Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[therumblings]

If I had to guess, it's probably some drakonid humanoid neutral race, and a class that is either an evoker or something non-dragon sounding but has a spec for each flight, because I can't possibly imagine they would add a class during a dragon expansion and it wouldn't be heavily dragon themed.

[SniperCT]

What if Dragon That Explodes

[ercarp]

Someone wroted before about dragonsworn etc - no, class name is totally out of my mind. In first moment when I read that i thought "hello? we have mages already!". It's similiar to one spell name of arcane mage :P

Chronomancer (Chrono Shift) or Timewalker (Time Warp) I guess.

[Wangming]

Or, you are just evoking the powers of each Dragonflight.

So what would be the race? I very much dislike the idea of a dragon race for the same reason I do a dragon class. Balance kills the main reason you would want to play it.

A compromise could be that this race is a sort of caretaker for the dragons/proto drakes. If they were appointed by the Titans, I would assume they are not beings of flesh. To put it in DnD terms: Warforged.

[therumblings]

So what would be the race?

Probably a humanoid dragon race

[Raetary]

since 'prismatic' is close too, maybe its Prismatic Evoker.

What if Dragon That Explodes

Explosion Evoker
Explosion Incanter
Mage Exploder
Explosion Hunter
Chronoxploder
Explosionwalker
Explosion Knight
Explosionblade

[Nymrohd]

The Chromatic Dragon race with Prismatic X class which is a class using all dragonflight powers and just shifting between colors that I suggested pages ago is still on the race

[Wangming]

Probably the humanoid guys

Doesn't load, but I got the link from the quoth. They look like DnD kobolds.

[Raetary]

So what would be the race?

Drakonids.

Which are mortals turned Draconic humanoids to beginn with, and Blizzard wanted to add them back in cata instead of Worgen.

[therumblings]

Their in game model is kind of derpy and old but I'd imagine they will be much cooler with a completely brand new model and skeleton.

[Nymrohd]

dragons are mortal now, and the average adventurer has no problem killing them. They aren't any more OP than a paladin, demon hunter or warlock. I see no reason why we can't have playable dragons, and I hope we get them. It'd be super cool.

Also they could be a hero class. So you could play a Dragon and he doesn't have to be the equivalent of a lvl 1 human, just the equivalent of a lvl 58 one.

[therumblings]

To be honest if the class really is just Chronomancer or something only based on one dragonflight I'm going to be a little disappointed, I'd hope it really captures the full flavor of all the dragonflights.

[SniperCT]

dragons are mortal now, and the average adventurer has no problem killing them. They aren't any more OP than a paladin, demon hunter or warlock. I see no reason why we can't have playable dragons, and I hope we get them. It'd be super cool.

Exactly. If the player race is simply your above average NPC of a dragon race, it could be something like these guys: https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Darkflight_Soldier

No different than running around killing random tauren and night elves in various dungeons and the overworld.

[Wangming]

Their in game model is kind of derpy and old but I'd imagine they will be much cooler with a completely brand new model and skeleton.

I would imagine anything vaguely draconic to get an updated model in a dragon expansion.

[Nymrohd]

Their in game model is kind of derpy and old but I'd imagine they will be much cooler with a completely brand new model and skeleton.

But why get Draconids instead of actual dragons that can shift to human form for caster specs and to show off mog and use mounts but can also be their own mounts. THe hybrid dragon form that Hearthstone introduced for Wrathion is also such a great idea on how the race could work in melee. Make them chromatic and you could have them join all flights but not be members of them. GIve them a racial class that is Prismatic Dragon or something similar and they'd be able to use the abilities of all dragonflights and even fight in a hybrid form. And out of combat they could have cool drake forms like Wrathion does.

[ercarp]

So, it can be:

Incanter
Evoker
Chronomancer/Timewalker/Chronoshifter
Spellblade/Mage hunter (i hope its neither of those, enough with melee classes and 'hunter' archetypes)
Prismatic Knight (ala D&D)
Exploder of Dragons

I think Chronomancer or Chronoshifter would be the most likely if we go by the clue of it "sounding similar to a mage spell". The funny thing is, The First Awakened God leak mentioned Chronomancers as a new class lol. But so did two other leaks: A New Future and The Legacy of the First Ones.

I'm not saying any of them are correct, but there seems to be an interesting rise in leaks this year that propose Chronomancer as the new class. Compare this to the BlizzCon 2019 Leak Spreadsheet which had 89 leaks and not a single one of them mentioned Chronomancers. Why is this suddenly a fan favorite? Or could it be some of these leaks are actually dropping real clues amidst all the other BS they spout?

[therumblings]

I would imagine anything vaguely draconic to get an updated model in a dragon expansion.

The drake models need that update really badly, it's going to be nice to see HD dragons like the one Ny'alotha boss.

[Nymrohd]

I think Chronomancer or Chronoshifter would be the most likely if we go by the clue of it "sounding similar to a mage spell". The funny thing is, The First Awakened God leak mentioned Chronomancers as a new class lol. But so did two other leaks: A New Future and The Legacy of the First Ones.

I'm not saying any of them are correct, but there seems to be an interesting rise in leaks this year that propose Chronomancer as the new class. Compare this to the BlizzCon 2019 Leak Spreadsheet which had 89 leaks and not a single one of them mentioned Chronomancers. Why is this suddenly a fan favorite? Or could it be some of these leaks are actually dropping real clues amidst all the other BS they spout?

Chronomancer was being suggested before the very early WoD leak largely because TI added three different chronomancer specs by itself.

[therumblings]

But why get Draconids instead of actual dragons that can shift to human form for caster specs and to show off mog and use mounts but can also be their own mounts. THe hybrid dragon form that Hearthstone introduced for Wrathion is also such a great idea on how the race could work in melee. Make them chromatic and you could have them join all flights but not be members of them. GIve them a racial class that is Prismatic Dragon or something similar and they'd be able to use the abilities of all dragonflights and even fight in a hybrid form. And out of combat they could have cool drake forms like Wrathion does.

I guess I could see that, but I think dragons work better as a class than a race, giving drakonids as a race could be cool but I definitely would choose a dragon class over them if I had to.

[Nymrohd]

I guess I could see that, but I think dragons work better as a class than a race, giving drakonids as a race could be cool but I definitely would choose a dragon class over them if I had to.

And it is just far more awesome. Blizzard needs a big swing. What's a bigger swing than playable dragons (who can fully play as dragons because their race is also their class).

Only issue is why would anyone play anything other than a DRAGON!!!