Blizzard promises to make the blue elves in World of Warcraft: Forever look worse (positive)

A tension that will never go away as long as World of Warcraft: Forever exists is how true it is to the 2004 MMO. Blizzard signed up for this by creating an MMO that is trying to blend the old with the new so that anyone, regardless of their experience with WoW, can get into it.

That tension has been at its highest concentration with the new blue elves it debuted with WoW: Forever. The Skyborne have never existed in WoW before; they look almost exactly like the Blood Elves from The Burning Crusade expansion, but their lore tells us they're a faction of High Elves.

Some players love the twist on a race they've been asking to play for years, while others believe they tarnish the authenticity of an MMO that's trying to recreate the joys of playing the oldest era of the MMO. …