We’re not talking about the no changes mentality. This conversation has nothing to do with the no changes thing.
Blizzard confirmed that there wouldn’t be any level boosts in Classic a little over a year ago in a Reddit AMA, and I quote (from the executive producer of the WoW Classic team):
Character Boosts are not in keeping with Classic. We don’t want to break any hearts.
If you want the source, you’ll have to Google that quote, as I can’t post links here. As a blue post points out, it’s true that the Vanilla era of Classic is what they would’ve been referring to since, at the time, that was the only era publicly confirmed to be a part of Classic. However, we know for a fact that there have been internal discussions and plans revolving around the future of Classic and bringing the expansions into the frame since long before the official Classic announcement was ever made. At the time that he posted this, he was fully aware of where Classic was headed if it was met with commercial success.
23 days ago, a community manager created the only blue post that I’m aware of on this issue. In his post, he says:
Notice the carefully and conveniently-worded backpeddling (Keep in mind, this is damage control, after all of this blew up). “What we’re now calling WoW Classic Era realms…”
TBC is Classic. On the launcher in the TBC update panel, it literally says, “The Dark Portal reopens 2021. Prepare for the next WoW Classic adventure.” If they haven’t decided to listen to the community on this issue, you better believe that Activision Blizzard, from the corporate side of things, is going to try with all their might to reframe the situation so it doesn’t look like they went back on their word on a project that’s basically meant to be a gift to the community they’re now trying to dip into the pockets of.
So no. No words being put into peoples’ mouths. I quoted them verbatim, and those quotes should clearly indicate a paradigm shift in the corporate offices of Activision Blizzard to anyone with basic reading comprehension.