Sodapoppin Enters the PvP Arena in WoW: The War Within!

[@Pat-Healy]

This is what’s wrong with PVP in retail. The barrier to entry is so high that even a streamer who’s played this game 20 years can’t figure it out after missing just one expansion. How are the rest of us with families and jobs supposed to know what the fucks going on?

[@LaurynasSimonaitis-uw8eg]

You aren't supposed. Blizzard develops expansions for their target audience since Legion which is hardcore sweatlords. WoW became like Souls games, if you're too bad for it - find another game.

[@ZahryD]

Played wotlk 15 years ago and came back at S3 of Dragonflight. Monks and DHs still buffle me lol.

[@endofinfinity2406]

I agree that PvP is very clustered atm but ofc when you take a break from something you get rusty. I myself quit wow after BFA and came back recently. Playing a relatively easy class and getting used to ur UI takes like 2-3 days.

[@BlasphemousVerses]

You realize that Chance hasn't properly played retail PvP in like 6-7 years, right? It's pretty obvious he's just rusty.

[@la_dose5206]

It's... OKish to play casually. Unwatchable since TBC though.

[@janpetira2509]

Ppl already queing arenas and im waiting for the game to release. Nice

[@fleperd7021]

its skirmish

[@Blackelite89]

@@fleperd7021 he talks about the early access paytowin

[@Tyscrat]

Ay bro, just say youre broke.

[@Tom-hn5hn]

It’s a skirmish.. they’re not gaining anything extra. Relax dude

[@Earthz69]

Season doesn't start till sep 10.

[@teej143]

there's a difference between driving a 2008 honda civic and flying an F-35.. im sure you'll catch on

[@CangKoots]

Lol

[@roo2127]

Beast crusader in the 1st match, hilarious.

[@smitejoust101]

love seeing soda play retail.

[@ericr5207]

Peak pvp gameplay

[@PlayMaker-iq8mb]

This shit is easy he's so bad at arena lol it's even easier with mics this guy just used to raiding

[@rumers100]

​@@PlayMaker-iq8mbtell me you are new to the game without telling me you are new. Old falks know who soda is. Multiple R1 feral in the past. Right now the PvP is a crap spit from some ugly worm.

[@yedessjr]

@@rumers100 Any olds R1 and glads are fucked up now. It’s not vanilla, it’s not MoP or legion. Look his gameplay actually, he was lost at the start and improved game by game but still not enough. By a 2.4xp, I can tell that the game compare to the past is harder and easier at the same time since BFA. That’s why PvP is not as famous as PvE.

[@wowprobeast7543]

⁠@@rumers100multi r1 back when u we’re locked to 1.5 second gcds isn’t shit now. Sorry bro but your 30 apm isn’t going to cut it. I want you to compare his gameplay to literally anyone else who is 1800. First game dudes ui was fucked, and that’s not the base ui either he didn’t do add ons right, he went in fucked with arena frames because before entering the game he didn’t think, “maybe I should check that” forgot to use berserk which has been in the game since 2008 for feral. The best part is him bitching about “im stuck in cc forever” when all he was cc’d by was 1 hoj that has the same stun duration since vanilla. This gameplay is so bad asmongold could run his pockets.

[@ModernRapsuxs]

To be fair a little after this he was doing pretty well

[@swiggityswoogity794]

Anyone know the nameplate addon he is using?

[@rodnod]

Arena really got too much going on the screen now, felt like S1-15 was much better how it slowly built more stuff going on. As a old time arena player this is way too much going on for my casual ass to understand.

[@albertmassingo4249]

Enter a new expansionot even check out any changes.I wonder why we don't know what's going on

[@laroucheroi]

i m seeing the same hatefull/angry comments in Soda stream.he just got back in the game.

[@azrulramlee5321]

instead of learning people are complaining,true what bajheera said people will keep complaining smh LoL...

[@nathanroyal8537]

I'm glad Baj prio'd raising a family and fitness over manchild wow, he got way too mature for that community. People like us get burned out on the same community of crybabies more so than the game itself. Community ruined WoW a long time ago imho.

[@BrokDoidao]

watch the soda strimmer parasocial fanboys take everything he says at face value and think arena is bad right now, when most of his complaints stem from not having a UI prepared, and a bit of ignorance

[@aboutblank2270]

thats exactly what happend on his stream yesterday

[@jmcke802]

Just shows how impenetrable PVP is for a new player. No even knowing what classes opponents are shouldn't be a thing. Even on basic UI.

[@AsnorC]

I mean the visual clutter is also insufferable.

[@endofinfinity2406]

@@AsnorC You can literally edit the entire UI to your liking, you can even use like 0 visual stuff and use AI voice for information when enemy pops CD.

