Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[GR8GODZILLAGOD]

Gonna be arguing with a brickwall with that one.

[Vasoka]

@Catastrophy349 Since people here are saying you work for Blizzard, tell them to put Alleria Windrunner (spelling is checked and surname is given to avoid any confusion) in the spotlight. She has the potential to become the most popular character ever reintroduced in WoW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ut...channel=JRiver

[guro-tchai]

Woah there, Dansuer already ruined one of the sisters no need to expand his rent free harem.

never thought about that, but now it appears to be more than possible. waiting for the obnoxious Turalyon self-inserting

but hey, if it makes Varodoc happy and everyone else mad, i'm all for it.

[Catastrophy349]

I have a fun discussion question for speculation:

IF Dragon Isles are the next expansion theme/continent/zone (whatever you want to call it) for 10.0, how would you like it to be executed? For example, we've had "leaks" that mention their location ranging from: A). Floating Isles B). Other side of Azeroth C). North of Lordaeron D). Etc. In addition, we've had "leaks" mentioning one zone for each dragon aspect/flight (Bronze, Red, Blue, Black, and Green), Black being a potential "endgame" zone, etc.

What are your thoughts/hopes?

To answer my own question, I would like to see a zone for each dragon flight, floating isles, flying enabled from the beginning (since flying isles), and a linear story (instead of a city centrally located and "choose your own adventure" like Legion/BFA).

[ExiHext]

No offense, but almost every single one of your posts is out of context and looks like an AD or a twitter post from blizzard. You just randomly pop up and say things like "4 more weeks, what are your thoughts on x,y,z. 10.0 will be great!" etc

Yea, and others come here constantly to bitch how bad WoW/the devs/whatever are. So what's the problem? Positivity for WoW gets on your nerves? Great! I find the constant negativity unnerving. Each their own.

[Nokster10]

Yea, and others come here constantly to bitch how bad WoW/the devs/whatever are. So what's the problem? Positivity for WoW gets on your nerves? Great! I find the constant negativity unnerving. Each their own.

I'm sure people are negative but don't confuse criticism of clearly bad design decision for negativity for the sake of negativity. It's a discussion forum, people discuss the game.

[Catastrophy349]

Yea, and others come here constantly to bitch how bad WoW/the devs/whatever are. So what's the problem? Positivity for WoW gets on your nerves? Great! I find the constant negativity unnerving. Each their own.

To be fair, I am very critical of WoW, too. For example, while I personally enjoyed BFA, I did NOT enjoy the multiple themes being blended together into one expansion (and more specifically, in their own patch). Furthermore, Shadowlands is my LEAST played expansion...EVER. I enjoyed some of the expansion; however, overall, it is not very good (IMO). So, why am I so optimistic and cheerful? Because I still LOVE World of Warcraft. No matter what game(s) release, or how bad the current state of WoW "may" be, I still enjoy it at its core. THIS is why I am so HYPE and excited for 10.0. I truly feel like it will be a very good expansion. Time will tell. Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Time TBD

[DiscipleofCazicThule]

https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/592659829

Another 4chan leak talking about a battlepass. Something occurs enough theres either some truth to it or peoples expectations are just that low.

This is just another leak jumping on another leak because it called itself Paradox. I'm not going to hold my breath.

[Grimbold21]

It's fake.

">Cross faction grouping, trading and chat will be implemented for players not flagged for War Mode. None goblin auction houses will remain unconnected and capital cities/town guards will remain hostile."

Non goblin AH are already connected.

(...)this would be ahead of all others for me(...)

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

I have a fun discussion question for speculation:

IF Dragon Isles are the next expansion theme/continent/zone (whatever you want to call it) for 10.0, how would you like it to be executed? For example, we've had "leaks" that mention their location ranging from: A). Floating Isles B). Other side of Azeroth C). North of Lordaeron D). Etc. In addition, we've had "leaks" mentioning one zone for each dragon aspect/flight (Bronze, Red, Blue, Black, and Green), Black being a potential "endgame" zone, etc.

What are your thoughts/hopes?

Canonically it's been between Lordaeron and Northrend historically, so it should be located there.

Do agree on putting a zone for each flight, but I think they should be more alike than they are unique. Like they all have the same base theme and then the flight-specific stuff are the sprinkles on top.

[Catastrophy349]

Canonically it's been between Lordaeron and Northrend historically, so it should be located there.

Do agree on putting a zone for each flight, but I think they should be more alike than they are unique. Like they all have the same base theme and then the flight-specific stuff are the sprinkles on top.

Canonically in 2022. I wouldn't go off of that logic, if I'm just being honest. You're talking about the alpha version of World of Warcraft (Dragon Isles). It's quite clear that they can and will change anything at this point. I don't disagree with you, of course. That is why I put North of Lordaeron as one of my options.

