Blizzard Development Preview - Patch 10.2 Guardians of the Dream
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
When Guardians of the Dream arrives, champions will be tasked to protect a new zone—The Emerald Dream, engage in new Public Events—Superbloom and Emerald Bounty, build Renown with the Dream Wardens for unique rewards, and save the new World Tree from the Fyrakk's forces in a new Raid—Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope.


Join us as we chat about the next Dragonflight content update, Guardians of the Dream, as Assistant Lead Encounter Designer Taylor Sanders and Senior Narrative Designer Anne Stickney, along with our host, Community Manager Bethany Stout, take us on a journey through the new zone—The Emerald Dream zone, the next Raid—Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope, new Public Events, Dragonriding updates, and more.




New Outdoor Zone: The Emerald Dream


A special seed, planted by Tyrande, has grown into a new World Tree and is on the verge of crossing over into Azeroth. Fyrakk and his forces, including his new allies—the Druids of the Flame, move among the roots of the World Tree, inflaming the Dream denizens as they attempt to tear into the Emerald Dream to infuse the heart of the World Tree with fire and use it as a conduit to spread eternal flames throughout Azeroth.




There is plenty of Renown to be earned with a new faction—The Dream Wardens. Help denizens of the Dream comprised of Keepers, dryads, druids, green dragonflight, and runebears to earn Renown and rewards.



New Raid: Amirdrassil, The Dream's Hope
Fyrakk has arrived in The Emerald Dream, intent on exacting his evil plans with the help of the Zaqali Djaradin and the resurgent Druids of the Flame. If he claims the World Tree, Amirdrassil, it will deliver a time of fire and chaos to Azeroth.


Within the Emerald Dream and near the growing World Tree of Amirdrassil lies an ancient temple built by the Green Dragonflight. Here, the energy of the Emerald Dream is a potent and abundant resource.


Fyrakk blazes through the Emerald Dream, intent on gaining its power to exact his evil plans.

This Raid includes nine bosses, including a Dragonriding encounter, leading to the ultimate showdown with Fyrakk at the top of Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope. Prepare to mount up, take to the sky with your allies, and come face-to-face with Fyrakk.


End Fyrakk’s chaos and earn great rewards for your efforts, like new class sets and a new Legendary weapon—Fyr'alath, the Dream Render.



New Public Events: Superbloom, Emerald Frenzy, and Emerald Bounty
A new cycle of Public Events that feed into each other begins with the Superbloom—follow Sprucecrown, an Ancient, as it spreads the bloom, helping it complete its purpose by fighting off enemies and assisting with various tasks. Trigger the Emerald Frenzy, where a sapling appears, and champions are encouraged to collect items to help usher in the Emerald Bounty. Here, defenders test their green thumbs by encouraging a seed to grow and gain rewards for the efforts once the seed blooms.



Season 3
Guardians of the Dream ushers in Dragonflight Season 3, which delivers a rotation of eight dungeons, including Dragonflight dungeons, along with additional dungeons from previous expansions to the Mythic+ rotation (some never seen before in Mythic+), including:

  • Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
  • Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
  • Waycrest Manor (Battle for Azeroth)
  • Atal'Dazar (Battle for Azeroth)
  • Darkheart Thicket (Legion)
  • Black Rook Hold (Legion)
  • The Everbloom (Warlords of Draenor)
  • Throne of the Tides (Cataclysm)

A new PvP season begins with new cosmetic rewards, mounts, and achievements.



More Dragonriding!



Champions will be able to take to the skies of The Emerald Dream from day one and explore the skies in pursuit of three new traits and more glyphs, customizations, and races for you and your scaled sky pal to master. Also, a new mount—the Faerie Dragon—can be earned with customizations as you venture forth.



New World Boss: Aurostor the Hibernating
Don't poke a sleeping bear! Too late. A new World Boss—Aurostor the Hibernating has been awoken from a deep slumber, and defenders must join forces to fight to put him back to sleep again for a chest full of rewards.



