If there was anything that would tempt me to start WoW it's this.

...And I'm already tempted by the Worgen and Pandaren.

Playing furry races does have it's charm, but how well they play is also important! Looking good, is only a part of the whole experience. But for a newbie...Sure, go for it! WoW is fun for years ahead! Beware: Online experience may vary! It's also arguably addictive!

That's the BEST cinematic I've seen of ANY game in a LONG time so ya it's got potential.
God damnit why doesn't Blizz create an animated movie using ThAT lvl of animation! It's on par with Rango from ILM quality wise.
Ah well. Maybe they will some day.

I hope it's everything you want it to be.

+1

I'm really hoping the game is good, shadow lands was such a disappointment

And I am THERE for it!!

Wrathion an Kalecgos! WHEE!

I haven't played in quite some time. I figured 'there isn't anything else they can offer me to come back.' Well, as the old quote goes "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

I'm quite excited to see how this goes. And I'm with you that I hope they don't manage to screw this up.

Anthro dragons, how is that any different from Dranei? You know they'll just be using the same body shapes but with different heads but they'll probably look pretty close to the demon race.

If I'd be a Dev then I'd try to give them OP-ish skills to feel OP, and nerf/fine-tune them in a latter patch. This would ensure the hook to players to feel like a Mighty Dragon. Also, their racial mount would be a True WoW Dragon form...ride-able of course. These are all little changes that could make the new race a hit, and grew many fans before it goes onto nerf territory. Whatever to make the players FEEL like a Dragon! After the love, they can slowly do...balancing out stuff.

There used to be an MMORPG called Horizons which was the first one with dragons as a playable race. Shame the game never developed into a fully functioning world in a game.

Yup. I saw a video about it being an epic scam. As for WoW you your already do the transform into a dragon (Sandstone) drake flying mount which could carry another player. I'd do that, but the tiny levitating drake for 40% speed increase, drake for 100% and then an actual true dragon for 100%+

Also, using the paid flight system would use your own Huge dragon form, which hides your player sprites, so you can enjoy free-flying as a huge dragon. The fight system could also use such huge sprites, but of course limited to not interrupt raid mechanics. Like summoning your own true dragon head for a screen-wide, cone shaped AOE breath attack, or dragon fist to give a One Punch to the boss, or stomp onto it, maybe a tail whip...and ONLY one of those you can use with a 5 min global cooldown, so it doesn't becomes too powerful. It would not just do %Hp-damage (so it both good in PvE and PvE) but do multiple different debuffs for 2-3 minutes and 1 CC for 2-5 seconds, so it would not just done for the damage but for applying all those debuffs as well. Seeing a quick (1-2 seconds long) animation of a huge dragon bodypart in every 5 minute is tolerable raid and PvP wise, while also giving the "I am a dragon, in your face!" effect. Not too OP but still has to feel like that even for short!

And they could do environment shifts (introduced in WotLK, i think.) like if doing 5-man dungeon a player is TRANSFORMED/RACESWAPPED into their Dragon-counterpart by a Dragon-NPC (As in the Caverns of Time - Culling of Stratholme event) in the end of the dungeon, where a big rock needs to be pushed away from the exit/reward, (or against a cave entrance) while others protecting the dragon from a swarm of enemies and assisting it's progress! This way, the dragon form could do a quick event, and give a feeling to every player, and other feel dwarfed by the huge dragon model...Could even do the transform/race swap for all player and defeat a non too difficult mini boss, so they can all enjoy being dragon-players...also a hook to make such a toon.

Lots of possibilities, to make the new dragon race feel 'epic and a must do'! Lets hope it will rock!

Draenei are space goats.

From what I've seen so far, the models for the drac'thyr are unique; different leg proportions from anything done before in game, plus a few more differences.
They definitely "feel" new.

The main thing I am seeing and feeling is a large difference in the "flavor" of the game universe.

Thus far, I am seeing/feeling a much more upbeat, optimistic world than the last several expacs.
The intensely depressing atmosphere thats dominated WoW for years is gone from the trailer.

And that is a big improvement in my opinion.

-Badger-

It would be neat if they could eat little critters in dragon form. After watching the video there are definitely differences in the head structure and legs, plus that big tail. Makes me wonder why they dragged their feet so much with giving Worgen the tails they deserve just so they didn't have to modify the armor models to make it work.

Too little too late for me to get back into WoW. I quit years ago, and the last thing I ever did was to fly around in the pretty Zones in Pandaria with my bf's toons. Sadly, WoW became repetitive, and boring to me. The new playable race being anthro dragons? So? If they will be good play-wise, then they will be good. If they only good on the looks, they will be bad. And...they will never be "True WoW Dragon-level" cool, so there's that. They could potentially be cool, if they'd have a racial mount at high level, as a true dragon form, maybe multicolor even, and of course rideable...that would be a fun element, but other than that, I am not interested in returning to Azeroth...or wherever it may be leading toward. It came too late for me to get interested.

Not wanting to be a killjoy, so those who still enjoy playing WoW, I wish all the good with it. Anthro dragons will surely be a hit with those who like to imagine/RP their toon, while enjoying a possibly new game mechanic with the new race. I hope it will rock!