Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[micwini]

Hiding your failures behind false claims of racism is exactly what enables real racism.

Exactly, thank you for pointing it out.

[Makabreska]

Exactly, thank you for pointing it out.

Your comment on how you are so sure that 80% of new NPCs will be black was so sudden and dumb, it makes me feel you spent way too much time in LotR thread.

[Aucald]

Real-world race/identity politics aren't relevant to this thread and are not a permitted topic. Let's return the discussion back to discussing the Alpha/Beta.

[micwini]

Real-world race/identity politics aren't relevant to this thread and are not a permitted topic. Let's return the discussion back to discussing the Alpha/Beta.

Thank you.

[CalamityHeart]

As far as the supposed spirit healer change goes, I probably wouldn't mind if they ended up changing their models, though I don't think it's necessary. The spirit healers can still be acknowledged as Kyrians without changing them to look like literally every single other armored Kyrian in Bastion. In fact, I'd probably rather that; it's probably more refreshing to the Kyrian lore that the Watchers in particular have different uniforms.

[Super Dickmann]

As a lore change it makes no difference, post-SL the Spirit Healers are Kyrian watchers anyway. As an aesthetic choice, using the high definition model made and never used for SL is better than using the more boring model reuse version of the standard armored Kyrian.

[Sondrelk]

As a lore change it makes no difference, post-SL the Spirit Healers are Kyrian watchers anyway. As an aesthetic choice, using the high definition model made and never used for SL is better than using the more boring model reuse version of the standard armored Kyrian.

Speaking of armored Kyrians. I wonder whether it would have been interesting to get a version of Kyrian armor that looks more like a Toga, or at least the flowing robes that the Spirit Healers have.

It's a bit weird looking back that despite Kyrians literally being Spirit Healers you never actually got to really look like them.

[Lady Atia]

Speaking of armored Kyrians. I wonder whether it would have been interesting to get a version of Kyrian armor that looks more like a Toga, or at least the flowing robes that the Spirit Healers have.

It's a bit weird looking back that despite Kyrians literally being Spirit Healers you never actually got to really look like them.

The aspirants have togas ^.^

[Celement]

Speaking of armored Kyrians. I wonder whether it would have been interesting to get a version of Kyrian armor that looks more like a Toga, or at least the flowing robes that the Spirit Healers have.

It's a bit weird looking back that despite Kyrians literally being Spirit Healers you never actually got to really look like them.

They have a toga transmog though it's not as revealing as a spirit healers since blizz got more prudish but it certainly exists.

[Super Dickmann]

Speaking of armored Kyrians. I wonder whether it would have been interesting to get a version of Kyrian armor that looks more like a Toga, or at least the flowing robes that the Spirit Healers have.

It's a bit weird looking back that despite Kyrians literally being Spirit Healers you never actually got to really look like them.

For all that the Kyrians being hte inspiration for the Val'kyr/being Spirit Healers is among the parts that make the most sense out of any SL change and fits completely with the foreshadowing done with Odyn trading his eye to peer into the Shadowlands, the expansion does fuck all with it. The most focus we get is that first Kyrian campaign chapter and then world quests. But then SL is the king of relegating essential worldbuilding into the most cancerous and hard to consistently access forms of content.

As to the aesthetics, in general only parts of Maldraxxus and Revendreth went full out with the concept they were going with. Too many 'safe' choices graphically, and it extends to the sets. The Kyrian cosmetic set comes the closest but even it's kind of naff and doesn't capture the Spirit Healer look.

[SoundOfGuns]

That isn't remotely true. Ive seen dozens, maybe even a hundred Draythry people have made on reddit, and they all look fairly different. More different than a human or orc would. Dracthyr 100% are more distinguishable than humans.

The main reason you think this, is the coloring scheme. There is more difference between the different facemorph and their respective textures you will be able to tell ten human players apart by, than between the dragons and their muzzles, because the basic head and eyeshape is always identical. I believe you will notice that yourself once the new-car-smell wore off...

[Cosmicpreds]

So, atleast Stormwind still has the classic Spirit Healer.



Nothing wrong if they really would have replaced a few of them with Kyrians though, but so far I couldn't find one by dying randomly in the old world.

I'm kinda confused as to why it got replaced...

Especially considering SW has the HD Spirit Healer model...which was a SHADOWLANDS addition. And her model looks Kyrian regardless...

