Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Sondrelk]

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

Where is the "Hogger's revenge" dungeon, where we fight a mercenary bandit, a shockingly large boar, magical mayhem from the Tower of Azora, and finally Gnasher, daughter of Hogger?

[Marlamin]

Where is the "Hogger's revenge" dungeon, where we fight a mercenary bandit, a shockingly large boar, magical mayhem from the Tower of Azora, and finally Gnasher, daughter of Hogger?

And we get to the real reason for the new human assets, Hogger-centric Elwynn forest revamp.

[TheFirstOnes]

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!"

We clearly see Zovaal plucking Azeroth's power for a good reason, so I'd argue the other Zereth's CLEARLY have that same connection going about it.

[Sondrelk]

And we get to the real reason for the new human assets, Hogger-centric Elwynn forest revamp.

Yes please.
Give me fun stuff in Goldshire, and max level content in Northshire Abbey. Increase the size of the mountain area with bandits, and make the Logging Camp the new city themed questing zone.

First raid in a giant tunnel network underneath Elwynn that tries to dig into the Stockades to free Hogger.

[TheFirstOnes]

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.

Ok? The Legion came outta nowhere too in WC3, but it works cause your view was VERY VEEERRRRYYYY limited outside of Azeroth, and just now we're actually starting to see the forces that MADE THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE, not just the Great Dark.

[Archmage Xaxxas]

"NEW CREATURES" confirmed?

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

"NEW CREATURES" confirmed?

I am pretty excited for the general fanbase reaction when they realize we are stuck in Cosmos soup for the next decade AND also the realization that the Azeroth they know will be rebooted with a completely new Azeroth at some point.

[Edward Wu]

The Pattern can go fuck itself. It's nothing against the almighty retcon, anyway.

[rainhard]

I am pretty excited for the general fanbase reaction when they realize we are stuck in Cosmos soup for the next decade AND also the realization that the Azeroth they know will be rebooted with a completely new Azeroth at some point.

For all we know they could be naming the new dragon isle native animals, like ducks.

[TheFirstOnes]

The Pattern can go fuck itself. It's nothing against the almighty retcon, anyway.

Isn't Blizzard canon regardless? I think the First Ones represent them, tbh.

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Or maybe beyond that tbh lol

[huth]

For all we know they could be naming the new dragon isle native animals, like ducks.

D-whats? Don't be silly. That's a ridiculous name for an animal.

[Marlamin]

D-whats? Don't be silly. That's a ridiculous name for an animal.

Frogduck disagrees.

[Sondrelk]

D-whats? Don't be silly. That's a ridiculous name for an animal.

It's only one letter away from the F-word. Noone would seriously consider naming any animal like that an expect it to go through the censors.

[Edward Wu]

I am pretty excited for the general fanbase reaction when they realize we are stuck in Cosmos soup for the next decade AND also the realization that the Azeroth they know will be rebooted with a completely new Azeroth at some point.

I mean, if 10.0 is as big of a flop as SL has been, then Microsoft is 100% stepping in and heavy-handedly as well. They have a history of being hands-off with successful studios but also a history of being very hands-on with unsuccessful ones. There's no way that we are getting a decade of Danuser Babies. He's gone if he fucks this next one up. They'll run out of Afrasiabi's to scapegoat.

[rainhard]

Frogduck disagrees.

I see it now so clearly, the frogduck was the kul'tiran robes of the duck isles.

[Sondrelk]

Frogduck disagrees.

Frogduck hunter pet when?

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Praise the Frogduck!

[micwini]

This would truly be the darkest timeline.

The darkest timeline would be 10.0 being centered around void elves.

[Foreign Exchange Ztudent]

A Froguck, the hybrid between a Frog and a duck.

[Jokubas]

There's a lot of directions things can go.

Many of us thought that Legion was going to just be the initial invasion of a larger Burning Legion arc, but Argus was the final patch and the Burning Legion was defeated. The Chronicle teased the Void as the next and final thing after the Burning Legion and Battle for Azeroth seemed to vindicate that expectation, leading to assumptions that'd we'd be in the Void arc for awhile. Ny'alotha ended up just being the final raid, the last Old God was killed, and then we moved onto a new, never-before-seen villain.

Even in the context of what we got, the Legion expansion's continent was the Broken Isles on Azeroth. The Void expansion's continent was Kul Tiras and Zandalar on Azeroth.

I wouldn't worry too much about a cosmic arc. History implies that Shadowlands' plot will be resolved here in 9.2. Anything that isn't, like Yrel's Light army, are more likely to be dealt with in an expansion with a mundane continent than taking place entirely in a Light realm.