Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[pacotaco]

Man I'm not sure if 'Ashen' 'Lunar' or 'Silver' dragonflight sounds cooler

Ashen sound more like grey. I prefer Lunar.

[SniperCT]

Ashen sound more like grey. I prefer Lunar.

What about Diamond? Go more with the gemstone/mineral thing most of the flights have.

While we're at it, rename blue and black to Sapphire/Azure and Obsidian

[Cosmic Janitor]

Albino more suggests a pigmentation issue than a flight, though.

That thing was also ugly as sin with the sickly yellowish webbing and the turquoise feet/wing plates.

[Makabreska]

We do already have the Albino dragon, so they already exist.

Aren't you talking about that albino mount? Do we have them anywhere else?

[Raetary]

We do already have the Albino dragon, so they already exist.

But they aren't a flight with powers, just random dragons with albinism.

[draugril]

If we’re going to revamp the dragonflights, we should give them a full on metallic makeover.

[ScarletKnives]

White dragonflight should be called Alabaster Dragonflight, sounds more... RPG-ish

[Cosmic Janitor]

If we’re going to revamp the dragonflights, we should give them a full on metallic makeover.

I'm all for that. Make the black aspect look like deathwing was described in the books, with mineral encrusted on this scales, looking like an actual earth aspect instead of of the wannabe mecha and slightly blackish dragons we usually get for the flight. Nozdormu was also described way cooler iirc.

[ercarp]

There is also a Moon-Touched Netherwhelp in the game but it was a promotional pet that was "thought to be blessed by the waning lunar energies of Shadowmoon Valley."



The interesting part is that this pet was added in Shadowlands. And people like to think that promotional pets and mounts are clues of what's to come, so... who knows. This at least confirms that Blizzard also believes that a Lunar dragonflight should be white in color (with some blue bits, potentially).

[Fartlas]

White dragonflight should be called Alabaster Dragonflight, sounds more... RPG-ish

Considering Blizzard literally copy pasted their Dragons from DnD like every other fantasy franchise today, DnD has White Dragons, so they can definitely keep the name.

[huth]

If we’re going to revamp the dragonflights, we should give them a full on metallic makeover.

I'm rather more partial to a Metal makeover.

[JDBlou]

There is also a Moon-Touched Netherwhelp in the game but it was a promotional pet that was "thought to be blessed by the waning lunar energies of Shadowmoon Valley."



The interesting part is that this pet was added in Shadowlands. And people like to think that promotional pets and mounts are clues of what's to come, so... who knows. This at least confirms that Blizzard also believes that a Lunar dragonflight should be white in color (with some blue bits, potentially).

Well spotted, 43ish hours to go...

[ercarp]

Well spotted, 43ish hours to go...

It was posted here earlier (probably a few hundred pages ago) but I didn't know until now that it was a pet they added in Shadowlands; I had just assumed it was an older pet based on the model. The fact that it was added in Shadowlands makes it a lot more significant imo.

[Khaza-R]

Lunar / Silver dragonflight seems the most likely to be a new addition.

Silver dragons are an old trope that currently missing in WarCraft

[therumblings]

Silver dragons are an old trope that currently missing in WarCraft

And every single rare mob has a silver dragon next to it, so they should be added by now

[Wangming]

A white dragonflight is entirely possible, it just won't be called "white dragonflight". It'd be some other synonym, just like the yellow flight isn't called the "yellow" dragonflight, it's called the "bronze flight".

Alabaster, Pearlescent, Silver, Ashen, Shadeless, Pale, Bone, Lunar, etc.

Ivory, my dude. The white dragonflight would be called Ivory. They are the wisest and most scholarly of dragons who haven't featured yet, cause they mostly keep to their ivory tower.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Considering Blizzard literally copy pasted their Dragons from DnD like every other fantasy franchise today, DnD has White Dragons, so they can definitely keep the name.

While that is true, D&D also has a bunch of other normally colored (chromatic) dragons, metallic dragons, various gem dragons and a bunch of other types, including lesser dragons and such. White Dragons are also pretty well established as the ice dragons in D&D, wheres that role goes to the Blues in WoW.

Btw, I might die of laughter if all the dragon stuff turns out the one big bag of hot air and Blizzard indeed trolled us and instead we get something else entirely. The playerbase has whipped itself into a dragon frenzy and diverting that attention now would be nigh impossible.

[Jodmos]

It was posted here earlier (probably a few hundred pages ago) but I didn't know until now that it was a pet they added in Shadowlands; I had just assumed it was an older pet based on the model. The fact that it was added in Shadowlands makes it a lot more significant imo.

It was a 30th anniversary gift

[therumblings]

It was a 30th anniversary gift

I forgot about the Blizzard anniversary and thought you meant WoW anniversary lol, felt ancient for a second.

[Hitei]

Ivory, my dude. The white dragonflight would be called Ivory. They are the wisest and most scholarly of dragons who haven't featured yet, cause they mostly keep to their ivory tower.

I intentionally didn't include it because it didn't seem likely, given that ivory is already a synonym for white (people) and comes with other issues.