i'm not arguing that, though i guess it's easy to get off track. i'm arguing people spend time on it.
but that kind of defeats any argument TBC can ever have doesn't it? If you have to have an argument about the degree of old content being played, or the degree of cosmetic content being played, etc, it just shows you aren't the clear winner and you are just arguing about how close it is.
meanwhile if you just go back in time a month, when both classic and retail were in content draughts, many guilds in retail are still hard at work getting their cutting edge, half my guild is still regularly doing boost runs, people still pushing their M+ scores. all the core game activities are still going steady and it easily takes 10+ hours a week to do. while in classic people who still raid spend like what? an evening tops? and that won't be different for TBC.
i am kinda curious how long the vacation players will stick around in TBC compared to classic and retail though.