[ADRP] What is wrong with Void Elf RP?

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As the topic’s name says. We’ve had one of these on so many races, yet the void elves were left out! What do you think could be improved about the way AD players portray void elves?

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what isn’t

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On a more positive spin (contrary to what the op wants, sorry) there is unironically some really neat bits of void elf lore.

Like the tailor who comments that since the transformation his fingers haven’t been anywhere nesr as dexterous as they used to be.

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Damnit Laurenn :frowning:

But anyhow, I think there should be less Stormwind-dwelling void elves. After all, Alleria brought you into the Alliance because she thought your usage of the Void could be an asset, and she’s apparently training the void elves as elite soldiers.

Instead we have very many void elves that are almost human-like, and some don’t even have a combat-profession. (Granted, same could be said for Lightforged, and Blizz making them innkeepers didn’t help with that.)

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The biggest problem with Void Elf RP for me is the snide players who moan and complain about how much they hate the race - that particular horse has been beaten so thoroughly it’s been turned into glue, and they still keep on at it. Blizzard’s handling of their story has been sloppy at the best of times, but the potential for RP is really great.

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Ahahahahahahahaha! Wait, let me change to my Void Elf character. This is gonna be goooooooooooood. :rofl:

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Them having beards and belfs not

Like wth Bliz

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More void elves should be aware that their presence (and magic) is capable of corrupting the Sunwell and causing massive damage to their homeland - however intentionally or not. Elves are bound to it pretty much inherently, and it’d be more interesting (and honestly more tragic/sympathetic) if Quel’thalas is a place that they acknowledge they can never return to without irreversibly hurting the people they care about, even if they pursued knowledge of the void to protect it and bring it home to the Alliance they believe it belongs to (Umbric in BFA and Umbric in the recruitment scenario contradict one another, so why not both). It’s a much better angle than the barely justified, and honestly over-saturated “i do bad thing for good reason” that many have, along with Warlocks, Death Knights, Demon Hunters, and most other concepts.

also femboys. remove this scourge

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In all seriousness, though…

I actually think I agree with Loras above, the biggest problem tends to be from other players who hate them outright.

Don’t get me wrong, I fully understand being mistrusting of them (they are ticking time bombs in a way, and they did just defect from the enemy faction not all that long ago), and I’m not against the existence of some measure of IC racism (especially when this isn’t a case of assumed inferiority or whatever, it’s more a case of ‘these people could literally be overtaken by the Void’), but people, as usual, go way overboard.

Now, I have seen issues with the velf community itself. Many choose to outright ignore the Void-addled side of things and just act like a regular blood elf, maybe occasionally using the Void but very rarely. I think that’s just a bit boring but eh. I also find it weird to see void elf civilians given that I can’t really see why a baker would’ve been following Umbric in the first place, or why they’d seek training in the ways of the Void after.

Then you have the people who just go outright nuts about the whole thing and, while I’ve seen some who do so in a way that could conceivably happen to someone being overtaken by maddening whispers, it’s also just not really fun to RP with. Which I think is a big issue with RP in general - sometimes you get people who act in a way that isn’t altogether unrealistic, but just doesn’t make for a good time. Like characters who are overly quiet or rude and try to be left alone IC and the like.

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If only void elves were the only race plagued with this.

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Most of the worse velf rpers either quit or went to trash the newest addition to wow.

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Void elves are best. Shush. I mean playable race on Alliance…

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If the people who see ‘What’s wrong’ with a race, and -don’t- try to improve it by helping the RPer out. That’s what’s wrong with Void Elf RP. Since you’re not fixing the problem, but actually adding to it in the long run.

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I think this is pretty spot-on. IC prejudice is fine and were I to play a Void Elf, that would be part of the appeal. I have a fondness for playing outcasts and their circumstances lends them well to those themes. But like you say, people take it several steps too far in many cases; OOC bleeds into their RP and it all just goes downhill from there.

Yeah, the amount of Void Elves in Stormwind whose RP can be boiled down to acting like a socialite is unfortunate. I can understand not wanting to jumping into battle and war-operations, but there’s other ways to do it. Scholars and other experts can contribute (and remain in the capital) by lending their expertise and knowledge to the war, if not their combat prowess.

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The angst. The unbelievable amounts of angst. Whenever I encounter one when I’m on a priest, pally or Lightforged, they Brigante reality and act as though literally everything my light-loving goodbois say is some genocidal insult.

We get it, you’re the poor tormented heroes, but please wait until I actually insult/threaten you IC before you RP that I told you I’ll purge you in the name of the Holy Light/Naaru.

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Yeah, that’s how I RP mine, rare as it may be. I honestly don’t even mind if someone just has that as their background and makes their RP time their down time or whatever. Just as long as someone puts a bit more effort into it /shrug.

Is it possible to fit that many characters into the in-game chatbox?

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real Brigposters get the unlimitedchatmessage add-on :sunglasses:

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There’s an addon that lets you post infinitely long chat messages, so yes.

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The lack of gargamel trying to make velf brew.

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Is there one that helps with deciphering an Elder Scroll too?

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