wow Uldir Raid Release Date: September 4, 2018

[Stan 5,020]

The first Battle for Azeroth raid opens on September 4, 2018 according to the latest in-game calendar entries.

The news comes from RhoWoW who noticed and told Wowhead that Blizzard added Uldir to the in-game calendar and while nothing has been officially confirmed, we went to check it out and here's the release schedule:

• Uldir (Normal / Heroic Difficulty) - September 4 (US) / September 5 (EU)
• Uldir (Mythic Difficulty / Raid Finder Wing #1) - September 11 (US) / September 12 (EU)
• Uldir (Raid Finder Wing #2) - September 25 (US) / September 26 (EU)
• Uldir (Raid Finder Wing #3) - October 9 (US) / October 10 (EU)

As with Antorus, we'll be covering the Uldir Mythic race in September and for now you can check out Heroic Boss previews by FatbossTV:

• Heroic Uldir Boss Previews: Taloc & Fetid Devourer
• Heroic Uldir Boss Previews: MOTHER & Vectis
• Heroic Uldir Boss Preview: Mythrax the Unraveler
• Heroic Uldir Boss Preview: Zul, Reborn
• Heroic Boss Preview: G'huun

[Drachar 45]

It is also on the Live version, at least since Sunday. Rather early compared to the WoD and Legion schedule unless I am mistaken?

[Tupi 30]

I still don't understand the two week delays between LFR wings.

[Baguettson 31]

1 hour ago, Drachar said:

It is also on the Live version, at least since Sunday. Rather early compared to the WoD and Legion schedule unless I am mistaken?

I think you're right, if i'm right, i think EN's release was 2 months after legion came out, not one.

It's pretty cool tho.

[Liquidsoul 3]

20 minutes ago, Tupi said:

I still don't understand the two week delays between LFR wings.

Gotta segment out that content like always so it seems like there's something for the casual player to do for more than a couple days.

Edited July 25, 2018 by Liquidsoul

[Stan 5,020]

54 minutes ago, Baguettson said:

I think you're right, if i'm right, i think EN's release was 2 months after legion came out, not one.

It's pretty cool tho.

Emerald Nightmare opened 21 days after Legion launch, no?

Legion Release Date: August 30, 2017

Emerald Nightmare: September 20, 2017 (Source)

For BfA, it's similar (22 days)

Battle for Azeroth Release Date: August 13, 2018

Uldir: September 4, 2018

[Durf24 42]

1 hour ago, Tupi said:

I still don't understand the two week delays between LFR wings.

Because LFR isn't a priority, for starters. Then comes the balancing and removal of mechanics to dumb it down for the casuals that they'll still screw up. Lastly, they have to add barriers to keep people from wandering to areas of the raid where there's no boss because of how LFR only gives you, at most, 3 bosses per wing.

[PatrickHenry 293]

Bring on that new content.  Bring it oooooooon!

[krapmyself 60]

4 hours ago, Tupi said:

I still don't understand the two week delays between LFR wings.

I was going to rant, but I'll keep it simple: It's a financial strategy. The biggest income to WoW is the casual playerbase. So, in order to keep them subscribed, they stretch out the casual content substantially so those folks will stay subbed. Look at class mounts; almost two months of quests. Look at pathfinder; reps and achievements galore. shit, look at the requirements for unlocking allied races; exalted reps AND required zone questlines. But ultimately, none of these things require any significant skill or know how, just time invested. So Blizzard draws out that time as much as possible.

And quite frankly, it's a pretty good strategy because it works.

Edited July 25, 2018 by krapmyself