Absolutely horrific idea. Never in a millions years.
I hesitated of should I play Classic WoW or not in 2019 so started playing only in mid of September around 19th. I hit 60 during late phase 2 in the end of October 2019, so overall 1-60 leveling on a druid was around 1,5 moths around 2,5-3,5h a day for 5 days a week. On a PvP realm.
My first run was without questie and I was manually searching groups in chat without LFG Bulletin board or other LFG addons.
IDK where people are taking numbers larger than 2 months from.
double exp would absolutely ruin vanilla, especially combined with some of the other exp grinding methods.
absolutely NO exp boosts.
You have a perfect example right in front of you (which I actively played until my guild disbanded a month ago) â thatâs SoD. Hereâs what happens with a 150% boost: low- and mid-level dungeons are almost dead. Whatâs the point of going there if their only benefit is better gear, which is barely needed at 150% speed since it quickly becomes obsolete? Even with dungeon skipping, players still miss out on a significant portion of quests and zones.
However, for SoD, this is fine because all classes are playable and thereâs additional content. Vanilla doesnât have that luxury. If you speed up leveling, youâll only make the server dead faster (leaving just the raids).
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It is possible to do it in 1.5 months if you are playing for insane amounts of time. If you are playing like it is a job (35-40 game hours per week) then yes in 1.5 months you can hit if you also know what you are doing and what route to take.
But this is again, the issue. The level speed is fine for those who have the time to treat it like a full time job, the majority of players donât.
I would much rather they extend the run of Vanilla to 2 years instead of 1, than buff exp rates. Consuming the content faster is NOT the same as consuming it over a larget amount of time.
Anyway, I am 99% sure youâre a paid actor here for the classic Andys to point at like âSee, this is the Azeroth the filthy liberal #changes crowd wants for you! A world where alts dress as mains, and everybody has made up ââspecsââ in their bio!â
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Sorry but people that disagree with this have too much free time. I concur with the XP buff request for anniversary realms. I would enjoy it a lot more if it was buffed enough so I am not clawing as much xp as I can betwen zones. Just put the rate to something that makes the questing experience smoother and any other QoL changes. I can see myself and many other people getting bored before reaching lvl 60 if not done. I have already done classic leveling twice already and dont really want to do it again. Maybe give people the option to opt into a higher xp rate? The slower rate if not changed could reward a cool title/gold/mount or something when 60 is reached. I think something like that would keep everyone happy.
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It skips the leveling experience, it doesnât improve it lol
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Than how will Berny gank lowbies? Exp must remain low if not lower mon!
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It really doesnât lol, were talking about a slight xp buff like joyous journey, not a level skip or 5x xp
Fair point. However, better levelling experience = more players reaching 60 and levelling multiple alts, so wont be a problem if done right 
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How is it better if its shorter? Your cutting it, not improving itâŠ
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It allows the player to pick routes and zones which they enjoy and level at a reasonable pace.
This game has been out for 20 years, we have all done this multiple times, we know what bits we like and what we donât. Vanilla levelling is painfully slow, the joyous journey buff allows you to level at a pace which doesnât permit you to skip content but allows you to make meaningful progress playing a few hours a day. Most ânewâ and returning people donât make it to 60 because itâs takes months to do with a normal play schedule. With JJ more people will be able to effectively utilise their time.
If you play a five hour session (which is a lot of time to spend on a game) questing in the early 20s in classic youâll get 1-2 levels of you know what youâre doing , 3 If youâre min maxing hard and possibly only 1 if youâre running through it for the first time. Thatâs simply too slow
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