Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Fahrad Wagner]

Hi everyone, congrats on page 2000! Did I miss anything new?

[Raetary]

Hi everyone, congrats on page 2000! Did I miss anything new?

Hype train spring cleaning:

[Fahrad Wagner]

Hype train spring cleaning:

Dang, that's a pretty boiii

[huth]

I'm pretty sure 99% of the reactions would have been: Screw that, give us the actual answers.

And then they'd complain that there's no mystery in the game. I do not think giving the actual answers is even a good idea in the first place. A lore bible should be an internal thing, not external.

[Foolicious]

Well, Titans don't exactly die so much as become disembodied consciousness, ie: Eonar on Elunaria

Which was the case because norgannon protected the titan souls.
When we killed argus he went to the shadowlands but this may have been because of some stuff the dreadlords did.
We don't have an answer what happens if a titan truly dies they may be gone for good (whatever that means in wow)

[pacotaco]

Speaking of, it's funny how nobody considered the idea of the return of the heart.

Well, I sort of expected to be like the Dragon Soul on steroids. And the expansion theme fits with it.

[Berkilak]

Well, I sort of expected to be like the Dragon Soul on steroids. And the expansion theme fits with it.

Back when we were gathering the dragonflights to empower the Heart, I had a chuckle at how similar it was to the Dragon Soul plot - it even had a devious black dragon orchestrating the whole thing. At the time, I assumed that they simply didn't remember that the Dragon Soul is a thing that exists. In hindsight? I think they did to the Dragon Soul what the Jailer did to Arthas. Instead of following up on an existing plot thread, they simply wove their own janky thread into this shoddy tapestry. It's pride. They needed that original creation that's the same as what came before, but "better."

[Varodoc]

So I'm surprised no one here has mentioned this yet (Why?), but aside from long-awaited fair skin options, new eye colours, and no-tentacles options, Void elves didn't get much, if anything at all, in terms of new hairstyles, jewelry, etc. Meanwhile Nightborne, LF Draenei, and HM tauren got tons of new options. This is absolutely unfair. I am expecting Patch 10.0 to come with a vast plethora of new options for all those (allied) races (and mostly Void elves) who were ignored in Shadowlands compared to other races.

[Ersula]

And then they'd complain that there's no mystery in the game. I do not think giving the actual answers is even a good idea in the first place. A lore bible should be an internal thing, not external.

That's pretty much why the First Ones popped up. They explained everything about the creation of the universe but you need some existential mystery to your setting, so they had to create a new pantheon above the Titans.

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So I'm surprised no one here has mentioned this yet (Why?), but aside from long-awaited fair skin options, new eye colours, and no-tentacles options, Void elves didn't get much, if anything at all, in terms of new hairstyles, jewelry, etc. Meanwhile Nightborne, LF Draenei, and HM tauren got tons of new options. This is absolutely unfair. I am expecting Patch 10.0 to come with a vast plethora of new options for all those (allied) races (and mostly Void elves) who were ignored in Shadowlands compared to other races.

Currently Void Elves have more customization options than Zandalari Trolls, Maghar Orcs, Worgen, Goblins, Dark Iron Dwarves & Vulpera, in a compilation of the amount of unique possible character models.

[Varx]

Hey hey hey, back earlier then expected .

So since I was right about dragon isles being 10.0 back during SL beta. I'm most likely right about 11.0.

Chances are that MU murozond and the infinite flight could be the ultimate antagonists of Dragonflight.

Why? Well because Yrel being stuck in AU draenor with no means of transportation here. She's being groomed to be a light aligned antagonist. She could also potentially push Turalyon over the edge, as the B plot of Dragonflight will most likely deal with him and Calia.

So yeah, Murozond will be the final boss, well defeat him and he'll then summon Yrel and the light bound as a last ditch effort against the void. Then boom, 11.0 is set up.

[Khaza-R]

1 week to go tomorrow!

I wonder if they'll start teasing on social media. It would feel weird if they just kept quiet all week and then just randomly posted a video next Tuesday. I want BlizzCon-levels of hype!

