Prior to the pre-patch, leveling in World of Warcraft took experienced players 80 hours or more, with new players taking months to fully level a character from 1-120. But Blizzard also completely revamped World of Warcraft’s ancient leveling system, and it’s one of the biggest game changers we’ve seen in years. The most obvious example of this is the new character customization system - currently available in the Shadowlands pre-patch. Instead of any fancy, back-of-box features like a new class or race in World of Warcraft : Shadowlands, Blizzard is focusing on revamping old parts of the game.