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true 11 is odd. Also the introduction of Death Knight is quite odd as its the 3rd expansion of 2022 and will rotate immediately XD. Hopefully the introduce new class on 1st expansion so it wont rotate immediately.

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true 11 is odd. Also the introduction of Death Knight is quite odd as its the 3rd expansion of 2022 and will rotate immediately XD. Hopefully the introduce new class on 1st expansion so it wont rotate immediately.

When they first announced DK coming out in the third expansion of 2022, I also thought that was weird.  However, when you look back at it in comparison to when DH was released, one big change was the existence of the Core Set.  Because Core existed they could not only make new cards in the expansion, and the Path of Arthas set, but they also had the Core set for DK to buff up their class card pool some.  So I guess they figured with that they could release the class at anytime.

Also, when DH came out it was way over tuned.  So I guess going with the third expansion gives them a chance rotate really strong cards sooner and maybe avoid a bunch of big nerfs?  Still like 16 months of Standard play though for MotLK cards though.

But then we also got to think of what another class might be? Monk is the most obvious.  What would that look like?  What might Monk’s class identity be?  I played a little WoW after Pandaria came out, but never really got into Monk so I literally don’t know their abilities.

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The next expansion drops in just a few weeks.

 The next expansion will be at the start of a new year in Hearthstone. Historically that happens in April. So we are about 2 months away from the next expansion, not a few weeks.

 I see you aren't good at connecting the dots. Historically every 3rd expansion of the year used to drop in December and not in November like the last time.

It looks like you need a history lesson.

• The League of Explorers was released in November 12th 2015. The Start of the new year with the release of "Whispers of the Old Gods" was on April 26, 2016.
• Madness at the Darkmoon Faire was released on November 17th, 2020. The start of the new year with the release of "Forged in the Barrens" was on March 30th, 2021. While not in April, using it as an example still means about a month and three weeks.

So Historically we still have at least 7 weeks to go. Not the "in a few weeks" idiocy. You have a join date that suggests you should know what happened with the start of the new year in years past. Your posts are either willfully ignorant of the facts, or you just like posting nonsense.

 Part of the facts is, as it was pointed out several times already, entirely ignored by you thus far, that the season pass for Showdown in the Badlands ends on 11 March, making it rather likely that the next expansion drops on 12 March (which happens to be a Tuesday).

At least from what I can remember, there has been no instance where the date of a season pass ending has not coincided with the arrival of a new expansion thus far.

Historical observations are rather meaningless in this, since Blizzard can choose launch dates as it sees fit (as your "history lesson" actually demonstrates). They are not obligated to wait till April, or otherwise particularly inclined to do so. Keeping with "tradition" is not the strongest of incentives, as they have demonstrated multiple times on various issues, far too many that i could even bother to list them. 

Not exactly a position from which I would accuse others of ignoring facts and posting nonsense, but you do you. If you are so hell-bent on correcting others, maybe question whether 5 weeks can reasonably be called "a few" instead.

 The season pass end date has not been officially announced. The availability of it being sold has been pointed out. But that usually happens a week or so before an expansion is released. That puts it at about 6 weeks. A month and a half is not a "few weeks".

Actually, the web shop states that the pass is available to buy through March 11.  This is the only real announcement we get other than the launch date announcement.  However, since all the passes are valid and purchasable right up until the next expansion launch, that means the next launch date would be March 12.

Just going off historical information that seems pretty definitive.  If we don’t get a post teasing the new expansion today, we will next week for sure, with the trailer and announcement being either tomorrow or next Tuesday.  I could see it being tomorrow as with the upcoming 10th anniversary they may have some bigger plans this year.

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Let's get this thread on topic and discuss what the next expansion theme etc. could be, instead of getting into arguments about unimportant details.

 One could argue that figuring out the launch date IS on topic for expansion speculation.  But I guess we already know that even if some people can’t accept the truth.

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true 11 is odd. Also the introduction of Death Knight is quite odd as its the 3rd expansion of 2022 and will rotate immediately XD. Hopefully the introduce new class on 1st expansion so it wont rotate immediately.

When they first announced DK coming out in the third expansion of 2022, I also thought that was weird.  However, when you look back at it in comparison to when DH was released, one big change was the existence of the Core Set.  Because Core existed they could not only make new cards in the expansion, and the Path of Arthas set, but they also had the Core set for DK to buff up their class card pool some.  So I guess they figured with that they could release the class at anytime.

Also, when DH came out it was way over tuned.  So I guess going with the third expansion gives them a chance rotate really strong cards sooner and maybe avoid a bunch of big nerfs?  Still like 16 months of Standard play though for MotLK cards though.

But then we also got to think of what another class might be? Monk is the most obvious.  What would that look like?  What might Monk’s class identity be?  I played a little WoW after Pandaria came out, but never really got into Monk so I literally don’t know their abilities.

Nice analogy! I would like to see Monk! Im not a Wow player so I'm not so familiar with the other classes and got only introduced to its universe cuz of hearthstone. I would love to see Pandarens and like Aya again. Gadgetzan was the first expansion when I started playing and the art of them made me love the game <33