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| 10s | g'day it's been a while since I've done |
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| 13s | it's been a while since I've done a |
| 15s | World of Warcraft video but I feel |
| 17s | inclined to put one together just a bit |
| 20s | of a for people who all-time subscribers |
| 24s | to this channel you might have |
| 25s | remembered way back in the day I used to |
| 28s | do something called musings videos which |
| 30s | is me just rambling about my thoughts of |
| 32s | some aspect of wow and I thought this is |
| 35s | an appropriate time to maybe talk about |
| 37s | what it's been like coming back to wow |
| 39s | because yes I have bought dragonflight I |
| 44s | am currently playing the pre-patch to |
| 46s | dragon fight having not played well for |
| 49s | probably coming up on two years now |
| 52s | and this is officially the longest time |
| 54s | that I have actually not played wow so |
| 57s | since vanilla since 2004 and yeah last |
| 61s | sort of one to two years I stopped |
| 63s | playing so I won't go into too much |
| 65s | detail about why I didn't play it it's |
| 67s | just it boils down to the essence of |
| 71s | shadowlands didn't gel with me and |
| 73s | that's all it is you know I mean gaming |
| 76s | is not always going to hit every single |
| 78s | button that you have and that you |
| 81s | require from a from a gaming experience |
| 83s | so that's just all it was |
| 85s | so I've been thinking a long time about |
| 88s | coming back to well because I do miss it |
| 91s | you know I've played other games I've |
| 93s | been playing a lot of new world lately |
| 95s | and there is that Nostalgia I will say |
| 99s | I played a little bit of the classic |
| 102s | wow and it wasn't what I remembered and |
| 105s | that sort of soured me a little bit to |
| 109s | the other the other classic expansions |
| 112s | so I I don't think I'm gonna go and play |
| 114s | rather than Lich King because that was |
| 116s | my favorite expansion very closely |
| 118s | followed by burning Crusade |
| 121s | and I don't think I want to Sully those |
| 123s | memories so I think we'll leave those |
| 125s | alone and I'm gonna we'll see how |
| 127s | dragonflight goes uh there's some things |
| 130s | that I'm very hopeful about but coming |
| 133s | back to well before the expansion during |
| 136s | the pre-patch where it's still |
| 138s | shadowlands content was probably in all |
| 141s | honesty a bit of a mistake I played for |
| 143s | a couple of days and I leveled in evoka |
| 147s | uh we'll talk about the evoker a little |
| 149s | bit in a second but it's still |
| 153s | shadowlands content |
| 155s | and I'm coming back thinking Hmm maybe I |
| 159s | should have waited I could have you know |
| 162s | I'm basically I've got a month of |
| 164s | subscription I only bought one month I |
| 166s | didn't I didn't sign up for a sub I |
| 168s | bought one month and that's it so it's |
| 170s | gonna end in December which is the first |
| 173s | time that I've only yeah it's the first |
| 175s | time I've done that like I've always had |
| 177s | a subscription I've I've bought |
| 179s | year-long subscriptions you know or |
| 181s | whatever the longest was back in the day |
| 182s | but now I'm less inclined to commit |
| 186s | myself to the game so |
| 189s | I feel like I'm going to waste a week of |
| 191s | my four weeks that I've got to play but |
| 193s | we'll see how it goes maybe I don't need |
| 196s | four weeks we'll see what happens |
| 199s | but generally speaking the the changes |
| 203s | that have come in |
| 204s | into the game are definitely uh |
| 207s | improvements there are quality of life |
| 209s | improvements still things missing |
| 211s | um things like some of the add-ons are |
| 215s | still required of course add-ons are |
| 217s | very much broken |
| 219s | a lot of them and a lot of the ones that |
| 222s | I really enjoyed using uh but I've |
| 225s | noticed that the user interface Now the |
| 228s | default user interface is highly |
| 230s | customizable there's a lot of |
| 233s | obviously add-on inspired changes that |
| 236s | have been brought in which are great and |
| 239s | we might actually have a reason to maybe |
| 241s | not |
| 243s | you know 100 use the default UI but |
| 246s | certainly to reduce the number of |
| 249s | add-ons which is great in terms of the |
| 252s | the load on on your loading screen |
| 254s | because the more add-ons you have of |
| 257s | course the slower your loading screen is |
| 258s | going to be so that's a plus I guess |
