I mentioned it in the other thread. They had originally stated there would be a “significant” pre-patch for people to level Draenei and blood elves before the dark portal opened.
The prepatch is only 2 weeks. Not too significant.
I think 9.1 is further behind than we know, and I think they pushed up the release of TBC as a distraction.
2 expansions were a year apart yes.
We aren’t talking about 2 expansions now, we are talking about 1 expansion and 1 patch.
This is a more articulate version of what I’m trying to get at.
I guess that’s fair.
A Chinese streamer said he met with some NetEase staff and one of them told him the release date is July 1st. Since their reset is on Thursday that means June 29th for us. I’m not sure how reliable the dude is but that release date makes sense. Blizzard usually has 2.5-3 month PTR cycles for major patches and that would be right in line with that kind of time frame.
Ok but do you agree that 2-3 weeks is basically an overlap?
But shadowlands launch was an expansion?
And a new one at that not a reboot.
Released less than 2 weeks before classic phase 6 and Naxx.
Yes…but I think Blizzard said they wouldn’t release TBC and the patch near each other. no?
People who want to play TBC don’t care what the cost to copy onto the graveyard servers is. Or boosts for the most part.
It’s going to be July-August
TBC will be more popular than retail and would overshadow 9.1.
I found that odd as well but I don’t think it necessarily means 9.1 is behind. They might of pushed TBC up to boost Q2 revenue. At this point Classic is a more reliable product to release than retail content patches.
I thought the rumor was July for 9.1 too.
I’m pretty sure they chose June 1st because 9.1 isn’t ready and they want something to draw attention from ESO’s expansion.
I hope I’m wrong. I love new content. And sooner is better.
Nah, if anything its bad for classic players they have 2 weeks prepatch to get their Dranei /Blood elve to 58
Squeezing every last drop out of those big juicy udders:$$$$$
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August would make the 9.1 PTR just as long as the delayed release shadowlands beta…
It’s probably going to be June 15 or 22nd.
That is a 9 and 10 week PTR respectively which is already longer than normal.
September definitely
A 5 month PTR for a patch?
That’s longer than betas last for entire expansions.
2 weeks yes… 3 weeks not really. Honestly the hype people will be mostly done at that point.
It’s actually smart marketing (especially with 9.1 not being done yet). Bring a bunch of people back for tbc hype. Then before their sub runs out and when they’re bored they come back and play some retail. I’m pretty sure retail will have a bigger boost this way.
we know for sure june is gone for good with TBC release
july and august they might release but who knows
so September is highly likely cuz they have more time to work on