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There's too much news this week, so we're going at warp speed to cover it all! There's a major constructed balance patch, upcoming changes to quests, and five classes' worth of cards to discuss, so there's no time to drift off course! News – 15:36 Patch 30.6.1 - Battlegrounds Trinket Adjustments Patch 30.6.2 - Balance Changes Quest Progression Changes China breaks 200k Legend players Decksplanations – 1:01:47 The Great Dark Beyond Neutrals Priest Hunter Warlock Mage Warrior The Show Notes for this week's episode are on our Website Join us every week live, by following us on Twitch You can monetarily support our show on Patreon Join our community chats in our Discord channels and write in to our Email Follow us on Twitter as well as like share and follow us on Facebook Save our RSS feed or subscribe to us on iTunes or Google
Welcome to Doctor 3 a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and sendmeyourarms (smarms). NEWS: The Great Dark Beyond expansion launches November 5, 2024, with 145 new cards. New minion type: Draenei. Introduces the Starship keyword, allowing players to build and upgrade Starships using minions. Six classes will feature dedicated Starship cards. Spellburst keyword returns, triggering effects when a spell is cast. Pre-release Tavern Brawl from October 29 to November 5. Pre-purchase bundles offer exclusive packs, legendaries, and hero skins. Patch 30.6 introduces The Great Dark Beyond expansion on November 5, 2024. Players can log in now to receive the Nexus-Prince Shaffar Legendary card for free. Prince Renathal returns to Standard and Wild until November 5. A special in-game event, Darkmoon Faire's Frightful Fantasy, runs from October 17 to November 5. Battlegrounds receives updates with new and removed minions, and changes to mechanics. Various bug fixes and game improvements across different modes. 11 minions have been removed from the Minion Pool; 6 minions have been added to the Minion Pool; 1 minion has been added to the Duos-only Minion Pool; 13 minions have been returned to the Minion Pool; and 1 Tavern spell has been returned to the Spell Pool. See all the updates in our dedicated Battlegrounds Blog. Trinkets that trigger at the Start of Combat now trigger earlier (at the same time as Quest Rewards, which is earlier than any other Start of Combat triggers). Beasts and Dragons can now be in the same games again. Main Topic Card discussion about Xor'toth Breaker of Stars, Starlight Reactor, Exarch Othaar, Distress Signal, Arkwing Pilot, Ingenious Artificer, Foreboding Flame, Black Hole, Archimonde, Arkonite Defense Crystal, Dimensional Core, Velen Leader of the Exiled, Relentless Wrathguard, Nexus-Prine Shaffar, Starlight Wanderer, and The Ceaseless Expanse. Next Poll Question How excited are you for the theme of the Great Dark Beyond? All the Hype! Pretty excited Neutral Not interested *We'll talk about the results on next week's show* *And speaking of the show, you can find us:* Where can we find you? Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS Email us: doctor3hs@gmail.com Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast You've Been listening to Doctor3 *BOOM*
We're going to spaaaaaaaace! Blizzard just announced the next Hearthstone expansion, The Great Dark Beyond, and we have everything you need to know, from how to build a starship, to how to train your demons, and everything in between! News – 18:40 Battlegrounds Updates Patch 30.6 Renathal's Back Avatar of Hearthstone Darkmoon Faire's Frightful Fantasy Arena: Spooky Sets Bug fixes Known Issues Shop Updates Decksplanations – 51:28 The Great Dark Beyond Starships! Draenei! Spellburst! Demons! Other stuff! The Show Notes for this week's episode are on our Website Join us every week live, by following us on Twitch You can monetarily support our show on Patreon Join our community chats in our Discord channels and write in to our Email Follow us on Twitter as well as like share and follow us on Facebook Save our RSS feed or subscribe to us on iTunes or Google
Sean sits down with Rollie Rodz, a pillar of the Dungeon Dojo, a Raid Leader, Guild Master and the biggest Ret Pumper west of the Alamo.Connect with Rollie:Twitter: https://twitter.com/rollierodzTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/rollierodzSponsor Links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/guildsofwowPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/guildsofwowDiscord: https://discord.gg/guildsofwowOur Links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/cartridgebrosTwitter: https://twitter.com/raf_podcastTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/raf_seanBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/seanwilson.appRiversideFM Affiliate Link: https://bit.ly/raf_riversideChapters00:00 Introduction and Sunglasses Story00:03 Introduction and Background01:34 First Exposure to World of Warcraft05:26 The Joy of Playing a Paladin08:40 Transition to Raiding and Mythic+09:59 Role as a Broadcast Engineer and Head of Production13:09 Venturing into Content Creation15:07 Becoming a Raid Leader23:32 Passion for Draenei Lore26:21 Goals and Future Aspirations30:00 From Broadcast Engineer to Streamer40:02 Favorite Dungeon: Ruby Lifepools45:01 Least Favorite Raid: Aberus46:59 Finding Home in Northshire AbbeyHostTwitter: RAF_PodcastTwitch: Recruit a FriendBGMWhen Rolling Tides End - StreamBeats Original
This week's lore-tastic adventure takes us through the recently released short story "The Calling", the Draenei and the Troll Heritage Armor quest lines. Give it a listen to find out what happens in all three of these stories! Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/livelaughlore Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/live_laugh_lore TikTok = https://www.tiktok.com/@livelaughlorecast Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/livelaughlorecast/ YouTube = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawbWDBP7qEl24CZ2GUoSGg
