Level 80 Already?

Byron "Messiah" Mudry reports on his explorations in the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (WotLK) Beta again in his Beta Journal this week. This entry is a little different than the last few where he discussed leveling and questing in Northrend. That's because Blizzard making level 80 pre-made characters available to test max level content and PvP aspects of the expansion and the Messiah could not resist.

I found it very easy to hit 2,200 DPS spikes and maintained almost 1900 DPS while grinding from creature to creature. This is obviously a bit high as the creatures were not level 80, but it provides a nice example of the DPS you can expect in starting raid/PvP gear at the new end game. I say starting as the gear provided on the Paladin was a mix of blues and epics that appeared to be the new reputation level PvP gear and some epic level PvP gear.

You can read all about it in Messiah's WotLK Beta Journal - Level 80 Pre-Mades .