With Naxx starting in 2 weeks and expected to have a content lifetime of 6 months (on average) when can we expect to see BC Classic release?
Timing would have it that Classics major content releases end in June of next year, so could we expect to see BC Classic sometime during the fall of 2021 or very early 2022?
I hear that we may be getting fresh classic servers before TBC.
Blizz doesnât have to follow that schedule. I assume an announcement at Blizzcon with beta in spring so earliest would be June. But by wnd of 2021 is best quess
last tier of each expansion is 10 to 14 months long so assuming itâs announced next year, sometime in 2022.
Lolwut? Even the first time around TBC launched like 6 months after Naxx, and that was with a delay.
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade It was announced on 28 October 2005 and released on 16 January 2007 in North America, Europe, and Australia; 2 February 2007 in Korea; 3 April 2007 in Taiwan and Hong Kong; and 6 September 2007 in mainland China.
thatâs 14 months.
edit: and it wonât be announced until Blizzcon.
Feb 2021 + 14 months = April 2022.
math.
Youâre really trying to compare the original announcement to TBCâs launch and think the timeframe will be the same with Classic TBC? Ok, no way this isnât a troll.
Anyway, OP it will almost certainly be announced at Blizzcon. Launch maybe 3 months after that Iâd guess. Looking late spring or early summer 2021.
i see no counterargument beyond the ad hominemâŚ
Iâm expecting some kind of announcement at blizzcon.
I wouldnât be surprised if itâs followed closely by a beta and then a launch date around when classic launched, so september i think? That would be almost 2 years of classic and 9 months of Naxx which is plenty.
I logged into Classic yesterday for the first time since August and it was a ghost town (in comparison to before).
Shadowlands would play a big role in this however the game is definitely nearing its end. If a retail expansion lasts 2 years on average then the same formula would apply for Classic.
you mean 4 days
We really have no idea, best to just wait for the announcement.
lmao yeah blizz is gonna let us rot in naxx for 10+ months before releasing TBC
definitely
lol
itâs just plug and play right?
surely they donât have to re-design and re-balance every ouce of the game to account for modern addons and player habits.
I believe Blizzard could launch TBC servers tomorrow if they really wanted. Theyâve said theyâve already done âthe hard partâ with Classic, and that TBC will be easier to launch. So I think the determining factor in when theyâll release TBC is: how long they want players in Naxx. Thatâs where my guesses come from. I have a hard time thinking itâll be longer than it was in '06-07âŚwhich was about 7 months. Everything so far has been a little faster than what happened back then, so why would suddenly it go in the opposite direction?
There is an argument a lot of people say players didnât have enough time in Naxx before TBC released, and I donât disagree with that. Maybe Blizz doesnât want to make that same âmistakeâ again. But 7 months now is not like it was then. Way more guilds are ready for Naxx. They know all the mechanics, they have the strategies down pact. Itâs going to be farmed relatively quickly.
Long way of saying Iâm thinking about 6 months after Naxx drops TBC will launch. Iâm looking June-July next year. Announce at Blizzcon along with a Beta very soon afterward.
Saying it hasnât even been announced yet, donât expect it at all. Youâre just setting yourself up for disappointment
Not really because it will be announced.
Thatâs pretty certain.
This is a company that loves money and they know tbc will bring them a ton.
Iâd say it will be announced for this live Blizzcon thing they are going to do.
Prob wont get a release date for it till next Blizzcon tho.
But itâs not yet. Expect the worst, hope for the best. If you âknowâ BC is gunna be announced at blizzcon next year, and itâs not, your gunna be on this very forum making a post about how blizz âbroke their promiseâ. Thereâs no point in speculating on a release date for something that isnât even announced yet.
Anyoneâs guess is a good one, I think BC will probably be announced at BlizzconâŚbut I really donât have a good guess when itâll release. Because of Blizzardâs release history I have a feeling itâll take a year after announcement. However, weâre not talking about a normal expansion here, weâre talking about a re-release, but itâs still gonna take an expansions worth of work because it like classic has to be remade from scratch itâs just easy to do expansions now because theyâve got the base game running. Who knows really. Iâd honestly be amazed if it hasnât already been in the works shortly after Classic released.