Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Ersula]

You're misremembering the image. https://images.app.goo.gl/p7UjKGZTXVW19eYy6
While the intial version we saw looked like desert, Elysian Hold is covered in clouds and it isn't entirely clear if it actually has contact with the ground, and the expanded version made it clear we were looking at grasslands.

Okay but still, theres no way you can get the perspective to look like that. Was the Elysian Hold being flown at half mast that day?

[Hitei]

Okay but still, theres no way you can get the perspective to look like that. Was the Elysian Hold being flown at half mast that day?

Concept art is not 1:1. The concept artists take the ideas people have and then do a bunch of quick pieces to capture that visually so that there are things to take inspiration from when making the actual models, assets, etc. In early concepts, Bastion was more desert-y and the hold was in the clouds with the clouds being part of the land itself--like how "heaven" is often depicted.

[Seasz]

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[huth]

Concept art is not 1:1. The concept artists take the ideas people have and then do a bunch of quick pieces to capture that visually so that there are things to take inspiration from when making the actual models, assets, etc. In early concepts, Bastion was more desert-y and the hold was in the clouds with the clouds being part of the land itself--like how "heaven" is often depicted.

It's not even that much more desert-y. The grass still looks roughly like that, as does the terrain.

[Marlamin]

Sooo, that new Murloc pet...



Flavor text for it is:

New species of murloc are discovered around Azeroth all the time, owing to their invasive nature and varied diet.

Clearly it ate the Jailer to become that color. /speculate

[Hitei]

Sooo, that new Murloc pet...



Flavor text for it is:


Clearly it ate the Jailer to become that color. /speculate

Devourer Murloc?

[s_bushido]

In early concepts, Bastion was more desert-y and the hold was in the clouds with the clouds being part of the land itself--like how "heaven" is often depicted.

I have no idea what concept art people got this desert idea from, but you can see other "holds" in the distant clouds of the Bastion and Spires of Ascension skyboxes.


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I'm not sure how they'd even render something like that in-game in an area that players are interacting with...without melting everyone's graphics card.

[Hitei]

I have no idea what concept art people got this desert idea from but you can see other "holds" in the distant clouds of the Bastion and Spires of Ascension skyboxes.

I'm not sure how they'd even render something like that in-game in an area that players are interacting with...without melting everyone's graphics card.

[s_bushido]

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That's...not a desert. It's pretty much your stereotypical "golden fields." Which is exactly what the zone looks like.

[TheFirstOnes]

[Sondrelk]

That's...not a desert. It's pretty much your stereotypical "golden fields." Which is exactly what the zone looks like.

It looks Arabic inspired, and the fields do look very much like dunes of sand. Anyone that looked at that and immediately jumped to yellow grass would sound insane.

[Makabreska]

Shadowlands didn't "leak".

There were bullshit fanmade concepts long before the announcement (hence my forum name) such as that ghostly Stormwind harbour image, and then there were two images released right before the announcement - one of Bolvar and one of Bastion.

Until we have a clip and direct quote from Towellie, this new claim is nonsense. But I do want it to be true. Northrend for 9.2 and Azeroth revamp for 10.0 not only makes sense, it would be hype af.

Yeee, nothing screams more hype like using old zones for daily activities like we had in 8.3

[s_bushido]

It looks Arabic inspired, and the fields do look very much like dunes of sand. Anyone that looked at that and immediately jumped to yellow grass would sound insane.

Insane, indeed. Those are some awfully fuzzy sand dunes. Or is the assumption that Blizzard's artists are just so incompetent that they accidentally drew grass when they meant to draw dirt.

[Makabreska]

In my opinion and in the opinion of millions of players who quit because they felt WoW was turning into something unrecognizable.

Another guy who knows EXACTLY why all these people left.

[Sondrelk]

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Insane, indeed.

Golden fields and grass obviously exists, but why would anyone immediately jump to that when dunes of sand seemed so much more likely is my point.

You look at that version of Elysian hold that seems straight from 1001 nights, the lack of trees or general vegetation on the actual plains, and your thought doesn't immediately spring to golden fields of grass. It jumps to Arabic nights inspired desert.

[Fahrad Wagner]

Sooo, that new Murloc pet...



Flavor text for it is:


Clearly it ate the Jailer to become that color. /speculate

I really wonder why they didn't use the new baby murloc model. I hate it when they do that...

[Makabreska]

This murloc seems like a thin lead. Old model with simple recolour? Wait, old model? World revamp confirmed!

[Nyel]

Have y’all every asked why a Green Dragon was captured in Icecrown? Why Dragonblight has so many Green Dragons around?

Sholazar still exists. And who knows what’s deep under Icecrown Citadel? There you have plenty of lore and stuff for a 9.2 taking place in Northrend.

[Marlamin]

Oh, where was the promised announcement for 9.2 that I must have missed?

The murloc is the announcement. You missed it.

[Makabreska]

Have y’all every asked why a Green Dragon was captured in Icecrown? Why Dragonblight has so many Green Dragons around?

Sholazar still exists. And who knows what’s deep under Icecrown Citadel? There you have plenty of lore and stuff for a 9.2 taking place in Northrend.

Dragonblight has each dragon flight shrine there. Greens weren't overrepresented more than others. And every zone exists, nothing stops Blizz from adding to any zone lore right now.