Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Chain Chungus]

I am honestly pleased with the model. It looks like a real dragon humanoid, instead of something like the Au Ra from FF14. The old drakonid models didn't have wings and some didn't have tails. I can't wait to see what the male looks like now! Totally hyped to play that ruby dragonflight caster spec in the third pic too!

I do find it funny how some people are having a literal meltdown about it though. Did you not expect a dragon to look like a dragon?

[bitterwinter]

I think you meant to respond to me so Im gonna go with that but yeah. People can skip one expansion and come back and enjoy the game, I skipped BFA because I hate faction conflict stories but still came back for SL. If you skip two though then you're more than likely just gonna tap out for good. So they need this to be solid so at minimum people stay invested long enough to get to 11.0.

Yeah my bad lol I pressed the wrong quote button and then had trouble finding your post. Doesn't help that I am (temporarily) using an ancient computer.

My line of thought on that is 10.0 represents a fresh start for a lot of people. A grounded story back on Azeroth that can then be used for the basis for better stories going forward. At least that's what I hope happens.

[Doronjo]

Still remember when they did an interview in front of a WoD pannel before it was revealed

[Chickat]

Good catch actually. Even the in-game screenshot at the bottom shows them without armor.

Are you telling me they would make a scaly race that can transform into a dragon humanoid but not be able to equip any armor as the actual new race? That's a downgrade from Worgens.

Could be early work not nearly finished. Could also be a few months old build wise.

[Catastrophy349]

So, how many people at Blizzard are sitting back laughing their asses off right now? Think they'd get a kick out of seeing so many posters having coranaries over something that most likely isn't even real.

Too many...

[Deventh]

If they don't give us at least the Alexstrasza, Ysera and other aspects tier of customization for the actual humanoid form (not just the dragon form) then I'd be very pissed.

[Teriz]

I am honestly pleased with the model. It looks like a real dragon humanoid, instead of something like the Au Ra from FF14. The old drakonid models didn't have wings and some didn't have tails. I can't wait to see what the male looks like now! Totally hyped to play that ruby dragonflight caster spec in the third pic too!

I do find it funny how some people are having a literal meltdown about it though. Did you not expect a dragon to look like a dragon?

Honestly I agree. I prefer this dragon race to some of the other stuff suggested or seen on the web. I won’t touch one with a ten ft pole, but I can see the scalies go apeshit for it.

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

Too many...

Of course you'd know how many people are laughing at Blizzard.

[Chickat]

The more I look at it, the more I can't abide and believe it. That's just ridiculous. Utterly fucking ridiculous.

...also he said the wings would be Netherdrake like and translucent so that idea is out. If real, chalk another up to Scaleface still being wrong somehow.

They do look kinda translucent to me.

[Hugnomo]

cant believe there's still 16 and a half hours to go. at least i'll be sleeping/working until then, better to have something to do otherwise I'd just be obsessing over it.

[Teriz]

If they don't give us at least the Alexstrasza, Ysera and other aspects tier of customization for the actual humanoid form (not just the dragon form) then I'd be very pissed.

They’re honestly probably saving that for the class.

cant believe there's still 16 and a half hours to go. at least i'll be sleeping/working until then, better to have something to do otherwise I'd just be obsessing over it.

Just wanted to tell you man, your artwork is stellar. Nice Twitter page.

[Cheezits]

I am honestly pleased with the model. It looks like a real dragon humanoid, instead of something like the Au Ra from FF14. The old drakonid models didn't have wings and some didn't have tails. I can't wait to see what the male looks like now! Totally hyped to play that ruby dragonflight caster spec in the third pic too!

I do find it funny how some people are having a literal meltdown about it though. Did you not expect a dragon to look like a dragon?

I think most of the rage stems from the female Dragon having a slender and boring form. The neck is a little long and the face is small, though it may be the angle, as we see in the red screenshot that they have a long face.

The problem is that Blizz feels beholden for women to be soft, slender and lame compared to men. However, being from an RP server with a lot of women who play female humans and blood elves primarily, I think people may actually like that.

The dragonmen and drakonid both lack wings, and the dragonmen and drakonid are both "too ugly" for normal consumers. The race makes perfect sense even if its jarring and annoys lorefans because it's something new: it is a hard sell to casual consumers to play a dragon race that lacks wings.

[Syegfryed]

Went for a quick nap and wake up with a shit image of the supposed race rofl

The idea is good, but the iamge look awful, its ok if its rly early alpha and not finished/polished.

[Chain Chungus]

Honestly I agree. I prefer this dragon race to some of the other stuff suggested or seen on the web. I won’t touch one with a ten ft pole, but I can see the scalies go apeshit for it.

Yea, totally. Now if they can turn into a full dragon for flight form, kind of like worgen running wild but for flying, it would be the icing on the cake for me!

[pacotaco]

What did Scaleface mean by this?

Probably that the original images have watermarkings that could identify the leaker, so he downscaled and blurred it to avoid the watermark be visible.

[Nightshade711]

Knowing blizzard
You know that they wouldn't let the dragon race fly with their wings if that were real lol

[Cheezits]

Yea, totally. Now if they can turn into a full dragon for flight form, kind of like worgen running wild but for flying, it would be the icing on the cake for me!

I would prefer a "flying with their wings" running wild, because otherwise it is pointless for them to have wings if they just turn into a dragon for flight.

[Shadochi]

Sources seem to be confirming the race O.o

Tho not sure if just a bunch of trolls so take it with a grain of salt

[huth]

Could be early work not nearly finished. Could also be a few months old build wise.

I think it's far more likely to be a fake model replacement for Worgen on a private server.

[Cheezits]

Knowing blizzard
You know that they wouldn't let the dragon race fly with their wings if that were real lol

They wouldn't let DHs have their wings out because they can't fly with them. If they really are implementing a race with wings they are 100% going to let them fly. See: stoneborn and kyrian in SL.

I think thats because Blizz doesn't want a class to have flying wings. A race is another question.