They think they want that, but they don’t. 
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By who, and when? I’ve never seen that.
Oh boy
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I am curious. I have never seen anyone say that helf customization should only be blue eyes and blonde hair.
There have been some deleted posts
I’ve seen it here and the discord but it’s been awhile. More often lately I keep seeing some helfers say things like ‘it’s not fair that Horde gets a fair skin elf and alliance is forced to have 2 purple’.
Well the horde gets one of each, a night elvenesque aesthetic complete with purple and blue skin. And the alliance gets purple and blue or purple and blue with tentacles.
Most of what I’ve seen for skin requests is more along the lines of human like skintones, not necessarily pale or fair either.
I’d take a full range, white to black and everything in between. I want purple eyes more than blue, and some red hair options.
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I disagree with the notion that there has to be some kind of equity between factions in regard to skin color.
Should we start tallying up all the horde and alliance races and compare? I mean really…
Tell that to the antis who claim that an altered model and stance wouldn’t be different enough from blood elves when it is for nightborne.
Or the people who say human colored elves should be a purely horde aesthetic when apparently purple elves can be either side.
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Why should I do that? I don’t see them talking to me.
What about those that think a new model for High elves simply makes no sense, while at the very least, the nightborne where introduced with both a different model and an explanation as to why they look different?
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Is a lore reason needed for a different stance or an altered model? I’m blood related to my sister and we’re the same race but we stand differently, and have different heights and weights.
That doesn’t make you a different species. It is just a physiological difference.
Hence, why high elves don’t work out. By Blizzard’s design, if its the same race, even with a difference in appearance,it stays on its core faction.
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I never said anything about species. I am questioning why having purple skin with a different stance and altered model is enough to make purple elves able to cross factions, but human colored elves must be horde only.
Nightborne were justified as not being night elves, as being their own race entirely. It had nothing to do with their skin, heck, their skin colors aren’t even shared with night elves.
Same for void elves. Different race and design and skin tones to show they aren’t the same./
It has nothing to do with parity of skin colors, otherwise, one would complain there aren’t enough fair skin types for the Horde.
They wanted to have the two races swap and be different entirely. That is what occurred.
Would you be so bothered if void elves had been green instead?
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nightborne have distinct skintones that cannot be mistaken for a night elf. 2 jet blues and a washed out grey one. no purple
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I don’t want void elves at all no matter what color they are.
I want high elves with a distinct model and stance.
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high elves and blood elves are the same race avarie. Hence, why they won’t be playable on the alliance. Changing the model doesn’t change what they are, and for all that work you’re putting in, you might as well just stick with void elves who accomplish the same thing in being different in appearance.
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Void elves don’t have a story I am interested in playing. High elves do.
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Unfortunately those gameplay designs are what get in the way. Let alone that 99% of the story in this game is experienced as a non-descript adventurer and not a specific race.
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