Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Khaza-R]

WoW with metaverse integration

[SniperCT]

Hoping the rumors of Dalaran returning only to get sacked is true, and Quel'thalas/Lordaeron are our gateways into the Isles with new hub cities.

Dalaran crashing would be pretty awesome, ngl. I'd love that quel'thalas/lordaeron idea

[AOL Instant Messenger]

I agree with you that classes always tie strongly into the theme of the expansion, but honestly, anything can fit any expansion.

For Bards, base them on First One tech/magic that uses songs and harmonies. Say we need this new technology to access the Dragon Isles and center the Dragon Isles around First One tech and lore.

I don't think that's enough. It's never a subtle connection or a stretch, or even only connects to a small part of it—it always is both transparent and extreme. An example is Death Knights for WotLK—they connected strongly to the central enemy (the Scourge), the location thematically (Northrend), the main villain (The Lich King, who was a Death Knight for a time as Arthas), as well as having a strong lore connection to the setting that makes them lead the vanguard into Northrend. Same with Legion—Demon Hunters connected strongly to the central enemy (the Legion), the central thematic magical power, the central character (Illidan), as well as having strong connections to the setting due to half of their population being Night Elves. Monks even connected along these general lines—they strongly connected to the central people of the land (the Pandaren), had their origins strongly in the setting, reflected a major character (Chen Stormstout), as well as strong connections to the setting which would specifically tie them into it unequivocally. Every class is a production that has a strong identity which is unequivocally unable to be divorced from the expansion's themes and will be its mark going forward on the story.

Even if Bards had a connection to the First Ones, it wouldn't be enough—unless the expansion were wholly, centrally themed around the motif of music and they connected in just about every level to the setting perfectly they wouldn't work, and even then I can't see them working out well with this because of how distant the connection is.

[Hyrja]

I hope alot of improvements to the Character Creation screen.
It feels so bad compared to the old one imo.

[Raetary]

So, it's either Housing.
Something else entirely.
Or Class skins.

Though, unless they are doing something particularly interesting with class skins i don't see why that would require an extensive UI that requires months of work.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Dalaran crashing would be pretty awesome, ngl. I'd love that quel'thalas/lordaeron idea

I could see a raid set in the ruins of a crashed Dalaran, too—having to go around and put down all the monsters escaping from the depths of the Violet Hold and whathaveyou.

[Ersula]

Found something cool on twitter. Someone zoomed in on the Brill map on 9.2.5...

t witter.com/keyboardturn/status/1511076990316548102/photo/1

The middle structure is the old inn model, but the right structure seems to have HD textures for the wood paneling and ceiling that's being built.

Revamp for Forsaken stuff incoming?

Perhaps we the players will be responsible for rebuilding Brill. Perhaps Horde will be actively building & defending Brill & Silvermoon while the Alliance will have Gilneas & wherever the Night Elves decide to live.

[Sondrelk]

So, it's either Housing.
Something else entirely.
Or Class skins.

Though, unless they are doing something particularly interesting with class skins i don't see why that would require an extensive UI that requires months of work.

Realistically I guess it could be a whole load of customization options along with UI improvements for the character customization screen.

[Fiercelord]

When did the PTR realms go down? Is there actually a high chance of a new build dropping today?

[Padwarle]

When did the PTR realms go down? Is there actually a high chance of a new build dropping today?

No clue, I just happened to check a bit ago.

[Blayze]

Dalaran crashing would be pretty awesome, ngl. I'd love that quel'thalas/lordaeron idea

I wanted to see that be our way into Icecrown Citadel; Dalaran just yeets itself into the Frozen Throne.

[ercarp]

Found something cool on twitter. Someone zoomed in on the Brill map on 9.2.5...

http://www.twitter.com/keyboardturn/...548102/photo/1

The middle structure is the old inn model, but the right structure seems to have HD textures for the wood paneling and ceiling that's being built.

Revamp for Forsaken stuff incoming?

I'm confused... I don't see anything new here. But I also haven't played Forsaken for a loooong time so maybe I don't have the best idea of what their architecture looks like.

[Khaza-R]

Perhaps we the players will be responsible for rebuilding Brill. Perhaps Horde will be actively building & defending Brill & Silvermoon while the Alliance will have Gilneas & wherever the Night Elves decide to live.

This is honestly not a bad guess at all. Also there's the workers in Orgrimmar. Blizzard tends to work on one faction at time so it will be interesting if anything for Silvermoon or Thunderbluff pop up on the PTR as well.

[Baedril]

I'm confused... I don't see anything new here. But I also haven't played Forsaken for a loooong time so maybe I don't have the best idea of what their architecture looks like.

There's nothing new in that screenshot, afaik it's all BfA forsaken stuff - I know the scaffolding is, and I'm pretty sure the HD forsaken wood textures are from there as well.

[Hyrja]

New PTR build inc soon, 9.2.5.43057

[Catastrophy349]

When did the PTR realms go down? Is there actually a high chance of a new build dropping today?

Zorbrix took a day off of work today, so I don't know.

[Hypester]

There's nothing new in that screenshot, afaik it's all BfA forsaken stuff - I know the scaffolding is, and I'm pretty sure the HD forsaken wood textures are from there as well.

AFAIK the wooden roof is new, as I don’t remember any actual new Forsaken buildings in Bfa. Wasn’t it just the tent and some new fencing?

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This is honestly not a bad guess at all. Also there's the workers in Orgrimmar. Blizzard tends to work on one faction at time so it will be interesting if anything for Silvermoon or Thunderbluff pop up on the PTR as well.

Where are the new workers in Org?

[Solunaren]

I'm very much thinking housing here. Of all the options open, that seems like the one that would best fit with WoW & would require a ton of UI work.

Yes, it is housing and it's going to be located in Dalaran.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Zorbrix took a day off of work today, so I don't know.

I had a feeling they were gonna do something today when he said not to break anything.

[AngerFork]

The problem is taht dyes don't really work for armor as intricate as the one in WoW. Realistically it would just be adding a red sheen on top of armor.
Contrasting colours and details would mostly be lost, and if you try to work around that by ensuring that each dye makes the armor set look good then it's just as much work as now, just with an unecessary level of complexity.

I don't know that it's due to the intricacies of the armor. Other games with dyes have similarly intricate armor, they just limit what can be dyed. But you do bring up a good point with how unnecessarily complex it would be for a team that goes out of their way to ensure a lot of transmog options are blocked by default.

Yes, it is housing and it's going to be located in Dalaran.

Oooo! Flying apartments!