(Vanilla) As an Ally player trip from Stormwind to Kalimdor/Feralas (still quite new in WoW those days) was like a great journey to the edge of the known world. Unforgetable.
The reason why it feels worse is because it's not a world anymore. I spent a long time thinking about this and I realized that in order for a world to feel like a world, it by necessity must have mechanics that a lot of people would consider to be annoying in order to fully capture the emotion of depth. This includes but certainly is not limited to: 1) Meaningful travel time. This means that to get from point a to point b for the first time, a player needs to spend a long time running along the road, waiting for boats, trains, etc. This establishes something extremely important to a world, which is scale. If you take a portal from Ironforge to Stormwind, you have no idea how far apart those two zones are. If you walk from Ogrimar to Tanaris, you know that those two places are a LONG way away. This gives the feeling of the world being massive and teeming with life and danger. Flying mounts are bad for this exact reason. They destroy scale. 2) Scarcity. Gold and crafting supplies must be both valuable and difficult to come by. Entering a mine as your dwarvern blacksmith should be exciting due to the vast quantity of minerals you're going to find. If it's easy to come by money and supplies, exploration incentive and any goodies placed in the world are shallow and meaningless. 3) Dangerous world. A dangerous world forces players to work together. If you really need someone's help to do a quest, making friends is going to be extremely important. If you know people in the world, then that world feels alive even more because you know and are emotionally invested in other real people that are going on a journey with you. 4) Mystery. The world is complicated, multi-faceted and lots of things are happening in the shadows that you as the player are not privy to. Nothing is explained to the player via pure exposition. Quests are a mechanism of story telling that shows you, not tells you, what is happening in the world. NPC's pull you into the world by asking you to help them retrieve artifacts from Dire Maul. While in Dire Maul, you get to see how the Ogers have taken over this city, how nature runs amuk and so on. Rather than kadgar screaming at you OH NO THE BURNING LEGION, OUR ANCIENT ENEMY THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME LED BY ARCIMOND WHO TRIED TO INVADE THE WORLD 10,000 YEARS AGO THAT'S THE GUY THAT TYRANDA FOUGHT TWICE BY THE WAY, IS HERE BRAVE HERO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 5) Class diversity. Simply put, Warlocks can do shit that no one else can. No one else can summon, no one else can banish demons, and no one else rides a horse that leaves a trail of fire behind it. There is one combat rez and the druid has it. Only mages can make portals. Only rouges can pick locks. Every player class has something special that only they can bring to the table. This means that even the worst of players have special skills. If you need a warlock then you NEED a warlock, no if ands or buts. More world depth building in a small way. That's just off the top of my head but you get the idea. TL;DR the game used to be more like a DnD campaign.
@@ConstantineIII Yes, and I must add that "equality" can suck. I like the diverse (some times more tedious) paths with exclusive rewards.EXAMPLE: Hoard had it easier for West to eastern kingdoms world travel.
Classic is on the horizon. I can't put my excitement into words. I'm filled to bursting with undying love for my childhood being brought resurrected. The nostalgic feels from when I first load in to Teldrasiil as a Night Elf Hunter will be truly unforgettable. That was my first character a decade ago, and so it shall be again as I relive my fond memories.
So powerful... Seriously it's another dimension. The team behind the environment creation in WoW and the team behind the soundtracks are just unbelievably talented
I am so glad this got uploaded. Feralas is my favourite zone in the whole game, and the music makes it only more perfect. I remember leveling a Night Elf Druid there, but I did not care about my surroundings and only wanted to get the job done. When I decided to level a Troll Rogue, I came back here to give it another shot, but this time, the zone grabbed my heart and wouldn't loosen it one bit. As someone who loves Kalimdor, this zone stands for everything this continent is about. It seems peaceful at first, with a mysterious note, but the lands are unforgiving and it is easy to get lost in the immense wilderness. The races in Kalimdor are friendly and peaceful, and always have their open for allies. Settlements feel like a safe haven before you embark on further explorations. People often forget to appreciate the calmer and more harmonious zones in the game. Every zone nowadays is about impressive storylines, cluttered with settlements and monsters, and cinematics after every event. But it are zones like Feralas that truly make World of Warcraft to what it is. These zones lie at the very heart of the game, and no expansion can change that.
