Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Hellspawn]

Hmm, I gotta disagree on that point. Imo all they have to do is add this as the heritage armor and it would be perfect:

During BfA there was an interview that confirmed that this will not be the Nelf heritage armor, but they said that they will try to give it to nelfs somehow (maybe like they added a blood elf paladin heritage set in 9.2.5...)

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Hold up, is this true? There is apparently a cutscene of Tyrande and the Winter Queen.

What could this be... a new seed?

A seed for a new world tree

We still don't know what they will do with the Night Elf souls, in 9.1 Tyrande told us that Elune has plans for them.

[Three Faced Goddess]

They would just not allow them to do Legion content with that class. Meh, that would suck, wouldn't it? I guess that's another evidence towards Class Skins being a sensible choice. The Hunter order hall already has Dark Rangers, so they would not look out of place there.

Dark Rangers would probably just be given Thas'dorah and Titanstrike, not sure about Talonclaw, though. If Dark Rangers were a thing, they'd also probably have a rogue-esque spec. I know that Necromancer and Warlocks are different, but couldn't they slot them in with the Warlock class hall? Not sure how/where they'd fit in the T class.

[Marlamin]

Some new things from 9.2.5 that I haven't really seen mentioned elsewhere yet;

So there's a new quest in Orgrimmar on 9.2.5 where you intercept a thief with an explosive pie.

Stolen Shipments
Kanyaku! He be at it again with his thievin'! At this rate, de shipments from Shiri and Zen'kala won' be ready till next season. We be gettin' these shipments non-stop, but Kanyaku see fit to keep runnin' off with em mon! The goblin's been helpin' us with de explosive pies. If ya can hit em he'll go runnin' off!

No idea what this quest is for or why this is relevant in 9.2.5, but there are a bunch of creature names I think are connected to it (as well as a lot of "Worker" NPCs):

188213 [DNT] Kill Credit - The Drag
188216 [DNT] Kill Credit - The Valley
187970 [DNT] Kill Credit - Thief
188482 [DNT] Kill Credit - worker 1
187983 [DNT] Kill Credit - Box
187987 Shiri's Shipment
188512 [DNT] Kill Credit - worker 2
188513 [DNT] Kill Credit - worker 3
188034 [DNT] Kill Credit - Embassy
188371 [DNT] Kill Credit - Thief
188389 [DNT] Kill Credit - Box
187775 Kanyaku

Maybe this is the Horde equivalent of that Shadowlands tour quest we saw last build? Or maybe something for Winter Veil?

There is also this NPC and this NPC that don't seem familiar to me but do meet the "worker" aesthetic from the quest.

There's also some new copies of Shadowlands NPCs (e.g. Lord Herne, Lady Moonberry) as well as (new? I don't remember this NPC) messenger to the (Winter?) Queen called Lilacsprig that might be used in a new scene called "The Queens Gift".

There's also still the whole Moustache situation where there's a bunch of spells/creatures about Moustaches that might or might not be connected to this quest.

[Elflover99]

So the Winter Queen scene is legit. That may explain why no Nelf stuff has popped up yet.

Could it be a new world seed?

[Kiivar86]

Man I'd be down for a new world tree that looks like the trees in Ardenweald. That'd be sweet.

[Marlamin]

So the Winter Queen scene is legit. That may explain why no Nelf stuff has popped up yet.

Could it be a new world seed?

Could be what this new model is for!

[Elflover99]

Could be what this new model is for!

Ooooooooh myyyyyyyy...

What’s that file called?

[Catastrophy349]

We made it, y'all! New stuff! New stuff! 18 days! 18 days!

[guro-tchai]

what are these Ardenweald trees even for? what could it do, if planted in Azeroth? and where?
imo, they should go with Bloodmyst isle - maybe the tree could absorb and store local radiation. would be cool if we had a pink world tree.

[Marlamin]

Ooooooooh myyyyyyyy...

What’s that file called?

Models dont have names anymore as of 9.2, the file ID is 4505203.

[Kiivar86]

what are these Ardenweald trees even for? what could it do, if planted in Azeroth? and where?
imo, they should go with Bloodmyst isle - maybe the tree could absorb and store local radiation. would be cool if we had a pink world tree.

The giant trees in Ardenweald draw in anima, so hard to say what they could do on Azeroth.

[Elflover99]

If that is a new world tree seed I think the excuse will just be that it’s a lot of magical anima that can grow a tree because magic life hax.

Not that it will make an Ardenweald tree. The aesthetic doesn’t really fit Nelves.

[Marlamin]

If that is a new world tree seed I think the excuse will just be that it’s a lot of magical anima that can grow a tree because magic life hax.

