WoW Classic Hardcore Mode — Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:00] Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go. AHHHHHH! WHOOO!

[00:16] Select a starting experience for your art and interface settings. You can customize these later on. Classic, a more traditional presentation with simpler visuals, standard character models, and fewer modern interface features enabled by default for a cleaner, more original style

[00:29] experience with less automated guidance. Yes, that is me. SD, one bag, transmog, oh, transmog off, transmog on. So there's a toggleable transmog. One bag off, one bag on, quest points

[00:46] of interest, quest points of interest, standard definition models, high definition models. Okay, I'm going classic. I'm going classic. Try enhance. Wait, you guys want me to try

[00:58] enhance just for the sake of it? No, we go classic, right? I'm sure you can swap back and forth. Oh, you guys want enhance just for this? Okay, fine. Fine. I'll go enhance

[01:13] just for this, but I'm going to play classic, just so you know. Bro. Bro. Bro. Wait, what is this. Tidiana, hatefisher, ruleset,

[01:25] menu, ruleset, choose your gameplay style, PvP, PvE, RP, hardcore! This challenging ruleset

[01:37] features permanent player character deaths. Whoa! Only phase three! Confirmed! Leaked? No, I didn't

[01:49] get caught. I'm just saying, Guys, parkour on Classic Four, you guys see that? You guys seeing that? Are you kidding me? Oh my gosh, this is insane. This is insane.

[02:06] Guys, they're asking me if I knew. Well, technically, now that things are out, we are technically allowed to say that yes, Blizzard did

[02:20] invite some of us, we can't say details, we cannot say details, but they did invite some of us to come check some stuff out.

[02:32] Yes, yes, yes. And now we get to say, which feels so darn good. Oh my gosh. Holy crap. Holy crap.

[02:44] Okay. Folks, but we can't say much. It was cool that they did that, though. was cool they invited, um, it was sick, yeah, so that, that is what happened, believe it or not,

[02:56] you know, believe it or not, you guys were right, okay, unbelievable, um, yeah, no, guys, I think I know a lot less than you guys think I do, like, I haven't seen pretty much everything that

[03:09] you guys just saw, so I'm, I'm very, very excited right now. Oh my god.

[03:21] Bro. Guys, am I in Skyborn, Maine? I'm in Skyborn, Maine, right? Are you kidding me? I love elves. Rachel, walk on air. Read ley lines.

[03:34] Health and mana regen. Haste. Damage to ellies. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

[03:49] Oh, thank goodness. Oh, thank goodness you can check this box. Oh, thank goodness this is here. Oh, my gosh. Thank goodness. Oh, thank you, Blizzard.

[04:03] Oh, thank goodness. There we go. Oh! Oh, thank goodness for this checkbox right here. Savix.

[04:15] You see that checkbox in the bottom right-hand corner, baby? HD models. Honor of. Are racials the same? Guys, I am. Okay, I'm checking, I'm checking, I'm checking. Human racial. Will to survive.

[04:27] Remove stuns. Racials are new. Racials are new. Perception. Detect stealth enemies. Sword increases spell and crit. Sword spec is spell and ability crit. No longer weapon skill.

[04:39] No longer weapon skill. Swords. Stone form is still there. Flying treasure is still there. Mace is crit. No longer, uh, weapon skill. EGH, damage to beast.

[04:51] Okay, uh, night elves. Increases crit chance by 10, um, per 15 seconds. Okay, shadow meld. Um, 1% increase speed to run speed with, with, looks good.

[05:06] Gnomes, escape artist. Eureka, reduces cost and 10% increase damage on the next three abilities. Bro, I might have to be a gnome.

[05:18] I might have to be a gnome. I want to be a skyborn, but I might need to be a gnome. Gnome priest?

[05:30] Wait, what can humans be? What can dwarves be? Dwarf shaman. Dwarf shaman. Dwarf shaman.

[05:43] Skyborn. Racial. Glide downward through the air for 10 seconds. Activate a Ley Line to increase health and mana regen. 1% increase melee range and spellcasting haste, so haste is a stat.

