A suggestion for faction balance
To start this off i will say i currently have a 70 alliance shaman and a 30+ horde toon i am levelling too,
i am not biased or exaggerating when i say in zones where you have to come across the opposite faction (lets stick to outland) for every other alliance i see, i see maybe 10, 15 or 20 horde. if i log in at more offpeak times it is also impossible to get dungeon groups, meanwhile i see multiple horde groups at meeting stones any time day or night, same goes for elite quests, horde groups camp them 24/7 and they are impossible as alliance as there is simply not enough people to mount an offence into 20+ horde at a quest.
as we all know having one faction far outweigh the other, while it may be fun initially for the larger faction, it just ruins servers in the long run.
while i have read many suggestions on the forums, queue manipulation to favor alliance, faction changes etc, none of these really work, not to mention its not fair to be able to level easy mode as horde then faction chance to alliance.
my suggestion is to allow current and new alliance members to buy all riding skills at a 50% discount (maybe not epic flying), this allows you access to tempest keep instances, kara attument and some quality of life without such a heavy need to farm post 70 in the first few days/weeks, which as mentioned above due to the sheer number of horde around means you will get ganked at any popular money making spot, or even just doing quests at max level.
i feel this is a nice incentive for people to roll alliance or current alliance to stay and not reroll horde. it gives a nice bump in the first few weeks of the expansion with no long term detrimental effects on the server factions or economy.
what do you guys think?
other ideas could be to drop horde xp to x3 or increase alliance to x7 (i prefer raising alliance over dropping horde as this is a bonus to alliance without punishing horde)
Also instead of 50% discount, you coul dkeep normal ground and epic ground at normal cost, and gift flying to alliance who reach level 70 as an incentive to get max level.
anyway these are just suggestions, feel free to discuss