31 thoughts on “I came back to retail after 8 years, and this is how it went”
At 3:19 when you said "Maybe Shadowlands is better" I lol:ed here, that was in my opinion the worst expansion ever. But now when Chris Metzen is back I decided to give Dragonflight a shot, not sure if i will play beyond 30 days, the feel is better than maybe half of the expansions, but not great.
I recently reactivated my account after an even longer break. I hadn’t played since the Cataclysm. I was confused for a long time and still am. The levelling is way too fast. I can’t collect gear quick enough to keep up with the levelling. The only solution is heirlooms or buying gear in the AH. For me, one of the best things about levelling was getting new gear and keeping it for quite a long time until you eventually upgrade. I have no sentimental attachment to my heirloom gear as I just clock to attain it with zero effort. Playing WOW now seems like just a conveyor belt to get to 60 where you cant slow down the levelling even if you wanted to
Bro you’re 35, stop crying about a 20 year old game. Stop talking and just go play classic. P.S. If you’re looking for something new in life, try sex. It’ll make you less whiny.
No matter how you feel about WoW as a whole, what your favorite xpac was, favorite spec, your opinion about game balance or features… there's one thing we can all, ALL OF US, agree on.
I started playing Dragonflight, and couldn't figure out the permanent profession decisions. Every guide was like "It depends on what sells well in the AH" and I lost interest soon after that.
0:58 , yea no bro they stick you in all bfa most of your leveling experience and bfa dungeons were not fun at all, this company already ruined itself with diablo 4 not to mention a decade of bad decisions .
I quit after lich king. We killed heroic 10 man like 12th in world and then i quit. Sometimes i think of going back. then i remember all the people I played with quit long ago abd the players themselves became toxic
I levelled 0 – 60 as a holy priest in vanilla wow. Man, did that help me learn my role. I quit after Cata because questing in WoW became more and more diconnected with 'getting good' with your character and more funky UI bars and vehicles etc. I came back for Legion and enjoyed that expansion, then dropped out again. I do get the pang to dive in again at some point. Maybe the next expansion.
I actually love dragon flight, it felt much more grounded and not like im the champion of azeroth being better than all npcs lol, it reminds me of pandaria and i loved questing theough those zones.
I think the leveling experience is fucked though, like you get thrown into stormwind dubbed champion of azeroth and youre like lvl 10 lol.
I love that we had the same experinece of shaowlands intro hahaha i will NEVER go back jesus i hate that place and you still cant fly even tho its an old expansion…
I too resubbed after a very looong layoff .. the game is still fun but they have made everything too ez and fast track everything,it's almost like you can't take your time or enjoy content because you lvl soo fast ,I also hated the fact that they have you start in bfa and do bfa content right out of the gate .. maybe I'm alone here but I enjoy old world content and seems imo thats where everyone should start at lvl 1
I've just jumped into Classic again and have been enjoying it. Was curious about the state of retail so found this video. Absolutely crazy how long WoW went being absolute garbage, what the f*ck were Blizzard thinking? I swear the fact they're publicly owned makes them such a sh*t company these days. Even if you're saying that Dragonflight is good it just makes no sense to go back to retail after all the sh*t they've pulled, people out there literally have /played in hundreds of days and Blizzard basically just said to them "F you" with all the sh*tty expansions they released. Even now they're going to release Cata Classic, so people have to live through all the previous missteps they took all over again, seriously? Absolutely absurd what Blizzard has become overall.
your story is much like mine … Warlords was the last expansion i finnished and then did a bit of Legion and then left the game …ive been watching the game over time and with the upcoming expansions i have an itch to play …. but i am kinda scared to get back into it again and if the game will be too overwhelming ….
Thanks, I've been playing since wow was first out, preorder. No add ons. played most every mmo and retail seems good. be nice if comes out in vr with haptic suit. i hope to live that long. thanks again.
I can totally relate to what you're saying. I started in vanilla back in 2005. The music of the Barrens or Elwyn Forest really trigger many emotions within me. But every time I resub now I never really get that feeling back even though I honestly do enjoy the new stuff to a degree. But like you said that ongoing bullshit about being this chosen one, the big hero is so irritating. I miss being the nobody, the noob and just being in the big world. And even Dragonflight, while being certainly decent, started out great but is quickly fallling back into the same grind and every new area / quest hub / catch up bs just quickly made me lose interest. It feels dead to me.
The Game Can't nearly be as bad as everyone keeps saying it is. There's no way it'd still have a server if it wasn't at least somewhat decent it's just not as perfect as it used to seem to be or perhaps people have grown older and more capable of seeing thru the cracks that were always there or maybe the free time doesn't just feel as justified because there's a lot more to do nowadays than there used to be as a video game player.
It was twelve years for me I came back one year ago for Dragonflight. Still don't really play much, but it is fun to play now and then, only a few times a month lately, but that is fine.
At 3:19 when you said "Maybe Shadowlands is better" I lol:ed here, that was in my opinion the worst expansion ever. But now when Chris Metzen is back I decided to give Dragonflight a shot, not sure if i will play beyond 30 days, the feel is better than maybe half of the expansions, but not great.