More to come as we enter the next development phase for Dragonflight. Watch the official World of Warcraft news site for more details.
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  1. jk1895's Avatar
    Normal flying too? Pathetic!
  1. THEORACLE64's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jk1895 View Post
    Normal flying too? Pathetic!
    Who even wants that now anyway? It’s so god damn slow and makes zero sense in the zones for this expansion.
  1. mickz's Avatar
    Oh look, a new wheel for our small hamsters to run on!
  1. jk1895's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by THEORACLE64 View Post
    Who even wants that now anyway?
    I want it! The normal flying is so much better than this dragon riding. I'd rather be slow than on these ugly dragons with their stupid flight physics. That's why I'm waiting with a subscription until they finally allow normal flying.
  1. Pandragon's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by THEORACLE64 View Post
    Who even wants that now anyway? It’s so god damn slow and makes zero sense in the zones for this expansion.
    My 70 year old disabled mother who cant do dragon riding for one.
  1. saixilein's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jk1895 View Post
    I want it! The normal flying is so much better than this dragon riding. I'd rather be slow than on these ugly dragons with their stupid flight physics. That's why I'm waiting with a subscription until they finally allow normal flying.
    Imagine you dont play the game cause you dislike dragonriding, lol.
  1. Rustov's Avatar
    Man. And I'm here wanting new flying physics on my old mounts. Al'ar finally dropped, want to swoop around the Dragon Isles on my new fire chicken. Toggle option when?
  1. Melius's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jk1895 View Post
    Normal flying too? Pathetic!
    oh why oh why should people have more options to play the game. the horror man, everyone should play like you do. dear lord
  1. Loveliest's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by THEORACLE64 View Post
    Who even wants that now anyway? It’s so god damn slow and makes zero sense in the zones for this expansion.
    And so? Ppl who want it will be happy, ppl who don't care don't lose anything.
    I don't get why people are so shocked or confused when other ppl are different and want different things.
    My GM has major hand issues and has real problems with dragon riding. "Zero sense" when you only think about yourself.
  1. jk1895's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Melius View Post
    oh why oh why should people have more options to play the game. the horror man, everyone should play like you do. dear lord
    You have not understood me. You like dragon riding? Great! Use it! I don't like it and I want to use normal flying. But they still won't let me!
  1. Maljinwo's Avatar
    No troll beards

    0/10
  1. LordVargK's Avatar
    I mean, nice, I guess. But it's really the bare minimum for a new patch. Nothing really exiting.
    But then again, DF is relaxing enough, doesnt need anything more exiting.
    I hoped for some new crafting content though. And catch up systems.
  1. Melius's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jk1895 View Post
    You have not understood me. You like dragon riding? Great! Use it! I don't like it and I want to use normal flying. But they still won't let me!
    ah i misunderstood. my bad sir. and on that note, i dont like dragonriding either, its either a hit or a miss for players, clearly a miss for me. i might return to the game when regular flying comes back, i dont give a rats ass if its slower tbh.
  1. TheRevenantHero's Avatar
    Dear lord the plot of this expansion is so fucking disjointed. It's clear that Blizzard doesn't give a flying fuck about good storytelling anymore.
  1. exsanguinate's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by TheRevenantHero View Post
    Dear lord the plot of this expansion is so fucking disjointed. It's clear that Blizzard doesn't give a flying fuck about good storytelling anymore.
    Maybe there aint any qualified people for it in the team right now because you know why.
  1. Onikaroshi's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by THEORACLE64 View Post
    Who even wants that now anyway? It’s so god damn slow and makes zero sense in the zones for this expansion.
    Normal flying is far superior for gathering. Dragonriding is only good for long distance.
  1. StrawberryZebra's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by THEORACLE64 View Post
    Who even wants that now anyway? It’s so god damn slow and makes zero sense in the zones for this expansion.
    People who get motion sickness, have some visual disabilities or other conditions that prevent them from Dragonriding. It's a needed accessibility feature for those players.
  1. rrayy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by THEORACLE64 View Post
    Who even wants that now anyway? It’s so god damn slow and makes zero sense in the zones for this expansion.
    A lot of people do. Many people value control over speed. It makes plenty of sense in ANY zone. Stop acting like you are the only one playing the game.
  1. Unforgivenn's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by jk1895 View Post
    Normal flying too? Pathetic!
    Where u saw that?
  1. Foulfrost's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by TheRevenantHero View Post
    Dear lord the plot of this expansion is so fucking disjointed. It's clear that Blizzard doesn't give a flying fuck about good storytelling anymore.
    Story's been bad for many, many years now. And to be honest, they *do* care, it's just that the people who are in charge are objectively bad at it. Their 'writing', if you can call it that, is childish, inconsistent, disjointed, confused and completely cringeworthy.

    This expansion's story, I'd say, is just as bad as Shadowlands. It's just slightly less confusing, maybe. Which isn't to its benefit because all that means is that the lack of internal logic is just all the clearer.

    This universe has no rules anymore. Anything can and will happen if a writer decides they want it to. And a post some months back actually said just that. Creative freedom -apparently- means that your story can do whatever, even if what is happening is completely impossible.

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