Video summary
The video provides a first look at the new dungeon system in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic, specifically focusing on a Paladin's experience with the newly introduced "Seal Twisting" talent. The host initially attempts to utilize this mechanic, which allows players to swap their active seal instantly while inside an instance, but quickly encounters significant issues regarding gameplay flow and resource management. Upon entering the dungeon, the teleportation mechanics and the sheer difficulty of the content become apparent, with the group struggling through early encounters that feel surprisingly punishing compared to expectations for a classic-style expansion. The host notes that while the talent tree design is roughly 70% similar to what was hoped for, the implementation of seal swapping feels clunky and disrupts the natural rhythm of combat, leading to a lack of the expected "dopamine hit" from successful gameplay loops.
A major point of contention during the trial run is the excessive mana consumption associated with the Seal Twisting build, which forces the player to constantly manage resources rather than focusing on damage output or survival. The host discovers that the current version of Holy Strike lacks the impact of its predecessor, Crusader Strike, dealing significantly less damage and having a long cooldown that hampers overall effectiveness. Furthermore, the mechanics of the Seal of Righteousness are criticized for not applying correctly to both white attacks and commands as intended, and the Consecrate ability has been nerfed in a way that deviates from the original Vanilla experience by limiting its area of effect based on nearby enemies. These changes collectively make the Paladin feel underpowered and inefficient, prompting the host to abandon the Seal Twisting spec in favor of a more traditional setup involving improved seals and command abilities.
Despite the mechanical frustrations, the video highlights several positive aspects of the dungeon's presentation and technical execution. The host praises the updated graphics and lighting, noting that Blizzard successfully modernized the visual fidelity without making the game look like Retail World of Warcraft, thereby preserving the classic aesthetic. However, the dungeon design itself occasionally feels too polished or "retail-like," and the group encounters various bugs, such as enemies getting stuck in staircases and unexpected teleportation issues that disrupt the raiding experience. The session concludes with the host acknowledging that while the demo was fun and showcased some exciting potential, the current state of the Seal Twisting talent is flawed and likely requires further tuning before it can be considered a viable option for serious players.
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Should I try and do dungeon seal
twisting first? Cuz like the holy shock
build is like max level and see how it
feels. See what's fun. No, I think
Pursuit of Justice is cringe.
>> Yo, go inside the dungeon and then
change.
>> Oh, you scared me. [laughter]
>> Go go go inside and then change it cuz
what?
>> Okay. Ready?
>> Yeah.
>> Wait, am I here?
>> Teleported out.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh my god.
>> Wait, what does it do? I was lagging,
dude. He ganked me. I was lagging. I was
on EU servers
>> right now. Does it still teleport you
out?
>> Instance is full. Wait, so did somebody
log out in the instance? We have like
six people in this right now.
>> Why? We were trying to raid in there,
>> dude. They tuned it so hard.
>> There's no way it's that hard.
>> It's so hard.
>> I don't believe in power.
>> It's so hard. Joker is getting farmed
right now.
>> There's no way it's that hard.
>> Oh, it worked. I promise.
Okay, we're going to try the seal twist
talent. Wait, am I going to rank one?
Wait, hold on. Am I going to max rank?
Is a built-in damage meter? Wait, where?
Oh, look at my freaking massive freaking
wiener, dude. I'm number one. How do I
move this thing?
Dude, I missed.
What's my weapon speed?
2.9 dance game. Can you move your buffs?
Like I don't want all this stuff here.
Oh, perfect.
Can I make it just my stuff? You know
what I kind of don't like? I I I just uh
my my problem right now with this easy
twist is like uh it just you don't get
the dopamine hit. It's just not there.
Let's do a dungeon and see how it feels.
also
Seal of righteousness should apply to
your white and your command. It's not
applying to both.
Holy strike is such a long cool down.
Wait, I kind of rip through mana still.
So, my mana consumption actually is
still really high. I'm noticing
Heat. Heat.
Block. Block. I got something blocked.
Melee block.
>> Give me wisdom.
>> Yo, Cala command got blocked.
>> Wait, what are we doing?
My CIA command got blocked. You guys see
that? What are we doing?
Why are we pulling the whole dungeon?
I'm needing that as mine.
I'm needing everything.
>> Uh, dude, they should have added swing
timers. I don't know why they don't have
swing timer in like built into the
thing. Like playing a melee with a swing
timer is like it's crazy.
Nice number.
Okay. Is is druid is rest broken?
Okay, so here's a problem with the the
the twisting thing that I have. I'm
realizing there's a problem with the
twisting talent idea. My mana
consumption is through the roof, and
it's not normally like that. Like, it
just feels I don't know why, man. I got
to I I really have to think about why it
feels so much worse.
I'm like just ripping through meta.
You know, actually, you know why my mana
consumption is bad? I think I'm I think
I keep muscle memory recasting a seal
after I judge.
Okay. Okay. Hold on. Let's think about
this. I need to go like rank one
righteousness
max rank command swing judge.
Back to righteousness.
You know what, dude? This kind of does
feel like a retail dungeon. Look at Look
at the whole area, man.
