Ducks

It's a big, open world out there.

For a Hunter in World of Warcraft, there's little that is more exciting than new pets to tame — and with Dragonflight, there are plenty of new pet models.

If there's anything I can say I absolutely hope for in Dragonflight, it's that the design decision to not do a borrowed power system and the changes to professions both work out.

With the announcement of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight we got the opportunity to see what's on the roadmap for upcoming inclusions into Warcraft. There was the surprise reveal of the new Evoker Hero Class, the less surprising reveal of the Dragon Isles setting, and the massive updates to how we'll build our character's talents and user interface.

Ducks and their relatives have been around for a long, long time — there are fossils of waterfowl related to ducks and geese going back to before the Cretaceous/Paleogene extinction event. Vegavis was not an ancestor of or a member of the Anatidae, but it was certainly a relative. Other possible (although more dubious) duck relatives include the Demon Duck of Doom, aka Bullockornis, although a lot of paleontologists think they’re more closely related to chickens.

Why on Earth do I bring this up? Well, WoW has a tendency to add things like saber teeth or spiked tails to animals that did not or do not actually have them. And man, I’m hoping they go whole-hog on ducks and give us something like Garganornis except with giant teeth in its bill for no reason whatsoever.

It’s the Queue. Let’s duck this!

After several rumors, “leaks,” and speculation, it’s official: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is on the horizon.

Among the amazing new vistas for players returning to World of Warcraft Dragonflight in the Dragon Isles are some old favorite races like Gnolls, Centaurs, Tuskarr and also the debut of a long demanded addition to the game -- ducks.