THE CLASSIC WoW SFK RUN...

[@CrankHeaD87]

Another tough journey to be mentioned was the way as an Alliance player to the Scarlet Monastery :D

[@skalmaa]

Well, if you did SFK, then there would be no running needed as you already pickt up a flight path ^^

[@theuglyhairmonster2]

Or wanting to quest in tanaris

[@MarvinMonroe]

@@skalmaa the Hillsbrad flightpath, yeah. You should have that by the time you're ready for SM anyways. Regardless of whether you ever did SFK. Still a decent run from SS

[@skalmaa]

Just run thrue STV , and take the boat. That would be much faster than running from darkshore, The path you will be running on barely has much mobs around them anyway, so even a level 5 would be able to get there.

[@THEshinigamy18]

It was faster yea but you still need to walk from ss to sm

[@Mcdude02]

The only run I care about is making a level 1 gnome and getting to the goldshire inn on moonguard as fast as I can

[@IamLopy]

THIS GUY KNOWS WHATS UP /)

[@Paandaas]

We food?

[@bjornerlendur4606]

but ArgentDawn is better

[@nunayadamnbusiness]

Aka the Tripod run 🍆

[@SVanTha]

male or female? it mattered.

[@Nerobyrne]

as a Horde player: "Wow the Alliance has to do all these runs, glad I don't have to do that. Thank you Goblins for inventing Zeppelins! What's this, my class trainer has a quest? Call of Water? Should be easy enough!"

[@Bjarkenb]

Thank the elements for ghost wolf, imagine having to waddle your sorry ass the whole way.

[@MCshadr217]

Oh god. Getting vietnam flashbacks. The Horde run was simple, when you learned it. But, no matter what. I still hated the amount of running you had to do, from the top of Kalimdor, all the way until the bottom.

[@Dremos77]

Horde had a tough journey to the Badlands and the dungeon Uldaman which had the high level enchanting trainer inside.

[@Dremos77]

@bill miller I did but can't remember the details

[@fumarc4501]

Oh that sucked

[@Jitterzz]

“A Legolas, a Boring, a Scotsman, or a Willow extra” I got a good chuckle from that, sir!

[@DEMIntern]

That's where I lost it.

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

Horde version: “A hulk, a Rastafarian, an emo, or a steak”

[@AhmetWinchester]

I think this is what makes a game a good RPG, the fact that WoW: Classic was much more slow paste, gave you the feel that you were actually a part of a living and breathing environment. If you had a quest that sent you to the scarlet monastary to take down the bosses it meant that you had to prepare for a long and dangerous journey and this is what made classic great I guess. You had to travel to different continents, you had to prepare yourself for epic dungeons and even raids, you had to socialize and interact with players in order to clear a certain areas. I don't say that current WoW is bad or anything it just lacks a few of those points which classic had and made it a great game.

[@yoman8027]

And, why playing a slow game should be funny?

[@AhmetWinchester]

@@yoman8027 for me personally the feel of an "adventure" truely develops as you progress slowly but surely. Frodo and the fellowship could've flown on eaglebacks end ended sauron quick (I know weird comparison) but the fact that it took the fellowship such a long time to finally "defeat sauron and destroy the ring" makes the journey and especially the lord of the rings such an adventure. Dunno I like comparing wow classic to any RPG typeish movie/tv show eg. Just my highly subjective opinion

[@randomasgray]

Comparing the plot of LOTR to Classic WoW is fair, and you missed a couple of things. They couldn't fly on eagles in LOTR because the eagles were fighting some enemy of their own, so that prevented it as an option. The real reason though was that the journey prepared each individual as well as the group as a whole for what was to come. If they had just instantly gone to Sauron then they would have failed. It is the same in classic WoW. The exploration and the time you had to spend not just with your character but with others was to prepare you for the end game content and the mechanic knowledge and social interactions you needed to succeed.

[@Nickolov707]

Honestly i never thought of WoW like that back then. I was too young to understand anything. now that really made me think. I might like to play Classic wow for that reason. the large ass fucking journey with friends sounds fun. and also you can find others cross path as they are on an adventure aswell. a nice hello, maybe trade few items, or join them instead to a better adventure.

[@NerdishGeekish]

Yeah, I agree. The game is too quick sauce these days!

[@Obsidianen]

You forgot the real run... THE RAGEFIRE CHASM RUN! *DUNDUDUNNNNNNN*! From Elwynn Forrest are two routs :D Through Stranglethorn or through the wetlands

[@Obsidianen]

Also in theme with SFK: The Scarlet Monastery run ;D

[@SinForTheSaint]

And horde having to go to stormwind to run that jail dungeon

[@Zabzim]

SinForTheSaint no one did that dungeon, there wasn’t any quests, like wise there wasn’t any quests for alliance in ragefire. Frankly the only alliance that really went to SFK was paladin for their sweet maul.

