This thread probably belonged in off-topic(then RnF), so I'm not sure if many people are reading it anymore since it turned into a bit of a flame war, but here goes:
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Originally Posted by rubinoff
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leveling in WOW doesn't mean anything other than to prepare you for the real game which starts at max level.
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While many people feel this way(which is a completely legitimate way to feel), and it is probably more prevalent in recent expansions than in the original release, I've always felt much different. After burning out on the 51-60 grind of early EQ, followed by years of raiding and AA grinding, the leveling experience in WoW was such a breath of fresh air. The gameplay and quest structure was so much more dynamic, well designed, and just plain fun. Albeit a lot was soloable(/easymode) there were still elite quests and dungeons for those seeking group challenges. And I really loved the design and atmosphere of the original zones, like a previous poster had mentioned. Many classes played and felt very different, so it was a blast leveling up alts. I purposely put off getting 60 and raiding MC for awhile in order to enjoy everything the lower level game offered because it totally blew me away compared to EQ in the accessibility/fun department (though it obviously lacked some of the challenge and social aspects that make EQ and P99 so nostalgic).
Early in the thread some people were asking about WoW equivalents of P99. I play on The Rebirth that aims to be a (mostly) legit vanilla-WoW platform with 1x rates (many other emus have drastically increased rates and are more focused on the high end, leaving lower level stuff more broken). While my WoW-emu experience is pretty limited, it seems this one best captures old WoW in the way P1999 captures old EQ, and I kinda view them as sister projects even though they are not related. It isn't quite as polished as P1999, but it's quite good overall. Between P1999 and The Rebirth, I'm in old-school MMO heaven. Someone earlier mentioned a progression Emerald Dream server or such, which might also be quite compelling.
Not really trying to turn this into an advertisement, but just so I leave some basic info, an old thread in off-topic layed it out, although it is an old post and perhaps a little over-hyped. The population these days is more in the 50-150 range, while the other severs with boosted exp and more raid focus get more action it sounds.
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...hlight=vanilla