THEY ADDED THEIR OWN "BARD" SPEC! | Conquest of Azeroth CLOSED ALPHA | Guardian 1-50

Mcdoubles back again with a brand new video and today we're going to take a look at the Guardian class on Project Ascension's Conquest of Azeroth server!
This class features three talent trees including the Vanguard, Inspiration, and Gladiator specs and in this video we'll take a first look at all three of them, play all of them, and give our first impression take on the class as a whole!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00-0:24 - Intro
0:25-2:59 - What is a Guardian?
3:00-22:00 - Exploring the Gladiator 2H spec!
22:01-28:38 - Exploring the Gladiator Sword/Shield spec!
28:39-40:09 - Exploring the Vanguard tank spec!
40:10-52:25 - Exploring the Inspiration support spec!
52:26-53:26 - Giveaway and Final Thoughts
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[@MegaMalfurion]

I assumed Guardian was just a standard tank class... I was very wrong... it has tons of depth and many playstyles

[@basedbarackobama]

A lot of fault in that is the naming of the class. It isnt really a guardian so much as a soldier, warrior, or knight class.

[@jesusmloralopez1970]

True, guardian can be the tank spec. A better name can be Warmaster or Warlord

[@Hilvarious]

I think they should add class quests from the class trainers, I think that would be great and add some depth

[@cpfuzzy]

CoA just keeps getting better and better! - Cpfuzzy

[@Mcdoubles]

true!

[@somerandy3062]

Would be so much better if they made it up to play for everyone without a paywall, sometimes there are just lack of players for dungeon content.

[@Tribaleyes]

​@@somerandy3062 To my knowledge, that's going to be the final product. See, the thing is - MOST games in 'Closed Alpha', you'd have NO way of getting ahold of. Many of them, you can pay for access; but with CoA - You can both pay with your currency or you could go ingame on the Seasonal Realms and buy access with gold (Which is how I did it; and farmed out a pass for two of my friends too). Of course, that doesn't solve the lack of players for PvP / Dungeons; but that's not strictly the purpose of this phase of testing, so that's okay.

[@iiRaWDaWG]

@@Tribaleyessheesh you’re a simp for your friends dawg

[@nucion6421]

​@@Tribaleyeshow did you farm the gold for the passes? Im nee to league 4 and actually started playing it try and get a coa pass lol

[@KommisarFuklaw]

I love support specs- the closest we got in retail I think was the totem twisting enhancement shamans in classic wow. Agree it is hard to quantify how much damage you're adding to a party. But certainly everyone enjoys being in that melee group with windfury totem and other stat totems to REALLY max out possible dps. :)

[@MrPhantomPC]

If you played HotW/NS druid you could use the same spec to off tank The Prophet Skeram then swap gear and heal Triple Bugs, it was probably my personal peak WoW enjoyment. You felt like a true Swiss Army knife.

[@KommisarFuklaw]

@@MrPhantomPC Oh yeahh, builds like that are so different and fun

[@Tallestdwarf]

There's literally a support spec being released tomorrow

[@KommisarFuklaw]

@@Tallestdwarf literally cool

[@tremayne4351]

The depth of all these new classes is unbelievable!!! Freaking love your videos on these man! Give us more!! -Palengrey

[@sepsucks]

The retaliation flavor of the tank spec seems really awesome and something I've wanted ever since mashing Revenge back in OG WotLK on Prot War -Chucks

[@rpgbouncer9961]

This is exactly my type of class. I've always loved the support style character. I played an Alchemist in RO, a shaman in vanilla WoW, and tons of support style roles in various other MMOs. -Sefiroth

[@m3diocre_dave]

Great vid McD's! I enjoy hearing your take on things and then seeing the devs actually implement those changes. Keep it up bud! - Khango

[@ben13254]

I am loving these CoA videos. I have only recently started playing Ascension, but I have learnt quite a bit from your videos. Good Job - Darthdraft

[@tharran7627]

Been loving the COA content! Greetings from Belgium :)

[@Mcdoubles]

[@jacobbonesteel8061]

Great video again! Looking forward to the next! -Arcanos

[@Lalaafastroli]

I absolutely love the idea off a sword and board dps. I always loved swords with a shield in games.

