I've decided to keep a pinned comment on things that I'm aware have been changed for the free to play experience since this video was made, and edit it as new things come to my attention. I may eventually do a seperate video on all these if enough changes occur, but until then, I'll compile them here: -Rules determining which enchants can be applied to low level gear have been completely reworked, and many more enchants may be available for you to experiment with -Players starting at level 10 are now able to use Skyriding, and players at level 20 can also swap to static flight, allowing flight for free to play characters -Warbands now allow transfer of items across other characters on your account, but unlocking more than 1 tab costs more gold than a free to play character can hold. You can still unlock 1 tab as free to play, but it will cost your entire gold cap of 1000 gold. Tabs unlocked while subscribed will still be accessible when the sub expires. I still consider it against the spirit of the challenge to transfer items from subscription characters, and so advise against it if you're in it for the challenge, though I'd encourage it if you just want to have some free to play fun and have previously deposited items in the bank -Zones, Dungeons, Transmogs from Dragonflight are now available for free to play characters -Evoker is now an available class for free to play -Item levels for gear, in general, has been moved around in many different areas, such as blue gear rising from ilvl 61 to ilvl 84, and the ilvl 87 warforged pieces up to ilvl 89. This could potentially have changed the balance between socketed TBC gear, and warforged WoD gear
thats the thing, right? the whole f2p environment is untouched by the meta gaming that's ruining the full game so much. Doing something like this gives you a chance to actually explore and figure things out again
Well all the being able to play tbc dungeons and every other expansion at 20 is definitely a game changer especially mixed with gear scaling lol. Used to be very limited to what you could get for gear now it’s crazy how many options there is
@SpkillerGaming Your comment doesn't even make sense? How am I being negative about level 20 twinks? Blizzard does everything they can to break them, I'd know I spent over 1m gold on my 20 monk. I'm active on XPOff as well, so unless you are too I don't think you know more about the 20 community than I do. 20 doesn't have a separate bracket anymore, which is exactly why nobody does 20 free to play anymore you goofball.
Yeah, but back when 'twinking' was a huge thing, WoW wasn't free to 20. Maybe don't go out of your way to invalidate someone's comment to seem smart.@@dalama1161
It might be easier for you on RP servers, if you're seeking help from players with subscription. TRP lets you put a note on your character, where people will whisper trial accounts if they jump in front of them.
Its a good idea, lots of bored people on the realm, so at least it allows you to communicate on a platform that's active, thus bypassing blizzards restriction and allowing you to seek assistance from other players. Esp to run content you can't solo for year like strat
Don't put us all into that category thanks, lmao. Majority of us don't participate in ERP, everyone is just blinded by Goldshire rumours.@@yuemilia2387
Unlike those who think us Rper's are just sex-crazed freaks, this person is 110% right. My server is one of the most active, and one of the friendliest in my opinion. TRP makes it easier to get an idea of people and what they're doing. I make profiles for my alts that don't I RP on.
I'm glad to see your interest in level 20! For as long as twink 20 has existed, this form of play has always been fun. It's a real game within a game, another world within a main world There's something for everyone to enjoy, and it's free! Your video shows that, and proves that the level 20 community still has a bright future ahead of it 🔥
It's crazy to think that Hardcore WoW started as someone just like this who wanted to play the game differently and I can honestly see you stumbling upon something EVEN better than hardcore but for the retail community. THIS is truly an awesome video and idea my friend, pulled me away from my transmog runs to watch the whole thing
Best damage by a long shot at low levels is probably Resto Shaman. They're so broken. You don't even have to heal because you chain lightning everything to death before your tank can take damage.
I remember leveling a blood DK and i was wondering how the healer had more dmg than me, it was close but it just said “28000 chain lightning” and i was just shocked literally
@@zaxor9057 healers do nutty damage at low levels. holy priests can clean sweep dungeons at lvl 10-15 or so by just clicking holy nova over and over again
I’m aiming to try being more active on RU-vid but this video In particular was a colossal effort, I’ll definitely be doing more videos of this style, but how often I can do them depends on what kind of project it’s about. I have another idea in the chamber for a wow video but life’s been busy this month so I haven’t started yet
@@TheWideMurloc Would be cool to see some different classes at lvl 20 bracket, but not as in depth. Just level to 20, and compare how they are at the start of 20 vs when they get some alright gear. Pros and cons of the classes, who it's easiest to solo stuff with, etc. I would love some info like that to help guide my class choice when I try f2p wow again. I also realize this is selfish, but just throwing an idea out there.
