ALPHA WoW Abilities That Were Too OP For Launch | WoW Alpha | World of Warcraft

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Today we take a trip back in time to the friends and family alpha version of World of Warcraft to explore a few abilities for each class that never made it to the live game.
There was some truly wild stuff in the Alpha and I think its super interesting to check it all out, and see what could have been.
These are The Alpha Abilities We NEVER Saw In WoW | WoW Alpha | World of Warcraft
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[@jjstraka1982]

Vanilla is the only version of the game where it felt like they were simply trying to map out a D&D campaign that millions of people could then traverse in for two years. As grand an adventure as it is, their ambitions were 2-3x as big.

[@simonramos5553]

Exactly and that’s why it’s great

[@99Pierogies]

Wow, a game that took half a decade to make felt bigger than an expansion that took a year 🙄

[@mitchconner2021]

​@@99PierogiesAnd? Maybe they should have taken more time on expansions and people would love them as much as the old world.

[@BaxstabberzZ]

​@mitchconner2021 Player retention requires content unfortunately. Have too long of a drought and then you lose income and therefore can't fund longer projects. Especially with Blizzard having killed so many projects they certainly couldn't afford that.

[@philbuttler3427]

Vanilla sucks ass.

[@conrad2381]

Disguise for rogues is actually pretty cool and would be a great addition to a classic + to create great class flavor. Just the RP alone is worth it.

[@bigsmerf8158]

Turtle WoW did this, actually. It's not very extensive and I haven't tried the feature out myself but there's some vendors that sell disguises in areas near a certain type of mob/mobs or faction.

[@MoonTurky]

@@bigsmerf8158 Everytime i read a comment about turtle wow, i am less inclined to ever try it

[@DrBrickface]

I feel like so many of these could be retuned for classic+. The concept of hunters using focus that only builds when standing still seem like a fantastic idea to me, the only implementation hurdle is the generation rate and the ability cost. Its such a shame that rogue disguises got tossed out too. So many of these concepts seem like incredible ideas that just weren't quite balanced, and didn't have time to be properly implemented.

[@Krulfar]

Having to stay still to generate focus seems absolutely AWFUL to play with. If you could use ranged attacks at melee then maybe but the fact that you can't move or you don't generate focus but if you don't move the enemy will get to melee range and you won't be able to do anything at all would've been the worst design in videogame history.

[@Menolith]

As is often the case, things like this were cut out for good reasons. That variant of focus would make hunters lose much of their famed kiting ability, and they'd be absolutely miserable in PvP. Similarly, while the disguises sound cool... what do they actually do? A whole new system and yet another subprofession for rogues so that they can blend in with troggs and syndicate members?

[@mitchconner2021]

​@@KrulfarYeah I was about to say. Making Hunter's lose mobility would kill what makes playing a Hunter fun. Being able to kite things is the best part of being a Hunter pve or pvp.

[@DIVAD291]

@@Krulfar The hunter having to stand still some amount of time doesn't really matter if he can slow you down by that same amount. So it seems more like a tuning issue than a fundamental flaw of the mechanic. The bigger question design wise is wether it would be fun to actually have to stop moving.

[@Krulfar]

@@DIVAD291 what do you mean?? A rogue/mage dives into you and what are you supposed to do? You can't use any ranged ability and if you try to get distance you don't get any focus. Or a caster outranges you and if you want to chase it you don't get focus. It's just terrible in the context of WoW.

[@phantom0456]

There are more abandoned old WoW abilities than you could shake your WillE at!

[@mheller344]

9:00 we not gonna talk about the flying pirate ship lol

[@Pennyforathought]

Those old Ogre models are gonna haunt me for a while 7:14

[@mitchconner2021]

The sumo Ogres 😂

[@danielhenry6777]

I really wish invis , was more of a spell for exploration or getting past things instead of a tool for a combat drop or aggro dump.

[@natecw4164]

Very very cool! I just got done rewatching the patch history of the beta. Like this morning 😂

[@eydis9554]

8:57 The Skybreaker in Alpha WoW.

[@juraspl93]

Ethereal form is skill from w3 mob, tauren who can change into spirit form immune to physical damage but cannot melee strike

[@mihaimoldo]

Tauren Spirit walker mob

[@juraspl93]

In custom map W3 probably footman frenzy, 12 playera divide into 4 camps with base and auto mob spawn, spirit walker is nice killer with shield of lighting in ghost form

[@jotaaonetwo4178]

Oh, wow, a flying boat 9:00 😅

[@JustAvery63]

i think bear hug would of been broken in wpvp or duels due to mp5 kicking in even while shapeshifted. druids already are really good at wittling down their target and slowly regening while kiting if given the space to do so, so if they had the ability to regain a bunch of mana to put out even more moonfires and rejuvinations i think they would be the best wpvp class

[@99Pierogies]

So 0 relevance on anything, since only losers care about "wpvp"

[@manoqueenz]

I think you mean mp2/spirit? Mp5 always regenerates even while casting.

[@TheZajic23]

i wish we got those sick totem models

[@ukjamie96]

What would be interesting is a video on the Classes when the game first came out. Molten core would have been an entirely different experience if we had the original release Classes. Classes were significantly stronger in the 1.12 version of the game, I forget the changes because it's been 7 years at this point since I last looked into it. But there are some big differences from what I remember. There used to be a talent calculater somewhere with the 1.0 game talents but I cannot find it.

[@Raxerm]

These are just D&D spells and feats very roughly hewn to fit in a real-time game. Very interesting to see.

6:58 Could be a lack of PvP duration of CC such as sheep at the time. It could be simply an oversight, the duration of banish in this version is close to the PvE duration of sheep.

[@No-Me3]

I swear, every WoW youtuber got together and said "Lets to Alpha vids!" It's been so beaten to death.

