Classic is looking to be Vanilla-lite.
After you take into consideration it'll be patch 1.12 (nerfs/bug fixes to raid encounters, buffs to passive trees, 2x as many debuffs on bosses, etc). The content is 'solved'. Players aren't as retarded today as they were in 2004 playing their first MMORPG (they kinda are but relative to vanilla's raid encounters this **** is stupid easy).... Classic will be too easy of a game relative to Vanilla.
it'll be quite popular for the first month or two but raiding won't be the same roadblock it originally was. I think people will get more of a 'retail' feeling once the leveling/rep grinds are done. Blizzard will be artificially staggering raid progression but even then, I doubt It'll take more than a year to clear Naxx.
PvP might be a bit more interesting if the average player has more access to raid gear though.
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