Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Ersula]

Sure would. WoW wouldn't. WarCraft? Not that hard.

Let them figure out how to write ONE character competently before they try crafting an entire cast of characters, please.

[Hitei]

Let them figure out how to write ONE character competently before they try crafting an entire cast of characters, please.

You say that like most RPGs, or especially JRPGs are competently written.

[Iheartnathanos]

Nothing is perfect, and at least they tried?

[Revamp Man]

Ok I got you fam

The jailer did cause damage to Azeroth
Nozdormu uses the power of other bronze dragons to slow the effects long enough for it to be healed and not kill everything on the planet. This leads to him and the dragons that helped him to become the first of the infinite flight. Chromie and the rest of the bronze flight are fine because they were fine with the fate that was coming. This leads to Chromie’s now infinite dragon friend traveling the timelines trying to kill her but we already took care of that.

This leads to the first of many rising threats in the expansion.

The Scarlet Crusade is slowly recruiting and after seeing Genn lose his shit at Anduin for not killing sylvanas and essentially denying justice to all who died including his wife they cause an uprising saying that Genn is a true king and Anduin is a stain on his Family legacy. They try to depose Anduin claiming they have the true heir to Lordaeron and that we need a king that won’t put the enemies of the kingdoms ahead of it’s people. This makes Anduin emo and depressed seeking comfort in the arms of Talia who says she knows how it feels to live up to a father’s legacy and never feel good enough. Calia appears and tells the people that the scarlet crusade lies because she had a daughter not a son. She gets kidnapped and is set to be executed as a lying abomination. Bolvar leads the charge to get her back with Talia and the forces of Kul Tiras behind her. When they get there Bolvar mentions how Calia looks like his presumed dead wife and as he tells her the story of his wife she gets ready to speak but the false heir appears and reveals he was a black dragon and the son of Nefarion. After we escape Calia hears Bolvar use Talia’s nickname and then asks if he was a soldier when he met his wife and it’s revealed that….CALIA IS HIS WIFE!!! Now to cripple the scarlet crusade and raise lordaeron from its ashes.

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

Since the joke went way beyond what I wanted haha this is obviously a fake, just poking fun at the whole "found on discord" meme with the original logo leak....



It's using the (at least we think fake) empire of dragons logo that was "found on a discord".

i don't think they'd use the PT/CET time for announcement pics. Rather PT/EST as most people do in America.

[Luck4]

Just for comparison, I searched for the 2015 live stream announcement:



Here's the leaked one:



If these EoD logos are fake, then people are really invested in making them...

[Revamp Man]

Just for comparison, I searched for the 2015 live stream announcement:



Here's the leaked one:



If these EoD logos are fake, then people are really invested in making them...

The guy that made the bottom photo admitted it was a joke

[Luck4]

I really hope they step it up from 2021's announcements, because those were awful. We need PowerPoint slides, damn it. Show me concept art, let a developer explain new features enthusiastically, and show a bunch or trailers.

These were the old Blizzard days... Metzen was such a legend:


I still remember being worried when he left, and I was right to be...

[Pheraz]

This is there speculation thread so I'm speculating:

I don't know how we get there but I'm sure Azshara will be brought back. I hope in the context of a new kaldorei empire. 0

On context of the last pages: those fake images are really fun!

[Revamp Man]

This is there speculation thread so I'm speculating:

I don't know how we get there but I'm sure Azshara will be brought back. I hope in the context of a new kaldorei empire. 0

On context of the last pages: those fake images are really fun!

She’ll be back soon
I think when illidan returns possessed by Sargeras so she can get revenge on both

[Chickat]

I really like Azshara. Its a shame she wasn't the boss of her own expansion.

[Revamp Man]

I really like Azshara. Its a shame she wasn't the boss of her own expansion.

Devil’s advocate

They wanted to build her up and define what her goals are

[Hitei]

These were the old Blizzard days... Metzen was such a legend:

I still remember being worried when he left, and I was right to be...

Because panels are slightly more awkward?

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

The guy that made the bottom photo admitted it was a joke

Knowing this thread this image will turn up again next week out of the blue with "found this on 4chan, big announcement this week?"

[Revamp Man]

Knowing this thread this image will turn up again next week out of the blue with "found this on 4chan, big announcement this week?"

Nah but it will next season just like awakenings

[Luck4]

Because panels are slightly more awkward?

Yes, in his awkwardness he was truly dedicated and passionate about the lore, and I liked his direction. The only thing that I really disliked under Metzen was "Draenor is free! ", but that compared to the number of letdowns since 7.3.5 cinematics is laughable.

Anyway, this is just my taste. I prefer true villains and true heroes in fiction, instead of gray moral drama on both sides, for me drama is like real life, and I think real-life is boring.

