I don't disagree that is what it is for a lot of people. I think there is some nostalgia there though. Not just "it was harder back then! you cata babies don't know how good you have it" nostalgia. Like really memorable things for me are how hard it was to get your epic mount at 60, or grinding AV rep to get the unstoppable force, telling people to "thottbot" if they asked questions in barrens chat, running scholo over and over again. Nothing "hard" or "epeen". It was just a different game.