Top 10 Differences Between WoW Classic & The Original Release

[@ClassicWinds]

Thanks for the shoutout madseason. Crazy to watch a guy for years online then see yourself mentioned in his video. Appreciate it.

[@RabbitConfirmed]

Facts: Cats can actually fly

[@madseasonshow]

You've earned it dude, you make good videos - keep it up!

[@tentomdrummer]

Winds guide you!

[@hellopeople7748]

How many bears do i have to kill?

[@stevecrowe1489]

I actually thought you were the same person cause you have the same voice! Haha

[@pettipasb]

Your voice alone makes me think of 2004.

[@PolysableHo]

hahaah

[@Kabo0se5]

What are you talking about *hhhhhhhhhhhheehhhhhhhhhh*. Not sur what you mean *hhhhhhhhhhhhehhhhhh....*

[@Shaka1660]

nerdy mouth-breathing aside, his voice strangely reminds me of Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon

[@Dragon-Believer]

Community: the tools are there.

[@charlottehettelingh5422]

@@Shaka1660 that's so amazing though, i love this guy's voice, i'd forgotten about him completely until now.... haha

[@madseasonshow]

Edit - Regarding number 9: Just thought I'd throw this out there since some people are taking it the wrong way(even though I said this in the video): I don't have a problem with streamers. They have a right to do what they want just like all of us, and in my opinion the more exposure on the game, the better. I'm undecided, but I may end up even streaming myself(if there is a demand for it), so this video isn't in any way meant to disparage streamers, or their communities - just to take note of the effects that they'll have on the game.

[@Mongrel1980]

Still no beta for you? That's a damn shame my man

[@madseasonshow]

@@Mongrel1980 They are just hand delivering it to me on a pillow so it's taking a bit of time....yeah that's it!

[@BlackBirds93]

Hell yes! Could you include where to pick them up as early as possible for each race?

[@wartem]

@@madseasonshow Good thinking! Stay positive hehe

[@RealityPranks]

This Is exactly what I wanted to lookup next. You the man

[@thisginger1]

"Maybe we won't see chaos on launch where everyone is fighting for one boar!!" Yeah... About that...

[@dogan6263]

@@hackhenk that second picture was taken right before the shutdown of the private server Nostralius. It was a planned gathering of a lot of players so yeah ...

[@Pellemain]

​@@hackhenk yeah it was... did you even play on launch night?

[@hackhenk]

@@Pellemain Yeah I did. What pserver launches did you attend the last few years? It sounds like you didn't attend any of them.

[@Pellemain]

@@hackhenk mate you are kicking a pillow with this argument.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/honSZayMlqxqmKM this is the relaunch of Nostalrius, without comparison the BIGGEST pserver launch ever.... ONE SERVER, biggest queue i have ever heard anyone claim they experienced on launch night, was 12000 (however i don't believe that as i think the server queues were capped way lower, but whatever) but most people just logged the fuck in with 0 queue, mind you the server cap was 10k... Classic launched with how many servers? afaik 4 pvp realms were up prior to launch in eu, with 3 more opening on launch day before they even opened, and countless more the following day. Server cap was almost immediately increased to max (10k), and server queues were ridiculous on all of them.. Layering has the ability to split server pop into essentially 3 realms, so with layering in full effect you will see no more than ~3300 players at one point, however on launch night basically all automatic systems were maintained manually, and population on all layers were held at more or less what the server could handle... Layering was not in effect at all on nostalrius, but to claim it was largely outscaling blizzard servers is just ludicrous and not true.. btw the picture you linked is not a launch picture...

[@SilverKnight16]

Also, on a serious note, since Classic has come out, I've been taking the time to specifically watch streamers play Classic who have never before played WoW until now, and seeing their wide-eyed wonder at the world around them is so heart-warming. They're getting that first-time experience, that joy of looking at the world map and realizing that, yes, you can go to every zone shown on the map (except Hyjal). Learning talent trees, getting a feel for the world--I'm reliving the experience through them vicariously, and it's amazing.

[@thetruthchannel4222]

there was a secret way to access Hyjal and I was able to get there back in the days :p but it took me a lot of practice and patience :D

[@zombiecarnivore]

“Can’t relive your first kiss” HA! Can’t relive something that never happened.

[@mitchmurray6323]

It be like that bro

[@KingMonkeyMon]

my mom kissed me but i never had my first strip club before

[@crowmaster9652]

gottem

[@mikelowder7082]

@@KingMonkeyMon my mom says im cool! & was one of those holy dwarvin paladins Brandwynn of Deathwing lol

[@RebeckadV]

@@KingMonkeyMon sWEET HOME ALABAMA

[@DerpingtonTM87]

The biggest difference from Vanilla to Classic is that Asmongold had hair

[@JimmyMon666]

same goes for me

[@Nirr0]

Same for me too ... Sigh. At least I have a beanie.

[@Danstheman1357]

Me three lol

[@australiaisnotrealjustaska4379]

I watch in get gank. And love it

[@Kweesh]

Derpington *Asmonbald

[@AlexVanags]

the intro will never get old

[@jolierichardson8683]

AlexVanags it’s the best

[@wagner55]

AlexVanags tell him not to change it pleeeease

[@Ryan_hey]

nor the outro! "Farewell, mortals..."

