Originally Posted by
ravenmoon
I know right, but then I know blizzard does this to create drama.. thing is it's good drama the first time, but over and over again? Not to mention that their font of power is part of the wonder of the, so afte ryou create the drama of a corruption or explosion or something, isn't it good sense and playing to your strength too both restore the wonder and make it turn out good, then move on to something else? When the nighte lves were first introduced and tehir story told over Wc3 and the WotA trilogy, the WEll of eternity was a core and central theme, a few years after wow, most players don't even know what it is, thinking that Teldrassil is the thing, this is despite an opening quest chain recounting the importance of the well and the recentwar of wc3.
Anwyay, when I first experienced it, I found it intriguing and wone of the plus points to the night elves.. there were several, their ancient civilization, lost due to the great tragedy was one, especially the hope of it rturning, their druidic nature side and it's starnge power was another as that was rather mysterious in WC3 that only really saw the female sentinels, Tyrande, and Malfurion/Illdan the only males.. but then they had this whole star and mmoon thing, and it ahd so much mystery wonder - you would have thought after the great tradgeyd of Warcraft 3, we would have an epic talle of recovery.
Nope, just bits and stats with the shen'dralar returning then the demon hunters, nightborne and dreamer druids of legion.. so bit part. I just conclude worthless and move on.
[LEFT][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana] Or blizzard just stop picking on the font of powers to get corrupt or corrupt night elves or explode? In theory, the night elves have all they need to actually be paragons of examples in usage of arcane magic, given their history and their capability.
Theyfull well know what over stretching does, they know how to overcome and conquer addiction and prevent it while using their magic. They understand the value and importance of it, at the same time not to rely wholeheartedly on it either.
They know things about it and its use others are still searching for their ancient scraps to glean more knowledge, they are in the perfect position to be leaders and monitors of magic.. Their reclusive, xenophobic-like character makes them perfect to have some elite city and enchanted forest, well protected and be guardians of secrets, monitorsof magic and able to intervene when any of the younger races over stretch.. they have the tools to make it work in a believable manner since they've been through it all, come out the other end.
If it means most of the night elves becoming non-playblle as an elite group that combines it's arcane, nature and dvine (both black moon and full moon) embodying the best of arcane, nature and Elune they've had in 15,000 years) then so be it, with the player being part of a group that opted to stay with the factions (alliance if kaldoeri, horde if shal'dorei) while the rest decided they'd operate in a mnnner that befits their age.
But that would take actuallythinking positively and greatly for a night elf race future. Blizzard don't do that.
Yeh, that's an option that could work. Elune is such an unknown still. However I feel the night elves thing has always been arcane, nature and Elune has really been the light that balances the two- lots of nature tehems from her through Cenarius, and lots of arcane themes from her. With the highborne and Moonguard the arcane extreme end, and the druids the natureextreme end, with the Order of Elune the conscience and mortar that holds them together.
Stillt he light could be an option but do you want them to go with that? The draenie, humans and blood elves already really have that as their thing, with Dwarves and even forsaken wrapped into that world. It was refreshing to have the Loa as something different for trolls, and the earthmoother for shaman. So I feel personally the arcane/nature duality of the night elves with a star moon celestial focus is plenty unique and that should be used and eveloped.
but then they haven't really explored Draneei friendship with night elves, because the night elves have been relegated to secondary characters since TBC and the push to make the alliance less relevant. They've never recovered. And it's entirely a choice by blizzard. They find it hard to write the alliance because they haven't bothered. They've been pushing the horde for so long, all their interesting developments and storylines go there, and they just draw blanks with the alliance, because "it's okay" and "it doesn't need development" and the night elves lost out by having been ont hat faction.
Althoguh I feel the real cultprit is taking Warcraft back to two factions after WC3, so the night elves went alliance, but alliance development stopped to draw more people into the horde, and has flatered with less than satisfactory stories and developments since then.