Dofus Retro - Should you play?

[@VagrantVideos]

Do you play any of the Ankama games?

[@Volcodom]

I played Dofus maybe 06 or 07 till like 2012. I was FTP almost that entire time and managed to get a Sad to level 50 in the FTP limits. I killed a lot of the weird little rock guys until I figured out there was a room full of skeleton monsters. But what was cool was back then you could run to the PTP areas so I ran around the entire map. I'd see the Dark Vlad mob in the wild and explore Bonta and Brakmar. Good times.

[@Most1ted]

Dofus touch is amazing. I play it daily.

[@HaramosYT]

I've played Dofus for the last 15 years or more and I'm so glad people are talking about them now.

[@VagrantVideos]

I even got contacted by Ankama to cover touch but who knows if I will lol

[@HaramosYT]

@@VagrantVideos yeahhhh, probably unnecessary 😂 if u talk to them again please put in a good word for me for them to put a heroic server into Dofus Retro! I'll sub 4 accounts if they do 😬

[@Diggsworth]

The Astrub theme is on repeat constant in my mind, it made me learn to play the flute and clarinet.

[@hamzameskaoui-b2x]

Thank you because of this video I’m thinking about going back I haven’t played since 2009

[@chrisharms2064]

What a massive throwback. I remember playing this back in 06-07. I played the newer Dofus a few years ago but man this UI and gameplay was a nostalgic hit! Great vids!

[@KotauFPS]

Dofus and Ankama games in general are something I've followed since I was in highschool (2011~) and honestly, they're a blast to play with friends. Some of my friends in hs were Dofus players and they showed it to me and since then I've found myself hooked to these really silly turn-based games. From my experience, professions in Dofus really are the main solo content. While you can fight in Dofus with most if not all classes like you mentioned, I find it way more boring than playing with friends or in a group. I find you can draw many parallels to OSRS and Dofus. I think they're games you can enjoy in a similar manner in terms of grinding, except Dofus is more goofy and fantasy themed while OSRS is just medieval-fantasy themed. On a side note, I think both games have amazing soundtracks and very, very similar storytelling where they go more into the comedic side sometimes.

[@VagrantVideos]

I say this in all my dofus coverage, its a shame that these games don’t get more attention in the west considering their age.

[@Thomas-gq5zv]

I've played dofus on and off since early 2007 and it's a pleasure to see it reached outside of France to so many players. It's also the first time I've heard the classes names prononced in English and it was hilarious. If you didn't know most classes names come from reversed french words that loosely relate to the background of each class. As for the absence of interaction you've experienced it's likely because most of the players playing retro are old players that already have friends and communities and likely don't use the in-game chat to meet new people. I hope by now you found some friends to tag in. As for meeting players in the dofus forums, I advise you don't, unless you enjoy room temperature iq conversations. Cheers from France

[@Kicks-SEGA]

played dofus for about 17 years and i'm still going on the retro servers this stuff will never get old for me

[@gertgamma4485]

Oh wow I literally just watched your full Ankama review series for the first time like an hour ago

[@VagrantVideos]

Had to cap it off with retro lol

[@ricardomianelli]

Dofus was one of my favorite games ever, and I've played MANY games. The thing that made me stop playing Dofus (around a decade ago, maybe more) was the power leveling, nobody would try to explore anymore because there was nothing to be discovered, so it wasn't worth doing that at all. People would just grab a wisdom set and pay people to power level you to 200, so the game started to get boring. Years later I tried to go back, but the new Dofus is simply not fun at all for me. In the old Dofus, each class had its specific characteristics, they were all really original and exclusive. Now, every class does a little bit of everything, it felt like they blended. I forced myself to play for a few days but it was just not fun at all.

[@todayfeelz5050]

In the 1.29 version ... i played for about 5 years and barely reached lvl 200. Guess i was doing a lot of pvp but still, 5 years to reach "end game" is pretty good, also i still had lots of places to discover, 2.0 is the reason i stopped playing. I was so sad when they announced it

[@todayfeelz5050]

PvP at lvl 200? whatttt? I dont know if dofus retro is like back in the day, but if pvp was your thing, you could easily start at 30-40, I played for YEARS and only got to 190 so thinking id never done PVP is crazy talk Also for the chat options, it does have a general chat, on top of your chat there are colors that you can activate to see those channels. im suprised this game is still going and they they gave the players the retro option, as someone who played for over 5 years. me and my friend group had to stop playing because of 2.0 it was so diferent from the game we had fallen in love with.. awsome to see it still being talked about!

[@Halfward]

Man I miss this game.. if only they had the funding to create a mmorpg in this universe with the wakfu series animation style

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

I’m currently watching Wakfu for the first time, I’m really enjoying it. The characters and world are amazing. I got curious on what else Wakfu had to offer learned they had games, I watched all of your videos on the world of Wakfu, they have been very helpful. Thank you! 🙏🏾

[@Oradimi]

I'm a french person who used to play quite a lot of Dofus and little bit of Wakfu but was way too young to have known Dofus 1. I haven't really played it even in its release, but back when it was shutdown, it was on version 1.29. Now it's on 1.41, and afaik while they were pretty relunctant in adding new content at the start of Dofus Retro, they opened up more afterwards and they are trying to add actual new content.