[@Encfajs]

​@@jmcke802 he just have badly configured addons, not really games fault. Base ui shows classes

[@1990rable]

what happend to soda? why is he at beginner level at every game hes playing lately? :D

[@Ray-lw2rh]

Unholy is stupid right now. A million minions attacking you and you’re dead.

[@art3d567]

You can easy ice block, bubble, use teleportation(monk) invisible(mage rogue) all safe defence from every heals, it's easy save you know and avoid stupid minions. Belive me I played with unholy all these days

[@zjarosz]

the really good unholy build doesnt even run army/rider talents

[@Scream0134]

Yo at 8:37! That lock is one of my homies and a fellow officer in my guild Echoes of death! Lets goooo

[@tomselby24]

homie is such a classic andy lol

[@Kronosbattlemaps]

There's a good chance you'll be vsing glads and other very high rated players when the only arena pvp available currently is skirmish. In a few weeks it calms down alot.

[@capslocked2142]

god i hate the sound now it doesnt sound believable at all

[@cycedclone6935]

New UI is teets!

[@elxjasonx]

Is not the game dude, he is just bad, ypu cant expect to come back and be the same as before, MMO pvp is always gonna be knowledge first

[@shiro2400]

I mean dude peaked at MoP feral, if I remember correctly. Where all u did was bleed and run and heal lol. Very different playstyle to the current feral since bleeds are not nearly as strong as it was in some earlier expansions

[@Xceedpvp]

So glad i decided to try classic era instead of ge invested in retail pain in the ass to lvl but thats way to much skill spam for a tab target game imo. If u could have a stamina bar and a dodge and block id be down. This looks like it requires almost no skill.

[@ezeess7239]

heres the problem with wow pvp, its all aoe and hardly any setups anymore. It's a AOE FEST. hitting 50 buttons to do 10% of someones health. retail wow pvp is garbage.

[@Tom-hn5hn]

Playing melee gives me a headache with all the fast movement and camera spinning.. Playing a caster gives me a headache trying to get one cast off and trying to fake kicks while being trained all game.. But hey I keep going back cause I’m addicted!

[@alexgambs2454]

Ahhh remembering when soda was saying retail wow is ez 🤣

[@huntriel984]

Hardest part is not seeing wtf is going on. Specialy after a few year break like me. Not sure if it is harder, just don't know what the hell is happening with all those new classes (and pets, holy shit the pets) and spells...

[@vexial12]

@@huntriel984they think it’s skill but it’s graphic bloat

[@tomselby24]

easier then cata by alot

[@Mas-ij3ti]

@@huntriel984 I mean if one person can tell what is going on but another person cant, does that not just mean that there is a skill gap?

[@0ihatetrolls01]

@@vexial12 Hmmm, then how do some people know how it works?? Curious...

[@Tricegames]

Clearly can see at the start of the game what your up against. The ui is just trash lol pvp isn’t that bad

[@AKMMax_]

Wow is confusing in general espcially end game content ui is fucked i admit. But go back to sodas old arena or 5v5 1v1 videos and you will see every fucking button known to man with everything happening

[@BomboclatReze]

Classic Andys calling retail pvp bad (they can’t sap/sheep you for 50 sec anymore)

[@Solaxer]

Retail PvP is so good bro that’s why it has such a large and thriving community (5% of the playerbase)

[@Basketballinfoever]

@@Solaxer that 5% larger than the entire classic base. KEKW STAY IN 2004 COPER

[@vexial12]

@@Basketballinfoeverno it’s not. They came out with the numbers retail PvP is very low. Not even a thousand players playing it. Classic PvP is way bigger.

[@Solaxer]

@@Basketballinfoever agree Classic is dogshit as wel 🤝🏽

[@Hitmaster8]

@@vexial12 Lol idk where you got those numbers but theire very wrong. Go back to classic

[@unmye]

what a headache lol

[@mmacity5967]

Dude I can’t even tell what’s going on here. Everyone has like 2-3 pets each. It seems like there is no balance in this game anymore.

[@SatanasanataS]

[@Tenly_UK]

I found solution which works for me I created all hero’s and I got 1700 arena of each class expect tank to understand what spell and how to play against this hero:) I spent almost all expansion to achieve this aim …🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@rumers100]

Hearing him say things such as i don't even know what class he is or i don't even know who i'm attacking just prove how bad the game is. Its like the majority of the PvP community talk in one clip

[@hansbystrom9983]

This made me happy. As someone who played WoW for years when it came out, even Dragonflight is hella confusing to me. It's a different game. I'ma f-ing dad in my 30s, who has time to learn this shit?

[@zebwiz1900]

You don't. Even back then we spent way too much time to get good at pvp at the game. Time is too valuable to waste dueling people all day.