Feralas is such an underrated zone. I remember when I first walked in this zone, you see the neverending trees rising up in the skies, so large that they block out the sun, you get the feeling of danger and fear of unknown but at the same time you see the mysteries of ancient Elf civilizations overtaken by dense rainforest
"I remember when I first walked in this zone, you see the neverending trees rising up in the skies" I never saw the trees. there were too many trees for me to see anything.
I almost feel like I shouldn't just casually listen to these soundtracks, it's as if I'm corrupting their memory or something. Listening to these soundtracks brings such vivid feelings and memories, it's almost painful.
Yes! Almost as if you need to preserve those memories, and since they are triggered by listening to this, that each time you listen they become less unique and lose a little bit of what made them special.
YES! Finally, my favorite zone while leveling! The entire forest felt like a cathedral. I took my sweet time and when done with the quests almost wanted to start a new toon just to do it all over again. Oh, and after that you get into Winterspring! Just wonderful. Thank you so much!
46:34 HAUNTED 2!! This is THE most incredible pieces of music I've heard in this game. That's an absolute hidden gem if I've ever heard one. That's beyond magic!!!!
@2:54 hits me hard with nostalgia. I wish I could have appreciated the opportunity to have been young, with no responsibilities, and play this game. I wonder if the peaceful bliss I felt playing WoW as a child is still attainable. I hope so.
I remember wandering on the way side of Thousand Needles one morning. I was so happy because we had just gotten a call that there was a 2 hour delay for school. I took the time to explore. I happened upon a beautiful green forest in the distance and knew I had to go check it out. I walked around on foot just admiring the area as much as I could until I had to go. Good times; these videos help me relive those times. :)
My favourite zone in WoW of all time. The music is great, the atmosphere is great, and it also has one of my favourite dungeons in Dire Maul. When I logged out for the last time in 2012, I chilled out in the Dire Maul West library for an hour or so talking to friends and taking in the ambiance :')
Everness, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your dedication to providing the best ambience videos. I have one of your countless videos playing throughout each day, one of my favorites is your Skyrim Rain video. They are one of the only things now that guide me through the darkness of depression, anxiety and loneliness. Your compilations bring me serenity when my life is oftentimes chaotic and stressful. That, to me, is invaluable. There are times like tonight when I am alone with my thoughts and just cry and hurt. It is those moments when I value these gems the most. Other times, I use your long playlists to concentrate and relieve stress. I truly appreciate your efforts and get great comfort out of them.
Thank you very much for your comment! I'm very glad I could help making something useful for other people to enjoy, really means a lot. Stay strong, one day at a time. 💛
I love David Arkenstone's work for Cataclysm...I fondly remember doing so much of my crafting in Thunder Bluff just to listen to the Tauren themes on loop...
i think a lot of players missed out on Feralas. They skipped this zone when leveling because it was pretty hard to get to and there weren't a lot of quests in the area. But this zone's visuals was amazing.
I remember the feeling of first arriving as a dwarf to the flight point on the border of Ferelas and Thousand Needles. A small little oasis just before the tiny path through the great vast forest. Such wonder.
I started playing in TBC and I was used to playing RuneScape I had known about wow I just was playing RuneScape and loved it so much that I didn't want to leave to play WoW when it first came out so I finally give it a try in 2007 and since I played RuneScape I was used to going from one area to the next and I started out as a NE..so it was only natural for me to level through here...I'm so glad I took my time in each zone I played through...this zone especially is still one I remember well.
I remember the first time I was there. It was so big. I would rarely see anyone else there too. I remember first doing quests on the island too. If you enjoy questing alone, this is the zone for you.
