Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Lady Atia]

Really i think what Blizzard needs to do is reuse the covenant framework, trim it down, and then tie it more to the reputation.

You don't get any player power that is useable in raids or other instanced content, but you do get a storyline, zone upgrades, and a few unique cosmetics.

Then, instead of choosing one covenant or rep and sticking with it, you instead have all of them available, but limit how much progress you can do with them.
You can still opt for one reputation and go fast with that one, but that would mean everything else going slower, or you can try and spread it out, but being slower overall.

This way you have most of the upsides of covenants, but tied more to reps instead of being a weird not-quite rep. If you like one zone more than others you can still focus on that one and get full rewards. Or if you want everything you can try and spread it out and still get everything.

I would rather have them re-use the renown system for a seasonal battlepass. Give us a big reward track full of exclusive cosmetics that everyone can work on their own pace during a season, similiar to Hearthstone. They could even make 2 per season, or have the reward track theme depaired from the season theme for freshness.

[KayRule]

Not gonna happen, it would change waay too much the "power balance" between continents, we have forsaken and belfs in EK and night elves and Draenei in kalindor

The game would be alot better if they stopped caring about balance between factions. Every continent needing to have a split amount of zones, capitols, based on faction is nothing but restricting the game. Especially when it comes to lore and story decisions, like having to arbitrarily kill/retire characters because the other faction lost one too.

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I would rather have them re-use the renown system for a seasonal battlepass. Give us a big reward track full of exclusive cosmetics that everyone can work on their own pace during a season, similiar to Hearthstone. They could even make 2 per season, or have the reward track theme depaired from the season theme for freshness.

I agree fully.

[Nymrohd]

... NPC dating?

Really?

ESO also is planning to add it slowly (we got followers last expac, a few more this xpac and supposedly down the line I'll get to romance that Imperial mage).

[Shadochi]

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I mean honestly the CTR PC Release and WotLK classic are most likely not happening, as the event is for the next wow expansion and not a regular blizzcon opening ceremony for which these cards are made before so they sometimes have other projects

[Nymrohd]

I would rather have them re-use the renown system for a seasonal battlepass. Give us a big reward track full of exclusive cosmetics that everyone can work on their own pace during a season, similiar to Hearthstone. They could even make 2 per season, or have the reward track theme depaired from the season theme for freshness.

As long as progress is not tied to a couple of repeatable tasks but can be gained from pretty much everything like Valor in MoP, I'm game. Would prefer it to not be 100% timegated (like let us grind a bit as well but with strong diminishing returns)

[ercarp]

Oh, I like this one a lot. I should add some more images to mine as well, gives it a bit more color.

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Well to be fair that kind of stuff worked quite well in KOTOR - I doubt it would work in WoW though. Also why date an npc if you can date .... some real rp person?

I don't think NPC dating belongs in a game like WoW, but I would still rather choose that over trying to date some random G.I.R.L in RP.

[Leaker69]

... NPC dating?

Really?

Fable had it. Was cringe and pointless, but I guess if we are going with housing, then why not have an npc stay there and flirt emote you when you enter the house.

[Nymrohd]

isn't memes the whole point?




Wait what? In Quel'Thalas? The very much non-nelf zone? Dang they had some weird ideas back then.

I mean usually even the High Elf variant of elves is very much in tune with nature. They would just combine Nature magic with Arcane. The Farstriders are rangers not arcane magic users and were very important to High Elf society.

[KayRule]

I mean honestly the CTR PC Release and WotLK classic are most likely not happening, as the event is for the next wow expansion and not a regular blizzcon opening ceremony for which these cards are made before so they sometimes have other projects

I know, I just ran out of things I realistically could see and started just putting things I want to see.

[Buliwyf the Omen]

Fable had it. Was cringe and pointless, but I guess if we are going with housing, then why not have an npc stay there and flirt emote you when you enter the house.

We will neither get housing or NPC dating.

