Small survival guide to summarize what awaits you in World of Warcraft with Dragonflightthe new extension of wow. If you like dragons, see you on November 28.
What’s this, Dragonflight ?
Dragonflight is the name of the ninth expansion of World of Warcraftthe massively multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) offered by Blizzard since 2004. It was announced on April 19, 2022 and is themed around dragons. Dragonflight succeeds shadowlandswhich invited players to visit the realm of the dead and shadows.
Dragons occupy an important place in the universe of Warcraft — several of them are the end bosses of a few classic raids — like Blackwing Lair, Eye of Eternity, Dragon Soul, or Onyxia’s Lair. These large winged reptiles are grouped into “flights”, sorts of clans of dragons (red, blue, green, bronze, black, etc.).
What is the maximum level in wow ?
With Dragonflightcharacters will be able to progress up to level 70. With the current expansion, everyone finished at level 60. It should be remembered that the studio made the decision, between expansions Battle for Azeroth and shadowlands, to review the progression of the characters. The maximum for the era, 120, has been decreased to 50 for the start of shadowlands.
Max level in WoW is actually a milestone that the audience reaches pretty quickly — usually within a week or two. In fact, you could say that it all starts once the cap is reached, with the challenges conferred by raids and dungeons (normal, heroic, mythic), player versus player combat, the accumulation of equipment more and more amazing…
A new continent for Dragonflight
Who says new expansion says new area: it will be the island of dragons. This new continent is located in the northeast of the world, between the Eastern Kingdoms and Northrend. It has five regions: Shores of Awakening, Plains of Ohn’ahra, Azure Span, Thaldraszus, and Forbidden Reaches. Over time, Blizzard should add more zones — a common practice.
A new race for Alliance and Horde
The Alliance and the Horde will have access to a new common race, like the pandaren: the dracthyrs. This bipedal species intersects a humanoid form with a draconid species. After the introductory quests to learn about the race and its exclusive class, and to learn more about the history of your race, you will have to swear allegiance to one of the two factions.
Moreover, the design has been designed to allow you to switch between a human look and a draconian style. A bit like worgen, in short, which also have several forms. Of course, customization options are provided to have a dracthyr to your liking, at the time of character creation. And you can always do touch-ups at the hairdresser.
A new class exclusive to dracthyrs
An exclusive class accompanies the arrival of the dracthyrs: the evoker. Two types of specialization are planned. The first allows you to focus on the damage, with ranged attacks (“Ravage”), with claws, magic and fire breath. The second is support with care for others (“Preservation”).
There are currently no plans to allow dracthyrs to play another class (e.g. fighter, mage, paladin, etc.). However, we can think that one day Blizzard will soften its vision. After all, the studio has already reviewed the combination of several classes and races in the past – such as the famous and surprising Tauren paladins.
New raids and dungeons in Dragonflight
Of course, what would WoW be without its dungeons and raids? Four dungeons are planned at the start: Pools of Ruby Essence, Nokhud Offensive, Azure Vault, and Algeth’ar Academy. Other old dungeons, adapted for the expansion, are also planned. These are the Halls of Valor, the Court of Stars, the Sacred Grounds of Shadowmoon, and the Temple of the Jade Serpent.
As for the first raid, the Vault of Incarnations, it will be released on December 12, 2022. It contains eight bosses. It will have three difficulty modes (normal, heroic and mythical) and a simplified mode (raid search) with a slow opening: a new wing will be unlocked after two weeks of waiting. This mode will open shortly after the launch of the standard raid.
Train and ride your dragon
This is one of the great mechanics announced with the extension: you will be able to travel on the back of a dragon and train your animal to teach it specific flying techniques Drakes can be obtained on the island of dragons and they are customizable . It remains to be seen if this functionality can last over time and if it is not a bit too gimmicky.
Redesign of the interface, talents, professions
Blizzard takes advantage of Dragonflight to groom compartments that hadn’t been updated for a long time, if ever, or whose evolutions weren’t so relevant — or have aged badly. This mainly affects the game interface (which players tend to heavily customize, via mods), talents and professions.
The interface for arranging elements on the screen contains an edit mode to transform it as you wish. Talents have been redesigned, via two trees. They are supposed to be more flexible and offer original combinations. On the business side too, things are changing. In particular, there is an “order” system to ask a third party to craft an item for you.
when comes out WoW Dragonflight ?
The expansion releases on November 28, 2022.