Midnight 12.X Patches & World Soul Saga Speculation Thread

[Enrif]

Let's say High Elves become an allied race - ignoring what faction they'd belong to - what would they get Racials wise to make them distinct from Blood Elves?

if High Elves would be an separate race, i think an inversion of the blood elf racial could work, depicting their survival without access to the sunwell and without falling back to absorbing other forces of magic, outside of arcane artifacts.

First would be an inversion of Arcane Torrent

[Arcane Torrent] (1.5 min cooldown)
Remove 1 beneficial effect from all enemies within 8 yards and restore 3% of your Mana. 
(or 15 Energy, Focus, Rage, or 1 Holy Power, or 20 Runic Power, or 1 Chi).

The removal of a beneficial effect and restoring resources mimics the siphoning of others, that blood elves did. Since High Elves never did this, they shouldn't get that. Instead they could have an effect that increases their resource generation for a time, reflecting the ascetic life and meditations they had to do. It could also have a secondary effect of silencing others for a few seconds.

i would call it Arcane Asceticism

[Arcane Asceticism] (1.5 min cooldown)
Silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds and restore 3% of your Mana after 2 seconds. 
(or 15 Energy, Focus, Rage, or 1 Holy Power, or 20 Runic Power, or 1 Chi).

close to the blood elf feature but different.

The remaining things are passives. Blood Elves get:

[Arcane Affinity] (Passive) Enchanting skill increased by 5.
[Arcane Resistance] (Passive) Reduces Arcane damage taken by 1%.
[Arcane Acuity] (Passive) Increases critical strike chance by 1%.

These are mostly fluff to make the races more grounded in their fantasy.

Common is a passive tied to a profession. And here a profession that deals with arcane artifacts make sense, so enchantment could also be used here. I could also see them using Archaeology, refereeing the look out for arcane artifacts. So either of these work.

The next one is often a 1% resistance to an damage type. Arcane could be the obvious one to use here too. It is also used by Nightborne. Now, because High Elves were more reliant on arcane energy to survive, and didn't took in other energies, we could replace arcane resistance with another type, but Arcane still fits, so this would be the same as blood elves.

The final one is often a buff to a secondary stat. Blood Elves gain crit chance, showing a more aggressive behavior. High Elves, due to the things they had to do to survive, would likely go with something else, and i think mastery or versatility work great for them.

So with that i would give high elves:

[Artifact Connoisseur] (Passive) You survey 100% faster and gain 50% more fragments from archaeology.
[Arcane Resistance] (Passive) Reduces Arcane damage taken by 1%.
[Arcane Mastery] (Passive) Increases mastery by 1%.

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That is a good point....but just like making a Kul Tiran with they elf ears they gave you, you'd still be expected to make a Void Elf to play as them. Maybe High Elf people should be asking to change their racial visuals.

eh, they could also have some human DNA and be a bit different. Like kul tiran are different to the regular human model. A Arathi High Elf could be straight standing, a bit more buff. Just examples.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

No matter how many times it’s made clear we’re never getting high elfs the high elf posters will never stop will they?

[Chickat]

I think they said in an interview, they are going to look at simplifying them, they agree they've made them too complex. Probably gonna end up somewhere between old school and what we now have, unclear in what sense.

See im not the only one. I knew someone said that this was said in an interview.

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I like the idea of Algalon reset. Perfect chance to start over with a pristine version and to introduce WoW 2.0.

New alternate story with all new content, better engine and mechanics from the ground up.

It sounds cool but how would this not kill us all?

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Even if they made Ethereals playable, i highly doubt they would be cool as npc Ethereals. I can imagine player Ethereals wouldnt have that mirror image/duplicate effect, when they run.

True, but perhaps they would when they used a movement speed skill.

[huth]

Common is a passive tied to a profession. And here a profession that deals with arcane artifacts make sense, so enchantment could also be used here. I could also see them using Archaeology, refereeing the look out for arcane artifacts. So either of these work.

Archaeology hasn't been used in years, that'd effectively be a dead slot.

[Enrif]

Archaeology hasn't been used in years, that'd effectively be a dead slot.

unless! we get finally a archaeology revamp

[benting]

Btw what was the lore reason for the memories anyways? Was that ever resolved or just scrapped?

[Joszef Kiprich]

Has anyone brought up High Elves yet?

[Cheezits]

Has anyone brought up High Elves yet?

They have said "no Belf/Velf customizations at launch" but that's as far as they've gone.

[Scyth]

No matter how many times it’s made clear we’re never getting high elfs the high elf posters will never stop will they?

Surely it's next patch, they are coming! Have faith!

/s

[Enrif]

all right. topic change? Did anyone notices the huge ass tree right outside of Silvermoon?

[Joszef Kiprich]

High Elf Tinkers are definitely coming.

[Mekkle]

High elves needs to be a banned word on any forum

[nysisyn]

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That's a good idea. Tying barber shop to transmog. I would love to be able to change my look with different mogs too.

Also for Drachtyr.. Because at the moment, it's hard to have transmo that fit your dragon armor.
If I made a blue dragonflight transmog, I also make a corresponding Dragon appearance.
And If I decide to change my transmog to green dragonflight.. the dragon armor no longer match the transmog

With the possibility to make separate mog & change the dragon appearance with situation, transmog on Drachtyr will be much more pleasant.

[Reive]

tmog 2.0 but our characters still can't have hair under hats kek

[FossilFree]

High elves needs to be a banned word on any forum

Let's talk about "High" Elves instead.

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[Nymrohd]

No matter how many times it’s made clear we’re never getting high elfs the high elf posters will never stop will they?

I find people being contrarians to those who want something that is harmless far more aggravating than people who indulge in wishful thinking.

[Graden]

"Neutral Blood Elves" isn't gonna happen. Why should it? Why should Blood Elves be neutral to appease a fraction of the populace.

The Alliance already got Blood Elves. Like, literally. I can't believe this debate is still going on.

[Hearthfinder]

The Alliance already got Blood Elves. Like, literally. I can't believe this debate is still going on.

The Horde already has trolls. Like, why is this even a debate? I'll never understand the petulant resistance to High Elves. Are people afraid it'll undermine the Horde's population for competitive gameplay or what's with the gatekeeping?

[Jaggler]

The Alliance already got Blood Elves. Like, literally. I can't believe this debate is still going on.

But we need even more neutralerer Blood Elves!

[Marlamin]

Another interview has hit the hype thread. Has a bunch more clarifications and new bits of info on housing.