Ye people were extremely good 
Watch world first Ragnaros kill by “hardcore” guild. This just shows how “hard” it was back then 
Look at that video, that rogue writes in chat clicking 2 spells. And that rogue were missing tons of buffs, how “hardcore” people were back then?
You can´t be serious this is hard from todays point of view … People were insanely bad in comparison to what people are today. I really don´t understand how people struggle to see that