Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

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there is already a thread for this

[Rozz]

Allow the BE to massacre them and survivors fully join the VE. No HE no problems

Hopefully they get Vareesa's Hobbit children too.

[baskev]

There is no problem with High Elves. They are there, in the Horde.

Nope those are blood elves. Watch the suramar city intro. High elves still excist in the alliance. 3th windrunner sister is among them with her sons :S

basic lore facts are hard..i know.

[The Stormbringer]

The ones with no identity of their own that only really show up to be salty about blood elves or serve as foils to them? Who really don't even serve that purpose anymore because post BC blood elves lost their edge anyway?

Oh, I wasn't making a big argument as why I think they're needed, I'm just saying there are High Elves in the Alliance, not just the Horde. They just also happen to not be playable.

[EbaumsTipster]

Politics and eye color are not enough to make a separate playable race. High Elves are just NPCs until they look drastically different from Blood Elves.

[Villager720]

Nope those are blood elves. Watch the suramar city intro. High elves still excist in the alliance. 3th windrunner sister is among them with her sons :S

basic lore facts are hard..i know.

Still the same race - as noted by Ion, game director.
They do not want to give both factions the same playable race. It's that easy. Basic ideas are hard...i know.

[Katchii]

The only debacle going on is the discussion itself. The lore is all there; Blood Elves ARE High Elves and Blizzard has already stated as much. Alliance now, technically,has Void corrupted High Elves. The options are all there, whiners just aren't happy with the options they have.

[Pheraz]

Simply add a ability where a void elf when out of combat can transform back to a regular elf just like Alleria and the worgen, have a small quest chain about a group of High elves from the Silver covenant wanting to join or dont bother even doing that if Blizz is feeling lazy, just add a new ability and bam. They will be diffrient enough then just blood elves with blue eyes and it would finally mark the end of annoying fans demands every single expansion and every time a new elf sub race has been introduced.

This will satisfy everybody involved.

I like the idea.

Another option would be to add some more blonde tone option for their void hair. Similar to how the DID have white hair with lava. So basically bleached out blonde with void stuff

[EbaumsTipster]

They do not want to give both factions the same playable race. It's that easy. Basic ideas are hard...i know.

BUT POLITICS AND LORE

We DESERVE them!

[valax]

Oh man , I hope they include some war story arc between blood an high elves so that blood elves can wipe them the fuck out once and for all , that's a solution to the debacle .

[Villager720]

High Elves are just NPCs until they look drastically different from Blood Elves.

Which wouldn't make any sense. Being the same race and all - any customizations that they have (such as the face paint/feathers/tattoos/etc) would also be something blood elves would have available to them culturally. Lor'themar and Sylvanas were rangers with Alleria at the same time - they just didn't choose to paint their faces.
But hey. One person's preference for finger painting is enough to justify a playable race's identity.

It's all just absurd. Imagine for a moment if they gave the Horde playable humans with new tattoos, new hair cuts, and literally no other changes physiologically.
We could call them High Humans! Makes sense!

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Tell you what, give Alliance high elves. It'll shut those whiners up and it'll allow the blood elves to return to their TBC characterization when they weren't boring as sin.

If the Horde gets red Draenei (=Eredar) instead - deal!

[valax]

Which wouldn't make any sense. Being the same race and all - any customizations that they have (such as the face paint/feathers/tattoos/etc) would also be something blood elves would have available to them. Lor'themar and Sylvanas were rangers with Alleria at the same time - they just didn't paint their faces.

It's all just absurd. Imagine for a moment if they gave the Horde playable humans with new tattoos, new hair cuts, and literally no other changes physiologically.
We could call them High Humans!

why not the defias brotherood? they are the human high elves.

[Deleted]

Allow the BE to massacre them and survivors fully join the VE. No HE no problems

Or this.

[ausoin]

Which wouldn't make any sense. Being the same race and all - any customizations that they have (such as the face paint/feathers/tattoos/etc) would also be something blood elves would have available to them. Lor'themar and Sylvanas were rangers with Alleria at the same time - they just didn't paint their faces.

It's all just absurd. Imagine for a moment if they gave the Horde playable humans with new tattoos, new haircuts, and literally no other changes physiologically.
We could call them High Humans!

But the Void elves with an temporary appearance only ability have changes physiologically on every level.

[Villager720]

why not the defias brotherood? they are the human high elves.

Because then we'd have the same race playable on both factions.
Which is something, post Pandaren, they said they do not want to do.

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But the Void elves with an temporary appearance only ability have changes physiologically on every level.

Or just get an Orb of the Sin'dorei.

[Super Dickmann]

If the Horde gets red Draenei (=Eredar) instead - deal!

Sure, why not. I'd give them high elves for free if it means blood elves get to be fun again. In a better world, after the gutting of their TBC identity belves would have become lux vult elves purging the heretics, but it hasn't happened.

[ausoin]

Or just get an Orb of the Sin'dorei.

Sure create a new orb, orb of the quel'dorei, that's another solution.

[Villager720]

Sure create a new ord, orb of the quel'dorei that's another solution.

That is acceptable to me honestly.

We have a compromise Blizzard!

[ausoin]

Alleria was a vastly different scenario. Void Elves were partially transformed into etherals while Alleria had training in the void prior and absorbed a dark naaru.

The whole point of void elves was to give the alliance something close to high elves, but a bit different thematically and visually.

Giving them normal high elf options defeats the purpose. Worgen work because humans are already on the Alliance.

The only debacle going on is the discussion itself. The lore is all there; Blood Elves ARE High Elves and Blizzard has already stated as much. Alliance now, technically,has Void corrupted High Elves. The options are all there, whiners just aren't happy with the options they have.

Well with the orb like orb of the Sin'dorei they would still be completely the same, it would only be an illusion. When you think about it its a better idea then the ability to change back like with the worgen.