Players would be treated to two new playable races (the werewolf-like Worgen for the Alliance and the Gnome-esque Goblins for the Horde), flying mount travel in Azeroth, new race and class combinations, new monsters, dungeons and raids, hundreds of new quests, an intriguing new secondary skill in archeology, heroic versions of classic instances, new Battlegrounds, a Guild Leveling System complete with achievements, a new character progression path and much more. Instead you were encouraged to pick one of the two new races and play from their point of view. Consider for a moment, that when Wrath of the Lich King and Burning Crusade were released, players found that there was little to no incentive to return to the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor. While new races were added to Burning Crusade, if you were a Nigh Elf, Gnome, Tauren or any of the original races there wasn't much reason to go back and roll an alt.

If you really want a fresh approach, try the diminutive Goblin or the cursed Worgen. Just have it in the back of your mind that as with all new expansions, new races and especially new race/class combos are a work in progress for Blizzard and you'll probably see post-launch patches that switch and change your powers and abilities as they try to make sure things are balanced. Form a party or group or just take a friend along with you and do some good old fashioned, virtual sight seeing. Take a few pictures by monuments, statues and other famous places in Azeroth, because after Cataclysm they'll never be the same again. It's not overstating the fact to say that this might be your last chance to get some images for posterity and remember Azeroth as it once was. Perhaps you might want to make it a guild project to preserve the images (or even video!) of Classic WoW, everyone loves a before and after photo album! Have your main send your alt some wow gold, start the guild and build it from the ground up, build it with the express aim of collecting all the new achievements added to guild play. Have guild members embark on that Classic WoW cataloging assignment talked about earlier, be more selective about the folks you invite, choose a better name, better leaders. Basically, just build the guild you always wanted to but weren't able to the first time around because of a lack of experience.