Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

[Kyriani]

I also see a lot of void elves with normal skin colors, but with tentacles, which is kinda weird. Also, as with Alleria, the Entropic Embrace proc works really great with normal skins as a visual contrast. I never liked the idea of bluish elves becoming even more bluer. And yes, my subtlety rogue now looks more like a quel'dorei, but velves racials only enhance his shadow abilities.

I think the fact that you're seeing a lot with the new skin tones but tentacle hair can simply be attributed to the fact that Void Elves have few hairstyles to begin with. There are 10 for female (not including bald), and 12 for male (not including bald). Of the 10 female hairstyles only 4 do not have tentacles. And of the 12 male hairstyles only 6 do not have tentacles, and two of those seem less popular than the others (top row #3 and bottom row #1 seem less frequently used on my server).



And not for nothing but many of the tentacle hairstyles for the females are really stylish and attractive even with the tentacles so it could simply be people picking what they like. That's what I did with my Warlock who has dark brown skin, red tentacle hair, and pupil-less cyan colored eyes.


(tentacles on the back of that hairstyle)

[Varodoc]

I think the tentacle hair with fair skin options look very pleasing aesthetically. They remind me of Sarah Kerrigan's appearance after she was de-infested. She looks like a normal human, yet she has zerg hair, which indicates that she was infested.

Same thing here. To the unaware, you look like a normal elf. But to those who pay attention, the tentacle, void-y hair gives away the secret of the Void elves. It's a very intriguing character concept and has countless RP possibilities.

[FossilFree]

Tentacles should become a toggle like the new draenei face tendrils did. Then you'd have a bunch of new options for hairstyles (that currently have them) to go without them, plus you could add them to the ones that don't currently have them too.

[Vaedan]

I think the tentacle hair with fair skin options look very pleasing aesthetically. They remind me of Sarah Kerrigan's appearance after she was de-infested. She looks like a normal human, yet she has zerg hair, which indicates that she was infested.

Same thing here. To the unaware, you look like a normal elf. But to those who pay attention, the tentacle, void-y hair gives away the secret of the Void elves. It's a very intriguing character concept and has countless RP possibilities.

That is actually quite good idea. I like that idea of being a void elf whose initial void corruption diminished, but he still maintains his void given powers. Now, I wonder if we will get full tentacle hair to make true Kerrigan lookalike It could look like slightly modified dreadlock hairstyle humans got recently.

Tentacles should become a toggle like the new draenei face tendrils did. Then you'd have a bunch of new options for hairstyles (that currently have them) to go without them, plus you could add them to the ones that don't currently have them too.

With core races getting option to customize tendrils, tails, eyes, moustaches and beards separately, I think separate tentacle option for void elves is inevitable. We just need to wait.

[Varodoc]

That is actually quite good idea. I like that idea of being a void elf whose initial void corruption diminished, but he still maintains his void given powers. Now, I wonder if we will get full tentacle hair to make true Kerrigan lookalike It could look like slightly modified dreadlock hairstyle humans got recently.



With core races getting option to customize tendrils, tails, eyes, moustaches and beards separately, I think separate tentacle option for void elves is inevitable. We just need to wait.

Yes, It would be very good to have this hairstyle, but with astral tentacles instead:

[Traycor]

Tentacles should become a toggle like the new draenei face tendrils did. Then you'd have a bunch of new options for hairstyles (that currently have them) to go without them, plus you could add them to the ones that don't currently have them too.

Whole bunch of yes to that! Tentacle toggle to change them into braids would rock (even just turn them into normal locks of hair). Either way, a toggle would dramatically increase the available number of hairstyles if you don't want tentacles.

Of course, it would also be nice to have some non-goth hairstyles. These could be pulled from humans and Kul Tirans so the blood elf players don't feel poached.

[shoc]

You know, admire the passion, but you guys are such a drag holy shit.

Problem is that people are whining about the lack of features when Allied Race customization updates haven't even happened yet.

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Problem is that people are whining about the lack of features when Allied Race customization updates haven't even happened yet.

Gonna be honest chief, at one point I wasn't sure what they were even arguing about -like on page 3 of their argument- lol

Whole bunch of yes to that! Tentacle toggle to change them into braids would rock (even just turn them into normal locks of hair). Either way, a toggle would dramatically increase the available number of hairstyles if you don't want tentacles.

Of course, it would also be nice to have some non-goth hairstyles. These could be pulled from humans and Kul Tirans so the blood elf players don't feel poached.

This x100! I have already shared my mock ups for that before, but a braid toggle would really be an awesome way of dealing with the tentacles. Even so, a far more cost efficient on/off tentacle toggle would be enough!

At the end of the day VE's -and AR wholesale- just have way fewer hairstyles than core races now :/ So I really hope they add more than just three. IMO, a good option would be to make AR and origin CR* share hairstyles -so let's say, Maghar get all the Orc hairstyles and vice versa)

*To keep the distinction between VE/NE and NB/NE, they could instead swap hairstyles with the race they are closer in their faction. NB could get the Blood Elf hairstyles and vice versa, and VE could get either human -if we consider that are the race they are closer since we see them on Stormwind- or Night Elf -because they are closer kin wise-

[Kyriani]

Are you still playing WoW Tal? Or did you swap servers or something? I tried pulling up your armory to see your transmog but I only got an error when I tried.

