But then whatâs the point of the discussion then? I do agree that some issues are subjective, like the faction identity issue, but other like âdoes the lore allow itâ is something that we actually can try to elucidate from the lore as presented and I do believe has a more or less correct answer.
For example, the population argument, and how they are âa rare sight in the allianceâ that comes from the Encyclopedia and has gotten constantly discredited in game with High Elves appearing in every expansion, and having their own faction that keeps showing up -not counting the Allerian and Highvale, two groups that even by their own should be larger than the group of Scholars VEâs are-
I love love love my Void Elves, but they are the furthest thing from what people would love HEâs / HE Lore for! Two completely different Elves w/ completely different niche markets of people interested
But thatâs really just one facet of lore reasons. And yeah, not arguing that there arenât alliance allied high elves (and non-allied high elves as well) But thatâs not the whole breadth of lore issues that influence playable characters. Thereâs issues of how a playable race made up of a splinter group of a race on another faction will play with the story of the race already in game. What the role of the splinter faction is: group meant to stand on its own and be its own thing or group to provide both push back to the main race and a pathway for the other faction to interact with bits of the main raceâs storyline when needed. And Iâm sure theyâve got plenty of others along side the gameplay problems as well.
Already see it with Void Elves most egregiously. They literally do nothing related to Blood Elves.
I do not feel this is an either or scenario, so the answer would be âwhen needed.â
But certainly, if the whole point is to make this splinter group develop their own identity, then surely the most agreeable path would be to take a leaf from the RPG and make the High Elves motivation to fund a new home away from their past.
High Elves could develop as a playable race for the next 10 years worth of expansions as a people trying to settle down and look to the future before even an inkling of âmaybe we should try to retake Quelâthalasâ is even a thing, if it ever is.
I donât care for lore so you dont need to justify it to me in that aspect. I amâŠnot sure how it would be perceived if we had another faction cross.
I amâŠapprehensive about such a thing but I am not entirely against it.
Which was part of what makes them a compromise. By using Blood Elves they bypass any of the potential ways adding in the splinter faction of high elves might have.
That is not appropriate dude. Mental health is a real issue for some, including those who want high elves. Making light of what they go through is reprehensible, even for you.
I do certainly believe we can achieve more customization freedom by allowing a bit more of cross faction flavor, while still maintaining a level of exclusivity to each faction. I do think that would work on everyoneâs best interest rather than just making every race downright neutral.
But itâs also weird that Alleria basically sets up her path as âI will make Silvermoon return to the Allianceâ and itâs left at that.
My point, is that ideally we would see VE and HEâs have more development, and that it really doesnât have to be linked at all to their relation to the Blood Elves. Even if someday it could go there, it doesnât have to.
your argument has regressed completely to âi want it!â and sticking your fingers in your ears. alliance high elves are individuals there is nothing more behind them
thats the whole point of void elves that you seem to be missing. the point is not to reach an acceptable compromise with high elf fanatics. getting the model was the compromise. void elves can be developed in a way that cant reflect back onto the blood elves and are their own unique flavor of high elf. theres only 4 canon alliance high elves in SW and Boralus
Why would they have to? I feel like youâre afraid theyâre required to use High Elves to advance the story when in reality it could literally be like what happened with Void Elves, they were introduced, they did nothing, as boring as that is, no harm done.
High Elves already have a past history with the Alliance, they arenât required to do anything to advance on that, much more than any other AR has had to.
If they had to do something with them, they could easily write a High Elf vs Blood Elf story line, hell it could even turn into the scrapped Silvermoon Warfront.
Which is what they should of done to begin with to end this entire argument.
Yet they didnât and then continued to add specifically High Elf npcs within range of Alliance players.
Well I can also say this elf is actually a blue dragon but that is not the background fantasy of the race.
Specially when we have no clue if VEâs can even make more of themselves. We canât solve what is entirely a lore issue by⊠headcanoning a solution.
as far as i am aware they only added 4 alliance high elves in BFA. that is perfectly fine to reflect the lore that a few individuals remained loyal and serve as nothing but a nod to the past
So what? Its their game they can add whatver they want. You donât get to tell the story, they do. If you want them to change it, you ask, but demanding they add a whole new allied race for a tiny niche is simply foolish.
Why would the high elves attack their own people? Vareesa literally stated she understood the things the blood elves go through, so she would lead an attack on her own people for what reason?
Lore doesnât matter as long as you get pale elves though.
