Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Ilir]

don't worry. These are the type of vegans who wear shirts like "It's ok to kill humans to safe animals". (I sadly know such a vegan, there's a reason we're not friends anymore)

Ok ? There are people who do/say/think stupid crazy shit everywhere.

[Sondrelk]

Hemet not giving us "kill X mobs" quests is sad. I loved them, easy exp, easy leather and just easy quest to do brainlessly.

Also we've been genociding/mass killing throughout the whole WoW experience (and same thing in most mmo) but people act like "nesingwary was taking it too far"

Lmao

Probably going to be at least one of those quests. The theme of his new quests seem to be controlled hunting as opposed to hunting for sport, and an important part of that can absolutely be culling various wildlife if they grow out of control.

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I wonder if it would be considered OP in some ways. I don't think the economy is balanced around being able to skin humanoids. Though it would definitely be an interesting trait.

Really gnolls would make a fantastic double AR with Tuskarr when they inevitably get revealed to have been designed with player gear in mind.

I suppose so, though I do wonder precisely how much the added surplus would distort the leather economy. How much does the scarcity of leather increase due to the smaller population of things that could be skinned?

I suppose one interesting fix for this could be to make it so that they could only skin humanoids, but that would also be a little iffy—it could still be a bit problematic for the supply of leather, plus Blizzard would have to go through the trouble of giving all humanoids a leather drop, so I suppose it's much harder to execute than it is to imagine.

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Probably going to be at least one of those quests. The theme of his new quests seem to be controlled hunting as opposed to hunting for sport, and an important part of that can absolutely be culling various wildlife if they grow out of control.

I agree. I very much like that they're portraying ethical hunting accurately.

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Ok ? There are people who do/say/think stupid crazy shit everywhere.

Everything's a political issue now, sadly. It's got to be one way or the other for some people.

[8bithamster]

Why are we upset that Hemit is just tryna lay back rn and vibe with the Animals and Landscapes? He's retired, let em explore and do nice old man stuff, the old badass deserves it.

because everyone needs to find some inane political outrage about it. See the last few pages, it's absolutely pathetic really.. "OH NO! A bunch of pixels did something! THIS HAS TO BE POLITICAL!!!" etc etc

[ArenaDk]

... pretty sure the first and last of those are absolutely unwilling to hunt and kill animals as they please unless they were doing it for conservationist purposes.

Druids range from tree hugger to , wild beasts to pyromaniacs. Wouldnt put them all in one bag.

Neither tauren who I think have two traveling with our dear hunter friend , or atleast were in the camp with him

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Druids range from tree hugger to , wild beasts to pyromaniacs. Wouldnt put them all in one bag.

Neither tauren who I think have two traveling with our dear hunter friend , or atleast were in the camp with him

Those are exceptions as opposed to the rule. The things you listed are outliers.

[Makabreska]

Druids range from tree hugger to , wild beasts to pyromaniacs. Wouldnt put them all in one bag.

Neither tauren who I think have two traveling with our dear hunter friend , or atleast were in the camp with him

Druids of the Flame are a corrupted version. Wouldn't put them in the bag with others.

[Cheezits]

Gnolls don't have female bodies (I think this is a reference to how hyenas are IRL?) but if Dracthyr are any indication, this doesn't really matter for the future. Drakonids too (the Drakonid with tits from Hearthstone didn't make it in, unless that model is still being worked on)

Also, I still don't understand the Gnoll kids. Is there a group of friendly Gnolls I havent found in AS, or are we going to leave a bunch of orphans?

[boyzma]

I don't understand peoples mentalities when they compare pixel characters and what they do to real people. It's a friggin GAME for Christ sake. For one, hunting to provide food for your family, if you use all of the animal is fine. If you want to trap a lion (or any other animal) in an enclosed area where he can't escape then go kill it for no good reason other than you want his head...then fuck you. That's real life. If a pixel person asks you to go kill 10 random pixel critters is that okay? It's a game, yes, it's okay. If you say no, then maybe you should quit the game because all you do is kill. To progress you kill, to have fun, you kill...always killing. Separate reality from fantasy.