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I checked like 6 different spirit healers now and they all have the old model. Would really like to know where exactly the supposed Kyrian Spirit Healers should be lol.

Uhm, you're looking at them. I always took the Valkyr argument with a grain of salt anyway, as the Kyrian imo look more like the Spirit Healers than the Val'kyr, SL even updated the Classic Spirit Healer to give them a more HD clean while also making them look more Kyrian than anything really.

So the change in the Beta REALLY confuses tf outta me, especially considering the HD classic Spirit Healer update looked very much Kyrian.

[Lady Atia]

I'm kinda confused as to why it got replaced...

Especially considering SW has the HD Spirit Healer model...which was a SHADOWLANDS addition. And her model looks Kyrian regardless...

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Uhm, you're looking at them. I always took the Valkyr argument with a grain of salt anyway, as the Kyrian imo look more like the Spirit Healers than the Val'kyr, SL even updated the Classic Spirit Healer to give them a more HD clean while also making them look more Kyrian than anything really.

So the change in the Beta REALLY confuses tf outta me, especially considering the HD classic Spirit Healer update looked very much Kyrian.

Again, there is no change in the Beta for me. So I assume it's a bug if someone sees Kyrians there lol. They already replaced the classic Spirit Healer with the HD version with Shadowlands.

[Nymrohd]

Speaking of armored Kyrians. I wonder whether it would have been interesting to get a version of Kyrian armor that looks more like a Toga, or at least the flowing robes that the Spirit Healers have.

It's a bit weird looking back that despite Kyrians literally being Spirit Healers you never actually got to really look like them.

The cosmetic set added in 9.1 did look like a toga. Or really, looked a bit like what Hermes wears in ancient greek statues. I think it would have made sense to make the different Kyrian orders more visually distinct. Plate for the psychopomp Bearers since they seem to be the fighters, cloth for the Watchers, leather/mail for the Collectors. I mean the sets exist already.

[Sondrelk]

The cosmetic set added in 9.1 did look like a toga. Or really, looked a bit like what Hermes wears in ancient greek statues. I think it would have made sense to make the different Kyrian orders more visually distinct. Plate for the psychopomp Bearers since they seem to be the fighters, cloth for the Watchers, leather/mail for the Collectors. I mean the sets exist already.

I guess the 9.1 set might be as close to a proper toga as WoW realistically allows, but it would be nice to have proper flowing clothing instead of skintight tunics and the same robe model.

[Jastall]

Speaking of armored Kyrians. I wonder whether it would have been interesting to get a version of Kyrian armor that looks more like a Toga, or at least the flowing robes that the Spirit Healers have.

It's a bit weird looking back that despite Kyrians literally being Spirit Healers you never actually got to really look like them.

One of the Kyrian sets is basically a toga with laurels.

As for why it isn't flowing, that's mostly engine limitations. Making flowing cloth in WoW's engine is hard, and night-impossible to implement on so many racial models without outrageous amounts of clipping. Thus it's almost always relegated to NPC models.

[Sondrelk]

So a question for those who have either tried it on Beta, or generally just fiddled with the talent calculator.
Has anyone else found any interesting talent combinations that you hope will be viable?
Personally tried out a variant of MM that just flat out didn't take any Arcane Shot buffs, and consequently meant more points towards the end, with a much more straightforward Trueshot rotation. Probably not ideal in terms of DPS, but it looks to me like a decent route for MM to go, especially with all the Wind Arrow synergy at the bottom.

[Lady Atia]

So a question for those who have either tried it on Beta, or generally just fiddled with the talent calculator.
Has anyone else found any interesting talent combinations that you hope will be viable?
Personally tried out a variant of MM that just flat out didn't take any Arcane Shot buffs, and consequently meant more points towards the end, with a much more straightforward Trueshot rotation. Probably not ideal in terms of DPS, but it looks to me like a decent route for MM to go, especially with all the Wind Arrow synergy at the bottom.

Honestly without details it's hard to tell right now on Beta. :/

[Nymrohd]

Well I am pretty sure I can do a prot paladin that will do very high single target damage by focusing on AS talents + Focused Enmity. Which should make the class even more effective at soloing old raid bosses/outdoor rares. Right now may tankadin is a beast during cooldowns and completely useless outside.

[Sondrelk]

Honestly without details it's hard to tell right now on Beta. :/

That's true. Still though, any builds you hope will be decent?