wow Dragonflight Pre-Patch Release Date Is October 25th With Two Phases

[Staff 1,488]

Blizzard have announced the pre-patch release date and it's next week! Unfortunately we'll have to wait until Novemeber 15th/16th to play the new class, dungeon and pre-patch event, but the new talent trees, UI changes, Solo Shuffle and more will be here on October 25th/26th.

Pre-Patch (Source)

Every new adventure begins with a single step, and the journey to the Dragon Isles is nearly here when the first of two pre-expansion patches go live with the completion of regional realm maintenance beginning 25 October.

Phase One: 25 October

• Talent System Revamp: Dragonflight contains major updates to World of Warcraft classes, centering on the re-introduction of talent trees. The new talent system empowers players to make creative and meaningful talent choices without compromising their effectiveness—and most importantly, it gives them meaningful options at every level.
• Heads-up Display User Interface (HUD UI) Changes: Players will experience an updated User Interface (UI) and Heads-Up Display (HUD), allowing customization of the base UI and providing a modernized appearance to the layout and view while maintaining the original design’s charm and personality.
• Accessibility Features: A variety of new features that will include “press and hold” spellcasting, interact keys, gamepad support, and more.
• Rated Solo Shuffle: First introduced as a PvP Brawl, we up the stakes by adding the ability for players to earn (or lose!) rating with the introduction of Rated Solo Shuffle. Players will be able to earn seasonal rewards and achievements, credit toward Vicious Mounts, weekly great vault progress, and Conquest similar to Rated Battlegrounds and Arenas. Cross-faction play will also be enabled.
• New Class and Race Combinations: The rogue, priest, and mage classes will become available to all races to create and play.

Phase Two: 15 November

• New Race/Class: Dracthyr Evoker Available: Players will menace their foes (or empower their allies) as the new dracthyr Evoker, World of Warcraft’s first-ever race and class combination. Able to switch between a humanoid visage and a fearsome draconic form, the dracthyr are highly mobile, and their unique Evoker class can specialize in ranged damage-dealing or in aiding their allies as a healer by harnessing the mystical gifts of dragonkind.
• New Zone: The Forbidden Reach: Play through the starting zone for WoW’s newest hero class, the Dracthyr Evoker
• New Dungeon: Uldaman: Legacy of Tyr: Located in the Badlands within the Eastern Kingdoms, players will venture into Uldaman to lay claim to a legacy of knowledge left behind by the titans. This ancient titan facility is where, long ago, allies of the heroic Keeper Tyr hid the Discs of Norgannon.
• In-Game Events: Primal Storms: Ward off attacks from the Primalists with new quests and world events, setting the stage for Dragonflight’s launch.

Stay up to date with all things Dragonflight on the official World of Warcraft website.

[Raffinaddi 18]

So, pre-patch is actually on November 15/16.

2 weeks... 😕

[Arcling 898]

Rather odd decision to split pre-patch into two parts, they never done this before. Outside of event and dungeon, there is not much to do, not interested in Dracthyr evokers.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Arcling

[Q 200]

15 minutes ago, Arcling said:

Rather odd decision to split pre-patch into two parts, they never done this before. Outside of event and dungeon, there is not much to do, not interested in Dracthyr evokers.

To be fair, there never really is anything to do in most prepatch events. Legion was the only one I remember being exciting and that was because you could level alts with it.

[Prophet001 598]

11 minutes ago, Q said:

To be fair, there never really is anything to do in most prepatch events. Legion was the only one I remember being exciting and that was because you could level alts with it.

Legion prepatch was the bomb. I leveled so many alts in that prepatch.

[Dahaka99 49]

42 minutes ago, Arcling said:

Rather odd decision to split pre-patch into two parts, they never done this before. Outside of event and dungeon, there is not much to do, not interested in Dracthyr evokers.

this shows already it's not going to be good exp. spliting a pre-patch why? fun detected and we can't enjoy the new uldaman dungeon in oct 25...

Edited October 18, 2022 by Dahaka99

[Q 200]

11 minutes ago, Dahaka99 said:

this shows already it's not going to be good exp. spliting a pre-patch why? fun detected

you know, there's a meme and then there's people taking it seriously.

[Dahaka99 49]

13 minutes ago, Q said:

you know, there's a meme and then there's people taking it seriously.

i don't think i can take seriously Blizzard anymore when they killed the most iconic character in the game. i should have stopped at legions end for the better ending for me.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Dahaka99

[Raka 31]

So we get 2 weeks instead of 4 to farm the whole transmog stuff ??? 😞

Why the F*** ???

Has some1 done a sum-up how many "insert-new-currency-here" we need for ALL items that give a t-mog ? 1 eventboss dropps 15 iirc and they spawn every 15 minutes ?

 

[Calysia 229]

Rather underwhelming. Especially if you don't have any interest in the new class...like me.

[Mugendai 48]

I don't understand people who complain and then say they're not interested in the new class, if that's so, then it being delayed shouldn't bother you

[Lithari 194]

6 hours ago, Raffinaddi said:

So, pre-patch is actually on November 15/16.

2 weeks... 😕

No, its next week.....i won't bother rolling the new race, it will be lag central for a few weeks, unless everyone will have their own personal instances now, then its not a problem.

[Arcling 898]

17 hours ago, Lithari said:

No, its next week.....i won't bother rolling the new race, it will be lag central for a few weeks, unless everyone will have their own personal instances now, then its not a problem.

Yeah, but you won't be able to roll them anyway. Dracthyr are going to be released on 15th. Which is odd to give people so little time to play with new race and class. Weren't demon hunters available for a whole month before Legion?

[Raffinaddi 18]

On 10/19/2022 at 2:07 AM, Lithari said:

No, its next week.....i won't bother rolling the new race, it will be lag central for a few weeks, unless everyone will have their own personal instances now, then its not a problem.

It will not be available for several weeks. Pre-patch is effectively at November 15th.