[@MrBCWalker01]

Glad to see them doing something with long-established concepts. This ought to be fun. (Corinth)

[@synmad3638]

youve been doing an awesome job covering CoA thank you man

[@idryal123]

Love thus vids, Thanks ! 😁 - Pemburu

[@iblisellis7114]

Loving the Support roles Ascension's adding.

[@user-cx1fh1pe6z]

Really interesting class - kinda got retail monk vibes from it with weaving together certain abilities, passive healing from melee attacks and all that. I think this i is a good example of how sth can be relatively simple but still very flavourful and fun. Also, with tri-spec, it seems like a very solid "starter class" that let's you get into the game and explore different roles and playstyles quite easily. Well done!

[@somerandy3062]

Hell ya brother, looking forward to watching!

[@tobiasviby]

BARD?! I'm already interested. I like how they used shouts and banners, feels really flavorful! - Campfire

[@braidenbannister3877]

You're an absolute legend brother keep up the good work. - Ranteronne

[@screw9843]

loving all these classes so far! -naildanger

[@ALUCARD3]

Great vid! -Takashi

[@z4262]

Definitely agree with the thought that gear should not be so easily obtained via the satchels. It would make professions that much more important as well.

[@GriffinAmongOceans]

I'm excited we also get a bard class Tuesday on dragonflight

[@MathMixzi]

Yeeeet! new video! much love! - Myks

[@Mcdoubles]

🙌

[@tandridm6798]

13:40 ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED, ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED. IS THIS NOT WHY YOU ARE HERE-maximus

[@waffl3757]

Keep up the great vids bud - Xuma

[@camilosilva2648]

love the direction COA is taking, rlly good vid bro! -Eluneth

[@AvatarOfPerdition]

Been waiting for Guardian! I disagree with those saying they don’t want you to dwell on the talent trees and abilities early, gives us insight into and the ability to form our own theoretical builds. Skaxx on League 4!

[@nucion6421]

Loving theses classes cant wait for it to come out! -Nucion

[@StormLord94]

Commenting for my boy. Keep it up!

[@dreamk33per56]

The tank sec reminds me a bit of the Relentless legendary RE. -Kekla

[@user-uo6mx8rj6x]

Great video as always! -Corpsestarch

[@ycalahdore7186]

Well i was really looking forward playing a Sun Cleric, but the Guardian looks really tempting too! I'm really glad they're looking at adding a bard with their own twist! -Yc

[@Usernameisnotvalid]

Loving the CoA content keep it up! -Tinycold

[@jesusmloralopez1970]

I like the idea of 63 ways to play. It's hard to balance but always there gona be a class who somebody like to play

[@russeljackson7633]

Interesting idea, much more to it then I thought. I assumed it was just a straight tanking class. --Marr

[@texhenning9603]

These CoA classes remind me of all the spirits in Spirit Island. Hope they make a support class that transitions to massive damage if the fight is long enough, Like serpent Slumbering

[@kalebaoki5751]

a spec with shield attack skills looks so fun to play - Kyoranki

[@briciusd.8478]

Gladiators are the best as far as Im concerned. The whole idea of Sword and Board dps gives me Legend of Zelda vibes, and the idea of being a showman while fighting just sounds fun. You see in a lot of moves how they turn fight scenes into something a little comedic or SUPER impactful to troop morale depending on how its executed like in the Warcraft movie when there is a Mok'garah between Guldan and the other guy, or in retail the fight between Sylvanus and Saurfang. I wish there was more specs like them.

[@HyperCarrot]

loving the addition of support specs in CoA, always my favourite role in MMOs :) - Ei

[@mono_vt]

33:03 Don't worry, the sarcasm wasn't lost LMAO But yeah this class is very attractive to me. I was sad when Blizz decided Gladiator Stance wasn't worth the effort so this is yet another way to do it. I agree that it seems like AoE seems pretty sparse. And more warrior-themed stuff is always nice to see. Interesting with the support spec, I was a "support" warrior healer in Rift, and I loved that and would absolutely do it again.

