Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[AngerFork]

These screenshots are fake. The dragon race is an obvious reskin of the Metamorphosis form used by Female DHs as @Nightshade711 pointed out.

This part is pure conjecture but I think Scaleface and Axaron (and possibly Deventh) are all working together to push this whole Drac'thyr thing as being real. Maybe they're the masterminds behind this whole operation...

It's a good fake and I commend you for making it! But it's not perfect as there are some details that give it away as being fake if you look carefully.

Absolutely. That's a Worgen Female screenshot with a Metamorphosis reskin as the model shown. The ability screenshot has the shadows going the entire wrong way on the dragon with the ability not even in the same zip code as where the dragon would attack with it. The talent screen looks cool, but there isn't a real rhyme or reason to the layout displayed, so it's hard to know what talents you are actually getting if any.

I'd like to believe, but this just ain't it from what I can tell. Which means tomorrow will be much more of an exciting surprise.

[Cheezits]

"improved" is a strong word to be used here...

ITs definitely changed...



Possible

Improved is subjective, I just mean from a lore standpoint.

These dragonmen have wings and look right between draconic and human, even lacking the wacky crocodile noses that the Dragonmen had. It stands to reason it may actually be Dragonmen 2.0 in the lore.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

They don't have wings. The head is better but still: a dragon race without a wings is pretty shitty.

Give Blizz as much shit as you want for the FemDragon having a lame face and body... but the wings and tail are pretty fucking cool.

Eh Dragons without Wings is pretty much the standard these days. Even D&D pretty much stripped wings off their Dragon race.

[ro9ue]

The male one better look like this or I'm uninstalling.

[Cheezits]

Lol okay but by that logic, WHY THESE?

Why not Vrykul, Taunka, Ogres/Moknathal, or any of the races that have been asked for repeatedly by THOUSANDS of people yearly? How does this off-the-wall race that looks like it's meant for a VERY NICHE crowd get the "we need to save the game" badge and not the Ol' Reliables?

WoW lore races like Vrykul/Taunka are not "save the game races" because they require knowing the game, as opposed to a race that brings in new players. I am not even sleighting those races: the idea behind a "save the game race" is that it has appeal for both new fans and old fans, which I assume is the idea behind this race if it is real.

A normal who doesn't know the game isn't going to sub over ogres, taunka or vrykul because they don't look that visually interesting or novel. This thing? Absolutely does.

[Malorne the White Stag]

The male one better look like this or I'm uninstalling.

Yes, make them like this

[KurtMash]

Just give him the longboi neck

Be careful what you wish for

[Amunrasonther]

Uh, that’s not better.

When you factor in how OLD that Everquest model is, I feel like it slightly pulls ahead - however that's obviously still not saying much.

[Cheezits]

Eh Dragons without Wings is pretty much the standard these days. Even D&D pretty much stripped wings off their Dragon race.

Which is why Blizz would pressure the genre with an actual playable race with wings, even if it means discarding armor.

This smells very similar to what they did with Belves in TBC: a big fantasy shakeup.

[Syegfryed]

Like skyrim or what?

Dungeons and dragons

[Archmage Xaxxas]

You guys are kidding yourselves if you think there will be a difference in Male/Female.

Just look at Vulpera to see the future of WoW sexes. and even more convenient for Blizz, you can hide the lady-bits and lord-bits with a cloaca flap instead of undergarment.

I'd bet if these are real, Male/Female will be identical, THAT ONE is -IT-.

[Deventh]

Btw is there a reason the picture is zoomed in and cut right in the middle where we wouldn't see the rest of the interface and icons/sliders? Gives me some hope this is still fake:

[Chain Chungus]

My personal assumption is that, if this DragonGirl isn't just an Evoker class thing, it's an actual new race with toggleable forms that work differently from Worgen.

You can choose when to shapeshift and when it activates. However you can't fly outside of Dragonform, which lets you fly with your wings.

They HAVE to let players wear armor, and if the dragonform is not equipped for armor (could be an alpha thing) then you will be able to play as your disguise form in combat.

I think if it was part of the evoker class like meta DH, it wouldn't be showing it being customizable like worgen are. DH can't customize their meta form after all.

Also, they may have simply implemented an armor on/armor off thing in the customization window, kind of like FF14 has, and they have armor toggled off for the drake form and armor toggled on for the "two forms" alternate race form.

[Malorne the White Stag]

Which is why Blizz would pressure the genre with an actual playable race with wings, even if it means discarding armor.

This smells very similar to what they did with Belves in TBC: a big fantasy shakeup.

I mean, EQ2 has winged races so it's not that much of a shake up

[Marlamin]

Be careful what you wish for
--longboirace--

Please no, I'll subconciously be chasing these around capital cities each time I see one.

[huth]

[IMG]

It'll be really sad if an ancient game like Everquest can come up with a better concept for a dragon-esq race.

Those pants are so ugly.

[Cheezits]

You guys are kidding yourselves if you think there will be a difference in Male/Female.

Just look at Vulpera to see the future of WoW sexes. and even more convenient for Blizz, you can hide the lady-bits and lord-bits with a cloaca instead of undergarment.

I'd bet if these are real, Male/Female will be identical, THAT ONE is -IT-.

This race is already a big shakeup in that it doesn't have fat tits and a giant ass. It looks relatively sexless, just slim and skinny. Vulpera get away with it because they are just small: Goblins are comedic and so of course their women have a cartoonish hourglass.

Gnomes also have a pretty sexless dimorphism.

There's gonna be a guy version, and it's gonna be muscular.

[Das Thora]

If it's real, which it looks real to me, my guess is there is no male/female model, just one model and you only pick the gender of your mammalian humanoid form. It'd fit the lore they gave Chromie. Also guessing given how inhuman that race looks that it's 100% tied to the class (like they should have done with worgen). I can't see that dragon incapable of wearing armor but also picking up a gun and taming rabbits.

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

Please no, I'll subconciously be chasing these around capital cities each time I see one.

Nahh.

What you should do is make one yourself and then chase another one around. Start a Mammoth Train, but with long boyes.

[Merryck]

It's definitely using the old character creation, based on the framing.