Midnight Alpha/Beta Thread

[Valnaaros]

Getting this started. No idea when the Alpha will be starting up, but likely within the next month or two.

[Valnaaros]

Some new images show what looks to be a new beast of some kind, but it is too hard to tell exactly what it looks like from a distance, but it can be seen in a few shots of Zul'Aman.



Another view of the new frog model



A new fungal jellyfish (the purple mass near the mudskipper)



Higher-res image of the fungal dragonhawk

[DannyGreen]

Some new images show what looks to be a new beast of some kind, but it is too hard to tell exactly what it looks like from a distance, but it can be seen in a few shots of Zul'Aman.

I'ma take a guess, This looks like the thing in the trailer... The one that was bathed in light, with the split mouth. It's using the gargoyle/gorilla/devourer skeleton... Looks like there's stuff on it's back. I dunno if it'll be tamable.

[Lee]

My wishlist is an updated dragonhawk with the model like the mounts. I'd never even really thought of using one as a pet before, but the new model is so cute...

[Valnaaros]

My wishlist is an updated dragonhawk with the model like the mounts. I'd never even really thought of using one as a pet before, but the new model is so cute...

They are confirmed to have a new model that is like the mount's. There pictures aren't in this thread, but I posted some over in the 11.2.5 thread

[Valnaaros]

So, I got a better image of the unknown animal. You can see three of them in the image. I don't think that they are that plant gorilla thing. These kind of look like giant Pangolins. Their heads/faces look kind of similar to them, plus they look to be covered in scales.

[worgpower]

I just got a slightly close look at the face of these pangolin things, the front of the head looks either reptilian, or a mammalian predator face, and by the looks of them, they use a new skeleton, as for that gorilla plant thing, if it’s a beast and it becomes tameable, I will scream

[WerebearGuy]

Watched the six shorts on Wow's page, screencapped everything that looked beast-like. Some repeats others have shown, but some I haven't seen posted yet. Also, I SPY A PLANT HYDRA. Also, I will be calling the Harandar spore dragonhawks Sporehawks, and not a single one of you will change my mind.

[Vephriel]

I'm so obsessed with the mushroom brutosaur but I don't have much hope for them being tameable...

[WerebearGuy]

Yeah, they definitely won't be made tameable. I won't say how I know this, but brutosaurs would not scale down properly. Even if they did, their animations do NOT work well with player race heights. I will not elaborate, but if you know what Brutosaurs do in their idle animations, then you know why. At best, we can only hope for a mushroom bruto mount (that isn't obscenely expensive).

[Valnaaros]

I saw and posted about most of those. I didn't notice the cat in Eversong, the blood beast, or the flying creature in the Void. The reptile cat/wolf thing is seen in another picture standing next to the new void hydra. I'm going to move my pics over to here:





I'm going to guess that we're going to get a Plant family or one similar to how Undead pets work.



Looks like there is either a new reptile or just another hydra in this image


Not likely to be tamable, but there are Void Jellies


New Hawkstrider model


The giant mushroom in the water is an animal. You can see the legs underneath the water. Like a fungus Brutosaur.


New Frog model


Faraway view of the new Dragonhawk. It has three pairs of wings, just like the mount does

Looks like the spider model from Shadowlands, but maybe a new color


New mana wyrm model based-off of the new electric eel from Undermine. A purple variant can be seen in the second image.



Got a closer view of the Hydra. It is a new model. There is also some sort of canine or feline animal next to it




Looks kind of like a giant raven, but different than what we currently have. Might be based off of the mount.


Another view of the pet that the Haranir hunter was with. Looks like a cross between an ottuk and a Salamanther


You can see its head sticking out of the water. It might be using the lapbug model.


Better view of the Plant Devilsaur


Also, the Ghostlands have largely been healed and are teeming with life.

The resolution isn't great with some of these images:

Seeing as we're getting a bunch of other plant animals, it is likely that we'll be getting Mandragoras, too. They are in one of the new zones. You can also see the new bird model, though not terribly well.


