World of Warcraftjust added a new feature to the game that has teased when the upcoming Blue Dragonflight questline will arrive. Though players have never seen this particular feature before now,World of Warcraftmay use it later on to tease future storylines.
According to multiple interviews and blog posts,World of Warcraftwas adding a new side story in Patch 10.1,Embers of Neltharion, relating to the Blue Dragonflight. However, release day for Patch 10.1 came and went with no sign of the new questline–not even alongside the release of the Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible raid.
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Then suddenly, players noticed a new feature inWorld of Warcraftthat seemed to reveal when this new questline was going to arrive. In the Azure Archives located in theAzure Span inDragonflight, the Blue Dragon Aspect Kalecgos got a timer above his head, counting down the days until the Blue Dragons arrive. The date coincides with the weekly reset on Tuesday, May 23, so players can safely expect this new side story to become available then.
The timer itself is not entirely new toWorld of Warcraft.Dragonflightadded similar timersto boat and zeppelin dockmasters, allowing players to better plan how long until overworld transportation arrives. That said, this is the first timeWoWhas used this timer to tease a future storyline–and it did so without any mention in patch notes or otherwise.
It was strange forWoWto not officially announce this upcoming questline’s arrival, but the buzz around players discovering the timer served to generate hype for it all the same. It remains to be seen ifWorld of Warcraftwill use this new timer to announce other additions to the story. Blizzard previously confirmed another chapter of the Tyr storyline inDragonflightwould be coming as well, so players will have to keep an eye on theNPCs who were involved in thisWorld of Warcraftquestlineto see if they receive a similar timer somewhere in the future.
Either way, many players are excited about this new Blue Dragonflight questline. While they were thrilled to see Senegos, Stellagosa, and Emmigosa inDragonflight, many noticed other majorBlue Dragon characters fromWorld of Warcrafthistory like Azuregos, Tyrigosa, and Haleh were absent. This came as a surprise, given their popularity and connections to Malygos or Kalecgos. Players won’t have to wait long to see if these characters play a role in the newWorld of Warcraftstory.
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