[@VagrantVideos]

From what I read once the game ports over to unity a lot more will be possible.

[@Oradimi]

@@VagrantVideos Definitely for 2.X, but I don't think any port was planned for Dofus Retro/1.X. I thought 2.X had already transitionned to HTML5 in the meantime before Unity, but turns out it's still running on Flash!

[@r3a1m0]

The early updates of Dofus 2 were the best. Post Kolizeum update, most PvP roleplaying enthusiasts eventually quit the game.

[@Sanzeh]

They do add new content now. They added 2 new dungeons + 2 new dofus and a new pve arena called "gladiatrooll" recently. And even if there is less content than 2.0, the game back then was focused a lot on farming rare drops like dofus.

[@VagrantVideos]

I read about that but I also read conflicting reports. The devs said it was only added because it was originally cut content? So not sure what’s true there.

[@XJ9LoL]

yeah nothing really big and new. the only new content are the temporis, which arent the main game. the cut content was just a way to introduce the 2 new dofus in the game that retro didnt have yet. retro should get more updates, but meh@@VagrantVideos

[@obbscur2]

glad to see a couple of people outside of france seem to care about dofus retro it's very nostalgic for me, but definitely still worth playing, if you manage to find a few friends to play with (as the community evolved on very problematic ways the same way it did with wow classic) although i have to admit this 15 min video about it is very incomplete, with a couple of point wich are inaccurate, a bit disapointing

[@Grimkai_]

Bro I love your videos, new subscriber here, been binging all your catalog, how you get movie/video clips like that, such a nice comedy touch! Keep it up please!

[@VagrantVideos]

You made my day with this comment you have no idea!

[@Grimkai_]

@@VagrantVideos I'm telling you man, I'm looking forward to enjoy more of your talent and content.

[@michaelc754]

Combat is very straight forward for the first 50-100 lvls. But can get very unique or “complicated” towards the end game lvls

[@todayfeelz5050]

Depends on chose playing man... its a strategy game, if two good players do pvp, it will be "complicated' regardless of the lvl

[@michaelc754]

@@todayfeelz5050 your right. My comment was based on PVM. Earlier lvls is way more simple and straight forward that the later lvls

[@essforsence2907]

did you know Eniripsa reverse comes from Aspirine, a medicament here in France to reduce headaches. Osamodas reverse becomes sado-maso from (sadist-masochist), because the player use to send its creatures to the fight while doing nothing. A lot of puns can be found in this great game. Proud to be a french native speaker x)...Cra comes from arc (bow in english), ouginac reverse becomes canigou, an old french brand which was selling dog's food. Iop means poi (bean in english). The iop first fight then think, they got a bean as brain :3

[@VagrantVideos]

Couple people in the comments pointed those anagrams out. Literally never knew them until this video!! Love the community for this game, wish I had larger reach to get it more attention.

[@essforsence2907]

@@VagrantVideos try french subtitles maybe, there is also a big community in spain and italy

[@essforsence2907]

@@VagrantVideos is the play of words great in english Dofus version too ? Do you have examples ?

[@ningenjanai666]

now that im an adult and can actually afford the whole subscription id go back to dofus retro in a heartbeat if it not were for the completely dead international/english speaking servers

[@MsTatakai]

Dofus retro is open for so long but still I sometimes want just to enter to chat with the ppl on "f2p" areas BUT Dofus retro doesn't allow that like before (pre-dofus 2.0+)

[@AdmBrx]

My favourite game of all time! Nostalgia is king

[@michilackner7102]

Ive played dofus retro about 4 months ago , im an old dofus 2.0 player and reached lvl 100 in dofus Retro. Its still a good game, but dofus retro is very grindy where i stopped. Also, 80% of the playerbase is french and its hard to find any english players. But its still a cool game, i hope they would bring back an old 2.0 classic server for those who missed the good old 2.0 times.

[@hamzameskaoui-b2x]

Been doing good in silouatte server had my own guild oh man this is so good

[@everydayidiotpro]

I love your channel. Keep up the awesome work. Great sounding voice man.

[@VagrantVideos]

That means a lot to hear! Thank you! 🥹

[@onlygodplaystv343]

Great video! i would like to add that the English community's on dofus retro are there and strong. the guilds are mostly international guilds (anyone is accepted but guild chat must be in English) Im not super sure about other servers anymore but on the server (Bounce) (solo account server only) there are a few international guilds (Hope' / Regin) for lower levels and newer players (anyone is accepted) and there is also (Interference) for the more end game international players (level 190+ with good gear) so there is a place for everyone's play style and expectations.

