Key findings
- The War Within expansion increases the level cap to 80, but also disables the ability for level 70 characters to stop gaining experience.
- Players suspect that Blizzard disabled the level 70 experience lock to avoid over-equipment and scaling issues in some of the new content.
- However, characters below level 69 can still pause their XP progress at their current level by visiting either Behsten in Stormwind or Slahtz in Orgrimmar.
Like all World of Warcraft Players can explore the lands of Khaz Algar in the recently released The war within expansion, Blizzard removed the ability for players to stop their characters’ progress at level 70. The war within is the tenth expansion for World of Warcraftwhich brings various new content to Blizzard’s popular MMORPG and increases the maximum level for characters from 70 to 80.
The war within officially launched on August 26th, with players who purchased the Epic Edition able to enjoy this new World of Warcraft Expansion a few days earlier on August 22nd. The war within takes players into the depths of Azeroth, into the subterranean realm of Khaz Algar. This expansion includes new hero talents for every class and specialization, an additional allied race called Earthen, an account-wide progression system, a new endgame PvE challenge called Delves, and four new zones to explore. World of Warcraft: The War Within.
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As The war within raised the maximum level for characters to 80, Blizzard disabled the ability for level 70 heroes to stop their experience gain and remain at that specific level. Characters below level 69 can still use this feature to stop their progress at their current level by visiting either Behsten in Stormwind or Slahtz in Orgrimmar to turn off experience gain. Blizzard confirmed that in World of Warcraft: ClassicsPlayers could not disable experience gain while in Cataclysm Classic Only characters level 59 and below can use this feature.
Why level 70 characters in World of Warcraft can’t block experience gains
Although Blizzard has not given an official explanation for this decision, players suspect that the company decided to prevent players from staying at level 70 because the current scaling makes over-equipped characters at level 70 more powerful than under-equipped heroes at level 80. This restriction prevents players from exploiting this scaling issue when exploring the new dungeons and bosses introduced in. The war within. World of Warcraft regularly encounters scaling issues at expansion launch because the new content is not tailored to over-equipped characters, but is designed so that anyone who reaches the required minimum level can enjoy this new content without needing endgame gear from the previous expansion.
World of Warcraft gives players more endgame options with the release of The war within. Those who prefer to explore the new content alone rather than with other players now have the option to experience endgame content alone without the need for a party. Story mode eliminates the need to team up with others to defeat bosses, and the Delves offer new solo-friendly PvE content that scales in difficulty and offers good gear rewards.
World of Warcraft: The War Within
In this opening chapter of the Worldsoul saga, you will travel through never-before-seen subterranean worlds full of hidden wonders and lurking dangers, down into the dark depths of the Nerubian Empire, where the inscrutable Harbinger of the Void has gathered her spider powers to bring Azeroth to its knees.