I would expect them to tease something Thurs or Friday if we get anything.

Maybe a real leak popping up around the same time or over the weekend.

[Berkilak]

Hey hey hey, back earlier then expected .

So since I was right about dragon isles being 10.0 back during SL beta. I'm most likely right about 11.0.

Chances are that MU murozond and the infinite flight could be the ultimate antagonists of Dragonflight.

Why? Well because Yrel being stuck in AU draenor with no means of transportation here. She's being groomed to be a light aligned antagonist. She could also potentially push Turalyon over the edge, as the B plot of Dragonflight will most likely deal with him and Calia.

So yeah, Murozond will be the final boss, well defeat him and he'll then summon Yrel and the light bound as a last ditch effort against the void. Then boom, 11.0 is set up.

Welcome back!

[TomatoBisque]

To me the problem is that they are reanswering questions that people were completely fine with. Arthas got a completely satisfying end in Wrath. An emotional farewell that is still quoted to this day. Did we really need to learn that he was controlled by zombie pickard through the helmet? And it was totally the helmet, not the sword. Which is why it is odd that Anduin got a new sword and not a new Helmet. And despite not being actually evil and just a victim of the Jailer's control his soul was still used to corrupt Anduin and......ugh. You get it.

This is why Pandaria worked so well? it didn't reanswer questions that already had satisfying conclusions.

fwiw, it's made clear in the Sylvanas book that Arthas was not under the Jailer's control (not for lack of trying)

And yes, the book shouldn't have so much stuff in it but it is what it is.

[Varx]

Hey hey hey, back earlier then expected .

So since I was right about dragon isles being 10.0 back during SL beta. I'm most likely right about 11.0.

Chances are that MU murozond and the infinite flight could be the ultimate antagonists of Dragonflight.

Why? Well because Yrel being stuck in AU draenor with no means of transportation here. She's being groomed to be a light aligned antagonist. She could also potentially push Turalyon over the edge, as the B plot of Dragonflight will most likely deal with him and Calia.

So yeah, Murozond will be the final boss, well defeat him and he'll then summon Yrel and the light bound as a last ditch effort against the void. Then boom, 11.0 is set up.

Think about it.

How else could Yrel possibly come to our timeline without the help of bronze/infinite dragons.

The horde needed the help of bronze dragons to even recruit the AU maghar during BFA. There's no way the light bound can do the same without similar assistance.

Now the next expansion is dragon related. We know nozzy has yet to become corrupted. We know the infinite are still active. I can't be the only one seeing this possible chain of events.

[Moojhito]

any idea when they will announce how the the announcement will be ?

[uikolertekopoku]

When The Titans showed Nozdormu his own death, should they not know when they show him he will turn Infinite?

So by showing him that they created it.

[Wangming]

Think about it.

How else could Yrel possibly come to our timeline without the help of bronze/infinite dragons.

The horde needed the help of bronze dragons to even recruit the AU maghar during BFA. There's no way the light bound can do the same without similar assistance.

Now the next expansion is dragon related. We know nozzy has yet to become corrupted. We know the infinite are still active. I can't be the only one seeing this possible chain of events.

Are you really so desperate for attention that you reply to yourself? Don't you have a significant other or at least a pet to cuddle with?

[Berkilak]

And yes, the book shouldn't have so much stuff in it but it is what it is.

To be clear, franchise tie-in books have always been trash tier. But I actually did read and enjoy some of the earlier ones by Knaak. I tried to give Golden a chance, but by no fault of her own - that's when they started shoving content that should have been in-game into the novels.

[Varx]

Are you really so desperate for attention that you reply to yourself? Don't you have a significant other or at least a pet to cuddle with?

Why you, why you bully me?

I responded to my self as a bump. Chances are no one would have read the update.

I got my wife playing that new Lego star wars next to me if you MUST know.

My pet turtle died years ago unfortunately, regardless wouldn't have been good cuddle material.

[7empest]

1 week to go, bingo card time (strings randomly shuffled for fairness)