Half elves aren’t solely stuck to half human half/high elf idea, it’s simply the more known one and one that is actually currently a thing. And I’m well aware that the two will mix together, as seen by the multiple high elfers that have come into this thread. The question still stands as to how some people can’t think that a half-elf race doesn’t work nearly as well as another race. But maybe that’s just me.
Also, I didn’t see you’re post and apologize! So here’s my reply in this one also:
While I understand the frustration with anti-helfers pushing the idea onto you guys, I’m not one of those people, nor do I care to. The compromise was already given as I’ve already said.
But, with that aside… I don’t quite see how they’d require any sort of retcon. As I’ve put in my original post, there are obvious intermixing of races with humans and high elves which was given information in Nighthold. So to say that it would require any sort of retcon falls short on my part as I’m not quite sure what you’re discussing. And, honestly to my knowledge the Silver Covenant is still a neutral based faction still under Dalaran’s that chooses to help the alliance. But, I could be wrong since I don’t keep up on that sort of thing, nor do I know if they retconned that itself verbally.
Half-elves as a whole have a very different cultural standing in a lot of societies, as technically purebred elves are skeptical or often dislike the fact that they are halfbreeds, therefore I can’t exactly see them getting customization options under elven races.
Edit: I also don’t really see half-elves having solely thalassian model, and I’m going to be honest…wouldn’t really want to see that either. I figured it’d be more along the lines of a human model rig, to which blizzard can customize however they choose. But still, human model nonetheless.