My 15 years in WoW.... They're gone.

[@The_Owl_Hermit]

The beginning is so sad. It's like watching a demented elder being moved to a new home where there are people to take care of them 😢

[@vashe9]

imagine all this in 30 years when asmonbald will really become old and bald xD

[@eggbreath9631]

@@vashe9You mean balder

[@SoulPotion]

@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly Yeah, this is why Classic Hardcore is the new thing

[@zasu1488]

Lol

[@jimmyt7317]

lmfao

[@KingJerbear]

This is like the feeling you get when you spend months downloading mods for Skyrim and finally brick your save file.

[@jakekuznetsov8870]

fuck bethesda, i have been trying to get around to modding skyrim again, but just don't have the heart to spend 100 hours only for another update to ruin it all

[@suineg1]

The question that we all asked ourselves: Do I want to test all the mods I want one by one for many ours to be completely sure there's no crash or do I YOLO drop them all in hoping the game won't brick 20 hours later.

[@woodchuck83]

@@suineg1 we definitely yolo that shit hahaha

[@ipman3249]

@@suineg1 I have 200 plus mods jerry-rigged like a mechanic using only ducktape... works 60 per cent of the time, every time.

[@suineg1]

@@ipman3249 😆👍

[@cherrypez26]

This video is the exact reason I went as basic as possible for my addons. I hated spending an entire day to fix my ui after a patch. I feel your pain.

[@ekuda]

@@ItsYent How about no addons at all

[@zacharyhenson5376]

Yea I don’t use them either

[@stevensparks19]

@@undeadpriest best decision I ever made was to get my Elvui how I wanted it and then export the string to a notepad doc on my computer. Took a 5 year break, imported my UI when I came back from that string and it was up and running in maybe 5 minutes.

[@turntsnaco824]

​@@ekuda lol are you really being an elitist about not using WoW addons? Blizzard isnt the be all and end all of design. There are some incredible addons literally created by PLAYERS just like me, you, and Asmon, who saw a design opportunity that Blizzard didn't, that improved the gameplay experience for thousands, in some cases tens or even hundreds of thousands of players. Blizzard even later incorporated aspects of addons into their own patches and expansions. To renounce all addons would be to renounce any and all innovation to the UI and Gameplay over the years. But hey, I guess even the Dark Ages had its fans. 🤷 Don't get me wrong, I wasn't so reliant on them I'd use them to COMPLETELY modify the game into something different, but as a Shaman there were definitely a few things I found incredibly useful, like totem bars & timers. Sure, I think too many addons can take away from the actual game, but to act like using any makes you somehow a lesser player than someone who doesn't is just ridiculous.

[@llwyd564]

@@turntsnaco824 Bruh, he said "how about no addons at all" lmao. If you want to interpret that as elitist that's on you.

[@Obi1CanBloMi]

His friend coming up to him and asking if he was okay and saying it was a fixable issue and it was going to be okay was very wholesome, that’s usually the best and only way to help someone on the spectrum through a difficult change.

[@RabbitConfirmed]

awe, yep

[@blanket7031]

He has never been diagnosed. It's very rude to just imply he's autistic

[@rubixcubesolve]

@@blanket7031bro common it’s obvious

[@REXae86]

@@rubixcubesolveif that’s the case, i may be as well.

[@wooopwoop]

@@REXae86 probably

[@nadadisson]

Take a shot everytime Asmon says "back in sunwell"

[@CatsBtrippin]

I’m drunk as shit! 😭

[@celticfox]

Whenever I get the itch to play WoW again I sometimes will tune in to Asmon and see what he's been up to and I gotta say I felt this in my soul lmao

[@chrisgreenwood8188]

Same. Then I log in and my screen looks like asmons and I say nope

[@eibbor171]

@@chrisgreenwood8188 lol same here i log on then its like "oh yea thats why i quit"

[@dexmantis8145]

​@@Monsux just don't play it non stop wtf lmao

[@droiid6547]

​@@eibbor171 thats why I started gw2

[@ripple123]

@@BrodyCanuck exactly, when uninstalling wow, it doesn’t even delete your addons, you have to manually delete it

[@ProAutist101]

If you dont suffer from Autism you do a stunning job at portraying us. Love you Asmon.

[@orkob6879]

HAAHAHAAHAHA

[@korketre]

He has mentioned several times that he is probably on the spectrum but he never got diagnosed

[@lordkamper]

He doesn't suffer from it, he seems to enjoy it most of the times.

[@Calx9]

This is the most normal thing I've ever seen someone go through. This is the opposite of autism. This is what it's like to be human.

[@acension7437]

@@Calx9 Being angered or extremely resistant to change CAN be a symptom of autism doesn't mean it definitively is. I'd say normal would spend 2 minutes going " oh there was a change" and moving on. Asmon made a 30 minute video on it. That's not normal, and there is nothing wrong with either response imo.

[@javiermejias6184]

what is crazy to me is the amount of addons he has installed and still his UI looks vanilla as fuck

[@proteincannon]

He was complaining about addons... that help control other addons. That has got to be the most convoluted nonsense system. Addons in WoW need to be completely reset. It's gotten just as bloated as the actual game lol.

[@usernaames]

As it should.

[@kbsskb788]

@@Ixxlostinabox Well, they are listening now and all people do still is complaining. What a great motivation for them :D

[@JTheraos]

If all your spells are in a big block at the bottom of your screen, it's as far from vanilla as it gets. Vanilla is max 2 long action bars sitting on top of one long action bar surrounded by eagles, and 2 action bars along the right of your screen if you wish. Anything else isn't vanilla lol

[@stephanseidl7625]

I love how most of the time ppl complaining about addons have an addon for literally everything. Since wotlk i mostly have dbm and a dmg meter thats it. Login and play ez

[@OneFiveYankee]

You could tell that “I just want to quit the game” was so real. Poor guy just can’t let it go.