Not that it will make an Ardenweald tree. The aesthetic doesn’t really fit Nelves.

Sounds like the World Tree 2 map from pre-9.2 makes a comeback! Yeehaw.

[Three Faced Goddess]

Darkfallen is definitely going to be the next AR and I imagine it will be added in 9.2.5. I'm getting end-of-Legion vibes from this (you know, when they added VE, LF, NB, etc.).

And as was the case with the ARs added near the end of Legion, they had pretty much nothing to do with the expansion that came after... So I wouldn't try too hard to connect Darkfallen to the next expansion. It's just a gift for all the Sylvanas fanboys and fangirls so they can create their own little Sylvanas copies now that she's out of the picture.

As for the Alliance AR, as you said, some kind of Light Undead like Calia would make sense to add as the Darkfallen equivalent. They'll probably call it something silly like "Lightwalker" because Calia keeps going on and on about "walking in the Light".

Stupid question, but what makes you so sure? I want a reason to believe.

PS: I want Darkfallen/Dark Rangers, but not because I like Sylvanas. I just think they're neat. *Insert Marge Potato Meme here.* As much as I don't care for Calia, I wouldn't sniff at more undead themed races.

[Elflover99]

Sounds like the World Tree 2 map from pre-9.2 makes a comeback! Yeehaw.

I’m honestly shocked. I thought the reason for Teldrassil burning at all was because they couldn’t figure out how to do an HD world tree and wanted to move them to Hyjal or Dire Maul. What the hell is this?!

Revamp hint, yea, but astonishing to me.

I know devs probably want to hide this but this is so tempting to leak...

[Three Faced Goddess]

Denzshara would be amazing. Just imagine how arrogant the dialogue would be.

Plus she finally deserves to find a man she can fall in love with after being with edgelord prime and tentacle daddy.

This is a ship I can endorse! I suggest we christen it Denathara or Azshathrius.

[huth]

This is a ship I can endorse! I suggest we christen it Denathara or Azshathrius.

Azshathrius sounds a bit... off.

[Three Faced Goddess]

Azshathrius sounds a bit... off.

Is it the shat part? It's the shat part. Oof.

[AngerFork]

Interesting stuff here!

Some new things from 9.2.5 that I haven't really seen mentioned elsewhere yet;

So there's a new quest in Orgrimmar on 9.2.5 where you intercept a thief with an explosive pie.

No idea what this quest is for or why this is relevant in 9.2.5, but there are a bunch of creature names I think are connected to it (as well as a lot of "Worker" NPCs):

Maybe this is the Horde equivalent of that Shadowlands tour quest we saw last build? Or maybe something for Winter Veil?

This in particular looks to be a Winter Veil questline. The hint that I see to it being a holiday is the quote about "next season," which would feel weird for some sort of tour or the like. Given how much the goblins seem to help with Winter Veil for the Horde, this feels like a good fit there.

There is also this NPC and this NPC that don't seem familiar to me but do meet the "worker" aesthetic from the quest.

These two strike me as different than the workers, partially due to the races but also due to the worker tag. The interesting part to me with them is the tabards, especially the first one. This tells me that they may be related to some sort of faction to come perhaps.

There's also some new copies of Shadowlands NPCs (e.g. Lord Herne, Lady Moonberry) as well as (new? I don't remember this NPC) messenger to the (Winter?) Queen called Lilacsprig that might be used in a new scene called "The Queens Gift".

I agree with a lot of the theories below about the world seed. I've long wondered if we might get some sort of new seed from Ardenweald to regrow a new home for the Night Elves. I've been calling it "Eludrassil" with the thoughts that it's a gift from the Winter Queen toward her sister's chosen, but I doubt that's the actual name or story if something along those lines exist.

There's also still the whole Moustache situation where there's a bunch of spells/creatures about Moustaches that might or might not be connected to this quest.

This could be so many things. My first thought on seeing this was some sort of Children's Week thing, though the part of extra teeth makes me almost feel like this is some sort of trickster Loki-ish spirit.

[Marlamin]

If it's all encrypted, do you think it could be because it is related to what they are going to reveal on April 19th? That would make a lot of sense, since heritage armors have never been encrypted, neither have allied race questlines

Most story content is encrypted these days (as it should be!), obviously the story will connect up to 10.0 at some point and it's pretty much a given -something- in 9.2.5 is going to link up to that, which is likely encrypted, but if it's directly related to the Tirisfal stuff or if that is its own thing remains to be seen.

A bunch more encrypted items got added this build as well, we'll see what those end up being.