Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[UndedoKoleda]

If the upcoming Sylvanas novel has any major plot points related to, or leading to 10.0, Q2 announcement might not be out of question.

Plus, I think that we might get an info/reveal of 9.2.5 before they announce 10.0

[Skildar]

If the upcoming Sylvanas novel has any major plot points related to, or leading to 10.0, Q2 announcement might not be out of question.

Plus, I think that we might get an info/reveal of 9.2.5 before they announce 10.0

The book will most likely focus on her inner dilemma preceding 9.2.

[Shinrael]

I would love for this to be true. The cynic in me says that those little updates are simply new members cutting their teeth and getting used to the style and workflow of Blizzard, though. But I would be glad to be wrong, especially if there's a grandiose 6-year conspiracy to get us some epic content.

I like delving into the potential future where this isn't just copium. It's nice. I wish it was real (No sarcasm).

[Alanar]

If the upcoming Sylvanas novel has any major plot points related to, or leading to 10.0, Q2 announcement might not be out of question.

Plus, I think that we might get an info/reveal of 9.2.5 before they announce 10.0

I just think it will be some backround information with a few new things and thats it.

Dont hope for 10.0 info in that book, it will just help to not feel to much dissappointment is all I can say about it.

[Radioactive]

I really want to believe this old leak, that 10.0 will save WoW, shaking the MMO genre at its chore (i can't help but laugh at that statement). I hope to be slapped in the face with a fantastic expansion, that will revive the sense of wonders, exploration and community effort that is Warcraft and Azeroth to me; but claiming that Bfa and SL were just fillers to keep people busy is just really strong copium.

They already went all out with BfA and the Azerite system combining with the ambitious story (CGI cinematics, IG cinematics, shorts, wonderful leveling experience and lore. The very start of BfA really was fantastic, only to be let down by Azerite, Warfronts and Isles explorations. The... systems). Also with the mini expansion that was 8.3 with 50 new systems (i dislike this patch so much ). Same with SL, they went all out with Torghast and the covenants, the okay-ish lore they wanted to establish (but awfully executed) for the 4 zones and factions. They went all out each time.

I wish the leak is true though. WoW really needs a complete overhaul of gameplay to make it compelling again and indeed shake the genre. Having new leveling systems when you just ended leveling your character isn't the right direction IMHO : talent rows, soulbind talent trees, renown leveling, character leveling, ILVL progression... just wipe/merge everything. Make it make sense!

I really wish they find back a clear vision of what they want their MMORPG to be.

[draugril]

I like delving into the potential future where this isn't just copium. It's nice. I wish it was real (No sarcasm).

The only good thing about having rock bottom expectations is that you can't be disappointed. You can be surprised, though. I'll hope for that surprise, no matter how unlikely.

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I really wish they find back a clear vision of what they want their MMORPG to be.

I'd argue that their vision is all too clear. And narrow. They design it for the eSports crowd, and assume that everyone else will be fine with content that allows them to pretend to be the eSports crowd. They don't realize that not everyone aspires to be chasing higher numbers and they their game has the potential to be so much more.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Yay more overuse of the word copium.

[Alanar]

Yay more overuse of the word copium.

People just want to sound interesting or funny. Its more annoying then anything else.

[draugril]

It would go away a lot quicker without going all Streisand Effect on it every time someone uses it...

[Nyel]

You really think Blizzard is going to announce the expansion in Q2? My money is still on late February reveal.

I'm pretty sure they're not going to announce the expansion just one week after 9.2.

[Shadochi]

I'm pretty sure they're not going to announce the expansion just one week after 9.2.

I agree, it just makes no sense either from a hype point or an ingame perspective point with the expac finale being a week after, so they wouldn't have to dodge info regarding the conclusion.
My guess is they will probably wait until race for world first. Having it drop same week as end cinematic still might mean that a lot of players haven't seen it, and they probably don't want to be taking the popularity away from the race.

[Dracullus]

I hope to be slapped in the face with a fantastic expansion, that will revive the sense of wonders, exploration and community effort that is Warcraft and Azeroth to me; but claiming that Bfa and SL were just fillers to keep people busy is just really strong copium.

Sigh, when you people will learn that these are just empty words. It's very likely that new expansion will bring "sense of wonder, exploration yada yada" on launch, maybe if we are lucky it will last few more weeks like Legion or Classic.

