Classic WoW Safaris: Westfall (Lore, History, Quests, Zone Exploration!)
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- -----
❤ FOLLOW ME:
► Our Discord: discordapp.com...
► Livestream: twitch.tv/jheldridge
► Personal Facebook: jheldridge
► Facebook Fan Page: kargozgaming/
► Twitter: jheldridge
► Instagram: jheldridge
► Snapchat: @jheldridge
Join our casual leveling guild on Northdale! We are horde and would love it if you joined our community :)
For more info or if you just want to chat come hang out in the discord: discordapp.com/invite/r9cVrzJ
Is this a 1.12 client? Can I ask how you were able to make it look like this?
one of my best ever memories on wow was on my level 13 dwarf hunter, my buddy from school told me that i needed to go to westfall. So i remember taking the tram and running through elwyn, at this point my mind was blown. Once in westfall he took me on an adventure swimming along the coast all the way to booty bay so i could go to the barrens and tame a raptor, i thought i was the coolest hunter on the server.
It was March 2005. I got a whisper from a female human priest who was a few levels high than me (a dwarf hunter). Her whisper said “Want to do VC?”
I replied “What is VC?”
“VanCleef. The final boss in the Deadmines dungeon. We call it VC instead of DM now because there is a new higher level dungeon called Dire Maul.”
I said “Uhmmm I don’t know if I am high enough.”
She said the rest of the group was her level, so it would be fine.
I did my first dungeon and had a blast!
My love for WoW exploded. My life would never be the same.
When I think of Westfall I think of:
1: The murlocs destroying my sanity.
2: The beaks that never drop
3: Searching for a tank for Deadmines.
4. Lvl 60 undead rogues murdering the quest givers so we cant turn in quests.
5: The awesome music.
Good times.
MGHGHGHGHGHGHGH
I’ll never forget seeing a lvl 60 Troll Rogue killing the quest givers and thinking he was some sort of god Hahahaha
@@JonPicoCokeJones i did that alot. I thoughr i was the devil
@@JonPicoCokeJones One time, when a rogue thought he was being funny doing that, some of the low levels flew to SW to ask for help and 2 level 60's actually came to defend the zone. They hid inside the buildings and when the rogue showed himself again, they killed him. It was awesome. They even stuck around for a good bit to make sure he wouldn't just show back up to do it again after they left. He never showed back up, but my memory of it remains strong because that was the very first time I saw the community at work in a positive light.
I met my first "wow" friend in Westfall back in like 05. Still friends to this Day.
Westfall's night time music always makes me nostalgic, I remember running around on my low lvl human warrior during the evenings, killing things and talking with people I met in Westfall
After all these years the music still gives me the chills..
The little Tower at the far southeast always looked cool to me. And you can see into duskwood from there..it looked soo creepy and gloomy..i love it.
I haven't played since the day after I loaded WotL, but the thing I remember most about Westfall was using my hunter to escort lower level toons through the Deadmines. This kind of became my thing within our clan, and the call "Hey Cynieal, do you have time to run me through the Deadmines" was not an uncommon occourance. We'd head to Westfall, put out a call for anyone else who wanted to join, and then head down to meet VanCleef.
It does bring back memories. My first Westfall experience was actually from the eyes of a Horde character. I had a little orc warrior and decided that I would explore the world a bit. As I traveled from zone to zone ( Many times being chased by alliance ) I couldn't help but notice just how vast this world was. ( I had played Everquest but the zones in EQ were in fact zones. Not one continuous world ) I made my way to Westfall. The first thing I noticed was how different it was from Durotar. Both zones felt bleak to me , but in very different ways. Strange as it may sound the players didn't attack me here. We found ourselves just staring at each other. Soon enough I had attracted a crowd. I think as new players the sense of wonder and awe kept the peace that day. I spent at least 30 mins there , dancing , pointing , laughing etc. Not one person attacked me ( I was alone and a very easy target ) When I left I knew that one day I would pick another server and see this place from the eyes of the friends I had made that day. That was forever ago , but I remember it like it was yesterday.