[@evanmcauley4788]

I remember beating my head against the desk getting lost trying to find things during questing. Reading and rereading the quest text trying to find out where I got lost before questhelper was a thing.

[@dreaminginhell4047]

I still get lost on some quests in Teldrassil. That cave never fails to waste my time

[@lacrls]

But once you learn one barrow den you know every one in the game

[@mattjustofficial]

The reason it starts slow is so you actually experience the game. It was to teach you how to add actually play your class correctly, establish a flow. Running around was to soak it all in and become familiar with your surroundings, instead of flying around skipping everything.

[@HallyVee]

Or these days instantly sprinting 12 feet over to the next quest hub.

[@dst_20]

I totally agree with the last point! Not knowing the game was a big thing. I remember rolling a human lock and getting sent to kalmindor for a war lock quest at lvl20. Had no idea how to get over so I started swimming!!! Now I know the place like the back of my hand!

[@JarrodGordon20]

Darren Thomson I remember as a new orc player needing/wanting to get to the undercity and had no clue how to get there. I ended up taking the boat from ratchet to booty bay and ultimately getting wiped over and over as I made my way north through STV. I was going to run the entire length of eastern kingdom.., I ended up swimming the entire length of the continent instead. I'm sure it took over an hour but I don't remember exactly. Stupidity.

[@epiccollision]

I couldn’t for the life of me find my way into Undercity, I just took the zepp to Org and went from there lol.

[@manunavoni7666]

Probably the best feeling that people had about world of Warcraft was the transition of playing from the Warcraft perspective from over the top to actually enter "in" the world, to a 3d view of the world Sorry that I don't know enough to explain what I just said, but I really think that was the best feeling of wow

[@madcityy269]

As someone who played the balls our of Wc3 this really hits it home for me. Finally seeing those zones from the ground level was so cool.

[@PogoPinguin1988]

I absolutely know what you mean! The first time I actually stood in front of Sylvanas as a level-10-ish forsaken and could even talk to her was probably my hardest nerdgasm moment ever.

[@Sleepless4Life]

Never played Warcraft, but Wow was my first PC game and MMO. Let me tell ya that first time experience was immense. Never experienced something like that and the music had me hooked. Glad I got to at least experience that. First time experience was the best thing Wow ever offered.

[@probablyacabbageisuppose1711]

You hit the nail on the head here!!!

[@st0rmchild]

I agree 100%

[@begley09]

I remember thinking addons were against the TOS back in the day.

[@blundy1]

Spooky rumours the kids tell each other.

[@Skjip.]

The first time someone suggested using thottbot I told him I wouldn't use bots xD

[@semiblindbritguy2268]

My first raiding guild told me DBM was against the TOS because they wanted people to raid without it xD

[@Btburkhardt]

I was scared of getting banned 🤣

[@tristanbeaumont8048]

@@semiblindbritguy2268 how did that work out lol

[@huskycal2367]

I reckon when classic is "beaten" they should allow you to keep your char in classic but also copy it as a 60 to tbc that way the classic grind carries on

[@thevaultdwellerf6691]

@@maxinoume Why?

[@valiktoma2542]

husky cal Aha this guy got it right! Thats exacly how it should have been done the first time.

[@blindtherapper2470]

@@maxinoume ?

[@jackh7977]

That's what I want

[@Bgh583]

i dont understand your point?

[@AlexeiVoronin]

The first-time experience is truly something you can never get back. I remember I was so stunned when I played for the first time that I pretty much sat and stared at the screen for many minutes, then felt a sudden urge to run away from the room.

[@Clafrance1971]

That first gryphon ride from Ironforge to Stormwind City, seeing all the land passing beneath you for a ride that seemed to take forever. An experience that I'll never forget, and wonder that can never be relived.

[@yetkilikisi7461]

Let me comment before the bald guy reacts to this.

[@yetkilikisi7461]

@The opportunist Asmongloid

[@Anudorini-Talah]

your PP is overused..

[@damianocoletto2229]

@The opportunist Asmonbald*

[@heyitspanos8004]

did someone say baldy

[@yetkilikisi7461]

@@Anudorini-Talah I read your comment as my pee pee is overused and i agree with that

[@mihai6407]

The Asmongold references in this video are hillarious! Great video as always.

[@qwertyui90qwertyui90]

yeah, the guy is a total tool, i don't like him. He's pretentious as fuck, knows everything until it's time to actually know stuff...

[@fameus4423]

@@qwertyui90qwertyui90 PepeLaugh

[@BigoldDoinkz024]

@@qwertyui90qwertyui90 Hey! Asmon is a good guy, he helps feed the homeless at his local soup kitchen! Jk, he's a douche. 😂

[@eOSdeath]

TwitchSubnDonator y’all some haters if you don’t like him don’t watch him it’s not that hard

[@Instygan]

@@qwertyui90qwertyui90 goo goo gaga

[@nesano4735]

The sad part is, everything you said about streamers is true.

[@kyotheman69]

Baldmongold is proof of this, how toxic his streams are and how many people hover around him in game

[@AkaiAzul]

That scares me. I’ve done certain things that may be questionable, but fair play, but to unknowingly do this to a streamer and getting harassed by their fans, it’s not something I’d wish on anyone.

