Elf Haters

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-27 09:46pm

I find elves incredibly annoying, unless they're from Those Who Hunt Elves. And female. And naked.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-07-28 12:02am

lgot wrote:well, since 2001 around, White Wolf lost his better writters and they publish only bad stuff...

(snip)

It all comes down to what public opinion likes and public opinon didnt like the WW-elves. That they didnt like Wraith as well was not surprising IMO. The market was already saturated and even more product kept coming. Changeling and Wraith simply fell short.

I found the Changelings to be fun... even got involved in a one-day LARP with them. The whole point is that you have to have a good DM for any game, and Changeling is far more challenging than the other White Wolf games. Hell, the way they had to cast their glamour was a pain in the ass, but the spells themselves were way powerful.
When a first level Pooka can freeze a Sidhe knight in place with her spell (As I did at the LARP), that's Power.

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-07-28 12:03am

Drow are useful for dealing with elf problems, in a quick (not for the elves) and entertaining manner.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-07-28 07:17am

lgot wrote:well, since 2001 around, White Wolf lost his better writters and they publish only bad stuff...

Dare I say that White Wolf's better writers now run Holistic Design?

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-07-28 11:58pm

Skelron wrote:
SAMAS wrote:It's kinda hard to just say "Elves" anymore.

Do you mean the Poncey, arrogant High Elves?

The Naturalistic Hippie Wood Elves?

The Violent and sinister Dark Elves?

Or the Sci-Fi Eldar?

Mind you, that's just the Games Workshop versions.
HEHE and of course all of these do not fall foul of the 'No Shock troops' Arguement given before.

High Elves, Can everyone say Silver Helms, and Dragon Princes? Or the Spearmen, Civilian Levy, which spend fully a Quarter of their Lives training with the same unit....

Wood Elves yes they use archer's... Alot but Wardancer's are the very definition of Shock Trooper's, watch as they dive over your heads to hit your General, ignoring the cannon fodder screen.

Dark Elves... Don't mess with them, nuff said.
Eldar... Well they don't have Archer's being a Sci-Fi group.

Who needs a bow when you have shuriken pistols

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2003-07-29 12:02am

can't forget Fusion Guns either....

Baron Mordo · Post by **Baron Mordo** » 2003-07-29 12:07am

I think my opinion of elves can be summed up thusly:

High Elves: Limp-wristed fruitpies.
Wood Elves: Playing peek-and-poke up in the treehouse.
Dark Elves: 2nd Edition munchkins.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-07-29 12:33am

Stormbringer wrote:I dislike a lot of fantasy elves because they're poorly written. They tend to become bad cliches about the wise and all knowing elder race or naturalistic eco-friends after a while. I was particularly annoyed at Blizzard for doing that in Warcraft 3 with the Night and High Elves.

Indeed. The Warcraft II elves where much better, as are the blood elves in The Frozen Throne.