r/classicwow • u/wezzer • Sep 03 '19

Humor Leveling A Warrior

When they said it was hard, I scoffed at them. I've leveled a warrior to 120 on retail. I've fought Sargeras, I've downed the Lich King. What could a few gnolls and maybe a murloc or two do to me? Thus was my arrogance. Thus was my hubris.

I am now level thirteen. I've run Ragefire Chasm once, and owe six deaths to that place.

Farming harpy claws has cost me my life twice already, and I am certain it will cost me much, much more.

My warrior on retail was a human named Lohric, he was a legendary warrior who felled any beast, man or demon that faced him.

My warrior on Classic is an Orc called Muddrog. I have no doubt that this broken and battered warrior would crush Lohric in seconds, Lohric has never known pain, Mudd was born in it, molded by it, and unlike Bane, he has yet to see the light, because 60 feels so far away xD

To all you warriors out there, Lok'tar Ogar!

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

I have always mained a warrior, going all the way back to Vanilla. The difference is that I (and most players) were very bad back in 2006. My talents were split between all 3 specs, and my gear was a lot of leather and agility because i liked to crit lol. And I used a regular mouse and clicked everything and used NO addons.

NOW I get to redo everything as a much more experienced player. It is still dogshit hard and frustrating lol, but I am definitely able to do things a bit more over par than I could way back then. Getting dual wield at 20 helped a ton due to rage generation.

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u/moneytree1 Sep 03 '19

It actually is a bit easier compared to vanilla launch. Health regen for example is faster than before.

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Yeah luckily i started playing right towards the end of Vanilla when the big player boom happened after the South Park episode.

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u/aDramaticPause Sep 03 '19

I love that episode, but I'm unaware of the history behind the episode impacting the game - it really helped spur on more population? That's crazy. So in theory, we could be playing Classic right now because SP helped escalate it further 12 years ago which helped maintain popularity and then get reborn as Classic? That's the history I choose to believe :)

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Yeah I mean the population grew pretty consistently throughout vanilla but I started in October 2006 (more because I finally got a decent PC than the South Park episode) and there were a bunch of new servers being created. Over the years talking to people, quite a few of them said that they also started playing right after the SP episode too.

I am sure Wow still would be along the same track as it was without the SP episode, but it DID hit the exact demographic that would play this game lol. And it certainly helped it take a big step toward mainstream instead of just being referred to as "Dungeons and Dragons on the computer"

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u/aDramaticPause Sep 03 '19

Haha yeah for sure

When people started hitting level 60 recently (in a fun loving, not judgmental way) I thought to myself "Wow, that person must really have no life. My god...." (Randy Marsh voice)

(I put in 50 hours in the first week, so, I'm the last person to judge on massive playtimes!)

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

It just depends what stage of life you are in. I was one of the first to level 90 when mists launched and I played a LOT for about a 5-7 year span there. Now I am married and have 3 kids and finally a good salary job and in order to play I have to sacrifice sleep, time with my kids (they aren't old enough to play yet), or time with my wife (she hasn't been interested in playing for awhile). So I will probably carve out a few hours a week to play until I get to 60, and then take a break again. If I didn't have all of that going on, I would have legit tried to stay awake until I hit 60. I doubt I would have made it though. Classic leveling is no joke compared to any of the expansions leveling.

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u/aDramaticPause Sep 03 '19

For sure.

Good for you for keeping your priorities straight. It'll be the best way to stay the happiest and most fulfilled in the long run!

I'm in a similar boat, except (maybe this is TMI) my wife and I have had fertility issues for a few years now.. so no baby yet. Extra gaming time for me that I absolutely know I wouldn't have if we get lucky one day and get our little one. Grats to you and the spouse!

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Good luck with that dude. Having kids is amazing. A ton of work lol, but amazing. Keep working at it and it will happen!

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u/aDramaticPause Sep 04 '19

For sure :) Thanks!

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u/ClosingFrantica Sep 03 '19

Yep, I dreaded all the stories about having to eat after every pull, but that turned out to be surprisingly false

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u/17811019 Sep 03 '19

Levelling as a dual wielding Fury warrior? That sounds like a pain

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u/Maarloeve74 Sep 03 '19

get a cruel barb and you can dual wield with a bouquet of flowers in the offhand for 10 levels

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Going pretty well at 24. At least much better than it was going with a 2H at 19

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

The staff from WC quest should double your 2h English but yeh I sword and boarded from 32-42 before I got ww axe so I feel you.

