Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Hitei]

I tend to believe the EoD logo is real and legit. Why? Because its weridly right and SPECIFIC in its themes.
Of course, one may say that the one who made the logo came to the same conclusion as some of us did: Light and Void themes are very hot in terms of build up in Legion, BFA and SL, and ready to shoot. Its hardly 11.0 material. Turalyon, Scarlet Crusade, Yrel, Alleria and Locuswalker stuff are very much ready to go. The guy or girl or people who made this logo came to the same conclusion, which isnt very spread around nowadays. Last couple months it was all about Dragons, dragons, isles, tinkers, dragons...
Thats why Void and Light hints on the logo background looks pretty pointy...

But dragons, well, there is not so much build up to it outside Wrathion. Thats why the dragon title with Void/Light logo behind feels belivable.

You literally just explained why that is not evidence at all. Everyone (including 95% of all the blatantly fake leaks) has assumed it was dragons, and many of them have assumed it was Dragons + Void/Light.

[Varodoc]

March 8th Release Date.

Zovaal Cinematic + WoW Expansion Date for Announcement Revealed On: March 22nd + March 24th.

This would truly be the darkest timeline.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

This would truly be the darkest timeline.

I mean we'll see the Date is supposed to be revealed tomorrow. I think it makes sense for the company they want to avoid February. It's just weird when you consider this PTR and how odd it was seemingly trying to rush for a Mid/Late February release date. But decided to delay it by 1-3 weeks instead of what was originally planned.

Honestly, I've been waiting for so long now that another month doesn't really phase me. At least with 9.2 Release Date confirmed it is at least removing not giving 10.0 details due to a patch being in testing and unreleased excuse.

[Nyel]

Huh? When did they reveal the release date for 9.2?

[TheFirstOnes]

I mean, Light/Void could easily play into that, but that still leaves 3 others.

Yeah, and we'll probably have those Zereth's in their own respective expac, prolly for a 2 parter or so. We got like 6 Expansions of Plot easily with all this, at the very least. 10.0: Dragons and world revamp, with rising tensions?

11.0: Elune, An'she, Pantheon of Life, Realm of Life, Zereth Vitae, etc. Rise of some Light and Shadow stuff?

12.0: Realm of Order, or maybe a lead in to that.

13.0: Zereth Tumult, Sargeras plotline, Disorder "PaNThEOn" made from stolen Proto-bodies of the First Ones' Factories, and infused with the might from within Zereth Tumult and the primordial Disorderly Magics from the Heart of Chaos!

14.0: Light Vs Shadow Part 1, or a lead in to that?

15.0: Maybe Light Vs Shadow Part 2? Kinda expect this to be a 3 parter tbh, with 1 Expac being focused on 1 force namely, with the other Expac being focused on the other.

I can see like 1-2 more expacs being on smaller plots also, making certain these expac's aren't an instant "Cosmic Plot to Cosmic plot" ordeal. Makes sense, and I'm kinda happy we didn't see the Life shit in this expac, makes sense ngl.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

Huh? When did they reveal the release date for 9.2?

It's just a leak, we don't know if it is verifiable. The date is supposed to be revealed tomorrow. Its' from a Scripe clip where he deadpan just told the release date and its reveal date.

Again could be just a little trolling. We see.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Yeah, and we'll probably have those Zereth's in their own respective expac, prolly for a 2 parter or so. We got like 6 Expansions of Plot easily with all this, at the very least. 10.0: Dragons and world revamp, with rising tensions?

11.0: Elune, An'she, Pantheon of Life, Realm of Life, Zereth Vitae, etc. Rise of some Light and Shadow stuff?

12.0: Realm of Order, or maybe a lead in to that.

13.0: Zereth Tumult, Sargeras plotline, Disorder "PaNThEOn" made from stolen Proto-bodies of the First Ones' Factories, and infused with the might from within Zereth Tumult and the primordial Disorderly Magics from the Heart of Chaos!

14.0: Light Vs Shadow Part 1, or a lead in to that?

15.0: Maybe Light Vs Shadow Part 2? Kinda expect this to be a 3 parter tbh, with 1 Expac being focused on 1 force namely, with the other Expac being focused on the other.

I can see like 1-2 more expacs being on smaller plots also, making certain these expac's aren't an instant "Cosmic Plot to Cosmic plot" ordeal. Makes sense, and I'm kinda happy we didn't see the Life shit in this expac, makes sense ngl.

This would be my nightmare scenario. 10 years of cosmic bullshittery.

[TheFirstOnes]

Pretty much we never will. That’s just another part of lore that’s brought up but will never come to fruition. And honestly, who wants to visit five other Zereths? We‘re going to Zereth Mortis and the others will be forgotten in the long run, maybe mentioned once or twice.

That's quite a weird way to think, considering you can easily make at least 1 Zereth into another raid tier for a prime reason. For example, you can give us a Church of Lumen, with Bells of Light, the Divine Council AKA the Light Pantheon or so serving as more-so workers watching over the Seat of the that Zereth's Inner Sanctum, etc. And because they are so holy in their nature, the Council of Light could MAYBE be allowed there for such an ordeal and whatnot. Or have the Void Lords attempt to corrupt Azeroth there.

