I know lots of people will say its too soon to talk about tbc servers but they are coming whether you like it or not and I would not like to relive the disaster of classic mistakes.
#1 1/3 to 1/2 the population of current classic servers. Hard capped no layering.
#2 significantly curtail spell batching and leeway or arenas will be as putrid as bgs are now.
#3 absolutely no premades in bgs not even 1 group not even 2 people. I played thousands of hours back in the day doing bgs and they were always fun win or lose. What we have in classic is neither classic nor fun.
#4 and this is a stretch and people will hate it but i dont care what it costs im willing to pay for it. Region locked servers. If you are not from North America you do not play on a NA server of any kind PERIOD If you make a character and are caught it is deleted PERIOD This goes for all servers of any type.
#5 Botting obliterated. If you are caught using any kind of botting software and im not talking multiboxing im talking outright no one there botting. You’re account is banned not suspended banned no warnings just banned. The credit card you used banned from ever buying a blizzard product. Your email, your IP, your physical address banned permanently. I quit the first time in cata because botting had gotten so bad and I will do it again if this single issue is not addressed. I know these steps and even more will not get rid of botting but if its reduced by 90% you did your job and I dont care if you have to double my sub cost to make it happen.
Thats the start of my list im sure other people have other things and I’m sure some people will tear apart what I would like to see.