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* The new version of Nathanos Blightcaller, who's been revamped into a [[{{Jerkass}} rude]], [[SmugSnake smug]] dark ranger in charge of Horde operations on Stormheim in ''Legion'' and on Zandalar and Kul Tiras in ''Battle for Azeroth''. Horde players hate him for having to endure his snark throughout questing and raiding, while Alliance players hate him for his inexplicable ability to survive, and even fight on roughly even terms, against Alliance characters far stronger than himself, such as Tyrande and Malfurion ''at the same time''. Another major factor is that Nathanos is generally viewed by many as an AuthorAvatar for Steve Danauser - the current lead writer and an unapologetic fan of Sylvanas, which has given players bad vibes about every interaction with Nathanos and Sylvanas as shades of a SelfInsertFic.

** In ''Shadowlands'', some consider her victory in the duel against the Lich King!Bolvar as a new low, with many detractors talking about her character becoming heavily OP and unopposed in the slightest by anything due to her apparent status as CreatorsPet, while in the past she wouldn't stand her ground against Arthas; with only in-lore explanation being her being empowered by the funnel of souls going into the Maw under [[GreaterScopeVillain Jailer]]'s jurisdiction, who became her benefactor sometime before the War of the Thorns.
* While they have their defenders, the mechagnomes of Mechagon have generally been despised ever since they were first revealed, mainly for their somewhat UncannyValley appearances and being a subrace of a historically unpopular race, but also for not being the fully mechanical mechagnomes from Northrend (continuing the trend of most Alliance allied races being considered poor man's versions of commonly-requested races) and being released as the Alliance counterpart to the vulpera, a commonly-requested race that broke the trend of allied races being subraces. Where vulpera became one of the most popular allied races shortly after release, mechagnomes ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum and became one of the overall least popular races along with Kul Tirans, who were also eclipsed in popularity by the Zandalari, their own Horde counterpart.

* The new version of Nathanos Blightcaller, who's been revamped into a [[{{Jerkass}} rude]], [[SmugSnake smug]] dark ranger in charge of Horde operations on Stormheim in ''Legion'' and on Zandalar and Kul Tiras in ''Battle for Azeroth''. Horde players hate him for having to endure his snark throughout questing and raiding, while Alliance players hate him for his inexplicable ability to survive, and even fight on roughly even terms, against Alliance characters far stronger than himself, such as Tyrande and Malfurion ''at the same time''.

* The Tortollans are largely hated for having a tedious reputation to geind and fairly annoying voices ("A turtle made it to the water!").

* While they have their defenders, the mechagnomes of Mechagon have generally been despised ever since they were first revealed, mainly for their somewhat UncannyValley appearances and being a subrace of a historically unpopular race, but also for not being the fully mechanical mechagnomes from Northrend and being released as the Alliance counterpart to the Vulpera, a commonly-requested race that broke the trend of allied races being subraces. Where vulpera became one of the most popular allied races shortly after release, mechagnomes ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum and became one of the overall least popular races along with Kul Tirans, who were also eclipsed in popularity by their Horde counterpart, the Zandalari trolls.

* Nathanos Blightcaller, the [[{{Jerkass}} rude]], [[SmugSnake smug]] human dark ranger in charge of Horde operations on Stormheim in ''Legion'' and ob Zandalar and Kul Tiras in ''Battle for Azeroth''. Horde players hate him for having to endure his snark throughout questing and raiding, while Alliance players hate him for his inexplicable ability to survive, and even fight on roughly even terms, against Alliance characters far stronger than himself, such as Tyrande and Malfurion ''at the same time''.

* Nathanos Blightcaller, the [[{{Jerkass}} rude]], [[SmugSnake smug]] human dark ranger in charge of Horde operations on Zandalar and Kul Tiras. Horde players hate him for having to endure his snark throughout questing and raiding, while Alliance players hate him for his inexplicable ability to survive, and even fight on roughly even terms, with Alliance characters far stronger than himself, such as Tyrande and Malfurion ''at the same time''.

* The tortollans are largely hated for having tedious world quests and fairly annoying voices ("A turtle made it to the water!").

