Downtime in Classic as an intentional social mechanic

Regardless of whether this is accurate or not, it's certainly resulted this way in practice.

When people are having their mana break, and when players are marking targets and discussing strategies, especially during dungeons, they talk.

What else is there to do, right? It's great. I still have 2 people on my phone that I met back during early WoW days.

Ha, me too. Still have those contacts of my comrades of the past. I'm kind of excited about the opportunity of reunion, although who knows if it's possible. More than ten years have passed after all. Suddenly, the feeling of nostalgia became so real.