Because the people that play them are superficial, callous, pretentious, just plain horrible people. When we were talking in another thread I thought you might’ve been different but I guess I was wrong wasn’t I?
Shocker people can like more than 1 race at the same time.
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Hey, I am not pretentious. What you see is what you get.
(The rest of the insults… eh, I have my days)
Apparently those days are everyday if you play a Blood Elf.
That sounds something the real DSP would say.
I like the Orcs because they got the shaft way too many times becuase Blizzard have a weird obsessions with shoving humans into everything. The Arathi Empire is just the latest escapade on that front.
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If there were other races on the Horde people wanted to play - besides Blood Elves - I might see their players enough to form such opinions.
Thankfully usually have those 5 person Blood Elf teams going on, even in random queued content - we can almost forget about the lot of you.
I have so many things I want to say to you right now but you’re not worth the anger, the frustration, or the ban that would follow if I did say any of those things so I’m just gonna do the responsible thing and block you then go about my day.
Well the argument is sensible. Like all Orcs, tauren and trolls have more players then the Dwarves yet they never had an entire expansion of their own.
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I personally like where Blood Elves are right now, but I would still like more nuance since Paladin seems to be at the forefront of what little exposure they have gotten over the years and unfortunately a lot of Paladin lore skews very ‘Alliance/Human’ which can feel less unique to the Horde. Blizzard has kind’ve struggled with that over the years with other classes too. (Night Elves hogging basically all the Druid themes, for example.)
I think for me it would’ve been nice if they had settled at a middle-ground where they were masters and researchers of taboo magics alongside the Forsaken (I really liked their connection in early BC and would’ve liked to have seen more from that.) but giving Void Elves to the Alliance kinda quashed that idea.
This has no business being this funny
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I have always been a fan of the Paladin theme in fantasy and gaming. Elves also have been there. Blood Elves as a recent take on the Elven concept.
I was happy to play a Blood Elf Paladin - he was my first max level this expac, mostly because I wanted to give Fyrlath a long goodbye.
I am not all that bothered with the Alliance blotting out everything as far as Paladins go, because that happens in almost every facet of the game. I am happy enough to just play a Blood Elf Paladin - and Blizzard does throw Blood Elf Paladins a bone now and then. We had that extra side quest for the recolored Transmog and Mount.
I think the only things the Horde really has dominion over are Shaman and Warriors, so if you don’t play either of those classes, you are going to be steeped in Alliance domination. Even Horde Rogues deal with Valeera Wrynn… er … Sanguinar.
I am one of those freaks who have always liked the idea of “Light Elves” and Blizzard is leaning into that with Blood Elves lately, so I like that.
If there is one positive that comes from the existence of Void Elves, it is that Blizzard ratchets up the Light aspects of the Sindorei in order to contrast their themes.
Take this Warlock - I love the idea of a Light Elf wielding the darkest curses of shadow and the most chaotic magics from the nether, and remaining who he is.
A lot of RP Nerds get mad at the idea of a Blood Elf Warlock with Golden Eyes. They say the Fel should consume him.
I think it shows his mastery over it.
So, yeah, I like Light Elves. I must be the one guy.
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Well they haven’t removed the class/warlock trainers in the sanctum so far and even added characters such as Shinfel Blightsworn in Legion. I am highley optimistic that we will see a large range of blood elf folks once Midnight comes around.
If not, well then I don’t want a single of you peeps EVER complain about Horde bias again. Because it is simply not true.
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I like that theme as well, actually. My Shadow Priest is Lightforged, and I have a sort of headcanon with her that she chose to be forged so that she could protect herself against the inevitable insanity that comes with researching and wielding the Void. This irritates random people for no reason even though it says in my TRP that I don’t RP and just filled it out for fun. People seem to love finding ways to be annoyed with how you choose to enjoy the game!
I like Light Elves too, I think Blood Elves make better High Elves in my mind than the actual ‘titled’ High Elves in-game and their heavy Light themes really contribute to that for me. I quite like the flavor of Paladin that Sin’dorei bring to the table, I just think that Blizzard struggles with giving variety to a lot of races and I’d love to see more from the other iconic parts of their culture like Blood Mages or Farstriders. I think this is my main gripe across the board for Blizzard’s worldbuilding, they REALLY lean into one specific theme and some other class/race fantasies are left with only crumbs.
Anyone who still argues Horde bias after the TWW launch campaign is living in a made-up fantasy world - LOL.
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Some still do really. But if my worst fears become right Midnight will be a void elf only show again following the story of Alleria AGAIN instead of giving the actual people living there in Quel’thalas(Blood elves) a good closure to the plot that startet all the way back in Warcraft 3 TFT.
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Blizzard sanitized the Horde to the point where them being a separate faction seems unnecessary. If you have a Horde leader with the slightest inkling of aggression or strength, people will scream “Garrosh 2.0! REEEEEEE!” which to be fair, they did give us a significantly worse version of with Sylvanus.
People would have a meltdown if you made Blood Elves as cool as they were at the beginning of TBC.
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Man, have you not seen the forums since TWW questing became available? Y’all actually blew my expectations when it comes to being shrill and melodramatic.
Nah this is nothing compared to how shrill and dramatic nelf fans are
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our complaints can’t even come close to the collective alliance meltdown you had back in BFA.
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Heck, as far melt downs go, I remember reading the Forum Posts from Blue Backgrounds saying they hate the game and will unsub because the Alliance helped the Forsaken retake Lordaeron.
Those were delicious Alliance tears.
Sure, I complain about the Horde playing second fiddle, ever since Vanilla the Horde had less development and quests and attention.
But I don’t threaten to unsub about it.
Heck, even Blizzard acknowledged that perception is out there for The War Within, in a Blue Post that basically said:
“WAIT AND SEE HORDIES THERE IS MORE STORY FOR YOU LATER!” -
Which is Blizzard acknowledging that the starting chapters of the World Soul Saga are indeed Alliance heavy, if they are saying our content isn’t here, and is due later.
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Blizzard lies all the time. They are desperate to keep the Horde subbed otherwise 60% of all players would leave once they realized the story isn’t for them anymore. just like the TWW and BFA trailers are peak fals advertizing.
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