Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Teriz]

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.

I doubt the dragon class resembles the dragon race. If the dragon class is structured after Alexstraza, then it’s more likely the traditional four legged winged dragon with the humanoid form being whatever race you are.

[micwini]

I lol'd at this interaction earlier.

Hey man, at least put my name on there! :P

[Das Thora]

Also, fuck having a new class and race. I main a single character, its my main, that's all I play. Watching Blizzard potentially take some new mage specs and section them off behind a new class wall is really fucking annoying.

Yeah, the entire game should just be one race and one class; human warriors.

[DarkAmbient]

Feels like some Blizzard devs just joined the thread, lol...

[Nymrohd]

Nah I'd rather not have humans with lizard heads. WoW does beast races properly with actual digitigrade legs.

And when they actually bother to make proper models for digitigrade legs instead of stretching the leg textures and having all 3D elements clip horribly then I'd say they do them properly.

[Chain Chungus]

I was super tired when I first saw the picture but that's totally Red Dragonflight healing stuff right?

I think so, but it's still possible it's not. It almost looked like after casting a dragon breath and leaving behind some kind of healing fire mist.

[flippingchicken]

Well, the dragon people are cool and I'll play as them if they're the new race, but I would have much preferred actual dragons to be our next race. Who doesn't want to be a dragon? We still get to be a humanoid race half the time.

[Teriz]

Well, the dragon people are cool and I'll play as them if they're the new race, but I would have much preferred actual dragons to be our next race. Who doesn't want to be a dragon? We still get to be a humanoid race half the time.

I believe the class will allow you to play an actual dragon.

[Nymrohd]

This looks great!

So much for everyones pointless rage over 'naked scalies'.

And really nothing says it's a race. It can just be a mob in Dragon Isles. I still don't think it looks draconian enough though. The Argonian gecko head is just not dragon enough.

[Voidwielder]

Hey Blizzard employees, notice me senpai!

[leviathonlx]

And when they actually bother to make proper models for digitigrade legs instead of stretching the leg textures and having all 3D elements clip horribly then I'd say they do them properly.

Since the regular races totally have no clipping.

[Das Thora]

And really nothing says it's a race. It can just be a mob in Dragon Isles. I still don't think it looks draconian enough though. The Argonian gecko head is just not dragon enough.

The first leak was literally a character creation screen. lol If you believe the new ones, why wouldn't you believe the original one?

[Chickat]

So you pick from tree fork or soul jazz hands. Insteresting

[Super Dickmann]

This looks significantly less shit. What wonders putting some clothes on can do for a horrible body.

[Yus atath]

Who’s a Blizzard employee??

[Ferlion]

Even as a whole, most of the choices combined were still non-impactful passive percent-based bonuses. There were few that drastically changed how the class was played. Most of the time it was going a major in one spec and a minor in another to get a form of soft dual-spec. Even that was really light where again, most of the benefits were passive that really didn't change your core gameplay, just boosted some variables.

Whereas now, using frost mage as an example. There are three clear playstyles, the 'Icy Veins, Ice Lance spam" build, the "Glacial Shard Mega-Cannon" build, and the "Ray of Frost" build with minor adjustments like double blink, or move while casting. Or choosing more cleave, more aoe. The choices players have are WAY more impactful in this new system despite having a less perceived choice. The big problem was balancing these specs. "Ray of Frost" build never really saw the light of day in any expansion, it was always severely under-tuned in most content. "Icy Veins" build was meta in Legion and Shadowlands for the majority of both expansions, and in BFA "Glacial Shard" was the only dominant choice.

Now if they can strike a balance between the two, possibly building in some of the more interesting azerite traits and legendary effects, then we might have a real winner here.

Early TBC, there was a window before T6 where outscaled and pushed everyone into shadowbolt canon. I had three solid playstyles with Demonology utilizing the old talent trees.

Of course there was SL/SL and it's various incarnations. Ruin/Demo Builds..

But there was also Insta Corr heavy movement builds. Or, high crit buff builds where I could provide various resources to the group. Builds where you kept Corruption under the GCD, but not technically instant. Builds you could dip into to grab Shadowburn.

Each had similar parts, but ultimately played differently. Of course, going into late T5 and early T6, dot scaling just stopped being a thing that mattered. But I had a lot of flexibility on my Warlock. I didn't really lose that flexibility until Wrath, where they changed the talent trees so you couldn't go half and half.

[horizon nowhere]

I believe the class will allow you to play an actual dragon.

Best case scenario imo

[DarkAmbient]

This looks significantly less shit. What wonders putting some clothes on can do for a horrible body.

The legs look ridiculous. If these abominations are actually in the game I will 100% not be playing one.

[Das Thora]

Who’s a Blizzard employee??

Oh, I am. Sorry.

[flippingchicken]

I believe the class will allow you to play an actual dragon.

I don't think my hopium reserves can stretch that far. The first leaks of the Drac'thyr are of the character creation screen; why would they give us a new humanoid dragon race that can change between forms, as well as a pure true dragon class that does essentially the same thing?