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This would be my nightmare scenario. 10 years of cosmic bullshittery.

Always been this way? Just was a slow build up.

[Varodoc]

This would be my nightmare scenario. 10 years of cosmic bullshittery.

Yeah, thankfully Blizzard ignores this fan forum. Some of the ideas here are atrocious.

"Players hated how Shadowlands came out of nowhere and all its zones and characters were asspulled into existence and had no connection to Azeroth at all, so let's make 5 more expansions about Cosmic BS that has no connection to Azeroth!"

[TheFirstOnes]

Fuck your Zereths. I'm not going.

You can say fuck the Zereth's all you want, but the Design DOES require you to go there anyway. Even if you think you're gonna defy wanting to go, it'll happen.

[Marlamin]

You can say fuck the Zereth's all you want, but the Design DOES require you to go there anyway. Even if you think you're gonna defy wanting to go, it'll happen.

I mean, there's always the boars in Elwynn.

[Kiivar86]

We're almost certainly going to visit at least some of those other Zereths at some point, though whether or not it'll be a whole expansion is another thing.

But its like how they name dropped various Uld-'s over the years. We've yet to see Uldorus and Uldaz but they're certainly coming (particularly Uldorus, I imagine, given how its name is similar to Antorus, likely key to Azeroth's World-soul).

[Harbour]

It would be kinda terrible to have Light and Void buildup in Legion/BFA resolve ten years later imo. And im not talking about fundamental things like Burning Legion conclusion after ten years of expansions, but about certain plot lines that cant be put on hold in-universe: Scarlet Crusade, Turalyon v Genn/Shaw tensions, Alleria and Locuswalker deal etc. These details fit the overall Light vs Void narrative.
Especially if they want to make 10.0 Legion-like big and vast, it would allow them to freely weave in both those plot lines, Yrel's Crusade into Dragon Isles 'locale' plot, just like they built Burning Legion stuff around Suramar 'local' plot line.

[TheFirstOnes]

I mean, there's always the boars in Elwynn.

Only cause that's how the Pattern works.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Always been this way? Just was a slow build up.

Frankly? Because while a cosmic-oriented "myth arc" can be pulled off well, WoW simply hasn't paid the dues for that payoff. Especially a payoff that would essentially see Azeroth taken out back and Old Yeller'd in favor of a 10-year Zereth Tour.

As Varodoc says, a lot of people didn't like how the Shadowlands essentially was created out of nowhere. This isn't the Shadowlands that was built up in Classic, or Wrath, or hell even in BFA. It was created out of thin air to make an expansion around it. Only right everyone should fear Blizz doing that 5 more times.

[Hitei]

It would be kinda terrible to have Light and Void buildup in Legion/BFA resolve ten years later imo. And im not talking about fundamental things like Burning Legion conclusion after ten years of expansions, but about certain plot lines that cant be put on hold in-universe: Scarlet Crusade, Turalyon v Genn/Shaw tensions, Alleria and Locuswalker deal etc. These details fit the overall Light vs Void narrative.
Especially if they want to make 10.0 Legion-like big and vast, it would allow them to freely weave in both those plot lines, Yrel's Crusade into Dragon Isles 'locale' plot, just like they built Burning Legion stuff around Suramar 'local' plot line.

The scarlet crusade has been a joke the entirety of the game, it can be ignored forever. Plenty of governments/monarchies have tension among those in power for decades.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

Fundamentally we're going to go for another Narrative Whiplash, I suspect. We go from some Azeroth stuff onto Light versus Void or something else cosmic. Maybe an End of the Universe expansion where it Fortnites itself into a new Azeroth or something.

I mean again, the Zovaal Cinematic could lead into a Cosmic expansion but lets' not go that direction. Honestly I would've preferred 10.0 to be on EK and Kalimdor.

[Archmage Xaxxas]

I mean again, the Zovaal Cinematic could lead into a Cosmic expansion but lets' not go that direction.

inb4 this is our raid epilogue and 10.0 is "Reign of The First Ones!" or some wack shit

https://i.imgur.com/TTvYz3g.png

[Harbour]

The scarlet crusade has been a joke the entirety of the game, it can be ignored forever. Plenty of governments/monarchies have tension among those in power for decades.

I mean, for some reason Blizzard decided to write in this stuff, that supposed to be long time used, reused, abused and forgotten. And that person isnt some rabbit but supposedly "true heir to throne", among other Ligh-base plot lines. I certainly wouldnt throw it away as a joke.

[Hitei]

Frankly? Because while a cosmic-oriented "myth arc" can be pulled off well, WoW simply hasn't paid the dues for that payoff. Especially a payoff that would essentially see Azeroth taken out back and Old Yeller'd in favor of a 10-year Zereth Tour.

As Varodoc says, a lot of people didn't like how the Shadowlands essentially was created out of nowhere. This isn't the Shadowlands that was built up in Classic, or Wrath, or hell even in BFA. It was created out of thin air to make an expansion around it. Only right everyone should fear Blizz doing that 5 more times.

Barely any different from any other expansion, which typically have maybe a zone or two that are based on the existing concept and then have the entire rest of the expansion produced "out of thin air".