The Unofficial High Elf Discussion Megathread

[Bourbonboxer-lightbringer (Bourbonboxer)]

City building and population has always been a bad point for WoW.

[Fliktarg-thrall (Fliktarg)]

exactly. Population can’t be used as an argument against high elves. That is the simple truth of the matter.

[Drede-cairne (Drede)]

Basically what I said earlier in the thread.

There’s several reasons Blood Elves aren’t getting Blue Eyes.

1. For the differential arguments. The only differences between Blood Elves and Void Elves are Skin/Hair/Eye color and it is used to differentiate between Alliance aligned High Elves and Blood Elves. If they do give Void Elves a more normal Skin Color option this will be even more important.
2. The Sunwell is no longer a pure source of Arcane energy and Arcane can’t clear Fel. Also Light is a primordial power and Arcane is not. With recent lore we have seen that the Light can corrupt just as much.
3. The Blood Elves are moving to an increasingly Light based society. (Are they being Light Corrupted?)
4. They are still using Fel Crystals for some dumb reason…
5. They completely separated Blood Elf and High Elf models to keep the Eye Colors Green/Gold Blue/Purple faction/race exclusive.

Side note; The forums automatically sort post with a number/period next to them. Neat!

I’ve already addressed this but I’ll say it again for ease of discussion. Context matters. The way they presented the numbers we were given was in an infintesimally small, vague manner. A fraction of a fraction of people. It invokes a sense of direness without tying them down to a specific number.

Void Elves are even lesser in number.

Then we have Mag’har, Draenei, Lightforged, that are likely less populated than High Elves. And player Pandaren for both factions come from one school on the back of a turtle.

[Disglain-wyrmrest-accord]

Again, the context is extremely helpful in this situation. There’s numerous sources stating high elves “are a rare sight” , that they’re a fraction of a fraction of the number that they once were, etc.

It isn’t plausible to assume that all of this could possibly mean that the are still a great many of them out there.

[Disglain-wyrmrest-accord]

The difference between void elves and high elves is that void elves aren’t limited in growth. High Elves need to be born and then spend at least a couple of decades growing.

[Fliktarg-thrall (Fliktarg)]

I am not entirely sure of the validity of those statements. Them being a rare sight contradicts what is evident in game with them being rather common in alliance towns and cities as just generic NPCs.

[Fliktarg-thrall (Fliktarg)]

You don’t know if that is true at all. For all intents in purposes that is fanfiction and your personal headcanon until stated otherwise that void elves can indeed replicate the accident that made them in the first place.

[Ampd-altar-of-storms]

Can we get high elves already or is blizzard still treating alliance like garbo?

[Fliktarg-thrall (Fliktarg)]

eh. don’t expect high elves anytime soon. We know that. We are just still here to let blizzard know the demand hasn’t gone away.

At the soonest I would expect as a pre order bonus for the next expansion similar to the first 4 ARs. I strongly suspect for my own reasons that we will indeed get something like that again but this time themed around “old allegiances” with the 4 races being wildhammer, high elves, ogres or mok’nathal, and forest trolls.

[Disglain-wyrmrest-accord]

They’re verifiable. I’m not able to get you a link as I’m about to drive home but I’ll check back in a moment and get that to you. If you want it now, I’m pretty sure it’s on the blood elf wowpedia page!

[Ampd-altar-of-storms]

I know I just saw the thread was almost up to 6k meaning ppl kinda want them so blizzard will never do it cause it would be an alliance race and we all know blizzard hates alliance

[Disglain-wyrmrest-accord]

It’s canon in the game. Again, I’ll get you a link.

[Drede-cairne (Drede)]

Void Elves where created from a one time accident.

A group of Blood Elf researchers that where exiled where caught by an Ethereal and where forcibly being transformed. The Player and Alleria interrupt the spell and kill the Ethereal.

We don’t have any evidence anyone else knows that spell, when to interrupt it, or would be willing to try.

Merely learning to use the Void does not make you a Void Elf.

Void Elves are beings constantly tormented by dark whispers and intrusive thoughts. Why would they inflict that on others?

An Elite Crack Squad became a Race. A few Hundred Draenei became a Race. Less Lightforged became a Race. A bum rush of Mag’har to a portal became a race.

[Gulrum-area-52 (Gulrum)]

Which is exactly why they need another set of customization options to reflect this fact.

[Fliktarg-thrall (Fliktarg)]

I would actually suspect there are more mag’har than most other races that are playable. The in game representation didn’t do it justice. The spell to go backt o azeroth is strongly hinted to have been a wide directional cone that may have caught the majority of the mag’har in gorgrond at the time as well as other inhabitants.

[Deloreth-wyrmrest-accord]

Over 5,760 replies, the vast majority being pro High Elf and Blizzard still doesn’t get it. Amazing.

[Drede-cairne (Drede)]

I would say more than Draenei given that it was a bit of a rush job and they where on the verge of losing to the Lightbound.

[Teleryn-sentinels (Teleryn)]

Talendrion here! I was gonna show my current Ranger mog that I’m gonna draw soon, but I realized it’s pretty difficult to just go to a char’s profile now from the forums? You have to go to the forums profile then to the armory, so convoluted.

Anyway! I like how the 7th legion chestpiece fits with the rest, and maybe just changing the metal plate for a blue/gold trimmed plate would be enough to make everything more cohesive

[Drede-cairne (Drede)]

Left click the characters picture then click view profile. Doesn’t work with everyone if they have theirs hidden.

Edit I meant left click. Sorry.

[Alamara-goldrinn (Alamara)]

Nice mog!

One day I’ll post all of my ranger mogs. There’s so many options nowadays.