22 TOTAL RACES AND A MURLOC NECROMANCER! | Azeroth At War Open Beta | World of Warcraft

Mcdoubles back again with a brand new video and today we're going to check out Azeroth At War's new open beta and their 22 total races and custom Necromancer class!
It's been a long time since we played Azeroth At War, at least 6 months as of this videos upload date, and they have definitely come a VERY long way since then. In this video we'll see custom starter zones, fleshed out racials, and my personal favorite - the Broken starter zone - that may actually garner it's own video in the future!
I enjoyed checking it out and giving it a first look. If you decide to look at it, let me know what you think in the comment section!
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[@Timmothy_plays]

It isn't JUST the fact they have custom races, any private server can do that, but it's the fact that they're going through the extra effort in adding in custom animations for said races and making it so armour can actually show up on them that's very appealing IMO.

[@elespantapajaros185]

Just like Turtle WoW with their two races, with new starting zone, unique racials and lore. I hope the AaW Team could reach their goal with that.

[@rylandvance5304]

Honestly makes Blizz look pitiful considering the fans have been asking for this for a decade now.

[@nikolaikalashnikov4253]

Where in the World are they allowed to operate these Private Servers without *_Blizzard_* being able to take legal action to shut them down ?

[@elespantapajaros185]

@@nikolaikalashnikov4253 Blizzard losses more closing it than letting them operate. -Turtle WoW has around 5k+ in a week. -Azeroth at War is in development. Them don't represent a big problem for Blizzard, compared to Nostalrius a decade ago having 800k online.

[@peculiarcruelty]

That's what I thought WoW looks like in terms of races, when in 2007 my friend said "dude, there's game, it's like WC3, but RPG and you can earn lots of armor and weapons for your character in it". And thought "What?! So I can make a naga or abomination and wear custom armor and weapon on it?". Well, it turned out not one to one what I thought, but was enough to play WoW from TBC to this day

[@Blobby90]

I remember the first time I saw WoW on a friends computer and I have no idea where he was to this day.

[@Zkillscreen]

Wow retail has been nothing but trash since wotlk 😢

[@Thrall966]

@@Zkillscreenmy opinion differs

[@Zkillscreen]

@@Thrall966 thats fine 👍

[@VintageNarwhal]

Extremely similar to mine but it was satyr

[@PriestHCWoW]

I really love the neutral races as it ties into WC3's taverns.

[@xXFoiXx]

We went from not enough good WoW to too much good WoW there are not enough hours in a day for me to play all the cool versions of WoW i want to. Thank you so much for highlighting the interesting stuff

[@troublemakerbros4267]

Theres always been good private servers around since Wrath Retail. People just didnt make them so public like they are now. You typically knew someone who played them or heard tale of them and did some research. Lv255 servers were all the rage. Blizzlike servers have always been around as well. And same with these custom servers, theyve just gotten insanely better over the years.

[@joesteadman343]

​@@troublemakerbros4267 There were fantastic private servers in TBC era before WOTLK released. I have very find memories of being a GM on a few TBC servers.

[@Aurelian57]

@@troublemakerbros4267 I was doing private servers during TBC Retail lol. I would go there and practice on Illidan before my guild got into Black Temple and there were a decent amount of "arena only" servers back then too. I think I saw an ad on "WoW Jutsu" leading to the "Top 100 Servers" lists.

[@LeifParsons-sz3ed]

This gives me hope

[@AC-be5gu]

Damn lol. Isn't this the truth. I wasn't feeling WotLK so I didn't play that. Did a few HC characters, playing SoD, periodically return to Classic Era, started a HC self found character and now I'm getting the itch to level my paladin (which I never ended up playing in TBC or Wrath after grinding to 60 during tbc prepatch) in prep for Cata. I hopped on YT instead since i have a busy 2 week stretch coming up and I'll save the next adventures for when I return. What a time to be alive. Really enjoying swapping between all versions depending on what I'm feeling.

[@Yarsito]

Man, the worgen and broken "campaign" starting zones are just how I fantasize I would make them if I were to, actual chills. I would not let people choose starting zones though, and you'd unlock racials during the starter zone questlines. Very interested in seeing how the server shapes up during the coming months/years.

[@zytha2890]

It's probably a temporary thing since some of then don't exist yet

[@gg2fan]

Kind of a missed opportunity with Gunther, whose whole thing is that he thinks he's the only sentient forsaken and everyone else is a scourge drone. It would be funny if he was gathering an army of murlocs to lead thinking he's all alone in the world.