[@arclightphoenix915]

a drug

[@suminshizzles6951]

@@arclightphoenix915 That and google ad money. He is filthy rich and just cant get enough now. Addictd to "fame" and "gold". IRL gold.

[@nuclearpugg]

Did he get his stuff back because there is no reason the developers can't recompense a 10 year players stuff back when they already knew exactly what he had

[@lovebus00]

@@nuclearpugg He is just raging that the new patch broke his mods. Most of them not even broken, just reset settings.

[@Scout-Fanfiction]

Being visually impaired, these addons are essential for me to be able to play the game and enjoy it to a comparable level as someone without vision loss. Having issues with addons (even minute visual changes, having to update/reconfig after a new parch) is thoroughly frustrating. My heart is with Asmon's sensibilities on this. "I just wanna play the way I did days earlier. "

[@ctrlsoul]

You know retail is dead when there’s no one following asmon in the game

[@yellowdoritos]

Woah, you're right. I've legit never seen him run around for longer than 5 minutes without at least one person following him.

[@FrazzaJ2000]

Actually so true, I didn't even think about that. I'm one of his old viewers who used to play pre-shadowlands and never touched it again...sad

[@Uncle-Ruckus.]

Says the classic andy with like 1 high pop server filled with mostly bots, retail is rent free bcz ur sick of doing 1 raid for the next year on classic 🤣

[@Angelicpale]

Sometimes i wish back but this game is not fun if you don't play it with your friends, and tbh most people now is too obsessed with games like overwatch 😢 RIP WOW 💔

[@sadfasdfasdfasdfasdf16]

Because everyone who plays retail are in the new zone right now. Why would anyone waste there time on this old man yelling at clouds because there is no silver dragon or some shit lmao. I'm 35 btw so older than Asmon or the same age. And throught my time playing wow I've learned to back up my UI before any major update. Takes like 5 seconds. I got no idea why he's not doing that if his precious Ui is so important to him.

[@marcoscoelho176]

this is just like when bethesda decides to update skyrim and break your 400+ modlist

[@DarkThagan]

Every day with CC lol

[@ChaosSandwich]

Yeah, like when i wanted to play again and the auto update to anniversary edition fucked everything lol

[@LinoOliveira92]

I got Skyrim aniversary and voila it came broken out of the box. Game breaking quest bug early had to Google for a solution and use the dev console.

[@Nskyline2005]

this aged like fallout 4

[@Higgs3]

You can hear the sadness mixed with the rage in his voice

[@benmoffatt5151]

This is actually sad, he spent 15 years tuning those settings to exactly how he wanted them, now they’re all gone

[@Jmod8]

I can sort of relate to this. In SWTOR I had my interface setup perfectly, after years of fine tuning it, and then I came back one day and all my UI settings had completely vanished. It was a bit frustrating as I won't ever get it perfectly back to what it was before, considering I borrowed a save of the UI from an online site. It's just a pain in the ass to set it up all again, that it really destroyed my desire to give the game another chance.

[@jaimiepatelguitar]

Totally feel that, this happens every time to me when they push a UI update (there’s been a lot in the last 2 years like persistent map overlay, etc). It’s two text files that get created when you back up UI and keybinds - incase something happens, throw them in your google drive or whatever and keep them handy if you’re still playing! Best of luck

[@TraysonMartin]

I feel that. Fuck that update where they give you a giant area map taking up most the screen instead of the old circle minimap. Now anytime I create a new toon or log into an existing one I have to go into Interface Editor, disable the eyesore map, and re-enable the tiny corner map.

[@GGtheRealest]

This is my current fucking pain. I reinstalled the game and I'm deciding whether or not to just delete the fuckin game again. UI is all fucked up. Menus are all fucked up. I don't know where the fk anything is, I'm missing abilities I used to have, my bars are fucked up, I can't figure out how to change my gear colors anymore and so much shit is just wrong now. God damnit.

[@Jmod8]

@@GGtheRealest They may have just straight up gotten rid of the ability. They keep dumbing down the game when it comes to classes, and it's kinda sad. Or they unassigned it and you just have to reselect what combat skill to choose.

[@Lucifronz]

Yeah it seems to be stored locally. I specifically have a problem with SWTOR because the moment I changed computers I had to do all that shit over again and I was not happy. I think I just half-assed it at that point and then copied and pasted it onto all my old characters. I always check that first when starting a brand new character so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

[@decaygrim8943]

This happened to me once. I spent the entire weekend trying to get it back to original but I ended up with a slightly different UI 😂😂 I feel your pain Asmon.

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

And ever so often greets the Meme _" Who wants to destroy WoW? "_

[@vukkulvar9769]

At least Asmon can look at past videos to see how his UI was, something most players can't do.

[@NNggBB]

just use elvui and save the profile and done you always have it

[@Caligulove]

@@NNggBB True, but I did that for years and even imported my profile onto a new PC and used it for a while. Then, Dragonflight released and and ElvUI broke. I thought "meh whatever give it a bit of time". Updated. Still boolean errors. Posted on their discord. They were like "wtf that is old". Had me try some things. Then confirmed I had to build my UI again. Glad I had a friggin screenshot. I use Shadow & Light for the extra options in ElvUI too. Same UI since Cata, gone. Oof.

[@Scalam1]

@@Caligulove the fact any of you never backed up your WTF folder is amazing. Just update the backup anytime you make a major change and it saves you so much effort

[@chrysola9513]

This is the moment he realized it's not worth the effort anymore.