I haven't finished the video yet but in the first minute you triggered a memory of mine from 2006. I remember sitting in class when i was 13 years old and I could not focus on my studies that day. The previous evening i had ventured to Westfall for the first time and i was desperate to go home and log on to my human paladin and kill some harvest watchers. I closed my eyes and imagined my character and the white quality 2 handed mace that i had purchased from a vendor in Stormwind the day before. When i got home i logged onto my paladin and immediately cast holy light just to hear that cast sound and it legitimately made me shudder it was so satisfying. It was in that moment i realized just how much I love this game.
Loved"
Thanks for that. I love how you began it by setting the mood while you were in class and eager to get home. That's how I remember it back in 2005 as well. Good lore to listen to while working.
West fall was the second zone I ever experienced, and the first time i realized the dangers Azeroth had for me. Up until westfall the monsters I came across were the same level as me if not only 1 or 2 levels higher. Even as a 12 year old back in 2004 I knew I was in for a rude awakening as a lvl 11 running to sentinel hill and getting dazed until death by a dust devil 6 levels higher than me.
Tread carefully, westfall is just the beginning of insanely higher level creeps in your path. Is what I took from this zone.
That dust devil happened to me too!
The brutal gnoll camps I remember trying to strategically pull and just get destroyed. Deadmines for the first time was unbelievable, climbing the ship for the first time. Thinking the bridge to duskwood was some secret questing area and getting horrified and running back. Love this series, its taking a mindful approach to the classic wow zones and really slowing things down compared to the hyper fast paced content cycle on youtube!
"Thinking the bridge to duskwood was some secret questing area and getting horrified and running back." dude this was so true lol i remember doing exactly this xD
thanks for the heartfelt comment man it means the world to me
Kargoz
That duskwood bridge, so true!!!
Wow, this makes me so nostalgic, I remember my first trip through Westfall with my brother in law (who has since passed away), we were brand new to the game, had been playing for only about 2 weeks. We had slowly progressed through Elwyn and had become hooked, playing during our free time around work, and girlfriends ( he was with my sister). We had joined guilds and made friends, we were progressing through but were stuck when trying to find a pocket watch, we met up with some similar lvl guys who were doing the same quest, formed a group and found the farm that we needed to go to, we made a strategy and cleared our way to the spot that had the watch and felt satisfied that we had progressed so far, all the way to level 15. I loved the setting and the music, it made you feel like you were there in the area, this was what classic wow was like, ambiance and atmosphere. Loved the progression of the defiace quests, 3 separate lvl groups, in different areas, that feeling when you first discover the entrance to the deadmines. All classic feels.
I remember being blown away with the look ascetic of the dust devils, and the first time I ran deadmines. I was grinding away in Moonbrook when a small band of folk kept tagging stuff as I was trying to do my thing. I was a little annoyed and asked them to save some for the rest of us. Next thing I knew I got a party invite and we got the quest banged out. Then the party leader asked if we wanted to do DM, I'm like "whats that?" and they said it's the dungeon here and I had zero clue what that meant hahaha. So I tag along and omg I got such an adrenaline rush doing that very first dungeon. Made out like a bandit too, winning the roll on that harpoon thing the goblin captain dropped, as well as the defias chest. As a hunter I was super stoked though I had no idea what was actually good for gear. Just that it was blue and I was able to equip it :3 Ended up joining their guild afterwards, the Army of Azeroth. I miss 2005 haha
I love stories like this.
I have experienced many things in this life but playing wow for the first time and leveling in elwyn and westfall was the most peaceful, fun, and adventurous time I've ever had, I revisit it from time to time and nostalgia hits incredibly hard.....
The best part of WoW Classic for me when I played back then and still to this day is the music. I find it so immersive and any time I hear the music of each zone, your mind goes back to the times you spent there and the activities that went on. It's a type of magic I really haven't experienced other than in WoW. The countless hours I spent growing up, not just in Westfall but all over Azeroth can't be matched by anything and I'm so hyped to return to what I know and love, my favorite version of this wonderful game, Classic WoW, this summer. At least in a non-private server way.
Dun Morogh!!!
Such amazing memories and I logged in for the first time there. I almost shit my pants when I saw the gates of Ironforge.
