Aww you can’t cope with the looming reality of tbc? It’s okay, blizz promised you’ll be able to play LFG simulator and spam LFM naxx pugs for the rest of eternity while the rest of us move on
Announcement in February, with maybe a date for beta. We’d be looking at summer 2021 if we are lucky.
they want to extend it out though, thats my point
Blizzconline is Feb 19.
TBC will get announced there if it is happening.
I wouldn’t expect TBC to drop for another 3-6 months at best after that as they likely had to divert all staff to Shadowlands development and off TBC due to that delayed drop they had.
My bet: Best case May 2021. More likely: August 2021 which lines up with their typical release cycles.
tbc will come out precisely when shadowlands begins hemorrhaging subs. id bet on sometime next summer or early fall.
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So in like 6 weeks then if they don’t add content to keep people wanting to play. Everything I have read tells me that the end game content is exceptionally uninspiring at the moment.
Nah, six weeks is when classic will die — and that’s being generous. Sorry to be the one to tell you.
The first raid and m+ aren’t even out until next week on retail, so I’m unsure of how you can claim to make any judgments on the “end game” at this moment.
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I am not making any claims about it. I have read articles that have made claims about it. Take it up with them.
Tier 1 Shadow Lands will be cleared quickly as usual, and Naxx has been on farm for 15 years…
You think TBC is on delay? YOU FUNNY GUY!
so you read an opinion piece without actually playing the game, and repeated that statement as fact without doing any actual research yourself?
whew boy.
I find it interesting that you read my first comment and missed the part where I clearly stated:
Not sure where you got the impression that I stated anything as fact. I, in fact, very clearly stated that what I have read says x. Reading comprehension is hard.
TBC fans aren’t playing shadowlands so I’m not sure why people keep saying it will “cannibalize subs”
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I’m a tbc fan, and i’m playing shadowlands.
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Except when it comes to microtransactions. I don’t know the actual numbers, but I suspect Shadowlands subs are around 1.5 times (or greater) more valuable than Classic subs, on average.
Though, admittedly, I’m just pulling that number out of my imagination. And more subs is definitely better than fewer subs 
Probly so, maybe even greater due to some people who really do break out the cash and buy buy buy on the RL money store.
Yeah maybe. I’m sure there are extremes at both ends, but any guess at what sort of actual numbers that might be would just be that: a guess.
I figured at least 1.5 wasn’t such an outlandish guess that it would be particularly contentious.
Since it seems we’re going to keep making these servers, let me know when cata servers come.
I said the exact same thing about them announcing Classic at Blizzcon alongside a new expansion.
I haven’t played shadowlands yet, but I will say one thing:
I’ve never experienced a more lackluster reception of an expansion. Normally, when an expansion launches, there’s a bit of a honeymoon period, where people praise it and love it. Then after a few weeks, the negatives and complaints begin.
This time, the complaints have been there from day 1 it seems. First, it was about the questing and the story being boring. Now, it appears to more focused on how grindy they are finding everything. World Quests taking too long, crafting being too grindy, and torghast being too difficult.
I think they drove away many people in BFA, and the ones they kept, are now finding a very different experience in Shadowlands and disliking it.
Didn’t play bfa, eh?
Also anyone who honestly believes torghast is too difficult or world quests, which are easier and faster than ever are “too slow” needs to go play a game more their speed, such as the lego series for the 3-7 age group.