Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Damn, that looks great and since im a picture hoarder... saved!

(ha-ha see it says VOID elf not high elf!!! outplayed)

Oh yeah we are all in tears because it says Void Elf we are thoroughly destroyed and owned

[Pheraz]

she looks pretty! she definitely looks like a true Allerian

Thank you Yeah this was kind of the goal. Though the name comes from Nandalee mother of Emerelle (queen of the elves) from the book "the elves" by bernhard hennen
It feels sooo natural with this look as an alliance player. Like something missing is finally there. I personally think the void elf name and racial is very very cool so I personally would prefer to keep it

[shoc]

Well colour me fucked they actually did it.

Makes it pretty obvious that Blizzard withholds easy-to-implement fan-service to use in the future as a marketing stunt to spur engagement when players drift away, this time obviously because of the harassment scandal.

[Alixie]

Them: If you're a High Elf, why cant you be a paladin?
Me: If you're a High Elf, why cant you ride a Quel'dorei Steed?

[Shadowtwili]

Wish they'd update that model.

That said, welcome back into the fold, our thalassian allies.

[Pheraz]

Them: If you're a High Elf, why cant you be a paladin?
Me: If you're a High Elf, why cant you ride a Quel'dorei Steed?

This is a golden quote!

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Well colour me fucked they actually did it.

Makes it pretty obvious that Blizzard withholds easy-to-implement fan-service to use in the future as a marketing stunt to spur engagement when players drift away, this time obviously because of the harassment scandal.

This would be ONE way of seeing this. The other would be that the strange horde fan weirdos in blizzard hq finally became the minority

[FlubberPuddy]

DAAAAAMNNN, everyone's High Elves AND Nightborne are looking so PHRESH. Job well done, thanks everyone for sharing!!!!

For the High Elves - Welcome Home

[Alixie]

Yeah, and the /mountspecial is still bugged. There's no sound to the animation, and its been known for years.

Edit: About the queldorei steed.

[Flade]

I know we're all High Elf hyped at the moment but... I think my Nightborne characters are in for quite the makeover too!

demn, she actually looks at you like youre a piece of <mana addict> now. 10/10

[Pheraz]

My rogue is dancing in oribos, sorry for the bad image quality, I am on my laptop
I already saw several exquisite looking high void elves running around



Edit: some happy high elf gatherings on the PTR

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

My rogue is dancing in oribos, sorry for the bad image quality, I am on my laptop
I already saw several exquisite looking high void elves running around



Edit: some happy high elf gatherings on the PTR

Besides having a hairstyle with some length for males, I'm very damn happy at how well the hairstyles work without the tentacles!!

Tentacle toggle became reality, and I couldn't be happier

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That reminds me!



bad pic of the HE gathering outside the barbershop when I was in. It just makes me so happy to see how many people were really just waiting on the wings.

[melzas]

Now a visual toggle for entropic embrace and I'm sold.

Turning into purple goo in combat still ruins high elf fantasy (unless you play DK, lock spriest or sub rogue).

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Now a visual toggle for entropic embrace and I'm sold.

Turning into purple goo in combat still ruins high elf fantasy (unless you play DK, lock spriest or sub rogue).

Personally I don't mind it when I am doing *content* But you can always turn it off if you are willing to sacrifice some DPS for immersion's sake with the /cancelaura Entropic Embrace command in a macro.

I was just leveling a new toon to live the fantasy and added that command to a macro with my main ability, and EE mostly didn't even have time to take hold lol.

[melzas]

Personally I don't mind it when I am doing *content* But you can always turn it off if you are willing to sacrifice some DPS for immersion's sake with the /cancelaura Entropic Embrace command in a macro.

I was just leveling a new toon to live the fantasy and added that command to a macro with my main ability, and EE mostly didn't even have time to take hold lol.

Eh, not really an option for me. I don't do "stand in SW and pretend" kind of RP, I like to have my immersive lore fitting character and do content with it, like arenas, M+, raids... I can't just forgo output cd for cosmetics (and that solution is really awkward anyway).

