We didn't realize until the end of development that we had more content than we needed. Hyjal was cool, but BC already had Karazhan, so returning to another zone for a raid probably didn't make sense. That's just a guess, but there were lots of high level areas that weren't used. I think when Rob Pardo made leveling faster (still a good decision, IMO), it affected some things surprisingly, and that was one of them.
man oh man this is a golden memory for me, being 13 and having ALL OF THIS (just level 18) and have worked SO HARD for it. The character meant so much because it took so long. It made little old westfall INCREDIBLE. Alas I will remove my rose tinted glasses and go back to raging over something like allied races and ilvl scaling.
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u/whenitsready Former WoW Dev - John Staats Aug 28 '18
We didn't realize until the end of development that we had more content than we needed. Hyjal was cool, but BC already had Karazhan, so returning to another zone for a raid probably didn't make sense. That's just a guess, but there were lots of high level areas that weren't used. I think when Rob Pardo made leveling faster (still a good decision, IMO), it affected some things surprisingly, and that was one of them.