Quote Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=110598#post 110598
I think that they made them lvl 55 cause people probably not roll them cause the 1-80 grind would be a pain in the ass. If they did roll DK what people would probably do is power lvl them to about lvl 60 and have no clue on how to play the class.

I would love to have 3 hunters and 3 mages to add to my team, but i did 2 teams (1 to 70, and the other to 60) and that wasn't fun. I'll probably get the 60 team to 70 and then call it quits on alts.
eh, not true. months after the xpac we had Draenei and Belf 70's, this was before leveling speed changes and RAF. With just speed changes, I'd imagine 1-80 will take about as long as 1-70 did at the start of BC. If they wanted to, DK's starting at 1 isn't that much of a haul for some, they just wanted DK's to be playable endgame faster, and not have to experience as much of a grind. I can do the 1-58 grind in my sleep now. it's old, tired, and thank god, because of RAF and I've gotten most classes to 60, I don't have to do very much of it anymore. 1-58 is autopilot mode.