Easy Mode: Alliance or Horde?
by Elizabeth Harper 
Mar 27th 2006 at 1:15PM
While I don't personally subscribe to the theory that one faction is better than the other, they both have their
advantages and disadvantages. My current main character is in an Alliance-side raiding guild, yet I'm considering
the prospect of raiding for the other side and starting to think that, perhaps, my days in the Alliance really have been
"easy mode." The key to this argument is, of course, the paladin - whose blessings can easily be applied
across a whole raid of players (though each paladin may only have one blessing per player). Shaman totems,
alternately, only buff those players within their group, and have a limited range (rendering them useless for fights
that require movement) - and unless you're running a raid with 8 shamans, this means that some players simply won't
have access to these buffs at all. So while Blessing of Salvation
is something I've grown accustomed to, Tranquil Air Totem might not be
something I should become too attached to. On the other hand, I'm enjoying the relative ease with which more organized Horde groups seem to be seceding in the Battlegrounds - though this is more likely to do with the specific groups I'm playing with than a faction imbalance. And, of course, this may change once I level into the 20-29 bracket for Warsong, as Ghost Wolf comes into play.
Who do you think has it easy in Azeroth - Alliance or Horde?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Aaron Mar 27th 2006 2:52PM
I agree with the Horde PVP comments. I played a Troll Rogue up to 60 and re-rolled a Dwarf Priest cause you just can't find a group on the Horde side. Horde seems to be much more focused on PVP and Alliance is much easier to do PVE.
My experience playing over the past year and half.
Troll Rogue 60
Dwarf Priest 60
NE Hunter 55
Human Lock 26
Human Warrior 18
Tauren Druid 18
crsh Mar 27th 2006 3:32PM
Since Blizz is so fond of making players grind for reputation with multiple factions (as an unimaginative way to extend gameplay as much as possible), one could argue Humans (thus Alliance) have it somewhat easier with their "+10% reputation gain" racial.