Patch 10.1.7 Release Date Speculation - Before Brewfest in September
With Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7: Fury Incarnate now officially announced and even starting PTR testing later today, the big question is when will it reach live servers?
Before Brewfest on September 20thAs we can see from the updated roadmap, one of several pieces of content coming with the patch is a Holiday Refresh — specifically updating Brewfest and Hallow's End. Assuming Blizzard sticks to this schedule, we can presume that the Patch will arrive sometime before the Brewfest holiday event begins on September 20th. The new Roadmap, updated for Patch 10.1.7.
Two Months of TestingWe can also look back at previous patches for reference, with each of the smaller X.5 and X.7 content patches averaging around 50 days of PTR testing.
Patch 10.0.5 PTR testing lasted 41 days from December 15th to January 24th. Patch 10.0.7 PTR testing lasted 50 days from January 31st to March 21st. Patch 10.1.5 PTR testing lasted 56 days from May 17th to July 11th.With Patch 10.1.7 PTR beginning today on July 13th, 50 days of testing would take us to September 1st, giving another 19 days before Brewfest begins on the 20th. This gives us a fairly compelling reason to believe the patch could launch any time in September, both staying ahead of the holiday start date and in keeping with other general testing windows for these smaller content patches.
New Datamining Suggests Even SoonerWith the Patch 10.1.7 PTR now available, new datamining has given us a little more information on when the patch might drop! Several new models discovered on the PTR appear to be related to the Secrets of Azeroth event on August 30th, and while it is possible that these models could be imported and used before the full patch actually goes live, it seems just as
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