[@lullalalla8891]

Support specs are always refreshing. - Lewis

[@eugeneshorts111]

been watchin all ur coa vids keep it up - Oregonreaper

[@AndreyzDK]

even if it's hard or even impossible to asses a support's class contribution to a party via combat log or damage meter, if the buffs they provide are good enough, they will always be in demand - Andreea

[@soulreaper8883]

Great video as always my dude. Would be cool if they rename insperation to warrior poet really. It ticks all the boxes for that name and you dont see it used often. Personally id love to see you do xoroth again, but mostly wana see witch hunter and cultist changes atm. Keep up the great work man!

[@Redmike56]

Line breaker is also an aoe ability in the class tree

[@joaoneuba2254]

Guardian looks fun, I'd play that - Sathalor

[@rarristar]

Inspiration was really interesting. On the idea of supporting multiple playstyles, it could be that the talents that support a specific style is further down the tree. Another way could be like Frost Death Knights choosing between DW or 2H. But it might not work as well between Shield and 2H. (I also feel like blood healing seems more like a necromancer thing to me, maybe not CoA necro) - Oak

[@dagothex]

YES! 😮😊

[@brimstonefootsteps4332]

Good point on the 63 possible specs. This will probably be in alpha quite a bit until they can work on each spec. Great start! ign Otep

[@unholy3498]

Long video format is great. More COA and giveaways please :) -Kruhl

[@TheExplosiveChipmonk]

Really hope a spec a spec is Warden themed, cool lore and theme. Ghoulette

[@xthefergx3675]

THUNDER WOOD! xD - Bohica

[@brettrice2938]

I can't wait to see more. -HolyGhiti

[@CoffeeBeerHeals]

Not to mention another video in this one, but you did bring it up in this one. I think the bloodmage healer for SoA is very doable and they should not just scrap the idea of healer, they just did it very poorly. Retail wow has spells that work on friendly or enemy targets(Penance and Living Flame come to mind) and I think this is where blood mage healing comes to life. I think Dark Liturgy could/should be reworked or replaced with a spell that would target friendly or ally, healing a friendly drains caster hp and adds a ramping effect where it drains you more and heals your target more on repeat casts, and on enemies it could do the same. Play around the concept of taking your hp away to give your allys hp and self healing by damaging enemies. The biggest flaw with this that I could see would be self healing when there are no targets, but they can still very easily just add a basic heal over time. Which I think should still work similarly to the previous spell where you can hot friendlies and dot enemies but the hot doesn't have to take hp from you and the dot can still drain hp for you. I just think they built that spec poorly so far but thematically its there and in game I don't think you can let a ranged dps just sustain like that for balance reasons.

[@helion8240]

Gladiator shield spec seems nice. I like classes that use shield offensivly. - Helion

[@0nel0vepplgetready]

I love Gladiator !

[@CIAdrian391]

In regards to the multiple play styles in a single spec Adding a few choice nodes could solve this issue just like in Retail

[@Kronosxviii1]

12:50 remember that when the orb you're carrying stacks up to max stacks you deal and take like 300% increased damage of some large percentage, so that's probably why you're 2 shotting people that are near your level.

[@ghostpepper3743]

I would love for you to do suncleric. I am playing the melee dps and its tons of fun. I get this awesome charge ability.

[@ignacioperez5479]

LOL. the tinker called himself god hates me XD

[@0nel0vepplgetready]

Gladiator with a shield though :)

[@n.k.4883]

nice i was ion the video dh first ini :)

[@skeeter6611]

Seems interesting... Got to admit I'm a sucker for a huge 2H - Poggerchad

[@magicsucks69]

Abbiefalls - Archimonde

[@leonardocalegario6025]

xD Love You - Im not mcdoubles but i'm here... kurosan ^^

[@Kenearu]

Really like those sword and board archetype hoping for a damage/support for this type, dont know all the classes yet xD -Olexy

[@me-ie7ct]

Starcaller look really good in CoA

[@SocrDudeTTU]

A Bard spec, yes please! I always try out any bard spec in games that have them. It looks like a ton of fun in CoA. - Luminance

[@Arknian]

Nice. - Arknian

[@luciencartervo5356]

Honestly, I cannot wait to see how raiding on COA is gonna look.

