Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Lahis]

long post is long

the bigger and bolder font makes it easier to read, but I thinok you should just use darker blue.

[Valysar]

No it's not? More customization is always good.

Imo I'm tired of the blood elf skeleton, and as a demon hunter, I can't really change

[Nymrohd]

They didn't said we will not be getting allied races because they are focusing on the obnoxious new race/class? they prob burn the budget already.

Besides, it makes no sense to shove more elves, and dead ones, to be playable, they specifically said it has to make sense in the moment, and going to dragon isles rly don't scream to me "emo elves joining the factions"

So much other races to add and people still keep asking more elves, sometimes i imagine what would happen if they add all the existing variations, and people would not happy and demand new ones because reasons "next time space elves plsss", going worse than dnd, but at least dnd put tons of races every year

They did indeed say no allied race in 10.0. Could be we would get it in 9.2.5 but I think they'd want a lot more fanfare if they did that.

And yeah D&D can just add any number of races because adding a race costs 2-3 pieces of art that use them (often exist already) and a bit of dev time for a few racials. It can be as little as 2 pages of text. And we are getting space elves back since Spelljammer is coming soon! Wonder how new woke D&D will handle the Unhuman wars and the Scro!

[Lahis]

They didn't said we will not be getting allied races because they are focusing on the obnoxious new race/class? they prob burn the budget already.

Besides, it makes no sense to shove more elves, and dead ones, to be playable, they specifically said it has to make sense in the moment, and going to dragon isles rly don't scream to me "emo elves joining the factions"

So much other races to add and people still keep asking more elves, sometimes i imagine what would happen if they add all the existing variations, and people would not happy and demand new ones because reasons "next time space elves plsss", going worse than dnd, but at least dnd put tons of races every year

Given how Elune is worshipped around the cosmos, and is implied to have affected the Kaldorei appearance, Space Elves are more likely than not.

[Veluren]

Given how Elune is worshipped around the cosmos, and is implied to have affected the Kaldorei appearance, Space Elves are more likely than not.

What would that end up being? I wouldn't be surprised if it would end up just being Night Elves but "star corrupted" like Tyrande the last few patches when the Night Warrior started really overpowering her.

Though THAT, IMO, would be a pretty dope customization option for NE

[Lady Atia]

Imo I'm tired of the blood elf skeleton, and as a demon hunter, I can't really change

I would like them to open up DH to atleast orcs, draenei, trolls of both kind, night borne and void elves. But that would either need 2 new demonforms per race or a generic meta for anyone besides blood and night elves which is something that's not "blizzard quality". It's basically the same problem housing currently has - they would want to have all the racial fantasies fullfilled but that would eat lots of ressources. But the dream is alive, I guess?

[Veluren]

Also I was hearing that Asmongold might have managed to get an interview with Ion today? I can't stand the guy so I don't want to go into his circles to confirm if that's true or not, but hey, new interview is new info, so.

[Nymrohd]

Also I was hearing that Asmongold might have managed to get an interview with Ion today? I can't stand the guy so I don't want to go into his spheres to confirm if that's true or not, but hey, new interview is new info, so.

I mean for there to be new info, you need to ask actual questions . . .

[Lady Atia]

Also I was hearing that Asmongold might have managed to get an interview with Ion today? I can't stand the guy so I don't want to go into his spheres to confirm if that's true or not, but hey, new interview is new info, so.

Ewwwww. Well, I guess mmo champion/wowhead will do transcripts so we don't have to give that person any clicks.

[Veluren]

I mean for there to be new info, you need to ask actual questions . . .

That is a very fair counterpoint

[Lady Atia]

I mean for there to be new info, you need to ask actual questions . . .

I loved most questions from yesterdays Q&A. If they could do it more often (like once a month?) it would make for a great format!

[Veluren]

I loved most questions from yesterdays Q&A. If they could do it more often (like once a month?) it would make for a great format!

Honestly, I hope this is a trend going forward, loving the open-ness from the devs so far. Even if it's just born from (most likely) the Sword of Damocles of "We're still worth keeping Microsoft!" It's still more communication and progress updates.

[Lahis]

I mean for there to be new info, you need to ask actual questions . . .

And even if you ask the right questions, Ion needs to have PR department's permission to answer them.

Any and all things said by Blizzard must always be ran through PR.

[Nymrohd]

And even if you ask the right questions, Ion needs to have PR department's permission to answer them.

Any and all things said by Blizzard must always be ran through PR.

Eh, I am sure Ion does not have to run things through PR. Also however should not have to ask loaded questions from drama whores that just care about clicks.

[Lahis]

Eh, I am sure Ion does not have to run things through PR. Also however should not have to ask loaded questions from drama whores that just care about clicks.

Blizzard is big bureocratic corporation. NOTHING gets said publicly without PR's approval.

[Valysar]

At least Asmongold in not in Blizzard's pockets anymore, maybe he will ask questions that won't please Ion, questions that expose every weakness of the game atm, etc, I don't know

[Lady Atia]

At least Asmongold in not in Blizzard's pockets anymore, maybe he will ask questions that won't please Ion, questions that expose every weakness of the game atm, etc, I don't know

Wow, you must be fun at parties. It's not the job of an interviewer to "expose and shame devs and the game", it's about getting new information about upcoming content. This is not a witch hunt ...

[Shadochi]

Im looking forward to even leveling zones being centered around flying, opens up the zones for more options of exploration (cool view of "you cross this mountain and find a new area") and max level areas that are actually micro zones in a similar theme but you don't wander into them randomly while leveling.

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At least Asmongold in not in Blizzard's pockets anymore, maybe he will ask questions that won't please Ion, questions that expose every weakness of the game atm, etc, I don't know

It's okay if he actually does it in a way that relates to DF, but I hope it doesn't end up just being slamming on previous descisions. Almost all the stuff can be asked by relating it to DF.

[Lorca]

They didn't said we will not be getting allied races because they are focusing on the obnoxious new race/class? they prob burn the budget already.

Besides, it makes no sense to shove more elves, and dead ones, to be playable, they specifically said it has to make sense in the moment, and going to dragon isles rly don't scream to me "emo elves joining the factions"

So much other races to add and people still keep asking more elves, sometimes i imagine what would happen if they add all the existing variations, and people would not happy and demand new ones because reasons "next time space elves plsss", going worse than dnd, but at least dnd put tons of races every year

I mean... you perfectly know very well how popular the Blood Elves are. It's just a safe bet for them; they don't need to investing much effort/money as they would with other races, as they already got the model. Change it a lil bit, and there you go, another "race" people in general will be super excited about, even if it only has different ears and eyes color. Win-win situation for Blizzard.

[Hugnomo]

I'm pretty happy we're gonna get an Asmongold interview with Ion, and a Holinka interview with MrGM.