How long do you think it will take for 4.2 to come out?

[Snes]

Judging by the amount of time it's taking to test 2 5-man dungeons, my guess is 4.2 in late July, and because they can afford to.

Edit: In spite of how long it takes to get stuff released, it would be a nice change of pace to have something new to do during the summer in WoW.

[Soisoisoi]

The same amount of time it would have taken if they didn't add the two 5man Dungeons. For a guess they'll be adding other stuff, like what has been on the front page.

Just in case people start to complain...

Previously:
Now -----------------------------4.1

Changed to:
Now -----------4.1---------------4.2

So, we get more content in the same time span.


Also, inb4 "soon(tm)".

[Halbarad]

The same amount of time it would have taken 4.1 if they didn't add the two 5man Dungeons.

I'm not sure its 2 dungeons that are the main delay here, i suspect its more the guild challenges and such that there putting more work into (altho I do agree with the sentiment that guild challenges should of been in and ready from live, when the majority of guilds would of had use for them)

[Lordender]

no, i suspect we're going to see 4.2 late may, it will roll out quicker than everyone thinks it will while keeping close(maybe going a little later) to the 6months after release time-line between tiers.

[dgarner32]

The same amount of time it would have taken if they didn't add the two 5man Dungeons.

Just in case people start to complain...



So, we get more content in the same time span.


Also, inb4 "soon(tm)".

keep defending blizz please...

[Negrido]

Most likely, at some point in the future.
If it happens in the past, I'll eat my hat!

[Swizzle]

keep defending blizz please...

Keep attacking Blizz please...

Seriously, if Blizz put in an insta kill one shot Gladiator full Heroic Mode clear button...people would complain that they can't change the shape and position of the button.

[godofslack]

keep defending blizz please...

It's not really defending blizzard when it's the only fact on the subject.

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Most likely, at some point in the future.
If it happens in the past, I'll eat my hat!

Don't bring that up...

[Tigor]

I'm hoping June, but I'm thinking July.

[Shivjal]

Keep attacking Blizz please...

Seriously, if Blizz put in an insta kill one shot Gladiator full Heroic Mode clear button...people would complain that they can't change the shape and position of the button.

soo true man.

[Laetitiia]

I wouldn't be surprised it 4.2 only hit the servers in July/August. When has a major content patch ever come off the PTR speedily? But it is unfortunate that we'll be stuck in this tier for so long.

[Deleted]

There's actually a lot more to 4.1 than meets the eye.

-Merging of Battlegroups for Arenas
-Faction vs. Faction RBGs
-External Guild Chat
-UI updates
-Latency Improvements
-etc.

It's stuff like that that requires a lot of testing and bug-fixing as they are very technical issues. The balance changes and the new content don't require that much tuning.

4.2 will probably be about new content and balance and thus should be easier to test. I'd expect it 2 months after 4.1.

[Ryme]

no, i suspect we're going to see 4.2 late may, it will roll out quicker than everyone thinks it will while keeping close(maybe going a little later) to the 6months after release time-line between tiers.

Absolutely not, it hasn't even reached PTRs yet, I suspect we'll see the PTR at the end of this month and it will be released around 2 months after that.

[Pogoball]

I'm not really understanding their approach to the Cataclysm patch cycle. It seems like they're using a shotgun approach by trying to implement a lot of small content and system changes all at once instead of focusing on 2-3 things at a time.

With everything planned, the roll out should go down like this:
4.1 - Zul 2: Electric Boogaloo, holiday updates for pre-September events and latency issues. (ASAFP)

4.1.5 - Same faction RBGs, UI tweaks (not required by previous updates), battlegroup merge, and external guild chat. (within a month of 4.1)

4.2 - Firelands, legendary staff, post-September holiday updates, and ponies that fart rainbows. (When it's ready, but before SWTOR and/or GW2)