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Is Patch 10.2 the Final Major Patch of Dragonflight? (Speculation)

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Patch 10.2 adds an Ahead of the Curve mount from Fyrakk. Could Guardians of the Dream be the final major content update of Dragonflight?

Everything here is based on pure speculation, but it could very well be that Patch 10.2 is the final raid/major content update for Dragonflight.

We're getting an Ahead of the Curve mount from Fyrakk in Patch 10.2, as revealed in our Patch 10.2 interview. The flavor is a Full Transformation of a Shadowflame version of Fyrakk. While we do not have a preview available at this time, Blizzard usually adds Ahead of the Curve mounts in the last raid tier of an expansion.

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If, in fact, 10.2 is the last major content update, we will probably have to wait a year for a new expansion to go live. There would certainly be 10.2.5 and 10.2.7 patches, along with a Season 4 to keep us busy in the meantime, similar to Shadowlands Season 4 with its raid rotations and new challenges.

It will also mean we don't get to confront the big bad, Iridikron, in Dragonflight itself, and he will continue to be the focus of the story in the following expansion as well! Considering how well set up Iridikron is in terms of not underestimating the players' power it's not completely impossible that he becomes a longer-running villain, and it may even be an interesting change of pace to the usual expansion end.

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So, what do you think? Will 10.2 be the last major patch of Dragonflight?

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If patch 10.2 ends up being the final patch of the expansion for raiding content it will be a fail for the whole expansion and blizz just gave up and moved on

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15 minutes ago, Incepter said:

If patch 10.2 ends up being the final patch of the expansion for raiding content it will be a fail for the whole expansion and blizz just gave up and moved on

Yeah, story will feel incomplete, Fyrakk isn't the last Incarnate remaining. Hopefully this expansion won't end on a horrible cliffhanger like Shadowlands, but with current writers it's highly possible. Although I want all of these Incarnates and their Primalists to be put down, this whole story feels like a rehash of Cataclysm with Twilight's Hammer, minus Old God corruption.

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6 minutes ago, Arcling said:

Yeah, story will feel incomplete, Fyrakk isn't the last Incarnate remaining. Hopefully this expansion won't end on a horrible cliffhanger like Shadowlands, but with current writers it's highly possible. Although I want all of these Incarnates and their Primalists to be put down, this whole story feels like a rehash of Cataclysm with Twilight's Hammer, minus Old God corruption.

it will all come down to what they annouce at Blizzcon. Since 10.2 wont be out before then. So Expansion will be annouced and then they need to show timeframe for next year and I have a feeling that they will just do 10.2 content to bridge to next expansion and go thats it folks and another dumb move by blizz.

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I think it is a good move to make 10.2 the final patch. We have basically done everything we could do with dragons. More content after 10.2 would just be repeating things (except making them slightly different- so it seems new). You could tell that players are starting to drift away from DF a bit.

It's about time for a change. When you look at the timings of all these things even if 10.2 is the final patch, 11 is a looong way away. If they made a 10.3 and had a 10.2.5 and 10.2.7 it would years before 11. DF would run too long in that case.

Since we did the new class/ new race thing in Df, maybe its time for a fourth spec for each class (get a few more support in there) and some class skins.

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Dragonflight is a good expansion, i've been enjoying it since launch and it deserves 10.3

I truly hope Blizzard won't ruin it for me. it needs a true major patch not just like SL season 4

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4 minutes ago, Dreamcatcher said:

Dragonflight is a good expansion, i've been enjoying it since launch and it deserves 10.3

I truly hope Blizzard won't ruin it for me. it needs a true major patch not just like SL season 4

I liked DF. I'm kinda M+'ed out tho and that's all there really is right now.

I been playing Era and HC Era and trying not to die :D

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If this is the last major patch, when will I be able to have normal flying in DF?  I am waiting to level my last alts until I can use normal flying.  I don't like to land on mobs.

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18 hours ago, Ldy50 said:

If this is the last major patch, when will I be able to have normal flying in DF?

It’s been announced that 10.2 will open up “normal” flying in the Dragon Isles. There’s a pathfinder achievement, but it should be fairly easy to finish for folks who’ve been playing through Dragonflight.

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19 hours ago, Ldy50 said:

If this is the last major patch, when will I be able to have normal flying in DF?  I am waiting to level my last alts until I can use normal flying.  I don't like to land on mobs.

But... you're the one aiming your landing.

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2 hours ago, Trest said:

It’s been announced that 10.2 will open up “normal” flying in the Dragon Isles. There’s a pathfinder achievement, but it should be fairly easy to finish for folks who’ve been playing through Dragonflight.

It looks like the only thing remaining will be the new faction renown, still could take a while. Depends how many sources of renown are out there.

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On 9/7/2023 at 12:39 PM, Incepter said:

If patch 10.2 ends up being the final patch of the expansion for raiding content it will be a fail for the whole expansion and blizz just gave up and moved on

This whole expansion has been one big fail...

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21 hours ago, Calysia said:

This whole expansion has been one big fail...

Perhaps for you. For me, it’s been one of the best expansions. The patches have been a bit underwhelming, but overall Dragonflight is one of my faves. (Legion still being tops for me.)

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