Will Blizzard ever balance the factions?

It’s 1,5% from best to worse if I remember correctly and you can’t blame blizzard for player decisions, not after racials got fixed long ago.
In BC it was easy to identify the problem why horde was underrepresented, number wise, their aesthetics have been a bit lackluster, which is why they got BE’s. The implementation fixed this problem, while alliance kept being ahead numberwise until into Legion, where it finally shifted to horde. That there’s a huge discrepancy regarding the concentration of high-end pve player on hordeside, even after the root of the problems was fixed long ago, is a result of dwindling player count, which lead to a huge amount of players switching to horde.
So why are we arguing about racials, and subjective “horde-bias” or “alliance-bias” at all?

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Why would they? I already know their answer, it’s nein.

Yeah, you keep up those weird posts I’m definitely gonna stop replying to you.

And we were talking about unfairness. Specifically that the Horde had access to a one time item first, I pointed out that the Alliance has had a welfare item this whole expansion. I see you are trying to deliberately miss the point again.

No I’m pretty sure that they don’t need to give the Alliance more incentives, they have enough already. They want competitive guilds on their side, this being the latest banner under which you cry, let’s do that see how it works out. And also get rid of the instigators.

And the fact that people on the Horde side didn’t make a big deal out of the injustice of the AAO buff kinda proves it’s a community issue.

And yeah, it’s very strange to log on to my Alliance and listen to a few people, the biggest of which is a dwarf paladin whose name I won’t say here, crying on the AD trade chat about how unfair Blizzard is. And by the way, I’m fine with being outnumbered on these servers, I it’s so easy to complete the weekly PVP quests. So I’m enjoying it while it lasts cause it seems the Horde numbers are going up on RP realms.

Why would they? To get another big strong world first guild on that side so they can stop complaining about being underrepresented.

Moving Alliance as a raider is basically a suicide.

Hence why I said that the respective guilds should be given a covert nudge by blizzard if they are gonna bite the turd. Yeah there are smaller numbers on the Alliance side, but nowhere near death as you people claim. It will be more difficult, but not impossible.

Have you played on Alliance side during BFA? I feel like you didn’t. There are so many guilds that have left or are leaving.

There is a certain degree to switch from “really hard” to “impossible” and we’re getting close.

It’s not anyone’s fault when you ignoring the facts here. I also linked two separate pieces with it, perhaps you simply chose not to engage with it? How about showing some effort for once?

You’re still playing a game which core gameplay is divided in two competitors. You don’t need a faction system if one side rules over the other one, it is this simple. The reason for the outcry only shows that the Alliance has lost competitive players for the bigger player pool and if you think they will switch back this time, then you’re wrong. It needs drastic changes to even out and change the perception of the global player base.

AOO, not AAO. And you certainly find plenty of frustrated Horde-players on both US and EU forums if you just use your search engine. Besides, going through the old comments showed me that the Horde was so upset about the welfare gear during Nazjatar that we have this little gem as well after there was a massive outcry and how unfair it was:

Can you explain the rationale behind Alliance getting the opportunity for ilvl 400 gear this week?

Blizzard doesn’t think this quest is going to be here every week. Alliance participation is increasing and Horde participation is decreasing. The quest will only be offered when there’s a large population disparity.

At the start of BFA, the population between Alliance and Horde was about equal. However, there were some phasing issues that lead to more Horde in a phase. Then they saw the trend of more Horde turning it ON, but Alliance turning it off.

However, they think that the Item Level 400 piece might be too high. When this was added, it was months into Uldir, but now most people haven’t even stepped into the new raid and are getting Heroic pieces. They’re thinking starting next week, it’ll be a 385 with another bonus like Conquest points instead.

I’ll leave the US/EU-topics out of the discussion because you really didn’t thought this through when you tried to prove your point.

This has nothing to do with the topic at hand. We move on.

We still debate about player numbers and not skill, which is highly subjective, even more when you’re doing it in a group.

Good for the RP-servers but subjective. I presume you have actual data at hand to proof your point? If not, then will move on to the next topic at hand.

I’m not ignoring facts. You are trying to shift the point of my reply in order to hold on to that victim status.

The competition in PVE takes place between everyone. It’s not Alliance vs Horde it’s guild vs guild. You are trying to make this about faction so you can destroy factions, once again you are way off point. Very predictable.

Oh yeah, the buff is indeed AOO, AAO is the quest. Two examples of Horde bias right there. But no big deal says you. And excuse me if I don’t think a few posts started over the whole course of the expansion hold up against your constant complaints about bias. The two above mentioned things being an example of preferential treatment. And by the way, you defended your unfair advantage. I remember you cause you gave me the dumbest reply I have seen on these forums.

And yeah, certain people like you always crying about how the Alliance is treated like dirt and so unfair are a quite an issue that illustrates the point I was trying to make, so you don’t get to dismiss them.

Good, you’re back. I already thought you gave up so quickly but it seems you are no quitter. Let the games begin. Oh, I should answer you as well. I ignore obvious baits. I don’t even consider them useful which is why I have edited most quotes in the former posts as well because you do not contribute anything to the discussion.

You’re quite right but also completely off the charts here. It is actually both. And if we zoom out of this spectrum, then it’s still Blue VS Red.

And you surely know that the game is about a player conflict, don’t you? Weren’t you the one who lamented that the Alliance-players give up way too easily and are easy targets but at the same time you’re saying now it’s actually a guild vs guild-conflict without contextualizing the issue at hand? May I remember you which faction easily gets their hall of fame filled while a certain degree of the community isn’t happy about it?

It seems you misinterpreted for what the buff actually stands. Should I refer you to the game developer’s official statement in the video above again?

In other words, it was a good post. Why, thank you.
We’ll start with new topics after your reply. Go on, please.

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