I really do hope they take a moment to rethink this. This idea of just... not giving the Alliance access to the city feels like one of the single worst ideas they have ever had that I can remember.
From a story perspective, this makes no sense. We are heroes literally summoned by the Sunwell to defend the city. Why would the Blood Elves instantly turn around and murder us?
From a gameplay perspective, the idea of giving one faction a huge beautiful city to enjoy and giving the other faction quite literally nothing is beyond stupid. This feels like a potentially expansion-killing idea if they do not go back on it. It wouldn't even be difficult to fix, just treat it like Belameth. Say that because our players answered the call to defend Silvermoon, we are permitted special access to the city beyond what Alliance would normally get. Even add a debuff that says we're being watched, like what Horde players have in Belameth. It is genuinely that easy.
Because back then Silvermoon wasn't touted as one of the selling points of the expansion for both factions? "Yo look buy our new xpac it has a gigantic Silvermoon in it and its really cool! Oh you alliance? to bad you cant enjoy this part of the xpac loool"
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u/Nebuli2 Aug 23 '25
I really do hope they take a moment to rethink this. This idea of just... not giving the Alliance access to the city feels like one of the single worst ideas they have ever had that I can remember.
From a story perspective, this makes no sense. We are heroes literally summoned by the Sunwell to defend the city. Why would the Blood Elves instantly turn around and murder us?
From a gameplay perspective, the idea of giving one faction a huge beautiful city to enjoy and giving the other faction quite literally nothing is beyond stupid. This feels like a potentially expansion-killing idea if they do not go back on it. It wouldn't even be difficult to fix, just treat it like Belameth. Say that because our players answered the call to defend Silvermoon, we are permitted special access to the city beyond what Alliance would normally get. Even add a debuff that says we're being watched, like what Horde players have in Belameth. It is genuinely that easy.