This Week in WoW (March 5, 2024) - No 10.2.6 or Season 4 News

Live Posted 2024/03/04 at 12:01 PM by Squishei

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte. Join in the Season of Discovery with an increased experience buff and tune in this weekend to the MDI Global Finals.

Tune in for the Mythic Dungeon International Global Finals

Don’t miss out on the action as the grand finals reveal who of the remaining teams will rise to the top to claim victory. Tune in this weekend, March 8-10 beginning at 10:00 am PDT (19:00 CET) on Twitch.tv/Warcraft or YouTube.com/Warcraft.

Learn more in our previously published article

News and Events This Week

Stay on top of all the upcoming news and in-game activities right here.

March 3

(Event) The Darkmoon Faire Returns (March 3 – March 9)
Meet Silas Darkmoon and his troupe, play games that test mind and nerve, and behold exotic sights from the four corners of Azeroth… and beyond!

March 5

(Event) World Quest Bonus Event (March 5 – March 12)
While this event is active, completing World Quests awards bonus reputation with the appropriate faction.
(Event) PvP Brawl: Comp Stomp (March 5 – March 12)
(Event) Season of Discovery: Discoverer’s Delight 100% Experience Buff Live

March 8

(Event) MDI Global Finals Begin (March 8-10)
(Article) Blues News

Stay tuned to the official World of Warcraft news site as we journey through the week together.

Comment by TromellThe waiting for 10.2.6 is exhausting in the right way xDComment by DasronSure, you could argue no ptr or info on the new stuff is good for the game... but waiting weeks and months for 2 new head transmog items and a stick really isn't worth to stick around. Look at SoD no info on runes, part 2 comes out. Everyone just upset at the runes they made. Very uninterestingComment by duranoxAtleast Comp Stomp this week and with the pvp buff that gives extra honor makes this the perfect honor farm week.Comment by TsamaneI dont think we will see 10.2.6 till at least the 26th of this month, if fated raids are slated for the SpringComment by KfcmasterSure, you could argue no ptr or info on the new stuff is good for the game... but waiting weeks and months for 2 new head transmog items and a stick really isn't worth to stick around. Look at SoD no info on runes, part 2 comes out. Everyone just upset at the runes they made. Very uninterestingComment by ArchieAngelI want the neeeeeeews, BlizzComment by KikiyoDragonWhen they announce release dates for patches, aren't they usually two weeks out? If so, then we may not see 10.2.6 until the 26th. Plenty of time to work on my backlog of stuff to do, but that backlog is actually drying out for me now. Hopefully the Hearthstone event is a fun distraction for the week it's up.Comment by TastierTastySo they had a fully communicated upcoming schedule while there were other things to do, but as soon as the normal end of expansion content draught hits they decide to not only go silent, but then also remove any upcoming speculation as well. Especially as it just seems like another event maybe with some classic tie in.

in my mind this makes the timing one/some of: a test for new processes and tech, a necessary scheduling stretch, a reorganizing to match future content plans, someone deleted the patch and they had to start from scratch.

If the Ptr for 10.2.6 hits after it launches in 2-3 weeks. What then is the timing for 10.2.7 on the ptr? 4 weeks later seems like a minimum, to give 10.2.6 time to breathe and not to overlap with season 4, then another eight weeks. 10.2.7 is looking like June? I wonder if 10.2.7 will be untested dropped too.Comment by PihalecsmrtiSure, you could argue no ptr or info on the new stuff is good for the game... but waiting weeks and months for 2 new head transmog items and a stick really isn't worth to stick around. Look at SoD no info on runes, part 2 comes out. Everyone just upset at the runes they made. Very uninterestingComment by ChassePatateThx, no time this week, a slow week is goodComment by mewhywhyNo cata beta news yet either.... they are slow af.Comment by Olympus3129Sure, you could argue no ptr or info on the new stuff is good for the game... but waiting weeks and months for 2 new head transmog items and a stick really isn't worth to stick around. Look at SoD no info on runes, part 2 comes out. Everyone just upset at the runes they made. Very uninterestingComment by SanitarLesaSo slow... no ptr, no news, nothing. I doubt they would announce anything before MDI ends.Comment by slicedlolError 404: DH nerfs still not found.Comment by DroelLol i think reasonn why they are silent is because they have like 5 people working on Df rn and they cant make 10.2.6 and season 4 in time, 10.2.6 will probably end up being time wasting event like secrets of azeroth where u take 5min of the day to click 1 note and gg, whole event will take about 1h max to finish if they dont add currency mats grind as way to fill lack of content. They overpromise on things they know they WON'T do, and than leave players waiting, making small patches with 0 acctual content to fill gap between major patches. We want faster patches ffs, but instead we get lower amount of them too lmao. From 4 to 3Comment by ClawmedaddySeason drags on.Comment by RiddertPerfect moment to play other games the next few months before The War Within and Dawntrail releases. Now is the time to finish those Steam games you bought years ago and still haven't touched.Comment by TromellError 404: DH nerfs still not found.Comment by TernelMan, this season seems to just be dragging on...

It's going to be a short season 4 and prepatch if TWW is launching this yearComment by Brimz~~Echo Invitation~~ MDI still a thing? Echo wins, others racing to be 2nd, what an event. At least the game bugs that have been in the game since beta and still not fixed after multiple reports, get fixed this time because you know.. 1% > 99%. "closely monitoring" btw.

Game is in the same state for months now (and will be for weeks till S4), still charing $15, unbelievable. They should lower it to make people come back and interact with the game, not just slap on the 6-12months bait and switch to who cares because people already payed why bother..