Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Sondrelk]

i love ptr right now
between the people complaining about no addons and the guys looking for how to get to dragon isles it is kinda fun to chat with other players. Tried to test stuff in a random dungeon but fairly certain the entire party was heroic raid geared so the bosses literally melted and i cant be asked to put together mythic dungeon groups when talents arent even functioning

Well that is what the PTR is for, right. Got to ensure you are ready for when it goes live and everyone keeps asking the same questions.

[Lady Atia]

The Gladiator mount is now also flagged as "dragonriding" mount, just as I expected it to be.



I hope the few "Blizzard only previewed four mounts and we won't get the noodle-drake or any other dragonriding mount and the gladiator one will be a normal flying mount" deniers have a great day. <3

[Sondrelk]

The Gladiator mount is now also flagged as "dragonriding" mount, just as I expected it to be.



I hope the few "Blizzard only previewed four mounts and we won't get the noodle-drake or any other dragonriding mount and the gladiator one will be a normal flying mount" deniers have a great day. <3

Really it's just a question of whether the devs will make Dragonriding the norm going forward. If they are then I would imagine they will start making other mounts viable for Dragonriding, starting with whatever dragon mounts we already have.

[Revamp Man]

Well that is what the PTR is for, right. Got to ensure you are ready for when it goes live and everyone keeps asking the same questions.

I've got 4 tubs of g-fuel and some new pc parts ready for launch week

[Lady Atia]

Really it's just a question of whether the devs will make Dragonriding the norm going forward. If they are then I would imagine they will start making other mounts viable for Dragonriding, starting with whatever dragon mounts we already have.

I guess the question on the technical side of thing is - can you flag mounts both as flying mounts and dragonriding mounts? Currently you can't use any of the dragons if it isn't a dragon isles flying zone (like the centaur dungeon). How would a dragonriding mount work if "classic" flying is enabled later, if you would be able to use it in an old zone now?

But yeah, in the end of the day I would expect atleast all new dragons from this expansion to be dragonriding mounts for now (atleast). Can't wait to see what the seasonal M+ mount will be! (fingers crossed for an elemental armoured protodrake)

[Shadochi]

Really it's just a question of whether the devs will make Dragonriding the norm going forward. If they are then I would imagine they will start making other mounts viable for Dragonriding, starting with whatever dragon mounts we already have.

Honestly my guess on this is if it works out over the course of the expansion then it will be renamed to something else (more generic not just pertaining to dragons) and they will continue to release both new regular and new dragonriding mounts. Since there is no way they go through and update all the mount rig animations (even tho a lot of them share) for flying mounts so all support it, and it doesn't make sense either for it to be the only flight.

[Lady Atia]

Oh, and I just found this:



It seems like they added all the possible options to the drakes with this build, although you can't preview or use them even though they seem to be unlocked.

Update: or not, as the white colour is still missing from any of the customization options.

[Sondrelk]

Oh, and I just found this:



It seems like they added all the possible options to the drakes with this build, although you can't preview or use them even though they seem to be unlocked.

Update: or not, as the white colour is still missing from any of the customization options.

Guess the full transformation is how they will be dealing with the Razsageth mount from the raid.
Bit of a shame it isn't extra customization options on top but I guess you take what you can get.

[Lady Atia]

Guess the full transformation is how they will be dealing with the Razsageth mount from the raid.
Bit of a shame it isn't extra customization options on top but I guess you take what you can get.

Yeah, I would hate that. As a mount collector this was one of my fears going into the addon. There is nothing wrong with letting us have both the "fancy elite version" and the normal one to switch up riding without having to go to the transformation platform.

The full transformation bit may just something from early development though, as both the gladiator and razsageth mount currently have their own entry in the mount journal. And even if not, it's early enough for Blizzard to change it if we give enough feedback right now.

[ChronoSul]

Wait a second, why is Rexxar depicted on survival talents? He is THE beast master through and through.

He's been classified as a survival hunter since legion... which is why it really doesnt make sense that they made the spec not duel wield but o well.

[Lady Atia]

He's been classified as a survival hunter since legion... which is why it really doesnt make sense that they made the spec not duel wield but o well.

I really hope they either give us a DW option, or finally change transmog rules in order to allow the use of DW transmog even if you have a 2h weapon equipped (would also be great for fury warrior). We know they can easily do it thanks to artifact weapons, they just need to flip the switch.

[Lahis]

The Gladiator mount is now also flagged as "dragonriding" mount, just as I expected it to be.



I hope the few "Blizzard only previewed four mounts and we won't get the noodle-drake or any other dragonriding mount and the gladiator one will be a normal flying mount" deniers have a great day. <3

It is literally a skinswap for thw Dragonriding drake.

[Nymrohd]

I am pretty sure they said right from the first set of interviews that Gladiator and Mythic mounts will be available as both regular mounts and dragon riding skins.

[Dairylegend]

Anyone that can confirm if there was a wave after build came out?

I’ve not heard or seen anything on any forums to suggest there was.

[Khaza-R]

New world map is so hideous. I hope they redo the whole thing at some point.

[Sondrelk]

Tbf here...we kinda already knew it'd be the case. The mount even shares its same animations and whatnot.

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Also, was the Dragonriding flight speed always maxed out at 830%?

That would seem to be the case.
Wouldnt be the first time the mount speed modifier wasnt accurate to what was being actually stated on the tooltip.

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New world map is so hideous. I hope they redo the whole thing at some point.

Hopefully we get a world map that is properly accurate to lore accurate sizes, instead of being accurate to in-game sizes. Always just makes it seem so weird when supposedly small island nation Kul Tiras is half the size of actual continent Northrend.

[huth]

Hopefully we get a world map that is properly accurate to lore accurate sizes, instead of being accurate to in-game sizes. Always just makes it seem so weird when supposedly small island nation Kul Tiras is half the size of actual continent Northrend.

Go look at middle ages maps. That kind of thing is normal.

Also, it isn't to scale for anything, ingame or out. The map is designed for being easy to navigate, not being easy to use for navigation.

[Sondrelk]

Go look at middle ages maps. That kind of thing is normal.

Also, it isn't to scale for anything, ingame or out. The map is designed for being easy to navigate, not being easy to use for navigation.

We don't have stylized maps accurate to that time period though, we have extremely detailed maps that accurately trace the outlines of the islands and continents we see.
Just seems weird that the maps are this weird in-game accurate map instead of a more lore accurate, or even stylized lore accurate one.

[huth]

We don't have stylized maps accurate to that time period though, we have extremely detailed maps that accurately trace the outlines of the islands and continents we see.
Just seems weird that the maps are this weird in-game accurate map instead of a more lore accurate, or even stylized lore accurate one.

Given that a lore accurate one would be utterly useless ingame, i don't find that weird at all. The maps aren't really that detailed, though. And they don't accurately trace the outlines. They look similar, but you can find plenty of places where there's water or land when the map shows the opposite.

[Khaza-R]

Hopefully we get a world map that is properly accurate to lore accurate sizes, instead of being accurate to in-game sizes. Always just makes it seem so weird when supposedly small island nation Kul Tiras is half the size of actual continent Northrend.

I've always assumed they only do this so people in the general audience don't look at the map and complain that "XYZ new continent is so small compared to everything else" when in reality that's not the case.

Artistically at least, its a abomination compared to the chronicles maps. I also can't stand the westward drift of Northrend.