But it's impossible that everyone will run on grass holding hands after that. Especially now when you have so many releases, people know how spread info with speed of light and attention span is so low.

It's just a game, man. You will be bored eventually no matter what. It's better to enjoy real things than chase impossible ideals.

[Nyel]

I agree, it just makes no sense either from a hype point or an ingame perspective point with the expac finale being a week after, so they wouldn't have to dodge info regarding the conclusion.
My guess is they will probably wait until race for world first. Having it drop same week as end cinematic still might mean that a lot of players haven't seen it, and they probably don't want to be taking the popularity away from the race.

I mean… they waited so long with the announcement. Why rush it now? It just makes not much sense. They have enough time during March. They can announce the announcement stream or whatever early March and have the event in the last week of March and there will be no hassle.

[Marlamin]

I would love for this to be true. The cynic in me says that those little updates are simply new members cutting their teeth and getting used to the style and workflow of Blizzard, though. But I would be glad to be wrong, especially if there's a grandiose 6-year conspiracy to get us some epic content.

Yeah, this is a genuine possibility as well. On the other hand I would assume if there was a multi-year conspiracy going on that they'd at least have thrown out a "we're working on something, wait and see" a while back to compensate for the (at least imo) rather lackluster Korthia.

[Amstrup]

Since 9.2 hype is so low, they should announce 10.0 now.

Gotta get wow on peoples minds.

[Ersula]

We 99.9% wont see 10.0 announcement this month, not even the announcement of the announcement, there is simply too much other stuff happening in gaming (9.2 next week, LostArk right now, SWTOR&GW2 expansions next 2 weeks, then EldenRing on the singleplayer side...)

This logic is evidence of someone who's never observed any patterns in gaming promotion: Not only has Blizzard (not even including Blizzcon) announced major content reveals the same day as major content releases, (Hearthstone & WoW have done this with each other repeatedly) its ignoring the predatory side of this: The point is to take hype away from their competitors. They literally announced 9.2 & the whole "developer insight" video the same day as the Endwalker Pre-patch.

If the upcoming Sylvanas novel has any major plot points related to, or leading to 10.0, Q2 announcement might not be out of question.

Plus, I think that we might get an info/reveal of 9.2.5 before they announce 10.0

Unless of course 9.2.5 is like 7.3.5 and exists entirely as a pretense to implement the expansion's pre-order features.

They're really not hiding much from us in the 9.2 ptr. And while the story threads were there in 8.3, nothing about the story revelations actually pointed directly to the Shadowlands. At this point we know one of two things happens: The next expansion is complete divorced from anything happening right now (dragon isles or other new continent) or the Jailer does extensive damage to Azeroth in the 3rd phase of his fight (world revamp) and the idea they're going to wait until after world first race is asinine: Only the most dedicated wow fan is going to pay attention to that. The announcement would generate hype for the world first race, not the other way around. World First races have never been a factor in Blizzard announcing products before.

So there's no reason not to assume the announcement isn't going to happen when they originally planned it to happen: Third Week of February. The week of the cancelled Blizzconline.

[ExiHext]

Since 9.2 hype is so low, they should announce 10.0 now.

Gotta get wow on peoples minds.

Just because YOU are not hyped doesn't mean that everybody isn't. I absolutely look forward to 9.2.
And to be fair: the usual suspects that aren't hyped for 9.2 won't be hyped for 10.0 either. There will be the usual bitching that it's not what they wanted 10.0 to be...oh, and: "wow ded!" of course.

[draugril]

Just because YOU are not hyped doesn't mean that everybody isn't. I absolutely look forward to 9.2.
And to be fair: the usual suspects that aren't hyped for 9.2 won't be hyped for 10.0 either. There will be the usual bitching that it's not what they wanted 10.0 to be...oh, and: "wow ded!" of course.

Eh, anecdotal (because that's all we're privy to), but even among my most diehard guildies... Discord is dead re: WoW. Nary a peep about 9.2. Very few "doomers" in the crew, and not a single "wow ded" memer. They all want to like this game. It just needs to be in a state that makes it easier to enjoy. All the individual parts are there, but it's structured in a very unappealing way that saw everyone drop off extraordinarily quickly.

[George Lucas]

so my uncle is the boss of world of warcraft and here is the real leak:

https://imgur.com/a/hFIoTqM

[Zers Editor]

I do wonder how much the Jailer being hidden until live will affect the race, considering they haven't done something like that in a while.