A nerf in World of Warcraft Dragonflight makes streamer Asmongold lose all hope. He asks, “how dumb is Blizzard” – and receives a lot of support.
Streamer Asmongold has a mixed relationship with the MMORPG World of Warcraft. On the one hand, he loves the game and has dedicated many years to it, but on the other hand, he is also one of its biggest critics.
One of the latest changes to the alpha of the upcoming expansion “Dragonflight” leaves him in disbelief as he exclaims: “Just look at how dumb Blizzard is.”
What did Asmongold comment? In one of his recent streams, Asmongold looked at the changes in the alpha of Dragonflight. Especially regarding the Dracthyr, several adjustments were made, such as the flight speed of their racial ability. Asmongold sharply criticizes this as he views the “Before / After” comparison:
Just look at how dumb Blizzard is. (…) This is so boring. How cringe. As I said, the change makes me lose more hope for Blizzard with Dragonflight than anything else. If they don’t change this [back], then I assume Dragonflight will be really bad.
What is the change about? The Dracthyr in the alpha of Dragonflight possess the “Soar” ability. This allows them to use the dragon riding feature anywhere in the world, albeit in a toned-down version. This meant a maximum movement speed of up to 930% – more than twice as fast as any flying mount. Blizzard then reduced the speed of this ability from 930% to about 640%.
Thus, “Soar” is still significantly faster than an epic flying mount, but the difference is considerably smaller.
The actual “dragon riding” is not affected; it is solely about the racial ability of the Dracthyr.
The community agrees with Asmongold: Whether under Asmongold’s video or in the World of Warcraft subreddit, the opinion seems to be largely unanimous that Blizzard is making a mistake here. The “Fun detected” meme, which is often used when Blizzard diminishes a fun mechanic, is frequently referenced. Some of the comments include:
- “In the meantime, I’m convinced that Blizzard hates good feedback and deliberately ensures that [the feedback] is never implemented.”
- “The same happened with Torghast. People loved it in beta; it was fast and fun. Then they nerfed it, and it became slow and boring.”
- “Players: The mechanic is so much fun!
Blizzard: That’s a problem.” - “Just imagine ruining a key feature of an expansion because a small part of the players could navigate to old content faster, lmao. Blizzard has lost touch with the community, I don’t think they will recover from this.”