In this week's show, we're getting ready to go to back to Pandaria in WoW Remix, which launches next week on May 16. We discuss the best classes to play in ReMists, whether we're getting the new Draenei or Troll Heritage Armor that was added in WoW patch 10.2.7, and contemplate Diablo Immortal's new storm-themed Tempest class — could it also be coming to Diablo 4? And to wrap up, which Warcraft story would we make into a television show? (If we suddenly had the power to make a Warcraft TV show.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Discover the heart of Azeroth's latest saga as we unpack the 10.2.7 patch, Dark Heart, and its ripple effects across the EU and NA servers. Settle in for a spell at the Pig and Whistle Inn, where I'll guide you through the labyrinth of changes, including the perks EU players are savoring, thanks to an NA bug-squashing session, and the ways World First races are getting reshaped by maintenance schedules. Fancy a walk through the mists? The Mists of Pandaria time walking event beckons with transmog treasures that have been lost to the archives until now. The Harbinger quests are not just another set of tasks; they're your roadmap to the War Within narrative, and I'll point you to where you can feast on free lore-rich comics. As for the Draenei heritage armor, the questlines are as enriching as they are enigmatic, and I'm itching to share my initial impressions.When was the last time you were whisked away by the charm of an expansion? I'll recount why Cataclysm's distinct flavor might just eclipse the allure of The Burning Crusade and how WoW Classic's less ornate mechanics compare to the intricate dance of contemporary expansions. Nostalgia isn't just about looking back; it's about bringing the past to life. We'll explore why venturing through each expansion is more than a mere trip down memory lane—it's crucial for every new adventurer seeking to carve out their legacy in Azeroth. And as we anticipate the potential for Classic to smooth out the peaks and valleys of content pacing, I'm filled with optimism for the tapestry of stories waiting to be woven in both the retail and Classic realms of World of Warcraft. Join me for a candid journey through the realms we cherish, with insights that will surely enrich your next foray into the world's most storied MMORPG. Hope you all enjoy and hope you relate to any of these stories. And I will speak to you all in the next episode!Support the show here:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1196870/supportpatreon.com/Pigandwhistlehttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/PigandWhistleSocials :Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/pigandwhistletalesYoutube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAOi6rHO3x90lOmmb82Jv1wWebsite : https://www.pigandwhistletales.com/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/pigandwhistletales/Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PigAndWhistleTalesTry out Buzzsprout yourself! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1154066Listen 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/3032607The Music at the start is from Tony Catch they do many amazing cover songs for games you can find the link here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHiF0dAkbpPMtQSwvAxSupport the Show.Support the show here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1196870/support patreon.com/Pigandwhistle https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PigandWhistle
On this episode of The AIE Podcast... For some reason, Fallout is really popular right now! The Dark Heart cometh Cata is in pre-launch… again! So much new in SWTOR And, we are talking to ourselves All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/W9rJJr886XQ Open Welcome to episode #420 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah- and, since it's 420, there are plenty of munchies in the guild kitchen! To my left is Tetsemi: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). We are chatting with ourselves this week!! Ok, we'll be digging into what we've been doing in and out of game shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community Just a reminder, we'll be starting announcements for Summer of Love in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out on the AIE Discord for all the announcements and events. If anyone would like to host their own event or help with events, feel free to tag @officer in the AIE Discord with your ideas. Mandatory Fun Nights Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Sunday - You all get a day off! Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern Monday - STO 10:00 pm Eastern Tuesday - SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern Wednesday - HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central Friday - ESO 9:00 pm Eastern Friday - FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern Saturday - LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern Saturday - FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern Saturday - WoW Classic Hardcore 9:30 pm Eastern Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern Streaming and Guild Podcast News We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here- New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema) https://www.newoverlords.com Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) - NSFL https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip) https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann ) https://drgameology.com/ STO - Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas) https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) - NSFL https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/ NOMADS Fallout 76 has been popping. The Alien Invasion event last week and this week has a few of us engaged there. The show was great and what sparked interest. WoW Confront Xal'atath When Dark Heart Arrives on May 7 Mark your calendars for the release of the next content update for Dragonflight—Dark Heart— on May 7! Dive into the final chapter of Dragonflight as it sets the stage for the upcoming expansion—The War Within™, sojourn into new questlines, Heritage Armor sets for Draenei and Trolls, six new hair colors for Kul Tiran Humans, access to all Dragonflight quests regardless of Renown for maximum-level characters, and more. https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24090236/confront-xalatath-when-dark-heart-arrives-on-may-7 WoW Classic Cataclysm classic pre-patch is live, and Deathwing is claiming lives randomly in the zones around his lair. Not a smooth pre-patch at all, Blizzard outdoing itself this time. This are getting more stable, even with goblins and worgens running around. May 20th will be Cataclysm launch, with only 15 months until the following expansion. SWTOR This week we had a livestream about Game Update 7.5, "Desperate Defiance", which is due this spring, possibly even this month. We will be getting a new pvp season, a new game system called Ventures, and a new Spring Event. The game continues to get art updates--this time for the planet Hutta. The Public Test Server is up now and players are able to test the new Ventures. The Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival looks like a co...
