I have played the game since 2007. It's very refreshing to get the opinion of someone who started their entire journey in 2024, since it's a vastly different experience. I'm glad you enjoy the game. It's been my home away from home and a sanctuary from a partially traumatizing life for a very long time, so I'm glad new people are finding their home here too.
I'm glad you had the opportunity to experience WoW in various ways. It is indeed vastly different from when it all began. I've been playing with my husband since it was released in 2004, and still play. Now however, we don't play hardcore like we did and did nothing but raiding, but now it is way more casual for us and we have our own little guild for just he and I. I agree with you on the music and ambiance, it is amazing, and sometimes when I have a chance, I turn up the volume! Another aspect I thoroughly enjoy is the lore, and the phylosopy developers have sewn into the game. Some of my favorite quotes come from WoW. In fact, my all time favorite is "Regret nothing done out of love" ~Qadarin
You arent wrong. Classic wow is a social game. Retail you can do and feel isolated and bored in an entire crowd of people.
Hardcore is… the experience most of us had in the very beginning with Classic trying to stay alive. The similarity to hardcore was “Repair”. When you died ALL your gear got dinged, so you really wanted to NOT die, plus sometimes you would die in the most unrezzable predicament and have to rez at the graveyard… boy, that hurt. That was amplified in hard dungeons and raids. Good guilds mattered back then because they would fund the raiders repair bills as they fought hard bosses. Hardcore is that fear of losing all that hard work amplified to 100. Really fun for us veterans!
The best part of the game is, if u want to do something u can do it. It just depends on yourself! I played in 2004, I sucked. But when classic came out in 2019, I played again and did what I wish I did back then! Felt great! I played through cata originally. Now from 2019 I’ve done the same, on and off but I finally got to kill Arthas in wrath!! Now I’m still going and working on heroic fire lands, killed heroic domo!! It’s great being able to achieve things I wanted too before!!!
I loved this video, thank you Galahad. As someone who loves Retail and Classic and has spent the last few days enjoying the heck out of Hardcore, you nailed all the points and I agreed with everything you said.
I also find your outlook so refreshing – ignore what people say, play what you think is fun, enjoy the journey, have a sense of wonder. That’s WoW at its best.
I started WoW back at launch all the way to patch 3.5 WotLK! I came back for Dragonflight & I am playing all of the expansions for the story! I can't PvP or M+ because of real life! My time isn't consistent day to day! I am enjoying the story & lore! I am looking forward to the future of the game!
Water frog people….do you mean the Murlocs? They're terrifying! Glad you're enjoying the game! 😃
Good vid. And like your outlook and feedback was super respectful. 😊
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Welcome to the jungle, dude. See you in Azeroth.
For the Horde!
I have played the game since 2007. It's very refreshing to get the opinion of someone who started their entire journey in 2024, since it's a vastly different experience. I'm glad you enjoy the game. It's been my home away from home and a sanctuary from a partially traumatizing life for a very long time, so I'm glad new people are finding their home here too.
people bash wow for graphics, yet still play valheim no problem
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I'm glad you had the opportunity to experience WoW in various ways. It is indeed vastly different from when it all began. I've been playing with my husband since it was released in 2004, and still play. Now however, we don't play hardcore like we did and did nothing but raiding, but now it is way more casual for us and we have our own little guild for just he and I. I agree with you on the music and ambiance, it is amazing, and sometimes when I have a chance, I turn up the volume! Another aspect I thoroughly enjoy is the lore, and the phylosopy developers have sewn into the game. Some of my favorite quotes come from WoW. In fact, my all time favorite is "Regret nothing done out of love" ~Qadarin
You arent wrong. Classic wow is a social game. Retail you can do and feel isolated and bored in an entire crowd of people.
Hardcore is… the experience most of us had in the very beginning with Classic trying to stay alive. The similarity to hardcore was “Repair”. When you died ALL your gear got dinged, so you really wanted to NOT die, plus sometimes you would die in the most unrezzable predicament and have to rez at the graveyard… boy, that hurt. That was amplified in hard dungeons and raids. Good guilds mattered back then because they would fund the raiders repair bills as they fought hard bosses. Hardcore is that fear of losing all that hard work amplified to 100. Really fun for us veterans!
The best part of the game is, if u want to do something u can do it. It just depends on yourself! I played in 2004, I sucked. But when classic came out in 2019, I played again and did what I wish I did back then! Felt great! I played through cata originally. Now from 2019 I’ve done the same, on and off but I finally got to kill Arthas in wrath!! Now I’m still going and working on heroic fire lands, killed heroic domo!! It’s great being able to achieve things I wanted too before!!!
20 year player here. Your take is amazing. Thanks for playing!! ❤❤ (😊 I listened to the end 😊)
I started prepatch man, absolutely love m+ and story mode rest is kinda meh also the sub you are right man just buy the 12month
I loved this video, thank you Galahad. As someone who loves Retail and Classic and has spent the last few days enjoying the heck out of Hardcore, you nailed all the points and I agreed with everything you said.
I also find your outlook so refreshing – ignore what people say, play what you think is fun, enjoy the journey, have a sense of wonder. That’s WoW at its best.
I started WoW back at launch all the way to patch 3.5 WotLK! I came back for Dragonflight & I am playing all of the expansions for the story! I can't PvP or M+ because of real life! My time isn't consistent day to day! I am enjoying the story & lore! I am looking forward to the future of the game!
At about 10 mins in, what is the song that is playing? Welcome 🙂
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Great video! 😊
Man, don't tell me stuff like "Oh I randomly got Rivenderes charger on my first run" that kinda unintentionally pissed me off xD Gratz though
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