Indeed that’s the topic of this thread and has countless of support 
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Can’t answer for Retributor, but I kinda like seeing these threads continue. I don’t think that a developer should cave into their consumers’ demands simply because they are loud, but in this particular case…
Blizzard has been teasing us with High Elves for years. First an argument may have been that you can’t have races that look the same on Alliance and Horde, but then we got the Pandaren. Another argument may have been that the High Elves are not numerous, yet that did not stop the Void Elves. The High Elves have been acknowledged, not just in the lore, but in the actual game several times. They’re a somewhat frequent sight for Alliance players. In Legion there was hope for a moment when Elisande threw shade on the various types of elves, detailing the High Elves in a very different manner from the Blood Elves.
Then the allied races became a thing and they just created the Void Elves because, according to Ion, if you want to play a blonde fair-skinned elf then go play Horde. Because Ion is a game designer and not a writer, and so he thinks the only thing that makes a race interesting in WoW is not its history and relation to the world but rather what type of racial it has and how fancy it looks.
So yeah, let these threads continue. Let Blizzard suck on their gross neglect of the narrative in favour of hollow spectacles.
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90% of the high elves who survived are now blood elves. 10% are called high elves. They’re easy to find in-game. Get your facts right.
you would know that we find several groups of high elves who
maybe do this, if that’s your perspective, but they’re still there.
High elves exist in the game. Regardless of how little you might like it.
Just because they bear the High elf name that doesn’t mean they are high elves since “high” named elves aren’t existing anymore. As I already said their last true prince Kaelthas changed it to honor all the lost ones. So those who change/keep their names anything other than Blood those are outcasts or rebels. Giving all the belf costumization to the void elfs will just homogenizing the 2 faction even more Its already hard to differentiate the real Belfs and the wannabe Belfs in game. Whats will be the next? Blizzard take my troll post serious and give the horde humans?
Yes, it does.
Factually wrong.
Those are now known as blood elves. Some never accepted that name, some didn’t even know, and some took the high elf name back.
Exiles, even. Most were exiled because they didn’t accept the new practice of draining mana from living beings. Those are among the high elves that retook the high elf name.
Not all. Some. The natural hair colours, mostly. There’s no lore reason to withhold them when the skin colours were shared. Genetic features should be shared, while cultural features (hair styles, jewellery and such) might not.
Glad you admit to be a troll.
but it’s not what we asked for last 15 years lol. Leave void and blood elves on their own. We want playable queldorei such as silver covenant highelves.
anything possible in the future. Ion said this.
…they are very much alive…and everywhere
Actually what was asked for 15 years ago is pretty much achievable. Trust me, I am that old, and I do remember.
You can make an Elven character who looks like a High Elf.
You are asking for a reskin of a Void Elf. That has the ability to look like a Void Elf. A different name over its head and, did you want Paladins or not, I can’t remember if you were unreasonable or just being a maniac about it. So you want the Blood Elf Model playable on Alliance, as a new Allied Race, yes?
In return for which you will field the complaints if Horde get an entirely new Allied Race, Yes?
Because if either of those answers is No, then you don’t know what you want and shouldn’t be given it!
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Fifteen years ago, void elves weren’t a thing. Before May 27th this year, void elves with high/blood elf skin weren’t an official concept. Times changed.
Yes, we do. And similarly to how Bronzebeard dwarfs now include Wildhammers, void elves can include high elves. They’re very close already.
We have the model, the skin and the eyes. Adding another playable race with all these features, in the same faction, would just be counterproductive.
well not really.
I created new void elf, lvled to max. And well…choose your character screen …meh void themed world. I am fully clothed so i look like a highelf.
Created two new blood elves, with same xmog, they look amazing at logging screen, silvermoon in the background, so much light…
Ingame as void elf, you still have tag - void elf, you have racial which turns you purple…and you actually have only 1 hair /color customization to look like highelf.
But blood elves…oh boy…IDENTICAL HIGHELVES.
Anyway, i wish to have playable highelves, i would lvl for sure 2-3 new characters.
maybe they can, but is this what community wants? Elves overall are much more favorite and playable race then e.g. dwarves.
No, it would satisfy a lot of people.
I honestly believe it is, at this point. Another playable Thalassian race, with the same model and skin colours, even, as are already available on the same faction, seems excessive at this point.
but why not give something what would satisfy lot of players?
My point exactly. I honestly believe most players who want to play as high elves would prefer that they were fully implemented in the void elves, just as Wildhammers are in Bronzebeard dwarfs. At this point, another, separate playable Thalassian elf, with almost every trait in common with void elves, feel unnecessary. This way, we won’t have to suffer all the “this isn’t World of Elfcraft” comments.
i would rather have highelves such as silver covenant elves playable.
Void elves should get all blood elf customizations.
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Silver Covenant is a faction. There’s no such thing as Silver Covenant elves. They’re high elves. Either way you’d get playable high elves, you can use the Silver Covenant tabard and play as a member of that faction. You could theoretically also play as a Silver Covenant human, dwarf, gnome or draenei.
First of all, no.
Secondly, how would they not incorporate high elves then?
Thirdly, how would your idea of high elves as a separate playable concept be even remotely viable if all high elf options and more were available for void elves?
High elves do NOT have my support
But if its between adding the options to void elves and high elves as their own race, I chose high elves as their own race.
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Uh Oh…
Let me guess. Do you also want Paladins?
Yes they are there.
Simple, void elves are void, blood elves - blood, highelves- high
Yes, such option would be
indeed the vo*d elves were a mistake
No I like them a lot
Id rather they not get options to look as if they werent void related.
It would be like giving the forsaken normal human models
Would be crazy if they cant have an option to look like their leader Alleria Windrunner…
Blood elves received high elf customization, so void elves must get them too.
And above all this, playable highelves such as silver covenant highelves.
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