I’ll always remember being like a low 40 nelf Druid using cheetah and aquatic form to hide from a 60 orc warrior on an epic mount. Hiding in all the water around Feralas - it was so cool.
So peaceful. I remember flying to the top of one of the high leafy cliffs and parking up to wait for guildies to join for dungeon delving. So peaceful.
One of my fav places in wow, great atmosphere, mysterious portals, grinding emerald whelping, and I almost never saw anyone there, its like the place to go when you want to be alone in wow haha
Vanilla WOW music and zones, back when everything felt like an epic adventure was around every corner. When your heartstrings were stirred, and you could park your character on a hill side and sit, and spend an hour enjoying the surrounds...So glad Vanilla is coming back.
I love this zone like Winterspring. I always level in both zones! The music, the landscape, and the memories I had here are amazing! Both in Classic and Retail Wow.
The music in this zone is so beautiful and mysterious, especially Feralas 3. I used to be by the shore and just standing with my priest there while the music played and I was writing on some story I was working on, couldn't ask for a better mood-setting
Spending 30mins in the early hours fishing up Nightfin Snappers listening to this and having a beer after work before saying NN to all the local chat .. and people used to reply .. earned all my mount money 😊
I am not an old player in WoW. I've heard of it from everyone I knew, but I hated the business model. Thought it was a scam even at the height of it's fame during the Wrath of the Lich King. The only reason I finally bothered with it was because my wife bought the base game for me at half price nearing the end of Legion. Starting out, wandering Azeroth took my fucking breathe away. With each new region I traveled through, it felt like I was on a real trip like the ones those douchebag co-workers traveling across Europe. The sceneries were marvelous and the music just made it more immersive. The little stories in and around the Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor up to Outland, Northrend and even Pandaria made it feel like the world was dynamic and alive. It was an experience that I never dreamed was well worth the money, and during those earlier days I was glad to have been proven wrong. But things started to feel off at some point. I started off on my journey alone and thought I would eventually reach a stage where I would have to ask for help. Such a moment never came. I had to actually turn off my exp gains because things were getting too easy. At first I thought, "meh its okay... even if I have to fabricate the experience, it's still going to be a good adventure! I'm sure it'll get better once I reach the higher levels." It never did. Not only was the gameplay becoming less complex, but the story was also becoming dumber with each expansion I passed, and the experience appearing shallower and shallower. Upon reaching level 100 and disappointed with Draenor, I caved and bought Legion months before BfA's release to catch a glimpse of the game's future. I maxed 110 barely satisfied and finally realized that the game was dying. I imagine that this game, once upon a time, started out as a homage to the history and lore it reveled in. A love child between the gamer-developers and it's player base. But now, I sense an avaricious hand choking the life and depth out of the game for a few more extra shillings. I ended my subscription during BfA's launch because I could no longer be bothered to support the idea that quantity is prioritized over quality. I thought this game would drown me in a deep ocean of imagination and storytelling. In the end, it was no better than a swamp, reeking of mediocrity and becoming less appealing the more you stay. Truly a shame.
I can't help but laugh at this because it's exactly what I would expect of someone coming into the game totally blind. You're on the money with your analysis. Come back for classic WoW in like 2 months. I promise everything you wanted out of the game will be there.
@@ConstantineIII yeah all the annoying crap we begged blizzard to get rid of 15 years ago they're bringing back. Ammo and poisons and feeding your pet....no thanks.
"Thought it was a scam even at the height of it's fame during the Wrath of the Lich King. " No, your 13.99 / mo. went towards a good deeds of allowing the GMs to tell you jokes when you asked for it. :) And the lethal injection was unwittingly given during the end of Wrath with the LFD. LFR was where it really started showing, though.
I remember my first experience leveling in this zone back during Vanilla. Initially some of the quests were still too hard for my shaman to attempt. I remember just grinding hippogryphs for hours until I was strong enough to finally move forward. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful zone to grind mobs in.
