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    Quote Originally Posted by Snorlax View Post
    Not to be a pedantic dick or anything but group finder is pre-made. Auto queue is called RDF or LFR.
    Which is something I mentioned in my edit.

    EDIT: My mistake, I confused LFD for Group Finder. Brain not work so good. Even still, they said "only group finder", whereas you can invite people via Battle.tag, RealID, or Communities, so it still shows they don't know what they're talking about.

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    DRAGONMIRE BINGO
    2024 - 11.0 - The 10th Expansion - The 20th Anniversary of World of Warcraft
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dracullus View Post
    What to worry about? 9.2 is like 3-4 weeks away, so Jailer cinematic 5-6 , I doubt they would wait for last campaign chapter, cause likely that's just some epilogue for Sylvanas not connected to 10.0 at all. Again, assuming only spoilers hold them back at this point.
    There's no real reason the expansion reveal would be tied to the release of 9.2. Besides expansion teasers being released before the final raid, this expansion seems to be totally unrelated to whatever follows it. The datamining suggests there is not some big twist: The Jailer is simply defeated & Sylvanas exiles herself to the maw to clear out the souls that reside there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archmage Xaxxas View Post
    [IMG]
    hey I found these 9.2.5 story chapter leaks

    [URL="https://imgur.com/gallery/i2VgQNk"]JK I just made a goofy comic highlighting that the Jailer got Snoke'd.[URL]

    Higher Res : [url]https://i.imgur.com/ty8wmLr.jpeg[url]
    Needs a seemingly inexhaustible army of Necropoli being destroyed in grand fashion by random quest givers for it to be the truly authentic Rise experience.



    And hey, page 1111, that's worth a tiny cheer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    There's no real reason the expansion reveal would be tied to the release of 9.2. Besides expansion teasers being released before the final raid, this expansion seems to be totally unrelated to whatever follows it. The datamining suggests there is not some big twist: The Jailer is simply defeated & Sylvanas exiles herself to the maw to clear out the souls that reside there.
    The reason could be that Blizzard has always been forced to reveal it at Blizzcon before, and that it's better in regards to hype to have most, if not all of the old baggage being removed before announcing the new thing.
    Would be a fantastic capoff to a blighted expansion to signify we are done with it by getting a 10.0 trailer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sondrelk View Post
    The reason could be that Blizzard has always been forced to reveal it at Blizzcon
    Only that they prefer the expansion hype to last a full year. You say "forced" here as if it's not Blizzard itself who decides when Blizzcon is held.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    Only that they prefer the expansion hype to last a full year. You say "forced" here as if it's not Blizzard itself who decides when Blizzcon is held.
    Forced as in they cannot realistically move Blizcon solely to make the WoW reveals that tiny bit better.
    Blizcon has been in Q3 every year for years now, with the Blizzconline l.ast year and the cancelled Blizconline this year as outliers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sondrelk View Post
    You could stretch a bit and say that Blizzard decided to reassess how the game was doing once the Microsoft deal became a possibility.
    Lower level employees would almost definitely not know, but employees like Ion might have known that a Microsoft deal was on the table for a while.
    Given that they have a history of pulling features like this ahead, i really don't see any need for that. You're basically adding an explanation for something that doesn't need one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by huth View Post
    Given that they have a history of pulling features like this ahead, i really don't see any need for that. You're basically adding an explanation for something that doesn't need one.
    Oh no, the explanation is definitely not needed, especially since the explanation is basically that Blizzard isnt just incompetent, they are actively malicious and only mended their awys because of Microsoft.
    Point is that just because we the consumers knew about the aquisition now doesnt mean that the most senior employees at Blizzard didnt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ersula View Post
    Only that they prefer the expansion hype to last a full year. You say "forced" here as if it's not Blizzard itself who decides when Blizzcon is held.
    Forced because you can't move Blizzcon date once machine is running. They start selling tickets around April, first preparation likely much earlier. Not to mention first week of November became tradition at some point.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sondrelk View Post
    You could stretch a bit and say that Blizzard decided to reassess how the game was doing once the Microsoft deal became a possibility.
    Lower level employees would almost definitely not know, but employees like Ion might have known that a Microsoft deal was on the table for a while.
    Imo they just needed something exciting for 8.2.5 and SL drought in general. Legion had Allied Races, scalled world, legendary vendor useful for Mage Tower, new battleground. BfA had massive XP boost, introducing reputation boosts to timewalking, corruption vendor (must be more, I remember they handled drought very well).

    But SL already made systems alt friendly in 9.1.5 and 9.2 don't require massive catch ups, only thing they could add in 8.2.5 is maybe Renown 80 token and further Anima/offerings increase. Barely anyone cares about new arena. So it's perfect time for something like cross faction, especially if it's instanced version that doesn't require big changes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dracullus View Post
    Forced because you can't move Blizzcon date once machine is running. They start selling tickets around April, first preparation likely much earlier. Not to mention first week of November became tradition at some point.
    Not to mention that Blizzcon was always mainly about community meeting each other and the devs. Announcements were the most exciting thing, but not the main thing.
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    I still stand by how I think it's a great idea if Blizzard announced they would release the 10.0 trailer once the world first race is finished. Drum up some actual hype around the event and how it will end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Archmage Xaxxas View Post
    Sadly, I fully expect we'll get something along the lines of "not the real Zovaal" by end of the Sepulcher raid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snorlax View Post
    Oh my bad I think I quoted before the edit but either way oops
    No biggie! It was a pretty silly mistake of me to make too, lol!

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    Huge WoW news in 30 minutes or so? According to Towelliee I've heard...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sondrelk View Post
    I still stand by how I think it's a great idea if Blizzard announced they would release the 10.0 trailer once the world first race is finished. Drum up some actual hype around the event and how it will end.
    It would be awesome if Blizzard give info about upcoming event to winning guild so leader would be first person to annouce it.

  17. #21777
    Quote Originally Posted by Edward Wu View Post
    Huge WoW news in 30 minutes or so? According to Towelliee I've heard...
    He also promised a WoW announcement last week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dracullus View Post
    It would be awesome if Blizzard give info about upcoming event to winning guild so leader would be first person to annouce it.
    What if they don't like it?

    "Yeah, it's pretty terrible. Don't buy it" is not particularly useful advertising.

  18. #21778
    Quote Originally Posted by Le Conceptuel View Post
    He also promised a WoW announcement last week.

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    What if they don't like it?

    "Yeah, it's pretty terrible. Don't buy it" is not particularly useful advertising.
    Nowhere did he promise a WOW announcement... "We have some exciting things to announce, and I’ll be sharing more next week." how is that WOW announcement ?

  19. #21779
    Quote Originally Posted by Dracullus View Post
    It would be awesome if Blizzard give info about upcoming event to winning guild so leader would be first person to annouce it.
    No thanks, mythic raiders get enough special treatment as it is and it would be mega cringe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dwarfbeater View Post
    Nowhere did he promise a WOW announcement... "We have some exciting things to announce, and I’ll be sharing more next week." how is that WOW announcement ?
    Towellie, not Ybarra.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snorlax View Post
    Towelie seems so washed. Is he actually still popular enough to be in the know with Blizz devs? I just figured he had fallen to Swifty levels.
    I mean, he's fought with MMO-Champion users about his fake predictions before.

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