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Wildstar [Poll] For the Horde... er Exiles... err... Dominion!?!?!

Which do you want to Rally Cry for?

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tr1age

tr1age

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We want to gauge Exile and Dominion split on the site, plus we have so many side convos on opinions might as well put it all in one place.

I held a poll over at Wildstar Central: http://wildstar-central.com/index.php?threads/for-the-horde-err-exiles-err-dominion.3488/ I called it For the Horde... err Exiles... err Dominion!??!

It was a really cool chat. It seems it is pretty damn split down the middle. What I came up with though was it is more people liking specific races over a faction as a whole. As well, FACE value, Dominion = "For the Horde" but looking into history and lore, Exiles = "For the Horde"

Gyoin has a great post in there which I will quote here:

I think Carbine did a very good job in trying to equalize the factions to attract a similar mix of players to each side.
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WoW (vanilla) had the monsters on one side and the cute/humanoid races on the other, making more of a distinct choice for payers, which seemed to result (at least at first) in older gamers going Horde and younger gamers going Alliance.​
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Don't see that as an issue here, but who knows.​
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That's how I started to see this. Many horde players in the past would always think of the Alliance as "children", just because of the feel of goody goody usually attracting such type players. When trying to decipher this in the case of Exiles and Dominion, it's really hard to try to pinpoint which side will be the "childish" side, as both seem to have a good mix of mature and non-mature feels.

Also, this has a lot to do with the current player base in MMO's. The community has grown well beyond what it was in Vanilla WoW. Many people have stopped playing MMO's as a whole, but way more people have picked it up. Also, the "kids" in vanilla are now in the "adults" category and, most likely, their tastes have changed (due to their gaming influence or other situations). There are obviously new younger people playing MMO's, and I'm sure the whimsical parts of both sides will attract a relatively even mix. Hopefully it won't just be adults vs kiddos, but truly back to the game of exiles vs. dominion.


Back on topic: When I was playing WoW, I always felt the Alliance being an oppressive force against the horde, and the horde needed to retaliate against the alliance. Of course, I'm not a lore fanatic and I really don't know the true nature in that regards, but that's how I felt it to be. In the current view of the exiles and dominion, it feels like the dominion are the oppressive force against the exiles. The exiles are trying to grow and evolve and form a society, while the dominion are there to snuff it out.

I never had the feeling of evil versus good in WoW. I did, however, feel underdogs vs. favorites. That's how I'm viewing wildstar to be as well.

Horde - Exiles are the underdogs.
Alliance - Dominian are the favorites.

Again, this is all I feel, not fact XD
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That's a long ass post!

I am honestly undecided. I currently have an urge to be on the "horde" side which I consider Dominion but that's not based on anything. Once full race/class combo's are revealed I would have a more concrete answer.

Edit: After thinking on it for a few minutes, I think the reason I had wanted to be horde previously was because they are more of an underdog in the situation. Maybe that translates more into the Exiles in WildStar.
 
As I stated Rajax, I didn't pay attention to the lore, but it felt like the alliance had the notion that they "deserved" the land more so than the horde. Looking down on the horde as monsters.

If anything, the fucking pirates had it right. Everyone joined in and pillaged the fuck out of everything.
 
Rajax said:
Edit: After thinking on it for a few minutes, I think the reason I had wanted to be horde previously was because they are more of an underdog in the situation. Maybe that translates more into the Exiles in WildStar.
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By Thrall's army standpoint the Exiles are more like the Horde.

Dominion may have the Drakken which are the most aesthetically Horde like, but the main races Cassian and Mechari are very much, line up, take orders, and posh like the Alliance.
 
I f I was making a toon today, I'd go exiles. I like their attitude that is less focused on themselves and conquering everything.
 
Exiles was my choice. The humans give me that Firefly vibe especially due to the 'Meet the Exiles' video, and who doesn't wanna run around saying gorram this and ruttin' that and "looks like we got us some imminent violence".

HOWEVER, going through that massive thread, I almost wanted to shift to Dominion because someone posted a Warhammer picture. Dang Cassians feel like a great fit.

Regardless of all that /bunnypeople
 
Voted Exiles, but that's based PURELY on being able to play a Skellie again, if the last race reveal is not an undead/zombie of some sort, I'd be game for either
 
Drac said:
Voted Exiles, but that's based PURELY on being able to play a Skellie again, if the last race reveal is not an undead/zombie of some sort, I'd be game for either
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Word, we will be taking into consideration the polls we have be taking, as well as the general officer consensus before picking, but once that final Race is announced we will be going forward with a choice so we can really dig in for recruitment purposes.
 
tr1age said:
Word, we will be taking into consideration the polls we have be taking, as well as the general officer consensus before picking, but once that final Race is announced we will be going forward with a choice so we can really dig in for recruitment purposes.
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The number one question we get asked when recruiting is "Exiles or Dominion". It feels stupid when I say "Well, we're undecided at the moment".
 
Gyoin said:
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The number one question we get asked when recruiting is "Exiles or Dominion". It feels stupid when I say "Well, we're undecided at the moment".
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We should just tell them the Steamwheedle Cartel, to completely confuse the fuck out of them.(Goblin neutral WoW faction. Not sure why it popped into my head)
 
Zakis said:
We should just tell them the Steamwheedle Cartel, to completely confuse the fuck out of them.(Goblin neutral WoW faction. Not sure why it popped into my head)
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Except now the goblins decided to fight :p
 
I generally pick my faction/race based on what I like aesthetically, more than lore. I REALLY would like to play a 9-foot-tall robot that smashes things. So I voted for the Dominion. :p
 
Fish said:
I generally pick my faction/race based on what I like aesthetically, more than lore. I REALLY would like to play a 9-foot-tall robot that smashes things. So I voted for the Dominion. :p
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Same boat man. I love that shit.
Honestly though, I'll be happy playing whatever as long as the game doesn't suck
 
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