Timerunning Pandamonium Event Teased in Patch 10.2.7 - Could Mists of Pandaria Challenge Modes Return?
In the newly released WoW 2024 Roadmap, Timerunning Pandamonium was teased as a feature of the 10.2.7 content update coming later this spring, but what exactly is Timerunning, how is it different from Timewalking, and why is Pandemonium misspelled?
Think Horses Not Zebras — Siege of Orgrimmar Timewalking
The simplest explanation is often the right one, and looking at the event name 'Panda'-monium from this perspective could simply point to what datamining has hinted at, Timewalking Siege of Orgrimmar Raid for Mists of Pandaria!
We previously datamined updates to Siege of Orgrimmar raid items leading us to speculate that Siege of Orgrimmar would be returning as the Timewalking Raid for Mists of Pandaria.
Timewalking raids previously released one every year or so, but it's been almost 4 years since we received a new one, so this would be a long overdue update.
Timewalking Raid Releases:
- Firelands Timewalking — Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.2.5 — September 2019
- Ulduar Timewalking — Legion Patch 7.3.5 — January 2018
- Black Temple Timewalking — Legion Patch 7.2.5 — June 2017
But is that all that we can expect from this event? Why would we need to run instead of walk through this reprised raid? Could there be more difficulties of Timewalking coming?
Think Zebras — Challenge Modes Return?
I think we can safely assume that the 'Panda' in Pandamonium does refer to Mists of Pandaria expansion content, but the Timerunning aspect is not yet fully explained so let's wildly speculate.
Timewalking is a difficulty added that scales down a character's power and gear allowing players to queue up for a dungeon or raid from a previous expansion. The difficulty of Timewalking dungeons and raids is roughly equivalent to