[@personatthebay]

If it truly is the end of his wow career ill name my first son after him

[@zachary2072]

@@personatthebay you weebs are weird

[@demetter7936]

Not really, he plays a character on stream by acting overly angry at stuff. He probably deleted his addon folder on purpose for content since he knows that isn't required to reinstall the game. When you've watched him for a while you realize when he's being sincere and when he's acting for content.

[@Straddllw]

He is no longer a summer child

[@HansWurst1569]

@@personatthebaywill you name him zach or asmongold

[@ArkBenji]

Asmon is like a vintage vinyl record, never skipping a beat, but forever resistant to remixing his tune.

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

​@@mercster "What does that have to do with--" "No no, he's got a point."

[@badadvice787]

Apparently you haven’t used very many old vintage records. Ever heard of the phrase like a broken record?

[@charlesdobronxcharlesdobro4660]

Asmongold we don’t care

[@demrickwable]

​@charles do bronx charles do bronx!! Obviously you do if you replied....🤷🏻

[@middlesiderrider]

Wut

[@BaxBoogey22]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry watching this video. It's definitely making me reflect on the time I spend playing games and whether it's worth it or not.

[@Wernershnitzl]

This was me playing Destiny 2 up until about last year. Same realization. I'm better without it tbh

[@windbrush]

It's definitely worth it to reflect, as maybe you'll realize that you didn't need games in your life (or at least as much time spent on them). However, I wouldn't think too terribly hard about it, either. As the saying goes, the time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. In my case, I have 310 days worth of playtime on my main FFXIV character. If my account were to be deleted and I lost absolutely everything with no way to get it back, I would be understandably upset. Yet, at the same time, I wouldn't regret having spent that time. All of that playtime would be filled with memories and I still would have the friends I made along the way. The same principle goes for all the other games I play as well. All of the games with phenomenal narratives that I've played will stick with me for the rest of my life, and with other games that I spend lots of time on I can appreciate the artistic endeavors that went into its creation.

[@a_loyal_kiwi88]

It's not worth it, and it is. I wasted a lot of my youth playing video games or watching TV or whatever, and still do to a degree. And when i think back on the stuff i "missed out" on, i come to the realisation that i didn't really miss out on anything. I had no friends to go out and hang with, none of my family wanted to hang out with me, no hunting or camping trips or whatever, and i was too young to do most stuff by myself. So really there was nothing to miss out on since there was no opportunity for that stuff to happen in the first place. At least watching TV and playing video games with subtitles introduced me to a large amount of words and increased my vocabulary. Among other things.

[@BannerVance]

@@urff1322 osrs is a bigger waste of time than wow trash game

[@Polygon.Window]

if you think about it like that, then basically nothing you do in life matters because it is 90% possible that at some point you're gonna move on from that and never do it again, people hate to just live in the present without thinking about what they did or what they will do

[@Tribull9]

This was sad af and just kept getting worse. I feel for you bro. I quit WoW a few years ago and I can say, my mental/emotional has only gotten better playing other games.

[@SomeNoobWithCE]

As a person who has been in WoW for as long as you I feel your pain. When you use add-ons for so long and they stop working you get to a point where you don't know how to work without them. I feel your pain, I'm 48 and I really do feel your pain.

[@aliveagain]

@@Zer0Spinn I feel this. Lost all my settings, plugins, samples . It was like I just went through a break up and lost a part of me. And the thought of having to re-configure everything is like.. fuck that. Just the way I feel about starting over with someone else lmao. 'whats ur favourite colour'

[@otiyz]

Even if you somehow get it to work and set it up again its still not the same. Cause you look at it and you know there are missing things but you can't say what it is that uncomfortable feelings is really annoyning.

[@zeke4994]

That’s why I ended up forcing myself to a minimum amount of addons. Taking long breaks from the game to come back and have to reset up my UI, weak auras, etc was annoying. Quitting permanently helped fix it permanently.

[@inderiun]

I'm someone who has never used Addons for bars/bags etc etc And I still feel the same way. I have used the Default UI sense day 1. Only real change I make is moving portraits. I spent hours trying to make the Default UI again with the new system but its just not possible.

[@GamingPiper]

Just fix them yourself if they are no longer being developed. You got the sources right there. Be self reliant and fix the damn issue instead of moaning because some internet stranger no longer does it for you for free...

[@jacobruiter592]

I was a 3 addon type of guy. Too many addons is going to be a bad time. This is why I appreciate a well made and simplistic MMO UI

[@Mattchu44]

Well made UIs are very under appreciated

[@nightmarecrazy23]

This is like a mechanic having a toolset that he has relied on for years to do his job walking into his shop one day and having his tools being replaced by dinky or ‘better’ items that actually make his job harder because he has to learn how those new pieces can fit into his needs for the tasks that he has to encounter.

[@Xainfinen]

Yep, that had always been my main complain with the way Blizzard handled things. Some of theses changes are way to drastic, that's why I always backup my files, my macros, and addon settings.

[@truthseeking3818]

Imagine ever equating this dweeb attic monster “Asmongold” to a mechanic. No buddy, sorry. Nowhere near an acceptable analogy.

[@Tribalpotato]

Let me guess, never took a single tool in your hand..

[@Liam-ke2hv]

​@@truthseeking3818 🤓

[@toner01]

to be honest bro, every addon breaks on day 1. this has happened forever

[@the_greater-war9025]

I've felt this pain. To have everything that you loved changed and not for the better. The utter anger and rage in your chest as you frantically go through the settings to try to fix it just have it diminish into a bag of anger and sadness when you find out you cant change it back. We personalized all our settings and ui to the way we want it just to have it be torn down without care. And then people go "Get used to it", "I don't see what your talking about", as if im suppose to be okay with spending hours to change everything back, if possible, and force my muscle memory and game knowledge to change on the spot.

