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Expanded Level Scaling coming soon

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Mark Okuda, Sun 05 Nov, 2017 2:36 AM
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    If you choose to level up a new Allied Race—or if you ever just want to play something new—we’re making some improvements to the leveling experience that will allow you to more fully explore the conflicts and stories in the game’s leveling zones. Building on Legion’s level-scaling, we’re expanding the level ranges that each zone in classic Azeroth (and beyond) supports. This means you’ll be able to group with a wider range of friends and allies, while also being able to enjoy your favorite zones longer. Each of these scaling zones will have a wide range of levels it can support.
    This is not a good idea. I don't need level scaling in other zones to more fully explore them. I can choose to fully explore them now, Just because I am a higher level than the zone doesn't mean I have to leave it. I never have liked the level scaling in Legion and I still don't like it. Leave my old world zones alone. I swear it's like there consulting with George Lucas.
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    Leave my old world zones alone
    Good news, I hear they're making Vanilla servers...

    Kidding aside, they're doing it because the levelling flow for much of the older content is totally out of whack. Even without heirlooms, if you do a complete run through all the quests in Elwynn Forest and Westfall, you're already half way through or totally passed the level range of Red-Ridge Mountains, which would be your next stop. This is especially prevalant in Outland, where doing a full run of Hellfire and half of Zangarmarsh can almost get you to lv70.

    They're doing it to make it so that if you do out level a zone, it doesn't turn into a trivial affair and make levelling seem less like a chore.

    Nothing is really changing to the content, and you can still TOTALLY out level a zone, as at some point the scaling stops (the example someone used in a youtube video explaining this is that if you go back to Elwynn, there aren't going to be any lv120 wolves for you to fight).
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    But...but....but....In “Make Love not Warcraft” Cartman and the crew leveled up exclusively by killing boars in Elwynn Forest!!!!!
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    I don't play WoW, but i do play another game that did this. SWTOR. And it's crap and quickly out leveled then capped per different planet (think zone). I've gotten to the next zone and already been capped at it too meaning basically until you reach the endgame you never really play at your character's full abilities.
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    They released info on the new Leveling scaling, here's the WoWhead article: http://www.wowhead.com/news=275508/u...in-patch-7-3-5

    TL;DR version

    Starting Zones: 1-10
    Classic Zones: 10-60
    BC & WoLK: 70-80
    Cata & Mists: 80-90

    Warlords and Legion stay the same.

    All dungeons for the respective level range scale as well.

    You can choose which expansion you want to level in, say if you want to skip BC, you can, or Skip Mists, you can.

    These changes are set to start rolling out on the PTR for Patch 7.3.5
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    Skip Mists!? Skip Cata Wink

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    Why would you want to skip mists!
    maybe you are a masochist and want to level in Vash'jir?

    seriously tho. Mists has the most fun quests and an amazing landscape to explore. i would skip Cata in a hearthbeat to go there Smile
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