This, too. Private servers may have been a large part of the rising interest in a Classic revamp, but a very large chunk of the people asking for Classic (including me) did not play on a private server and currently pay for WoW every month.
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that Classic is its own reward, as a source of nostalgia and different game design concepts. Live isn’t going anywhere–Classic is an addition, not a division or a subtraction. You lose nothing for its existence, but gain access to a large world that has been lost for years now.
I guess I just don’t understand the mindset of the people who aren’t happy to have Classic as it was–what’s with this constant influx of people asking for rewards, achievements, balance changes, and cheaper/free subscriptions to Classic?
That’s not in the spirit of the game.