Tuesday, September 28, 2010

I'm not a racist, but...

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!

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