A Short History of Raiding in World of Warcraft

I would just like to call attention to the fact that Hiru called Yogg-Saron, an ancient old god with unimaginable power who’s blood is so potent that it is simultaneously a super powerful metal and also can drive even mindless ghouls insane, the “Mouthy Clam”

Fun fact: terrace only took 5 days to clear because that is actually how long the sha of fear encounter lasts.

Another reason Mythic Xavius was defeated so fast was because you could choose who went into the dream state realm that Ysera cast, whereas in the other difficulties it was cast on random players. So in mythic you could send in your big hitting burst players like Shadowpriests using Surrender to Madness to absolutely nuke him until they came out of that dream state, then when Ysera cast it again you could do it again with other heavy hitters.

I actually forgot about the race change part in BFA Dazar. I was the only one in my raid group to not get a race change since I was Pandaren.

"Blizzard nerfed this in future expansions, not wanting players to feel like they NEEDED to run LFR." Huh, and here we are in Shadowlands where I have 1pc Domination after clearing Normal, Heroic, and LFR each week...

This was amazing going over all the expansions, great job one of the best vids from you ever

ToT is still my favorite raid that I actually raided when it was current content. I loved the aesthetic and the boss fights. I only started raiding casually in late Wrath so I did run Ulduar a few times for the weekly quests, but that wasn’t the same as raiding it when it was actually current, even though I still loved the looks and creativity of the fights.

Would have been interesting to have a small section about some of the Vanilla instances that used to be small raids before they were turned into dungeons.

Quick aside, a raid leader basically coaching the raid from the sidelines is so freaking cool.

I love this channel. I have spent a notable portion of my life. I don't count it as wasted, but it's hard to explain to everyone. It has opened me up to many friends and experiences. No more has to be said.

well done sir! lots of nostalgia and good info too! Keep it up Hiru!

Always coming through with the solid content

Such a good thing to listen to as I do my daily heroics. Thanks! :)

Our guilds algalon attempts were so intense back in retail with that limited time. I still remember the joy of getting star caller and flexing the ironbound proto drake with the guild , good times man.

When will we have a "The History of Hirumaredx" showing your storyline since first downloading wow, to Yugioh, DnD and so on,

So many good memories, thank you!

Also on the vanilla/tbc bossss being cleared so quickly. Keep in mind the reason bosses like cthun, gruul, Vashj took so long is due to bugs making these encounters near impossible. CThun tentacles during p2 would spawn outside the map instantly wiping the raid and also inside his stomach. Gruuls shattered was initially massively overtuned killing clothies instantly if even a single person was within 15 yard range. Vashj mind control ability would randomly target tank leading to instant wipe amongst other bugs. On the first kill she instantly respawned and wiped the raid who killed her. Kael thas would build aggro towards your healers during his initial phases meaning when the boss became attackable he would beeline straight for the healers with the tank unable to do anything about it. While players today are much better with the benefit of past knowledge by tbc top end raiders weren’t as bad as they’re made out to be.

"They didn't bother with raiding thinking that the gear wouldn't matter in the next expansion." Oh how wrong they were.

Sunwell had locked parts early on that were unlocking each week (As far as I remember). Wotlk raids had server first kills that rewarded unique title to everyone in the raid that participated in the kill. Oh and as well, Ulduar had one limited attempt fight, Algalon.

"and jaina finally died" I wish lol, she just teleported away as if nothing happened