When is 9.1 coming out?

[Kumorii]

29th june.

[Gorsameth]

"As for your question on game development, we are fortunate that to date we really haven't seen any significant impact on game development with our current games in pipeline because we're really meeting our pre-COVID milestone."

They said significant impact which allows wiggle room. It also could be possible that they were not talking about WoW since it is a "released" product rather then a "current game in pipeline". It really is just marketing/investor speak for "don't worry about it"

Yeah, patch 9.1 is not a "game in pipeline".

That is most likely about D4, Overwatch 2 ect.

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

29th June is pretty much July, right?

the raid aint until july so sorta

[Schizoide]

Yeah, I don't buy for a second that this was deliberate.
If it wasn't Covid it was something else but 9.1 is for sure later then planned.

Watcher actually said it was delayed in an interview at one point. Implied due to COVID. I believe him, they didn't want to take this long.

[Doffen]

29th june.

Aww, that was going to my guess.

[Revamp Man]

Watcher actually said it was delayed in an interview at one point. Implied due to COVID. I believe him, they didn't want to take this long.

He obviously lied because no gaming company was affected by covid and those saying that they were are liars misleading the shareholders

[CaptainV]

the raid aint until july so sorta

Thats kinda why people assuming june 29th are still naieve here, the chances are the earliest you getting the actual raid is the first 2 weeks of July, possibly longer, because they'll delay the launch of the raid to keep people from leaving, it might not even be until august because they need the raid itself to be a hype focus for those invested in raiding.

But honestly, I would say at this point if they dont launch the patch with the raid at launch, they're destroying their own business, they need a content to fill the scene with things to do, and atm, they dont really have much on offer that isnt already available.

9.1 offers too little in terms of long term new content, and thats the thing, once people have flying, or the few dedicated enough complete a covenant (knowing that if 9.2 does come out they'll release the allied races to try to keep it appealing) they'll be forced at that point to release 10.0 around september anyway, because they already said they've got a big announcement event next -year- which is likely gonna feature 10.0's trailer since they know now they cant really avoid having to announce the next expansion.

Tbh though a 9.2 patch that serves as a transition into 10.0 would probably be better for wow as it might actually allow shadowlands to have some dignity rather than being a stagnant exp.

[Caerule]

They'll delay the launch of the raid to keep people from leaving, it might not even be until august because they need the raid itself to be a hype focus for those invested in raiding.

Raid Unlock Schedule

July 6 – Normal and Heroic Difficulties

No need to be concerned in this case.

[rhorle]

Thats kinda why people assuming june 29th are still naieve here, the chances are the earliest you getting the actual raid is the first 2 weeks of July, possibly longer, because they'll delay the launch of the raid to keep people from leaving, it might not even be until august because they need the raid itself to be a hype focus for those invested in raiding.

They already announced when the raid will open up. They are not going to delay from what they announced just because people might be leaving the game and what has been announced follows the standard unlock schedule.

Raid Unlock Schedule

July 6 – Normal and Heroic Difficulties
July 13 – Raid Finder Wing 1 and Mythic Difficulties (The Tarragrue, The Eye of the Jailer, The Nine)
July 27 – Raid Finder Wing 2 (Soulrender Dormazain, Remnant of Ner’zhul, and Painsmith Raznal)
August 10 – Raid Finder Wing 3 (Guardian of the First Ones, Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, and Kel’Thuzad)
August 24 – Raid Finder Wing 4 (Sylvanas Windrunner)

[Tiradon]

Gonna be fun getting a raid team together during early July, sounds like we gonna have 12 persons at this point.

[huth]

29th June is pretty much July, right?

As they say in German, barely missed is still missed.

[Marrilaife]

Some people complaining patch is too soon and is "rushed", others were complaining it was taking way too long.

Personally the only thing I wish was different was getting the 'patch is coming' information a bit more in advance than just 2 weeks.

I think they're both right. It looks rushed because the game has been too long without a major patch and Blizzard had to get something out. TBC classic was a respite, but not everyone plays classic. Usually patches didn't go from major builds to release within a week or two. I'm wondering what kind of bugs will we find this time... (who remembers 7.2 patch that broke "flying" skills like frozen orb and sindragosa's flight to not deal any damage?)