Dude, THANK YOU. This video was absolutely perfect, just what I was looking for to satisfy my WoW nostalgia. I can really relate to zones like Westfall or The Barrens having that special significance because they're your first new zones and they feel like this whole wide world is opening up to you. I haven't played WoW in over ten years but this game helped me stay sane through my teenage years, and I often miss being immersed in its awesome universe. I'm definitely gonna check out your other videos about different zones!
I remember Westfall because of the quest where you had the treasure map. No mounts no quest help just reading the hints and alot of walking. Aggroing everything in many failed attempts trying to found where to go. Great video subbing for sure !
Videos are getting insanely high quality man props to you
I remember when classic came out, I was a senior in high school. I remember leveling every class into the 20's-30's and all as Night Elves, Trolls and/or Orcs but the one class I hadn't made was a paladin. I remember making my first paladin and leveling in westfall, it seemed so different then the other zones. Barrens and Dark Shore felt more like fighting against nature and wild beasts but Westfall had a story one that even as basic as it was pulled me in. The land being so barren and the music made it feel like a part of the world forgotten by it's own. The story that seemed so small in scope in truth had ties to all the major plot threads in classic, it made the world feel alive. One of the best zones blizzard has ever made.
This is actually a great idea for a series.Make different videos based on zones as you level :)) so much nostalgia !!!
Please do Darkshore! Night Elves' first experience outside their starting area was pretty stunning!
Westfall memory: Getting lost on the run to the Deadmines entrance, every time, no matter how many times I did it.
Next zone: I nominate Tirisfal Glades. Lots of interesting stuff to talk about. Scarlet Monastery, Lorderon, blight, rise of the undead, etc.
Love these vids man!! The highwaymen never escape my mind, up on the hills of southern Westfall.
There was also a flask you got from the hills in westfall from a quest. It sent you all over Azeroth in order to obtain it. The name escapes me but it made you breath fire when used. Thanks kargoz for bringing back those memories from me and my friend who took on the challenge of that trinket quest. Kind of makes me sad thinking about those good ol times 14 years ago....
Thunderbrew's Boot Flask for those who were curious! You got the quest chain at level 40.
Bret A I’m a hordie for life but that brought me back to my first days playing in West fall awesome :D
This is better than meditation.
Beautiful video. I love the lore + backstory! I didn't pay too much attention to the lore before (my mistake).
Zone suggestion: Stranglethorn Vale, plenty of material probably even for two videos.
now THIS is a real vanilla wow video
Captain Sanders Treasure hunt. The music is so amazing. Soft and yet alarming. Westfall was an amazing zone. Blanche's Blanket.
Aaaah... Westfall. If it were not for Defias Pillager I would probably have fonder memories
I beg you,do one about Loch Modan , That's where I usually travel to after completing Elwyn Forest. And after 2-3 levels in Loch Modan I return and start Westfall for things to go smooth and fun
The lore is actually really tragic. The Defias Brotherhood is actually totally in the right to act the way they did. They literally re-built Stormwind from the ground up and got zero compensation for it. They get pissed and riot, take over a patch of land, and now young heroes who dont fully understand or care about the situation are slaughtering them.
Btw, loving this series my man. Just recently found your channel and I instantly subbed.
A bit late, but my favorite dungeon has always been OG Deadmines. I remember going through it for the first time and how much it reminded me of my favorite movie: The Goonies. I was always stoked to do it, and when I finally got that staff off of Captain it was so great. I miss it.
that introduction gave me goosebumps
I'm wandering through this zone now in classic tbc. I really enjoy the story the character goes through here. I feel I am genuinely a hero, starting on my journey, the Defias Brotherhood are a formidable enough foe, but the Gnowls and Murlocks are such a fun challenge. Like the Barrens for the Horde, Westfall is an iconic zone. Thanks for the video, it shows each zone is worth taking time to explore and appreciate properly 👍
This got me right in the feelings
Hope to see a video on Ashenvale! :) That was by far my favorite zone. Broke my heart when the Horde started ravaging it further in Cataclysm.
I played mainly horde at the start, however on the first alliance char trying to see the story of each zone this was a funny yet pretty dark zone. great video :D ... Classic soon.
Great work dude! Love this series, really brings back some memories and I'm getting more and more hyped for classic!
