Yeah I was on the whole November bandwagon myself but after looking at the current state of Beta they got a looooooong way to go. 84-85 content hasn't even been tested at all right now. Not to mention the buttload of bugs they're already working on.

I'm thinking they want to make Christmas sales but it isn't unheard of for them not to make it. The Burning Crusade came out at a very odd time. It was released on January 16, 2007 at midnight (12:00 AM).

This is all a bit like deja vu.