My all time favorite zone, as an alliance player I always make sure to visit this spot and sit for an hour and just take it all in... WoW is not what it once was but it is still gorgeous in all aspects.
Such nostalgia.. I remember feeling right at home as i eagerly explored every nook and cranny :P Oh, and getting my first pet as a druid. The dart sprite hatchling. I was so invested in caring for that egg to help it hatch :D Fond, fond memories
I love how lush and wild it is. It looks better than Ashenvale imo. Blizzard should give some love to the night elves after a decade of humiliation. Make Feralas the nelf starting zone!
I love your work Everness, I almost never comment on TH-cam videos but your music & ambience videos scratch that itch that I've had ever since I stopped playing WoW. I will come back one day, but for now, your videos are more than enough
This zone and music encompasses everything Nightelves are, at least the true night elves of Elune excluding the highborne which are best represented on Suramar, Azshara and Zin-Azshari.
time machine=yes. Choose where to go... back to when i started playing WOW.. best time of my life. then repeat. money cant buy that.. unless its for a time machine :)
1:50 If Ramin Djawadi (Game of Throne music composer) was not inspired by this track for the House of "Black and White"-Theme, then I will jump off of a bridge! Love both tracks!
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When I first walked into Feralas it was a magical mysterious zone. It will forever remain that to me.
Yup 💯
so naive, the fucking songflower buff that’s what’s feralas for me
Almost all warcraft zones are awesome , there are a few that sucks but most of them are so mysterious and interesting
@@qu3nt You're thinking of Felwood.
Same
My absolute Favorite Place in old WoW. Green. Rainy. Lush. Filled with herbs and water. Mysterious. Mossy. Magical.
Ikr! In original vanilla spent so much time there, ungoro and stranglethorn for that mood and music
(Vanilla) As an Ally player trip from Stormwind to Kalimdor/Feralas (still quite new in WoW those days) was like a great journey to the edge of the known world. Unforgetable.
Even as Horde I get nostalgic I explored every pixel of the map pretty much and did all content including Alliance dungeons. God I miss that time.
@@doop00 The game was designed more like a 'journey.' There is some serious design flaws in modern mmo's (and that isn't the nostalgia talking)
The reason why it feels worse is because it's not a world anymore. I spent a long time thinking about this and I realized that in order for a world to feel like a world, it by necessity must have mechanics that a lot of people would consider to be annoying in order to fully capture the emotion of depth. This includes but certainly is not limited to:
1) Meaningful travel time. This means that to get from point a to point b for the first time, a player needs to spend a long time running along the road, waiting for boats, trains, etc. This establishes something extremely important to a world, which is scale. If you take a portal from Ironforge to Stormwind, you have no idea how far apart those two zones are. If you walk from Ogrimar to Tanaris, you know that those two places are a LONG way away. This gives the feeling of the world being massive and teeming with life and danger. Flying mounts are bad for this exact reason. They destroy scale.
2) Scarcity. Gold and crafting supplies must be both valuable and difficult to come by. Entering a mine as your dwarvern blacksmith should be exciting due to the vast quantity of minerals you're going to find. If it's easy to come by money and supplies, exploration incentive and any goodies placed in the world are shallow and meaningless.
3) Dangerous world. A dangerous world forces players to work together. If you really need someone's help to do a quest, making friends is going to be extremely important. If you know people in the world, then that world feels alive even more because you know and are emotionally invested in other real people that are going on a journey with you.
4) Mystery. The world is complicated, multi-faceted and lots of things are happening in the shadows that you as the player are not privy to. Nothing is explained to the player via pure exposition. Quests are a mechanism of story telling that shows you, not tells you, what is happening in the world. NPC's pull you into the world by asking you to help them retrieve artifacts from Dire Maul. While in Dire Maul, you get to see how the Ogers have taken over this city, how nature runs amuk and so on. Rather than kadgar screaming at you OH NO THE BURNING LEGION, OUR ANCIENT ENEMY THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME LED BY ARCIMOND WHO TRIED TO INVADE THE WORLD 10,000 YEARS AGO THAT'S THE GUY THAT TYRANDA FOUGHT TWICE BY THE WAY, IS HERE BRAVE HERO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
5) Class diversity. Simply put, Warlocks can do shit that no one else can. No one else can summon, no one else can banish demons, and no one else rides a horse that leaves a trail of fire behind it. There is one combat rez and the druid has it. Only mages can make portals. Only rouges can pick locks. Every player class has something special that only they can bring to the table. This means that even the worst of players have special skills. If you need a warlock then you NEED a warlock, no if ands or buts. More world depth building in a small way.
