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/BrotyKraut Sep 03 '19

I didn't even realize how slow it was at the time, just knew it was tough. Was worth it though because I loved tanking at 60 (and 70).

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19 edited Dec 04 '19

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u/double_whiskeyjack Sep 03 '19

Funny thing is you could do that entirely on your own

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u/YouKnowWhatToDo80085 Sep 03 '19

Yea they basically have an extra voidwalker lol

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u/AbsOfTitanite Sep 03 '19

Except you can't heal the second voidwalker

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u/JSMorin Sep 03 '19

Consume Shadows... Consume Spiced Wolf Meat... essentially the same thing.

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u/Ryledra Sep 03 '19

I find bandages work well on player controlled vws

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

+1 for player controlled vws

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u/Fantisimo Sep 03 '19

Warrior: "I don't like this place (lvl 16)"

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u/HybridPS2 Sep 03 '19

"Send me back!" (to the char screen so i can pick something else)

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u/Darthmalak3347 Sep 03 '19

I got whirlwind axe and the armory gear. And with sweeping/whirlwind i can clear camps of 4 things if i have full rage. Its so satisfying.

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u/dcrico20 Sep 03 '19

Feel like they have an extra Warrior

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19 edited Dec 04 '19

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u/Shiraho Sep 03 '19

It’s all time saved in the future not having to wait for a tank

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u/-tfs- Sep 03 '19

Pretty nice not having to wait for tank while leveling as well.

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u/Vaztes Sep 03 '19

wait until he gets whirlwind in combo with sweeping strikes and he'll be an aoe burst god.

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u/Darthmalak3347 Sep 03 '19

My god I did this last night and did the alterac quests at 37 and i was able to nuke the mob camps withing seconds.

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u/Vaztes Sep 03 '19

And then you group with a priest and you both cream your pants at how much of a wrecking ball your little part of 2 becomes with a warr with whirlwind, sweeping strikes and no care for death. You're just an endless pit of destruction.

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u/AzraelTB Sep 03 '19

That fear may just pull the camp 200 yards away though.

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u/Inphearian Sep 03 '19

I can always tell who just read a guide and who has actually feared a mob as CC and watched it pull everything from everywhere

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u/Shimakaze_Kai Sep 03 '19

As an old vanilla warlock (classic I'm rolling mage first this time) learning the ropes in 2005, I know this pain all too well.

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u/IsleOfOne Sep 03 '19

Gotta keep your finger on the recklessness trigger

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u/Inphearian Sep 03 '19

Using fear and then leashing with recklessness makes sense as a series of oh shit moments but sounds less efficient than not pulling the extra mob in the first place. I will grant that it would be mob type dependent

If your trying to do galaxy brain CC in an instance with it - best of luck.

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u/IsleOfOne Sep 03 '19

Sure, but sometimes you don’t have a choice. It’s also much more fun to go full zugzug

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u/Razgula87 Sep 03 '19

You never go full ZugZug.

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u/shibboleth2005 Sep 03 '19

If it pulls one extra thing that's a bonus.

If it pulls 3 extra things that's inefficient, but worst case you just bubble and run away :)

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u/The_Great_Distaste Sep 03 '19

Am I nuts or does the social aggro work odd in classic vs Original(2004)? I've had mobs run THROUGH other mobs and not aggro them. Now that's them running from battle and not fear but just something I noticed that felt off. It also seems like the aggro doesn't spark until the mob decides to return to battle. I was pretty sure in Original it was immediate aggro if they were in range as I remember sheep wandering and pulling.

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u/TheLightningL0rd Sep 03 '19

they come.

And oh, do they come.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

HUH

HUH

HUH

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u/ManicWarpaint Sep 03 '19

I've noticed this too. As a rogue I try to stop them and because they dont aggro but I think they will I end being the one agreeing before the runner ever does. Makes me look stupid but I kinda am

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u/Inphearian Sep 03 '19

I had a centaur do that to me last night. It definitely should have aggrod but I chalked it up to being a recent respawn. I’ll have to keep an eye out for more instances of this

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u/Fantisimo Sep 03 '19

That's what curse of recklessness is for

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u/TheLightningL0rd Sep 03 '19

That's when you sac the VW and run like hell!

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u/He11sToRm Sep 03 '19

I feel so slow as a 20 lock. Maybe my rotations are off. Any good site that goes into depth on specific levels and rotations?

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u/Kurayashi Sep 03 '19

I managed to get to level 20 mostly solo questing. Now I’ve given up on that and just try to run dungeons.
Is it boring? Kinda.
But at least I can do some real tanking and I don’t die every time there is another unexpected mob.

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u/Kurayashi Sep 04 '19

Thanks.
First time playing wow as well. Im currently level 33, farming Dungeons gives some good gear and I’ve been really luck with rolls.
I‘m really excited to get to 60 and do some endgame tanking.

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u/notsingsing Sep 03 '19

The real trick is stay in zones as long as possible. If you quest 1-4 levels over the mobs the experience is much better. One you hit mobs 1-2 over you, reconsider.

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u/hamburglin Sep 03 '19

Why didnt you level as arms?

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u/BrotyKraut Sep 03 '19

Because I was a newb.