god damn, I will never forget this era WoW as long as I live, what a special time in a special game that will never be recreated by any game. Brings tears to my eyes hearing this absolutely tranquil piece of music.
I remember playing WoW in late vanilla-BC. When i had finally gotten to level 20 i didn't know anything about Shattrath til i saw talk of it in trade chat at Stormwind, so I got a mage portal there and i saw all sorts of crazy flying mounts zooming through the sky, and tons of horde and alliance interacting with eachother and walking around on their merry way. It felt like a real, lively city. Something i dont think could be captured in wow again. You could argue dalaran, but Dal feels alot different from Shatt. Being in Shattrath during it's glory days was a very unique experience and it's a shame it's been reduced to a ghost town because all it's uses were taken away (i.e. the only city w/ portals to everywhere). I wish they could add more to it like Dalaran so it's still alive. I have never had so much nostalgia and lvoe for a game before, good times.
unrealeck Yeah im aware of that. It wont be a hub; we get alliance and horde cities again instead of a sanctum. How epic they'll be compared to shatt? idc, but i'm sure they'll be epic. Def better than those dingy old Shrines in the Vale that are a far cry from an *_actual_* city like Shatt or Dal.
***** Well either way I'm interested to see what it looks like. The WoD site says it's a large city or some shit so hopefully it'll actually be like a large city. Like Stormwind size.
Hours and hours,days and days spent in Shattrath...Good old days on TBC,i wish i can back time and play again and listen again,enjoy again in magical game WoW TBC !!!! TBC ----------> LIFE
I had over 200 days played on my mage, warlock and warrior in TBC, 140 days on mage alone. I always had music on when not doing arenas. TBC is and will forever be the best expansion imo, Wrath came close tho.
I remember going through Outland, it felt like such an adventure after vanilla WoW. It felt so original, so different. Hellfire Peninsula was amazing, Zangarmarsh and Nagrand beautiful, Shattrath and Terrokar eery and mysterious. Blade Edge and Netherstorm did nothing for me though, but those first four zones were amazing.
Wolfee 27 Dalaran was probably one of the greatest cities Blizzard ever designed. The only real issue with it was it being small enough to cause a lot of lag. Blizzard had to nerf it just to get people to stop going to it.
Classic WoW remains the best imo in terms of what it managed to convey to the player, the feeling of unknown and mystery, excitement and a sense of achievement everytime a new challenge was overcome. The expansions brought too much, too fast and all in a rush. It's sad that the new new new expansion will get rid of a beautiful game.
if you could chose to level through outland or northrend, wich one would you go? you would get to northrend in the end anyways to top off level 80, but still.Also i hang out in shatt some times for no reason because its shattrath and if youve never been there you have never lived.
I like how Shattrath City music remixes soundtrack from Hellfire Peninsula. It gives it a nice continuity to the Outland, a sense of familiarity, while also being much calmer, peaceful and safer.
I remember standing around in the lower levels, waiting for the next battle to start. :) So much time spent in this city.. And now it is so empty, it is almost as painful as Dalaran. Almost.
i miss BC, thats when raiding took hard work, now PvP ppl go in and just get full t7.5 holy shit, kara, ZA, SSC,TK, gruuls, HYJAL damnit all i miss those days
@Belzeboob, Yeh after classic, BC was still really challenging, we had to do aloooot before we finally could do some heroics and then wipe wipe!! Raids still needed attunement so we had to do alot of quests before we finally could go Karazhan. Besides the challenge I loved the atmosphere and the lore, it was a fantastic experience. WOTLK was still beautifull, also with epic lore, but the challenge was mostly gone.
Exxxxxxxxxxxxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccccccctttttttttlllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Damn, WoW lost something after TBC and it never came back. Or did we just got older, too old to appreciate the game ?
***** Ye...it's pretty sad.I think we liked it becauase we most of the time we had no idea what we were doing and we kept learning.The unknown kept us playing more and more..
