Thatās cool to hear. As far as Iām seeing it, none of us got exactly what we wanted, but both groups got something close to what they were asking for. Itās an actually decent compromise, imo.
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It still rubs me the wrong way that it will be possible for a Void Elf to present as being completely unaffected by the Void. I wouldāve preferred something like this, with all of the skin color options (i.e. light-skinned, tan-skinned, dark-skinned, etc.) still having some corruption present:
https://i.imgur.com/3zuCYG1.jpg
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I personally prefer Blizzardās option since both factions are getting High Elves. But if that werenāt the case, Iād enjoy that compromise.
Iāll be the first to say I quite like the characterization of the Alliance-aligned High Elves.
Itās still completely fair, IMHO, to say that theyāre bland when compared against the Blood Elves (with their newfound fealty to the Light) OR the Void Elves (with their commitment to using the Void for good).
I wouldāve much preferred the characterization(s) of the High Elves and Void Elves be dispersed into each other, with the effects of the Void remaining as a crucial element.
Iāll say it yet again.
Remember when Orcs got the upright posture? What did Alliance get for that? Nothing.
Yes. Horde got everything out of that. This is a present to Alliance, as another long-standing requested addition.
Oh and I think youāll find that new posture was enormously more effort to implement.
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Blood Elves also got 3 new faces, I think. Alliance got none of that.
I think thatās alright, most faces look almost the same anyways and void elves already have a decent selection.
I just hope they can have normal hair colors too.
More than anything I just want non āwetā options for hair styles, I looked at all of them last night and every, single, one, has that wavy look to it.
They should also just give us the DK color hairstyles that Blood Elves canāt use regularly, if itās not directly connected to them itās ok right? 
Yeah and Iād like to think Alliance getting the entire BE skin tone diversity is great. But I in turn also hope it leads to BEs getting undead skin tones.
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Agreed! Sanālayn sexy for Blood Elves!
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What? An entire Horde focused expansion, more than half of the WoW population and every customization request fulfilled while Blizzard begs on their knees for you to ask them to do more isnāt enough for you?
While the one bone they threw us kind of gives us what weāve been asking for?
A Horde Victim till the end huh Tarrok?
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Found the last part of this new video interesting. Skip to 10:20.
Like Iāve said before, since they felt the need to try again, in this High Elf issue and have just essentially given us Blood elves but like completely this time, they should consider some of those hairstyles and hair colors as well.
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Well I think we can ask to see HEs joining VE ranks officially. Which would allow those that want to be a HE to truly be the Alliance HE.
I already think thatās whatās happening, I donāt see any other lore explanation for our lighter skin color.
The whole point of Void Elves is that they are void infused that doesnāt seem like an āoptionā they can ignore.
Iām just so surprised so many people who kept calling VEs the perfect compromise, arenāt happy with this better compromise. Itās almost like blue eyes never mattered to some. I for one am happy both sides got what they wanted, we just need the lore to be added imo really.
They never wanted us to look like Blood Elves in the first place, which I understand.
This āfixā has kind of made the issue worst for those people, more than an actual High Elf AR with effort put into differentiation would ever have.
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Why even have the void elves option if theyāre just going to look exactly like Blood Elves?
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They should have campaigned with us for HEs as a designated spot then.
Still I think itās nice both sides got something it shows Blizzard is trying imo.
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Iām somewhat torn on how to feel about there being such an extreme overlap between VEās and BEās, personally.
If the VEās are to āinherit the skin color optionsā available to BEās, it wouldāve been preferable to see those options have this effect applied to them:
https://imgur.com/VQzT6XdSimilarly, if the the VEās were to āinherit the hair color optionsā available to BEās, it would be preferable to see those options have this effect applied to them:
https://i.imgur.com/3zuCYG1.jpgThis maintains the aesthetic of VEās, the aesthetic of BEās, and still gives a nod to the fact that HEās have variably aligned themselves with VEās and BEās. 
So whatās the next thing of ours that the Alliance will get for the horde getting stuff in prior expansions? Will you get Tauren because the horde Garrison didnāt require running as far inside to get to the mission table? Should the Night Elves get nightborn skins because the horde pandaren shrine is closer to some dailies?
Oh. And the upright orcs were part of making Magāhar, and since they took a customization request and turned it into a race request they allowed the normal orcs to use it too. Oh, and it took a lot less work to straighten the posture on an otherwise unchanged model than to build a brand new one from scratch like the KT. So since apparently weāre keeping score based on stuff in the past, what do we get in return for having an AR delayed because blizz spent so much time on one alliance AR?