- BfA was problematic which cast a long shadow. The Horde was (again) forced to bear the mantle of warmongering tools during the War of Thorns, which did little to encourage RPers to stick by their Horde characters. I know this didn’t apply to everyone and that many players were fine with the plot and subsequent war… but I knew my fair share of friends whose interest in the faction suffered as a result of the writing.
And then in Shadowlands,
- The hubs were gradually falling prey to increasingly odd and/or inappopriate RP. I won’t beat a long dead horse by name dropping, but it did no favours to the overall health of the remaining Horde RPing community.
At this point there are a few guilds still kicking and I don’t doubt that Dragonflight will revitalize RP somewhat. We’re in that phase of an expansion where the overall interest in current gameplay is overshadowed by the expectations of things yet to come, which is usually reflected in the overall RP activity as well.
Will the Horde ever be the same as it once was however? I myself doubt it very much, but respect those with the time and energy to set up the occasional open events. There have been culture nights and storytelling as I recall, and the kosh’harg might be a good “in” for you to reconnect with the Horde.