[05:55] Damage to elites increased by 5. Rogue, Mage, Hunter, Warrior. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Increase the attack power and spell power by 10. That's OP.

[06:10] Shatter Curse. Immunity to curse is obtained to produce magic. They got rid of the... Oh. Senderation decreased. Okay, they made it to this one, though. It's not the immunity. That's good.

[06:23] Undead. Cannibalize. Will. Underwater breathing. Touch of the grave. Torrens. Warsomp. Rose bonus herbs that don't require herbs to gather.

[06:36] Same increase. Movement speed. The longer you stay moving. Speedrunner hive. Oh, great for Dave. He's going to love this. Graveford Dace is going to love this. You guys want Undead Tally? Or should I go Mage?

[06:49] It's got to be Mage. I'm going to do Mage first. Dude, Undead Tally. I'm going to have to make it Undead Tally. Oh my gosh. Trolls, Regen, Raid, Berserking, Beastling, Regen, and Skyborn.

[07:04] Okay, I'm going to make an Alliance Skyborn. Here we go. I'm doing Skyborn Mage. High Order Skyborns.

[07:27] Oh, panel? I think we watch the panel later. Since it's like, we're actually here. Okay, here we go.

[07:40] desperate isles These skyborn as they call themselves shared a bond with any elemental who kept their island aloft in the realm of Skywall But in recent years the Elementals vanished without a trace disrupting the delicate magic that kept them safe from their haze and amongst the clouds

[08:01] Now, a new generation of Skyborn Elves face a time of unprecedented change, and must seek

[08:15] new allies and sources of magic to protect their hidden homes and secure their future. Dirk!

[08:28] Dirk! Okay, okay, okay, we're doing some assessments right now. Okay, the action bars are like updated plastic action bars.

[08:43] it looks like, wait, am I, holy crap, main plate, um, might need an add-on to make it look like classic, not gonna lie, um, okay, mini map, that actually looks kinda cool,

[08:59] it's like not quite retail, not quite classic, the elves, I mean, guys, I like elves, what What can I say? Yeah, that's nice. Level 1 Mage. What's this? Rep? PvP. Skills. Dagger

[09:21] skills 1 through 5. Defense 1 through 5. Oh, it's on level 1. Okay, so skills are still There's still in. There's still in.

[09:34] Oh, come on. Dude, yeah, like give me five minutes. Yeah, Savix wants to do a dungeon. I just want to like peek around for a second and we'll do a dungeon.

[09:49] I need a target. Banu Alar. Open map, open map.

[10:06] Talimdor. Mount Hyjal is a zone to click on, boys. That's not a zone yet.

[10:24] So this is Zephyrus Isle. I don't know where it is. El Tracil, this is not a zone, lots of room to work with, lots of room.

[10:36] River Glades, River Glades, right here, River Glades right here.

[10:55] Okay, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap. What has the ring for? Secret Morian in the Grove. Okay, so built in, there is quest help.

[11:09] Like, oh wait. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Built in, there is quest help. But in the options, it asked me if I wanted that.

[11:21] So there's got to be a way to turn that off if you want to play like OG. Manula. Manula. Gale treating, friend. Ancient heirloom.

[11:33] The first will not. Oh. What's up? Okay.

[11:47] Okay. Until we meet again. Oh, I need the light. The new, definitely. My audio feels a little high. Oh, yeah, there we go. It went back up. That's why. Ah, much better. My ears are getting blasted.

[12:02] And then camera, camera, camera, camera. There we go. Much better.

[12:15] Alright. We've got to explore this zone just a little bit here.

[12:27] Try the racial? Okay.

[12:39] Attempt to tap the power of a nearby ley line, increasing your health and mana regen by 100%. Slide downward through the air.

[12:53] Fireball. Oh, it's right here anyway. keybinds quick keybinds

[13:06] okay oh there's so much to check out holy crap

[13:18] holy crap use the racial dude imagine that as pvp It like shoots you forward and like slow falls you. Imagine that in like Blackrock Mountain.

