Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[ercarp]

What happened? Why is Dragonflight fake? Not that I wouldn't mind if it were

I think most people (myself included) still believe the title and key art are real. A lot of people also seem to think the written leak is real, at least to some extent, but others (like myself) kind of disagree on that.

[Dragon Knight]

Inanimate doesn't mean you're dead. I could knock a void elf with a shovel, I'd make him inanimate with killing them. See?

What? Inanimate doesn't mean dead. Because if you kill someone they'd be inanimate? Could you please make sense. What does it mean to be "inanimate but not deadf"?

[KayRule]

I mean if the tech wasn't there it wasn't there. You can't just say throw more money at something that the engine was incapable of doing at the time.

It's not that the tech wasn't there, it's that they didn't want to spend the time to make a new 5 headed rig for the model, so they created Ultraxion instead.

Cata was an expansion that stretched all teams very thin, saw tons of cut content, cut corners, and slapdashery. Then behind the scenes they were also working on Mists of Pandaria.

These are the same devs who have overused the Gronnling skeleton so much people are sick of seeing it after only a couple expansions.

[Catastrophy349]

Wait there was art and a logo?

Somebody through shamu BACK into the ocean.

[KainneAbsolute]

Speculation:

Chromatus is important not only because it is a dragon, a Nefarian experiment on combining the dragonflights, but also because it was arduous to bring life to him.

The Dragonflight leak talks about: Uldaz. Second fully underground zone ever on Azeroth. Titan/Elune story here. Maybe Galakrond was infused with life, and it was a failed attempt to elevate protodragons by Elune. My point is, maybe, there is a connection between Galakrond/Elune/Titans.

Also, the Old Gods were crucial for Chromatus existence.

In this sense, maybe the expansion starts with some Order Halls, but other order halls like the Dreamgrove step in if they go to Uldaz.

IF, in addition, we need the dragon isles to heal the world, Alexstrasza seems the obvious choice to guide us into life and dragon-centered expansion.

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I insist I would like a Quelthalas warfront where we defend the city against undead waves. Maybe a challenge mode of infinite waves.

[ClassicPeon]

It also says that


You can't revive something that isn't dead.

You can actually. Revive is not the same as resurrect. Revive has multiple meanings

[Fahrad Wagner]

Wait there was art and a logo?

Yes my child:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPZ1PZTX...pg&name=medium

Popped up on Reddit I believe

[ercarp]

Wait there was art and a logo?

[Catastrophy349]

I think most people (myself included) still believe the title and key art are real. A lot of people also seem to think the written leak is real, at least to some extent, but others (like myself) kind of disagree on that.

I wouldn’t get my hopes up on the MMO-C “leak”. The key art/logo/name, though…

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Okay I'll go back and find it myself sheesh. Oh thanks Ercarp you were just too late.

Not sure if it's legit or not, that logo looks like it could be modified off a BFA base with those colors. And the Alexstraza could be anyone's fanart.

[Throren]

He's dead and imprisoned.

https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Chromatus

Alexstrasza decided that representatives from all the flights would watch over the body of Chromatus, as he is not dead. - Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects, Chapter 22

Read again

[Wangming]

They can easily build him up/make him more interesting by infusing the essence of Galakrond inside him. I kind of like the idea of five crazy dragonheads threatening us all at once

Well let us agree to disagree. We both have vastly different ideas of what makes a villain interesting. But that's okay.

He's dead and imprisoned.

https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Chromatus

In a setting like WarCraft rendered inanimate is definitely not the same as dead.

I mean, the other singular dragon threat is Galakrond but that one isn't any better.
"Your monster is a big dragon? Well, MY monster is a MEGA BIG DRAGON that eats OTHER dragons!"

Yeah well Dragons aren't that interesting. Hence my rant against them earlier today. The last time a Dragon was genuinely fun was when Onyxia pretended to be human.

[ercarp]

Popped up on Reddit I believe

Yup. Here's the original Reddit post. Supposedly it was on Twitter before that, but the tweet was deleted. And even before that, it was apparently an Instagram Story?

[Fahrad Wagner]

What? Inanimate doesn't mean dead. Because if you kill someone they'd be inanimate? Could you please make sense. What does it mean to be "inanimate but not deadf"?

Inanimate means you can be knocked out. As it, someone who is in a coma, or fainted, or stunned to the point where they are not animated. It does not mean you are dead.

As I said, if I KNOCK OUT a void elf with a shovel, and the void elf loses consciousness, they are INANIMATE, but it does not mean they are dead.

All good?

[Revamp Man]

I know it’s not the case but if chromatus split into 5 and has been manipulating stuff behind the scenes while being horcruxes I’ll actually be invested in the story

[ClassicPeon]

SNIP

Are people sure that dragon in the back is supposed to be Alex btw?

It looks purple to mee. Could me a chromatic dragon

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Read again

Honestly a third party trying to break out Chromatus and/or revive Galakrond could make for a neat expansion. Especially if said third party is not an Old God, Death God, Titan, Lightforged or Demon Lord or aligned to the aformentioned.

[Archmage Xaxxas]

The more I've looked at that Logo after someone AI upscaled it,

I'm really digging the Warcraft II / Warcraft III throwback with what appears to be a big stone-block-background:






See the corners above W and T on "Warcraft"? The addition of the globe and "World" seem to justify it being slightly taller than on the WC3 versions, where it's snug around "Warcraft."

[The Stormbringer]

The logo also seems to have the same color scheme as BfA in this lighting.

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Maybe it's Heroes of the Storm? The art style looks very weird and not at all like Warcraft. I may be wrong, though.

I know this is from yesterday, but I just have to say... Heroes of the Storm getting a major update is FAR less likely than this leak being credible. :P COME ON, a new HotS update? In 2022? Puh-leeez.

[Revamp Man]

Well let us agree to disagree. We both have vastly different ideas of what makes a villain interesting. But that's okay.



In a setting like WarCraft rendered inanimate is definitely not the same as dead.



Yeah well Dragons aren't that interesting. Hence my rant against them earlier today. The last time a Dragon was genuinely fun was when Onyxia pretended to be human.

Guarantee there’s a black dragon in the scarlet crusade