[@jordanread5829]

The real run was the barrens run Taurens had to do

[@yoman8027]

Jordan Read That was a piece of cake compared to the Wetlands run. Horde players thinking they are the center of the universe...

[@xXdnerstxleXx]

Ha they thought the SFK Run was the real adventure. Little did they know about this place called "Scarlet Monastery".

[@vanyadolly]

Always someone swimming up the wrong side of Undercity and taking 10minutes extra to go around.

[@JH-fb3mp]

Yeah but by that point you'd be high enough level to get through Arathi and Hillsbrad easily and you'd have more flight points up North probably

[@Geraduss]

Eh, I still think the Zul'Farak and Maraudon were harder runs for the first time, and then you had Dire Maul, damn the alliance had it harder for levelling dungeons, the horde only had the Blackrock Mountain and uldaman problems

[@baroness94m52]

Artharem u forgot it require keys too lol

[@SVanTha]

...on a pvp server nonetheless, where horde outnumbered alliance 2 to 1. yea, those were good times.

[@elasmar1337]

scarlet was the deadly run for alliance, he's building up to it, has to be next

[@ParsimoniousTuring]

We swam it. Really :) LOL!

[@HitenLighthearth]

That was easy! Work smarter not harder. Have the group group up at WPL base. Run through avoiding bears and spiders, slowing the ones that aggroed. Then bam, already near there and dont even need to go near undercity.

[@DrBrickface]

For Horde there was the Badlands run. Who remembers that? Running through skull level guards in those tunnels between loch modan and wetlands. Normally you had to run from Arathi Highlands, but you technically could run from Gnomer after unlocking the teleporter through Dun Moroph (this was all at level ~36). Or if you were clinically insane you could run up from STV, through Duskwood, Elwynn, Redridge, Burning Stepps, Searing Gorge, then into Badlands. Again, at level 36. Yeah, one guy I knew didn't know that there was a bridge connecting the upper and lower halves of eastern kingdoms. Heard Badlands was a horde leveling zone, and off he went. Like a psychopath. Brings a tear to my eye.

[@Bjarkenb]

And you needed that flight point in Kargath to connect the flight zone of north and south - So it was all of that, just for easier commute in the future!

[@RummerChan]

This was the most memorable run for me too. Especially as Undead, you could do Arathi Highlands until the mid 30s, then you either go to Kalimdor, which you were completely unfamiliar with, or you make the long run to Badlands with nothing but hostile territory in between. No mount, no heirlooms, just you and the guard/mob infested roads and tunnels. lol

[@MrMhtmht]

THE GOLDEN DAYS

[@MCshadr217]

Thousand Needles run, anyone? Or was that just me?... From Durotar, to Tanaris. Fucking love and hated it. But got me to the levels I needed.

[@krytharn]

@@MCshadr217 Thousand Needles wasn't even comparable. That was all Horde or Neutral territory and not even that long. The Badlands run had you running through extremely hostile zones (especially on PvP servers) and was at least twice as long.

[@Serilaene]

I remember going to SFK for the very first time for my paladin weapon quest. That fucking 2-hands hammer lasted me for so long, I didn't replace it until level 45. Can't wait to do it again.

[@micheall]

I did sfk run with my group and when we got to the entrance we had a 5v5 with a horde group it was so epic

[@despair1696]

Sounds like it was amazing

[@lukassokolovsky9613]

We had fight with my group against lvl 30 hordie in arathi. We took him down but only 1 left alive lol.

[@TheRighteousPaladin]

If you lose that fight you gotta walk back from Southshore lol

[@bjornerlendur4606]

we got killed like 3 times on the way. Corpserunning from Southshore...

[@krytharn]

As a Horde, we had the Badlands run, which was just about the same run, but in the other direction. To be honest, I'm not sure if it was for a quest or just exploration out of curiosity, but I did it at level 24. On foot. And it was epic. Leaving Hillsbrad Foothills behind, entering the danger of Arathi and then that Dwarven bridge... you knew this was enemy territory and you're pretty much canon fodder from now on. Climbing the dwarf-invested road to reach the top of the impressive dam was probably the most epic. At level 24. Making it alive along the border of Loch Modan until you saw the orange earth of the Badlands.

