Podcasts about highmaul

Today's hosts: Bentolas, Gershom, and Woolly So back in 2004 there was an episode of South Park where a cyborg from the future - the year 2034 to be precise - traveled back in time to destroy Cartman's Dawson's Creek trapper keeper. I don't know what's crazier - that we are now CLOSER to 2034 than we are to the year that episode came out, or that South Park is still going. I mean, I'm not gonna complain. We have a review from the very man himself, Thrall! Thrall says: Dear..."entertainers," I just...why? Why in the name of the ancestors would you name your podcast after my testicles? I'm quite disturbed, and to be honest, I was very concerned about Nazgrim ever since he first uttered the troublesome phrase. Just...why? Anyway, I decided to listen anyway, and...Jesus christ. This is a sentence I never thought I'd say, but I never thought my balls would come to be associated with such vulgarity. I award you no stars, and may the Arbiter have mercy on your souls. Oh, and I really don't appreciate the comments about my mother. You've got a lot of growing up to do, buddy. Suck my balls. Sometime later: Update, I listened to a few more episodes and I get it. I am proud to have my mighty meaties associated with this show. Keep up the good work! Okay, here's actually what's happening - I think it would be fun to speculate what different lore characters would think of TB, so from time to time we're gonna reach into the aether and find out xD If you want to send a real review, email us: ThrallsBallsPodcast@gmail.com! You can also leave a review on the podcast directory at bonusroll.gg or on iTunes! Mixed Drink of the Week (Bentolas - Thunderbrew) -1 full black cherry whiteclaw -blackhouse liquor -shot of hypnotiq Next week: Gershom (?) Question of the week New question: What is happening on Alternate Azeroth? Wrong answers only! Answer in Discord: Thrallsballs.com Answer on SM: @ThrallsBallsPod Answer in email: ThrallsBallsPodcast@gmail.com Trivia! 1. Name both Horde and Alliance "city" hubs. (Stormshield and Warspear) 2. By doing which activity could a player be rewarded with the heirloom ring "Admiral Taylor's Loyalty Ring?" (garrison shipyard) 3. What is the name of the cat-like race found in Fang'rila? (Saberon) 4. What was the level cap in WoD? 5. During the WoD intro questline, what is the name of the orc who demands 100 kills in his arena? (Kargath Bladefist) 6. In which zone is the entrance to the Highmaul raid? (Nagrand) 7. What is the name of the world boss in the northern part of Tanaan Jungle? (Supreme Lord Kazzak) 8. Who is the final boss of the 2nd raid of WoD? (Blackhand, blackrock foundry) 9. Softball question: Which zones are the horde garrison and the alliance garrison? (Frostfire Ridge and Shadowmoon Valley) 10. How many levels/tiers can a garrison be? (3) Follow us in the places @Woolly08 @HunterGershom @Bentolas_Outlaw @ThrallsBallsPod on twt insta and tiktok email us thrallsballspodcast@gmail.com leave a review in the podcast directory at bonusroll.gg join discord thrallsballs.com

After reading part of an email, we jump back into the Highmaul raid! Complete with walking mountains, arguing twins, and power hungry ogres.  If you don't mind 9.1 spoilers, please check out episode 18 of Live, Laugh, Lore! Gin and I had a lot of fun digging into them. ---------------------------------- tinyurl.com/dfpodmerch https://www.patreon.com/dungeonfables warcraftradio.com/directory www.twitch.tv/aliandras

This week we get to know the alternate ogres better as we explore Highmaul! Complete with lore dives, gladiator fights, and mushroom hugging! This part one of the raid features 3 bosses and some ogre fun! -------------------------------------- tinyurl.com/dfpodmerch https://www.patreon.com/dungeonfables warcraftradio.com/directory www.twitch.tv/aliandras

