Originally Posted by Merple
But, do it until they fix it, then wait for someone to find the next way to powerlevel a character. At some point, I'd imagine Blizzard will release something akin to the DK system, whereby if you've got a character over 70 (or whatever), you'll be able to create new character at 55 or so of any class.
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Please, no. Please, please, please, please never do this. I know I compare WoW to Dark Age of Camelot a fair amount, but I have to bring up this anecdote. In DAoC they released a system where if you had a level 50 on your account (The level cap was 50 in that game), when you started a new character you could type "/level" and receive enough experience to instantly hit level 20. The starting zones became empty, new players had nobody to learn to play with, and many newer players just quit.
Think about WoW and how many players have level 70s. I would say 60 to 70 percent of players have at least one level 70, even he or she is just geared in welfare S2 and leveling blues and logs on once a week to play AV. If this was implemented (with Wrath or 3.0, let's say), this would really hurt new subscribers. Blizzard should be looking to pick up a lot of new players with the hype from the new expansion, especially since a lot of players on my server at least are running into some serious burnout, and many aren't planning to come back for Wrath. Not only will most people be leveling their 70s again, but people won't even be leveling up Deathknights in Durotar or Dun Morogh. Not only will this make the starting areas into ghostlands, but 80% of Azeroth will become very empty as well.