[@DragonFlame1090]

100% the people that defend the ui change haven’t been playing this game as long as we have. They act like they are better because they don’t care about the change.

[@fabztau1996]

The issue here is that they haven't just taken retail as far as it can go - they've taken it beyond that. The code is almost 20 years old. If you ever log in to a game, and your screen looks like it does at 00:09 - then you know that the game is fucked. It's too old, too big, and they can't just keep adding shit on to it perpetually. Asmon is totally right - they need to delete the game in its current format and redo the whole thing from the ground up.

[@StriKe_jk]

In FFXIV you can upload your UI settings, Game settings & Charakter settings to their server and download it any time to any PC you need. All with a few clicks build into the game and free of charge. It's 2023 guys

[@Thefrozenarrow]

@@feo130 🤡🤡🤡

[@lucylu3342]

@@feo130 There are WoW players right now saying your same exact comment about aspects of WoW.

[@fluffyfingerz9777]

​@@feo130 dude wow is dead but the players is so addicted to it they can't leave it so they are stuck in a continues agony gg .

[@jaxonfreeman1756]

When you've devoted so many years to something and all of a sudden everything is changed, you feel disrespected. You have a right to be pissed. That being said, it sure was entertaining watching this.

[@fenn__fenn]

That and this game is tied to his mother and all the memories he has with her. I feel for him and it is entertaining but this is how I’ve been reacting since bagnon broke the other day lmao

[@ShaferScott]

Thoughts and prayers for Asmon 🙏

[@ThatBoyBent]

Can't do it for wow. Devs are shit. Players are nothing to them. Don't waist your life playing a shit game

[@dovahthuri]

This is how I felt when Skyrim Anniversary Edition came out and my 600+ mods weren't working properly anymore

[@kiyoku_exe]

i 100% understand what Asmongold is going thru here and agree. Seems like a little thing but when you really care about something the little things matter. i feel for u bro

[@markhiebert4553]

If asmon has regular system restore points he can go to the wow folder or whichever one had the w t f folder and right click for properties and check the previous versions tab. This will allow him to restore old files for that folder.

[@MithDragon]

He mentions in the video that he deleted it I believe.

[@markhiebert4553]

@@MithDragon if that be the case then file explorer and right click the hard drive and you can find the same previous versions tab. Everything just depends on whether the drive with the game/mods has a system restore point.

[@ResurrectionVeklor]

Now he knows how old politicians feel when they hear tiktok.

[@FlameMage2]

I've spent hours tweaking UI, I know the feeling of wanting to get everything perfect how you need it. I've had corruptions before or w/e so I would make damn sure to back up the wtf/interface after that. Anyway you get pretty good at hammering out the behaviors and appearances of what you need. WeakAuras is a whole other layer too. Pain in the ass but so worth when it's up and running smooth. I've had a few raid nights where I've had to say "sit me my UI is all fucked up" and had to quickly troubleshoot things.

[@The_Babe]

tbh I think it's pretty dumb that the game doesn't have a better interface as is and relies so much on the community for add-ons

[@aliveagain]

Now I just barely use any addons. Try to keep it as barebones as possible. Cause fuck that

[@dl88889]

@@The_Babe exactly my thoughts.

[@Meatballtko]

I used to enjoy spending time config addons like that but after trying other games/mmos, I realized how insanely stupid it is that this game relies on so many addons and that every patch just fucks the game up randomly in someway and you just waste time trying to troubleshoot even though it might not even be your fault. Like people like to shit on Lost Ark but I aboslutely love it, I can just open the game and... play?

[@nihzit8185]

@@The_Babe WoW UI is horrible indeed, but on the other side i didn't find another MMORPG during my break that had this much freedom in customization because of the addons.

[@hostilebuffalo]

"i was happy and now i'm not" really hit me

[@zeenukcheolakee5203]

People were saying that it doesn't matter like it wasn't 15 years of his life and one of the things that built his entire career up.

[@treektheneet]

I can't tell you how many games I've had perfectly good mods or add-ons only then to find out a month or even a few years later it's all gone or changed to an unrecognizable extent. 😢

[@essurio]

​@@LocherYTI am 99% sure these were not official addons either. lol

[@apolloeosphoros4345]

How the hell did Asmon go all these years without experiencing the excruciating annoyance of addons on patch day?

[@Reelix]

He didn't - He's raging because rage-based content draws in views.

[@robinpolk5040]

It happening all the time doesn't make it less bad. It makes it worse in fact, as the game wasting your time is a regular occurrence.

[@mykeCA82]

@@robinpolk5040 Then don't use addons if you think they're that much of an inconvenience.

[@ripple123]

asmon probably deleted his addon folder after uninstalling wow

[@robinpolk5040]

@@mykeCA82 The endgame is designed around players using addons. Instead of making 15 mechanics on each fight because you know players will use addons that will make 14 of them irrelevant, just make 3-4 visually obvious mechanics and ban addons. Until blizzard competely changes their design philosophy, addons are required to play the game. That's 100% blizzard fault.

[@MrRenlol]

It's hilarious because when he covered the announcement that they were making these UI changes. He was super happy that some add-ons would be redundent and give new players a better experience to have these tools in vanilla UI. Ah the things we give up to streamline a game.

[@TheBigdan217]

All he does is whine anytime he plays

[@demetter7936]

@@thequestbro I'm not trying to be rude but do you get out a lot? Because when I stopped treating wow like a 9-5 job I realized how awful it was. Dragonflight is just a stripped down Shadowlands with the same renown grinding and mythic spam used to waste your time and keep you subscribed.

