1. #53821
    Quote Originally Posted by Aeluron Lightsong View Post
    Doesn't mean she is waking up though, its an assumption. Anything that big, Blizzard would outright say it.
    Ion did say it:

    12:56 "As Azeroth herself reawakens"
    Yohohoho

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    Apparently you can have hot pink Drac'thyr lol. Some peopl are going to get really upset over neon/brilliant colors. The new interview also mentioned hair being able to customize top and bottom colors. And they have access to a bunch of different face shapes so it doesn't even sound like the Visage form is human and blood elf but some unique race that just combines their features.

    https://www.wowhead.com/news/wellpla...-snoots-326820

    Direct link to full interview rather then the wowhead summary: https://www.well-played.com.au/drago...xpansion-devs/
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    Hot pink...ewww..... >.>
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  4. #53824
    Quote Originally Posted by rhorle View Post
    Apparently you can have hot pink Drac'thyr lol. Some peopl are going to get really upset over neon/brilliant colors. The new interview also mentioned hair being able to customize top and bottom colors. And they have access to a bunch of different face shapes so it doesn't even sound like the Visage form is human and blood elf but some unique race that just combines their features.

    https://www.wowhead.com/news/wellpla...-snoots-326820
    They really are Drag'thyr

  5. #53825
    Quote Originally Posted by Vyomesh2 View Post
    Ion did say it:
    12:56 "As Azeroth herself reawakens"
    "Azeroth awakens" has two very different meanings: "Azeroth, the pupating world soul is becoming cognizant" and "Azeroth, the physical planet's environment is entering a period of massive growth & renewal" and it's clear from context he's talking about the latter.

  6. #53826
    https://www.wowhead.com/news/wellpla...-snoots-326820
    Bigger than Northrend? OK that's crazy. Northrend was huge and most of it was not even used past leveling. Yeah hope Dragonriding is fast.

  7. #53827
    Quote Originally Posted by Nymrohd View Post
    https://www.wowhead.com/news/wellpla...-snoots-326820
    Bigger than Northrend? OK that's crazy. Northrend was huge and most of it was not even used past leveling. Yeah hope Dragonriding is fast.
    Dracthyr "human" models are called visage forms, and are how they choose to represent themselves, allowing a great deal of customization.
    Very Matrix, Love it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nymrohd View Post
    https://www.wowhead.com/news/wellpla...-snoots-326820
    Bigger than Northrend? OK that's crazy. Northrend was huge and most of it was not even used past leveling. Yeah hope Dragonriding is fast.
    Seems fine to me, Northrend is a good size to stay at IMO. I don't think Dragonriding will be too fast, think it will help going across the zones but without the "Basically ignoring everything you see" feeling Flying gets weather we like it or not.
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  9. #53829
    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    "Azeroth awakens" has two very different meanings: "Azeroth, the pupating world soul is becoming cognizant" and "Azeroth, the physical planet's environment is entering a period of massive growth & renewal" and it's clear from context he's talking about the latter.
    Is he though? What if a Titan's awakening causes their planet to flourish with energy and life? It could mean both.
    Yohohoho

  10. #53830
    "WP: Like Tuskarr! Walrus people!

    TW: Yes! Probably the most important ones I think."

    hmmmm....

  11. #53831
    Quote Originally Posted by Vyomesh2 View Post
    Is he though? What if a Titan's awakening causes their planet to flourish with energy and life? It could mean both.
    I, personally, don't think they would drop such significant lore in an interview line.

    Never know though!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Le Conceptuel View Post
    Honestly, I think a lot of people (myself included) were on a bit of a copium overdose. Admittedly, it almost does vindicate some of those comments that I was previously dismissive of along the lines of "why are you hyping yourself up? You're just going to be disappointed" in the sense that the expansion in my head was far better. I honestly think that this expansion doesn't seem that bad and would probably be an upgrade to BfA and Shadowlands. The talent system definitely seems very fascinating and very good.

    The Dracthyr are only a problem in that connection—they're disappointing because everybody was excited for something that may have been better. The same thing goes for a lot of things. People got themselves convinced there would be a world revamp, a cool new set of races or class, something that's been hyped up for a while and whathaveyou. Consequently, even though the race isn't that bad (I don't like the faces, though—they really look Scalie-esque), people are generally disappointed. It's by our own hand, but I do admit that it's somewhat disappointing to get yourself hyped up on hints that something may change dramatically across the world and essentially get a new continent that seems somewhat interesting but doesn't meet those expectations and a race and class that are sort of underwhelming.
    I must be quite the exception, because this is exactly the kind of expansion I wanted, and the new class is one of two concepts I was pining for. I was disappointed at first, but once I got more details on the Dracthyr and Evoker, I was more than satisfied.

    I think a lot of folks were hoping for world revamp or a cosmic expansion instead of the “breather” expansion we ended up with.

