While I do wish theyâd reduce the amount of effort required to unlock them, I canât see why anyone would choose to have races with zones once every six years over more races they can put out at a fraction of the cost.
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especially considering many of these races is what the community has been asking for for years but they were never unique enough to be their own ânewâ race. allied races allows them to take races with a similar design to existing ones and make them playable at a fraction of the work.
I donât see the logic and I doubt blizzard does either in coming up with entirely new races when they can just give the playerbase the races they are asking for.
Add to all that the fact that many Horde players donât consider Belfs to be âreal Hordeâ and would rather they be tossed back to the Alliance.
Thankfully, thatâs not going to happen.
SkÀl.
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they did use âhighâ elves. high elves are even seen talking in secret with void elves in the mage district. they are even seen in the rift. if you want to fanfiction your void elf is a SC elf nothing is stopping you. they likely used blood elves because there are too few actual alliance high elves to use. they likely implemented them knowing a few hardcore players on the forum would reject them but still decided to give the alliance a high elf variant
even if they used âallianceâ high elves you would ask for blood elf customization and everybody knows it
high elves are blood elves
high elves are therefore playable
and you dont even have ground to stand on when you say high elves are not playable. all you have is a desire for the pixels you crave that you believe are currently on the wrong in game faction
except there is no high elf state or army in the alliance, but there is in the horde. the SC dont even live in alliance territory and are tied up with dalaran and its neutrality. they are not an AR. they are a splinter faction of the blood elves
the high elves of quelâthalas proper had their name changed to blood elves to honor the deaths of the scourge invasion, which included their king anasetrian, and the destruction of the sunwell
in their withdrawal from the sunwells energy they began to look for other sources. and from the ashes they rose. thats where the phoenix motif and red branding comes from. they also gained a do anything to survive attitude. while a few âhighâ elves chose the easy path and will continue to rot off screen with lore limited to raising children in dalaran or living in a hut in the hinterlands
regardless, high elves and blood elves are the exact same people. elves live thousands of years. its not as if hundreds or thousands of years with separate populations caused the two groups to evolve divergently. they are the same exact people and they are not neutral. the high elf race is no more neutral then the human race who also have splinter factions that work against them and with the horde
again high elves are already playable. you can continue to deny the lore and development all you want. i can say blood elves are the high elves and you can say they are not and we can go around in circles for the rest of time. or you can accept the reality of lore and development that high elves are playable on the horde and move on
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Chows down on a great breakfast of 
, as she enjoys the continuing saga of the two sides trying to convince each other that their apples arenât oranges.
Beer for Breakfast!? If its not bad have another one for Desert! 
Round for the house! I need more bacon!
I kinda of like bourbonâs idea for the quest chain unlock for the ARs (I think he is meaning beyond the recruitment unlock.) A better way to work with a given group besides the main story line that they are involved in.
Maybe the AR faction has an ambassador to work with that gives you a few different quests? Such as taking a protege from their group and showing them the outside world, or maybe quests involved in setting up trade and supplies for them, then onto the big recruitment scenario. Trying to have all of this separate of the Rep grind⊠and if they have to have a rep grind, set it so the ambassador quests start at honored or something-with no additional rep reqs⊠becuase i know blizz would be slippery fellows and make you have to get revered or something silly to get the final unlock.
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It seems to me that the questlines we currently have make the most sense for unlocking ars. The Zandalari and Kul Tiran main storylines made perfect sense as a jumping off point for faction membership.
That said, I would say the problem isnât locking them behind reps. The problem is that theyâve made rep farming physically painful. Like what sadist designed the 8.2 reps?
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Right?
I forever hate Nazjatar⊠mechagon at least has a decent daily rep farm though, and at least you have the anti grav pack to work with.
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I feel the same way.
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Remember when people complained that they thought Mechagon was going to be the slower rep to grind because of only one daily world quest.
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Sometimes I wonder if Blizz wishes they had a do over button for it after players giving them grief all these years and pointing out the flaws and lack of balance. Theyd never admit it of course, but maybe its one of those things they think or even talk about in person.
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I am sure all 10 people giving them grief makes them wish they could do a do over.
If anything, they probably giggle.
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I think you need to count again. And go over 15 years of player feedback across many platforms. Also, wouldnt hurt to consider the big picture since I wasnt just referring to high elf fans.
Some peopleâs kids, I swear.
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sees a 5k post thread with the same 10 people talking
I counted.
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Woosh
Over your head.
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Not at all. I just think the high elven complainers make up a muuuuuccccch smaller community and portion of the playerbase than they think they do.
Thats all.
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Considering how I said it wasnt just about âhigh elf complainersâ its pretty clear you missed it.
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Considering we all know that is all that actually matters in this thread.
Being able to play a light skinned elf on the alliance side. High elf being optional.
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Considering that wasnt the point in my post, I think its safe to say you are commenting on something you just cant reach. Try again later.
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Youâre not using that right, fam