Oracles or the Frenzyheart, which did you choose?
by Alex Ziebart 
Jan 8th 2009 at 11:00AM
I know for sure that there will be more Oracles than Frenzyheart out there, the gorlocs are just much more tolerable than the softknuckle jabbing bastards, and their Mysterious Egg is far cooler than anything the wolvar offer. What I'm interested in seeing is just how big that rift is right now. Of course, our readership here isn't indicative of the entire playerbase, but I think the numbers will be interesting regardless.
So which is it for you? The big-tongues or the puppymen? What made you decide to pick who you did?
Personally, I went with the Oracles. I'm not a mount collector or a pet collector, but the Wolvar were just pretty darn mean so I didn't want to side with them at all. I later discovered you could sell the vanity pets from the Mysterious Egg, they're not BoP! That made me very happy about my choice, and selling a Tickbird Hatchling for 2000g made me even happier. Oracles for the win.
Filed under: Polls, Analysis / Opinion, Factions, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 7)
Boven Jan 8th 2009 11:04AM
Eh. I'm going with Oracles for now. Once I've gotten all the pets and such I can snag from 'em, I'll switch over to the puppymen.
breaklance Jan 8th 2009 12:10PM
I went into the basin maybe a day or two after people confirmed a green proto drake mount drops from their egg, without any confirming evidence that the frenzyheart's jar did the same. So it was a pretty easy choice at the time.
However my next toon to level though their will be frenzyheart, I always like the "bad guy."
Avery Jan 8th 2009 12:17PM
Same thing for me. I'm only with the Oracles because I want the proto-drake. Once I get that (finally), I'm switching back to the frenzyheart. They cracked me up. The Oracles remind me of JarJar Binks a bit too much for my taste.
nearlysober Jan 8th 2009 1:36PM
I decided I wanted to be Oracles over the long term so I can constantly be buying that egg every week for the ultra rare mount. So I went Frenzyheart first for achievements & give a few tries for my Frenzyheart Brew (got it first time!) before switching permanently over to Oracles.
FiendishThingy Jan 17th 2009 11:38PM
Same for me, I got the tickbird bird with my first egg, the Proto-Drake with my second. As soon as I finish with the non-combat pets I'll switch for the achievement.
Davlin Jan 8th 2009 3:47PM
I actually haven't chosen a faction yet, Oracles hates me for some reason, but I haven't really done more than the Nesingwary quests in SB.
Kaz Jan 8th 2009 11:06AM
Iv been 80 for weeks and didn't even realise this =/
Kassu Jan 8th 2009 1:27PM
You probably haven't missed out on much...
I pretty much skipped Sholazar and both of the factions are a joke. Chose neither.
Nick S Jan 8th 2009 1:34PM
Neither faction is really a joke... both give an epic trinket, which in the case of the Frenzyheart is a superb trash trinket for raiding (probably also decent for PvP,) and in the case of the Oracles is a superb farming trinket.
Add to that a handful of pets, mounts, and at least one shapeshifting items, and I'd say they're pretty cool factions.
perderedeus Jan 8th 2009 11:06AM
I chose the Oracles. The Frenzyheart have a bad attitude ;)
sickbox Jan 8th 2009 7:00PM
I chose the oracles because they call the frenzyheart puppymen. By far the best reason to take their side.
beorin Jan 8th 2009 11:07AM
I was surprised the two factions are so different. The Frenzyheart are such punks that it's almost like Blizzard expects you to pick Oracle. They should have made both factions equally detestable or equally noble, in their own way, like Scryers versus Aldor.
Wulfkin Jan 8th 2009 11:46AM
Yeah it is odd. They put a lot of effort into making the Gorlocs kind of cute and harmless, plus they tie their faction to the only way to get a rare mount.
By contrast, the Wolvar, who *could* have been a very cool race, are instead just arrogant losers, who don't even have much in the way of rewards.
dotorion Jan 8th 2009 12:58PM
I also find it puzzling.
While Aldor-Scryer had a few class-biased choices (like the rogue belt and blood gem for scryers), they were pretty equal otherwise.
Here, most things are on the same level as well (like both exhalted trinkets) but the one screams OMFG RARE PROTO DRAKE MOUNT
and a plethora of pets, and the other is a 30-minute CD transformation vanity item at best.
Nick S Jan 8th 2009 1:38PM
I think the Frenzyheart are hilarious! Their arrogance is so comical.
"Who want to see Rejek's new hat?!?!"
Though I do feel a little used when they make me chase chickens...
Roger Jan 8th 2009 11:08AM
On my holy paladin I went for Frenzyheart for the revered plate items with the intention to switch to Oracles once I upgraded those items through heroics and Naxx runs. On my priest I went straight to the Oracles....
Nuke Jan 8th 2009 11:10AM
The Frenzyheart are a bunch of jerks.
romiress Jan 8th 2009 11:08AM
Frenzyheart till exalted... then over to the Oracles.
Jeff Jan 8th 2009 11:23AM
Seconded. I justify my immorality by the achievements I'll earn this way.
WoWie Zowie Jan 8th 2009 11:51AM
same but opposite. oracles then frenyheart