There is something to be said here. I couldn’t stand retail’s leveling, yet I played Classic fully expecting to get bored, yet the sense of journey actually gave me a wholesome WoW experience I hadn’t felt in a long time. Retail is indeed very much about the destination over the journey. However, I don’t think retail’s leveling will ever try to recreate that experience, as it’s predominantly loaded towards max level in the newest expansion. In a way, that’s an admission that we want to skip leveling, but that’s simply because leveling as a mechanic fails for retail WoW.