Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Civciv]

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/bliz...erything-we-do

"I'll be sharing more next week" -> in regards to more frequent content. 10.0 announcement next week prolly.

Like a particular Dwarf would probably say, the rumblings are here.

It is time.

Not before 9.2 goes live. Too early to reveal new expansion.

[Shadochi]

what possible cool new could it be?

We have exciting new we lowered all the prices of our microtransactions to match more to our microsoft standards.

how exciting if it ends up being something stupid like this.

Hardly since the deal doesn't complete/finalize until like next year I think

[SunspotAnims]

It think it's more likely next week will be an announcement for an announcement; maybe a roadmap for when each game will get their announcements meant for Blizzconline.

[Shadochi]

I am still going to say that Blizzard will only reveal 10.0 properly once Zovaal is available to be defeated, or better yet once the world first race has ended.
This is Blizzards only real chance to really tie the end of an expansion directly to the announcement of a new one, and I think it would be really neat if we actually got something cool from it.

Ummm... Legion did that already...

There isnt really a good reason that I can think of why Blizzard should reveal 10.0 before 9.2 is "done" other than the general sense that we need more info. If Blizzard made an announcement that the world first race will mark the beginning of the 10.0 reveals then I think they could really bring some hype into the game overall.

Sounds good, doesn't work. People would just be toxic to guilds that stream the race "finish it already we don't care about this shit we want 10.0 announcement" and imagine if the very top guilds in the race with the most chance just started to protest and take a break from the race...

[Alanar]

Hardly since the deal doesn't complete/finalize until like next year I think

Okey, so what could it be then.. any guesses?

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They should reveal the next expansion already, it's not the Second Coming of Christ or anything like that. Reveal the name and the theme and show a trailer already so that we can move on.

If that is the only thing then waiting a bit longer doesn't hurt any one. For people to come back.. it needs a lot more then just what you said.

I am in no rush.. I stopped playing Shadowlands and moved on to other games in the meantime. Wow is really boring at this point and a new theme, but same shit isn't gonna bring anyone back.

[Shadochi]

Okey, so what could it be then.. any guesses?

Probably stuff across the different franchise. For WoW it being the 9.2 release date (seeing how M+ testing started, which was the final thing). And maybe some statement about more consistent future content. Don't expect it to have anything for next expac except maybe "More info about the future of WoW soon"

[Polybius]

It think it's more likely next week will be an announcement for an announcement; maybe a roadmap for when each game will get their announcements meant for Blizzconline.

Definitely this. They were set to make announcements around late-Jan, and February. They didn't say how but they confirmed the cancellation of Blizzcon and a 'reimagining' of their presentations.

[Alanar]

Probably stuff across the different franchise. For WoW it being the 9.2 release date (seeing how M+ testing started, which was the final thing). And maybe some statement about more consistent future content. Don't expect it to have anything for next expac except maybe "More info about the future of WoW soon"

Yea seems realistic, I don't expect any 10.0 either, but I couldn't come up with anything that would excite me. New merchandise, mythic + challenge or a new type of championship are all really lame and not exciting. Hopefully they surprise us with something interesting.

[Revamp Man]

Omg Ybarra is totally gonna change things
That announcement is 100% unique and not word for word what we hear
Every
Single
Time

[Sondrelk]

Ummm... Legion did that already...



Sounds good, doesn't work. People would just be toxic to guilds that stream the race "finish it already we don't care about this shit we want 10.0 announcement" and imagine if the very top guilds in the race with the most chance just started to protest and take a break from the race...

WoW players are toxic for sure, but I doubt they are that toxic.

That being said it would probably be problematic if some of the bosses are overtuned for the world first race.
I could definitely see how that would become an issue.

[Varodoc]

Omg Ybarra is totally gonna change things
That announcement is 100% unique and not word for word what we hear
Every
Single
Time

Change what? Announcing the next expansion after the current one has been out for 1 year and 2 months and the final patch is about to release is par for the course. If anything it's about time they announced 10.0, what are we waiting for exactly lol?

[Sondrelk]

Omg Ybarra is totally gonna change things
That announcement is 100% unique and not word for word what we hear
Every
Single
Time

A broken clock is right twice a day.
If he keeps saying it then chances are that it will eventually be correct, if only because of random chance and the fluctuations of the universe.

[Shadochi]

WoW players are toxic for sure, but I doubt they are that toxic.

That being said it would probably be problematic if some of the bosses are overtuned for the world first race.
I could definitely see how that would become an issue.

I jump to the worst case scenario. But could go close to there seeing the reception of 9.2 before it released and how much people care about the self contained lore in SL

[Sondrelk]

Yea seems realistic, I don't expect any 10.0 either, but I couldn't come up with anything that would excite me. New merchandise, mythic + challenge or a new type of championship are all really lame and not exciting. Hopefully they surprise us with something interesting.

More focus on certain neglected aspects of WoW would be nice. Like more and more varied world events, or a dedicated Timewalking team.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

A broken clock is right twice a day.
If he keeps saying it then chances are that it will eventually be correct, if only because of random chance and the fluctuations of the universe.

I have no reason to disbelieve him right now, more so if Kotick ends up gone which is a bigger buff that and generally Xbox(Err microsoft is hands off to its gam dev companies...).


Minus Lion studios but that was early 2000's

[Sondrelk]

I jump to the worst case scenario. But could go close to there seeing the reception of 9.2 before it released and how much people care about the self contained lore in SL

I mean, I would argue that the hatred, or at least apathy towards SL and 9.2 is why such an event would work. Literally tie the final boss to the promise of a better future.

Players are unlikely to really care about seeing Zovaal defeated, but if defeating him gives us the 10.0 reveal then at least we would have more players rooting for his defeat.

The only thing that really puts a stop to those plans is that the world first race isnt really a Blizzard event, so there isn't exactly much incentive direct incentive for Blizzard to make it more exciting.

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I have no reason to disbelieve him right now, more so if Kotick ends up gone which is a bigger buff that and generally Xbox(Err microsoft is hands off to its gam dev companies...).


Minus Lion studios but that was early 2000's

Minecraft just released one of its more ambitious and well received updates, and while the two studios are not exactly analogous at all i still think it's worth thinking about as Blizzard is heading for a definitive new direction.

[Varx]

Mop was announced while dragon soul was in ptr so I can definitely see a 10.0 announcement before 9.2 goes live.

[Shadochi]

Mop was announced while dragon soul was in ptr so I can definitely see a 10.0 announcement before 9.2 goes live.

Most expansion were announced before the previous one concluded. But with it being so close I don't see why they shouldn't just wait. That way they basically first get a wave of subs back for 9.2, and another wave for the 10.0 hype.

[Sondrelk]

Mop was announced while dragon soul was in ptr so I can definitely see a 10.0 announcement before 9.2 goes live.

Previous expansion announcements have also had a strict deadline in the form of Blizzcon. 10.0 is in a unique situation where it could be announcement at any time.
It could be announced right now with the trailer dropping on YouTube, or it could be announced at a big livestream in 2 months. At this points it's impossible to say.

[Vasoka]

Hype for next week. I sense something big coming.