Did I waste my time leveling in BFA?

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I leveled over 20 characters to 120 in BFA. I did this because I felt like I was “progressing” through the game and adding “value” to my account. Maxing out characters, collecting large amounts of gold, mounts, and collectibles is what attracts me to WoW as an RPG because I feel like I am making a time investment that cannot be easily diminished.

When Shadowlands is launched, it is said leveling will be 60-70% faster compared to BFA. This has me worried that both the “value” of my account and the time that I spent leveling in BFA will both be diminished. To put things in perspective, if it took me about 120 days to max out the dozens of characters on my account, Shadowlands would have made that number at around 70-75 days. This means potentially 50 days of time investment have gone to waste.

Did I waste my time leveling in BFA? I may have had fun along the way, but I did so with the goal of adding “value” to my account. Should I even bother leveling more characters before Shadowlands launch?

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The time to level is not being changed just the number

It’s ok dude calm down

But yes you wasted a lot doing all that lol what’s the point of having 20 characters

You basically lived in wow

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But it means you got those characters now, when they had a chance to be relevant in this expansion.

That depends if you want more characters leveled now.

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Pretty much.

You’re losing 60 levels and gaining a whole mountain of empty time between the levels that are left.

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Im going to keep doing what Im doing now. Running for mogs and leveling new shamans up to 60 and locking them. I’ll worry about the rest when the game changes come and decide then if Im irritated enough to quit or not.
If I cant keep my characters LOCKED in old content, thatll be a deal breaker for me.

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“Value” to your account? Are you trying to sell it someone?

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No, because you’ll still be ten levels from max at the start of the next expac. Same with almost every other expac.

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This is false.

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Absolutely not. The essence of an RPG, in my opinion, is having a subjective sense of “progression” through the game and knowing that your time did not go to waste. As you progress more, your account becomes more badass and has more “value.” Contrast this concept with a MOBA or a battle royale game, where you start each individual match from scratch.

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The game restarts every single expansion

Yes you wasted your time. Games are meaningless

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It’s a video game. The entire point is to be a waste of time.

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Did you waste your time doing any endgame content before the next expansion?

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If you are playing for any reason beyond finding it fun, then yes you wasted your time.

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Not if I got permanent mounts, achievements, and recorded statistics to show that I did that content when it was current.

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No, along with the level squish, it was announced that going from 1-50 will be about “60-70% faster” than going from 1-120.

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I leveled ~11 characters to 120 too

from level 110. I doubt you leveled them all from 1 to 120. And even if you did, enjoy your stable of gold makers.

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you just blew what was left of my mind, man.

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Now just imagine when you are on your deathbed and look back to all the time you spent playing WoW.

It’s a silly number. It doesn’t matter if it’s 120 or 60. It’s meaningless as long as you are having fun while playing. Stop focusing on it.

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That depends on how they implement the system. If they make the leveling quicker then they have effectively killed a good portion of the game to cater to those that only care about end game which in effect turns an rpg game into a MOBA.

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The intention is that you can go from 1-50 within the story of whichever single expansion you choose.