CLASSIC!
When you first make a toon, that sense of "omg that staff is so expensive 4 silver!"
"OOOF hes a big boy better run" (level 9 spider)
Sticking ruined level scraps on the ah and absolutely buzzing when they sell for 2silver each, heading back out to that boar farm to get rich.
ZONES!
you cant just rock straight into westfall as level 8 and have everything around you spoonfed to suit your level, wander into the wrong zone, you die.
VERSATILE TALENT TREES!
3 specs where you can balance how you see fit. not just "3 options" where there is actually only one option because its so op. course you have the talents that are much needed but already even at low level im seeing the versatility when picking, you take your op talents then where you put the rest depends on your playstyle which can make you unique!
STORMWIND!
Remember when stormwind was bustling? it still is on classic, a CRAZY amount of people at peak times, no more running round the centre of an empty oribos.
TIME!
need an idea of just how spoonfed and watered down retail wow is?
world record 0-60 on retail 6 expansions is 21hours
0-60 world record is 36 hours on classic
Now bare in mind classic is the original expansion only, and retail is 6 expansions shoved into one and you see just how watered down retail wow is when it comes to actually playing the game and world content. pissweak with no soul, the part of the game that a large portion of players loved (and quit because it went) still exists on classic.
You have to team up with people which naturally forms friendships. no more empty braining standing afk in oribos untill your dungeon lobby fills, you have to use the community chat to try find ppl. due to no dungeon finder and the ability to just disrespect ppl and find a new grp the attitude of people is (while not perfect) far more respectful.
no endgame gear handed to you for free. blue items once again have value, instead of getting yet another bis 226 item you get a blue and your happier with that crappy little item than you are with all the 226 weekly spoonfeeding because the difference? ITS RARE!
For a long time i hated what wow had become, if you feel the same make the switch over to classic and you will not regret it one tiny bit. so much nostalgia.
The downside? your going to get hooked on that wowcrack all over again.
Current played time on classic 4days 14 hours level 50
if i made a new toon on retail wow for this long i would be max level 220+ and 2k+ the game effectively null and void waiting for next patch (which i did on 3 toons before realising retail wow is just a watered down soul less shell of what it once was)
If this post gets one person to switch its done its job. leave all the casuals in there little bubble where they believe they earnt there 226 bis gear and by pressing there 1 button in a build that picks it self.....they are pro (apparently)