Reviving my "Tips and Tricks" series. This time, for Classic WoW only! When Classic launches I will be streaming it over at www.twitch.tv/madseasonshow. Come say hi!
IwasMurloc yeah I’m really excited for the community, a bunch of the people from the stress test made a group and are planning on making a guild with all of us, so I’m excited for that
I just like to say hi, here. With all that knowledge of the game you have, you are going to be sooo busy farming stuff like shards for your warlock (if you will stick to that choice), and all those nefty items you mentioned in the video. Somehow I don't portray you as an aggressive pvp player. More of the defensive type, that won't engage much first but who will always be ready to punish the fools who will. The choice of warlock is relevant, because one has to be highly prepared to engage a warlock on pvp. Except probably undead rogues, many will just not get the trouble to try . Am i right ?
@@michelromero1412 Except that he has said on stream multiple times that he is planning to roll a Warrior. And Warriors need as much help as they can get in PvP since they have no healing, no escapes, can't kite, etc.
my Nana, whom has been playing wow from almost the beginning wants you to upload more classic wow videos, she loves all you're videos, finds them informative, and she says you have a very lovely voice, she says MAKE MORE CLASSIC VIDEOS PLZ, lol. Dude you are very informative, and i enjoy watching your videos.
It's not as easy as he made it look with a Warlock, since their range lets them stay out of melee while still kiting the one you want to kill. Paladins will have a much harder time of it. Another tip is to make sure you are strafing away (Q or E keys) rather than just running away. You are less likely to get dazed due to a hit from behind.
@@baldie80 Baldie it works very fine with each class. Even warriors. You shoot your target, rend it asap and run while jump-turn-hitting for a few steps while the other mobs turn back. That's how I used to do it since 2004 as a warrior fanatic :-)
I think it's cool that Vanilla has all these nifty items that are useful in certain situations. And man, I did not know about most of these! Thanks a lot for sharing, and I look forward to your next video!🔥
My favorite was a magic eye consumable that you could only hold 1 of at a time that dropped off the baroness in UD stratholme. It was basically counterspell. You could really surprise someone in PvP with it by locking down their spell school as a warlock or something.
If you view replies at all. Try private servers. Turtle WoW is a great one i've been playing recently with a nice community but there a lot out there for free but they do things a little custom.
Please make an AV video with how everything works. No one knows how it works anymore. People don’t understand the mechanics or how to summon the much-needed mini bosses.
I remember weapon skill leveling being one of the more aggravating parts of being a Warrior, but probably only because I made damn sure to keep each and every skill (including Unarmed) at max or as near as I could before the next level hit. I had one of each weapon type with me at all times and would swap them around as my obsessive nature demanded, "just in case" I found a really good weapon and wanted to use it. Keep in mind that a 12 slot bag was HUGE back then, and 8 slotters were a good mix of affordable and practical (much like 16 slot bags are today). My obsession with keeping every skill as close to max as possible also crept into Blacksmithing, where it simply was not feasible but I did it anyway. I didn't have my mount until 50 not because I blew all my gold on class skills, but on Mithril. So much Mithril I bought just to avoid "wasting time" on Mining because it was already max... Anyway, uh, lesson here kids is that it's far from vital (and not always possible) to have every weapon skill maxed out at every level. If you have to spend a dozen fights leveling a weapon skill for that nifty new drop to be worth a damn, so be it. It's better than keeping an entire bag full of old crappy weapons from 10+ levels ago. Side lesson is that you should maybe manage your finances a little, and not blow every coin on something you can get yourself.
I was a fisher and a cook back in the day and I also do remember Hunters and Rogues approaching me because of the Winter Squid. I told them how this thing works and I will either fish for them, or they join me. Luckily, the Rogues were kindred spirits (I was an Arms Warrior until I got my hands on Fury Weapons) and they all joined me when the Winter Squid Season started :) We had a good time fishing and sharing all different kinds of stories. Either from the real life or in game. It turned out, 3 of the Rogues were musicians like me. I am a guitarrist and I found a bass player, a singer and a drummer IN MY OWN GUILD! I do miss my rogues. We had a real life meeting and boy we had a wonderful unplugged session there for our Guildies. Good times... I miss them...
Number 3 - the servant weapon skill grind no longer works as announced. They will stop attacking for 1 minute at 1% HP, then resume normal combat and ultimately slay you if you persist.
As a 30 yo man who played wow back in vanilla, but really got stuck into the more hardcore aspect of the game during tbc... This video is so informative. I would've never known back in those days about stuff like the magic dust and certain farmable consumables like that. I'll have them on my radar going forward thanks to this video. So excited to get back into classic and get my nostalgia flowing!
