Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Grimbold21]

You can start the new zone immediately at level 60. The enemies in it are pretty tough, but if you have anima on any other characters a vendor right at the start of ZM sells 226 gear for 500 anima for each piece, and theres a vendor in Oribos that lets you move anima to any of your alts.

I aint starting now, but in a month or so, perhaps.

I'm not interested that much in the content itself, but since Blizzard has reverted some past class changes, and enhancement can once again spread FS, who knows.

[huth]

I aint starting now, but in a month or so, perhaps.

I'm not interested that much in the content itself, but since Blizzard has reverted some past class changes, and enhancement can once again spread FS, who knows.

It'll still be the same in one month. There's an item to give you all conduits for your class at 226 as well, and once you got one char up to revered, one to bring them all to 239 that is accountbound.

[Polybius]

Might mean someone petitioned to take your name and due to inactivity blizz freed it up.

Can one still petition? They need to do something about trial characters, or go the way of adding the bnet ID number to characters (this would clear the way for merging realm names).

[Akta]

What I want to know is how much work/grind is ahead of someone that quit like a year ago, especially systems wise. We're talking about pre 9.1, pre Korthia

not much grinding needed

[Kiria]

Can one still petition? They need to do something about trial characters, or go the way of adding the bnet ID number to characters (this would clear the way for merging realm names).

I'm not entirely sure, but I do believe it's still possible.

[Sondrelk]

You know, the more I play, the more I love this new zone. It's a good example of making something feel alien despite cursory similarities, an uncanny valley effect for areas rather than humanoids.

I just cannot help but wish this was set up better. Some discussion on why the Shadowlands exists, and for what purpose. Whether we knew someone created it, perhaps seeing the cracks form at times. Hints that maybe this is the great question Zovaal obsessed over, and which caused him to turn.

The zone does a great job of giving the players questions to ponder without feeling like it needs to answer them. I just wish the existence of Zereth Mortis actually answered some questions by its existence, rather than seemingly coming out of nowhere to not do much more than be a suitable place to fight the Jailer in a climactic showdown.

[Santandame]

It'll still be the same in one month. There's an item to give you all conduits for your class at 226 as well, and once you got one char up to revered, one to bring them all to 239 that is accountbound.

Where is this item sold and what are the requirements?

[huth]

Where is this item sold and what are the requirements?

Well, it seems the revered one is no longer account bound, but they're both on the Enlightened quatermaster, at Friendly and Revered. Friendly you should have if you finished this weeks campaign quests.

[Santandame]

Well, it seems the revered one is no longer account bound, but they're both on the Enlightened quatermaster, at Friendly and Revered. Friendly you should have if you finished this weeks campaign quests.

Just grabbed it, thanking you

[Atriel]

The Jailer is defeated but his Azerite beam thingie still happens. It's unstoppable but Sylvanas throws herself down that hole as a sacrifice to stop it.

She dies but the spell is dampened and reality is saved, albeit damaged.

We escape the Shadowlands and return to a different world.

The only issue with this sort of scenario or "time skip" that I could see is that we will still have all this time after the raid where apparently everything is supposed to be different? Like, if we return to Azeroth and things are supposed to be different, they won't be until pre-patch 10.0, which, let's be real, is a very long time away from now.

I think Sylvanas could sacrifice herself to stop the plan somehow, but nothing will happen aside from saving the Shadowlands and it's respective expansion bubble.

[Catastrophy349]

The only issue with this sort of scenario or "time skip" that I could see is that we will still have all this time after the raid where apparently everything is supposed to be different? Like, if we return to Azeroth and things are supposed to be different, they won't be until pre-patch 10.0, which, let's be real, is a very long time away from now.

I think Sylvanas could sacrifice herself to stop the plan somehow, but nothing will happen aside from saving the Shadowlands and it's respective expansion bubble.

Sylvanas isn't going to jump into the beam of Azerite and sacrifice herself during the Jailer fight. Danuser already confirmed in an interview that the 8th chapter (Epilogue), which was initially removed from the PTR in ZM, will be a "conclusion of sorts" for Sylvanas' storyline in the Shadowlands.

[Edward Wu]

I feel like the moment Danuser is replaced by someone more competent at some point, that new person is just going to unceremoniously kill off Sylvanas in some opening expansion quest line lol.

[Polybius]

I'm not playing Shadowlands myself but the latest zone does look very Wildstar-ish to me

Omg yes! Especially that music, and the constructs, felt like Wildstar with the Eldan. Even Wildstar was supposed to have another layer to the overarching antagonists that were the Eldan.

[KainneAbsolute]

I want to hear some speculation! What do people think will happen during the Jailer fight?

I suspect it's super lore relevant, considering how eager they've been to keep it all secret.

The Jailer shows his true powers and becomes a giant, ready to destroy Azeroth.

The tinkers appear, and they help us with the dragonzord. In that way, Blizzard introduces the tinkers and the dragon islands.

The end

[AOL Instant Messenger]

An Explosion of Dragons (TM) appears in the sky

What size? Is it more like a massive explosion of Dragons, or just a small firecracker-scale light fizzle of Dragons? Will I remember this Explosion of Dragons, or is it more a boring and fairly mundane explosion of Dragons? If we're going for the less literal, presumed original meaning of "explosion", does this mean we'll see the population boom happen right in front of our eyes? This seems very odd for a T-game to end its expansion with a massive Dragon orgy.

[Syegfryed]

I feel like the moment Danuser is replaced by someone more competent at some point, that new person is just going to unceremoniously kill off Sylvanas in some opening expansion quest line lol.

And he shall be praised for as long human kind exist

[guro-tchai]

What size? Is it more like a massive explosion of Dragons, or just a small firecracker-scale light fizzle of Dragons? Will I remember this Explosion of Dragons, or is it more a boring and fairly mundane explosion of Dragons? If we're going for the less literal, presumed original meaning of "explosion", does this mean we'll see the population boom happen right in front of our eyes? This seems very odd for a T-game to end its expansion with a massive Dragon orgy.

suicide explosions in the middle of capitals, of course. dragons are mad that they've been used by the titans and left infertile. inspired by the goblins, they develop a new class - dragonsworn tinkers. mortals must use the power of the enemy against them, choosing the path of dragonsworn tinker hunters with alchemist, artificer and suicide squad specs!

[pacotaco]

suicide explosions in the middle of capitals, of course. dragons are mad that they've been used by the titans and left infertile. inspired by the goblins, they develop a new class - dragonsworn tinkers. mortals must use the power of the enemy against them, choosing the path of dragonsworn tinker hunters with alchemist, artificer and suicide squad specs!

Dark Dragontinkers!

[Lamoth]

Necrotinker ranger please.

Going behind the enemy lines in the harshest of environments they are fighting using skeleta-mechanical cyborg abomination mechas, bone-n-scrap contraptions and the most unimaginable amalgamated weapons ever seen in the universe.

[Valysar]

Let's hope next max level zones are not as boring as Zereth Mortis or Korthia