I don't know. Something about this just
feels like a retail dungeon.
[music]
I It's just one dungeon, right? I'm
needing on every piece of loot that
drops here. We're going through I'm
playing a rep paladin here. What's the
name of this dungeon? This dungeon is
called the drowned city with savage
sodako soda boavin and uh I'm playing a
seal twisting rat paladin. The talent
tree is like very very similar to what I
actually would have wanted. I would say
like probably 70 to 80%.
But one of the biggest difference of
what I was hoping for is uh holy strike
versus crusader strike as far as a rat
paladin goes. So holy strike doesn't
really hit very hard. 42% weapon damage
plus an additional 32 to 37 is holy
damage. So it cuts through armor, but
it's not very it doesn't hit very hard
and it's got a 12 second cool down. I
can get it to 10 if I talented,
but it seems kind of
lackluster.
I really would have liked for them to do
like the implementation of early like
patch 2.0 Crusader Strike also making it
holy damage. So kind of in the middle of
what they're doing with holy strike and
then old patch 2.0 over Crusader Strike
would have been really nice. So, what
you have is what we call a two-way seal
twist
and your seal doesn't actually expire
whenever you cast judgment. Judgment is
still not on the global cooldown.
So, I don't need to recast my seal
anymore, but
I just don't think that's necessary.
So, so Daku is arms. He's not actually
pro.
Do the normal strat. What do you mean,
bro? This is a demo at Blizzcon. What?
Do you mean the strat?
just [ __ ]
>> Dude, it's a normal rat, dude. Dude, I
want to do the speedrun, dude. Next time
we do the speedrun.
Dude, I keep
Bro, what?
Oh my god,
>> dude. I'm out of mana.
Oh, we're so dead.
>> Oh my gosh.
>> Why did we release at the beginning of
the dungeon? Is that for the demo? Uh
oh. There's another two-hander. Morbid
Dawn or
weapons. Strike of the Hydra. Wait,
Strike of the Hydra.
Wait, that sucks. Corpse Maker. Give me
that big old corpse maker, brother. Oh,
hell yeah.
We're about to drive the big wheel.
>> We should mark. We should mark
all this everything I have left.
Chance, can you res
here? I bought I bought that I bought.
[music]
>> Why is she healing while sitting?
[music]
>> Okay, I'm going to I'm going to respect.
I'm going to respect Shocketin. I mean,
the thing is
I'm learning my class talents. I'm I'm
thinking about Okay, I'm going to do a
hybrid DPS build improved holy strike
divine strength improve seals.
I'm using the mana cost to cleanse be
right
beard disorient focus
um
>> I'm thinking that [music]
I
>> go here.
A
[music]
>> I mean reducing the mana cost to
consecrate cutting that in half would be
really nice. But
is this a stupid build? Yeah,
consecrated baseline. Okay, so I'm not
going to seal twist.
I mean, 50 spell damage is pretty good
at this level, isn't it? Wait,
>> respawns.
[laughter]
>> There's respawns.
>> Kill ourselves.
I went too [ __ ]
I don't know. I don't know.
Dude, this demo has existed for like 5
hours and we already found a safe spot
in a level 38 dungeon. Okay, so I
changed to improve seals.
You do 15% more judge and seal damage
instead of seal twisting. Cuz like
here's the thing. Seal twisting right
now kind of sucks ass. Because the seal
of righteousness only a single applies,
>> dude. Not casting your seal feels weird
if you don't seal.
Wait,
wait, there's OP.
Nice.
That was easy,
dude. Actually, I think me respecting
out of seal twist helped immensely there
cuz like I I was like running out of
mana really bad. It's literally funny.
We're all sitting next to each other
just talking [ __ ] chat.
My personality
begin.
Oh, scary.
Nice.
Oh my gosh, look at that shield. Let's
[ __ ] melee cam. What? What? What?
This shield is crazy.
>> It's It's like too good.
>> That's awesome.
>> That's insane. That is insane. That's
too good. Chad, I was top damage on that
boss. Okay. Do you know who I am?
>> I was top damage. Don't talk to me.
>> There is seal twisting, but I think it's
bad. They're arguing about the gear,
dude. You guys just freaking arguing.
Lion, steal, and thieve, dude. That's
all they do.
I already gave it.
Okay, so here's what I've noticed so
far. Uh, Seal Twist build was complete
ass and burned a ton of mana. Uh, I
think it's cuz I'm doing it completely
wrong.
>> [music]
>> Oh my god. Oh my god.
>> Dude, what
the [ __ ]
>> What? over.
>> Dude, I got hit for I got hit for 757
and then 994.
Dude, what the freak, man? Wait. Oh, how
do you What the What?
How do you guys stop? How do you do
that? How do you do that?
No, I don't think it's impossible. I
think there's I think there's a mechanic
that we have to do.
I don't know how to say
Dude, I don't think we kill him.
Oh no, I'm dazed.
He's coming. He's going to come.
Heat. Heat.
should just stay out of comment and
press. Oh, wait. He's not left. Okay.
