Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[therumblings]

I don't remember seeing scaleface say that. Was that not new to this person?

He says it here:

For my part - I think that everyone will be happy on Tuesday (1st finally new UI! 2nd after seeying changes in talent system I think that some devs play a lot in POE or just missing a WOTLK times :>).

[Vakir]

Weird to say they play POE or miss WOTLK considering the two could not possibly be more different in terms of their talent styles.

Lots of things just feel off. But still less off than "here, between 4 new classes and new skins, housing, and partial revamps, have enough new art for 5 new expansions." I buy it more than the other "leak."

[Revamp Man]

It won't be melee. It will be a caster. Possible 1 DPS spec is melee like a Spellsword (Gish). Last 3 classes were melee. Not going to add another melee class for a while.
I think it's going to be 2 ranged DPS + healer though. Never been done before.

We definitely need a new healer

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I think we probably shouldn't bother if for no other reason than to not bring down the thread's mood.

I’m seeing 2500 pages before the announcement

[therumblings]

I'd be super disappointed if Evoker turned out to just be a 2 spec class that's thematically similar to an Arcane Mage.

[huth]

Weird to say they play POE or miss WOTLK considering the two could not possibly be more different in terms of their talent styles.

Lots of things just feel off. But still less off than "here, between 4 new classes and new skins, housing, and partial revamps, have enough new art for 5 new expansions."

About the only thing they have in common is an interface where you spend points on things.

For what it's worth, i preferred the old talent trees over that monstrosity PoE has, and i don't like the old talent trees. IMO PoE really suffers from the classes having no real base strength.

[Revamp Man]

I'd be super disappointed if Evoker turned out to just be a 2 spec class that's thematically similar to an Arcane Mage.

If it’s not a dragon class I’m 100% disappointed

[therumblings]

If it’s not a dragon class I’m 100% disappointed

2 specs would suck immensely, but I could at least get over it if it's a dragon class. But a copy of Arcane mage without dragon aspect specs would be horrible.

[Revamp Man]

He says it here:

That stuff is why I have a hard time believing him and the others

Mention the new UI after the dude that is the UI designer tells us that they have something exciting to share and the new talent system could be as simple as a new soulbind

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2 specs would suck immensely, but I could at least get over it if it's a dragon class. But a copy of Arcane mage without dragon aspect specs would be horrible.

I want to have faith in the devs but it’s very tough

[Izalla]

He says it here:

Ah, certainly seems so.

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2 specs would suck immensely, but I could at least get over it if it's a dragon class. But a copy of Arcane mage without dragon aspect specs would be horrible.

I can't even imagine what would be the point of that. If it isn't related to dragons but the expac is about dragons, why does it even exist?

[ChronoSul]

Could be a melee arcane class or like an arcane archer

Can you imagine the negative uproar if the new class was another melee class? I could see maybe a blue dragonflight themed arcane archer tho

[Kohtra]

That stuff is why I have a hard time believing him and the others

Mention the new UI after the dude that is the UI designer tells us that they have something exciting to share and the new talent system could be as simple as a new soulbind

LOL I hadn't even considered the possibility of making new talent trees basically just being a modified soulbind system. Have some collectable abilities in the world we slot in. Could be cool. Who knows.

[Izalla]

That stuff is why I have a hard time believing him and the others

Mention the new UI after the dude that is the UI designer tells us that they have something exciting to share and the new talent system could be as simple as a new soulbind

It feels like everyone is piggybacking off each other and nothing really stands out to me. I really hope nothing more than the name and that art piece have actually been leaked because I'm just not feeling any of this stuff.

(except talent trees)

[horizon nowhere]

That stuff is why I have a hard time believing him and the others

Mention the new UI after the dude that is the UI designer tells us that they have something exciting to share and the new talent system could be as simple as a new soulbind

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I want to have faith in the devs but it’s very tough

Yeah I was dooming pretty hard on a new class at all before the evoker fun. We shall see soon though!

[D4NNYB0Y]

2 specs would suck immensely, but I could at least get over it if it's a dragon class. But a copy of Arcane mage without dragon aspect specs would be horrible.

If it's Arcane focused it's likely going to be heavily influenced by the Bronze flight to differentiate it from Mages. Chronomancy/Time magic will be a key theme if this is real. I think this would make sense if the main antagonist of this expac is the Infinite Dragonflight / Murozond.

[Inxotep]

Imagine if there isn't a new class

[Zankai27]

Poster named Axaron in "Is Dragonsworn the new class? How sure are we about that and how would it be?" thread stated that new class is mail, 2 DPS specs + healer spec, called Evoker, uses Arcane magic, and talent trees are back.

Another poster stated Axaron is not lying in the end of thread. Could just be piggybacking off of Scaleface. We'll find out soon.

Honestly that sounds kine of great; two new DPS specs, mail, and a new healer spec? sign me up! And talent trees? Rad. I'd be here for it.

[horizon nowhere]

Imagine if there isn't a new class

You had to say it!

[Marlamin]

He says it here:

The new UI comment is interesting, I haven't -really- seen it mentioned elsewhere other than that wowexdev Twitter account he mentioned at some point (of which I'm not sure if it's someone just squatting that username after it was deleted many years ago or if it is just also ScaleFace).

I say it is interesting because a while back in 2018 two of the people on the WoW UI team transferred to another project inside Blizz that they described as "old but new". I'm curious if that actually ends up being a new default UI for WoW. Granted it would also be a backwards/addon compatability nightmare, but it's still interesting to think about.

[D4NNYB0Y]

It feels like everyone is piggybacking off each other and nothing really stands out to me. I really hope nothing more than the name and that art piece have actually been leaked because I'm just not feeling any of this stuff.

(except talent trees)

I haven't seen Evoker mentioned outside of Scaleface and now Axaron. Also, neither poster created a leak thread or used burner accounts: just posts within other threads. Scaleface's posts are buried unless you know his name and where to look. Fake leakers post their leaks for attention, and these are not attention seeking behaviors. Doesn't mean it's real of course, just inline with previous leaks that turned out to be true.

[KayRule]

2 specs would suck immensely

Why? Demon Hunter is one of the most competently designed classes and it only has 2 specs.