[@Joseko_T]

ngl, watching this dude get his ass handed to him by the lowbies he's trying to gank is satisfying af

[@skympii6734]

Those are geared lowbies from DF while he has pre patch basic gear big difference, but when he got to 80 he is doing world PvP 1v3 and still winning

[@tekamer6566]

@@skympii6734doesn’t matter. You are too new to pvp if you think gear can let you win against a higher skilled player. Especially that the gear difference wasn’t that crazy

[@abaiser9258]

@@tekamer6566 You must be new to PvP if you think gear (and scaling) doesn't give you a huge advantage.

[@wowprobeast7543]

@@abaiser9258gear does give advantages but explain how I got to 1800 in s3 with full green honor gear in week 10 or so of the season?

[@MinecraftTntologist]

I just dont see how people like retail pvp

[@balitopic711]

retail pvp is a joke of a game mode ....

[@Misterbazzuka]

RANDOM BULLSHIT GO !

[@zogbogbean2464]

Lmao when the match ends and soda just says “okay..” is the vibe. Modern pvp is a friggin light show hard to understand what’s happenin.

[@DaneYates]

Is this the PvP thing he was talking about ruining from being too good? I hope so lol

[@Solaxer]

Arena is a thing of the past boys. BG Blitz is the way, que up

[@cytoid7062]

Never liked arena, good riddance. WoW wasn't built for small death matches, even if people do enjoy it.

[@vexial12]

@@cytoid7062no healers and wow 2 would bring back PvP

[@heroman1322]

@@vexial12No it wouldn’t. People play WoW a lot of the times because of the dps, healer, tank triangle.

[@heroman1322]

I can’t wait for BG Blitz! I always liked battlegrounds more than arena

[@vexial12]

@@heroman1322 nah

[@markbenjamin2152]

Yup, gave up WoW Retail pvp a few years ago, watching this just shows that i did the right decision. Im better off playing Ascension WoW at this point.

[@Mythication]

Sounds like you're just awful at gaming in general lmao, keep clutching onto excuse after excuse

[@M16xDr0pSh0tz]

whats ascention

[@markbenjamin2152]

@@M16xDr0pSh0tz better version of wow . Google it.

[@Cryptic243]

people dogging retail pvp cause they have classic brain. zzz play more than ONE arena and you'll start to get used to it. yes I've played cata and after a while it's kinda insufferable. new cata is just cookie cutter rock paper scissors gameplay. One spec for everyone and you auto lose depending on the matchup. and that's why cata pvp isn't that popular. played to 2200 in cata and that's all i saw. I think retail pvp is more fun cause classes are more independent and it's about causing more pressure than the enemy. Not playing rock paper scissors and giving up when the gates open. it's faster paced yes, but there's simply more PVP to do than any other version of the game. Classic wow pvp doesn't exist (should've added arenas in SOD), cata is boring, oh well

[@zekay_]

Retail requires no brainplay at all compared to cata and mop. You literally zugzug and cleave everything down. There is no difference between pvp and pve now.

[@lotharjensen8562]

Of course Soda is absolutely lost XD Bro is stuck in classic.

[@jakubpelikan2393]

Everyone is lost. Those who are not just have addons to track everything and literaly tell them what to press.

[@0ihatetrolls01]

@@jakubpelikan2393 Completely wrong, I was lost after coming back for a couple games, becuase I've not played in ages?? Figured it out now I'm fine... Like literally anything in life ahhahaa

[@jakubpelikan2393]

@@0ihatetrolls01 haha your 1200 mmr games are really not representative at all.

[@lotharjensen8562]

@@jakubpelikan2393 My guy, don’t mean to be a dick but that sounds like a skill issue. I mean you literally have awc competitors using maybe 1-3 addons. Some of which they wouldn’t even use if they didn’t have an audience. Better yet, something you learn about playing PvP in wow is that game sense dominates actual gameplay. After 1k + games you know what to do. It’s just pretty blatantly obvious that soda is fairly clueless in retail. It’s not his game. I say this as a multi duelist war/monk. Feel free to pm me and I’ll literally stream you my stats.

[@0ihatetrolls01]

@@jakubpelikan2393 It's just skirmish atm theres no mmr, but I'll climb to my usual rank for the transmog as I always do

[@ARGOS-THOR]

aa lot of this clutter is his weird af addons.

[@Smokebombs]

retail pvp is mush just way to much animations and bullshit and everyone has 10000 defensives I dont blame him if he never plays again

[@SoutheyYale]

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[@danizrp5155]

What a shitshow of a game

[@vincentp.2280]

What a mess. Way too many buttons/spells. Less is more. PvP itself is already complex enough.

