Announced before christmas , but not released.
Its november if the Expac was gonna be released like the next month , people would not be prepared ect with their raiding ect
Announced before christmas , but not released.
Its november if the Expac was gonna be released like the next month , people would not be prepared ect with their raiding ect
Blizz has delivered MoP pretty much as promised. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they have been working very hard behind the scenes with upcoming content.
I'm also going to be realistic about what I've known since I started playing and how even if patch cycles have a rhythm, expansions cycles are a little bit bigger than just normal content.
4 Months after SoO = Early January - Next Expected Patch 5.5
~May 13th seems about right to me - This would give Blizzard the extra time they need to properly release an expansion, it would be 8 months past the release of SoO.
I would find it hard to believe that Blizz holds this content longer than that. Expansion or not, the Dragon Soul lull was terrible; and we all know Blizz is aware of that. I don't think 6.0 is coming post summer regardless of previous release schedules.
Probably Spring 2014, like every other god damn MMO. It's going to piss me off that every big new MMO are going to come out at the same time.
Why do companies do this to us?
D3 was released in a May and Starcraft 2 was released in the middle of a summer. Most gamers aren't college kids with nothing to do over the summer but hang around outside for some arbitrary reason. Most people work, have families and other commitments that keep them close to home which leaves ample time for gaming. Also there is the fact mmos live or die based on content which means content needs to get released every so often even if that means a patch or an expansion release during the summer.
Possibly earlier if they want to stick to their MoP philosophy with releasing content. Siege was a little late, but ToT was on point with their "6-month philosophy". This Friday marks the 2-month 'anni'versary of Siege, so another 6 months WOULD be April, assuming it's a bit late due to it being a new expansion.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
There was no F&F alpha for Mop and I doubt they will have one for this next expansion. It is largely unnecessary as Blizzard has expansion releases down to a science now. It was rather hilarious that right before Mop beta started people like you were swearing up and down it wouldn't start for another 6 months because of the F&F.
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Why would there be a new pvp season when there won't be another tier of raiding? 5.5/6.0 whichever it may be, is just going to be the lead in for the expansion. There will be no real content to speak of. As of 5.4, Mop is done.
A space ship full of mutated ducks has a better shot at landing in the middle of Manhattan and giving everyone they see a pack of bubbalicous gum than Blizzard releasing WOD Christmas 2013.
I will play it safe and guess between April and December 2014. It's bound to come out somewhere in there. :-P
I'd be surprised if they even announced a release date at Blizzcon. I don't believe they have in the past. My guess is as early as April - May when school is getting out. I really can't see them releasing it December of next year because they would need to add in at least 1 huge and difficult raid to fill that gap.
They would hemorrhage subs like mad if they didn't release it until December of next year. I mean, the content is already starting to get boring as it is.
Each patch seems to come out every 3-4 months for this expansion. which puts 5.5 at december or early january, and if its anything other than a pre-expac patch it will last until march or april and that will be around the time when the next expac comes out. This will give SoO a full 6 months which is what the last tiers got. unless they are planning for a shock and awe campaign, which i think they are, then it'll be before may.
Are we pretending that Blizzard didn't release TBC in a January and the fact they want 18 month expansion cycles now? Do the math. They can't have 18 month development cycles and only release expansions in a November. Forget when games were released in the past. In fact forget EVERYTHING about how Blizzard used to do things because none of that matters anymore. They have made significant changes to how they develop and who they hire and how many they hire and that has a huge impact on development cycles. We have already seen it at work in Mop with the content patches every 3 months so there is absolutely not one single reason in the world why Blizzard can't get an expansion out by start of summer.
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No amount of profit in Q4 next year is going to make up for the losses due to dropping subscriptions in quarters 1-3. Don't be stupid.
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Content is content. It doesn't matter how it is packaged, it is still content. If they can do content patches every 3 months (something they never did before) they can certainly do expansions every 12-18 months. Again this isn't the Blizzard of old. They have made huge changes to how the develop content since Cata and it isn't just lip service anymore because we have seen these changes at work in Mop.
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Did they change Brewfest because of what was going on in game? No? Then why would they do it for Winters Veil?
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Because Wow expansions are totally just like COD and Assassins Creed.
Last edited by xanzul; 2013-11-06 at 06:44 AM.