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Are you still playing WoW Tal? Or did you swap servers or something? I tried pulling up your armory to see your transmog but I only got an error when I tried.

Oh I transferred the char and changed the name! Wasn't really feeling Tal as a character -part of the reason why I used him on forums, he didn't have much of a background and kinda was a throwaway alt for bag making purposes lol- now he looks like this!



My ally main has been my Helf warrior since VE's are playable -used to be a paladin hehe-

[Kyriani]

Ah Thanks for sharing the mog appearance! Looks great!

Here's my own "High Elf" Warrior. I'm holding out hope for a tentacle toggle because I really like his hairstyle but the tentacles kind of throw off the look:

[Frenchvince]

I updated my Barbie'dorei.
Those purple eyes are so wonderful, thank you Blizzard !
<3

[Thalassian Bob]

I updated my Barbie'dorei.
Those purple eyes are so wonderful, thank you Blizzard !
<3
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Purpletastic!

I'm loving them on my dark ranger/Sylvanas-wannabe hunter!

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Purpletastic!

I'm loving them on my dark ranger/Sylvanas-wannabe hunter!

I really wish you could have this look on the Horde ):

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Ah Thanks for sharing the mog appearance! Looks great!

Here's my own "High Elf" Warrior. I'm holding out hope for a tentacle toggle because I really like his hairstyle but the tentacles kind of throw off the look:

I try to think of the tentacles as braids hehe!

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I updated my Barbie'dorei.
Those purple eyes are so wonderful, thank you Blizzard !
<3

Now THAT is a look *chef's kiss*

I'm kinda neutral to the idea of VE paladins, but I would want them for that aesthetic alone tbh

[Thalassian Bob]

I really wish you could have this look on the Horde ):

Yeah, it really sucks that they didn't add undead/San'layn cosmetics for blood elves. I feel like blood elf male options in particular are very lacklustre.

[FossilFree]

Since Blood Elves got both purple and blue now, which were originally unique to Void Elves on the playable models, I think it's high time for Void Elves to get both green and gold color eyes. They were created from Blood Elves, so it doesn't make sense for them to lose options they had before. That applies to hair color as well.

[Varodoc]

Void elves DESERVE green eyes. It makes absolutely NO sense to give them blue eyes but not green eyes, or did Blizzard forget that there are Silvermoon scholars too in Telogrus Rift?

Aside from that, I am surprised Void elves still do not have black eyes. I mean, black is the colour of the Void. The Void is nothingness, the Void is endless darkness... the Void is black, as I was saying:



This would fit the Void elves perfectly. You might say "it is so creepy", and that is the point. I think some people are forgetting that Void elves are meant to be creepy, to make you feel uneasy, because they are infused with the darkest power in the entire cosmos.

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Yeah, it really sucks that they didn't add undead/San'layn cosmetics for blood elves. I feel like blood elf male options in particular are very lacklustre.

It was kind of a bummer male BE's didn't get anything cool like scars or tattoos tbh, but they still remain one of the best models in game.

But yeah, San'layn/Undead Elf options for BE's would have been so freaking awesome *sigh*

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Since Blood Elves got both purple and blue now, which were originally unique to Void Elves on the playable models, I think it's high time for Void Elves to get both green and gold color eyes. They were created from Blood Elves, so it doesn't make sense for them to lose options they had before. That applies to hair color as well.

While from a lore standpoint I could easily see the green eyes being possible for Blood Elves -since we have seen Void and Fel as complementary forces in several characters- the golden feels rather anathema to what Void Elves are: as long as Void Elves are that and not a generalization of thalassians on the alliance, it would be way too contradictory regarding the lore that a Void Elf whatever degree they might be, to present light infused eyes.

Of course, they could simply say that Void Energies dispel the Fel radiation or whatever, but hardly would be anything but justification for aesthetics, which is an entirely different thing.

And yeah, since Alleria is blonde, we know hair color should be able to be kept -one would consider that skin tone would be harder to keep lol, and VE's get that heh-

[FossilFree]

It was kind of a bummer male BE's didn't get anything cool like scars or tattoos tbh, but they still remain one of the best models in game.

But yeah, San'layn/Undead Elf options for BE's would have been so freaking awesome *sigh*

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While from a lore standpoint I could easily see the green eyes being possible for Blood Elves -since we have seen Void and Fel as complementary forces in several characters- the golden feels rather anathema to what Void Elves are: as long as Void Elves are that and not a generalization of thalassians on the alliance, it would be way too contradictory regarding the lore that a Void Elf whatever degree they might be, to present light infused eyes.

Of course, they could simply say that Void Energies dispel the Fel radiation or whatever, but hardly would be anything but justification for aesthetics, which is an entirely different thing.

And yeah, since Alleria is blonde, we know hair color should be able to be kept -one would consider that skin tone would be harder to keep lol, and VE's get that heh-

I agree it would be out there a bit to give them gold, but I also like the idea of upsetting expectations and challenging the status quo, much like playing a Lightforged Draenei shadow priest. Plus, I think the glowing eyes popping out of Entropic Embrace would look pretty badass, just like the lightforged eyes look when in shadowform. It actually ends up looking sinister, like this shadow with glowing eyes staring out at you.

[Traveler Voltin]

i didnt want the purple eyes for blood elves. it doesnt make any sense.