Quote Originally Posted by Hallarem View Post
Yeah the private servers still have that magic, I play on one that is continuing the vanilla story with new zones and dungeons, and dungeon / raid additions. With new bosses, custom voice actors and such. It's not the same undiscovered magical land as it was, but some people still are new to it and people tend to be more than happy to help. Don't get me wrong, there are still people who demand way too high gear for raids that don't even require it, but there are good eggs around who realize that the game isn't brain surgery. I just get way more class identity, something FFXIV never gave me. To me FFXIV is just a better MMO for roleplay, it's gameplay is just a cinematic tunnel without any depth.
I mean IDK, I don't know what additions you're talking about but I don't consider classic WoW's 'class identity' any better than say, FFXIV's at 3.0. In fact, I borderline consider it worse because at that time, people like Furor of Havok fame were driving the car and he had a longstanding hatred towards all things hybrid - mentally defining to himself that only 'pure' classes like Warrior could ever hold the lofty role of main raid tank. The game suffered for years under his umbrella, and it was not until he was finally (thankfully) fired that things were allowed to get better.

As someone who did play WoW back in the time, WoTLK will and forever be the pinnacle of WoW, right up to the exact moment of the Argent Crusade where things fell off a cliff. While FFXIV has peaks and valleys - and right now we are absolutely in a valley - I still consider it less of a rollercoaster ride than WoW has been throughout its lifespan. Right now it's very arguable that wow is screaming downhill again, so who knows what the future holds for FFXIV, WoW, and the entire MMO genre. Everyone I know is currently quitting the game (again), so... eh? Anecdotal experiences for all.

But real talk, I think you're kinda deluding yourself thinking you are playing WoW classic. You are playing someone's vision of 'Classic+', which a lot of people have asked for to be an official thing. But if you enjoy it, that's all that matters.