blood elves are high elves we have been through this since warcraft 3 over 20 years ago and since tbc over 17 years ago it has been completely over the whole blood elves are high elves there is no difference besides the name thats it they always had druid magic they used all magic that isnt clearly evil they were the ones who taught the humans magic that includes the harvest witchs of gilneas and others it was never just arcane magic this has been pointed out for over 17 years they never abandoned arcane magic never abandoned nature magic they wanted to study all magic.
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Whole point is to bring a different kind of Druidism and a unique point of view to the game, just like void elves did in their own way. Defaulting back to the Merithra/Runetotem stuff would be such a snoozefest and something we have seen several times before and utterly predictable. I can feel myself clicking through all those quests not reading them already
We’ve already got an alternate form of druidic practice thanks to the Zandalari 
And also sorta the Thornspeakers. Though theirs isn’t really explained much.
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And Kul Tiran and Zandalari Druidism both enriched the game with interesting points of view. Why when we start talking about high/blood elves people say “they can’t do it” “you need night elves/tauren”
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They could really do both. Learn the general practice and concepts from the Tauren and Trolls and apply arcana to it.
Or learn Druidism and just generally apply a blood elven culture and twist to it.
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Hopefully we never get blood elf druids or shaman
Considering they hate nature and consider elements to be “primitive”
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Not sure where people get this idea they hate nature…
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Man if only there was multiple scenarios of them just abusing nature
If only they were easily seen
I can think of one which was done by Kael’thas’ group who are notably not the group of player blood elves and by all accounts losing their minds in search of power eventually so much so they became the Felblood and joined the Legion.
Even if I’m generous and pretend Eversong being locked in “eternal spring” is an abuse, which I’d say is a heavily arguable take, thats at best two instances. It also ignores blood elf mentalities post TBC.
So why do you think the blood elves hate nature?
Edit: I’ll give you one more potentially. In BFA using the blood of an already dead loa to empower their Golems. Which I also find arguable to be an actual abuse of nature directly as much as a resource to use against the Alliance.
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No…
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{Awkwardly looks at the trolls & the Zandalari}
“Should I tell him?”
The Power of de’ Loa!
That being said, given the Amani have abused their loa — I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if the Amani-Loa decided to “punish” them, by giving the elves of Quel’thalas power to commune with them and learn the secrets & wonders of druidism through the loa, akin to how the trolls did. 
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The problem there is that considering the shenanigans of Bwonsamdi and the betrayal of Hir’eek siding with/serve G’huun, why would the Blood Elves trust the Loa. Especially given the bad history they have with making bargains with “gods”.
What about all the Loa that didn’t though? Also Bwomsamdi ain’t exactly the Loa you’d make a deal with for Druidism. 
I’d seek out Gonk for that one if I’m choosing a Loa and hes not been an issue for anyone.
Though I like Aussie’s Amani Loa concept a lot. That would be a neat way for that to go and uses animals native to the area where the Blood Elves are. Thats a great idea.
Hir’eek didn’t betray anyone. The Blood Trolls used blood magic to corrupt him and forced him to serve G’huun against his will.
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Isolating_Zalamar
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Because there’s still plenty of good loa?
That and there’s not a pseudo old god nearby 
Plus the Blood Elves are still allies with two troll factions who love the loa, so …
That being said, it could be depicted the Amani Loa reaching out to those who would be more open to it — or find a particular individual and have them become a cool new power-character amongst druids akin to Malfurion or Hamuul, and have them spread the word of the teachings.
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Have blood elves use a phoenix “loa” but don’t call it that. Maybe the Amani were abusing it without understanding its power so the blood elves got it. The blood elf heritage quests had a lot of phoenix theme going on from what I remember
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I’m still hoping they walk back all races all classes. No one wants mechagnome shamans or vulpera paladins
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Zandalari loa are also wild gods - Gonk also is present in the Emerald dream, as is Pa’ku.
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A’lar supposedly has a whole wing to itself in Sunwell plateau post BC and I could easily see it turning out to be the phoenix wild god.
(also a cult of the phoenix is vastly cooler than every silly idea about an unironic sun cult, for which there is literally fewer hints than crypto-elunism)
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