* While they have their defenders, the mechagnomes of Mechagon have generally been despised ever since they were first revealed, mainly for their somewhat UncannyValley appearances and being a subrace of a historically unpopular race, but also for not being the fully mechanical mechagnomes from Northrend and being released as the Alliance counterpart to vulpera, a commonly-requested race that broke the trend of allied races being subraces. Where vulpera became one of the most popular allied races shortly after release, mechagnomes ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum and became one of the overall least popular races along with Kul Tirans, who were also eclipsed in popularity by their Horde counterpart.

** Interestingly, after becoming a full-fledged BigBad in ''Mists of Pandaria'' and a secondary villain in ''Warlords of Draenor'', Garrosh has actually become a lot more palatable to the fanbase. Apparently, a WellIntentionedExtremist with a FreudianExcuse worked much better as an AntiVillain rather than a unlikeable SociopathicHero.

* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his qualities - mainly because the aforementioned makes him a [[SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome one-of-a-kind]] HeinzHybrid with [[StoryBreakerPower the power level of a Guardian]] and AllYourPowersCombined, and some consider his parents a CrackPairing. His conspicuous absence in the main game is generally considered to be the result of his negative reception in the comics. There's even speculation that Thrall's role in ''Cataclysm'' (itself lukewarmly received) was originally intended for Med'an.

* While they have their defenders, the mechagnomes of Mechagon have generally been despised ever since they were first revealed, mainly for their somewhat UncannyValley appearances and being a subrace of a historically unpopular race, but also for not being the fully mechanical mechagnomes from Northrend and being released as the Alliance counterpart to vulpera, a commonly-requested race that broke the trend of allied races being subraces. Where vulpera became one of the most popular allied races shortly after release, mechagnomes ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum and became one of the overall least popular races along with Kul Tirans, who were also eclipsed by their Horde counterpart.

* While they have their defenders, the mechagnomes of Mechagon have generally been despised ever since they were first revealed, mainly for their somewhat UncannyValley appearances and being a subrace of a historically unpopular race, but also for not being the fully mechanical mechagnomes from Northrend and being released as the Alliance counterpart to vulpera, a commonly-requested race that broke the trend of allied races being subraces. Where vulpera became the most popular allied race across both factions shortly after release, mechagnomes ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum and became one of the overall least popular races along with Kul Tirans, who were also eclipsed by their Horde counterpart.

* As mentioned in ReplacementScrappy, the Baine of ''Tides of War'' and ''Battle for Azeroth'' is considered to be a unsympathetic traitor who is only ever a liability to the Horde, especially the tauren. Basically, the writers constantly used Baine as a mouthpiece to [[AdaptationalSelfDefense defend every bit of Alliance aggression]] at the tauren's expense so much that it eventually killed all of the tauren leader's credibility.

* While they have their defenders, the mechagnomes of Mechagon have generally been despised ever since they were first revealed, mainly for their somewhat UncannyValley appearances and being a subrace of a historically unpopular race, but also for not being the fully mechanical mechagnomes from Northrend and being released as the Alliance counterpart to vulpera, a commonly-requested race that broke the trend of allied races being subraces. Where vulpera became the most popular allied race on either faction shortly after release, mechagnomes ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum and became one of the least popular races along with Kul Tirans, who were also eclipsed by their Horde counterpart.

* Blizzard seemed to consider the draenei race to be either this or TheUnfavourite, to the point where it became somewhat of a meme for players to make sarcastic comments about the Draenei being ignored.[[note]]Typical forum topic: "What would you like to see in the new expansion?" Typical response: "The draenei actually doing something."[[/note]] Blizzard admitting that they failed at integrating the race into the game properly did not help matters. This changed with ''Warlords of Draenor'' and ''Legion'', which gave the draenei plenty of screentime as the bulk of the Alliance-aligned forces in the past Draenor and Argus, as well as fleshing them out by showing their civilization on Draenor at its prime, rather than its pitiful remains in Outland in TBC.

