WoW Classic consumed most of my life during the pandemic. The game is charming but most of the people that play it at a high level are cunts, to be frank. "If you don't have a bloodrage cancel macro at this stage of the game you should be embarassed" uttered the skillful, 12345 pressing raid leader. It's a circlejerk but the world itself is incredibly charming. It's tough for me to appreciate this game for what it is because the people I surrounded myself with were genuinely mean spirited fucks in order to be "competitive". I regret not being a part of a more casual circle of players but even when I attempted that during the burning crusade I had a bad time. I just don't like the gameplay loop at endgame but leveling is fun. I leveled four characters to maximum level with no boosting bullshit.

I made good friends too though. And those friends really accompanied me through lonely times. I think on that basis alone there is a lot to salvage with my WoW experience but the negative certainly opaqued the positive.
I love this game but I also think it's hot trash. I can't really recommend it even though I enjoyed it.