World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Now this is a fun cinematic.

I am, as always, all-in on more grounded World of Warcraft expansions. (Only in World of Warcraft would "rides and races dragons" be "grounded.")

I'm especially looking forward to our 2004 launch day-era guild finally admitting Horde later this expansion. It's time. Lordy, it's time.

 

[MarkB]

How To Grind Your Dragon.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

How To Grind Your Dragon.

They're actually taking away the rep grind, one of my favorite grinds! (I know, I have a sickness.)

 

[Maxperson]

They're actually taking away the rep grind, one of my favorite grinds! (I know, I have a sickness.)

I'm trying to figure out crafting specializations. Seems confusing on which to focus on first.

 

[TwoSix]

I’m trying to decide between Druid or shaman for M+ healing. It’s been a few expansions since I’ve healed much, so I’m pretty rusty.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm trying to figure out crafting specializations. Seems confusing on which to focus on first.

My main is a dwarf hunter, and I'm bemused at how little engineering specializations help with guns, ammo and scopes, which were once a large focus of the profession.

 

[Maxperson]

My main is a dwarf hunter, and I'm bemused at how little engineering specializations help with guns, ammo and scopes, which were once a large focus of the profession.

I'm a human mage miner/JC. It looks like JC is going to be pretty important again.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I’m trying to decide between Druid or shaman for M+ healing. It’s been a few expansions since I’ve healed much, so I’m pretty rusty.

Try the healer evoker. This is the expansion to play a dracthyr, as their story is intimately tied into the expansion's larger story, much like playing a death knight in Wrath of the Lich King or a demon hunter in Legion.

 

[Maxperson]

Try the healer evoker. This is the expansion to play a dracthyr, as their story is intimately tied into the expansion's larger story, much like playing a death knight in Wrath of the Lich King or a demon hunter in Legion.

Yeah. I don't normally do alts, but I'm going to take an evoker to 70 just to have played one. I did the same with DKs when they came out.

 

[TwoSix]

Try the healer evoker. This is the expansion to play a dracthyr, as their story is intimately tied into the expansion's larger story, much like playing a death knight in Wrath of the Lich King or a demon hunter in Legion.

I messed around with it in the beta. It’s not bad, but I didn’t love it for healing.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I messed around with it in the beta. It’s not bad, but I didn’t love it for healing.

I think the dracthyr are more fun for their racials. Their flying is great fun. I'll probably play one as an alt for this expansion and then leave it parked in the Dragon Isles. (I'm weird and put my characters in the places that make the most sense for them -- my death knight is staying in Maldraxxus, for instance.)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

UNLEASH THE DRAGONS!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My wife and I paused our leveling and ran around to get all the dragonflight glyphs. It makes a HUGE difference in how fun and easy flying is. Highly recommended.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

We hit level 70 over the weekend. It amuses me that I haven't heard anyone demanding to fly regular mounts yet this expansion (I'm sure it'll be unlocked at some point -- I feel like there was a Wowhead article about that during alpha or beta), but I wonder what Blizzard is going to do. They've painted themselves into a corner here. Either we can do dragonflying after this expansion, or we're going to hear nothing but complaints about flying sucking forever more.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s dragonriding is (almost) too good

Flight has never felt so great

www.polygon.com

 

[TwoSix]

We hit level 70 over the weekend. It amuses me that I haven't heard anyone demanding to fly regular mounts yet this expansion (I'm sure it'll be unlocked at some point -- I feel like there was a Wowhead article about that during alpha or beta), but I wonder what Blizzard is going to do. They've painted themselves into a corner here. Either we can do dragonflying after this expansion, or we're going to hear nothing but complaints about flying sucking forever more.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s dragonriding is (almost) too good

Flight has never felt so great

www.polygon.com

If I can never get on another normal flying mount, that would be great. I want dragon riding in the old zones.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm wondering how they do that.

Do they require everyone to play through Dragonflight to get the 11.0 pre-patch quest to use dragonflying everywhere, with all flying mounts (look out for those corkscrewing flying horse mounts!)? That runs counter to their goal of not forcing anyone to do older content in order to not be gimped. (Compare to EverQuest, where you have to do more than a dozen expansions' worth of outdated content to keep up with the Joneses.)

Do they have dracthyr pop up beside all flying trainers in the old world in 11.0 and teach everyone dragonflying from the get-go?

Because, yeah, I have a lot of flying mounts I love, but it's hard to see flying even a kick-ass slyvern (and slyvern are amazing) when I could be bombing around at 900% speed.