+Artu Datu Nope, what ruined the game was that fucking dungeon finder; the person who designed it needs a fucking holocaust with me pissing on his / her urn of ashes.
DUUDEE!! ABOMIANTION?? WTF??? IT STILL A WONDERFUL GAME. I play since BC, and just imagine if Wow didn´t changed with the expansion it would have died a long time ago, change is always good, and the changes where not that bad!
This music...so eerie and beautiful. A relic of times lost, memories that no one will ever forget, but we will never be able to relive. If only I could re-experience my time in WoW again, no other game has ever made me feel like WoW has.
This music is so good! I played WoW till classic beta, but then stopped for a long time. And coming into this region, during WoTLK and it basically being a ghost city, was one of the most intensive moments of my life. :D
Listen to me. You MUST try listening to "Everlast - What it's like" while listening to this. This generates something magical. It's crazy how well it fits.
Funny thing is i still clubbed it, partied, got chicks, dates, had gfs, went to college, worked, went to gym.... and still was able to play 180 something days of time in WoW hahaha...I think I had more life than a lot of those who insult us.
Proposal for a re-imagining of the game. Go back to the basics. Simplify the story, bring back the need for vast exploration, and expand the roster in an organized format. On top of all of this, a graphics overhaul will be no hassle with the engines running today. Remove the necessity for monthly fees and focus on the quality of gaming to rake in the money. Loyalty will keep the game alive, as evident today with the crappy game it became. Instead of a fan base loaded with mindless Scourge, bring back a community of battle-hardened freedom fighters seeking to kick back after a long day at work.
Nah, Dalaran was better. Shattrath was a refugee camp, and Dalaran was known as a magical city with way better music. But Shattrath was good too... At the time being...
Sometimes I am little bit sad for these people who tend to insult us, long years, WoW players with insults like: "NOLIFERS, BAAAH, NERDZ. LuOL, How you can be sentimental or attached to a computer game? Aaa HEHE!" ... We have spent literally hundreds of real days of our lifes in this second universe. Lot of us met real friends, experienced big challenges, victories. OFC WoW is just computer game, but for big amount of people it is big part of their life. Thats why we are sentimental. ;)
@vvbn7890 I, like yourself and millions of others out there, get such a deep emotional stir when I hear this music. So many good memories float back. My first time in Karazhan I will never forget. But, at the same time, I neglected a lot of my real life and my real life friends for something that, at the end of the day, is pretty much fruitless. It was great while it lasted, but I got away and am glad it's now only a fading memory!
@vvbn7890 Same here. My interest in WoW started declining as soon as WotLK hit. Being a Warcraft lore nerd I really wanted to see the xpac through and kill Arthas. Deathwing though has no meaning to me, I have no want to kill him and the game itself has changed so much from what I first loved about it. I can come here, get my fix of music and reminisce about the good ol' days then go on with my life that this game stole for so many years.
For anyone who quit WoW during TBC and somehow come to be listening to this music again... is it as creepy and sickening for you as it is for me? I quit WoW in 2007 and never looked back... but this music, I dunno... so many hours of my life wasted standing in Shattrath... It's just strange to hear it again now that I'm a different person, in a different place.
Vanilla: Never played I wish I did though. The Burning Crusade: Joined just before Black Temple patch. I was a nobody but I didn't complain because that was the best time I ever played. Wrath of the Lich King: Was awsome untill they added the new dungeon finder. Cataclysm: sucked! The community was dead and only getting worse, world PVP was dead and WOW had gotten boring. Quit half way through just before 4.3. Again even though I was a nobody in TBC I didn't complain about how hard it was.
Does anyone know any music similar to this or other Outland zones? I find it is much more unique than the music from the newer expansions, presumably because it is meant to convey a sense of otherworldliness. The instruments used and the atmosphere created on this soundtrack in particular are mindblowing. So, if anyone knows of anything similar. please respond or contact me otherwise. I would be extremely grateful.