  13. #53833
    Quote Originally Posted by Aeluron Lightsong View Post
    Seems fine to me, Northrend is a good size to stay at IMO. I don't think Dragonriding will be too fast, think it will help going across the zones but without the "Basically ignoring everything you see" feeling Flying gets weather we like it or not.
    Oh I love the larger size. But with the way WoW works now compared to back then, travel time is far more important with world quests. So if they are very spread, some speed will be very welcome. Plus with the changes in crafting I think I'll feel far more interested in gathering mats which will increase travel time even more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChairmanKaga View Post
    That's a specious assumption. Look at how Fem Worgens were changed initially, they weren't simply another option by release.
    That was 10 years ago.

    Blizzards design philosophy is about expanding player customization.
    And as i said, the model is made and presented, they are not gonna backtrack on it now.


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  15. #53835
    Quote Originally Posted by Arafal View Post
    That was 10 years ago.

    Blizzards design philosophy is about expanding player customization.
    And as i said, the model is made and presented, they are not gonna backtrack on it now.
    No way to know until next year but I think this is naively optimistic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nymrohd View Post
    https://www.wowhead.com/news/wellpla...-snoots-326820
    Bigger than Northrend? OK that's crazy. Northrend was huge and most of it was not even used past leveling. Yeah hope Dragonriding is fast.
    It's been said in a handful of interviews that highly-upgraded and skillfully-played dragonriding is effectively faster than regular flying.

    Another interesting tidbit from that interview that Wowhead didn't recap is that apparently there's a new team devoted specifically to making world content, which was previously handled solely by the quest team at large:

    Quote Originally Posted by WellPlayed Interview
    WP: Can we have dragon flight races…?

    TW: Actually, yes! So one thing we are really excited about is that we have a content team that is focused on fun, outdoor world content, including things like dragon races. Or, hunting giant beasts in the centaur plains…

    JW: We are REALLY excited about that. Repeatable content has always been under the purview of one big quest team, and we love doing it, but it’s nice having more people to make more things and put focus on unique things. We are super excited to have these folks who have been around WoW development for so long and are getting to play with the action figures in new, unique ways and figure out what is fun for players to hop into.
    I thought it was worth pointing out. This along with the supposed scale of Dragon Isles is something I find very promising.

  17. #53837
    Quote Originally Posted by Teriz View Post
    I must be quite the exception, because this is exactly the kind of expansion I wanted, and the new class is one of two concepts I was pining for. I was disappointed at first, but once I got more details on the Dracthyr and Evoker, I was more than satisfied.

    I think a lot of folks were hoping for world revamp or a cosmic expansion instead of the “breather” expansion we ended up with.
    Honestly I think the reveal means nothing. MoP reveal felt so stupid to me. It's my favourite expansion. I was absolutely hyped for WoD. It's the expansion I played the least (though I will say, when I did play it, I enjoyed it. Just not enough to keep me subbed for long).
    I am not particularly hyped for Dragonflight. I'll roll an evoker but I doubt it would become my main and not even sure it would be one of the alts I'd keep going to. The revamps to systems I actually find very interesting but we just did not get enough information; Legion was followed by a schedule of blogs and gave at least some examples of the changes in the original presentation. If they do start showing more in the next couple of weeks my hype may well go up ofc. I would expect Alpha about 6-7 weeks from now given the vendor built is available; that's the usual time and I am guessing it's not about marketing but rather about the technical issues because of the scale of the expansion, they need the time to make sure it doesn't fry anyone's graphic cards when the alpha launches.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChairmanKaga View Post
    No way to know until next year but I think this is naively optimistic.
    It's the bare minimum.


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  19. #53839
    Quote Originally Posted by Nymrohd View Post
    Honestly I think the reveal means nothing. MoP reveal felt so stupid to me. It's my favourite expansion. I was absolutely hyped for WoD. It's the expansion I played the least
    The WoD reveal and garrisons felt like such a brilliant natural extension of the base building of the original RTS games. I distinctly remember being extremely excited. In my experience alot of people I had played with who bailed during Cata or MoP were also very excited. What a belly flop it ended up being.

  20. #53840
    Quote Originally Posted by Teriz View Post
    I'm almost 100% sure we're getting Tuskarr as an AR very shortly. Maybe even in 9.2.5.
    Not to be a party pooper but there's no evidence supporting this and as cool as a few people think they are, (they're okay) I don't think they would sell pre-orders. Another thing is that the last time we got Pre-order Allied Races, they had nothing to do with the next expansion but instead the prior one. The pre-order will most likely be available once 9.2.5 is out and the AR in question is more likely to be related to the aftermath of Shadowlands. Probably something undead or related to it.

    I think Tuskarr are more likely to be an AR during Dragonflight and hopefully, Gnolls with them.
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