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Dungeon experience from kills goes up 20%, plus WoW: Forever Podcast episode 3

· by Davina Asaria

Good news for everyone who likes to level in dungeons: Blizzard is raising the experience from kills in dungeons by 20%. It was announced in episode 3 of the WoW: Forever Podcast, all about dungeons and questing.

Watch the podcast

Host Countdown to Classic talks with Senior Game Designers Josh "Aggrend" Greenfield, Jay Hartman and Rowan Ryder (both Encounter Designers), with special guest Hammer Dance Gaming. They go deep into the dungeons of WoW: Forever and other beta news.

Dungeons should be worth running more than once

Dungeon experience has been one of the hottest topics on the beta. Last week Blizzard still lowered the bonus experience from dungeon quests because playtesters were leveling too fast (read our article: https://legendsofazeroth.com/news/dungeon-quest-xp-nerfed-in-the-latest-beta-build).

Rowan Ryder says the team follows the discussion closely and reminds everyone that this is a beta that is still being tuned. Their view:

  • A dungeon should not be one-and-done. The team loves dungeons and wants people to run them again.
  • But just grinding dungeons should not be the best way to play either. There should be reasons to go out into the world, meet other people and do other things.
  • That should never make dungeons feel unrewarding or boring.

The change

  • Experience from killing mobs in dungeons goes up by 20%. That makes running a dungeon a second or third time more worth it, without dungeon spam becoming the best way to level.
  • Josh Greenfield added on Twitter that a bug with dungeon experience has also been fixed, so it should feel a lot better now.
  • With perfect play, the experience per hour in dungeons will be very close to, or even equal to, the best questing speed.

The podcast also covered the gold buying bans on the beta, read more here: https://legendsofazeroth.com/news/over-2-100-gold-buying-accounts-banned-on-the-wow-forever-beta

What this means for Legends of Azeroth

Mixing quests and dungeons is the way to go. Looking for a group for a dungeon run while leveling? Ask in Discord or on the forum!