gotmilk0112 wrote:Eghhh. 10-15 days /played is still about 2-3 months, considering that I only play 2-3 hours a day. Investing that much time in a private server, just to hit max level on one character, doesn't sit well with me.
I love how this server seems to have an insanely high population, but I just don't have the time or attention span for 1x leveling.
I don't think you should be so discouraged. As it has been already said, leveling in Vanilla is extremely enjoyable. Part of the reason why I like Vanilla so much, is that it is incredibly organic. While rushing to 60 to experience endgame is one of many possible ways to play this game, you also miss out on a lot of the experience. Vanilla wow is not very streamlined, even in comparison to BC, with its leveling process. There are tons of quests that take you to, not just another zone, a completely different continent. Usually doing those quests are not very efficient in their exp to time ratio, but that's part of what makes the game more adventurous and more like an organic world.
My suggestion is that if you're worried about the time it will take to get to 60, then just don't worry about getting to 60. There are TONS of people leveling, questing, and doing dungeons 1-59. Unlike many other servers, especially many servers that give you greater than 1x experience, it can be very difficult to find groups. Here on this server, it isn't so difficult to find some people who want to do an elite or group quest with you.
So again, my suggestion is just to not focus on trying to get to 60 as fast as you can. A lot of the content for endgame isn't even released yet. There's literally no reason to rush to 60 unless you want to be an extremely competitive and top player on the server. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do that, but the time investment is going to be very great with that too, as the longest grinds in the game are at endgame, and not the leveling process. For example, grinding just rank 12-13 is going to be significantly longer than leveling. Even if you take 3-4 months to get 60, you're looking at least at that amount of time and possibly a few more months to get to that pvp rank.
With the other expansions, Blizzard focused almost exclusively on endgame content. With Vanilla, that really isn't the case. This game is a blast to play even if you're not 60, which isn't really the case with the ladder expansions.