Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Makabreska]

Don't you mean

o shit this is it bois!

[Kiria]

Don't you mean

I love it, this is the one!

[huth]

Don't you mean

Nah, it's all about explosions, dragons and exploding dragons now. And draconic explosions.

Though maybe we should expect Explosion of the Dragons.

[Khaza-R]

Do you guys think the name for the expansion will be a one word name like "Legion" or "Cataclysm" or will we get something back a long the lines of "_____ of _____" or "_____ of the _____"?

Finale of Dragonkind

[Hitei]

Still betting on Living World of Azeroth or something like that.

[huth]

Still betting on Living World of the Azeroth or something like that.

Fixed that for you.

[Teriz]

That looks like vomit.

[Hitei]

That looks like vomit.

You should see a doctor.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

I've always liked this one personally. Saw it ~2 years ago and it kind of fits with this current season of leaks:

Now just gotta add the 'World of Warcraft' logo somewhere around it.

[Hitei]

I've always liked this one personally. Saw it ~2 years ago and it kind of fits with this current season of leaks:




Now just gotta add the 'World of Warcraft' logo somewhere around it.

Aspects of Glades

[Raetary]

That looks like vomit.

Well excuse me Mr.ArtCritic, but Blizzard entertainment themselves disagree.

[Kiria]

That looks like vomit.

Lemme guess, not enough Tinkers on the borders?

[Dracullus]

Maybe we should put all hints together (add something if you remember all stuff and yes, I'm to lazy to look for sources):

- all Light and Void references from SL zones (like Light area in Revendreth or Void one in Bastion)
- all Bard references, I think in every zone including Korthia and Tazavesh
- Skyblazer mount
- cat mount
- encrypted mount from 9.1.5, green spell effects
- Jailer screaming left and right about 'remaking universe', final fight somehow connected to Azeroth life force
- devs hinting about more grounded plots in future
- Elune storyline
- LivingWorld

From previous expansions:
- unresolved plots with Azshara, Yrel, Xalatath
- unstable Allera and Turalyon (one whisper connected to Turalyon)
- lot of development for Tinkers in 8.2, including Tinkers from other races (Alliance intro)
- Dragon Isles quest from island expeditions

Some popular ideas:
- full cross faction (guilds, war mode off, trading between A/H)
- world revamp (either full EK/Kalimdor one or revamping zone one by one starting in 10.0)
- class skins ("new" class with different spell names and animations, could be suble like some Moon Priest or totally crazy like Necromancer based on Warlock)
- proper housing
- profession revamp.

[Kiivar86]

Saw this on reddit, the Exploring Azeroth: Kalimdor book has this bit on Bloodmyst that hints at a dragon homeland.

[Marlamin]

Saw this on reddit, the Exploring Azeroth: Kalimdor book has this bit on Bloodmyst that hints at a dragon homeland.
*snip*

I'll take "least subtle clues" for $500, Alex.

[Kiivar86]

I'll take "least subtle clues" for $500, Alex.

Yeah its pretty blatant, isn't it?

I looked up the questgiver and stuff on Bloodmyst and there isn't much about this dragon rider stuff either, that I can find anyway (brief glance, admittedly).

[Jokubas]

Yeah, as far as I know that wasn't pre-existing lore (though I'll admit I had to look up the island names that do exist because it's been so long since I did the draenei starting stuff). It's also interesting in that it also involves the night elves again. I'm still betting on Elune being important even if it is a "dragon expansion."

Actually, this is also arguably the bridge that connects a dragon expansion to Shadowlands. One thing that's made me doubt a dragon expansion is the lack of any real dragon subplot in Shadowlands, but if the Elune and night elf stuff is important to the dragon stuff, then we do have that subplot. That would also vindicate what I was saying about how a leak that looks arbitrary can look obvious in hindsight once it's announced with its actual context.