[@j.fitness5701]

There is also the "Blackfathom Deeps" run especially for (alliance) paladins for paladin class quest at level ~20's starting from either Stormwind or Ironforge. Stormwind -> Ironforge -> Wetlands -> (Take boat to Rutheran Village from Menethil Harbor) -> Auberdin (Darkshore) -> Zoram Strand (Ashenvale) -> Blackfathom Deeps finally, which is in my opinion also another excellent dungeon in Vanilla WoW... Another long unforgettable epic journey. Ah you also need to take the quest from Auberdine for the diamond quest for paladin weapon quest. But nothing, NOTHING beats 5 dedicated adventurers determined to do all of "Blackrock Depths" in one sitting. If you can find 4 of these adventurers in your life then you can accomplish almost anything with that small core of 5 people. Ah there is also the 45 min Baron Run epicness but that's another story... besides I digress.. excuse me.

[@Geraduss]

And what about the first time Dire Maul run? Or attempting to complete all of the Maraudon quests? Hah or maybe attempting the Scholomance quest chain in one siting?

[@neojack333]

@@Geraduss completing the two parts of the maraudon key was something, i remember very well :) also MC attunement of course !

[@793Force]

This video is so professionally well made, that it was very apperant while watching it. Incredible work!

[@nyoom7495]

For us lifelong Horde players one of the more memorable runs was the DM run. Making your way to Grom'gol via zeppelin at level 15 and then having to go through level 30-35 mobs only to go into Duskwood and get mauled by Alliance (as well as everyone's favourite abomination) only to finally get ganked by Alliance patrols and Defias on the way to Moonbrook.

[@Ruesterification]

Started out as alliance and finally came to my senses, but no matter what faction, this dungeon is key as a caster. He just drops so many good items for lvl range, and if your smart you'll bring along a rogue friend with the prospect of Meteor Shard Dagger dropping. I later used it to help power lvl guild mates and friends because it's Goldilocks. Not to long, not short, just right. God I loved SFK

[@1MoreTurn]

Now do the alliance Wailing Caverns run. When the greed affects you so much that you run through STV under leveled and outgunned. Take the boat to Ratchet and as soon as you get out of town, your town has a target on its back. Racing to get to the entrance as horde get ready to sink their axes in your skull.

[@choonbox]

I always ran from menethil > theramore.

[@Zhurak]

I think that first run to Gadgetzan for alliance is pretty epic too. Its basically the wetlands run + Dustwallow Marsh, Barrens, thousand needles, those salt flats... and finally you make it to Gadget!!! 3 zones with no flightpaths.. its a one way ticket till you get there.

[@elbanditokaribou3799]

Scarlet Monastery on alliance side is my N°1 , even with Southshore Fly pass , Alterac Mountains , Dalaran Bubble , that friking Lake.... and then passing threw the Zeplins Tower and the entrence of UC. When you finnaly arrive , you are rewarded with , not 1 , Not 2 but 4 dungeons . Oh and the dungeons are a blast .

[@erkziltonz]

old SM was so much better.

[@robbie2044]

Silverpine questing was so good I transfered from trial to full there and then. I remember my first SFK run. Guildless, my first dungeon and was also lvl20 so got carried a bit but people were so friendly and helped a lot. Silverpine + SFK + community = hook, line and sinker for me :) Will never forget that run and cant wait to see it all again.

[@Lancor84]

It was an awesome time when the game's werent afraid to let you go through high level zones to reach lower level quests. It made the world feel real and alive, it gave you even objectives like 'I want to beat this someday'.

[@UmbraLyrel]

The Scarlet Monastery Run as Alliance is equally as jarring and amazing

[@buddybarlow9604]

WE need more dungeons like SFK..favorite dungeon ever

[@automaticpump-action8953]

The vanilla loading screen for SFK is so much cooler than the "new" one. Too bad you didn't feature it in the video.

[@thekittykarate]

I always played Horde, but I

[@shuramanchka]

Gnomregan is easy: Get to Booty Bay to a teleporting device. Bam you are in.

[@adestimare5985]

Uldaman is easy too, fly to Kargath and ride up to Uld. Think you're talking about the Badlands Run in general, which should get covered here eventually anyways :)

[@krytharn]

@@adestimare5985 And how did you get the flight point in Kargath, eh?

[@ParsimoniousTuring]

Horde equivalent was VC without question. Pain in the BUTT. Defias gear for hunters and rogues? WORTH IT. SFK was always the guild clothie run :)

[@vyox8272]

I've done this run a lot having played vanilla retail and about 10+ different private servers but three years ago I did this run with Vanilla new players and it was really awesome. We all grouped in world chat then gathered at menethril harbor. We traveled a full 5 person group in order to protect from any mobs. Along the way we took screenshots at the bridge and ended up ganking someone in Arathi who was 10 levels higher then us ( we took another screenshot on their corpse ). I don't remember how the dungeon went, I just remember all the screenshots and banter. By the end of it we were all on each others friends list and I did some max level raiding with one of the group members, later on down the road. One of my favorite WoW experiences in the past 5 years. I'm really excited for all the new Vanilla players for the luck that maybe I get to participate in this experience with them.

