Added data for the game, let's guess!

[ExKage]

If they were "just updating the disk requirements" as you stated, then you would be able to play later just like you are now. They HAVE to be adding SOMETHING that justifies your inability to load the game up if you don't have the required disk space when patch 3.2 hits, and this thread was a fun little guessing game you all butchered.

No they do not -have- to be doing anything that justifies that.

If someone is fresh and new to ARR, having just got it from Humble Bundle SE or some other thing, they would just see the 20GB min requirement. 2.0-2.55 added quite a bit and the patches through 3.2 still "add content" for ARR (minions etc) that are not HW/expansion only. They need to update the requirements so someone doesn't piss their pants when they see they can't play their game when they only saw a 20GB req but all of the updates from base ARR to now will mean that the space needs to be more than 20GB in total. They have to write the part about not being able to play because that's a real thing. If you don't have the space needed you can't play.