So there is a new interview with Jeremy Feasel on Taliesin and Evitel, it is not very interesting but it might interest someone here. They said some of Island Expeditions special quests will continue in this expansion.
More allied races confirmed too.
Iām speculating the Dragon Isles and Klaxxi will be explored. The Klaxxi arenāt too hard to figure out. With Azerite boiling up everywhere and NāZoth making his move, Iām not surprised to see the minions of Old Gods rising up and on the move.
Wrathion and the Dragon Isles Iām not quite as certain about. I wonāt be surprised if he has some plan to save the Dragonflights or Azeroth, but at the same time I canāt get the fact that he was in the Stormwind Embassy during the 2017 Blizzcon demo out of my head. What with all the lackluster Allied Races the Alliance has gotten, Iām not ruling out a Dragon Allied Race heād bring to the Alliance.
One thing he says that I find interesting is that the story is not solely about this new landmass.
This might mean Horde and Alliance are not joining forces again.
Let me have an actual expedition on an island. Pull the other team off and let us explore, dammit.
Yeah and everyone was asking for him in WoD and Legion, they even added him in the Chromie scenario.
He was pulled from Legion content in the Alpha or Beta. He was originally supposed to be claiming Black Dragon Eggs in Neltharionās Lair. He definitely seems interested in restoring at least his flight, if not the other flights as well.
The Allied Race part might just be that everything and itās mother which isnāt playable just feels like Allied Race material these days. At least, those things which can easily re-use an existing player-model.
Am I the only one suffering from allied race burnout? Iāve reached the point where my reaction is, āoh god, another one?ā
Does the interview mention muffins?
I donāt think so sadly ![:disappointed_relieved:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/disappointed_relieved.png?v=6" ":disappointed_relieved:")
To Hardwire : It depends which one, some bring nice races/stories.
I canāt speak for anyone else but Iām quite eager to learn what the next Allied Races are. We havenāt really learned about any new Allied races since Magāhar/Kul Tirans.
There are quite a few races I wouldnāt mind seeing made playable, and thinking about what races would join what factions provides an interesting mental exercise.
I caught this interview pretty quickly after it was posted.
Iām starting to think that Blizzardās model for Allied Races in BfA is and was always āfront load 6 of them, 4 as a preorder bonus and 2 as a reward for finishing launch content, then add a pair every .5 patchā. In the abstract this makes sense, as .5 patches tend to fall in the middle of a season which is after people have started to exhaust the initial wave of content but before crunch time.
Thatās probably why the Zandalari ended up in 8.1.5 when they decided to do Kul Tirans after all but couldnāt make them in time for release.
So if Iām right, we are looking at 4 more Allied Races in the context of BfA, 2 in 8.2.5 and 2 in 8.3.5. After that it will be an āas the opportunity arisesā thing.
On another note based on some of the comments in the interview, Iām officially calling that Sylvanas will use Xalāatath to open the way to Nazājatar.
I donāt know exactly how or for what purpose. But I believe thatās going to happen.
Personally Iām of the mind that, āas the opportunity arises,ā can be translated to, āPre-Order bonus or whenever we need to boost the numbers for a quarterly report.ā
I hope this is the case. That hes going to use Azerite to empower the Dragonflights again so they can breed.
Get Azshara to destroy the Kul Tiran Fleet for her maybe? Sylvanas has lost the Zandalari Fleet so she must balance it out somehow. Of course NāZoth sees Nazjatar rising as being to his benefit since it allows his true body to surface(Azshara clearly encountered him directly when she went underwater in her Warbringers short).
Of course NāZothās plan will backfire considering how powerful the Players are.
I think itās more a case where Sylvanas wants something in Nazājatar. She calls Xalāatath the āTorch that will light our way to victoryā, taken literally itās possible that āwayā goes through Nazājatar.
Iām kinda in that boat, but if only because I am an Altoholic and I keep going,
āWait. I canāt do this-- What if the next Allied Races are really cool and something Iāve wanted?ā
As it was, we had 13 races and 12 classes, which worked out well for me. Now weāre sitting at 13 base races, and at least 10 Allied Races. Things donāt line up quite so neatly.
NāZoth also wants Nazjatar brought up for obvious reasons so no wonder he insisted that the Blade of the Black Empire remain for Sylvanas to grab since the first step in bothās goals is the same(get Nazjatar to rise from the Depths).
Of course as to what Sylvanas is trying to reach in Nazjatarā¦ Who knows what it is. NāZoth wants to rise to the surface regardless.
I hadnāt considered that the Dragon Isles might end up only being an island expedition, and the thought that they might is incredibly disappointing.
I have a similar but different problem. My reaction to new allied races is āanother race loses its individuality for the red/blue blob?ā
Like Iād be all for playing a dragonman race, just like I was Zandalari, but I absolutely loathe the idea of even more independent groups in the world being consumed by the factions. Especially for dragons, more than probably anyone else.
I am somewhat wondering if even the Naga arenāt Nāzothās main play. Also from some of his dialog it seems that he doesnāt see us as his main opponent. Hell he even talks about āsaving usā in one of his whispers.
I am kind of hoping that as the war reaches itās crescendo both factions get totally smashed by the rising forces of Nāzoth who completely exploits how ever stretched both sides are.
Happy to hear about new allied races, personally. Maybe this time itāll be something Iām interested in playing.