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Lvl cap going to 80?
butters88
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One of the rumors of the new expansion coming out (Wrath of the Lich King) is that the lvl cap is going to 80. I want to know how many people think this is a good idea. I honestly think it's one of the stupidest things they could do right now
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i think that raising the lvl cap to 80 is a bad idea at the current stage. They did a fairly bad job of lvl 70 and gear matching, hate to see what they'd do with lvl 80.
is it true or rumor that there is a new class?
I would hate it as i am relatively new to wow and just starting Outland now, i missed out on the old end game and i certainly do not want to miss out on the new level 70 end game
well the code is there. from my time on private servers i found out they have coded the game to lvl 275. as they need is content really and they better not do another BC by outdating hard earned gear
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if they do raise the cap again (which is a given its really only a question of when) they either have to raise the old instances (MC and so on) to meet with lvl 70 standards or make them 5 mans for the people passing thru on their way to 70. you cant leave them as 60 raid instances because no one would do em
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Obvious rumour for people to start. Very unlikely to be true.
I can understand why Blizz wanted to invalidate it's old end-game content once (to get rid of 40 person raids). But why would they want to jettison a whole load of content a second time?
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I believe they would. It a time sink so that more people will stay, to prevent them from going to other game. I dont think even now there's many players doing Kara or any 5 man instance regularly.
So in order to make (i believe the majority of people dont raid) to stay, a new lvl cap which gives better loot along the way will be implemented. Maybe even someway for people who wana lvl a alt, easier in early lvl.....
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of course they will rise the level cap. if not in this expansion (most probable) then in the next.
If this bother you, then I'm not sure why you play this game, it has been based on a level and gear progression like this since day 1.
What do you expect it happens at level 80? all your level 70 epic gear magically become epic level 80 gear?
Then again, any veteran raider here that can tell us how EQ solved this problem or did not solve the problem? I remember they added side advancements instead of rising the level cap, mmmh?
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I'll leave WoW before I try to level my 70s (druid / paladin) to 80s. I wish Blizzard would make some mid-game content, and stop making their old dungeons useless. I have another pair of toons (48 hunter / 47 warrior) that I am leveling, and the only dungeons I canget groups for are Uldaman and ZF. Now I have to level to 58+ just so I can get to BC. Don't get me wrong, WoW is a great game, I just don't understand the reasoning for making the old content almost completely useless. Now it's too late to go and revamp the old dungeons. I feel bad for new players (let's face it, new players are what will keep this game going) because they are missing out on some really fun dungeons such as Molten Core, Zul'Gurub, AQ20 and 40 due to the gear being obsolete by BC standards. Come Blizzrd, you can do better than this!
If BC was any indicator, the level cap will be raised to 80, Northrend released, and within 6 months, Arthas will be on farm-mode.
I stopped playing WoW from Feb to July. I am glad that I did. I will still have plenty of time to grind up more money and see what else I want to see. I'll level two of my 60s to 70, that way I can pick which of the three that I want to grind to 80 with.
It doesn't bother me at all that the current level 70 stuff will be obsolete in a year or so.
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here ya go. All of the confirmed stuff.
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they need to stop worrying about makin more levels cause thats whats really hurting them. they need to start workin on makin new stuff to do once you reach max level. as of right now all you do is constant raid and pvp which is not that good in this game.
A death knight sounds cool. I might return to the game just to play it. Allthough i think everyone will reroll a death knight at this point resorting in an over population. Death Knight would have been better with the last expansion. I might still be playing.
The level cap will continue to go up and up....no getting away from that I'm afraid, its a core design of the game (and one of the reasons I quit playing before TBC)
But I think eventually Blizzard will breath new life into the old raid instances by redoing them a bit...upping the mob difficulty, updating the drop tables to what ever the current release is when they decide to do it.
Don't worry, someday players will be going back to face Lord Nef yet again...though probably now as part of the new 25 man formats (or heck, maybe they'll make it easier so it can be 10 manned)
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I am most likely days from cancelling m WoW subscription.
The repetative monotony is killing me. It isn't even about "gear makes your character" frustration; it's knowing they are only doing these things to keep players around and not do anything new and unique.
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I suppose for me it would finally be the last straw if they raised the level cap again. BC has pretty much killed my game play as it is, I have zero desire to level grind to 70 and I just play WoW when my kids want to anymore ( I don't let them play the game without my being there). If Blizzard raises the level cap again they can say goodbye to the three accounts I pay for, I know I'll have some disappointed kids but they'll get over it.
i already canceled my sub as I made it to lvl 70 with my priest, and found out thre is nothing to do really other than grind quests for gold, do the same dungeons over and over again for rep to then open the heroic key to do that version for yet more gold, and rep, and other higher stat'd socketed gear. bleh! after more han 2 years they have only one semi serious expansion that has some somewhat decent content, but is still too similar to the old game. Im back to playing Eq2 where it will have 4 expansions and 4 adventure packs. will keep me busy for quite a long time.
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It's a smart business move on blizzards part because it does two things:
A.) It makes new players come onboard because they realize they are going to be on the same level as everyone else gear-wise going from 70-80
B.) It makes all the level 70 geared out vets that are getting bored have a new treadmill that will last them at least another 6 months (as opposed to just quitting and going to AOC/WAR).
They don't give a shit how pissed off the current epic-geared 70's are. They do give a shit about raking in some more bucks and keeping players busy.
Only problem becomes new players at the gamestop looking at having to buy WoW and two expansions for like 80 bucks, or just pay 50 for the newer WAR or AOC. Wonder if they're gonna do some kind of combo pack/discount.
No, but raising the level to 70 was a terrible idea as well.
think it is a terrible idea, they need to fix the pvp aspect of the game because as it it in its current state, it is a broken POS.
if they want to make wow strictly a pve game and ignore pvp i think that will be a huge mistake. the open world pvp need to be addressed, the honor system definitely needs addressed.
there needs to be more content and they need to make pvp the best way to get honor not sitting in the cave or grinding NPC's.
if hey can fix that then they can raise the lvl cap and add more pve content, until then i think they should just focus on pvp IMO.
Wow imagine starting a new character at level 1 and going to 80.
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You tards that vote for no level cap raise, WTF?
You have an expansion you want to go to the next level. whats the point at staying at the same lvl. If you want that you might as well not even have lvls to begin with, but thats another topic.