Why does Blizzard hate Night Elves?

[Juuhachigou-tichondrius (Juuhachigou)]

These are all minor face popups. Nothing major lorewise. We just get to be side characters to further the plot of other people.

[Killette-benediction]

“An extension of Sylvanas”

< Points to Lillian and all other free will, non-loyalist Forsaken company.

[Patrïck-ragnaros]

The issue with the blood elves is how they closed their prinsipal arch in BC they no longer have a pending conflict even though they have had smaller arches and secondary appearances.

even so they have had development and it looks like they will have it later the same pads with the fozakken they have opened a new plot.

[Sevenstorms-bleeding-hollow]

Give it some time. You’ll probably get some Night Elf story progression in the next expansion. I’d also like to point out that logically if your entire city gets burned down and many of your people die you’re probably going to need time to recover from that. The burning of Teldrassil gives the Night Elves a reason to get revenge now so they aren’t just going to be attacking just for the sake of attacking. Plenty of races haven’t had a big role in the story either it’s just how it goes when you have so many races, I think that Nelves should get some interesting story soon though hopefully.

[Ugrumag-wyrmrest-accord]

Grass is always greener, eh?

[Motors-korgath (Motors)]

@Khelehk-proudmoore

Just wondering why the WoW devs seem to hate this awesome race they created for Warcraft 3?

From the underdeveloped, underutilized characters, lack of meaningful story presence, lack of any sort of satisfying progression, loss of cultural quirks and flavour… the list goes on and on.

Iconic characters such as Malfurion (or Tyrande, but don’t want to bring her up and derail the thread with talk of her warranted or unwarranted vengeance) didn’t even make it to even the in-game cutscenes - in an expansion where he lost his very home. Or at the events in Nazjatar…?

What gives?

Why is this okay? Why is this acceptable to treat a portion of your paying customers - who are invested in their race, their characters and the story - this way?

And mostly, why is it happening? Which Night Elf slighted you to deserve such treatment?

If you said this BEFORE Legion, i would have to agree with you but in Legion and now here in BfA we did get some developments story wise finally after so long. Hopefully we have gotten past lovesick pining of Legion which was terrible and are moving more toward who they were in WC3. I think we will see even more soon.

@Khelehk-proudmoore

Sweet! Pack up, everyone. Rorrand has weighed in. We’re done here.

Not going to lie i lol’d.

Edit: and let’s be honest, it is not just the Night Elves that got shorted, the Draenei were a placeholder race for almost a decade. But at least for the time being i am hoping we are past ALL ORC STORY ALL THE TIME. I mean we just ended the movie of Saurfang, hopefully everyone else can have some limelight.

[Patrïck-ragnaros]

I think they should give the alliance the helm of history and have tyrande at least in regards to the hunt for Sylvanas and his loyalists.

On the side of the horde you can give that task to Bob and the Forzaken.

[Kyveli-aerie-peak (Kyveli)]

@Sevenstorms-bleeding-hollow

Give it some time. You’ll probably get some Night Elf story progression in the next expansion. I’d also like to point out that logically if your entire city gets burned down and many of your people die you’re probably going to need time to recover from that. The burning of Teldrassil gives the Night Elves a reason to get revenge now so they aren’t just going to be attacking just for the sake of attacking. Plenty of races haven’t had a big role in the story either it’s just how it goes when you have so many races, I think that Nelves should get some interesting story soon though hopefully.

Their vengeance was, according to the developers, achieved when Tyrande killed that val’kyr in Darkshore. She’s now been consumed by it to the point that the entire Army of the Black Moon has gone rogue, and no one can get in contact with them.

[Patrïck-ragnaros]

And the public give a negative feddback

[Sevenstorms-bleeding-hollow]

Seriously? The devs count that as vengeance? Killing the entire Val’kyr race I could at least see as acceptable vengeance but on Val’kyr? I can see why some people think the devs hate the Nelves then lmao…

[Patrïck-ragnaros]

the public night elf and the alliance in general need to get up, not kicked on the ground.

[Oriva-wyrmrest-accord]

Trials and tribulations are typically good for character development, and people often complained The Night Elves became stagnant in the lore.

Now? The Night Elves lost their home and have been made a gods vengeance. Tyrande has stopped answering Anduin, clearly she no longer has desire to aid The Alliance.

Go sit next to Night Elf NPCs in Stormwind, they are angry the war has ended, their leader tells them not to worry, The Night Warrior has not forgotten.

I get it, losing Teldrassil sucks, but stop looking at it as Blizzard spitting in your face and look at it more as Blizzard actually giving Night Elves progressing lore.

[Ëlësåna-maelstrom]

@Symbioserous-tanaris

Speculation: Could this imply that the elves could end up having a major long term role in the battle for azeroth?

Their role of getting completely annihilated is already fulfilled in BfA.

@Sevenstorms-bleeding-hollow

The burning of Teldrassil gives the Night Elves a reason to get revenge now

Well devs said we already got our revenge so I must’ve missed that.

[Oriva-wyrmrest-accord]

Also to say Blizzard hates Night Elves is very disingenuous.

The amount of Night Elf lore, and brancing Night Elf lore that went into Legion is baffling to be honest.

Sorry, but I can’t look at Val’sarah and say Blizzard hates Night Elves.

[Ëlësåna-maelstrom]

@Oriva-wyrmrest-accord

The amount of Night Elf lore, and brancing Night Elf lore that went into Legion is baffling to be honest.

Sorry, but I can’t look at Val’sarah and say Blizzard hates Night Elves.

Well, considering that the night elves in the alliance have had nothing but misery since vanilla, maybe it’s time for them to leave the alliance?

The Night Elves have always supported the alliance, yet when they needed help they never got it from the other alliance races.

[Symbioserous-tanaris (Symbioserous)]

You should just quite the game or race change to horde.

[Patrïck-ragnaros]

I love them very much so I burn them alive and leave them parked on a war front.

[Ëlësåna-maelstrom]

@Symbioserous-tanaris

You should just quite the game or race change to horde.

Why would I do that?

Why would I want to play as disgusting villains?

[Oriva-wyrmrest-accord]

Seems to be what the current story is hinting.

Or at least a sub-faction of them. Tyrande is out. Not answering political missives from the High King is a clear statement.

She had no interest in aiding The Horde, nor The Alliance. Which is good.

[Symbioserous-tanaris (Symbioserous)]

So you can have something to be happy about.