The Hall of Fame in World of Warcraft for the new raid Battle of Dazar’alor is full, at least for the Horde. The Alliance, on the other hand, still has plenty of space. This allows for some conclusions to be drawn.
This speaks for the Horde: In World of Warcraft, guilds have been able to secure places in the Hall of Fame for some time. To do this, they must be among the top 100 of their faction to defeat the final boss of the current raid on mythic level.
The Horde Hall of Fame for the Battle of Dazar’alor has been closed since Wednesday, March 13th. This means that 100 Horde guilds have killed Jaina in mythic mode. The best German guild Aversion is in 11th place, by the way.
At the time of this article (March 15), only 21 guilds from the Alliance are represented in the Hall of Fame. So there is still plenty of space.
This shows that the Horde is significantly stronger in the “raiding” area: Far more Horde teams are successfully raiding on mythic than on the Alliance side.
Why is the Horde so strong? Since WoW Classic, there have been complaints from players about a “Horde bias” from Blizzard, meaning preferential treatment for the faction.
This is mainly due to the racial abilities of the Horde races being stronger and providing an advantage in many situations.
- the racial abilities of the new Zandalari trolls have already been estimated as significantly too strong
- even in the live version, they are seen by many players as a powerful bonus
- the “racials” of Orcs and Trolls are particularly popular in raids, as they can be combined with effects like Berserking (Heroism)
- Goblins can have a strong mobility ability through their Rocket Jump
- the racial ability “Arcane Torrent” of Blood Elves is considered the strongest in many areas
These rather small seeming advantages make the Horde appear more attractive to professional raiders and progress players. In this area, every little advantage that the Horde clearly offers counts.
There is no official confirmation on this. However, for many fans, the racial abilities and also the Halls of Fame look like Blizzard clearly favors the Horde.
Horde raids stronger: A bigger problem
How does the imbalance affect WoW? The fact that the Alliance Hall of Fame is not yet full means that Alliance guilds can still secure a spot and a title.
However, this is a disadvantage for both factions, as “cross-realm” for Mythic is only active once both Halls of Fame are full. Mythic raids can only be overcome by groups of players from the same realm.
Additionally, there is a kind of “snowball” effect. Since most and strongest raids belong to the Horde, many PvE-interested players directly choose the Horde as their faction. This reinforces the effect of “too much Horde” in the raids.
The fact that the Horde is so much stronger makes it harder for casual players and players on smaller servers to find a raid in mythic mode. They are still dependent on groups on their own realm, which must also be willing to take them in and have space for them, as mythic raids are limited to 20 players.
This is what Blizzard wants to do about it: To counteract this somewhat, Blizzard has already nerfed some racial abilities.
Also, the Halls of Fame themselves were an idea meant to encourage pros to join the weaker faction.
However, it seems that this is still not quite enough. A title and a spot in the Hall of Fame are probably not enough motivation.
What do you think, does the Horde have an advantage in raiding?
An old dispute between Horde and Alliance has been reignited:
