Evoker is a Bard (?!) & Pledging Yourself to the TUSKARR! Interview with Morgan Day on Dragonflight

World of Warcraft Dragonflight alpha is live and we have had our first chance to get our hands on Dragon riding, Dracthyr Evokers, professions, the Dragon Isles and more! We interview Associate Game Director Morgan Day and discover the design philosophy behind Evoker, how you can become a servant of the Tuskarr, the shape of Dragon Riding at max level and how account-wide the progress is and much more!
00:00 Intros
01:03 General Dragon Riding Chat
02:33 What will Dragon Riding look like in patch 10.1 and beyond?
06:03 Can we name our dragons?
06:59 How much Dragon Riding progress is account wide?
08:06 Will the new draw distance be used across all WoW zones?
09:04 What do you see being Evoker's niche in Group content?
11:57 Insights into Dragonflight Dungeons
15:23 Story spoilers on the alpha
19:01 Endgame world content
22:07 Will professions like Jewelcrafting and Inscription be as detailed as Blacksmithing?
24:19 Will professions be able to make pure cosmetic items?
26:26 What's coming in the next alpha build?
26:58 2022 release date?
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[@TaliesinEvitel]

Hey guys, this video was uploaded in 1080p but 5 hours later the HD version is still processing. Hopefully will be sorted soon sorry for the 360p in the mean time

[@perer005]

You forgot to ask about hints for which Tuskar will pull out the Silithus Sword!

[@dreamk33per56]

@@perer005 Tuskarrthur ofc!

[@RoachTypePerson]

If we just watch it 3 times at 360, it equals 1080, so its all good.

[@overdev1993]

tip for that: go to your video in youtube, click on edit and immediately press save, this will force to start the converting process

[@moos5221]

I guess you know it, but if you upload as unpublished you can wait for YT to process the video and then you can publish it when it's done in 1080p. Probably only needed for smaller channels that have little priority for YT so likely usually not an issue for you, but if YT is for some reason at full capacity it is the way to avoid the 360p issue. =)

[@markuspaminger]

Morgan Day needs to be the face of Blizzard. I love how he exhibits joy when talking about the game.

[@whatskrakalaken1940]

Such a professional and friendly conversation, great job as an interviewer.

[@legreeniris]

100 times yes to naming your dragon. It can seem like a small thing, but in FFXIV, naming your choboco really is so cool and I think it would be great to name your dragon!

[@katrinkarose175]

I just heard him say they're trying to move away from log in to do specific things daily and simply have a wide variety of things available to do. If that's actually how it FEELS while thinking about what to do when I log in that's a massive improvement.

[@ZerOrbit_]

Naming your dragon would be a great addition! Let's do it!

[@Elfieee13]

Agreed I can already think of so many cool dragon names

[@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr]

Daddygon

[@Luthies]

Dragonriding abilties should definitely be accountwide, especially if there is endgame ability grinding. Easy compromise could be that while leveling dragonriding unlocks the same on every character, but once you hit max level it becomes accountwide with you gaining access to your "account progress"

[@Kmaitland89]

Ion said that it IS account wide.

[@tftg458]

Holy shit I just realized they could integrate dragon flying into a raid :o that would be legendary Imagine gliding from platform a to B through some caverns with your full raid checking each other out and dodging falling rouble or spewing volcanic shit. I only started thinking about this rn imagine what a day of work as a team would look like ..

[@sniperfity2327]

@@tftg458 imagine the death wing fight if you have to use your dragon riding mount for .mechanics and dodging to other platforms

[@TheSilverwing999]

They already said that those are account wide. Then again you never know if they change their mind

[@MarkoArillius]

@@Kmaitland89 He said in this very video they are still discussing it.

[@luxvult5202]

Well, I had to work, but Taliesin released a video.

[@arijnr5124]

I didnt expect dragonflying to be such a cool thing. It is such a great idea that most people wouldnt think is such a blast to have. Can't wait for the expansion!

[@manthe3711]

It's still inferior to the GW2 version but yes, very cool nonetheless.

[@rednex1989]

@@manthe3711 still is the correct word to use here. wow is best when taking existing ideas and making them better than the source. just wait for wow to blast gw out of the sky with a superior version after a couple iterations, as has happened so many times before

[@chrissansour3434]

You know blizz will mess it up. Sorry been burned by the last 4 expansions. I have little faith.

