Honey. Facts are facts no matter what you feel about them.
The nelves had an entire campaign on Warcraft 3 of nothing but victories as an independent faction outsidee Alliance and Horde. They had entire regions devoted to their lore.
In lore they had an empire who according to lore dwarfed the troll empire and nearly conquered the world. They are despicted as the chosen ones of a goddess, people who have an inate relationship with nature, have the favor of a demigod, have the most powerful druid in the world leading them who’s married to a person who talks to said goddess who’s now even more powerful.
They used to be imortal, meaning that some of them are more ancient than entire races.
They where pivotal in repeling the Legion invasion on Warcraft 3, you have them having an important role in lots of WoW regions like Ashenvale, Mount Hyjal, etc.
They where the ones who saved the Gilneans from Walking Forsaken during Cataclysm.
Also their page on WoW wikia is full of things like:
“The ancient and reclusive night elves have played a pivotal role in shaping Azeroth’s fate throughout its history. More than ten thousand years ago, their heroics during the War of the Ancients helped stave off the demonic Burning Legion’s first invasion. When the scattered remnants of the Legion on Azeroth rallied together with the vile satyrs centuries later, the night elves again rose to meet the threat. The ensuing War of the Satyr exacted a heavy toll from the night elves, but ultimately they vanquished the forces that had set out to wreak havoc on their world.”
Also there’s the part where in Legion you have Suramar wich is a remnant of the old Night elf empire, after all, the Nightborne are literaly mutated night elves.
Also Val’sharah wich is nothing but you following the night elf leaders around EVEN IF you’re playing as a Horde character.
But of course you don’t recognize this. Cause you want to whine about the freaking tree. God forbid they where untouchable and perfect beings who shaped the world as we know it before that. ONE big defeat and boom. Everything sucks, they never had anything.
Like dude. They had literaly EVERYTHING before that.
Including a legion of crybabies like you who love to turn a blind eye to all their lore, their victories, their achievements just to farm pity on forums.