Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Dracullus]

The first short happens next week!

Sooner than i expected.

Make sense to fill first 3 weeks with shorts. I think SL were same way, of course whole plan went to shit when they had to delay whole thing.

[Krewshi]

I'm so glad they changed his voice actor. He sounded like a 90 year old grandma in cata

[Dracullus]

They didn't clarified if XP boost last until 25th October or 15th November, right? Because - if 18th WoW anniversary will be moved as well, which is very likely - we could have few days 50% + 18% + 10% (darkmoon) stacked on top of already announced nerf to 50-60 levels.

[Hyrja]

They didn't clarified if XP boost last until 25th October or 15th November, right? Because - if 18th WoW anniversary will be moved as well, which is very likely - we could have few days 50% + 18% + 10% (darkmoon) stacked on top of already announced nerf to 50-60 levels.

They said till 15th in their bluepost few days ago.

[Nymrohd]

They were pretty clear that the xp buff would stay until Dracthyr become available (at which point they want people to stop leveling alts and level WoW-Argonians).

[Dracullus]

If they kept Shadowlands threads of fate without nerfing it like WoD bonus objectives in 9.0 then wow, it will be fast.

[Paula Deen]

I just watched Bellular's new video about QoL features in this expansion. What a list. The raid loot design and the return of Need/Greed but actually properly restricting things (like hunters taking resto shaman items) is huge. The World Quest Changes are huge. So much effort seems to be going into making DF something that isn't a pain in the ass to play. I really hope that energy carries forward.

[Dracullus]

I just watched Bellular's new video about QoL features in this expansion. What a list. The raid loot design and the return of Need/Greed but actually properly restricting things (like hunters taking resto shaman items) is huge. The World Quest Changes are huge. So much effort seems to be going into making DF something that isn't a pain in the ass to play. I really hope that energy carries forward.

..and watch same Bellurar switching to doomsaying again in 6 months after people who resub next month will leave again. Shadowlands had list like that as well, hell QoL changes from 8.3 to 9.0 could be even bigger, for me DF sounds more like finishing job from 9.0.

[Darkarath]

..and watch same Bellurar switching to doomsaying again in 6 months after people who resub next month will leave again. Shadowlands had list like that as well, hell QoL changes from 8.3 to 9.0 could be even bigger, for me DF sounds more like finishing job from 9.0.

I actually think that Bellular has always been pretty positive regarding the game, even when the game was a mess, he did criticize it but not in Doomsaying mode. At the end of the day, I guess that an important part of his income comes from his YouTube channels, so WoW doing well is good for him.

[loras]

Except the new information we got from Tyr's correspondence says the Titan's bodies are made at Zereth Ordos. Just like the Eternal's bodies were made at Zereth Mortis. There is a world soul inside them. So contrary to what it seemed, Azeroth one day turning into a titan isn't something that just happens. This makes the war over Azeroth's soul seem drastically more self-interested.

Honestly I hope they go with:

The First Ones are the Pantheon of Life; they build the Zareths to make just the Titans & Eternals, so that life & death would have order. Naaru & Void Lords are naturally occurring creatures. The Seventh Force is "the Dark One" an anti-life entity that travels the multiverse.

It's much more nuanced than:

There's Giant Robots that come in 6 different flavors & they're all playing an intergalactic game of Risk.

Grand, except for us seeing a literal nascent titan taking form just before fighting us.
Tyr is either outright wrong or the bit about Zereth Ordus is misinterpreted.

Of course everything can be retconned, but let's wait until content goes live before we assume random correspondence of Tyr's to accurately contradict what we were shown, not told, in the game.

To add on the latter bit of the first: I did read something about titans being blessed in Zereth Ordus, which may apply to pretty much every properly born titan. But that's quite different from the pantheon of death.

[Luck4]

“Legacies” already looks much cooler than the last 3 expansion’s animated shorts.

Indeed!

I'm hyped for this one. Dragon lore is scattered all over the place, it'll be good to watch an animated recap of the most important stuff.

Well from the ''Legacies'' trailer I get some Nozdormu / Murozond final boss vibes.

It's kinda funny that following the announcement all the talk was about Alexstraza and Wrathion, but now after Beta/ads, all the lights are on Nozdormu.

With that said, I'm not sure if he'll end up dead/mad, or if we're going to face an alternative version of him again, but I'm sure he's going to be the major guy in this expansion, the other Dragons are here just for context.

[Bsirk]

I really hope Blizzard remembers that we are supposed to kill Murozond in the End Time dungeon.
I don't care that it's several years old, from a patch that players generally disliked. It's too perfect a storytelling beat to have us send Murozond almost literally into our own past to be killed.

Remember when we had ourselves from the future come and help? It'll be cool to go back and be the guy from the future. lol

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Grand, except for us seeing a literal nascent titan taking form just before fighting us.
Tyr is either outright wrong or the bit about Zereth Ordus is misinterpreted.

Of course everything can be retconned, but let's wait until content goes live before we assume random correspondence of Tyr's to accurately contradict what we were shown, not told, in the game.

To add on the latter bit of the first: I did read something about titans being blessed in Zereth Ordus, which may apply to pretty much every properly born titan. But that's quite different from the pantheon of death.

That and its possible Odyn may not necessarily tell the truth either.

[loras]

That and its possible Odyn may not necessarily tell the truth either.

Yep, Odyn's not the least likely liar.

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

I suppose we could fight Chromatus as one of the fights but not the main boss, if only because there's still, as far as I'm aware anyway, zero mention of them in game.

Galakrond or Nozdormu/Murozond are the best bets for last boss, and I'm leaning toward the latter particularly.

it's going to be turalyon

[Xilurm]

it's going to be turalyon

Imagine if the last boss for Cataclysm was Velen.

Yeah... that's how random that sounds.

[Eeram]

Imagine if the last boss for Cataclysm was Velen.

Yeah... that's how random that sounds.

i comment once every 3 years. you should feel special im about to comment this.
You are a idiot.

[Musta]

Siege of Stormwind Incoming!

[huth]

Yep, Odyn's not the least likely liar.

He's certainly not shy to bend the truth to make himself look better. Or conveniently "forget" how many of his problems where his own fault.

[Ersula]

He's certainly not shy to bend the truth to make himself look better. Or conveniently "forget" how many of his problems where his own fault.

We're in stage 3 of Odyn's villain arc.
1.) WoW bringing in a 1:1 Norse mythology story that involves Odin, Hel & rape.
2.) The realization in Shadowlands that Helya has so many Valkyr because Odin has just been pointlessly sending waves & waves of them to attack her & none survived.
3.) His Beard is on fire from all the books he's been burning.

That's more than some WoW villains get.