But its actually easy to grab these opinions and see which ones are asked for the most that actually changes the game the least and add them, then consider the more extreme ones at a later date. Even the world’s dumbest AI right now could scan this forum for Classic + suggestions and populate a list by how many times things were suggested, then a human with average intelligence could see how many times it was suggested each time and which ones would change the game the least and start very basic. That’s Classic Plus
I for one have never heard of a Classic + suggestion that involved Gear that was better than the current gear you could get at the same levels (vertical upgrades). In fact the most I ever saw in any Classic+ thread was some people saying to make the current items more exciting to obtain, like the ones with too much spirit and a really low primary stat like +8 Spirit +1 Agility.
Yet in SoD thats all it was - was Pre Raid BiS that was your only regular (normal vanilla content) items, then you got your raiding gear that was wayy better (vertical upgrades) than most things you’d have gotten from the original game. So it turned the game entirely away from a Classic + idea from every standpoint.
In fact if you ask ANY of the original Classic + new or old folks the vast majority of them will also agree SoD was not Classic + or the subtle changes they thought of when they thought of a Classic + originally… and that’s not to say because they didn’t use any of their ideas instead, but because they took very little of the main ideas for Classic + into SoD. For example more class/race options… an overwhelming majority ask for minimally Paladins on Horde/Shaman on Ally yet we saw no such thing for SoD.
So Ask a Classic + advocate if they thought SoD was Classic +. You get a resounding No, and all of them will tell you they went way too far and way too crazy with the tweaks and changes.