They could have played it better if they had some filler content between Castle Nathria and Chains of Domination akin to Trial of Valor, but since they didn't, they really had to get this patch out sooner than later because it's been 8 months since Shadowlands launch, and people are used to 5-6 month patch cycle (unless it's end of xpac lull, which it isn't).

[Gorsameth]

Gonna be fun getting a raid team together during early July, sounds like we gonna have 12 persons at this point.

It certainly is a bad time for a raid to open when people are generally going on vacations, but it also makes sense that Blizzard simply opens the raid when its ready and doesn't delay it until August just because people go on holiday. It will be there for 6+ months, plenty of time to progress and summer disruption was going to happen at some point anyway.

[Revamp Man]

It certainly is a bad time for a raid to open when people are generally going on vacations, but it also makes sense that Blizzard simply opens the raid when its ready and doesn't delay it until August just because people go on holiday. It will be there for 6+ months, plenty of time to progress and summer disruption was going to happen at some point anyway.

Yeah I mean mythic week is late enough

[BeerEelemental]

Only 9% of the poll was correct, shows you how much meaning you can take from shit people post on this forum

[Cosmic Janitor]

Only 9% of the poll was correct, shows you how much meaning you can take from shit people post on this forum

The most realistic options were always last reset of june or the first 2 of july. Most people being off by what amounts to 1 week is probably not as much of a gotcha moment as you think.

[CaptainV]

They already announced when the raid will open up. They are not going to delay from what they announced just because people might be leaving the game and what has been announced follows the standard unlock schedule.

Raid Unlock Schedule

July 6 – Normal and Heroic Difficulties
July 13 – Raid Finder Wing 1 and Mythic Difficulties (The Tarragrue, The Eye of the Jailer, The Nine)
July 27 – Raid Finder Wing 2 (Soulrender Dormazain, Remnant of Ner’zhul, and Painsmith Raznal)
August 10 – Raid Finder Wing 3 (Guardian of the First Ones, Fatescribe Roh-Kalo, and Kel’Thuzad)
August 24 – Raid Finder Wing 4 (Sylvanas Windrunner)

A fair case, but honestly not one I really feel is gonna really matter at this point with the damage done, and im not even trying to be fatalistic, im saying blizz has taken too long to deliver something that isnt even finished, with them even showing cutscenes "Not yet finished" in progress and not actually completing them, which means 9.1 is definatley being rushed.

Hell the final raid cutscenes dont even seem complete yet.

[rhorle]

A fair case, but honestly not one I really feel is gonna really matter at this point with the damage done, and im not even trying to be fatalistic, im saying blizz has taken too long to deliver something that isnt even finished, with them even showing cutscenes "Not yet finished" in progress and not actually completing them, which means 9.1 is definatley being rushed.

You are trying to be fatalistic. You are trying anything you can to spin this as negative. The cutscenes are "not yet finished" because Blizzard doesn't want to reveal them on the PTR. They also have 3 encrypted cinematics. The patch isn't rushed. It is anything but rushed.

[Revamp Man]

A fair case, but honestly not one I really feel is gonna really matter at this point with the damage done, and im not even trying to be fatalistic, im saying blizz has taken too long to deliver something that isnt even finished, with them even showing cutscenes "Not yet finished" in progress and not actually completing them, which means 9.1 is definatley being rushed.

Hell the final raid cutscenes dont even seem complete yet.

if youve been on the ptr you will see that cutscenes that are already in live (like the one when you jump into the maw) still have the "work in progress" crap on them

the patch is finished
it in no way was rushed lol

[Dracullus]

A fair case, but honestly not one I really feel is gonna really matter at this point with the damage done, and im not even trying to be fatalistic, im saying blizz has taken too long to deliver something that isnt even finished, with them even showing cutscenes "Not yet finished" in progress and not actually completing them, which means 9.1 is definatley being rushed.

Hell the final raid cutscenes dont even seem complete yet.

Lol, go to PTR and do BfA intro, I guess cutscenes there are still "work in progress". Still definatley Beta for Azeroth, am I right guys!