The rough timeline for next year’s updates and expansions for WOW and WOW Classic
Blizzard have revealed their approximate update plans for the next year of arthouse oddityWorld Of Warcraft, which if I remember correctly is a “massively multiple-player” experience of some antiquity that involves Orcs - a kind of always-onlineBaldur’s Gate, if you will, or a strictly fantasy-themed Fortnite with dungeons instead of forts. Seems far-fetched, but let’s roll with it.
As a reminder, WOW now comes in two broad flavours: classic and modern. In modern World Of Warcraft, you can expect three more updates for the existing Dragonflight expansion before the release ofWorld Of Warcraft: The War Withinlater in the year. This introduces a new subterranean playspace, the Ringing Deeps, and is the first in a trilogy of expansions called The Worldsoul Saga.
As revealed onthe official site, the first Dragonflight update is Seeds Of Renewal in January, which adds the ability to run dungeons with NPC chums, and expands Dragonflight’s dragonflying aspect to the entire realm of Azeroth. After that, there’s a 10.2.6 patch, of which little is known, and Dragonflight season 4 at some point in the spring, which “revisits” Dragonflight’s raids while introducing a new PvP season and open world rewards.
As for classic World of Warcraft, the existing Season Of Discovery will receive new updates every few months, and Cataclysm Classic will launch in the summer, adding a new campaign story, raids, dungeons and a PvP battleground. Blizzard will also add a solo self-found mode to Classic Hardcore - “self found” being a way of playing in which you don’t interact with other players at all.
While people appear enthused for The World Within, there wasa bit of a stink earlier this yearover Blizzard’s pricing of different editions of the expansion, the most expensive of which grants three days of early beta access. Are you a WoW player and if so, what do you think of those new horizons?
