You can take an interesting study of good and evil by looking at the two sides in World of Warcraft. The World of Azeroth in World of Warcraft is divided down the middle between the two huge, dominating, warring factions: The Alliance versus The Horde. So what sort of people choose the baddies and who picks the god side? What does each faction consist of? And of course you have to ask the question: Is Horde better than Alliance? Or visa versa? Lets take a look at which side is best for you.

Now while you can find bad guys in Alliance and good guys in Horde. But for the most part The Horde are evil bastards and The Alliance are goody two shoes. The races on each side show this. On the side of The Alliance you find Gnomes, Dwarves, Night Elves, the noble Draenier and Humans (who are supposedly quite good in fantasy games. And in The Horde we have Blood Elves, Orcs, Trolls, Undead and Tauren.

You will want to consider 3 main things when choosing your side: one, what class do you want to play, because every class in WoW can only be chosen by a variety of races, although there aren’t any classes which can only be Alliance races, or visa versa. Next you will want to go for a race that interestes you: because of the racial abilities they get, but also the roleplaying side of things. And finally, you need to decide who you want to fight for – the good side or the evil side.

If you’ve already decided, check out an article explaining the first few Horde levels here: WoW Horde Leveling Guide

And you can read the guide to Alliance races here: WoW Alliance Leveling Guide

In terms of who plays Horde and who plays Alliance: the demographics of players tends to be about the same. A slightly larger proportion of people do tend to go for Alliance for some reason. Perhaps to be on the side of the goodies, perhaps to be on the side of humans. The number of each sex is even on both sides. One small difference is with age groups: the average age of Horde players is one year younger than the average age of Alliance players.

Can we see any cause for players to pick one side or the other? Taking a look at what’s important for the players, it turns out that Horde players have a lot higher score when it comes to Advancement, Mechanics and Competition as motivations in the game than Alliance players. They are driven more by achievement and the prospect of competition and victory. And they are more aggressive – they like provoking conflict and challenging others, just as the Horde races are characteristically themselves.

Whereas players in The Alliance are generally much more motivated by the roleplay side of the game, and by customization: having interesting interactions with other players and characters and building themselves and things up, which are definitely things we accosiate with goodness.

And so it seems that players choose sides based on whether they actualy want to act more evil and aggressive, or peaceful and creative. Would you agree?

I hope you liked this article. I have written a review of the best guide to both Horde and Alliance in World of Warcraft, you can check it out here: Review of Best Leveling Guide

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