[@T3FAT]

They were stupid to remove addon though. But might have been necessary to make the normal first change

[@WybremGaming]

@@thequestbro retail is dead, nobody cares for it or plays it. wow 2 is a must as blizzard has nothing else modern to offer.

[@Undertaker257]

​@@noname-gp6hk just shut down and dont make more wow please

[@littleblueclovers]

As someone completely now to asmongold and wow, I thought the video was going to be about him losing his entire account and I was worried. I’m glad that’s not the case. The pain from the UI change is relatable though.

[@Daggz90]

This is where him and I are EXACTLY the same. I might even get a little bit more upset when this happens to me but after a couple of times now I've decided to copy the WTF folder onto a portable drive I can use on any of my machines to quickly update most addons to my desired settings. Not always flawless but most of them seem to work by doing like that.

[@muscacholi]

Unintentionally one of the funniest Asmon vids in a while

[@jamesonpipes]

So true 🤣

[@Serephiel]

I had to look up the mount's old run animation just to see what he was complaining about. And my god, the new run is SO much better. The old run has him taking fast baby steps that make him look like he's running to the bathroom. Hailstorm Armoredon is the name of the mount if anyone else wanted to look it up.

[@MattBailz]

So it had the same run animation as the kodo mount or whatever it’s called. Definitely the new animation is way better for this mount

[@jcalle2]

The new animation is just reusing the wolf mount animation, which is asymmetric and always bothered me. But yeah the old animation was even worse.

[@superalatreon1]

I actually did look it up and that old animation is hilarious it really does look like it's bunny hopping / taking baby steps to get around

[@influx8450]

Well they have to balance it based on size

[@xPOSSUMx]

id be so happy about that change lmao what is asmon tripping about i get the add on issues but this animation change is not an issue.....

[@SmugHomura]

All your addon settings are stored in the SavedVariables file which is in the WTF folder in your wow map. They are separate from the Interface > Addons folder so that you don't accidently override them when you install addons. Not sure if he still had access to his old drive but you could've literally just copypasted the SavedVariables and all your addon settings would've carried over.

[@ridespirals]

I still have all my settings in my Dropbox (haven't played seriously in like 8 years). I would even symlink them so I don't even have to worry about uploading them when I make changes.

[@wobblysauce]

Still got mine from original… so much so that they worked on classic wow

[@PlantTube.]

I didn't expect to see a Homura pfp in the comment section of an Asmongold video

[@alahatim]

Dude, I feel like this EVERY time I've taken a long break and came back

[@BoomBoomBlitzcrank]

15:20 - 15:30 You can see Asmon’s face change, you can tell he meant what he said but felt that he overdid it with his change in tone. He did 100% mean what he said about that dude was a nobody, but I think that he felt like he may have crossed a line and then started to explain it as if “well what if you’re wrong” versus the dude just flat out being a nobody like the majority of us are lol 😅

[@Trikiran]

I've had this happen to me twice since DF started. I feel your pain.

[@UndefinedVibe]

Quit WoW years ago over similar situations. Felt this at my core. RIP OG UI. o7 And RIP Silver Dragon. o7

[@technospin1]

I was watching Bellular saying you can grind out 389 gear a couple hours ago and how the game is so much better. I stopped playing months ago and have a better ilvl. I just don't have it to play anymore...been playing since 05. Get gear, to be replaced by higher ilvl, legendaries that are replaced by an expac greens a month later..keep grinding to get higher ilvl to get squished and have to hit the same lvl i did years ago with less numbers and higher ilvl...blah blah, content gets more dull, players get more toxic to play with...same shit different day...time to move on...wow is dead, to me.

[@bixusmaleficus]

I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I hope you manage to get it going just the way you like it once again.

[@KarlCuxx]

It's a literal, super intricate, super specific BDSM-setup at this point. Poor guy will never be able to 'get off' again... 7.

[@Jamestron1011]

I feel this is the reason the phrase “Changing things for the sake of Change isn’t good. Change doesn’t always equal progress.” Exists.

[@gungermunggung9299]

The real 15 years were the friends we made along the way

[@choonblaze]

2 friends?

[@paulos9900]

When he found his pet teams were gone I burst.

[@robertk908]

Yeah coming back to wow each time is a struggle. I run minimal addons for this exact reason. Even the 3 to 5 i use give me a headache. It was great. We had fun .. but time moves on an wow is juat part of the past now for me. It was incredible and i wanted to thank you for making it more enjoyable for all of us.

[@cvx5595]

I feel this to a lesser extent. Every time I come back from taking a break, it takes me a few hours to set up everything properly to play. It's honestly ridiculous.

[@jaybberwocky]

I know this feeling. When something like this happens, it just saps your energy and will to even play whatever game it is.

[@BlackPaperMoon18]

"change is bad? Yes its bad! I was happy and now im not" Oldmongold 2023

[@MW-bs1nb]

he is right, there are moments where change is good and there are moments where it isn't and each moment is individual to yourself, if you literally grew up with how it used to be you wanna keep it like it is, because you've optimized your gameplay with it ..and you gotta add up, all these changes bring minimum benefits, so for a really old player that's been adapted to how wow has always been it's more of a loss than a benefit

[@franciscohidalgo6042]

Whenever I feel the itch to play WoW from now on, i'm going to come rewatch this video to convince myself not to.

[@garydurn7983]

It's like watching an elderly parent realise they have Alzheimer's

[@matthewbartke4424]

18:00 "It would be better without add-ons." *has a couple dozen add-ons* *if it causes 20 minutes of work every 15 years, it isn't worth it."