[Teriz]

Maybe we should put all hints together (add something if you remember all stuff and yes, I'm to lazy to look for sources):

- all Light and Void references from SL zones (like Light area in Revendreth or Void one in Bastion)
- all Bard references, I think in every zone including Korthia and Tazavesh
- Skyblazer mount
- cat mount
- encrypted mount from 9.1.5, green spell effects
- Jailer screaming left and right about 'remaking universe', final fight somehow connected to Azeroth life force
- devs hinting about more grounded plots in future
- Elune storyline
- LivingWorld

From previous expansions:
- unresolved plots with Azshara, Yrel, Xalatath
- unstable Allera and Turalyon (one whisper connected to Turalyon)
- lot of development for Tinkers in 8.2, including Tinkers from other races (Alliance intro)
- Dragon Isles quest from island expeditions

Some popular ideas:
- full cross faction (guilds, war mode off, trading between A/H)
- world revamp (either full EK/Kalimdor one or revamping zone one by one starting in 10.0)
- class skins ("new" class with different spell names and animations, could be suble like some Moon Priest or totally crazy like Necromancer based on Warlock)
- proper housing
- profession revamp.

• Tinkers and Dragons hinted during Exile's Reach (some rumor that Exile Reach is possibly part of Dragon Isles)
• Island Expedition Teams in BFA had Tinker abilities from HotS. They were the only team to have HotS abilities, and HotS abilities have traditionally wound up in the class lineup.
• Steamscale Incinerator and its companion pet, the Timeless Mechanical Dragonling. Both items link the concepts of technology and dragons together
• Mekkatorque getting the "Spark Reactor' at the end of BFA, a reference to Marvel's Iron Man series
• Wrathion discovers a clutch of dragons under N'Zoth and uncorrupts them. These dragons are Voidwings, apparently a new (or lost) flight of dragons.

[Hitei]

Yeah its pretty blatant, isn't it?

I looked up the questgiver and stuff on Bloodmyst and there isn't much about this dragon rider stuff either, that I can find anyway (brief glance, admittedly).

https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Pri..._Prince_Toreth

Yeah, as far as I know that wasn't pre-existing lore (though I'll admit I had to look up the island names that do exist because it's been so long since I did the draenei starting stuff). It's also interesting in that it also involves the night elves again. I'm still betting on Elune being important even if it is a "dragon expansion."

It was pre-existing.

Are you mad? Look around you, mortal. Do you not see that you stand upon sundered earth? Leave this place lest you suffer as my people and I have...
Why do you suffer?

Are you blind as well as insane?
I am a ghost - a cruel reminder of a civilization that has long ceased to exist - anchored to a land that I failed to protect.
Long ago - ten-thousand years past - I was flesh and bone, just like you. I was prince of this land and a dragon rider, blessed by Ysera of the Dream.

What is Ysera and how were you blessed?
Have you not heard of Ysera? Guardian of nature? Aspect of the Dream? She is the matron of all green dragons! Aye, it was Ysera herself that gifted my kingdom with her brood. We stood shoulder to shoulder with the noble creatures and they allowed us to ride them into battle against our enemies. All was well for many centuries... until...

Until what?
Deathwing's brood... Ysera's benevolence raised the ire of Deathwing - patron of the black dragonflight. They attacked us in our sleep! Many died on the initial surge but the greens rose to protect us.
<Prince Toreth points around the island.>
The bones are all that remains of the once great dragons. None were spared.

So why are you still here?
I was the last to die. As I felt my spirit leaving my mortal shell, I swore a blood oath.
<Prince Toreth shakes his head.>
A pact was made between this land and I: My blood for this world. I became the sole keeper of the history of my people.
I cannot rest until I am secure in knowing that the story of the dragon riders of Loreth'Aran is not lost in the passages of time.

[Teriz]

Lemme guess, not enough Tinkers on the borders?

Nope, simply a terrible color scheme.



I prefer that one quite a bit more.