In this week Smarms and Lore touch on the importance of pockets, we talk about the Tavern Brawl, possible incoming mini set themes, and a little bit of Hearthstone among all the goofs galore. Logo Created By: Nate Wolfe Theme Song By: Se7enist. https://www.reverbnation.com/se7enist Patreon.com/Blizzlet
Join us as we discuss the history of the ancient Draenei and follow their journey from Eredar on Argus to crash-landing on Azuremyst Isle! We also discuss the Lightforged Draenei and their origins. Be sure to join the discussion on Discord and Twitter! discord.gg/YxPKxdKqRW @dalaranb Sources for this episode are: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/game/races/draenei https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Draenei https://www.wowhead.com/draenei https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Eredar https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Lightforged_draenei_(playable)
Show Notes: Sascz read an article about feeling euphoric after top surgery and is looking forward to the same https://medium.com/genderchic/40-perks-of-being-post-op-top-surgery-80fb2225f4e6 Things that make us feel dysphoric: Sascz had an annoying conversation last week with someone who knew him only in his masculine identity but kept referring to him as “ma'am” :( Fraz: Being called sir, or man, or he/him Fraz: Seeing my…..thing down there. Fraz: Facial Hair Things that make us feel euphoric: Sascz's new reimagining of his Draenei Shaman in WoW. I've had her for ages and had this general idea of her having some kind of deep dark trauma, but hadn't really fleshed it out. Then I read about the Scythian Enarei (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enaree) who were AMAB but feminized themselves using (among other things) pregnant mares' urine (today known as premarin!) and identified as females; they were great shamans and worshiped nature (did not use temples). So I've decided my toon is an Enares and am RP'ing her as such. She is very old, and has children whom she fathered (much like me mothering my children) but then transitioned later on after the Draenei were driven from Argus. It makes me very happy to have this toon who is sort of my mirror image to play! I also have a FTM toon but he isn't fleshed out as much. When Sascz is “heard” and accepted as male while talking to recruiters! Fraz: Having my manager at my grocery store say “There SHE is!” Fraz: Seeing my breasts and hips and butt come in. Fraz: Being properly gendered. Fraz: Experiencing my cycle each month, as uncomfortable as it is Fraz: Thinking of my past self as being perceived as a man --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lothie/support
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 175, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Put Me In, Coach! 1: I can't believe the ref called one of these on our goalie for elbowing, but I'm ready to go to the box and serve it. a penalty. 2: Notre Dame's football coach from 1918 to 1930, he had a winning percentage of .881, the highest in NCAA history. Rockne. 3: Put me in as this substitute on the basepaths! I'll steal second before you know it. a pinch runner. 4: Bob Kersee coached this woman, his wife, to 4 world championships, 2 in the heptathlon and 2 in the long jump. Jackie Joyner-Kersee. 5: Coach, we need rebounds. I can lead us to the promised land like this Hall of Fame Rockets and Sixers center. Moses Malone. Round 2. Category: Bands Of The '80s 1: Icicle Works formed in this city more than 20 years after the Beatles. Liverpool. 2: This group got its name by combining the names of 2 bands: Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. Guns N' Roses. 3: This Wham! singer's original name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. George Michael. 4: The Proclaimers hit the U.S. charts when "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was featured in this Johnny Depp film. Benny and Joon. 5: Bobby Brown left this group in 1986 and was replaced by Johnny Gill. New Edition. Round 3. Category: Yasir 1: Arafat and this Likud leader signed a 1997 accord on Israeli troop withdrawal from most of the city of Hebron. Benjamin Netanyahu. 2: Some say Arafat was born in Jerusalem in 1929; others, in Gaza; still others, in this capital of Egypt. Cairo. 3: It's "The Loneliest Number" of nights Arafat will reportedly sleep in a house before moving on. 1. 4: In 1969 Arafat was named chairman of the PLO, which stands for this. Palestine Liberation Organization. 5: In the '50s Arafat worked in an engineering firm in this country, the invasion of which triggered the Gulf War. Kuwait. Round 4. Category: 4 1: =. =. 2: "Seasonal" quartet in the lyrics of "You've Got A Friend". winter, spring, summer and fall. 3: =. =. 4: =. =. 5: To complete a foursome, mathematician Herman Minkowski added this to length, width and height. time. Round 5. Category: Gamers Unite! 1: In this 2007 sequel Master Chief has new vehicles like the Mongoose to help him stop the Flood and the Covenant. Halo 3. 2: "The Burning Crusade", an expansion to this popular Blizzard game, offers 2 new races: Draenei and Blood Elves. World of Warcraft. 3: This musical instrument simulation game has a working whammy bar. Guitar Hero. 4: In "Shadows of Angmar", a video game based on these books, Sauron sends the Nazgul in search of some jewelry. The Lord of the Rings. 5: This Japanese video game involves a sticky little ball that players roll to grow it larger by picking up things. Katamari. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
After having a bit of a laugh in the beginning of the episode, we dive into the Shadowmoon Valley lore! This is the location of our dungeon today and it helps us understand a little bit about why we are here. We take some time to discuss the lore of both the main and alternate universe versions of Ner'zhul. Tune in for info on the anniversary community created raid, Siege of Stormwind! You have until June 17th to get your bosses in if you want to be a part of this special episode. Email them to dungeonfables@gmail.com Episode 20 of Live, Laugh, Lore is live! Manny and Jared from For Azeroth! Joined us and it was a lot of fun! ------------------------------------------------------ tinyurl.com/dfpodmerch https://www.patreon.com/dungeonfables warcraftradio.com/directory www.twitch.tv/aliandras
We continue our journey through Warlords of Draenor this week by making a stop at this holy Draenei location. Together we learn what is happening here, how it compares to the main timeline Auchindoun, and take out some baddies in the process! Episode 19 of Live, Laugh, Lore is out and full of more questions! Gin and I talk about who and what Elune is. Full of spoilers but also fun! -------------------------------- tinyurl.com/dfpodmerch https://www.patreon.com/dungeonfables warcraftradio.com/directory www.twitch.tv/aliandras
This week's Warcraft Lore discussion we went over the story behind the destruction of the Dread Lord home world Nathreza, Akama and Maiev becoming friends, and finally the Draenei joining the Alliance while the Blood Elves joined the Horde! That’s right, it’s time for BC next week! Gin was drinking Tito’s Vodka and 7up Zero! It wasn’t bad BattleTags: Gin#12414 & Fear#1681 For more info go to https://morallygreypod.com Send us an email: show@morallygreypod.com Become a patron at https://patreon.com/morallygreypod