I'm broke because I have a mortgage to pay off for the next 30 years. At least my car's paid off. But playing WoW without a subscription is a lot less stressful as well. I can just chill instead of stressing out about getting 370 item level gear for the new Kobold Khaos dungeon in Titanfarts or whatever to help Elune find the Cheeseburger of Domination so she/her can defeat Ghur'xurg'alax the Evil
I love things like this! As someone who's currently levelling their own 'challenge character' but in a slightly different spirit, I found this video really informative. My character is locked at 59 and completing all quests/collecting all transmog & achievements from each expansion before moving on. Thank you for the video.
Fun tip about the i50 restriction on some enchants. They still work if you use them on scaling gear such as heirlooms, if you enchant them before lv17 while they're still under i50.
Great video, this definitely brought back memories for me. Your video reminded me of all the weird shit and painful grinds f2p had to do for +2 dps! When I was 11 or so I had no way to pay for a subscription, but was determined to play WoW anyway so I racked up a disgusting amount of time on the free to play mode. I remember stealthing all the way to Stranglethorn and camping Gurubashi Arena for the heirloom, among various other insane tasks. I ended up eventually buying a subscription and playing for many more years, but free to play will always be nostalgic.
I mean I'll be honest I did this years ago when the free to play model was first introduced, but it's wonderful seeing other players take part in the same fun. I used a hunter for my experience and it was pretty good.
For VH, you can chose the exact boss sequence by clicking the torch things that are located in various locations in that dungeon, the order you click them in dictates the boss line up, I didn’t see anything about this on the internet at all, either I was lucky 4 times in a row after clicking them in a certain order, or its a overlooked part of the dungeon, and to reach that TBC dungeon, get the anti gravity toy to boost you in the air and goblin glider to it, or there’s also a trinket from MOP, it drops from a rare elite in the vale that also boosts you in the air
I played level 20s for 2 years or so and prior to Dragonflight, it was a thriving community of Twinks, RPers and generally lovely people. Needless to say, it's missed.
The 2.area for tauren, Trolls and orcs Brackland? Idc im German. Dude the Chat was insane. You leveled. While sitting down Leggings you Just Talk To everyone in the Chat. This was the time wow was a mmo.
Sir, this video was incredibly entertaining to watch. I'm usually not the type writing yt comments and stuff but you deserve so much more viewers and subscribers! I enjoyed every second of this video and your mining montage was just the perfect cherry on top. Especially loved that little Tony Hawks reference 😂😄 Keep on keeping on!
Man your video is soo good that made me play wow like this again. after 50 or more run i finally got Sul'thraze. pro tip: if you are a warrior, you NEED to use arms, Ignore pain and Consumables if you want to solo Dungeos
Nice video! My favourite time to twink was late legion doing speed sets, you could run insanely fast permanently, it always threw people if you hopped into any content running at that speed
This is quite extensive and impressive - bravo! 👏🏻 I haven't played retail since Wrath of the Lich King (currently playing Season of Discovery) and it's quite interesting how the game looks now and what you can do on free to play mode. Thanks for sharing.
Dude i did this back in 2008 when my account got bugged rolling from the tbc > wotlk upgrade, it became a wotlk account but couldnt download the wotlk files for whatever reason at the time. Left my in a 3 month limbo of trial account spamming.. Back when they were 10 days each haha, 10 hotmail accounts later I finally got my main account back working haha. This just gave me the ultimate nostalgia trip, love the vid man! The things I used to do just to play with my friends ay, WoW was social media before social media lol
I remember when I got "Universal Explorer" in Shadowlands solely as a level 20 free trialer. That was a cool adventure but your story sounds much more intriguing.
At the start of the video I wanted to leave a funny or sarcastic comment, but having watched it to the end, I am left in awe of your dedication to the project - well done!
