Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Kiivar86]

Nothing public. Maybe next year they will add something related to Wrath since a couple years ago they had the Doomwalker boss with the dragonhawk mount.

I'll hold out hope, always enjoy free mounts but given the free ones recently (and the pass ones) maybe not the time. Ah well.

[Raetary]

The new inn music is great.

[Valysar]

Well, it seems there is absolutely nothing new this year for the anniversary.

[Sondrelk]

Well, it seems there is absolutely nothing new this year for the anniversary.

Not a big surprise honestly. There wasnt anything new last year either. We only seem to get new stuff every 5 year anniversaries. I am honsetly more disappointed we rarely get new stuff for the holiday events.

I imagine that whatever new stuff is being considered for the Anniversary event will wait until the 20th in two years when they can really celebrate another big anniversary. Possibly even tie something into whatever new expansion will be released then.

[Nymrohd]

I imagine that whatever new stuff is being considered for the Anniversary event will wait until the 20th in two years when they can really celebrate another big anniversary. Possibly even tie something into whatever new expansion will be released then.

Double anniversary since it's 20 years of WoW and 30 years of Warcraft. Likely timed with Blizzcon. If they don't announce a revamp then, it never happens imo

[Sondrelk]

Double anniversary since it's 20 years of WoW and 30 years of Warcraft. Likely timed with Blizzcon. If they don't announce a revamp then, it never happens imo

Yeah, have to agree. I doubt Blizzard is banking on reaching 30 years of WoW, so I imagine 20 years is when they will have their big blowout extravaganza. A world revamp and possible some sort of housing seems like the likely contenders for me. Nothing else really has that extra little something to warrant being that excited about, and Shadowlands took the last remaining easy nostalgia bait with Arthas.

[Fahrad Wagner]

I must say, listening to the new soundtrack... I'm astonished. It's the most beautiful balance between fresh, epic but also familiar and traditional. It's absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to listen to it while playing!

[Sondrelk]

I must say, listening to the new soundtrack... I'm astonished. It's the most beautiful balance between fresh, epic but also familiar and traditional. It's absolutely fantastic and I can't wait to listen to it while playing!

Can't wait. Really doing my best here to not spoil myself on the great tunes until I actually get into the Dragon Isles proper.

[Dracullus]

Not a big surprise honestly. There wasnt anything new last year either. We only seem to get new stuff every 5 year anniversaries. I am honsetly more disappointed we rarely get new stuff for the holiday events.

I imagine that whatever new stuff is being considered for the Anniversary event will wait until the 20th in two years when they can really celebrate another big anniversary. Possibly even tie something into whatever new expansion will be released then.

That is not true, last year we got world boss with mount and some transmogs. Of course next year is too close to 20th, so anything new will be very minor.

And there is also hope in some patch they will focus on revamping all major holidays in general.

[huth]

I’ll just “wait and see” when it goes LIVE. In its current state (again, I don’t follow the new lore to avoid spoilers), getting a random quest saying that the “Dragon Isles have awakened” makes zero sense. However, perhaps doing the Dracthyr starting zone fills in this gap in time (story wise). All I was saying is, as someone who doesn’t follow spoilers, logging into 10.0.2 for the first time and receiving a quest fresh from rando Wrathion or Ebyssian makes no sense at all.

You're making zero sense. What exactly are you expecting? And what is random about Wrathion? He knows you. He knows you're important and capable. Of course he would call you up for something like this. And the quest is literally telling you about the Dragon Isles and why you are going there. Maybe actually read it?

[MadamSerenity]

I’ll just “wait and see” when it goes LIVE. In its current state (again, I don’t follow the new lore to avoid spoilers), getting a random quest saying that the “Dragon Isles have awakened” makes zero sense. However, perhaps doing the Dracthyr starting zone fills in this gap in time (story wise). All I was saying is, as someone who doesn’t follow spoilers, logging into 10.0.2 for the first time and receiving a quest fresh from rando Wrathion or Ebyssian makes no sense at all.

All I will tell you is that the answers you are looking for are in the Dracthyr starting area.

[Sondrelk]

That is not true, last year we got world boss with mount and some transmogs. Of course next year is too close to 20th, so anything new will be very minor.

And there is also hope in some patch they will focus on revamping all major holidays in general.

Did we? I thought the Doomwalker came much earlier than that?
Suppose you might be right, and I do agree in that case that we should have gotten something tied to the WotLK classic event, but I wouldnt be shocked if the frostwyrm protodrake took that spot as the WotLK Classic tie-in event.

[Raetary]

Quite impressed by the music this expansion.
There are quite a few themes i see myself frequently listening to.

My faves are Brackenhide, Nokhud offensive, the forest theme in Azure Span and the damn good new Inn music.
The Primalist music is also really good.

