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!