That's just off the top of my head but you get the idea. TL;DR the game used to be more like a DnD campaign.
@@ConstantineIII Yes, and I must add that "equality" can suck. I like the diverse (some times more tedious) paths with exclusive rewards.EXAMPLE: Hoard had it easier for West to eastern kingdoms world travel.
Classic is on the horizon. I can't put my excitement into words. I'm filled to bursting with undying love for my childhood being brought resurrected. The nostalgic feels from when I first load in to Teldrasiil as a Night Elf Hunter will be truly unforgettable. That was my first character a decade ago, and so it shall be again as I relive my fond memories.
So powerful... Seriously it's another dimension. The team behind the environment creation in WoW and the team behind the soundtracks are just unbelievably talented
Yes. Especially earlier works imo.
The first time I entered Feralas I was at home suffering from burnout. It was more relaxing than any therapy I had.
I am so glad this got uploaded. Feralas is my favourite zone in the whole game, and the music makes it only more perfect. I remember leveling a Night Elf Druid there, but I did not care about my surroundings and only wanted to get the job done. When I decided to level a Troll Rogue, I came back here to give it another shot, but this time, the zone grabbed my heart and wouldn't loosen it one bit.
As someone who loves Kalimdor, this zone stands for everything this continent is about. It seems peaceful at first, with a mysterious note, but the lands are unforgiving and it is easy to get lost in the immense wilderness. The races in Kalimdor are friendly and peaceful, and always have their open for allies. Settlements feel like a safe haven before you embark on further explorations.
People often forget to appreciate the calmer and more harmonious zones in the game. Every zone nowadays is about impressive storylines, cluttered with settlements and monsters, and cinematics after every event. But it are zones like Feralas that truly make World of Warcraft to what it is. These zones lie at the very heart of the game, and no expansion can change that.
amen
My work week just became happier, thank you Everness!
Perfect for work indeed !
Also just realized that this came out on the 2-year anniversary of the release of the Nagrand track, February 11th 2017. Nice coincidence.
Feralas is such an underrated zone. I remember when I first walked in this zone, you see the neverending trees rising up in the skies, so large that they block out the sun, you get the feeling of danger and fear of unknown but at the same time you see the mysteries of ancient Elf civilizations overtaken by dense rainforest
I know people hated it, but dire maul was always one of my favorite dungeons. Hated they separated west and north from each other
"I remember when I first walked in this zone, you see the neverending trees rising up in the skies"
I never saw the trees. there were too many trees for me to see anything.
all that, yes :))
I almost feel like I shouldn't just casually listen to these soundtracks, it's as if I'm corrupting their memory or something.
Listening to these soundtracks brings such vivid feelings and memories, it's almost painful.
Yes! Almost as if you need to preserve those memories, and since they are triggered by listening to this, that each time you listen they become less unique and lose a little bit of what made them special.
I feel you, mon. Just don't overlisten to it. Listen once a year and it'll be fine.
Feralas was the most magical place in vanilla. Like the being on the unexplored frontier of Kalimdor, with so much danger and mystery
YES! Finally, my favorite zone while leveling! The entire forest felt like a cathedral. I took my sweet time and when done with the quests almost wanted to start a new toon just to do it all over again.
Oh, and after that you get into Winterspring! Just wonderful.
Thank you so much!
I love your description of the forest feeling like a cathedral. 😌❤️
So many yeti
I love the feeling of being in an untamed wilderness, Feralas brings that feeling to me.
