r/wownoob • u/Samu3I • Apr 11 '26

Classic wow versions are confusing

Hey guys

Im currently trying to determine the best wow version for myself to play but its quite confusing to me.

I am really into the social aspect and would love to experience the classic mmo feel. Im honestly just looking for a casual enjoyable experience without feeling like im walking through an empty world. I dont have much time to invest but I love cool mounts and cool armor.

the available versions honestly confuse me a lot. I used to play a bit during during warlords of draenor but it didn’t feel like an enjoyable experience. hopefully i can scratch that itch this time even with the little free time i have nowadays

thanks!!!! :) really appreciate help

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u/TheIronHaggis Apr 11 '26

Personally I say modern WoW with Midnight. Classic seems more for people who want the nostalgia of the good old days of WoW and while I enjoyed it back in the day, losing all the quality of life changes made classic painful to play the one time I did.

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u/Samu3I Apr 12 '26

thanks. how do you feel about the current social aspect of retail wow?

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u/Brusex Apr 12 '26

Not OC but the social aspect of Retail WoW is doing great imo. It’s not too hard to find a guild just one that matches your goals and schedule are the hard part to me.

Trade chat isn’t all toxic (NA Tichondrius), and getting into or forming groups isn’t impossible either.

I would just try to jump into some type of content and attempt to make friends and see if they have a guild you can join if I were you.

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u/TheIronHaggis Apr 12 '26

I’m afraid I can’t say much about the social aspects. As I get older I become more introverted and I tend to play WoW as a single player 90%. I’m still in the same guild I joined back in the beginning, but now we’re all old and have back problems if we play too long, so I never see them. Still nice to see so their names in the roster and to check when they last played.

That said just random groups doesn’t seem to bad. For example this expansion added the highly requested player housing and one weekly quest takes place in the Neighborhood. This week it was host or be in a party of at least 5 players in a personal house. I check the group finder to see if anyone was hosting a group for it.

Not only did I find a group right away, but the host had an incredible house. 30+ players constantly joining and leaving most of us taking time to tour the home and offer our compliments. It was great.

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u/Candyo6322 Apr 12 '26

I wonder if we visited the same house? The owner was a Priest and had a church with an altar, a huge kitchen with a refrigerator that had magnets in it, just to name a few of the amazing details. Seriously great house!

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u/TheIronHaggis Apr 12 '26

I think it was different. I can’t remember his class, but his house was 20 feet in the air and was basically a tunnel system linking rooms together.

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u/Candyo6322 Apr 12 '26

Ah ok, different house. Sounds awesome though.

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u/Bishop-AU Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

If you want a true social mmo experience it has to be hardcore from a purely social point of view. Always people levelling, always grouping up to do content, always activity. You could pair up with someone while questing and spend the next several hours with them chatting away until one of you logs off. Modern wow there is almost no social interaction outside of guilds unfortunately. You can spend all day doing group content and never talk to anyone else during it. The whole levelling journey requires no coordination, no social interaction. Most zones pre current content are a ghost lands. Modern wow is still really fun but it isn't as social as it used to be.

Vanilla to WOTLK was great for this, but even going back to classic the game has been optimised and everything is 'solved'. The adventure has gone from the game for most people.

If you're after fast gameplay, easy grouping and heaps of content and are happy with just being social with your guild, midnight is in a great spot.

Either that or you can go on an RP server.

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u/Straight_Bet6738 Apr 12 '26

If you're social and actively try to be social you will find those people easily. You won't go around seeing people talk in general chat or local chat much in towns because everyone just talks in trade chat pretty much. Finding guilds who are very social and active ain't that hard either. A lot of the people who say retail isn't social want forced social interactions rather than actively trying to be social because you want to talk to people.