Play classic xD
I recently reactivated my account after an even longer break. I hadn’t played since the Cataclysm. I was confused for a long time and still am. The levelling is way too fast. I can’t collect gear quick enough to keep up with the levelling. The only solution is heirlooms or buying gear in the AH. For me, one of the best things about levelling was getting new gear and keeping it for quite a long time until you eventually upgrade. I have no sentimental attachment to my heirloom gear as I just clock to attain it with zero effort. Playing WOW now seems like just a conveyor belt to get to 60 where you cant slow down the levelling even if you wanted to
Bro you’re 35, stop crying about a 20 year old game. Stop talking and just go play classic. P.S. If you’re looking for something new in life, try sex. It’ll make you less whiny.
OK, now you are 7 months into it, so you still like it?
No matter how you feel about WoW as a whole, what your favorite xpac was, favorite spec, your opinion about game balance or features… there's one thing we can all, ALL OF US, agree on.
Shadowlands was really stupid.
I started playing Dragonflight, and couldn't figure out the permanent profession decisions. Every guide was like "It depends on what sells well in the AH" and I lost interest soon after that.
Legion was pretty good though
oh boy, if you only would knew what was yet to come 5:30 😂
0:58 , yea no bro they stick you in all bfa most of your leveling experience and bfa dungeons were not fun at all, this company already ruined itself with diablo 4 not to mention a decade of bad decisions .
I quit in 2009. Came back for dragonflight.
I quit after lich king. We killed heroic 10 man like 12th in world and then i quit. Sometimes i think of going back. then i remember all the people I played with quit long ago abd the players themselves became toxic
I levelled 0 – 60 as a holy priest in vanilla wow. Man, did that help me learn my role. I quit after Cata because questing in WoW became more and more diconnected with 'getting good' with your character and more funky UI bars and vehicles etc. I came back for Legion and enjoyed that expansion, then dropped out again. I do get the pang to dive in again at some point. Maybe the next expansion.
I actually love dragon flight, it felt much more grounded and not like im the champion of azeroth being better than all npcs lol, it reminds me of pandaria and i loved questing theough those zones.
I think the leveling experience is fucked though, like you get thrown into stormwind dubbed champion of azeroth and youre like lvl 10 lol.
I love that we had the same experinece of shaowlands intro hahaha i will NEVER go back jesus i hate that place and you still cant fly even tho its an old expansion…
I too resubbed after a very looong layoff .. the game is still fun but they have made everything too ez and fast track everything,it's almost like you can't take your time or enjoy content because you lvl soo fast ,I also hated the fact that they have you start in bfa and do bfa content right out of the gate .. maybe I'm alone here but I enjoy old world content and seems imo thats where everyone should start at lvl 1
damnit fine ill play again. damn you old vet like me just when i think im out you drag me back in!
I've just jumped into Classic again and have been enjoying it. Was curious about the state of retail so found this video. Absolutely crazy how long WoW went being absolute garbage, what the f*ck were Blizzard thinking? I swear the fact they're publicly owned makes them such a sh*t company these days. Even if you're saying that Dragonflight is good it just makes no sense to go back to retail after all the sh*t they've pulled, people out there literally have /played in hundreds of days and Blizzard basically just said to them "F you" with all the sh*tty expansions they released. Even now they're going to release Cata Classic, so people have to live through all the previous missteps they took all over again, seriously? Absolutely absurd what Blizzard has become overall.
your story is much like mine … Warlords was the last expansion i finnished and then did a bit of Legion and then left the game …ive been watching the game over time and with the upcoming expansions i have an itch to play …. but i am kinda scared to get back into it again and if the game will be too overwhelming ….
I love how in the cinematic the dragon grabs a giant watcher and holds him in his claws…you get on your dragon and you're 1/3 the size of it
Thanks, I've been playing since wow was first out, preorder. No add ons. played most every mmo and retail seems good. be nice if comes out in vr with haptic suit. i hope to live that long. thanks again.
I can totally relate to what you're saying. I started in vanilla back in 2005. The music of the Barrens or Elwyn Forest really trigger many emotions within me. But every time I resub now I never really get that feeling back even though I honestly do enjoy the new stuff to a degree. But like you said that ongoing bullshit about being this chosen one, the big hero is so irritating. I miss being the nobody, the noob and just being in the big world. And even Dragonflight, while being certainly decent, started out great but is quickly fallling back into the same grind and every new area / quest hub / catch up bs just quickly made me lose interest. It feels dead to me.
The Game Can't nearly be as bad as everyone keeps saying it is. There's no way it'd still have a server if it wasn't at least somewhat decent it's just not as perfect as it used to seem to be or perhaps people have grown older and more capable of seeing thru the cracks that were always there or maybe the free time doesn't just feel as justified because there's a lot more to do nowadays than there used to be as a video game player.
Amazing only druids only know this game.. @ 60
I came back after leaving just before cataclysm. I leveled up to level 43 with 2 level 8 items and didn’t even notice, lol.
I miss the old wow. I was there for the opening of ONY and MC.
stopped watching when this guy said that leveling felt amazing. hahahaahhahaha. what a douche
I also quit during WoD, thinking about coming back now.
This is my exact situarion. Im no longer special 🙁
Main characters: "you did it once again….champion!"
Me: "say my name"
I really enjoyed listening to your voice.
It was twelve years for me I came back one year ago for Dragonflight. Still don't really play much, but it is fun to play now and then, only a few times a month lately, but that is fine.