I quit playing retail because of essences, azerite armor and the AP grind game.
I went to classic and five months ago I predicted classic would be a huge success and on the first of january I quoted all the people that said I was wrong and guess what. Not a single one replied. I hope they do away with the artificial time gating that BFA introduced and allow people to play the way they want and not an extremely on rails experience that you can’t surpass the daily restrictions on rep with dedication and commitment.
If you want to enjoy alts right now I’d go to classic where the game is an actual RPG and you can have fun 