Alliance leaders slaughtered on Moon Guard
by Mike Schramm 
Jan 15th 2008 at 4:30PM
And just like we said on last week's podcast, it's a shame that they didn't get much for their trouble. High level faction targets give a little honor, and they give some money, but other than that, there are no major rewards for the downings. A special title or a factionwide buff would be great, and wouldn't cause overfarming chaos in these cities, which we believe is Blizzard's main reason for keeping these bosses lootless.
At any rate, grats to all the guilds on Moon Guard (the Horde guilds, and the Alliance guilds that killed Thrall and brought on this slaughter) for making this happen. Blizzard won't give you much but a little honor and some change, but we'll give you our gratitude for making sure there is war in Warcraft.
Thanks, Paul!
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Bosses, Factions, NPCs
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Gryphon Jan 15th 2008 4:38PM
WoWinsider's bias towards the Horde is getting rather tedious.
Angelus Jan 15th 2008 4:52PM
tbh, I been playing both factions quite abit and it's really friggen obvious that WoWinsider is biassed to the Horde faction at a huge degree. But it's all opinions, what can you do.
On my alliance servers we "slay" horde leaders and you dont even hear about it here. Moongaurd horde slays alliance leaders.... well whoopidydoo
breaking news! same sh*t different day!
I read the first few lines, decided to post in an anit-alliance thread. Weee.
Rich Jan 15th 2008 4:56PM
Next time they are looking for bloggers, apply and give us a Alliance side articles if you hate it so much.
original2k Jan 15th 2008 5:24PM
biased? they have a whole weekly graphic novel going that is 100% "grab the sword and fight the horde".
alliance outnumbers horde on many servers as well, given the actual rarity of these sorts of events i think it's worth noting
PeeWee Jan 15th 2008 5:39PM
@Angelus:
Perhaps if you'd get your foot outta yer arse and actually told people here they'd know about it. They aren't all-seeing or all-knowing. Or perhaps they just don't care what happens on your server? ^^
Iliya Jan 15th 2008 9:21PM
Ya think?
Would they have done this if Alliance side had done this to all the Horde leaders?
Magic 8 Ball says: Don't Count on it.
jtrain Jan 15th 2008 4:38PM
*sigh*
I'm on Dalvengyr (H) and I rarely, if ever, see events like this take place. Not sure if it's because we're a low pop. server or what, or maybe they're happening and I don't see them because I'm in a small guild. Either way, every time I read a story like this I want to transfer to a bigger (better?) server and get in on the action.
Mornblade Jan 16th 2008 3:22PM
Since i was there for both the alliance achievement and the hordes. let me set a few things straight.
The Horde did in fact take out all of the alliance boss’s in one night. this was an epic event to be sure. BUT the horde where not the only one’s to do something epic. Alliance in fact not once but 2 times attacked the horde. not only did a raid of like 160 people raid Thrall and the turen boss BUT one the second epic raid the alliance DESTROYED Silvermoon City in such short time that by the time the horde knew what was going on we where celebrating in Darn.
Both factions of Moon Guard have done more in the way of Epic world PVP then most other servers. that is what should be written about . the person who wrote this article should learned to get there facts straight before making biased publications
Rico Jan 15th 2008 4:41PM
"Horde outpost of Orgrimmar"
WTF dude. It's totally like, the Capital City of the Horde.
Maghashi Jan 15th 2008 4:54PM
I have a 70 Horde on Moon Guard but was on my budding Dwarf priest when the assault went down and as it progressed I popped back and forth to find the reactions on both side. The Alliance is now plotting revenge, and some guilds have sprung up entirely to exact revenge.
Moon Guard is a low population server, but the RP on it is excellent! It was a lot of fun, running around trying to get a fishing manual from Booty Bay and finding that the horde were assaulting pretty much every Alliance stronghold all the way to the cities :)
Angelus Jan 15th 2008 4:55PM
*anti-alliance thread
sorry!
Oh, btw, gratz newbs :)
oshin Jan 15th 2008 5:10PM
"A special title or a factionwide buff would be great, and wouldn't cause overfarming chaos in these cities, which we believe is Blizzard's main reason for keeping these bosses lootless."
Of course it would, titles are tough to get now, making killing a leader a way of getting one would result in 40 man groups tromping through capital citys causing mass lag and all sorts of npc problems.
Jim Jan 15th 2008 5:38PM
40 people fighting in a city?
*gulp*
Siggy Jan 15th 2008 5:15PM
Moon Guard A-sider here, givin' a bit of extra info.
First, the original attack on Orgrimmar was a month or two previously, and was not only that, but a cleverly planned strike on all major Horde cities to spread their forces, then a killing of Thrall and Vol'jin.
Secondly, there was a subsequent attack on Silvermoon in which Lor'themar, the Grand Magister, Halduron brightwing, AND Matriarch Liadrin all fell.
Now, after these, most of my comrades on the Alliance were telling the Horde to 'step up', and they for a long time said there WOULD be a retaliation when we lest expected it.
And I'll be damned if this didn't come as a surprise.
Furthermore, the coordinator of said attacks, Golavar (Orc Warlock) is to be put on trial for hostility against Theramore, which the Horde is technically at peace with. One argues that Theramore guards attack Hordies, but that's a game balance issue (I.E. Blizz pandering to people who want to kill questgivers there) than a lore thing.
Anteia Jan 15th 2008 6:32PM
I'd just like to say... that all sounds totally awesome and I wish we saw some of that on Feathermoon. :)
Ath Jan 15th 2008 5:16PM
HATS OFF TO GOLAVAR FOR ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO PULL OFF THIS STUNT!
ringu0 Jan 15th 2008 5:15PM
@2 & 3.
They killed every Alliance leader. Simultaneously. In 23 minutes. Try and match this.
/salute to Moon Guard Horde
Green Armadillo Jan 15th 2008 7:41PM
I don't know about 23 minutes, but all four city bosses were downed by a coordinated Horde raid just last month.
http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/01/08/world-pvp-at-its-finest-raiding-capital-cities-simultaneousl/
ringu0 Jan 15th 2008 7:50PM
Yes, it was quite an achievement, too.
Niekon Jan 15th 2008 5:16PM
Alliance did the same thing over on Azuremyst last month... hit every major Horde city and took down the leader in each city. Hell, I got good at the death run from SM to Undercity... and the Horde tried to counter after we finished our runs and they made a run at Darnassus only to get stomped within the temple