Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

[DeicideUH]

Blizzard just fixed void elf underwear in PTR!

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Blizzard just fixed void elf underwear in PTR!

Oh PTR? Need to check that out yay!

[DeicideUH]

Oh PTR? Need to check that out yay!

Yep, it was hotfixed on PTR. It is still not fixed in Beta.

[FossilFree]

Blizzard just fixed void elf underwear in PTR!

Care to link an image? I don't feel like installing PTR lol.

[Wired-Lain]

To me, the return of the legendary Alleria herself would galvanize the high elves into an allied race. The void story was probably made later, and then they liked it, and, given the controversy of giving high elves to the Alliance, they decided to base the entire allied race in the concept of void users like her. It's very obvious that void elves were rushed into being, while just making a scenario for uniting the high elves would have been simpler and more natural.

Don't forget the constant presence of high elves in Legion, but no foreshadowing at all of void elves.

Especially with the Windrunner name being dragged through the mud by Sylvanas. Would make perfect sense for either Alleria or Vereesa to step up.

[DeicideUH]

Care to link an image? I don't feel like installing PTR lol.

Can't you see the linked Twitter image? I'll post some in Imgur, then:

[FossilFree]

Can't you see the linked Twitter image? I'll post some in Imgur, then:

Nope, I couldn't. How weird, oh well. Thanks for alternate links!

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Really like how swanky the VE underwear is, looks awesome on regular skin tones.

Honestly, while hair color -and styles- remain woefully limited, there was a time I never thought we'd get this close to a HE fantasy on the alliance, so yay for that!

[FossilFree]

Really like how swanky the VE underwear is, looks awesome on regular skin tones.

Honestly, while hair color -and styles- remain woefully limited, there was a time I never thought we'd get this close to a HE fantasy on the alliance, so yay for that!

Personally, I like dark haired High Elves better than blonde. It reminds me of Elrond and Arwen.

Still hoping for more variety though. Night Elves had the blue, purple, and blueish purple stuff covered already. I'd really like black hair the most, but earth tones in general would be nice.

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

To me, the return of the legendary Alleria herself would galvanize the high elves into an allied race. The void story was probably made later, and then they liked it, and, given the controversy of giving high elves to the Alliance, they decided to base the entire allied race in the concept of void users like her. It's very obvious that void elves were rushed into being, while just making a scenario for uniting the high elves would have been simpler and more natural.

Don't forget the constant presence of high elves in Legion, but no foreshadowing at all of void elves.

I do agree; making the HE's an AR after their appareance in Legion would have been such a good idea, even though I don't think it was ever meant that way. I did like the SC showing up, but at times it really felt like a last minute addition in places like Suramar -With Vereesa and the SC going unmentioned in some parts, disappearing in others -Tomb of Sargeras-

But yeh, they would have made much more sense than VE's, specially when VE's themselves could have been a new aspect of High Elves as a whole. But they wanted to keep an aesthetic separation between BE and VE and we got what we got.

But for real, how could would have been if we had had basically the same VE unlock quest, but with Vereesa and the SC also included, with the resulting group a mix of all the alliance Thalassians.

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Personally, I like dark haired High Elves better than blonde. It reminds me of Elrond and Arwen.

Still hoping for more variety though. Night Elves had the blue, purple, and blueish purple stuff covered already. I'd really like black hair the most, but earth tones in general would be nice.

Indeed, actually love how some "HE looks" turn out. The problem is in fact the limitation of only "dark" colors, when every other races has a spectrum between black and white to a degree -the other race with the same problem being LFD-

Both VE and LFD do need more hair colors, and I hope they get them when AR are revisited. NB could also use more color tbh, but they at least have white and black, which should be something all races have; actually, pastel tones of NE hair colors could be great on NB.

[shoc]

The real question here is why Blizzard waited 3 years before giving Void elves fair-skin options. I mean, Alleria has retained her High elf form since Legion, this isn't exactly a recent development. And it's not like Blizzard should've been afraid of the Belf Horde fanboys, since they are like a very vocal minority. In the game or in any sane community you will never see people screaming and moaning about Void elves getting more options, which are lore-wise nonetheless.

