WoW: Dragonflight is now officially a thing. You can see the official website here (my computerās CPU percentage goes up going to this website, so please keep that in mind before you click the link that it could do that to yours as well and slow it down):
Of note is the new Dracthyr race which can only be the new Evoker class:
Dracthyr are a race of dragon people that have a humanoid form, which seems to be just one type of form as opposed to being able to choose your own race from my understanding. So a combination of some of the āleaksā weāve seen before.
Itās pretty cool to see a reptilian-like race in WoW finally, and I can understand from a marketing perspective why dragons were considered as playable in some fashion. Iāve seen people interested in it since all the āleaksā began, and some of the concepts seem neat.
Of course, as I mentioned before, dragons and lizardmen are completely different species. Especially since Dracthyr have a dragonkin and a humanoid form. As such, Iām still going forward with playable Horde Saurok support.
I know that we may likely get comments akin to āwe have playable lizards already!ā because of this, which Iāll need to make a post on in more detail to share my general thoughts on the matter. I still say that Saurok and Sethrak are quite possible and would give some unique flavor to the game in many ways, and I do not see Dracthyr killing the chances of seeing either playable.
I mean, Night Elves didnāt stop Blood Elves from being playable, and both are completely different in many ways. Iād expect the same with Saurok and Sethrak. Besides, Iāve advocated having multiple reptiles on that character creation screen, and I still stand by it. After all, we have multiple flavors of elf, dwarf, human, and such. I see no reason why lizard and snake people would be completely barred as a result.
Iāll likely be sharing more info on the Dracthyr as we see them in action to showcase anything that could be applied to Saurok (and no, I donāt expect to see fire breathing Saurok, cool as thatād be). Iām of course planning a couple alts based on the Evoker classās two specs, so that is pretty exciting.
So to be clear, Iām not discouraged at all. I knew making this megathread that the support for playable Horde Saurok could be a long and arduous march, but Iām in it for the long haul. Iāll continue to keep at it as long as I continue playing WoW, and I donāt see myself quitting anytime soon.
Anyway, we got one reptile on that character creation screen. Letās see if we can get more on there!