Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[m4Zzo928]

Devil's advocate, we just got that incubus model that no one would have believed was real if you showed it to anyone between 2004-2020.

I'm like 70% fake to 30% real, right down the middle. If it's a fake, it is a well done fake, goofy but well done.

[Hitei]

I'm like 75% sure NO.

I was looking for Dragons specifically yesterday, didn't recall seeing her, AND I just looked BEFORE restarting B.Net minutes ago, my eyes did not see it.

However, when I restarted and checked again, BAM my eyes picked it up. Was it JUST added? huh..
Happy to be proven wrong though. Someone else check without restarting asap!

https://www.mmo-champion.com/content...vatars?page=10

[AOL Instant Messenger]

I'm thinking a few things because I agree with your observations. Obviously alpha like mentioned, but that pose just looks so stupid for a dragon. Being all upright like something was just jammed up his rear. The pose when he's in combat looked much more natural, and his neck didn't look grotesque. It looked like the Worgen pose, which would be fitting for a dragon, but I lean towards it being fake anyway.

Fair point. I don't think the pose is a big deal, though. It's a reused animation set. For me the inconsistencies in the design like the small head and the un-Blizzardlike qualities are what sells it as fanmade. I am 100% sure it comes from a Scalie discord server for those particular reasons. I would actually say the weird pose is excusable simply because it's reused.

[plz delete account]

I am 99% sure she wasnt. I changed my avatar quite a bit the last couple weeks due to Deathwing HotS hype and she clearly was not there in that form.

Also is the Chromie one new too? I dont really recall that one either.

Alex and Chromie have been there for literal years.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

If you're not arguing that, then why bring up private servers, and then argue with me that it's from a private server and you gave proof it's from a private server? There's less than 24 hours left until we know or not, there's no reason to lie just because you don't like the possibly fake screenshot.

I never said private server. I meant a Discord server when I said "server", because I assumed it may be a Discord server rather than a public website since no one has seen these before.

[Deventh]

Very good thing to notice! I didn't realize how damning that was, but now that I think of it I agree very much! Why not show the icon, the name, the class choices etc. or the customization tab?

Because then it will make them do a lot more work on making it look real:

[Buliwyf the Omen]

Alex and Chromie have been there for literal years.

Sad face.

To be fair both were only there for a year exactly.

[Xilurm]

Is this gonna be the main thread until the announcement?

[FossilFree]

That would also be cool my basis for the idea was essentially the red dragons fire at the wrath gate with bolvar. It saved him because that's how Reds work but it still burned him cause it was fire

Yea, that could work. Kind of like shadow mend, heals you up front then puts a small dot on you.

[Chickat]

That would be incredibly underwhelming.
Practically whelps at that point.

Imagine the "champion of azeroth" being an actual dragon baby kekw

The player character isn't an aspect. They arent even a full on Dragon. + Wrathion is obviously going to be an Aspect, and his Dragon Form is tiny because he's young. Dragon combat form could easily just be a little bigger than Bear form and work fine.

[shoc]

Is this gonna be the main thread until the announcement?

There will probably be a new separate Dragonflight Forum tomorrow

[Jodmos]

Yea, that could work. Kind of like shadow mend, heals you up front then puts a small dot on you.

So Shadowmend

[rainhard]

Ok what about this weird bed in stockades? It is very flickery reused asset or something else?

[s1ns]

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Scaleface?

Even if that's another fake, it's kind of pretty.

[Chickat]

Yep. People simply want to argue because they don’t want a class that can turn into a legit dragon. When someone says “no size dragon can work in combat”, it’s not worth discussing IMO.

I don't want a dragon class to turn into a standard dragon. It would be boring for every spec to just be a dragon. But, they totally COULD do it. The size thing is a non issue. I just don't want it.

[Eunomii]

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Scaleface?

and wheres this from?

[Vynestra]

Me trying to see these "leaks"

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

hmm in ptr all the trees linked to the dream ways leaves have changed color they are orange

Well it is orange. IDK if it always was or not.

[Buliwyf the Omen]

The player character isn't an aspect. They arent even a full on Dragon. + Wrathion is obviously going to be an Aspect, and his Dragon Form is tiny because he's young. Dragon combat form could easily just be a little bigger than Bear form and work fine.

No. Small Dragons do not work.

Some cute Sabertooth and lazer shooting Owls are completly fine, but an absolute scaled unit breathing fire, biting with its jaw and swiping with its claws is impossible, unacceptable.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

The only real argument I can think of is wanting to avoid any watermarks but Im pretty sure most hard NDA clients just use a watermark that's invisible to the naked eye but on the entire screen and easy for a program to read now so that would be pointless anyways.

Indeed, I think the creator didn't want to go through the UI trouble to justify the race. I think implementing or photoshopping the models in would actually be less trouble than actually adding full customizations.