[@sephiose]

If you thought the pvp in Hillsbrad Foothills was bad, just wait until players get to lvl 30 or so and step foot into cutthroat vale.

[@SVanTha]

yup, STV is where i learned to hate the Horde and i'm sure, vice versa. there was just so many overlapping quests in that zone regardless of faction.

[@theavocadoguitarist.1823]

It’s things like this that make me want to get back into World of Warcraft. God it’s been so long since I’ve played, and I wanna get back in, but... what I wanna try is Classic. I never really got far in classic when Nostalrius was around, but I want to again. I wanna feel the experience of Classic that I never got to truly see. The old dungeons and raids always seemed so cool... I love the nostalgia I felt going through them even though I was never there in Classic in the first place because I was too young. I know the first thing I’m playing when I hop in is gonna be an Undead Rogue, it’s always been one of my favorite class fantasies to play. Stereotypically Edgy, I know, but I always loved the idea. Speaking of, does anyone know which spec of Rogue was the most viable during Classic? I wanna know what to focus on.

[@dragon5054]

Hey nixxiom where did you get that costume? looks sick ,, love your vids keep it up mate .. oh too early lol

[@albertgeorgy6827]

from the "virgin-no life" shop

[@templar9365]

The edge of this guy.

[@neojack333]

@@albertgeorgy6827 this guy is cool, funny, plays music, sings, like adventure and is a successfull youtuber. he has no problem finding girls believe me

[@meganjk]

The first time I did the wetlands run I had no idea what I was in for. My first toon, a nelf, and I wanted to see this auction house thing I kept hearing about, but it was in IF. So, lvl 10 Darnassus to IF as a noob. Omg, who knew that would be an adventure I'd remember well almost 14 years later lol. My husband had to do the exact same run and we learned to just strip all the armor and basically corpse hop a little closer each time. I still love WoW and love playing, but you can't have the same kind of crazy adventures we could back then. And of course I did the SFK and SM runs (I think I hated the SM the most) but wetlands was my first and really sticks out. Great video

[@kungozaimethodjoshhighligh9467]

asmongold reaction. lazy comment.

[@borga6566]

lazy reply.

[@misskobeyoshi2500]

lazy reply to lazy reply to lazy comment

[@zyndyr5984]

@@misskobeyoshi2500 .

[@relystar1346]

@@davebernstein5788 Beaver

[@GoldenFinn]

This video really makes me wanna play WoW again. This video alone. What a nostalgia trip. Great video man, thank you!!

[@FLAMINGBABYPUNCH]

I forget. Did the horde had to do any sort of run? The only one I remember was Thunderbuff to Orgrimmar for Tauren players.

[@spiritfree5050]

Raiding Ironforge was a Nightmare if you died there was only 1 resurrection spot and it was basically a 20 min run So if anyone died it took them 20 mins to get back to the raid Wiping at Ironforge was pretty common

[@Deceiver493]

Deadmines.

[@arvidbergman]

A lot of Horde players way back were Shamans, who had a class quest called call of water. The quest was essentially running back and forth from Barrens to Silverpine/Hillsbrad two times while also going for a pit stop in Ashenvale, which was a high level zone when you got the quest.

[@vanyadolly]

Deadmines! Have a blast from the past kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ2ri5mVjJd4jLM

[@Golemoid]

iirc horde never went to deadmines. there were no quests, and it just wasn't worth the effort. it was pretty much a faction exclusive like stockades and ragefire chasm.

[@ЛюбомирМаксимов-м7ы]

As i player who played Vanilla private servers and leveled few characters to max level passing this zones multiple times , I still got goosebumps watching this video. Great job!

[@Duncan94]

Would like to know what image he used for the map parts. Seems very details, I'd like it as a poster!!

[@toohighstrung]

Duncan map came with vanilla

[@krytharn]

warcraft-games.3dn.ru/Wow/fullmap.jpg

[@iancampbell7847]

One of the best parts is that you did it with friends. Gave you a fellowship of the Ring feeling

[@TwinklesTheChinchilla]

Oooh, Ishnu-alah weary comment section.