[@duraeusentenu]

I only recently started trying the game, so it took me some time to get used to much of the controls. I would say the only real issue I have with the game is the lack of direction. I've played FFXIV for so long I got used to there always being "guideposts" that clued me in to where to go next and which quests to go next. WoW makes me feel like all I can do is "see quest, take quests, complete quest, repeat". Even tho WoW HAS some kind of lore in its universe, I can't honestly tell where it is, it feels like it's just shotgunned all over the place. My brain has been hardwired now to gauge where I'm at and where I'm supposed to go based on story progression, now I feel like I just wander around aimlessly with no goal in mind. Not that I mind that, but that feels like it should be near the end of the game, not the first type of setup I encounter upon playing first time

[@caynidar6295]

This. Every time I think about coming back to WoW, only to have to come to the realization that I'm going to have to reinstall and reconfigure all of my add-ons. One of the biggest barriers to restarting for me tbh.

[@CrippledMerc]

I haven’t played WoW in years but I remember this pain well. I was good about backing up my folders for my addons so I could copy them to other computers or restore them if needed, but when I quit for a few years and came back and had none of it I was lost. I ended up remaking my UI similar to how I remembered it, but I could never get it quite right and many addons were no longer being supported so I had to find new ones. I could manage with most of that but the worst part for me was losing my keybinds that I had played with for 10+ years. I never could get them to feel right once I came back, and it severely affected my ability to play well. I had maybe half of them exactly how they used to be, but the other half I just couldn’t remember exactly so I just had to guess and then adjust them as I played. Between that and all the class changes that had been made, it was tough to play without getting frustrated constantly. I eventually gave up and just quit all together and I haven’t been back since.

[@CrippledMerc]

@@noname-gp6hk Not just that, but entire spec overhauls that completely change the way a class is played too. It’s tough to make that transition even if you are playing when it happens, but coming back after years away and it’s even harder. You’d probably be better off just starting fresh as the class and spec so you can level up and learn how the new spec works as you go, but just coming back to it being completely changed is hard. You look up guides or whatever but the vast majority of those are for max level characters so you may not even have all the abilities they’re talking about. It’s just another layer that makes coming back to the game even harder than it already is. It just wasn’t worth the effort to me.

[@cooperdu]

I actually feel you even though Ive touched WoW for less than half an hour in my life, but I know what it feels to get taken from just simple things that mean lots to you, specially when they are tied to the most innocent and tranquil years of your life. Stay strong we love your content.

[@vikkran401]

Add-ons breaking with new patches isn't exactly a new thing, and it usually takes a week or two before the devs manages to fully update them. But still since Dragonflight made a complete overhaul to WoW's core UI, the add-on devs essentially had to create the add-on from scratch, so there's definitely more problems now. Hopefully this will be fixed overtime once the devs get used to their new written add-on core.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

UI designers should be made to watch this video as part of game dev school. This is why when you change the UI, you need to maintain continuity, and make changes gradually.

[@jukeswolfy2593]

you realize none of his UI is standard in the game right? he has a million addons conflicting with each other and his own button layout that is completely different from the default

[@holysecret2]

@@jukeswolfy2593 The only thing that matters is the he had his setup that he got used to for 10 years , and that has changed. You can extrapolate that to any other scenario, vanilla UI or not.

[@markymark2820]

I played wow for many years starting with classic all the way up until shadowlands. I quit completely after shadowlands so I've been away for quite a while but being gone from the game for such a long time has given me a wildly different perspective. Looking back on it all I can finally grasp with the reality of just how pathetic the game had become and how miserable I was playing it. There were so very many times I justified it by telling myself I was in too deep to quit. But now I just feel so regretful that it took as long as it did for me to accept reality. I do have a lot of good memories but the thing that finally made me move on was that I started to branch out and play other games and it dawned on me, it was never really the game itself that gave enjoyment but rather all the friends I met along the way and good times we created together. I still have multiple buddies who are still on the "I'm in too deep to quit/sunk cost" grindset and it's really just sad to think about it.

[@Larryandhisbelts]

Back to back bad expansions was it for me. Dragonflight looked great yet for some reason, I couldn't just get into it. I think it's because I realized that old WoW feeling wasn't there anymore and wouldn't be unless I had a time machine. What's crazy is I've been gone for a while now but I still have the itch. It's probably because other MMORPG's still don't give me that feeling WoW does. (And yes i've played them all) I just get scared that Ill log in after so long, play for an hour and realize I just made a mistake like many times in the past. Only time will tell I guess, but I feel you on everything.

[@cosmicthought3419]

And what do you play now intead?

[@wozzielfc401]

​@@ctg4818 yeah if he played from classic then thats not really a long time 🤭

[@madmaxgrey]

how about commissioning someone to make you a custom addon that gives you the functions that you have used for 15 years, all in 1 addon, and the only changes that are to be made aftewards have to be approved by you become the provider of a addon that everyone remembers

[@anierikidemona]

This in itself is a huge contribution to the problem. Most people I know haven't seen the base wow UI since weeks after installation.... The fights are designed the same.... Why bother making markers and stuff when the community already does it.... I'm gonna leave the fights part out of it for the sake of the rest of my point. But I played wow on default ui from bc-mop, I put a ticket in when there were officially more skills than the UI could hold. (Think that was druid so might have been a one off) And even threw a complaint up in a few spots. I'm pretty sure one of the responses I got from a support employee was along the lines of 'the community makes tons of serviceable mods that will give you free form control of your ui' (it's been 5+ years paraphrasing) I don't want to install a mod, I want you to make sure the UI properly functions with the game you designed nearly 12 years ago.... I'm not apposed to mods. But wow players have a habit of applying so many mods that the developers don't even need to develop basic UI anymore, especially since their focus is switched to retention as opposed to gaining new players. This is a symbiotic relationship, but it doesn't have any positives for either the player or the game. This being said, I myself have had to set a heavily modded game up after a PC swap/update before. And that's rough man. Especially since it's part of your work. I hope you get everything fixed. Sorry you had to deal with it.

