I'm sure there will be a little bit of story. We probably have at least a month before 8.2.5 anyway if not 6 weeks.Blizzard are not stupid though. As much as classic shouldn't stop work on retail they will be aware they are essentially releasing a competitive product in classic and a lot of active users will not be on live for at least September and into October. Therefore 8.2.5 doesn't need to change the world!If they drop 8.3 in January when classic numbers even out, bringing everyone back in to retail....makes business sense to keep the subs going....right up to Q2 next year.
I realize it's a minor patch, but I guess I just hoped that the way they did content in Legion would continue once they got BFA back on track again. Alas, they disappoint once more. I just miss there being something worthwhile every few months. 8.1.5 had Crucible for instance and some war-campaign. It added a bit to the weekly grind of BoD. Firelands TW is barely content imo, as it's around very rarely and won't give more than a couple of hours of enjoyment - plus it's something I've already done to death years ago. Bee mount grind is fine, that's a small reason to log in at least :-) I have no idea what I was hoping for... but definitely more than this.When I think of it, my issue is not so much with 8.2.5, but probably more with the worry that 8.3 is far away. If 8.3 launches November or something, that would be pretty cool.
Usually a .5 has a good amount of story, but so far there isn't much. It is kinda annoying to be honest and I don't see 8.3 coming out till early next year. Usually there is a raid around the holidays.There has also be a noticeable lack of Holiday Event updates that we are supposed to be getting, it could be that they just want people to relax for once around the holidays instead of worrying about a new raid.It is also slightly annoying we aren't getting Worgen/Goblin Heritage armor in 8.2.5Something else is the lack of Allied Races thus far. Every bit patch phase, meaning 8.2 and 8.2.5, should have had at least two Allied Races with how important they are in the expansion.