


The way Blizzard has conditioned players in past expansions to think that all content is mandatory if you wanted to maximize the amount of damage, healing or mitigation your character can do in raids, means that it is a bit overwhelming once you hit max level.īut instead, it kind of marks a shift in focus for World of Warcraft. Once you hit level 60 and get to the point where all of the expansion features are unlocked, there is a vast array of content that'll be open to you. (Image credit: Activision Blizzard) Staying busy in the afterlife We hit the new level cap of 60 about halfway through the Revendreth zone, and had to do quite a bit of questing after hitting the cap in order to unlock all of the endgame features. We only leveled up one character, however, so we haven't experienced this workaround system ourselves – yet. Blizzard has prepared for this by letting you level up subsequent characters through any of the zones with sidequests, world quests and dungeons.

Now, this approach could backfire as you try to replay it with multiple characters or alts. All four zones flow into one another flawlessly, which makes for one of the best questing experiences the game has ever seen. After that, you need to gather allies and resources in order to go back into the Maw to show the new villain, The Jailer, who's boss.īut because the story is so linear, the journey through the zones feels impactful, rather than a collection of fun little detours like in the last expansion. You obviously escape through some very WoW-like means (you're very very special uwu), and then go to Oribos, the main city and hub for the expansion. The story opens up with you searching for allies in The Maw, an area where only the most irredeemable souls go after death, after they've been kidnapped and taken there. Because the main story in Shadowlands is inherently tied into everything you do while leveling up, however, it feels like your actions in the four different zones – Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald and Revendreth – actually matter to the overall story.