Biggest waste of resources.

They need to fix the Game and not add pointless stuff like the above.

[Syegfryed]

The game would be alot better if they stopped caring about balance between factions. Every continent needing to have a split amount of zones, capitols, based on faction is nothing but restricting the game. Especially when it comes to lore and story decisions, like having to arbitrarily kill/retire characters because the other faction lost one too.

I disagree, the game was better when they did care for balance between factions, and the game would be even better if they could care again.

One of the best periods in this department was cataclysm where he had mirrored quests so we didn't had to do quests with the opposite factions or opposite faction races.

Especially when it comes to lore and story decisions, like having to arbitrarily kill/retire characters because the other faction lost one too.

That only happens when alliance lose something, so they a horde character, not the other way around.

[Blayze]

Do you want to convince me to roll Night Elves? Cause that's how you concvince me to roll Night Elves.

I, too, want to play a Harlequin.

[KayRule]

We will neither get housing or NPC dating.

Biggest waste of resources.

They need to fix the Game and not add pointless stuff like the above.

Yeah, they can fix the game by adding things to actually do and work on outside of raiding, M+ and BGs.

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I disagree, the game was better when they did care for balance between factions, and the game would be even better if they could care again.

That only happens when alliance lose something, so they a horde character, not the other way around.

They killed Admiral Taylor in WoD specifically because of Nazgrim's death in SoO. They're having Anduin go Thrall-mode and peace out because the Horde lost Sylvanas.

The only time it's ever been the other way around was killing Vol'jin because of Varian, and he's coming back so it doesn't even matter anymore.

[Buliwyf the Omen]

Yeah, they can fix the game by adding things to actually do and work on outside of raiding, M+ and BGs.

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They killed Admiral Taylor in WoD specifically because of Nazgrim's death in SoO. They're having Anduin go Thrall-mode and peace out because the Horde lost Sylvanas.

The only time it's ever been the other way around was killing Vol'jin because of Varian, and he's coming back so it doesn't even matter anymore.

How about they make raiding, m+ (dungeons), PvP, Class Design, daily Content good first before they focus on adding completly irrelevant minor things like NPC dating or Housing?

[Zelk]

Yeah, they can fix the game by adding things to actually do and work on outside of raiding, M+ and BGs.

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They killed Admiral Taylor in WoD specifically because of Nazgrim's death in SoO. They're having Anduin go Thrall-mode and peace out because the Horde lost Sylvanas.

The only time it's ever been the other way around was killing Vol'jin because of Varian, and he's coming back so it doesn't even matter anymore.

Vol'Jin was sacrificed for Sylvanas not Varian

[Wangming]

We will neither get housing or NPC dating.

Biggest waste of resources.

They need to fix the Game and not add pointless stuff like the above.

Pointless stuff like that is what would fix the game. One of the biggest problems is there is fuck all to do beside gearing up for raids as a second job with no pay. Casual content completely independent of the gear threadmill would be a huge draw for new players and an incentive to keep subbed in months with no new content.

[Leaker69]

We will neither get housing or NPC dating.

Biggest waste of resources.

They need to fix the Game and not add pointless stuff like the above.

I disagree that it is pointless and waste of resources, but I also don't think it would happen. They tried and failed with Garrison. That is it.

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Vol'Jin was sacrificed for Sylvanas not Varian

Everyone was sacrificed for Sylvanas....

[Wangming]

I, too, want to play a Harlequin.

A fellow man of culture I see.

[Fartlas]

WoW has been a 'Rush to the endgame' game for a long ass time now, I don't see them changing the model any time soon.

[KayRule]

I disagree that it is pointless and waste of resources, but I also don't think it would happen. They tried and failed with Garrison. That is it.

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Everyone was sacrificed for Sylvanas....

They tried and failed with a vaguely related concept because of poor implementation and planning, so they should never add anything else again? Maybe they should learn from the lessons of their failures and make something good with the systems created instead?