| 262s | the customization |
| 264s | for the character creation the DirecTV |
| 267s | is I think fantastic it's something that |
| 270s | I wish wow had had |
| 273s | much earlier |
| 275s | like far far sooner to now this is this |
| 280s | is one of the 10th expansion |
| 282s | is that right in patch 10.0 and it's |
| 285s | taken us this long to get to this point |
| 288s | of customization for characters but it |
| 291s | is great and I'm thankful to to see it |
| 293s | finally it's uh it's great great detail |
| 297s | and there's a lot of time to be wasted |
| 300s | not only at the character creation |
| 303s | screen but also when you inevitably |
| 306s | return to the barber for free |
| 309s | alterations thank you very much so not |
| 312s | only have they given us |
| 313s | immense customization with the track |
| 316s | there at least |
| 317s | it's also free so I have spent of my two |
| 322s | days that I was playing I've spent |
| 324s | um probably equivalent of maybe two or |
| 327s | three hours |
| 328s | like that long it probably took me |
| 330s | nearly |
| 332s | I've got to be at least 30 to 45 minutes |
| 334s | just creating my drug there and then I |
| 338s | have been a couple of times to the |
| 341s | barber since then and it's just good fun |
| 343s | you can save your customizations |
| 346s | the interface a little bit weird with |
| 349s | the the layout I probably would have |
| 350s | done maybe a a grid layout instead of |
| 354s | having this scrolling because I plan to |
| 356s | have a lot of variations and to have to |
| 359s | scroll through a massive list of them |
| 360s | all I really need to see is a picture of |
| 363s | the face I think so |
| 364s | maybe in one of the future patches they |
| 366s | might alter that a little bit but it's |
| 368s | nice to be able to save these |
| 370s | appearances for sure and did I mention |
| 372s | it's free |
| 374s | the challenge trees |
| 376s | can I just say |
| 378s | finally ah |
| 382s | I have missed quality talent trees you |
| 386s | know well I really have a choice and |
| 388s | what I like about these talent trees |
| 390s | which we didn't have in the early days |
| 392s | the the OG talent trees is there's more |
| 397s | options for avoiding cookie cutter |
| 400s | cookie cutter builds you know where back |
| 403s | in vanilla it was definitely you had to |
| 405s | have it was a 230 42 or whatever the the |
| 408s | three numbers were back in the day and |
| 410s | this time |
| 412s | it depends on the situation so I might |
| 415s | want just looking at the Avoca one which |
| 417s | is the only talent tree I've looked at |
| 418s | I'm saving my druid for the actual |
| 420s | release of dragonflight |
| 423s | um but just looking at some of the end |
| 425s | talents in the bass evoker |
| 428s | tree not the specialization tree but the |
| 432s | the base tree that both of them get |
| 434s | is is great if I want to have a little |
| 439s | bit more healing versatility I can |
| 441s | choose those if I want to have more |
| 445s | opportunity to troll my fellow Raiders |
| 448s | so I can definitely pick up a few spells |
| 451s | and have some fun that way but it's it's |
| 454s | nice it's not just this is the build |
| 457s | that 99 of the population is going to be |
| 460s | using if you're going to see I think I |
| 463s | reckon that you're going to see evocus |
| 465s | with different builds and builds that |
| 467s | complement each other |
| 469s | I also noticed in these trees there's a |
| 471s | lot of inspiration from other classes as |
| 474s | well so I'm noticing spells and |
| 476s | abilities and passives that remind me of |
| 480s | you know Paladin wings or remind me of a |
| 486s | druid Swift meant |
| 489s | so it's it's nice to see |
| 492s | potentially moving toward classes that |
| 496s | have more versatility which is a bit |
| 498s | questionable because there's you know |
| 500s | back in the day when you always used to |
| 503s | have to bring a shaman for the bloodlust |
| 508s | you know you just had to have one |
| 509s | because nobody had one and then |
| 511s | everybody got heroism and everybody got |
| 513s | bloodlust well I see everybody very |
| 515s | Loosely but |
| 517s | it was nice to have that option that you |
| 520s | didn't have to bring the class you had |
| 522s | to bring the player any long-term |
| 525s | well players have probably heard that |
| 528s | have said across multiple content |
| 531s | creators and by multiple raid leaders |
| 533s | it's nice to bring the player instead of |
| 535s | the class you know you've got a player |
