Everything was more prestigious in Vanilla:
- being max level was cool
- having good gear was cool
- being a raider was cool
- finishing dead mines at level 16 was cool
- having a maxed out profession with recipies was cool
- being a good pvp’er was cool
- having a mount was cool
Today nothing is cool. Everyone is the hero. Everyone has 10 max level characters. Everyone has 1000 mounts. Effort is not rewarded. Nothing is cool.