Talk to the Team: Dragon Schools: New Schools

[Litarath]

Ok, we know the Dragon school and Bi-ped schools are set up differently but look at it this way.
Hatchy = Base
Adult = Prestige
Ancient = Rating 267.

Hatchlings are not a race, they are the 1st part of being a Dragon. Just because they look cuter don't mean the game needs re-making around them.
You want to be a Dragon that don't fly but is powerful? then make a Sslik.
A new school for Dragons would be based off changing Ancient specs and abilities, this has been said.
That means it would not and could not be done for Hatchies OR Adults as they are vastly different than Ancients (remember the R267 of the dragon world).

As always thou, it depends on what the Hamsters can handle and how much extra work we want to give them. ;)

Point the first, the game classifies hatchlings as a race, it says as much on the player search, in fact, there's three different filters for the dragons. Clearly, they are considered a race by the game's mechanics.

Point the second, it has been clearly suggested that it wouldn't be based entirely off changing ancient specs and abilities and furthermore, it has been suggested to GIVE ancients and adults more boosts in different schools, but not given for hatchlings, which, is fair enough. It has also been mentioned that it COULD be done for all stages of growth for a dragon.

Point the third, it wouldn't be 'reworking the game around hatchlings' it would be 'expanding upon the options a player would have AS a dragon'.

Point the fourth, those of us that want to keep our hatchlings have already said we'd not mind adults and ancients having higher boosts in such classes whereas hatchlings would not receive those.

Those of us that want to expand upon our hatchling experience have already, often and clearly, admitted being willing to concede SOME things for adults and ancients, but we vehemently protest making even more 'Ancient-only' or 'Adult and Ancient-only' things, if it comes to multi-classing.

Further, we've even said we'd be willing to work to 100 ADV/100 Craft to become eligible for multiclassing.

Why is there such a need and desire to restrict and prevent playstyles and force it into being only adult and ancient or just ancient only?

We cannot possibly fathom how allowing a hatchling, that would STILL be weaker than an adult and ancient anyhow, even with multi-classing would break the game, or cause such a problem.

It's not about 'beating the game' for those of us on the Order Shard, or even maybe some, if any, on Chaos that choose to play a 'perma-hatchling', but that doesn't mean that hatchlings should be completely cut out from any expansion either.

And last point, that bit about 'want to be a dragon but not fly, make a SSlik' is very dismissive and callous, 'you don't want to ascend, then don't play a dragon' is what I get from that or even this, 'because you don't want to ascend, you shouldn't be allowed to play how you would like to' or even.... 'why even play if you don't want to play by the way we want it to be'

[Pryzm]

I guess hatchlings and adults are only concidered a "race" because dragons don`t grow up normally anymore.