Ah I had good memories with playing for almost ten years.
But to be honest after all these days now I can see. instead of spending too much time for it I could spend this time for learning some useful skill or a new language. How ever it's too later now.
What a regret ...
I spent quite a lot of time playing WoW too, probably around 10 years as well, but i have no regrets, as i really enjoyed the game. You know the saying, time enjoyed wasting is not wasted time at all
. And most of the time i wasn't playing it hardcore, so other aspects of life didn't suffer much.
I did not like the classic. Too complicated, too much time is spent on banal logistics, to move from point A to point B. In addition, it takes a huge amount of time to raise a character’s level, which at the current age is a pity to spend on such things. However, I am glad that people have a long-awaited opportunity to play it again.
I played for a 2 months, and then got bored of it, as i simply don't have enough time to play it properly. I can spare maybe 1-2 hours per day max, and you can't do much in that time in Classic WoW.
I have experience with various MMOs, but WoW in particular i never played, since i avoid subscription games. Remember that even if you only have time to play 1 day or nearly everyday, you have to pay the whole month the same. Same as with cable tv vs "video on demand" streaming services.
That's they exactly one the reasons i played WoW, because it has subscription, while those free mmorpgs where mostly pay to win, they had some mechanic where those with money could gain advantage and i didn't like that. And of course WoW had huge amount f content compared to those other free mmorpgs
I understand that in some countries WoW subscription is not that cheap, but at least now it is possible to buy game time with minimum effort using in game gold, so everyone interested can join, even buy new expansion each year using gold.