Happened to stumble across this video during my playthrough as F2P as well, this was really well made. I would enjoy a series of this where you try to do more stuff as F2P!
just a short comment on the quality of the editing. very refreshing to see these fun and unique edits compared to the regurgitated fart/explosion/bonk/etc sounds. i especially liked that tony hawk special edit, that shit was hilarious
I’m currently doing this. I have a level 20 demon Hunter ilvl87, full epics etc. My overall goal is to finish every quest in the game. Currently I’m at 4608 quest completed with Wrath and Cata the only expansions I haven’t done yet. At the time of writing this comment I’m grinding on Ogres in Nagrand for Kurenai reputation for the mounts. My account isn’t linked, it’s just full f2p. I’m on Moon Guard if you ever need tank or dps, I’m always down for dungeon grinding. (Nulltrial) I’m also down for any dungeons outside of the queue. Still haven’t finished a few of them. Edit: ah man I’m currently working on my bfa enchanting. I have to grind deep sea satin and tide spray linen to make epic bracers with tailoring, then disenchant for veiled crystals. To get max enchanting I have to get like 2k deepsea satin.
Can i ask what's your current collection status? how many mounts,pets, achievements, reputations and other things you managed to get on lvl 20 im really interested to know how far can you take it
@@mates9816 okay I’m home now, here are just some random things. I’ve been playing for 4 months so I haven’t gotten super deep. 5040 quest, 364 achievements, 107 mounts, 58 pets, 75 toys, 53 heirlooms, 44 completed leather transmog sets. 15 exalted reputations. Not sure what else to put atm
Fantastic science video for the world of Warcraft series. Was cool to see so many old pieces of loot and the journey you went through to obtain them. Really enjoyed watching! Well done!
There’s lots of little tricks to getting bag space like that, I just felt the video was long enough as it was lol I got the horadric haversack from that Diablo event that’s 36 slots and that was huge for me
I tip my hat to you. You made wow look really fun to play again to me. Mostly because im into pushing things to its limits with restrictions. I might sacrifice my summer vacation to try this out. Cheers!
this was an absolutely beautiful journey. thank you for taking us along with you for the ride. when you were trying to get the enchanting mats, what ran through my mind was Tailoring. I main DH with enchanting as my main profession, and I have tailoring as my other one. It allows me to craft the gear to get the mats i need, and it doesn't require another profession to harvest the materials, since it's all dropped from humanoids (or in WoD, Beasts) I recognize that you probably didn't want to lose all the progress you made in Jewelcrafting, so thats why you went with that, but if you (for some reason) do this kind of thing again, you might want to look into tailoring! plus, bags are always nice
Great video! There’s communities that revolve around theorycrafting lvl 20 BiS and what’s possible at lvl 20, but it’s very impressive you were able to find out this much info on your own. The xpoff community and 20s discord will have a PLETHORA of info for you, as well as dedicated f2p players that can help with your questions. There’s players that have never had a sub on their account and have 20k+ achievement points at level 20
Dude, you really are a madman. I got a lvl 19 PvP Twink some years ago and played like 30 hours (before heirloom times) to equipp him like i wanted, but this is madness! I like that!
Before the level squish a few years back, I played WoW this way too. I had a draenei prot paladin that had more or less perfect gear in every slot, I was two-manning dungeons with a friend playing a marksman hunter (me being the tank and the healer simultaneously). It was a great time. The level squish dropping me to level 10 & making my gear no longer the best kinda made me give up that character, haven't played it since.
well the nice thing about that squish is that it made a much broader range of content available to play via chromie time. Personally, i wish theyd just stop raising the level cap in the first place but it is what it is
god you made wow look incredible, infact you make it look how amazing it would be if there was a WoW 2 like... all the elements of leveling in classic but in retail. no more immedite shortcuts to max level skipping through every story and expansion to get you into the endgame. like a CLEAN slate style of retail... I wish they would make fresh private realms on retail
I do this all the time when I get bored of the endgame. My level 20 twink, a windwalker monk, can solo every dungeon I have access to, and is fully decked in ilvl 87 versa/mastery gear.
Loved the video! Wow is such an expansive an open game that it saddens me how the majority of players only focus on the endgame, there's tons of contents and ways to play! Reminds me of when I got into the game and fell in love with Pandaria then proceeded to lock my XP to experience all of the region with the appropriate difficulty incluing all the rep grinds just bc I thought it'd be fun
WoW has suffered from this ever since tbc, and id love for them to take another page out of GW2's book and make more of the actual content evergreen rather than invalidating everything that came before the most recent patch
I remember playing on a private server more than a decade ago. The Hand of Justice trinket was infamous during Vanilla and even Burning Crusade, because it the chance to proc was not reduced like on the official servers. And both Vanilla and BC had melee classes do a Lot of damage from autoattacks. Them completely disabling it is really chirurgical fun removal. Now when huge portion of damage was shifted into active abilities, away from autoattacks, it wouldn't even be that stellar.
