- How The Night Elves Can Be Shown as Great Again
this is how you show them being great.. they don't need to rule the world, just do impossible feats and produce amazing things. The Kaldorei ruled the world 10k years ago, they don't need to again, but they are a great race, and the original Elf, they should be amazing in the things they originated and should reflect the billing they were originally cast as - i.e. a titanic race with incredible pedigree in magic and ranged fire power.
They don't need to be invincible - 20 years has shown that more than enough and actually beaten them down a lot, now i's time to show them as great.. so they ned to show them produce incredible things and have the sort of incredible victories that make them feel like one of the deadliest and most powerful races around, without actually changing much.
This is what fans always wanted. They billed the night elves as a titanic race, but then showed them as losers for 20 years of warcraft. They are not an aggressor race, so they won't be going on conquest sprees, all blizz needs to show is no one able to overthrow the night elves in their 15 zones (use some powerful attempts rebuffed incredibly by them), do an incredible city, with an incredible temple and an incredibly beautifully restored forest, and when night elves are involved, in any battle or activity, show them off as super cool and powerful Sometimes show druids (not only druids), sometimes how Highborne, sometime show moon priestesses, sometimes show Moonguard, sometimes show Wardens, sometimes show Sentinels, and sometimes show Illidari Night elves - not just one, mix it up. Whether an individual or groups, and show groups.
They don't need to do massive stuff. Geographically, I would say two cities, Eldre'thalas (new really cool city - centre of trade, learning and the international outward looking face of the night elves that mixes with other nations etc - think New York), and probably Nar'thalas (the repaired version they have already done - their Broken Isles centre), and Vatican type Temple city on Hyjal (think Washington D.C), i.e. a massive temple, some cool buildings as the governmental centre, but lots of forest and druid stuff too.
Fully Restored Ashenvale, Restored Val'sharah, work in progress Desolace and Felwood (i.e. partial restored forest, some works on cities .