[Lady Atia]

That is not true, last year we got world boss with mount and some transmogs. Of course next year is too close to 20th, so anything new will be very minor.

And there is also hope in some patch they will focus on revamping all major holidays in general.

Honestly, logging into both Hearthstone and Overwatch it's kinda sad that they stopped spending ressources on adding new stuff for the WoW holidays. Imagine if we would get a new transmog set with current standards for each new event, or new mounts, or pets etc.

[Sondrelk]

Honestly, logging into both Hearthstone and Overwatch it's kinda sad that they stopped spending ressources on adding new stuff for the WoW holidays. Imagine if we would get a new transmog set with current standards for each new event, or new mounts, or pets etc.

Feel like it shouldnt bee too difficutl to add one small thing for each of the major WoW holidays. The Winter Veil one obviously gives a new toy each year, but something small like a cosmetic brewfest hat or mug each year would be nice, or a new flower crown for each easter.

[Lady Atia]

Feel like it shouldnt bee too difficutl to add one small thing for each of the major WoW holidays. The Winter Veil one obviously gives a new toy each year, but something small like a cosmetic brewfest hat or mug each year would be nice, or a new flower crown for each easter.

Tbf, I don't just want small things, I want awesome things! HD Transmogs based on the Hearthstone holiday hero portaits, awesome new mounts that can be counted among the best looking ones in the game (just as it was back when they first released the holidays) and cute pets that should be on the store but no, we just get them for some fun holiday quests. Evergreen content that will make people want to log in and actually play the holidays again, just like we do in Overwatch 2 right now or over on Hearthstone.

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Yeah, have to agree. I doubt Blizzard is banking on reaching 30 years of WoW, so I imagine 20 years is when they will have their big blowout extravaganza. A world revamp and possible some sort of housing seems like the likely contenders for me. Nothing else really has that extra little something to warrant being that excited about, and Shadowlands took the last remaining easy nostalgia bait with Arthas.

Why shouldn't they bank on another 10 years lol?

[Sondrelk]

Tbf, I don't just want small things, I want awesome things! HD Transmogs based on the Hearthstone holiday hero portaits, awesome new mounts that can be counted among the best looking ones in the game (just as it was back when they first released the holidays) and cute pets that should be on the store but no, we just get them for some fun holiday quests. Evergreen content that will make people want to log in and actually play the holidays again, just like we do in Overwatch 2 right now or over on Hearthstone.

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Why shouldn't they bank on another 10 years lol?

Full HD transmogs every single holiday every single year might be a bit too ambitious, but it sure would be cool.

And I guess Blizzard might be banking on another ten years, WoW has survived this long, so I don't see why it can't last another decade. That being said I figure that Blizzard would rather cash in on nostalgia now than wait another ten years. Five at the most given 25 years and a quarter century sounds more impressive than "just" 20.

[Cheezits]

Anyone else surprised they didn't change the KSM mount? It's really not a great model and it's not a flying mount, like they usually are. They should've made it a drake reskin like the Razsageth drop.

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Also I'm really late to realizing this, but if Cata was the start of the second age it makes sense the third age will also have an updated overworld to match it. Why they didn't do it now.... probably budget/OW2/D4 related.

[Sondrelk]

Anyone else surprised they didn't change the KSM mount? It's really not a great model and it's not a flying mount, like they usually are. They should've made it a drake reskin like the Razsageth drop.

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Also I'm really late to realizing this, but if Cata was the start of the second age it makes sense the third age will also have an updated overworld to match it. Why they didn't do it now.... probably budget/OW2/D4 related.

Whether it's flying or not doesnt really mean anything considering you would want to use Dragonriding mounts for outdoors exploration anyways. For dungeon exploration I imagine the mount we get is better anyways, since you tend to want a smaller ground based mount to not obscure the screen the much, and to ensure you can get anywhere without having to dismount.

Dragonriding customization might have been nice, but I guess Blizzard needed more unique mount drops since they lost the avalanche of required mounts the game needed in Shadowlands for the covenants.

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I feel like MoP was the beginning of the second age of WoW, or whatever you want to call it. It was when we got the new talent system, and we officially went into new territory for storylines. Cata might not have been as heavily tied into WC3 like the previous expansions, but it did heavily feature storylines at least from Classic.

Just feels weird to lump Cata together with MoP when they have barely anything in common outside the usual stuff. Especially when WotLK and Cata are basically the same game, in the same vein Legion and BfA were the same game.

[huth]

I feel like MoP was the beginning of the second age of WoW, or whatever you want to call it. It was when we got the new talent system, and we officially went into new territory for storylines. Cata might not have been as heavily tied into WC3 like the previous expansions, but it did heavily feature storylines at least from Classic.

Let's not forget that Deathwing originated in WC2. So it kinda dealt with storylines even older than WotLK.