The official release date will drop October 4th. Any dates you hear are rumors and to be taken with a grain of salt. That said, the end of Arena season 8 was announced Tuesday. This is significant for two reasons:
1. The new patch will drop on Oct 12th for the US and Oct 13th for EU. Note to staff: Are the new talent trees set up for the Adviser? If not, you have 1 week. Check MMO-Champion for details, as well as the main WoW site. The main site just updated its under development page.
2. Any honor points gained will be dumped into a new scoring system when Cata drops (season 9 starts). Check MMO or the WOWHead blog for further details.
Normally, when Blizzard announces the end of an arena season something major is about to happen. They typically announce these events two weeks prior to a patch release. That being said, here's the revised timeline:
Oct. 12 (US), Oct. 13th (EU): 4.0.1 drops on live (all but official now): New talent adviser needed by this time. Regular 3.3.5 guide will work with 4.0.1. 4.0.3 on PTR?
Nov. 9 or 16: 4.0.3 drops on live (speculation, but accurate. Blizzcon update.): 1-60 quest updates need to be finished by this time. The free portion of our guide updates.
Dec. 7: Cata in stores (Blizzcon for confirm): Full guide (Worgen, Goblin starting zones) should be close to done. Time to pay up.
This post will be updated as time gets closer. I will be checking the following sites daily for updated info:
WoW forums and community site
MMO-Champion
Wowhead blog
Tankspot
And will post anything relevant as info comes my way. I am willing to do this (and have done so for the past 3 weeks), so stay tuned as the wagon is finally on the road to Cataclysm.
1. The new patch will drop on Oct 12th for the US and Oct 13th for EU. Note to staff: Are the new talent trees set up for the Adviser? If not, you have 1 week. Check MMO-Champion for details, as well as the main WoW site. The main site just updated its under development page.
2. Any honor points gained will be dumped into a new scoring system when Cata drops (season 9 starts). Check MMO or the WOWHead blog for further details.
Normally, when Blizzard announces the end of an arena season something major is about to happen. They typically announce these events two weeks prior to a patch release. That being said, here's the revised timeline:
Oct. 12 (US), Oct. 13th (EU): 4.0.1 drops on live (all but official now): New talent adviser needed by this time. Regular 3.3.5 guide will work with 4.0.1. 4.0.3 on PTR?
Nov. 9 or 16: 4.0.3 drops on live (speculation, but accurate. Blizzcon update.): 1-60 quest updates need to be finished by this time. The free portion of our guide updates.
Dec. 7: Cata in stores (Blizzcon for confirm): Full guide (Worgen, Goblin starting zones) should be close to done. Time to pay up.
This post will be updated as time gets closer. I will be checking the following sites daily for updated info:
WoW forums and community site
MMO-Champion
Wowhead blog
Tankspot
And will post anything relevant as info comes my way. I am willing to do this (and have done so for the past 3 weeks), so stay tuned as the wagon is finally on the road to Cataclysm.
Comment