| 537s | who's just really good but they just |
| 539s | want to play this one character they |
| 541s | really gel with that character instead |
| 543s | of shoehorning them into a class that |
| 546s | they really don't enjoy playing and then |
| 549s | then potentially then either not |
| 552s | performing as well or perhaps not |
| 554s | wanting to play at all making excuses to |
| 557s | not turn up to raids and stuff like that |
| 559s | it's a nice to say bring what you want |
| 562s | to bring you know you have everything |
| 564s | that we need |
| 566s | so that's kind of nice to see to see it |
| 568s | moving in that direction |
| 572s | the other things that I probably |
| 577s | I'd like to see some changes in |
| 579s | dragonfly and I guess probably not going |
| 581s | to change but we'll see what happens but |
| 583s | LFR is one thing that I especially as a |
| 588s | returning player coming back in I |
| 591s | remember when lfi used to be |
| 593s | an opportunity for you to play with a |
| 596s | lot of people |
| 598s | and there was |
| 602s | no consequence to not knowing the fights |
| 604s | shall we say and it's great at the end |
| 607s | of the day you've had a really hard day |
| 609s | at work you just want to de-stress |
| 612s | you know you're done with obligations |
| 614s | for the day and you just want to hang |
| 617s | out with a bunch of nerds that you don't |
| 618s | even know shoot the breeze kill some |
| 620s | bosses get some Loot and log off right |
| 623s | lfr's not like that anymore and I'm sure |
| 626s | it hasn't been for quite a while but |
| 627s | like I said it's been one to two years |
| 629s | since I've been playing this game but uh |
| 631s | certainly coming back to it and having a |
| 633s | look at the the latest read which I have |
| 636s | absolutely no experience with I went in |
| 638s | there and the LFR raid that I was in |
| 641s | wiped on trash which I think is probably |
| 643s | unlike unusual I don't think that's a |
| 646s | common occurrence but the fact that it |
| 647s | even happened back when lfi used to be |
| 651s | where you would never see any mechanics |
| 655s | because everything was dead and you go |
| 658s | into a normal raid and we're like what |
| 659s | is this mechanic I've never seen this |
| 661s | before but that was the beauty of LFR |
| 663s | you know it was a rating experience |
| 665s | without the |
| 667s | the the need to look at the dungeon |
| 671s | Journal you know you don't need to know |
| 673s | the fights you just go in there and look |
| 675s | at the pretty pretty lights and |
| 677s | then log off for the night so I missed |
| 680s | that LFR is definitely harder |
| 682s | and I think |
| 684s | maybe in dragonflight uh if |
| 688s | if you are coming back for dragonflight |
| 690s | and you do not have a guild you're |
| 693s | planning on playing solo which is |
| 695s | something I'm considering doing I I |
| 698s | don't really want to commit to a raid |
| 699s | schedule |
| 700s | but I think |
| 704s | you might need to put in some effort to |
| 707s | learn some fights for LFR |
| 710s | pugging |
| 711s | normal heroic Mythic kind of things |
| 714s | that's obviously something we definitely |
| 716s | it's expected that you've looked at the |
| 718s | fights and you understand the mechanics |
| 719s | but I think you also need to do the same |
| 721s | for LFR at this point hopefully you know |
| 725s | maybe they'll change that maybe they'll |
| 726s | introduce difficulty levels for lfi who |
| 729s | knows that'd be a thing but yeah I don't |
| 732s | know I think I'm guessing there's been |
| 734s | some pushback from players wanting to |
| 737s | get a more |
| 740s | or more in-depth raid experience with |
| 743s | LFR |
| 745s | so that when they go into a guild group |
| 748s | they feel like they at least know things |
| 750s | but I feel like that is more an onus on |
| 754s | the player themselves if you want to do |
| 755s | an organized |
| 758s | non-lfr rage |
| 760s | it's incumbent upon you to actually look |
| 763s | up the mechanics and to to look at |
| 764s | guides |
| 766s | but I I don't see why LFR needs to be in |
| 770s | the way anyway that's just my two |
| 772s | dollars |
| 775s | apart from that |
| 776s | I am hopeful |
| 779s | for dragonfly I will say especially I |
| 782s | mean just the talent trees alone I'm |
| 784s | really interested to see what the other |
| 786s | classes are doing and I'm kind of keen |
| 788s | to see what they're going to do with my |
| 789s | my little baby do it |
| 791s | and to see how those come together in |