You've been killing it lately btw :D
I absolutely love these episodes. Thanks Kargoz!
Many memories from the original Vanilla days. Finding the entrance to the deadmines for the first time was probably the most memorable. And the second-most memorable was actually exploring the area on the bluff above/behind Moonbrook with its higher-level mobs (+1 or +2 vs me at the time), but not having the quests to go up there yet... and then finally breaking through to the beach with its light-house.
But also dealilng with Gnoll packs around their camp-fires... the tactical decisions on how to deal with the pats and getting deep-sixed by getting too close to a buzzard while running away. Learning that mechs didn't bleed (immune to bleed debufs). Don't quite remember if they were immune to poison too, I think they might have been.
Dying to Moonbrook casters. The treasure hunt (I think that was Vanilla). Getting taken out by the murlock elite on the beach. The two farmers at the entrance (I think we got a little 4-slot or 6-slot bag as a quest reward from them). Ok, the standard stuff too like the the pocket watch etc, but there was so much 'story' in Westfall. I think I remember just about every quest I did there despite it being nearly 15 years ago. Nothing like the unmemorable (mostly) disconnected quests we have in retail today. There were fewer quests but each one was special.
-Matt
btw - I miss these raids in Classics. There were so hard - just what I've needed that time.
Thank you Kargoz for bringing these memories to us!
I've patreoned.
What about you, viewers?
I remember my exuberance at finally locating the aquatic form endurance pendant after what seemed like an eternal journey from Darkshore.
Yea I loved the whole plot of the Defias, a few xpacs back. Hiding in the bushes in SW eavesdropping. It was real cloak and dagger. One of the best quest chains I played.
Heck, I don’t even know where to begin. I love Westfall. When playing a human character, it’s the zone where I go when I graduate from n00b character to actual WoW player. Can’t wait until Classic!
The red-leveled Dust Devils are very memorable for me 😬
Love these videos, Brother.
Westfall means Rogue Poison Quest at level 20 to me.
I can not wait for you to expand these videos, and I long to see my home of Dun Morogh done in this manner. I went misty with nostalgia over Westfall. I can only imagine my reaction to see my home soil.
My best memory of Westfall was after I got my lvl 60 Paladin charger, I wanted to do a "road-trip" and run through old zones as a memory of progression. The first zone was Westfall.
Thank you for these videos Kargoz, they are great! I have so many memories about westfall. Those horrible deadmine runs omg :D I was 17 years old and my english was pure shit (I always studied german in school) , so even communicating with others was a challenge. Finding the entrance of the instance was another :D
I would very much like to see a video like this about Duskwood. Or Redridge Mountains. Or Loch Modan. Or Hillsbrad Foothills. Oh screw it... I want to see a video about EVERY ZONE!! :D
I second this request and in this order
Sorry about the copyright strike mate, your videos are solid.
amazing video. took me back to the first time I saw the barrens leaving the safety of mulgore
I loved how massive the zone felt.
I remember seeing the 2 ghouls standing next to the unmarked graves, and being amazed. It was a small taste of what was to come.
Man I wish I knew the lore behind westfall before questing there. The population etc. Cant wait to reexperience it as it once was!
There's a spooky lighthouse, isn't there? I remember Westfall feeling like so hot and dry, the ambience of it all... loved the desolate feeling, somehow.
I remember 3 things from this zone, a friend showing me a secret cave in it, we used to call it our hideout.
Getting a little too curious qbout that tornado.
And i remember buying a claymore for my hunter in that city with the broken down high walls. I went full on mele hunter and didn't understand why the game was so hard :p
The memories~
The best memory I had was when I got a red mask and shoulders, while doing deadmines my party let me have the black defias gear and 8 lokked like a defais rogue wich felt awesome. Another thing don't know how many people know this but if you stand on the zandalar island in vanilla u can see something that looks like a huge door, that door is actually the one in deadmines wich I find is really cool. The videos are awesome keep it up man.
Getting one shot by fireballs from defias pillagers, good ole westfall.
Oof.
This is the comfiest video on RUclips. Please please make more of these
These videos are a thing of beauty!
Farming light feathers so my priest could cast slow fall.
Dude I love these vids. The zone music + lore ASMR is gold.
