| Alliance |
| Pallanen |
Dual Spec.: Arms/Protection Guild: Club de Jolie Filles Profession #1: Grand Master Blacksmith/Weaponsmith/Master Swordsmith 450/450 Profession #2: Mining 450/450
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| Sairalinde |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 275/375 Profession #2: Skinning 450/450
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| Jaelle |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Alchemy 290/300 Profession #2: Herbalism 291/300
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| Merenwen |
Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Enchanting 352/375 Profession #2: Tailoring 350/375
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| Miriel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Mining 316/375 Profession #2: Engineering 100/150
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| Earanel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 67/75 Profession #2: Skinning 133/150
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| Granuaile |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Blacksmith 300/300 Profession #2: Mining 289/300
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| Horde |
Rubacuori |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Herbalism 111/150 Profession #2: Alchemy 93/150
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| Ki'Leanna |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Mining 450/450 Profession #2: Enchanting 340/375
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| Alliance Or Horde? |
| Tuesday, April 8, 2008 |
During my time in the Battlegrounds I find myself wondering why people choose Horde characters. I had seen them other places (obviously) but in the BGs you get up close and personal with them. That’s when you realize just how ugly and gross they really are. There is nothing about them I see that can make me want to spend hours upon hours of game time looking at them. They are ugly & scary looking. They make the worst grunting and growling sounds. They don’t even sound good when they laugh. But still, there are a lot of them. So I have concluded there must be something I am missing about the Horde.
I have tried some Horde alts. I once had an Undead Warrior. That Warrior was no Pallanen or Granuaile. My girls are beautiful and graceful. That undead Warrior was ugly and gross and a whole lot less than graceful. It had flesh missing with bones showing through. It had nasty oily looking hair and even ate dead bodies for food. Its voice was the worst! It had a foul cackle for a laugh and when it talked it sounded like it had a 5-pack-a-day cigarette habit. It died a permanent death before it ever reached level 10. I couldn’t take it.
I was once told by someone that they thought the Undead eating their killed adversaries was very cool. It was one of the reasons they liked their character. I’ll bet that person enjoys Zombie movies. I love Zombie movies a lot but I didn’t care for my Warrior eating killed things. lol
I tried an Orc alt too. That one wasn’t as gross but it still was a monster. It died permanently at an even younger age. :)
Before the Burning Crusade came out there were no “attractive” Horde races. The BC add-on produced Blood Elves. Currently I have 3 Blood Elf alts. I won’t have 3 for very much longer but right now I have 3 very pretty ones. (See the left sidebar.) I like them better than the other Hordes I’ve tried but still they have issues. Their voices are odd. Even their laughs. But that’s easy to get used to. The worst part of the Horde is the NPCs. They are all so rude. Even though they are all on the same ‘team’, they still talk to my girls like they are dirt. It’s an odd thing for a game to be like that. But it must be the way the game designers wanted it.
So I am curious as to why someone would choose a Horde over an Alliance. Yes, I am going by totally superficial reactions with my choice(s) in alts but still, the way Hordes are treated by their own ‘people’ kind of confuses me. There must be something special about the races that I am missing. Or maybe people just enjoy the scary looking characters over the Alliance ones? That I get. I am a fan of scary movies so maybe people like to play like they are the monsters attacking things.
Now that I am on that thought path, I’m kinda liking the idea a lot better. :P
To be fair, now that I think about it, Dwarves and Gnomes are freaky to me too. Dwarves I’m not real hot on but Gnomes totally creep me out. I spent some time recently with a Warrior Gnome in Alterac Valley. He was totally decked out in Arena gear. He was just there for a trinket and his PVP gearing was complete. That Gnome kicked butt. He and I took on 2 Elites (not at the same time) and it wasn’t a challenge at all (thanks more to him). But when he mounted his battle cat I just couldn’t help but laugh really hard. He looked so tiny on that big cat. I wish he had mounted a horse. That would really have been funny.
At any rate, I guess it’s all in a person’s personal preference as to what character they prefer. Most things come down to personal preference anyway. But I think I should look up the different races and see what advantages they have over others. I know some Hordes are immune to things like fear spells. Maybe there is some advantage to having a Horde alt that negates the superficial. Or maybe it’s just fun playing a monster.
I can see that. But for me, I’ll stick with my pretty girls. :) |
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Name: Jen
Home: Pennsylvania, United States
About Me: I started playing WoW after my best friend bugged me to play. I soon learned that I really liked it. Now 2 years later I still play and have 20 characters. LOL I am no gaming expert. I am no WoW expert. A lot of the terms and "how to do's" elude me still. But I love to play. All you will find here are the adventures of Pallanen and her sisters. I love them all and they really kick butt. So stay tuned and maybe we can learn stuff from each other that we never knew. xoxo
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