Is wow vanilla like eq classic?

[rotenvok]

Ive never played vanilla, I started playing wow a little bit before Cata releases.

When people talk about wow vanilla, i read stuff like hard grinding, classes who cant soloing like priest, taking months to get max level, people must make groups by themselves, not by auto-group-finder, only a few neckbeards had epix or "purples"... so it sounds very closely to everquest classic.

I just ask it because im thinking of starting a toon in Nostalius Wow private server but only if it is like EQ with few differences.