[Nyel]

How do those names not make sense?

"Shadowlands" is self-explanatory, the expansion takes place in the realm known as Shadowlands.

"Warlords of Draenor" refers to the main villains of the expansion, the Warlords of the world "Draenor" who formed the Iron Horde.

"Mists of Pandaria" refers to the magical mists that surrounded Pandaria for 10000 years, the expansion happens because of their disappearance.

"Empire of Dragons" doesn't make sense, unless the dragons randomly decide to start an empire.

Which is out of character for them because, in case you didn't know, empires are built on conquest and bloodshed. By definition, an empire is a collection of conquered kingdoms. I don't see Alexstrasza and co. randomly starting to conquer people. That would certainly make them no better than their nemesis N'Zoth.

We didn't know about the Warlords of Draenor before Warlords of Draenor.

We didn't know about the Mist(s) of Pandaria before Mists of Pandaria.

Empire of Dragons makes as much sense as the others when it's introduced in the expansion as a new thing. So a new Dragonflight trying to establish an empire. Wrathion trying to establish an empire by uniting the dragonflights. Murozond trying to establish an empire. Nozdormu trying to establish an empire to fight Murozond.

I can go on and on and on. Empire of Dragons make a lot of sense when it's the main theme of the expansion.

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Not sure why everyone keeps debating the empire of dragons logo. The person who posted it continues to read this thread and hasn't said a word about it since they posted it. Was also the first and only source of the image. Just put it to rest already lol

The logo is way too good for a fan made logo. If it's indeed fake, it's a 10/10 job. That logo easily rivals every other official expansion logo in quality and design.

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This is there speculation thread so I'm speculating:

I don't know how we get there but I'm sure Azshara will be brought back. I hope in the context of a new kaldorei empire. 0

On context of the last pages: those fake images are really fun!

They brought Vashj back for a reason in Shadowlands. If she doesn't interact with Azshara, I would be baffled. I mean why do they put so much emphasis on Azshara in BfA and Vashj in Shadowlands when both are not going to interact?

[Revamp Man]

Kalecgos is growing concerned with the recent resurgence of the twilight cult in northrend and has reached it to his sister Alexzstraza to help take care of them. There’s rumors that the cultists are planning an attack to reclaim the body of chromatus but with both the red and blue dragons working together there is little to fear…or so they thought. The twilight cult has a secret weapon the two aspects did not expect, twilight dragons that were magically aged to maturity. The battle was long and it seemed like a victory for Kalec and Alex but the attack was merely a distraction for the cult to sneak forces in and remove the body using the underground tunnels dug by the nerubians still faithful to the fallen old gods.

We follow the tunnels and find the spot where the cult teleported away and the two aspects are furious and follow with no extra forces. What they find are the cultists siphoning the power from what seems to be hundreds of twilight eggs and into the lifeless body of Chromatus. The two aspects and the hero attack but it was a trap. The cult begins siphoning power from the two dragons and it causes a stirring in Chromatus soon a new head begins to form but it holds the coloring of a twilight dragon. We free the aspects with the help of Wrathion’s Talonguard agents that he had planted in the cult but it is too late….Chromatus rises and all 6 heads roar. Kalec attacks with magic but the twilight head absorbs it. Alex turns into her dragon form and attacks him with fire but it has no effect. Chromatus then strikes the dragon aspect with a breath attack from his new head weakening her and now wrestling with her using his heads to pin her. She tells Kalec to go even though he refuses she roars at him and he gets all of us out and to the Ruby Shrine mourning her death until a Talonguard agent tells him that she wouldn’t be killed as an aspect is too valuable to the cult for the continuation of their plans.

3 storylines so far that are infinitely better than what we will actually get

[Relapses]

Just for comparison, I searched for the 2015 live stream announcement:



Here's the leaked one:



If these EoD logos are fake, then people are really invested in making them...

Oh I like this game: Spotting the differences --

• Wrong gradient used for "See what's next"
• Inexplicable "04th" instead of the grammatically correct "4th"
• "AM" is lowest case for some reason and "PT" and "CET" are mismatched in abbreviations
• Expansion logo is obviously a blacked out version of the other "leaked" expansion logo, not a heavily shadowed gradient which would be indicative of a reveal

That's just a few. I'm sure there's more.

It did get the vibe right, though. So I can't blame people for being duped by it.

[Alanar]

It is worth noting that, in the Ren'dorei player intro, Alleria Windrunner cites the Dragons as an example of creatures who could not resist the whispers of the Void and were broken.

Maybe she could appear in a Dragon expansion to mock and roast the Dragons, like the Queen she is

No not worth mentioning... to much fanboying here to make sense.