A fun twist on Classic. The initial level cap of 25 makes this easy to jump into without a huge commitment, and progressively raising that gives a good CTA to return later. The runes are pretty great overall, both in reward and acquisition, aside from a couple misses (not a fan of the 2 "every class go grind this" ones, but hey, it fits Vanilla). I went in thinking the "abilities from later expansions" runes would be sort of dry, but I ended up liking them as much or more than the original ones; they bring a really interesting flavor to the classic toolkits. The Battle for Ashenvale concept, while a little on the light side content wise, is a solid addition as well and the team's quick response and tuning are cool to see. A very promising start to the "let's mess with Classic and see what happens" path and I look forward to more.

(I played a Warlock, got all runes except the 2 grinds, tanked a little, geared a little, got my Ashenvale mount, and cleared BFD.)