[@humbertomercado6034]

I see an iop. Wither

[@aerulos700]

I loved this game as a kid. I played retro for a while and hearing the music again was like i sniffed a huge dose of nostalgia, but nothing is better than the friends I made during those days. The game itself is nice, but being one of the niche English speakers it was very hard to make friends or groups, but when you do find them we stick like glue, kinda have too because french players can be assholes. I've met my fair share of people agroeing me even when i'm not part of Bonta or Brakmar just because they know my guild is English speaking. Is that fully true? I don't know, when I ask my guild, that's what they say with a few of them being bilingual to french. The game is fully solo with most of the players actively using multiple accounts. Even the solo servers some people made duo or trio accounts using vpn to bipass the solo requirement. It's a good game overall, but it's also just nostalgia. Ruined by mid maxers.

[@araratshahbazyan5151]

I have been on retro for the past 2 years, English community is strong and in my opinion all the players are better with treatment with eachother, i would say over 80% are veteran players.

[@osahazel]

When playing on the monoserver, it's important to engage and interact with other players, it's more interesting than playing solo. Soloplay is easy, but if you play either Sadida or Cra, the problem arises when you want to farm a dungeon. There are many players and bots, I abandoned this version due to this problem.

[@muratkahveci3177]

I play dofus since 2006 and i can tell you dofus retro is like dofus 2006 i love it

[@ToastBombHalo]

I've been on a retro kick lately, and all those clips of games in the first 15 seconds of the video really caught my my. Would be a big help if anyone could identify some for me! I think the only one recognized is FF Tactics in the first clip.

[@VagrantVideos]

FFT, Vagrant Story, Saga Frontier 2, Breath of Fire 3

[@ToastBombHalo]

@@VagrantVideos thank you!

[@TheMotherStory]

Hey man welcome back, hope you had a good vacation, great video as always.

[@Shaynate87]

Nice video 😊

[@milojp3]

I had no idea this game was being played abroad lol

[@blborges]

Love Dofus, but never play it for a long period of time, every other year I have a urge and play for 2 months or so and leave it; The lack of people communicating is due to, everyone on mid-end game has 30 accounts and plays a full team of multibox The french community can be okay but it is not unusual for them to ignore you or just be straight up racist The Brazilian community in the game exists but is small, I would guess it is bigger then the american/english speaking one tho. All in all, fun game, grindy as fuck, and the engine is super dated, it is a 2-5 second load screen every 10 seconds simulator with loads of pop ups with stuff taking ages to load for each map. People who never played it, I would recommend joining in for the seasonal servers they have every year or so, called temporis, its usually a different spin on things and a more lively community due to being a seasonal server.

[@MetatronTCG]

@torrentearcano will love this video lol

[@saveenly4332]

Great video!

[@Pengooeine]

Its finally over, you did it.

[@WolfszeitYT]

sadly you havent explained what the differences between the 1.29 retro servers is there is a legacy server and a retro server but what is for what? whats the difference.

[@VagrantVideos]

As far as I could tell from what little there is online the only difference is literally the legacy server is just the original server from back in the day and a retro server is a server that released when retro was made.

[@jaredreynold6336]

The answer is: "No, you should not! A franchise, that was once in-browser viable (till 2018) and still advertises it as such 5-6 years after its discontinuation, is obviously far behind in reacting to it's audience. Ankama is literally having a grand stupor!

[@raphtremblay9377]

you didnt open your '' lookin for group '' and '' trade '' channel , thats why the game looked dead prolly

[@MrDudeBro]

Comment for algorithm brother.

[@riffz6065]

Anyone playing this in the U.S? If so, how are the servers?

[@VagrantVideos]

Hit or miss. You have to actively dive into the community to find English players but everyone is really friendly

[@Santooss100]

Only problem is the amount of bots

[@Roxaroth]

Hey I have been trying to play the retro monoaccount server with a friend, bit it wont let us create a character. It says only "verified accounts may create" we have done everything and bought the membership...any clue? We need help :(

[@VagrantVideos]

It might be trying to verify your subscription. I think there is a verify button when you log in

[@awecwec3720]

[@skoub3466]

or you play on mobile for that version for free

[@Mecawallace]

There really is a "classic" MMO variant for everything now huh?

[@VagrantVideos]

Legitimately. Can’t wait for Neopets Classic.

[@alexandrusuteu9731]

So is it not free?

[@apdroidgeek1737]

I do not recommend playing dofus unless you have a friend to play with. Its unplayable when youre solo unless you wanna get carried all the way to lvl 200

[@apdroidgeek1737]

it doesnt have solo content, most content are group content, even the main quest are group content.

[@Psykotik_]

Huh, who could have guessed that a MMO game would be better when you play it with other people? Weird.

[@Rhises]

Eyyyy dofus.

[@masteuyi475]

free to play ? lol...

[@VagrantVideos]

Normal Dofus is free to play but retro isn’t.

[@masteuyi475]

@@VagrantVideos no f2p