Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Valysar]

They won’t give us Dalaran as a capital for the third time. No f* way.

Dalaran is a beloved capital no ? So why not. (lazy solution I agree)

[Nyel]

Dalaran is a beloved capital no ? So why not. (lazy solution I agree)

I think so, yes. But only because it wasn’t overused yet. Three times not the charme in this case, in my opinion. It would feel lazy and completely devoid of any creativity. I love Dalaran, but there must be something better than this.

[Catastrophy349]

Glad to see this thread is active today

[Harbour]

Dalaran going back to Lordaeron doesnt seems out of realm of possiblity, considering the plot lines of Lordaeron/Undercity, Scarlet Crusade, Turalyon etc kinda ready to be executed. Including Khadgar return after two expansions abscence.

[Aetal]

Dalaran would be good way to work in cross faction game play.

[Nyel]

That picture is clearly fabricated, why is it such a hot topic? Doesn’t even make sense with the Shadowlands logo. There’s no what’s next for Shadowlands, 9.2 is the end. 9.2.5 will already be the thematical interlude for 10.0.

[Gimlix]

Blizzard should just make use of Gilneas as capital hub for Alliance. Dalaran was such a boring and still is city.
People tend to forget we still aren't using cross faction as standard just for the queue.

[Makabreska]

Dalaran would be good way to work in cross faction game play.

They don't really need any place to introduce it. Especially if it only happens in instanced zones.

[Baedril]

That picture is clearly fabricated, why is it such a hot topic? Doesn’t even make sense with the Shadowlands logo. There’s no what’s next for Shadowlands, 9.2 is the end. 9.2.5 will already be the thematical interlude for 10.0.

Who knows, maybe they'll give us some story content in old world in 9.2.5 to set up whatever 10.0 will be and we see Dalaran land? I don't think it's real myself, just because it seems to still be floating but I wouldn't discount it based on the SL logo.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Okay so if it's Dalaran again, why?

That would mean the Kirin'tor are involved and so far they only get involved when Azeroth is being invaded. So who the fuck is invading the Dragon Isles?

[Dracullus]

I don't expect Alpha right away after reveal, but usually they had short demo on 'expac' Blizzcons. Maybe wowdev3 is preparation for exactly that, but public?

[Nyel]

Dalaran is just a better looking Oribos. It’s too small. The Legion-Dalaran is a beautiful city, they can’t update enough to make it a good city for a third time. I mean a flying city is a cool thing but come on, a little bit more creativity, please?

[Vakir]

It's entirely possible if real (which it isn't) that it's a tease to illustrate some world updating by showing Dalaran returned to Hillsbrad rather than it being a definite capital.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

It's entirely possible if real (which it isn't) that it's a tease to illustrate some world updating by showing Dalaran returned to Hillsbrad.

Possible but as people pointed out, the tree level is all wrong for that. It looks like it's floating off the ground, not back in the ground.

Truth is it's probably just a bad photoshop job.

[Nyel]

It's entirely possible if real (which it isn't) that it's a tease to illustrate some world updating by showing Dalaran returned to Hillsbrad rather than it being a definite capital.

This sounds at least plausible.

[Makabreska]

Dalaran is just a better looking Oribos. It’s too small. The Legion-Dalaran is a beautiful city, they can’t update enough to make it a good city for a third time. I mean a flying city is a cool thing but come on, a little bit more creativity, please?

Small size is not really a problem. I saw plenty of Hordies complaining in BfA how much running they had in Dazar'alor when compared to neatly packed Boralus Harbor.

[Nyel]

Small size is not really a problem. I saw plenty of Hordies complaining in BfA how much running they had in Dazar'alor when compared to neatly packed Boralus Harbor.

Dazaralor is a beautiful city, but without flying it’s just a pain due to all the stairs and different places. In Boralus most stuff was on the same level. Both cities have been excellent, in my opinion. One was just very difficult to traverse without flying.

[Archmage Xaxxas]

Small size is not really a problem. I saw plenty of Hordies complaining in BfA how much running they had in Dazar'alor when compared to neatly packed Boralus Harbor.

Loved having that massive scale for a Horde city, but yea it was kind of nuts it was so vertically offset that we needed Flight Paths within the city.

Probably could have included a bit less at the docks or had a cool Zip-Line-Vine to zoom down lol (I know there was the Paku lifts at least.)


Meanwhile I did like Boralus, just felt it was almost a tad cramped/overly detailed for it's size? Makes sense as wooden human work, but I do miss the literal 'larger than life' feeling some of the larger architecture in places like Darnassus have.

[ScarletKnives]

Okay so if it's Dalaran again, why?

That would mean the Kirin'tor are involved and so far they only get involved when Azeroth is being invaded. So who the fuck is invading the Dragon Isles?

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[Lady Atia]

They don't really need any place to introduce it. Especially if it only happens in instanced zones.

I'm quite sure it will only happen in instanced zones for 9.2.5. - but I'm fully expecting open world and guild support once 10.0 launches.