One of the major changes that has happened to Warcraft over the last 5 years of playing is the inclusion and encouragement that a player receives for rolling alts. When I first started playing MMOs it all began with Guildwars. So many great things happened with that game and I played it for a year and a half. When I started I was a Necromancer, but then got frustrated that I would have to wait and wait for a Monk (the only healing class). So I started a monk. With the level cap for each toon at 20 I was able to bring my monk to max level within a couple days of casual play. When I made the jump to Warcraft I discovered a world quite different. During the early days of Warcraft I would spend days at one level and sometimes weeks within a level bracket. To get a ton to level 60 was not just a means to then start raiding but a ridiculous accomplishment, and if you were a player that had multiple toons at 60 then......damn you know what you are doing!
Fast forward to the Shattering. I start my 5th toon that I intend to bring to max level (already have 4). Shadowlocks and SPriest in full heirloom gear, who being played in increments received 120% experience from killing/questing, now with guildperks and cape 135% and soon to be adding the helm. Include upon this the experience needed to level as been decreased by 30% since Vanilla for any content up to level 80. From level 1 to 80 a player can level a toon 170% faster then a person who began leveling in Vanilla. That is a heap of encouragement to start a new toon or race.
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