World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch revamps customization and leveling

While we don’t know when we’ll be playing Shadowlands this year, the pre-patch is the first step for Blizzard transitioning World of Warcraft from the dismal Battle for Azeroth expansion to — what players hope — is a fresh start with Shadowlands. Players won’t need to pay for any services to change how their characters look, including their character’s sex.The Shadowlands pre-patch comes with World of Warcraft’s first level squish. If you’re a veteran player or you’ve leveled a character before, you can choose to opt out of the starting experience and begin instead at level 1 in the starting area for your race.Upon reaching level 10, new players will continue their journey through Battle for Azeroth and into Shadowlands.Players who have already experienced Battle for Azeroth and reached level 50 on at least one character can now choose to level any subsequent characters in a different expansion using Timewalking Campaigns. If you’d like to select a different expansion to level through, simply speak to Chromie again.After creating your character and beginning your journey into World of Warcraft for the first time, you will enter the Newcomer Chat channel where you can chat with other new players and experienced players on the same faction who will be your guides as you level through the new starting zone – Exile’s Reach.