Rise of Azshara's Dungeon and Raid Will Open Simultaneously Several Weeks After 8.2's Launch

PTR Posted 2019/04/11 at 2:02 PM by perculia

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This Article is part of our Patch 8.2 Announcement Coverage

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Heart of Azeroth:
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Heart of Azeroth Essences - All Revealed Major and Minor Powers
Theorycrafting Details about the Heart of Azeroth in Rise of Azshara from Sloot

Dungeons and Raids:

Mechagon Zone - Secrets and Exploration

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Customizable Trinkets - Pocket-Sized Computational Device

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Taliesin & Evitel Information - Nazjatar, Mechagon, and Mounts

Azshara's Eternal Palace is a large raid, featuring an underwater boss, with Queen Azshara as the final boss.

The Mechagon Megadungeon is a massive dungeon, similar to Karazhan in size, with the devious King Mechagon as the final boss.

Possible Release Daterelease date speculation article

The Season 2 Conquest Reward schedule lists 25 weeks of rewards. As Season 1 lasted 20 weeks, a 25-week season doesn't seem unreasonable. We appear to be deviating from the Legion Arena season schedule, in which seasons occurred more frequently than new raids. With the ongoing polish to WoW's Esports structure, now all competitive forms of content update at the same time--raids, PvP, and Mythic Plus.

If we count 25 weeks from the start of Season 2, January 22nd, we reach July 16, 2019 for the start of Season 3 Battle for Azeroth, new Azshara-themed Mythic affix, and new raid, Azshara's Eternal Palace.

This would also align well with the recently-revealed WoW Esports calendar, in which there are two seasons in 2019 for both Arena and MDI. A new season starting in July evenly splits the year in half.

The one awkward part is that Season 2 would be split up by system changes with the introduction of Patch 8.2 Azerite changes and new traits. This could affect the competitive balance, similar to the Patch 8.1 class changes that affected the Season 1 meta in December.

Past Raid Schedule

Patch 7.1: Karazhan Megadungeon, Trial of Valor Mini Raid

Patch 7.1.5: Nighthold Raid

Patch 7.2: Cathedral of Eternal Night Dungeon

Patch 7.2.5: Tomb of Sargeras

Patch 7.3: Seat of the Triumvirate Dungeon

Patch 7.3.2: Antorus the Burning Throne Raid

BFA Launch: Ten Dungeons, Uldir Raid

Patch 8.1: Battle of Dazar'alor Raid

Patch 8.1.5: Crucible of Storms Raid

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Comment by WillbladeSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.Comment by perculiaSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.Comment by Varteras"This is a departure from the release cycle we've come to expect throughout Legion and early BFA where the raids launched in X.5 patch"

And yet in the very same post you point out how Battle of Dazar'alor released as part of 8.1 so this isn't really news. It became clear months ago that the cycle was going to be different for BfA

EDIT RESPONSE: It still didn't release in an X.5 patch and already set a precedent for this to happen in BfA. The fact this is also happening with Eternal Palace is thus not news. We already knew the release timelines would be different

Oh hey! At least you edited your post!Comment by WillbladeSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.Comment by ThatTyguySo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.Comment by DatRandomGuySo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.Comment by ZerOrbitSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.https://www.cuckhead.com/wotlk/news=291146/liveblog-of-the-patch-8-2-rise-of-azshara-content-preview-streamComment by WillbladeSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.https://www.cuckhead.com/wotlk/news=291146/liveblog-of-the-patch-8-2-rise-of-azshara-content-preview-streamComment by 712374This post was from a user who has deleted their account.Comment by LavindarSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.https://www.cuckhead.com/wotlk/news=291146/liveblog-of-the-patch-8-2-rise-of-azshara-content-preview-streamComment by perculiaSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.https://www.cuckhead.com/wotlk/news=291146/liveblog-of-the-patch-8-2-rise-of-azshara-content-preview-streamComment by WillbladeSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.https://www.cuckhead.com/wotlk/news=291146/liveblog-of-the-patch-8-2-rise-of-azshara-content-preview-streamComment by WillbladeSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.https://www.cuckhead.com/wotlk/news=291146/liveblog-of-the-patch-8-2-rise-of-azshara-content-preview-streamComment by SpleenerMakes sense- I'm pretty sure Battle for Dazar'alor is about as old *now* as Nighthold was when 7.2 dropped, and 8.2 is probably still ~2 months away. This'll be the first time in God knows how long where releasing the new raid around the same time as a patch will actually be the proper pacing for it.Comment by BrokenWarragain cosmetic BS patchComment by Soeroahagain cosmetic BS patchComment by LlaroldSo basically there will be no new content at all on patch release as usual.Comment by Pyrite13If only they could just go back to the original schedule in which raids would open on the patch day.

Why did they even ever deviate from that schedule, it was perfect. In the early years of WoW patch day downtime could have been extended but even that hasn't been an issue in years..Comment by CrusadyrLove having new content. Absolutely hate Blizzard timegating everything in the game. I feel like I'm playing Farmville half the time.Comment by GrogalOMG, possible release 17/07? Maybe Blizz should lay off even more ppl so major patches can come at an even slower pace...
That's a whopping 10 months after BFA release...
In Legion by march 28 we already had MAJOR contact patches 7.1 and 7.1.5 and 7.2 !
Furthermore BFA's first content patches don't come even close to Legion 7.1 / 7.1.5 and 7.2. But BFA 8.2 is still a huge 3 more months away at best ? What the hell is there to do till then?
Subs are already very low. I think many more will stop now 8.2 is still so long away. They said in Legion they wanted to increase patch and expansion release speed. It's going in the opposite direction and patches bringing way less content!
Patch 8.2 does look good at the moment but Blizz really is in a bad place!

oh and guess what also release early july... Final Fantasy Shadowbringers... this is not coincidence!