[@jellyfrosh9102]

@@kyotheman69 What do you mean by "how toxic his streams are"?

[@morbid1.]

@@kyotheman69 you kill asmonbald few times and he will quit streaming and cry about it on twitter/reddit... I hope someone on his realm create "namelessking" character

[@nesano4735]

I'm honestly surprised I didn't think about streamers being a problem because I've been thinking about how different WoW Classic is going to be from OG Vanilla for a long time now. AngryYearMovie seems to have put a lot of thought into this.

[@pardingo]

Dude, that edit at 21:55 was amazing. Earned a sub for sure.

[@tysonnosyt6766]

Omfg i just replayed that about 20 times and cant stop losing it

[@AvonaStar]

Hide the pain Harold strikes again! :)

[@magicalpotatoeforces]

7:46 I saw that subtle "pornography" thrown in there. lol

[@Alendo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJy7cmpjjdSEiqM

[@robbyzoom5453]

legend

[@maleficarium]

i lost my shit when i saw that XD

[@atelophob_ia]

HAHAHHA BRUHH WAIT-

[@EyeSixx]

That Asmongold Mario mix.

[@connorschell5144]

I rewatched that 4 times lmfaoo

[@dmsephiroth]

What is asmongold? Some kind of currency?

[@Frostshokula]

Always chuckle when a streamer talks about how easy Classic is when they have ppl who live to help them by grouping and giving them shit endlessly.

[@Zoozio]

Classic is easy anyway. If it wasn't for you... Well.

[@Frostshokula]

@@Zoozio There are ppl who will say completing 20s in time is easy. Doesn’t make it “easy” as a whole.

[@Zoozio]

@@Frostshokula Classic is literally easy as heck a whole. It takes more time, and more incovinient, that doesnt mean its hard. Like its been a year, anyone who says classic is hard in anyway is just delusional as heck at this point.

[@Frostshokula]

@@Zoozio Retail is also easy depending on who you talk to. It’s relative, but you’re missing the point. No matter how easy it is, it is overwhelmingly easier when ppl hand u things and are fighting to group with u.

[@Peleski]

I remember in vanilla people were often bored, so people just treated the game like a chat room. They built friendships that way. I don't know if that sort of thing would happen any more.

[@blindhydra]

I believe most people are looking for that more than anything in classic

[@Peleski]

@@blindhydra I don't doubt it, and the intention is understandable. But everyone knows of some big project that was resurrected in an attempt to recapture a nostalgia era...

[@Blackadder75]

I used private servers for years as a kind of fancy chat room. I wasn't really interested in all the leveling and raiding at that time , but I wanted to keep in touch with old wow friends that moved there. this was during the pserver boom that eventually led to the launch of classic. I just would make a low lvl bank alt and hang around in cities, trying to get as rich as possible (after a small donation from those friends) It was fun to chat and also to discover what kind of things you could do at a very low lvl . I had one lvl 1 with the Arena Grand Master trinket (summoned to gurubashi arena, and patiently logged in during the night until I got 12 chests) it took about 6 weeks

[@thomascroft6057]

Personally I think Wrath was the peak when the game was at its best state. But I loved vanilla wow with all my heart. Reaching level 60 wasn't a grind it was a journey. Plus the vanilla wow was designed in a way that literally forged friendships.

[@Lodorn]

@Will Harison UC Irvine And you know what? I miss that gravely about wow retail since... at least cataclysm, i think.

[@CL-jq1xs]

the journey is a grind from vanilla all the way to bfa..... changing the word doesn't change what it is. The difference is you actually meet and interact with people back then. Tbh i would rather BC with all the fixes it brought to vanilla.... its like vanilla is BC beta. Wotlk was good but it introduced things like dungeon finder.

[@TouhouGaijin]

@Will Harison UC Irvine I've never played classic wow when it came out. I'm playing on a private server. I absolutely love it.

[@mrjack901]

@Will Harison UC Irvine Every MMORPG has grind it. Only difference is how much fun you can have while doing it. Something that Classic provided more with being more rewarding even with simple green gear, to its social aspects.

[@mrjack901]

@Will Harison UC Irvine sure

[@MrUser1million]

Wow classic should evolve again and follow a different path than before. A path that remains true to the original and not the streamlined and homogenous mess we have currently.

[@aapanic0811]

Amen brother

[@smugmode]

What if the players got to vote on content changes and updates?

[@machomanalexyt5736]

@@smugmode this isnt runescape lol

[@RaidsEpicly]

That happened in Wrath imo. BC was still quite good

[@smugmode]

@@SeliasteTM Me too.

[@matrix255]

"Jaina was hotter with the hood" Vanilla forums were the best...

[@jimmythornseed8605]

Girls in hoodies are hawt.

[@Vezmus1337]

"Asmongold Reacts to Asmongold Reacting to Paint Drying" Lmao

[@BladedAngel]

I don't mind stagnation. That's what keeps it pure and classic. Oldschool Runescape was fun at first for being similar to 2007scape, but then they added so many updates...it may as well just be a separate game on a separate timeline. I fear WOW would become the same thing if it started to get different updates from retail.

[@lukeveijk]

Well OSRS has always been community driven. Changes aren't bad, they make the game grow. Unwanted changes however, is what ruïned most things.

