Thats what ive run into a lot lately is people trying to get a feel for classic but trying to blast through like they have full heirlooms from retail.
Im just working on remembering my old leveling spots and taking my time with things… Going to ABSOLUTELY blast through when it launches though
I also realized earlier that I had forgotten about cross race mounts. I swear it was possible before the cloth turn ins, but very difficult. I could be mis-remembering. I think I did the rep for a tiger on my gnome after AQ came out because it was easier, but I think a very small number of people managed to get it early on. Going to whatever starter zone you wanted and doing the quests at level got you a decent way there, but it required something else. I feel like there was a small number of mobs that gave a small amount of rep for kills , so it could be done but was a serious grind. IIRC spillover faction rep stopped at a certain level, maybe honored? Maybe this was only for Darnassus and it was Timbermaw-related spillover that didn’t cap? I wish all these old posts and guides were easier to find.
How about running twenty miles from the graveyard when you die in the Barrens?
The mounting mechanics seemed jarring to me for some reason. Like the speed it took to cast being longer, and unmounting in water. And certain things like potions being in max stacks of 5.
Mounting mechanics now are a lot smoother and the stacks, this pains me to say it but… I like it better how it is now than before…
I seem to recall a discussion back in the day about the inventory meta game. I am a huge packrat, but I kind of like being forced to decide what to keep and what to toss. It makes keeping that haunted momento all the more special when I had to make actual decisions to keep it. It didn’t just stay in the bank because I had more slots than I ever needed or because it was part of a meta “collection” that took up no space. If I collect something, I want it to be conscious and matter and take up space so I am reminded of it every time I want to cram something else in my bank.