The Broken Front

70.7, 68.5

And I'm continually astonished by the fact that Alliance players can't bloody well seem to read. There are as many if not more comments from Horde players condemning this action, right here on this very page. I'm a Horde loyalist and I despised this quest, there was nothing honorable or glorious or even intelligent about it; it was a pure Leeroy move straight out of the Garrosh Hellscream Handbook on How To Lose Wars. If he were as clever as he is trigger happy, the Alliance might actualy have something to worry about; fortunately for you, he does the majority of his thinking with his axe.

But that's not the point. The point of this quest is not to turn WoW back into the two-dimensional White Hats vs. Black hats scenario that early RTS Warcraft was, and people on both sides who are trying to argue that the Horde is evil/the Alliance had it coming are all missing the point. The purpose of this quest is to show the growing schism within the Horde. Garrosh's mindless, bloodthirsty attitude is capturing the hearts and blades of orcs dissatisfied with Thrall's vision, and threatening to undo all of the good Thrall has done for the past seven or so years. Looking at this as an isolated event is short-sighted regardless of which faction you play, but it's especially ignorant for Alliance to do it, because you aren't privy to seeing the pattern of bloodthirsty Garroshian orcs vs. mindful Thrallish orcs that's been playing out ever since Warsong Hold in Borean Tundra, and arguably since the pre-Wrath event in Orgrimmar. There's been a distinct theme of power struggles between old attitudes and new ways of life going on throughout this whole expansion with the Horde, and it's been as important a story thread as the actual fight against the Lich King. You see it again and again, in places like Agmar's Hammer and Conquest Hold. What happened at the Broken Front is yet another example, and Korm Blackscar represents the very worst of that Old Horde mentality, not the true Orcish warrior ethos. He most certainly does not represent the Horde as a whole, any more than Grand Marshal Garithos, Lord Blackmoore, Admiral Proudmoore or Fandral Staghelm represent the Alliance as a whole. There are heroes and villains on both sides, in positions of power and influence, and players would do well to remember that.

The Horde would rather have the forces of the Lich King control the area than the Alliance? If that's not the dumbest thing I've ever heard, it has to be damn close.