The Forsaken already occupy a distinctive niche for playable characters. The recurring theme I see in this thread is whether or not anyone will bother to play a blood elf if the void elves, a ‘secondary option’, are given all the exact same skin tones and hair colors blood elves have (which I think is a valid point.)
If I could wave a magic wand, I’d give Forsaken a multi-racial skeleton customization option (as I’ve seen demand for that) and give blood elves the dark ranger options. I would also push more for tattoos and runes, as seen in blood elf Burning Crusade-era concept art.
So, you want to take the theme of being undead from forsaken so you can play dark rangers, While taking one of the forsaken’s iconic units from wc3 and allowing undead paladins in the game while the forsaken can’t be paladins?
Why play an undead forsaken when you can play BE for that undead theme and be a paladin? (Using your own argument for this :P)
I’m curious to see what shades and colours they end up actually going with. I fully suspect natural hair colours, and I think they’ll do them in different shades than what is currently available to blood elves.
I just hope they include some longer and more elegant hairstyles while they are at it.
I kind of think they are going to end up giving Night Elves some Dark Ranger options given what happened with Delaryn Summermoon. Hopefully we’ll get to see how that plays out sooner rather than later.
I was under the impression that Ion Hazzikostas confirmed she would not become the new Forsaken leader. I guess that just goes to show how malleable the story is in the hands of writers and storytellers. You never know where we’ll end up.