Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

[Lumineus]

Blizzard is a mother that got one of her children, let's call him Hordey, a toy one day. Blizzard mother gave little Hordey a little pink doll with green eyes. Hordey loved this doll, and played with it for about... 40% of his free time.
But there was a problem, Hordey's twin brother, Alliancebert was insanely jealous of this toy. Alliancebert screamed and cried for his twin brother's toy, saying that it belonged to him and that he deserved it way more than Hordey. After throwing this tantrum for hours, Blizzard mother finally gave in and brought Alliancebert a present. "Open it, Alliancebert, I'm sure you'll love it!" Blizzard mother said, though the tantrum only grew louder and more fierce as Alliancebert threw his new toy across the room. "No! I want what Hordey has!" Alliancebert screeched. "But, son, it's just like your brothers, but it's purple instead of pink. If I give you the same exact toy, wouldn't it not be special any more?" Alliance mother asked, only to be met by more crying and screaming. "No! I want his toy! Give me his toy! It's mine! It's my toy!" Alliancebert cried and cried and cried...

Alliancebert had a toy like that when he was younger, but Hordey broke it while playing with his Forsaken playset. And mommy won't buy him another one even though Hordey was the one who broke it in the first place, because Hordey is the favorite child. Oh, and then their alcoholic father gave Alliancebert a black eye and he needed three stitches, and told the nurse he "fell down the stairs."

[Syegfryed]

Alliancebert had a toy like that when he was younger, but Hordey broke it while playing with his Forsaken playset

alliance broke his own toy, while playing with his human playset Garithos golden edition, take care of your toys little bert!

[FlubberPuddy]

Alliancebert had a toy like that when he was younger, but Hordey broke it while playing with his Forsaken playset. And mommy won't buy him another one even though Hordey was the one who broke it in the first place, because Hordey is the favorite child. Oh, and then their alcoholic father gave Alliancebert a black eye and he needed three stitches, and told the nurse he "fell down the stairs."

Then as they were leaving he whispers to Alliancebert, "Hordey is waiting for you."

[Lumineus]

alliance broke his our toy, while playing with his human playset Garithos golden edition, take care of your toys little bert!

You, uh, you do know Garithos was Lordaeronian, right? Just because someone had golden armor doesn't automatically make them from Stormwind.

[Highwhale]

People so hilarious to say Ion is "ignorant" simply because they're the ones enduring that particular illness do not indeed deserve anything and I'm totally glad they'll not have it their way.

People were bad mouthing others Blizzard members before. Hell even Metzen was bad mouthed by crowd for different reasons. Don't act like its first time.

[Lumineus]

I don't know how you can say there aren't enough high elves to be playable in a world where Lightforged and Void Elves exist and not be called ignorant, sorry. Don't know how you can argue they lack a monolithic theme to their culture, when Mag'har are being added in the fashion that they are, either.

[Ithekro]

I wonder. The suggestions are always to make the High Elves a new model. But what if that's the wrong route? Change the Blood Elf model to reflect the changes in the Sunwell. The golden eyes being the first step. Blood Elves got a upgraded mode. The High Elves get the then older model because they don't have the Sunwell, only altering the eye color to blue. Blood Elves could either stay the same, or be renamed to Sun Elves or High Elves, while the Alliance's High Elves got some other naming convention, or just Dalaran Elves for whatever reason.

That method give the present day Blood Elves an even better model, and more unique lore for themselves, while the High Elves are basically plain. The uninteresting elves that do mage and hunter stuff for the Alliance.


I was looking over the wiki page for the Grand Alliance it lists all the currently playable races and the two currently playable Allied Races. Than it lists its other races:

Wildhammer Dwarf
Dark Iron Dwarf
Highborne
Broken
High Elf
Frost Dwarf
Jinyu
Furbolg

(not listed: Kul'Tiran because they are considered to be "just humans".)

Unless something else is added to the game, those are the current major options for Allied Races for the Alliance. And if Ion's suggestion are taken without fail, that eliminates three of them completely (Wildhammer Dwarf, Highborne, and High Elf). But even then, you are looking at three dwarf factions in the Alliance. Three Draenei factions in the alliance (one being Broken). Three human faction (with one being Worgan), Night Elves, Gnomes, Jinyu, Pandaran, Void Elves, and Furbolg.

