[STEAM] Blizzard nerfs WoW leveling speed right as early access ends

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World of Warcraft early access for The War Within has backfired on Blizzard Entertainment following a strange leveling speed oversight that’s now left global launch players with nerfs nobody’s happy to see.

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players began playing on Thursday, Aug. 22, while casual players waited until Aug. 26 for the global launch. Paying extra for early access comes with risk, but those who purchased the Epic bundle avoided any major bugs while

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. Many hit level 80 faster than ever before, especially players with characters that had 500-plus gear. In response, Blizzard quickly announced a The War Within hotfix (to be deployed on Aug. 27) that’ll be nerfing leveling speeds.

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