World of Warcraft Classic has been in closed beta for just under a week. In that time hundreds of players clashed in the Arathi Highlands, the Classic WoW subreddit crested 100,000 subscribers, and the beta has garnered over 150,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch. I’ve personally invested 20 hours into the beta at this point and am shocked to find myself enjoying parts of the 15-year-old MMO that I remember as mundane. Going in, I knew I’d love the single-shard servers, non-homogeneous classes, lack of flying mounts, and many reasons to interact with other players, but I didn’t expect to enjoy the surprising difficulty of simply questing on my own. It’s easy to take what I’m playing for granted but the fact of the matter is that WoW Classic wouldn’t exist without years of deliberation on the part of a passionate fanbase, followed by years of development on the part of an equally passionate developer.
Source: IGN.com Why Blizzard's President Changed His Mind About World of Warcraft Classic