I was a few months ago in the same position as you . I haver never played WoW before and I was curious since it ' s obviously a popular thing . I had a big problem with it though that was for me a KO criterium . The thing is Blizzard has made the fundamental mistake of pushing people into new zones with every expansion as the game went on without giving any incentive to visit the older ones again . A development that continues to this day with Legion . Something that is fully supported and embraced by Blizzard . Hence why buying Legion comes with a Level 100 boost . The end result of all that is that after 12 years you have all these truly gigantic zones that are totally devoid of any life . I leveled my character all to 41 only by doing all the quests in the zones because I obviously wanted to experience the actual world of Warcraft . I ' m not exaggerating when I say that I have only seen like 5 other players in all the hours traveling the huge world . I played a Blood Elf which is one of the most popular races in the game and I didn ' t see a single person in the starting areas and before anyone asks I was playing on Defias Brotherhood so certainly not some lowly populated realm . The only place in my travels that had any activity was Ogrimmar and the activity amounted to max level players standing at the auction house or being AFK or waiting for queues . There was zero social interaction to be had . An absolute no go for me and totally different from other MMOs like FFXIV or ESO where the entire world is still bursting with activity . For that money you can certainly check it out yourself though . Maybe your experience will be better and you will be able to fully immerse yourself in the world unlike me . Despite my experience playing the game I have to admit that there is indeed something that fascinates and draws you in about the game . I can only imagine how truly great the experience was in its prime . Those days are long gone now though . As a new player you may find that other MMOs will manage to capture you more if the points that I brought up are relevant to you of course .