New player with simple question regarding level caps

[DrWho2010]

unfortunately since you can't buy the old expansions separately (unless somehow you can get your hands on a code for each expansion by itself) by buying Shadowbringers your level cap is automatically raised to 80. you will not be able to halt your exp gains from doing the MSQ quests.

[yajnaji]

unfortunately since you can't buy the old expansions separately (unless somehow you can get your hands on a code for each expansion by itself) by buying Shadowbringers your level cap is automatically raised to 80. you will not be able to halt your exp gains from doing the MSQ quests.

That's the bummer of it all. I wanted to experience the expansions the same way I experienced (well, still experiencing it) ARR: do MSQ's, finish story, do endgame.

Oh well, I didn't have much hope it would work, but I wanted to ask just to be sure.

Thank you for the clarification.