Thursday, November 7, 2019

Eurogamer.net: November 07, 2019 at 02:00AM - Blizzard explains the World of Warcraft level squash

Shadowlands won't raise the World of Warcraft level cap like the seven previous World of Warcraft expansions have - it will cut the level cap in half.

It's one of the craziest things Blizzard has done to World of Warcraft in the 15 years the game has been alive. It means everyone - everyone - who's currently level 120 will be chopped to 50 for Shadowlands, where they'll grow to 60. For a brief moment, then, they'll be lower level than even the people playing World of Warcraft: Classic!

Of course, there's method behind the madness. The numbers were getting ridiculous and with so many abilities it was a bit of a mess. What's more, the breadth of numbers meant people out-levelled legacy content in the blink of an eye, making it quickly redundant. Shadowlands will address all of that. Think of it less as bolted-on expansion content and more like a full-on overhaul.

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from Eurogamer.net

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