Does WoW need level scaling for the older zones?

[Deathinacan-shuhalo]

@Shalyria-malganis

Scaling of any sort should never have gone beyond Timewalking holidays, in my opinion.

Exactly. Or it should be optional.

[Kiwì-dentarg (Kiwì)]

This is why they created party sync, so you could go and run old content to your hearts content.

The bigger issue in this game is the fact that Blizzard is forcing new players into BfA from the get go. They learn nothing about the original lore, their race or the faction they belong to.

It is a shame that the current stewards of this game have ruined it in this manner.

[Rhielle-sentinels (Rhielle)]

@Icap-area-52

is it time to revitalize the older zones by introducing worldwide-level scaling?

Pleasegodno.

@Icap-area-52

It may be relevant to you , but it’s not relevant to those of us who want to enjoy the fact that we can still go back to older zones and enjoy scaled content

That’s what Chromie Time is for. Not the normal world. They want you in the new expansion with the new content for the current level range, not the old world.

[Lightir-frostmourne]

Have it as an option or limit it to certain areas. You can force it only everyone/everywhere because there is obviously a large amount of content that should remain farmable.

I would bloody LOVE to go back and do invasions/horrific visions/timeless isle/N’zoth assults and hell even Legion/BFA world quests as current content and get current rewards for them. They could all be adjusted each expansion/patch to give current gear and they all give a currency (like idk amor fragments or something) that can be turned in to get gear/gear upgrades (but obviously not as high as Mythic raiding. I would love this as a change of pace and a way to redo old content that I absolutely loved.

[Rhielle-sentinels (Rhielle)]

@Lightir-frostmourne

Have it as an option or limit it to certain areas.

Technically it already is an option with Chromie Time. They just don’t want people gaining current expansion levels in old content, so that’s why it stops at 50.

[Glaivedancer-area-52]

@Icap-area-52

But it’s not fun when you face roll old content…there’s zero element of risk.

Turn XP off and you can experience it forever if you want to. Or use player sync. There’s already ways to do it now.

[Bouncerz-greymane]

if entire environment leveled up with you and you just sit there macro aim level 2 sheep then no need to adventure. just shoot sheep no need to run jump and avoid.

[Toddorbert-thrall]

@Icap-area-52

WoW has historically been about spending your time in the latest expac and only going back to farm things. But is it time to revitalize the older zones by introducing worldwide-level scaling?

If quests/NPC’s/loot etc. all scaled to you no matter where you went, it would mean that ultimately gearing would be redefined. The devs instead of making new gear which becomes obsolete next expac, could invest their time into making more permanent gear which can be upgraded every expansion.

This is just an example but maybe something like, 1 “legendary” gear set per class thematically designed for that class. This gear could be upgraded with the latest runes/enchanments etc. that an expansion provides but these drops would only happen at the latest content in the hardest content (raiding/mythic/arenas).

Every expansion would bring new thematic forging to this base legendary gear set that can alter how the armor looks but from a power perspective, the latest expac just modifies the power capabilities of the armor to create a synergy with your class (maybe even bringing more utility with it).

Meanwhile, players who do NOT want to participate in “end-game” content as we know it today, would still be free to roam around the open world now scaled, and all other gear items, assuming player is max level, would just scale to the next ilvl below this legendary base set, but never above it.

This would allow casual players to participate in things like heroics, maybe non-legendary arenas, and still “play the game” while not having to invest themselves into end-game content to keep chasing the power.

Hardcore gamers get their permanent gear system that keeps building on itself both vertically and horizontally, and casual players have the entire world at their fingertips now scaled to them and everything becomes relevant again.

This means professions/crafting would make a huge return as well. For players who like to run old dungeons/raids for mogs/pets/mounts, the devs could have a “legacy” version of these instances that keeps the original scaling as it exists today. Only less broken (looking at you legion).

Lastly, a permanent system for casual players to compliment the permanent gearing system for HC players would be player housing.

scaling was a mistake.

scaling should of been a choice: just like not gaining experience when doing pvp content - an in-game switch

flying should be a choice - add this to the pvp experience switch.