[Grimbold21]

I have a fun discussion question for speculation:

IF Dragon Isles are the next expansion theme/continent/zone (whatever you want to call it) for 10.0, how would you like it to be executed? For example, we've had "leaks" that mention their location ranging from: A). Floating Isles B). Other side of Azeroth C). North of Lordaeron D). Etc. In addition, we've had "leaks" mentioning one zone for each dragon aspect/flight (Bronze, Red, Blue, Black, and Green), Black being a potential "endgame" zone, etc.

What are your thoughts/hopes?

Not an island.

[Catastrophy349]

Where are the World Revamp people at?

[ercarp]

I have a fun discussion question for speculation:

IF Dragon Isles are the next expansion theme/continent/zone (whatever you want to call it) for 10.0, how would you like it to be executed? For example, we've had "leaks" that mention their location ranging from: A). Floating Isles B). Other side of Azeroth C). North of Lordaeron D). Etc. In addition, we've had "leaks" mentioning one zone for each dragon aspect/flight (Bronze, Red, Blue, Black, and Green), Black being a potential "endgame" zone, etc.

What are your thoughts/hopes?

I always imagined the isles to be shrouded by the bronze dragonflight's time magic, which would explain why people haven't been able to find them (or at least haven't been able to get back to our timeline if they made it there somehow). Being an island inhabited almost solely by dragons, floating isles aren't a bad idea either. In either case, I don't think the location matters much.

One zone for each flight makes sense to me, but I don't think black dragonflight's zone being endgame makes sense at this stage. I would much prefer if the endgame zone was either the domain of a new dragonflight (white dragonflight, maybe?) or maybe centered around the charred Titan facility of Uldorus or something.

[Catastrophy349]

I always imagined the isles to be shrouded by the bronze dragonflight's time magic, which would explain why people haven't been able to find them (or at least haven't been able to get back to our timeline if they made it there somehow). Being an island inhabited almost solely by dragons, floating isles aren't a bad idea either. In either case, I don't think the location matters much.

One zone for each flight makes sense to me, but I don't think black dragonflight's zone being endgame makes sense at this stage. I would much prefer if the endgame zone was either the domain of a new dragonflight (white dragonflight, maybe?) or maybe centered around the charred Titan facility of Uldorus or something.

Cool ideas! I like these. I never thought about the Bronze Dragonflight's time magic effect.

[Shadochi]

I always imagined the isles to be shrouded by the bronze dragonflight's time magic, which would explain why people haven't been able to find them (or at least haven't been able to get back to our timeline if they made it there somehow). Being an island inhabited almost solely by dragons, floating isles aren't a bad idea either. In either case, I don't think the location matters much.

One zone for each flight makes sense to me, but I don't think black dragonflight's zone being endgame makes sense at this stage. I would much prefer if the endgame zone was either the domain of a new dragonflight (white dragonflight, maybe?) or maybe centered around the charred Titan facility of Uldorus or something.

Something related to time magic/time science I saw used in a couple of other fictional settings is to hide/shroud something in time by having it exist in like a bubble of small desync of time from reality or something like that

[Catastrophy349]

Just like how Emperor Shao shrouded Pandaria in Mists, I think it would be cool if the rationale behind both going to the Dragon Isles AND not being able to go there for some time (pun intended) is time related. Would be a great way to segway into the expansion, introduce the bronze dragon flight, and go from there.

[Kiria]

@Catastrophy349 Since people here are saying you work for Blizzard, tell them to put Alleria Windrunner (spelling is checked and surname is given to avoid any confusion) in the spotlight. She has the potential to become the most popular character ever reintroduced in WoW.

Wait and see

I'm sure they'll do something with her come the new expansion.

[Catastrophy349]

I have a feeling that the next few weeks leading up to announcement, announcement day, and after will be very good for WoW

[Revamp Man]

But what is the point if needing more levels to begin with? All it really does is dilute power gains on each level, and the only real benefit is that players can close their eyes and pretend like their level actually matters at endgame.

The current levelling works as well as one could expect.
1-10 for tutorial. 10-50 for acclimatizing the player. And 50-60 for easing players into current endgame.
Add 10 more levels and all you are really doing is either adding 10 levels to the middle section, which is pointless. Or making SL required levelling after the 10-50 stretch, which is even worse.

It helps players feel stronger
Leveling was a problem when you had to slog through certain areas which is why they merged some then did chromie time
10-50 isn’t fun or engaging so there’s no reason to expect 10-60 to be different except maybe the extra levels will let them experience more than the leveling campaign because let’s face it some levels can be ignored when you gain one in a dungeon

New players will have to level through shadowlands which is already exp rich in just the main story

Compared to constant resets which requires them to keep scaling back and can screw with gearing.

The level cap going over 100 was the issue along with 400k dps but if they can keep the power jumps minimal then we can get 4 expansions without more garbage squishes