I quit 2 things more then a year ago. 1 smoking tobacco (smoked for over 16 years) and 2 playing wow (played more then 6 years). After more then a year I still think about both things....but I will be honest....the urge to play wow again and find myself lost in some magical mysterious world is so much bigger then smoking a cig again even tho tabacco seems to be one of the hardest addictions to get over with.
So true, I remember going over to friends house almost every Friday and we would all play WoW togeather. It was the one day that I basically nerded out and instead of going to teen partys I would game with my best buds. I remember sitting up til 5 AM one night pvping as a destro lock with my friend who was playing a resto druid. We were both in pve gear but absolutely destroyed:). Most of my friends quit WoW when wotlk came out but some still play but you're right forsure how time flys.
@Terremides I got owned because a lowly boy feels a deep, soul fulfilling connection with a game. It simply brings him to tears to be reminded of the game every time he logs on... I'll tell you, I am pretty swept in tears when I sign on to xbox live and listen to the start up sound. It's different if he has a connection with the music, but it's the opposite when he has a connection with a game that embodies the driest story line I have ever heard of.
"tear trickles down his cheek as he stairs at the WoW book of memories" I don't have much of a choice "looks up at a big armor plated dragon, sorry but you aren't shit to Illidan and Lich King" BC and Wrath were the pinnacle of my wow memories. I don't get any enjoyment out of cataclysm so i'm walking away "opens the book of Guild Wars 2" Lets hope GW2 can dish out the memories of a Newb.
@vvbn7890 I am glad for you and anyone else who has done the same. I used to really be into it back in TBC. Wow is one of those things were if you think you are playing too much, then you most likely are. I realized that and had to stop. Now I only play a couple hours every few months. It might just be me getting older, but the game does not have the draw it once did. I quest and do some dungeon runs and think "Yeah really need to go do something productive now."
God dam it Blizzard i wish they would make servers for people like us the wonna just go back to Vanilla/TBH thows were the days god dam it i hate Cata i loved the idea for Wrath Of The Lich King but it wasnt that gr8 tbh Wrath started to ruin it then cata came along to finish the fight and now WoW really dose suck i only liek the fact i can fly my Nether drake in Azeroth thats all i like about it
Omg guys really?! If you think that wow sucks THAT MUCH just quit and stop complaining about every single thing! I remember in WOWLK people were like: "Omg I'm sooo excited about Cataclysm! This Wrath expansion sucks!" Nowadays those SAME people are saying: "Omg Cataclysm sucks! Wrath is WAY the best expansion!"..Really what the fuck is that?! If you don't like it just quit a spot complaining...Its a freaking game not your dam life! Enjoy the game and don't stress about it
@lifeeconomics812 niether am i, i can't log in to my 85 or alts without thinking...WoW is dead to me, i can't get any enjoyment whatsoever, im just coming here, trying to understand how awesom BC was, i came in the day Lich king was released...i miss northrend :(..and i wish i knew what BC feels like, Catacylsm just isn't doing it for me, i can't play the game anymore, no more enjoyment.
I remember first day of BC... I went with my priest to Hellfire Peninsula... and I was like:"OMFG! THIS IS EPIC!" when seeing the Door of Destinies... then my guildmates told me:"Hey, went to a mushroom marsh, and then head south, there is a capital." So I went... then, after few seconds in Shattrath, it was even more epic than any moment I have experienced in WoW before... I mean, first visit to Northrend was not epic... it was atmospheric, but not stunning. The same for Dalaran.
@Stormtroopr Yeah me to when I bring an alt up to TBC its a right of passage and think of those moments that this was end game. I do miss TBC Blizz rushed into WoTLK as they have admitted and it shows Cata looks like they took the time to do it up right! If not I will have an alt in Shatt thinking back to when the game was better. So Plz Blizz don't let the folks down that have been here since vanilla was put out
You just got older and understood the game in a different light in further expansions, thus incorrectly labeling them "video game-ish" or "epic adventure-ish". This is also called NOSTALGIA. You are always playing an adventure video-game when it comes to WoW. Whether or not it's an "epic" adventure is up to you and you alone.
