3.3 soon!

[Eggy]

Well, mine just started downloading the patch so, I guess it's very close by o.O

[alcattle]

I would guess after T-day

[Multibocks]

T-day kinda like judgement day? Is that what the terminators call it? =)

[Ualaa]

The patch which brought the WotLK talents, towards the end of BC was 6 weeks after we started to download.

But in general its 1-3 weeks after we start the early download.
Pretty decent size, so I'd guess most of the stuff they're happy with.
PTR is still up, I believe, so there's a bit of fine tuning still.

[Emo?]

Well this patch isnt the wotlk talents patch, this one is the BT patch. if u compare to TBC. If im right? And we will prob have a 3.4 with a "sunwell" equal. Then comes the cata talents patch If they do same as in TBC at least :P

[Multibocks]

There are no more 3.x patches after 3.3(not counting small fix patches) so unless Cataclysm gets pushed back then you wont see any "talents" patch.

[genocyde]

There are no more 3.x patches after 3.3(not counting small fix patches) so unless Cataclysm gets pushed back then you wont see any "talents" patch.

The "talents" patches have always been x.0 if i'm not mistaken. The x.0 patch always comes out before the content release hits stores. We won't see any more wrath content but we may or may not see a 4.0 with new talents before cataclysm hits stores.

However they have expressed that they do not want to 'extend' the talent trees another 2 tiers like they have in the last two expansions. Instead they will reshape the current trees a tiny bit and give us 5 more talent points (hence the new level cap of 85 instead of 90).

That would be interesting depending on how move things around. Going 5 points deeper in a second tree without losing your 51 point main talent would be awesome for some classes!

[Whowantstoknow]

Well there is always a "backup plan" ie stories that have been drawn up already as fillers if they need additional content in an expansion, for example, emerald dream is one. Sunwell was not initially intended but they needed something to fill in until 3.0 was closer.

I think it is pretty clear that they do not intend to use a backup plan this time around as the last patch before the expansion has deliberate cock blocks to slow down completion until they are ready a la 2.4 and 3.3. We will then get 4.0 to play with new skills and the reitemised gear and probably an event to keep us interested until the expansion is out.

[olipcs]

..deleted, because crossed posts with others...

[Babysir]

Also remember that ICC is being released in chunks. First part hits with 3.3 then a few weeks later the second and so on until the final part is released. They are also limiting the attempts you can have per weeks. So if they allow for 5 attempts and you wipe 5 times you have to wait until next week to try again. They could be using this as a way to keep things going until cataclysm comes out.