46:34
HAUNTED 2!! This is THE most incredible pieces of music I've heard in this game. That's an absolute hidden gem if I've ever heard one. That's beyond magic!!!!
One of my favourite zones. I have some good pre-Cataclysm memories of it.
@2:54 hits me hard with nostalgia. I wish I could have appreciated the opportunity to have been young, with no responsibilities, and play this game. I wonder if the peaceful bliss I felt playing WoW as a child is still attainable. I hope so.
@Ezra "You just hit me right in the feels, with a truck."
FOUR WHEELS OF FURY"!!!11
I listen to WoW music quite a bit and I still come back to this soundtrack as one of the best.
Top of my list
Ahh, one of my favourite zones. So calming and magical yet epic.
I remember wandering on the way side of Thousand Needles one morning. I was so happy because we had just gotten a call that there was a 2 hour delay for school. I took the time to explore. I happened upon a beautiful green forest in the distance and knew I had to go check it out. I walked around on foot just admiring the area as much as I could until I had to go. Good times; these videos help me relive those times. :)
My favourite zone in WoW of all time. The music is great, the atmosphere is great, and it also has one of my favourite dungeons in Dire Maul. When I logged out for the last time in 2012, I chilled out in the Dire Maul West library for an hour or so talking to friends and taking in the ambiance :')
Everness, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your dedication to providing the best ambience videos. I have one of your countless videos playing throughout each day, one of my favorites is your Skyrim Rain video. They are one of the only things now that guide me through the darkness of depression, anxiety and loneliness. Your compilations bring me serenity when my life is oftentimes chaotic and stressful. That, to me, is invaluable.
There are times like tonight when I am alone with my thoughts and just cry and hurt. It is those moments when I value these gems the most. Other times, I use your long playlists to concentrate and relieve stress. I truly appreciate your efforts and get great comfort out of them.
Thank you very much for your comment! I'm very glad I could help making something useful for other people to enjoy, really means a lot. Stay strong, one day at a time. 💛
This zone will always be special to me as it's where I tamed my green wasp, which became my main hunter pet from then on.
I love David Arkenstone's work for Cataclysm...I fondly remember doing so much of my crafting in Thunder Bluff just to listen to the Tauren themes on loop...
i think a lot of players missed out on Feralas. They skipped this zone when leveling because it was pretty hard to get to and there weren't a lot of quests in the area. But this zone's visuals was amazing.
I remember the feeling of first arriving as a dwarf to the flight point on the border of Ferelas and Thousand Needles. A small little oasis just before the tiny path through the great vast forest. Such wonder.
I started playing in TBC and I was used to playing RuneScape I had known about wow I just was playing RuneScape and loved it so much that I didn't want to leave to play WoW when it first came out so I finally give it a try in 2007 and since I played RuneScape I was used to going from one area to the next and I started out as a NE..so it was only natural for me to level through here...I'm so glad I took my time in each zone I played through...this zone especially is still one I remember well.
I remember the first time I was there. It was so big. I would rarely see anyone else there too. I remember first doing quests on the island too. If you enjoy questing alone, this is the zone for you.
Spent a good month in this zone. Good times o-so-long ago.
Thanks for all you do. God bless!
I’ll always remember being like a low 40 nelf Druid using cheetah and aquatic form to hide from a 60 orc warrior on an epic mount. Hiding in all the water around Feralas - it was so cool.
Wrote my whole master thesis to this awesome track! Thanks for uploading.
So peaceful. I remember flying to the top of one of the high leafy cliffs and parking up to wait for guildies to join for dungeon delving. So peaceful.
just what i needed, was looking for something to listen to!
The bit between 11:06 and 11:17 sounds a bit like one of the Warcraft 3 Night Elf tracks... Amazing place.
