Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Nymrohd]

Yeah, could be, after all the build is not being modified in minutes before pushing it to the server I guess, right? So if they had it ready for sometime waiting to be deployed, then yup, that seems to be needless. But who knows

I mean this is pretty much THE idle speculation thread of the forum

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In regards to the late wowdev build, I guess they wanted to get some fixes in that popped up in the last few days, having done that last night can mean the unencrypted build will hit pretty early (though that might also be my wishful thinking).

Do we know anything about Blizzard's policy with crunch?

[Marlamin]

Do we know anything about Blizzard's policy with crunch?

For recent times, not really. I'm guessing it's not recommended/asked to do so but employees can probably choose to do so if they want to (which can be problematic I know, don't shit up the thread please). Can't imagine they need a ton of people for a build deploy, though. After so many years I'd hope it is mostly automated after turnip man pushes the button.

[Hyrja]

Happy alpha day!!

[Dracullus]

It's after midnight jn Cali, so this potential NDA is lifted, right?

[Nymrohd]

It's after midnight jn Cali, so this potential NDA is lifted, right?

Who knows, laws and contracts with clear time terms are often written to end not by midnight but by 6 in the morning.

[Lady Atia]

Who knows, laws and contracts with clear time terms are often written to end not by midnight but by 6 in the morning.

It's also possible that the NDA is lifted once the invites go out.

[caliphax]

Who knows, laws and contracts with clear time terms are often written to end not by midnight but by 6 in the morning.

If people have played a very secret closed alpha (which is pretty much a certain now), then they would want to release some new videos about it all. T&E have said they're releasing two videos today. It's likely they have a cut off time, maybe 9am local time for Blizz when shit starts to come out.

[Hugnomo]

Dawn of the Final Day.
Hype levels unleashed <3

[horizon nowhere]

Hype for sure, let's see where the day goes.

[Nymrohd]

Dawn of the Final Day.
Hype levels unleashed <3

Oh god, is the moon going to crash on Earth today?

[Thoreya]

Happy Alpha day!

[Hugnomo]

Oh god, is the moon going to crash on Earth today?

I was going to post the screencap too from majora's but I think posting a meme would be against the rules/infraction worthy? I don't know haha.
But yeah, a big piñata moon filled with dragonflight eye candy!

[lee443]

I'm just gonna keep an eye on Towelliee's youtube. I'm sure once nda drops he'll have a couple videos up.

[Catastrophy349]

Today is the day! Good morning! Copium is settling in nicely. Pray it doesn’t bubble.

[Worldshaper]

Imagine if all of this is just the community getting all hyped up over rumours which then turn out to be false. I doubt it, but you never know haha.

Anyway, final-final wish-list for today from me:

• A good look at the Dracthyr Visage form and the Evoker's abilities.
• New music, especially ambient material that will play in the background in the new zones.
• New character customization for Allied Races.
• New models for NPCs and creatures, mounts, etc.
• A good look at the Dragon Isles.
• The new Profession Specializations.
• Confirmation of more character slots and that the character list in the login screen is expanded to 13 to cover the new class.

[Kiria]

*inhales* Are ye ready kids!

[Catastrophy349]

Show me the map! Show me the map!

[Nymrohd]

[*]Confirmation of more character slots and that the character list in the login screen is expanded to 13 to cover the new class.[/LIST]

I want them to find a way to externalize whatever needs be externalized so we can mod the character selection UI.

[Hyrja]

Im curious to see if they updated other UI windows too. Like RDF and achievements and such.

[draugril]

Zaela took over the clan from Mor'ghor in Cataclysm and Mor'ghor WAS the one enslaving the Nether flight together with Zuluhed. It's the same clan and the same people just with a couple changes of leadership. She did not oppose Mor'ghor on principle, she opposed him because she thought they had a better chance with the Horde.

And again, if people actually bother to read my posts, firstly Alex can come to terms with what happened and still invite the Horde because she needs their strength there and secondly, while it is clearly not as problematic as committing the crimes yourself, if you celebrate your forefathers who committed such crimes, you are clearly accepting their actions.

Mor’ghor came over with a couple Fel Orcs unexplained and muscled their way into leadership over the Azerothian Dragonmaw. Then we promptly booted them out. Outside of the Dragonmaw Fel Orcs from Outland that we killed immediately, these aren’t the same Orcs at all.