[@sheesh3214]

SoonTm

[@chillinchinchilla7091]

@@chrissansour3434 You don't need to have faith in anything. Just look at what already exists. The proof is in the pudding that you can taste right now. Theres no room, or need for theory crafting or speculation about the future. It already exists, and it's already good.

[@Charison22]

You know it makes me give a genuine smile when I see how excited and happy these devs are when they talk about this xpac, I think it's going to be a friggin blast when it launches.

[@Catarun]

Wow! This video output is insane! Well done ❤️

[@JeffSturges]

Great job on the interview and the format. I hope you get to interview many more devs.

[@ethanpierce7382]

Taliesen getting exactly what he wanted with profession gear made my day haha

[@alancode2147]

He already knew it was coming. He, and other content creators, had access under an NDA, so he lied in his other video about not having insider knowledge, when he did in fact, have insider knowledge, but regardless, I hope the system works out great.

[@TaliesinEvitel]

@@alancode2147 hi Alan, I did not in fact know what was in the alpha before I got access to it on Tuesday, so did not lie about not knowing on Sunday. Hope that helps :)

[@stef8060]

@@alancode2147 really shouldn’t talk out ya ass, brother.

[@MoonPoxX]

@@alancode2147 Lmao, how we feeling now Alan?

[@alancode2147]

@@MoonPoxX Like he lies? I don't have a good reason to believe he when he just says "nuh uh no I didn't". It's not like he's going to say, "you got me". A peer of mine got into the NDA alpha he said it was earlier than Tuesday.

[@Lahnslide]

Hopefully dragon riding will be available in all zones once acquired. How depressing would it be to be to go back to old flying after trying this

[@ShadowReignhart]

I personally think that Dragon Riding should be available in all Non-Shadowlands Zones. But if they do do that, then it's probably safe to assume there's an achievement required first.

[@Josh-tr9nk]

@@ShadowReignhart why non shadowlands specifically?

[@MelanieGravel]

As a tech lead, when I heard his answer to the release ("That's what we said..."), I felt it soooo deep ... I know, friend... I know...

[@zaam3152]

That's what we said, but it's not gonna happen XD

[@MelanieGravel]

@@zaam3152 Could also be "that's what we said, but we are not gonna see the light of the sun until December 31st!" LOL!

[@thedragonknight3600]

2 things for the Blizz Team (not that a soul is gonna see my comment in the sea of what's to come) But If I had two wishes just from what I can see right now it would be A) Definitly let us name our dragons. It'd be cool to have that level of ownership over our dragons and our mounts in general. and B) Let dragons have a bit of a skid when they hit the ground at high speeds. It looks a bit awkward when you touch the ground and loose *All* of your momentum with a little tap. Other than that, it looks freaking amazing guys.

[@Arcticp75]

Omg a skid would be amazing, I didn’t even imagine that could be a possibility with how stable wow movement always feels

[@ThanesTito]

or... a landing ability, where the dragon kinda forcefully flaps the wings downwards before touching ground

[@thedragonknight3600]

@@ThanesTito that too. Based on how fast or slow you’re moving when you’re landing.

[@Eridian757]

Freakin love Morgan Day, dude is always pleasant and excited to hang out man.

[@osirisianplays8089]

thank you for sharing your interview 🙂

[@TenzinBeifongIII]

Perfect timing for my break hell yes!!!

[@Nightstalker314]

Thanks for finally getting some more info about the outdoor endgame content.

[@thelastshallbefirst3653]

Please allow us to name our dragons!

[@BarefootonBricks]

Love how Tali's eyes glaze over everytime the Tuskarr get mentioned lol. Great interview and content as always

[@Briesje91]

Naming something that is your own always gives something more emtional meaning. So yes to the option of naming your own dragon!

[@TheSilverwing999]

Man the fact that we haven't even seen all of dragon riding yet and that there will so much more at max level is getting me incredibly hyped

[@philipgant2820]

Great interview !

[@juicebox164]

I think they missed a great opportunity of having the first mail tank as a dracthyr. Having a dragon be able to tank would have been amazing

[@fancen]

maybe be added later

[@Nick-hm8je]

they already said in the announcement, that dracthyr can only be evokers but they said, that in future there could be more classes added.

[@henryasher1920]

@@Nick-hm8je Yeah, existing classes, not more specializations added to evoker

[@Telleryn]

They could so easily add a tank spec to Shaman, themed on ice and stone for protection, air for evasion, etc... maybe one day, would be a shame if they added another mail tank first

[@jenny_jaguar]

I'd love to name my dragon. I'm so freakin' excited for this expansion! Thanks Morgan for this interview.