If they could add a toggle for tentacles, adding a toggle for that racial's visual isn't that much to ask for, right?
For example, they could add an NPC in Void Elf rift you can talk to and select "Teach me how to better control the power of entropic embrace" dialogue that removes the visual or turns it into something more subtle.

[Rootsbum]

I dont see any problems with Entropic embrace.
Its not any more immersion-breaking than being a Thornspeaker Kultiran druid who uses astral energy instead of death/decay-part of druidism

[Dristereau]

I really like the idea of a Glyph or an NPC in Telogrus Rift to change the Racial visually, my personal opinion is that because it only affects the base model (no 3D parts) it looks badly implements compared to everything changing. The effects of Memento of Angerboda (https://www.wowhead.com/item=133644/...da#screenshots) look much better as they also affect 3D pieces.

I've had a mess around on the PTR and I really like the hair colours and ear lengths for Void Elves, the shorter ear make the shorter hair styles look better. The white, black and brown hair colours are not in yet but it's really nice to see the blonde/white blonde with normal skin. I don't see many people using tentacles on the lighter hair colours, it looks pretty terrible

On the downside removing tentacles makes some of the hairstyles look even worse than they already did, especially the Transience and Sorrow for Males and Consuming for Females. This is much less noticeable on the Female one than the Male ones which look like they're half a hairstyle. I would also like to add that Suffusion still looks god awful no matter how it's used.

As I've said before, I still want to see a few more hairstyles, more for Male than Female as I think half the Male ones are pretty bad, some with a slight sense of style/elegance. I'll still also keep mentioning Tribal/Runic Tattoos for Void/Blood along with a Dark Ranger skin/eyes for Blood Elves. I think that's the only way such a skin will be added as a Blood Elf option.

Also with the tentacle toggle option, all Void Elf NPCs seem to have lost their tentacles on the PTR, including PC ones you copy over. I'm assuming it's just something as simple as a 0/1 toggle option and the non tentacles being baseline meaning all the NPCs got hit by it

[Kyriani]

See I think Sorrow looks great without tentacles or anything else there. Taste is subjective. Hopefully the tentacle toggle will evolve into a selection of options instead of just "tentacles" or "no tentacles" so everyone can be happy.

[melzas]

So, this actually suffices to fullfill my high elf needs:


But then combat starts and I get this...



Feels like I almost got what I wanted since I started to play WoW 15 years ago... But still not exactly what I wanted...

[FlubberPuddy]

bad pic of the HE gathering outside the barbershop when I was in. It just makes me so happy to see how many people were really just waiting on the wings.

That's how the majority of people are, which is why it's tough to use forum feedback as the sole means of what may be wanted.

It took a great collective effort of so many players to finally get to this point, but I was so happy to see over the years that players who never posted on forum literally coming onto them simply to support the inclusion of High Elves however it be handled.

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Feels like I almost got what I wanted since I started to play WoW 15 years ago... But still not exactly what I wanted...

I know it's not what was exactly wanted, but I think your character looks dope and when the EE procs it looks freakin dope to see that. But it may stem from my like of seeing 'corrupted heroes'

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See I think Sorrow looks great without tentacles or anything else there. Taste is subjective. Hopefully the tentacle toggle will evolve into a selection of options instead of just "tentacles" or "no tentacles" so everyone can be happy.

I agree, I find every male hairstyle that much more welcoming now that the tentacles can be toggled off, it's amazing to feel like I actually have options now. I always loved Widowmaker but felt the tentacles ruined it.

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I hope 9.1.5 comes out before my sub ends just so I can at least make a realized Alliance High Elf!

[Pheraz]

Don't know if this is normal for the PTR but the void elf intro is beeing marked as work in progress


while the night elf intro remains normal


*puts the tinfoil hat on*
What if they actually remake the whole race a bit? New race standard portrait (maybe split face half blue half blondish)?