Wiped out by Waterfowl. 
They’re there.
https ://www.gamerbraves.com/world-of-warcraft-dragonflight-returning-to-core-azeroth-in-modern-times-qa-with-patrick-dawson-and-laura-sardinha/
It’s that familiarity and wonder at the same time. It’s hard to capture, but it’s something we’re focusing on. Across the zones, you’ll meet Centaur clans, primordial Trolls, or even revisit the Tuskarr. It’s a nice balance between the “new” and “familiar”.
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10.0 Pre-Patch Event
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The Pre-Patch event is planned to last for 2 weeks, and will introduce players to Dragonflight. A level 60 revamp of the classic dungeon Uldaman is planned for the event.
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Dracthyr Evokers will be available to players during the pre-patch event.
- Editor’s note: There was no discussion of how Evokers would be initially available to players, but for reference - in Legion, Demon Hunters were first available on the 7.0 pre-patch event for players who had pre-ordered the expansion.
Dragon Isles and Dragonriding
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The Dragon Isles are located northeast of the known Azerothian landmass.
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It’s hard to pin down how big the Dragon Isles are, but it is considered one of the largest continents ever offered to players.
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Blizzard is studying adding Dragonriding to all other WoW outdoor content, but the current focus on the system is for the Dragon Isles.
Lore and Dracthyr Evokers
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There is a new big bad in Dragonflight, but just like Mists of Pandaria, the big bad won’t be known initially. We’re starting Dragonflight by learning about threats to the Dragon Isles, just like we did with the Sha and Mogu in early MoP.
- Editor’s note: On the official Dragonflight website, “Primal Incarnates” are mentioned as the threat we will fight on the first raid of Dragonflight.
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Khadgar, Wrathion and Tyrande will be important characters in Dragonflight.
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Players are expected to learn more about Galakrond, as well as the different aspects and other kinds of dragons that existed in the past.
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Dracthyr Evoker characters will ultimately have to choose between the Horde and the Alliance, but the choice will be done in a different way from how Pandaren went in Mists of Pandaria - Relations between the Horde and the Alliance are more peaceful, and the choice will boil down to what expedition the Dracthyr player wants to aid. It’s being dressed as more of a practical decision than a philosophical one.
World First Race
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The Sepulcher of the First Ones World First Race lasted a bit longer than Blizzard would have liked, but at the same time, they believe players would also be disappointed if the raid was defeated in less than a week.
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10-11 days is considered the ideal length for a race, but balancing a raid towards the best guilds in the world has proved to be a challenge.
Professions
- Currently no plays for a return of Archaeology in Dragonflight, as the devs wants to focus on more core elements of professions for the expansion, like gathering and crafting. There might be something available for Archaeology eventually, but not on expansion release.
Gameplay
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No Azerite/Artifact Power system is planned for Dragonflight. A progression system is expected to be included, but player feedback from Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands is being considered.
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Flying with your drake using Dragonriding is currently limited. You will need to unlock elements like speed, and flying to certain places in the Dragon Isles will require completion of certain pre-requisites. Blizzard still believes that the best way to first experience content is from the ground-up, instead of allowing players complete freedom to fly from day 1.
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Some timegating is to be expected, as Blizzard likes that a portion of players will unlock certain things at once - Sepulcher of the First Ones timegating being given as an example. Other elements are expected to be unlocked gradually with gameplay, like the Cypher of the First Ones in Zereth Mortis.
System Requirements
- Minimum system requirements for Dragonflight will be revealed shortly before the expansion is released, but Blizzard is maintaining their phillosophy of allowing as many players to enjoy the game regardless of their PC’s specs.
Mythic+
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The current plans for Dragonflight Season 1 is to include a dungeon rotation, with a pool of 4 Dragonflight dungeons and 4 dungeons from older expansions. Season 2 will change the rotation to include 4 different Dragonflight and 4 different older expansion dungeons.
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Shadowlands dungeons will not be included in the rotation, as these are too recent.
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Yes.
Yes!
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Roleplaying a dragon is now cannon, quite happy about that since so many players turned their noses up on dragon RPers for years now.
Just let people have fun.
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Dracthyr are gonna make the cities painful for the first few months until the hype dies down. Otherwise there’s honestly potential in the dragon isles.
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This is because most of them were genuinely cringe, and not because they were dragons. nodnod
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How many of them did you RP with?
I’m “guardedly” optimistic in roughly the same way Fort Knox is “guarded”.
Well to be fair, most rp is pretty cringe. XD
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I for one welcome the tone of this expansion. It was getting pretty ridiculous having apocalyptic events happening CONSTANTLY one right after the other. A low stakes exploration/adventure focused expansion with chill vibes will be good.
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Definitely an under-rated approach. It’s all cringe, so we should be nice to each other and just have fun.
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Nailed it!
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Nobody necessarily thinks its any specific attribute about dragons that means they shouldn’t be RPed. It’s that all the people who use Dragons, like many other parts of the lore, as an excuse to try and god mod and control your plot and RP. And it happens a lot with most people who are public about their dragon RP. The lack of respect and courtesy means nobody wants to interact with any of them, as it ruins their day.
Dragon RPers were never necessarily invalid because of the inability to play anything draeconic before. I mean, the lead writer likes Game of Thrones s8, is his approval REALLY what you want for your RP lmao? By that standard, your Dragons, Drakes, Draconids and such still wouldn’t be valid. But that’s never mattered, people play what they can’t in-game all the time. But no matter WHAT blizzard themselves lets you play, it doesn’t make your RP courteous or the reputation the community that does such go away.
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Kalec got himself a update
I’ve only ever seen a handful of people roleplay as a dragon and they’ve always played it so close to their chest. I’ve never had a bad experience with them-- but I have had several with RPers whose RP is just a reflection of their own unimaginative and terrible personalities.
Personally, I think it’s just a way for people to feel superior to other people. I detest that behavior and have had some very bad experiences with people who would consider themselves lore experts who were completely wrong about aspects of lore and been total asshats to me IC and OOC.
I guess there is just a part of me that is cheering for the dragon RPers. The asshats (a very small minority here on MG) are going to be surrounded by sparkly dragon RPers and it’s just glorious.
Maybe next Blizz will make legit Warrior Cats, lmao.
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Heck yeah! Bring those warrior cats!
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When people do it like that, it is great.
Which is frankly how a lot of people in turn feel about the dragon RPers who do not do the former.
And if they reflect how poorly the etiquette of RP past, they’ll find themselves unwelcome anywhere. Being playable wasn’t why people didn’t like them- you still cant even play a real dragon. Not even a Drakonid or Dragonspawn. But that lack of playability wasn’t why people didn’t want them.
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Damn right.
As someone who’s sunk quite a bit of time into SL (think I’m coming up on a slick 119 days at 60), the story/landscape is gonna be a huge breath of fresh air. I’m a bit tired of the cosmic-horror-fantasy type themes and am fully embracing the future high fantasy to come.
i’ll never have to visit the maw again and that’s enough for me
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