[@shelbyrose4535]

I lost count how many times he said 'we're leaning into...' Excellent interview, thanks to you both 💜

[@NecronomiTuan]

This many video posts in such a short amount of time, is it my birthday? Well glad to see Bellular will be satiated for a bit.

[@KoleMyrick]

I look forward to naming my dragon...thanks for planting that seed Tali.

[@Sargaxiist2022]

The look on his face when you asked about naming your dragon said "oh fuck that's dope, clip that camera guy"

[@TheLordDracula]

I'm so excited for the expansion. They seem to have hit my needs with it

[@HanSoloxcs]

Perrrrfect timing!

[@ninacuk]

I'm so excited 😁

[@Kalibby22]

Morgan is wholesome af, and i love this interview

[@KennyGamerurl]

Loved the interview! I had my own question about dragon riding spawned from the topics in this video: With some datamined dragon riding upgrades (primarily the potential ability to gather resources while staying mounted on your dragon), will the improved draw distance also help loading assets? Or am I going to whizz right by herb/mining nodes on the minimap at mach 10

[@Swordart2022]

Cool interview

[@tylicius4329]

Yes please I would like to name my dragon - thanks! (Great interview too - thanks T&E and Morgan!!)

[@willangeroc]

lol at 17:10 you can see Tali physically cringe that Morgan said no one saw the dark ranger thing coming XD "But I was riiiiiiiiight!!!!" - Tali

[@MyraAmherst2018]

i am SO EXCITED for dragonflight

[@cymrejones]

Profession workstations sound pretty cool. Not sure how much I'll work on specializations though since I didn't rank up past my basic skill level this time round.

[@zero001889]

Hell yeah! Let's gooooo!

[@TheWitchHunterGuy]

Just remember Blizz that we want to name our riding dragon. I honstestly thought, that we raise our own dragon during leveling and at maxlvl we finally can fly with them. kinda like the dino in zandala

[@crowxar]

*you* want to do that. You don't speak for everyone

[@Mattlife97]

Speak for yourself.

[@TheWitchHunterGuy]

But I speak for everyone. Because the handfull of people who doesnt want to name their dragon are fkn idiots and I don't speak for idiots. Idiots are excluded of the term "everyone".

[@lifewithkrisb]

I liked the fact that he said there were going to be public quests.

[@TaraMcClory]

I’ve always wanted to be able to name my mounts, and I always kind of hacked it by making a macro to mount up named the name I chose for the mount but having something official would be so much cooler!!!

[@philipgant2820]

Morgan day great interview and I like his energy

[@ildonoa3928]

I agree with Morgan. Making sure the primary quest lines hold up under the load of an alpha and a beta. This still leaves a lot of room for interesting side quests and side quest chains which can remain secret. Quests with novel mechanics would also need the more diverse testing alpha and beta testing. They are opening up so many opportunities for building your in-game identity here, which also offers that exploration experience. I'm confident that even those playing the alpha will still find surprises on launch day.

[@MegaChickenfish]

I love what I'm seeing with the "races" bonus objectives. You guys tried something like that in BC which was an interesting challenge but the tech was just not there yet. I hope we see a take 2 similar to that level 70 riding crop fel orc questline.

[@Monstershots]

Would be a good idea to have a bronze dragon ability when used it stores your current vigor so you can spend it during the ability then it will reset back to the amount of vigor you had when you used the ability. Kind of like how the clock thing worked on the last boss in End Time dungeon I believe that’s the correct dungeon.

[@HiIThinkImReal]

Naming your dragon is both a small yet critical component to feeling immersed in the world. In FFXIV, my chocobo, Oleander, feels like a true companion. He leveled with me, healed me through difficult Fates, and carried me across the universe.

[@UsedToBeRonin]

I really hope we get playable Gnolls.

[@alexanderaugunas9795]

I knoooooow!

[@DarkScreamGames]

Not these ones. They need to hit the gym and do some sets before beta comes around.

[@alexanderaugunas9795]

@@DarkScreamGames Hard disagree! These gnolls are perfect.

[@amo5743]

@@DarkScreamGames true bro they look like little kids toys loooool

[@ericirwin3182]

Playable tuskarr brehh give me my tuskarr resto shaman and resto druid

[@PyraiSage]

Yes please, naming our dragons! Also hoping we can glyph the color of visage form animation! Blue or bronze > red, big time :D

[@Eyblinkin]

So, if we get that Barrel Roll ability for dragon riding, do we have any volunteers to make the required addon that plays the "Do a barrel roll!" line from StarFox whenever you use it?

