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Analysis of Faction Balance in the Uldir Raid

posted 2018/12/01 at 10:22 AM by Anshlun

For this article we used compiled data and charts kindly provided by HealQQ and used in his Medium post talking about faction balance. Make sure to read his full article for more data details and obtention methods.we wrote an analysis26 guildstop 306thCutting Edge: G'huunrecent Uldir nerfsCutting Edge: G'huunCutting Edge: Argus the UnmakerCutting Edge: G'huunworseHall of Fame: G'huun (Alliance)worked for PvP

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Comment by VindicatorElinraI think Sco said it best on Allcast a month or so ago. There's no viable reasoning to raid on Alliance. They have no racials worth swapping to for any PvE sitaution.

And that statement amplified further when Blizzard downgraded all the racials to 1% and 2%s now there's even less reason to roll Alliance.

Faction imbalance is purely a Blizzard made and sustained problem.Comment by DrorithThat's really interestingComment by m2geekEmerlad Nightmare? I don't remember that raid.Comment by RykothMaybe this is why I'm not a raider and why I'm a roleplayer, but the idea of swapping faction willy nilly and changing races for passives and one ability seems ludicrous. Horde from day 1 and no change to passives or abilities will change that for me.Comment by CaptainDopeThis is a snowball effect. Since more and more raiders realize that players are moving to the Horde side because they have better racials, they too will then change faction so that they are all on the same side, making it easier to recruit raiders and join raiding guilds.Comment by Gogeta1990The only way to fix faction balance is something like:

* Make all racials purely cosmetic (it's impossible to balance active troll berserk vs passive stat gains)
* In addition, offer temporarily free or greatly reduced cost for swapping horde => alliance.

But of course, something like that would cost Activision some amount of $$$, so we can't have that sadly.Comment by UchurThe only way to fix action balance is something like:

* Make all racials purely cosmetic (it's impossible to balance active troll berserk vs passive stat gains)
* In addition, offer temporarily free or greatly reduced cost for swapping horde => alliance.Comment by AnaideIMO the first suggestion is really good, whereas the second would be an unfair decision because it favors one faction over another.Comment by Luck4I think Sco said it best on Allcast a month or so ago. There's no viable reasoning to raid on Alliance. They have no racials worth swapping to for any PvE sitaution.

And that statement amplified further when Blizzard downgraded all the racials to 1% and 2%s now there's even less reason to roll Alliance.

Faction imbalance is purely a Blizzard made and sustained problem.Comment by Gogeta1990The only way to fix action balance is something like:

* Make all racials purely cosmetic (it's impossible to balance active troll berserk vs passive stat gains)
* In addition, offer temporarily free or greatly reduced cost for swapping horde => alliance.Comment by MaXiiczekThe only way to fix action balance is something like:

* Make all racials purely cosmetic (it's impossible to balance active troll berserk vs passive stat gains)
* In addition, offer temporarily free or greatly reduced cost for swapping horde => alliance.Comment by LostelfFaction balance only seems to affect the top 1% of players.

Most YouTubers I’ve seen are Alliance. Should I start complaining about that?Comment by Vremonunbalanced its a word that its specific for blizzard company after wotlk expansion..not just faction are unbalanced gameplay in pvp..and a lot more thingsComment by Sorkara123Alliance were always the ones with the best pvp racials and horde had the best pve. However, Horde dominate both anyway. I think it's simply down to there being far more horde players now than alliance, for a multitude of reasons.Comment by TagioalisiWhich ones? The method guys: all horde. Jak, Sloot Naguura? Also Horde. Also once faction balance is noticable in Heroic completions, you can't really talk about it "only affecteing the top 1%" anymoreComment by mysticalosThis is a snowball effect. Since more and more raiders realize that players are moving to the Horde side because they have better racials, they too will then change faction so that they are all on the same side, making it easier to recruit raiders and join raiding guilds.Comment by Kekt0nicThe only way to fix action balance is something like:

* Make all racials purely cosmetic (it's impossible to balance active troll berserk vs passive stat gains)
* In addition, offer temporarily free or greatly reduced cost for swapping horde => alliance.Comment by MenrechtNot only racials influence faction balance. Horde got a headstart when warfront was released: They were able to farm gear without ilv restriction and they were also able to do Arathi rares one additional time. They were (and still are) one warfront period ahead.

In first few weeks (at least on EU) horde was also favoritized by emissary rewards: They were able to get 340 ilv weapon and other pieces of gear (which was pretty decent at that time) and aliance got 3 times a row 700g reward.

And don´t forget warmode (hordemode) problems + add those 340 ilv weapons and gear from warfronts/emissary. Yeah it was certainly better to begin raiding as horde, you could get ilv advantage or decent gear with less/no effort at all.

Now take a look at minor, but for some players important things: mounts, toys… Who is getting more/better rewards?

If I weren´t happy in my aliance guild, I would be horde already.Comment by ColdariaCan easily fix the racial imbalance by just giving the mirror race the racial of the other. I.e. Draenei and Blood Elf would both have Gift of the Naaru and Arcane Torrent (Blessing of Belore and Light Torrent). Players would then decide which race to choose based on the passive increase best suited for the class instead, which shouldn't make too big of difference in game play between the two factions.Comment by Jorgee9001Just a thought, what if you combined all racials into a massive bank, and then let any race choose from 3 of them? Like how PvP talents work?

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Analysis of Faction Balance in the Uldir Raid

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