JinKazama1993 agree with the mini fridge. Delivery will cause you to go poor just invest in deli meats and some good cheeses for a quick sandwich and a decent variety of chips, Doritos, Cheetos, flamen hots, takitos, etc you know what you like. Seriously a sandwich takes 2 mins to throw together. And I think you will find wearing diapers will cost you more time in the long run. Just use the toilet for when you got to shit, piss jugs on the other hand are actually important, always have a sturdy piss jug, and I don’t mean one of the empty water or Mountain Dew bottles, I’m talking an actual medical piss jug that is made of thick plastic and a good lid/cap. Trust me, I made the mistake during some of the private servers of using plain water and pop bottles, the ammonia somehow leaks through the plastic, turned large sections of my carpet from a light blue to a pure white like some one had spilled bleach on my carpet. Gl kids
@@garlicjrmade6409 I'm not gonna judge you for peeing into (multiple) bottles, but i mean it only takes a minute or so to get up, take a piss and wash hands. Or you could go when you are flying somewhere etc Is it really worth it?
Christian Stachl you will understand if you actually play classic. Vanilla isn’t like retail, how would you like to be camping a named mob for 15 mins and all of a sudden at that 16th min you get the urgency to pee, the mob in question is on a 20 min spawn timer. You gonna take the chance to go to the bathroom? Say you think you got time and while you’re in the bathroom the mob spawns and some other guy comes along and kills him or loots the thing. Looks like you are waiting another 20 minuets, all cause you were to good to piss in a bottle next to your compute. Now I’m not saying you can’t stand up and do it off to the side, I’m not implying you literally sit at your pc and piss sitting down. Also you can keep some soap in your room and wash your hands with a bottle of water over a towel or something or keep some of those little packets of like alcohol soap things they sell to clean your hands with or use hand sanitizer. And I’m not even to go into how handy piss jugs are for when you start doing end game, raiding, dungeons, Battle grounds, you wanna get kicked from a raid or get deserter because you just couldn’t hold it any more?
@@garlicjrmade6409 I played Classic back then and i also understand what you mean. If you or anyone else want to do it, go ahead, but for me personally it's too "extreme" Sure, it would be pretty annoying in a situation like the one you described with the named mob, on the other hand a) how often do you have such a situation and b) i'm at an age where it doesn't bother me THAT much anymore. Shit happens. Also the point with raiding or BGs. You can go pee before a BG starts and with raiding there should be some little breaks every now and then so people can go pee or get a snack or so. I wouldn't want to raid in a group where there is no little break in the next 4-6 hours or so. But again, if anyone wants to play that way, go ahead. I was just curious why people do that ;)
@@Psyb3rLoL do you know that most professional China farmers were not doing this on their free will? I'm actually not kidding saw some docus. Some are tricked into this same way as they do it with prostitutes and some are even threatened that their families will be killed if they don't farm. And they don't get shit for that and just a super small meal per day so the bosses get maximum profit. It's a dirty business
@@Psyb3rLoL I mean you don't have to believe me but i saw 2 docus at a time when this was a thing back then. The world just somehow forgot about them. You know that wow caused several deaths over the years even on normal people that played at home due to exhaustion? Many cases you can look up of people playing 48-72 hours without sleep and then dieing through exhaustion
Just wanted to say that I absolutely love all of your videos. They are so fucking comfy, feels like I just hearthed back into a comfy home, when I start watching.
The "leaving the party" trick still works to this today and it's even easier to do: you can create a private group in Group Finder and leave it immediatly. It's mostly useful while farming some old content, if it doesn't offer you a quick exit. For instance, if you want to farm everything in Caverns of Time, that's the way to go, otherwise you would have to set your hearthstone nearby or something. I mean, if you are farming a mount or something in a dungeon, you could just back and it could take less than a minute, but I still prefer to AFK for a minute and come back later lol
You're so wholesome my man. I haven't played wow retail for years, and I haven't played classic for even longer. I just jumped back in and currently spamming your vids.
I have a secret spot that will be in the classic map. Ive never seen it in any hidden location videos by anyone and wouldnt mind sharing it with you @MadSeasonShow since your vids are such nice background listening while doing other stuff. I have screenshots of it as proof.
I appreciate the thought but if I were to make a video about it, it may not be a secret any more! You should hold onto it for yourself =]. Thank you for the offer though.
Why in the world would you want him to keep it to himself and not make a video including it? Id love to see/learn more about this and its really disappointing to see that you're turning down good content for that idiotic reason.
You're the first RU-vidr who I actually click like on all videos lol I really appreciate the tips prior to launch! I loved wow and have been wanting the vanilla experience forever since I was too young to*actually* play the game to it's fullest
Dartol's Rod of Transformation was awesome! I used to have it in Classic. The effect was so fun to use that I just ignored the quest chain and kept it. Unfortunately nowadays these kinds of items are temporary and have a short shelf life.