[@melchiorsomers9512]

Oooh, ishnu-alah weary commenter

[@ridvanalbay7747]

LOL ishnu alah(allah) And blood elfs say salama ashalonore (muslim greet salam) LOL

[@Thretch]

AAAANNNHWW ISHNU ALAAAH

[@FreedomFighter08]

Whoaw Nixxiom, this is my 1st video you and you really touched om my nostalgia and captured the essence of vanilla, you got me so hyped for WoW Classic, earned yourself a sub :)

[@m.b.7560]

Ya know, I hear this guy talk about PVP and I'm like "what kind of savage plays on a PVP realm?"

[@dragoliched1977]

I did. The bridge he mentioned was fun. So many pissed off alliance.

[@NerdishGeekish]

*angrily fixes bowtie* "Well listen here you little shit!" Tbh I wonder that as well

[@Solaxer]

Mario Banegas feel like pve realms aren’t a real experience of the game

[@button9]

I started in PvP realms back when you actually had a fighting chance. You didn't have level 100-120 escorts everywhere. You had people in your bracket that you could actually fight. Enough 40-50s around could take down a 60. PvP was way more fun back then. Now it's all garbage people with their level 100+ buddy one-shotting things and people for them. PvP realms got boring.

[@argonianmate3191]

You know to play world of WAR craft not world of friendship craft.

[@MadEyeYokai]

I love the hoodie Nixxiom. Your voice also captured the mood perfectly in this video. It reminded me a lot of the epic intros for the human campaigns in Warcraft Orcs and Humans. Bravo!

[@hardomodo8510]

Don't forget to mention leveling in Stranglethorn Vale.

[@kronniichiwa9909]

And the fact that the Alliance had no flight paths to stranglethorn Vale aside of othe one in booty bay, you had to run from duskwood everytime

[@WysteriaASMR]

Hardo Modo I heard that was hell in vanilla due to the massive pvp conflict

[@reubensandwich9249]

That was a vanilla WoW players first taste of ganking and pvp primarily at the hunters camp. I also remember the infuriating ganking in Booty Bay. Players running and chasing in and out of doors like something from scooby doo. Polymorph was deminishing returns because mages would chain cast it on players underwater til they drowned. As a priest I'd mindcontrol players and let the guards beat them to the graveyard.

[@tTedY01]

You haven't mentioned how cool it was to find out that Pyrewood Village just south of SFK seems to be a normal village during the day, but at night they all turn into werewolves. I remember finding it out through chance when I got there past midnight I think it was as a horde player.

[@jackerez3537]

WE WILL TAKE JERUSALEM!

[@janondrich123]

DEUS VULT!

[@jordyamptmeijer5306]

Incridibiliiis!

[@YourSuzerain]

Jews have it now

[@WWSzar]

DEUS VULT!

[@janondrich123]

AVE MARIA!

[@victorskov3181]

Your videos are well composed. The storytelling, the content, I even love the sound of your voice. I keep watching your videos despite quitting wow a while ago, they're just a joy to watch!

[@farijuanah]

where did you get that top? my boyfriend would love that

[@Nyartatouille]

Jesus what an epic video ! Always fun to hear someone talking about something he is passionate about. I never did the sfk run. I kinda more relate to this long long run just to get from the Exodar to the other island of the Draeneis.. the quest where you get an Elekk to quickly go and warn the people about an incoming attack. That's when I felt there was something about the game that would make me enjoy it.

[@Bergyn]

Say hi to Asmongold reacting to this

[@tainicon4639]

All of these classic wow videos are making me so excited... dude I can’t wait any more

[@WormyMaster]

Didn't you mention new Machinimas? Any updates on those? Not like I don't enjoy this type of video, but it's not exactly what I subscribed for...

[@iceman3317]

You do realize it takes a lot of time to make 1 right? All the voice acting and editing that is required. And help from other players when needed. It isn't as easy to slap something together. All he is doing right now is doing small things while he works on them so we aren't left without anything.

[@lukskywalker2654]

Nixxioms channel is not all about machinimas^^Otherwise it would be boring..I think so

[@arvidbergman]

It managed to get itself into your liked playlist

[@WormyMaster]

iceman3317 I expected comments like these. But it has been months without one. I probably worded that badly, or at least I chose the wrong description. I did initially subscribe for the awesome machinimas back at the start of WoD and it's not like I'm not enjoying this type of video, I just miss the days with more consistent machinima uploads. This isn't criticism or a hate comment and I do believe I worded that nicely enough as to not give that impression.

[@WormyMaster]

Arvid Bergman As I said, I still like this type of video.

[@NotFromConcentrate]

One of my top 5 favorite Vanilla memories was the run to Razorfen Kraul in my mid 20s. Only one person had been there before, and we left from Stormwind. He could barely remember how to get there...it took us literally hours to get there and it was truly an epic adventure.

