What does the text that appears at the end of the video mean - "tmcdq yzmfzq"? The Jedi mentioned it is a "hidden secret" though a bit too well hidden, to be honest. Am I too short sighted and these are just the initials of his supporters or there is more to it? I've tried looking them on google, read all the comments, even tried to connect it somehow with the outro song, but to no avail. Hope someone sees my comment and try to figure it out together :) Otherwise the video is, as all the others - amazing! This type of content, the one that Jediwarlock and another creator by the name of Verigan make, proves how many hearts and minds this game has won! Thank you! ❤

@beenmurked4126

6 күн бұрын

I was thinking a cipher but I ran it through a solver and didn't get results that made sense on my end. Now I'm intrigued as well.

@cekopeko

6 күн бұрын

@@beenmurked4126 I haven't been able to find any clues throughout the video itself, though the cipher solver was a good call! I ran it myself using CHATGPT and it assumed thet it was a Ceaser cipher? It gave me an answer that did not make a lot of sense - "UNDER ZANGAR". What is under Zangarmarsh? And I am not completely sure that this is the correct decipher.

@Paranormal_Possum369

5 күн бұрын

@@cekopeko It looks like some kind of ROT13, I also got UNDER ZANGAR with it

@ritterspots89

5 күн бұрын

Maybe its a kind of anagram. Rearranging it into two words of five and six letters. Edit: there are no vowels so perhaps not. Edit 2: Tarren Mill Combat Deployment Quota & Yogg-Saron's Zealots: Mighty Forces and Zealous Quests. Surely 😂

@decree1367

5 күн бұрын

@@ritterspots89 bro, you went full 5Head on this! xD

Honestly there is no better leveling experience then the human starting zones. Is absolutely perfect the story is incredible and it's fun

@ifritto

7 күн бұрын

In classic that's absolutely true, big agree.

@macmac6064

7 күн бұрын

Barren better

@441greenleaf

7 күн бұрын

IF y ou are a pluviophile like me, Teldrassil is the real shit :D..

@d.s.8227

7 күн бұрын

That's because they created it first and spent most time on its design. John Staats in his book The WoW Diary mentions that the Kalimdor starting areas were rushedly finished towards the release date, and it shows.

@JonO387

6 күн бұрын

Played for many years and have never done it once. For the Horde!

The Defias questline has lived rent free in my head for the better part of 20 years. The entire story of VanCleef, the Stonemasons, Katrana Prestor, it just immersed you into Stormwind in such a great way. What's fascinating to me about the Human starting zone is virtually all of it is fighting other Humans, with a scattered handful of others in it (aside from the Defias it's primarily Gnolls but also some Orcs in Redridge, some undead in Duskwood, Kobolds, and Murlocs). But the Defias make up the bulk of your enemies. You aren't being forged as a soldier to defend against the wrath of the New Horde, you're slaughtering bandits who could very well be your neighbors and family who have flocked to this charismatic craftsman cast aside by the Kingdom he was once sworn to. It's a low intensity civil war ravaging the outer areas of the Kingdom, all because of the machinations of an insidious political figure purposely trying to usurp power within the Kingdom for herself for her own dark agenda. It's great stuff you get bits at a time over the course of these zones plus questlines in later levels all the way up to level 60. I am biased towards this little piece of Azeroth. I am not someone who came to WoW through WC3, so I wasn't at all familiar with Lordaeron or WC3's story when I first began playing. The Defias were my introduction to Warcraft Humans and Warcraft in general, but Humans are something you can get in virtually every flavor of fantasy. The Defias not quite as much. Their story as a whole is something really special and I believe they hold a special place in a lot of WoW player's hearts, myself definitely included.

@solidusraiden2502

6 күн бұрын

slowly realizing theyre not the bad guys afterall

@Goldeneye3336

6 күн бұрын

​@@solidusraiden2502Well they are quite bad. Play the followup in Cataclysm. EVC didn't die of old age.

@timestimesx7535

6 күн бұрын

An option to side with Van Cleef and go after those nobles would have been a nice touch.

@ZiggyJr

6 күн бұрын

That or having 2 turn ins per se: one to marshall McDougal or the other to VC and allow him to escape / different quest rewards would be cool. ​@@timestimesx7535

@General12th

6 күн бұрын

Down with the Stormwind monarchy! Up with a democratic republic!

It really shows the devs ran out of time when developing the higher leveling zones. The 1-30 zones are so much better as questing experience.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Yeah! There are differences for sure... at the higher levels you're expected to do more traveling and multi-zone stuff which does break the cohesion of having those single-zone narratives going on.

@edluke3415

3 күн бұрын

When it first came out, you had to grind mobs or dungeons from 44-52 because they didn't have many quests at that point. It literally took 12 hours of straight grinding to get half a level back then. It was pretty common for people who played at release in November 2004 to not hit 60 until February 2005.