Okay. As immediately as soon as I enter
>> [cheering]
>> What do we What? [laughter]
Dude, he's in the stairs.
What?
Dude, we bugged him out. He's just stuck
in the stair. Who is he targeting,
dude? Dude, we bugged him. I think he's
just stuck. He's not targeting anyone.
I think we just skip. Like we clearly
need to skip Palfield. So I went with
the seal [music] twist talent. I don't
like it. Uh I was just like ripping
through mana. I swapped to I I went with
another spec with seal of command
improved seals and uh my damage was
better and I I used less mana. I just
think that the way that they implemented
the seal twist is pretty not good.
Righteousness [music] also doesn't
double like they need to change
righteousness to the burning crusade
version. This version of seal of
righteousness is bad. Consecrate is like
the good consecrate. First off, they
nerfed consecrate damage and they made
it do less damage beyond four mobs on
top of nerfing the damage. This is not
classic. Like literally, it's not
vanilla. When it's vanilla, they're
like, "Oh, well, we want to keep it
vanilla. Oh, it's burning g. We want to
keep it burning crusade as much as
possible, but with a with like a new
game, they're willing to change and
adjust stuff hopefully.
[laughter]
OH,
[laughter]
>> my
name.
>> Dude, the the dance is so stupid. Dude,
the dance is so stupid. It's like
perfect.
Feral look like berserk.
So, he didn't get mangle. Oh, bear form.
Wait, mangle. Wait, what is what is
mangle? I thought mangle was a
not a It says bear form only for Mangle.
It's a different Mangle. Yeah, it it
didn't look right. I still got to look
at the druid talents.
Oh my gosh, it looks insane. Now, I'll
be honest. I I I do like some of the new
like tech, like the lighting and stuff.
I genuinely think they did a good job
with that. Like they found a way to
update the graphics without making it
look like retail. I'm saying the design
of the dungeon feels kind of retaily.
Wait, there's no Oh, there's no uh Oh,
no.
Okay, there's got to be an air bubble
somewhere.
Hey, next room. Next room. Next room.
Next room.
How long?
[ __ ]
>> I'm out of here.
>> Dude, we found the oxygen.
>> Wait, you're done, dude? We're just
>> dueling. Huh?
>> Duel.
>> Where?
>> Outside or
duel?
>> Who?
>> [ __ ] random people. I don't care.
>> What? Are there going to be people
there?
>> I mean,
see what's up.
>> I mean, I'm down.
Yeah, I'll go in first.
[clears throat]
Uh why?
He's
going against me right now.
Heat. Heat.
I can't
even
Yeah, that's what happens through the
TBC Gladiator, you know. That's just
that's what happens when you get TBC
Gladiator chat. It's GG's.
It's trolling.
I'm just trolling. [laughter]
[clears throat]
>> Wait, hold on. Hold on.
>> Don't lay on hands.
>> No, hold on. I have to make a new
character.
>> Just make a new character.
>> Hold on. Let me fix uh
I have to respe. next week.
>> Do we I have due to respect?
>> I don't have I don't receive justice.
>> Okay, I think we got to wrap up.
>> Do we?
>> Is that it? Do we have to wrap up?
>> Just keep going until they kick you off.
>> Huh?
>> Just keep going until they kick you off.
>> They'll tell us.
Dude, a warlock.
>> What's wrong with you, man?
>> [screaming]
>> I can't use
yet.
>> Dude, you hit so hard.
>> Yeah.
It's too easy.
>> Damn.
>> I don't think you can be without
>> I don't think so.
The dude the damage is insane.
>> What spec are you?
>> Dude, balance dude is crazy.
>> The thing is I can't seal twist command
into justice to like proc a stun to like
stop the stop the starfire.
>> Yeah, dude. I just think they need to
make the seal mechanics like TBC. Like I
don't know. I I feel even more strongly
about it than I used to. They remove
seal twisting completely, but then
there's a level like 30. The 31 talent
is this. But it's it feels really bad.
No, there's there's a lot of things with
Paladin they I mean, dude, look at this.
Compared to my own talent trees, it's so
similar. It's insanely similar.
>> Oh my god.
>> I would change I mean, I changed my like
some things I think are different,
[laughter] but I would say it's like
70%.
>> Hello. [screaming]
>> Oh my god.
>> His logs just broken.
What?
>> His log just broken.
>> What the [ __ ]
>> What?
>> It did not break.
>> Freaking
I don't have bubble.
What?
>> We're going to go hang out with people.
We're going to get with everybody and uh
Gladiator Arenas. Gladiator. Gladiator.
Go roast Pika. Nah. Sometimes you just
got to let the play do the talking, dog.
No. No. I just got lucky. I got super
lucky against Warlock. I just did crazy.
I got crazy procs right at the end.
>> All right. See, dude, that was super
fun. I will be back tomorrow and I will
stream more. Tomorrow what the plan is
going to be. It is a uh I'll do some of
this. I didn't get to look at all the
classes. I'll go through and I'll look
at all the classes. I didn't look at
shaman. I didn't look at druid. Oh man,
dude. My ass is sore from sitting.