[@thorsffe5712]

Just you wait, vanilla wow is going to be sold for $60

[@scottcavill4807]

It is free with an active wow sub. Already confirmed.

[@akumati86]

Do some research.

[@TacynMegan]

Current sub is too expensive

[@scottcavill4807]

@@TacynMegan Get a job. Classic is worth it.

[@WysteriaASMR]

Baki V it is free, but if it was to be payed for that’s the basic price for about a regular expack

[@grumpyoldwizard]

This was great. I had many “fun” times in SFK. You created your own narrative in a series of meaningful quests. It was about the journey-not a bum rush single player cinematic fueled rush to max level. It took months for my first 60 and I will never forget my first 60 horde, then 60 alliance characters.

[@1996jsmith]

Just more proof of blizz favoring the Horde. Us Alliance we had it real tough all the way back in Vanilla. Jk nice video as always!

[@spiritfree5050]

Not true in the PVP battlefields though pretty much all PVP area's leaned heavily in favor for Alliance also stockades is pretty much impossible to run for Horde and going to Ironforge well better not die as Horde because there is only 1 Ressurection spot and its 20 mins walking So if 1 horde player dies well you have to wait 20 minutes to see him again

[@vanyadolly]

They had better flight paths but we have better quests and zones.

[@Kreshrin]

Horde Ony Attune was far worse then the Alliance, and the scepter quest for AQ had way more alliance cities that you needed to visit then horde, Thinking it was 3 ally to 1 Horde. So I think it balanced out there to blizz hating both.

[@damosmashg7782]

Well alliance have to run through scary mobs slightly more, but at least they get endgame meta defining racials, zones blizzard actually spent five minutes making, and easier AV runs

[@emgee2]

As a Horde player from day 1 I never partook in the alliance journeys, but I had my fare share of Horde treks that I look back on fondly. These are awesome to watch, can't wait for Classic.

[@yamatobarney80]

Twitch Prime

[@bodhicurr]

Hey Nixxiom! I wanted to thank you for inspiring me to make machinima - I just made my first actual machinima, for a school project ofc. And when I listened to your guide I was like “pshh it can’t possibly take that long” but holy shit was I wrong - that shit took like 10 years. I don’t know how you do it consistently, I have a newfound respect for machinima makers :P

[@dudefromlol]

that stronghold music and fighting sounds! Bless you papa nixxiom

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

The blacksmith in Pyrewood Village is a repair vendor allied to Stormwind (but only by day, at night he is a Worgen), there is a vendor in Ambermill village as well.

[@Zee080888]

Nothing, up till this point, has given me that "deja vu" feel. Until This video! With this post, I am now SO Hyped for Classic to launch!!!

[@robinburt5735]

Not forgetting that the Robes of Arugal was a must-have item for any aspiring mana user.

[@HallowedBeThyGame]

Loved this! Get some horde runs in here, like horde running to Deadmines or crossroads to thunderbluff

[@americanwolf8972]

The SFK run was the greatest

[@thalfis]

I used to run from Khaz Modan to Teldrassil (and vice versa) for the sake of the adventure back in my begging days (the Wetlands run). I once tried to cheese the run by getting myself killed and making the trek as a ghost. When I revived at the spirit healer in Teldrassil I spawned at the graveyard closest to my dead body in Khaz Modan, good times!! :)

[@garsto9718]

This video is 100% gold! Thank you, once again, Mr. Nixxiom.

[@davewalker1508]

Brings back so many memories its on par with running to scarlet monastery running past under city and getting killed by that lone Brie Guard that walks randomly up and down the paths and trying to dodge horde players.

[@SuperCratoss]

The one i remember the most is Black Rock Depth, because it was so massive you could get lost in it at first, also when you first go there going through the ash volcanic lands and entering that impressive volcano inner room where the instances and raids are.

[@orphandjones8193]

Love this video Nixxiom, glad you made it after the wetlands run!

[@CarrowMind]

The Scarlet Monastery run for Alliance is like the SFK run+ Not only do you have to do the same route (unless you have the Southshore flightpoint which at the level you're going to do SM you really should) but you have to go past Silverpine and into Tirisfall, running past the zeppelin tower and the gates of Undercity, which is a high traffic area for Horde players, and even in PvE zones you will be flagged because Tirisfall is a Horde starting zone. Also, the Bulwark has no flight points in vanilla, so good luck with that!