@mrlost117

2 күн бұрын

​@@edluke3415 I remember skinning turtles along the beaches of dustwallow marsh for like 6 levels to get to 40 and afford my first mount

@edluke3415

2 күн бұрын

@@mrlost117 lol I played a rogue and solo'd SFK and SM graveyard for stuff to vendor or put on the AH, but man did it feel good to get my raptor even though I was lvl 45.

@davidshort2818

2 күн бұрын

​@@edluke3415I was 60 before Xmas grinding dungeons was the way I was a resto druid so getting parties was easy

The power of classic wow's writing was in its simplicity. Now in wow you are fighting a god level threat for a daily quest. The simple act of helping out a local struggling militia that is decently hard, with little spells and resources is a more satisfying experience than killing 8 dragons by pulling 20 and using 10 different cds. Classic wow is the best game ever created no doubt.

@General12th

6 күн бұрын

Sadly, you can't keep fighting local threats on the same character for twenty years.

@adamizor0014

6 күн бұрын

@General12th very true, but it'd the sad reality. Lots of people dislike retail for reasons it cannot control.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Great point! This could be an argument in favor of a big reset for WoW and starting us over with the simple things again. :)

@zaMpeDo

Күн бұрын

Very well put

@zaMpeDo

Күн бұрын

@@General12th I am doing it right now! Can't get enough of classic vanilla. Although I would love for a tbc server to exist

I was just thinking recently how good the story is around the first Alliance zones around the Defias Brotherhood, so good

@HighTide.Sunset

6 күн бұрын

Idk you personally but I always remember reading your twitter posts and comments back in the day! Good to see you sir hahaha

@MichaelLoda

6 күн бұрын

@@HighTide.Sunset thanks cheers mate

@noctusowl

6 күн бұрын

The original scythe of Elune and worgen origin, though fragmented, was also a great one. But you had to play Ashenvale and Duskwood Alliance and Silverpine Horde to get the full picture.

@HawkTuahAndSpitOnThatThang

5 күн бұрын

W voice acting in “The Average Asmongold Enjoyer”

@MichaelLoda

5 күн бұрын

@@HawkTuahAndSpitOnThatThang thanks!

0:18 I played Horde my entire life (been playing WoW for 18 years), but I decided to play Alliance on Classic Era when it got popular again a year ago - when I first got to this location my jaw dropped. I don't know exactly why but this location in Duswood has such a thick atmosphere. The small pond besides the monument and statues and the sort of hidden nature of it made me really appreciate that even after 18 years in Azeroth, I still haven't discovered everything.

@Merknilash

4 күн бұрын

Yep. I do like the Horde feel - Barrens is a great leveling zone (of course), but Elwynn/Westfall/Duskwood/Redridge has the most Fantasy Warcrafty feel

@drogendieter.420iq

4 күн бұрын

@@Merknilash silverpine is the best leveling zone for atmosphere

@Merknilash

4 күн бұрын

@@drogendieter.420iq silverpine is amazing but a little underdeveloped

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

It's such a great spot! :D

As a life long Horde main, I couldn’t agree more, especially with the option of going to Khaz Modan and seeing Blackrock Mountain loom over you wherever you go, and once you finish all those zones you finally get to see a little closer to the volcano without dying instantly to a fire imp.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Those darn fire imps man XD

17:35 ah yes, if your a long time player you know the BEER RUN quest. Running to Darkshire at lvl 15

@TheJbjfan

7 күн бұрын

Spiders, Wolves, Worgen, Undead waiting all along the way "It's free real estate"

@DIEGhostfish

4 күн бұрын

@@TheJbjfan The one where you go from Westfall to Darkshire is even worse, since stitches can spawn on that road.

@TheJbjfan

3 күн бұрын

@@DIEGhostfish oh, that little rascal just wants to play

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

A true classic XD

This is so great. I started playing in late vanilla and my first character was a huma paladin, so this really brought back memories. And also the missing diplomat is one of my favorite quest chains ever.

@primary2630

4 күн бұрын

My first character was a human paladin too on my friends account when I was like 9 in 2004. I got him to level 27 before I got my own account 😅

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

Defeating Morbent Fel was x1000 times more satisfying than anything in Shadowlands

@warmak4576

7 күн бұрын

Tbf shadowland is a low bar to begin with.

@Goldeneye3336

6 күн бұрын

Oh no. Shadowlands M+ was lit. You must have been bad at the game.

@samwise1790

6 күн бұрын

@@Goldeneye3336 theres quite a difference between 'narrative satisfaction' and 'sweat satisfaction'. Morbet fel is objectively not hard to kill, its just a small group world quest. But there is a whole zone which builds up to finding out what's going on, discovering it's this necromancer, quests taking you around the world to craft an item to weaken him, and the payoff of killing the big bad of the zone (well, one of them, but narratively the chief). Whereas retail M+ is just like oh theres this shit convoluted grandiose story full of retcons and contradictions nobody gives a shit about and is often harmful to the overall warcraft narrative, but heres some raid content to download dozens of weakauras and addons and guides to sweat your balls off doing fights so visually cluttered you have no chance at visually parsing out whats going on without external help to do it for you. One of the main driving forces behind it is this inane goal/focus of blizzard to make content for like 2 or 3 professional guilds to stream for several days once every 4-6 months for a esport-ized 'race'. Literally content tuned and made to be relevant for about 100 players for one week every financial quarter. Its video game brainrot.