[@WiezAnims]

I think that at the core, OSRS still feels like the same game from many years ago. I think that adding new content every once and a while that has the intentions in mind of keeping track with the classic/old-school progression is good for longevity. As long as they don't obviously just go in the same route as before. And I think having that known love for the more classic version of their game and with both released and thriving gives them a good idea of how to keep things fresh and yet nostalgic

[@DaneLMusic]

But bladed I didn’t know you played wow!!! Blah blah blah miata.

[@AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

For many of us, I actually believe WoW Classic re-release will bring us a better game than original release. And a predominantly adult community again. WoW always had it's bad folks, but servers quickly discovered who they were when they wouldn't shut up in trade chat, and we shunned them until they disappeared. Kids today don't have the patients WoW Classic will require. They want Poof, fast leveling, instant groups, and they're all about the pubs. Classic was about bonds, friendships, meaningful interactions and guilds. Things half today's WoW players know nothing about.

[@rybobz]

@Daniel Leslie hardcore raiders or pvp players the play the games very seriously anyone who doesn't like adult language should either use the profanity filter or hop over to modern wow

[@rybobz]

@Daniel Leslie it depends what type of game you want to play if you want a social game that is challenging to learn pick classic. If you want fast easy progression with almost instant access to endgame raids pick modern wow. I would also recommend trying both as one subscription give you access to both games

[@rybobz]

@Daniel Leslie I can only recommend trying them out in both games you'll inevitablely play all classes leveling is so fun in both games you'll soon discover which game you want to play and how you want to play all the classes I highly recommend you watch some videos on classes for classic you tubers like classic winds are good at explaining these topics

[@flippokampioen7069]

I know this video is already out for some time but when i first logged in on my undead warlock that is still my main today, in 2006 i saw this "mob" that had a skull mark as a level and i decided to throw a shadowbolt on it. It turned out to be a lvl 60 paladin in tier 1 or 2 gear and i died 5 minutes into my WoW carreer :p I still remember it like it was yesterday.

[@alext5497]

128 likes. Zero dislikes. Asmongold has no hair.

[@xneffenx]

And dems da factz

[@nagybotond713]

Hotel? Trivago.

[@Greshah]

teamspeak and verntrilo, ow geeze. what a blessing they were.

[@Ryan_hey]

ahh, ventrilo.... sweet, sweet ventrilo..

[@Livewire91]

Xfire ftw!

[@BDCMatt]

Is vent still a thing or did discord destroy that shit?

[@chad912]

@@Ryan_hey F

[@StephonZeno]

Teamspeak sucks...

[@YoungGrizzly]

Jeez its been 15yrs. WOW, i cant believe it. I was playing this during my 1st year of college.

[@edwardp3864]

I started playing in 3rd grade 😄

[@YoungGrizzly]

Lol a game that brought people of all ages together. I graduated in 2004 🤣

[@TPMine]

Young Grizzly Man, I wish I wasn‘t five years old when the game came out.

[@YoungGrizzly]

@@TPMine well now you have a second chance of experiencing sleepless of vanilla WOW. For full immersion limit your bandwidth to 10mbps while playing on a CRT monitor.

[@nomadjensen8276]

Lol I started wow my first year of college too. It was mind blowing.

[@davidcummings3059]

The Vent dub over your voice explaining Rag was beautiful. Thank you for bringing back those horrible memories MadSeason

[@Tadervader100]

If I go through the barrens and there are no chuck norris jokes, I'll be disappointed

[@Consumstra]

Honestly I wouldn't mind playing with MadSeason, not for the popularity but I sincerely believe he'd be fun to be around, share adventures with and make memories too. Also Madseason is so knowledgeable and makes me laugh. I believe Classic is more about the journey to 60 and just having a good time.

[@kingdavey90]

Hopefully more mature, less toxic fanbase too

[@madseasonshow]

I'm still deciding if I'll make my main public or not. I'm afraid if I do I'll get special treatment or gold/items sent to me - I sort of want to fully immerse myself and that might be ruined if it's public. I was thinking of maybe having a public alt though if people want to play with me. Still thinking about it!

[@murat8210]

@@madseasonshow i respect that.

[@MazrimTaim]

I just want that monotone voice whispering sweet nothings in my ear.

[@MemorySpark]

@@madseasonshowYou could always have a character to do stuff with the community and another character just to chill and play on your own. Might help with the endless spam of mail, messages, and other stuff as well.

[@MegaShinji12]

Exactly what i need.. not modern vs classic but vanilla vs classic..... Old player need to know what to expect

[@benjaminaustnesnarum3900]

Man... That feeling of starting WoW for the first time. I still remember my first character; an Undead Rogue. Later swapped to a Night Elf Druid because my friends began as Alliance. I remember my first dungeon, the Deadmines, where I didn't understand the difference between need/greed, so I needed on everything; got scolded by my teammates, so I ran all the way to the inn in Lakeshire where I sat on the bed in one of the rooms upstairs. My GM whispered me asking me where I was, so he could come and talk to me to explain what I did wrong. I remember my first epic, which was the Salamander Scale Pants from Molten Core; something I used DKP for. Thinking back, moments I had in WoW are amongst my most cherished memories, and it is a bit sad, knowing that I will never experience that sense of awe ever again.