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Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Wrote new addon guides for Classic - PvP, raids, leveling, and gathering More KR fun - have 2 new 120 resto shaman - Zandalari on Horde, undeleted and race-flipped 112-now-120, Tauren-now-Draenei on Alliance - KR leveling analysis, stories, and Korrak f*ery Pandaria timewalking on Alliance Bought new podcasting mic setup - mic stand, shock mount, pop filter Computer gently frying - purchased new computer, arriving Saturday. Considered and priced out comps from several companies but ended up buying Alienware Aurora Ryzen edition - Ryzen 6 3600X (6-core 32MB L3 cache/4.4 GHz), NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 Super (6GB), 32 GB RAM, 1TB M.2 SSD Mike Priest, lock, hunter, rogue, warrior in Classic This Week in WoW Winter Veil ended January 2 Pandaria timewalking through January 7 Darkmoon Faire on Retail starts January 5 - no word yet about its release on Classic - supposed to happen in January but apparently not this week Battleground Bonus Event begins Tuesday, Jan 7 WoW 15th Anniversary ends Jan 7th - with it, the quests, Korrak’s Revenge, and the xp/rep buff News Classic Major update to Classic threat library - changed from the ThreatClassic-1.0 library to LibThreatClassic 2 - means that players using one won’t see/be able to communicate threat between players using different libraries Players using ClassicThreatMeter must update to new ThreatClassic2 Be sure to update DBM and Details if you are using their built in threat meters Warsong Gulch Classic Queueing changed - if you are grouped and in queue, adding a player to your group will reset your place in queue Retail Season 3 ended prematurely on Dec 31 - usually resets on patch changes, which means it should have ended Jan 14 Working on a hotfix to restore Season 3 and retroactively retain rating changes and tier updates. They don’t anticipate being able to retain season games played count or win counts during the unexpected offseason. 8.3, which will be released Jan 14 Things to do to prepare
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Rewrote guides for Classic AV and WSG Running KRs with WNNs - shoutouts to Cryler, Zignea, Webbley, Drexl, Hidebound, Loosechanj, Zeryl, and our visitor JP Have leveled up 5 more toons to 120 - Alliance warrior and mage; Horde mage, priest, and demon hunter. Horde nightborne monk is now 103; starting work on Zandalari shaman. Started a lightforged Draenei priest - level 26. Yes, Alliance. In war mode. Guested on PEOPLE OF AZEROTH Considering buying a new computer Mike Moved to Atiesh Pagle started falling apart Now in JunoEclipse’s guild That means I had to start my Lock and Priest all over again. Eh, that’s ok How to level up skinning and cooking so easily in Elwynn Why? Because when you get to Westfall you get level 80 recipes Playing a rogue is SO SLOW Exalted with Wavecrest Now I have to work on the turtles This Week in WoW Ongoing: WoW Anniversary Event, Feast of Winter Veil Winter Veil sleigh rides Globe yeti spawn rates significantly increased (1 minute instead of 30 minutes) Greatfather Pepe costume is a no-show Tuesday: World Quest Bonus Event News Classic Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley went live Paid character transfers Classic Winter Veil Retail Korrak’s Revenge - going until 7 January Learned about Korrak’s Revenge, and how Christy got us hooked Favorite stories from KRs - Christmas sweaters, Ren’s language issues, taking Zig through her first BG and then her owning them, Webbley’s laugh, the collective obsession with Stormpike Bowmen, Drexl’s bumming rides, and how Cryler single-handedly sabotaged an entire BG Why you never click anything in tunnels - or, how much fun is it to kick naughty mages XP and Korrak’s Revenge Can go in as low as level 10 when the Group Finder becomes available; have seen a level 12 in there Amount of XP you get increases as you go up in levels. Levels in some ways are depending on activities, but this is what I got for typical runs. In some ways, it depends on your effectiveness. At level 25, I got about 28% of a level for a win (1.07 % for a win) Level 40: 50% of a level for a win (1.2% per level) Level 50: 95% of a level for a win (1.9%) Level 62: 125% of a level for a win (2%) Level 103: nearly 2 levels for a win (2%) Lesson: doesn’t really make sense to go in until at least level 50. No epic speed land mount until 40; can’t get quests til level 60 Korrak: DO NOT KILL HIM THERE. Go to Zul’drak. 8.3 launch date announced: January 14
This week's Warcraft Lore discussion we continue our deep dive into the novel Rise of the Horde, by Christie Golden! This week we find out what Kil’jaeden’s little plan is to deal with Velen and the rest of the Draenei. BattleTags: Gin#12414 & Fear#1681 Become a patron over at https://patreon.com/morallygreypod You can contact the show by sending us an email: show@morallygreypod.com Gin was drinking Dragon’s Milk White by New Holland Brewing Co. Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UDETUy Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2L13fIt Listen to us over on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2GtS3yo Subscribe to us in iTunes: https://apple.co/2KWThaJ Listen to us in Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/7tWW Check us out online https://morallygreypod.com Join Us in Discord: http://discord.morallygreypod.com You can follow the show on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2ISdQ5H You can like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2W33X92
This week's Warcraft Lore discussion we go over four little short stories to get us caught up to the birth of Medivh next week. We talk a little Goblins, some Draenei and Ogre relations, also some Orc relations, and finally a little human and gnoll happy fun time. BattleTags: Gin#12414 & Fear#1681 Become a patron over at https://patreon.com/morallygreypod You can contact the show by sending us an email: show@morallygreypod.com Gin was drinking Enter Night by Stone Brewing Company Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UDETUy Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2L13fIt Listen to us over on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2GtS3yo Subscribe to us in iTunes: https://apple.co/2KWThaJ Listen to us in Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/7tWW Check us out online https://morallygreypod.com Join Us in Discord: http://discord.morallygreypod.com You can follow the show on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2ISdQ5H You can like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2W33X92
This week's Warcraft Lore discussion, Gin explains how the Draenei made their way to Draenor and changed the name of a planet forever! BattleTags: Gin#12414 & Fear#1681 Gin was drinking Cosmick Hazy IPA by Solid Ground Brewing Company You can contact the show by sending us an email: show@morallygreypod.com Become a patron over at https://patreon.com/morallygreypod Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2UDETUy Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2L13fIt Listen to us over on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2GtS3yo Subscribe to us in iTunes: https://apple.co/2KWThaJ Listen to us in Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/7tWW Check us out online https://morallygreypod.com Join Us in Discord: http://discord.morallygreypod.com You can follow the show on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2ISdQ5H You can like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2W33X92
Join in as we go through the epic journey that is Black Temple! We learn about the various rulers of this former Draenei Temple. Of course, there are plenty of voice lines to go around! It was an honor to guest on the 2 year anniversary of Frazlcast alongside Pat Krane and Lady Emma! Please give it a listen! Here's the original Blizzard cinematic for Black Temple! Check out the fantastic remastered version of the Black Temple trailer made by IKEdit!
We kick off year 2 of the show by exploring this former Naaru prison! You can hear me on episode 177 of Behind the Avatar as well as episode 6 of Scrubs vs the World! Don't forget that you can join the Dragon Powered Studio Discord! https://discord.gg/vnNxpYw
Join in as we get to know the Arakkoa! Adventure through Sethekk Halls and try to get your mount! We're now a proud part of the Dragon Powered Studios team! Check out the other members at dragonpoweredstudio.com Join the new Discord for the show at https://discord.gg/fGtpAyp Hear me gush about the Transmorpher Beacon on All Things Azeroth! http://www.allthingsazeroth.com/2019/03/all-things-azeroth-635-transmorphin-time/
We continue our exploration of Auchindoun this week by heading into Auchenai Crypts! We even learn a couple of interesting things along the way as we gain a new appreciate for this dungeon! You can hear myself and Starman from World of Warcast on Frazlcast episode 98! https://www.frazlcast.com/podcast/98
Featured Stories - Letter from Cindy Lou, Rizhak Meets the Greench and Velmic's Winter Veil Tale Sponsors: Smokeywood Pastures and Stormstout Brewery. 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 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/ Show notes and Credits: Opening Music: 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: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Winter Sounds in Rizhak Report https://freesound.org/people/daveincamas/sounds/65247/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) World of Warcraft Exodar Music used in The Inn-Side Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXseyytvgkg&t=2449s Closing Music: Innkeeper Music - Mists Of Pandaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9l7Zm3Mo8Q Logo Art Original Art by Toshmifune based on a 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.
Episode 63: War Without End (Season 3, Episodes 16 & 17)Synopsis: In which Jeffrey Sinclair returns and the fate of Babylon 4 is revealed.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517721/?ref_=ttep_ep16https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517722/?ref_=ttep_ep17http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/060.htmlhttp://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/061.htmlDo I need to lnk about Lucy and Ethel? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_LucyCreature Double Feature was a Saturday afternoon staple for those of us growing up in the Boston area in the 70s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m--ayWTBWi0Summaries of JMS's intended original plan, where we can see what the show might have looked like had Michael O'Hare stuck around and get Sinclair all the way through, including the spin-off show Babylon Prime. Interesting stuff here, but lots of spoilers if this is your first time through the show. Bringing B4 forward to be the new station in the spinoff is similar to what Jon has discussed with a sequel show to B5, set 1000 years down the road.http://www.republibot.com/content/hidden-evolution-babylon-5http://www.republibot.com/content/hidden-evolution-babylon-5-part-ii-%E2%80%9Cbabylon-prime%E2%80%9DMax the Cat makes a brief appearance at about 10:45. I know you've all been wondering what was up with him. Seriously, you do not want to get Chris started on the history of the Legion of Super Heroes, particularly in the post-Crisis/pre-Zero Hour era.The film Predestination is an adaptation of the story “All You Zombies” by Robert Heinlein and is the most brain breaking time travel I've encountered yet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_(film)Looper is up there in the running though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looper_(film)Star Trek's “Tomorrow is Yesterday” is a great episode, setting aside maybe the bit about the ship's computer being reprogrammed to be more “feminine.” http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Tomorrow_is_Yesterday_(episode)DS9's “Past Tense” http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Past_Tense,_Part_I_(episode)Star Trek: Discovery's “Calypso” https://io9.gizmodo.com/short-treks-dives-far-into-the-future-of-star-trek-with-1830339940 Chris is probably wrong here, I can't find any evidence that Aldis Hodge's character is actually joining the regular show, sadly.Legends of Tomorrow is the most bonkers show on television. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqRZJgA_IqMEl Ministerio del Tiempo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ministerio_del_TiempoTravelers season 3 drops in March 2019. Yay! https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/travelers/271433/travelers-season-3-release-date-news-and-moreDark season 2 is currently in production http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/dark/news/a860226/dark-season-2-opening-scene-filming-starts/San Dimas High School Football Rules!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted#Bill_&_Ted_Face_the_Music_(2020)12 Monkeys - the film, not the series, is also a great time travel mind bender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15s4Y9ffW_oTime After Time: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080025/?ref_=nv_sr_1And Somewhere in Time: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081534/?ref_=nv_sr_2TNG's “Parallels” featuring Riker with an even more glorious beard than usual http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Parallels_(episode)Credo, the board game of the Council of Nicea. Complete Jon and Chris-bait. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1304/credo-game-dueling-dogmasAleph Mattresses. Not our sponsor...yet. https://trustaleph.com/World of Warcraft's Draenei: https://wow.gamepedia.com/Draenei
Featured Stories - A War Report from Amon and The Inn-Side Story with Velmic Sponsors: The Tillers, Nesingwary Safari and Stormstot Brewery. 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 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/ Show notes and Credits: Opening Music: 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: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ World of Warcraft Exodar Music used in Dining with the Draenei -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXseyytvgkg&t=2449s Closing Music: Innkeeper Music - Mists Of Pandaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9l7Zm3Mo8Q Logo Art Original Art by Toshmifune based on a 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.
