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by Eliah Hecht 
Sep 4th 2008 at 2:00PM
Patch 3.0.2 is going to bring us much of Wrath, without the new content. Specifically, we'll be getting the new spells and talents, which come out to a total class revamp for many classes. We'll also be getting a couple other fixes, like learnable mounts and mini-pets. And Tigole just confirmed today that among these will be a reduction in the amount of experience required to level between 60 and 70.
Levels 20–60 were sped up dramatically a little while ago, which I have been very much enjoying on my various alts. But the Outland levels have remained at the same rate as always. This isn't so much of an issue now, when 70 is the endgame, but of course we're getting another ten levels in LK, and trudging through Outland then will feel a lot like dragging yet another toon through Plaguelands now. (I know some of you like Plaguelands, but I just don't understand it.) So I'm glad this is coming a little sooner, so that hopefully I can have at least three 70s poised to go into Northrend instead of the two I have now.
What kind of a speed increase are we looking at? Well, the only hard numbers I've seen so far are 30% less XP required per level, and possibly 20% more XP given per mob, with no changes on quests. This is fairly substantial; I would be pleased.
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Nick S Sep 4th 2008 3:08PM
I hoped that something like this would happen... I'm going to have 3 70s leveled in the space of weeks thanks to this and RAF.
That's pretty awesome.
soukihei Sep 4th 2008 3:21PM
This is great! Hopefully now I can motivate myself to finally level my BE Pally! Anything to make it go faster is appreciated.
wickedgoddess Sep 4th 2008 3:39PM
That works well for me, I have an alt at 60 that I have been playing all that much. I will probably just leave here there until the patch hits.
Milktub Sep 4th 2008 3:45PM
What? New talent trees already?
Damn. I don't want to deal with learning where to put talents all over again. Bummer.
Djinn Sep 5th 2008 7:49PM
This is a nice development for people like me whom are changing mains for Wrath. My 44 Shaman will be loving the leveling nerf... with this early release I might even be able to get my shaman to 70 and start working on my warrior...
Tony McSherry Sep 4th 2008 11:30PM
Plaguelands?
Never got to them. Just levelled from 1-60 with my noobie girlfriend in under 9 days using the team iDemise levelling guide. Never got to Eastern Plaguelands or Silithus or a number of other annoying lands ;-)
I love the changes to 20-60 and I'm looking forward to the 60-70 changes for any other toons I want to bring through.
Zakk Sep 4th 2008 10:01PM
Very cool. I'm leveling my Mage and Warrior to 45 and doing a Hunter/Priest RAF combo so I can gift both of those characters up to 60. Hopefully I can get my Warrior ready for Northrend before 3.0.2's end. Still gonna level my Paladin first, but I'd like to have my Warrior ready to go just so I don't have to level him to 70 while Northrend is sitting there waiting for me.
Unregistered Sep 4th 2008 10:13PM
yippee! since i have 13 toons, 4 at 70, the rest 60+, this is good news!
EGA Sep 5th 2008 4:04AM
The question is.. will the RaF now work from lvl 60-70? Bliz has said that the RaF was initially part of Wrath and it makes sense in that light.. Get the new folks up to Wrath lvl.. i.e. 70.. So why is RaF stopping at 60?
Can anyone post the RaF question on that beta thread mentioned? Maybe Bliz will respond.
Anaughtybear Sep 4th 2008 11:25PM
Plaguelands really do suck. I always skip them altogether for Un'Goro, Winterspring, etc..
Justin Nolan Sep 5th 2008 3:01PM
Wow, and I just got my first character to 70 this week. Compared to 1-60, 61-70 was quite a grind. And an even bigger grind seems to be raising 5000g for my epic flight training 0_o. I'm glad it should be easier with the holy priest I'm leveling. Actually, that will probably still be more difficult...