[@MsElvistar]

About greed/need - had same problem xD

[@ginofiraza8239]

hey man, I dont comment on youtube in any way, I bothered to log in to my several year old account just to like, follow, and comment on your post. This is a good one, thanks mate!

[@MarkWettinger]

Loving your videos man! The monotonous voice, the unexpected humorous remarks, the video editing and the way you go into so much detail without getting boring. It's just great!

[@0xzi]

You are genuinely my favorite WoW content creator. They're all fantastic, but these videos are always amazing. Can't wait to go back home!

[@shadowprince4482]

I really love his demeanor. He knows it's just a game and to not take it too seriously. He's the type of person I wish was in every WoW group.

[@maximusjoseppi5904]

The reason classic is a better game is because your choices have meaningful consequences and impacts on your gameplay. If you decide to fight something, it's a big deal and you have to pay attention. After you're done fighting you have to prepare and plan for your next fight. Fights are close and can require effort. If you pull too much, you die, and you have to ghost run back to your body, sometimes pretty far, with a repair bill. If you decide to go somewhere, you have to run and it takes a long time. If you get a better piece of gear, you instantly feel a difference. If you want to do a dungeon, you have to run there and speak to real people with words. You have to read quests and plan your route to be efficient. The power gap between pieces of gear and levels is greater so it actually means something. You can't transmog crap on a whim so finding cool looking gear is a big deal. You can't teleport and "fly" everywhere, skipping everyone and everything in the game.. the game feels much more like a world because of it. Flying and teleporting ruins games. Every progression step and every decision has a noticeable effect on your gameplay, poor decisions are punished and good decisions rewarded that's what makes it a much better game design. 120 levels makes levels, talents, skills, gear meaningless. Flying and teleporting makes the world skippable and meaningless. Group finder makes people meaningless. Retail wow is skippable and meaningless.

[@HallyVee]

Although I agree with everything you said I'm obliged to point out that, as I do with our detractors, it doesn't mean Classic is "better" game design, but rather preferable to us. Better implies an objective measure of quality, and some simply prefer brainless meaningless games.

[@Mattmanwow]

You are the guy i go to when it comes to classic updates, keep up the good work. Thanks MadSeason.

[@madseasonshow]

That's a big compliment considering some of the other channels out there. I appreciate it!

[@Just_Call_Me_Tim]

You're not the only one @Mattmanwow. I've got one I can count on for Cyberpunk 2077 (Kazuliski), and Madseason here for WoW.

[@kenhammscousin4716]

I remember thottbot. Was essential back then for cryptic quests and various tough fights

[@McStumpy9331]

"Just like knowledge, you can't erase skill." Neuropathy /Age - "Hold my beer."

[@BlackBirds93]

27 minute video up for 2 mins, people already commenting like they finished it

[@kendob9642]

Tanking in classic is approximately 10000 times harder than tanking in retail wow. All tanks who are used to the current threat mechanics are in for a treat when they can't hold aggro and get flamed, crushing their massive egos

[@neotheoneandonly2]

Can't wait to be that absolute pleb.

[@Galy]

I can't even remember the last time a tank lost aggro in retail

[@AwkwardPain]

Wait for 5 sunders!

[@CL-jq1xs]

tbh the threat mechanic doesn't make tanking that much harder..... dps are the one that need to learn about threat

[@kendob9642]

@@CL-jq1xs dps should, but they won't. In end game raiding it should be fine but pugging leveling dungeons WOULD HAVE been an issue.... If classic wasn't so insanely undertuned. Tanking doesn't even matter in the current iteration of the beta.

[@docp9956]

The nostalgia of the "new experience"... oh man, if I could recreate that. I've been away from WoW for 10 years, almost to the day. I just got back in on it a couple days ago, and I'm one, amazed at how much I retained, but also two, disappointed with how, dead it feels. I remember SLOWLY leveling, getting wiped in the Deadmine.... getting lost in Duskwood, finding the Inn FULL of players. Stumbling upon a world boss with dozens of players fighting it. I guess everyone is just grinding endgame now, just like most MMOs and even some nonMMOs. I hope Classic brings back some of that original experience...

[@Darkedge361]

I just started classic and to say I've been hooked again is an understatement. I'm loving it.

[@ItIsNot1984]

The biggest difference is that I now have a keurig.

[@_boof]

GameTech Reserve You mean, coffee flavored water machine?

[@bibto8577]

@@_boof lmao

[@Tatuzka]

Your intro is the best. Makes me melt everytime i hear it.

[@AaronDGreen]

a lot of these don't apply to me, as this is my first time ever playing wow. Having a blast

[@dreaminginhell4047]

I joined at the end of bfa last december. i wish i joined in cata or something

[@b17ch5l4p]

superb video, man. i can see you put a lot of work in this. highly appreciated!

[@Miscegenist]

I thought the end was quite touching and well put. Thank you for the great video!

[@StepBackHistory]

One change I think we undervalue is stages in our lives. This is pure nostalgia fuel for millennials who were in high school at the time of classic. It was pre-recession, pre-university, pre-grownup. I imagine that Classic's massive time sinks combined with many nostalgic people having jobs and families now will make some parts of this a very different experience.

