With all of this race-changing nonsense going on nowadays, people are paying a lot of attention to the unique racial abilities that are available to both Horde and Alliance.
Let's take a look at them, shall we?
ALLIANCE
Dwarf: Stoneform. Removes poison, bleed and disease. Also increases your armor. Translation: You turn yourself into a rock, in the way that heroes did in songs of glory and valor. Very brave.
Gnome: Escape Artist. Escape the effects of any immobilization or movement speed reduction effect. Translation: RUN AWAY!
Human: Each Man for Himself. Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. Translation: RUN AWAY FASTER THAN THE GNOMES CAN!
Night Elf: Shadowmeld. Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Translation: I CAN'T RUN! HIDE ME!
Draenei: Gift of the Naaru. Heals the target of X damage over 15sec. Translation: I CAN'T RUN OR HIDE! SAVE ME!
Worgen: Darkflight. Activates your true form, increasing movement speed by 70% for 10 sec. Translation: The true form for the Alliance, which involves running faster. Away. See entries for Gnome, Human and Night Elf above.
Full of glory and valor, huh? Compare these to the abilities of brave Horde members:
Orc: Blood Fury. Activate to increase attack power and spell power by an amount based on level/class for 15 seconds. Translation: ATTACK!
Tauren: War Stomp. Activate to stun opponents - Stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds. Translation: I can take on 5 opponents because I'm not a pussy. The only time an Alliance soldier would fight 5 opponents within 8 yards is when the doughnut shop is having a sale.
Troll: Berserking. Activate to increase attack and casting speed by 20% for 10 seconds. Translation: Increases ATTACK and CASTING speed. Not RUNNING and HIDING speed.
Forsaken: Will of the Forsaken. Removes any Charm, Fear and Sleep effect. Translation: removes any effect that prevents you from attacking. ATTACK!
Blood Elf: Arcane Torrent. Activate to silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds. Translation: The time for talking is over. ATTACK!
Goblin: Rocket Jump. Activates your rocket belt to jump forward. Translation: Note the word FORWARD. Ideal positioning to ATTACK!
There you have it. Maybe the Horde isn't for you. Maybe you're not brave or honorable. Maybe you'd rather run and hide. If that's the case, your color might just be blue.
For the rest of us...ATTACK!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Death. Stop being such a pussy about it.
It was over a year ago that the incident at Angrathar the Wrath Gate occurred. This event impressed the hell out of me. The Alliance actually attacking the front of something? I thought I must be seeing things.
Of course they weren't particularly good at this new tactic. Bolvar Fordragon, becoming easily overwhelmed (as expected) required a rescue from Dranosh Saurfang.
I won't bore you with the details. You all know what happened. After the event, a brave member of the Horde gathered young Saurfang's armor from the battlefield and flew back to Warsong Hold to inform High Overlord Varok Saurfang of his son's death.
His response? "My son died in battle, which is the most awesome thing ever. Cry and I'll stab you."
I may be paraphrasing there, but I got the gist of it.
Someone somewhere evidently had to go tell Varian "Worship me" Wrynn. I don't know what his response was, but it was evident by what he did next.
The Battle for the Undercity was a mighty affair. Demons poured from seemingly endless dimensions to try and overwhelm a small group of Horde heroes. Of course the Horde won. We always win.
The second the battle is over, who turns up but Old Whinypants himself. "Blah blah, whine whine, Bolvar is dead and I'm gonna get you etc."
I imagine the thought process went something like this:
Wrynn: "They killed Bolvar. Waaa!"
Soldier: "Sir, should we make funeral arrangements in order to properly honor our fallen comrade in a manner befitting a brave soldier?"
Wrynn: "NO! I wanna kill something. I wanna make them all pay, and hopefully in a way that is an embarrassment to myself and others."
Soldier: "Sir, we have intelligence reports that state three of the Horde leaders are currently en route to the Undercity in order to reclaim it. Shall we mount an intercept force and engage them?"
Wrynn: *gulp* "Err, why don't we wait until the battle is over? You know, let them warm up. That sort of thing."
Soldier: "Of course sir. How very Alliance of us."
Of course, Lady Jania rescued Wrynn right before Thrall was about to make him eat his own hand. A pity, really. We've seen how Wrynn handles death. I wouldn't mind seeing how he handles dying.
Of course they weren't particularly good at this new tactic. Bolvar Fordragon, becoming easily overwhelmed (as expected) required a rescue from Dranosh Saurfang.
I won't bore you with the details. You all know what happened. After the event, a brave member of the Horde gathered young Saurfang's armor from the battlefield and flew back to Warsong Hold to inform High Overlord Varok Saurfang of his son's death.
His response? "My son died in battle, which is the most awesome thing ever. Cry and I'll stab you."
I may be paraphrasing there, but I got the gist of it.
Someone somewhere evidently had to go tell Varian "Worship me" Wrynn. I don't know what his response was, but it was evident by what he did next.
The Battle for the Undercity was a mighty affair. Demons poured from seemingly endless dimensions to try and overwhelm a small group of Horde heroes. Of course the Horde won. We always win.
The second the battle is over, who turns up but Old Whinypants himself. "Blah blah, whine whine, Bolvar is dead and I'm gonna get you etc."
I imagine the thought process went something like this:
Wrynn: "They killed Bolvar. Waaa!"
Soldier: "Sir, should we make funeral arrangements in order to properly honor our fallen comrade in a manner befitting a brave soldier?"
Wrynn: "NO! I wanna kill something. I wanna make them all pay, and hopefully in a way that is an embarrassment to myself and others."
Soldier: "Sir, we have intelligence reports that state three of the Horde leaders are currently en route to the Undercity in order to reclaim it. Shall we mount an intercept force and engage them?"
Wrynn: *gulp* "Err, why don't we wait until the battle is over? You know, let them warm up. That sort of thing."
Soldier: "Of course sir. How very Alliance of us."
Of course, Lady Jania rescued Wrynn right before Thrall was about to make him eat his own hand. A pity, really. We've seen how Wrynn handles death. I wouldn't mind seeing how he handles dying.
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