@andrzejkulakowski

6 күн бұрын

@@samwise1790 Amen! I couldn't have said it better myself

@Gorre022

6 күн бұрын

@@Goldeneye3336what kinda nonsensical logic is that lol

Wow! This is great. Please do more of these. The dwarven experience with the Dark Iron thread would be a great one. From Dun Morogh through through Loch Modan and the Wetlands, finishing with one last quest as you enter Arathi, and then it comes back near max level as you get into the BRM area. There was a real sense of continuity that those were all dwarven lands. Another great one would be that eleven experience from Terdrassil through Ashenvale. Or the undead experience Tirisfal and Silverpine. That one feels like it drops off a bit early, you get past those mages at the end of Silverpine and you're out in the world, but the undead have a lot of late-game lore in the plaguelands so it balances out.

@thareus20

6 күн бұрын

Another good one is the Silithid questlines the Horde gets. From first meeting them via quests in Camp Taurajo, to 1k needles, Feralas, Tanaris, Un'Goro and finally Silithus. You learn from these quests about the silithid. In Silithus, with the final quests, you learn about the Qiraji, and finally the Scarab Lord questline + Ahn'Qiraj. Amazing.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Very good points! I may make another one someday. :)

@Jediwarlock as someone who's only played Horde since the release in '04, this was an absolute awesome deep dive into storylines I only read about, but never played myself. Thanks for all the great content you've been releasing!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy these vids. :)

What I especially love about these four zones,is that it's clearly visible they were part of the same forest. Westfall was clearcut for farmlands,in Redridge the mountains start,but if you look,you can see that they were all one forest some time ago. And the stories somewhat intertwined,too.I just wished they were more connected.

@Goldeneye3336

6 күн бұрын

They are already connected. Are you dumb ?

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Love that thought! :)

Of all the areas they have shown, the one that caught my attention the most was undoubtedly the Twilight Grove. Hidden in that circle of mountains and with a Night Elf theme until at the end you find yourself face to face with the majestic lieutenants of Ysera and the portal to the emerald dream at the foot of the great tree

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'd love to have them elaborate on that area in the future in SoD! :D

The Paladin class quest to protect the widow in Westfall was fun.

@thedanishsocialmonarchist7286

7 күн бұрын

Shes not a widow her husband is in ironforge

@samwise1790

6 күн бұрын

@@thedanishsocialmonarchist7286 he just left to get some pipeweed and milk, surely he will come back :p

@wisniamw

5 күн бұрын

@@samwise1790 he makes you cool 2h mace later

@dolamrothknight

4 күн бұрын

@@wisniamw worst quest line in the game. u can literally lvl 10 lvls by the time u get the mace made. also its replaced by 30 anyways

@Fulgrim_The_Phoenician

3 күн бұрын

@@dolamrothknight Worst ?

For me, the starting zones in classic WoW + TBC are the core of World of Warcraft. They are so different from each other, which makes them special. The music, scenery, and story are all unique. The human starting zone offers the most classic experience in the RPG genre - it doesn't get better than that. Awesome video!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks! I agree with your points... the original trilogy was the best! :D

I can't even imagine how hard it was to put together a video like this, but I need to say, fantastic job! Looking forward to see more about the lore in this format.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

It took a while, haha, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

Absolute masterclass in storytelling, pacing difficulty and player progression in a MMORPG. Compare that to in your face handheld themepark ride of later years where you can't ever fail or die if you tried and oof, how the mighty has fallen. This is a beautiful reminder of more glorious days and why Vanilla WoW is still a masterpiece that holds up to this day.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Classic Forever! :)

@patsy02

Күн бұрын

Cataclysm was just one huge enshittification because of this.

Great video! For me in fact, these zones are the first memory that comes up when I think of WoW (along with the Badlands for some reason). One huge reason for that, is the soundtrack. This is by far THE most nostalgic and wonderful soundtrack in any game, that I have played! I really wish someday, that a game is created, that will bring the same feeling when I initially explore it. Peak WoW was Azeroth, filled with noobs, with primitive addons and no centralised knowledgebase (like wowhead). That sense of playing with just as clueless players as I was, and exploring new content together, felt like an actual adventure, done with a group of friends. Edit - typos

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Love your thoughts... and I totally agree! :)

This has so much rewatch value! JW this is one of your best. Here's a video idea: city tours. Detailed ones. Like going around Stormwind and detailing every shop, what makes it unique, what quests or other tasks would bring you here, NPCs in the shop and who they are, etc. So many districts and stories, the city comes alive. And you can do that for every city.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! :) City tours would be fun!