Another new mana wyrm. Blue variant


New model for Nalorakk. Probably won't be tamable, even on a different mob.



An up close view of the new mana wyrm


It looks like that mana ray/sporebat is a fungal dragonhawk


A new bat/gargoyle model


Could be a new gryphon model, based-off of the ones from the trading post

[Valnaaros]

Went and updated some of the pics with higher-res ones.

You just barely see it, but there is a new beast that looks like it uses the carapid rigging.


The flying void creature is seen in the video for the raids (though not a clear view of it).

You can see its void tail poking out to the left of the A in All. You can see it again before the scene changes. It uses the same model as the flying Nerubian boss in Nerub'ar and the flying creatures in K'aresh.

[Valnaaros]

So, those beasts outside of Zul'Aman are most likely giant Pangolins. Blizz confirmed that the bear form for Haranir will be a Pangolin. This means that the Pangolin is using the Druid Runebear/Werebear rigging, which would fit the stance that the Pangolin outside of Zul'Aman is taking.

Also, there is a Void and Light Dragonhawk that doesn't have the armor/saddle, so there might be tamable versions of them:

[WerebearGuy]

Some nice new views of a plethora of the new beasts we can hope to tame, all from the Developer Panel video.

Notes:
- Middle frog might be an old color, but I wasn't sure. Video quality was rough.
- The "armored bird" is entirely new. It had some fancy animations.
- The new Amani bird looks spectacular in motion, watch the panel to see it.
- There are plant creatures with clefthoof/scalehide animations. PETITION FOR THEIR OFFICIAL NAME TO BE ROOTHORN!
- This is the closest I think we've seen he hydra, and a much clearer shot of the lizard's details. Forked tail!

[worgpower]

Some nice new views of a plethora of the new beasts we can hope to tame, all from the Developer Panel video.

Notes:
- Middle frog might be an old color, but I wasn't sure. Video quality was rough.
- The "armored bird" is entirely new. It had some fancy animations.
- The new Amani bird looks spectacular in motion, watch the panel to see it.
- There are plant creatures with clefthoof/scalehide animations. PETITION FOR THEIR OFFICIAL NAME TO BE ROOTHORN!
- This is the closest I think we've seen he hydra, and a much clearer shot of the lizard's details. Forked tail!

Yay, drust bird will be mine later. The “armored bird” looks to be using somnowl animations, I saw the way it flew in the videos, it has a slight bounce and slower flapping, and for that rhino looking thing, I agree with you 1000% Roothorn fits perfectly, the lizards are pretty cool, with the armor and the two tail tips, which remind me of the K’arocs. The toads are hard to see, can’t blame you, the videos don’t zoom on them, I see it’s possible they have a few new colors in the old model, or it’s just the yellow ones that look weird from the shading

[Jalak]

Looks kind of like a giant raven, but different than what we currently have. Might be based off of the mount.

I think that giant raven is a dark color dragonhawk (the new model) sitting.

[WerebearGuy]

Wait, that raven is in the Amani zone, and the developer panel today showed a very similar bird. I know my screenshot is shoddy, what with it being from a youtube clip that wasn't even showing the bird in good detail, but if you look at the beaks, there's a similar shape. As cool as a black updated dragonhawk would be, I think it's an Amani bird (eagle, perhaps?) that's used as the flight master mount.

[Valnaaros]

An upclose view of the new Hawkstrider model


Likely the same bat model as is in Shadowlands, but we'll see


Not a new color, but there are still some that have never been used and might be used in this xpac


A Pandaria stag, most likely, but perhaps new colors will be added

[Jalak]

if you look at the beaks, there's a similar shape. As cool as a black updated dragonhawk would be, I think it's an Amani bird (eagle, perhaps?) that's used as the flight master mount.

Ooh you're right! I didn't pay atention to the amani bird before. It's probably the same kind of bird.

[worgpower]

I saw the panel video just now, the lizard creature with the two tipped tails use an entirely new skeleton, and the Roothorns use armoredon animations, I also saw another one, I don’t know if it’s the same or if it has a smaller horn variant