[@velvet5922]

Really enjoyed this! SO excited for the new expansion. Great interview, super questions and info. Ty Tali and Ty Morgan Day.

[@Julmara]

gosh i want monk talents to be out soon im so excited

[@DLMyth2]

I hope they keep these new profession changes and expand on it with future expansions. Since this look like a huge level up with professions. Would feel crappy if the next expansion after Dragonflight goes back to the junky version we currently have now. Do hope they upgrade archaeology.

[@MrHuntervad]

Yes, add cosmetic change when you go into your crafting stations, and be like that until you leave. Add upgrades, when you get better and have more recipes etc.

[@lordcorgi6481]

Did someone say Bard? If a game has the Bard class that's what I always play

[@JockenN]

Not to keen on the Dracthyr, but a bard class? Yes please!

[@PiotrGawinski]

Is Taliesin’s name „Mike”!? Did I hear that right? Respect. Very cool that he was able to create a character with that name.

[@alanf945]

So glad to hear someone pronounce sepulcher correctly yay 😁 but now dragons!

[@deltaforerunner9334]

I'm more curious if all the drakes/proto drakes we've gotten up til now are just effectively outmoded.

[@UnCuervoEnMedicina]

I like this dude

[@KlaelDemon]

A great interview, on both of your parts. The way he responded to your comment/question about the release date with "that's what we've set" left me a bit uneasy. It came off like he feels they should really be giving it more time than that.

[@TyCzarify]

Blizz: we need a w, what races do people like from old expansions? Tuskar, kobold and centaur? Toss them in! I'm here for it. Keep this going.

[@Bricketts]

Ol' Tali, just sitting there, beaming like a proud papa. @10:47

[@talisredstar1543]

Thank you for doing a Video that twitter podcast was boring af. Love this interview

[@thedirtgoblinTDG]

Imagine being blindsighted by the suggestion that you can name this new creature you get to own... It's also crazy that they literally gutted support class (shaman) to then later add a support class (evoker).

[@fairycardmakerlisa3359]

Jewel crafters should make bejewelled tools - example, bejewelled fish hook that gives 5% (or something) higher chance to attract rare fish. Bejewelled scribe quill, hammer, skinning knife, etc.

[@patrickelmasian1079]

Looking forward to World PvP races while using Dragonflight. Could we also get PvP jousting duels while on Dragonflying? Perhaps PvP world quests that lock 2 players in a certain area and get points as they joust til one gets a certain score?

[@alexh8983]

I want to name my dragon!

[@tomekgieszcz6605]

would be nice to have dungon where we can actually use dragonriding to get to some places to push forward

[@Dunwicc]

Was this three T&E videos in 2 days? We're being spoiled!

[@larzen8197]

I think professions can fill the old role of reroll tokens. You can get some epic ore, leather or cloth mats if you dont get loot. This could be used to craft some high level gear (mabye 5 ilvl under the difficulty that you killed the boss in). This would then need to use x amount, i think this amount should be based on the amount of bosses in the raid. This way it should not feel bad in any tier (this means it should feel the same if the tier has 11 bosses or 7 bosses). What do you guys think, is this something that you would like in the game, or is the current solution well designet? (im not playing 9.2.5, so i dont know)

[@omedon666]

Could you imagine if a certain MMO that prides itself on its story only viewed its level cap content as worthy of spoiler protection? Love the interview, just mentioning a thought that came up at that one point!

[@jordannew3803]

I feel like there's some hidden Tuskarr banter between these two. If we don't get playable Tuskarr now, I don't think we ever will. It's just lining up too well.

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

100% New male/female models, a new racial mount, a major zone faction, their extra research into inuit culture, & now we've got a covenant style unlock bar for their rep grind. Maybe maxing out the bar = playable Tuskarr?

[@jordannew3803]

@@dr.zoidberg8666 I'm definitely here for it! I feel like survival hunter suits them really well

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

@@jordannew3803 I'll race change my shammy in a heartbeat to be a Tuskarr water bender.

[@ArgerasCZ]

I hope they bring Dragon riding to all continents, want to try fly from blackrock to for example stromgarde

[@nualanet]

I do love being able to name pets and mounts.

[@MrBladimir3]

yes please let us name our mounts!