[@user-tf3qr2kf8r]

true, would've been amazing to have a reputation for gunther, and you are his chosen.

[@alexisbaquine7635]

Definitely looking forward to see how the devs have managed to recreate the fall of Shattrath.

[@brycemitchell3498]

It’s cool that they’ve even built out the custom naga background for the character screen

[@bart-boy2442]

Playable murlocs and ogres were a dream of mine to play as since starting in MoP. Can't wait for this to flourish and hopefully avoid the ire of any certain companies.

[@user-fg6mq3dg3d]

Skeleton: "Whats my purpose?" Mcdoubles: "You pass Mana."

[@GrimMorningstar]

Not sure who caught it, but when he was showing the blood elf, it lists sub races "Dark Elf" and "Wreched Elf" they just dont seem to have an option to pick them in the beta.

[@massivedingus6789]

I can NOT wait for this server to release

[@lukaskekesi1276]

when this releases do we know?

[@Nipah.Auauau]

@@lukaskekesi1276 Their current roadmap suggests a release late spring/early summer 2025. But they might do an open beta before that.

[@Darkstorm299]

The way the AaW devs added in the broken race is so genius. As a lore nerd, I couldn't agree more with a better starting zone experience.

[@Blobby90]

For Necromancer, I think they should start with just the basic skeleton

[@bryanbryan6108]

I strongly disagree. The necromancer is a powerful mage who studied death magic instead of the more wholesome way of the arcane (mage). A necromancer COMMANDS skeletons, and is most certainly not one themselves. Name a necromancer in any game that is dead themselves? Skeletons are reanimated BY necromancers. So unless you want the lore of your character to include being dominated by another, more powerful mage…you should be a living being, and not a skeleton. Don’t even reply because I just destroyed you with logic. Bye bye! 👋

[@Pegla43]

@@bryanbryan6108 Go touch grass.

[@CursiveS]

@@bryanbryan6108 bro pretty sure they’re saying you should just start with a basic skeleton minion like chillllllll lol

[@crsc3095]

me when i miss the point @@bryanbryan6108

[@jdc673]

@@bryanbryan6108 dude get a life

[@MarcoPolo187]

Always looking forward to your videos! Keep on going bro

[@onyxrain2362]

“You can hear my pitter patter as well!” *plop plop plop plop* 😂 😄

[@Mich43lab]

Man I wish Azeroth At War would be classic+ on official clients The people doing this are amazing. Blizzard needs to hire them

[@Mithguar]

Better not. Nothing good comes from being hired by Blizzard these days. It would be great if Blizz just never finds out and leave them to their own devices.

[@marcosiv5816]

I read on their page that they had draenei. I must be the only person who shouted when I saw it was BROKEN draenei.

[@joyfool1225]

Awesome ❤ these private servers are doing what blizzard and many other developers should be doing too: making something absolutely amazing, just creating, without thinking about how this could generate the most money ❤

[@onyxrain2362]

The “Broken” starter zone was HYPE, I wonder if seeing clips of hyper content put at the beginning would capture zoomed attention we all have now better. (I’ll always watch anyway, no worries!)

[@Dpx008Music]

Naga necromancer would indeed make a lot of sense. I think it's very cool devs take the time to use the same old private server tools and tricks, revamp them, give a lot of love, and produce enjoyable experiences like these, props to everyone involved with this private server

[@wyldwabyt]

Broken has been one of the races I wanted to see the most.

[@seanmcnab9863]

Found the Necromancer trainer in Brill behind the Townhall building.

[@The_Fictionist]

The buff ice troll is something I’ve really wanted in WoW

[@vanraily3364]

there was a server called awesome wow, I think? that had full custom classes, talents, spells, armour, weapons etc. full sets and different zones and quests for grinding certain gear. it wasn't that popular but there was a few things in it that were really cool.

[@mcfenris958]

I kind of like the idea of the Worgen Starting zone, however I would like to see a server do a full departure from the set event Worgen Starting zone and have a worgen starting zone similar to Vanilla tirisfal glades where the Worgen are trying to recreate their society or form a new one after they were cursed.

[@3802er]

Any update on the Tigon class race or has that now been shelved?

[@arthurvyrin3431]

with how many REALLY COOL custom stuff all these PServers have made i wish someone would put them all in one game XD

[@ricaroanimar6695]

This makes me very happy, i love playing DnD because u can make the world very detailed and full fledged and its fun to see people with the love and skill to make a WOW world they feel people would enjoy.

