9.X Patches & 10.0 Speculation Thread

[Aeluron Lightsong]

That at first looked like a gryphon allied race >.>

[Arafal]

Duckthyr fixed!

FTFY

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[Khaza-R]

Also on the zone scale what is interesting is that they said the DF zones individually are bigger than the ones in SL, but also that its one of the largest continents in general that they did. It's a 4-5 zone continent (depending if they count the starting zone) and most of the other large ones have at least 6-7 zones

I don't think the number of zones really matters. Remember that Pandaria was originally only very large 4 zones + Vale of Eternal Blossoms to thematically correspond with the Celestials. But they later split Valley of the Four Winds and Townlong Steppes into 2 zones each without changing the overall size of Pandaria.

Zones like Jade Forest and Kunlai felt very massive to me in MoP and supposedly the Dragon Isles zones will be even larger.

[Arafal]

I wonder what the Login screen will be.

[Greyfang]

I wonder what the Login screen will be.

I'm going with the beacon thingy glowing, and some dragons flying around it.

[Rathwell]

absolute gigachad, if AR leak truly happens i vote for either tuskarr or crunched to zandalari size vrykuls.

What AR leak would that be?

[Mekkle]

Hope people push for fully armored dracthyr, don't wanna play a reskinned blood elf

[Teriz]

What AR leak would that be?

The Preorder pet is supposedly a Tuskarr child. That alongside the new models, and a female Tuskarr is pushing people to believe that Tuskarr are potentially a new AR.

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Hope people push for fully armored dracthyr, don't wanna play a reskinned blood elf

They're not going to be fully armored because dragons aren't fully armored, despite their visage forms.

Dracthyr are pretty much this;

[Izalla]

I don't keep up with Retail. What changes have we seen on PTR so far?

Almost none which is the whole issue. They have stuff encrypted so we can't see the biggest changes yet.

[Kiriastrasza]

Hope people push for fully armored dracthyr, don't wanna play a reskinned blood elf

Their scales are essentially their armour... Anything extra is usually ornamental.

[Mekkle]

Their scales are essentially their armour... Anything extra is usually ornamental.

yea, i wanna look good

[Izalla]

Probably each zone is effectively two zones; the leveling part and the endgame part. If each rep is getting its own campaign at max level, they need the space.

Just by judging the Azure Span alone that one is definitely a few smaller zones worth since it has the Grizzly Hills zone, the Borean Tundra zone, and then the actual snowy and icy mountains of presumably another entire zone, all combined into one.

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What AR leak would that be?

Specifically what the allied race leak refers to that isn't someone's guess, is just that there was a leak before Dragonflight was announced that got a bunch of things right and anything it didn't get right isn't actually contradicted, it just hasn't been said yet (presumably). That leak said that there would be an allied race added in prepatch or as part of the pre-order, I forget which.

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The Preorder pet is supposedly a Tuskarr child. That alongside the new models, and a female Tuskarr is pushing people to believe that Tuskarr are potentially a new AR.

When did this happen? Last I heard it used vulpera animations and that was literally all we actually knew. Did something change or are you just assuming?

[Kiriastrasza]

yea, i wanna look good

Remember we still haven't seen everything, they may have much more they want to add.

[Izalla]

Side note, I would kill for tuskarr themed parka-style cold weather sets. BLIZZ PLEASE

[Teriz]

When did this happen? Last I heard it used vulpera animations and that was literally all we actually knew. Did something change or are you just assuming?

It's a rumor floating around, though I vaguely remember someone posting an image....

Anyway, a Tuskarr child WOULD have Vulpera animations. Then again, so would a small Dracthyr.

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yea, i wanna look good

You'll look great!

[Nymrohd]

I wonder what the Login screen will be.

Alexstrasza needs to fly in front of our screens and roar in front of the Beacon of Tyrhold or I am rioting (in my backyard).

[Izalla]

It's a rumor floating around, though I vaguely remember someone posting an image....

Anyway, a Tuskarr child WOULD have Vulpera animations. Then again, so would a small Dracthyr.

Not necessarily. Neither goblin nor vulpera are particularily round, and the whole point of it being vulpera rather than goblin (everyone assumed) was because of the tail, which tuskarr don't have. As far as I know, the allied races that has the most evidence for being set up right now is that darkfallen one, and the pre-order pet isn't likely related to that.

[Rathwell]

Specifically what the allied race leak refers to that isn't someone's guess, is just that there was a leak before Dragonflight was announced that got a bunch of things right and anything it didn't get right isn't actually contradicted, it just hasn't been said yet (presumably). That leak said that there would be an allied race added in prepatch or as part of the pre-order, I forget which.

Has that not since been pretty much confirmed that they're doing a 2.0 with Demon Hunter? I.e. when you preorder you get to play the new race/class several weeks early. I know there was a tweet that cryptically said we'd enjoy the preorder bonus and then a dragon gif too, so I don't see why it'd be anything other than that

[Santandame]

In regards to the Dragon Isles zones supposedly being huge, and vertical, what is the current largest zone in game?

I'd like to mentally compare and theorise how much bigger Dragon Isles zones will be.

[Malorne the White Stag]

Not necessarily. Neither goblin nor vulpera are particularily round, and the whole point of it being vulpera rather than goblin (everyone assumed) was because of the tail, which tuskarr don't have. As far as I know, the allied races that has the most evidence for being set up right now is that darkfallen one, and the pre-order pet isn't likely related to that.

Tuskarr children aren't fat, though you are right about the tail (tuskarr do have a small one but it is more like male pandaren tails). God, I hope blizz doesn't give us another freaking elf race. Be creative.