Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[s1ns]

What do we theorize the preorder bonus will be? Anything like last expac with the transmog set grind?

I hope not.

I'm not too sure what to expect--hopefully something cosmetic, but not as time consuming as the Eternal Traveler.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

What do we theorize the preorder bonus will be? Anything like last expac with the transmog set grind?

I hope not.

I'm not too sure what to expect--hopefully something cosmetic, but not as time consuming as the Eternal Traveler.

There was some speculation based on encrypted stuff that it's a "Backpack with a Dragon Whelp in it."

[AOL Instant Messenger]

The idea of real talents being a thing again is good enough I'd be willing to eat my hat and make an ass of myself about the Drakthyr thing if it just means I get to have them. That legitimately excited me for a bit.

[Ersula]

Unified race skeleton has become a new fav of mine in this thread

Alabama voted unanimously to ban Unified Race Skeletons in schools.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

The idea of real talents being a thing again is good enough I'd be willing to eat my hat and make an ass of myself about the Drakthyr thing if it just means I get to have them. That legitimately excited me for a bit.

If it's real then I want to believe the Drakthyr is an alpha model. Or it's a Worgen situation again and the female model won't be done until 6 months into beta and the male model is the one that they'll show tomorrow.

[Izalla]

All ogre clans are with the Horde (not just that one in Dustwallow)? Why do Horde fight them in quests and dungeons then? Same with furbolgs, save for one tribe in Azuremyst.

I didn't say all of them are. I just said ogres are already in the Horde. Horde players have been begging for the for years. Giving ogres to Alliance instead and handwaving it with "well not ALL ogres are in the Horde; some are enemies to the Horde!" would just serve to piss off any playable ogre fans because literally no one expects ogres to be added to the Alliance instead of the Horde.

[m4Zzo928]

Can we get some dragon nipple hype tho! Let's gooo, they better have a pierced version. The long kind so it can swing in circles when we run through the world. Imagine it.

[s1ns]

There was some speculation based on encrypted stuff that it's a "Backpack with a Dragon Whelp in it."

Cute. Not my speed but will end up preordering anyway, honestly.

[Bsirk]

Not gonna lie. At the speed at which these posts are happening we may very well hit 2500 by the time the announcement starts. lol Good night guys! I look forward to seeing where we are when I wake up!

[Dragon ANX]

I'm going to bed guys, see you tomorrow !

[Wildmoon]

That dragon race model is likely fake. Blizz's art and models are first and foremost very bold and expressive to the point some may think they are ugly or silly. That leak model is too "normal" with very tame silhouette. Just look at Pandaren.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Quick people went to bed someone else leak something.

[Keyalios]

Time to sleep for work. Those 4 hours of work waiting for the announcement are going to suuuuuuck. Hoping for Dragonkin/Dragonsworn fingers crossed!

[Polybius]

Alabama voted unanimously to ban Unified Race Skeletons in schools.

This is so absurd yet I can see something similar happening in our time.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

If it's real then I want to believe the Drakthyr is an alpha model. Or it's a Worgen situation again and the female model won't be done until 6 months into beta and the male model is the one that they'll show tomorrow.

As adamant as I've been about it being fake, it being an alpha model possibly would explain a few things, but I am still planning on dying on the "it just doesn't work" hill for a few reasons, namely among which are my reservations about the shape of the head, the seeming asset reuse, and the weird animation reuse. This could maybe be a very, very early proof-of-concept model as somebody said, but I'm still not buying it just because it seems a little odd that of all the models that somebody whose affiliation with Blizzard is entirely secondhand could get, these are them. It's definitely strange, and I just don't buy it.

As for the talent thing, though, that might be good enough to justify the whole thing for me and I suppose I'd be willing to accept it just for them. I'm not quite sure if that's what they're doing, and I do wonder where the alleged Discord poster got their copy of the talent tree UI—it's all very convenient, and I do wonder if they either asked for it from whoever originally composed it or if they just convincingly edited the image (the latter seems hugely unlikely) and it does seem to have a degree of possibility. My only real reservation about it is its association with the Scaleface leaks, all of which were hugely suspect to me, especially when his confederate started getting frustrated and defending the feasibility of his leak.

There's a huge number of arguments to be had for and against this whole thing, but I am frankly still excited to see if they do anything with talents. It would be a very cool system to use in place of the stale borrowed power systems.

[Leowyld]

Where did i write Titans learning magics on Azeroth?

You said that all magic began on The Isles, I presumed you meant the Dragon Isles, and that the Titans had beings that taught them magic. If I misunderstood that part, I am sorry. But I still do not believe that Titans would have to be taught magic, being representative beings of a primal force.

Edit P.S.: And what is your source for the class name/info? It wouldn't be in a CGI trailer. Do you have access to the features trailer or any other materials?

[cone of cold]

You are suggesting that, in a serious time of need for Blizzard's reputation, they would introduce a race reusing an entire animation set as a mainline expansion box addition?

Like Allied Races?

[Polybius]

What do we theorize the preorder bonus will be? Anything like last expac with the transmog set grind?

I hope not.

I'm not too sure what to expect--hopefully something cosmetic, but not as time consuming as the Eternal Traveler.

Maybe something like Pocopoc that you can customize for mount, pet, or both.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Quick people went to bed someone else leak something.

Expansion is called Shadowlands 2
Follow the adventures of Sylvanas in the Maw!

New Continent: The Deep Maw

Every zone is the Maw.

Dungeons and Raids are replaced with Torghast.

[GhostCo]

The higher res photo of the talent tree really gets me thinking it might be real. Though the Drakthyr is to goofy and low res for me to take it seriously.