Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Zharikov]

Uuuu we have a gambler here Let's say that if 10.x will be announced 19th of April for 11.2022 - I win, and You will do.. nothing - If NOT - You win and I can delete my 13 yrs account

So.... they didn't do that, as a note.

[Zyrinx]

It's the other way around. They're always in Dracthyr form in combat. They can choose out of combat. They can also do the dragon-flying in Dracthyr form with their own wings, it's been confirmed in other interviews.

They wanted to combat as the human / elf form, which they cannot.

[Deventh]

I get it, but I'm pretty sure it's intentional. I know you're a big fan of Sylvanas and the associates massive character-drama that goes with her, but most people aren't, and I don't think it was remotely an accident that this trailer didn't feature:

A) Any faction characters.

B) Any combat, particularly between the two factions.

C) Any ridiculous speeches.

D) Any portents of doom.

Your preferred cinematics are basically stock full of this stuff.

My least favorite cinematic after Dragonflight was MoP which had the faction war as well. Also my second favorite cinematic (the WOTLK) doesn't have any fighting and it's all narration and building up hype from Arthas' father speech (no doom or ridiculous speeches or fighting). So you giving me a "big fan of Sylvanas" label is really out uncalled for when I made a rating for each expansion clearly not showing any bias. Shadowlands is not even my top 3 cinematic and Legion is one of my least liked ones (where Sylvanas is present btw). So try again.

[draugril]

It's the other way around. They're always in Dracthyr form in combat. They can choose out of combat. They can also do the dragon-flying in Dracthyr form with their own wings, it's been confirmed in other interviews.

Demon Hunters and Druids should be able to as well.

[Bladesyphon]

Yeah this coalesced badly in the last 24 hours. I truly hope the profession revamp is an A+, but it won't be, because they seemingly won't steal Ff14s idea of high quality materials and actual craft action bar skills.

They aren't adapting XIV's crafting actions, likely because anyone on the team that plays XIV realizes that anyone who seriously crafts in XIV just uses copy-pasted macros from third party websites, completely circumventing the entire need to even have crafting actions in the first place.

XIV's crafting skills are neat in concept, but terrible in execution, especially given that every HQ recipe in XIV requires a very specific rotation of abilities to properly craft, which again just boils down to copy-pasting the macro from a website, pushing a button, and then going to make a sandwhich or something while you wait for the craft to finish.

[Teriz]

Furries and scalies are the target demographic of this game now.

Well, think about how many people are going to roll the dragon class when they see one fly past them doing barrel rolls and nosedives without a mount.....

Its a Dragon Class. The Humanoid form is just an extra for out of combat.

The Dragon Form being humanoid is just the easy way out to not fill the raids with 10 feet tall proper Dragons.

Yep, exactly. People quickly forget all of those arguments between me and @Nightshade711 dealing with draconic size. Making them humanoid looking dragons sidesteps that problem.

[m4Zzo928]

Honestly, when it's doing abilities, the form looks pretty cool.

I'm never going to get used to it. Dragons just look weird to my eye as humanoids. That said everything else dragon looked awesome.

[Lorca]

Yeah I’d love to play those draconic humans, but that ugly dragon form? No thank you. It’s just awful.

In my case, I liked the dragon form quite a lot after seeing the different options for it. And it is different to all the other races he already have. Instead, I can't get what do some of you see as interesting in another Blood Elf model, which is just horned as the DH one, but with different hair colors (even the scales aren't original, as the DH's had some too).

[draugril]

Well, think about how many people are going to roll the dragon class when they see one fly past them doing barrel rolls and nosedives without a mount.....

And let’s be honest here, among friends. If given the opportunity to !?%# a dragon, who among you would pass? I surely would not.

[Zyrinx]

They aren't adapting XIV's crafting actions, likely because anyone on the team that plays XIV realizes that anyone who seriously crafts in XIV just uses copy-pasted macros from third party websites, completely circumventing the entire need to even have crafting actions in the first place.

XIV's crafting skills are neat in concept, but terrible in execution, especially given that every HQ recipe in XIV requires a very specific rotation of abilities to properly craft, which again just boils down to copy-pasting the macro from a website, pushing a button, and then going to make a sandwhich or something while you wait for the craft to finish.

Fair enough I guess, when I did it (admittedly only to 50), I crafted a complete HQ set of every gather and craft jobs armor and never touched a macro. Because it was interesting to me.

[Lorca]

Do we know if the Dracthy can fly? Or they use their wings only for some combat abilities?

[Eurhetemec]

My least favorite cinematic after Dragonflight was MoP which had the faction war as well. Also my second favorite cinematic (the WOTLK) doesn't have any fighting and it's all narration and building up hype from Arthas' father speech (no doom or ridiculous speeches or fighting). So you giving me a "big fan of Sylvanas" label is really out uncalled for when I made a rating for each expansion clearly not showing any bias. Shadowlands is not even my top 3 cinematic and Legion is one of my least liked ones (where Sylvanas is present btw). So try again.

I don't need to try again. You clearly love drama and doom-and-gloom. All the cinematics you love are that except the original WoW one, which is probably running on 100% purified nostalgia at this point.

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Do we know if the Dracthy can fly? Or they use their wings only for some combat abilities?

We know they can fly in the Dragon Isles, and do all the dragon-flying stuff with their own wings.

[Zharikov]

Do we know if the Dracthy can fly? Or they use their wings only for some combat abilities?

Flying in old zones I'm not sure of, but there's an interview that says the following.

"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.”

[Deventh]

I don't need to try again. You clearly love drama and doom-and-gloom. All the cinematics you love are that except the original WoW one, which is probably running on 100% purified nostalgia at this point.

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We know they can fly in the Dragon Isles, and do all the dragon-flying stuff with their own wings.

I clearly love drama. You can't even put 2 coherent arguments together. Why do I even bother responding to your troll posts I wonder.

[Raetary]

They really should add the other race models to the class as customization.
I get that it might be a bit much for them to implement the scales and horns properly on everyone else at once, but then why not just keep updating it slowly over time?

Pair of extra races here, pair of extra races there, until all/most models are covered.

[Buliwyf the Omen]

Do we know if the Dracthy can fly? Or they use their wings only for some combat abilities?

They use it for both. You can use the wings for dragonriding according to interviews and you also use it (presumably as a CD) to fly around and cast while doing it.

The latter is more hovering though. Think Void Form but a lot more mobile.

Edit: Also they seem to be able to glide like DHs.

[Teriz]

And let’s be honest here, among friends. If given the opportunity to !?%# a dragon, who among you would pass? I surely would not.

Uh.....

I'm not sure I'm equipped to handle scaley private parts my man. LoL!

[Eurhetemec]

I clearly love drama. You can't even put 2 coherent arguments together. Why do I even bother responding to your troll posts I wonder.

Because everyone else is even meaner to you? I dunno lol.

[Khaza-R]

And let’s be honest here, among friends. If given the opportunity to !?%# a dragon, who among you would pass? I surely would not.

I mean, Jaina certainly didn't. Does that make her a scalie?

[Teriz]

I'm never going to get used to it. Dragons just look weird to my eye as humanoids. That said everything else dragon looked awesome.

I'd wait until you see all the customizations and animations to pass final judgment. The facial expressions and the details look incredible.