The Horde got shafted when it came to the starting zones. The bulk of the Horde would enter the Barrens from either Mulgore or Durotar at level 10, and they'd be in that large zone for quite some time. A zone very heavy in generic kill quests and collect x amount of y item quests and light on immersive storyline quests. The Forsaken had it a bit better. They had a pretty good storyline taking you through Tirisfal Glades, Silverpine Forest, and then Hillsbrad Foothills, where you have to fight off the Scourge and Scarlet Crusade, and then Arugal's Worgen, and then Arugal himself in Shadowfang Keep (pretty much Horde's equivalent of the Deadmines), and then finally doing battle against the Alliance in Hillsbrad. And in all three zones, you help the Royal Apothecary devise a "New Plague," showing that the Forsaken have some pretty scary plans for Azeroth in the future. It's the most immersive of the Horde side starting zones, but even it pales in comparison to the Human starting zones on the Alliance. From the Defias storyline, (which starts before you even leave Northshire, provides the bulk of enemies across both Elywnn Forest and Westfal, takes you through TWO dungeons, and doesn't end until the "Missing Diplomat" quest chain, which takes you across the Great Sea to Theramore), to the Blackrock Orcs storyline in Redridge Mountains, to the many immersive side adventures of Duskwood (the Mor'Ladim quest line, the Sven Yorgen quest line in which you learn about the Scythe of Elune, the Abercrombie questine which ends with a huge abomination named Stitches spawning and making his way towards Darkshire, and my favorite, the long, epic Legend of Stalvan Mistmantle questline), the Human zones in Classic WoW are a masterpiece of immersive storytelling. Much of the nostalgia for Classic WoW comes from the experience of leveling in these zones. Some of these quest chains are long and take you through multiple zones, some even take you halfway around the world, but that was part of the appeal. You really felt like you were exploring a huge world at your own leisure, rather than being guided through a single zone in a strictly linear fashion, which is what leveling in WoW has been from Cataclysm onward. That and as the game went on, they started giving you the ability to just fly or teleport to far off zones easily, without needing to explore them first, which severely diluted the immersion factor in my opinion.

@General12th

6 күн бұрын

The Horde in general were shafted compared to the Alliance... with the exception of being able to travel between cities. Compared to getting to Undercity, Darnassus might as well have been on another planet.

@drgreenthumnb

6 күн бұрын

@@General12th the tram was originally supposed to go to darn i think. would have made the trip so much easier lol

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Great thoughts! Thank you for putting all this together. :)

@stevechristensen8155

2 күн бұрын

The popularity of the human starting zones helped make the first phase of sod pretty lit

@IDC45

Күн бұрын

The horde leveling zones are complete garbage compared to dwarf and humans.

One of the few channels where every upload is a must-watch for me. Love the videos, man.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! That makes me happy to hear :)

I often take for granted the quality of the content you put out, your videos are entertaining and I feel you knit everything together so nicely, even some things about the game I have never been able to put into words. Seeing your channel's name in my notifications always makes me want to come home at night, make a nice meal and relax while getting to explore Azeroth. You are awesome!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

That makes me so happy to hear... thank you so much! :)

The reason for the pirate theme being used so much in vanilla was that Pirates of the Caribbean was super popular at the time. And the entire game is basically one cultural reference after another.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

That's fair! I hadn't thought about that before :)

@Hipsterfoxi

2 күн бұрын

not the reason but ok lol

@-Believeinyourself-

2 күн бұрын

@@Hipsterfoximy mom is a virgin and my dad is gay

Honestly, by the time I first played human I had played wow long enough that I just skipped quest text so seeing a video like this brings so much context to the things I did. Thank-you. I miss Wow and hope that one that I can call it home again.

When first playing a human, the first encounter with murlocs is unforgettable.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Indeed XD ...even nowadays Crystal Lake really messes me up sometimes!

@FluxFreeman

3 күн бұрын

First time I got zerged by the lakeside...

@ninjastronghold

2 күн бұрын

Oh, waht a nice little lake, then you hear "A Little bottle of wo'a!" and ur dead xD

As someone who was too young to embrace Vanilla WoW (level 22 was my level cap at 12 years old), who then went back and embraced the full classic experience and did 1-60 as a priest, getting Benediction as my crowning achievement - this game really does have some of the best writing of any game, and it's incredible how many high quality adventures are written into this game. The human starting experience will always be one of the most memorable video game moments for me.

The fog of duskwood is so iconic to me. The lack of visibility really ups the aura of horror, and Mor'Ladim can really sneak up on you. Even little details down to the eyes in the bushes.

@Savress

6 күн бұрын

yeah, I loved duskwood too. This is a magical place.

@General12th

6 күн бұрын

Duskwood was at its best during the night and when it was pouring. I wish we could get an updated game (Cataclysm 2, WoW 2, or maybe just a weather patch) that would introduce all the high-res clouds, rain, and wind effects into the old world.

