Yeah doesn’t make a lot of sense for them to have joined either really. The implication of Warcraft 3 was the Night Elf civilization is just as large as the horde or alliance. And being isolationists before WC3, it doesn’t make a lot of sense that they wouldn’t have tried return to that.
But you are right, if they had to pick a side, tactically it would have been more beneficial for them to join the horde as the horde was right there and the alliance was on the other side of the world.
Deal.
Grommash killed Cenarius.
But yeah, their savage fierce warriors that were both noted by Broxigar (when he saw Ravencrest fighting and said he battled like an Orc) and Grommash fits the Horde too much.
In the Alliance they are too tamed. Even the Worgen look tamed in the Alliance.
That is really a “Blizzard writing” issue.
Occasionally they remember that worgen are terrifying, or night elves are fantastic warriors, or void elves are soul rending horrors, or dark iron just… are… but Bliz usually remembers that just long enough to write a good ol’ fashioned Worfing to show how scary the threat is.
Otherwise, the Alliance is mostly written as milquetoast, with the good bits clawing out around the edges.
But the good bits are quite good and team Blue has dwarves.
Because truthfully the alliance, being actually focused, would wipe the horde out. Because they fight amongst themselves too much. A divided enemy will fall easily.
Therefor, the alliance is written as useless.
You wound me!
OK we good.
More customization for everyone.
Specifically Nighborn and Lightforged.
…and worgen, gnomes, pandaren and undead.
But all the rest too. And if NPCs have the option to have that shiny (orc skin tones, warpaint, Lor’themar’s earrings, ect), I want something along that note for my player character.
They were never listening though
No one asked for void elves, no one wanted purple elves, no one wanted tentacle elves, no one wanted the cheap lore.
The only thing Blizzard listened on was the normal skin tones.
People will continue to ask for more because they’ve been asking for 10+ years, and so far have only been given a knockoff of what they asked for
Meanwhile, Silver covenant elves are right there. The lore is established, they’re already part of the alliance
But no, blueberry tentacle elves is what we got
and this is actually a fantastic point. If blizzard had been listening about customizations they wouldn’t have been “done” working on new customizations part way through the beta with some races having been barely if at all touched.
That’s true.
Nightbourne players have been begging for customizations ever since they were released in a half baked state
And all Blizzard has done is ignore them
And from a visual distinction standpoint it makes sense why that was. You got the exact model copy already.
Yeah, I have a feeling the skin tones only happened because it was a simple /copy&paste
We’d probably still be purple if it was any more work than that
To be fair the work involved doesn’t invalidate the huge deal a second visual theme is though. Not that you said it did just it makes it sound like not a big deal when it’s presented that way.
imagine the delusion required to ignore all the steps blizzard took to try to please the High elf people by ruining both void and blood elves.
Imagine acting shocked at people’s reaction when 10+ years of player feedback told them what players wanted
They ignored this and tried to appease people with a generic knockoff
Not hard to understand why people are still not satisfied
This is also ignoring the fact that they’ve had the lore and everything all along. Silver covenant elves have been around forever. All ignored and tossed aside for void elf lore (which is a patchwork story at best that barely makes any sense)
sigh I am getting so very tired of this song and dance . . . and being made to feel like some kind of spoiled little brat from daring to want to play an elf that looks like me on the faction I prefer.
If we really want to go down the iconic route ya know what I think of when I think sin’dorei? I think of the prideful, cynical elves they were in BC, which eyes aglow with fel energy adorned in red, green, and gold. Yes some were blonde but that never stood out to me, their eyes did, their facial expressions did, and their actions did. However Blizzard decided to take that unique “darker take on elves” they had during BC, these elves that would take bitter revenge on those who wronged them (even one of their own) and turned them into light elves on the Horde side because idk. THAT is what killed the blood elves uniqueness in my mind, not skin tones.
I will say this though, while I do want natural hair colors and styles I do not want them coming from blood elves. Humans, dwarves, and even gnomes have similar colors that stand out from the blood elves, and new hair styles can be made (maybe long hair that doesn’t cover the eyes and some braided pigtails for females). I also think more voidy themes could work for the void elves along side this, we can have both and give things to the blood elves to make them stand out more (not just jewelry but other distinct things). At the end of the day I just want everyone to be happy while not giving up on my own hearts desires, is that so wrong?
Also shame on anyone who spams flags to silence opinions, this is a forum not an echo chamber.
Egads, here we go again. Pro vs. Anti fight is gonna start again!
Can we talk about compromises? Half elves anyone?
I thought we already found a suitable compromise?
Void elves? That is not a compromise by any means
I meant this.
It’s alright. Still want half elves 