nothing brings out the player spirit in
an MMORPG like a world event welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 biggest
events that happened in world of
warcraft
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at the massive
official events that involved unique
situations locations bosses and other
in-game elements that were only
available for a limited time as
fascinating as it is we won’t be
including the corrupted blood incident
since it wasn’t an official event and
more of a weird virtual pandemic that
happened by accident number 10
Cataclysm had many events leading up to
its release the elemental unrest was
just one of them and it was a
multi-phase event that culminated in
players from both factions defending
their capital cities from angry
elementals to successfully complete the
event players had to work together to
defeat a specific number of elite
elements that came from rips that popped
up around the city as well as free any
NPCs they came across once the invasion
had been repelled the players got the
chance to return the favor and hunt down
a unique boss the appropriately named
kaiju guerrilla revenge tastes oh so
sweet
the Burning Legion is back at it again
and this time they brought more friends
to play with in a similar style to other
pre-launch events several zones would
come under attack and then it would be
up to the players to band together and
repel the invaders this involved killing
several waves of enemies blowing up
towers and fighting a big boss at the
end this was also the first event that
allowed players as low as level 10 to
participate which was meant to
demonstrate the level scaling mechanic
that was a prominent feature in the
number eight operation no Morgan &
the second event to take place before
the launch of Cataclysm made some big
moves lore wise for the series it
involved retaking two capitals that up
until that point were under the control
of rebel factions the Alliance aided
high tinkerer gelbin and taking back the
surface of gnome are gone from the leper
gnomes while the Horde fought alongside
Vol’jin to reclaim the echo isles from
the traitorous Tala saying the hard work
was not for nothing though as it
resulted in brand new starting zones for
the playable gnomes and trolls who can
finally enjoy their own capital cities
once on TV
wiebe wage employer number 7 World of
Warcraft
10th anniversary anyone who’s played
World of Warcraft has no doubt heard of
the PvP wars and Hills Brad foothills
and the old molten core raid that
required 40 players to conquer blizzards
sought to rekindle those fond memories
with the 10th anniversary which
introduced a new battleground tar and
Mills versus south shore and a level 100
version of the molten core raid these
two instances were made available only
for the duration of the anniversary but
they rewarded players with unique titles
mounts and pets it was a nice way to
relive those epic moments even if it was
number six the battle for sun’s reach
and so I joined him in Outland
pledging to return one day to lead our
people to glory
one of the more famous events during the
Burning Crusade expansion this one had
players aiding the shattered Sun
offensive in taking back the Isle of
quel de nas from a renegade blood elf
faction as well as the Burning Legion
this event took place through repeatable
quests the players would complete daily
each milestone resulting in another
captured piece of territory it also
opened up a new dungeon for players to
fight through and eventually Blizzard
released the final rate of the expansion
the sunwell plateau which became one of
the hardest raids in the game at the
time
I have forged a new alliance the blessed
rays of the Sun well will shine once
again number 5 the war of thorns you’ve
already won the innocence remain in the
tree this hatred
technical difficulties aside battle for
Azeroth has delivered on the promise of
all-out war Silvanus in what seems to be
a moment of pure anger and hatred sets
the world tree on fire
the war of thorns was players first
taste at the expansion’s new war mode
feature but gave a good amount of PvE
content as well this is the single most
important event in the expansion so far
sending the peace-loving King and Owen
over the edge
[Music]
some fans reacted negatively to Silvanus
going full evil but the event itself was
magnificent
both from the horde and alliance
this is more of a unique entry because
it’s not really a limited event like the
others on this list at least not in the
traditional sense that being said it
changed the game in such a massive way
that it simply had to be included the
Cataclysm was the result of the
expansions main villain Deathwing
erupting from deep home to wreak havoc
on the denizens of Azeroth his
re-emergence resulted in most if not all
of the old zones changing in some
drastic way some were completely
devastated while others were filled with
new life for better or worse he said
goodbye to the old world and prepared to
the pre-launch period for the dreaded
naxxramas raid had players facing off
against a fraction of the lich king’s
vicious undead army it was the very
first invasion style event and set the
precedent for many of the world events
to follow it largely involved hacking
and slashing your way through hordes of
ghouls in order to reach and destroy a
big purple crystal which would in turn
take down the floating enemy stronghold
this event later reappeared as part of
the lead-up event for the Wrath of the
Lich King expansion though with the
added possibility of having players
becoming zombies and infecting others
around them number two the dark portal
opens when it comes to hype there are
few events that could compare with the
opening of the dark portal it not only
heralded the game’s first expansion it
was also the Burning legions first major
appearance within the game it took place
in the blasted lands that were suddenly
under siege after the Gateway to Outland
a stronghold for the demonic army opened
up much like the Scourge invasion this
event was later reused for the warlords
of Draenor pre-launch event though that
one just had very angry orcs instead of
very angry demons
number one gates of and garage there is
no event in the history of World of
Warcraft that’s bigger than the opening
of the gates of Ahn’Qiraj
and it required the cooperation of an
entire server to complete the first
phase of the event required a single
player from each faction to complete a
long chain quest while other players
would gather supplies for the upcoming
battle when the gates opened a 10 hour
long war ensued between players and the
insectoid army that’s spewed forth the
rewards included a unique mount and
access to the new and very difficult
raid now that is one hell of an event do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