@primary2630

4 күн бұрын

And stitches too lol

@TankingPriestVideos

4 күн бұрын

I remember being too afraid as a kid to go to Duskwood would legit avoid the place

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

YES! :D

I have a deep feeling of nostalgia of nearly all the starting areas, their stories, and music. Especially the human, tuaren, orc, and dwarven starting areas.

This is incredible! Thanks for putting this together

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

You are very welcome! :D

The quest descriptions are intricately designed they knew what they were doing

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

For sure! :)

You can clearly tell that there was so much detail put into these first zones. If I'm not mistaken, they originally did the friends & family alpha on those first four zones and clearly polished it multiple times over. They really thought it through with having certain buildings be used for later levels (e.g. Tower of Azora, returning to Northshire for the iron, asking each town for help, etc.). They still tried to do that to a certain level afterwards, but you could clearly tell that they ran out of time a bit. The dwarven area still has some of this polish, but as you get to Kalimdor and other late game zones (except Blackrock), it becomes clear that the process was a bit more standardized: environments created, mobs/quests placed to fit and less of an "all encompassing" view, except for a few quests. Even in the late game, the most polished quests tended to be those that they thought of from the start like the Onyxia chain. Great video !

@noctusowl

6 күн бұрын

If I am not mistaken they had to overhaul everything at some stage because the original idea was not feasible. Then they were left with half of the deadline. I also believe they meant to recapture the original idea with project titan but that too was abandoned and many things planned were implemented in later expansions and many were scrapped.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Great points! Thank you! :)

Really great video bud. You have a good voice for delivery of information, condensed information but not skipping over important details, and a cohesive plot for how you tell the story. Would love more videos like this.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!! I will definitely not be making one THIS long for a while... but I have a couple surprises later this summer ;)

You really nailed it. So much of my nostalgia is these 4 zones. They're a special experience.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks! They are definitely special :)

As a Horde player that has never played an Alliance char, I'm jealous of how awesome this story line is

@sublime1558

3 күн бұрын

Try it out!!

@IrisCorven

3 күн бұрын

Give it a shot on Classic. There's a specific atmosphere to both the Human and Night Elf starting zones/quests that is unrivaled. The closest Horde got - as someone who played since Vanilla on both sides - was that first incursion into Ragefire Chasm. Hell, just roll a Tauren and Orc, and a Human and Night Elf on Classic and take one of them through at a leisurely pace, a couple hours a week. It's such a well written experience for both sides. There was no "OMG GOTTA GET TO MAX LEVEL SO I CAN ENDGAME GRIND". It was about the experience, absorbing the world, etc. Me, my brother, and my dad all played Warcraft 3, and all three bought WoW at launch, and when we finally got to stuff like Stratholme, and LBRS/UBRS, it was mind-blowing getting to experience those places in game for the first time, knowing all the additional lore that WC1-3 setup, plus all the lore the game drip fed you through the levels. A lot of what made WoW so great was that experience, and the push towards endgame and cinematic set-pieces over the years has stolen a lot of that immersive storytelling from the game. No hate towards retail, just that the olden days were a different beast, in how story was presented and "gifted" to you.

@empire0

3 күн бұрын

@@IrisCorven I play a troll priest on vanilla classic, I've just never leveled Alliance since I'd rather level an alt i can raid with on my guild

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

It is definitely worth checking out! :)

20:12 If I remember correctly there is a night elf tracker that is investigating why black dragon whelps are in redridge and he flips out when you report back that those gates are destroyed.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Is this in Retail? That sounds like an interesting quest line!

@Gameguran

2 күн бұрын

@@Jediwarlock I may have mixed it up a bit, but there is a Nelf tracker in Burning Steppes that starts the Onyxia chain, he has you deliver a letter to Magistrate Solomon that informs about the black dragons and I think Solomon is the one that flips out that the gates are broken, this is Vanilla/Classic.

You got it absolutely right! I have played the game mostly from vanilla to cataclysm, then quit, and now i am peeking back in. However, most of the remarkable memories of playing the game are precisely of questing in those areas, exploring, playing solo or with others, and then banding up to go to the deadmines, and helping each other with tips of where to go next to follow up on these quests that you mention. Those days the game was about the WORLD, not about the heroes of Azeroth, and it all felt a lot more grounded, likely and real, and progression was really felt. As shown in this video, you start off dealing with simple foes and issues and seamlessly develope to face off against the greater threats to the world. It was a lot more about EXPLORATION and ADVENTURE, not about numbers and speed, I say this while accepting that the game evolves as our skills and tools do as well. Great memories!

@sensaiko

7 күн бұрын

Or you just have nostalgia

@JackMarcuson

5 күн бұрын

@@sensaiko there are 3 times more players playing the Classic version of the game, that was even admitted by Blizzard so Retail sucks and Classic is better, seethe and cope harder.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I agree with your thoughts... the exploration and questing really was peak!

