Speculation: How far from WotLK?

[Stabface]

Currently slated for mid-late November, if it doesn't slip.

I'm curious as to your source of information. You sound pretty confident.

Although, I agree with a Nov / Dec launch timeframe. That'll give 2.4 a good 6+ months of live play (new raid content).

From Blizzard, through some friends of mine. It's more of an upper bound on the release date than anything though, not a hard date at all.

[Tonuss]

Blizzard would certainly love to have it ready by mid-November, as that coincides very nicely with the start of the Christmas shopping season. But they do seem to have a commitment to quality, and when your game has ~10 million subscribers (and possibly more by then) you do not want to have a disastrous expansion release. Everquest had some horrible expansion releases, some that took weeks before the major problems were cleared up. Blizzard execs would be lynched if that happened with WoW.

I would guess early '09, just to allow for the likelihood that they won't rush it out the door until they're sure it's ready, or as ready as it can be.

[xtobbenx]

Back to the basic of this thread. If you are at 55 atm you can start in TBC and lvling will go so fast with the xp there. And you will porbably make it faster then when you lvled with 1 guy as you can do all the party quest and everything so much earlier then normal as of your sick dps as 5 el shammys, and soon you get 5x earth elementals and you should manage most 5mans easily So dont worry.. keep it going and you will find yourself at 70 for a long time for sure.

I started 2 weeks agoing with 3 new toons and they are 40 now.. and i thought the same as you... That aslong as i made it to 70 before expansion it would be fine.. but that wont be a proglem hehe

[Gallo]

Back to the basic of this thread. If you are at 55 atm you can start in TBC and lvling will go so fast with the xp there. And you will porbably make it faster then when you lvled with 1 guy as you can do all the party quest and everything so much earlier then normal as of your sick dps as 5 el shammys, and soon you get 5x earth elementals and you should manage most 5mans easily So dont worry.. keep it going and you will find your self at 70 for a long time fore sure.

I started 2 weeks agoing with 3 new toons and they are 40 now.. and i thought the same as you... That aslong as i made it to 70 before expansion it would be fine.. but that wont be a proglem hehe

I think that the majority of quests start at 58 in outlands. I'm 53 now... and I'll be 55 by the weekend I believe. Maybe next week I can step through the Dark Portal

[xtobbenx]

True.. quest starts at 58. I basicly ment that xp will come fast as 55-58 can easily be grinded in outland with the lowered XP from 2,3 patch and the high xp.. And then questing and 5mans then earth elemental come at... 62..?

[Gallo]

True.. quest starts at 58. I basicly ment that xp will come fast as 55-58 can easily be grinded in outland with the lowered XP from 2,3 patch and the high xp.. And then questing and 5mans then earth elemental come at... 62..?

Grinding single mobs with a 5-box group is grueling (xp wise). I'm not sure how fast the levels would go, but maybe it's worth a try.