Wood-elf isn't so bad.

The advantages of a wood-elf, besides acute-vision, are mainly the lack of vulns to spell-type attacks.

That means if you are a spec that's decent against physical attacks, you are less vulnerable than an arial. Sure, you can get hit by the active skills, but you can also take legacies to minimise that.

Wood-elf also has quiet movement, which is HUGE when you come up against someone who has largely automated their client so that they only need to press one key to dash after you. There's nothing more annoying than running into one of those guys, which is why I first developed my liking for drow.

This last point might be my imagination, but I always felt like my wood-elf swordspec regenerated better when in the wilds too.

I don't see wood-elf as one of the strongest races, but it's certainly viable. And to be honest, I'd rather not see the world populated with woodie warriors.

Having said that, I could live with seeing the wood-elf exp pen reduced if the druid exp pen was increased significantly.