I've brought characters of other races here just because I really like the questing, it really is such a neat adventure.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Yeah! One of the big reasons why the "Wetlands Run" became so popular ;)

Great video! You compiled and captured with keen insight to why so many people enjoy the Human questline. When I first started playing WoW, I played only Gnomes because I was a teenager; however, as an adult, I have so much appreciation for the human questline and find so much comfort in these start zones. I have rolled 6 humans now and I thoroughly enjoy the beginning quests dearly. Thank you!

Great video. These are some of the best designed zones in the game. I still remember logging into WoW for the first time in 2009 and running around Elwynn Forest, marveling at how big and interconnected the world felt.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks! I totally agree! :)

And to think, that as our gameplay progressed, we were able to not only see all those threads connect with a grand finale, but also encounter YOUNG Blanchy. Not mentioning seeing other key characters and events through Caverns of Time. It really is something for us, who enjoy a good story set through ages in a large world. I miss it, kinda...

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Ah yes, the Caverns of Time I think was overall a great addition! :)

I’m glad someone played classic who actually reads the quest log. You never know what fabulous secrets you find by simply exploring outside a chosen path.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

It's so true! :)

Great presentation. I've lived and re-lived this tale on many characters but still really enjoyed this. This was a golden time.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you've enjoyed it! :)

Really awesome video. Old school WoW brings waves of nostalgia. The soundtrack i have heard countless times still reminds me of being a young teen excitedly having my turn on the PC to get completely absorbed by this once great game.

The world building they put together in classic WoW is unbelievably good. So many cool little details make it feel like an actual world. Only in the Elder Scrolls games did I ever experience something like this.

WoW classic - piece of masterpiece - warming my childhood memories.... seeking a chance to dive in to that heartwarming world once again!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'd highly recommend trying it again! Both Classic Era on Deviate Delight server and SoD are very cool. :)

Thank you for making this. I stopped playing WoW when WoLK came out and still have huge nostalgia about it. Your video really hit the spot. If you haven't already, please make more for the other races!

Damn, i just thought the same when finishing duskwood in SoD yesterday and now I get this recommendation 😄

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Such a great couple of zones! :D

Nice vid! I've glazed the vanilla Alliance starting experience for years. I also include Loch Modan and Wetlands in this, because realistically you'll be visiting those areas once the quests are turning orange in the human areas. The Alliance experience is just so nice to have a 1- mid 30s experience so contained. Hordes gotta ride that zeppelin WAY too much imo

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

That is a good point! There is a little bit of zone hopping that is required to stay on pace. :)

This video was so good. Im so glad to know im not alone with my extreme love and nostalgia for the level 1-30 human starting zones. I have quested through Elwynn, Westfall, Redridge and Duskwood probably hundreds of times over and over and i never get sick of it. Since classic WoW came out again, and being able to relive the quests and zones as they were.. its been such a treasure. They truly are the best in the game. Even though im truly a huge night elf and blood elf lover.. like i adore Teldrassil/Darkshore/Ashenvale and Eversong/Ghostlands.. but even they cannot compare to the human zones. And to this day, no song hits me like the Elwynn forest music. It immediately brings you back to those simpler times, and next thing you know youre logging in to do it all over again 😅

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Great thoughts! Thank you for sharing :)

I remember sneaking up to a chest on the riverbank and finding a silver bar inside. It seemed like a massive treasure I had stumbled onto. I was hooked!

Your videos are a constant source of relaxation, intrigue and enjoyment. Thank you very much.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

You are very welcome! :)

Classic WoW was absolute magic from the start, replaying many of these zones over the years only solifidies it, in the sense that you discover so much more of the grand story as a whole after replaying and digging a little deeper into the lore and texts and anything available around you.

Another great video as always. Really glad I found your work.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm glad you're enjoying my vids :)

Great video! I've only ever done a Human quest playthrough once as I mostly main horde and have emotional attachments to Durotar, the Barrens, and most of all Stonetalon mountains. However, that single playthrough was incredible. I had a blast slow reading the quest text and getting immersed in each zone.

This was great! I played through these zones on multiple characters back during TBC and WotLK, it was so nice watching this and having the stories come back to me but also finding out a bunch of details I missed. If you ever decide to make content on the subsequent zones or other starting zones I'll definitely tune in :)

You have to do the final... The secret of Lady Katrana Prestoer. The really big Marshall Quest, and her "death" by Bolvar Fordragon. That is why I knew him, when he, years later, appears at the Wrath Gate and Ice Thrown. Maybe with a look an the short raid on her with 60.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I will definitely consider it! ;)

Fun fact: Earl Boen, the actor who played the Psychologist in Terminator and Terminator 2, and the Terminator War of the Machines, Dr. Silverman, he did the narrator of the introduction to each race, and is heard here, for the Human Zone. Very talented actor, thank you for bringing characters to life, and added magic to games especially here in World of Warcraft, you introduced us into an epic journey which is the greatest adventure outside of life. Thank you again, I pray you Rest in Peace my friend!❤

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Yeah! I looked into him when I was getting the clip for this video... what a legend! That is one clip I would never say in my own voice... it's too iconic! :D

Such a nice video, thank you man!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

