Night Elves vs Blood Elves in WoW

 

I was thinking recently that I do not like Blood Elves as much as I theoretically should. In theory Blood Elves are just my kind of people, they pursue increased knowledge and power, use arcane magic to make everyday life more comfortable and advanced, they are also hedonistic and like comforts and pleasure. That sound a lot more like me compared to nature loving, magic forbidding and ancients worshipping Night Elves.

Yet somehow in game itself Night Elves appeal to me more than Blood ones. I wonder why that is. Could it be that I do not like colour red, Blood Elves do overuse it to my taste, but there is more, I think.

After some thinking I concluded that Blood Elves architecture looks tad too small and somewhat plastic in game. It feels more like a playground for kids houses than one's people actually live in.

Also, Blood Elf women look to cold and hard compare to Night Elf ones. I like softer women.

Finally, there is indeed too much red and brown in Silvermoon, I do not like colour brown and only like red in limited amounts. Generally, there are too much colour saturation in Blood Elf towns.

Compared to that, Night Elf towns and areas look like there is perpetual twilight. I like sunsets, so that appeals to me.

Generally, Night Elves feel a lot more relaxed compared to rather terse Blood Elves. Night Elf areas have resort feel to them, particularly tavern building. Darnassus itself is somewhat oversaturated with treehouses but, smaller towns are much better in that regard, particularly the one in Darkshore. That ocean view is one of the kind. I like relaxed things and Night Elf areas give feel of tranquility and timelessness.

Also, while Night Elves are somewhat closer to nature, it's not the kind of real wilderness like in Un'Goro Crater, Feralas or north and east of Strangelthorn Vale. Ashenvale has paved roads and even streetlight (lamppost) trees to illuminate your path, similar to how high-class resort hotels do it in real life. It's all crafter magical and fairytale-ish experience rather than wilderness. I do not like wilderness but do like magical fairytale-sh experience.

That is not to say I do not like Blood Elves, their areas are better than Tauren ones for example. If I am to rank capitals in order of my aesthetic preference, then they will go: Exodar, Darnassus, Silvermoon,  Ironforge, Undercity, Stormwind, Ogrimmar, Thunderbluff. Night Elves have better small towns, but best capital has to go to Draenei. As for favorite zones, then Ashenvale, Azshara, Desolace, Eastern Plaguelands, Westfall in that order. Least favorite has to be Un'Goro, followed by Redridge Mountains, Feralas, Wetlands and Dun Morogh.