Really wish theyâd just been void elves⊠Like every high elf in BFA areas should have just been a void elf.
They just give us hope when there is none. Lol
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Iâm not trying to convince them, they made up their minds about 18-months ago â Iâm merely attempting to provide a clear message for the people reading the thread in a casual fashion.
There are three distinct sub-groupings of Thalassian:
- Blood Elves
- Void Elves
- High Elves
These three distinct sub-groupings are evidenced by:
- Their being referred to by different names.
- Their being associated with different factions and sub-factions.
- Their unique socially-, politically-, culturally-, or circumstantially-derived style (i.e. clothes, colors, mounts, classes, etc.).
- Their instantly discernible physiological differences.
What the people who identify themselves as being against playable High Elves would prefer, is if everyone simply pretended that High Elves werenât a thing.
That 20+ years on the Alliance hasnât shaped or changed them at all and that there isnât any direction Blizzard could take them in that would be distinct from Blood Elves. We, that is those in favor of playable High Elves, disagree wholeheartedly.
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And yet, youâre the only one on the forums who is stating that opinion.
Itâs not disingenuous. We know what theyâre asking for, we just donât feel itâs a good addition because although Thalassian is my preferred word for the group, high elf is a perfectly valid term for the same grouping and the request is essentially for a political minority of an already playable race. The use of âblood elves are high elvesâ as an argument is to highlight the fact that they are in fact the same race. Something that gets ignored by helfers very frequently.
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Man, I wish Blizz had come up with a new name for those who didnât become blood elves. Just to keep this simpler.
Because thereâs name and hmm, being?
For all the races their name is their name, but it gets sticky when we start talking about what they are, where they came from and so on. If you have a blood elf who was around before the events in WC3, they were high elves, and nothing has changed them, just their name.
Itâs an easier way to reinforce the idea that these are the same elves (most likely down to individual elves involved) to just say that the Blood elves are high elves from WC2. (other examples of remnants of those elves are available for your viewing pleasure)
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Traitor Elves? Abandoned Elves?
We could swap to Soul and Soulless elves.
But that makes it too easy to make soul patch jokes
I read up on the Alterac Kingdom, Do you think they would actually be in the horde if they had a choice, they mostly collaborated with the Horde out of necessity at the risk of loosing the Kingdom, thatâs what i got from it.
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Thereâs still the future.
Aye thatâs true.
I think if blizz wants to ever put humans on the horde theyâd be the most likely.
Theyâve always had a strong rivalry with Stromgarde and with the alliance reclaiming it and the horde being so close they might see it as a chance to take the fight to their old enemy again.
And the horde need more forces in the eastern kingdoms right now. Even better if itâs a force now familiar with guerilla warfare.
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Lion elves⊠Itâs gonna be big.
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True makes sense, Just seems like the King was desperate to hold power at any cost but lost in the end LOL 
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I mean even more simply than that is the fact that working with the Horde is what Alterac is best known for.
When you say âKingdom of Alteracâ the majority of people who are even aware of what you mean are going to reply âYou mean the guys who sided with the Horde?â.
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I might be the only one in this thread who states it currently, but the thought that the development team â from top to bottom â neglects or outright disdains the Alliance is a pretty prevalent topic of discussion on these forums and others. There are probably just as many âthe Alliance is dying Blizzard pls!â threads right now as there are High Elf threads being actively posted in.
The idea is relevant here specifically because the game directorâs statement for why High Elves arenât different enough was universally rejected by those it was intended to dissuade: people requesting High Elves. So it comes off as further evidence of Blizzardâs pro-Horde bias because the game director canât even come up with a convincing reason as to why High Elves canât be played.
True enough.
Plus since theyâve been mostly only barely mentioned over the years if blizz brought them in as an AR theyâd have a fair bit of leeway in how and why and classes.
Convincing is a YOU problem. Not his. Ever heard of âcant please everyoneâ? You just happen to fall on the not pleased side. Iâm sure you hold some opinions unrelated to High Elves or even WoW in general where iâd fall into that camp but i gotta like it or lump it. Cus it just happens to be the way things are.
Except rogue. Alterac rogues or riot.
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Lol I almost added âdefinitely rogues thoughâ to my post before I posted.
They had better be rogues, and I bet the racial would be rogueish.
When an employee of Blizzard entertainment goes on camera and says something as an explanation, itâs literally their job to be convincing. When, in the course of doing that job, the employee convinces nobody that their words were targeted to and instead inflames the sensibilities of those customers then they have failed. It is Blizzardâs problem.
What the game director said about High Elves was flatly incorrect and came off as snarky and insulting to the customers he was talking to. Itâs like when he said that the dev team didnât want people to play demonology warlock. These are demonstrations that Blizzard employees literally donât care about the ways in which their customers have fun.
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