We don’t know that
as per this tweet
https://twitter.com/kenandstuff/status/1321875229384208384
It just seems that they know is not ideal but it’s also a hard change to make.
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How is it people like him that are too impatient? Blizzard is the one that decided to release the raid schedule in mid-December, not any impatient players had any impact on that decision whatsoever.
Blizzard felt that from a financial standpoint, it’s best to release it then. They are a business, their job is to maximize profits. Delaying it into January will absolutely hinder their bottom line. That’s not even up for debate, that’s just fact based on common sense.
People will complain no matter when it’s being released. If they released it in January, you’d have people complaining in December that there’s nothing to do.
There’s no need for you to throw petty insults to people because you disagree with their opinions. Show some proper restraint and respect.
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I don’t see why you can’t just wait if you’re not racing to complete the content then. If raids get to the point where people sell runs for them and can effectively be on farm, and if guilds really are that awful to where they treat their guildmates as contractors rather than friends to where they’d just kick out out if you have familial engagements, I’m sure there’d be enough people in similar situations to form a guild together with.
Or, you know, just wait? If you’re not racing to get world first, then why race at all?
GL putting that Castle Nathria Hall of Fame on your resume.
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I know right… if you have to work, you have to work around the Company, the Company won’t work around you.
Way more than 1% of the playerbase clears the raids on Mythic and gets Cutting Edge.
Hey, I go on leave that day until January 10. Good date choice Blizzard, don’t listen to the haters 
Unlikely. Blizzard said that less than 10% actually raid other than LFR with normal and heroic there and mot guilds progressing up to heroic I doubt M has a lot.
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Ok i will recant
Its not realistic to make choices based on that 2% of the population
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It is a game rated pg-13 . You play games to relax from stresses in life. If you have converted it in your life achievement and getting frustrated of a release date , you are 100% playing it wrong . 
Ya I have my job (along with 2 others) because my boss liked how I raid and party lead him during Legion. Working with a team of people to overcome a challenge is an excellent thing for a resume.
If the guild decides to fill your spot in a raid because you have obligations to spend time with your family on the holidays that’s a garbage guild filled with garbage people.
Just saying
No they didn’t. Stop lying. 40% of the playerbase got Ahead of the Curve Azshara, for crying out loud.
https://www.worldofwargraphs.com/global-stats/achievements/achievement-category-15271
EDIT: And if they did, back it up. Quote your source.
We all know the mythic raiders have no life so this shouldn’t affect them
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Depends on the tiers. Earlier ones tend to be shorter so 2 days/week Mythic guilds often can’t make it there purely due to time constraints.
Later ones though, yeah i agree.
Problem is that the idea behind the legendaries is that its a slow scale upwards as time goes on. So if you release the raid too late, then players will be able to run around at the start of the raid with nearly maxed legendaries. Which will mess with the tuning and scaling of the fights which will affect the world first races and make it a steam roll.
Take another look. There are actual sub charts you can look at that show that subs dropped significantly after Q4 ended(which is Christmas time) in both of those releases.
That’s not Blizzard problem is it? Your really expect a company to schedule around streamers? It’s the responsibility of the streamers to work around content releases.
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Pretty much.
There are thousands of industries that work 24/7. Its life, nobody cares.
Bet these players don’t mind the thousands of workers in the electricity supply chain (something I used to work in, now I work for a vendor) from generation to distribution working 24/7 making sure their computers actually work to play WoW.
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Sure, thats how competitive, limited things work.