To get ready for the upcoming expansion Dragonflight for World of Warcraft, Blizzard has released a new trailer. This once again presents the features of the expansion and explains what your task as heroes will actually be.
What kind of trailer is this? Dragonflight releases on November 29, and to prepare, there’s a video. The new trailer connects to the latest story cinematic from the game. There, the Dragon Queen Alexstrasza explains why you should travel to the Dragon Isles.
In the new video, cinematic excerpts and gameplay are mixed. Alexstrasza explains that the “power of the aspects” needs to be restored and you as heroes should help. In gameplay graphics, members of the Alliance and Horde storm the Dragon Isles and throw themselves into the adventure.
What features are shown? The trailer showcases gameplay of the new Evoker class from Dragonflight, which has been playable since November 16. The Evokers are dragon-like beings with a deep connection to the former Earth Aspect Neltharion, also known as Deathwing.
You can find our detailed guide to the Evoker with builds for DPS and healers on MeinMMO.
There’s also a further look at the new talent trees for classes in WoW, which are returning in revamped form with Dragonflight. For the first time, there are split trees with talents for your class and your specialization.
A large part of the trailer features dragon riding, which has been discussed by many fans before. On the Dragon Isles, you will receive a mount early on that glides through the air with special momentum and speed mechanics and cannot simply fly indefinitely. We have also included gameplay of dragon riding for you here:
Players feel the hype for Dragonflight
The new trailer has already amassed thousands of likes on YouTube shortly after its release and many comments under the video and on reddit. Fans praise the work that goes into the videos before the release of Dragonflight:
- “Feels good to finally be hyped for WoW again!” (via YouTube)
- “So much potential, I hope you don’t disappoint us. P.S.: I love seeing Chromie there.” (via YouTube)
- “You hit the nail on the head this time. That looks absolutely fantastic.” (via YouTube)
Great praise is particularly given on both platforms for the introduction of Raszageth as a villain. The primordial dragon lady will already be the boss in the first raid but has already received several cinematics, including an introduction in the much-praised launch cinematic:
After introducing a counterpart in Shadowlands with the Jailer, who allegedly orchestrated all sorts of master plans since Classic but was never shown, players now already have a stronger bond with Raszageth.
That the dragon serves as the final boss in the first raid is no problem, as one user explains on reddit. It even helps to build hype in the expansion itself for the upcoming opponents that will still be introduced.
That this will indeed happen was also explained to us by the developers in an interview. It was about lore, features, and the UI of the new expansion:
WoW developers in interview: ‘Features of Dragonflight will forever improve the future of WoW’
