Patch 3.2 coming tomorrow 8/4?
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Ever since we had rolling restarts instead of regular maintenance last week I’ve had a feeling the patch would be coming this week.
Why have I thought that? The first hint is that I’ve noticed around the time of the last few patches we have had a rolling restart Tuesday, almost like a gift from Blizzard, right before the patch drops.
That week is generally followed by an extended maintenance Tuesday, which we are having this week.
Tomorrow is Tuesday, August 4th, which means all realms will be undergoing scheduled maintenance.
Most realms will be down for maintenance for 8 hours:
3:00 am – 11:00 am PDT (10:00 – 18:00 UTC / GMT)
Some realms will be down for 12 hours:
12:00 am – 12 pm PDT (7:00 – 19:00 UTC / GMT).
Here are some of my other thoughts:
When the patch drops there will inevitably be some problems that pop up that will linger for a few days. This generally happens with major content patches and I’m sure Blizzard is planning for it. That being said, if the patch comes out on the 11th, they will be dealing with patch issues the week right before BlizzCon. Does Blizzard want to deal with patch issues right before BlizzCon? I don’t think they do. Therefore, I think if they are going to have patch 3.2 go live before BlizzCon, it will be tomorrow.
If the patch doesn’t go live tomorrow I think they will wait a full week after BlizzCon so that everyone can recover and get back to work. In that case I think the patch would go live September 1.
I still feel strongly however, that the patch will go live before BlizzCon because Blizzard will be planning to make other new major announcements and it seems that it would make sense to have this patch behind them so that at BlizzCon they can focus on looking forward.
