Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Super Dickmann]

MoP was the only expansion that did rep right and that is what they should be copying. Extensive questlines opened up at each rep level culminating with a big quest at Exalted. Add the "double rep for all your alts" ability and the farmable rep tokens as early as x.1 and you have the best system. The only issue MoP rep factions had was too much content. I wish we had that problem more often.

MoP rep was okay in 5.1. The Dominance Offensive/whatever the Alliance version was quests are still the peak of rep-gated storylines. 5.0 was dreadful though, what with axing the daily cap so you could kill 10 mogu, to be sent to a second place to kill 15 mogu to go back into a cave to kill 10 more mogu and 1 big mogu. Killing the Golden Lotus daily quest givers was the highlight of SoO.

@uikolertekopoku

It's okay, the real explosion of dragons was in our hearts all along.

[KainneAbsolute]

Leaked name in source code, leaked art, ptr textures, confessions...what is happening??? hahahaha

[Hitei]

MoP rep was okay in 5.1. The Dominance Offensive/whatever the Alliance version was quests are still the peak of rep-gated storylines. 5.0 was dreadful though, what with axing the daily cap so you could kill 10 mogu, to be sent to a second place to kill 15 mogu to go back into a cave to kill 10 more mogu and 1 big mogu. Killing the Golden Lotus daily quest givers was the highlight of SoO.

@uikolertekopoku

It's okay, the real explosion of dragons was in our hearts all along.

If you keep memeing it hard enough, you might get a dungeon named Explosion of Dragons like Eye of Azshara.

[maplesyrupgl]

The real question is will they finally update the default dragon and drake model?

They've used the same models for 18 years, which seems insane to me since dragons are the most iconic fantasy monster.
Like they keep designing cool new dragons like stormdrakes but the classic models haven't been touched since vanilla...

[ercarp]

The real question is will they finally update the default dragon and drake model?

It's a dragon expansion so I'm pretty sure they will. Would make no sense not to. Legion updated a ton of demon models too.

[Chickat]

I still think the Kosak interview blurb eats this though, even though it was leaked mere minutes before the announcement vs *checks calendar* two weeks.

Is that the one where the WoD logo was behind him?

[Nymrohd]

MoP rep was okay in 5.1. The Dominance Offensive/whatever the Alliance version was quests are still the peak of rep-gated storylines. 5.0 was dreadful though, what with axing the daily cap so you could kill 10 mogu, to be sent to a second place to kill 15 mogu to go back into a cave to kill 10 more mogu and 1 big mogu. Killing the Golden Lotus daily quest givers was the highlight of SoO.

@uikolertekopoku

It's okay, the real explosion of dragons was in our hearts all along.

Maybe it's that I had so much time at the time so I could literally play all day Just loved MoP launch, kept me so busy. Mediocre raids though. ToT and SoO made up for it.

[Chickat]

I dont think it would happen this way but a Dragonsworn as a 4 spec class one spec for Red, Blue, Green and Bronze.

Then do a neutral race of Black dragons because Wrathion is sending us out to fix the divide between the Horde and Alliance since Anduin is out of commission and he feels he owes it to him.

Have the Black dragons tie into cross faction and give it lore weight not just a gameplay mechanic.

Black Dragon's could be represented as a new 4th spec for shaman Earthwarder tanking.

[TheProphetLord]

I just woke up, can any kind soul give me a TLDR?

[Chickat]

Nah, but I tried to fix the perspective on it a bit.

I actually quite like the log now that I see it better.

[Nymrohd]

The real question is will they finally update the default dragon and drake model?

They've used the same models for 18 years, which seems insane to me since dragons are the most iconic fantasy monster.
Like they keep designing cool new dragons like stormdrakes but the classic models haven't been touched since vanilla...

I don't think there is a chance that does not happen. Really the pineapple tails were bad for Vanilla even.

[ercarp]

I just woke up, can any kind soul give me a TLDR?

If you're talking about the Dragonflight stuff, the post on the front page of MMO-C explains it pretty well. If you mean anything that happened after that was leaked, I don't know, I also just woke up.

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

Imagine a new world tree with thousands of soul pods hanging from it. They will eventually emerge in new bodies. Likely leading to a shadowlands allied race.

Honestly the only way I would be *happy* with Shadowlands AR's. Not because I dislike them, but because I'd rather the focus remain on the Azeroth races, that exist on the mortal plane, after a whole expansion on another realm of existence.

[Super Dickmann]

If you keep memeing it hard enough, you might get a dungeon named Explosion of Dragons like Eye of Azshara.

Shhh, don't give it away. We can get this done if we push it hard before dungeon names are finalized.

[Nymrohd]

Does Alex have any consort left? I think Krasus was the last.
All the aspects need their own ships! Wrathion will have a hard time since the only other sane black dragons are male. Merithra is alone thought there is at least one male green dragon who has constantly been around since classic (Itharius). Kalecgos is no longer with Jaina, I think he and Tyri were promised to each other but both ended up spending all their time with humans (Tyri with Jorad). The Bronze flight is the only one with a rather large complement of characters and both their Aspect and Prime Consort still alive (though Soridormi was supposed to get killed a while back).

[Chickat]

Ah man, the 19 can't come soon enough.
Also pretty hyped for what's coming on the PTR.
Feels nice to be excited about the game

Yeah, I haven't been this excited for an expansions theme since Legion.

[Hitei]

I just woke up, can any kind soul give me a TLDR?

A picture of what seems to be the expansion keyart and logo was leaked. The name in question was confirmed to be (something) actually blizzard related and probably the expansion by virtue of the html on Blizzard's website referencing both Dragonflight.blizzard.com and also listing normal heroic and epic versions of "Dragonflight" (likely the purchase editions).

The picture is further evidenced by the armor Alexstrasza is wearing in it matching with some (up till this point) unknown armor textures that were in PTR builds a while back.

There is another older leak that also uses the same name, but nothing to suggest that it's necessarily real and didn't just happen to guess the name correctly.

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I actually quite like the log now that I see it better.

Pretty big departure to not have a nameplate for the expansion's title.

[ercarp]

Shhh, don't give it away. We can get this done if we push it hard before dungeon names are finalized.

Maybe not a dungeon name but I can see Blizzard putting in something like that as a dungeon ability.

Empire of Dragons seems like it was the big fake leak this year, so they'll probably do something with that instead. Maybe a patch name.

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I actually quite like the log now that I see it better.

I still dislike the fact that it's using the BfA logo's colors.

[Chickat]

But also seems really strange how they messed up and deployed the code to live almost 3 weeks earlier. Someone made a huge messup

Part of me thinks all these leaks are planned as part of marketing and hype.

[uikolertekopoku]

If you keep memeing it hard enough, you might get a dungeon named Explosion of Dragons like Eye of Azshara.

Its funny, besides Explosion of Dragons

I also leaked back in the days Eye of Azshara
https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...a-(first-leak)

(My old account is gone). Yes it was a fake but when you read the Thread they used some of my ideas:

Illidan came back
Nzoth was Expansion Boss before Azshara
Guldan side plotting
Sylvanas becoming a Danger