Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Syegfryed]

I’m pretty sure they’re dragons, not really humans or elves. That’s just their disguise.

duh, you know what i mean, make their humanoid form be any race, what the mystery in that

[Makabreska]

Come on you can do better then this

Why do you have to be so offputting in every single post lol

Because his Horde boner shivers every time he sees elves\humans.

[Sondrelk]

If it has good gameplay I might have my new main to be honest.

DH for that melee factor and Dracthyr for that ranged factor.

My biggest hope is that the class isnt a weakling. I dont want to play a super squishy lizard, so I hope they're fairly beefy, similiar to druids.

We will have to see I guess.

Though if the two forms work like Worgen, but the dragon form cannot wear armor then that is almost definitely a dealbreaker.

[Alanar]

I really don't see this take. They look like Humans/BElves with Demon Hunter horns pasted on and then a bunch of multi-colored scaley bits painted on.

If anything it's the scaley bits that clash way too hard. But none of it looks "anime."

Unless you think blue hair = anime in which case 2008 called and they want their hot takes back.

They really do look more like final fantasy or cosplayer characters to me honestly. it's also that there is to much going on, which kinda makes it look like stuff is glued on etc. Maybe I do live in 2008, but the colors used just makes it look.. weird imo.

[Amunrasonther]

I too am underwhelmed. Thankfully I'm strictly a Classic player these days.

The new class is so random. Like @Teriz said, 2 specs for such a class that utilizes all the dragonflights is inexcusable. The new class being locked to one race and that new race not having ANY other class choices is further proof of how out of touch these "developers" are.

New features aside, there are so many simple features that could have easily boosted player enthusiasm.

Such as:

New race/class combos
New heritage sets
Showcase of new spells for existing classes!!!
A new profession
New BGs
Guild Halls
Class Skins
New classes (Tinkers, Dark Rangers, Necromancers etc) and new races (Mogu, Sethrak, Arrakoa, Ethereals etc) that people have ACTUALLY asked for


The only things that interested me was a new class (random as it might be) and the modern take on old talent trees.

[JDBlou]

So it would seem. Though this is also literally what class sets were meant to look like. Armor that convincingly looks like it came from the raid, and which looks like it fits the individual class.
Legion was kinda the odd one out given the first tier set was based on the artifacts, and the last one clearly threw its hands up and didnt even bother making it Legion themed.

A couple of the antorus gear was previews for BfA. Naga Hunter, Pirate Rogue, Zandalari Shaman

[Wangming]

Have we addressed how Alexstrasza was able to get to the Dragon Isles, locate the falling Watcher and save it within the span of a few seconds?

She was conveniently right next to the Isles when it appeared.

[Cheezits]

I assume the preorders are being gated behind reveal of the 9.2.5 AR (99% going to be Darkfallen at this point), and that AR may not be finished for some time.

Also something cool I noticed in an interview:

“The Dracthyr are going to be able to participate in the dragonriding system and mechanics too,” Graham confirms. “Dracthyr have wings so they get to fly and they use the same style of momentum and gravity that dragonriding drakes do. During their starter experience, you get introduced to the new mechanics with tutorials and all that stuff. Heading into building the expansion, knowing that we wanted to create this feature, we had to set up the environment to match. I've only gotten to see it myself recently and it shocked me how much it brought me into the world. Being engaged in the act of moving around while flying is very different for WoW, and made me see the environment in a new way."

Dracthyr can do Dragon Riding with their own wings!

https://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3639901

[AngerFork]

After processing this a bit more, i gotta say that the lack of a third spec really sucks. However, I suppose Blizzard was trying to make a anti-DH hero class that did the opposite of what they do.

That said, I like the fact that it’s RDPS/Heal and wears mail.

It may be wishful thinking, but I find myself wondering if we might actually get a tanking spec for this class partway through the expansion. The main flight for tanking would seem to be the Black Dragonflight, yet the presentation made it sound like there was a lot of issues that the Black Dragonflight was going to start off partially weak & decimated from what happened to Deathwing & Wrathion's followup purge. I could see a (probably unlikely) case where once those issues are resolved, a spec is introduced that focuses more on the Black Dragonflight & tanks.

