Yeah, I feel like they could have said that at least 2 weeks in advance of the intended patch release date.
On the other hand, this is identical to the S1 to S2 dead-zone we had before, so kind of expected it. S2 is over, but S3 hasn’t started. Can’t do any upgrades or catalyst conversions. Same as last time; it’s a dead-zone until 14-Nov.
Really can only work on acquiring new flightstones/crests, rep with the new faction, and maybe upgrading what gear you have since I’m already getting 450 ilvl drops that are only 4/8 from the new Dreambloom events; I haven’t even run a heroic or M0 dungeon! I knew the ilvl jump would be bigger than usual (+39 vs +26), but seeing such items from Open World content is making that really start to sink in.