[@jakepowell507]

The primalist looks hella fun from what people been saying, cant wait to play it myself- In game name Trolltoes

[@fitnerdy90]

Inspiration spec - oh cool we can dual wield as a bard! Class tree- lol you get no support for dual wield, how about some shield talents tho!

[@bamboebahr2470]

Inspiration looks really fun to play, but kind of complicated. I just hope the payoff for it is worth the learning curve. ~ Auta

[@PaperJedi]

I'm curious as to what they are going to do with the support tag and if they are going to incorporate it into dungeon queses

[@IGanjaI]

All the recent CoA Coverage by you makes me want to buy access, but then I look at how much cash I have in game and then cry. Can't wait till it's out for everyone.

[@ZargorrOG]

They should just make you gain more abilities when you level up, that way the talent tree doesn't need to have 20 actives for every spec - Zargorr

[@ForYouUnknown]

Seeing these new classes just makes me wish blizzard would remake wow from scratch and introduce new classes but keep the old zones but just update them all, wows too busy atm with the sheer size of the place

[@SoftWine69]

Pass that CoA - Caleth

[@Redmike56]

I’ve been playing shield spec Gladiator it feels a bit janky and energy starved sometimes but it hits hard

[@aridale]

Ive been playing it as purely support... not even attacking cause dps is basically non existent and just keeping Feats up on the tank and Banner/Ballad/Song/Speech on cool down and its been really fun. The Ballads don't stack btw. They overwrite each other

[@BloodyN1nja]

I can't wait til CoA comes out tbh

[@potatopotato1353]

I'm still suprised, how they managed maked 63 specs. But also curious how they solve issue with tier sets or something.

[@ivantrantin7119]

nice video I love the CoA content keep it up ! - ign Poh

[@PrivateBattery]

I really wish there was a super beginner's guide to ascension for people like me who have never played wow but want to play ascension. I have been trying to play but I am confused about everything even with ascension guides.

[@0nel0vepplgetready]

PVP Shields would be cool

[@jimmybamboo6892]

Guardian... not my cup of tea. But always love the Bard/Commander archetype being represented. More people to buff my Reaper - Pandragon

[@amesajr2]

Just have it so that there are 2 choices of nodes. One for shields and one for 2handed weapons on a node like in dragonflight.

[@Creature8087]

The only good thing about Warlords of Draenor was the Gladiator spec Warrior. Shit was so fun, and op.

[@jasonsaez3668]

Loving the variety of play styles for the new COA classes! Guardian is very different from what I expected! IGN - Frostheim

[@blueatomsk]

You read defensive pose, use that to cleave.

[@Mcdoubles]

Turns out it's bugged and changes you to offensive pose on level up, so I didn't even notice it switched me out of defensive pose, making the guardian tanking way less enjoyable. Luckily when I played inspiration in this video we encountered a big dog tank who got it going

[@darins21]

I believe that the bloat caused by on-use talents in the talent trees is excessively high. In my opinion, a more effective approach would be to limit the total number of such talents to six, between both the specialization tree and the class tree. To maintain simplicity and streamline the system, a majority of talents should be passive buffs or abilities that enhance existing skills.

[@xeronylloyd21]

Gladiator with 2 Handed is really fun. 35 right now, owming in PvP, might dare to say needs a nerf. The problem with 2H Glad is that you are very limited where to put your points, even have to put into something you won’t even need just to advance.

[@lamMeTV]

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[@etainebless5056]

I wonder how far we are from a release... Etainebless

[@SaleSale100]

You dont want journey, you want weekend.

[@richarddugger303]

Within 4 hours it’s over 500 likes. You might as well plan on doing all 21 classes my friend. -Ryc

[@maniacal1870]

Inspiration and Ancestry Barbarians are my two favorite class specs so far. I LOVE a good support role. Interestingly when I run Inspiration, I never dps. All I do is buff / regen / heal.

[@Freestyla1]

Any more videos for turtle wow ? Maybe a revisit and update?