High elves on the alliance?

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If anyone has seen the Ion/Jesse interview, High Elves are simply not happening, and even Void Elves were called Blood Elves.

I remember the "You think you do" thing, do you? Just look what was announced.

[ForTheLegion]

If anyone has seen the Ion/Jesse interview, High Elves are simply not happening, and even Void Elves were called Blood Elves.

Ion's response to High Elves: youtu.be/DkdTS_8Y61Q?t=17m59s

[KyrtF]

which are mutated by the void to look different, if you want to roleplay that you are a void mutated high elf instead be my guest, but you aren't getting the natural skin tones of the blood elves.

Once again the fact that they gave you void elves instead of high elves is proof of this.

Unfortunately....it means nothing. If all that stands in the way of the Alliance getting High Elfs is a story or short questline to explain the problems some players have, then there is nothing to stop it.

Arghhhh.....I didn't care if the Alliance got High Elfs. I just wanted my model left alone and just for us. But with the Horde getting Zandalari and the Alliance getting Void Elfs that doesn't seem likely.

Blizzard giving the Alliance Void Elfs is not proof the Alliance won't get High Elfs....and if the Void Elfs have the Blood Elf model, it doesn't matter either way. The damage is done. Blizzard might as well give the Alliance their blasted good for nothing High Elfs.

It doesn't matter anymore

[Theodarzna]

Ion's response to High Elves: youtu.be/DkdTS_8Y61Q?t=17m59s

His response makes me facepalm with cringe. Both the idea that "There aren't enough of them" is silly considering how many "Void Elves" there are. There are zero settlements and practically none around until whatever patch introduces them.

Second, for the reasons @DeicideUH pointed out, Blood Elves are not High Elves.

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His response makes me facepalm with cringe. Both the idea that "There aren't enough of them" is silly considering how many "Void Elves" there are. There are zero settlements and practically none around until whatever patch introduces them.

Second, for the reasons @DeicideUH pointed out, Blood Elves are not High Elves.

There might be plenty of outcasts, criminals and such exiled. They pile up nicely. Still, I would rather prefer Sphincter Elves doing prolapse attacks than High Elves. We have already too many gullible, naive imbeciles in the lore.

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I made a topic in the Blizzard official forums about Void Elves, High Elves and "what could have been", making three alternate possible paths Blizzard could have taken instead. Of course, I don't expect Blizzard to change their plans, I just want to spark discussion about the issue. Give a look and reply. Also thumb it up if you like the ideas there.

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20759181851#1

We think alike for the most part. If they're changed at all I prefer the "Storm Elves" but I think parts of all of your examples would be perfect. The high elves should have no access at all to dark classes besides Shadow Priests. Add in a racial move towards frost magic over fire magic and it's great.

[Theodarzna]

"High elves are too few in number to justify a full fledged race."

Considering that we had never even seen a void elf before this announcement (there was no official word that Alleria was changing her race; and if she was, why didn't her skin turn blue?), and considering that Alleria appeared to be breaking completely new ground in her void absorption, it seems fair to assume that void elves constitute a very, very, very small group of individuals - far fewer than the traditionally quoted "several thousand" surviving Alliance high elves.

"High elves are the same race as blood elves, and can't be on the opposing faction."

Then why aren't void elves Horde? Because it was apparently stated in Blizzcon interviews that these aren't Alleria's surviving High Elf escort from the original invasion of Draenor, but are, in fact, altered blood elves.

"High elves will upset faction balance, and we all know that Blood Elves were introduced to assure that the factions remained stable."

The combination of sharding and end of PvP servers essentially renders the purpose of "faction balance" totally null moving forward. There isn't a necessity to bait players into one faction or another, because numbers will be inherently skewed through sharding. We don't need to maintain a semblance of server to server parity (which never materialized anyway; look at the dozens upon dozens of servers where one faction holds totally dominant numbers) when the baby is already in sub-orbital flight with the bath water.

"Blood elves established a uniquely elven vibe that the Horde lacked, and the Alliance had from the get-go with Night Elves."

Enter the Nightborne; argument totally nullified not once, but twice over.

Honestly? I don't *really* care if the Alliance gets High Elves or not (although I would certainly prefer them to the coming invasion of blueberry men and women; we already have plenty of purple/blue shaded races on this faction). But I do not understand giving the Alliance a sub-race that nobody knew existed, let alone was asking for, when there was a totally viable alternative that would have placated (and greatly pleased) thousands upon thousands of players.

