Unless they get a completely new skeleton.
I’ve been playing around with their customisations in the WoWhead dressing room and although the amount of customisations are impressive, what kills it for me is the fact they are being built on the exact same 20 year old Night elf rig, which means they use the same animations.
This is all subjective obviously as I know Night Elves are very popular (nothing to do with Shadowmeld I’m sure), but personally I hate their animations, I think they look jank and outdated.
If you’re going to introduce a new Allied race in 2026 at least make the effort to give them a new unique model that isn’t just a Night Elf with extra polygons.
Given that it’s still just Alpha I’m hoping this might still happen but hope is a dangerous thing.
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They’re a race that looks like night elves. You know what you end up with if they go back and start with a brand new skeleton? You get a race that looks like night elves.
So, can you somehow manage a hold up for all this from moving forward?
Or does “non starter” mean “can’t do ish about it?”
You’re literally playing orc Warrior and think night elf animations are bad. Interesting.
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I will want you to name an MMORPG that has 100% new skeletons for every thing in every expansion.
The Nelf rig isn’t 20 years old.
They also don’t have intentions to add new rigs often. All of this was explained in depth during the Q&A.
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Oh no, anyway.
There is literally zero chance this will happen.
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Unpopular opinion but I actually like the male night elf “migraine” spell attack.
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They look good enough that I’m mad they cant be DKs
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The NE stealth walk with daggers out is my favorite. 
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So what? I never made a Earthen. Who cares
They do this to reduce the amount of different skeleton models on screen to reduce performance impact. That’s what my friend told me who has worked on a few different projects back in 360/PS3 days but it’s not like we have good performance during massive battles or anything so what does it matter? Lol
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Do they really have the same animations?
I’m not interested in jungle elves either, but for completely different reasons.
Look I can have horde ‘night elves’…and finally have a Shaman and a Druid elf without having to go Troll or Tauren.
Also the fellas look handsome. <3
Nor DHs 
Hair styles and eye colors are pretty neat, but it’s the beefy body I like most.
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Yea thats what I was going for without directly saying it