Quote Originally Posted by Spino
In fairness to the Eldar they're less 'fluffy' and wispy than their High Elf counterparts (which is probably why I like them much better). I do object to the inconsistencies regarding the way they've been visually portrayed. The Eldar are supposed to be a bit more alien and less earthy elf-like in appearance. And yet the Farseer in the DoW2 trailer looks like just another fantasy elf in Eldar garb... complete with long & lovely manicured nails...
Sorry, Eldar have never been described as "alien-ish" : they are space elves, look like space elves and even taste like space elves at first sight, and they've been portrayed that way since the 2nd edition of 40K.
But on the other hand, they've been getting major fluff overhaul, and I'm not sure they can be described as a simple cut 'n past of the WFB High Elves. They have a much deeper background, with a distinct culture and way-of-life (all these things that clearly lack to the tolkien-ish High elves)

Fluff-wise, they're supposed to be expert at everything, nice, classy and all that. Of course a female farseer would have manicured nails. I mean, she's an arrogant and pompous witch after all

As for the game, I'm eager to try it out. Though I was expecting yet another poorly designed Warhammer game (cause let's be honest, Game workshop and its licenses gave birth to quite a lot of crapy video games, and WAR Online seems to be heading that way), DoW proved to be rather entertaining.

And seriously, seeing Eldar in the trailer is just total ownage. We've had too much of these Space Marine vs Ork thingy.
Eldar are fun, eldar are cool, they deserved to appear on a video. Too bad they got hammered by the Marines (but then again, considering that 50% of 40K players actually play Space Marines, that's not surprising. I mean, THEYRE TATH IMBA).