Nostalrius Begins - Quality wow vanilla realm (1.12)

I used to play Vanilla WoW back in 2005, but I was just a kid and never really got very far. I would just mess around and explore the world... never leveled a character past 20. So I never really got the full Vanilla experience but I still have very fond memories of that time. I tried playing retail WoW with a friend when Draenor came out and found it a bit overwhelming... everything just seemed very cluttered.

So I stumbled upon Nostalrius and am going to check it out! But will it be a fun time even if I am just questing and exploring at first? If I enjoy my time, I may get interested in becoming a more serious player but in the mean time, how is the leveling experience? Are there a decent number of people running around?

I understand that a PvE server is being tested on Sunday. I will probably roll a toon on there but I also plan on rolling one on the PvP server. Is there a lot of griefing in this game? I actually don't really mind it, I think it's kind of funny. I don't really get frustrated when I keep getting killed either, I'll just turn the game off for a while if it really becomes a problem.

Absolutely.

Most players are not hardcore raiders.

And yes, the server is so jam packed, the griefing and ganking is out of control. Unless you find great enjoyment in world pvp and ganking, save yourself a lot of hassle and play on the PvE server.

Yeah it's a blast. I had my most fun when leveling on a high pop retail server (and getting ganked!)

Just play and enjoy the cool, interesting world full of players and interesting areas/quests dungeons, and weird obscure quest items and crafted stuff. That's what vanilla is about

Vanill > all. Period.

I have been loving levelling (although have now stopped and am waiting for the PvE server) - the other day I went up a hill and looked in a cave just to see what was there. I cannot remember the last time I did that in retail.