Reasons why gnomes are cool?

[Hecatone-burning-legion (Hecatone)]

@Zandrae-wyrmrest-accord

I feel like male Blood Elves in particular got a very lackluster pass.

Exactly, and the worst hair options.

[Rhuor-wyrmrest-accord (Rhuor)]

@Zandrae-wyrmrest-accord

I feel like male Blood Elves in particular got a very lackluster pass.

You know what? That’s a fair evaluation, and I will concede that point. My DH definitely didn’t change much with the new customization because there wasn’t much to it.

@Zandrae-wyrmrest-accord

Almost all paladin sets have an Alliance aesthetic. It’s very rare to have a Blood Knight aesthetic. So they threw us a bone. If you’re going to argue that it’s a heritage set, then I’m going to argue that there’s a ton of alliance themed heritage paladin sets, and more added constantly. I’d also argue that the night fae armor, all of it, are night elf heritage sets.

I mean, I can also add that Tauren, Troll, Worgen, and KT Druids almost entirely have Night Elf armor sets. That’s an issue that goes far beyond the Blood Knight set.

My issue is Belves got two racial quests/armor before Trolls, Forsaken, Night Elves, and Draenei got theirs. And I’m still miffed that a very Forsaken focused quest line rewarded Elf customization and nothing else for them. That felt almost insulting.

[Visna-terenas]

#NeedMoreVoidElfLore

And customization and nice Thalassian buildings in Telogrus! #JustPassionate

[Visna-terenas]

@Hecatone-burning-legion

Exactly, and the worst hair

More than male Void elf ones?

[Kallixtus-wyrmrest-accord]

@Moritz-proudmoore

Then we got high elf options with no explanation

They came with an explanation:

According to a dev interview Ion gave several months ago, Blood Elves were originally unintended to have blue eyes in Shadowlands, but later on that decision was reversed following team discussions. If the art department was involved, what was the reasoning that led to blue eyes being added for Void Elves and Blood Elves?

This is another place where there was a race, High Elves, in the game which hadn’t really been represented on player characters. Blood Elves were the closest, but had felt green eyes. It was an opportunity where we had a number of elven races, and we could tie it back to their roots, letting players choose where they want to align and what fantasy to play out. We did have a lot of discussion about it, ultimately we might do more in the future, but for now we’re providing the option to have a few High Elf customizations available.

They’re so you can play a High Elf. Same way you can play a Forest Troll or a Wildhammer Dwarf.

It doesn’t mean anything in game.

@Moritz-proudmoore

We got no development

I don’t think any Allied Race got any development.

I guess there is an argument about the fact that Alleria shows up, but Alleria and Vereesa still basically rep High Elves. I don’t ever see Alleria and think, “Oh the Void Elf boss.”

That’s Umbric to me.

@Moritz-proudmoore

So we are 3 races in one with no lore for any of them.

Mmm. How much lore does any race have? I guess Draenei have seen a lot of development over the expansions… and Night Elves.

Shadowlands kind of obliterated any lore development for anyone that weren’t Night Elves and that’s because they had to fix their BFA mistake.

[Kallixtus-wyrmrest-accord]

@Visna-terenas

More than male Void elf ones?

I’m not trying to look like a Warhammer Dark Elf, so I need some more hairstyles on Void Elves.

[Biggieskulls-malganis]

@Vahan-stormrage

Both factions have High Elves. Fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. What else do you want?

I couldnt find gul dan gif so this will have to do.

[Hecatone-burning-legion (Hecatone)]

Please, even with the tentacles they are better. Our range is from Legolas to Goku with one decent hair style and for some reason 80’s man.

[Kallixtus-wyrmrest-accord]

@Hecatone-burning-legion

Please, even with the tentacles they are better. Our range is from Legolas to Goku with one decent hair style and for some reason 80’s man

Disagree. There are like two male hairstyles that are good if you’re not trying to look like you’re a reaver.

[Visna-terenas]

If you don;t like them we’ll gladly take them off you mmm tasty hairstylesss

Uhh, this is a joke btw. I love male Blood elf hair tho, I really do ^^

[Fenelon-wyrmrest-accord]

@Biggieskulls-malganis

I couldnt find gul dan gif so this will have to do.

Here you go.

I can’t abide the gul’dan gif not being used…

[Hecatone-burning-legion (Hecatone)]

Void elves are taking everything else, why not?

[Biggieskulls-malganis]

This is what i think of the belves, void elves have better hair options imo. Even though i dont play elves.

[Visna-terenas]

Velfs have holes in the parts where the tendrils are missing :<

[Fenelon-wyrmrest-accord]

@Visna-terenas

More than male Void elf ones?

I actually like the male hair overall… I say on a bald velf…

[Dàiyù-wyrmrest-accord]

The ability to turn off Entropic Embrace.

[Moritz-proudmoore]

@Kallixtus-wyrmrest-accord

They came with an explanation

Maybe its me being weird
But while i see it as them saying theyre RP options
I wish it included those learning the void
We know nothing

@Kallixtus-wyrmrest-accord

I don’t think any Allied Race got any development.

Some did like nightborne and dark iron
But at least they had story that existed before
We have lots from being high elves but the way the void effects us has been very ignored

@Kallixtus-wyrmrest-accord

How much lore does any race have?

All core races i could write a 20 page essay on

[Kallixtus-wyrmrest-accord]

@Moritz-proudmoore

Maybe its me being weird
But while i see it as them saying theyre RP options
I wish it included those learning the void
We know nothing

Yeah, but that means that High Elves would be learning the void, which would make them void elves sort of. Which isn’t what they did.

blizzard made a choice, they could add a High Elf race slot, or add the customizations to Void Elves. They added the customizations to Void Elves, but now there are the logistical problems with that and the requests that come from it.

[Hecatone-burning-legion (Hecatone)]

@Visna-terenas

male Blood elf hair

“Male” is a strong word for it.

[Zandrae-wyrmrest-accord (Zandrae)]

@Rhuor-wyrmrest-accord

My issue is Belves got two racial quests/armor

I think that whole thing is an apology for the lackluster customization pass and having almost everything shared across faction, and the fact that the iconic Blood Knight set is basically inaccessible while the Alliance themed Paladin aesthetic sets rain from the sky. Another example of Horde bias.

As I said earlier, the armor set recolor probably took an intern a half hour or less to move a couple of sliders to change the huge, saturation, and value of the existing armor textures to make these new recolors. I’m literally getting a degree in 2d and 3d art, I’m in a position where I know how long it would take.

If they set it up right (where all the UVs for the set are laid out in a grid with slices and the masking layers for the different colors cover all the elements) it could boil down to minutes of work so simple that I could teach a ten year old to do it. Literally, move 3-6 sliders (1-2 per color, one for hue saturation value, one for brightness and contrast), save as for web (legacy) export all slices. Pick a directory, hit ok. Done.

That said, I do think everyone should have heritage armor done and it’s pretty unjust that it hasn’t been addressed.