In fact, shortly after BfA's reveal there were already several suggestions to give them fair-skin options, so really Blizzard took 3 years longer than anticipated:

That's cool, but practically speaking, on 99% of transmogs it will just be oddly purple hands.

[Varodoc]

That's cool, but practically speaking, on 99% of transmogs it will just be oddly purple hands.

That's not the point.

[Vaedan]

That's cool, but practically speaking, on 99% of transmogs it will just be oddly purple hands.

Not really. Void elf heritage armor reveals whole chest, not to mention you can now hide any armor part through transmog, which resulted in possibilities of very lascivious mogs. I made quite a lot transmogs on my main and some of them would definitely make this version noticable.

[Ardenaso]

I don't think so? As far as I know there are no confirmed High Elven Paladins on the Silver Hand before WotLK, so less so TBC. Mesides Mehlar, there's no mention of any Pre-Third War elven paladins on the Silver Hand.

found it, here:

There were others in the Silver Hand, Mehlar is just noted because he was Uther's apprentice.

"A few were members of the Silver Hand, such as Mehlar Dawnblade, while others belonged to the high elven Royal Guard."

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Paladin_races

I also once argued that yeah, the only confirmed pre-Blood Knighting High Elf Paladin is Mehlar

[Vaedan]

IMO, they didn't conceptualize Alleria and her Void journey as a way to introduce an Allied Race. Whether we look at VE or HE, neither race was properly set up by her arc to become playable, with her story being very personal.

First I played through that storyline, I had the feeling they are building Alleria and Turalyon as a dynamic duo, Yin and Yang, opposite forces which are inevitably drawn together. With another subtle hints that Light and Void are connected in some way, like Xal'Atath describing Naaru as brethren who lost the vision, I expected this storyline was meant to start building relations between Light and Void, showing us that neither of the Forces is actually good or evil.

I was quite surprised Void elves were based on that, but it may be a result of positive reception of Alleria's story in Mac'Aree.

[Ardenaso]

to those currently subbed and able to reply on official forums, does anyone have a "me not that kind of elf" peon with long ears and long brows?

[Varodoc]

Lol Void elves were datamined before 7.3 was even released, it was extremely predictable that Alleria's story in Mac'aree would lead to something far greater.

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Lol Void elves were datamined before 7.3 was even released, it was extremely predictable that Alleria's story in Mac'aree would lead to something far greater.

Would lead to something, but not void elves. Yes, there were void elf stuff in data, but the story was clearly written before any decidion was made, and without void elves in mind. Danuser also said the idea came after Alleria’s story was considered an internal success.

[FlubberPuddy]

I also once argued that yeah, the only confirmed pre-Blood Knighting High Elf Paladin is Mehlar

It literally says "a few", along with "others belonged to" so this is really silly. Mehlar is simply one of the named ones we know, it doesn't mean others didn't also exist as per the other sources.

Is an NPC Paladin not a Paladin because the NPC doesn't have a specific name but simply 'Lightguard devout' or something? Are "Silver Hand Knights" not Paladins?

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Blizzard just fixed void elf underwear in PTR!

That's awesome! Also nice to know that it is probably something 'easy' for them to do hence why it came so close to the pre-patch.

Also I really like how the blue/purple/grey hair options for the Void Elves actually works in favor of a High Elf look when working against the human skin tones. They feel the closest to 'natural hair colors' from the current hair color options.

[Ardenaso]

It literally says "a few", along with "others belonged to" so this is really silly. Mehlar is simply one of the named ones we know, it doesn't mean others didn't also exist as per the other sources.

Is an NPC Paladin not a Paladin because the NPC doesn't have a specific name but simply 'Lightguard devout' or something? Are "Silver Hand Knights" not Paladins?

Well yeah, I thought so too before, but not anymore