I've benn playing vanilla since launch and I didn't know about heckular dropping greens.. Still learning to this day! Thanks for all of your wonderful videos :)
Part of the Charm of Classic was this utility of old items. Trinkets like the Luffa from Searing Gorge was crucial for removing bleed effects. Old times could be used to make current content more managable, which made Classic all the more fun. Old content had its use in end-game for those who did their homework or research.
Your videos are enormously well made, the all around feeling is very comforting. Thanks MadSeason. You are actually one of the few channels I disable my Adblocker for.
as someone who joined the game at the end of nax release, and played from there almost all burning crusade as trial after trial account (on official servers) because of no money... i thank you for your tips and information
Wow, this is a very helpful video! It's been so long that I either forgot or never even knew Magic Dust and a few of these other things were in the game!
Man I sat here zoned out to a bunch of stuff I already know. The way you speak is pretty relaxing and the music choice keeps me uppity. I hope you blow up when classic comes out!
Thank you so much for reminding us of all those nice to get items. Completely forgot about that water breathing staff. Now I just need a big to do checklist!
A really useful way to use the ghetto hearthstone when you're raiding (at least for AQ40/Naxx when your hearthstone is set to Silithus or EPL) and forgot something in your bank or have to buy it off the AH: Ask for a portal to SW or ORG, get your shit, enter Stockades/RFC, leave the raid, get teleported in 1 min and welcome back to the raid. Regarding farming soulshards: another good location are the imps in Burning Steppes. They have like 500 HP and are level 51. Basically a 1-shot for each shard and there are 5-10 per group of imps making it an easy farm.
I love u dude and what u deliver to all of us, I specially love how u use some Crock Legends Of The Gobbos background music to some of ur vids, Both Classic Nostalgia and PS1 Nostalgia at the same time
You, Good Sir Mad Season, are the quintessential World of Warcraft emissary. I'm glad to see you're still producing WoW videos after all these years. I shall be returning to WoW Classic upon its release simply to rehash the good times I so fondly remember from 2004 and 2005 (or at least try to find them). Man, what an era for gamers to have lived through. Are you going to be running Alliance again MSS?
You forgot the Peon slapping stick from Durotar valley. You can take it outside with you, and animation cancel anybody, somebody hearthing? NOT ANYMORE Somebody casting? YOINK
Hi man, hope you get better from that site throat, I always thought the fastest way to Blackrock was IF >> Lake >> open the door and boom. Didn't know about the Helcular farm, pretty interesting as always.
I use that furbolg wand in the wrath server I play on,and it does trick ppl in pvp,to my surprise you'd think 3.3.5 player would see right thru this but most dont.
Just a few more tips that might help some people Make a macro to unequip your weapon for when you know you're going to wipe to help with the repair cost If you deal about 40-50% health of a mob and hit it first you will always get credit. That means you can pull some enemies from group quests to guards and let them do the work for you after you damage them a bit. If you level cooking you can increase the value of some items by simply interacting with them. As an example, jungle stew is worth several silver, while the tiger meat and easily purchasable apples and water are worth maybe 1 silver. If you are doing BRD and are playing with more melees than casters or just need to do some quests, you can skip most of the dungeon by doing a "lava run". This involves jumping down on a platform after the Lord Incendius fight and following it to basically get to the last boss immediately.
Gotta admit, one of the things I'm looking forward to in Classic is people being able to kite bosses into cities. I used to get a kick outta seeing Jaina kited to Ogrimmar or Kazak to Stormwind. I mean sure, it sucked if you actually had something important to get done, or back in the day if you only had an hour to play so the modem wouldn't tie up the phone ( I used to get in deep shit when I'd stay on longer than I was supposed to and my parents would go to make a phone call just to hear that lovely electronic screeching on the line. )
Thanks for the tips! There was a few of these I had never known about before in classic. Looking forward to this so much. Thanks for the great content.
2:04 if you clear DMN but don't kill the king, you can use spirits there. Alliance can also use horde NPC in SFK. 6:17 in the same location you also farm nets from murlocks. Unfortunately they have a stack of 1 and are BOP.
I remember in classic and burning crusade to farm lvl 20 - 40 spiders just for the Hard Spider Leg Tip, it's a very poor item that the 3 / 4 parts of them drops it. You can definitely sell it to a regular vendor and gives you a good amount of silver... if you are lvl 40 to 60 will be easy at Duskwood
Hey man, congratulations for you channel, amazing work. I wish you could go back to the Enrage Timer series. It has a lot of potential! Here are some ideias I wold love to see you talking about: The Cataclysm Dungeon drama and the Sparky Pony addition.