[@AdminAbuse]

"Asmongold reacts to grass growing"

[@Karina-winsmore]

I mark every single "asmongold reacts" video i see as "not interested' with both "i dont like this video" and "im not interested in this channel" but youtube still recommends me those.

[@Inouva87]

@@Karina-winsmore struggling with this issue right now. Multiple youtube channels with "asmongold reacts" to fucking everything. Wish you could effectively block entire channels from ever popping up.

[@CaleoGaming]

It's so fucking annoying.

[@mikeypeinado383]

*2million views *

[@pannoncannon]

I dont think i've ever watch youtube videos on wow, but with classic releasing I've been absolutely addicted to your content. lol ty for all the know-how and knowledge I need to get back into the game.

[@melontinii]

I never played vanilla so I'm incredibly excited to see how challenging and different it is compared to wow now

[@junito1957]

Well the one thing you be saying slot wtf how did I get kill. Or why am I dieing a lot,lol

[@ScutMonkey]

My god it took so long to get to level 60 in vanilla. I'll be curious to see if THAT is in classic.

[@ChronicKush]

I Started playing during BC so this should be interesting.

[@Longlius]

7:25 When I played vanilla back in 2004 (woo launch), it was on a satellite internet connection (we didn't have broadband in our small town yet), so my latency was always red. Playing classic with green latency now feels very... weird.

[@crookedowl]

Dude, I love your videos. You're incredibly chill, you have solid ass puns, great commentary and information, and I love going on further nostalgia trips with the background music. Love hearing old Zelda and other classic video game songs, and hearing music from Mario Sunshine in this vid was a trip. Keep it up dude!

[@liamwilson7549]

13:40 one does not simply make a new alt in vanilla

[@Naivedo]

What they should do is make servers for each expansion, and then you can transfer your character to the next expansion all the way up to live. It would be a good pathway for people who want to take their time, and get the original experience without being stuck in the latest expansion. Plus, there will be people that don't transfer that can guide you through classic dungeons.

[@HallyVee]

And the folks who don't play every day for months can experience all of each expansion.

[@YavinPrime]

I think that Classic will likely be just a quick and fun experience for most players. They'll try it out, have their nostalgic moments and maybe even raid a bit. After a few months though I think the majority will go back to what they were doing before it was released. I know I'll try it out if only for the nostalgia but the stagnation aspect is exactly why I won't stay. If they were releasing true "Progression" servers as Everquest has then I would consider staying long term. I took a lot of breaks from WoW over the years and it would be fun to relive some of the releases and feel what they were like in their prime eventually culminating in the server being a true "retail/live" server. I guess for some that defeats the purpose though.

[@robertpickerill7596]

I started playing In TBC. I got the starter pack that came with the guide book for vanilla and tbc. The books were a life saver

[@jenriquez1284]

Still remember that Teldrassil song in the night elf starting area! I’m definitely playing this one, it’s all I ever wanted.

[@kyrridas1573]

yeeeeeah, i really hope all the streamers play on the same server....so i can avoid that server.

[@Andreas_Mann]

Many influencers are.

[@Andreas_Mann]

Asmongold doesn't realize it yet, but classic will be unplayable for him. He will be followed by his autistic legion of followers and ganked 24/7

[@kyrridas1573]

@@Andreas_Mann i dont suppose you've seen Griffin Mcelroys "Peacecraft" videos on youtube? its exactly as you describe. after the first couple episodes went out and people knew his character name, he was constantly surrounded by people. getting whispers the very second he logged in. his mailbox was at a nearly constant state of max capacity. enemy faction ganking. you name it. he was more concerned with being silly than actually playing the game, but yeah...it would be an absolute nightmare.

[@vld7759]

I recall Asmon saying something about leveling with only McCuck off stream

[@terrencedouglas375]

isn't asmon that really stupid looking fuck who makes those really stupid ass looking faces?

[@thinkclint]

Lmao, “no blob shadow”

[@TonyGosu]

I find it ironic how the community right now is praising WoW classic for its simplicity, difficulty, immersiveness, etc. and yet the very first thing madseason does is rag on is people that don't use add-ons. It has nothing to do with pride, add-ons literally change the way you play the game and they help automate your experience. The game offers everything you need to beat it without addons. as he mentioned in the video, a lot of those early vanilla addons are now added into the actual game on retail. but my question to anyone reading this is: does the automation problem of retail sound familiar to you? half of everyone's qualms with retail is how the game holds your hand too much. It's why we're having to go back to vanilla to begin with, to a game that's more engaging. I strongly encourage everyone deciding to try classic to leave your add-ons at the door! if not, add-ons may help water down a ton of great things about vanilla and what it has to offer.

[@adamconkle4042]

I leveled in Classic, but never got to experience the raids that were there as BC was coming out shortly so I went right to that. It will be a first time experience for me and that alone makes it worth it.

