In World of Warcraft, you won’t immediately jump into raids or arenas at launch. They will only be available starting December 2nd. This seems to be Blizzard’s way of preventing the stressful race to the new maximum level 100.
Oops, it seems there is a change of heart at Blizzard. The rated battlegrounds and arenas will only start on December 2nd, three weeks after Warlords of Draenor is released. The raids will also kick off on December 2nd. This is to ensure all players have the opportunity to reach the new maximum level of 100 at their own pace.
Unrated PvP battlegrounds, skirmishes, and other PvP activities are reportedly immediately available, according to Blizzard. However, the rated season in World of Warcraft will only begin on December 2nd.
On this day, the normal and heroic difficulty levels for the first new raid Highmaul will also open. Players will have to wait longer for the raid finder and mythic difficulty. These will only be released in the following weeks.
World of Warcraft tries to relax
Mein MMO says: Wow, so … we didn’t see this coming. Since most “casual” guilds take quite a while for everyone to recover and decide to play World of Warcraft and raid again, this might not hit them so hard.
What progress guilds have to say is a whole different story. For them, the first weeks of a new expansion are usually the time they really play World of Warcraft. If this is now “stretched out,” it might lose some of its appeal.
For die-hard PvP players, who see leveling to 100 more as a chore than a joy, this change shouldn’t be too terrible.
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