[@eyevou]

these things go in cycles.

[@ditonejt3250]

Most of this things u can see on all vanila + private servers but balanced in a good way :)

[@RosylaStreamingNetwork]

Didn't in Alpha the Paladin's Exorcism used to work on the Undead Race, so they had to remove the Undead designation from them to keep it from affecting them?

[@atpwolf5590]

Shamans reincarnation used to break all their gear in exchange for rezzing with it xD

[@TOXINZ2]

I’d definitely watch more videos of alpha… heck I’d be down if Blizz launched an Alpha version of the game just for leveling since raids weren’t fully developed at that time… or they could figure out a way to shoe horn them in. Either way I’d be down to just try it out, I think it would be AWESOME to explore and play casually when I’m not hardcore speedrun raiding in Cata Classic.

[@dosbilliam]

Surprised he didn't mention the Mage Lockpick spell that got tossed out and hasn't come back...probably since lockboxes are functionally irrelevant in retail now and Blacksmiths exist in Cata. :P

[@prodbywifi]

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[@sampel3660]

Something that drives me insane is that warlocks used to had a 2 point talent in demo tree that reduced cast time on stones by 50% and mana cost. That is huge if you are a smart lock and trade stones to 3/4 of the raid and SS on cd. Considering warlock talent trees were the less changing in whole vanilla, the fact they removed that huge QoL talent for buffing useless firestone its nuts.

[@99Pierogies]

Imagine being excited by such a garbage talent because vanilla is trash at actual balance

[@sampel3660]

How would you balance wlock stones

[@koma9063]

Thunderclap have more sense now. Some ability are added in vanilla + private server Turtle WoW like rogue disguise and paladin have crusader strike and can tank (its not joke).

[@shjelde660]

Ahh 0:05 Tel'abim., i see you too are a fan of Turtle wow ;D

[@ftur.4139]

How did you come to that conclusion? Has nothing to do with Turtle WoW.

[@eyevou]

That's just the name of the Alpha Project's GM testing server. lol

[@Jerrec]

True but not also. I was there. They nerved the Paladin into the gournd with 1.0. It was fun with 0.9. Holy Strike, Crusader Strike, Exorcism in PvP, they rocked.

[@Sypz2552]

i really enjoy these kind of videos. i started playing in late wotlk back then and never experienced vanilla oder tbc. so this is pretty cool :3

[@benfitzsimmons4137]

as hilarious as it is, isnt the fact that the totem itself is visible enough to make the effect useless?

[@colin9231]

Alpha fresh when?

[@peonmyhall]

Hmm no rogues or hunters? Do I get this version of classic with my normal sub?

[@lukashrabovsky3516]

Wow was back then great and we were bad. Low limitation and lot of fun. Then came the regulations. Seems like real life.

[@StretfordEndGaz]

Invisibility totem talk about a GTFO for dungeon wipes, would be a godsend in HC dungeons, bad pull drop totem

[@QuickSceneClips]

9:13 that would have been the best thing ever for the rogue class why in their right minds would they drop that? I'd have so much fun with that. OOO wow yeah we got useless ass LP witch people almost never use even on p servers. LPing in wow is one of the biggest time wasters ever this would have been something so much cooler.

[@Chris_Knight7]

I would love to play the alpha 😂

[@eyevou]

look up the alpha project. you can play the alpha.

[@lucaschebance3135]

They could keep these damage spells for make them bettter

[@BasedGodGotenks]

Wish they’d do another SOM. And world buffs should just be an auto buff before a raid making them optional and you wouldn’t spend your whole day waiting on drops and booning.

[@mandurrudnam7632]

3:19 no, thats actually just vanilla curse of tongues

[@braindamage7128]

Best wow channel

[@ciprianhosu385]

Man rogue disguises seemed like such an awesome idea. Really wish that had been kept in.

[@Apemania69]

funfact, rogues can disguise in turtle wow :)

[@MultiMonx]

and mages pick locks, which isn't mentioned here...

[@mikesmith7496]

inspired by madseason?

[@General12th]

Hi Will!

[@screweyedfoe]

Think Paladins or if Priest had Shackle Undead? the horde Scourge race. Kinda special.

[@mcfarvo]

The vanilla WoW F&F alpha is more interesting to me than Cata or TWW lol

[@thebearisradd]

A few abilities & archaic class design are more interesting then a pretty well done expansion (thus far)? I get that it’s interesting but man…that’s pretty sad if you believe that. I don’t even currently play wow and I can even tell you that’s just classic Andy speak right there. 😂

[@first001]

Who cares

[@FakoBreizh]

I know this is gonna sound blunt, but man, I wish you talked in a different way. I am genuinely annoyed by your tone, and I truly with I wasn’t cause I LOVE your videos. But it got to a point where I just can’t watch them 😕 Sorry for that comment

[@FF3LockeZ]

Why is the game footage stretched horizontally for the whole video? How incompetent do you have to be at recording and making videos to do that?

[@keithb6344]

Yeah I don’t know why he wasn’t running the alpha client from 20 years ago in 4k Ultrawide.

[@gato1924wow]

diddy

[@godlygamer911]

... you one of the kids he went after? Or just a stunted adult?

[@gato1924wow]

@@godlygamer911bro felt siggy wiggy when he dropped that one 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

[@benyed1636]

@@gato1924wow Fascinating

[@HolloWPowaR]

so youre telling me, that retri paladins could have been OK but they got nerfed too hard?! T.T very interesting video ty for sharing so much info

[@SonyaSturchio]

Your videos are always so vivid and heartfelt. Thank you for your creativity and ability to capture the attention of your viewers!🍂🦏💄

[@daniellarson2847]

You watched it in 1 minute? It's a 19 minute video 😂

[@FecalMatador]

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