Fans of the MMO World of Warcraft were treated to a livestream yesterday that revealed the ninth expansion to the retail version of the video game, as well as discussions about the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion to the WoW Classic portion of the game. The livestream opened up with a developer table and some talk about the game before diving into the opening cinematic, which showcased the Dragon Isles zone and revealed that the newest expansion would be called Dragonflight after the name used by the magical dragons that inhabit the world of Azeroth.

Reactions to the new trailer and the stream itself spread fast across social media, as a dragon-themed expansion has been rumored to be in the works for years.

The next chapter in World of Warcraft:#Dragonflight 🐉 pic.twitter.com/9AfpzPQmnC

— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) April 19, 2022

You know what I loved about todays @Warcraft #Dragonflight announcement?

The people. It wasn't just one or two or three faces. It was a team, and it really showed Blizzard in the way that I see it every single day.

A bunch of nerds making cool stuff for each other and you.

— Adam Holisky 💙 (AdamHolisky) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamHolisky/status/1516466764720140293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yo leaked cutscene from new WoW expansion<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/worldofwarcraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#worldofwarcraft</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dragonflight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dragonflight</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ez74uJmLJU">pic.twitter.com/Ez74uJmLJU</a></p>&mdash; ShineKami (ShineKamiVEVO) April 19, 2022

With a new WoW expansion also comes new additions to the game, and this time around, not only is a new race being added (called the Dracthyr), but they are also going to be a new class called Evoker. The new race and class, combined with the various customization options that were presented onscreen at the time, made for an exciting reveal as people immediately took to the web to express their views and memes on the new way to play.

Introducing the Dracthyr Evoker.

The new race and class coming to #Dragonflight. pic.twitter.com/r2nROW0vAS

— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) April 19, 2022

Demon Hunter mains after seeing the #Dragonflight announcement. 🐉 pic.twitter.com/iWsiImTTHJ

— Liquid Guild (@LiquidGuild) April 19, 2022

The Evoker class color is 33937F

Welcome to the team, Evoker.https://t.co/dvtB89RasL #Dragonflight pic.twitter.com/37QGxvyljR

— Jeff Liu (@jeffliu) April 20, 2022

I LOVE these customisations, the horns, the scales, the hair, the amount of jewellery/horn decorations, I AM LIVING #Dragonflight pic.twitter.com/TnO59acxv2

— Åsa Jönsson (@Zambina) April 20, 2022

Last but not least when it comes to reveals was that ducks were finally introduced into the world, as they were notably missing from the past 16 years of gameplay. This was not lost on the community, which quickly took notice of the newly sighted ducks and made posts about them.

Our boy… WITH A DUCK!!!🦆🦆🦆#Warcraft #Dragonflight #worldofwarcraft pic.twitter.com/mwGBYtYXHG

— Izumito//comms OPEN! (@IzumitoART) April 20, 2022

Be afraid…
Be VERY afraid… 🦆#Dragonflight #WorldofWarcraft pic.twitter.com/tX0DH2CQSm

— Method (@Method) April 20, 2022

Friggin DUCKS?! 💳💥💳💥💳💥 SOLD. Warcraft</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Warcraft_DE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Warcraft_DE #Dragonflight #worldofwarcraft pic.twitter.com/YM90aEFowx

— Sateka 🖤 (@CLG_Sateka) April 19, 2022