I think it could be taken either way. I donât think anyone should be defending or accusing since itâs very vague. Thatâs why I didnât delve deep into it since I didnât take it that way to begin with but itâs possible?
Honestly I really liked Izzabelleâs other version of Hair Colors for Void Elves. Atleast it had Red Hair that is very red but a starcursed glow and etc.
Found the interview Taliesin had with Steve Danuser where he said this powerful statement.
Q: In the dwarf starting area, you are very much a Bronzebeard dwarf. Thatâs quite explicit in the story thatâs being told there when you start a dwarf character. With the introduction of something like the Wildhammer tattoos, which obviously make you look like a Wildhammer, are you a Wildhammer if you use those tattoos?
A: Itâs a little complex because we asked ourselves the question of, we have these really cool options like Wildhammer tattoos, but does that mean we need to make a Wildhammer starting experience? If we give trolls skin options that look like other troll tribes besides Darkspear, does that mean we have to make new starting experiences for them as well? The onus of that wouldâve meant that we couldnât do these things because that would be so much time and would consume so many resources to be able to do that, that it just wouldnât have been practical for us to do. And so then the question is, do we limit the options that we give players because of some storyline concern, or resource concern, or anything like that? And we said, no. Weâre not gonnaâ do that. So while weâre not gonnaâ give you a dedicated Wildhammer starting experience if you pick those tattoos, the freedom should be there in your mind to roleplay your character how you want to roleplay them. Whatever tattoos, customizations, whatever skin color options you pick, come up with a story that fits your character, and thatâs your place in the world. And regardless of what quest text is, or how it refers to you, remember that itâs your choice and your character, and you get to express yourself that way. Thatâs at the bottom line of what we want Azeroth to be. We want it to be this welcoming place that lets all those options be out there, lets people experience them, and again, choose the path that your character wants to be. And donât let anyone else tell you what your character can or canât be. You decide that.
A big thank you to some friends for helping me locate it
I donât see anywhere in that statement Danuser made that said this.
Also, if you want to read it into it that way (because I havenât said it) then youâre just being hypocritical now when you just told someone else earlier to stop reading into certain posts in certain ways.
Asking for brown/blonde/black/white hair color does not mean someone is trying to get âmore of the visual theme Blood Elves fulfillâ. Especially if their requests state theyâd like Kulâtiran shades of those colors.
You are again not understanding the point of these increased customizations when itâs laid out for you. Also you do not seem to understand that Allied Races did not get an âincreased customization passâ yet.
This right here is very important. The whole elf back and forth with this issue is âidentityâ. Identity is one of the biggest choices a new or veteran player makes when creating a character.
Void elves have a very unique identity that they can lean into where blood elves are one of the blandest races in the game. Blood elves donât have a strong identity which causes blood elf fans to protect and cling on to what little they have left.
Oh really it doesnât? The generic elf fantasy is Horde side, natural hair colors are still Horde side and visual distinction was left in by Blizzard so yes further âcompromisesâ arenât compromises they have no reason to further dilute BEs and VEs.
Like Magnificent has already pointed out you have void variations of colors already.
Yes we know VEs have been allowed to infringe on the BE visual theme and HE fans are going around still claiming it was either very little or next to nothing or doesnât count, while at the same time showing annoyance towards anyone who is keeping track of whatâs been done for HE fans
No one race has a monopoly on brown/blonde/black/white hair colors, just like no one race has a monopoly on various skin tones and eye colors. Weâre past that level of narrow customization now that increased customizations have arrived.
Blizzard already said more will come post Shadowlands (most likely as sold as expansion features just like the customizations we got for Shadowlands), so itâs a matter of waiting at this point.
No other race has the exact same model across faction lines, you do not get to play a BE on Alliance the way you want, Blood Elves are High Elves those hair colors are Horde side.
In hindsight a half elf model would have been better.
Yes it doesnât. The rest of this statement is superfluous because I already stated this
Thatâs a dark green hair color, she just picked the shortest hairstyle where you cannot see as much of the hair color in an attempt to act as if Void Elves have black hair. Thereâs literally Void Elves NPCs with black hair in-game that is not available to players that are being requested.