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Dragonflight has been a great Expansion, leading the way after Shadowlands which was celebrated by players at the beginning, but fell off rather quickly throughout the long Patch cycles. Blizzard has promised previously to release Content faster, and they kept their promise for Dragonflight Season 1.
Season 1 in Dragonflight lasted exactly 20 Weeks. This is consistent with two full rotations of Affixes in Mythic Keystone Dungeons. This was already a refreshing signal by Blizzard to focus more on faster content cycles.
Season 2 lasted 27 weeks, and many players felt it was dragging on for way too long. The new method of upgrading Gear with Crests was done for most players after one month due to its accessibility.
That felt like a New Years Resolution, where Blizzard has promised to do better after Shadowlands, and then broke their promise after just one Season! Even though Blizzard has now promised once again to release content faster, their consistent failure to stick to their promises is the only issue that could prevent our speculation to be correct.
Blizzard has offered plenty of Interviews, especially during BlizzCon to several News Outlets, spilling a lot of information about the future of World of Warcraft.
Especially the Worldsoul Saga gives hopes that Blizzard already has a plan for the long-term future, and even the first Patch for The War Within has been revealed in their Roadmap for 2024.
We are going to summarize some of the information given by Blizzard, and also take some of the historical evidence to back-up these claims.
AWC and MDI Events are announced, with AWC already having some announcements for Season 4. This could already indicate an imminent release. MDI plays within the Season 3 Dungeons, while AWC does not differ much in Season 4. Per usual, MDI ends 1 month before the release of a new Season (see MDI in April 2023, Patch 10.1 in May). The next MDI Event ends on March 10th.
Blizzard has promised a consistent content release of 2 months until the release of The War Within. This was announced during BlizzCon 2023.
Dragonflight Season 4 is not tied to a Patch, according to the Roadmap 2024. The only Patches for Dragonflight will be 10.2.6 and 10.2.7.
A regular Season lasts 20 Weeks. This is consistent with previous Seasons before Shadowlands (it was 24 Weeks, but still two rotations of Affixes). Dragonflight offered less Affixes in Mythic Dungeons, and they kept that timeframe for Dragonflight Season 1.
According to the Roadmap, Patch 10.2.6 releases on the verge of Winter and Spring. 10.2.7 towards the end of Spring, the War Within Pre-Patch in Early Summer, and The War Within itself close to Fall 2024, but just barely in Fall (according to the Roadmap).
Dragonflight Season 4 is not tied to a Patch, and is just in between the Patches 10.2.6 and 10.2.7.
The Prepatch for Dragonflight lasted around 4 weeks until the official release.
And to finish the informations – Seasons, the one in Real Life! Spring starts on March 21st, Summer starts on June 21st and Autumn on September 21st.
With all the given information listed above, we came to the following conclusion, summarized for our readers.
Even if The War Within releases close into September, just close of Autumn, this was still a very logical approach, if Blizzard would be consistent with their promises. And who knows, especially after the big layoffs recently!
