Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Yus atath]

9 days left… the wait is killing me!!

[Blayze]

9 days left… the wait is killing me!!

Protip: Only count workdays, otherwise you'll be wishing away your weekends.

[Vakir]

Who the fuck doesn't like Chromie and where can we send them? Bunch of sensitive losers.

The fairy tale book retconned her dialogue in HOTS implying their dragon name didn't imply anything, but honestly, who the hell cares and HOTS is not really canon. That's not any excuse for the real reason.

[Ersula]

My issue is with the fascination with the character that a portion of the player base seem to have with Chromie. It comes across as borderline simping at times, and I find that pretty unsettling when the character has both the appearance and the personality of a child.

You and I have experienced a very different wow playerbase. Don't worry I don't think Dragonflight is going to sexualize Chromie. Gnomes aren't even supposed to be children they're supposed to be adults with dwarfism. Lallafel, those are the creepy stans.

Wrathion is the one that will be impaled on Wyrmrest temple in the true End Times.

Why is End Time so fascinating to people? It was just a what if dungeon that we already circumvented in Dragon Soul.

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

I was under the impression this is most dragons with their humanoid form, or is that only a Forgotten Realms (DnD setting) thing for dragons?

It seems to be a Forgotten Realms thing, yeah. Most dragons in Warcraft choose a form with a gender matching their draconian one. See: literally every dragon minus Chromie

Chromie being trans was speculation for years because of her true name, Chronormu, being an explicitly male name. She's the only example of something like that in the lore.

[Santandame]

Who the fuck doesn't like Chromie and where can we send them? Bunch of sensitive losers.

The fairy tale book retconned her dialogue in HOTS implying their dragon name didn't imply anything, but honestly, who the hell cares and HOTS is not really canon. That's not any excuse for the real reason.

I'm not a fan. Feel free to send me where I'm not subjected to the more suspect side of her fanbase, please.

I'm hoping for Xal'atath as the main villain.

I'd like Azshara to show up as a recurring character too please, ideally across several expansions.

[Fartlas]

....uh, Yes.... yes this the reason.


And nothing else.

Did something happen with Chromie in the time I was afk from WoW? That was literally the main reason people hated her, or hate her

[Foolicious]

Ah cheers, genuinely didn't know. Is this established in game? As I don't really follow the lore outside of the game.

Either way, no, that is not the reason why I dislike the character.

Kind of. She always was called chronormu in game. "ormu" being the ending of male dragon names. It's not mentioned ingame though so its very easy to miss if you don't read forums and someone claims this as an outrageous fact.

[Khaza-R]

Who the fuck doesn't like Chromie and where can we send them? Bunch of sensitive losers.

Honestly I've never seen anyone complain about this character. Idk, sounds like a non-issue people are making up.

[Vakir]

I'm not a fan. Feel free to send me where I'm not subjected to the more suspect side of her fanbase, please.

Where have you seen that? In any case, fair enough (but not really).

Also, the fanbase of something is a silly reason to dislike something. Pretty much everything has a toxic cross-section of fandom.

[Santandame]

Kind of. She always was called chronormu in game. "ormu" being the ending of male dragon names. It's not mentioned ingame though so its very easy to miss if you don't read forums and someone claims this as an outrageous fact.

I legit never inrw that, in terms of the suffixes on the names. Cheers for letting me know.

[Super Dickmann]

The whole Chromie business has zero realistic relation with a certain topic we all know about, what with Chromie being able to turn at will into perfect physical copies of either sex and any species. Past that, Chromie's fine, I've no strong opinion.

[Hugnomo]

One issue with fake leaks, is that they set the actual thing up for faillure.
Like, I immediately though the Dragonflight mmo c leak details were fake, and still do. But it kind of grew on me, imagining the different classes, the class skins, etc. When the announcement actually happens I'm afraid some expectations will not be met and some people will be let down, through no fault of Blizzard's.
So, I'm trying to temper my expectations and not hold any of these speculations too close.

[Syegfryed]

Damn and here I was expecting something spicy. Just for it to be something only sensitive people are bothered by.

people disliked chromie waaay before they retconed her, mostly because gnome and the voice

gnomes are not rly the most liked race in warcraft.

[Hugnomo]

Honestly I've never seen anyone complain about this character. Idk, sounds like a non-issue people are making up.

I wish it was.

[Sharby]

people disliked chromie waaay before they retconed her, mostly because gnome and the voice

gnomes are not rly the most liked race in warcraft.

To think some people believe Gnomes and Goblins could've carried an entire expansion theme by themselves.


Let alone a class exclusively designed around their aesthetic and quirks.

[Khaza-R]

I wish it was.

Let me re-phrase. There isn't a single major WarCraft character who hasn't received some level of hate. Unfortunately that's just how toxic this fandom is. As for Chromie, I haven't seen any more hate generated towards that character than anyone else in the series.

[Vakir]

To think some people believe Gnomes and Goblins could've carried an entire expansion theme by themselves.


Let alone a class exclusively designed around their aesthetic and quirks.

Shhh. Don't do it.

[Santandame]

There's a few people who seem hung up on the idea that some others may dislike Chromie as a character.

I myself have already stated I'm pretty neutral on the character themself, they aren't anything special, or particularly endearing to me, slightly annoying, yes, but not a huge offender. I've just said that I think anyone simping for the character is a bit noncey, and yes, people do simp for the character, as evident in trade chat, reddit posts, and sometimes this very forum. Liking the character is different.

More to the point, you are going to get people who don't like the same characters as you, it doesn't lesser their opinion.

I personally don't think any WoW character is particularly interesting if I'm totally honest. The character's that I have tended to prefer though, tend to be discarded, or suffer later on with less characterisation or a change to their character that tends to make them less appealing.

Rastakhan is a good example of an interesting character with promise, discarded far too early.

I think the only characters at the moment that could get me engaged moreso than usual, and when I say engaged I mean more in the sense of ''hey, that's cool'', would be Khadgar showing up again in a prominent role, Jaina returning to more of her BfA style, Wrathion (which will be a given next expansion so that's cool) and I would love to list an Orc because they're my favourite WoW race but we've just completely blitzed through any of prominence aside from Thrall haven't we?

[Hugnomo]

Let me re-phrase. There isn't a single major WarCraft character who hasn't received some level of hate. Unfortunately that's just how toxic this fandom is. As for Chromie, I haven't seen any more hate generated towards that character than anyone else in the series.

Oh I agree. But just because you haven't seen something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. We are not all aware of all things at all times.
And while every character gets hate for one reason or another, some characters get hate because of discriminatory mindsets. To me, that's more unacceptable than most comments other characters receive. Because it's less that I'm put in the position of having to defend said character or their actions, and more that I'm left defending my own existence or the existence of others around me in real life. Because the reason they hate the character has nothing to do with the game.
And as someone who argued against a sea of comments about it just a few days ago, I assure you that's a prevailling mindset with a considerable portion of the playerbase.
And that's as far as I'll go discussing it as it's beyond the topic and the rules of the forums.