Yess!!! Agreed!
this zone always had such a soothing effect on me, so pure and mysterious
One of my fav places in wow, great atmosphere, mysterious portals, grinding emerald whelping, and I almost never saw anyone there, its like the place to go when you want to be alone in wow haha
Best place in wow, away from everything
Vanilla WOW music and zones, back when everything felt like an epic adventure was around every corner. When your heartstrings were stirred, and you could park your character on a hill side and sit, and spend an hour enjoying the surrounds...So glad Vanilla is coming back.
Omigod thank you thank you thank you. You don’t know how helpful this is to ppl with panic attacks 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💐
I love this zone like Winterspring. I always level in both zones! The music, the landscape, and the memories I had here are amazing! Both in Classic and Retail Wow.
The music in this zone is so beautiful and mysterious, especially Feralas 3. I used to be by the shore and just standing with my priest there while the music played and I was writing on some story I was working on, couldn't ask for a better mood-setting
such a great place to go questing, fishing, relaxing.
Can we all just take a moment and thank the Harpist for this amazing soundtrack?
Nostalgia just hit me int the face with a sledgehammer.
nothing quite like being ganked by nostalgia
Always.Love.Feralas.
Spending 30mins in the early hours fishing up Nightfin Snappers listening to this and having a beer after work before saying NN to all the local chat .. and people used to reply .. earned all my mount money 😊
2:00 omg! I never noticed the Handpan on there!!!
I love to chill in Feralas. Best zone imho.
Thank you so much! Ahh the nostalgia from listening to this brings me back to when I got ganked running to a thousand needles for the first time
the only zone that gave me goosebump when I first entered it
I can't. Feralas... oh I miss it
I am not an old player in WoW. I've heard of it from everyone I knew, but I hated the business model. Thought it was a scam even at the height of it's fame during the Wrath of the Lich King. The only reason I finally bothered with it was because my wife bought the base game for me at half price nearing the end of Legion.
Starting out, wandering Azeroth took my fucking breathe away. With each new region I traveled through, it felt like I was on a real trip like the ones those douchebag co-workers traveling across Europe. The sceneries were marvelous and the music just made it more immersive. The little stories in and around the Eastern Kingdoms, Kalimdor up to Outland, Northrend and even Pandaria made it feel like the world was dynamic and alive. It was an experience that I never dreamed was well worth the money, and during those earlier days I was glad to have been proven wrong.
But things started to feel off at some point. I started off on my journey alone and thought I would eventually reach a stage where I would have to ask for help. Such a moment never came. I had to actually turn off my exp gains because things were getting too easy. At first I thought, "meh its okay... even if I have to fabricate the experience, it's still going to be a good adventure! I'm sure it'll get better once I reach the higher levels."
It never did.
Not only was the gameplay becoming less complex, but the story was also becoming dumber with each expansion I passed, and the experience appearing shallower and shallower. Upon reaching level 100 and disappointed with Draenor, I caved and bought Legion months before BfA's release to catch a glimpse of the game's future. I maxed 110 barely satisfied and finally realized that the game was dying.
I imagine that this game, once upon a time, started out as a homage to the history and lore it reveled in. A love child between the gamer-developers and it's player base. But now, I sense an avaricious hand choking the life and depth out of the game for a few more extra shillings. I ended my subscription during BfA's launch because I could no longer be bothered to support the idea that quantity is prioritized over quality.
I thought this game would drown me in a deep ocean of imagination and storytelling. In the end, it was no better than a swamp, reeking of mediocrity and becoming less appealing the more you stay. Truly a shame.
I can't help but laugh at this because it's exactly what I would expect of someone coming into the game totally blind. You're on the money with your analysis. Come back for classic WoW in like 2 months. I promise everything you wanted out of the game will be there.
@@ConstantineIII yeah all the annoying crap we begged blizzard to get rid of 15 years ago they're bringing back. Ammo and poisons and feeding your pet....no thanks.
"Thought it was a scam even at the height of it's fame during the Wrath of the Lich King. "
No, your 13.99 / mo. went towards a good deeds of allowing the GMs to tell you jokes when you asked for it. :)
And the lethal injection was unwittingly given during the end of Wrath with the LFD. LFR was where it really started showing, though.