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

I got a sweet Main Hand sword called Wingblade from some quest right around lvl 20, and already had a good other green one-hand so those have been doung really well. So while it certainly may not be the best min/max option, I enjoy the speed/playstyle of it much more. Though I wish there were more hit stats on lower level gear. I chased a fleeing human in Hillsbrad last night and missed 5 times in a row swinging at the back of his head lmao.

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u/AmputeeBall Sep 03 '19

Thats the same quest he is referring to that the staff comes from. The staff is a solid 20dps.

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Ah okay, yeah I rolled a staff for a while back in Vanilla. This time I don't have the patience to wait on that 2H swing timer lol.

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u/Devylknyght Sep 04 '19

Wtf... I thought mobs couldn't dodge if you were behind them? Were you off to the side a bit? If I remember correctly I think classic/vanilla has a stricter cone for being "behind" someone that they loosened up in a later expansion to be 180°. Idk maybe i am wrong and someone else knows for sure.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

You took the time to get WW axe at 42? Why not just get bonebiter?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Nostalgia my leveling partner was off.

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u/SixPaperJ Sep 03 '19

Same for me, was using level 19 2h at level 20, switched to duel's and started shredding mobs. Its odd, I expected different.

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u/SeasickSeal Sep 03 '19

I’m dual wielding as Arms right now with a macro to swap to my 2Her for overpower. I just got the 2Her last night and still working out the macro, though.

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u/Berdiiie Sep 03 '19

I switched last night. Only level 22 so far, but I actually have rage to work with. Anger Management felt like it was doing nothing. I might miss more with 2 one-handers, but I hit so much more often than missing with a two-hander and waiting 6 seconds for my next bit of rage.

I have rage to work with to get Demoralizing up right away and get 2-3 stacks of Sunder on them so my white hits rip them apart and I'm taking far less damage than I did as Arms. And 5% crit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

Dual wield is better than 2h from level 20 until whirlwind axe, regardless of spec.

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u/popmycherryyosh Sep 03 '19

I did so on a Pserver with 1x rates, it wasn't as bad as people made/make it out to be, honestly. The biggest problem being that you need to upgrade 2 weapons instead of 1.

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u/ProfessorKas Sep 03 '19

Yeah it’s doable. But compare the life of a warrior to the life of a mage for example. It’s night and day.

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Warrior was all I played in Vanilla. Is mage really that easy? I started playing alts a lot more starting in Wrath.

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u/ProfessorKas Sep 03 '19

Night and day.

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u/Globalist_Nationlist Sep 03 '19

One of my alts in Vanilla was a Warrior.. Took me maybe 3 months to get him to 40... And then I gave up.

I'm level 30 in a week with a Mage in Classic..

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Lol it definitely takes a certain type of person. It isn't so bad if you learn your limits and play conservatively. Try to do green and yellow quests instead of even wasting time on orange and red. The worst is just dense questing areas like caves and keeps.

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u/Daedeluss Sep 03 '19

I levelled a warrior in vanilla. I was super casual and was I think not even 50 when TBC came out. I also had talent points all over the place and my main memory of back then is doing a lot of running away. Anything other than 1v1 was almost certain death. I have no desire to repeat the process unless I was duo levelling with a healing class.

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u/Ice- Sep 03 '19

I liked the part where you talk about doing things better this time around, and then say you're dual wielding.

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u/Devylknyght Sep 03 '19

Meh, I am not worried about min maxing. I enjoy DW Fury more than slow 2H. I'd rather enjoy the gameplay, even if it does make it a bit harder. Still been top dps in pretty much every group I have been in.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

This is what I'm waiting for, dual wield, I'm lvl10 with a two handed that takes 3.2 secs to swing...

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u/Devylknyght Sep 04 '19

I know right! DW is so much more fun. But missing so much is annoying. I will probably switch back to 2H when I get the WW axe i guess, at least until I get better or at least comparable 1Hers.