* While they have their defenders, the mechagnomes of Mechagon have generally been despised ever since they were first revealed, mainly for their somewhat UncannyValley appearances and being a subrace of a historically unpopular race, but also for not being the fully mechanical mechagnomes from Northrend and being released as the Alliance counterpart to vulpera, a commonly-requested race that broke the trend of allied races being subraces.

* Several characters created by Richard A. Knaak were pretty disliked, most prominently Rhonin and Krasus for similar reasons as Me'dan.

* Blizzard seemed to consider the draenei race to be either this or TheUnfavorite, to the point where it became somewhat of a meme for players to make sarcastic comments about the Draenei being ignored.[[note]]Typical forum topic: "What would you like to see in the new expansion?" Typical response: "The draenei actually doing something."[[/note]] Blizzard admitting that they failed at integrating the race into the game properly did not help matters. This changed with ''Warlords of Draenor'' and ''Legion'', which gave the draenei plenty of screentime as the bulk of the Alliance-aligned forces in the past Draenor and Argus, as well as fleshing them out by showing their civilization on Draenor at its prime, rather than its pitiful remains in Outland in TBC.

** Aside from Nazgrim, most of the Horde questing [=NPC=]s in Pandaria for either being [[CardCarryingVillain unsympathic]], inconsitently written, playing humor too far, and not lending anything to the Horde story. Not having any orcs aside from three characters oppose the now evil Garrosh is agreed to have really hurt the Horde identity.

* Nathanos Blightcaller, the [[JerkAss rude]], [[SmugSnake smug]] human dark ranger in charge of Horde operations on Zandalar and Kul Tiras. Horde players hate him for having to endure his snark throughout questing and raiding, while Alliance players hate him for his inexplicable ability to survive, and even fight on roughly even terms, with Alliance characters far stronger than himself, such as Tyrande and Malfurion ''at the same time''.

* Nathanos Blightcaller, the [[JerkAss rude]], [[SmugSnake smug]] human dark ranger in charge of Horde operations on Zandalar and Kul Tiras. Horde players hate him for having to endure his snark throughout questing and raiding, while Alliance players hate him for his inexplicable ability to survive, and even fight on roughly even terms, with Alliance characters far stronger than himself, like Tyrande.

* Fandral Staghelm is the game's original {{Jerkass}}, albeit with some justification - seeing your son ripped apart by the Qiraji can't have been good for his morale. [[spoiler:The players' hatred of him likely played part in him turning evil in one novel, and eventually, becoming a boss in the Firelands.]]

* Of all the alliance leaders in Vanilla, Fandral Staghelm received the most hate, due to his arrogant nature, lack of any real importance, replacing fan favorite Malfurion Stormrage as the Night Elven archdruid, and effectively causing the whole Ahn'Qiraj storyline simply because he couldn't move past his son's death. Probably why they wisely decided to have him commit a FaceHeelTurn in ''Cataclysm''.

** This has died down a bit in later expansions, becoming a bit more merciful and ambiguous (by goblin standards, anyway). His portrayal during the Garrosh saga was much more well received, mainly due to secretly vying for peace between the races and [[spoiler: fighting '''Garrosh''' head on in a BadFuture.]]
* Of all the alliance leaders in Vanilla, Fandral Staghelm received the most hate, due to his arrogant nature, lack of any real importance, replacing fan favorite Malfurion Stormrage as the Night Elven archdruid, and effectively causing the whole Ahn'Qiraj storyline simply because he couldn't move past his son's death. Probably why they wisely decided to have commit a FaceHeelTurn in Cataclysm.
* To a lesser extent, Koltira is pretty unpopular for being boring in comparison to his Alliance counterpart, not being an orc or troll, and causing some minor plot holes. Sending the player on a FetchQuest for no good reason, and his general attitude towards said player, didn't help

** Ji and Aysa, for being boring characters with no real connections to their factions as well as being a clichéd set of StarCrossedLovers. They were even PutOnABus in one novel.

* Fandral Staghelm is the game's original {{Jerkass}}, albeit with some justification - seeing your son ripped apart by the Qiraji can't have been good for his morale. [[spoiler:The players' hatred of him likely played part in him turning evil in the latest novel, and eventually, becoming a boss in the Firelands.]]