Basically, the void elves seem almost like a subtle, azure, digital "rude gesture involving a certain digit" towards the people who have spent years pleading for high elves. That's all.

This guy gets it..... ^^^^^

[DeicideUH]

This guy gets it..... ^^^^^

Thumbs up!

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We think alike for the most part. If they're changed at all I prefer the "Storm Elves" but I think parts of all of your examples would be perfect. The high elves should have no access at all to dark classes besides Shadow Priests. Add in a racial move towards frost magic over fire magic and it's great.

I like the "Celtic elves" more because they are a subtle callback to the old Warcraft 2 elves. But I'm ok with any idea that preserves the core of the high elves.

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The thing about zero high elf settlements is weird. Don't they have a settlement in Hinterlands? And who cares about settlements anyway? Isn't there an actual army of high elves in Dalaran, called The Silver Covenant, which was heavily involved in quite of few last expansions? Can't high elves come from there?

[Rhlor]

Do you work for Blizz? Otherwise it is your theory.

Your reasoning is as half baked as Void Elves and WoD.

the Game Director of World of Warcraft Ion Hazzikostas said it in an interview!!Blood elves are high elves and void elves are the new flavor

when streaming someone said "give me high elves please" he laughed making it clear that it will not happen

[Friendlyimmolation]

The thing about zero high elf settlements is weird. Don't they have a settlement in Hinterlands? And who cares about settlements anyway? Isn't there an actual army of high elves in Dalaran, called The Silver Covenant, which was heavily involved in quite of few last expansions? Can't high elves come from there?

He didn't say there were no settlements, he said there was any settlement with a big enough population to say "hey a high elf adventurer came from there."

[Andromedes]

The thing about zero high elf settlements is weird. Don't they have a settlement in Hinterlands? And who cares about settlements anyway? Isn't there an actual army of high elves in Dalaran, called The Silver Covenant, which was heavily involved in quite of few last expansions? Can't high elves come from there?

Yes they can. The only reason is probably balance reason. Because nobody wants to play filthy horde, unless it has pretty race.

[Theodarzna]

the Game Director of World of Warcraft Ion Hazzikostas said it in an interview!!Blood elves are high elves and void elves are the new flavor

when streaming someone said "give me high elves please" he laughed making it clear that it will not happen

His reasoning was living proof the devs are both out of touch and don't actually read their own lore.

[Rhlor]

His reasoning was living proof the devs are both out of touch and don't actually read their own lore.

I think they're going to give us blue eyes to the blood elves

[Deleted]

His reasoning was living proof the devs are both out of touch and don't actually read their own lore.

Indeed, he showed his lack of knowledge of stuff when he commented on the defensive situation for Shaman. He rambled about shit that was far from reality.

Thumbs up!

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I like the "Celtic elves" more because they are a subtle callback to the old Warcraft 2 elves. But I'm ok with any idea that preserves the core of the high elves.

The only thing I do not like with your suggestions are the eyes. Just stop already with the fucking flashlight eyes. Just give them normal eyes where the iris got different colours just like most other races in wow. blue, green, brown, purple, red etc.

[DeicideUH]

The only thing I do not like with your suggestions are the eyes. Just stop already with the fucking flashlight eyes. Just give them normal eyes where the iris got different colours just like most other races in wow. blue, green, brown, purple, red etc.

I don't mind, either way is fine for me.

[Theodarzna]

Yes they can. The only reason is probably balance reason. Because nobody wants to play filthy horde, unless it has pretty race.

With sharding and the end of PvP servers, does that even matter?

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I don't mind, either way is fine for me.

Honestly their eyes don't matter, its that sweet juicy lore. <3

[Deleted]

This game will soon have 4 elf races. Four! Isnt that enough, what more do you need?

Or do you want every possible kind of elf race or copy? Undead, aquatic, grey, high, desert, jungle, winter, wild, drow, demonic or flying elves? What about space elves?

[DeicideUH]

This game will soon have 4 elf races. Four! Isnt that enough, what more do you need?

5 elf races, actually. And we never asked for the fifth, we wanted the one that already existed before. The original one, actually.

[Deleted]

5 elf races, actually. And we never asked for the fifth, we wanted the one that already existed before. The original one, actually.

I meant playable.