Meanwhile....you know what the Horde has listed as Other races?:

Ogre
Mag'har orc
Half-Ogre
Forest Trolls
Taunka
Hozen
Hobgoblin
Leper Gnomes

Of those, only Hozen and probably Hobgoblin are off the table (Hozen would take a lot of work to make playable, and I'm not sure if Hobgoblin is intelligent enough to be playable), with Ogre being in question due to size only. Plus they can easily have Leper Gnomes.

[Lumineus]

Looking down that list, Alliance basically has no options other than furb-- uh I mean hunchback Pandaren. Jinyu (which are lame anyway) have no females, and neither do Broken or even Frostborn dwarves (not that it would be hard to make them). Highborne are now "too similar" to Nightborne, and idk what they could do to justify unlock requirements for Wildhammer since we kinda already have their racial mount, and what would their heritage armor even be, an invisible shirt?

[FlubberPuddy]

Looking down that list, Alliance basically has no options other than furb-- uh I mean hunchback Pandaren. Jinyu (which are lame anyway) have no females, and neither do Broken or even Frostborn dwarves (not that it would be hard to make them). Highborne are now "too similar" to Nightborne, and idk what they could do to justify unlock requirements for Wildhammer since we kinda already have their racial mount, and what would their heritage armor even be, an invisible shirt?

Exactly, wonder what "awesome" and "highly requested" races the Alliance will have going for it. The fact there's 3 variant of dwarves shows that the Alliance races are mostly shades of grey in regards to its races.

Something I've been trying to tell the Horde players, but they keep trying to apply Horde's "everything should be crazy different" mentality and themes to Alliance when the Alliance isn't like that at all.

[Ithekro]

Furbolg to me is interesting only if its the ones from Timbermaw Hold (they love me in that tunnel), as that is more or less the perfect place for the Night Elves and Alliance to fortify to keep the Horde from getting to Moonglade and Mt. Hyjal....by land at least.

[Syegfryed]

You, uh, you do know Garithos was Lordaeronian, right?

and leader of the alliance, you do know that, right?

[corebit]

You, uh, you do know Garithos was Lordaeronian, right? Just because someone had golden armor doesn't automatically make them from Stormwind.

What are you even implying by this? The Alliance was composed of several Human kingdoms including Lordaeron and Stormwind. Garithos was Grand Marshal and the remaining highest ranking Alliance leader at that time. The entire Alliance followed his orders.

[Traycor]

I have a feeling it will reach the 200 pages. Mark my words!

You were right, @RangerDaz !

[Zorish]

They denied high elves. A race that would make them millions

cication from "HE" discord (no screens mods!). Nice to see so economicaly intelegent elves there...
plus daily stuff calling Ion names, etc. etc, he will leave, he will be fired... nothing new

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Looking down that list, Alliance basically has no options other than furb-- uh I mean hunchback Pandaren. Jinyu (which are lame anyway) have no females, and neither do Broken or even Frostborn dwarves (not that it would be hard to make them). Highborne are now "too similar" to Nightborne, and idk what they could do to justify unlock requirements for Wildhammer since we kinda already have their racial mount, and what would their heritage armor even be, an invisible shirt?

the price of being "normal" faction (not ugly ones, stereotypical "bad guys") is high i guess

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and honestly - yeah blizz maybe did a bad job showing "High elves" everywhere (but we must remember - no actuall numbers, and what if the squad we saw in Suramar and Pandaria are actually last of them eh?). And i hope they will be slowly forgotten and will be left only as noname NPC for warfronts (RTS style, sadly Aliance don't have race who can represent "powerfull mages")

[FlubberPuddy]

http://www.wowhead.com/news=283929/t...an-allied-race
@Traycor so good to see you again.

I SAID IT BEFORE BOYS AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN!

WE WILL NEVER SEE SUCH SUPPORT FOR A RACE OTHER THAN HIGH ELVES

[korijenkins]

Blizzard is the only company that could look at massive demand for something, and refuse.

Its why they're sinking.

[Traveler Voltin]

This thread is going nowhere again.
Pathetic

[Aldo Hawk]

This thread is going nowhere again.
Pathetic

Just leave and let it die no? xd

[Traveler Voltin]

Just leave and let it die no? xd

It wont die. The zealots will keep reviving it

[Syegfryed]

Blizzard is the only company that could look at massive demand for something, and refuse.

<<<<Massive demand>>>>