It’s not typically we get to have surprises in World of Warcraft. Datamining is so widespread that it’s arduous to keep away from realizing the whole lot about an occasion earlier than it begins. That’s useful for having guides prepared, however there aren’t many surprises left for gamers to find. Nonetheless, that’s not the case for patch 10.2.6 — for now, nobody apart from Blizzard has any particulars past the pirate flag teaser.

This might imply something. Perhaps it’s a storyline about main pirate factions going to battle with one another. Maybe the Bloodsails are going to attempt to take over Stormwind. It may simply be “Speak Like a Pirate Day 2: Buccaneer Boogaloo.” There actually are not any clues as to what’s occurring, and that’s extremely refreshing.

If we’re searching for connections, there’s a obscure one. Dragonflight had no actual pirate exercise in any of the storylines, regardless of having a treasure-rich island. However there have been numerous dragons, together with the Infinite Dragonflight. The growth prior, Shadowlands, featured a dungeon that had a shock look by a time touring pirate dragon.

In Tazavesh, the Veiled Market, we run into some extra-dimensional bandits who find yourself stealing one thing from pirates in Boralus Harbor. The chief of stated pirates seems to be Timecap’n Hooktail, a brand new character invented for the dungeon. It appeared like a waste of among the finest character designs ever made by human fingers that Hooktail died in that battle. However, with time being all wibbly-wobbly, and dragons being the present focus of the growth, maybe Blizzard is bringing again Hooktail for an additional journey.

No matter it’s, it’s coming subsequent Tuesday, March 19, arriving simply in time to ship some contemporary new pirate threads to put on to the Trial of Fashion subsequent Wednesday, March 20.