It’s been popping up as a recent thing, trust me, it’s true. Unfortunately. I muted the thread, but it’s come up in mine a couple times. It’s one poster, but now there’s a few others joining in, from what I’ve seen.
2 Likes
The main problem with this thing for Blood Elves is there really isn’t necessarily a clear organic next theme to add. Some people are cautious about new ways for the horde to get villain batted, some people thing Dark Rangers should be an Undead thing. So it’s not just like the high elf thing that seems more of a like it or don’t like it for sides. Blood elves don’t have such a clear next step waiting in the wings that people agree on.
1 Like
Oh god… Sadly, I am not for one to want San’layn options for Blood Elves either, but if people requested for them or even got them, it wouldn’t bother me at all. But Dark Ranger, I rather those go for the Undead since Dark Rangers are basically undead Elves.
2 Likes
Dark Rangers, San’layn, and Fel elves… it’s pretty clear. We also have some holy stuff like the eyes. Blood elves are magic addicts so it stands to reason that magic should influence there customization. Rainbow arcane hair would also be nice. The San’layn got the dark themes. Fel elves are what blood elves really were, but the customization never reflected that like the demon skin that demon hunters have, horns, rougher darker skins, fel eyes. Legion showed fel magic has many different colors such as dark blue, dark purple, magenta, fiery red, fiery orange, and the demon hunters even have some fel pinks.
Aren’t there a lot that agree on a blood magic theme for Blood Elves, since their use of anima in MoP? 
They should definitely receive more of that, and more flame/phoenix aesthetics for sure too. Those seem like easy asks and easy agreements for inclusion.
3 Likes
Blood Elves that are following the light have golden eyes. Also it was in legion, when there were like… two blue eyed blood elves.
I mean, “representative of the race as a whole” of a relatively small numbers of elves kind of has different meanings. They’re usually represented by Priests.
Blood magic and phoenix things would be nice beyond clunky, terrible jewelry. If there were more fire themes (like the phoenix is) suggested I’d be all for it. Reds, oranges, and gold. Rather than being shoved into a ‘light elf’ box which I personally hate. Fire & blood seem far more interesting.
3 Likes
I mean, to be fair about San’layn, they were unaffiliated until BFA.
Dark Rangers is pretty absurd.
Considering the Nightborne toss up went the Hordes way I can see people trying to get some Alliance San’layn.
I don’t particularly think they fit.
hope you get your spook’dorei.
Undead could get the fresh human options like Nathanos, and full skeletal options. Also lepergnomes Did The 3 Forsaken Leper Gnomes Follow Sylvanas?
Oh I truly believe that if the Light becomes the enemy of an expansion as it has been so thoroughly hinted, it would allow the most “unsavory” themes of the playable races to prove their mettle.
Like it would finally make Void Elves pay off, and I would love if Blood Elves relied on their survival nature and rely on fel and blood magic so we remember how much of a badass they truly are.
I really want an expansion that not only portrays light in a negative way -thus forcing all light forced races to have a good look at themselves- but to allow the “bad” powers/magics to prove it’s about how you wield them.
Honestly the lack of scars was just such a bummer. It’s sad because BE’s did get the same number of stuff overall, it was just so bland compared to other races, no added depth of aesthetic identity at all 
1 Like
Is it? That trio just screams villain batting to me. People also want the DR for UD. Look, I’m not saying people don’t want them, but lots of people don’t want them too, and there’s nothing that really points to them in game.
But what is a blood magic theme for belves that sets it apart from magister?
1 Like
You’re right. Let’s give Horde devoted sethrak?
2 Likes
Villain batting? Blood elves tilted to darker themes. But this expansion basically says all the forces aren’t as bad as we thought. The Jailer made us think the void was bad. The Nathrezim infiltrated all realms. They made us think the void was bad, they made the titans think the void was bad via Sargeras (he got corrupted by the Nathrezim). The Nathrezim infiltrated the light and life we will learn more about them. So as far as we know the other forces may not be as evil as we thought. Even blizz said that the void wasn’t necesarrily evil. I am wondering if there are natural fel titan like beings, Sargeras seems like a titan that studied fel. Would be cool if see saw natural demons.
1 Like
I don’t quite understand this, are you saying they have a theme that already exists which can’t be expanded upon?
1 Like
I wouldn’t mind that either. After all, Undead is just a condition, it isn’t exactly a different race, just like Worgen.
You know, the only way they seem comfortable actually including the Horde in the story for years now?
1 Like
Yeah. It’s a real quagmire. Void Elves and High Elves are going to be difficult to seperate into two different races at this point. So that’s got implications for both.
Eh. Alliance was absent all of BFA’s story. Sylvanas was the bad guy and Thrall was the good guy.
Golden Eyes for Blood Elves were introduced on BfA, not Legion. And just a couple NPC’s were changed after. Also there were a bunch of Sunreaver NPC’s with blue eyes.
So that’s what I am saying, we really don’t know if they were meant to be BE or HE’s because they were introduced before golden eyes were a thing.
Sure but that’s the thing, there just isn’t a major or iconic High Elf paladin. Priests have their iconic War3 role even when they haven’t really been a thing in WoW, and we have really only seen Hunters and Mages as the most notorious HE classes, with Warrior and Rogue NPC’s existing mostly as soldiers.
So yeah, HE paladins would be neat, of course, but they have never really been necessary to fulfill the HE fantasy, that’s my point. They are not a core fantasy class the way Hunters and Mages are, nor a practical one like Warriors, Priests and Rogues.
I would say that even now, Paladins, Shamans and Druids still are those highly contextual classes that aren’t default the way the others can be.
1 Like
Just because the not so evil horde relied on him to do a single damn thing doesn’t make Anduin horde
1 Like