(08-24-2015, 12:56 PM)Flickering Ember Wrote: Content in WoW was not typically gated, no. You had to be 58 to zone in to BC content but you could just have a warlock friend summon you if you really wanted.Vanilla to BC : 58
When they redid the old world in Cataclysm all the side quests required you to progress linearly to unlock new quests in that zone but you could just go to a different zone instead and do quests there.
BC to Wrath : 68
Wrath to Cata : 80(!) first instance of needing max level, level cap must be achieved before moving on from here on end.
You did not require any content - If you'd, say, just leveled through Battlegrounds, you could still PvE the new zones. The only gate is the level at which you unlock quests. You could still enter the zones (up until Cata most would require a portal to the central hub so you had a more streamlined access to all you would need).