I feel the same but the funny thing is that i only follow the story.
This music is so relaxing it’s helping me with my OCD and Tourette’s syndrome
This is really great, I always get amazed at how scenic the wow soundtrack is!
I remember my first experience leveling in this zone back during Vanilla. Initially some of the quests were still too hard for my shaman to attempt. I remember just grinding hippogryphs for hours until I was strong enough to finally move forward. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful zone to grind mobs in.
Such a beautiful zone and soundtrack
My all time favorite zone, as an alliance player I always make sure to visit this spot and sit for an hour and just take it all in... WoW is not what it once was but it is still gorgeous in all aspects.
Such nostalgia.. I remember feeling right at home as i eagerly explored every nook and cranny :P Oh, and getting my first pet as a druid. The dart sprite hatchling. I was so invested in caring for that egg to help it hatch :D Fond, fond memories
I've been waiting for Feralas! One of my favourite zones :)
Love the old ruins in Feralas. Great memories.
I can't even remember what the old Feralas music was but Cataclysm certainly improved upon it.
I love how lush and wild it is. It looks better than Ashenvale imo. Blizzard should give some love to the night elves after a decade of humiliation. Make Feralas the nelf starting zone!
Thank you so much for all theses magical videos. You are truly epic and I hope you read my comment :D
The last minute. Pure beauty O_o
Every video you bring out I love your channel more and more and more
Looking foward to playing classic again with all of you wonderful people ^_^
When i first found out i was underrated i really mysticalled it
Thank you, brings so many nostalgic feelings
I can't believe I'm crying listening to this. It might be about time to go back to this game lol
At 4:22 leveling here recently I’d die whenever those violins hit, they make me immobile cuz I gotta listen
underrated for sure! I never really gave the ferallas ost a chance. its maybe the best.
I hope that one day we'll be able to return to these zones with a new extension.
Yet another zone I'm looking forward to in the Classic WoW release. Great video! Thanks!
Thank you Everness!
Nice! New stuff from you! I listen to these mixes all the time while studying, helps with my wait for Classic WoW too.
Beautiful zone, so misterious and magical, i love it
My favorite classic zone.
I love your work Everness, I almost never comment on TH-cam videos but your music & ambience videos scratch that itch that I've had ever since I stopped playing WoW. I will come back one day, but for now, your videos are more than enough
btw it's not HIS music =-)))
@@Diavolo222 "your music & ambience *videos*", i know it's not his music
I've been waiting for you to make this video for a long time! Thank you very much!
Love the vibe. I wish I did more here though.
So many memories
Still my favorite area of Azeroth, always 🌱💚🙏🏼
This zone and music encompasses everything Nightelves are, at least the true night elves of Elune excluding the highborne which are best represented on Suramar, Azshara and Zin-Azshari.
time machine=yes. Choose where to go... back to when i started playing WOW.. best time of my life. then repeat. money cant buy that.. unless its for a time machine :)
I think this one is my favorite
I live in desert in real life, this this zone is my favorite
Someday I'll find a S.O. who also uses this to sleep. :)
maybe you can find one and teach her
@@spol here's hoping
@@spol 3 years later and I'm actually working on it :3
Los Elfos de la noche Altonatos 🤗🤗🤗😌 Queee Azshara
1:50 If Ramin Djawadi (Game of Throne music composer) was not inspired by this track for the House of "Black and White"-Theme, then I will jump off of a bridge! Love both tracks!
Wow, so soothing...
Thank you so much for your videos.
power of the music on de good game
13:44 Goosebumps...
@ 4:39 so epic and emotional, nostalgia...
Thx Everness !
YESSSS
After doing the Jade Forest and Valley of the Four Winds, my life is now complete :|
I love ya man !
y'all say this zone is relaxing but clearly never tried to sneak through it while low level.
Music always reminded me of the Mysteries of the Bible theme from the 90s.