[13:30] Are you kidding me? Okay, that guy got ruined.

[13:42] Time left 19 minutes. Whoa. Whoa.

[13:56] Okay, shrink up here. Attempt to tap into the power. Yeah, I'll check for AoE loot in a second.

[14:10] One sec. I'll kill two mobs. Yeah, the Caspar, I definitely like the classic ones. There's the... Oh crap, I looted on accident. Okay, yeah, here we go. I'll check AoE loot.

[14:25] Yeah, definitely felt like the the cast bar and like this. Okay, is there Loot, AOE loot? Auto loot? Looks like no AOE loot confirmed. No AOE loot confirmed.

[14:45] Yeah, okay. Damn, it only took cast, but that's the classic experience right there. Luda.

[15:00] Okay. Probably buy some more water. Goodness gracious. Please check language settings. Check talents.

[15:13] Nothing for language. Talents don't unlock to level 10. Oh, nameplate. That's what I was going to do. Okay. Okay, definitely don't like those ones. Let's see. Is there like a classic nameplate here?

[15:30] Default large block focus. Okay we definitely going to need some type of classic nameplate here Yes definitely need some classic nameplates You on enhanced bro True How do I take off enhanced Crap how do I take off enhanced You guys told me

[15:54] to go enhanced! Do you flash dance? Right there.

[16:07] So, standard definition character models, high definition character models. Definitely stick with the SDs.

[16:27] I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I'm not seeing it, guys. Advanced options. Damage meter built in. DR work in progress. wait wait wait slash focus

[16:40] focus in classic World of Warcraft that's interesting holy crap guys I'm over stimmed right now I'm over stimmed right now okay focus nameplate nameplate definitely need a classic nameplate

[16:54] they should have it because they have it on era and hardcore and tbc why would they not be here Okay.

[17:14] Let's just keep killing this. I want to see how much mana this thing gives me. So when I use this... Oh my gosh.

[17:28] Oh, it's not that good. Oh, it's hard to tell. It's like a little Evocate? But it's health and mana. It's like a mini Evocate or something.

[17:49] Yo, getting level 2, boys. Getting level 2. Sick. Grab? Thanks, guys. Yo, this guy's trying to steal my mob. Yo!

[18:01] Dude. Oh, okay, I got it anyway. Never mind. That guy's probably right next to me.

[18:15] Goodness. I kind of just want to run around for a sec.

[18:30] Plastic UI add-ons, Inc.? Yeah, if it, guys, if the game launches with, like, the retail cast bar and the retail, like, name plates, I'm 100% getting an add-on for classic cast bar and classic name plates.

[18:45] The action bars, I think, look pretty good in the map. Like, I actually, like, kind of like the rest. But, like, the name plate, like, definitely need that, 100%. Um, I could try re-logging.

[19:02] I don't know if that's going to do anything. Actually, I can't even exit the game. We're locked in forever. Forever, haha.

[19:23] That's the splash dance on the Skyborn, boys, right there. That's the dance. That's what we're looking like. Talon trees, not to level 10.

[19:44] We'll be a dungeon in a sec, yeah. We're gonna do one with soda popping and Stavix soon. I didn't leak hardcore, guys.

[20:08] Oh, equipment manager built in. That's nice. Rep, TDT skills, weapon skills remain.

[20:23] Okay. Okay.

[20:36] Do slash hit and slash whistle. Guys, why does everyone want the emote? There we go. Got it.

[20:53] Uh, let's see. There is a shop button. It says the system is currently disabled. Accounts, collections, legacy, legacy challenges, adventure, explorer, classes, trade skills.

[21:20] Ranks Dungeons Rathmael

[21:36] RFC or Hall of Thieves Hall of Thieves What the heck? Is that like an Alliance RFC?

[21:50] To beat the following encounters in Hyjal, Borrow Deep, Onyxia, Legacy Trees,

[22:03] Profession, increases your chance to gain a skill from using any primary, secondary, or class-based trade skill. You discover 20% more scarce materials from mining herbs and skinning.