You're so welcome! :)

wow..... what a video. thanks for this. was a very interesting video. i love all of your videos but this was just out of this world. thank you again :D

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

ahhh the nostalgia :D Great video

Oh, the memories ... Great vid!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

Great, fresh content Jediwarlock. Keep it up!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks!! :)

Great work my man! Love when you can tell someone actually respects the lore and generates a cool narrative video out of the content!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

This was excellent mate. Really hits home why these zones are special.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

I love how it's all connected. From killing Defias in Elwyn to taking down Onyxia. All of it connected somehow, it's brilliant

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Yes!! I really want to make a Part 2 on the latter half of the human storyline ;)

Holy cow! I've always felt the exact same way, these 4 zones is perfection! Finally someone put it into words better than I can :D

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm glad you resonated with the message! :)

i am 45yo man, and I still play Clasic :) The first feeling of entering the world of WoW through Northshire and Goldshire is unforgettable. The first entry into Stormwind. The journey to Westfall and Darkshire for the first time. Even today, sometimes, I mount my first horse and ride through these areas just to enjoy listening to the music and the sound of hoofbeats

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

It's so true! The experience is unforgettable :)

I think this is my favorite video so far! I can't wait to see the next part as I never played Vanilla!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

Fantastic video! Thank you for capturing the magic that is these zones. Truly WoW's best

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

You are very welcome... I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

As a teenager back in 2006-2010 I didn't have money nor parents that would allow me to play WoW retail but I must've created over a hundred characters (in various broken ass private server) most of which never went above level 30, but every time I would create a new toon in a new zone with a new class/spec I would feel immersed and hours would go by while questing, chatting with random people, listening to nu metal bangers on Winamp, etc. To this day human, undead as well as troll/orc pre-cata questing zones hold such a dear spot in my heart. Peak comfy nostalgia.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Those are great memories :) Thanks for sharing! :)

Wonderful video! This is what draws me to the world of Warcraft is that it truly is a world in the sense that each race and faction and even the player plays only a small part in the full formed narrative. It’s very easy and in fact by design to miss out on every peice of info that culminates in the actual happenings of the world. It’s only through time and shared experiences can we fully see the world (of Warcraft) for what it is! It’s so interesting to see how prevalent and connected every story thread in classic is. If you felt up to it I would love to see another video like this taking on the other “intended leveling paths” so to speak. To see the story of the dwarven/gnome path the night elf path, the orc/tauren/troll path, and the forsaken path. Dissecting each individual experience and how it lines up and reveals the overarching story beats that plague each faction and every race. Again wonderful job, always a delight to see you upload.

According to some dev intervew those 4 zones were the those with the most passes/polish in classic WoW. I personally loved them! However It is so sad that there is nothing like that after that point. And the missing Diplomat quest ended in a dead end without a true resolution.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I agree! The Burning Crusade Patch 2.3 did actually add some quests to the Missing Diplomat but they were essentially paved over in Wrath once the King returned... Blackrock Mountain definitely revealed the true ending for the human story, though :)

Hey dude! GREAT video! I wanted to type a longer comment how much joy this summary of the early human experience brought... but I'm 3 beers down and my english knowledge is failing me so to get to the point... THANK YOU!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!! :D

i love leveling toons from time to time just so i can go through these areas

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Me too! :)

Right in the feels, great video.

Binge watching your videos while levelling a human thanks to this video .. Great content mate, thanks a lot for the effort!

Dude I love your videos. You have such a good take on things.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

Hi! I'm a new subscriber and found your videos just today. I have been binging, and throughly enjoying them. I have been enjoying hearing about some of your favorite leveling areas and wanted to share mine. I love leveling in Fellwood. The story progression is so much fun and flows very well. Sometimes leveling can feel like a chore, but for some reason, as soon as I can get to Fellwood, I'm focused and time just flies by. I would love if you made a video about it as I feel it isn't a very popular area.

Yeah, I have regularly espoused a similar sentiment & while you didn't bring it up in this video, the fact that this storyline continues in the background as you move on to aiding different groups, culminating in the first raid boss in the history of WoW truly makes this, in my view, the best story ever told in WoW.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Great point! :D

thank you for this video, its a great guide for the game I am working on.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

Awesome video dude. Really well illustrated. It speaks to why i love classic WoW.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! :)

The blinking eyes in Duskwood bushes!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

OH YEAH!

Currently questing through! Can’t wait to come back and watch after!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Good stuff! :D

And who could forget the memorable experience of "Huh I wonder what's up with this gigantic ring of mountains taking up the middle third of the zone."

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

TRUE! XD I remember walking in and seeing the dragon as a kid like :o

@akiyamach

2 сағат бұрын

@@Jediwarlock The first dragon many players would see in the game!. Greatest moment!

fun fact- deadmines was the very first dungeon blizzard designed for the game!

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Awesome! :)

This is an excellent video on why I have spent so much time in original Vanilla, TBC, Wrath, and now Classic; creating character after character in the human starting zone. It's so good, and replayable.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thank you! :)

Im glad someone made a video about this. Ive thought this way about these zones for years. I love how they are divided by rivers. Also eversong and the ghostlands are amazing leveling zones.

