World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Expansion Live This Week!

[Stoy]

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Expansion Live This Week!
The Dragonflight expansion is going live in most regions this week.

What is Releasing This Week?
A good chunk of content is releasing with the Dragonflight expansion.

• Official Patch Notes
• The Dragon Isles
• New Dungeons
• Dragonriding
• New Factions
• Profession Revamp

What is Coming Soon?

• Dragonflight Season 1
  
  • Live December 13th
• Vault of the Incarnates Raid
  
  • Live December 13th

Official Dragonflight Expansion Patch Notes
Here are the Official Patch notes for the Dragonflight expansion launch.

The Dragon Isles
The Dragon Isles will be the new continent for the expansion. Players will level to the new cap of 70 as they explore this rich environment.

New Dungeons
Dragonflight launches with eight new dungeons - four leveling and four max level.

Level-up dungeons:

• Ruby Life Pools
  
• Brackenhide Hollow
  
• The Nokhud Offensive
  
• Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr

Max-level dungeons:

• Neltharus
  
• The Azure Vault
  
• Halls of Infusion
  
• Algeth'ar Academy

Dragonriding
Players will be able to soar around The Dragon Isles on the back of customizable dragons with mechanics and speed never seen with normal flying.

New Factions
Four new factions are available in Dragonflight. Earning reputation with them is now based on a system similar to renown in Shadowlands, making the process much more accessible with more consistent rewards.

Professions Revamp
Professions have undergone a major overhaul with Dragonflight, making them more important and relevant in the endgame.

Dragonflight Season 1 Starts December 13

New Dungeon Rotation
Dragonflight Season 1 will feature a new dungeon rotation for Mythic+. Four dungeons from Dragonflight are included, and four returning dungeons from previous expansions. Here’s the full lineup:

• Ruby Life Pools
  
• The Nokhud Offensive
  
• The Azure Vault
  
• Algeth’ar Academy
  
• Halls of Valor (from the Legion™ expansion)
  
• Court of Stars (from the Legion™ expansion)
  
• Shadowmoon Burial Grounds (from the Warlords of Draenor™ expansion)
  
• Temple of the Jade Serpent (from the Mists of Pandaria™ expansion)

Court of Stars, one of the dungeons returning in Dragonflight Season 1

M+ and PvP Season 1 will also begin the week of December 12 with regional maintenance. For Dragonflight, there will be no loot caps for Mythic+ on the first week, as Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will open at the same time.

Mythic+ Dungeon Affixes

For Season 1, we're introducing a new affix, but the Necrotic and Inspiring affixes won't be making an appearance. More information on this new affix will be released at a later date.

A Rewarding New Season Ahead

Dragonflight Season 1 will feature familiar exclusive rewards such as the Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge achievements for raids, Keystone Master achievements, rewards for Mythic+, and Gladiator rewards for PvP. Closer to the start of Season 1, we’ll share more information on seasonal rewards and how to obtain them.

New Vault of the Incarnates Raid Opens December 13

New Raid: Vault of the Incarnates

Unravel the mysteries of the Vault of the Incarnates

Vault of the Incarnates is the first raid players will experience in Dragonflight, featuring eight all-new boss encounters.

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The Primalists breached the Titan prison used to hold the Incarnates for millennia. Within, Raszageth performs a foul ritual to unleash her siblings so together they can purge the world of the Titans' influence. The champions of Azeroth must assault this impregnable fortress and break their defenses to end this threat. While many could fall, defeat condemns all the realms to the Incarnates' reign of fire and blood.

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Raid Release Schedule:

• Week of December 12: Normal, Heroic, and Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will open with the weekly maintenance for each region
  
• Week of December 19: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 1 opens
  
• Week of January 2: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 2 opens
  
• Week of January 16: Vault of the Incarnates Raid Finder Wing 3 opens

Cross-Faction Mythic and Hall of Fame Eligibility

Cross-faction Mythic Vault of the Incarnates will be available from the start. Hall of Fame entries will require at least 16 out of 20 raiders to be from the same guild and faction to be eligible for rewards. See this support article for more information.

[Puupi]

First!

I was expecting a big post like this to pop up any minute!

[THEORACLE64]

From the little of beta I’ve played I’ve already immensely enjoyed the gameplay and story more than the entire of Shadowlands. Azeroth lez goooooo.

[Nereidaa]

It's time! HYPE!

[MasterHamster]

No thanks.

[SinR]

I still need to figure out what I want to play in DF, if anything.

[azuraji]

I still need to figure out what I want to play in DF, if anything.

Dracthyr, hello? Just be prepared to spend at least 2 hours in the character creation screen, there are so many customizations it will blow your freaking mind!

[Ihavewaffles]

I'm in Oribos, I cannot portal to Stormwind, I just end up back in Oribos...stuck in loading screen for minutes...gg

Oh well, I expected things to be like this...after 18 years, the only thing still surprising are the people that take time off for bugged launches..

[Monteverdi]

the only thing still surprising are the people that take time off for bugged launches..

Honestly, this is already the first widespread issue they've had since WoD launch. They've had smooth launches on lock for a while.

[Xeenith]

last launch with problems for me was WoD... didn't have much if any problems with legion, BfA or SL.
does this mean that more people are there for DF, or there is much less money in the servers today, I couldn't say ^^

[Kel_Sceptic]

If only the portal or the boat would work :/

[ThatsOurEric]

Constantly getting "World Server is Down"

[Ihavewaffles]

fudge it, i'm going to bed...i hate it anyways with a gazillion people swarming quest npcs n mobs n spamming dirge n thunderfury blessed blade of the windseeker in chat...

Honestly, it's a bad experience to be crowded, I wish every new starting quest region in new expansions were phased...so I could experience things, but instead its like being stuffed into a japanese subway...

[Jervaise]

last launch with problems for me was WoD... didn't have much if any problems with legion, BfA or SL.
does this mean that more people are there for DF, or there is much less money in the servers today, I couldn't say ^^

Probably more DDOS attacks, shrug

[Loreth88]

Survival guide: don’t play on launch day!

[Gojira]

Finally!! Lets go!