| 795s | you know groups where you have |
| 797s | four evokers and one tank |
| 803s | I've already done already I had it |
| 805s | undergrip with four burgers in one tank |
| 807s | there was an LF LFR group that had I |
| 810s | think like 14 evokers in it and the rest |
| 812s | were just you know the classes but it's |
| 816s | yeah it's definitely it's a hero class |
| 818s | so of course everybody's going to be |
| 820s | playing it while it's coming out now I |
| 822s | know that the dragonflight launcher is |
| 824s | going to look like that too so you're |
| 825s | going to see a lot of teal official |
| 828s | and that's okay and then eventually you |
| 830s | know we'll move on to something else |
| 832s | the evoca itself |
| 835s | I am |
| 837s | I'm not sure how I feel about it to be |
| 839s | honest |
| 840s | it's |
| 841s | interesting |
| 844s | um |
| 845s | I'm not I I don't know why but I'm not |
| 849s | excited by it |
| 851s | when the when the DK came out I was |
| 855s | excited like that was really fun class |
| 857s | especially having you know a tank that |
| 860s | could do all this damage it was a |
| 862s | two-handed |
| 864s | uh weapon wielding tank that could just |
| 868s | heal itself and the whole theme around |
| 871s | all the gross you know pustules and |
| 873s | blood and oils it was just a really well |
| 876s | put together class I thought |
| 879s | and then the when our lovely monks came |
| 883s | out when the demon hunters came out |
| 886s | demon Hunters with their double jump |
| 889s | monks with a I guess Panda |
| 892s | and the whole keg theme I don't know it |
| 896s | was just something that was exciting |
| 897s | about those ones when they came out the |
| 899s | evoker for me the thing I'm most excited |
| 901s | by is the customization |
| 903s | so maybe if we didn't have the |
| 906s | customization maybe there'd be something |
| 907s | else that would excite me about it but |
| 909s | I'm not um yeah the sore sore thing is |
| 913s | is interesting I haven't got the hang of |
| 915s | it yet so maybe that's something |
| 917s | that |
| 919s | will be more enticing when I do actually |
| 922s | use it more often and I become more |
| 924s | fluent with with how the Mechanics Work |
| 927s | the moment it feels it's a little bit |
| 928s | weird I sometimes can figure out how to |
| 930s | use it and other times it doesn't seem |
| 931s | to respond in the way I would expect |
| 934s | I don't know if that's just a pre-patch |
| 935s | bug thing or if that's an intended |
| 938s | mechanic I'm not sure |
| 941s | but |
| 943s | other than that there's some nice spills |
| 947s | there's a lot of cool Downs |
| 950s | there's a bit of a rotation that feels |
| 953s | quite balanced between a single Target |
| 956s | rotation and an AOE rotation |
| 958s | which is nice I I like |
| 962s | knowing that I've got AOE dedicated |
| 964s | spells that are going to give me a lot |
| 967s | of AOE damage when I use them as opposed |
| 969s | to you know using |
| 972s | single Target spells in an AOE |
| 975s | environment that always feels a little |
| 976s | bit weird you've also got some some of |
| 979s | the talent trees give you a little bit |
| 982s | more of maybe a pendulum feel like |
| 985s | Druids Luna solar kind of thing |
| 989s | so I feel like there's some flexibility |
| 992s | for changing the gameplay maybe that's |
| 994s | something that I need to look into |
| 996s | one stratified comes out and I've |
| 998s | leveled my druid |
| 1000s | yeah I'm not sure it's that |
| 1003s | would I say it's a pending opinion but |
| 1008s | the the one to begin with the the |
| 1010s | initial |
| 1011s | general feeling is |
| 1015s | I I'm not excited but I hope I will be |
| 1020s | about the Avoca and likewise about |
| 1022s | dragonflies |
| 1025s | so that's it I'm done that's my rambling |
| 1028s | thanks for listening if you made it all |
| 1029s | the way through to here |
| 1031s | if you did make it through this long |
| 1034s | rambling video please let me know your |
| 1036s | thoughts |
| 1037s | are you playing dragon fight |
| 1040s | are you intending to stay away from Wow |
| 1043s | have you played Wow have you not played |
| 1045s | well |
| 1045s | what other random questions can I ask |
| 1048s | tell me about yourself and your Social |
| 1050s | Security number |
| 1051s | anyway thanks for the company |
| 1054s | whatever it is that you're doing I hope |
| 1055s | it goes well and you are taking care of |
| 1058s | yourself and those around you |
| 1061s | I will see you when I see you |
| 1063s | and not a second before |