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Alludra: The Nomads wander into Diablo for season 4! Tetsemi: Patch 6.2.2 is set drop on Sept 1st. Mkallah: AIE PvP is set for Sept 5th Alludra: Happy second anniversary of the Star Wars Escape Podcast! Tetsemi: We have Beefmaster here to talk about all of the fun from The Summer of Love! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/MzbhVfVchcY Open Mkallah: - Welcome to episode #239 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah: To my literal right is Tetsemi: - (say something here). And my left over there cleaning up the mess, we have Alludra: (Hey AIE, I think you're awesome ). This week we are joined by special guest Beefmaster who is here to give us a wrap-up of all the fun around the Summer of Love! Welcome! Ok, we'll be wrapping up the Summer Of Love shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community Guildie of the Month- we know that AIE members are out there, every day, being ambassadors to our community! Make sure you take the time and recognize each other- Jehdai is always looking for Guildie of the month nominations- contact him on the forums via PM, or email GOTM@aie-guild.org. Imperium Ludi/Nomads With Season 4 of Diablo III starting, the Nomads are roaring back into the game. Please check the AIE Nomad Calendar of Events to see when they'll be on and ready to level https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cTRlZjAyazFwYXI4aTQ3NW10cGw0N3NlcW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Discussion thread is here http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56614-nomads-awakes-from-their-slumber And don't forget the Minecraft server and the Nomad's Modpack which got mentioned on Curse gaming! http://www.curse.com/spotlight/mc-modpacks/50576-modpack-spotlight-aie-nomads http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56383-aie-nomads-server Hearthstone's new expansion, The Grand Tournament is dropping tomorrow, August 24th, with tons of new cards. Join all your friends, while the meta is crazy, and explore the new expansion. Over 130 new cards will be available. WoW Sept 1st patch 6.2.2 (Flying in Draenor and PvP Mercenary Mode) is set to drop. There is also a new currency, called Timewalking Badges which you can use to buy gear at new vendors that will appear during Timewalking events. (New toys, mounts, and gear that scales up to the characters level at time of purchase). Legendary Ring Quest Line New weekly quests have been added to help players catch-up in earlier stages of the Legendary Ring Quest Line for Highmaul and Blackrock Foundry. PTR Patch notes - http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19820046/622-patch-notes-patch-arriving-september-1-8-19-2015 Forum user Blamrob has started a Warlords of Draenor Bucket List post in the forums. Join in and see what other folks are aiming for before Warlords is done (not soon enough …) http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56631-warlords-of-draenor-bucket-list EVE An AIE PvP Tournament is scheduled for Sept 5, 2015 @ 2200z (Eve Time). Solo and 3v3 PVP events are planned, rules and prize listings are coming, be sure to watch the post in the forums http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56610-aieu-pvp-tournament-2015 SWTOR It's the 2 year anniversary of the Star Wars Escape Podcast, please drop some congratulations in the forums thread started by Arveshet. Happy 2 years SEPC! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56661-happy-anniversary-sepc Also, don't forget the ongoing forum thread for the Podcast itself. Episode 104 just recorded last week and covers the Secrets of the Cartel Market http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast Tuesdays are Mandatory Fun Nights, join in the fun. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/53691-tuesday-mandatory-fun-night TSW TSW Issue #12 is going to be dungeon focused, there will be changes to how Lairs work, and tokens will get consolidated.

This weeks news including all things patch 6.2 since it is now live. Good lore section on Lycan. Ashran changes and raiding news. Gearing for PvP for Warlords Season 2 which is still unannounced. Highmaul and Blackrock Foundry 20% damage reduction nerf. pwncastdailyquest.comtwitch.tv/pwncast

Sunnier and Arielle do a retrospective on T17, and how Warlords has felt so far in terms of tanking. 00:50 - Intro02:10 - Hit/Expertise Removal03:15 - Versatility06:45 - Reforging13:30 - Vengeance/Resolve14:30 - Highmaul32:30 - Blackrock Foundry57:20 - Tank Balance in T171:07:00 - Tertiary Stats1:10:00 - Questions

http://d20crit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/The-Edge-Full-Show-003.mp3 On this week's episode of The Edge.... The gang talks about the release of 6.1, the timing of Blackrock Foundry and Highmaul, the Darkmoon Faire updates, the conclusion of the US and World first races, and the introduction of 30 day game tokens into World of Warcraft!

