[guineapig]

I agree with you but:

repeat deaths means a lot of time doing basically nothing fun at all. Either doing a corpse run, or waiting for a boat, port or a rez.

The higher level you are, the more likely you are to survive these crazy adventures and dungeon crawls, or whatever it is you are referring to. Also, this server has been live for 10 months now, so many people have already done their exploring and are leveling up alts.

Or in some cases people are trying to catch up in levels to their friends who have been playing longer. Some people are only here to experience classic raiding which they missed out on back on live (not going to break their hearts in this thread). In fact this probably goes for a lot of people.

The game isn't new so exploring an area that you've already been to isn't exactly new... even if it's been 7+ years since the last time you were there. If there was custom content then maybe there would be a point to it but that's not what this server is about. You're basically not going to find anything anywhere in this game that you didn't already know was there... unless it's a bug.

Honestly there are many explanations as to why some people do what they do. SO yes, I agree that the level grind is boring but you have to put yourself in their shoes instead of assuming you know everything about these people.