I think we will get even more types of elves in the future. But, like with Wildhammers and Dark Irons, they aren’t going to do them back to back. Which means High Elves are most certainly down the road a bit. Yet I doubt they would completely pass on such a money maker as this.
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I’m not sure… We have a lot of elf saturation and at this point they’d have to make brand new elves. Which is fine…
Quel’dorei are really, I think, a very central part of the lore and feel of the Warcraft setting…
but after Quel’dorei I can’t particularly think of any other pre-existing groups of elves. So after that we’d be seeing more creations like Void Elves. Which is fine. But I’d be curious how they could keep it from feeling gimmicky.
Well. If we’re not talking about San’layn or undead variations of elves.
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I meant High Elves as a new type of elf. I just forgot to put “playable” in there.
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Ahh.
I don’t disagree with your sentiment - However…
There was major backlash to Ion’s comments and then tens of thousands of posts about Quel’dorei…
So while it would be eating crow to announce some High Elves in April, it’s not entirely out of the question.
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That’s true. It wouldn’t be the first time Blizz threw a curve ball.
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and there was his (Ion’s.) really weird comment to that german interview about how they’re still looking into feedback about Allied Races.
Don’t get me wrong. I’d personally prefer to assume we’re not getting them this expansion rather than convince myself something I want to happen will happen based on very small amounts of evidence.
But I’m not the type of Shal’dorei not to point out an opportunity or evidence I see.
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I honestly believe High Elves being a huge money maker is up to debate, but I don’t see Blizz not adding a race that is highly requested, easy to implement and who’s reason to be playable is backed by tons of evidence. It’s only a matter of time, in my opinion.
We’re talking about a group of elves who have been allied to the Alliance since Vanilla, honestly High Elves should’ve been the poster child for allied races.
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They should have been.
and insinuating that they weren’t added because they don’t want to blur faction lines while giving the Horde Night Elves was probably one of the biggest PR gaffes I’ve ever witnessed.
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Well think of all the Blood Elves paying for faction and race changes, plus Void Elves paying for race changes.
Ka-ching!
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Vanilla had shaman and paladin restricted to Horde and Alliance in vanilla, something people didn’t want to give up at the time for the sake of “faction lines.” I’ve found that Blizz blurs those lines more and more with each passing day, in my opinion we’re far past the point in which seeing playable Alliance High Elves would blur anything
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I think we always were. The thing is that Blood Elves, first of all, are separate from Quel’dorei. But second, don’t define the Horde.
Like… The Forsaken don’t define the Horde either. Despite Sylvanus being the current Warchief…
There is the Horde - Orcs, Trolls and Tauren…. and then the races that are in alliances of convenience.
I’ve mentioned this a ton, but the Horde Garrison in Warlords of Draenor had everything to do with the Horde but absolutely nothing to do with my Sin’dorei.
I don’t know that Sin’dorei will ever actually be an iconic Horde race. They’re the most played race in the Horde. But that’s obviously had very little influence on the Horde itself.
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I’m sure there would be a decent amount made in race changes at the very beginning, lord knows I’d shell out a good amount for more than a couple of my characters, but I don’t think it’d make Blizzard billions in the grand scheme of things
Population imbalance was one of the major things people argued about at the start of this debacle, the idea that every Blood Elf will transfer factions and get race changes because High Elves are the “new and cool thing.” Running the math and being generous with the numbers along with other various factors (faction loyalty, guild loyalty, racials) deflated the that argument.
Blizz should add High Elves because they’re in high demand and they’d make perfect sense. The extra money from race changes would just be an extra bonus for Blizz
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I just know how corporations think and am appealing to their monetary side ![:wink:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/wink.png?v=6" ":wink:")
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Yea High Elves should have been the poster child for Allied races as well as Wildhammer Dwarves, Forest Trolls, and Ogres. Heck BFA would have been a perfect time for Blizzard to do these Allied Races instead of making up new ones.
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It’s true.
BFA isn’t a time for faction distinction so much as its a time where they need to bring back nostalgia of wars and Warcraft II is a big deal.
It’s crazy because they literally built Warzones to remind people what the RTS was like and then were like, “and we’re going back to the faction conflict! but don’t worry about the old races!”
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Are coming. I’m 50% sure on that.
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Yeah, I also think the time when faction identity was meaningful has passed. And shammys and pallys going cross faction were a major contributor.
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I’d hate to be the guy who models female Ogres, that man is already set up for failure lol
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Just copy and paste an ogre head on a female kul’tiran body. Then add a pink bow.
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Considering they actually wanted to switch to Ally in-story at one point (even if it was because of Garrosh’s being stupid evil), that’d be hard to swallow
Like the Forsaken, it’s pretty clear the Sin’dorei don’t just not fit into the Horde themes, but also likely despise their Horde allies. Going as far as insulting Night Elves by comparing them to Trolls… who are, y’know, the Sin’dorei’s own allies.
And I’m sure the Mag’har the Horde just allied with wouldn’t be up for working with a race of light-infused light-worshipping people who don’t tolerate dissent.
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