I did pose this to someone in game but I would like to ask the community. I played Burning Crusade like 12 years ago for like 3 weeks..... Not before that or after that to any degree. I really don't know much about the game. I know EVERYTHING about EQ and EQ2. Boxed up to 24, full raid, in EQ2 for close to 10 years... so I get it.

My question is this: I started my 5 box on classic and ran into another 5 boxer. He said he had been playing for about a month and just couldn't get into Classic... he came from Retail and had been 5 and 10 boxing there for like 8 years. He said I would have a lot more fun on Retail as Classic is missing too much.

Now, let me just say that I literally know NOTHING of WoW. Have no idea what quests I need to do to get X or Y... where to go or where any dungeon is. I don't remember anything from when I played 12 years ago and am literally starting a new... That is why classic appealed to me, i thought to myself I could learn the game from the start and I wouldn't be 12+ years behind however, after talking with him I am wondering if classic is the right spot for me over retail. I get all of you loyal WoW people get to reminisce and remember and do stuff you maybe didn't before on classic... but to me the game is all new and I will be learning from the ground up. I want to eventually raid by myself, run instances with 10/15 toons... do a lot of fun stuff and use all the tools ISBoxer has to maximize the game. I am not really a quester, more of a grinder and love to strategize battles. but I get I need to do certain quests to get important items to advance.

So my question is, should I start in retail since I am new... or should I start in classic since I am new? Am I already way too far behind on retail? Will classic be too boring for me since it was from so long ago?

I really appreciate this communities feedback and value it. Thanks folks!