You know the server pop limit is increased right?
Its probably the double or even tripple the amount of your numbers.
“Be server famous” - you can still be that with LFD, and noone really cares about that, do I know ppl on my server who can be classed “server famous”? Yes, have I ever interacted with those players? No I havent, but I still know who they are.
I dont like layers but layers have helped the bigger servers who clearly (in your own words) dont understand the big part of the appeal of classic.
Heres the wakeup call. Players wanted Classic wow so they could replay the expansions how they where, Classic went back to the roots with no LFD, just like everyone wanted, dont think many wanted that in for Classic vanilla. Then TBC came, ppl wanted the LFG tool they had and we got that even if its not used too much. Soon its time for Wrath and ppl would probably wanna have the things in that expansion who came with it.
Yes the LFD came late in Wrath but we will have the last patch with class balanced already etc just like in TBC and the more who speaks up about the LFD that they wont it in then they might acually just put it in.
If you wanna try to be server famous, go ahead, you can still feed your ego on your server even with the LFD. Good luck with that.