I could be mistaken, but I was under the impression that the “content bucket” system they announced would mean that Dire Maul WAS NOT available at launch directly, but was instead gated to when MC is out.
I guess I thought this because the “content bucket” list specifically mentions Dire Maul, but not Maraudon (which was also post release)… so it would kind of be a short interlude for leveling before “bucket 1” came out.
I guess in retrospect, my reasoning there isn’t super concrete, but it’d be nice to get confirmation on whether “bucket 1” is intended to be “on release” or a “post release” thing.
Copy/Pasting from the forum sticky for people who haven’t seen the “content bucket” thing: