Podcasts about azerite

From the Old God-imbued Saronite to the crystalized blood of Azeroth we call Azerite, many of the raw materials we use for crafting in WoW have a deeper connection to myths and legends in the game. Join us as we go waaaay down the rabbit hole of the surprising lore behind many WoW crafting sources. Plus more Xal'atath background and what's up with that giant abandoned snow covered bird nest in Townlong Steppes? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Episode 181 of BORN TO BE WILD, a Wild exclusive Hearthstone podcast where we have fun hanging out with friends, talking about the Wild format of Hearthstone and spotlighting members of the Wild Community! This week Hydralisk & guest host LaboreSangre are joined by returning special guest, the amazing AzaleaAakri to discuss all things Wild, including the constructed nerfs! Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ahlJuRWrffte_0A7QlA9bAOn1uypHleF-nPZKyeIUJQ/edit?usp=sharing Find us online at ⁠https://www.borntobewildhs.com/⁠

Who knew that being gone for a week would mean that all of the world's biggest gaming announcements were going to happen! This week we've got new details on Grand Theft Auto 6, a new Legend of Zelda live action movie announced by Nintendo themselves, Against the Storm, Caves of Qud, and more info from Blizzcon than you can shake a stick at!   Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer Arriving in December - Article by IGN Grand Theft Auto 6: All the news we've heard about Rockstar's next game - Article by Polygon Nintendo announces a live-action film based on its hit video game 'The Legend of Zelda' - Article by Eurogamer Against the Storm - A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen's Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors. - Eremite Games (Steam, available now) Caves of Qud - Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. - Freehold Games (Steam, available now in Early Access) Blizzcon 2023 Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred will introduce a never-before-seen class to the Diablo franchise. It takes place in Hahantu, an area from Diablo 2, and continues Mephisto's story. Vessel of Hatred is poised to launch Fall 2024 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHuaCwmx-Rg Overwatch 2: Blizzard announced a new hero Mauga who is the first Samoan hero to debut in Overwatch! Mauga features a kit that is designed to bash through the front lines and brawl his opponents in close-quarter combat, by wielding two powerful Chainguns that can either be fired individually or in unison. Ignite enemies with his Incendiary Chaingun “Gunny” to burn them when they take enough damage, then finish them with a critical hit from his Volatile Chaingun “Cha-Cha.” Paired with his Berserker Passive, which grants Mauga temporary health whenever he deals critical damage, he's a mountain on the battlefield. Mauga's not just a leading star—he also brings a host of new abilities to support his team as well. Mauga can break his way through the front lines with Overrun, a charging ability that cannot be stopped by any crowd control abilities, and stomps into opponents dealing a powerful knockback. When the fight gets intense for his team, he has Cardiac Overdrive to engage both of his hearts and create an aura that reduces incoming damage, allowing allies to heal themselves while dealing damage. Finally, when he really wants to tango up close with his foes, Mauga can unleash Cage Fight, his ultimate ability. Cage Fight traps nearby opponents in a cylindrical fighting ring. This barrier blocks enemy incoming damage or healing from the outside, forcing those trapped inside to face Mauga with Gunny, Cha Cha, and the barrage of infinite ammunition. If you can't take him down quickly, the last thing you might see is his charming smile. Mauga will officially become available to play at the start of season 8 which starts 12/5/2023 Mauga Origin Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCLjZDkpBoY Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQfRHycUsmQ Hearthstone: Showdown in the Badlands: Deep in the heart of the Badlands, the Bloodrock Mining Company has struck gold! Or, rather, something even better: Azerite. Now they're double-timing their mining, bleeding the land dry and putting everyone in the Badlands at risk. Mysterious heroes came on horseback to set the town right, but the corrupt Sheriff Barrelbrim's stubborn as his hat is tall. It's high time for high noon in this Showdown in the Badlands! New keyword “Quickdraw” - In the Badlands, being quick on the draw might just save your hide. Cards with the Quickdraw keyword get a special effect on the turn they are added to your hand. Shoot cards off as soon as you draw them, or plan around your Quickdraws with bounce and generation effects! New keyword “Excavate” - There's treasure in them there hills! Cards with the Excavate keyword get your treasures from the Azerite mine. Each time you Excavate, you dig deeper and find rarer treasures! Sketchy Townsfolk - The entire town is digging deeper and deeper into the mines, looking for Azerite treasures. Townsfolk classes have extra Excavate synergies and a unique reward for their Excavations! The corrupt Sheriff Barrelbrim's behind the operation, and he doesn't care what damage they do to the Badlands... or what they might awaken. Heroic Outlaws - Sometimes, it takes an outlaw's intervention for folks to start straight-shootin'. Some classes brought an outlaw to the Showdown in the Badlands. These lone gunslingers have extra effects if there are no duplicates in your deck. So, what do you say, are you feeling lucky? Hearthstone: Showdown in the Badlands is available to play on 11/14/2023 Hearthstone What's Next Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcyDB4pBTHQ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5___jYm6vs Warcraft Rumble: Warcraft® Rumble™ is a mobile action strategy game set within the Warcraft universe where collectible Minis come to life to battle in frantic melee skirmishes. Play in multiple modes, including the single player campaign, going head-to-head in epic PvP battles, and more. Experience the true meaning of joyful chaos! Deploy: Use gold reserves to deploy your Minis strategically on the battlefield. Gain additional gold passively over time, by mining, or finding treasure chests. Capture: Capture objectives like Guard Towers and Meeting Stones, then use them to deploy your Minis closer to the objective. Controlling the map is key to victory! Strategize: Different Mini abilities give you an advantage in combat. Flying troops are strong against melee troops. Siege troops deal additional damage to Guard Towers, and so on. Master your Minis' abilities to succeed and learn Talents to make them even more powerful! Conquer: Your Minis will march towards enemy Leaders and attempt to take them down. Support your deployed Troops with powerful Spells and direct them to victory. There are 5 factions: Alliance, Horde, Beast, Blackrock, and Undead. Control heroes from Warcraft lore like Tirion Fordring, Grommash Hellscream, Hogger, General Drakkisath, and Baron Rivendare! Blizzard has also made the 3D blueprints available for all their Mini avatars for free, so you can 3D print them for just the cost of 3D printing supplies! Warcraft Rumble is available to play now on Android and iOS! Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgOreJl6BJQ World of Warcraft World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery: Those hoping for a Classic+ are seemingly getting what they've asked for! The announcement of Season of Discovery for WoW Classic! In Season of Discovery, players will discover new secrets by scouring Azeroth to find class-altering abilities. Tanking Warlocks, Mage healers, and more will be possible. The Season will launch with an initial level cap of 25, and upon reaching max level, players will be met with a new level-25 endgame! Discover a 10-player Blackfathom Deeps raid with new and reimagined bosses, mechanics, and rewards. Not long after, the level cap will be increased by a few levels, bringing even more endgame content. As players progress through Season of Discovery, they will find class-altering abilities in the form of Runes. These runes will alter spells, or grant new abilities that allow classes to do things they haven't before, or to augment their current abilities and spells to do something entirely different! This even includes Runes that are inspired by later expansions, granting classes abilities that have never been seen in earlier iterations of World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery will launch 11/30/23 WoW Classic: What's Next Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1rcs9mmf-s&t=1998s World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic: It's the Cataclysm all over again…But different, but same. Same but different. If Classic Wrath of the Lich King is any indicator, Cataclysm might have a bright future ahead of it! Cataclysm Classic comes with an improved leveling experience, a new dungeon difficulty, account-wide pets and transmogs, a streamlined auction house, and a level cap of 85! World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic will launch on or before 8/21/2024 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XT7Q9Am8yM World of Warcraft: The Worldsoul Saga: Chris Metzen delighted fans of World of Warcraft with an announcement of not ONE, but THREE new expansions for the retail version of World of Warcraft! Starting with the subterranean expansion The War Within, which takes us deeper into Azeroth than ever before! This expansion includes new zones Azj-kahet, Isle of Dorn, The Ringing Deeps, and Hallowfall, new dungeons, raids, a new battleground, and a new Allied race playable to both the Alliance and the Horde: The Earthen Dwarves. Along with the new zones to explore, it also comes with all new Hero Talents, which is a separate talent system, and a new treasure hunting activity called Delves, which can be played both solo and with a group to acquire new items and gear. Similar to dungeons, Delves will often contain formidable foes, but unlike dungeons, they will also contain puzzles of varying difficulty, and possibly more that has not been announced. And to wrap it all up, a new feature known as War Bands has also been announced. War Bands share a bank, reputation gains and more! The Worldsoul Saga also has 2 additional expansions titled Midnight, and The Last Titan respectively. Not much was announced about these two expansions, other than the World of Warcraft team is dedicated to bringing out all 3 of these expansions in a much quicker cadence than we've seen expansion launches in the past. This isn't too surprising though, as Final Fantasy 14 has done this in the past, and if Blizzard is good at anything, it's copying good ideas. The War Within expansion will launch on or before 12/31/2024 The War Within Features Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSvLkzRt9fc The War Within: What's next Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMDQzaRsVqc The War Within Deep Dive Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPqZ7LSGjSU Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c55uHFbfeaw

This week, we explore the possible fate of Anduin after the events in Shadowlands, the connection between Azerite and the Naaru, and which expansion big bad had the best plan if not for us meddling raiders.

Welcome all to my podcast come sit down with me grab a pint and listen to some tales I have to tell.  In this episode we'll be going over Azerite abilities and comparing them to Legion artifact ones.Hope you all enjoy and hope you relate to any of these stories. And I will speak to you all in the next episode!Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/psychog4m1ngYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAOi6rHO3x90lOmmb82Jv1wSupport the show here: patreon.com/Pigandwhistle & https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PigandWhistlePig & Whistle website : https://www.pigandwhistletales.com/Try out Buzzsprout yourself! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1154066The Music at the start is from Peter Crowley's Fantasy Dream youtube link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x17S_JXmgOs&ab_channel=PeterCrowley%27sFantasyDreamFacebook : https://www.facebook.com/PigAndWhistleTalesListen to the podcast on other platforms:https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/pig-whistle-tales-from-azeroth-gabriel-nsa902LrQVw/https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/pig-whistle-tales-from-azeroth-1315927https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZTkLtQvRSm4PStUfZquWkhttps://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3032607Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Pigandwhistle)

This week Matthew Rossi and Joe Perez explore the Azerite Essence update in WoW, the duplication protection feature in Hearthstone, and debate whether Malthael is really dead in the Diablo universe.

This week, Matthew Rossi and Joe Perez explore the idea of race/class restrictions being eliminated, recent Azerite changes, and professions as a subclass.

Chris sits this week out as we are joined by another paladin, Zan, who helps guide us through tips to help your approach to Mythic+ runs. We also talk about the Coronavirus impact upon Overwatch League's third season, upcoming changes to Horrific Visions, personnel changes at Blizzard, and the pending arrival of account-wide Azerite essences!Find Rafe on Twitter and check out his other podcast Have Not Seen This.Find Chris on Twitter.Find Alora on Twitter or streaming on Twitch.Follow the show on social media on Twitter and Facebook!Subscribe to get all our future episodes. The show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, or through the RSS feed. This week's independent podcast promotion is for Fresh Hell.

Ben and Jon are joined by TBK to talk about mounts, Legion, and expansions!

This week on FAZ we've got 8.2 hotfixes, Warmode changes, and some Classic server news before talking about the Worst in Bags feature from Ask Mr. Robot, Nathanos' sad origin story, and finally an email about what Azerite could really be if Magni is indeed a pawn.As always, don't forget to write in to fazpodcast@gmail.com, or let us know your thoughts over on Discord at bit.ly/fazdiscord . You can support the show at http://patreon.com/FAZ

No one wants my Azerite gear. We have a date with Trolls and Pirates! The art stream was really well done. Classic also got some news! A look around blizz and more!

Technically PVP Show Notes   Episode 71 - TSG 8.1   15:10 - Upcoming WoW PVP Events Monday night King of the Hollow is back! https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/resurgent-3v3-league/71890 https://www.resurgentesb.com/standings AWC NA Spring Cup 1 - 9-10 Feb https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-spring-2019-na-cup-1/5c3badcd62434303bf7cad61/info?infoTab=schedule 38 teams registered AWC EU Spring Cup 1 - 8 & 10 Feb https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-spring-2019-eu-cup-1/5c394020a3912e03c962cd60/info?infoTab=details 50 teams registered AWC NA Spring Cup 2 - 16-17 Feb https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-spring-2019-na-cup-2/5c50f69c1bb8880335d6b438/info?infoTab=details AWC EU Spring Cup 2 - 15 & 17 Feb https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-spring-2019-eu-cup-2/5c50f89dbc7bc2032937df2c/info?infoTab=details Keystone Masters S1 https://challonge.com/games/world-of-warcraft/tournaments   24:52 - Subject of Analysis Today we will discuss, TSG in 8.1   Roles Dmg - Warrior / DK Heals - MW Monk variation Support - Storm bolt, asphixiate, leg sweep, duel, disarm, AMZ, death grip, Ring of peace, fear, War Banner Traits Unholy DK- Damage Traits (Festermight, Helchains, Battlefield Precision) Warrior - Damage Traits (Striking the Anvil, Crushing Assault), Bastion of Might  Monk-Burst of Life, secret infusion, Overflowing Mists, Exit Strategy 1:15:9 - WOW PVP NEWS Dev Q&As https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22864560/watch-the-live-q-a-vod-with-ion-hazzikostas-here https://www.wowhead.com/news=289956/vanion-eu-q-a-with-ion-hazzikostas-negativity-itemization-rise-of-azshara-plans Why aren't there more currencies and vendors for gear, similar to buying Azerite? A: It's not something they've completely moved away from; there's a place for loot you get randomly from a boss, and for guaranteed progression from other sources. Titanite Residuum helps, but they could probably do more for the raid and dungeons, while Conquest serves that purpose for PvP, allowing you to work toward guaranteed rewards which complement end of match and weekly chest loot. Seeing as the War Mode bonus has been at 30% for the Alliance, does this team feel like this has been a failure at balancing? A:They wouldn't be surprised to see it tick down to 25% for the Alliance. They've seen it very effective for the underrepresented faction and they feel this is a success as the faction imbalance is half of what is was. What is being done about server stability and lag?  A:It's a top priority. But it's not a single problem and it's death by a thousand cuts. They've fixed some problems but they're still investigating and its an ongoing process. Specific reports help, especially with time stamps so that the engineers can look at the logs. Can PvP please get some sort of vendor?  A:The way vendors worked out in the past, there was an order in which you bought pieces off the vendor. But they understand there is a value in the vendor of Control. The system that they're creating that is more transparent and offers those choice. One of the things they're improving is a choice of 4 Azerite Pieces in Season 2, so that every trait occurs at least once. When you cap your Conquest, you also get a Quartermaster's Coin which allows you to upgrade those pieces in the long term. Certain weeks you'll be able to choose between say 2 Bracers and 2 Pants with different stats. You can pick the best one for you and then upgrade it in the long term with a Trophy bought form a Quartermaster's Coin.  In the past, when they had vendors, they had PvP stats like PvP Power and Resilience and because that doesn't exist anymore they need to take into account the rest of the game. There's no such thing as a Raid Vendor and PvP already offers a lot of control. PvP currently offers the most selection as to what piece of gear you want. Deepwind Gorge removed from RBGs? https://twitter.com/Technically_PvP/status/1090470522951852032 Waiting for confirmations Hotfixes - https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22824893/hotfixes-january-29-2019 Azerite trait nerfs/buffs RDruid buffs Arms warrior buffs Race to world first Battle of Dazzar’alor https://twitter.com/Warcraft/status/1092849649910796293 Congratulations to Method for getting World First! Trinkets on TR for AWC cups PVE trinkets have been removed on the TR.  Only PVP trinkets will be available for the AWC Cups.   1:39:40 - Trivia question Previous episode question was: What was spell-batching and why did it matter to PVP? A: Spell batching was how WOW used to process abilities.  They were processed in batches or stacks by the servers, so if spells were cast close enough in real time, they would happen simultaneously by server time.   Congratulations to Solafyde for being the first to send in a correct answer! Send your answer to Technicallypvp@gmail.com.  First correct answer will earn a shout out on the next show   1:41:5 - Shoutouts Mysticall to his team and Icy Veins   Finding Us Mysticall - https://www.twitch.tv/mystpvp https://twitter.com/MysticalTheMonk https://www.youtube.com/c/mysticallthemonk Podcast Cohosts Technically - https://www.twitch.tv/technically_pvp https://twitter.com/Technically_PvP https://discord.gg/w7WZ9ab https://blizzard.com/invite/3kEld72CBvz Technicallypvp@gmail.com https://technicallypvp.wordpress.com/ Andallyn - https://twitter.com/Andallyn1244 https://www.twitch.tv/andallyn Windstead - https://twitter.com/windstead84

We are very sorry we are late in getting this episode up! Our ISP screwed with our internet for A WHOLE WEEK!But, we are back! This week we have raid prep, the azerite system, and realistic vs unrealistic guild expectations. Featuring a rant on Warfronts. Our links!FatbossTV: https://www.youtube.com/user/FatbossTVSignsOfKelani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nveuNgu38eM&fbclid=IwAR0QT9SOTRhSZXfhTXkVolKabRL1dr1mPZUlkQoEJndmMY1LowuuSl8oj3UIcy Veins: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/class-guides , https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/raid-guides Our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/today_in_the_queue/

We are very sorry we are late in getting this episode up! Our ISP screwed with our internet for A WHOLE WEEK!But, we are back! This week we have raid prep, the azerite system, and realistic vs unrealistic guild expectations. Featuring a rant on Warfronts. Our links!FatbossTV: https://www.youtube.com/user/FatbossTVSignsOfKelani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nveuNgu38eM&fbclid=IwAR0QT9SOTRhSZXfhTXkVolKabRL1dr1mPZUlkQoEJndmMY1LowuuSl8oj3UIcy Veins: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/class-guides , https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/raid-guides Our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/today_in_the_queue/

Technically PVP Show Notes   Episode 68 - Destro RLS   16:25 - Upcoming WoW PVP Events Resurgent King of the Hollow Monday nights https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/kings-of-the-hollow-3v3-tournament-tonight/20570 The Gosu Cup 15 Dec 18 https://twitter.com/Resurgentesb/status/1067804916519964673   23:34 - Subject of Analysis Today we will discuss, Destro lock variation of RLS. Traits? Flashpoint x2/3 - destro Supremacy - destro Battlefield precision x2 - assassin Surging tides - rsham Pack spirit - rsham Turn of the Tide - rsham   1:46:39 - WOW PVP NEWS 8.1 dropped today https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22824892/tides-of-vengeance-update-notes You can now target specific kinds of Azerite armor by earning Titan Residuum, which can be used to purchase Azerite armor from everyone’s favorite purveyor of exquisite furnishings: Thaumaturge Vashreen. Time to level from 1 to 110 has been reduced by approximately 25%. Troll Berserking reduced to 10% Haste for 12 seconds (was 15% Haste for 10 seconds). Blood Elf Arcane Torrent cooldown increased to 2 minutes (was 1.5 minutes). The reward bonuses from War Mode can now scale above 10% when a faction was outnumbered over the course of the preceding week, up to a maximum of 30% additional quest rewards and experience. War Mode can now be disabled in any rested area. It can still only be enabled in Stormwind or Orgrimmar. Rated Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds now grant an additional 50% conquest for all conquest reward weeks prior to week 9. But-Ton of class changes/talents/pvp talents/nerfs/buffs!!!  (except for warlocks… they got a slight adjustment) Integrated new multi-threaded performance optimizations for clients using DirectX 12 and Metal.     Hotfixes - https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22824893/hotfixes-december-11-2018 PVP Season 2 start date announced!  22 Jan 19 https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22820910/tides-of-vengeance-arrives-starting-december-11 Will make this season 20 weeks long More info on the GCD changes for movement abilities https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/which-spells-are-being-removed-from-gcd-in-8-1/37795/7 Dev Q&A announced for this Friday https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22820911/join-us-for-a-live-developer-q-a-on-december-14   Warcraft PVP Scene NA Bracket http://us.battle.net/wow/en/pvp/leaderboards/2v2 EU PVP Brackets: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/2v2   2:05:32 - Trivia question Previous episode question was: What is the maximum number of players you can queue with into a random BG? A: 5.  Congrats to Verlane for being the first to enter and get 2 ballots into the game time giveaway! Send your answer to Technicallypvp@gmail.com.  First correct answer will earn a shout out on the next show NOTE:  This is the last question for the contest.  Our next show will be in the New Year and we will announce the winner!   2:06:47 - Shoutouts Drexia - Destro Lock Arena Partner Resurgent Esports Broadcasting Arena Forums Vindicatum Guild Finding Us Bolt - https://www.twitch.tv/boltinqt_ https://twitter.com/Boltinqt_Vindi Discord: Bolt#6807 Podcast Cohosts Technically - https://www.twitch.tv/technically_pvp https://twitter.com/Technically_PvP https://discord.gg/w7WZ9ab https://blizzard.com/invite/3kEld72CBvz Technicallypvp@gmail.com https://technicallypvp.wordpress.com/ Andallyn - https://twitter.com/Andallyn1244 https://www.twitch.tv/andallyn Windstead - https://twitter.com/windstead84

Rizhak drops by to deliver message. Halfhill Report will be back next week. Recorded live at the Lazy Turnip Inn in the village of Halfhill, the Valley of the Four Winds in beautiful Pandaria! Reach us on Twitter @HalfhillReport, @PTaliep, @Toshmifune1 or by email at halfhillreport@yahoo.com Find Toshmifune and Professor Taliep on the Wyrmrest Accord server! Halfhill Report is a Member of The Weekly Awesome family of Podcasts - Find them at https://weeklyawesome.com/ CREDITS Opening Music and bumpers: China Town by Audiobbinger Productions URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Audiobinger/Audiobinger_-_Singles_1776/China_Town_1874 Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Needle Scratch Sound https://freesound.org/people/nixphoeni/sounds/16467/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) Logo Art by Toshmifune based on photo by imagesthai.com from Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-photography-of-cliff-with-sea-of-clouds-during-golden-hour-733172/ All place names, character names and music from World of Warcraft used in the Halfhill Report are the exclusive property of Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft is a trademark or registered trademark of Blizzard Entertainment Inc in the US and other countries. No copyright or trademark infringement is intended by The Halfhill Report.

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas sit down to talk the latest goings-on in and around the World of Warcraft!   Episode #291: Back from BlizzCon! is ready for Download! What's New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event - Sign of the Critter World Boss - Ji'arak Mythic+ Affixes - Tyrannical/Raging/Volcanic/Infested Island Expeditions   Molten Cay Verdant Wilds Skittering Hollow Twilight Dragon invasions begin this week Call to Arms - Vol'dun Conquest - 355 Azerite helm Darkmoon Faire - Until Nov 10th Moonkin Festival - Nov 12th WoW Classic BlizzCon Recap What's Next in BfA BlizzCon Recap New Whomper Charity Pet! and much more!   Have you heard about our Patreon? It's a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone   Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here! We've got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!     The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Are you looking for some AWESOME DEALS?!? Want to support our shows & Spazbot Studios? Well, you clicked on the right web page! We have some great deals lined up for you below, so check them out! Any purchase you make using the links & coupons below helps support our show! We have partnered with Jinx.com to bring you an AWESOME DEAL! Use the PROMO CODE “SPAZBOT” at checkout to get 15% off your NEXT purchase! That's right, 15% off your next purchase of any order of $120.00 or LESS! What are you waiting for? Jinx makes shirts, hoodies, heck, even socks emblazoned with the LOGO of your FAVORITE Game! Visit them today by clicking the banner below! REMEMBER TO CLICK THE BANNER BELOW!   Gunnar Optiks Provide Killer Gaming Eyewear! Help Fight off Fatigue and stay in the fight even longer! They even have Heroes of the Storm licensed Eye Wear (if you're into that kind of thing! Use the promo code SPAZBOT at checkout for 10% off your entire purchase!

Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas sit down to talk the latest goings-on in and around the World of Warcraft! -   Episode #288: Holinka Returns! is ready for Download! What's New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event - Battleground Bonus Event World Boss - Dunegorger Kraulok Mythic+ Affixes - Tyrannical/Bolstering/Explosive/Infested Island Expeditions Skittering Hollow Rotting Mire Verdant Wilds Black Dragon invasions begin this week Call to Arms - Zuldazar Conquest - 355 Azerite helm PvP Brawl - Deepwind Dunk Hallow's End - Ends November 1st World of Warcraft Classic BlizzCon Demo Brian Holinka Returns to WoW Mythic+ Azerite Armor Improvements and much more!   Have you heard about our Patreon? It's a great way to support the show and goes towards making more content for you! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thestartingzone   Looking for to grab some great TSZ merch? Look no further than here! We've got the shirts, hoodies, mugs, pillows even stickers you want!       The Starting Zone is produced by Spazbot Studios, Good Shows by Good People Visit them today! Are you looking for some AWESOME DEALS?!? Want to support our shows & Spazbot Studios? Well, you clicked on the right web page! We have some great deals lined up for you below, so check them out! Any purchase you make using the links & coupons below helps support our show! We have partnered with Jinx.com to bring you an AWESOME DEAL! Use the PROMO CODE “SPAZBOT” at checkout to get 15% off your NEXT purchase! That's right, 15% off your next purchase of any order of $120.00 or LESS! What are you waiting for? Jinx makes shirts, hoodies, heck, even socks emblazoned with the LOGO of your FAVORITE Game! Visit them today by clicking the banner below! REMEMBER TO CLICK THE BANNER BELOW!   Gunnar Optiks Provide Killer Gaming Eyewear! Help Fight off Fatigue and stay in the fight even longer! They even have Heroes of the Storm licensed Eye Wear (if you're into that kind of thing! Use the promo code SPAZBOT at checkout for 10% off your entire purchase!

Hasteur and Gulvan talk about Blizzcon, Overwatch, Diablo, Battle for Azeroth, and more.

Ben and Jon talk about Azerite, brownies, and relating to your class.  

Blizzard Watch Episode 189: OWL Season Two details, Azerite changes in WoW, Mal'ganis and more by Blizzard Watch

Jon Jagger and Rho discuss where they feel the Azerite system is flawed and consider options for improving the system going forward! You can find Jon on Twitter @Jon_Jagger and be sure to check out his other podcasts, Azeroth Roundtable, CORE, and There Will Be Dragons! Check out the home for the Rolling Restart at […]

Medros, Phandeth, and Toasty are back to discuss the WoW Classic demo that comes with the Virtual Ticket, a gift for DBM's author, and more

Welcome to the Frozen Nerdz Podcast Episode 225 called "Not Mike Too!!!." We are your Blizzard Entertainment discussion podcast. The show you are about to hear was recorded on Sunday, October 7th, 2018. On this week's show, we quickly talk about our weeks in video games, then we answer last week’s would of the week, and introduce next week’s would! Then we move onto talk about our Blizzard Entertainment discussion topics of the week. This week we are talking about the departure of Mike Morhaime from Blizzard, the BlizzCon schedule, the upcoming gear store sale, then we speculate about the BllizzCon closing band. Then we dive into talking about Blizzard games lightly talking about the latest Heroes tease, and the Halloween of Terror event coming to Overwatch before we move onto talking about World of Warcraft. This week in Warcraft we are talking about changes coming to Azerite gear in Patch 8.1, then we settle the debate on the topic of Hardcore vs Casual. But then before you know it, it’s time for us to say our weekly goodbyes. Here’s a link to this week’s show notes blog: http://bit.ly/FNEP225 Here is the list of articles used for this Episode: Mike Leaving Blizzard: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/22549840/message-from-mike-morhaime-and-j-allen-brack The BlizzCon 2018 Schedule: https://blizzcon.com/en-us/schedule#fri-nov-2 The Gear Pre-Sale: https://blizzcon.com/en-us/news/22562443/get-a-sneak-peek-at-the-blizzcon-2018-online-merchandise-sale-on-october-11 Heroes of the Storm Teaser: https://twitter.com/BlizzHeroes/status/1048981321115213826 Overwatch Halloween of Terror Event: https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/events/halloween-terror/ Changes coming to Azerite Gear: https://www.wowhead.com/news=287646/upcoming-azerite-armor-improvements Want to hear the topic? Become a Patron today for as little as $1 per month! www.patreon.com/frozenerdz If you have any questions, comments or concerns for the show, feel free to contact us via email at IceBox@FrozeNerdz.com. But without further ado, sit back relax and enjoy Episode 225 of the Frozen Nerdz Podcast! Enjoying the show? Let us know about it by dropping us a Review on iTunes or Stitcher! Check out http://bit.ly/FrozeNerdzReview for easy instructions! Where You Can Find Us: Join Our Discord: http://bit.ly/JoinFNdiscord Twitter: http://twitter.com/FrozeNerdz Instagram: www.instagram.com/frozenerdz E-mail: IceBox@FrozeNerdz.com Website: www.FrozeNerdz.com Twitch: twitch.tv/frozenerdz YouTube: www.YouTube.com/c/Frozenerdz Patreon: www.patreon.com/frozenerdz Amazon Affiliate Link: www.frozenerdz.com/amazon Personal Twitter: http://twitter.com/kilroyKT ,http://twitter.com/epic_insanity

On a new day at a new time Sal and Kevin jump feet first into the news regarding Azerite gear, the end of the Morheim reign at Blizzard, a split raid and Blizzcon Merch. We also introduce a new weekly contest for our listeners and our host dig deep into their banks for the Hoarders.

We dive deep into the legacy of Mike Morhaime as co founder and president of blizzard for 27 years. What will Brack do? Got that new book! Azerite power gets addressed. The Blizzcon schedule has some interesting stuff in it. Your emails and more!

In this weeks episode, we once again rant about issues with Azerite armor, talk WoW classic, and more!

Blizzard Watch Episode 188: Whoa, WoW Classic demo already? Plus Azerite, Heroes comics, and more by Blizzard Watch

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Ren: Learning curve with island expedition - Gamino joined Cryler and me for some island expedition fun We learned there can be way, WAY too many bears Quote of the day: “I pulled five … okay, thirty.” Found out it was five ISLANDS, not five expeditions Killing Azuregos when you’re a melee DPS Finished Revered with Honorbound and am opening outposts Exalted rep comparisons in preparation for the first major patch Working on Insurrection line in Suramar to open Nightborne Mike: King’s Rest is hard Did no Another 350 in my trunk More rep Didn’t have time for LFR Question of the week! This Week in WoW: Brewfest starts today Only change this year, Coren Direbrew’s trinkets have been updated for level 120 players (iLevel 335 - may not be updating yet) Harvest Festival - ends Tuesday Pet Battle Bonus Event - ends Tuesday Cataclysm Timewalking begins Tuesday News: WoW Diary Kickstarter Update: As of 8 PM EST today, had raised $394,614 with 5,452 backers (trivia: was fully funded at original $10k ten minutes after launch, August 28) - up[ $6,620 from this 9 AM Was able to add 2 upgrades: $300k upgrade: added a gold foil end sheet with “Original Kickstarter Backer” printed on it $350k upgrade: Gold foil title lettering on the spine and cover Not yet funded: $400k upgrade - spot varnishing on all the pictures Currently second highest non-fiction book ever launched through Kickstarter - has to pass $424k to do that Google “wow diary kickstarter” or go to http://www.thewowdiary.com - now through next Thursday, September 25 New mount and pet in Blizzard store: The Dreadwake and Cap’n Crackers Dreadwake currently tied to purchasing 180 days’ game time in advance - not sold separately WoW Token price fall from end of July through today, WoW token prices have fallen by half Buying gold for real money isn’t cost effective, but cashing in gold for Blizzard Balance is at an all-time high - was talking to Wulfrictheslayer on Discord about his play to buy his virtual ticket with in-game gold (we calculated the Virtual Ticket to be about 260-270k gold) Wowtoken.info - current US price is about 105,000 gold = $20 Patch 8.1 announced: Tides of Vengeance No release date but the patch will be hitting the PTR next week News tip from Discord users and Weekly Research Assistants Kneemo and Hidebound: Incursions, similar to invasions in Legion Quests with extra-potent rewards that will randomly pop up and replace a zone’s World Quest content for several hours Purpose is for helping level alts, although it seems as though this content will only be available at level 98 and above Heritage armor will become available for all races - starting with Dwarf and Blood Elf - will require some short quest lines to claim New Allied Races: Kul’Tiran and Zandalari Troll - “not quite there yet” but are getting closer. Vol’jin, Saurfang and Tyrande will have their stories expanded New warfront: Darkshore Focuses on war between night elves and undead Updated Darkshore zone, new max level rares Alliance will start this one with the contribution phase Updates to island expeditions Two new islands New events, enemies, spawn rates, and interactions Example: setting up an Azerite extractor in a location that will feed a constant small stream of azerite to the party, but can be taken over by the enemy Two new raids Siege of Zulduzar (name might change) Alliance will fight to the top of the city from the sea, and Horde will start from the jungle Bosses will be unique for each faction Crucible of Storms - only 2 bosses, centered on old gods in Stormsong Valley Modeled after the 3-boss Trial of Valor Azerite traits - traits are getting an overhaul Champions of Azeroth - Unlocking Champions of Azeroth rep on one character will unlock it on all characters All about the new rep changes.

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In episode 218 the boys are joined once again by the binary babe of the Ask Mr. Robot team, Vee! As Battle for Azeroth brings a world of changes in game, it does for the AMR team as well. Come listen in as the crew talks all about Azerite gear, traits, sims, talent builds, and … Continue reading Episode 218 – Never Do Math In Public →

Lagging Balls: a community-focused Blizzard & World of Warcraft Podcast. For the people. By some people. Episode 152, hosted by Thorn and Thyst: “Something Something D*cks!" This week we Feedback, comments, submissions & business inquiries: laggingballs@gmail.com Find us on: iTunes (for iPhone): http://apple.co/1HIw3fK Stitcher (for Android, Microsoft): http://bit.ly/1Lmppgo Youtube: http://bit.ly/2cMpTQ2 LaggingBalls.com Join Us in Discord! http://bit.ly/LBdiscord Join Us in WoW! https://goo.gl/f1XYnS Join Us on Twitch! Twitch.tv/laggingballsJoin Us for Friday Streams on Twitch, 10 pm EST! https://goo.gl/GZnws8 Thyst’s Twitch: Twitch.tv/thyst03 Thorn’s Twitch: Twitch.tv/thornbrow LB WoW Community Link: https://bit.ly/2uTbMSg This week we cover: Betting Without Losing The Glory in Pain Maxing Out Guild Milestone: Blood of the Scribe II LB Announcements LB Stream, Episode 43: making friends as an adult - http://bit.ly/2BqitBF Celebrating 1 Year of the LB Stream! Both of Us on BattleNet News #93 - http://bit.ly/2L1HG4W Blizzard News Ion Hazzikostas to Open PAX West - http://bit.ly/2MR8o1X Blizzard at Gamescom 2018 - http://bit.ly/2L8Cb4v World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth Expansion First Impressions New Expansion FOMO Hilarious NPC: “The Caterer” - http://bit.ly/2nJ9SR2 Arena World Championship Continues Sept 14-16 Overwatch Limited Edition Legendary Skins Lowered to 200 Tokens - http://bit.ly/2L7uQ5s Overwatch Free Weekend Aug. 23-27 OWL All-Star Games Aug. 25-26 Overwatch World Cup Initial Results Diablo III Diablo 3 Coming to Nintendo Switch - http://bit.ly/2L59jdr Mike & Reggie Video! http://bit.ly/2BnmAhS Question of the Week: What would you use Azerite for? Next Question of the Week: What is the most interesting thing you’ve seen in BfA so far? Music for this episode from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk http://www.bensound.com Thank you Patrons! Morvian, The Exalted Arsinic, The Insane Become a Patron of Lagging Balls! http://www.patreon.com/laggingballs Randomly Awesome Link of the Week, courtesy of LB Patrons: http://bit.ly/2L8GJYB Listen to this: http://bit.ly/2L77ZqI

Lagging Balls: a community-focused Blizzard & World of Warcraft Podcast. For the people. By some people. Episode 151, hosted by Thorn and Thyst: “Battle for Azeroth Expansion Hype!” This week we give you the lowdown on how to prepare for and successfully execute your BfA experience. We also do some strange things with Azerite. Feedback, comments, submissions & business inquiries: laggingballs@gmail.com Find us on: iTunes (for iPhone): http://apple.co/1HIw3fK Stitcher (for Android, Microsoft): http://bit.ly/1Lmppgo Youtube: http://bit.ly/2cMpTQ2 LaggingBalls.com Join Us in Discord! http://bit.ly/LBdiscord Join Us in WoW! https://goo.gl/f1XYnS Join Us on Twitch! Twitch.tv/laggingballsJoin Us for Friday Streams on Twitch, 10 pm EST! https://goo.gl/GZnws8 Thyst’s Twitch: Twitch.tv/thyst03 Thorn’s Twitch: Twitch.tv/thornbrow LB WoW Community Link: https://bit.ly/2uTbMSg This week we cover: Fun with the Net-o-Matic 5000 What is Best in Life? POPplin' and WarLOCKin' LB Announcements LBS with Pat Krane, Stream 42 Pt 1 - http://bit.ly/2Mjcvag  LBS with Pat Krane, Stream 42 Pt 2 - http://bit.ly/2vAMdqk BattleNet News #92 - http://bit.ly/2vFdsQq 150th Episode Giveaway Contest Winners! Blizzard News 3rd round of BlizzCon Tickets Sat 8/18 - http://bit.ly/2Mh8mDG Ion Interview on PC Gamer

This week Darkbrew, Bendak, and Synth take a look at the Heart of Azerite Traits and how they work. We also discuss a curious change to pet attack speeds.

Ben and Jon are joined by Tetsemi to talk about Azerite, Waterworld, and what about the moons?

Icy Veins Podcast 17 - Short & Sweet In this episode: [00:02] WoW: Mythic+ seasons, more Azerite traits, Brutosaur mount, comics [00:19] Heroes: 3 year anniversary, loot box drop rate issues, Chromie rework [00:28] Overwatch: Petra map and Free for All season, skin buyers guide, stop motion short More information on the episode: For more news and guides, please visit https://www.icy-veins.com. The hosts are Patrick Beja (@NotPatrick) and Stan Duris (@heroespwn). You can find Patrick's podcasts at frenchspin.com. The opening is from Daniel Beja (@misterdanielb). His music is free of rights on MusicInCloud.fr. Comment on this episode and find others at https://www.icy-veins.com/podcast.

Icy Veins Podcast 16 - Dapper Gentlemen In this episode: [00:02] Hearthstone: Nerfs for May, HCT decks [00:10] WoW: PvP ranking and talents, new Azerite traits [00:20] Heroes: Nexomania, Lunara and Diablo reworks, Sombra [00:27] Overwatch: Second anniversary event, Rialto map and Hanzo rework live, Pink Mercy [00:35] StarCraft 2: Balance changes for TvP More information on the episode: For more news and guides, please visit https://www.icy-veins.com. The hosts are Patrick Beja (@NotPatrick) and Stan Duris (@heroespwn). You can find Patrick's podcasts at frenchspin.com. Thanks to L0rinda for helping us discuss Hearthstone and Overwatch. The opening is from Daniel Beja (@misterdanielb). His music is free of rights on MusicInCloud.fr. Comment on this episode and find others at https://www.icy-veins.com/podcast.

We have a release date folks! And we know what the collectors edition is gonna look like and cost. No Trolls for you on launch day. What we heard at PAX this week. Where you'll get all your Azerite. No more remote AH. The rest of Blizzard and more!

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren: Have a new Highmountain Tauren - enhancement shaman Got the noblegarden bunny Working on the four hatchling pet quests -- haven’t finished any of them Mike Exalted with Army of the Light. 8000 from exalted with Argussian Reach Tol Dagar BfA dungeon Odd thing about BfA - some people have quests, I don’t. Finally finishing up getting followers to 950 Noblegarden fun Field Medic This Week in WoW Pandaria Timewalking this week, Battleground Bonus event next week Darkmoon Faire Noblegarden (ends Monday) March of the Tadpoles (Borean Tundra - ends tonight at midnight) News: General and Current April Fool’s patch notes Remote Auction House is retiring on April 18th. Realm connections New round of realm connections is “on the way” to help with low pop servers. Family Guy: a 30 second Leeroy Jenkins reference. News: Battle for Azeroth 8 - 14 - 18 Ren’s Ridiculous Fun Facts about the History of Blizzcon Expansions Collector’s Edition - box set Limited edition hardcover edition - 2 new WoW novellas by Christie Golden and Robert Brooks Horde & Alliance Double Sided Mark of Allegiance with stand Digital soundtrack Collector’s Edition box set owners will be able to unlock and create unreleased Allied Races in advance If you bought Digital Deluxe and want Collector’s Edition box, you can get a refund on Digital Deluxe to Battle.net balance Digital Deluxe edition - mounts, pet Island Expansions Expedition table in Boralus Harbor (Alliance) or Zuldazar Harbor (Horde) 3 man - Normal, Heroic, Mythic or PvP - reward of 6,000 Azurite Azurite: killing mobs, finding treasure, defeating the opposing team, or mining nodes Drawn on “lessons learned” from past content like scenarios and keystone dungeons. Replayable content. WoWhead interview with Jeremy “Muffinus” Feasel, Senior Game Designer for WoW No death knights for allied races - tied to Lich King Other possible rewards for Island Expeditions, like in the Timeless Isle When asked whether quest and profession progression will be gated behind dungeons and raids: No real discussion yet on profession progression, although he did say he thought ending final part of certain questlines end in a dungeon was “super cool, as it is the best way to tell the end of the story”. Felt that artifact weapon system was interesting in the beginning of the expansion but not at the end of it. Lots of choices in the beginning and none in the end. Discussion about making certain things accountwide -- seemed to think things were pretty OK the way they were. Too much accountwide stuff and characters lose identity, but opening areas, flying, etc., seem to be good kept accountwide. Battle for Azeroth Mag’har Orcs and Iron Dwarf allied races will be available after completing the Battle for Azeroth war campaign. Zandalari and Kul’Tiras will be unlocked later in the expansion. BFA alpha lasting longer than in the past. Beta polishes features and features are still being added to alpha. Six emissaries for each faction - 3 home continent, two neutral (Tortollan and Voice of Azeroth) and a War Faction with quests on the enemy continent. 8.0 prepatch Likely a few weeks before the expansion Will introduce the Burning of Teldrassil and Battle for Lordaeron. May be new mounts themed around Night Elves and Forsaken in conjunction with this event. New details on PvP New world PvP system called War Mode: players toggle PvP in a capitol city on any server. This will put them in a separate server shard, away from the PvE characters. War Mode gives extra rewards and Azerite, and also allows access to special world PvP events. PvP gear system revamp: conquest point system returning in the form of a bar you fill up to earn new gear each week. When you’re finished with a set, you can move up. There will be ways to skip ahead. Changes to Honor and Prestige: honor levels will be account wide. Naked and Afraid FInisher: Alcina, night elf mage -- 110

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren: Have a new Highmountain Tauren - enhancement shaman Got the noblegarden bunny Working on the four hatchling pet quests -- haven’t finished any of them Mike Exalted with Army of the Light. 8000 from exalted with Argussian Reach Tol Dagar BfA dungeon Odd thing about BfA - some people have quests, I don’t. Finally finishing up getting followers to 950 Noblegarden fun Field Medic This Week in WoW Pandaria Timewalking this week, Battleground Bonus event next week Darkmoon Faire Noblegarden (ends Monday) March of the Tadpoles (Borean Tundra - ends tonight at midnight) News: General and Current April Fool’s patch notes Remote Auction House is retiring on April 18th. Realm connections New round of realm connections is “on the way” to help with low pop servers. Family Guy: a 30 second Leeroy Jenkins reference. News: Battle for Azeroth 8 - 14 - 18 Ren’s Ridiculous Fun Facts about the History of Blizzcon Expansions Collector’s Edition - box set Limited edition hardcover edition - 2 new WoW novellas by Christie Golden and Robert Brooks Horde & Alliance Double Sided Mark of Allegiance with stand Digital soundtrack Collector’s Edition box set owners will be able to unlock and create unreleased Allied Races in advance If you bought Digital Deluxe and want Collector’s Edition box, you can get a refund on Digital Deluxe to Battle.net balance Digital Deluxe edition - mounts, pet Island Expansions Expedition table in Boralus Harbor (Alliance) or Zuldazar Harbor (Horde) 3 man - Normal, Heroic, Mythic or PvP - reward of 6,000 Azurite Azurite: killing mobs, finding treasure, defeating the opposing team, or mining nodes Drawn on “lessons learned” from past content like scenarios and keystone dungeons. Replayable content. WoWhead interview with Jeremy “Muffinus” Feasel, Senior Game Designer for WoW No death knights for allied races - tied to Lich King Other possible rewards for Island Expeditions, like in the Timeless Isle When asked whether quest and profession progression will be gated behind dungeons and raids: No real discussion yet on profession progression, although he did say he thought ending final part of certain questlines end in a dungeon was “super cool, as it is the best way to tell the end of the story”. Felt that artifact weapon system was interesting in the beginning of the expansion but not at the end of it. Lots of choices in the beginning and none in the end. Discussion about making certain things accountwide -- seemed to think things were pretty OK the way they were. Too much accountwide stuff and characters lose identity, but opening areas, flying, etc., seem to be good kept accountwide. Battle for Azeroth Mag’har Orcs and Iron Dwarf allied races will be available after completing the Battle for Azeroth war campaign. Zandalari and Kul’Tiras will be unlocked later in the expansion. BFA alpha lasting longer than in the past. Beta polishes features and features are still being added to alpha. Six emissaries for each faction - 3 home continent, two neutral (Tortollan and Voice of Azeroth) and a War Faction with quests on the enemy continent. 8.0 prepatch Likely a few weeks before the expansion Will introduce the Burning of Teldrassil and Battle for Lordaeron. May be new mounts themed around Night Elves and Forsaken in conjunction with this event. New details on PvP New world PvP system called War Mode: players toggle PvP in a capitol city on any server. This will put them in a separate server shard, away from the PvE characters. War Mode gives extra rewards and Azerite, and also allows access to special world PvP events. PvP gear system revamp: conquest point system returning in the form of a bar you fill up to earn new gear each week. When you’re finished with a set, you can move up. There will be ways to skip ahead. Changes to Honor and Prestige: honor levels will be account wide. Naked and Afraid FInisher: Alcina, night elf mage -- 110

This week Darkbrew, Delirium, Bendak, Synth, and Ali take a first look at the Azerite abilities for Hunters in BFA. Also, several pets are getting makeovers in the new expansion. We talk about these new looks and some of the new pets added to the game.

Medros, Toasty, and Phandeth are back to talk about the new Trial of Style season, the Brawl on the Seething Shore, and more

Technically PVP Show notes Episode 38 - Post Blizzcon Thoughts   Subject of Analysis Blizzcon PVP news WOW Classic Servers - PVP impacts? Warcraft new expac Cinematic Islands Expeditions 3v3 resource based objective Warfronts 20 man - pve only.  thoughts? Stat Templates - possible some customization will come World PVP server changes - toggling PVP will place you with other people (kinda like sharding).  Also incentivizing the toggle with bonuses (not specified yet) Ally Races - expect new racials? (no details yet) https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/battle-for-azeroth/features/allied-races New BG and Arenas (Seething Shore/Tiragarde and Zuldazar) BG coming in 7.3.5 - multi node resource with random pre-deterministic locations Official Blizz description - “In a new Battleground, Seething Shore, players of the Horde and Alliance will descend upon Silithus to battle over the Azerite bubbling to the surface. This Battleground will offer dynamic control point gameplay similar to Arathi Basin, but with new control points appearing periodically as resources are depleted. This new Battleground will require coordination as you and your team work to overcome the opposing faction. Since this Battleground actually serves to tell part of the story that leads to the events of Battle for Azeroth, we also plan to offer a preview of the Seething Shore during patch 7.3.5 as we continue to build upon the conflict between the Horde and the Alliance for the coming expansion.   Warcraft PVP Scene NA Bracket http://us.battle.net/wow/en/pvp/leaderboards/2v2 EU PVP Brackets: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/2v2   Finding Us Technically - https://www.twitch.tv/technically_pvp https://twitter.com/Technically_PvP Technicallypvp@gmail.com https://technicallypvp.wordpress.com/ Andallyn - https://twitter.com/Andallyn1244 https://www.twitch.tv/andallyn Windstead - https://twitter.com/windstead84  

Discord: https://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Our talk about WoW Classic will be on Thursday's episode. Incoming for 7.3.5 - (no release date; not even up on PTR yet) Timewalking Ulduar, new battleground Event in Silithus to herald in the start of expansion Leveling Improvements (yay!!!!!) All content previous to Warlords will SCALE TO LEVEL - within ranges Classic starting zones: 1-10 All old world vanilla zones: 10-60 Burning Crusade and Wrath zones: 60-80 Cataclysm and Pandaria zones: 80-90 What this means: You can actually complete zones without leveling out of them and feeling forced to move on and you can choose where you level up Dungeons will also scale accordingly - so will loot drops (yes, run Wailing Caverns at 60 and you’ll get level 60 mobs and level 60 gear) Incoming also - no release date Accounts with an authenticator attached will get a “small increase” to the size of their standard 16 slot backpack - may be connected to WoW’s upcoming 13th anniversary event (Nov 16-30) Expansion: Battle for Azeroth (not Tides of Vengeance) - also no release date Basics: Level to 120 (one instant boost to 110) Return to faction based play areas Bye-bye Teldrassil and Undercity (but not Silvermoon and Exodar) -- hello each faction controlling their own continent Does the zone control mean no leveling zones for the opposite faction? New island zones Zandalar and Kul Tiras with three areas for each Horde: Zandalar - obviously troll focused Alliance: Kul Tiras - naval power (which we’ve never seen because apparently they’re so good they can hide the most powerful navy in the world from everyone until now) New subraces: the four we mentioned on the last show plus two more (Horde: Highland Tauren, Nightborne and Zandalari Troll. Alliance: Void Elf, Lightforged Draenei and Dark Iron Dwarves). Will get 6 new character slots on each server You have to open these subraces via quests -- once opened it’s accountwide Subraces start at level 20. You can race-switch into them using Blizzard game services, but if you run one from 20 to 120 you get an achievement plus special heritage armor transmog 3-person Island Cooperative challenge gameplay Changing mini scenarios on islands Would like to have seen this scalable to other size groups - 3 is awkward 20-person raids called Warfronts to claim strategic locations this is a PvE system, not PvP, “inspired by classic Warcraft RTS battles” (Ren: Damn good thing or the Horde on Whisperwind is screwed) Artifact amulet (Heart of Azeroth) instead of an artifact weapon - a system with a sort of mini-talent tree used to select and empower abilities - replacements for the Artifact, Artifact Power and Netherlight Crucible systems from Legion Powered by Azerite, will automatically absorb Azerite when it’s nearby Helm, chest, and shoulders will be empowered through Heart of Azeroth Probably will need an entire episode just on this - but practical upshot is the artifact weapons are going away and this is the replacement PVP/PVE server distinction is going away - now it will be selectable Internal sharding allows PVP-flagged players to see/group with only one another, and PVE-unflagged players to see/group only with one another All servers will run under same rules of engagement Only place you can flag PVP is in capital cities - can’t flag PVP on the fly No randomly flagged people running around PvP gives added bonuses in addition to added risk Item level decrease incoming Not exactly the warlords “stat squish” where numbers were reduced across the board Numbers from the Dungeon Journal in the demo at Blizzcon - 880 items were showing up as 215, 900 as 235, 1000 as 335 Basically trying to make numbers a bit more meaningful Presumably mobs and such will be scaled as well -- functionally should not change, just how it’s displayed New model changes incoming for several character races - Orcs and Trolls were demoed to choose between a hunched or upright character). Mostly focused on original races, plus blood elf and draenei. Goblins and Worgen will get makeovers later. Beta Opt-In for Expansion https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/battle-for-azeroth - scroll to the bottom of the page if you want to get into the beta

Discord: https://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Our talk about WoW Classic will be on Thursday's episode. Incoming for 7.3.5 - (no release date; not even up on PTR yet) Timewalking Ulduar, new battleground Event in Silithus to herald in the start of expansion Leveling Improvements (yay!!!!!) All content previous to Warlords will SCALE TO LEVEL - within ranges Classic starting zones: 1-10 All old world vanilla zones: 10-60 Burning Crusade and Wrath zones: 60-80 Cataclysm and Pandaria zones: 80-90 What this means: You can actually complete zones without leveling out of them and feeling forced to move on and you can choose where you level up Dungeons will also scale accordingly - so will loot drops (yes, run Wailing Caverns at 60 and you’ll get level 60 mobs and level 60 gear) Incoming also - no release date Accounts with an authenticator attached will get a “small increase” to the size of their standard 16 slot backpack - may be connected to WoW’s upcoming 13th anniversary event (Nov 16-30) Expansion: Battle for Azeroth (not Tides of Vengeance) - also no release date Basics: Level to 120 (one instant boost to 110) Return to faction based play areas Bye-bye Teldrassil and Undercity (but not Silvermoon and Exodar) -- hello each faction controlling their own continent Does the zone control mean no leveling zones for the opposite faction? New island zones Zandalar and Kul Tiras with three areas for each Horde: Zandalar - obviously troll focused Alliance: Kul Tiras - naval power (which we’ve never seen because apparently they’re so good they can hide the most powerful navy in the world from everyone until now) New subraces: the four we mentioned on the last show plus two more (Horde: Highland Tauren, Nightborne and Zandalari Troll. Alliance: Void Elf, Lightforged Draenei and Dark Iron Dwarves). Will get 6 new character slots on each server You have to open these subraces via quests -- once opened it’s accountwide Subraces start at level 20. You can race-switch into them using Blizzard game services, but if you run one from 20 to 120 you get an achievement plus special heritage armor transmog 3-person Island Cooperative challenge gameplay Changing mini scenarios on islands Would like to have seen this scalable to other size groups - 3 is awkward 20-person raids called Warfronts to claim strategic locations this is a PvE system, not PvP, “inspired by classic Warcraft RTS battles” (Ren: Damn good thing or the Horde on Whisperwind is screwed) Artifact amulet (Heart of Azeroth) instead of an artifact weapon - a system with a sort of mini-talent tree used to select and empower abilities - replacements for the Artifact, Artifact Power and Netherlight Crucible systems from Legion Powered by Azerite, will automatically absorb Azerite when it’s nearby Helm, chest, and shoulders will be empowered through Heart of Azeroth Probably will need an entire episode just on this - but practical upshot is the artifact weapons are going away and this is the replacement PVP/PVE server distinction is going away - now it will be selectable Internal sharding allows PVP-flagged players to see/group with only one another, and PVE-unflagged players to see/group only with one another All servers will run under same rules of engagement Only place you can flag PVP is in capital cities - can’t flag PVP on the fly No randomly flagged people running around PvP gives added bonuses in addition to added risk Item level decrease incoming Not exactly the warlords “stat squish” where numbers were reduced across the board Numbers from the Dungeon Journal in the demo at Blizzcon - 880 items were showing up as 215, 900 as 235, 1000 as 335 Basically trying to make numbers a bit more meaningful Presumably mobs and such will be scaled as well -- functionally should not change, just how it’s displayed New model changes incoming for several character races - Orcs and Trolls were demoed to choose between a hunched or upright character). Mostly focused on original races, plus blood elf and draenei. Goblins and Worgen will get makeovers later. Beta Opt-In for Expansion https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/battle-for-azeroth - scroll to the bottom of the page if you want to get into the beta