Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Megor96]

Folks were probably expecting



or



or



Not whatever that long-necked, big winged, bow legged monstrosity is.

Those aren't gender neutral enough for the new devs.

[Merryck]

Come on, a November release and scrapping season 4 after it was just updated on the PTR is absurd ...

[Rhlor]

wait what even is that zone

Dragon isles?

[leviathonlx]

Folks were probably expecting



or



or



Not whatever that long-necked, big winged, bow legged monstrosity is.

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The leaks we were waiting for have finally arrived.

Nah I'd rather not have humans with lizard heads. WoW does beast races properly with actual digitigrade legs. Thank god you people don't design WoW's races.

[rhorle]

Again, an example that will never happen and is silly to speculate about.

In other words you wouldn't take a player that wants to raid with out some, or all, gear unequipped. Which means you will factor in players that make bad choices as a raid leader. There wasn't a fundamental shift in mindset that happened between the old talent trees and the new ones. There just were no longer really bad choices to pick as talents. Again it isn't about a mindset but actual talents that were terrible choices and just existed for an illusion of choice.

[Das Thora]

Crazy idea.

1. Drakthyr are both a race and a class. Their race can only play their class, their class can only be played by their race.
2. They will be playable in 9.2.5 (probably a pre-order bonus like DHs) and added to the PTR very soon to serve as the demo they would normally have at an in-person Blizzcon.

[Ferlion]

They cut out an entire tier to do it if so.

I really don't get why people expect it to NOT be out in 2022.

As long as the beta starts before June.. and honestly even then. WoW betas generally last ~6 months. Quite often less than

[flan1337]

Folks also need to remember that

A) This is Blizzard

B) This is the female model

You may have your buff dragon man still.

I dont think so. One leak mention that the dragon transformation will be one style and not have a difference between male/female

[Nymrohd]

Remove the end bit of the link. But it's just a modded Argonian in Skyrim

WHich looks very much like this.

[leviathonlx]

She's the one comparing it to the blurry as f dragonflight cinematic shot & an already debunked Dragon race. The Scales are copy-pasted off of Naga models.

Sir, what do you think the word "leak" means?

A magazine that someone got early and leaked?

[Merryck]

It would be weird if the Drakthyr and Evoker both turn into the same humanoid dragon like Scale suggested. Like, why even have Drakthyr if that's the case.

[Chain Chungus]

I dont think so. One leak mention that the dragon transformation will be one style and not have a difference between male/female

The one saying that also said you could make them thick or thin, change the wings, etc.

[horizon nowhere]

Crazy idea.

1. Drakthyr are both a race and a class. Their race can only play their class, their class can only be played by their race.
2. They will be playable in 9.2.5 (probably a pre-order bonus like DHs) and added to the PTR very soon to serve as the demo they would normally have at an in-person Blizzcon.

1 is straight up awful, please no..

[TriHardBanEvader]

I mean I wouldn't mind the dragon as long as u can turn it off in combat, I would still want the basic races with dragon features as a playable thing, but if it's like the worgen where you're forced into the furry form while in combat then nah

[Nymrohd]

And another thing. Any crouched bow legged model is a pass for me for the simple reason that mogs look crappy on them. Already have that issue on so many races already.

[Ferlion]

In other words you wouldn't take a player that wants to raid with out some, or all, gear unequipped. Which means you will factor in players that make bad choices as a raid leader. There wasn't a fundamental shift in mindset that happened between the old talent trees and the new ones. There just were no longer really bad choices to pick as talents. Again it isn't about a mindset but actual talents that were terrible choices and just existed for an illusion of choice.

If people don't have both legendary items yet, I'd still take them to the raid, despite it not being there.

If somebody didn't choose talents at all I would not.

But those are unrealistic to expect. And there is no reason to be afraid of worst case scenario things. Because the people I "choose" to play with, and thus are not strangers where that is a fundamental worry, are not people I need to worry about it.

This "Well what if, for some reason, these players you've been playing with for years all of hte sudden decided to purposely sabotage the entire group because there is a small possibility of wild outliers that might theoretically exist so we should just not let anyone have options" argument is... selfish.

[Chain Chungus]

I wonder if the preorder will include the race, the class, or both as an early unlock? I wouldn't mind taking my dracthyr evoker through sepulcher while waiting for 10.0 to drop.

[Ersula]

Crazy idea.

1. Drakthyr are both a race and a class. Their race can only play their class, their class can only be played by their race.
2. They will be playable in 9.2.5 (probably a pre-order bonus like DHs) and added to the PTR very soon to serve as the demo they would normally have at an in-person Blizzcon.

They're so ugly. I have to compare it to when they Everquest updated their player models in Shadows of Luclin & two thirds of their subscribers quit.

[Das Thora]

They're so ugly. I have to compare it to when they Everquest updated their player models in Shadows of Luclin & two thirds of their subscribers quit.

Shadows of Luclin is also when Final Fantasy 11 came out, so I'm not sure that's entirely fair to blame the graphics shift.
If the shift that began in MoP (and was spread to the other races in WoD) didn't cause 2/3rds of players to quit WoW, Dragonflight being a second shift won't.

[D4NNYB0Y]

Well final prediction, because I have to start working:

As I've said all along, it's all real. Everything from Scaleface, Axaron, and Frankystein.

It sounds like Evoker is going to be Red flight healing spec, Bronze flight chronomancy ranged DPS spec, and possibly song based ranged DPS spec?

Or possibly the healing spec is a Red/song based healing spec, and then time magic DPS spec, and mystery DPS spec (maybe Blue due to Arcane focus)?

If I am wrong, and this is somehow all fake despite coming from multiple independent, unrelated sources and multiple different screenshots, this is the most elaborate fake leak we've ever had.

It will also mean I will be totally surprised this morning which is awesome!

It was fun speculating with you guys. See you next leak season!