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The fact Night Elf players will never get to wield THEIR signature weapon is beyond ridiculous

A month ago, Blizzard released a long-awaited night elf weapon to the PTR:

https://ptr.wowhead.com/item=165635/sentinels-moonglaive&bonus=5124:1472

Known as a moonglaive, this blade has served as THE signature night elf weapon since Warcraft III, wielded primarily by [Sentinel huntresses and warriors](https://wow.gamepedia.com/Moonglaive). A staple of the kaldorei military, it’s even emblazoned onto their [coat of arms](https://d1u5p3l4wpay3k.cloudfront.net/wowpedia/3/38/NightElfCrest.jpg).

Sadly, it seems Blizzard has other plans for the moonglaive. The fact they took this historic weapon and restricted its use to night elf demon hunters is an EXTREMELY disappointing revelation after 10+ years of waiting for a weapon that should have otherwise been baseline for night elf players from the start. What’s worse, the devs seemingly have no plans to change course on this decision, instead musing on a potential "fix" that not only fails to recognize the core issue, but may never really come to pass:

https://youtu.be/jBN_sRPAH_Y?t=199

While offering an alternative weapon with a similar silhouette to the Sentinel's Moonglaive would be _nice_, it does nothing to address the fact non-DH night elf players will be quite literally restricted from using the signature weapon of their people.

Now, a complaint post would be nothing without a set of proposed solutions, so here are some ideas:

* Remove the restrictions on warglaives, allowing non-DH classes such as rogues and warriors to wield them too.

* Allow warglaives to drop for non-DHs, removing the transmog restrictions on them so that they can be used for other 1H appearances.

* Create a new warglaive model that demon hunters can use while changing the Sentinel's Moonglaive to another weapon type. [Here is a concept made of other night elf weapons from the Darkshore warfront](https://i.imgur.com/IC2ThR9.jpg) that could serve as a cool replacement (credit goes to /u/JackJumpingjack).

* Offer the same weapon model to non-DHs through other means, such as a World Quest reward or rare drop.

We only have a month before the Darkshore Warfront and its rewards are released to live, so I sincerely hope Blizzard is listening and takes our concerns to heart. Night elves will never again get a weapon that is so emblematic and characteristic of their culture; it is the standard weapon used by their military, for crying out loud.

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