World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will add playable and rideable dragons

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World of Warcraft: Dragonflight returns the MMO to its origins, welcoming back dragons (in playable and rideable forms) and Classic-style talent trees, and adding a new set of zones to explore. The expansion doesn't have a release date, but will enter alpha soon, according to Blizzard's announcement stream.

Dragonflight is set on the Dragon Isles, a location that's been essentially a myth for most of WoW's history, hidden away in game files and occasionally mentioned in dialogue as the game aged. You'll dig into the history of the ancient dragonflights and their kingdom, learn what has happened to them over the last 10,000 years, and try to make alliances with them to combat new threats.

The expansion introduces a new race and class. The Dracthyr race are bipedal dragons with customizable horns, jewelry, and scales that affects both their dragon and human forms. They can cast magical ranged spells to heal allies and damage foes, and are the only race that can be created as the new Evoker class. Evokers will start at level 58 and have a unique starting zone.

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So, you can be a dragon, but you can also ride dragons. Early in the expansion, you'll have the ability to train a pet dragon and use one as a mount to fly through the leveling process and beyond. It's the first time flying has been available this early, which suggests the new environments are a lot more vertical than previous areas. You'll be able to customize both your pet and your mount with different colors of scales and horns, and you'll be able to increase their speed as you progress through the story.

Blizzard said it has put a lot of effort into refining the