Why are the Vanyar higher than the Noldor?

[Legolas]

just that it seems to me that they didn't in general have the drive of the Ñoldor nor the same abilities to create things.

How can this 'seem' to you when you (you = any reader) know/are given aprroximately 1/3,000 as much about the Vanyar as you do about the Noldor?

It seems that if the Ñoldor didn't fought against him in the way they did, Middle-earth would have lost more than Beleriand.

What makes it not seem that way with the Vanyar taking action under the direction of Eonwe? If the Vanyar were not valiant fighters that could contribute, then Eonwe's army would've been completely Maiar.

[ March 03, 2003: Message edited by: Legolas ]