The Burning Crusade New Talents and New Level Cap

One of the most obvious enhancements for players with the Burning Crusade is the ability to level up to level 70. The previous level cap in World of Warcraft was level 60. After you install the Burning Crusade, your level cap will increase automatically and you’ll be able to begin earning experience again.

Tip: In fact, if you haven’t installed Burning Crusade for some reason, you can stockpile a level 60 character with a bunch of completed quests and simply not turn them in. When you install the expansion, turn in all of the quests to earn the experience for them and you’ll get a bit of a head start on the levelling process.

Increasing your level to level 70 will result in a number of benefits; you’ll gain more talent points, will be able to use higher-level equipment, and will eventually be able to use flying mounts.

New Talents were introduced to the game in the patch that immediately preceded the Burning Crusade, allowing most talent trees to extend all the way up to a 41 point ubertalent. This completely changed the way that most class builds are formulated, so if you’re returning to the game after a bit of time off, you’re definitely going to have a period of adjustment to the new order. Alongside the new talent trees, some talents have been rearranged in power, so you’ll need to examine the new talent trees (especially the new talents at their bottoms) to see what’s right for you now.

Note that you don’t have to have the Burning Crusade installed to use these new talents. But getting to the bottom of a talent tree will take 41 points invested in that tree, which for a level 60 character will leave them only 10 points to invest elsewhere.