Originally Posted by
Broflake
This makes it much more difficult to create a story, because the characters shift from an NPC placement to a PC placement. Previously the high elves were merely tools to create the story. Now, you need to factor people who play as high elves. So if you wanted to kill off the group, now its not possible. Extreme example, but becoming playable makes it more difficult to write a storyline.
Which is why pandas don't have a story.
I get that there are difference, but there is a fundamental issue at hand where they are simlpy the same race.
It essentially turns the race neutral, and Blizzard won't ever do such a thing again.