A Short History of Raiding in World of Warcraft

What is a raid? Well it is difficult to say, is it an instance that has more then 5 players? Well no because some dungeons like the upper blackrock spire were dungeons, but had more then 5 players… are they instances with a week long cooldown? Well no, because mythic dungeons have a weeklong cooldown, and some raids of the past have had cooldowns of only 3 and a half days… Well what we would call a raid would be a place that has 10+ people, and a lockout of multiple days. So onto the raids!

Video script and research by Felplague
Video edited by hiru

--The List--
Intro: (0:00)
Vanilla: (0:07)
TBC: (3:00)
Wrath: (6:01)
Cata: (12:00)
MoP: (15:55)
WoD: (20:06)
Legion: (21:27)
BfA: (25:33)
SL: (31:02)

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[Marqrk]

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”

[benson]

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

[HavocHounds]

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.

[AnimatronicBadgerlord]

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.

[Volkain]

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.

[phantom]

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.

[premiumfruits]

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.

[Alijamaru]

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

[HowToMolly]

"They didn't bother with raiding thinking that the gear wouldn't matter in the next expansion."

Oh how wrong they were.

[ballsofsalsa]

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

[Alpha]

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

[tyrgannusgaming]

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.

[thenerdbeast]

"Purchasable from the guild vendor for 3, 000 gold"
ah back when that much gold was a lot of money.

[googoofeesmithersmits]

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

[Sazandora]

I love my Uncorrupted Voidwing. I'm not a hardcore player nor do I belong in a proper guild (it's a private guild for my brother and friend), so I had no real way to obtain the Voidwing and I went into a mild bout of despair over it, since I absolutely adore the way it looks. But then some kind souls pointed me towards a giveaway for heroic N'Zoth clears, and after like two weeks of participating in each and every raffle, I won and got my Voidwing that way.

[easycake]

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.

[Valaran]

"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...

[TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

I remember seeing Xavius going down on Zul’jin. I was surprised to see him go down so fast. As a new player it was “oh ok” but looking back it was quite fast

[kingsasquatch]

*sees the word “short”
*sees the 35 min time stamp*
“Pfft I thought they said short”
*watches anyway*

[jjcoola]

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.