawn with is a huge advantage in high M+, at Iridikron you can deny the Extinction Blast DoT, which is also a huuge advantage in high M+ and the examples continue.
But you need to time it right.
As most people said, NE is kind of a niche pick for REALLY HIGH m+ (which is why you see that effect in the top).
Also keep in mind, cross faction groups were introduced in the last year or so. Alliance was the faction that high end m+ players played (NE and dwarves being the reason). There is a good chance that groups that went alliance to push/play with friends did not faction change when cross faction became available.
I think it would make for a better looking game, when you go into a raid and 75% of the raid are all dwarves or night elves. Having a interchangeable racial system, would work for all kind of things.
Instead of racials, it could just be a buff you apply to yourself, which lasts until you log out or for 24 hours (incase people keep disconnecting nonstop). Pay a small fee 10g or something to place it upon yourself.
Blood elves get 1% crit. If this were the deciding factor, it’d mean that that 1% haste is absolutely amazing for demon hunters and groups would schedule their pushing sessions to whatever time of day makes the NE racial give haste