Players will love the stuff they write good, regardless of whether it's the horde or the alliance.. everyone that love the night elves loved them because of WC3 and War of the Ancients trilogy - the grand story being told - and where they expected kick ass developments coming wow, they were met with such lacklustre development, they abandoned it.
Blizzard then chose to write up other races - nothing wrong with that, it's good, but they also neglected others to push people in one direction, and I warned this would lopside the story and was un-necessary.
I thought they'd find a way to fix, i thought the state of play might motivvate them to fix, doesn't, because , my borther was right, they have no desire.
Incdientally nightelves aren't the only victims, they're just hte biggest ones, but I think we all hoped or thought they'd fix that somewhat.
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We could be wrong, there could be more to it than that, like a bigger and even better surprise/development - you know when writers fake something bad will happen then turn it around.
But who are we kidding,
IF you write well, there shouldn't be any terrible characters - regardless of their roles. Killing htem isn't the solution, fixing them is. If it's true, it seems silly to sacrifice a more loved character for a less loved one.