Although the Azure Fleet had already displayed strength that astonished the players before, when they saw these metal warships descending from the sky, the players were completely speechless.
"I surrender, I surrender! Why the hell would we fight? A bunch of medieval natives fighting an interstellar civilization—isn't that just suicide?"
"A small country and a narrow-minded populace, that's how it is. Sigh, is it too late for me to surrender now? Sir, this way, please."
"You're all traitors. If aliens invaded Earth someday, would you become traitors too?"
"Cuteness is justice. If all the aliens were adorable little girls, I'd accept it!"
"Confirmed lolicon upstairs! Calling the police!"
"Well said. As humans, we are the masters of Earth... except this isn't even Azeroth. Dog head."
That was right. If this had been Azeroth, the players might have considered things like patriotism and perhaps firmly stood with the Tribal Alliance. But this was not even Azeroth, so the players had never had much desire to resist in the first place. Now that they had seen the terrifying power displayed by the Azure Fleet, they promptly chose surrender.
They weren't afraid of being killed by NPCs, but getting killed by other players would be downright humiliating.
Not to mention that the equipment stats and attack effects offered by the Azure Fleet far exceeded those of the Alliance and Horde. It was fine if they wanted to defend the Alliance or Horde, but they had to be prepared to get beaten to death by a crowd of players—it was like a level sixty player getting pummeled by a level eighty player. Even if the other side wore nothing but quest gear, killing them in seconds would take no time at all.
For a time, huge numbers of players defected and chose to join