The Unofficial High Elf Discussion Megathread

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so the devs and lore are wrong now?

and posters in this thread are the definitive lore keepers?

17718

they were silvermoon ranger generals so its fine

vereesa was exiled and literally copy pasted the entire silvermoon ranger theme :smile:

everything the sc elves have is copy pasted from blood elves

17719

Blood elves are not high elves.
Change my mind.

Ion did not say that blood elves were actually high elves.

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17720

tbf, I think he’s the pure representation of the Anti-High Elf side.

tbf, whenever you talk him into a corner he swings back to “but Ion said so” … usually after he’s done butchering the lore or full-on making stuff up …

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17721

he kind of did

“the high elves, NOW KNOWN as blood elves”

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I couldn’t care less about Ion’s biased opinions on lore which he doesn’t understand

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17723

Nah, it isn’t cause they copied Sylvanas. If Vereesa can’t have “Ranger General” because she “copied Sylvanas”, no one can. You can’t make up the rules as you go.

Strange how it’s also a family title, held by Windrunners for generations. Maybe she adopted the title to be a reminder of those she loved. That could be a possibility too ya know.

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tbf, Ion’s answer sounded more like someone who wasn’t prepared for that question, scrambled for the answer, and doesn’t actually know anything about High Elf lore.

tbf, other devs have acknowledged the ask for high elves and expressed their support (which has been posted to your attention previously but you continue to ignore)

tbf, the ultimate default to “Ion said so” is weak. Laughably weak. It’s the whole “they also said Classic would never happen” thing … btw: Classic is coming (even when they said it wouldn’t).

tbf

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17725

Except that he didn’t say it like that, Fyre. I’ve seen the video and rewatched it. And he specifically said that he wouldn’t rule out adding them in the future.
I miss Zoo already.

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17726

she is a much cuter avy. ty!

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The other thing to keep in mind is that game directors switch games every so often and a new game director may look at this very differently.

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17728

“So uh…”
The way Ion talks when addressing the question demonstrate he’s unsure about what he’s talking and is scrambling for the answer, he talks the little he knows about the High Elves and the Blood Elves and when he realize he’s out of words he go straight into dismissive sentences.
“They are like … if if … if what you want to be is a fair skinned (insert the rest here)”

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tbf , Sadly this was the first time I ever watched a Q&A of any type. When they announced Allied Races, I tuned in to everything and anything cause I wanted to hear “High Elves for Alliance.”

tbf, Then this Q&A hit … and I heard Ion speak for the first time … and I lost all respect for him as a Director who knows nothing about the game he’s leading development for AND made such a completely idiotic statement (choosing to speak from ignorance instead of saying “Oh I honestly don’t know much about High Elves so i can’t comment.”)

tbf, nothing he has said in any Q&A since has scored him any points with me. First impressions last.

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In most Q&A’s when he don’t know to answer questions he used his special dodge powers talking a bunch of unrelated stuff or making dismissive statements, this is just one of the many examples.

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“Blood Elves kind of are High Elves with slightly different eye color, different backstory in terms of their relationship with magic and the Sunwell, but they are, like if what if you want to be a fair skinned, light blonde haired tall majestic elf… that is a blood elf. And giving that race directly to the Alliance would have blurred a lot of lines between the two factions, but there also there isn’t a clear example as who are what high elves are as a larger group that still remains on Azeroth. There is a couple- we’ve just met Alleria again for the first time, but they’re not out there in the same way. And so we’re looking to- when we add allied races- there’s this desire to have things more distinct between the two factions with the faction conflict being so prominient and so the Void Elf angle tied into the story of Argus, the powers of Alleria awakened, was able to train others to harness- was able to give something that felt a bit like a blood elf, but had a unique flavor of its own on the Alliance. That said obviously understand if you love the Alliance, you are an Alliance player and you want to be a fair skinned light haired blue eyed elf… sorry. The Horde is there waiting for you. Eye color is not quite the same, there may be contact lenses in the future you never know, anything is possible in the future but no plans are in the near term to add High Elves as an Allied Race. Sorry.”

Correct me if I’m wrong but saying they’re “Kind of” like High Elves and “They ARE” High Elves are two completely different things.

Also saying that there isn’t a “clear group” especially after everything with Vereesa and the Silver Covenant in not only previous espansions but THIS expansion is kinda backpedaling pretty hard.

And of course “The Horde is Waiting for you” is the line that launched this whole thing.

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Oh look he referenced Alleria as a High Elf and not Void :joy:. Just noticed that.

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Yeah I did my best to transcript it. If you don’t believe my words- just watch the video. :kissing:

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17734

You’re correct.

Imagine saying “A calzone is kind of like a stromboli.” :rofl:

Saying that in a mom and pop pizza shop run by Italians might get someone shown the door. :rofl:

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Here’s an analogy for the sports fans:

Imagine a Football game that had the Baltimore Ravens as a playable team but not the Cleveland Browns. The Browns are in the game and the players really want to play the Cleveland Browns. But they’re not playable. And the devs then say the the Baltimore Ravens are kind of like the Cleveland Browns. Anything is possible in the future. Baltimore is waiting for you. There’s no plans to add the Cleveland Browns in the near future.

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nice false equivalency :smile:

tbf, its obvious ion is being coy

its like when ron burgundy says hes kind of a big deal. we all know hes a big deal

the nile is kind of a river in egypt :woman_shrugging: