Originally Posted by
Dch48
I got a Tauren Druid to 30 in Classic. Then I decided to make a brand new one in Retail to see how different it would be. The difference is night and day. A new Tauren in retail is so much more fun to play. The quests are different (and much better), Mulgore is greatly improved, drop rates are astronomically better, and you're not dying every 3 minutes and having to run halfway across the zone because there's only one graveyard. You get a 30% speed increase at level 8 from Cat Form, you get travel Form at like 16 which is 40% and, you can get a mount at 20 and it doesn't cost 100 gold. How can anyone say that Classic is better? The retail game is greatly improved over it. A Balance Druid at level 15 vastly outperforms one in Classic.
Another thing, the retail game still contains the Ahab Wheathoof NPC and his quest that was designed by 10 year old Ezra "Ephoenix" Chatterton before he tragically died at age 12. It's not in Classic and it should be. It wouldn't hurt the Classic experience one iota to have it included. It's exclusion is one of the worst things about Classic. Yes, it wasn't in the game during the Classic period but so what? It should be put in.