[@tylifestyle9205]

Sodapoppin the best fucking feral druid. In WoD so many druids named their druids after him, what a fukin legend. Guy is legit skill capped

[@lilPavs13]

not any more bro lol

[@ltcenxx]

u mean average NA andy? best? i bet u never played pvp or watch rank1 pvp afterall

[@Alice_Typhon]

I'm unironically a better feral druid than him.

[@lilPavs13]

In psure soda highest r was in 5s

[@jferguson907]

pvp looks totally braindead

[@andrewcol3313]

The gameplay looks so bad. There is barely any los. It’s just straight swarm and AOE people down. 😂

[@xpadeunholydk]

Soda is so bad at the game it hurts 😂

[@bengixd]

He fell off so hard when he became a variety streamer in WoD

[@xpadeunholydk]

@@bengixd trueeee!!!

[@tylifestyle9205]

"bad' bro if soda actually has to play wow fulltime he will be easily r1 feral druid. So you're comment hella cringe.

[@Enacoid]

he'll be better than you if he tries for half a season :)

[@Tauroi]

@@tylifestyle9205 pls xD fanboys are cringe

[@codynorsworthy9718]

this is what happens when someone can't depend on 40sec CC chains like in classic... remember when he was saying retail is easy lmao

[@jakubpelikan2393]

Classic doesnt have arenas you noob.

[@sunshineandrainbows69]

@jakubpelikan2393 he never mentioned arenas lol it has bgs and classic TBC and classic wrath DO have arenas, you noob

[@YeIsCorrect]

here come the Stockholm syndrome wow addicts coping that this is good gameplay. bloat and the need for addons is a huge problem in retail.

[@paragongaming9666]

he needs a clean elvui profile so badly lol

[@SkullK---ht]

elvui 👎

[@ltcenxx]

The game is bad when u need another UI to play the actual game kekw

[@Unforgivelawl]

no one plays pvp on a elvui lol

[@GPTLeader]

WoW Retail PvP is Bad 🤣

[@SirWellsy]

another garbage expac that has 0 focus or thought put into arena.

[@Lithixx_]

This is what classic does to you kids don't do it not even once.

[@fourlokojr3463]

retail is so shit

[@joelwillis2043]

What a boomer.

[@prod7906]

When I called Soda washed and worthles. People didn't believe me lmao.

[@kazdaillest]

Washed

[@TinaMitchell-l7j]

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[@emberplate]

Visual vomit

[@Passeira1]

I don't like thr art, the gameplay, the Ui, music is ages from what it used to be. Everything is so bad.

[@AimRobot]

How WoW PvP made it to the Esport scene is mindblowing, its unwatchable.

[@Matty94]

It was somewhat watchable in tbc and wrath, now its an absolute mess.

[@cainsalem3544]

Bro ur just bad

[@Miltenx]

the game looks terrible. how is anybody gonna play this crap. nobody understands even whats going on.

[@itsnof3353]

Nobody in this comment section*

[@MeatDucky]

Lmao Wtf even is arena anymore is this supposed to be understandable ? compared to cata classic lol this is a whole new game

[@BrokDoidao]

Yeah, its literally better, soda literally cries for content all the time, stop being a sheep and actually think for yourself

[@MeatDucky]

LOL 5:50 is that a fucking beast mastery death knight ? is this zootopia ?

[@alikhairuldeen8312]

Its better than any older version of wow yall just old to understand

[@brettanwebber935]

​@@alikhairuldeen8312moron

[@chrisjones658]

@@BrokDoidao He literally says that himself at 17:50 too haha There are problems with retail WoW and some of them are objective and a lot of them are subjective. But none of them are the UI which they've improved a lot over the years. Default UI from classic would be unplayable in modern WoW. And even in classic, default UI users are at a huge disadvantage and will not be the best people - or even close - in your raids.

[@gregoswiler6127]

Game is dog lol

[@tsrprebirth9139]

Holy dog crap, it's so sad how ruined arenas have been in retail since WoD. It's also literally gotten way worse

[@bruddah_]

You’ve just gotten worse at the game.

[@NoLuckJustSkill1337]

Could you explain why it has gotten worse/what the problem is?

[@tsrprebirth9139]

@@NoLuckJustSkill1337 Specifically for arena pvp? Class homogenization, seizure inducing animations, extreme amount of defensives per class(too many "o crap buttons") and severely reduced crowd control(which gets rid of actual setup-based high IQ comps and benefits faceroll braindead comps)

[@evertontonton6003]

​@@tsrprebirth9139 u just bad 😂😂

[@tsrprebirth9139]

@@evertontonton6003 Ive literally been at LEAST glad in every xpac, including BFA before I quit. and 3 rank 1's. The game is trash now bro get over it, why you think so many rank 1's play classic WoW? You are a idiot if you still support this trash game