by Drain » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:52 am
I wouldn't try nor worry about timing it with Blizzard. People are regularly leaving WoW every month of every year now. In fact, if you wait a few months after WoD's release, you can catch players that resubbed to test it out or play the new content, then promptly left again. Following WoW's sub count year by year, it's been in steady decline since Cata, only taking the occasional growth upon big content releases. It's clear that a profitable amount resub to test out new content, then promptly leave again in the following months.
Just release when the server is ready. Given that no new MMO is any good, or even other WoW private servers; it's not like there's a need to rush it out.