Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[TheAceofHearth]

Hi, you guys ready for the reveal? I am getting the hype right now, not gonna lie. I really hope Dragonflight is gonna be a good xpac!

Don't put your expectation too high, you will only hurt yourself.

[Scaleface]

Just to zoom in on that specifically, that's been a blocked term since Vanilla/TBC or so together with a whole other ton of class-like names. Nothing super special.

So with restricted names looks like its just a case

Thanks for coming back to clear everything up, and big props to the gigabrains that actually cracked this riddle because I was kind of lost. But I did try!

And it is as you said, even if this is all fake, stuff like this creates discussion and is still a fun way to kill time. Makes the wait so much more bearable.

Personally I still stand by this being nothing more than a troll as I don't think any of the written leaks this year have been correct so far. But if I'm wrong, it's my own words I have to eat.

<3

[ercarp]

Kinda random that dracomalfoy and harrypotter are restricted names, but hermionegranger and ronweasley are completely fine.





EDIT: I guess this was kinda off-topic but it had to be said. Also draco = dragons = 10.0. So it's still related.

[therumblings]

I wonder if Dracthyr is pronounced Drake-theer or Dracktheer

[Marlamin]

So here's a weird thing. I have developed a few different types of gut feelings over the last decade or so and after that accidental 9.2.5 Beta build instead of PTR, the secretive wowdev3 96.0 build, PTR not coming back up until "early next week" as well as last nights new encrypted vendor endpoints, I am currently stuck in the "datamining of first public build is any day now" gut feeling. Like, I feel the need to update my "expansion datamining night" Spotify playlist.

Anyone with me or did I eat something bad at the office party yesterday?

I wonder if Dracthyr is pronounced Drake-theer or Dracktheer

It is "Leviosa", actually.

[Jodmos]

Kinda random that dracomalfoy and harrypotter are restricted names, but hermionegranger and ronweasley are completely fine.





EDIT: I guess this was kinda off-topic but it had to be said. Also draco = dragons = 10.0. So it's still related.

Dragonsworn isn't on that list (Also funny that dingleberry is on the profanity list)

[therumblings]

If You ask for a model, hmmm - imagine hybrid of dh (meta model), and maybe worgen if we talk about animation, but with wings and in few different dragonflights... I mean - colors...

This is kinda what I expected, sounds like a Drakonid but with wings basically, the Dreadlord male/DH meta model would go really nicely with that.

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

So here's a weird thing. I have developed a few different types of gut feelings over the last decade or so and after that accidental 9.2.5 Beta build instead of PTR, the secretive wowdev3 96.0 build, PTR not coming back up until "early next week" as well as last nights new encrypted vendor endpoints, I am currently stuck in the "datamining of first public build is any day now" gut feeling. Like, I feel the need to update my "expansion datamining night" Spotify playlist.

Anyone with me or did I eat something bad at the office party yesterday?

You aren't gonna be datamining 10.0, aren't ya?

End of an era...

[Scaleface]

Kinda random that dracomalfoy and harrypotter are restricted names, but hermionegranger and ronweasley are completely fine.





EDIT: I guess this was kinda off-topic but it had to be said. Also draco = dragons = 10.0. So it's still related.

Daaamn, I allways wants to make a harrydotter but its taken on my realm

[Ersula]

You aren't gonna be datamining 10.0, aren't ya?

End of an era...

He took the "Datamining is bad" corporate koolaid.

[Marlamin]

You aren't gonna be datamining 10.0, aren't ya?

End of an era...

Not publicly.

He took the "Datamining is bad" corporate koolaid.

Datamining good, spoiler datamining bad. Important difference!

[therumblings]

It is "Leviosa", actually.

[Hitei]

So here's a weird thing. I have developed a few different types of gut feelings over the last decade or so and after that accidental 9.2.5 Beta build instead of PTR, the secretive wowdev3 96.0 build, PTR not coming back up until "early next week" as well as last nights new encrypted vendor endpoints, I am currently stuck in the "datamining of first public build is any day now" gut feeling. Like, I feel the need to update my "expansion datamining night" Spotify playlist.

Anyone with me or did I eat something bad at the office party yesterday?

I put "Alpha same week" on my bingo chart. I'm pretty sure they will shadow drop during the announement, or the day after.

The gap between announcement and testing start is usually (I'd guess) mostly because they need the time to get stuff pretty far along. The announcement was delayed significantly this time around, but that doesn't mean the background stuff stopped--which means they should be pretty far along already.

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

Not publicly.



Datamining good, spoiler datamining bad. Important difference!

Just gonna 'lol' at the corporate koolaid part. As if people don't change!

Will still be fun going through dozens of Wowhead articles and the like.

[Sondrelk]

Not publicly.



Datamining good, spoiler datamining bad. Important difference!

But where is the line drawn? Is it a spoiler if a weapon called Murozond's horn is listed as a raid drop? Or if the epic armor looks Naga themed?

[Makabreska]

Kinda random that dracomalfoy and harrypotter are restricted names, but hermionegranger and ronweasley are completely fine.

#dracomalfoy4warchief

[therumblings]

Ultimately I don't think it matters as long as Wowhead and MMO-C keep posting front page spoilers, I believe Marla is specifically talking about story being spoiled by datamining though.

[Marlamin]

But where is the line drawn? Is it a spoiler if a weapon called Murozond's horn is listed as a raid drop? Or if the epic armor looks Naga themed?

I'm sure everyone has different definitions, in my book it is okay to go "oh hey there's secret Tirisfal content" but not "Here's the dialog of the new Tirisfal line by line!".

Ultimately I don't think it matters as long as Wowhead and MMO-C keep posting front page spoilers, I believe Marla is specifically talking about story being spoiled by datamining though.

Yup!

[Makabreska]

But where is the line drawn? Is it a spoiler if a weapon called Murozond's horn is listed as a raid drop? Or if the epic armor looks Naga themed?

There is no line. People will mine absolutely everything. Best thing to hope for is a /spoiler tag.

[Hypester]

Interesting that the other leaker keeps mentioning Magni, but it makes sense. The last time we saw all the New Aspects it was in the Heart Chamber.

Maybe the 10.0 story picks up right after 8.3 and we’re going back to Silithus and the sword at the beginning?

(Which would hammer in again that SL was just filler story wise)