Eh. I mentioned liking the guy for that reason.
I don't know if I'd say you would like it more or not. I think it's worth giving a shot since you seemed to want to like HxH and, despite what people may say, it's in my opinion a very different version. It does make Gon and Killua more relatable; Gon has more internal conflicts and vulnerability despite still having a slanted moral compass and Killua has more conflicts with how he feels about his family. There are still oddities like Killua's family being highly regarded, but the world culturally has a more primal outlook where assassination is much more common. They do seem to still be feared despite the respect they get. One thing I think is interesting about the Zoldycks in both versions is that the grandfather admits to dislike killing while many of Killua's siblings appear to have no quarrels with it.
Wing isn't the best of the series' mentors. He's better to an extent in '99, but still not the most interesting mentor. Kurapika's mentor is pretty cool but Biscuit is the fan favorite and gets reasonably more screentime than Kurapika's nen teacher, plus she's pretty great.
More than anything I liked how it shifted field of view to go from blurred background then to a focus on Kurapika with the web out of focus. It's really impressive how they sometimes emulated cameras in a hand-drawn series from the '90s. I'm into shots like that and they're all over the place in the older adaption.
I'm trying to find an article I saw comparing the tournament at the end of the Hunter Exam that did a great job explaining how I feel about the comparison of the adaptions. If I can find it, I'll link you to it.