Disclaimer:
Classic sucks. But blocksize needs to increase at some point.
I just want to throw this out there: I believe the BTC price is being kept up by long-term holders like the Winklevii, and that 1MB blocksize allows big traders like them to saturate the network capacity with buy transactions...
If the offchain solutions become widespread, than that some point will become like 25 years.
Definitely not in the near future, faucets will have to have offchain transaction solutions like faucetbox and LN.
Altcoin markets are already active and thriving - these are a good indication of demand and really are "offchain solutions" that merely require trust in exchanges and devs (which is often not warranted...).
Nonetheless consider the level of (unwarranted) trust the typical BTC holder has in exchanges...