Imagine the ability to level in Retail, then play Classic end game. As crazy as it sounds, I feel like the Retail
Leveling experience can be catered to anyone’s tastes.
How do you define “retail players?” Is it people who currently, actively play Retail
It’s a mindset that evolved over time, largely from MoP onwards, as the development team stripped away any aspects that weren’t laser focused on raiding or raiding power in subsequent expansions.
It’s definitely a trained response, psychologically, but it’s a mindset that enjoys current retail’s focus on raiding to the exclusion of anything else, such as community, role-playing, general causal non-raiding play etc.