I originally thought they’d just delay launch 2-3 weeks for mid November to time the raid launch/world first race to land the early December but the more I’ve though about it I’m thinking early December launch and they delay the raid world first race to the first week of January.
If past launches are any indication, other games don’t have much of an effect on wow’s launch. They’ve released around the same time as cod a couple times now. Times have changed though and blizz may not feel like they have the dominant market share anymore so who knows… plus big daddy activision’s influence.