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It's because of sargeras, otherwise they would've eventually reached the tech to create some massive starfleet like the draenei. Imagine the knowledge and expertise they could acquire living thousands of years. Just they would have been a pretty cruel race unless the elitism was relaxed.
Pretty sure underneath their pacifist approach they could still be scary, but just don't have the headstart anymore and it probably wouldn't sit well with the alliance.
>Night Elves never truly evolved from their trollish roots
Blood elves/high elves are really just their weakened forms. Azshara is still in the top 3 most powerful spellcasters to have existed and the strength of their ancient army meant they controlled way more territory than say lordaeron or quel'thalas.