guswrethman2156: I keep hearing it, been hearing it for over 20 years 'get to the endgame' it's like the game starts at the end? No, the game starts at level one, and the sooner you get to 'the end', the sooner you will be bored, and grinding, and standing around doing stupid shit and then demanding new content, which will be a bugfest anyway. FFS, forget the freaking 'end game' and just play the game. Thing is, Blizz broke it so bad, that the whole leveling thing is out of whack, servicing those who want to 'get to the end game'. Back in 2005, I said to some of my guildies, "you know, I reckon if there was a button in this game that you could push to be max level, some people would actually push it". Little did I know, now, 20 odd years later, most people would. Why the hell would you pay to play a game, then skip it all? Made no sense to me then, makes no sense to me now.

qqq-r7w: If jim wanted to quit at 20. and is only continuing for your sake, then.surely this experiment is over?

clavit18: You guys are experiencing the best part of an mmo and that isn't the leveling or even the endgame, its just having fun with some friends while playing some games. I'm in a guild on classic and retail and i get the same level of enjoyment out of both because the people around me are enjoyable to play with not the systems of the game.

Haltzo: I have a feeling that a large majority of players are going to be massively disappointed when Classic releases.

oofie3094: Absolutely adore this series, please keep at it boys!

cliffshelton46: Since you are playing the BC expansion, there is fewer XP per level. Vanilla took much longer.

hujiosnurgio2940: I really want to love World of Warcraft, but I just can't. Like Jim, I only ever make it to level 20 in Classic at most. In Retail WoW, I play for a few days or weeks, but then, all of a sudden, I lose all interest and log out. It’s simply a completely different game without friends or a cool guild to share and multiply the fun with.

Manicca: What a crap mage. Accepts 1 gold, it costs 25 silver, expects another gold from the 2nd person; for the same portal.

Some people are just so crap. I'd have thrown down a portal right away after that first 1 gold.

AND he runs away with the 1g and not paying it back.... this is why I prefer retail, more solo friendly so I don't have to bother with people.

Backtoosrs: 4:05 smiling so hard rn

AlexisTheDragon: I kinda disagree with those starter criticizms, they come from the mind of a modern broken man in this corrupt world.

The dungeons being a little harder later is fun, I sure loved it as a kid.

loftus4453: Levels 30 to 50 are definitely a grind. Up to 20, especially on Alliance side, the quests are so well laid out. Then you hit 30 and you have to hop all over the world to do quests. Once you hit 50 you gain momentum again there are plenty of zones with lots of quests to finish off your journey to 60. Those middle levels are definitely the roughest.

I’ve been playing healing classes for 20 years. In dungeons I focus on healing and don’t do a lot of damage. However when questing with someone, I don’t limit myself to just healing. I damage as much as I can to speed up leveling. On a Druid, I tend to play hybrid feral and resto so I can damage in kitty form and then revert to night elf form if I need to heal. It does speed the leveling up.

Yes, warlocks are a pain to heal. They use their health pool to get mana back. They also have an AOE damage spell that damages them. I’m always somewhat annoyed with warlocks as they can be a huge mana drain for healers. I too de-prioritize them during boss fights that are already tough to heal.

anonopossum: 30-40 is definitely the roughest patch in the game and something i hope classic fixes, turtle had it solved by adding multiple new fun dungeons and zones in that range and i miss that

TheBrokeAustralian: Been waitin on this one!

JSS75: Friends the mount is available at 30 in TBC hahaha but I love this series

voldlifilm: I play wow for about a month every six years. It's a fun world to be in, the atmosphere is excellent. But there's nothing to do. The gameplay has never been very good. Around level 20 the novelty begins to fade, and around level 30 you realize that you never actually liked the game. Just the ambience.

ArvisSc: Imagine drinking a mana potion while not being in combat and washing it down with spring water afterwards.

Deno_CRO: when leveling slows down dungeons speed up

maskoblackfyre: It's interesting hearing this experience, because mine is so different.

First time playing WoW ever. Picked classic.

160 hours in, level 45 (hit 30 minutes ago). I'm playing Paladin with the protection tree (screenshot a guy's build in Stormveil when I was like level 10). Zero addons, basically no online guides. Completely playing solo, except for the occasional group up in-world.

I've been all over both continents, finished both the human and night elf starting zones while I was level 20 , just to see the story, which is what I do. I do "level appropriate zones", then I go back to low level zones to do quests, to switch it up. I just pick up as many exclamation points as possible and let them guide me.

I love the grindy, slow paced rhythm of Classic because it gives me time to get comfortable with my skills and the game as a whole. I've fought 4 level mobs (in relation to me) and survived. I've played zones that were on the edge of what's possible when you're not at the mob level. I grinded out a tiger mount from Darnassus. I soloed dungeons on the edge of "soloable" and I'm just... I'm having so much fun with all of it. It's slow, it's deliberate, but I read everything and I experiment with everything so by the time I'm level 60 I'll know my class very well and the game too. If I got to max level quickly I would not have learned and not has seen even 50% of what I saw this way.

The thing most people find boring or bad about WoW, as new players, I find fun and enjoyable. What I'm really afraid of and weary about is "how the hell do you get 40 people to be online at the same time, to all do a raid?".

Kenddamus: Back in Vanilla, my hunter didn't reach past level 25. In Classic, I stopped at 42 with my shaman when I reached Gadgetzan.

It was only in Cataclysm that I managed to reach max level for the first time, with a Death Knight.

Then I tried to level up alts, plenty. Never made it far, until one day during MoP, I met new friends who convinced me to join their realm. That was the only time I leveled a character (rogue) entirely from 1 to 90.

thegungoespew2901: can of coke, and a tuna sandwich. been watching these videos while playing through midnight

AlexisTheDragon: half way, lol 30, is like 20% of the way.

KraliMishev: Doesn't play games more than 40 hours but judges a litteral MMORPG for its defining traits, lol.

asbjrnandersen768: BESTVIDEO

AlexisTheDragon: 6:50 loads of people do that for quickness, let him play how hes playing jesus.

Its fucking leveling, not an endgame raid on hardcore.

espo_lou: 2:50 you need to expand your horizons. There is more than just WoW out there lol

TheDeeGeeNL: I did quit last week at 30, not because i'm new though. I just don't feel like spending time into Classic anymore with the possibility of Classic Plus around the corner. If that becomes a thing i will no doubt play again, but i need to the drop the idea of trying to rush and get "good" gear and the thought of having to play Dungeons to make it worth my time.

Maybe even not use Questie and actually read where to go, because with Questie to DOES become a rush to the end as you know exactly where to go.

jackkreacherr9339: Grouping sucks ass, especially in Midnight. Sweaty nerds in moms basement raging over being a few seconds slow. Solo then quit lol. I prefer the level grind to anything else, fuck PUGs

Jun 15 2026

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