Featured Stories - Mysterious Events In Azeroth and a Review of The Hero's Welcome Sponsors: The Crane Wing Order at the Temple of the Red Crane and Stormstout Brewery. 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 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/ Show notes and Credits: Opening Music: 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: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ World of Warcraft Exodar Music used in Dining with the Draenei -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXseyytvgkg&t=2449s Closing Music: Innkeeper Music - Mists Of Pandaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9l7Zm3Mo8Q Logo Art Original Art by Toshmifune based on a 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.
Featured Stories - The return of the Draenei Velmic and a Dwarven Dispatch From Amon Sponsors: Nesingwary Safari, Herbalism Trainer Han Flowerbloom and Stormstout Brewery. 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 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/ Show notes and Credits: Opening Music: 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: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ World of Warcraft Exodar Music used in Interview with the Draenei -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXseyytvgkg&t=2449s Closing Music: Innkeeper Music - Mists Of Pandaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9l7Zm3Mo8Q Logo Art Original Art by Toshmifune based on a 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.
Featured Stories - Dwarven Dispatch From Amon and an Interview with a Draenei Sponsors: Nesingwary Safari, The Stars Bazaar and Stormstout Brewery. 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 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/ Show notes and Credits: Opening Music: 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: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ World of Warcraft Exodar Music used in Interview with the Draenei -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXseyytvgkg&t=2449s Closing Music: Innkeeper Music - Mists Of Pandaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9l7Zm3Mo8Q Logo Art Original Art by Toshmifune based on a 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.
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Discord: https://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Episode 264 Ren LIfe invasions continue - but for good reasons New microphone! (and why it’s a commitment stand-in) Seeing if I can resurrect the original Renata (but not til 6 PM tonight) Level 72 shaman Diablo III Contemplating a hardcore run for new Seasons (starts Nov 9) New undead murloc necromancer pet rocks Got Naxxy, and Pepe is uncomfortable on my Gilnean form witch hat Mike Horseman’s Reins Steamwheedle rep does work in Badlands And Tanaris Can’t really find any other post-cata quests. Is there something I’m missing because killing mobs for 2 rep each is not fun. Timewalking - got a 905 chest, iLvl went down one point lol. This Week in WoW Hallows End ends (Wed Nov 1) Day of the Dead starts (Nov 1 - Nov 3) World Quest Bonus Event starts (Tues Oct 31) News Shaman Challenge First two Finishers! Filius, with troll shaman Shameena reached level 110 in 4d 5h 44m and 14s. Jemela, Draenei shaman 2 days 10 hours 45 minutes, 41 seconds Token prices on the rise again - noted by Discord user JSHMLR 190k on US servers average, 290k on European servers Patch 7.3.2 - Documented changes Includes additional tuning for Antorus, but the raid isn’t open yet Balance druid and elemental shaman changes - Shamanistic Healing trait redesigned - now heals for increasing amount per rank (was fixed) with a fixed cooldown for 30 seconds (was 30 seconds minus 2 seconds per rank) Three new class hall missions giving follower armor rewards Added a Primal Sargerite vendor to the Vindicaar Can now sell a number of legacy class set items back to vendors *SPOILERS about the next expansion?* As of today, until Oct 31, Wowhead is giving away 15 Blizzcon Virtual Tickets. Visit Wowhead for entry details. It’s next week! Possible leak of the expansion title?
Discord: https://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Episode 264 Ren LIfe invasions continue - but for good reasons New microphone! (and why it’s a commitment stand-in) Seeing if I can resurrect the original Renata (but not til 6 PM tonight) Level 72 shaman Diablo III Contemplating a hardcore run for new Seasons (starts Nov 9) New undead murloc necromancer pet rocks Got Naxxy, and Pepe is uncomfortable on my Gilnean form witch hat Mike Horseman’s Reins Steamwheedle rep does work in Badlands And Tanaris Can’t really find any other post-cata quests. Is there something I’m missing because killing mobs for 2 rep each is not fun. Timewalking - got a 905 chest, iLvl went down one point lol. This Week in WoW Hallows End ends (Wed Nov 1) Day of the Dead starts (Nov 1 - Nov 3) World Quest Bonus Event starts (Tues Oct 31) News Shaman Challenge First two Finishers! Filius, with troll shaman Shameena reached level 110 in 4d 5h 44m and 14s. Jemela, Draenei shaman 2 days 10 hours 45 minutes, 41 seconds Token prices on the rise again - noted by Discord user JSHMLR 190k on US servers average, 290k on European servers Patch 7.3.2 - Documented changes Includes additional tuning for Antorus, but the raid isn’t open yet Balance druid and elemental shaman changes - Shamanistic Healing trait redesigned - now heals for increasing amount per rank (was fixed) with a fixed cooldown for 30 seconds (was 30 seconds minus 2 seconds per rank) Three new class hall missions giving follower armor rewards Added a Primal Sargerite vendor to the Vindicaar Can now sell a number of legacy class set items back to vendors *SPOILERS about the next expansion?* As of today, until Oct 31, Wowhead is giving away 15 Blizzcon Virtual Tickets. Visit Wowhead for entry details. It’s next week! Possible leak of the expansion title?
