Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Hitei]

https://ptr.wowdb.com/items/192444-s...c-place-holder

Surprised more aren't talking about it.

I told you guys about the Dragonbards but no one believed me.

[Amstrup]

So wow: climate change?

[Chickat]

WoW: Dragonflight

- Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor revamped along with the Dragon Isles as a max level zone (huge and with different subzones and themes. Not really a max level zone as there are no new levels but think of it as the new Suramar). Many zones fused together into new, bigger zones. Old Azeroth access through CoT. Revamped world only shows Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor (the revamped map only shows these continents, all the rest are shown in a new icon called Legacy Maps).

- Yrel represents the Light and makes an alliance with Turalyon, lightbounding any race that she can. Xal'athat represents the Void and makes an alliance with Azshara, turning to the void any race that she can. Horde and Alliance joins forces with the Dragons to try to resist these invading forces. Infinite Dragonflight comeback in greater numbers and new allies too. Basically every cosmic force wants a foothold on Azeroth.

- New Dragon race: no genre. Looks more masculine or femenine with customization. Could shapeshift into any other race (you choose the sex of the humanoide form). Interchangeable blessing of each Dragonflight similar to Zandalari racial. Can glide like DH and turns into a Dragon mount (think about worgen, but with an actual dragon form).

- PvP overhaul with totally separated toolkits from PvE (think of FFXIV).

- NO new levels but a kind of Parangon system linked to talents. You earn points by doing content that you can use to improve your basic class toolkit or to specialise in your selected spec. There are skills and talents as we know today, and other focused on solo and world content in which you can spend more points, but eventually everyone will get the "important" talents and just focused on how they want to customize their solo content (more haste, more crit, increased movement speed...).

- NO player housing but more customization and mount system overhauled. Mounts organised by race (horses, dragons...), you unlock colours, armors and different elements that you can change in a given race. For example if you got Invincible from Arthas, you can use the wings and armor of Invincible in any horse. If you got lets say a black horse, you can use that colour for your horses.

- Covenants system applied to the Dragonflights but just cosmetic. The name of the expansion obviously comes from that (the player selects a Dragonflight of which he is now a part of).

- Sands of time system: mini dungeons for 1-5 players with changing elements (of course, another try of the Torghast-Islands system). Rewards cosmetics and two currencies (valor and a new one just for cosmetic elements). They do not want it to be a challenge but more of a fun side activity which they could always expand as the Warcraft universe is huge and they can always add new stuff there from any moment of time.

- Revamped zones have events that reward the cosmetic currency and experience for the Parangon system. Builded as an evergreen experience, as a way of presenting new characters and the 6 cosmic forces which are Warcraft's future.

- You can get max level gear through valor points. They think that if we get good gear we might do more raid content, and exclusive Mythic gear will still only be obtainable in Mythic raids. Plus with PvP being its own thing, they think that It could work well.

- Interface revamp, paving the way for a console release. Still discussing if there will be cross-play.

- Many QoL improvements and alt-friendliness.

Enjoy what is coming!

I would love this, but sad no new class and no housing. Still probably fake though.

[Gloriandus]

Dragonsingers

[fcwar]

So is this new logo looking legit for people?

[AwkwardSquirtle]

https://ptr.wowdb.com/items/192444-s...c-place-holder

Surprised more aren't talking about it.

Seems more likely to be for a new version of the Garrison Music Box than a Bard Class IMO.

[Cheezits]

I would love this, but sad no new class and no housing. Still probably fake though.

I’ll take a revamp over those two, honestly.

[Deventh]

So is this new logo looking legit for people?

It's basically 99.9% confirmed legit and matches the Alexstrasza poster leak logo.

[ro9ue]

So is this new logo looking legit for people?

If it's fake I'll gift everyone in this thread a deluxe edition.

jk

But no seriously it's definitely real.

[SniperCT]

Dragonsingers

The dragonsinger trilogy is one of my favorites of the Pern novels.

[Eurothemist]

That's a pretty logo

[Navenowsky93]

As a female player, it would be pretty unacceptable to me for Blizz to go "well the female model isn't even the point, look at the male model because that is the one that matters!" about any playable model.

You are literally supporting the company that raped woman and made them kill themselves and some nonessential stuff with female model stuff is where you draw the line? lmao

[Three Faced Goddess]

Here you go!

Thanks! You managed to describe all of the issues I saw with the model, but in a more coherent, less ADHD rambling way than I could. I'm an extremely amateur modeler (just started) and these are some of the mistakes I have made during the learning process. I certainly wouldn't want my models of the quality I make in game.

[benting]

I would love this, but sad no new class and no housing. Still probably fake though.

Why would the devs be so excited to announce something so lackluster?

[Cheezits]

Why would the devs be so excited to announce something so lackluster?

An evergreen revamp of azeroth is way more interesting than another FOTM class. I do agree no housing is a misstep but making the world the focus is huge.

[Gloriandus]

The dragonsinger trilogy is one of my favorites of the Pern novels.

I mean, maybe someone in the office has been on a kick...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonflight

Dragons are telepathic and are capable of forming a lifelong bond with one particular human in a process called Impression. Tradition, established thousands of years before the narrative, dictates that selected young humans with empathetic and telepathic talents are taken to the Hatching Grounds as candidates for Impression.

[flan1337]

I would love this, but sad no new class and no housing. Still probably fake though.

hmm the new dragon race portion makes me believe its the one ,but i am doubtful on a world revamp

[cone of cold]

It's basically 99.9% confirmed legit and matches the Alexstrasza poster leak logo.

It doesn't look like the one on the poster at all.

edit: oh wait it kinda does

[Nadiru]

and some of you were worried we wouldn't hit 2300 pages

[Chickat]

yes I went to bed over an hour ago but then my phone notifs started going off xD

Shadochi posted this. Removed her @ so I don't wake her.

Sorry for waking you. </3