The game has evolved into a vast vertical progression system, requiring 4-6 months of complete dedication to complete the core story, dungeons, raids, and Quality of Life collections from each expansion.
Same! I just recently started playing retail again a few days ago so I’ve been trying to catch up on the lore and I still don’t know whats going on lol
NEW SUBSCRIBER: I just started getting back into the game after a few years off of it, so I was browsing for videos to watch and get me back into the groove. Started with classic all the way through to the Battle for Azeroth. Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I decided to subscribe as soon as I heard you say you would not lock anything behind a paywall. That's a mentality I want to support. Can't wait to dive into your other content, but I wanted to expressly state that I subscribed because of that statement alone. Everything else, the content, the narration, all that is added bonus lol. Thanks for a great intro back into my old game :)
Perfect video thanks a lot! Used to play heavily back in the Wotlk days, returned at the end of Legion and have been thinking of checking it out again. I'm a casual player and love solo content and your video has made me want to get back in! Great video!
As a returning player, this is the video I've been looking for. The only thing I see missing from your explainer is professions. Been playing DF for about a month to familiarise myself, and I still can't get my head around the profession changes since WotLK.
@@Seth10n that would've been a great one to talk about, I'm sorry that wasn't included. I'm working on a features overview for The War Within, look forward to my professions section there.
This was a very good video with a good overview of the current state of the game. I just purchased The War Within expansion thinking I would get back into the game, and I wished I had watched this first. I am bailing... the game has simply gotten too complicated with too many resources, upgrade paths, grades/levels, etc. I guess this appeals to people who want to play the game *all the time* and get bored without a ton of things to grind to keep them busy. For those of us that don't want to *live* World of Warcraft, the game just doesn't seem appealing to casual players anymore. The last expansion I seriously played was Shadowlands. I personally think Mythic and Mythic+ ruined the game.
@@kawfeebassie I'm gonna appeal to your will to play WoW here and say the casual lifestyle is possible. The War Within is adding Delves, which is a way to enjoy endgame progression like everyone else in short 10-15 minute segments, and you can easily walk away from them too. Combine that with new Story Mode (Solo) raids and dungeons scaling higher for Normal and Heroic queues, you can have fun here
Pretty handy guide. I left at the stwrt of shadowlands and the short blurb at the end helped give a very brief overview, though i completely forgot what renown worked like so that bit at the end of that segment went over my head haha. I will say i wish you had given just a short description on what story mode raiding is. When you were going over the new additions, i had no idea that was a thing, and from this video alone, i still dont really know anything about it besides its on a similar level to lfr.
I’ve seen the chromie thing about playing the other expansions. I just started playing wow and wanted to get the full story. Is going back and doing those worth doing?
I havent really played since wrath and im totally overfilled with things now i dont understand anything anymore and i feel like i have to start a brand new character to understand this game now and leave my 7 level 80s for awhile...
i just got the game about a week ago.. very addicted. i’ve finished the dragon flight campaign. i would like to maybe dive a bit more into the story before i go into TWW. Since i’m new i have no idea how that works tho. If anyone has any suggestions or ways i can do that it would be appreciated
Something I would like to see covered that has changed since I first played (in BC) is that now monsters seem to match your level wherever you go. This sort of upends the normal playstyle of leveling up for (innate) power and then going to back to slightly lower-level zones to easily gear up or "slum" when learning new classes. Now that monsters seem to match your level, gearing up seems to be the main power track and leveling without gearing up seems to make fighting more difficult. Or at least it seems. An expert analysis on this would be nice to hear. Oh, and maybe cover how this unusual scaling system works as I noticed I can fight a monster and it is at my level and another player can fight the same monster at the same time and the monster is at their level too! Both of us seem to do proportional damage according to our level. This breaks my mind from traditional level-based MMO content I'm used to.
I can't get into the engineering aspect of the scaling as that also cracks my mind, and we've actually been told on multiple occasions that it's the cause of numerous tuning issues, so I know it's not an easy thing to work with. That would've been something good to include for sure, but something interesting to note is that in your initial leveling journey in The War Within mobs are actually set at a specific level. However, once you go back through on Alts the scaling starts. It seems the scaling is to disincentive people out leveling content, and they prefer you to be on an even field with enemies at all times, thus making you more reliant on gear upgrades you get while leveling. That's just my two cents, but I don't know a ton about how it works honestly
Gear upgrade system is stupid since it monopolised gearing preventing most people from being able to get that gear without a guild as people won't invite people outside their group no matter how good they are.
As someone who quit in Wrath, Im so lost by modern wow I can't seem to grasp what is happening even with a good guide!
I'm about to get back into from Wrath! Im like what the hell is this game 😂
Me too and I'm having suck a hard time with everything. Even the new UI!
I don't know what the hell is going on with everything.
The game has evolved into a vast vertical progression system, requiring 4-6 months of complete dedication to complete the core story, dungeons, raids, and Quality of Life collections from each expansion.
Same! I just recently started playing retail again a few days ago so I’ve been trying to catch up on the lore and I still don’t know whats going on lol
NEW SUBSCRIBER: I just started getting back into the game after a few years off of it, so I was browsing for videos to watch and get me back into the groove. Started with classic all the way through to the Battle for Azeroth. Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I decided to subscribe as soon as I heard you say you would not lock anything behind a paywall. That's a mentality I want to support. Can't wait to dive into your other content, but I wanted to expressly state that I subscribed because of that statement alone. Everything else, the content, the narration, all that is added bonus lol. Thanks for a great intro back into my old game :)
Perfect video thanks a lot! Used to play heavily back in the Wotlk days, returned at the end of Legion and have been thinking of checking it out again. I'm a casual player and love solo content and your video has made me want to get back in! Great video!