[@fangy9567]

Ahhh these videos you are doing about the legendary runs are bringing me back memories. XD

[@cattysplat]

Classic Vanilla Wow was full of these great runs, everything seemed so huge and vast, and you'd have to beat this challenge...just to get started on where you were going! So many questhub towns (also served as safezones from gankers), dungeon and raid entrances all involved great journeys, sometimes vast, dangerous and entering enemy territory. All you had was the ingame map and a direction, you never knew who or what you'd end up bumping into and running for your life from alone the way! Danger and mystery at every turn, that was the Vanilla WoW way.

[@constipation4650]

Best thing in vanilla is that you think you made progress, then getting over whelmed by whats next to come. Its just full of surprises.

[@user-lydia698]

I did the SFK run. During mists though. I was very new to the game, the Queen of the Noobs and I didn't know that the quest I just received was a dungeon one, so I didn't use LFG. I traveled to Ironforge via the deep rail tram - having discovered it recently, after I died 700 times trying to enter the Burning Steppes in order to get to Loch Modan to deliver some package from a dwarf - crossed the wetlands with no major issues and entered the Arathi Highlands. I stayed on the road and encountered no major problems until I reached the gate of Thoradin's wall and died another 700 times trying to get past the Forsaken camp at Galen's fall and the one across Durhole keep. and the deaths continued all the way to Silverpine forest and by the time I got to SFK I was all red. And of course, I discovered that it was a dungeon and therefore I could not get the materials for my weapon. But it was all worth it because I traveled so much and discovered so many new wonderful places and I became more familiar with all the new zones. And since I was on a started account for many months, it became a hobby of mine to see how far I could venture into a higher level zone before I start dying horribly. And I discovered new ways to get into Silverpine Forrest. There is also another run you could also mention, Nixxiom. The Eastern and Western Plaguelands crossing into Sillverpine Forest with a level 20 Belf. On a mount and stopping at every flight path on your way there without getting killed. Or vice versa on your lvl 20 Forsaken character xD.

[@ProfoundFamiliarity]

Shadowfang Keep reminds me a bit of Karazhan because they both have an archetypal "mysterious castle/tower, overrun with spooky creatures" theme. To me they're both iconic instances.

[@jesussaveswithcoupon]

Just got you a subscribe, Shadowfang is my favorite instance in the whole game. At 60 I used to farm it over and over just to be in it. Grabbed the dagger and made serious money on it.

[@MegaChickenfish]

It was crazy the dedication of some players. I saw horde running Deadmines sometimes, that must've been a journey!

[@neoda91]

so good, dont stop these! these will bring so many views

[@jacob4895]

I spent weeks just running around, the adventures I had will never compare to today. I got wow right before bc was released , this gave me so much nostalgia.

[@Talagen]

I remember the longgg SM run as an alliance player and trying not to get ganked waiting for full party. Then running through all the elites to the instances. I loved the lore from SM and I look forward to playing all 4 instances again.

[@rconary]

So, so excited for classic. Hit 60 on my warrior back when, if you wanted to run UBRS as a warrior, you had to put a pug raid together. My biggest achievement in vanilla was getting my "Breastplate Of The Chromatic Flight". Thank you for the classic videos, I had forgotten all the big and little reasons I fell in love with the game to begin with. Seems like all of my favorite parts of classic have been removed in the name of "quality of life" improvements lol.

[@JediFrog]

On current WoW, as an alliance player, i do something I call the Gilneas run. Basically, it's the SFK run, but to Gilneas. I didn't even know the SFK run was a thing. Me and my friend just traveled there with our lv 20s a couple days ago just for fun since my friend doesnt have a subscription. You can't really do much there, but I just like going there.

[@NeoGrendel]

Just gotta say, my favorite run came when I took inspiration from the WoW comic "Flintlocke vs. The Horde". I took my lv10 Troll hunter who just learned how to tame pets, all the way from Durotar, through the Barrens, Ashenvale and Darkshore, snuck onto the night elf boat and went to Darnassus. Once there, I had to corpse run through the city and out into the wilds of the world tree! There, I tamed my white owl pet and hearthed back home! That took me the better part of an evening, if I recall. :P

