Patch Day

It's an exciting moment in the history of World of Warcraft: the clock is ticking for Azeroth’s heroes to protect both future and past against the threat of the Infinites in Dragonflight patch 10.1.5, Fractures in Time, which launches today.

Update: The servers are back up early, so you can jump in and get playing right now if that's your thing.

Update: Yes, the servers are up.

The wait is finally over: patch 7.2 is now live.

Hi. This is expected to post to the site on Tuesday, July 19th. As y’all likely know, that’s the day that patch 7.0 for World of Warcraft will drop, as I predicted. It will likely be a tumultuous day, full of hijinks and complications and unforeseen consequences.

But we’re all going to stay calm and get through this together. We’ll handle the unexpected server delays, the equally unexpected bugs that never showed up on the Beta or PTR, and the manic rush of people trying to experience the systems changes and new transmog system with equanimity. Everything is going to be okay.

Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to run around flailing my arms wildly and shrieking. What? That’s how I handle things calmly. It’s patch day, let’s talk about Blizzard games.

I don't typically run with an elaborate addon configuration in World of Warcraft, and patch day is most of the reason why. It's not that I object to addons in any way, but I find it a nuisance to keep them up to date and working — especially when patch day rolls around. After all, the default UI is good enough... isn't it?