The Dragon Isles have awakened – World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is now live!.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, the ninth expansion to Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is now live! Heroes of the Horde and Alliance are called back to Azeroth to explore the mystical Dragon Isles and its ancient secrets, where the dragon aspects have returned to reclaim their kingdom and ancestral home.
“Dragonflight gets to the heart of what players have always loved about World of Warcraft exploration, customization, and the sense of wonder as the world and stories unfold,” said Mike Ybarra, president of Blizzard Entertainment. “The core system updates, such as the new talent trees, build on the legacy of WoW for players of all types, allowing old friends and new to enjoy all that Azeroth has to offer for years to come.”
The new Dragon Isles continent consists of five vibrant zoneswhich are among the largest in WoW history by area: the Forbidden Reach, the new starting zone for the dractyr race; the primordial Waking Shores, an untamed land full of elemental energies; the windy Ohn’ahran Plains, home to proud centaur clans; the vast Azure Span, where tuskarr fish amid arcane ruins; and the shiny Thaldrazsusthe seat of power of the dragon aspects and home to the dragon capital Valdrakken.
Dragonflight introduces the first-ever race/class combination for World of Warcraft, the dractyr evoker. Boasting a plethora of character customization options and starting at level 58, the dractyr Evokers are the first ranged damage class added to World of Warcraft since the game’s launch 18 years ago. Players can channel the magic of the dragonflights and maneuver across the battlefield while healing their allies or dealing damage to their enemies using the brand new Empowered spellcasting.
Fly early in Dragonflight with dragon riding, a brand new and exciting mode of aerial reconnaissance where adventurers can dive from heights on a controllable Dragon Isles dragon to gain speed before pulling the reins to hover and dive on built momentum. In addition to participating in time trials and multiplayer races, players can embark on their journey to the new level cap of 70 collect a host of account-wide appearance customizations and ability upgrades for four earnable Drakes scattered across the Dragon Isles.
The major systems have been redesigned for Dragonflight, and each system will be updated in stages over the course of the expansion:
- A completely new Talent Tree System offers unprecedented control over gameplay, more impactful choices on every level, and new skill combinations. Starter talent builds are available to help new or returning adventurers and talent builds can be saved, exchanged and shared with friends.
- The redesigned Heads-Up Display (HUD) and user interface look great on modern screens and better display important information. The HUD UI is now easily customizable for all types of players with the addition of edit mode and allows for easy sharing of loadouts.
- Improved professionsnow a major source of equipment purchases, allow you to live out the fantasy of a master crafter or collector and build a clientele through new player-driven jobs, unlockable specializations, and the addition of a quality system for tinkering and collecting.
Dragonflight is available digitally as a Basic Edition, a Heroic Edition with the new pet Murkastrasza, a Dragonflight-level character boost (level 60), and a new Tangled Dreamweaver flying mount, and an Epic Edition with all Heroic Edition items plus the Timewalker’s Hearthstone effect, the Diadem of the Spell keeper head-slot transmog, the Wings of Awakening back-slot transmog in five color variants, and 30 days of play time.
A special 12-month subscription offer is currently available which includes the Nether-Gorged Greatwyrm flying mount and the Tabard of the Flame in WoW Classic from the current 6-month subscription offer plus the Telix the Stormhorn flying mount, the Gargantuan Grrloc ground mount, the Festering Emerald Drake mount in WoW Classic, and all yet-to-be-announced items from our upcoming 2023 6-month subscription offer, to be revealed in January.
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For more information on World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, visit www.worldofwarcraft.com.
