Originally Posted by
DarkArchon
The expansion is much closer then most people are thinking. Due to several reasons which of course is my own speculation from actions Blizzard has been doing and saying. The simple fact that there has been no beta release of yet suggests their beta testing internally and with there much larger staff size, it's obvious they want to keep things as hush as possible and keep the content new as possible this time around. A small other reason is they hinted they don't want people on a binge come leveling time and have removed realm first everything, which of course they don't want people on beta finding farm zones for power leveling. They want people to properly go threw the content.
This week with WoW maintenance and raid resets is also a big red flag, that sort of thing is very odd and obviously means something. Then the very next day they released the Gnome video. It could only be adding the boost to 90 feature, or could also be WoD open for pre-order this coming Tuesday. If that turns out to be the case the actual release would be aimed for Mid-July very earliest to Late August very latest due to Blizzard's past wait times when pre-ordering comes available.
Was also mentioned as we all know that there much further ahead then previous expansion which translates into a faster release date, if it obviously released any later then September it wouldn't have been faster at all. Also with recent interview's with Blizzard they leave very subtle bread crumbs that were in for a surprise.
Almost everything is pointing towards a August 1st-31st release date. (To also starve of drastic sub drops to boot).
I think in the next 2 days to 2 weeks a lot of info will be coming to light.
Also heard a rumor Blizzcon 2014 is going to be Mid August this year, seems to fit perfectly they would release it a week after.