Does Blizzard need to have an explanation as to why NEs had black hair in WC3 but didn’t in vanilla and are just now getting that options in SL?
Didn all NEs dye their hair and are now accepting this hair color in their society again? Is this a black hair conspiracy?
night elves live in a society
kaldorei rise up
I’ve assumed the darker NE skin tones are related to the night warrior storyline. I’m also not an Alliance player though, so I’m more focused on my own factions elves.
I do intend to roll a dark-skinned WIldhammer alt in Shadowlands though, I’ve always wanted them and they have actually always been present in lore.
but you can’t do this with the Sunwell
They’re not.
This is so weird to me. So ok. You’re only upset that your Tolkien elf is getting more skin options?
I wish they added a red skin color for belfs. Offered some more fel tainted options. I loved the idea of corrupted elves twisted by the magic they were consuming. These options were not added for lore reasons though it was never the motivation to expand the customization options in this way. They said their reasons at blizzcon pretty clearly and people can accept it or not.
I think that there’s some interesting discussions that could be had on the biology of elves and how they would adapt differently then the species that came from the curse of flesh but it is really too loaded of a topic to be honest.
Then they’re out of place, too, but it’s less noticeable to me because it’s not watering down a non-human species to be even more human-like.
I just want elves to be elves, man.
i need you to read what you typed at least 2 - 3 more times
Then…be an elf? What?
But they’re not?! There’s nothing off about these skintones. Like, I don’t even.
This person doesn’t want non-white elves, is what they’re actually saying.
Man, this thread has really blown up.
And here I thought returning to rank 3 trust was going to be hard.
i’ve asked/implied this question many times and i think the answer is no
maybe there’s hope for me, yet!
Blizzard stated that they are not going to provide explanations for every customization they are implementing. They are implementing new features for players to further customized their character the way the see fit.
If you want to play a fair skinned elf, you do you. However, those that want a darker skintone now have that option and you’re going to have to deal with it. You’re also going to have to deal with the fact that it existing doesn’t sully/dilute the lore of the race.
elves are literally like THE second most human like race that isn’t called ahuman
they’re literally just humans with pointed ears physically
literally nothing else has changed
i wish i knew how you got to trust level 3.
maybe it a secret. a club…
a cabal!?
Just “read” a bunch of long threads, post a couple of posts, make one or two threads, throws some hearts and get some hearts back, and presto-blamo!
You too can see the hidden rank 3 trust forums.
unless they’re elves because elves, unlike everyone else, need an explanation because of the fantasy setting (where you could just accept the love and warmth of the Sunwell into your heart and mind) which relies on old tropes and stereotypes that go back to before any of our time and while respecting source material is okay, it’s also okay to flex creativity and variety in a fantasy setting
a bad take is a bad take, Scrabber
don’t diss my eyebrows banrok
can’t believe people want the possibility of playing people-skinned people who have skin like their skin
don’t they care about LORE???
You collect 5g of salt.