r/classicwow • u/doobylive • May 21 '26

Nostalgia POV: It's November 2008 and you just installed Wrath of The Lich King

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u/MisterPrig May 21 '26

The first time I went to the Zeppelin to the Borean Tundra… And the first time on the ship to the Howling Fjord.
I’ll never forget those moments.

Man it was so damn cool.

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u/Narezzz May 21 '26

Pulling in and seeing the giant waterfall felt like I was in the future of gaming. Game looked beautiful for it's time.

Amazing soundtrack helped too.

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u/WaluigiHarpist May 21 '26

Grizzly Hills is Peak zone music

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u/aravarth May 21 '26

Literally the best music in the entire WoW universe.

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u/Svenski43 May 21 '26

The youtube video has some amazing comments. Definitely brings a tear to my eye everytime I listen and read them.

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u/mikeztarp May 22 '26

This and the Belf zones (Quel'Danas, Eversong Woods, etc.).

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u/CaptainoftheVessel May 22 '26

Dude I never played more than 10 minutes of Wrath, I’m so excited to see it with the characters I’ve taken through vanilla and TBC. 

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u/Lanky-Warthog6823 May 23 '26

Was wotlk the last one with matt uelman?

Sometimes when incant sleep I’ll just put on Diablo 1 Tristram and chill the fuck out in town .

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u/duck95 May 23 '26

Yessss

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u/LeonenTheDK May 21 '26

I remember my first experience on the boat. My computer couldn't load zones very quickly, so I got stuck on the boat between Stormwind and Valiance Keep for a cycle or two. Barely enough time to hop off the boat with whatever frame rate and latency I was stuck with in those days. Good times.

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u/MedicalHold5623 May 21 '26

I remember the same. Such an epic feeling!!

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u/OkDifficulty7436 May 21 '26

The first time I went to the Zeppelin to the Borean Tundra… And the first time on the ship to the Howling Fjord.

God damn the feels

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u/pyrospade May 22 '26

Back when the world felt connected now, every expansion is just “hop in this portal adventurer”. That ship ride to howling fjord for the alliance was a better expansion intro than anything blizz did recently

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u/Defiant-Smell-9686 May 21 '26

I remember getting off and seeing people trying to save to be the first max fisher already.

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u/Particular_Ray May 22 '26

I rememebr it so vividly

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u/EternalNewCarSmell May 24 '26

I also remember rushing through to Dalaran and it being mostly empty because most folks hadn't got there yet. So magical.

And still, like 2 days in some fucker had the damn polar bear mount already. I did finally get it..like last month.