[22:18] Adventure. Your rest experience accumulates 4% faster. You gain 1% of your max health and mana. Resourcefulness.

[22:32] Holy crap. What am I even looking at? Like, what am I even looking at? Someone said go to edit mode.

[22:50] Is there arena? I don't even know how it checks, but I would assume no.

[23:04] Okay, finish up this quest here, so we can get to the second quest. Yeah, we'll check out a dungeon in a sec.

[23:20] Are you going for world first? I think I the world first level two skyborn mage Honestly I be ampy too it I think Let see Slash who level three to five

[23:41] Nothing's coming up. Slash who two to five. Nothing's coming up for that either, so maybe not. Tread G and T. Nothing.

[23:58] gotta turn hints off this isn't a peekaboo stream I don't even know how to turn hints off

[24:11] PvP arena guys how would I check for PvP arena like what everyone's screaming like PvP cooking fishing first aid first prop second prop

[24:28] Holy crap. Holy crap.

[24:40] Apprentice Skinning Satchel. One Popper Four Slot Leatherworking Bag. Oh! You can get a prop like way earlier and get a bag. Check Achievement.

[24:58] Reach the Field Marshal, Warlord. Oh, okay. Oh, guys, we got an unlocked session timer.

[25:10] So now our play session can go forever. Okay. Complete Week 10 of the Field of Honor journey.

[25:22] Reach Exalted. Ranks. Honor System. So there's a new honor system it looks like, but I don't see any arena in here. Okay. There was a dungeon finder in edit mode on minimap.

[25:36] Oh, here? I mean, there's an eye. Yeah, I don't know. Okay.

[25:51] Big upgrade. Mage Trainer Hog.

[26:03] Arcane InnoLess. Got it. Water, Frostbolt, Food, Fire Blast. Okay.

[26:20] Okay. Okay, there we go. Got something there. Go to SD Graphics, Classic Models. Guys, I... I can log out, but I might lose my character.

[26:35] Which is fine. I can make an undead pally and log into that and try to remake it as the other graphics. You guys want that? I can log out, make an undead pally, hold graphics.

[26:48] I almost don't even... Ooh, I hit level three. Okay. Give me a little longer, then I'll log out and make it on that tally of other graphics. We'll try that.

[27:17] You can change graphics under what? Bro, the shot is moving.

[27:37] We have high def and standard def. I literally have standard def on.

[27:52] This should be good. So what's hardcore? Okay, we'll see in a sec. I'm going to mess around with this for another quest or two,

[28:05] and then we're going to go on to Pella. Edit mode, Caspar Zar.

[28:21] Okay, yeah. Nice, guys. Nice. be the first player to die in hardcore please let a mob attack you

[28:48] well I'm level 3 and this is a level 1 but only getting hit for one field's a bit low but I am level 3 that's normal I need to go check out I can't tell if that's normal

[29:04] is that normal or not normal

[29:21] I feel like I'm a little faker than I would be although I am I am level 3 that's a level 1 but still it's normal you have mage armor on dude Skyborn Wraith

[29:41] is $29.99 is that that's gotta be capped is that real there's no way There's no way.

[30:00] Three different price versions. Huh? Oh, under edit mode, there's arena frames.

[30:14] Okay. That doesn't really mean there's arena, though. I mean, it could mean... It could also just mean their edit mode has this on it still. And there's a queen over here.

[30:34] Look. Look for a title charm. Nice, bro. Nice. Change the graphics, please.

[30:51] I believe I have the graphics on what they should be, but I need to log out and test. Okay, okay, okay. Fine, fine, fine. I can't exit game. Alt F4. Alt F4 didn't work, and I can't exit.

[31:04] Oh my gosh, now I know why it's called Wow Forever. They removed the exit game button and Alt F4 doesn't work. We're trapped. Oh my gosh.

[31:16] I can't get off. I can't log off. I'm stuck in here, guys.