Big changes are coming in World of Warcraft . Leveling in Azeroth will soon improve drastically.
Anyone who has played a character from level 1 in World of Warcraft in the last few years has probably not had a pleasant leveling experience. While leveling happens quickly, there are some issues that can dampen the fun. Those who start the often exciting questlines of an area will find themselves at a higher level after just a few missions than intended for that area. It’s so severe that the last missions are only “grey”, meaning they no longer grant experience points.
To experience the story of an area to the end, players must accept that it will no longer provide experience points. Those who do not want that will leave an area and miss the end of the stories.
This dilemma is something Blizzard wants to solve. In an upcoming update, all zones of World of Warcraft will scale with the player’s level!
Old areas in WoW will adapt to the level
In simple terms, this means that quests and enemies will always be at your character’s level as long as you stay within the level limits of an area. However, there are still some restrictions. Many zones still have a lower and upper limit. Here are a few examples:
- Westfall scales from level 10 – 60
- The Burning Steppes scale from level 40 – 60
This means that zones that at least roughly build on each other still follow a certain sequence (such as Tirisfal –> Silverpine –> Hinterlands).
But the scaling also affects the older expansions. Soon, players who want to can skip the shattered world entirely and go directly to Northrend.
- The shattered world scales from 60 – 80
- Northrend scales from 60 – 80
The same applies to Pandaria and the areas from Cataclysm:
- Pandaria scales from 80 to 90
- Cataclysm scales from 80 to 90
Whether there will also be changes to the areas of Warlords of Draenor and Legion is not yet known.
These scalings also affect the corresponding dungeons and all quest rewards!
The best part: These changes are expected to come not only with “Battle for Azeroth” but largely already with patch 7.3.5! This patch is set to be released on the PTR in a few weeks.
However, there is still no specific release date.
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