Having played WoW from vanilla to cataclysm , coming back briefly in WoD , I ' d say you are better off going with another game like ESO or FFXIV . I think the game experience now is very shallow all you really do is go through the motions of leveling , then farming dungeons , then farming raids , etc . PvP is fun but not worth it in my opinion . Shallow is the best way I can put it , lacking character t used to have . Regarding other people ' s recommendations , I would steer clear of BDO if I were you . I found it boring , and I honestly lost interest after 2 hours of generic questing and grinding . I hear endgame is just grinding and getting stomped in pvp by people who have grinded more than you . Personally , I just started playing ESO and am really enjoying it . It has a plot I actually can engage in , the world is massive , nice looking and meaningful . PvP seems fierce , though I haven ' t experienced it . I would recommend it . It only doesn ' t require a subscription . You seem PvE focused , and I can tell you that old content loses most of it ' s relevance in WoW . You WILL feel like ' That Guy ' who isn ' t 110 . So I would also recommend checking out FFXIV because it is very PvE focused and you don ' t have to worry about all of the expansions . Just wait till NostalriusElysium launches their new Vanilla WoW server . It ' s free , and imo Vanilla is the superior version . I agree with this guy , if you really want to get into WoW . I ' ll be going there for sure .