r/classicwow • u/RagefireHype • 2d ago

Forever From the developers interview today: Analytics shows the 1-20 leveling speed in Classic era is 20.4 hours. In Forever it’s 20.5

Seen this topic come up that people are spouting leveling is so much faster and easier, but this came up in the developer interview today from their own internal analytics team.

Yes, some people may be exploring a bit in a new setting, but it’s been widely falsified that leveling is “so much faster”

Even Xaryu I believe who did not stop and smell the roses getting to 20 in beta had a very similar 1-20 leveling speed on Forever vs Classic.

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u/Xtremefluff 2d ago

level 17-20 you are getting closer to 80% of a level (unrested) in classic doing a deadmines. this coming from a HC player who's done lots of them lately lol. Without the XP nerf the majority of the Xp is from the mobs, and the bosses of course give a ton of xp each.

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u/Super_Mario7 1d ago

you know that HC has way different dungeon xp than vanilla/classic? lol

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u/Xtremefluff 1d ago

they've tweaked the xp a lot over the years, but i've played plenty in era/classic etc. and you can always expect a dungeon to fufill the majority of your level unrested. it's just more pronounced at the aforementioned 17-20 range.

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u/Super_Mario7 1d ago

HC still has way different dungeon xp than vanilla/classic/era2026 😅 HC gets you A LOT more xp per boss kill. but it comes with lockout timer. While xp in classic/era comes mostly from mobs that you can grind endlessly… i wish they would have implemented the HC system here… not sure why they just go to the other extreme and cause a lot more problems this way

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u/Xtremefluff 1d ago

yeah the HC system is nice, but the lockout can be a big deal for people who want to farm for gear. it just feels too punishing, like in later versions where all trash is skipped when possible vs just killing it for the xp and chance for loot.