Files in WOW installations are stored in a very specific way - they are categorised by version, and which file loads depends on the realm you pick and your account status. This allows Classic Era and Seasonal servers to have different files (such as different UI or meeting stone behaviour) while being on the same realm list and using the same EXE.
Now, when you install the client, only the data needed by the particular client are installed - so that, for example, when you install Classic Era client, you get the vanilla data plus few files from TBC data (such as the looking for group UI)
The thing is - the TBC installation also has two categories, “TBC” and “Wrath” - and the “Wrath” one includes only death knights. Which would indicate some seasonal TBC realms with Death Knights are planned.
And another strange thing is that few months ago, a “patch 96.0.1” appeared in Blizzard download catalogs. It cannot be datamined as a key is required to download it (which is common for builds that are more than month before hitting beta or PTR) - but the metadata can be loaded and it’s World of Warcraft client with patch 96.0.1
It’s unclear what that client is, because Dragonflight is 10.0 and WotLK is 3.4, so it is easy to assume it’s intended for some event, such as convent demo, esports tournament, or some special fun server. At first, people were thinking it’s the patch 10.0, but later 10.0 also made it to the CDN and 96.0 is being developed separately.
What do you think?