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Aprillian, Glanthur and Ashayo discuss another week of playing World of Warcraft, Blizzard's great MMORPG. Actually no Glanthur this week. But he'll be here next week. Write us at ctrlaltwow@gmail.com Visit us at http://ctrlaltwow.com If you get a chance, review us in iTunes and we'd be ever so grateful. What We've been Doing Aprillian Doing a couple of dailies a day on Aprillian. Mostly trying to get my DK's up so they can play with her. Friday Morning, grinding in Nagrand with theprimall. Didn't realize it was possible for a zombie to loot. Theprimall dinged 63 at 7:11am on Friday and I've been playing her straight through on the train to Washington. She's grinding in the Spirit field, there are mobs galore. Got to 63.5 by BWI Airport at 12:30p In the Train station grinding the Vir'Ani and killed an Arcanist, a Four of Lunacy dropped In Chicago playing in the First Class Lounge, Theprimall dinged 64. She went to the Consortium's camp and turned in over a 100 [Oshu'gun Crystal Fragment]. Then I logged off and went to the website so I can change her name and appearance and I'm thinking of doing a Figure print with her. Then I pulled out Epril to do get her to 64. I'm doing it mostly because at 64 they can get the quests in Nagrand, especially the nessingwary, I love those Renamed ThePrimall to Elyte. I was surprised that was available. I had them grinding in Oshu'Gun because once they hit 64, they can turn in the following quest: Stealing from theives A Head full of ivory Epril dinged 64, then went to Garadand and picked up a mess of quests. Then I decided I want to level a Priest with RAF. I made a Troll Priest and teamed her with my level 6 Orc Shaman who hadn't done the starting are quest there because I took her to Eversong Woods to farm eggs with a BE Hunter. I do not want a way to start at a certain level on any race/class like the DK. This is a horrible idea and would make it impossible for new people to ever get into WoW. Took the twins Epril and Elyte to Ebon Hold for Training. DK training is expensive. Good thing they made money grinding. I don't know what the time limit is but I am sure glad that when you dc, you don't get put back in queue if you log back in right away Lost internet for a while. But when it came back the queue was way too long, went to Lethon server. Got back on later Sunday night, short queue, everybody must be going back to work/school tomorrow. Was actually on a 3G network for a while and able to Dual Box Epril and Elyte. Doing the Nessingwary quest, too bad I don't have a skinner. Got this [Crystalblade of the Draenei] in Nagrand. Crystalblade of the Draenei Binds when equipped One-Hand Sword 70 - 131 Damage Speed 1.60 (62.8 damage per second) 195 Armor +18 Stamina Durability 90 / 90 Requires Level 66Equip: Increases defense rating by 13 (6.76 @ L66). Elyte turned in the osh powder and got her first Halla token. I am thinking of trying the whole pvp aspect in Nagrand this week Ashayo Gobu invited to raid for Vault of Archavon - an instance you can run when you own Wintersgrasp Very quick instance - about 10 minutes, and the boss drops tier 7 loot. Unfortunately you can only run once a week. Tried to run the 25 man variant with 10 players ; cleared the trash fine, but not enough DPS for the boss. Then headed to The Obsidium Sanctum underneath Wyrmrest. Jekle and Hiide started questing in Howling Fjord. Probably only done a dozen or so thus far, but quite enjoyable! Hiide even ran an instance! Dills tanked on his DK and Cairubel healed on her druid. Jekle has healed Utgarde Keep - with Aprillian! Asheal is now fully Holy Tried healing oculus - failed on last boss (while mounted) Heal Heroic Utgarge Keep Try to heal Culling of Strat ; wipeage NYE Alliance Boss raid - Ashayo now has a [Black War Bear] Starting Knights of the Ebon Blade quest lines in Icecrown Death Knight is levelling waaay fast - currently 65 just by running some instances. Levelling Engineering to 300. Jumper Cables. Quest for mote extractor schematic Achievement Day! Heroic Halls of Lightning Timely Death - kill in under 2 mins Halls of Lightning Northrend Dungeonmaster Timear Foresees - 4 x daily dungeon quests AQ40 achievement Exalted with Wyrmrest Accord - Sandals of the Crimson Fury, Reins of the Red Drake Cracked Egg - White Tickbird Hatchling, Cobra Hatchling Chef disappointment - Got Captain Rumsey's Lager from daily fishing - Did the Dinner Impossible by presenting Great Feast in each Battleground - Did "The Northrend Gourmet" to cook 30 Northrend recipes... and didn't get Chef. - Chef says "The Northrend Gour..." - but it refers to the 45 version, and there arn't even that many in the game at 3.0.3 :( Blade's Edge Ugh... hey guys... Blade here... With the Winter Veil festivities all week long in real life, ol' Blade hasn't spent a lot of time in Azeroth... so nothing's really changed... I DO have a Dwarf Guardian character in Lord of the Rings Online, though... a result of someone's valiant effort to show ol' Blade that there are other games out there... other than WoW... ... but Ol' Blade wasn't fooled for a second... What with presents-giving, nog-drinking and visiting of little-sprog relatives... Ol' Blade hasn't had a lot of extra time to throw together a long narrative-style email like I usually do... So here's the nitty-gritty... From the 'Dirty Little Tricks' Department: Following the macro thread I started before... something for Warriors... specifically the Protection-specc'd tanks out there... with the Night of the Living Deathknights (aka Wrath of the Lich King) having spawned all kinds of new and OP tanks, plus Paladins have been spoon-fed their tanking greatness for a while now (wait for it... there's more coming for them in the 3.0.8 patch... a ranged taunt!) Ridiculous, I say. Warriors seem to be being left in the proverbial dust. We / they did get a little bit of a pat on the back with the Protection talent tree revamp in 3.0... quite a few warriors are now leveling as Protection-spec tanks now... but how to make it just THAT much more /awesome? Ol' Blade's got your back, he does... So here's some love for the First-Among-Tanks... the Original and (in Blade's not-so-humble opinion) Best... The Warriors. It's a simple macro... more for saving space on your hot-key bar... and it's great now that Charge can be used in combat... no more stance dancing! /Charge /Taunt Yep. That's it. Again... they're on different timers, so you end up Charging in guns a-blazing, and drop a taunt pretty much the moment you hit the mob. Nifty! Spam it again in six seconds... you can't charge (cause you're too close) but Taunt works just fine! Let's add to it... just to spice things up... Toss in a /cast Thunder Clap as a third line... it won't cast it the first time (when you initiate combat), but any successive times you cast your Charge/Taunt macro, it will Thunder Clap all the nearby mobs... this one's a bit tricky... as TC is on a separate timer, it will Thunder Clap WHEN you hit the macro... if you're too low on Rage to have TC go off, it's fine... all other times, you'll look like you just got blasted away from your Thunder Clap... good for dropping a large chunk of threat on the mobs surrounding you as you speed off to intercept the aggro off the healer... Voila. You're now a Paladin (get it? aoe attack spam?)