Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[ahgsfds]

Know what, release date? Depend if pre-order will be available next week or rather after 9.2.5 (if encrypted Tirisfal files are indeed for pre-order stuff). With pre-order we will know at least season of release.

Imo it will be spring or summer, so we will see 'before 21st June' or 'before 23rd September' dates. 2022 is obviously out of picture, they would have a)start Alpha this month b)cancel season 4.

Pre-order should start in 19th april.

[Hypester]

Unless the Tirisfal thing is super super spoilers on tier with 8.2.5, its probably related to preorder bonus. They did the same thing with Bolvars AR DK throne being encrypted until the preorder bonus was released.

Could be Darkfallen AR, a Dark Ranger skin or both. Seeing as the Dark Ranger questline is hunter only it could be both of these?

[ahgsfds]

Lack of presence for them? All major dragons have had the same lack of presence as Wrathion (since BfA) EXCEPT Nozdormu who hasn't been referenced since Cata.

My insider said that we will fight against iconic villain. Who would that be, she does not know

[Sondrelk]

Eugh, just realised we'll have post-announcement blues in a week. That time after the announcement when you've gone through the news, videos and blog posts a million times, realise you're in for a long wait, and the magic of the unknown fades.

It passes when alpha begins and you get to soak in all the models, icons, music, etc., and when it's time to plan your big adventure on a new continent.

But yeah.

Anyway, let's get hype!!

That's true. Definitely the worst time to play when you have to go back to the current zone you are alreadyy kinda done with and just sit and think about how long it is until you get to actually gather the new mounts and transmog, or clear the cool new dungeons and raids.

[cocomen2]

My insider said that we will fight against iconic villain. Who would that be, she does not know

pss, she told me who it's gonna be :

[Vakir]

That's true. Definitely the worst time to play when you have to go back to the current zone you are alreadyy kinda done with and just sit and think about how long it is until you get to actually gather the new mounts and transmog, or clear the cool new dungeons and raids.

Realistically if there's some amount of pre order perks (new race earlier) or 9.2.5 hits with something of interest (SL Allied Races, Dark fallen, whatever) it'll soften the blow... marginally.

[Nymrohd]

pss, she told me who it's gonna be :

That's St. Jude?

[Hyrja]

90% will be WOTLK stuff. Doubt we will see much other than cinematic and new features.

Says who? It wont, tho.

[unbound]

Pre-order should start in 19th april.

I would say 50/50.

Preorder was available immediately with SL announcement. Preorder wasn't available for almost 3 months after BfA announcement.

[Blayze]

That's St. Jude?

The patron saint of lost causes... not a reassuring comparison.

[Lady Atia]

I would say 50/50.

Preorder was available immediately with SL announcement. Preorder wasn't available for almost 3 months after BfA announcement.

BfA announcement was during Blizzcon. I say it again, there is no reason to have the announcement as late as we are getting it if they aren't handling out pre-orders and possible alpha instantly.

[Hypester]

BfA announcement was during Blizzcon. I say it again, there is no reason to have the announcement as late as we are getting it if they aren't handling out pre-orders and possible alpha instantly.

If there is a world revamp of any size I can see it being tied to early alpha or preorders. Maybe the revamped areas will come with an early prepatch?

[Ersula]

I would say 50/50.

Preorder was available immediately with SL announcement. Preorder wasn't available for almost 3 months after BfA announcement.

This is kind of why we're expecting a combination of both situations: There are pre-order bonuses encrypted in retail right now, just like in Shadowlands, but the Shadowlands pre-order also included allied race Death Knight access in the following patch.

It would be weird if unlike BFA & Shadowlands, Dragonflight pre-order only had cosmetic bonuses, that's why we're expecting something more substantive, like new allied races to come in 9.2.5

But then it could also be like Legion, where pre-order is just early access to a new class or something, but that'll mean we still have to wait months.

[Lady Atia]

If there is a world revamp of any size I can see it being tied to early alpha or preorders. Maybe the revamped areas will come with an early prepatch?

Iirc Cataclysm had the revamped areas in a pre-patch earlier so you could level up in the new zones. MoP had pet battles earlier I think. Legion had DH's early, BfA had the first 4 allied races and Shadowlands had DK's for all races. So yeah, if we are getting new classes/races we will prolly see them earlier atleast. If we get some kind of revamp but it's only for lvl 60's we won't get it early I guess.

[Biruteka]

We have a new leak?????

[Raetary]

We have a new leak?????

Not any proper ones since the promo art and name.

[Biruteka]

Not any proper ones since the promo art and name.

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[Sondrelk]

Realistically if there's some amount of pre order perks (new race earlier) or 9.2.5 hits with something of interest (SL Allied Races, Dark fallen, whatever) it'll soften the blow... marginally.

That's true. Something like what we got for the SL pre-order where you gained a small quest for a reward would add a miniscule amount of extra content to enjoy.

Realistically I think I will be going into drought mode after teh announcement though. Which isnt necessarily terrible, but definitely means less WoW overall.

[TheFirstOnes]

Chromatus, ehh, doubt it. I have a feeling Blizzard doesn't even remember he exists.

Murozond was already dealt with so him appearing now makes no sense.

Galakrond is the most likely imo, but I wonder if he's thematically a bit too closely tied to Death, given that we're just wrapping up an expansion with the same theme.

I think we'll see Chromatus in WoW. If Hearthstone gave us an official look of him, and if WoW HAS taken concepts from HS before (Like the Turtle people), then I think 10.0 COULD give us our first look at WoW's Tiamat.

[Skytotem]

Murozond was already dealt with so him appearing now makes no sense.

No see, we killed Murozond in Endtime, but we still need to have Nozdormu turn into him in the first place.