Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

[Sett]

OMG !!!

Oh, this is amazing news. Frees up a lot of hairstyles.

[melzas]

Plz give void elves toggle for that awful purple racial and then I might play one and pretend it's a high elf.

But turning into a purple goo every 5 mins or so is just a no-go.

[elbleuet]

Plz give void elves toggle for that awful purple racial and then I might play one and pretend it's a high elf.

But turning into a purple goo every 5 mins or so is just a no-go.

So shadow priest blood elves aren't real blood elves?

[Yarathir]

You know, thinking of it, removing tentacles is.. something.

One hairstyle is literally a ponytail with a single tentacle. If they just up and remove that, that will look strange, so I wonder what they'll do with that.

[Rhlor]

So shadow priest blood elves aren't real blood elves?

as I understand it is not canon in the lore

[FossilFree]

I asked for auburn hair, and I'm getting auburn hair? I'm quite surprised! I thought for sure it would be brown and not auburn. Super stoked!

I have a feeling this could be the end of the natural options though. If they do an official pass on them, it will probably lean into the void stuff more. That is when I would expect black to come out, since it fits the void theme more than the high elf theme.

[Pheraz]

You know, thinking of it, removing tentacles is.. something.

One hairstyle is literally a ponytail with a single tentacle. If they just up and remove that, that will look strange, so I wonder what they'll do with that.

Maybe - since they are suddenly taking players for real - they see the hundreds of braid-for-tentacle-ideas

[Flade]

Finally, blonde hair color and no tentacles?! for first time in forever im actually excited for something in this game!

[Pheraz]

Finally, blonde hair color and no tentacles?! for first time in forever im actually excited for something in this game!

I am creating horde chars to spam /y BLONDE/REDISH VOID ELVES IN 9.1.5 - COME JOIN THE ALLIANCE BLOOD ELF PLAYERS - LEAVE THIS STINKY TOWN! <3
xD xD xD

[Rhlor]

I am creating horde chars to spam /y BLONDE/REDISH VOID ELVES IN 9.1.5 - COME JOIN THE ALLIANCE BLOOD ELF PLAYERS - LEAVE THIS STINKY TOWN! <3
xD xD xD

never! I am loyal to my country!! for quelthalas!

[Ardenaso]

I am creating horde chars to spam /y BLONDE/REDISH VOID ELVES IN 9.1.5 - COME JOIN THE ALLIANCE BLOOD ELF PLAYERS - LEAVE THIS STINKY TOWN! <3
xD xD xD

someone ought to counter you "NEVER FORGET THE ALLIANCE ABANDONED YOU AND LEFT YOU FOR DEAD FOR 6 YEARS >" lol

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

You know, thinking of it, removing tentacles is.. something.

One hairstyle is literally a ponytail with a single tentacle. If they just up and remove that, that will look strange, so I wonder what they'll do with that.

Oh it actually looks super cute without the tentacle!

[FossilFree]

I am creating horde chars to spam /y BLONDE/REDISH VOID ELVES IN 9.1.5 - COME JOIN THE ALLIANCE BLOOD ELF PLAYERS - LEAVE THIS STINKY TOWN! <3
xD xD xD

I'm wondering if they aren't planning a new settlement for Void Elves + integrating Quel'thalas into Eastern Kingdoms. Why? Check out this video at the 10 minute mark:



Notice the sky?

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

The tentacle toggle increases my hairstyle options. Some styles look notably different without the tentacles. I can only hope that in future they also let the toggle add tentacles to the styles that don't have them so people who want to lean more into the void aspect can have the option.

I'm disappointed that black isn't one of the new hair colors, but I also think black is not a controversial hair color request compared to blonde and red. I'm hopeful that black, white, and brown are added in the not-too-distant future.

I don't know if I am delusional or not, but I think VE specific options are yet to come, and with them, black hair.

So far all the VE's have gotten is reused assets -save for eye colors-, so it really feels is just for that OG thalassian elf fantasy: all the hair colors we got are from the original colors, nothing from the DK ones, or the SL ones.

[FlubberPuddy]

"uhmmmm you turn purple in combat even though 90% of rp is non-combat.. haha.. take that. Also, your name says VOID elf, not high elf!!!"

They'll just say "Well the Sin'dorei have Silvermoon so they are the real elves!!11!!" while simultaneously crying that Silvermoon is a 2006 reject wasteland

“Real high elves have Paladins! So only the Horde has real high elves! The Alliance just has void rip-off elves!”

Omg y'all, that's literally what's being said on the official forums



I get reminded of this laugh so much atm.

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Staaaahp don't be meaaaan XD

(I hope he has moved on)

He moved on so much he hasn't posted here since the initial skin tones bit, hope he's in good health for reals. To his credit though, he did say it would take something of WoW going downhill for HE customization. Which is partly true given the state of Blizzard (and the game) atm.

[Swnem]

I'm wondering if they aren't planning a new settlement for Void Elves + integrating Quel'thalas into Eastern Kingdoms. Why? Check out this video at the 10 minute mark:



Notice the sky?

That has been in the game since BfA i believe. I found it like one or two PTR's ago and made a thread about it but no one cared. xD

[Yarathir]

Oh it actually looks super cute without the tentacle!

Huh. I figured it'd look a lot weirded without the tentacle. Actually kinda cute, yeah.

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Omg y'all, that's literally what's being said on the official forums



I get reminded of this laugh so much atm.

Sadly, I know blood elf players too well.

[FossilFree]

That has been in the game since BfA i believe. I found it like one or two PTR's ago and made a thread about it but no one cared. xD

Really? Well it would still be pretty cool to remake Quel'thalas and have a little corner for the Void Elves. Then they could have a warfront between the two (not like BFA warfronts, just a battle line and no-man's-land in the middle).

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Huh. I figured it'd look a lot weirded without the tentacle. Actually kinda cute, yeah.

It's actually weird how superfluous the tentacles are to most hairstyles. You can take them out and most look right.

I think the only one that looks odd is this one, where the hair looks a bit floaty (same for the male with the four tendrils on the chest)

[Rhlor]

Oh it actually looks super cute without the tentacle!

pretty cool!!