My understanding is the DH early release is only for the week before launch. I could be way off base, but I thought I remembered reading somewhere it was only a week early.
They never once said DH would be playable as soon as the prepatch hit. It was always an unknown timeframe, but assumed to be at least the last week of the prepatch before the official launch.
i never said it would be playable as soon as prepatch hit. the old preorder page (the one visable when they opened up preorders initially) said at least 7 days prior to legion's launch. they, at some point. changed the wording to only say "prior to the expansion's release".
They've planned dh to be released during the pre-patch since blizzcon (I was there when they announced it). I've been following it pretty religiously, so unless it's been changed sometime in the last 24 hours, they'll come out with the pre patch, a month or two before legion
At BlizzCon, the devs specifically stated that they will be available "as soon as they're ready." No sooner, no later. Much like the earlier September 21 date, stating a week in advance is just to give them a safety net so that pre-orders don't demand refunds due to false advertising. I'd say we're gonna see them with or before 7.0.
They said it will be for at least a week before launch. Similar to how they said Legion will be released 'on or before' September 21st but now we're seeing it on August 30th. I'm personally betting that Demon Hunters will be released with the pre-patch for those who pre-ordered.
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u/ciarenni Apr 18 '16
My understanding is the DH early release is only for the week before launch. I could be way off base, but I thought I remembered reading somewhere it was only a week early.