Very good blog, however there now will be a chance to play the Alliance, the Worgen have a mysterious lore opened up now with the upcoming expansion. I think this is very interesting to experience now that the Alliance has a “savage” or “monstrous” looking like race and would bring a lot of attention. I guess that’s just not too bad it about it because like you said, the “bad side” has their own lore and even if they do, the Alliance faction also has their story up on their own races. Not to aside, there could be other traits as to what each faction has, for example Horde sides to be more fierce and honorable and competitive in such while the Alliance temps to be more of an loyal and or something like luxurious with its races and more like Role Playing faction which there also are people who go along with that type of game play.

So, in overall, the sides have their differences and balances. Mainly it depends on what you think its best and what suits you. (basically Horde for me because of my friends want to be fierce and the colors and Alliance too because of other friends and i want to be on a good side haha).

@ John:

John, that’s what I meant. When you play Alliance then Horde obviously seems like the bad guys. When you play Horde, your people seem to be the good guys and Alliance seems evil. In other words, there is no inherently good or inherently evil side in the game. It’s all about perspective.

I was really commenting on the way Blizzard made the setting to reflect this. Ganking is a fact of life on both sides – there will always be groups of high level players running into starting towns of the opposing faction killing NPC’s and causing trouble. It’s an MMO, no? That’s sort of what happens in these types of games. WoW sort of puts it in the context of two opposing factions, neither of which is inherently evil.

not to be meen about than maby that was just in my server (Jedear) but if u have any tips about being a horde write

Dude it mite be my server but horde raided our towns I got ganked by them like a 1.000 times lol but I ben to horde terrortory taming anmails ans stuff but as long their a highter lvl or a pally they will gank you this if from my expirence of a lvl 63 hunter so dont talk about the alince cuz i think the same way about ur blog but it is talkin about alince

I’m a big fan of the Alliance many because of the night elves. their just fun to play.

Yeah, Barrens is always “interesting”. That’s what I call home btw. Both my Tauren and my Troll chill out in these parts. Undead area is cool, but when I’m there I feel like I’m far, far away from home.

Oh, and I have yet to see Blood Elf starting area. I’m not even sure if one can get there without the Burning Crusade extension.

Btw, is anyone here on Kirin Tor? Lets team up, or guild up or something.

Once again I play Redmanetusk Horde side and Mizumat Alliance side (no armory link since it that character is like level 7 or something).

@Luke:
Once you are done with Crossroads, it might be handy to change your hearthstone to the inn in the Lower City of Shattrath (Outlands). You will need to get a higher level “friend” to open a port to Shat for you. Shat has free ports to all four major Horde cities – UC, Org, TB, and Silvermoon. That way, you can port from place to place without running or using a Flight Path.

I would recommend waiting until after XR since most of your current quests will be there.

Talking about classes in general…the forums on http://www.worldofwarcraft for each class have varying degrees of usefulness. The lock forum has a couple of great guides – one even goes into detail about which talents you should pick and why or why not. However, the rogue forum sucks. I have never checked out the hunter forum, but it could be helpful.

Well, I played very little, and quite a long while ago. I tried both side, beginning with the Horde (for all the obvious reasons you gave). I created an Undead first, a Warlock type, if I am not mistaken. The Undead lands are pretty but creepy (as it should) and their capital city is simply the former human capital (which appeared in Warcraft II and III, if I am correct). So its architecture is med-fan human, somewhat modified with tombs and tapestries. Of course, playing Undead, you see Humans (and Alliance) as annoying people who keep raiding your territory and desecrating the holy ruins and crypts where you belong. Also, there is a civil war running within Undeads, so that’s another thing they have to deal with.

After that, I played a dwarf, and it was ok, though their area is very mountainous and as such quite hard to roam in. I didn’t go as far with that character and quickly became bored with the game as well as the lack of interaction with players with an IQ superior to the anal temperature (in Celsius, otherwise it is not funny).

My Undead traveled quite a lot, though, led to the Barrens (via Zeppelin) and even the Sea by various missions. I even fought the Alliance at the Crossroads village once.

Wow, thanks. I’m not on a PvP server but I’d have to look at the map for a bit to figure out how to get there. It may be a long way from my usual stomping grounds. I’m still not done with Barrens.

My hearthstone is bonded to Crossroads because it is strategically in between Thunderbluff, Origmar and Ratchet and flying out to most places from there is relatively inexpensive.

I usually go to Thunderbluff to trade and train my Huntard skills because everything there is close together and easy to find. Getting to the hunter trainer in Origmar is like a 5 minute run from the landing tower.

I did few missions in the Silverpine and Hilsbrad but ended right back in the Barrens after a short stint there.

How about this – what would be a good pet for a Horde character around level 25-26 that is best suited for solo play?

Luke, you had asked about a good place to tame boars for your level. If you are level 24, you should consider making the run to Redridge Mountains. This can be a bit of a pain as a Horde character (I haven’t gotten up the nerve to try it yet either) but you should go there to tame Bellygrub. He will teach you Gore Rank 4 which appears to be the highest rank of Gore you will see before you are in your mid-40’s. Bellygrub is supposed to spawn as a level 24 mob so he should be perfect for you. Try pulling his stats and info on Petopia. Unfortunately, it looks like if you want to go boar, most of the good trainable pets at lower levels are in Alliance controlled areas. Hopefully you’re not on a PvP server!