Yep, most of the negative posting are by people salty that less people are there to be in awe of their store purchased mounts and pets, or their sick new Velf transmog, I guess.
I’m finding it way more social. I played WoW from beta but quit years ago when cross-realm dungeons were introduced. They ruined the social aspect of the game completely because nobody even bothered talking in groups any more since they’d probably never see each other again.
Thousands of ppl online on every server, thousands of ppl talking on general chat asking for groups or just running by you and you both decide to group up and yet you complain about a few hundreds that decide to play the game the way the LIKE. Jesus these forums are unbelievable
Oh yeah, I met heaps during the stress test. I don’t know why the personalities differ so much between that and the actual launch, but it was kinda sad to see.
there is bad ppl everywhere. i have to say that classic is actually more friendlier than retail.
I think the game is now designed by hardcore raiders and Arena/BG PVPers(Most are ex-Elitist Jerks posters), they already have established friend groups, so making the game steadily anti-social is not a problem for them.
The one thing Classic is doing, is showing everyone the original philosophies are so much better than the modern one, which is why the playerbase is having an existential meltdown, currently.
Perhaps you were lucky in the stress test but unlucky so far in the game - give it a bit more time.
I have a feeling that those anti-socials you met were the ones racing like buggery and hoping to be the Classic first in something but yet failed miserably 
They do it because it allows you to collect your items quicker and especially kill the mobs you need quicker.
Of course during this there may be a time where you need to coordinate together about where to go if it’s a larger area.
That’s the conversation starter. That is the spark.
If you constantly reject anyone who wants to group up with you on the basis that “I don’t need them”, then what is making the game more anti-social for you is you.
The friendlyness, for me, really starts to come in when they ask if you still need more. If you say yes, and they stick around, and then you keep questing together, perhaps for hours, it won’t be long until they’re on your friends list. 
There is no forced grouping - you can just not accept the groups 
But honestly, these kinds of group invites just add to what you’re saying here.
I have had the opposite experience. I find the game far more social than the new WoW. However, I think because the servers are new there is a bit of a leveling race at the moment. Once the server population levels out, things should be more settled. Right now you have so many people trying to do the same quest and it can be annoying. I know it makes me antisocial when 200 people are after my one poor little boar needed to finish a quest. 
The community so far has been WAY more elitist.
Basically if you are not mage or priest you can gth0. Had a warrior kicked from the party in SM because according to party leader he wasn’t watching swing timers and was doing crap dps because of that. Level 30, yeah? He was lucky to get in the group in the first place though, because there is no need to level with anything but mages and 1 priest (maybe a warlock to summon mages in faster)
That’s not to say you won’t be making friends while questing though and lots of social aspects are still there.
That being said, i am almost level 55 myself so i am part of that club.
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I feel like all the “this game is anti social” threads are just people that have 0 social skills and excpect people to just interact with them for no reason.
It could be either just plain old contradictory trolling, or it could be a rare case where someone is angry at the game’s popularity because they’re genuinely anti-social themselves, they struggle because Classic is kind of designed to force you to interact with other people.
The thing is though that Vanilla WOW had 13 million subs, I don’t think BFA does, it’s clear which market is the one you need to design for.
Atleast we’re rushing through the dungeons, using spellcleave like the good ol’ retail dungeons.
My experience has been incredibly social. Of course I like to group up with my guild mates, but to be quite honest? The amount of random groups I’ve made, people I’ve talked to and items I have given away for free (or received in kind) blows Retail out the water.
I’ve joked, bantered, been buffed, partied up for quests… And yes, there are bad eggs out there who refuse to group, refuse to talk, ninja chests and resources while you’re fighting etc. But I have found them to be very much in the minority.
I’ve had atleast 5 full groups of strangers until I lost count in 15 levels and many many nonfull ones
I actively socialize tho, maybe that’s the difference, if youre gonna be a wallflower no one will notice you
I have had and still have the exact opposite experience.
The world is vibrant with active and social players.
I encounter occasionlly a BFA player but that rarely happens.
I don’t reject those invites. I was just posting my experience of multitude of invites as opposite example of what OP is claiming. So in short i was trying to say, groups are available and invites are flying even when you don’t really need them. Only cases i reject invite is if someone randomly invites me when i am just running past and even then i whisper and explain them why i didn’t join. 
I know that, i was talking to OP who was giving impression that “forced interaction” would be key to classic being more social. The part:
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Well then we agree. I used “you” in the sense that one might use “one”. “If one doesn’t decide to …” vs. “If you don’t decide to …”
So yeah.
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Have you looked in the mirror lately?
My experiences with Classic have been completely opposite. I’ve already made 20+ friends, even added to Battle Tag and this was before even reaching lvl 20.
Sounds like you’re the problem here and you’re projecting.
Ahh i understand. And yeah i think we agree, my post was about classic being super social. Maybe OPs server is somehow rotten on that front, but at least my server (Mirage raceway) is full on nice and kind players (on both factions) and instead of having hard time to find groups it is practically impossible to not to be in one. 
Mirage raceway people 
