Act like a High Elf and dont feed the Trolls.
âTheyâd bring nothing new.â
Indeed, theyâd bring something that is missing.
âNewâ is not the same as âgoodâ. Classic things, however, have been tried and approved.
Whoever is doing this is a hero. I am sick of threads like these. Megathreads=Petition threads in disguise.
High Elves shouldnât be added. Blood Elves should have been Alliance from the start.
After the next horde / alliance âPeace expansionâ they need to shuffle the factions or make more than 2, maybe 3 or 4 will be needed.
OP is a hero. I donât think I have ever seen someone so dedicated. The fact that the last thread capped should be proof enough to the devs that we want High Elves.
Iâm going to be the devilâs advocate and simply leave this here:
For nearly 7,000 years, high elven society centered on the sacred Sunwell, a magical fount that was created using a vial of pure arcane energy from the first Well of Eternity. Nourished and strengthened by the Sunwellâs potent energies, the high elvesâ enchanted kingdom of QuelâThalas prospered within the verdant forests north of Lordaeron.
During the Third War, however, the high elves were nearly scoured from Azeroth. Led by the death knight Arthas, a Scourge army stormed into QuelâThalas, slaughtering almost ninety percent of the kingdomâs population. Arthas then used the mystical Sunwell to resurrect the fallen necromancer KelâThuzad, irrevocably tainting the fount in the process.
Fearing that the befouled well would obliterate his dwindling race, Prince Kaelâthas Sunstrider gathered a group of QuelâThalasâs defenders and destroyed the fount to avert catastrophe. Although the high elves were spared from continued exposure to the Sunwellâs dark energies, in the fountâs absence they suffered terribly from withdrawal. As a result, Kaelâthas desperately searched for a means to help his peopleâwhom he had renamed the blood elvesâand thus he set out for the shattered world of Outland. There he allied with the renegade demon Illidan Stormrage in the hopes of finding a cure for the blood elvesâ crippling withdrawal.
Kaelâthas had assured his people that one day he would return to QuelâThalas and lead them to paradise, yet time revealed that his promises were nothing more than lies. On Outland, the prince became twisted due to his reliance on fel energy, the dark and corrupting essence wielded by the demonic Burning Legion itself. Unbeknownst to Illidan, Kaelâthas also came under the sway of the Legionâs commander, Kilâjaeden.
At the bidding of his new master, the wayward prince eventually returned to Azeroth and seized the site of the Sunwell, hoping to use the fount as a means to usher Kilâjaeden into the world. Ultimately, Kaelâthas was slain before his recklessness could bring ruin to Azeroth. In the wake of Kilâjaedenâs defeat, the draenei prophet Velen purified the Sunwell with the Light-infused heart of a fallen naaru, transforming the fount into a source of both holy and arcane energies.
Inspired by the Sunwellâs rebirth, the blood elves have since entered into a shining new era in their ancient raceâs history. Although some elves remain hesitant to abandon their dependence on arcane magic, others have embraced change for the betterment of QuelâThalas. Yet only time will tell if the blood elves can avoid repeating the tragic mistakes of their past.
TLDR;
Kaelâthas renamed his people, the High Elves TO the Blood Elves.
End of discussion.
Im flattered, but no. The High Elf Community is dedicated. The thread wouldnât of been possible without everyone elses help. Praise should go to them too, couldnât have whipped this thread up on my own .
Yeah and Humans call themselves Kul Tiran Humans cause they founded a new nation.
Yet theyâre also an allied race.
Weâve suggested many lore friendly ways in which they could be made different with some model mockups as examples. Most of us donât want just Blood Elves with blue eyes on the Alliance
I understand the technical part, especially if weâre talking about copy/pasting Blood Elves to the Alliance, but lore sense? High Elves are already on the Alliance
And Blizz would like feedback and ideas for future allied races. Nothing wrong with at least suggesting High Elves, theyâd clearly be a popular option as well
This part is a little strange, considering youâre posting on an elf (Iâm assuming this isnât your main though). People who really want to play elves will play elves. I have a brother who loves playing Dwarf toons, he isnât suddenly going to drop them if another elf race is released. All that would happen if High Elves were to be added is the reduction of the amount of Night Elves, Void Elves and maybe humans weâd see running around. The game would be far from âWorld of Elfcraftâ
Based on concept art for Alliance races in vanilla, both High Elves and Half Elves were planned. They were both dropped for Gnomes though.
+1 support as always
But wow, flagged already?! Good lord people, donât be so quick to abuse the report function!
Youâre talking about people who report posts that have the faintest bit of questionable things in them.
Do people really think Blizz would do a new model if they ever decided to add HEs? Hate to break it, but it would be the same model as BEsâŚcause BEs are HEs.
I doubt people necessarily care about the model. The idea is that most would be OK with a different model if necessary.
Why couldnât they be different? Thereâs some believable lore friendly justification to them haveing an altered model, and it would be beneficial from a gameplay perspective so High Elves donât step on the toes of Blood Elf players
Well I would have agreed with you until I skimmed through the OP.
They COULD be different. But blizzard isnât going to put any effort into making them so they wouldnât be different (also blizz has said that BEs are HEs).
Yep.
And if anyone bothered to read my post above or simply look up the Blood Elf Race page on this same very website folks⌠youâll realise⌠that the Blood Elves ARE High Elves.
The OP is just suggestions, theories, and thoughts.
I sincerely doubt Blizzard developers will actually use the ideas to the letter.
High Elves are just Blood Elf Refugees that stayed with the Alliance after their home country fell.
Welcome to Thread 39.