High Elves interview

[Anoregon]

Meanwhile Horde gets Nightborn which is just Night Elves...

This isn't really an accurate comparison:

High Elves literally are Blood elves. They are the same exact race separated by a cultural schism that happened less than 2 decades ago, a schism that no longer even seems relevant since the Sunwell is back and the Blood Elves have rejected any kind of fel influence or siphoning power from unwilling hosts.

Nightborne have been isolated for 10,000 years and developed into an entirely distinct people both culturally and physiologically.

[ls-]

This isn't really an accurate comparison:

High Elves literally are Blood elves. They are the same exact race separated by a cultural schism that happened less than 2 decades ago, a schism that no longer even seems relevant since the Sunwell is back and the Blood Elves have rejected any kind of fel influence or siphoning power from unwilling hosts.

Nightborne have been isolated for 10,000 years and developed into an entirely distinct people both culturally and physiologically.

I think you should've said "less than 1 decade ago" to emphasise how recently it actually happened.

[Anoregon]

I think you should've said "less than 1 decade ago" to emphasise how recently it actually happened.

I'm not really certain how much time has passed in-game since launch (well, technically pre-launch since we are talking about War 3 Frozen Throne). I thought it was over 10 years?

[Villager720]

This isn't really an accurate comparison:

High Elves literally are Blood elves. They are the same exact race separated by a cultural schism that happened less than 2 decades ago, a schism that no longer even seems relevant since the Sunwell is back and the Blood Elves have rejected any kind of fel influence or siphoning power from unwilling hosts.

Nightborne have been isolated for 10,000 years and developed into an entirely distinct people both culturally and physiologically.

One side of the high and blood elves didn't also have to resort to eating magic from the Sunwell for sustenance like the Nightborne.
Anyone who can't see a the huge differences between night elves and nightborne are just high elf fanboys looking for any argument to keep "the dream alive".

[ls-]

I'm not really certain how much time has passed in-game since launch (well, technically pre-launch since we are talking about War 3 Frozen Throne). I thought it was over 10 years?

Well, I messed up a bit T_T Forum is my bedtime reading, hehe.

Events of TFT happened only 10-11 yeas ago, so I still think that "less than 2 decades ago" is kinda too much

[Andromedes]

I kind of understand them. The void elfs and the Nightborne each have a unique look and set-up compared to the current blood elf and night elf. The high elfs are just slightly lighter versions of blood elfs and don't really have a home on Azeroth, so unless they make a rework of the high elf model and create an out of nowhere High Elf faction, then there is good reason to not make them a playable race.

not only void elves have no home, they dont even have a single member alive, because they dont exist so far

"unless they create out of nowhere high elven faction" you mean void elven right?, because high elven faction does exist

[Flurryfang]

not only void elves have no home, they dont even have a single member alive, because they dont exist so far

"unless they create out of nowhere high elven faction" you mean void elven right?, because high elven faction does exist

But Blizzard have pretty much made void elfs a unique race in itself with the model and backstory.

If they made high elfs, would people really accept that they got a totally new model and a new background? It works with void elfs, because Blizz made something new and went with it. If they did the same thing with high elfs, the community would be divided because some would just have wanted the current in-game high elfs and some are happy with the remodelled.

In the end Blizzard proberly don't like High elfs as a concept, which is why they have avoided them as a community/faction for the longest time. They did understand, that Alliance players want another elfs race, which is why they made the void elfs, which is a comprimise.

[Andromedes]

they are purple, without access to paladins and death knights.. so unique
you just think they are unique, because of their heritage armor.. it is not like blizz couldnt make cool looking herritage armor for high elves, which would make them look unique

[Theodarzna]

Meanwhile Horde gets Nightborn which is just Night Elves...

Instead of a race with established lore, a few settlements and a presence as consistant as some player races (Some would argue more consistent) like the High Elves, we get Void Elves a crack team of unwanted from Silvermoon for which to date zero exist, there are no settlements, and zero lore.

That interview proved that Ion doesn't even give a damn about the lore of the game, AND Jessie Cox doesn't know it or is a massive brown noser.

[Magistrate]

Meanwhile Horde gets Nightborn which is just Night Elves...

Nightborne look completely different from both high elves and night elves. Void elves are literally high elves with a void form.

Agree they should just give Alliance high elves, reason they provide is lame. Although I could see them prioritizing more attention-grabbing (and thus more marketable) races first.

I guarantee ogres will be coming some time during the next expansion. Seems odd to focus so much on that one random ogre in the cinematic. I think it's strange that they didn't add Maghar orcs yet with how easy to do they should be from AU or MU and they're literally just a skin tone, but I guess now it's also developing racial + passives + voicing + racial animations (dances, etc.) now since they want to go the whole nine yards.

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Instead of a race with established lore, a few settlements and a presence as consistant as some player races (Some would argue more consistent) like the High Elves, we get Void Elves a crack team of unwanted from Silvermoon for which to date zero exist, there are no settlements, and zero lore.

That interview proved that Ion doesn't even give a damn about the lore of the game, AND Jessie Cox doesn't know it or is a massive brown noser.

The void elves aren't blood elves, they're high elves. I don't think they're from Silvermoon. Where did I miss that fact?

[Theodarzna]

The void elves aren't blood elves, they're high elves. I don't think they're from Silvermoon. Where did I miss that fact?

Alleria goes to Silvermoon to try and faction switch Quel'Thalas, comes back with some outcasts instead. (Source)

These are not even High Elves who followed Alleria, these aren't even High Elves who Alleria trains, these are people even the Sin'dorei wouldn't want around.

[Andromedes]

The void elves aren't blood elves, they're high elves. I don't think they're from Silvermoon. Where did I miss that fact?

Red shirt guy has some additional info about stormwind and orgrimmar embassies, where is Alleria as a representative of the void elf race. In short, she recrtuits blood elves, who were apparently kicked from silvermoon for delving into void magic.. But all of this can be subject of change.

[Anyael]

It's a good point that the High Elves have been 'better' allies to the Alliance than some of the other player races: For being so few in numbers, they sure seem to always be around whenever we need help, and in numbers too.

[deviantcultist]

I am thinking that Locus-Walker might be responsible for Blood Elves getting an idea of the Void.

[Alanar]

im hoping high elves fall into the "more at a later date"

I really want to make a high elf

Just please... let is rest. Ion comfirmed it finnaly what we have been saying since bc.

[Andromedes]

Just please... let is rest. Ion comfirmed it finnaly what we have been saying since bc.

Yeah and Falstad is dead and we dont want vanilla servers.

[Alanar]

Yeah and Falstad is dead and we dont want vanilla servers.

This doesnt make any sense sorry.

[Gurluas]

I wish they'd make Wood elves instead of Void elves.
High/Blood elves who returned to druidism but without giving up Arcane magic, mixing the two.

[Alanar]

I wish they'd make Wood elves instead of Void elves.
High/Blood elves who returned to druidism but without giving up Arcane magic, mixing the two.

High elves.. wood elves.. you guys should play eso you gonna love it.

[Andromedes]

This doesnt make any sense sorry.

If you cant put together two things. Then i will do it for you.. What i said is that developers arent all knowing beings with unchanging opinions.. They thought that dwarf who died in Day of the dragon was Falstad. And they were being smug about players wanting vanilla servers, nothing else needs to be said.