Before reading this, let me say I love Classic WoW and the original era of the game (Vanilla, TBC, Wrath). I’ve mostly played solo but wanted to change that with the anniversary realms.
For some reason, it’s been really hard for me to find a group of friends I genuinely want to play with long-term.
In my experience, guilds often have cliques that ignore you when you want to team up, or people are so antisocial they just complete the content and leave.
If you have regular gaming friends who are also genuine friends, I envy you. I wish I had people to play with who actually want to play with me too.
I’m not even sure what this post is—it’s just frustrating to feel lonely in a game I love and struggle to make friends. If you’ve got experiences or funny stories to share, I’d love to hear them. I could really use a laugh.
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Ugh, I’ve felt this way before too. It really sucks for being a social game.
I’ve joined (and left) two guilds already. I only got a hello from two of them and nothing after that even after trying to strike up a little chat. It’s a little disappointing with 50+ members on. It’s not like we’re doing anything other than pressing one button killing boars. 
Social guilds are out there. It may take a few to find one but I’d bounce around until you are happy.
Jump in groups and add them to your friends list. You can write them down on a piece of paper at the very least. It is really helpful to start groups and then try and add some of those folks. It’s even easier if you play a tank or healer. You’ll always have people to play with as a tank. Legit, always.
Lastly, if you are on dreamscythe, hit me up!
out of the 4 years of playing i met only one
person i consider a friend from retail and even then i was a solo player. it’s hard to make friends on this game imho bc a lot of ppl arent that nice or way too super weird. it’s a harsh community but there’s some diamonds in the rough but there is a lot of rough to get through. good luck. 
I made a friend in Razor Hill, back in 2005, and we played together until the end of MOP. We’ll never be able to TRULY replicate that, as society’s changed, dramatically, in the past 20 years.
Ignore the standard guilds. One’s that look like they already have a structure and past community that came from ERA.
Join a new one with a funny name and jump in VC.
Stop waiting for people to be nice to you
Start asking “how can I improve this person’s life?” every time you interact with someone
Give more than you get in return… you will end up with a lot more than people who expect everything to be a 50/50 partnership
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There are some obscure spots in the overworld where I really like grinding mobs, mostly just for the relaxation.
Sometimes random other players show up there on a quest or whatever, and sometimes I’ll grind mobs there with them for half an hour, or a couple hours, sometimes without really talking much. Sometimes not even speaking the same language.
Those are actually some of my favorite interactions with players: just us randos, grinding mobs in the middle of the night. Maybe we group up again after that, maybe we never see each other again. But the feeling is good, like coloring together with crayons when you were a kid. It just feels natural.
I guess what I’m saying is, try to not put too much pressure on yourself for individual interactions. If you keep helping people out and can enjoy the moments, that has value and will build on itself if you allow it to.
But you can still be a good WoW friend and a good part of the community even if you don’t keep a big formal network.
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I personally play with my partner it’s the only social interaction I can handle, I’m usually muted in Discord and during raids and what not.
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I like this advice. It seems to be the most effective way of making friends.