I love how the Goldshire quests linked to send you to Westfall
I always did the quest for the torch from the ghost captain. It felt so cool going around dusk wood with it in hand :)
How did I never see this series? Insane. Great job.
First time watching your video.
Man, the way you are did this video, especially describing how everything looks and so on.
Takes me back...
Subscribed
Loch Modan recalls memories because when I first made it to level 9 I ventured there and a level 13 player help me kill a spider and said, “be careful, there are real high level creeps here” I’ll never forget the days that loch modan was ‘high level’....
I wish I could go back to this more simpler time in my life
love this
got to admit i never rolled horde
i was playing alliance only for yeears
I love your content man. I love how passionate you are about the game and everything surrounds it. Just wish you were fellow horde :P
Thanks putting it out there brother.
May peace be upon you :)
Oh please do crossroads too. It would get me so emotional
memories i have of westfall was first time i was told about a dungeon and doing deadmines, this was on a rogue. after that i was hooked, and just spam deadmines all the way to level 23, i wanted all the blue loot, so i was semi twink before i even knew what twink was back then haha.
Another great video! Hope you’re doing Darkshore one day! Keep up the great work
Edit: first thing that comes to mind when I think westfall: pillagers...
Dude, your voice is so calming and fantastic.
the intro narration was really epic!
great narration man!
I love em so much , actually can’t wait for a grizzly hills one ...that’s gonna be the super chill n relax effect
These videos are gold :)
Zargabanth feelsgoodman thx bros
Please make more of these. I need all of these.
I crafted the gnomish universal remote on my paladin and felt OP controlling the combine harvester things you kill to collect Okra.
Seriously incredible video, spot on nostalgia
Thank you for bringing me back to the first experience I had with wow it was magical
man u bring back good memories :D
Just found your channel recently. Love what I'm seeing and I subbed. Would love to see a video that covers the holidays of WoW now that were nearing the begging of it. I've played since beta of vanilla and the holidays have always been something that was wholly enchanting and unique around the holidays for me personally. Thanks for all the great videos!
2 vids in 24 hours, your spoiling us.
you're*. Not your
"...Get the oats for the cow..."
Her name is Ol' Blanchy, and she's a HORSE.
How dare you.
Pls do Loch Modan :-) It was my first zone "far" away from my starting area. For Khaz Modan!
i freaked out as is saw the first the the entry to the deadmines in that big house i found that so cool
My favorite zone. I was horde but i rolled an alliance so i could play this zone. I guess because i am living on my grandparents farm out in the country and its just reminds of country life is why i love this zone
I really liked as a new hunter to tame one of these golden boars
Westfall feels like home lmao
This video made me shead a tear
"favorite" memory? I remember seeing a group, i dont remember if it was Alli or Horde but a group was bringing Lord Kazzak to SW
I never experienced Westfall in vanilla. Always found the horde zones more appealing.
Wasnt before dungeon Finder came out that I actually played Deadmines at The appropiate level.
Oh and I just realized I wrote this entire comment before actually watching The video. I will do that now.
Hey man, just stumbled upon your video, never was big into lore but this is amazing, keep it up !
i like your videos you have really good production quality. An issue I see is this kind of free flow of consciousness after your lore dump. I recommend scripting your videos. Doing so will add a more professional vibe and at the same time will minimize the "uhs" and "ums" that people naturally do when they speak. Again great content keep it up =]
I loved watching the sunrise on the coast of westfall - after having played through the whole night completely lost in the game.
I was so drawn into that game that I’d realize the passinng of time through the ingame night and day circle before fatigue or the raising of the real sun could compete against that absolute immersion.
When can we see more of these. This was nostalgia lane for me man. Now with kids/wife/work WOW is not doable.. but man this brings me back...
Westfall = defias quest chain. Darkshore = actual leveling
Good - scratch that - great vid man! Do Redridge next. What with all the gnolls and the Orc plot slowly untangling... At least that's the zone I preferred after Westfall. But if it's not a necessity to go by lvl then I'd suggest the zone I got my first real scare in - and ofc - I'm talkin' 'bout Stitches - so I reckon y'all know what zone that'd be. And after that Stranglethorn - spent half my early days in that darn Vale - good times.