[Cheezits]

Also, I understand it makes sense for the story, but I'm surprised that the final boss of Vault of the Incarnates is just one of the Incarnates, aka a fancy Protodrake.

[Nyel]

Also, I understand it makes sense for the story, but I'm surprised that the final boss of Vault of the Incarnates is just one of the Incarnates, aka a fancy Protodrake.

What else though?

[Lady Atia]

Also, I understand it makes sense for the story, but I'm surprised that the final boss of Vault of the Incarnates is just one of the Incarnates, aka a fancy Protodrake.

I'm actually wondering where the other 3 Incarnates are? My initial guess was one could end up as a world boss, one for the campaign and one for a dungeon but I haven't found any info on them so far.

[Kiivar86]

Also, I understand it makes sense for the story, but I'm surprised that the final boss of Vault of the Incarnates is just one of the Incarnates, aka a fancy Protodrake.

What else would it be?

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I don't understand peoples mentalities when they compare pixel characters and what they do to real people. It's a friggin GAME for Christ sake. For one, hunting to provide food for your family, if you use all of the animal is fine. If you want to trap a lion (or any other animal) in an enclosed area where he can't escape then go kill it for no good reason other than you want his head...then fuck you. That's real life. If a pixel person asks you to go kill 10 random pixel critters is that okay? It's a game, yes, it's okay. If you say no, then maybe you should quit the game because all you do is kill. To progress you kill, to have fun, you kill...always killing. Separate reality from fantasy.

That's a fair assessment. While I do understand the need to reflect current values, it's comical how much people are bursting into hysterics over being reminded of the fact there used to be big game hunting in WoW. Of course, I actually like the new direction, too, because it is a very good and realistic (if slightly exaggerated) representation of ethical hunting.

[Raetary]

Also, I understand it makes sense for the story, but I'm surprised that the final boss of Vault of the Incarnates is just one of the Incarnates, aka a fancy Protodrake.

You are surprised that the final boss of a raid about fancy proto-drakes is a fancy proto-drake?

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You are surprised that the final boss of a raid about fancy proto-drakes is a fancy proto-drake?

Admittedly, there could be more personality than the art we've seen, but agreed. Why would the boss of a fancy Proto-Drake raid not be a fancy Proto-Drake?

Now, there are some things to be said about the first set of bosses being fancy proto-drakes to begin with, but it's not particularly surprising. It fits the theme well enough.

[Cheezits]

Admittedly, there could be more personality than the art we've seen, but agreed. Why would the boss of a fancy Proto-Drake raid not be a fancy Proto-Drake.

You are surprised that the final boss of a raid about fancy proto-drakes is a fancy proto-drake?

Is there more than the lightning one in the raid? It looks a lot more like an elemental/shaman raid with a big proto-drake at the end.

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I'm actually wondering where the other 3 Incarnates are? My initial guess was one could end up as a world boss, one for the campaign and one for a dungeon but I haven't found any info on them so far.

I'm pretty sure the stone one is a dungeon boss. The centaur dungeon maybe?

[Biruteka]

I'm shocked, I just did a quest that asked me to kill 4 pigs
how can a company like that allow an online game to encourage the killing of animals????

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So, out of curiosity, what do people expect the white flag in the new meeting hall of the Aspects to represent? A new flight, if there will be one, has not yet been discovered, so there's no reason for that to already have flags in place. Is it for mortal representatives? The Drakthyr?

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Also, I ought to add that the new Infinite Dragonflight models are very nice. I've always liked their designs, and it seems they haven't ruined them.

[Nightshade711]

So, out of curiosity, what do people expect the white flag in the new meeting hall of the Aspects to represent? A new flight, if there will be one, has not yet been discovered, so there's no reason for that to already have flags in place. Is it for mortal representatives? The Drakthyr?

I’m expecting it to be for both the mortals and Dracthyr.