Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Khaza-R]

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.

Feels like they only did 2 specs so DHs wouldn't complain.

[Ersula]

Looks decent, but 4 zones is not much.

The MMO-Champion overview includes a "revamped old world" ??? To what extent remains to be seen.

[Buliwyf the Omen]

So this is the first system we've learned about that we're going to spend a lot of time with, get attached to and then they scrap it in the next expansion.

Fun.

I think this is primarily due to the way the world will be built.

Maybe its just me, but I am kinda expecting something like Elden Ring with its jump pads mixxed with GW2.

Just because its only in Dragonflight areas, it doesnt mean it wont get taken to the next level with 11.0.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

I feel like.... bland is good? Like they went really outlandish with Shadowlands and look how that turned out for them.

Bland means it feels like it belongs as part of Azeroth at this point. It's things we've seen before.

I do agree to some degree. I think they don't have enough of an identity is my concern, but I definitely prefer bland but grounded to Shadowlands.

[Wangming]

I only hope that this becomes the only means of flight going forward. Seems so much more fun and immersive that mountaing up and turning off gravity like we do now.

Well Ion said it is only possible on the Isles cause those zones are the only there are big enough. So all Old-World zones will need to be revamped and extended in size. Or combined maybe.

That or they need to do a 180 degree turn like they did with Vanilla servers.

[rhorle]

Its weird to make an entire set of racial customization options you will never see outside of RP.

Is it really that strange though? How often do we cover up existing races customization with helms and other armor? Sure we can hide most stuff now but we couldn't in the past.

[Chickat]

I think it is less about getting them "back" and more about getting them at all. Like you have oodles of points to pick what you want instead if right now where you only get to choose 1/3 things and if you want two things off that tier well shit outta luck buddy

So maybe I'm a boomkin and I want to be able to offheal on dungeons. I could forgot any cat or bear abilities bto become a healer etc. It's a cool idea and something they already do with the one talent but even more on depth.

[AngerFork]

My idea for a fix to Dracthyr:


Allow the humanoid form to be a number of classes, like warrior, mage, etc

Have the "Full" race (with human and dragon forms) be locked to Evoker

Not sure why you'd limit the other classes to only humanoid form. The dragon setup itself could be an awesome Warrior/Mage/Priest, etc. I'd more or less just extend Dracthyr to a few more classes and add in the option to have other base humanoid forms for the class aside from the two we have. They don't need the dragon-specific customizations for all of those forms, but that would feel more accurate to characters like Ebonhorn.

[ZyntosAran]

I think this is primarily due to the way the world will be built.

Maybe its just me, but I am kinda expecting something like Elden Ring with its jump pads mixxed with GW2.

Just because its only in Dragonflight areas, it doesnt mean it wont get taken to the next level with 11.0.

Also, I highly expect to be able to keep the dragon and customisation in the next exp.

[Dhomeli]

The MMO-Champion overview includes a "revamped old world" ??? To what extent remains to be seen.

Which post is this in? I missed it

[Teriz]

My idea for a fix to Dracthyr:


Allow the humanoid form to be a number of classes, like warrior, mage, etc

Have the "Full" race (with human and dragon forms) be locked to Evoker

Honestly all they need to do is give it a third spec.

[Ersula]

A number of them are pretty easy to tell apart, what are you talking about?

Sir you are a liar. You have a 25% chance on any of those being the Death Knight tier.

[AOL Instant Messenger]

Well Ion said it is only possible on the Isles cause those zones are the only there are big enough

This sounds cool, at least. It implies these islands must be very large and vertical, then. The mountain-climbing experience could be cool, though I'd prefer a big continent like in Classic which feels more horizontal. Both is good, too, of course.

[Marlamin]

The MMO-Champion overview includes a "revamped old world" ??? To what extent remains to be seen.

This was a mistake and was removed a bit ago

[Rathwell]

The MMO-Champion overview includes a "revamped old world" ??? To what extent remains to be seen.

It's wrong - a revamped world wasn't mentioned anywhere nor does the MMO-C thing cite anything

[Chickat]

That seems to be their intention is that if you want to hybrid you're going to be able to, but at the cost of some of your "core kit."

Interesting in theory, but you'll likely rarely see it in practice.

Yeah it's a cool idea to be able to speed into healing more and forgoe bear and cat form.

[Sondrelk]

Well Ion said it is only possible on the Isles cause those zones are the only there are big enough. So all Old-World zones will need to be revamped and extended in size. Or combined maybe.

That or they need to do a 180 degree turn like they did with Vanilla servers.

Only the new zones are designed with that kind of flying. The old zones would still probably be able to have that kind of flying, it just wouldnt really work as a mechanic unless you are in one of the few ones with actual verticality.

Some zones obviously couldnt really have it though. WotLK and MoP are two of the zones where you require the old kind of noclip flying to be able to reach ledges.

[Emet-Selch]

Honestly all they need to do is give it a third spec.

Black dragonflight tanking spec, easy. Have them be based around hardening their scales and doing retaliatory damage.

[wowrefugee]

Not sure why you'd limit the other classes to only humanoid form. The dragon setup itself could be an awesome Warrior/Mage/Priest, etc. I'd more or less just extend Dracthyr to a few more classes and add in the option to have other base humanoid forms for the class aside from the two we have. They don't need the dragon-specific customizations for all of those forms, but that would feel more accurate to characters like Ebonhorn.

I 100% agree, I just don't think they're gonna put in the work for that, while my solution requires almost minimal effort.

[Makabreska]

maybe for you, it seems lacklustre and im not excited at all

also the casting for dracthyr wth charge up abilities, good luck when world lag is shit

GL with anything when world lag is shit TBH.