[@Leronnic]

I know he didn’t do the belt starter zone but I want it to be Arthas’ march on silvermoon that would be sick

[@NeutralTea]

Murlocs have a really fun starting zone in Tirisfal Glades!

[@CapOfXav]

7:10 Thats the Command center (aka where warrior trainers are in SW) :P

[@deadbeatfred2879]

Will you be able to choose textures like in Ascension?

[@Ironstagtv]

Hey! If you didn't know the official 1 year beta for wallcraft starts this friday. Hope to see you there.

[@LuxeLabelLover]

Heroes wow had these races back in the day

[@TheLollercaster]

in terms of lore, murloc on the horde side kinda makes sense. in wc3 - Sylvanas' banshee used possession on murloc

[@bdk4]

That will be awesome)

[@ryanfletcher317]

Very cool!

[@jasonsaez3668]

Please do a playthrough of the Broken starting zone!!! That looks so dark and awesome!

[@custommodelmaking4969]

Curious how many new races fit on the mounts

[@joyfool1225]

Omg the murloc necromancer is just perfect 😂❤ now i have to play on that server

[@MrKrisSatan]

I wish CoA had custom races too

[@codywelch4418]

I know!! 22 custom races AND 21 custom classes?! I can only imagine how cool that'd be.

[@wecuyler]

I've always wanted to play as a murloc

[@theusernameicoodfind]

Yeah I want to see where the broken go for sure

[@dennisaskeland7603]

Murlocs and naga. Thought those would be the first xpac races back then

[@josberg2236]

Is the worgen starting area not the same as in the dlc from wow?

[@redd_Jack]

How are they pulling this off without a c&d?

[@Gwinnmusic]

I tried to download the beta but it's already unavailable, even though it says it will be active 'til January 5th. What am I doing wrong? EDIT: Nvm figured it out. DOWNLOAD HERE button doesn't work, just register, and after then go to the "How to Patch" menu and follow the instructions.

[@DoomBringerDANTE]

Naga on Alliance sounds so weird. They have beef with the night elves and had members working with the Blood Elves.

[@reimeruu]

Tomorrow was last year , we’re still waiting !

[@richiebee8719]

That building is from ravenholdt manor

[@tbarnes5252]

@mcdoubles any news on when COA might be released?

[@Wyr3d]

@17:50 - pretty much. The devs should prolly look into gating the summons behind level/quests similar to the warlock. Warlock starts off with a DPS, so maybe the necro should start with a tank

[@zelddah]

THE BROKEN>!>!???!??? THEIR STARTING ZONE AND YOU CAN BECOME A BROKEN?!??! THIS IS AWESOME

[@keestimmer3759]

it looks so cool

[@alexanderlejon9958]

Playable Naga is the dream of many people, and here it looks perfectly fine. I have no idea why the Blizzard is still denying to make the Naga race playable. After all those years they can made all the necessary animations.

[@GrubbsGrady56]

Because it doesn't fit lore at all and looks like shit. Lol

[@Zkillscreen]

Sorry but Blizzard cares about money, not what we want

[@thisislame2207]

​@@GrubbsGrady56 And yet we are likely to have playable Nerubians in the next expansion... Wouldn't be hard to turn a part of the Naga population into similar splintered factions akin to the Dracthyr where they have different beliefs and those beliefs make you favor one side more than the other. And regarding things looking like shit, man I don't want to hear it. We have had Worgen for practically a decade and now we have Dracthyr. Both them mfers look weird in armor in their true forms.

[@eternallegacy89]

​@@Zkillscreen And one would 🤔 think listening to your player base would entail more money... Playable Naga/Ogre... More consistent player base. Player housing, more player base etc. Why would they not want to give us what they want and lose more money when things flop because they aren't giving the right things.

[@eternallegacy89]

​@@GrubbsGrady56Lore? We have the friendly Illidari Naga, can't they join their demon hunter friends and be playable?

[@Cynwale]

I'm really waiting for the first release.

[@anbudemi8580]

Loved the Rick'n Morty quote.

[@refinedbrass]

there are more subraces then those shown if you read the tooltips for each race i hope nagas ride crabs

[@charles-emilegagnon1968]

whats this mode like i played wow classic havent played since what are the options for wow right now

[@tylerferguson8012]

Same building as the rogue quest line for thistle tea is it not? Ravenhold keep iirc. Looks like same lay out anyways.

