Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s leveling journey shows how much retail has lost its way
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That's easy now, but definitely not a thing when classic wow was around.
Edit: I looked it up, average time to 60 is 30 days in classic wow. Making your 4 hour remark not right.
It's not linear. Levels 55-60 took me a week in Vanilla. 45-55 was almost 2 weeks, too; since the quests and dungeons at that level range are sparse. 20-40 was about a week. 1-20 was about a week and a half.
Classic took much less time than Vanilla.
While four hours would be fast for a new player, 1-10 is very doable in one sitting for those familiar with the game. Early levels are fast; the bulk of those 30 days are later levels. The 50's in particular are a slog.