that is Alliance.... as a Horde Vanilla: Orgrimmar TBC: Orgrimmar > Shat Wotlk: Orgrimmar > Dalaran Cata: Orgrimmar Orgrimmar is like a birthplace of the Horde, doesn't matter if you are undead, troll, tauren, Blood elves, you will always see Orgrimmar as home of the Hordes. We always welcome the corpse of Alliances as well :)
I quit WoW 2 months ago and everyday I keep getting flashbacks of WoW. For example when doing some normal everyday business like, say, dishwashing, all of a sudden I see myself in Terokkar Forest, (or some other WoW place). And don't see it like on a computer screen, but in first person view, as if I were really there. Is that normal? Am I losing my mind? :-(
I remember my level 85 friend summoned a bunch of us level 20 noobs to this place. I had no idea what was going on. I made it my home and couldn't get back to anywhere (silly me) but I don't regret it. I explored the whole of Outland with a level 20 character. Hellfire Peninsula... wow that place is beautiful...
I have to agree with you on this one even thou i wasn't a top players in TBC(didn't stepped in SWP and never killed illidan during TBC) i had the best memories during TBC...for example i remember when i finally had the gold for 280% mount and then the farming for netherwing drake,all the zones in tbc i loved more than any zone in wrath or cata...i miss tbc :(
@Nicro327 So I take it you've never read a book you liked, or rather, ever heard about a story you thought was interesting? How depressing you life must be without any fulfilling stories, surely a person cannot exist with such a life without have heard at least one story they thought was interesting and remember fondly.
@vvbn7890 I respect you for the pure fact you can say you had that weakness I know what you mean WoW to me is a place that i can go to and just be there for aslong as i like but i get bored of the game after a while i dont really play it much anymore since it changed It really was a fun game if thats what you liked it really was another world
i think since having a lvl 80 is kinda busy in terms of having raids or friends to accompany... it would be easier to lvl an alt up to 69 or 70 maybe & just have him stay in outlands to do all the lore & dungeons... cause this place is so beautiful...& along with the music is even more .. what an incredible mind whoever thought of this place & kind of world
Shat was the ultimate place to chill, I would log in to the Inn at Aldor and then fly around for a bit. Check ma bank and shit. Go to the bird people in the lower city place to make some potions. Maybe stroll up to the Battle Master do some PvP, maybe take the portal to IF or Ilse of Quel'Danas. Those were the days.
You know what I just thought? About a decade or 2 from now, nobody will know about WoW anymore I bet, and the game will be gone. Sad to think that a beautiful game like this would rot and when we try to tell people about it, they'll be all, "What's WoW?"
There is no difference regarding that what so ever, plus now that you have more expansions and patches, hence more content there shouldn't be a reason to complain that you don't have anything to do. Prioritize your time and you'll know what I mean.
@lolatmyaccounts Yh, but also, 3 months ago, i was a noob, and i didn't have a flying mount, now i have the flying mount which i can use everywhere, so yh true, now i like cata more, but i kinda like wrath because of the DK and stuff.
@lifeeconomics812 you cant describe the feelings i've had with awesome TBC. But recalling the past sucks when it comes to nostalgica. Stop it and enjpy Cata, which is so fucking awesome. If only it had slightly better music. Which isn't bad at all either.
So nostaligia thats my favourite place in world of warcraft every time when i was at shattarath i listen to the music and do nothing it was a great feeling and when i reached lvl 70 it was sooo nice i cant believe it so EPIC...... and i was be addicted :DDD i love it
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same here, i did th sky guard quests for months and months until i was exalted, i sweeped blades edge, nagrand and Area-52 for quests to get gold for when i had the 4.5k gold i could buy epic fly form for my druid. i flew around in outland the entire day enjoying it :)
Vanilla: Ironforge/Stormwind TBC: Shat Wotlk: Dalaran Cata: back to SW/IF It finally came full circle :). I thought cata was OK but after having played since vanilla Beta I stopped a year ago. The music still brings back good memories, I will never stop listening to WoW music.
