Shadowlands Season 4 To Have Shorter Runtime - Dragonflight Release Date Speculation

Dragonflight Posted 2022/05/06 at 5:13 PM by Archimtiros

raid reward experiments in Shadowlands Season 4

It’s worth noting that the systems we’ll be talking about today are designed around specific goals to fit with Season 4’s shorter runtime - it’s very possible that even if they’re received well, they may undergo significant iteration to match the cadence & intended progression of a normal season of content.

Season 1 ran for just under 7 months, beginning on December 8th, 2020.

Season 2 went on for just under 8 months, starting on July 6th, 2021.

Season 3 been going for 2 months so far, since March 1, 2022.

Fated three-week cycleinitial Season 4 announcement

Now that Season 3 is well underway and players are pursuing all of the seasonal aspects of Mythic+ and competitive PvP, we’d like you to join us in considering what might come afterward. Later this year, after the current season has run for a typical duration, we’re planning to conclude Season 3 and begin Shadowlands Season 4, a fresh take on what a season of WoW might include.

Season 3 will continue through August-Septembershortened 4-6 month Season 4 lasting into early 2023Dragonflight When?alphaShadowlands pre-ordersDragonflight is still quite a ways outDragonflight will release closer to Q2 2023

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Comment by LustrigiaSo if I understand correctly, my current season 3 gear that I just finished grinding for will be obsolete much faster, to make way for an even shorter patch that I will feel even less incentivized to grind during, because Dragonflight comes out almost immediately after?

If current gear is going to be obsolete faster than average, then people have literally no reason to play this game if Dragonflight comes out in say December 2022/January 2023.Comment by Matrixwolfcurrent SL patches all been delayed
actually back in legion was typical was every 77 days so
9.2 77 days (lets pray this disaster ends may 17th or this month..... it can if the 9.2.5 announcement is this weekend still counts as legally required 2 week notice due to elite pvpers playing wow as a job and thats why they require 2 week notices.)
and 9.2.5 60 days?Comment by TarugalaSo if I understand correctly, my current season 3 gear that I just finished grinding for will be obsolete much faster, to make way for an even shorter patch that I will feel even less incentivized to grind during, because Dragonflight comes out almost immediately after?

If current gear is going to be obsolete faster than average, then people have literally no reason to play this game if Dragonflight comes out in say December 2022/January 2023.Comment by ArchimtirosSo if I understand correctly, my current season 3 gear that I just finished grinding for will be obsolete much faster, to make way for an even shorter patch that I will feel even less incentivized to grind during, because Dragonflight comes out almost immediately after?

If current gear is going to be obsolete faster than average, then people have literally no reason to play this game if Dragonflight comes out in say December 2022/January 2023.Comment by RellyneTo be honest, most players were actually hopefully that they took the "when it's ready" approach and are not trying to push the expansion asap (for now).

We don't need another BFA/Shadowlands. If it means 2023, it's ok. If they start a pre-order, they need to give a date that they can meet (whatever the cost).

Btw, seasons (or raid tiers) take at least 5 months. Even if season 4 is short (but still remember that the raids with affixes are one per week, so almost a full month for a single rotation), it won't be 2 months.

Don't think Blizzard is that interested in another "SL release problem" for Dragonflight.Comment by LykaiosWould be good 4 month for s3 and s4, so we get DF for november-december. A man can dream thoughtComment by HegeSo if I understand correctly, my current season 3 gear that I just finished grinding for will be obsolete much faster, to make way for an even shorter patch that I will feel even less incentivized to grind during, because Dragonflight comes out almost immediately after?

If current gear is going to be obsolete faster than average, then people have literally no reason to play this game if Dragonflight comes out in say December 2022/January 2023.Comment by Archimtirosactually back in legion typical was every 77 days so 9.2 77 days and 9.2.5 60 days?Comment by ArchimtirosBtw, seasons (or raid tiers) take at least 5 months. Even if season 4 is short (but still remember that the raids with affixes are one per week, so almost a full month for a single rotation), it won't be 2 months.Comment by TheCheat54The thing with "a typical duration" is they've continually increased what that means since Legion and general sentiment from most people I play with is that it's too long. Legion's pace felt great, and it'd be nice if Blizzard could reclaim that release pace magic in some way.Comment by wopilopFor them Skipping a whole patch and dumping everything into 10.0 Q2 2023 would seem like a far stretch to me. I would say another 3 months of season 3 and 4months for season 4 since there isnt going to be a huge content release they are just giving people the same stuff just a little harder with nothing new to do. Making 9.2 last for over a year and change till Q2 would be absurd amount of time with no new content ,quests zones etc. to take the edge off things.Comment by wopilopSo if I understand correctly, my current season 3 gear that I just finished grinding for will be obsolete much faster, to make way for an even shorter patch that I will feel even less incentivized to grind during, because Dragonflight comes out almost immediately after?

If current gear is going to be obsolete faster than average, then people have literally no reason to play this game if Dragonflight comes out in say December 2022/January 2023.Comment by MatrixwolfTo be honest, most players were actually hopefully that they took the "when it's ready" approach and are not trying to push the expansion asap (for now).

We don't need another BFA/Shadowlands. If it means 2023, it's ok. If they start a pre-order, they need to give a date that they can meet (whatever the cost).

Btw, seasons (or raid tiers) take at least 5 months. Even if season 4 is short (but still remember that the raids with affixes are one per week, so almost a full month for a single rotation), it won't be 2 months.

Don't think Blizzard is that interested in another "SL release problem" for Dragonflight.Comment by MatrixwolfWould be good 4 month for s3 and s4, so we get DF for november-december. A man can dream thoughtComment by Matrixwolfactually back in legion typical was every 77 days so 9.2 77 days and 9.2.5 60 days?Comment by etnies445So if I understand correctly, my current season 3 gear that I just finished grinding for will be obsolete much faster, to make way for an even shorter patch that I will feel even less incentivized to grind during, because Dragonflight comes out almost immediately after?

If current gear is going to be obsolete faster than average, then people have literally no reason to play this game if Dragonflight comes out in say December 2022/January 2023.Comment by gameshuntersaWe went from speculating expansion release dates to patch/season release dates. I know they say "typical duration" but this expansion is not. Hope they make an exception this time.Comment by LykaiosWould be good 4 month for s3 and s4, so we get DF for november-december. A man can dream thoughtComment by NightWing420I feel like they should give us some more $%^&ing content if dragonflight is still a *!@#ing year away bull*!@# flying on dragon with mechanics is not *!@#ing content and we only get 4 new dungeons and 4 old ones so why the @#$% is it gonna take an entire extra year to release that bull&*!@Comment by MatrixwolfWould be good 4 month for s3 and s4, so we get DF for november-december. A man can dream thought

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