re: WoW

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I believe it was last year that they implemented level scaling on zones, so while you do level much quicker than in classic it's a bit slower than it was before the level scaling.

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This is correct.

Leveling isn't really that hard or truly time consuming in current wow for your first run through. For players that have done it 10+ times, the level scaling has made it more of a chore to grind out an alt. They made it feel closer to the classic feel early on. It's still fairly easy though.

With any effort you could have a max character within a week of casual play probably.

If it were me giving advice to someone wanting to get into WoW, I say wait for classic. You won't feel overwhelmingly behind because everyone is starting fresh and leveling is more rewarding. The current wow patch is pretty good though, so if you want something to do until classic comes out 8/27, go for it and level a character.

Leveling will be vastly different in classic though, so be prepared.