an MMORPG like a world event welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 biggest
events that happened in world of
warcraft
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at the massive
official events that involved unique
situations locations bosses and other
in-game elements that were only
available for a limited time as
fascinating as it is we won’t be
including the corrupted blood incident
since it wasn’t an official event and
more of a weird virtual pandemic that
happened by accident number 10
Cataclysm had many events leading up to
its release the elemental unrest was
just one of them and it was a
multi-phase event that culminated in
players from both factions defending
their capital cities from angry
elementals to successfully complete the
event players had to work together to
defeat a specific number of elite
elements that came from rips that popped
up around the city as well as free any
NPCs they came across once the invasion
had been repelled the players got the
chance to return the favor and hunt down
a unique boss the appropriately named
kaiju guerrilla revenge tastes oh so
sweet
the Burning Legion is back at it again
and this time they brought more friends
to play with in a similar style to other
pre-launch events several zones would
come under attack and then it would be
up to the players to band together and
repel the invaders this involved killing
several waves of enemies blowing up
towers and fighting a big boss at the
end this was also the first event that
allowed players as low as level 10 to
participate which was meant to
demonstrate the level scaling mechanic
that was a prominent feature in the
number eight operation no Morgan &
the second event to take place before
the launch of Cataclysm made some big
moves lore wise for the series it
involved retaking two capitals that up
until that point were under the control
of rebel factions the Alliance aided
high tinkerer gelbin and taking back the
surface of gnome are gone from the leper
gnomes while the Horde fought alongside
Vol’jin to reclaim the echo isles from
the traitorous Tala saying the hard work
was not for nothing though as it
resulted in brand new starting zones for
the playable gnomes and trolls who can
finally enjoy their own capital cities
once on TV
wiebe wage employer number 7 World of
Warcraft
10th anniversary anyone who’s played
World of Warcraft has no doubt heard of
the PvP wars and Hills Brad foothills
and the old molten core raid that
required 40 players to conquer blizzards
sought to rekindle those fond memories
with the 10th anniversary which
introduced a new battleground tar and
Mills versus south shore and a level 100
version of the molten core raid these
two instances were made available only
for the duration of the anniversary but
they rewarded players with unique titles
mounts and pets it was a nice way to
relive those epic moments even if it was
number six the battle for sun’s reach
and so I joined him in Outland
pledging to return one day to lead our
people to glory
one of the more famous events during the
Burning Crusade expansion this one had
players aiding the shattered Sun
offensive in taking back the Isle of
quel de nas from a renegade blood elf
faction as well as the Burning Legion
this event took place through repeatable
quests the players would complete daily
each milestone resulting in another
captured piece of territory it also
opened up a new dungeon for players to
fight through and eventually Blizzard
released the final rate of the expansion
the sunwell plateau which became one of
the hardest raids in the game at the
time
I have forged a new alliance the blessed
rays of the Sun well will shine once
again number 5 the war of thorns you’ve
already won the innocence remain in the
tree this hatred
technical difficulties aside battle for
Azeroth has delivered on the promise of
all-out war Silvanus in what seems to be
a moment of pure anger and hatred sets
the world tree on fire
the war of thorns was players first
taste at the expansion’s new war mode
feature but gave a good amount of PvE
content as well this is the single most
important event in the expansion so far
sending the peace-loving King and Owen
over the edge
[Music]
some fans reacted negatively to Silvanus
going full evil but the event itself was
magnificent
both from the horde and alliance
this is more of a unique entry because
it’s not really a limited event like the
others on this list at least not in the
traditional sense that being said it
changed the game in such a massive way
that it simply had to be included the
Cataclysm was the result of the
expansions main villain Deathwing
erupting from deep home to wreak havoc
on the denizens of Azeroth his
re-emergence resulted in most if not all
of the old zones changing in some
drastic way some were completely
devastated while others were filled with
new life for better or worse he said
goodbye to the old world and prepared to
the pre-launch period for the dreaded
naxxramas raid had players facing off
against a fraction of the lich king’s
vicious undead army it was the very
first invasion style event and set the
precedent for many of the world events
to follow it largely involved hacking
and slashing your way through hordes of
ghouls in order to reach and destroy a
big purple crystal which would in turn
take down the floating enemy stronghold
this event later reappeared as part of
the lead-up event for the Wrath of the
Lich King expansion though with the
added possibility of having players
becoming zombies and infecting others
around them number two the dark portal
opens when it comes to hype there are
few events that could compare with the
opening of the dark portal it not only
heralded the game’s first expansion it
was also the Burning legions first major
appearance within the game it took place
in the blasted lands that were suddenly
under siege after the Gateway to Outland
a stronghold for the demonic army opened
up much like the Scourge invasion this
event was later reused for the warlords
of Draenor pre-launch event though that
one just had very angry orcs instead of
very angry demons
number one gates of and garage there is
no event in the history of World of
Warcraft that’s bigger than the opening
of the gates of Ahn’Qiraj
and it required the cooperation of an
entire server to complete the first
phase of the event required a single
player from each faction to complete a
long chain quest while other players
would gather supplies for the upcoming
battle when the gates opened a 10 hour
long war ensued between players and the
insectoid army that’s spewed forth the
rewards included a unique mount and
access to the new and very difficult
raid now that is one hell of an event do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and be
sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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