Thunderfury’s long quest line would serve as a blueprint for how Blizzard would handle “legendary” items for many years to come. The sword has continued to be popular in the years since Molten Core, most likely because of how easy it is to solo the raid instance now and attempt to get the needed drops. Players had to obtain two different low percentage drops off two different Molten Core bosses, and that was just the beginning.
Befitting its status, obtaining Thunderfury was no simple task. As a “legendary” item, Thunderfury was more powerful than even the “epic” gear that dropped off of most raid bosses. Molten Core was vanilla WoW‘s first major raid instance, and a sword called Thunderfury was one of the game’s first seriously coveted pieces of loot. Read More: Everything You Need to Know About World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Did Someone Say Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker?
Players discovered an exploit that allowed them to take a debuff that was dished out by Hakkar The Soulflayer, the end boss of the Zul’Gurub raid instance, and use it to infect unsuspecting players in the game’s major cities. One of the very first World of Warcraft moments to get the game significant press in the mainstream media, this virtual plague began on Septemand lasted for about a week. The Blood PlagueĮbola ain’t got nothing on Corrupted Blood. Here are our top 25 World of Warcraft moments, in-game and IRL, of the last 10+ years.
With World of Warcraft Classic allowing us to relive the early days of this brilliant MMORPG, we thought this would be the perfect time to take a trip back into the game’s storied history. The game has provided its players with not just memorable moments in-game, but has at times also transcended the games industry and spilled out into our popular culture. Nearly everything from the entire video has been immortalised by fans, spawning separate memes.Ī whole 12 years after the video was first uploaded, Ben Schulz – who made and played the Leeroy Jenkins character in WoW – came clean and confirmed it was a staged event.If you’re one of the many people that once called World of Warcraft home and have since moved on to other games or adventures in life, there’s no denying that World of Warcraft holds a special place in the hearts of many. It was initially a joke between the guild members and was taken as truth by players of the game, turning Leeroy Jenkins into a World of Warcraft-wide internet sensation. Once the clip was uploaded, it spread like wildfire. They all try to scramble into battle to help, but they're too late and everyone ends up dying.Īs his guild begins to berate his actions, Leeroy simply responds: “At least I have chicken”. Upon his return, while the battle strategy is still being laid out, Leeroy jumps back to life, shouts, "Let's do this!" and bellows his own name, "LEEEROY JENKINS!" like a bestial war cry before storming into battle alone.Īfter a pause of silence, one of Leeroy's bewildered teammates utters: "Oh my God, he just ran in". New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.
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