[@JAndersonGhost0326]

Any word on how profession gear is obtained? I'd hate to be a dedicated crafter and end up unable to craft high end gear because my crafting set is a mythic raid drop.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

what I like about this expansion is that they seem to be trying to fix the base gameplay instead of focusing on content I mean new content and new features are great and all but when we have professions that are completely broken and useless, outdated flying mechanics and lack of talent trees and unique options, now that they're trying to fix what I mentioned the game will feel a lot better and I prefer this to some new feature that's gonna get boring and removed after a while, these stuff fix the core of the game.

[@psychotimo]

exactly. not to mention, the return to a more grounded WoW feel. like in the story (no spoilers here, but) from what i've heard it's less 'cosmic scale' with a bbeg trying to take over/destroy the world/universe. and more "dragon isles are cool, we found em, some shit is going on, let's drop our flag and tame this new 'wild west'." same for the questing flow etc. I like that he said they are keeping zereth mortis into mind with this. cause (it wasn't perfect, but) it was a zone where there were lots of things you could do. without all those semi forced timegated grinds. you could just log on and start working on what you wanted to work on. but more in the older wow style with lots of sidequests and zone factions to help out. I just hope that they make these fixes, improvements and additions in a way that carries over to the future a lot more. and less like the millions of ephemeral mechanics we've had in the past. like legion legendaries, corrupted gear+legy cloak, covenant stuff+SL legendaries,..., but also non gear related stuff like garrisons and (pandaria) farming. cause all of those are just...single expac use and then become completely useless. like...just trinkets for hoarders to put in their bank xS might need balancing work so it doesn't break the economy, but being able to go to pandaland and farm current expac materials (for example) might be something that peeps would really enjoy, even if it isn't the most optimal way to farm mats/gold.

[@loha743]

Maybe Archivements that give u new aspects for your dragon 🤩 and Rares who give you mogs too

[@ibongm3472]

Dragonriding definitely needs a landing animation like the taking off kind off thing, the whole thing makes the flying experience look pretty realistic but the landing breaks that.

[@michaelschmidt145]

Yes, naming your drake should be a given!

[@Briesje91]

They listened! You finally got an expansion with more Tuskarr Taliesin! Maybe even with the expansion after this one they even become an allied race hahaha

[@thebadcreditrisk7959]

He sure...leaned in... on this interview ;D

[@jasminestes2887]

Now I wanna name my Dragon!!

[@monkeysk8er33]

"Still on course. That's what we've said." Love it. I'm concerned. But sounds like we're committed to 2022

[@DigitalD20]

From the thumbnail I literally thought this video was about a day celebrating a Tuskar named Morgan.

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

Yes more bronze dragon gameplay please

[@BrendanZanitCoen]

Oh fk. I missed alpha release.

[@lilystar3618]

How many times did he say lean into?

[@gymleadermwa3149]

😂😂😂 just thought that

[@Yamidoragon]

I just lol’d that you mentioned Jewelcrafting as a neglected profession while the NPC named after him is also a Jewelcrafter XD

[@DrakeMc85]

My question are all primary and secondary professions being looked at for this new system? Fishing and Tuskkarr being a obvious combination in a way to progress in maybe more ways than just transmog, fingers crossed. What about archeology and etc. ??? Something, anything to breathe new life. Most of the time I don't even use all my professional options. =/

[@JAndersonGhost0326]

They'd said before that archaeology needs a complete overhaul and it's not as much of a focus right now. Probably down the line, but I think they want to get the primary professions nailed down first.

[@Signeddudu]

Vigor reminds a lot to Epona's charges in Ocarina of time, even the form of the icon, lol.

[@Kul_Tiras_Tides]

I WANT TO NAME MY DRAGON

[@MrHuntervad]

Let's hope this is something like WOW slowly healing, take your time, don't think big expansions at once, add "Ninja" additions, quests, fixes, etc. Like in RS.

[@sympylpyq634]

Okay, so the main takeaway I have from this so far is that if we get to name our dragons it is solely because of Taliesin.

[@davenonnenberg]

Bring back the jc wq from Legion as a standard thingy on prospecting your gems?

[@sarahmeeks8551]

so I know its dragon flying, and this seems like a stupid question, but seriously druid flight form is a amazing thing...will dragon flight circumvent it? replace it!? or mayhaps be built into it as 360 fight speed was!?

[@mr.thomas6866]

I dont wanna be the guy who say but im a paladin i got kicked from instances bcs i dared to use spells other then dps. So what you think that this new supporty class will be well recived by the community?