** Ji and Aysa, for being boring characters with no real connections to their factions as well as being a clichéd set of StarCrossedLovers. They were even PutOnABus in the latest novel.

* * Blizzard seemed to consider the draenei race to be either this or TheUnfavorite, to the point where it became somewhat of a meme for players to make sarcastic comments about the Draenei being ignored.[[note]]Typical forum topic: "What would you like to see in the new expansion?" Typical response: "The draenei actually doing something."[[/note]] Blizzard admitting that they failed at integrating the race into the game properly did not help matters. This changed with ''Warlords of Draenor'' and ''Legion'', which gave the draenei plenty of screentime as the bulk of the Alliance-aligned forces in the past Draenor and Argus, as well as fleshing them out by showing their civilization on Draenor at its prime, rather than its pitiful remains in Outland in TBC.
** Budd Neddreck, and Harrison Jones for turning entire zones or storylines into just [[WholePlotReference one long pop culture reference.]]
** Most of ''Mists of Pandaria'''s cast received this. Some specific examples listed below.
*** Ji and Aysa, for being boring characters with no real connections to their factions as well as being a clichéd set of StarCrossedLovers. They were even PutOnABus in the latest novel.
*** Aside from Nazgrim, most of the Horde questing [=NPC=]s in Pandaria for either being [[CardCarryingVillain unsympathic]], inconsitently written, playing humor too far, and not lending anything to the Horde story. Not having any orcs aside from three characters oppose the now evil Garrosh is agreed to have really hurt the Horde identity.
** Astalor Bloodsworn, at first considered a mostly harmless NPC in ''The Burning Crusade'', became this in ''Warlords of Draenor'' for his utterly callous treatment of his former apprentice Kaelynara Sunchaser and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds what she did afterwards because of it]]. It's got to the point that some people want to find a way to kill him. The [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=110667 Tear-Stained Letter]] he sent her is considered a major TearJerker and Astalor himself is by and large now seen as a complete {{Jerkass}} and a disgrace to the Horde.
** The tortollans are largely hated for having tedious world quests and fairly annoying voices ("A turtle made it to the water!").
** As mentioned in ReplacementScrappy, the Baine of ''Tides of War'' and ''Battle for Azeroth'' is considered to be a unsympathetic traitor who is only ever a liability to the Horde, especially the tauren. Basically, the writers constantly used Baine as a mouthpiece to [[AdaptationalSelfDefense defend every bit of Alliance aggression]] at the tauren's expense so much that it eventually killed all of the tauren leader's credibility.
** Nathanos Blightcaller, the [[JerkAss rude]], [[SmugSnake smug]] human dark ranger in charge of Horde operations on Zandalar and Kul Tiras. Horde players hate him for having to endure his snark throughout questing and raiding, while Alliance players hate him for his inexplicable ability to survive, and even fight on roughly even terms, with Alliance characters far stronger than himself, like Tyrande.
** Sylvanas in ''Battle for Azeroth'', while still beloved by many, has had her hatedom become much stronger, due to committing bigger war crimes than ever before, having her personality be {{flanderiz|ation}}ed into a CardCarryingVillain that rants about "killing hope", and her motives being unclear to the point that [[GenericDoomsdayVillain she sometimes comes across as just not having any]].
*** In ''Shadowlands'', some consider her victory in the duel against the Lich King!Bolvar as a new low, with many detractors talking about her character becoming heavily OP and unopposed in the slightest by anything due to her apparent status as CreatorsPet, while in the past she wouldn't stand her ground against Arthas; with only in-lore explanation being her being empowered by the funnel of souls going into the Maw under [[GreaterScopeVillain Jailer]]'s jurisdiction, who became her benefactor sometime before the War of the Thorns.

* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his MartyStu qualities - mainly because the aforementioned makes him a [[SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome one-of-a-kind]] HeinzHybrid with [[StoryBreakerPower the power level of a Guardian]] and AllYourPowersCombined, and some consider his parents a CrackPairing. His conspicuous absence in the main game is generally considered to be the result of his negative reception in the comics. There's even speculation that Thrall's role in ''Cataclysm'' (itself lukewarmly received) was originally intended for Med'an.

