Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Nyel]

Well, they just would have to look at Guild Wars 2 and its event system which they made even bigger in later expansions. Map meta events would work really well in WoW. Besides that? Hardly anything they can do. They won't reinvent the wheel.

[Polybius]

Late to the party but it looks like the health bar hasn’t changed yet on the new UI. Wonder what options we’ll get for scaling and transparency, and if we’ll be able to move the quest grid. UI resets were always troublesome.

[Catastrophy349]

I would love to see world building events. Think of how the zones changed in previous expansions as we progressed story quests. Heck, think of Quel’Danas in TBC. Those quests we did as a server, all around the isle, and it changed the way buildings looked, NPCs, etc. (I never played MoP patch 5.1/5.2 was there something similar for the Horde/Alliance invading??)

[Makorus]

Well, they just would have to look at Guild Wars 2 and its event system which they made even bigger in later expansions. Map meta events would work really well in WoW. Besides that? Hardly anything they can do. They won't reinvent the wheel.

I'd want anything but a job simulator WoW. Having to have a timetable to play WoW effectively sounds like a nightmare.

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I would love to see world building events. Think of how the zones changed in previous expansions as we progressed story quests. Heck, think of Quel’Danas in TBC. Those quests we did as a server, all around the isle, and it changed the way buildings looked, NPCs, etc. (I never played MoP patch 5.1/5.2 was there something similar for the Horde/Alliance invading??)

I love games with "Building up your own base over a long period of time" so I would love something like that. Molten Front did it really well for example.

[Lahis]

Looks like the shitty third world politics of USA are lowering the chances of Alpha anytime soon.

[gcsmith]

Looks like the shitty third world politics of USA are lowering the chances of Alpha anytime soon.

"The 400$ isn't enough to stop them being held accountable by the law." Well... I'm curious what ABK is meant to do to protect their employees from the law other than move their employees out of a state?

[Vasoka]

Looks like the shitty third world politics of USA are lowering the chances of Alpha anytime soon.

These creatures revolt me deeply.

[Catastrophy349]

I’d prefer to keep this out of our discussion.

[ZyntosAran]

Looks like the shitty third world politics of USA are lowering the chances of Alpha anytime soon.

smh - murica. (related to the whole situation, not the walkout, which i am definitely supporting)

Anyway. Last time I checked, the 21. July was not inbetween today and the 14. July, which is supposidly the start of the alpha.

[gcsmith]

I’d prefer to keep this out of our discussion.

Thats fair, and if the Alpha goes up this week, nothing stops it being active during the walk out.

[Makorus]

Good. I'd rather have more unions than an Alpha.

[Catastrophy349]

It’s not that I don’t want to talk about it because I think that it’s not important. It is. However, this channel really should focus on 10.0 speculation.

[Wonderment2]

Good. I'd rather have more unions than an Alpha.

Agreed but Catastrophy349 makes a good point.

This isn't the thread for very good political news.

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Personally I hope the large zones alllows for some "Cloud Serpent Riders" style areas I really enjoyed that in MoP.

Idk like you slowly improve your standing with some Centaur Dragonslayers. Maybe get a Centaur mount that talks to you? Complains about you being to heavy if your a Tauren etc.

[Hyrja]

It’s not that I don’t want to talk about it because I think that it’s not important. It is. However, this channel really should focus on 10.0 speculation.

"channel" and "chat" dude ur not on twitch lol.

[Catastrophy349]

Taking ALL bets for what happens today?

-More “leaks”
-Evoker blog
-Dragonriding blog
-Talents
-Alpha announcement
-Datamining

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"channel" and "chat" dude ur not on twitch lol.

That’s what you took away from what I said? Using the word “channel” instead of “forum” or “thread”? At 7:47 a.m. while typing on my phone?

[Nyel]

Looks like the shitty third world politics of USA are lowering the chances of Alpha anytime soon.

Honestly, nobody cares about this stuff. It's a very echo chamber thing and I doubt Alpha will be affected by this.

[Dracullus]

I would be very surprised if we won't have datamining today. Of course not on usual news hour, but during their day.

[Catastrophy349]

I hooked up the copium tank for everyone’s entertainment. I’ll try my best not to overhype as much as possible.

[Nimerion]

After a long time: What did i miss? I read something about leaks?

[Nyel]

I'd want anything but a job simulator WoW. Having to have a timetable to play WoW effectively sounds like a nightmare.

It's about open world content and that's something that is hardly needed to be effective. It will still be Mythic+ / raids to be competitive, so I don't see any problem with that. I wouldn't rely on hard timed events though but a more basic approach. That's still something GW2 shines whereas WoW has remained in its static and boring open world for almost two decades.