That was not news many players in the game’s community expected to hear.
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It is not, however, entirely unrealistic, as members of the community have pointed out on Reddit.
That number is somewhere between 188 days at the earliest and 281 days at the latest.
There are 192 days left in 2022 for comparison.
On paper, Dragonflight’s 2022 arrival would be right on time.
Shadowlands is only the second expansion in WoW history to have received two content patches during its lifespan.
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“World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will be available on or before December 31, 2022.
In Legion, it was Artifacts.
Battle for Azeroth had the widely-hated Azerite gear system, and Shadowlands had Covenants.
Each of these features essentially added all-new-abilities and progression systems to each class.
That won’t be the case in Dragonflight.
That could just be wishful thinking, however.
One can only hope that testing for Dragonflight will be approached in a similar way.
Fans, for example, already have some feedback about the newDracthyr race.
As the community’s reaction has shown, players are more than willing to give Blizzard more time.
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