The High Elf Love Thread 🥰

Valarían-hydraxis · February 11, 2020, 2:09am

Thats very good question, opinionated, but I like it, To me any race that adds more character to any faction story would be acceptable.(imho)

Awz-wyrmrest-accord · February 11, 2020, 2:09am

yes, youre even playing one

Lorithyn-agamaggan · February 11, 2020, 2:10am

Full on Ogres would be more appropriate as a core race, being half orc sets them to be allied race material

Maybe we should hope that future allied races get a more quality introduction, complete with zones, lore and development. Blizz has all the time in the world to decide how they’re implemented now

Saraslam-frostmourne · February 11, 2020, 2:10am

Anyways, time for me to sleep I guess. Been awake too long, and I am about to drop.

Here is for Playable High Elves for the Alliance.

Bourbonboxer-lightbringer · February 11, 2020, 2:10am

Id rather them just backburner ARs, and focus on a new core race for both factions.

Drede-cairne · February 11, 2020, 2:11am

Warcraft 3 manual and Warcraft Encyclopedia.

A number of High Elf groups did not want to leave their friends, families, and Allies just because the aristorcy wanted to withdraw from the Alliance after the end of the second war.

So a number of Farstriders, Mages, and Priest on top of some civilians stayed with the Alliance.

So when Aethas sieged Silvermoon they where not part of the massacre.

Latter some more where Exiled from the Blood Elves and it’s likely that some joined them even though the only confirmed group of exiles is Quel’Lithien lodge.

Agreed. But that’s often considered one of the cooler moments of that group and was represented as the Alliances “fist Bumping” moment in MoP.

Awz-wyrmrest-accord · February 11, 2020, 2:13am

Sarallesta:

Dalaran does not belong to the Alliance, nor does belong to the Silver Covenant or the High Elves. Did you forget about that?

And there has been no major story involving the Silver Covenant ever since the faction was added into the game back in Wrath. Yeah, they have been involved in some parts of the story, but that isn’t exactly there story.

All the major points to why that they haven’t been added yet, and they seem to always being ignored:

Too similar to Blood Elf in aesthetic (Fair-skinned, tall, majestic, blond-haired)

Blurs the lines between the factions (Both visually, and by population numbers)

No clear idea of who/what High Elves are as a larger faction (Splintered groups)

No hub where High Elves would pull from (Sort of related to the above point)

All points taken out from this thread, which was taken from several Q&A’s.

I’ll put it this way, the only way Alliance is going to get a fair skined Elf is if they make Blood Elves a nuetral playable race, which is very unlikely to ever happen considering they didn’t like the way the Pandaren’s were with being nuetral.

great points. and with void elves, where do alliance high elves fit in the story? what story can they have the blood elves arent already telling? the story of the high elves is they became blood elves and later joined the hrode. blood/alliance high elves have the exact same theme and aesthetic, im trying to think of something they have the blood elves dont but i keep coming up empty

Bourbonboxer-lightbringer · February 11, 2020, 2:17am

Bringing up Sara’s old arguements is funny.

Lannisteros-proudmoore · February 11, 2020, 2:19am

Sleep well! Applauding your ability for growth as displayed by recent quoting of your old arguments! We love to stan growth and maturity and an ability to evolve! Cheers to HE’s being playable one day

Tarrok-thorium-brotherhood · February 11, 2020, 2:19am

Seems pretty vague on how many there were, and how separate they were. There’s a pretty big gap between “My people are horrible, I’m leaving them FOREVER!” and “Hey, I like it here, I’m still an elf of Quel’thelas, but I want to hang out here for a while.”

As opposed to the post arthas bit where it becomes a bit more clear on disagreeing with the current plan and not just spending an indeterminate amount of time abroad.

Doesn’t seem enough to make the split 30 years ago over that when an actual solid incident happened that’s the general consensus for when it happened as 15.

Fyarsing-sargeras · February 11, 2020, 2:20am

That’s all well and good, but, again…

Tarrok-thorium-brotherhood · February 11, 2020, 2:23am

What about if you got High Elvis?

or young model

Drede-cairne · February 11, 2020, 2:24am

It’s more like the start of an ever deepening divide.

But they ignored direct orders from the king to return after the War and when the kingdom fell to the Scourge they did not return back. (Except for a tiny entourage with Kael’thas.)

Kael’thas himself felt his people would reject him for associating with Dalaran. And he was the crown prince of the kingdom.

It’s safe to say there was a LOT of bad blood from that decision.

Bell Bottoms for all!

Hypêrspace-dalaran · February 11, 2020, 2:25am

i think it’d solve several problems to just provide that evidence by depicting at least half of the silver covenant and other groups of alliance high elves, as some variant of half elven. first thing it would do is give the alliance access to their allied high elven lore, their half elven models, without having high elven models being an issue. second thing it would explain is why former high elves of silvermoon would abandon their own people, otherwise, it doesnt make any sense.

Bourbonboxer-lightbringer · February 11, 2020, 2:25am

Arguments subsided by now.

Fyarsing-sargeras · February 11, 2020, 2:27am

So, nothing…

Eudial-barthilas · February 11, 2020, 2:27am

You really have low standards for good arguments, even with the obvious bias.

Tarrok-thorium-brotherhood · February 11, 2020, 2:28am

Ok, we need help here. What would the female model for the High Elvis race be based on?

Bourbonboxer-lightbringer · February 11, 2020, 2:30am

No its just, the argument is over now.

Fyarsing-sargeras · February 11, 2020, 2:30am

And I went back to the very beginning of it, quoted you, and asked what your point was. You’ve yet to convince me you had one.

#ContrarianLife