You were all wondering when we would see something about our friend Ragnaros and his band from the Firelands promised for patch 4.1 during Blizzcon. It seems that Blizzard is going to delay its release to Patch 4.2 ... Now is when you will be saying: And what band will there be in 4.1? The answer is none.
In the words of J. Allen Brack, Blizzard believes that players have not progressed sufficiently in the current level of raid content and therefore made this decision.
The idea is none other than to release content patches more quickly but with less content and not what we were used to until now, something "similar" to what we saw in the original World of Warcraft.
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So far, you've seen the redesigned 5-player Heroic Dungeon versions of Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub in the PTRs, featuring new all-boss mechanics, updated epic level loot, and some rare mounts that players should try to master.
You may be wondering, "Where are the Firelands?"
Our goal with each major patch of content, and especially with each expansion, is to learn from the past and use that knowledge to improve the game as we progress. One of the things we regretted the most during the Wrath of the Lich King trailer was the Coliseum of the Crusaders. The 10- and 25-player Trial of the Champion raid was released while many players were still busy with Ulduar, which meant an untimely end to Ulduar - and many players did not have a chance to experience all of Ulduar's content, during normal progression. of expansion.
Having learned this lesson during Wrath of the Lich King, we don't think Cataclysm needs a new tier of raiding right now. We're close though, and the Firelands will be part of Patch 4.2 which is expected to hit the Public Test Realms very shortly after Patch 4.1 goes official.
One of our long-term development goals has been to release more regular content updates for you to enjoy. Our plan is to package features like raids, dungeons, and daily missions into smaller content patches and release them as soon as possible, rather than waiting and releasing them in large but infrequent updates. Our first significant step in this direction is Cataclysm Patch 4.1 and we hope that the rest of the content updates will follow this pattern.
This flexible approach to updates allows us to release content like Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub so you can have more challenges as we make the flames of Sulfuron even fiercer in this second round against the Fire Lord and even more climactic.
While we know that some players feel poised to defeat the Fire Lord one more time, launching an epic raid ahead of its time would be, in Ragnaros' own words, "too soon!"
If the Firelands is not going to be released, why are people finding all the content?
A fair amount of development progress has already been made on Firelands by the time we decided it would be best released in the next patch. Because of this, a lot of information on what is now considered 4.2 content was already in the game files in the initial version of patch 4.1. This only reinforces what Bashiok said about 4.2 slated to be released in the PTRs shortly after 4.1 goes official.
The conversion of Valor points to justice points as well as the launch of the next season of Arenas will not occur until the release of Patch 4.2.
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The Firelands will be coming in Patch 4.2 and Patch 4.1 will be fully focused on the return of Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub. What do you think of this new approach to patches?