honestly when does this happen exactly? Do you have friends currently playing in WoW that you would make a new character for and speedlevel to be up there asap? I can imagine this only for FOTM pvp and for "requiring" a specific class for mythic raiding that the guild lacks.
Besides your friends should help you level. But offcourse I do get your point, this would suck a bit for those kinds of people.
No I think you misunderstand my intention about the gear. What happens when you level more slowly and it takes more effort? Provided ofcourse that WoW gives you the way to actually enjoy that content the way you want to right? Well what happens is that everytime you find something that gives you more character power, you feel a slight sensation in your brain. You'll be happy about finding that piece of gear right? Same as such when every other level you gained a talentpoint. While insignificant into itself, it was really nice to be rewarded. You had something to look forward to. "just one more level before I go to bed!"
Gear worked similarly but more random offcourse. And that randomness is also fun. You are riddled with anticipation about what might have dropped. Maybe this time you'll get that piece that will allow you to plow your way a little more safer and quicker for the next 5 levels. Currently if you would do that (pick up that blue piece of dungeon gear that would in vanilla allow for 5 levels of progress before getting a new piece), you'd replace it within a few hours
Please don't misunderstand my point about replacing gear quickly with: I am full mythic gear and the next expansion is going to make it all stupid.
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