As a returning player, this is the video I've been looking for. The only thing I see missing from your explainer is professions. Been playing DF for about a month to familiarise myself, and I still can't get my head around the profession changes since WotLK.
@@Seth10n that would've been a great one to talk about, I'm sorry that wasn't included. I'm working on a features overview for The War Within, look forward to my professions section there.
This was a very good video with a good overview of the current state of the game. I just purchased The War Within expansion thinking I would get back into the game, and I wished I had watched this first. I am bailing... the game has simply gotten too complicated with too many resources, upgrade paths, grades/levels, etc. I guess this appeals to people who want to play the game *all the time* and get bored without a ton of things to grind to keep them busy. For those of us that don't want to *live* World of Warcraft, the game just doesn't seem appealing to casual players anymore. The last expansion I seriously played was Shadowlands. I personally think Mythic and Mythic+ ruined the game.
@@kawfeebassie I'm gonna appeal to your will to play WoW here and say the casual lifestyle is possible. The War Within is adding Delves, which is a way to enjoy endgame progression like everyone else in short 10-15 minute segments, and you can easily walk away from them too. Combine that with new Story Mode (Solo) raids and dungeons scaling higher for Normal and Heroic queues, you can have fun here
Gonna watch this video, returning from legion and holy shit man im so lost lol and this talent system is crazy
Wonderful video. Short and to the point, just as a new player guide should be.
Congrats!! Been enjoying your approach and content and deep analysis
Dude i hope you grow quickly, you'd earn it!
congrats on partner man. well deserved
Love the vid brother!
good video
Pretty handy guide. I left at the stwrt of shadowlands and the short blurb at the end helped give a very brief overview, though i completely forgot what renown worked like so that bit at the end of that segment went over my head haha.
I will say i wish you had given just a short description on what story mode raiding is. When you were going over the new additions, i had no idea that was a thing, and from this video alone, i still dont really know anything about it besides its on a similar level to lfr.
Ah okay my apologies. Story Mode is a solo queueable version of the Raid that allows you to experience the Final Boss on your own in an easy setting
I’ve seen the chromie thing about playing the other expansions. I just started playing wow and wanted to get the full story. Is going back and doing those worth doing?
I havent really played since wrath and im totally overfilled with things now i dont understand anything anymore and i feel like i have to start a brand new character to understand this game now and leave my 7 level 80s for awhile...
Wonder if this guy likes playing dks
Great video! I wish I could get into it again. Need to buy a computer that can actually run the game though.
What I am curious is what to keep in my bank? I have things like pvp gear and raid gear. Are all of them available in transmog??
i just got the game about a week ago.. very addicted. i’ve finished the dragon flight campaign. i would like to maybe dive a bit more into the story before i go into TWW. Since i’m new i have no idea how that works tho. If anyone has any suggestions or ways i can do that it would be appreciated
What's the transmog on the characters on the right of the warband screen? Looks cool
Its the War Within Pre-Order Set you can get from Valdrakken
Something I would like to see covered that has changed since I first played (in BC) is that now monsters seem to match your level wherever you go. This sort of upends the normal playstyle of leveling up for (innate) power and then going to back to slightly lower-level zones to easily gear up or "slum" when learning new classes. Now that monsters seem to match your level, gearing up seems to be the main power track and leveling without gearing up seems to make fighting more difficult. Or at least it seems. An expert analysis on this would be nice to hear.
Oh, and maybe cover how this unusual scaling system works as I noticed I can fight a monster and it is at my level and another player can fight the same monster at the same time and the monster is at their level too! Both of us seem to do proportional damage according to our level. This breaks my mind from traditional level-based MMO content I'm used to.
I can't get into the engineering aspect of the scaling as that also cracks my mind, and we've actually been told on multiple occasions that it's the cause of numerous tuning issues, so I know it's not an easy thing to work with. That would've been something good to include for sure, but something interesting to note is that in your initial leveling journey in The War Within mobs are actually set at a specific level. However, once you go back through on Alts the scaling starts. It seems the scaling is to disincentive people out leveling content, and they prefer you to be on an even field with enemies at all times, thus making you more reliant on gear upgrades you get while leveling. That's just my two cents, but I don't know a ton about how it works honestly
I can't link on RUclips but look up WoW Zone Scaling and read how it works on the wiki. Not a terribly hard read either
Gear upgrade system is stupid since it monopolised gearing preventing most people from being able to get that gear without a guild as people won't invite people outside their group no matter how good they are.
That makes absolutely no sense, not having a guild or a group doesnt block you out of gear at all, sounds like a you problem
nice video but wish you had covered delves and open world gearing
This was just moreso to get everyone caught up to where we are, I may have another video coming up with something like that soon though👀
missed put on chromie and the whole adventure mode thing
Whats the best path for a returning player, all my toons are level 40...
Same mine are 35 to 40. No idea what's going on
@@Jordan-eb7pk I downloaded a questing app that priortizes leveling paths for me so I can to get lvl 70 on alts within 3 hours.
Cant open my travelers log please help greyed out!
You lost me at gearing, Haven’t played since 2008😂
Skip the ad, video starts at 2:50
Yep, I said that in the video! :)
Ayyyy yooooo
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First!
I'm not gonna bother watching it when you spend 3 minutes on an intro. Take that stuff on the end of the video.
I did leave and offer a timestamp to skip ahead :/