Leveling ImprovementsIf you choose to level up a new Allied Race—or if you ever just want to play something new—we’re making some improvements to the leveling experience that will allow you to more fully explore the conflicts and stories in the game’s leveling zones. Building on Legion’s level-scaling, we’re expanding the level ranges that each zone in classic Azeroth (and beyond) supports. This means you’ll be able to group with a wider range of friends and allies, while also being able to enjoy your favorite zones longer. Each of these scaling zones will have a wide range of levels it can support.On an even larger scale, we also want players to have the freedom to choose between different expansions’ content as they level up. So, for example, both Outland and Northrend might scale from levels 60–80, allowing a player to level exclusively in one expansion’s content, or to bounce back and forth between the two as they prefer.We’ll also be adjusting the rewards that can be earned from quests and dungeons, so that they scale in the same manner as the zones themselves. Our goal is to create a truly flexible experience throughout the world of Azeroth so that the choice of how you experience it is yours.We want to get these improvements into your hands as soon as possible, so you’ll start to see the initial stages of these changes in just a few weeks as Patch 7.3.5 rolls out to the Public Test Realm.

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Battle for Azeroth at BlizzCon 2017

Battle for Azeroth, World of Warcraft's next expansion was revealed!

6 Allied Races are being added in the expansion with custom appearances and special Heritage Armor sets.
We previewed the Lightforged Draenei and Highmountain Tauren races on the show floor.

Zandalari can be druids!

Dungeon Journal was available

The Design a Dungeon Boss panel also highlighted the Shrine of the Storm Dungeon.

class changes

We also found that Class Buffs are returning in the expansion, with one for every class (except Shamans).

We also looked at all the large Talent Changes and some classes got Artifact Traits available as Talents.

Blizzard discussed these topics in some interviews.

Wowhead's interview

An item level and stat squish update is coming in Battle for Azeroth.

Legendaries and Titanforging info was revealed, including no Titanforging on Azerite armor.

The Heart of Azeroth is empowered by Azerite and can empower latent energies in pieces of gear.

Island ExpeditionsKul Tiras and Zandalar

Check out more expansion art in the Art of WoW Panel.

Stormwind and Orgrimmar also received updates!

WarfrontsWarcraft Q&A

We learned increased default bagpack slots are on the way if you use an authenticator.

At the end of the Q&A we also learned that the Battle for Azeroth Beta Opt-In is now open.

coming in Patch 7.3.5

Zone Scaling and Leveling Improvements - all pre-Legion zones will now scale up to certain levels.

Ulduar Timewalking will be the second Timewalking raid, as part of the Wrath of the Lich King Timewalking Event.

previewed at the Opening Ceremony

The events of the cinematic were transformed into a record-setting diorama for the Battle of Lordaeron.

The novel Before the Storm covers the events leading up to the cinematic. The book cover was revealed and convention-goers received a copy of the Prologue.

We speculated on the Burning of Teldrassil which directly leads to the Battle for Lordaeron.

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Comment by KatharraHell, it's about damn time!Comment by sueshi111Being able to skip whole expansions is crazy in a good way. I like that I can choose where I spend my time leveling rather than dreading going to a certain zone/exp.Comment by SamuelSashaDLove this change.Comment by SamuelSashaDNo Outland anymore for me :DComment by MakoosThis is gonna be awesome. Will most likely make leveling even faster than it already is.Comment by aleklejawaMaybe finally will do Loremaster ( atleast can try ).Comment by axeurolTook them long enough.Comment by BreemcmanusI'm excited about this. I'm not a fan of Outland so knowing I can jump right into Northrend is going to be great.Comment by nightfox75These changes will be great while leveling. You can finish story lines without worrying about getting less XP and needing to move on to level. Also, being able to choose which zones you level in will be great because I'm sure everyone has zones they don't like and would rather not quest through.Comment by Ashanielthis will make the leveling so.much nicer. wearing heirloom gear speeds up zone leveling so fast you don't get the whole quest line done before you need to move on.Comment by Dinos1995niceComment by orleadanThis is such a nice change in terms of leveling.Comment by snowcloak200This is awesome. So I can jump directly to northrend at level60? :) Sweet!Comment by Ecatherinnegreat we are going to see this future in this expansion :)Comment by GroobieYay for no more Hellfire Peninsula!Comment by queerguyI'm not really fond of that kinda change but...whateverComment by ArcalI love this changesComment by JetshadowfireHoly crap, this is fantastic! I can skip zones I don't like now!Comment by EriakitI'm so excited for these changes I can't even put it into words. I've been hoping for something like this for years, and really hoped Legion's level scaling was a step in the right direction - and it was! Can't wait!Comment by darkjackalIts a shame all my toons are already 110. It will help with the heritage armours though.

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