[@anierikidemona]

@@Sephiroso. it was definitely post bc and I think...? Before peak cata, and I ended up getting the issue resolved. It was a configuration problem of some kind if I remember right, and I eventually had to get my computer whiz uncle over to fix it. The issue ended up being that the Hot bars weren't form swapping (idk what it's called) so I had artificial button bloat. My primary concern is that before basic trouble shooting an official support staff recommended a third party application... To resolve a UI issue in a game they are supposed to be providing technical support for. It was the last time I went to blizzard support since I ended up wading through forums and stuff to find out what the issue even was and even then had to call a family member with a deeper understanding of computers than my (admittedly) narrow field of experience. Edit: For context I buy a PC and hope it runs. Anything beyond minor settings changes, antivirus and maybe a factory reset I'm useless. So I tend to leave things at default settings when I can. It's not like my configuration was some hyper specific combination of computer performance optimization

[@TopSpeedKertus]

I've thought many addons should've been against the rules for a loooong time. Quality of life addons are fine, such as Bagnon, Bartender, Plater, Nameplate UI stuff, and anything that makes buffs and debuffs more visible. On the other hand, addons like DBM and WeakAuras (WA cooldowns are fine) being allowed make me seriously question the integrity of Blizzard developers; I mean that ship sailed ages ago. Ultimately Blizzard should've built their own versions of these quality-of-life addons by now. They should've done that back in TBC or WotLK.

[@xC4N4D14NB4C0Nx]

Been here, felt this. Goodnight Sweet Prince, Thanks for the Memories.

[@doolbro]

Asmon's memory is pretty remarkable.

[@dannymoontattoos]

Well he never did drugs or drank right ?

[@BlueRidgeBubble]

​@@dannymoontattoos i have a near photographic memory and I was an alcoholic after I turned 21 to 26, then stopped that with weed So it probably isn't that

[@RabbitConfirmed]

it's not his memory being so remarkable, it's just he never did ANYTHING else his entire life ever since wow came out lol

[@Solarasthma]

one of the best parts of FFXIV is that the only thing I have to worry about on login after patches is if abilities have been removed... which often means I have more free keybinds. I have great memories of WoW, but worrying about addons after patches isnt one of them.

[@peterlopez2388]

@@russpc9739 clearly asmon clearly isnt having fun so if you mean wow than you'd be right lol.

[@mala2730]

@@russpc9739 I play it and I‘m having fun. And now? *shrug*

[@James_R_]

WoW is a huge part of Asmon's identity. If WoW is no longer fun to him that it is a HUGE issue for him. I sure am having a hard time having fun even on private servers with this game anymore.

[@Auxius.]

I haven't had fun in WoW since 2007, and damnit I was one of their biggest fans since wc3. They never should've made the progression linear or zone based, if you're a dev of a new MMO, always encourage your players to mingle. That drives community, trade and the feeling of a lively world. What took me out of the game, is that with the burning crusade, the "epics" suddenly became outclassed by greens again and suddenly I realized I was following a carrot on a stick.

[@BDra7]

​@@D1rtkoba1nhaving to watch something you've played for a very large portion of your life, hours upon hours, days upon days, something that changed your life forever. Not just mentally but physically, this game is a massive part of the reason he's at where he his now. It's definitely gotta hurt watching that crumble to pieces while you're still trying to keep putting the pieces back together just to enjoy it

[@HentMas]

@@ItsYent Yes, and code a new game, from the ground up, not bloat the same IP over and over and over again till you destroy what made it great, give it an ending and start a new adventure.

[@golden2night]

@@powertrip8676 i understand what it’s like for something you love so dearly to feel crappy and mostly unsatisfying after having it be so prominent in your life, it’s not about moving on really- it’s about losing the joy it once gave you

[@HentMas]

suuuuure... That's why it's a complete success currently, and everyone is playing it like in the good old days, because it's "Casual friendly".

[@GrumpFish]

Started playing right before burning crusade launched. I've probably spent more time organizing the friggin mods than raiding. My ui was the only thing I've ever been that ocd about. I totally get what you mean by one is darker than the other and having to download another mod to get a mod to work. Drove me nuts

[@yoloautumn]

One day you'll log off and you might not even know it's the last time ever. Had so much fun with this game from playing it on my mums brick computer and getting yelled at all day long to raiding mythic in my on flat. It will never be the same and I'm happy I moved on. Happy memories

[@kylel8258]

I can't tell if it's Zack or Asmon that's distraught. Either way I hope he's fine. 🤣

[@hugglepuff1]

Asmongold is one of the few streamers that DOESNT play some sort of character.

[@TundraXD]

@@hugglepuff1smongold is absolutely a character

[@venth6]

@@TundraXD cap

[@11Survivor]

​@ven4ull Zach goes outside and touches grass but Asmongold would never

[@xarrison8274]

Lesson: Save your addons and all that to another folder instead of UNINSTALLING THE GAME with all of the addons in your game folder.

