Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[ercarp]

Also the whole stuff feels random. Yes, the worlds is healing. Here is the Dragon Isles by the way.

Fits in perfectly with the written leak then. It's also a random mash-up of shit that makes no sense.

Not saying either is real but it's kind of funny how both feel kind of disjointed.

[Ersula]

I mean, think folks are ignoring what the biggest turn-off - personally speaking - of that cinematic is: that the new zones would be up in the sky.

As far as I'm concerned that would feel as disconnected as SL's zones.

I still think it's going to be an updated version of the first 3 continents. The Dragon Isles might exist but they'll be small, like they were in the vanilla beta: The Dragonflight already have their own homes & they're in the Highlands (Ruby) Tanaris (Bronze) Blackrock (Black) Forests (Emerald) and Northrend (Blue)

[Catastrophy349]

I mean, think folks are ignoring what the biggest turn-off - personally speaking - of that cinematic is: that the new zones would be up in the sky.

As far as I'm concerned that would feel as disconnected as SL's zones.

What??! Floating isles sound amazing.

[shoc]

I could see it being a 'life' dimension not unlike the Emerald Dream that is home to the Ruby/Obsidian/etc sanctums.

[Raetary]

I mean, think folks are ignoring what the biggest turn-off - personally speaking - of that cinematic is: that the new zones would be up in the sky.

As far as I'm concerned that would feel as disconnected as SL's zones.

Why?

Shadowlands zones feel disconnected because they are literally disconnected.
The only way to travel between them is by taking the anima worm hyperdrive taxi everytime you want to get to a different zone.

If they are close together and we can freely fly between them, what's the issue?

[Ersula]

I could see it being a 'life' dimension not unlike the Emerald Dream that is home to the Ruby/Obsidian/etc sanctums.

The Winter Queen already told us the Life equivalent to the Shadowlands is the Emerald Dream. I kept telling everybody the Shadowlands is not actually in the Death Sphere but no one wanted to hear it. It's pretty clear on the Chronology chart.

P.S. We're easily going to hit 2000 pages on this one, huh?

[shoc]

The Winter Queen already told us the Life equivalent to the Shadowlands is the Emerald Dream. I kept telling everybody the Shadowlands is not actually in the Death Sphere but no one wanted to hear it. It's pretty clear on the Chronology chart.

P.S. We're easily going to hit 2000 pages on this one, huh?

My headcanon theory is that Reality/Shadowlands/Emerald Dream are all the byproduct of Azeroth's dreaming consciousness and if she ever woke up, the entire Universe would blink out of existence. Azeroth = Azathoth. Elune, playing a Motherly role to Azeroth, is responsible for keeping her in a blissful slumber.

[Syegfryed]

"i only saw the cinematic once and i know all the lines in it"

yeah fam, i dunno, i call bs, it is also very bad, there is nothing on it, the cinematics always have a "zumba", something to give hype, even mop had the fight with the orc and the human against the pandaren. Plus, not tyrande again jesus, don't make her the next sylvanus.

[Civciv]

I kinda like that. It's like MoP cinematic, we don't know the real villain but still see the new land.

[Arcinatoss]

I mean, think folks are ignoring what the biggest turn-off - personally speaking - of that cinematic is: that the new zones would be up in the sky.

As far as I'm concerned that would feel as disconnected as SL's zones.

imagine how sick it'd be if it worked like the Argus skybox, being able to see the rest of the continents below the dragon isles.

[Ersula]

I kinda like that. It's like MoP cinematic, we don't know the real villain but still see the new land.

The villain of MoP was violence itself, as demonstrated by the cinematic.

[Fahrad Wagner]

I kind of love that peaceful cinematic

[Deventh]

imagine how sick it'd be if it worked like the Argus skybox, being able to see the rest of the continents below the dragon isles.

If that leak is correct it could very well be integrated into some continent and not be a standalone continent(area) since the leak suggests it's just one zone that is split into multiple small ones (so not like a broken isles big).

[Khaza-R]

Problem with the 4chan leak is that doesn't really connect the title and the cinematic. Which pretty much all of the cinematics do except TBC.

WotLK - Lich King wakes up
Catalcysm - Literally showing the world in upheveal
MoP - Mists parting to reveal Pandaria
WoD - Grommash killing Mannoroth and altering their destiny
Legion - Literal Legion invasion
BfA - 4th war
SLs - Sylvanas opening up the veil

How does a cinematic of Alexstrasza flying around a bunch of zones changing convey anything about "Dragonflight" to the audience?

[Feali]

I kind of love that peaceful cinematic

This isn't World of Peacecraft

[Civciv]

This isn't World of Peacecraft

okay
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[Lady Atia]

"i only saw the cinematic once and i know all the lines in it"

yeah fam, i dunno, i call bs, it is also very bad, there is nothing on it, the cinematics always have a "zumba", something to give hype, even mop had the fight with the orc and the human against the pandaren. Plus, not tyrande again jesus, don't make her the next sylvanas.

Looks like you just hate strong female characters, right? The leak is prolly bullocks but it has enough hype in it that I would gladly get it as the real thing.

[Sharby]

[I]. Plus, not tyrande again jesus, don't make her the next sylvanus.

Credibility of the leak aside, what's wrong with Tyrande being in a cinematic?


Night Elves got propelled into the spotlight big time by the whole almost going extinct thing and are currently a big question mark, I think in an expansion based around renewal it would be stupid to not feature what's going on with them.

Doesn't even feel similar to Sylvanas considering I don't think a Night Elf has been in a cinematic since the original one and I guess the tiny side characters in the BFA one, but none of them were prominent IIRC.



If Sadfang and Anduin can get like five cinematics I think it's reasonable for Night Elves to get at least one lol.

[Syegfryed]

How does a cinematic of Alexstrasza flying around a bunch of zones changing convey anything about "Dragonflight" to the audience?

She, as the dragon, taking flight i guess? still is a moronic cinematic imo, there is next to nothing on it, like people said, the expansions show/tease the enemies, MOP had horde x alliance, and it was part of the expansion, this one have nothing.

[Sondrelk]

Problem with the 4chan leak is that doesn't really connect the title and the cinematic. Which pretty much all of the cinematics do except TBC.

WotLK - Lich King wakes up
Catalcysm - Literally showing the world in upheveal
MoP - Mists parting to reveal Pandaria
WoD - Grommash killing Mannoroth and altering their destiny
Legion - Literal Legion invasion
BfA - 4th war
SLs - Sylvanas opening up the veil

How does a cinematic of Alexstrasza flying around a bunch of zones changing convey anything about "Dragonflight" to the audience?

World revamp + dragons + dragon isles.

The Shadowlands cinematic didn't show much more than the veil either, nothing about what we would be fighting or why, just Sylvanas doing vaguely evil stuff.

This hypothetical trailer would show dragons wantibg to help rebuild the world, and communicate how the stakes are getting lowered after all the world ending events in previous expansions.