@General12th

6 күн бұрын

Compared to the endless mountains separating almost every other zone, the rivers are a breath of fresh air.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

YES! I made a Ghostlands vid a couple years ago you could check out... it's a bit outdated so maybe I should remake it! :D

@godlikesnake8909

3 күн бұрын

@@Jediwarlock Eversong/ghostlands didnt change even after the cataclysm. Even deathwing knew it was perfect

Westfall-to-Darkshire letter delivery quest is hilarious if taken as soon as it's available, can't leave the road or you die. But then there's a chance Stitches gets behind you.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Yep, or a spider wanders across your path! XD

This made me so nostalgic. Wow was such a special game to me

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

I'm glad you liked it! :)

I thought it could have been done better. The first zone is great, you experience its story from start to finish. Then you get to westfall, and suddenly halfway through the zone everything is either orange or red to you. And you're about level 15, so you head to redridge, do some quests there and same thing happens, so you go back to westfall. And there are some quests across the river in Duskwood you can also do but you probably won't find out about them since there's no reason to go there yet. So you finish the westfall quests, do deadmines as a nice little "finale" and then you go to duskwood where half the quests are grey and the other half are red. With a small sliver of doable things in the middle till you can get to 27+ and after that... no dungeon You actually have to go to stockades to finish the plot and it's not like Duskwood has a big Defias presence. Just some ramshackle farm and that's it.

@cattysplat

4 күн бұрын

Alliance questing has you travelling all over the place by design. If you want a linear experience that was rushed in development, horde is exactly that.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

This is true, there is definitely some zone hopping involved to make sure your experience is on pace.

what a video... brings me back to when i was a child and kept leveing one alliance char after another cause i loved it so much. never again was a leveling experience so well crafted. if it would be told in swtor style, it would literally be perfect

Another great video by you. I am always watching the slow gliding shots and wondering how you do them. I enjoy those quite a bit, since they give me a better look at the world. When I played these areas and quests back in the day, looking at the world was harder to be able to do. Respawn rates were insane. Also, the camera only went so far. I love that retail will be getting the new area's and that old areas are getting an update. *I* love a living world. (not everyone does, I know)

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thank you!! I film my video clips on an offline personal server with special camera movements... helps me out quite a bit!

What an excellent video. I too have fallen in love with the classic human starting zones. The diversity of the zones, periodic difficulty spikes, and the dungeons really make the entire experience amazing. I always move onto Hillsbrad Foothills, the Arathi Highlands, and Theramore Island as these zones just feel natural. Especially the last one with the Missing Diplomat. I actually just started playing the game, and leveled in Wrath before Classic. I have to say by the time of Wrath, they really fleshed out Dustwallow Marsh. I also wish that there was at least one more human-centric dungeon somewhere along the 40-50 journey, to help bridge the gap to Onyxia. We do have the Scarlet Monastery, but it isn't well integrated into the story with only ONE alliance quest involved as far as I know. But anyways, great video, id love to see more like this!

These quests were responsible for so many character rerolls. So many of my toons were abandoned at 30 after rounding out these quests. The atmosphere is thick in these zones and it was such a pleasure to adventure in them. I think something this is important to mention is that much of the adventuring is done before one gets their first ground mount, which means walking from place to place. While mounts are a great convenience to the player and a necessity in games this large, I'm glad I got to experience wandering through these lands at a slower pace. Nothing compares to experiencing the sheer size of zone made even larger by conforming oneself to the geometry of the landscape. Adjacent areas can feel far apart when travelling by foot, and this does wonders for the culture of each zone. Local problems of the various settlements and outposts do feel that much more important, and wandering away from dedicated routes feels daring and intimidating. I felt quite late to the party joining back when I did during Cataclysm, which is so long ago now, where I joined a guild and completed heroic raiding content. Before that I played on various WotLK and vanilla private servers, and I never got to a high level. I've played many different iterations of this game and experienced lots of content, but there is nothing quite like the experience of these early zones.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I agree with your thoughts :)

@I_am_a_cat_

2 күн бұрын

If you started in cata then you don't really know what these zones were truly like

@misterprofessor5038

Күн бұрын

@@I_am_a_cat_ I've played in a few different pre-cata private servers and played during the classic relaunch. So I've had plenty of opportunity to play these zones as they were originally designed. What's with the gatekeeping?

Very interesting take and great video!

You earned a sub with this. Well done, awesome.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! Welcome to the Jedi Order ;)

I started playing in Burning crusade. I played Draenei and my friends were Nelf and Human. The human player was the least experienced in games, so we decided to meet with her in a human starting location. It was quite a journey but I must say these locations are really best for questing and later when I played wow again I once more traveled to these locations even when I played different race then human.

@Jediwarlock

3 күн бұрын

That's a great story! :)

It is a great starting zone combination. So much nostalgia.