I mean, WoW classic is a thing when retail loses its luster and vice versa, if you wanna consider this a battle of attrition then weâre winning, weâve been asking and waiting for 15 years now. 
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Letâs be fair here, the devs have said over and over that High Elves are simply a maybe. A likely one? Nah. And I thank god for that. However, the devs have not confirmed either way that they wonât add HEâs because things change. The devs havenât outright said no.
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Yeah, except they were never playable by the allianceâŠsoâŠno, not at all.
Thatâs fine, but admitting youâre completely disregarding what the devs say about their own game and pretending like what they say doesnât matter is honestly hilarious.
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When itâs incorrect and contradicts what the game continues to show then by the very definition of the word it âdoesnât matterâ.
What Ion said about High Elves is correct in the sense that Blood Elves are High Eves, but was incorrect in the sense of the question he was asked about the specific âAlliance High Elvesâ that we have and continue to see on the Alliance and are the ones being requested, so in that sense, yes, he is wrong, despite his title, just like they were wrong about Classic and wrong about Flying.
Theyâre allowed to be wrong, theyâre human
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Because it doesnât matter. What the people who pay and employ the devs say matters.
I donât see anything wrong with challenging or questioning their statements if it indeed looks questionable, how would we get anywhere with feedback on gameplay and class mechanics if we did otherwise?
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Weird, I havenât seen high elves as a playable race for the alliance ever⊠
sounds like youâre lyingâŠ
He was also correct in saying if you want to play a fair skinned elven race, thatâs on the horde already.
Oh no doubt, I 100% agree. Theyâve changed their minds plenty of timesâŠbut people have been asking for this for 15 years and they havenât changed their mindsâŠexpecting / demanding they do with every new allied race was really almost the definition of insanity.
I love high elves, and Iâm glad weâre finally getting the option to play as them in Shadowlands. <3
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Cept for I didnât say that, but go off, letâs try some 3rd grade reading comprehension hun.
Sure. But Iâm also allowed to ask for the fair skinned elven race that is actually in the Alliance already, just not playable.
If only right? Might actually play Horde if Alliance High Elves were actually in it, too bad they arenât and all the horde has are former evil elves . Tsk tsk.
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Then you werenât talking about what I was talking about and need some 3rd grade reading comprehension, hun. You also need some grammar comprehension if you donât know you put a comma before calling me hun. 
You 100% can. But you havenât gotten it for 15 years. Demanding / being outraged and complaining Blizzard hates the alliance or that thereâs a horde bias every time a new allied race comes out and Itâs not the one you wanted for the past 15 years is childish.
You may not specifically be doing that, but almost every person Iâve seen demanding high elves does.
Itâs worse than that considering the request has existed for as long as the game has according to players.
Alliance
âBlizz can we please have High Elves added to the Alliance? We have some NPCs and they were allied with the races of the Alliance in the lore, and we could use them in one of the old Warcraft games. It would be awesomeâ.
Horde
âYeah we need a pretty race for our girlfriends to play, Blizz. Horde is too ugly.â.
Blizz
âHere you go Horde! We switched some stuff around and made sure to muck everything up so the blud elvez will seem like a really cool trope breaking addition to the Horde and just blow the minds of everyone with how unique they are, and you get what you want with a pritty race! Sorry Alliance, years later we will give you a Blood Elf ripoff to solidify the Horde superiority we surely donât throw around every chance we get.â
Iâm not, but I will point out their hypocrisy when Void Elves are a literal ripoff of the ever-so-precious and completely âoriginalâ, hipster Blood Elves.
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Well one of the main purposes behind the customization options are to reflect other walks of life, different clans, and choices different members of a race (Regardless of Quest text) have chosen according to a dev interview. For instance, if a Bronzebeard Dwarf player wants to play as a Wildhammer Dwarf, they have access to Wildhammer dwarf tattoos, if a Blood elf wishes to play as a high elf, they have High elven eyes to reflect this too!
Itâs wonderful that theyâre expanding the choices and options to players! 
Makes sense, BC came with Horde Blood Elves, they would have no reason to add High Elves until a system like Allied Races was introduced and got through their first 5 or 6 planned BFA races before they start âtaking player requests into accountâ
But see now that BFA is over, weâve more than ever have the chance to ask for High Elves. Weâve been asking for 15 years, but the possibility has really only been available for a few months, and thatâs before even Shadowlands launch. If anything, now is the best time to be asking for them.
They would still be out of luck because unless Blizzard comes out and says âthese are the former Alliance High Elvesâ then youâre still Blood Elves sweetheart.
Sorry youâre spiteful and deluded enough to think otherwise, but then again thatâs been your deal since the beginning Snow 
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Well it surely doesnât help that Blizzard constantly opens the door for people to be passionate about the topic either way and continue to ask for it when the devs themselves come out to say âokay players, tell us what allied races you want to have playable next!â
Maybe they shouldnât have just added more elves to either faction to begin with knowing how things have played out like it has.
They look like Void Elf eyes to me, not the dark blue eyes High Elves have.
Honestly itâs too early to say but it is kinda crap that Blood Elves are slowly starting to take Void Elf aesthetics from the looks of it, because those ghostly blue eyes are definitely part of OUR aesthetic.
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The whole point is that choice is up to you, which was explicitly said by the dev in the interview. You can be former Alliance, you can be a neutral High elf, you have the access to any lore that might belong to the High elves the moment that option becomes available to them, just like Wildhammer Dwarf players have access to anything relating to the Wildhammer clan. Wonderful isnât it?
Spiteful? Well thatâs just rude. Iâm just repeating what was said in the interview silly.
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This little flip gave me quite the chuckle, so thank you.
You objectively canât be this as one way or the other you will inevitably be forced into faction war storytelling.
Iâve honestly been leveling my Blood Elf Paladin and Iâm certainly not looking forward to the BfA questing that will involve doing various evil things that go against his personal RP and morality because the Horde are pigeon-holed into the villain faction.
Oh really? I have a fun game for you then! So, I have three swaches here, 2 are from the blue belonging to the new Blood elf eyes, and 1 belongs to the blue of a male High elf, can you pick which one is which? o:
`https://i.imgur.com/L2oOYpD.png
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Most definitely, the choice is up to you to play a blue eyed, dark skinned Blood elf because those are on the Horde.
But see what Blizzard recognizes as âAlliance High Elvesâ, are and have been on the Alliance. See how that works? Race fantasy is nice and dandy but pretending youâre something that isnât in canon lore on your side is plain and simply a lie. Sorry
Yes, thatâs what you do, pretending to be innocent is cute when everyone knows who you are and what youâre about .
Try alt hopping like Broflake and Fyre, it works out pretty well for them.
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Iâm referring to their past, as in what they once were, not what they currently are. As in, you could have been an Alliance elf, or a neutral elf before joining the Blood elves/Horde.