[@pauldavidgraham6301]

I've been playing WOW since before Burning Crusade. i got tired of having to rechoose talents, etc., every time a new part of the game came out. From Lich King on, every new extension I bought meant having to start over with talents, spells, etc. One game removed some of my most useful, and favorite, talents, etc. Finally I bought BFA and guess what? Blizzard again made me have to revamp all my abilities. So I stopped playing for a year. When the Classic WOW came out I began playing it. That's when I realized how difficult WOW Classic was. Remembering to buy ammo was a pain - and it took away a bag slot. You pick up a lot of grey items after a kill and the money was coppers. Getting above 20 brought silver and a lot of stuff that was rated lower that what I was wearing. Selling it added to my money, so no real problem. It is still fun to play. I hope Blizzard adds Burning Crusade to Classic. Dranai are my favorite characters to play. Just don't reset all our abilities, spells, and talents.

[@Lexaneski]

Best WoW channel ever. Blizzard MUST give you premium beta access to classic right now. Thx for your work.

[@Andreas_Mann]

That would be nepotism

[@Faxy95]

I agree, he has so much knowledge of vanilla it would be perfect for them at the moment since it's in beta stage and people forget beta is for testing and relaying info to blizzard, only one I've seen do that so far was esfand the others just do mindless world PvP instead of helping test. But I did briefly also see swifty going over things which should be promising, you know, people who actually played vanilla and not some randoms.

[@ns-tech1304]

@@Faxy95 Esfand never played Vanilla

[@mathewcaterino5085]

@@ns-tech1304 he did, he created his account a week after release

[@Faxy95]

@@ns-tech1304 if that is correct then I am completely dumbfounded as to how he knows so much about it, pretty in depth things too.

[@BaDitO2]

5:07 I'm dying here XD this is litteraly my youtube homepage

[@TheHoodDude]

I absolutely agree with you! After playing WoW as first MMO, experiencing its massive open world and the getting know how MMOs are played, there is no other MMO that can cause that same overwhelming feeling like WoW did in the good old days. I also tried million other MMORPGs, in hope of I can experience the same feeling like back then, but I didn't manage to find what I sought. First time is first time.

[@Max_Marz]

I've never been past 40 and coming back to it many years later is overwhelming...

[@tenjenk]

Very true about #1. That first time on teldrassil after years of playing wc3? Pure magic. the sights and sounds.

[@Ghouse666]

Maybe blizz will take note and start fashioning future expansions after the way Vanilla TBC and WOTLK were made.

[@RaidsEpicly]

It's always so funny to me when people talk about Wrath like it was anywhere near the quality level of TBC. Wrath is where everything started going wrong, with shit like the dungeon finder and epic items being incredibly easy to get

[@S-K69]

Not WOTLK.... That is where it all started going downhill.

[@filipraos8072]

@@RaidsEpicly dungeon finder came out in late wotlk

[@epiccollision]

Filip Raos shh let the moron have his toys.

Ah yes, great video mate! I really love your content, brings back such fond memories! That first time experience really was impressive! Must've been 10 YO, I was so overwhelmed that I got lost in the undead starting zone! Stumbled upon the scarlet crusader camp and ran away cause they were too intimidating, and couldn't find it again afterwards. And then I couldn't find the exit of the zone, so I climbed the mountain and got to the Solliden farm on the other side, only to get rekt by the farmers... The level of adrenaline (and innocence) back then was truly something! Good times :D

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

I’d constantly get lost just trying to find my way around Undercity with my first character (who was also Undead - a warlock) lol. She was appropriately named “Dieyoung,” as I was dying nonstop with how clueless I was. 😂 When I finally made my way to Ogrimmar, that wasn’t much better either lol. Those main cities were just so massive and overwhelming, and feel even bigger when you’re outdoors in Ogrimmar seeing everyone speedily zipping around on their mounts (or even Shamans racing around in ghost wolf at lvl 20 iirc), but you’re still a LOONNG ways off from getting any sort of faster travel. Do you remember questing south of the Undercity, where there was powerful werwolves hiding everywhere in the tall greenery - particularly that ONE super elite werwolf? If you ran in to him, you’d always die and be stuck for eons, because as soon as you rezzed he’d get you right away again. Eventually the only solution after wasting so many times attempting to get past that monster was to give up and choose the 10 minute rez sickness debuff lol.

[@moonlghtknght]

Back in the days of Ventrilo, I was in a guild where I purposely used a voice changer every time I spoke to them. Coupled with the terrible codecs, they told me I sounded just like "Red Leader" from "A New Hope". During raids when we were close to a boss kill with several people dead and people doubting we would win, I would start saying "Stay on target... STAY ON TARGET." I wish I had recorded it. It always got quite a few laughs, especially when we beat the said boss.

[@mitchconner2021]

Watching this 5 years later and it's kinda crazy how much MadSeason got right about how the community would react to things. It's nuts. One of your best video's dude.

[@satanicdude]

"Asmongold reacting to Asmongold watching paint dry" lol

[@TheHorreK2]

honestly i will miss the many bugs and tech limitation in classic, that looting lag/bug with you being stuck in the kneeling position and cant loot anything anymore was especially a huge part of my own "classic experience" xD

[@compulsive_curiosity]

it was the best, I would give anything to have it recreated

[@Fastenjaw]

OH MY GOD I REMEMBER THIS! I will also miss when hunters were magic using kite gods (before the avalanche of nerfs came). And Hunters needing on everything was a good chuckle. Also class imbalances were pretty big back in the day. Rogues were pvp kings along with mages. I may have hated raiding, but I loved everything else. At least all classes were unique back then. Sucks that they shut down the private server even if I never played on it. Tbph though I think not updating is what will hurt it the most. They weren't happy developing on the old system as it was tedious. Most likely they will not go back to that.