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* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his MartyStu qualities - mainly being a [[SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome one-of-a-kind]] HeinzHybrid with [[StoryBreakerPower the power level of a Guardian]] and AllYourPowersCombined, born from parents that some fans consider a CrackPairing. His conspicuous absence in the main game is generally considered to be the result of his negative reception in the comics. There's even speculation that Thrall's role in ''Cataclysm'' (itself lukewarmly received) was originally intended for Med'an.

* [[DesignatedLoveInterest Aggralan]], an [[InformedAbility allegedly exemplary Mag'har shamanka]] who was apparently introduced entirely for the purpose of [[ShipSinking sinking the Thrall/Jaina 'ship]] [[spoiler:(not to mention [[BabiesEverAfter getting]] [[NeverASelfMadeWoman pregnant]] by the [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition last patch of the expansion]])]] isn't particularly well-liked, either. This even tends to actually be ''about'' her [[{{Tsundere}} abrasive personality]] and [[SatelliteLoveInterest lack of characterization]] rather than the 'ship-sink.
* Like Thrall, Malfurion Stormrage used to be a popular character. However, his return in Cataclysm turned many players against him. He's wrestled the Night Elf leadership away from his wife Tyrande, turning her into little more than arm candy in the process. Despite this, he doesn't actually seem to ''care'' about the Night Elves, as he ignores the Horde's blatant incursions into their land and razing of Ashenvale Forest. While this is allegedly because he needs the Horde's help in Mount Hyjal, it makes him seem uncaring and hypocritical to Alliance players. Malfurion has pretty much become the defining example of how neutrality can ruin a character in the fanbase.

* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his MartyStu qualities - in particular being a so far one-of-a-kind HeinzHybrid with [[StoryBreakerPower the power level of a Guardian]] and AllYourPowersCombined. His conspicuous absence in the main game is generally considered to be the result of his negative reception in the comics. There's even speculation that Thrall's role in ''Cataclysm'' (itself lukewarmly received) was originally intended for Med'an.

* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his MartyStu qualities. His conspicuous absence in the main game is generally considered to be the result of his negative reception in the comics. There's even speculation that Thrall's role in ''Cataclysm'' (itself lukewarmly received) was originally intended for Med'an.

* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his MartyStu qualities.

* [[DesignatedLoveInterest Aggralan]], an [[InformedAbility allegedly exemplary Mag'har shamanka]] who was apparently introduced entirely for the purpose of [[ShipSinking sinking the Thrall/Jaina 'ship]] [[spoiler:(not to mention [[BabiesEverAfter getting]] [[NeverASelfMadeWoman pregnant]] by the [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition last patch of the expansion]])]] isn't particularly well-liked, either. This even tends to actually be ''about'' her [[{{Tsundere}} abrasive personality]] and [[SatelliteLoveInterest lack of characterization]] rather than the 'ship-sink: Along with [[MotiveDecay Sylvanas]] [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty Windrunner]] and [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande Whisperwind]] (though Tyrande is [[CharacterRerailment changing]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap for the better]] to a degree in Legion), she's often trotted out as an example of poorly-written female characters in the game.

* [[DesignatedLoveInterest Aggralan]], an [[InformedAbility allegedly exemplary Mag'har shamanka]] who was apparently introduced entirely for the purpose of [[ShipSinking sinking the Thrall/Jaina 'ship]] [[spoiler:(not to mention [[BabiesEverAfter getting]] [[NeverASelfMadeWoman pregnant]] by the [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition last patch of the expansion]])]] isn't particularly well-liked, either. This even tends to actually be ''about'' her [[{{Tsundere}} abrasive personality]] and [[SatelliteLoveInterest lack of characterization]] rather than the 'ship-sink: Along with [[MotiveDecay Sylvanas]] and [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande Whisperwind]] (though Tyrande is [[CharacterRerailment changing]] [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap for the better]] to a degree in Legion), she's often trotted out as an example of poorly-written female characters in the game.