... without all that mamby-pamby healing 'Oh noes! I'm getting attacked! /bubble /hearth' nonsense. And from Ol' Blade's Easter Egg basket: Ol' Blade and Mrs. Blade have been watching some older movies of late... and one sorta stuck in my head... because it reminded me of the Arcane Protectors in the starting lowbie-Blood Elf zone... it seems both they and Robocop have the same Prime Directives... "Serve the Public Trust"... "Protect the Innocent"... and "Uphold the Law"... Also... the Alliance zone of Elwood Forest is home to many things... Hogger, the level 11elite Gnoll that is the bane of all Alliance players over level 10... as you will inevitably get at least one /tell asking you to 'Hlp kill Hoger plz' as you pass through the zone... ... but did you know there's a Lumberjack in Elwood Forest? One that 'is ok' and 'works all day'...? As a Horde, I don't think I can get him to talk without sticking a shiv between his ribs... but I'm sure you Alliance types could get a few words out of him... he's at the Eastvale Logging Camp. He's named Terry Palin... after Terry Jones and Michael Palin, the Monty Python members and writers of the 'Lumberjack Song'... That's all for this week... next week, I'll share some of my (mis) adventures in Ironforge! As always, an awesome podcast guys... Blade Email Email #1 from Mimdalf Just a note from a fellow guildee, Mimdalf to say Hello, and your doing a great job. Such good chemistry on your show. -- In Fraternitas Email #2 from Mo Hello all at Ctrl alt wow, and listerns, and i guess the Alliance, :) I dinged 80 finally, on my main main, that is the first character i ever made, oh some 3+years ago; Motauren on Balanzzar, yes he is a tauren warrior if you did not guess from the name :) I think you have covered dailies for northrend but would you please suggest any good pointers, possible addons as im an addonholic as well ;/, I have just started doing dailies for some factions and even started the cooking. I was sad that i can only do one perday, what is the deal with that? well thank you as always and another quick point, following up an email from last week, about leveling your weapon skills; depending on what level you are, i usually try to level weapons as i level, but if you are 80 and trying to get the achievements, i find low instances the best places to skill them up. Especially if you need the instance achievements anyways. As a warrior, i am also a weaponholic, i like using all weapons, well I would like to but only my axe is a real weapon for big boy land. Hope you all have/had a great new year and enjoy wowing, -- Mo Email #3 First, wanted to let you know that the Collector's Edition arrived right on time and I gave Frosty to my husband for Christmas, so now he won't feel so left out when my daughter and I have our Frosty pets out :-) Our two guilds of real life friends and family try to run instances, but since we're all pretty casual players and most of us are altoholics, it can be a little challenging. Getting 5 people together with the same 3 hour block of time to play is one thing (and I could write a whole other email about that), figuring out what instance to do and who to bring can take on a life of its own as well. We wind up with a some memorable instance runs, like when we went through Deadmines with 4 draenai shaman and one crazy, gnome warlock. There were so many totems that you couldn't see the gnome at all, though you knew she was there, because all the mobs were attacking her. Thank goodness shaman can resurrect. Or the all female, Night Elf Druid runs, punctuated with yells of 'Going Bear!' as the designated healer pulls aggro and then everyone else switches to their backup roll. We designate two teams of druids: the tank team (one would bear, one cat) and the healing team (one casting, one cat) and switch as needed either because of a terrible pull or when running out of mana. Not to leave the horde out of it, our horde guild is named Hunters'R'Us, so you can guess what kind of groups we put together there. Five hunters and their pets rampaging through an instance makes for much chaotic fun. We also have to be very flexible in our play styles. Depending on who else is on the run, I may be tanking with my gorilla or off-tanking or pulling out my core hound for dps. We also run lower level toons through with some high level help (makes it easier when we can only get three people together). Those runs are fun for the high level toon, since you get to decimate an instance that probably killed you a few times before, and it's good practice for the low level toons: we use the time to try out different shot or spell rotations without worrying too much about wiping the party. Our only problem is the lack of healers. We're working hard to level some paladins and priests to help with healing. So, any tips for leveling healers would be great. Your podcast just keeps getting better. It's fun when Glanthur can join you (to bring a third viewpoint and a little Alliance love) and Blade's letters are awesome. I especially liked his tip about Aspect of the Beast. Keep up the great work! For the Horde and Glory to the Alliance! Karen (I have too many alts and they are all so different, I'm going to stick with my RL identity) Horde on Arathor Alliance on Uther Email #4 from Chad Hi, Long time follower of the show, first time player considering trying my hand at recruit-a-friend/dual boxing. First of all I must say that I love my alts and and sorry that I didn't beat a certain someone to 70. I've been playing for a year and love to try as many characters and classes. I have many tunes near or at lvl 30. I only have one tune that I've stayed with past 30 (Thingoll lve 64 hunter on the Sentinal server) and only did so in order to be able to play a Death Knight. I'm going to be taking part in the recruit a friend program this weekend and was wondering what do you think should be the classes that I should consider running first. thanks, Chad Hi Aprillian, I heard that I won again. I feel a little guilty, so I have decided to send my winnings to another guildie who could use it. Please send an authenticator to: Address Removed He is a friend of mine and plays Asterien in the guild. PS - please reply with all of your show email addresses. Thanks _________________ Email # 5 from Forlornelf Subject: Hi From Forlornelf lv 80 DK on Khaz'goroth Message: Congrats to Aprillian on 70 ! Question for Blade, have you seen the little pack of critters, four deer and four mice, that wander about together up by the Refurbished Shredders in the Venture Bay PVP area?
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