i see no counterargument beyond the ad hominem…
I’m expecting some kind of announcement at blizzcon.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s 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.
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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
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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
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it’s just plug and play right?
surely they don’t 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. They’ve said they’ve already done ‘the hard part’ with Classic, and that TBC will be easier to launch. So I think the determining factor in when they’ll release TBC is: how long they want players in Naxx. That’s where my guesses come from. I have a hard time thinking it’ll be longer than it was in '06-07…which 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 didn’t have enough time in Naxx before TBC released, and I don’t disagree with that. Maybe Blizz doesn’t want to make that same ‘mistake’ 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. It’s going to be farmed relatively quickly.
Long way of saying I’m thinking about 6 months after Naxx drops TBC will launch. I’m looking June-July next year. Announce at Blizzcon along with a Beta very soon afterward.
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Saying it hasn’t even been announced yet, don’t expect it at all. You’re just setting yourself up for disappointment
Not really because it will be announced.
That’s pretty certain.
This is a company that loves money and they know tbc will bring them a ton.
I’d 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.
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But it’s not yet. Expect the worst, hope for the best. If you “know” BC is gunna be announced at blizzcon next year, and it’s not, your gunna be on this very forum making a post about how blizz “broke their promise”. There’s no point in speculating on a release date for something that isn’t even announced yet.
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Anyone’s guess is a good one, I think BC will probably be announced at Blizzcon…but I really don’t have a good guess when it’ll release. Because of Blizzard’s release history I have a feeling it’ll take a year after announcement. However, we’re not talking about a normal expansion here, we’re talking about a re-release, but it’s still gonna take an expansions worth of work because it like classic has to be remade from scratch it’s just easy to do expansions now because they’ve got the base game running. Who knows really. I’d honestly be amazed if it hasn’t already been in the works shortly after Classic released.
Fall of 2021 or 2022…lol
Try May/June 2021. Have you not noticed the quicker pace in Classic?
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Funny, like everyone “assumed” Naxx wouldn’t be out until Feb 2021. Classic isn’t following the same pace as Vanilla did. Guess that’s news to you,
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Seems these assumptions based on Vanilla are wrong every time. Perhaps Blizz doesn’t have to time this round exactly as Vanilla? Naxx came out months before everyone said it would, take a note.
Not everyone. It’s coming out about when I predicted.
Not that I’m boasting. It’s just pretty obvious if you use a little common sense.
You think Blizz is going to do nothing for a whole year with 16 yr old content? Think you’re in for a big surprise. This isn’t 2004, the content is being downed twice as fast for a number of obvious reasons.
Blizz isn’t going to let the try hards down by making them wait 8 months after they’ve emptied Naxx of every BIS item it has.
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The earlier the better imo 
Yes, bc Blizz has rolled out Classic exactly like Vanilla. Remember when the scourge invasion was released the same day as Naxx? See? They’re doing the same thing…no wait.