Dragonflight Alpha/Beta General Discussion

[Makorus]

nope.. has to happen about 2 weeks before launch which would be the 15th

Based on what? The Legion prepatch that was 6 (7?) weeks long?

In other news:

I wonder if Grant Kirkhope is still involved in Dragonflight. His pieces in Shadowlands were some of the best in the expansions (Torghast, Maw Track, Revendreth Track, helped with Nathria) and while I initially expected them to suffer from the One-Trick Pony syndrome that all his other tracks suffer from, they are actually quite diverse and distinctive (even though the Torghast songs are dreading dangerously close to Gruntildas Lair).

He might've been busy with Mario + Rabbids, but it would be a shame.

[Nymrohd]

I get why it feels short though. Usually we would have gotten some snippets of other themes used in the expansion. BfA having the themes of Zuldazar for instance. I didnt really get the impression that this one did the same, unless we can expect to hear it in Valdrakken or something.

I think they usually sample most if not all of the expansion zones during the intro.

[Sondrelk]

I think they usually sample most if not all of the expansion zones during the intro.

Maybe it's more apparent once we actually have the other themes to compare it to. Should probably not be hasty on declaring it boring in that aspect.

[Xilurm]

I would say the first 10 seconds are important to give a good feel for the expansion. SL starting with the same theme for when you are dead was a brilliant touch for instance.
Maybe I'm just not into this particular brand of intro. I prefer a more bombastic one like The Shattering, or Before the Storm.

The Shattering one is amazing. It's my favourite one along with the Wrath one.

Plus they are the main promotional audio of the expansion.
People who enjoy the art of the game, especially the music, often enjoyed it outside the game. I often listen to gaming music to relax because there is so much amazing music written for games. Plus it's great for my D&D sessions.

I agree, I rarely ever sat down to listen to the music at the login screen, I always do it outside of the game.

[Rageonit]

Plus they are the main promotional audio of the expansion.
People who enjoy the art of the game, especially the music, often enjoyed it outside the game. I often listen to gaming music to relax because there is so much amazing music written for games. Plus it's great for my D&D sessions.

I often listen to WoW soundtracks during work, and to be honest, the long intro tunes with zone music baked in are my least favourite ones - simply because you get to listen to full zone music on those soundtracks anyway. Not sure if it will stay like this (may still be a placeholder until they have all the music to do a proper one), but if it does, I won't shed a tear. A short, 3 minutes intro is enough for me, the zone snippets feel redundant when you listen to the full soundtrack.

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I wonder if Grant Kirkhope is still involved in Dragonflight.

Nowhere to be seen on the credits list.

Music Director
Derek Duke

Audio, Music
Adam Burgess
Jon Everist
Leo Kaliski
Jake Lefkowitz
Catherine Nguyen
Ted Reedy
Glenn Stafford

Additional Composers
Neal Acree David Arkenstone

Orchestration
M.W. Alexander, Penka Kouneva, and the Composers

[Avikur]

Bit of a random question but I assume the gold missions from the mission table stop with the pre patch?

[THEORACLE64]

nope.. has to happen about 2 weeks before launch which would be the 15th

It doesn’t “has to happen about 2 weeks before launch” at all. All that’s been said is that they’ll be available during the pre-patch, and seeing as that’s a month before the launch, it really wouldn’t make a difference if they were available straight away. Nothing “has to happen” at all.

[Sondrelk]

Bit of a random question but I assume the gold missions from the mission table stop with the pre patch?

Always done so before, so I don't see why this one would be any different.
Though then again, we don't get a new variant of the mission table, so maybe they won't bother.

I would assume they will be removed though, so get your easy gold now.

[Revamp Man]

Bit of a random question but I assume the gold missions from the mission table stop with the pre patch?

Heavy nerf yes

[Avikur]

I thought so, same with patterns for patterns and replenishing the reservoir? They both have large gold rewards and it’s be a pain if it felt like it was worth going back and still doing them

[Nymrohd]

Heavy nerf yes

Not just nerf, usually they are transformed into a different resource entirely. We don't have a generic Resource like in WoD-BfA so maybe they'll be changed to equivalent Anima missions?

[Dracullus]

They didn't nerf 2k gold from 8.3 invasions, although it's not 100% like SL ones.

[Revamp Man]

So my main is definitely going to be herb mining with how much we get and once I hit cap go enchanting to get rid of gear
Alt will be a tailor enchanter because of the same reason.

Neither will turn in dungeon quests or do the bronze dragon area until cap So I can get a higher level heart or mrrgglzoth

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They didn't nerf 2k gold from 8.3 invasions, although it's not 100% like SL ones.

I'm using my 5 toons not doing the weeklies but every 3 days clearing the covenant dailies so I get about 14k

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I also suggest getting dragon glyphs asap

[Nymrohd]

So I can get a higher level heart or mrrgglzoth

It's Azmerloth you heathen.

[Avikur]

So my main is definitely going to be herb mining with how much we get and once I hit cap go enchanting to get rid of gear
Alt will be a tailor enchanter because of the same reason.

Neither will turn in dungeon quests or do the bronze dragon area until cap So I can get a higher level heart or mrrgglzoth

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I'm using my 5 toons not doing the weeklies but every 3 days clearing the covenant dailies so I get about 14k

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I also suggest getting dragon glyphs asap

What do you mean how much we get from herb and mining? As in how much gold or … ?

[Cheezits]

My issue with the Dragonflight login music is that the drums really don't fit the overall aesthetic, imo. Unless the idea is they represent the Primalists.

[Revamp Man]

What do you mean how much we get from herb and mining? As in how much gold or … ?

The nodes give like 5+ as you skill up

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It's Azmerloth you heathen.

I used the native pronunciation

[Valysar]

Beta update right now, still no music IG

[Makorus]

Dunno, it kinda sounds like we are losing the battle against Raszageth to some extent.

[Sondrelk]

Dunno, it kinda sounds like we are losing the battle against Raszageth to some extent.

[IMG]

Does it though? I guess at worst the other primal dragons escape, but other than that I fail to see how this is much different from other bosses where we stop them at the last possible moment.