Originally Posted by
DeicideUH
This does not surprise me. I said for a long time that Blizzard seemed to want to give blood elves a fancy high society look. The farstrider tattoos are more due to fans looking back into old games to suggest different looks for high elves than anything Blizzard has done or hinted in over 20 years.
I do hope blood elves get some sort of runes like in that TBC box art, however. That feels more likely right now. With orcs getting not one or two, but three layers of customizable textures over skins (scars, tatoos AND body paint), I feel more races will get options like those in the second pass. Cross your fingers.
BTW, the alpha cliente/servers are not updated yet. None of the datamined changes are available yet. I hope Blizzard activate the new build soon.