As is, definitely a missed opportunity at best. A dragon tank would be fantastic to have & the evoker abilities look like they could support a dragon tank, plus there really isn't a good lore reason not to have one that I can think of.

[Teriz]

duh, you know what i mean, make their humanoid form be any race, what the mystery in that

Yeah, that’s definitely a let down. I will say that I hope they did that in order to give the Drakthyr some serious customizations.

[therumblings]

Wait a second, does this mean the one poster with a night elf avatar who correctly leaked stuff, accidentally messed up and confirmed that one fake image but deleted it, and it looked like he/she really meant it was real, or were they just trolling?

[Raetary]

Wait a second, does this mean the one poster with a night elf avatar who correctly leaked stuff, accidentally messed up and confirmed that one fake image but deleted it, and it looked like he/she really meant it was real, or were they just trolling?

Yep /10chars

[Sondrelk]

They keep basing the sets entirely on the location these days, instead of the user meant to wear them.

Heck, let us obtain a power token inside a raid but the set can literally come from ANYWHERE.

I don't really see why primal dragons would have a perfectly tailored leather duster for my hunter to wear, which would be my ideal class set, and this does look like it convincingly got scrounged up from inside whatever raid.

It's a difficult balancing act I guess. You want class identity, but also for it to look like the items actually came from the raid. Why for instance I got a naga head from two hellhounds in Antorus is a good example.

[AngerFork]

I assume the preorders are being gated behind reveal of the 9.2.5 AR (99% going to be Darkfallen at this point), and that AR may not be finished for some time.

Has something been said about a 9.2.5 AR or is this more of a hopeful thought? I'm down if it's something yet to come.

[Emet-Selch]

Why, when we asked for class sets again, for the sake of class identity, they took that to mean "make all the class sets look exactly the same"?

... those look the same to you?

[Raetary]

I am disappointed by the fact that the isles aren't flying.

But at least its compensated by how good the isles look.

[Futhark]

My biggest hope is that the class isnt a weakling. I dont want to play a super squishy lizard, so I hope they're fairly beefy, similiar to druids.

They keep using terms like "mid-range", focus on breath and claws which are fairly close-quarters, and wear mail instead of cloth/leather. I imagine they will not be too squishy.

[UndedoKoleda]

The announcement failed to hype me up.

The cinematic was nothing exceptional, even kind of boring(still miles better than SL, though).

The new class looks very promising(especially with this new *hold button to power up* kind of gameplay), but I really, really dislike the new race that it's tied to.

New zones seem more grounded, which is a plus in my book. I'm also quite curious about that Titan construction seen in the cinematic.

The talents, UI and professions stuff doesn't really matter to me that much. Just meh.

The biggest plus, for me, is cross-faction play. I've been waiting for that for sooooo long, even if nothing else appeals to me, I'll buy and play the expansion for this feature alone.

Kind of sucks that we'll very likely have to wait quite a while till it's released.

[therumblings]

Has something been said about a 9.2.5 AR or is this more of a hopeful thought? I'm down if it's something yet to come.

I think a 4chan post was talked about but I doubt it, most of the stuff was just taken from Scaleface.

[Ersula]

... those look the same to you?

Not exactly, but can you tell which class is which without being told? Absolutely not.

So it would seem. Though this is also literally what class sets were meant to look like. Armor that convincingly looks like it came from the raid, and which looks like it fits the individual class.
Legion was kinda the odd one out given the first tier set was based on the artifacts, and the last one clearly threw its hands up and didnt even bother making it Legion themed.

But nearly all the early tier sets looked like they were from the raid but also made the class look unique.

I like the fact that this lets you mix & match pieces from the raid for your armor type like real clothing.

But otherwise there's like zero "class identity" here.