I find this to be peppered with Bias. Let’s not derail this into a Classic V.S Retail debate. Tedium is your opinion.
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Introduce her to Battlepets, Mount collecting and Transmogs literally 80% of why I keep playing is pretty outfits and other crap to collect.
The PTSD quest for me is: Samoflange.
Get quest at Crossroads. Run allllll the way to Sludge Fens.
Then you have to run back to XR.
Then you run back to Sludge Fens.
Then back to XR.
Then back to Sludge Fens.
All I did was run back and forth… back and forth … for that stupid quest. I think in total you have to run back and forth about 9 times. Enough times that I am a hardcore completionist, and even I finally threw up my hands and said “this is effing STUPID! All I’m doing every day is spending my game-time running back and forth to entirely opposite ends of the map!!!” I dropped that quest in disgust.
Reading people so cheery about Classic just made me laugh. Nope… not me.
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I started the game earlier this year and I played with my besties for a bit.
As a new player some of the first things I found useful was:
- Bigger backpack space
- Addon to tell me if an item is better (Pawn)
- Being allowed to explore the world for myself and discover all of the secrets.
That’s pretty much all I valued in the first month I played.
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It really just depends on what the person values in their game right?
My wife tried it and loved it. I know tons of peoples who’s wives and girlfriends love it.
There’s pro’s and cons of both game variants. We can make suggestions without having to insult other peoples tastes.
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Then forget that I mention Classic.
To OP, play BFA. Everything she needs on an MMO game would be in there. Get a mount where she could ride on you. Tour her of the starter map. Then branch out.
I recently got a friend of mine to play WoW. She’d never played before. We took it slow. I had her make a char and pick what sounded fun to her, then I made a char that would compliment it to some degree (we went with Paladin and Rogue).
We quested together through various zones (the scaling is nice in that it allowed us to finish the zones we started without too much bouncing around). I don’t do a lot of crafting or pet battles but I encouraged her to try it - and I had patience when she ran off to tame a pet while I was getting my face eaten.
Oh, and also don’t be afraid to give her advice, even if you think you’re just pointing out the obvious. My friend didn’t know you could turn with the mouse, or press esc to skip cut-scenes, or use /r /p /w etc to switch between chat channels. Things that are second nature to you might not be to her.
Overall, be patient. Let her pick what she wants to do and don’t discourage anything. We mostly quested, but when we did decide to run some dungeons, she wasn’t intimidated because I’d never told her any horror stories or Things You Must Do or anything, I just let her jump in and decide for herself if she wanted to do more or not (She actually ended up getting doing the Anniversay Raid, even!).
If you’re in a guild, introduce her. Don’t demand she join it, but ask if she’d like to. If you have something planned with the guild or other friends, ask if she wants to come along. If she’s too low level/ilvl, maybe ask your friends if they’d be willing to do something else she could come along with (obviously not for scheduled raids and whatnot, but if you’re just doing casual dungeons or whatnot, why not sync up and do some low levels with her?).
Mostly, don’t rush her. Remember when you were brand new and Azeroth was big and filled with wonder. And, really, it does some good to step back and embrace that. I ended up having a ton of fun. I found myself doing more silly things like splashing in puddles or goofing around or even just exploring. Her wonder kind of rubbed off on me and Azeroth felt fresh again for a little bit.
So, welcome to Azeroth to your girl! I hope the two of you have a blast. 
Edit, because there is MORE! I agree with the poster above that a two seater mount really helps. And help her get flight points when you can so that she doesn’t feel totally bound to you should she want to quest a little on her own.
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Let her sit in Trade Chat (Classic or Retail) and tell people that she is a Girl IRL. See if she sticks around for more than an hour.
Dont let her start till 9.0
jk, the best starting zone in my opinion on the alliance side is either the dwarves or the draenei, and horde are between undead and blood elves. hunter is a particularly easy class to learn, as is mage, especially beast master and arcane
Make an Alliance character on Moon Guard and show her goldshire.
YUP…if she has never played an MMORPG this is the way to go. Also suggest starting with a Retribution Paladin.
/bows in respect
I assume she’ll be alliance so VE hunter would be good. Also warlock. They’re fun.
Yes but when your opinion is based on faulty logic, it can still be wrong.
Retail WoW is WAY more welcoming and easier to follow than Vanilla/Classic ever was.
IMO there’s no best general starting zone/class, just try different classes and races until one “clicks”. Class trials are a good way to feel how a class plays at max level.
As long as there’s no rush to do the current content any way should be fine.
She should play what sounds fun to her. The worst thing you could do is over direct her. Let her have that great adventure experience.
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Does she like Gothic art? Is she more interested in steam punk? Worgen for the former, and Goblin for the latter. Is she all about death and being a hardcore knight that can spew out diseases and control undead minions? Or perhaps she likes the idea of casting powerful spells from range?
So many choices to consider to make it a perfect start.
tell her as being Alliance you must keep warmode on.
Let her learn, explore, and make mistakes on her own.
Don’t try and guide her through anything. It’s more fun to figure it out.
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The same way that is the best way to teach some one to swim.
One of the best things about WoW is a lot of classes are easy to pick up and difficult to master. I would say give her an overview of what each role is about, and then see what she has interest in. Help her narrow down what she might want to play.
For example, if she expresses interest in tanking, then run through each of the tanking specs in a brief / flavor involving discussion and see what jumps out at her. Then pick something to level that’ll compliment her choice and allow you both to experiment. It’ll help solidify that this is her character and her experience.
Same deal with races, zones, etc. I got a buddy named Zac. His lady Maria looked at the roster with him and said: “I wanna be an undead warlock.” Great, go for it. I’d say do something similar with your lady.
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