Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Rathwell]

I am. I've been wanting a dragon themed class/race since Vanilla.

I'm also a wow fanboi so

Interesting! Although I do wager people who played Vanilla may have been a little more exposed to Drakonid humanoids, given their presence in the memorable raids in Blackrock Spire.

I suppose since the Dragonflights often had Drakonid guards and that they lorewise are regular mortals ascended by the Dragonflights, perhaps that's exactly what we're getting? Dragonflights need help, so they ascend some of us to Drakonid form

[Samin]

What classes would the dragon race have access to? Let’s talk about that.

DH/DK no because story reasons. Monk no because budget reason. The rest I wouldn't rule out because they can make it all work if they want but in the same way to could arbitrarily say no warriors.

[ercarp]

FWIW, these are the official backgrounds used for the character customization previews that Blizz does too. Simaia said it isn't them that made this specific leak as well.

Hmm, I must have missed that tweet. But they could also be lying to keep the train going for a while longer since their first leak was dismissed so quickly. Had no idea these backgrounds were also used in the official previews though.

[Nyel]

I remember when there were doubters that we would get to 2k pages before the reveal

Yeah and if we wouldn’t have gotten the Dragonflight leak two weeks ago the hype would have been 1/10 of what it is now, at best. A leak was clearly helping getting the pages.

[therumblings]

Seems like another one probably debunked.

No, Blizzard uses this background for official previews.

https://www.bluetracker.gg/wow/topic...nd-void-elves/

[Shadochi]

Loads of them. Though you missed out on the big rush where everyone made them by about 200 pages. They were being linked constnatly two days back.

To add: 200 pages ago... so by timestamp start looking last at night around like 8 PM (CEST) or older

[TriHardBanEvader]

I find this new race really awkward and fugly tbh

You're not alone there, I've seen like 80% negative comments about it so far across multiple mediums so I hope Blizzard didn't fuck up and make that race look like that. In any case, we'll see in a few hours.

[Marlamin]

Hmm, I must have missed that tweet. But they could also be lying to keep the train going for a while longer since their first leak was dismissed so quickly. Had no idea these backgrounds were also used in the official previews though.

For reference;


And they mentioned it on Discord, not Twitter.

[Shadochi]

Hmm, I must have missed that tweet. But they could also be lying to keep the train going for a while longer since their first leak was dismissed so quickly. Had no idea these backgrounds were also used in the official previews though.

Also in the "leaked image" there seems to be a texture over the background while Simaia's images look more like just a gradient

[Soulwind]

What classes would the dragon race have access to? Let’s talk about that.

Druid? Scaly feral forms would be cool, but doubt it.

Paladin? No.

Shaman? No.

Monk? No.

Priest? Maybe?

DH? No.

DK? No.

Warrior? Yes.

Hunter? Yes.

Rogue? Uhm…

Mage? Yes.

Warlock? Maybe?

Or, what races would have access to a dragon class with the dragon form and unique customization options?

Human, confirmed.

Dwarf, unlikely.

Gnome, no.

Night elf, probably.

Draenei, no.

Void elf, possibly.

Worgen, no.

Dark Iron, unlikely.

Pandaren, no.

Kul'Tiran, unlikely.

Orc, maybe, if a bit awkward because of their past.

Undead, unlikely.

Troll, unlikely.

Tauren, maybe? because of Ebonhorn?

Blood elf, probably.

Zandalari, unlikely.

Highmountain, unlikely.

Goblin, no.

Nightborne, possibly.

[Nwolf]

You're not alone there, I've seen like 80% negative comments about it so far across multiple mediums so I hope Blizzard didn't fuck up and make that race look like that. In any case, we'll see in a few hours.

it's called information bias

[Syegfryed]

Seems like another one probably debunked.

thank god, hope restored

[Arafal]

Or, what races would have access to a dragon class with the dragon form and unique customization options?

How about all of them?

It's a shapeshifting dragon.

[Rathwell]

I find this new race really awkward and fugly tbh

Me too, and more so, I never felt they really *fit* into WoW. I mean, strictly speaking, they do in the sense that we've seen humanoid dragons in the past. But something about them sticks out like a sore thumb. I feel like they are so thematically narrow that they are going to feel really out of place after the next expansion.

It's kind of like Pandaren and Demon Hunters. They fit neatly into their own expansions, but they seem thematically the odd-one-out in all other settings

[therumblings]

thank god, hope restored

See my previous post, and Marla's post.

[Dismayxz]

I think the right, bulky mog can definitely make the race into something good still. Not ideal, but hey.. personally my reception was very MEH at first, but now I kinda dig it. Still holding out a little bit of hope that this is the "female" version and there are males that are a good bit bulkier and more.. square?

[Nyel]

DH/DK no because story reasons. Monk no because budget reason. The rest I wouldn't rule out because they can make it all work if they want but in the same way to could arbitrarily say no warriors.

I just think Warrior is the most basic class that can be played by every race.

Healer classes are difficult due to lore reasons. Dragons binding Elementals? I don’t know. Dragons become a Ghost Wolf? Uhm… Druids? I mean Ysera and stuff and a lizard cat or whatever would be cool, but kinda awkward too. Mage again is one of the basic classes that can be played by basically everyone, so pretty much a go.

[ercarp]

For reference;


And they mentioned it on Discord, not Twitter.

Alright, so, not debunked yet then! Also, keyboardturn doesn't seem to use drop shadow on their previews the same way Blizzard does. So the leak is definitely more consistent with the look of the official slides Blizzard does.

[Teriz]

Or, what races would have access to a dragon class with the dragon form and unique customization options?

Human, confirmed.

Dwarf, unlikely.

Gnome, no.

Night elf, probably.

Draenei, no.

Void elf, possibly.

Worgen, no.

Dark Iron, unlikely.

Pandaren, no.

Kul'Tiran, unlikely.

Orc, maybe, if a bit awkward because of their past.

Undead, unlikely.

Troll, unlikely.

Tauren, maybe? because of Ebonhorn?

Blood elf, probably.

Zandalari, unlikely.

Highmountain, unlikely.

Goblin, no.

Nightborne, possibly.

Chromie is one of the most famous dragons in WoW and she’s a gnome. Also there have been several dragons in lore who have disguised themselves as goblins.

All races would have access to a dragon class, because dragons disguise themselves as any race they choose.

[Revamp Man]

the supposed new race/class or both

It just looks so different