[@Bludrunk]

the greatest journey I ever went on was during TBC (I first played in vanilla but got my account in tbc), was the epic saga that is the trek to the Hyjal Barrier. it didn't matter where you started because no matter what, as a low level explorer who played war3, you wanted to get as close to hyjal as possible... for faction equality, lets say you start in Ratchet... easily passing through the barrens into the stark contrast of Ashenvale. Avoiding every mob in sight as you made your way through the Kal'Dorei forest... But then came the challenge... Felwood, Warcraft 3 burning into your mind that this place was not safe... and yet you try and try and try to make it north. Dying a good 10 times til your gear is all damaged. And you thought, oh, I made it. I just have to go through this... tunnel. And then the horror of death after death after death left your gear all in the red and useless. Corpse running again and again until finally after a great deal of time... you make it out. On the wrong damn side cuz now your in moonglade and its 3am. but you press on anyway, back through the tunnel... and after more sadomasochism you are released into Winterspring. The quiet serenity of the snow that's fallen in the chilly shadow of Hyjal distracting from the fact that though not as populated with as many enemies... these are the strongest enemies you've seen in game yet and you aggro them from a mile... so you make your way carefully around as many as you can, planning out with strategy and cunning your path to Everlook the one safe haven you were told existed in the zone... Dodging patrols and dying to countless enemies you could not even see the level of... You realize its now 7am and the sun is coming up so you hunker down for a power nap with alarmclock.net for 20 minutes before it blasts you awake and you go right back at it... You repair your gear foolishly... finally you see it, a giant wall of ice and rock blocking your way forward and before it a deep crevice of which a fall would mean an unsavory corpse run back... but after Timbermaw Hold and Felwood you are now professional at traversing around these ruthless killer npc's… and you make it to the very end of the zone and.... and something is wrong... darkwhisper gorge... demons patrol the area... and now...you realize ahead is your goal... and the servers go down.

[@esbenrasmussen2419]

Gnomeregan as horde was also very cool. You had to run past Ironforge and low level alliance players questing, and the dungeon was very epic.

[@zudanetv]

Honestly, this was one of your best videos, Nixxiom.

[@destroyalty]

Nixxiom: "youre gonna be going there, with your friends. You're gonna be traveling, with your companions" me: *watching while running solo from menethil harbor and getting tagged by another warlock every 20 steps*

[@Jitterzz]

I like these videos of the infamous runs you had to take. I was thinking about how the game used to be and it really did hit me of how important travel was back then. Traveling through the world was so immersive and that adventure was so important for the atmosphere of the game.

[@Theforsakenmedia]

Oh God. The sfk run. No vanilla wow player will ever forget it. I remember being camped outside by horde players because I couldn't find the entrance lol ended up wandering into the town outside of it.

[@jaracgos]

Man you're looking good. I'm happy for you and jealous of your motivation. Keep it up!

[@Fatmoviewatcher400]

Really enjoying these "Run" videos. Can't wait to see the next one.

[@randomasgray]

I had to pause the video and laugh after the way you first described the alliance races. The real kicker was when you said "Willow extra." Gnomes wish they were that cool.

[@phoebs69]

The biggest achievement for horde was the run to Stockade and for Allies it was Ragefire Chasm. Because both these instances are in main cities. It was always hard to go there and do those Instances.

[@positivepatrolleader4914]

Haven't seen your content for 4 months. HOLY SHIT what a brand change! I'm loving the new look :D

[@xxPow3rslave]

I'd be lying if I said this didn't give me chills. The nostalgia is alive and well.

[@meninothomass]

never mind, you can just LFD now and it automatically takes you to it, and because of how inheritance gear works, you can clear the dungeon without even paying attention to it

[@DonnieDGaming]

Everyone complains about heavy grinds and long runs in mmorpgs but I feel like that’s what makes it work. And it helps spread content out but not being able to 1shot everything in a couple days and then getting bored.

[@KoovoParkolainen]

In TBC, i did the "Plaguelands run" as a blood elf, because i didn't know that there was a teleporter in Silvermoon. In vanilla I remember traveling to ironforge and stormwind as a lvl 20 tauren warrior, because I wanted to reach the legendary lands of the mysterious Alliance...

[@fredrick1176]

As someone who plays both sides, these runs were the best. But as someone who also likes cows, running from mulgore to sfk and tarren mill was just as epic. Go from these bright barren zones to the gloomy forests of eastern kingdoms for the first time was just amazing

[@ParsimoniousTuring]

Horde running to VC was no picnic either at level, but as a hunter (or rogue).. that Defias gear is SO SWEET that it was worth trying to dodge everything in Stranglethorn and all through Westfall (including Alliance players on a PvP server and NPCs on a PvE server) just to get to the mines and pray for certain drops. What you didn't mention is that SFK and VC are VERY different in Vanilla.. I foresee MANY wipes. MANY :) LOL!

[@Jasonwizz1]

Me to I loved SFK when we where in open beta it blew my mind. My first MMO. That was so amazing.

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

Looking forward to your video on the Scarlet Monastery run along with the pre-quests for sick rewards like the SWORD OF OMEN, or the Onyxia attunement. ...And really, REALLY looking forward to playing Classic again. The urge grows stronger every day.