Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Hitei]

A model that just looks identical to Yseras model design, down to the tiniest detail?
Including details that shouldn't be there, like her dark blue eyes?

Imagine that, a daughter looking very similar to her mother.

It's also not identical. The crescent isn't the same crescent, it's a new smaller more elongated one. The hair isn't Ysera's typical high ponytail, it's a longer, thicker braided style. The eye marking aren't Yseras (merithra doesn't have consistent markings), the skin color isn't the same, and perhaps more improtantly, unlike the other four who all have outfits directly in line with/updated from their previous versions--the green dragon here is wearing an outfit that is absolutely nothing like Ysera's previous clothing in shape, style, or color.

Ysera was specifically soulbound to Ardenweald and can't leave without "a great sacrifice". She also phrases her potential return as a "one day" thing. They're not going to bring her back 1-2 patches later. Follow the simple story beats, guys. They've been building Merithra as someone struggling to step into her mother's role for a couple expansions now, and Ysera was firmly sidelined.

They lost their Aspect, Ysera being killed in Legion--and now she is in Ardenweald, in the Shadowlands, and she remains bound there. So her daughter, Merithra, has had to try to take up some of that mantle and lead, but she faces questions about herself and her role as well. So the green flight has a lot of things to answer and explore in their legacy.

is Danuser's exact description of the green flight's story in Dragonflight. The answer to who Merithra is and her difficulties living up to her Mother's role are not going to be "Ysera comes back and retakes her place, and Merithra goes back to not having to worry about anything and is just a dragon".

It is very likely just Merithra's new model, given actual similar horns to her mother rather than default demon hunter asset horns, given a proper dragon eye glow like Alex and Nozdormu instead of the generic night elf one, and given a crescent similar to her mother's.

[Ilir]

So we know that Tyrande is going to give Merythra the seed of Elune infused with SL power + dead night elves.

We know that Ysera told Tyrande to give it to her daughter because she will know where to bring the seed to secure it (aka the dragon islands, which makes me wonder how Ysera knew there were open again).

I guess we will get a questline (maybe prepatch ?) where Merithra meets with Ysera and she gains some of the power from her mother... explaining the same outfit and blue eyes.

Or we won't get any of it and it's just a complete redesign of Merithra and blizzard will tell us that "she decided to change her visage form to match her mother".

[Khaza-R]

I am trying to limit how much of DF I spoil for myself but the more and more I see from the zones, the more Shadowlands looks worse in retrospect. Dragonflight so far feels like the real successor to BfA and SLs was just some weird and mostly unnecessary side story we were forced to detour with for 2 years.

[infinitemeridian]

Man, I've watched a couple runs of the new dungeons and they just continue the trend of dungeons becoming more homogenized and soulless every expac. I really hate what m+ has done to dungeons, they're just so generic now. These don't even look at that cool visually (life pools is ok).

[Lahis]

Man, I've watched a couple runs of the new dungeons and they just continue the trend of dungeons becoming more homogenized and soulless every expac. I really hate what m+ has done to dungeons, they're just so generic now. These don't even look at that cool visually (life pools is ok).

Every dungeon just have to have 4 bosses and similar trash composition to fit MDI esports.

[Hitei]

Man, I've watched a couple runs of the new dungeons and they just continue the trend of dungeons becoming more homogenized and soulless every expac. I really hate what m+ has done to dungeons, they're just so generic now. These don't even look at that cool visually (life pools is ok).

Whole lotta buzzwords in there. What do you actually want? What are you considering a not generic homogenized dungeon?

[Nymrohd]

Blizz talks about Prot Palas:

Avenger's Shield not silencing is a bug.
Divine Steed has a bug that increases its cooldown by 15 sec.
Avenger's Shield is intentionally not granting Holy Power.
Shield of the Righteous uptime will be constrained, but some defensive power will be removed out of SoTR and into other forms of mitigation.
Divine Toll will likely be updated due to the removal of Holy Power from Avenger's Shield

As long as we are not squishier than a clothie the moment SoTR is not up, I'm ok with that.

[Raetary]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...OZkUT3abw&s=19

So, there is indeed a time skip between the end of SL and DF.

Thalyssra and Lor'themar also got married in that time.

[Lady Atia]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...OZkUT3abw&s=19

So, there is indeed a time skip between the end of SL and DF.

Thalyssra and Lor'themar also got married in that time.

Now that's something I would have loved to see ingame ....

[Nymrohd]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...OZkUT3abw&s=19

So, there is indeed a time skip between the end of SL and DF.

Thalyssra and Lor'themar also got married in that time.

I like how the usual suspects immediately tried to show Turalyon being crazy against the dragons and here we see a reasonable man tempering his opinion through facts and just being cautious.

[draugril]

I like how the usual suspects immediately tried to show Turalyon being crazy against the dragons and here we see a reasonable man tempering his opinion through facts and just being cautious.

Blizzard rarely writes like that, though. People equate a reasonable precaution with a narrative flag for all out war or whatever because that is precisely the kind of thing the WarCraft franchise does. And that's not a bad thing, either - it's always been over-the-top bombastic.

[Arai]

Man, I've watched a couple runs of the new dungeons and they just continue the trend of dungeons becoming more homogenized and soulless every expac. I really hate what m+ has done to dungeons, they're just so generic now. These don't even look at that cool visually (life pools is ok).

Completely agreed. It got significantly worse in SL and now they trend continues in DF? MDI and Esports is complete cancer to this game and has ruined Dungeons in many ways. While M+ itself is an excellent idea the focus on MDI, Esports is complete trash and make dungeon running dull and boring. Sick of it and its community as well. Toxic meta pusher, annoying and cringey streamers and just boring content.

[Lady Atia]

Completely agreed. It got significantly worse in SL and now they trend continues in DF? MDI and Esports is complete cancer to this game and has ruined Dungeons in many ways. While M+ itself is an excellent idea the focus on MDI, Esports is complete trash and make dungeon running dull and boring. Sick of it and its community as well. Toxic meta pusher, annoying and cringey streamers and just boring content.

Maybe it's time to move on if you hate the game that much?

[Xilurm]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...OZkUT3abw&s=19

So, there is indeed a time skip between the end of SL and DF.

Thalyssra and Lor'themar also got married in that time.

Am I blind? I don't see that being mentioned in the screenshots...

[Plehnard]

Am I blind? I don't see that being mentioned in the screenshots...

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...368448/photo/2

should be the correct one

[Xilurm]

https://twitter.com/Portergauge/stat...368448/photo/2

should be the correct one

Thanks!

And, that's quite fitting. Considering where both their races come from and what they do. Stuff like this makes sense.

[Nymrohd]

I do wonder why they abandoned the Liadrin ship for Theron. Probably cause Thalyssra is just far more charismatic.

[Lady Atia]

I do wonder why they abandoned the Liadrin ship for Theron. Probably cause Thalyssra is just far more charismatic.

It's also much more refreshing to see a cross-race relationship (even though both are still elves).

[Xilurm]

Well, looks like the Dragonflight novel seems more likely to be taking place during said time skip.

[Nymrohd]

Well, looks like the Dragonflight novel seems more likely to be taking place during said time skip.

You know what I'd like. Instead of a novel, give us an anthology of short stories. Their short stories are such higher quality than their novels and far more effective for world building. Plus they can sow many more hooks and plot points with short stories all over the planet.