[@daisycloverbee6353]

I'd forgotten all about that. First time it happened, I thought I'd done something wrong.

[@kaptenteo]

I remember someone in chat getting all huffy when they found out that Blizzard was making some changes to how Black Lotus spawns, or something. They went on and on about how any kind of change was a slippery slope that would eventually ruin Classic altogether. I guess they didn't realize all these differences between Classic and the original release, and how they've been there since launch. Somehow, they managed to enjoy the game, anyway... Until they changed the spawn rates of Black Lotus!

[@HallyVee]

So your claim is that because some changes have been made others now should as well?

[@conradflynn6453]

Remember when dual weilding 2 - 2h weapons was just an April fools joke?

[@privatetowel]

Oh shit. I forgot that you cant dual-wield two handed weapons in classic. This is gonna be weird for me.

[@YangTang20]

Yep - that moment when Titans Grip was given to warriors, everyone suddenly switched spec just to look godly.

[@m.c.martin]

YangTang A fury Gnome Warrior with transmogged weapons to look like lightsabers lol 😂 that’s the best

[@lexzbuddy]

Back in vanilla, a friend of my had a pali. One of his trinket slots glitched and it acted as though he had two trinkets in the same slot. It was weird but he definitely liked it. He couldn't remove the trinkets but that didn't really matter as it meant he effectively had an extra trinket.

[@AlphaWolf62493]

I’ve been a world of Warcraft player since I was 16 from 2009 to 2010 I just Recently got back into playing and I have noticed a lot of changes mods and updates it’s almost like I’m playing it for the first time again but the point of my messages that I really like your videos and your content please keep updating and giving out helpful and useful information not only to old but also new players

[@MixMeister5000]

That outro .......Seriously man, thanks for everything you do. I am sure everyone else here would agree. Never change!

[@evanmildrum897]

I started playing wow in bc. Looking forward to classic

[@TommyDaGreatest]

" I'll be playing day one of course!" - Login queue: 6153 minutes

[@TigersBlood23]

You smashed it, bro. Really well done.

[@shingshing01]

I played classic on the PTR for a bit and it was fun but it felt like something was missing. You nailed it with your #1 pick. Everything was a voyage of discovery and achievements felt significant the first time around.

[@chanhyung88]

Still remember to this day the first character I built during vanilla wow... Took me 2 month to level up a Dwarf Hunter on server Eredar. Nostalgia calls me but I don't know if I will enjoy the game again. Back then everything was new and fresh but I have been spoiled over the years.... And my favorite expansion was Lich King's wrath by far.

[@Siaman668]

I'm playing classic because I wanted to try out vanilla since I never played it. I wanted to experience the game.

[@bobby101a]

I started with Burning Crusade but I remembered WOW was like a Journey.

[@inujosha]

The only thing that old kids internet commercial was missing was jazz hands at the end.

[@Bob_Cratchit]

There was a torch in Stormwind along a wall near the AH where you could jump through and fall to the bottom of the world and run around down there under the game zones.

[@kevinoneil5120]

Moonkin players who didn't play classic are in for a rude awakening

[@vagabondwastrel2361]

get a group of 5 druids and spam moonfire will still be op depending on the patch version.

[@turinhorse]

all druids are,... Druids were absolute garbage in Classic. which is why they were the coolest - yet least played - class. Classic WoW had imbecile class design

[@Assassunn]

@@turinhorse just Balance was garbage, the resto drood is actually considered the best healer in world pvp and bg by far, and feral is underestimated as pro says. But with next patches of vanilla it will become even stronger in pve

[@turinhorse]

@@Assassunn Not really. Maybe in arena pvp Restro shined but everywhere else it was average. Feral DPS was not underestimated. All the Recounts show it was below average unless you had many BIS then it was slightly above average. And Feral tanking was garbage because mitigation was terrible which is why EVERYONE chose Warr tanks for anything important. All of this and the itemization for Druids was horrendous until after BC.

[@Assassunn]

​@@turinhorse ​ Turin Horse Believe me it is, a good resto druid can win almost every 1v1, and the feral druid DOES compete with wars in term of dps in raid since the new meta with the manual crowd pummeler maces you farm on Gnomeregan and the Wolfshead helmet, if you're not convinced I suggest you to watch some videos of Nostalrius server, it's little known since theorycrafting has a lot evolved after the years

[@pcl5636]

"edited to the tune of drowning pool or slipknot" lmao the accuracy

[@Caulculon69]

Benjamin Blaine lmao right??? Hit the nail on the head

[@Ludes702]

Given that i was 7 or 8 years old when wow came out. (Keyboard turner and mouse clicker). Im excited to re-experience the game and not just get to level 40. Great vid tho bud, subbed!

[@paxe.j.1723]

Do I have to keep my camera pointing straight down into the ground to prevent my pc from frying in orgrimmar is the real question here

[@WizoIstGott]

I would love to have static servers for the first few expansions with free char copies between them. So the vanilla server will allways be vanilla and the gear will allways be relevant, but after getting bored you can copy your lvl 60 onto a burning crusade server which is also static.