Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Veluren]

I'm seeing some testers saying the conversation is happening, some people saying they don't see it. WoWhead's encouraging people not to count their chickens before they hatch because there's every possibility it's cut dialogue that got oopsie'd into the patch. Gotta wait and see if it sticks around in the next update.

[Raetary]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...23663971876865

So, looks like Dracthyr can shapeshift just like any dragon, with no restrictions.
The PC just chooses to be an elf or human.

[Local Ardenweald Faerie]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...23663971876865

So, looks like Dracthyr can shapeshift just like any dragon, with no restrictions.
The PC just chooses to be an elf or human.

Blizzard PLEASE JUST. LET US BE ANY RACE AT THIS POINT, NO ONE CARES ABOUT CUSTOMIZATION.

[Nymrohd]

I'm seeing some testers saying the conversation is happening, some people saying they don't see it. WoWhead's encouraging people not to count their chickens before they hatch because there's every possibility it's cut dialogue that got oopsie'd into the patch. Gotta wait and see if it sticks around in the next update.

Could be it is responding to a flag? Is there char copy or just templates?

[Hugnomo]

Blizzard PLEASE JUST. LET US BE ANY RACE AT THIS POINT, NO ONE CARES ABOUT CUSTOMIZATION.

I do. I like the idea of other races as visage, but not at the expense of the customization we are getting.

[Nymrohd]

I do. I like the idea of other races as visage, but not at the expense of the customization we are getting.

One thing they could do is add more options later on. I assume we will be able to switch visage forms from the barber shop?

[Xilurm]

Blizzard PLEASE JUST. LET US BE ANY RACE AT THIS POINT, NO ONE CARES ABOUT CUSTOMIZATION.

That's just flat out wrong.

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It's bizarre that they didn't do this with a revamp, so I assume something is up. It will be silly if years have passed and there have been no changes to Lordaeron, Gilneas, etc.

Not really. It's because Kalimdor and EK aren't the focus right now. If they become the focus later they will most likely get updated to show that change.

It's like how Darkshore is in BFA time while if you travel south to the Barrens it's in Cataclysm time.

[Skildar]

I've just taken a look at the shaman talent trees and oh boy do I not like them. They all feel all over the place.
I like a couple of new talents like the poison removal totem. But playing an enhancement shaman with this class tree will feel bizarre to any new player as it felt very uncomfortable to me who knows how the class is expected to be played at max level.

I'm wishing for a blue post to explaon a bit more the philosophy behind this new tree

[Veluren]

Could be it is responding to a flag? Is there char copy or just templates?

From how WoWhead worded it, an existing that had finished the intro and was on the dragon isles and was rewound to Stormwind for this wave of testing saw it, but completely newly created characters can't see it when doing the same quest, which is why they're musing on it potentially being something we're not supposed to see

[Nymrohd]

From how WoWhead worded it, an existing that had finished the intro and was on the dragon isles and was rewound to Stormwind for this wave of testing saw it, but completely newly created characters can't see it when doing the same quest, which is why they're musing on it potentially being something we're not supposed to see

Could be something from a later phase.

[Raetary]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...52702782578688

So, Noz's evilification is definitely happening.

[Kiria]

Blizzard PLEASE JUST. LET US BE ANY RACE AT THIS POINT, NO ONE CARES ABOUT CUSTOMIZATION.

I absolutely care about customisation and while I want more races added to visage I am not willing to lose all the current customisation options.

[Nymrohd]

I absolutely care about customisation and while I want more races added to visage I am not willing to lose all the current customisation options.

I'd be ok with getting more options and having the customization slowly added over the cost of the expansion. Barbershops need money, they are the archtransmuters of WoW after all, must be expensive to do what they do.

[Xilurm]

I think slowly adding more races is a much better idea than just adding all the default ones in.

It's obvious a lot of care an work went into the visage forms despite a lot of people not liking them, (especially if they only look at the screenshots on the front page) so if they do that each time they add a new race it would mean the Dracthyr would be the most customisable race in WoW.

[Kiria]

I think slowly adding more races is a much better idea than just adding all the default ones in.

It's obvious a lot of care an work went into the visage forms despite a lot of people not liking them, (especially if they only look at the screenshots on the front page) so if they do that each time they add a new race it would mean the Dracthyr would be the most customisable race in WoW.

I absolutely agree with you, they should complete each race at a time and add it with full customisation when it's ready.

Also no Alpha or Beta Club membership as per usual

[Makabreska]

[Xilurm]

I absolutely agree with you, they should complete each race at a time and add it with full customisation when it's ready.

Also no Alpha or Beta Club membership as per usual

Same. Here's hoping we get sigs soon.

[Lady Atia]

Why would they reuse old Wrath bosses for the pre-event for Shadowlands?

Because it's a prepatch. The interview with a Blizzard employee literally called it a Level 60 version of the current Uldaman.

There is a difference between making old dungeon bosses into open world rares and scaling up an old, lame dungeon that's not even HD if you already have an updated version at hand. Shadowlands pre-event was a cheap whatever "event" while for Dragonflight, they return to "we give you a dungeon as a tease" way of MoP and WoD. They also said that Alex would send us to retrieve discs of Tyr during the pre-patch, which fit the name of the new wing aswell.

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That's not true. You need to be subbed. https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...M6_N0fKtQ&s=19

Which is a good change tbh.

[Eldryth]

Blizzard PLEASE JUST. LET US BE ANY RACE AT THIS POINT, NO ONE CARES ABOUT CUSTOMIZATION.

I definitely care about customizations, especially after seeing how many options the current half-elf bodies have. It'd be great to see others get the options they want, but it'd definitely feel like an afterthought if they don't put a huge amount of work into it. Maybe some people would be happy with that, but I wouldn't pick a model with some lazy additions over the current models, and I'm personally glad that they worked so hard on this one instead of slapping horns and scales on everything.

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...52702782578688

So, Noz's evilification is definitely happening.

That dialogue actually makes me suspect that it's not so certain. It's definitely getting addressed, but it seems like it might not be entirely inevitable- and it may actually be dependent on a timeline that requires us to completely fail one of our main goals on the Isles. I don't expect him to actually become the sole Aspect, after all.

Maybe he'll still end up corrupted and Anachronos will become the new Timeless One instead, but I wonder if he might find a way to avoid his fate.

[Therougetitan]

I wonder how inspired Steve will be by the multiverse phase that Marvel has been doing with the infinite dragonflight