9.0 General Discussion

[Blayze]

does not contain even the tiniest sliver of humour.

It's German.

[infinitemeridian]

The video is one thing, I mean the article itself. It is completely devoid of humour, which leads me to believe it is either genuine, or made by someone severely lacking in humour.

...it's German.

[Hugnomo]

It's not fake, it's just BfA Alpha.

Right! Thanks, I should be paying more attention

[Valysar]

For those who cannot be assed to translate that Vanion article.

Shadowlands release set to March 2021.
8.3.5 will be made and released to cover the extra gap. Among other things this patch will contain several things made easier, or droprates increased.
New content is Dire mail pet battle dungeon and PvP Stromgarde warfront
Excess service medals can be used to buy transmit sets from the usual vendor, 2 sets per armour type.

So yes, not confirmed. And the date doesn't help. But it sounds real, and does not contain even the tiniest sliver of humour.

Good content ! Too bad it's fake

[Sondrelk]

...it's German.

That seems a bit meta to base an elaborate April fools prank on.

Regardless, skimming over it again the only parts that actually feel like an April fools is the blog post and video, the rest is written with the most humourless dryest, matter of fact sense of authenticity. So either it is a massive investment into the dumbest joke, or the video and blog post is the April fools and the rest is genuine

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But then again, maybe it was just written by Klaus, the humourless man, whose only experience with comedy was reading the word in the dictionary.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Lol....8.3.5 wasn't supposed to be a thing. If that article was true, that would mean they changed their minds in the last several weeks. But considering what day it is...



FAKE NEWS!

[Gangreflamme]

Cursed be Blizz with those encrypted builds.... Well... nothing again this week, unless that "minor server activity" intensifies

[infinitemeridian]

Cursed be Blizz with those encrypted builds.... Well... nothing again this week, unless that "minor server activity" intensifies

Dog...it's Tuesday.

[Gangreflamme]

Dog...it's Tuesday.

Tomorrows friday, right ?

[Valysar]

Dog...it's Tuesday.

Tuesday of what year?

[Queen of Hamsters]

The video is one thing, I mean the article itself. It is completely devoid of humour, which leads me to believe it is either genuine, or made by someone severely lacking in humour.

It's German humour, it's no laughing matter.

[Revamp Man]

Excuse me? Who is selfish here, someone who thinks he can judge stuff he has no clue about, hasn’t experienced or played it or has any insights - or someone like me who just wants people with direct access to judge that stuff? Wow, just wow Mr. Armchair developer.

I didn’t even want to defend Blizzard but your statement is ridiculous.

You just want people with direct access and you don’t want anything seen or data mined before launch....so what about the stream viewers who point stuff out to the streamers

You want fewer eyes on the content to be able to judge it....that’s how we get stuff like nzoth final phase or azerite gear or the last minute cache change or any change that is undocumented and people find is garbage

I think it was WoD or Legion where people found blizz screwed with legacy raid drops

How about the time where blizzard didn’t squish raid bosses so mog farmers were getting wrecked by bosses they used to one shot?

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For those who cannot be assed to translate that Vanion article.

Shadowlands release set to March 2021.
8.3.5 will be made and released to cover the extra gap. Among other things this patch will contain several things made easier, or droprates increased.
New content is Dire mail pet battle dungeon and PvP Stromgarde warfront
Excess service medals can be used to buy transmit sets from the usual vendor, 2 sets per armour type.

So yes, not confirmed. And the date doesn't help. But it sounds real, and does not contain even the tiniest sliver of humour.

Release on my birthday please

[Chickat]

So they are doing alpha testing with an NDA

Probably. Or he misspoke.

[Revamp Man]

Probably. Or he misspoke.

I say it’s a 50/50

Also Towelliee keeps talking about alpha stuff even though “April 1st was a possibility before corona”

Yeah you can say he’s doing it for the clicks but I’m not as cynical the dudes pretty straight forward

[Jaggler]

Tuesday of what year?

March.

10char

[Chickat]

I hope it is tomorrow lol. Will make it awkward for the fansites.

[Revamp Man]

I hope it is tomorrow lol. Will make it awkward for the fansites.

IKR

If the March 2021 thing is real

1. I’m fine with it because it needs to be good
2. Birthday release

[infinitemeridian]

IKR

If the March 2021 thing is real

1. I’m fine with it because it needs to be good
2. Birthday release

1) It's not real
2) We're not getting anything until Thursday at the earliest. They're not going to do anything on April 1st.

[Chickat]

I thought someone was joking. They really did release another's encrypted build today. Well pack it up for this week boys.

[Queen of Hamsters]

I thought someone was joking. They really did release another's encrypted build today. Well pack it up for this week boys.

I was expecting it, but at the same time... They're doing me a sad...