Void Elf Customization Thread (Ascension of the Ren'dorei) (Part 1)

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@Moritz-proudmoore

do you even like void elves at all?

Its complicated.

I think the Void Elves had tremendous potential, but Blizzard utterly and completely botched them on every single level. I’ve wanted to see them updated, improved, and given the sort of dignity any other playable race has been given, and lacking that, I’d rather they just added High Elves, because what Void Elves are has been PAINFULLY inadequate.

I’ve written posts on what’s wrong with them.

Void Elves in Midnight

I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but no, I do not like the Void Elves. Everything about them is low effort and low quality, and too much about them is easily read as spite on the part of the Devs towards a portion of the community. One could go so far as to even misinterpret it as factional bias. Their Origins:

Summary

There was no seeding at all for this race in the lore. Nothing ever hinted at the existence of a group of Blood Elves studying the Void. Nothing ever suggested such a group…

I’ve written posts on ideas I’d like to see implemented to improve them.

Void Elves - A Second Chance

The Void Elves - Revamp Of all the allied races in World of Warcraft, void elves suffer the most from being poorly defined, poorly developed, and a lack of any unique culture or identity. These problems are endemic to the race due to how poorly defined and understood the void itself is. It’s small wonder so many players would have rather had high elves, when Blizzard failed so hard to make the void elves shine. To that end, I’d like to discuss how to correct this. For this post, I will be foc…