Is Horde worth it?

[Chimaera84 0]

This is an honest question looking for honest opinions,  not a troll question so if you want to troll, go to reddit or Warmane forums.

A little backstory:

I beta'd for Vanilla all the way back in 2004, back when beta meant not really knowing wtf you were doing, running around, finding out about fishing, and getting frustrated when it didn't seem to work. When the game went live I rolled a NE Hunter because hey, I like Ranger-type characters. Didn't particularly care for it, so I rolled a Human Warrior for tanking. Got sick of dying due to crappy healers, so I also rolled a Human Healy Priest. I stayed as a tank/heal for pretty much the entire game, except for a few forays into Shadowpriest DPS. I never even leveled a DPS toon past 40, I liked being a tank/heal so much. 

I stuck with Alliance as a hardcore raider through all the expansions until MoP, when I finally gave up completely on WoW. 

During that time, I spent a little bit of effort trying to play Horde side, but never really clicked with the horde-side quests or approach to WoW. I don't know anything past getting up to around level 30 and heading toward the Menethil regions. 

My current dilemma:

I always have wanted to try to play the Horde end of the game in order to see the content. That said, much of the content and differences I want to experience not only happen in the quest side of things, but also in dungeon experiences. Unfortunately, I am in the Asia-Pacific region, and while I've been playing about a week or so, I've noticed that there doesn't appear to be a ton of activity on the Horde side during my online times. I know the Alliance very well, and while I want to experience the Horde side, I don't know if I will actually get to do so very well due to my time-zone and the activity levels of the Horde during my normal play-time here.

So, for those of you who have played the Horde, are the stories, quests, zones, and experiences really worth sticking with Horde even if I can't seem to find much activity during my playtime? Or would it be better to stick with the Alliance and have a better chance at activity?

Also, if anyone happens to know or have a  guild that's active during the 12:00-16:00 UTC time-frame, please feel free to plug them here, Alliance or Horde. I'm happy to be back playing Vanilla, but I want to be sure I can enjoy my limited time now that I'm a family man. ;)

Cheers and thanks for any thoughts!

[Motorbreath 923]

Have you considered playing on Elysium PvP? It's ~4 times more populated than Darrowshire.

Yes, there's EU evening hours unplayable lag, but it should be better at your playing hours if I understand you correctly.

[Chimaera84 0]

I'm not really a fan of world PvP, especially when I have a ping of around 270 thanks to my distance. I love PvP in BGs, but I know that most PvP servers are gankfests when you're leveling. This goes triple if you're solo leveling (which I expect will happen a lot).

Edited October 14, 2017 by Chimaera84

[Motorbreath 923]

I don't like world PvP either, but I'm also a battleground fan.

Now. I understand, that it's not for everybody, but with your experience and goals I think this might help.

What I did on Elysium is the thing I've been doing for years now. I levelled in dungeons, so naturally there was not much ganking involved. Playing a reckoning pally, which can fill any dungeon role, but mostly tanking, gathering my own groups, which is easy if you're a tank. Took a lot of time, but I wasn't in a hurry and solo leveling is a bit too old after the twelve years of playing.

Of course, there's almost always some horde in Blackrock, and sometimes even ganking parties in Searing/Burning/elsewhere. But it's not really that bad.

Most times I just stun/bubble, use my engi boots and wave them goodbye.