What are you most looking forward to in Midnight patch 12.2?

Nestled among all of the reveal-bombs at BlizzCon’s opening ceremony was a rather ordinary reveal of what’s coming next in Midnight’s patch 12.2. We now have details on the new zone, raid, features, and more, so what are you most looking forward to from the next major content update in World of Warcraft?

Patch 12.2 is titled Eclipse, a fitting name for the events we saw in the cinematic trailer. We’ll be chasing Xal’atath deeper into Azeroth than we’ve ever been before, adventuring through the Mantle Vault, and facing the Harbinger herself in the final battle of the Worldcore raid. While it does seem like we’ve spent two out of every three months with our spelunking boots on since halfway through Dragonflight, the idea of finally making it to the Titan’s personal world soul safe room intrigues me.

I’m the tiniest bit disappointed that we won’t be getting playable Thraegar, but I suppose we can’t add an allied race to the game every time we encounter a new faction. Even if that faction consists of awesome shiny diamond people. The zone-wide Radiant Screams event seems more up my alley than the claustrophobia-inducing Vaults of Atal’Utek, so I’m cautiously optimistic that that will align with my play style.

If legendary weapons are your cup of tea, then the first addition to the game since late 2023 might be what you can’t wait to begin working towards. It’s a caster dagger that looks an awful lot like one particular other famous knife, so gather your guildmates and start strategizing now for how you’ll quickly acquire this cursed cutlery.

A major and unexpected change coming in patch 12.2 is the option for not just Forsaken to finally become Paladins, but Night Elves and Darkspear Trolls as well. I’m predicting that quite a few players will be delaying their journey to the Mantle Vault in order to roll a brand new character on patch day.

Ultimately the reason I’m counting the days until Eclipse is the story. At this point I’m fully invested in the narrative of the Worldsoul Saga, and as the game developers have said, from here on out we’re transitioning from setting up the chess pieces to playing out the game. In the cinematic, Xal’atath taunts the Titan security system by saying, “you know what I am.” Does that mean that we’ll finally find out the answer to that question? How will our climactic confrontation with the Harbinger end, and how will it lead us to Northrend and The Last Titan?

So which aspect of patch 12.2 are you most looking forward to?