world of warcraft initial alpha for the next expansion, dragon flight, officially started today. To celebrate, the team lifted the lid on the Azure Span Zone and talked about building updates and more.
The first round of alpha testing squarely focuses on one of the upcoming new areas dragon flight: the blue section. The new area, which according to Blizzard is one of the largest ever created in world of warcraft To date, it’s a misty, snowy forest tundra where players can see the “largest visual elevation change” of all the Dragon Isles.
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Azure Span is inspired by one of Blizzard’s previously released areas, Grizzly Hills of Wrath of the Lich King, but also evokes the redwood forests of the Bay Area. Players will encounter Tuskarr, Blue Dragons, Furbolgs, and more on their quests in the same Span.
Blizzard also talked a bit this morning about upcoming crafting changes, including new stations that some recipes will require you to use on Dragon Islands. Described as a desire to “increase the immersion and fantasy of your chosen professions,” these new stations will play a role in exploration. WoW: Dragonflight.
“With these goals in mind, much like blacksmithing, most of the new Dragon Isles crafting recipes will require you to be at these new crafting stations. You’ll find plenty of them scattered throughout the Dragon Islands regions for your convenience as you level up. Once you reach the main town of Valdrakken, you’ll find a large profession center that includes all the crafting stations, as well as vendors and instructors. The artisan consortium also has representatives of the artisan order located in the city and has even convinced some representatives of the auction house to settle in the area as well. You should find this dynamic professional pole with buy, sell and craft trade! »
In a recent interview with IGN, production manager Patrick Dawson told the outlet that the Dragon Islands are the largest continent Blizzard has ever created. The reason? Dragons need space.
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“It’s the biggest continent expansion we’ve ever done, and it’s been designed with dragon riding in mind so you can get through it a little easier.” This is the land of dragons. They need space. »
Also getting great reviews from the alpha preview period is dragon flight Almost namesake feature, Dragonriding. PC Gamer describes the feature as » wow version of [Elden Ring’s] Stream. “
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