looking past tuesday and into the future of WoW: timeline for the next major patches

[randomone05]

I'm curious to see when and what we will get in the major patches after the 7th. i know Abyssal Maw is coming sometime relativly soon, as is FireLands. if memory serves, FL is slated for 4.1. i looked over at wowwiki and AM is going to be a 5 man dungeon. i always got the impression(when they first announced it) that it would be a raid. oh well, thats not the point.

here is my very very very rough timeline of the next couple of patches:

abyssal maw patch: mid-winter aka january-february
FL patch: im gonna guess late spring early summer. would be fitting to be battling a firelord in the start of summer.

please add more to this list. just dont "omgudidntthinkofthisorthatufukinnoob" and we should all be ok.

[Caiden]

I Believe that CoT War of the Ancients is confirmed for 4.2.....

and id be willing to bet money that Deathwing is 4.3

[randomone05]

well i do know they dont want us sitting around as much as we did in wrath. and they will be "trying" to get patches out much quicker. i also just read further into FL and AM and it seems that FL will be out before AM. or maybe at the same time.
EDIT IN: seems wowwiki says FL and AM will arrive at the same time/same patch. makes sense since they were working on both for release.

[Deleted]

well looking at how blizzard have been releasing patches and their new strategy of releasing lots of smaller dungeons and raids as opposed to 1 huge raid ever 6 months, i wouldnt be surprised if we saw maybe maybe 5-6 raid and dungeon patches (i.e 1 raid and 1 5-man) across the space of 18 months.

if not maybe 3-4 patches with 2-3 smaller raids in each and a 5 man.

i think FL and AM will be released as one as this seems to be in keeping with blizzard's current strategy of patch release

[randomone05]

well looking at how blizzard have been releasing patches and their new strategy of releasing lots of smaller dungeons and raids as opposed to 1 huge raid ever 6 months, i wouldnt be surprised if we saw maybe maybe 5-6 raid and dungeon patches (i.e 1 raid and 1 5-man) across the space of 18 months.

if not maybe 3-4 patches with 2-3 smaller raids in each and a 5 man.

i think FL and AM will be released as one as this seems to be in keeping with blizzard's current strategy of patch release

i think ur pretty much dead on. the lack of content in WoTLK really struck a blow to their subs(most likely). seems they know that they cant go without any new content for a year like we did in LK. and no, i dont count RS. that was a waste of time.

[pcj]

i looked over at wowwiki and AM is going to be a 5 man dungeon.

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