How to get people to change to Alliance?
I can think of a few ways that might fix faction imbalance. These ideas may not work, I don't know. I like #1 and #4 the best.
1. MOUNTS: give Alliance players a token or something that allows them to get the first two riding skills for free. These characters would also be tagged so they could not faction change down the road.
2. PROFESSIONS: make profession leveling 3x faster for Alliance. These characters would also be tagged so they could not faction change down the road.
3. GIFT BAG: give every new Alliance player (1 per account) a very generous gift pack of BOP non-sellable items. These characters would also be tagged so they could not faction change down the road.
4. FACTION CAPS: Cap the Horde Population at 7000.
5. INSTA 60: allow one character per account an instant level boost to 60. These characters would also be tagged so they could not faction change down the road.