So that's two months longer than 8.1 --> 8.2. I really didn't think they could do worse than BFA. I'm impressed.
I very very much doubt there will be a 9.3, i think the delays and hastle of shadowlands will simply be met with "just end it now" approach from higher up. they'll want to wash the stain of what a mess they made of things at this point. I'm calling it now, 9.2 will be the end (at least raid/story, could be a 9.2.5 to fix whatever 9.2 screws up while waiting on 10.0)
ive a feeling the delays might be caused by updates in the story to touch on a specific awareness, there were hint of abuse in the folklore and fairytales between the jailer and sylvanas he literally stored her in his pocket and she seemed heavily of stockholme syndrome and frightened plus with the controversy around blizz it would not be a surprising reason if it turns out the book touches on the awareness. If so the jailer's fate will be sealed so brutally in the end of his arc maybe. luckily blizz didnt push any empathy on him liek they did arthas so at least they are safe there.
If you need a book to explain your game or film - YOU HAVE FAILED. BTW, this is just game content getting shifted to a book....
I can already tell that this will some fan-fiction level writing
WoW is in a deep hole where new players who actually want to learn about the Lore can't because when they start playing the game, they's thrown into a whirlpool of disconnected and confusing stories where you're already supposed to know who is who, what is what, and where you're also supposed to be caught-up with books.This book is NOT going to help with this situation.What WoW needs are more videos like the Warlords/Harbingers/Warbringers/Afterlives, but used in-game to explain the backstory of ALL the main characters, what they're known throughout the entire Warcraft Lore.When an NPC goes "the Burning Legion is returning", well, maybe that one video they did on Youtube explaining what the Burning Legion is could be put in there.THAT would help the game's situation.
Ah yes, the book none wanted; written by the absolut worst person to ever write anything related to the Horde.
So... does anyone else chuckle when they see the word "Definitive" attached to anything WoW? Or is that just me?
Sounds like desperate revisions to salvage WoW lore. They're better off having our characters wake up from a dream after killing the lich king in ICC. That would be better lore.
I don't want another book about game lore. I want game lore placed in game.
Looks like we have the date for 9.2 coming out then.Don't even think they won't try to tie this into the game release schedule - considering they are unlikely to release story spoilers appertaining to the game -before- the patch content its related to.It would have been like releasing War Crimes before 5.4