Any word on pre-patch?

[Arthzull]

Wouldn't it have to be the 13th though? If the 6th is the last week of corruptions, they couldn't drop the prepatch on the same week or else you would never actually get that last corruption week. It would have to be on the following weekly reset, which is the 13th.

It won't be the 13th, that is too late, to be honest. if they time gate the Pre-patch which they always do that gives almost no time to do it. Pre-Patch will be the 6th.

[Greengrim]

To think that I secretly hoped for 16th or 23rd September....

The following words of wisdom are very suitable:
"Always expect the worse! This way, you will be less disappointed."

[Cthulhu fhtagn]

Some of the stuff on the next build does make it look like there was a lot of work still undone for the squish regarding classes and some zones. Hard to imagine the pre patch only being 2 weeks but it's a possibility. They might just make the previously planned 2 weeks of pre patch content release on the same week

[Doffen]

Wouldn't it have to be the 13th though? If the 6th is the last week of corruptions, they couldn't drop the prepatch on the same week or else you would never actually get that last corruption week. It would have to be on the following weekly reset, which is the 13th.

Last corruption upgrade was early in September. Or what do you mean?

https://www.wowhead.com/news=317874/...maximum-of-125

[Aurosh]

To think that I secretly hoped for 16th or 23rd September....

The following words of wisdom are very suitable:
"Always expect the worse! This way, you will be less disappointed."

Well you only had to look at PTR to see that even now, prepatch next week will be tough. Too much stuff not working. The level squish is still a lot of work and class tuning/talents tuning is VERY slow atm. Nearly too slow for prepatch next week.

Their internal builds are either several weeks ahead or we are heading for disaster.

[Amaterasu65]

It's getting funnier every reset.

[ldev]

Can we have one day without some thread about prepatch date, its obviously the 29th/30th at this point.

Where's the prepatch?

[Holymaneli]

Where's the prepatch?

why you gotta do him like that idev?

[Aradur]

Where's the prepatch?

On the PTR.

[Thenadrys]

Tomorrow is October and there's no word from Blizz beyond PVP season end. It's... odd.

[Onikaroshi]

Tomorrow is October and there's no word from Blizz beyond PVP season end. It's... odd.

PvP season end was given last monday.

[Odrareg]

Sorry where is the season end announcement?

[Onikaroshi]

Sorry where is the season end announcement?

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/ne...xpansion-patch

BATTLE FOR AZEROTH PVP SEASON 4 ENDS AND THE POST-SEASON BEGINS
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Once the pre-expansion patch is live, we’ll be kicking off a special post-season that last until the launch of Shadowlands. While placement on the season ladder is locked for any end-of-season rewards such as the Gladiator mount or title, players will be able to continue to earn Conquest towards the Conquest Schedule, gain random PvP loot, and collect catch-up gear rewarded from strongboxes. Players will also be able to purchase Corrupted Aspirant gear from vendors located in Stormwind and Ogrimmar.

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[Sphynnxx]

Lets be honest though, this season is a total meme... just end it.

[schwarzkopf]

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/ne...xpansion-patch

I see a lot of blue words, but no end of season announcement (i.e. the season is ending on X).

Having said that - Blizzard is breaking so many precedents here that anything could happen, whenever it is released some norm will be broken - be it PVP warning, time before expansion, duration etc etc.

[Onikaroshi]

I see a lot of blue words, but no end of season announcement (i.e. the season is ending on X).

They haven't given a date directly in the season end announcement in 2 expansions. They just say "soon" (though they edited the wod end of season announcement for some reason)

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/ne...he-post-season

[schwarzkopf]

They haven't given a date directly in the season end announcement in 2 expansions. They just say "soon" (though they edited the wod end of season announcement for some reason)

You are correct, it seems the 'soon' announcement is the two weeks notice (according to WoWhead)... maing October 6th the PTR release.

[Nasriel]

It won't be the 13th, that is too late, to be honest. if they time gate the Pre-patch which they always do that gives almost no time to do it. Pre-Patch will be the 6th.

I dunno if it is the same in other countries but I am kinda thinking it will be the 13th to coincide with when the physical version of the xpac releases into stores (not actually playable on that date) . I dunno if that applies to other zones (I'm in Australia) but it makes sense to me. I hope I'm wrong because as you said it then gives us very little time to finish the event but I wouldn't be surprised if they did do that

[Cæli]

they can do the pre patch event in a week... it doesn't have to be the 6th. and them tagging for "release" can just be a marketing thing because it got reported in many places that the patch was no longer tagged for release, which can be a bad thing financially

[Onikaroshi]

they can do the pre patch event in a week... it doesn't have to be the 6th. and them tagging for "release" can just be a marketing thing because it got reported in many places that the patch was no longer tagged for release, which can be a bad thing financially

Chances of that are next to nil, I'd say 99% it's next week, .9% it's the 13th and .1% it's any later than that.

Either way, we'll know by end of business friday.