[@moon_bandage]

​@@jimmygoods anyone that has played this game for more than a couple months has addons, yes you do kinda need add-ons especially in m+, pvp and raids. All of them team activities and you're just being a nuisance to your team if you raw dog it

[@moon_bandage]

@@RhodesianSuperiority then why are you using addons

[@moon_bandage]

@@jimmygoods don't backpaddle now that's not what your comment said, you just stated you don't need add-ons. Not 80% of the addons or whatever. Sure you can choose to disable all your addons and you can still enter a raid, nothing is stopping you. But to play optimally and comfortably, some addons are in order for group content, I'm sure you agree to that as you are both sort of doing in your comments. Its an issue the game has, lack of customisability out of the box, some bloated mechanics in group content. I don't really understand how accepting that and voicing your feedback on that gets backlash

[@moon_bandage]

@@RhodesianSuperiority you don't need anything to play optimally... You hearing yourself? If It makes you feel better I'll just scrap PvP from that list but an addon is an addon to me, gladius certainly seems very useful but you can be a purist about it sure

[@DecayedPony]

@@jimmygoods You need addons sure, but no one needs as many addons as asmon has.

[@Serafiniert]

I love how Asmon deletes his addon configurations and then complains about that his addon configurations have been deleted. Not even a backup. Straight up deleted and recycling bin emptied.

[@samcolton943]

bitching and moaning, like he always does.

[@pprjackcheese]

i had this moment when they made eso "new player friendly" by nerfing everything and ruining EVERYTHING build wise. i spent 3 years working on my necromancers build (i worked alot during this time and didnt have much free time to improve) and one day everything was just not working how it should. i moved to ff14 ever since and have been having a better time not only with the community but with game play too. it sucks cuz i played eso since release and i havent been back in a year. i miss the game so much man. ive been playing games since i was 4 years old (im 26 now) and games arent just what they used to be. im really sorry your favorite game isnt what it used to be asmon.

[@rockstar-made]

I 100% get this, when my years old TF2 settings got reset i deadass quit the game for like a year because of how uncomfortable it was and how it just didn't feel the same when i tried to get it the same way again

[@WhackoMacko]

In case anyone missed it .. he's had the UI since Sunwell.

[@xeronylloyd21]

And since Sunwell he did 0 backup? Takes 1 second to backup your WTF Folder. Serves him right honestly.

[@Marshall97531]

Such subtle info, how did you even pick up on that?

[@7ayakum]

Take a shot every time Zack says "Since Sunwell"

[@hlonghi]

Jesus I dont even play WoW anymore but htis gave me extreme anxiety lmao

[@Orionbae]

I don't play WoW but, I think he's been using that UI since Sunwell.

[@TundraXD]

I got a PTSD flashback from watching this. I had a major issue with my phone backup when I switched phones about a month ago. Had to reinstall and reconfigure everything, including authenticators. Took me 10 hours to set up my new phone.

[@JennyRomanchuk]

omg I feel this so much! I don't play wow but I understand everything you're going through D: I'm so sorry this happened, super uncomfortable feeling.

[@robertcampbellii9787]

You think this is bad, try playing a game where you have to complete puzzles with constant lightning flickering on your screen

[@Danielism]

Honestly valid. People have paid to play this game for atleast a DECADE, theu should have handled this better

[@TerraSwallows]

This is how I felt when I played a private wrath server for 9 years and decided to play wrath retail. Was extremely upset as all my friends got me hyped to play and I figured I'd just redo my ui and stuff and though "it shouldn't be that different". Only to find out all my addons don't work... and the easy response of :just get the updated version for retail" news flash... a lot of those add-ons were not updated since cata... so nothing worked

[@TerraSwallows]

Only thing I could reccomend... Start fresh... Use what you had as a reference point and explore what adding you do and don't need as sometimes some add-ons can be replaced up changed.

[@razpaqhvh7501]

so you would rather use skada than details?

[@JamesOfToya]

This is a man who doesn't want to play and it's looking for an excuse not to. Stop trying to make Asmon play WoW. He's not into it anymore.

[@Princess_Narii]

OMG this was the funniest shit ever! Everytime he said Sunwell i laughed my ass off I mean i experienced this but i never used alot of addons so it was quite easy to fix Mods in skyrim was always like oke its broke now delete everything reinstall and start anew. Omg this was hilarious

[@MrPatrick1414]

Miss the silver dragon for rares...makes no sense they're harder to locate now

[@keithb6344]

They are still silver dragons the first time you kill them.

[@dromihetes]

Rarescanner was working yesterday

[@remus2985]

Man his rant ab the ui was so true, especially the rare crests, corporatism from blizz consists anymore of 2 things, bad decisions and moronic decisions that serve no purpose

[@drakertrns]

I saw a silver dragon rare as recently as last night.

[@dospasma]

I feel his pain in my bones. My old bones. Why does everything gotta change? Where's the silver dragon? Where were the horns that were blowing? WHERE WAS GONDON WHEN THE WESTFOLD FELL???? Modern wow makes me sad, like seeing an old lan place you and the boyz used to go to to skip class now filled with cobwebs and with a trespassing sign at the front door

[@noisewaveofficial]

I know the pain. I had to start from the begining, and I lost that feeling of joy. All my legion progress and all my grind - poof, gone.

[@poorlykraut]

Bro 5:15 and already done with everything. I feel this mans pain. Everything will be fine.

[@mikaelh57]

I tried to go back to wow and this was pretty much my experience

[@kwerby3285]

Asmongold, esteemed mount collector, mount of choice? Purple gryphon

[@Striker775]

Yeah it's purple

[@designerwookiee]

This is why I wait a few days after every major patch to even bother loggin in. Gotta give addon devs some time to update all the stuff. Thanks, addon developers, for all the hard work.

[@EricJacobson1990]

That's exactly how I felt in SWTOR when they changed the inventory UI and removed pretty much half of the active skills from the player classes 🤬 I haven't played for more that a few hours every half year since

[@tommior9553]

cant believe such a veteran has to rely on so many addons :D