Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Sondrelk]

Apparently there were 2 more images of the resto tree.

Anything special you could see on them, or just a higher quality image?

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Still not too into the heads on that thing, but I'm liking the feel now that we see it in armor.

Does look better this way, but I think it may be a boss/npc model. I think that's also possibly the case for the ones we saw, too, though. It seems like they may have used an NPC model as a placeholder for the creation screen, which could actually explain why it doesn't render armor.

[Dioporco]

Hello there, who wants the bomb?

Go drop it

[DarkAmbient]

The legs look awesome. If these cute dragonpeople are actually in the game I will 100% be playing not only one, but five.

I'm happy for you.

[Chickat]

Wowsisters is there at chance they might redo the race from scratch if we tell them its uncanny af ?

And that sexualized outfit on top of a non sexualized race. I mean, whats the point ?

Body inclusivity or something like that ?

No but they will tweak it.

[Nymrohd]

I was just going to eat mine whole, feathers and all.

I mean, it's probably like quail. A bit gamey so you need to rub it down with at least salt and pepper and possible other spices. Likely will go well with honey or any citrus-based sauce and in a pinch just bread and deep fry it.

[DarkAmbient]

Still not too into the heads on that thing, but I'm liking the feel now that we see it in armor.

Definitely Argonian vibes.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

I mean, it's probably like quail. A bit gamey so you need to rub it down with at least salt and pepper and possible other spices. Likely will go well with honey or any citrus-based sauce and in a pinch just bread and deep fry it.

Fair enough. Don't want to overwhelm my taste buds.

[Chickat]

Woah! This looks cool.

Yeah it looks better in that image. Still needs work but salvageable for sure.

[Raetary]

Anything special you could see on them, or just a higher quality image?

Here's the supposed third one, can't find the second.

[Wildmoon]

At the end of the day, the new race hardly matters to me. I have been playing the very same night elf since vanilla lol.

[Das Thora]

Random thought. Roleplayers are going to have a complete meltdown (and not in a good way). The only way Blizzard can upset them more is if the Scarlet Brotherhood has some prominence in the story.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Yeah it looks better in that image. Still needs work but salvageable for sure.

It also doesn't have the furrylike soft features on this version. It looks more dangerous. However, I think this one may be a boss or NPC model as opposed to the actual thing.

[Sondrelk]

That's a good question. The philosophy seems to be to make every race start in the new starting zone, already members of their factions, yet the Drakthyr would have to join during the plot of this expansion, or at least the beginning. Unless they're unlockable – a bad idea for a non-Allied Race, given that's what defines an Allied Race and was also generally poorly-received – it would be awkward for them to just appear out of nowhere when they start with no idea how they came to be or joined their faction.

Could be an AR with "no" requirements to having them join. You just log in, go to the embassy and do a questline to unlock them.

The main problem with AR races were afterall how they required sometimes obscure achievements and lots of rep grind before you could even get them.
The questline at the end is a bit annoying if you have just started playing, but not an impossible task compared to DI dwarf or Vulpera.

Or maybe it's something as simple as them being a regular race in 10.0, but requiring a special questline in the pre-order to be able to play.

[taishar68]

The Anduin is really Arthas son?

cha-ching! Wait, I’m supposed to be asleep…

[Das Thora]

At the end of the day, the new race hardly matters to me. I have been playing the very same night elf since vanilla lol.

Why talk about it then?

[Wildmoon]

Random thought. Roleplayers are going to have a complete meltdown (and not in a good way). The only way Blizzard can upset them more is if the Scarlet Brotherhood has some prominence in the story.

Why though?

[ExiHext]

I suppose that's just the issues of English language companies naming things for people in Central Europe. Certain phonetics just don't carry over. What do the voice actors call them in the German version, by-the-bye? Do they just break a phonetic rule, or do they adapt it to the usual German phonetics and say "Ventir"?

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The sad thing is, I cannot remember from the top of my head how it's pronounced in cutscenes...have to research.

That said, I just discovered the logo leak and the second dracthyr pic (which looks kinda legit). Perhaps it's not a new playable race but just an npc race like nathrezim?

[Das Thora]

If Drakthyr are neutral, think you'll be able to make a Drakthyr that turns into a human, for example, but is Horde?

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Why though?

Why what? Roleplayers hate dragon and Scarlet characters more than anything else in the world. If Blizzard makes dragons playable and Scarlets a legitimate force again, they'll flip.

[Lady Atia]

So from that Frankystein leak it seems like we will fight against the first original Old God and the void beacon on the isles may be what brings us the "Light vs Void" arc?

Sounds a bit like MoP, and I love it!