Winding Slitherdrake speculation

[Val the Moofia Boss]

How do you think the Pern-style 5th dragon species will be obtained? Once you complete all four levelling zones? From progressing through the post-game questline ala legendary questline/war campaign? Meta achievement? Raid?

[Amnaught]

Questing in the 10.1 zone, definitely.

[Merryck]

Why does this unused Dragon mount have more customisation options than some allied races.

[FelPlague]

Why does this unused Dragon mount have more customisation options than some allied races.

??? Cause all the dragon riding mounts do?
The whole point is we are REQUIRED to use these mounts, so they have filled them to the brim with customization to compensate.

[Gigantique]

I wonder what kind of animation it would have, as the base model "slithers" way too much for the dragonriding gliding to not look goofy as hell.

[Nymrohd]

I'd say 10.1 or maybe 10.2

[Nightshade711]

Store mount probably

Not really but probably the KSM reward for S1

[Nymrohd]

Store mount probably

Not really but probably the KSM reward for S1

Nah, reward mounts will be skins, we know that already.

[Nightshade711]

Nah, reward mounts will be skins, we know that already.

For PvP yeah but we haven’t seen the KSM reward yet.
We do know the noodle comes from an achievement but don’t know which one yet.

[FelPlague]

For PvP yeah but we haven’t seen the KSM reward yet.
We do know the noodle comes from an achievement but don’t know which one yet.

...
you really think that PVP will get a skin
and M+ will get an ENTIRE new dragon with a million different combinations?

[Nightshade711]

...
you really think that PVP will get a skin
and M+ will get an ENTIRE new dragon with a million different combinations?

Of course.
What else would it be?

Given that it comes from an achievement.

[Makorus]

Store mount probably

Not really but probably the KSM reward for S1

Having a whole mount type hidden behind KSM (a time-exclusive reward) would be beyond stupid. Especially when Gladiator, which is way harder to get than KSM and usually has more exclusive mounts only has a skin.

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Of course.
What else would it be?

Given that it comes from an achievement.

It doesn't come from an achievement.

It has an achievement. So do all the other Dragonriding mounts.

[Revamp Man]

What if it's a new secret?
The waist of time was the last one in the chain so why not add this one to tie into the time magic aspect and what better secret than one from the dragon isles

[Nightshade711]

Having a whole mount type hidden behind KSM (a time-exclusive reward) would be beyond stupid. Especially when Gladiator, which is way harder to get than KSM and usually has more exclusive mounts only has a skin.

Pretty sure it’s the other way around.
Most if not all gladiator mounts have just been reskins or just existing mounts with armor. SL being the only slight “exception” for gladiator mounts.

Not to mention the KSM mount almost certainly has to be usable with dragonriding.

They’ll probably use the noodle mount type for the entirety of DF with the later seasons adding new customization to it or something. (Or just unlocking it without the previous seasons customizations if you didn’t get KSM in the previous seasons)

[FelPlague]

Of course.
What else would it be?

Given that it comes from an achievement.

1- it does not come from an acheivement
2- what else would it be? another skin just like the pvp one? why do you think pvp will get a skin, while M+ will get an entire new drake?

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Pretty sure it’s the other way around.
Most if not all gladiator mounts have just been reskins or just existing mounts with armor. SL being the only slight “exception” for gladiator mounts.

Not to mention the KSM mount almost certainly has to be usable with dragonriding.

They’ll probably use the noodle mount type for the entirety of DF with the later seasons adding new customization to it or something. (Or just unlocking it without the previous seasons customizations if you didn’t get KSM in the previous seasons)

yes, because it will likely be a skin, not an entire new drake.

[Kiivar86]

Questing in the 10.1 zone, definitely.

Yup. I'd expect them to add in new body types with however many major content patches.

[Amnaught]

Yup. I'd expect them to add in new body types with however many major content patches.

Prediction: 10.2 adds the animations to older drakes.

[Nightshade711]

2- what else would it be? another skin just like the pvp one? why do you think pvp will get a skin, while M+ will get an entire new drake?

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yes, because it will likely be a skin, not an entire new drake.

All this is well and good, except there have been no “skins” datamined for KSM yet. Despite the gladiator skin being datamined back in Alpha.
This leaves the noodle drake as the only remaining option.

[FelPlague]

All this is well and good, except there have been no “skins” datamined for KSM yet. Despite the gladiator skin being datamined back in Alpha.
This leaves the noodle drake as the only remaining option.

Except there has been skins datamined, just none that say "COMES FORM KSM" we already know there is a wind protodrake skin for example.

[Nightshade711]

Except there has been skins datamined, just none that say "COMES FORM KSM" we already know there is a wind protodrake skin for example.

Are you talking about protodrake mount that looks exactly like the final boss of the raid?
I’d laugh if that was a KSM reward instead of a drop from the raid.