3.3 A Month Away?
According to a blue post by Daith (one of the tech support guys), patch 3.3 is more than a month away.
We only provide mirror links for full client patches. Background downloads do not count. You have around 1+ month to download this file so we’re not really worried about your speed.
This would make the release somewhere end of December, most likely the 29th — horrible time with New Year around the corner, or early January. As there is no official post about this yet, do take this with a grain of salt. But be sure to expect it soon. I’ve finished downloading the background patch. Have you?
Blizzard has announced the Icecrown Citadel raid access progression. In short, there are four wings and each will be progressively unlocked over weeks after the 3.3 release. The Lich King may not be attempted until Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, and Sindragosa are defeated and the Lich King must be defeated on normal mode before heroics can be attempted. Raids will have a limited number of attempts total each week to defeat the four most difficult encounters in Icecrown Citadel: Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana’thel, Sindragosa, and the Lich King. (source)
i predict december 18th.