[@PoliStuff_]

Seems awesome! When's the release date?

[@Rangtuk]

Nothing set yet, the current open beta will be going until Jan 5th. Testing mostly lvl 40 content with the next beta focusing on 60

[@JohnSmith-pt5sg]

IS the server down? Don't see where to check it. This server rocks.

[@zytha2890]

i love everything about this :U

[@RevampedGod]

Is there PvP in this server? BGs/ Arena/ etc?

[@stunsisacul]

Skeleton is what I want for my undead now.

[@darkydrone]

Dude binds W and S. Does he control his character with arrows?:D

[@barryblack633]

When is programmed the release date?

[@Prfinity]

Skeleton necromancer is peak!!

[@awideman5981]

Draenai broken playthrough would be a good video / series

[@jomiles3605]

Bro Naga paladin would be sick

[@jesusgasperi123456]

I would love to see playable gnolls

[@HjortenHjort]

This is so well made considering the early open beta, is it actually blizzard or private server?

[@justinkedgetor5949]

Any timeline for launch on this server?

[@Timmy_No_Toes]

Isnt gunther arcanus not part of the forsaken? He broke free of the lich king on his own

[@anthonysnoopdog2040]

This is what WOW Retail should be

[@Straff_Dis]

We gotta get them to make custom emotes for the new races like dance, jokes, etc lol

[@tord4000]

Furbolg starterzone in aszara would be the obvious. Maybe with the gate they guard open???

[@craigdaly5111]

I haven’t played this game in years! Was in the vanilla game right up to whatever the next two were after Panda. Oh and I no longer run a computer so I can’t play it anyway BUT Murloch Necro? 😂😂😂 if I could THAT WOULD have Brought me back lol awesome

[@NoClue-rat]

Why sint broken a sub race of Draenie or vice versa?

[@tass1133]

I like it but their discord link in the website is not working.. sad.

[@Dal_Fena]

22 races, no gnoll?

[@bobbylong5664]

Bliz - Hey guys were coming out with sod we know yall want classic +! Any other private server - Hold my beer

[@CastellanMaben]

The question is, if you make a female naga how many weapons animate on them if you duel wield? The merloc starting zone looks like that old merloc rpg village.

[@Oblivion404]

wow I want to quit SOD and play this... this is insane

[@HawsDaBaws]

Wish ascension would do this.

[@Khrimz0n]

I got the name "McRib" on my skelly necromancer XD

[@cryptosporidiom]

So, uh, is COA gonna come out before summer 2024?

[@baronzad2056]

duuuuuuuuuuuude, i wanted to play as a furbolg ever since I played that one blizzard-made wc3 map where the creeps in ashenvale have their own bases also, 4:14 i completely agree. custom shit is what made wc3 so good and it should be done in wow servers

[@mrzambarel9806]

All these new classes are cool and all, but nothing beats a Murloc for me.

[@nikolaikalashnikov4253]

i always wanted to play *_Dark Iron Dwarf_* on the *_Horde:_* ...But my god, opening up with a *_Murloc_* & *_Naga_* as playable races !!! ...Like, it makes me wonder, WTF is he going to show next ??? :P

[@drkmgic]

How does blizzard with all their resources are unable to do this.

[@johernandez266]

Bobby Kotick needed more yachts.

[@minikilla3568]

dude where the hell are you guys finding these servers?

[@reckless5834]

My dream is for murlocs to become a playable race in regular wow

[@xavof6475]

the drenei starting zone was awesome but I really want to see the furbolg starting zone when they do, I think was a bad idea pay a month of season of discovery when free servers are better than the real blizzard (just play 10 days and Im tired of that its pretty bad)

[@immortalgoss6333]

I think that Naga looks like a sausage 😂 in his skin tight snek armor

[@dreamk33per56]

Yo Mcdubs, pass me the butter, will ya?

[@Aishea_]

the broken starting zone is the definiton of: if u want to do something u can!

[@vitorgrocha]

When I try to enter the game it goes into an infinite loop of downloading patches and it doesn't connect, anyone else like this?

[@yohnko3634]

i really want to play but i cant download the 3.3.5a client my browser keeps auto stopping it from chromie craft :c

[@neoxyte]

Try a different browser.

[@yohnko3634]

is it safe to play though? like no malware on anything? one thing that worries about priv servers@@neoxyte

[@zepidiae7523]

@@yohnko3634 That is an insane amount of time to put into a simple malware hack that would be found instantly, it's safe.