Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Fahrad Wagner]

Yeah, but that name is just so weird and random. Dragonflight? It just makes zero sense unless all of the Dragonflights unite in one single Dragonflight and that’s where the name comes from (Empire of Dragons, hello).

Outside of that the singular in this case just doesn’t make any sense. There are 5 + X Dragonflights, why would they name it with the singular form?

That was my thought as well, the lack of a plural form bugs me out

[Nyel]

This. I'm looking forward to April 19th now, and if the leak is true I'll be super happy as the micro classes, the class skins, more order hall content aswell as housing sounds super awesome and game saving.

Also that Dave guy was super gringe to read, and if his posts are true well that's the opposite of the other leak - it would kill the game kekW.

Yeah one is like another Legion and the other is like yet another BfA / Shadowlands trash level expansion, lol.

[TheFirstOnes]

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I WANNA FIGHT A TIAMAT! I WANNA FIGHT A MUTHA FUCKIN TIAMAT!!!!!!! LET'S GOOOOO!!!

[Fahrad Wagner]

Also he was likeable.

They're quite charming/touching in the weirdest way, aren't they? Like a fox pretending to be a squirrel, and thinking putting on a squirrel onesie is enough.

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I wanna fight a Tiamat...

I WANNA FIGHT A TIAMAT! I WANNA FIGHT A MUTHA FUCKIN TIAMAT!!!!!!! LET'S GOOOOO!!!

I'm afraid to ask, what's that?

[Kokolums]

Considering all the dragons were de-powered, I would assume the idea of a dragon xpac would be to start a NEW dragonflight and help power it up to defend Azeroth. We go on quests to gather resources to donate to the new flight, run raids to help carve out a niche for it, etc.

[Nibelheimy]

Yeah, but that name is just so weird and random. Dragonflight? It just makes zero sense unless all of the Dragonflights unite in one single Dragonflight and that’s where the name comes from (Empire of Dragons, hello).

Outside of that the singular in this case just doesn’t make any sense. There are 5 + X Dragonflights, why would they name it with the singular form?

I mean, the name would make sense with context. Dragonflight, to me anyway, depicts an event.

I.E. The dragons taking flight back to their homeland, the dragon Isles.

[ercarp]

Would you all like to see a new type of dragonflight become an Aspect or something like that? Usually new dragonflights are villians but I'd like to see a new flight become part of the current Aspect/flights.

My big tinfoil theory right now is that Elune is a dragon herself, the leader of a new dragonflight that's white (which is what you get when you mix all other colors of light), and the one who created the dragonflights.

I also think Galakrond may have been her consort in times of yore and that the black dragonflight actually descended from Galakrond instead of Elune.

The dragons also came from the Moon. Yep. Yes.

[Sondrelk]

They're quite charming/touching in the weirdest way, aren't they? Like a fox pretending to be a squirrel, and thinking putting on a squirrel onesie is enough.



I'm afraid to ask, what's that?

Not outright Dev LARPers I find. They have that unpleasant stink about them of someone trying to force their way into the limelight.

If Catastrophy was a LARPer then he at least did a damn fine job of ensuring people wanted to talk to him for reasons other than them wanting to extract leaks from him.

[Raetary]

I'm afraid to ask, what's that?

https://drachen.fandom.com/de/wiki/T...s_%26_Dragons)

The thing Chromatus is based on.

[Santandame]

I still think we're going to get a big Vrykul presence on the Dragon Isles. They've already been established as Dragon hunters and tamers in WotLK.

Give us a big Vrykul, draconian, Nordic inspired raid as our opening raid please.

[Lady Atia]

Class Halls, Class Skins and Housing are potentially game saving.

Micro classes are a massive, massive risk.

I still think a system were we could level one (or more) extra class (minus dh/dk for lore reasons) and/or micro class on a single character similiar to FFXIV could work against the risk. With that no leveling in 10.0 would also make sense as the new leveling content would be for your new class instead.

Alternatively, I'm not sure if it's possible but imagine if Blizzard would remove details / logging and build encounters more around playing mechanics than doing dmg checks - in which case class balancing as we know it now won't matter that much anymore, atleast for PvE. Well, I guess that would be a huge risk as it would piss off any players who just play to get their logs.

[Fahrad Wagner]

https://drachen.fandom.com/de/wiki/T...s_%26_Dragons)

The thing Chromatus is based on.

OK now that's a proper badass

[Ryzek]

My big tinfoil theory right now is that Elune is a dragon herself, the leader of a new dragonflight that's white (which is what you get when you mix all other colors of light), and the one who created the dragonflights.

I also think Galakrond may have been her consort in times of yore and that the black dragonflight actually descended from Galakrond instead of Elune.

The dragons also came from the Moon. Yep. Yes.

Honestly, I would love this.

[Raetary]

I still think we're going to get a big Vrykul presence on the Dragon Isles. They've already been established as Dragon hunters and tamers in WotLK.

Give us a big Vrykul, draconian, Nordic inspired raid as our opening raid please.

Inb4 its just the Broken isles again but extra dragons.

Val'sharah but with extra green Dragons.
Azsuna with extra blue dragons
Highmountain with extra black dragons
Suramar but painted red for red dragons.
Stormheim but with more vrykul and extra storm dragons.
Broken Shore but its now a dessert with a giant hour glass instead of moon temple.

[Fahrad Wagner]

My big tinfoil theory right now is that Elune is a dragon herself, the leader of a new dragonflight that's white (which is what you get when you mix all other colors of light), and the one who created the dragonflights.

I also think Galakrond may have been her consort in times of yore and that the black dragonflight actually descended from Galakrond instead of Elune.

The dragons also came from the Moon. Yep. Yes.

I am not hating this, damn it, why am I not hating this??

[Catastrophy349]

WoW. I just caught up on all the posts from this thread.

[Fahrad Wagner]

I still think we're going to get a big Vrykul presence on the Dragon Isles. They've already been established as Dragon hunters and tamers in WotLK.

Give us a big Vrykul, draconian, Nordic inspired raid as our opening raid please.

That's quite likely indeed!

[ercarp]

Honestly, I would love this.

I am not hating this, damn it, why am I not hating this??

I think it would be a great way to actually deliver on all the mystery behind Elune's identity instead of demoting her to "sister of a Covenant leader we will never see again", which is what they tried to do in SL.

How would you go wrong with making her into a Lunar Dragon Goddess that created the dragonflights? I think it would be cool imo.

[Fahrad Wagner]

I think it would be a great way to actually deliver on all the mystery behind Elune's identity instead of demoting her to "sister of a Covenant leader we will never see again", which is what they tried to do in SL.

How would you go wrong with making her into a Lunar Dragon Goddess that created the dragonflights? I think it would be cool imo.

Lunar Dragon Goddess is an instant YES.

[Catastrophy349]

I’m as excited as everyone else for 10.0. I think Shadowlands could have been very different if released in its 9.1.5 state instead of 9.0. Furthermore, devs really need to listen to player feedback during alpha/beta. It’s not simply enough to listen halfway through the expansion, make changes, and expect players to forgive and forget. 10.0 HAS to be different (as Towelliee has said many times on stream).