Theck and Arielle talk about tanking the various encounters in Heroic Highmaul.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mkallah: Welcome to Blackrock Foundry Alludra: AIE's 8th Anniversary is coming Tetsemi: Looking for more Nerfherders Mkallah: STO wants to give you anniversary gifts Alludra: And we are joined by Lanctharus All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/s_4xLRDFG7c Welcome to episode # 224 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. This is Tetsemi- and I am saying what ever Mkallah wrote for me! With me as always, is Alludra. (“Hey, AIE, I think you're awesome”). And right over there, we have Mkallah (There are chai latte cupcakes in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Lanctharus) who us here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft. Welcome! Ok, we'll be talking with Lanc shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE NEWS WoW - Mk - Blackrock Foundry Normal and Heroic and a World boss Rukhmar became available this past week. Mythic difficulty for Blackrock Foundry becomes available this Tuesday, February 10th. http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/4685-Blackrock-Foundry-Opens-this-Week WatcherDev (Blizzard) explains Blackrock Foundry tuning - Lead Game Designer Ion Hazzikostas took to the forums to better explain Blizzard's philosophy on Blackrock Foundry's difficulty tuning. If you've been raiding it this week, you probably noticed it's a little harder to progress than Highmaul was at the beginning. According to Watcher, Blackrock Foundry is not meant to make Highmaul immediately obsolete. They still expect you to fully progress through Highmaul before you can realistically tackle Blackrock Foundry. Normal mode Highmaul had an expectation of players coming in with heroic dungeon gear, but Blackrock Foundry is tuned for players in full raid gear (including the first few “easy” bosses). Later bosses are tuned with even more player item level in mind http://blizzardwatch.com/2015/02/06/watcher-explains-blackrock-foundry-tuning/ WoW Stable at 10+ Million Subscribers - Blizzard had their Q4 2014 earning call recently and announcing that WoW was still at 10+ million subscribers at the end of 2014. This is the same as the mid November announcement that listed WoW at 10+ million subscribers. http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/4694-WoW-Stable-at-10-Million-Subscribers Alludra -And, in case you haven't noticed- Love is in the Air - right now through February 16th, WOW's annual Valentine's Day event is in full swing. The Love is in the Air event offers a variety of rewards, including two mounts, two pets, and many achievements (One of which is totally impossible unless you have REALLY cool friends). Icy Veins has a great guide to you through everything you need to know to complete the event, which we have linked in the show notes. http://www.icy-veins.com/wow/love-is-in-the-air-2015 Also, If you are a craft faire staff member, or are interested in the craft faire, there is a meeting at on February 13 at 10 pm server time. And if you want to help out with craft faire, whisper the mistress of the faire, Syreyne in game or DM her on the forums. AIE Anniversary Events- Tet- AIE's official 8th anniversary is February 15, and plans are underway to celebrate the momentous occasion. Not only are we planning on having some huge guests for the show next Sunday, but the AIE officers and guildies are busy planning events for the celebration. Nevermore has a meet and greet planned for Saturday 14, from noon to 2 server. Come celebrate AIE's anniversary in mumble- learn more about the guild and your fellow guildies! Sparrow is leading a PvP Event- the plan is to assault Ashran with a might, fury and humor seldom seen on the field of battle. A raid group will be started at 2pm server (other groups can be started as needed) and we will run the road, the events, and any rares that pop up in Ashran until 6pm server. If you have ever been confused or nervous about Ashran...

This week we sat down with two world first racers in Justwait and Riggnaros. We talk about Brewmasters, raid comps, how Highmaul faired and Blackrock Foundry. Show Links Justwait @justw8 Riggnaros @riggnaros

This week we sat down with two world first racers in Justwait and Riggnaros. We talk about Brewmasters, raid comps, how Highmaul faired and Blackrock Foundry. Show Links Justwait @justw8 Riggnaros @riggnaros

This week, the CtR crew found out that Blackrock Foundry (the next raid instance) will be coming February 3, sooner than many players anticipated! While some are undoubtedly relieved to be moving on, is there concern that the beginning of this expansion is moving just as quickly as Mists of Pandaria? Or was Highmaul really supposed to be more of an introductory raid that would lead into the “real raiding” of Blackrock? There’s more information data mined from Patch 6.1 from the test servers, including character model updates, better colorblind options, and UI changes. But why are the Blizzard developers changing the male Night Elf run?   Also: Convert to Raid (the guild) celebrates their second anniversary, “Veteran Accounts” explained, how to take your team to the mythic level and what you can expect along the way, a technical look at resto druids, your questions and so much more!

RogerBrown from Method joins us this week on the Hunting Party Podcast. Darkbrew, Artemishowl, Delirium and Bendak talk to RogerBrown on a variety of topics including the Highmaul race to first, what spec he's playing, the upcoming Blackrock Foundry raid, and changes coming in patch 6.1.Episode 210 is currently scheduled for February 1, 2015.

Jeff and Christian welcome Alex Berg from UCB Theatre, Key & Peele, Reno 911, and more back to the show to discuss Call of Duty in China, no Nintendo in Brazil, 2400 MS-DOS games emulated in your browser, the WGA writing awards for video games, Blizzard's Overwatch trademark troubles, WoW's "Veteran Mode" and more! For the Playlist, Alex is playing The Swapper and Dragon Age: Inquisition, Christian is playing Far Cry 4, and Jeff describes raiding Highmaul in WoW: Warlords of Draenor. In Tabletop Time, Alex loves cooperative deduction in Hanabi, and Jeff introduces his wife to Caverna, and his nephew to Monza.

Jeff and Christian welcome Alex Berg from UCB Theatre, Key & Peele, Reno 911, and more back to the show to discuss Call of Duty in China, no Nintendo in Brazil, 2400 MS-DOS games emulated in your browser, the WGA writing awards for video games, Blizzard's Overwatch trademark troubles, WoW's "Veteran Mode" and more! For the Playlist, Alex is playing The Swapper and Dragon Age: Inquisition, Christian is playing Far Cry 4, and Jeff describes raiding Highmaul in WoW: Warlords of Draenor. In Tabletop Time, Alex loves cooperative deduction in Hanabi, and Jeff introduces his wife to Caverna, and his nephew to Monza.

The guys are back with a brand new show in the brand new year! Over the break, the last boss of the Highmaul raid was released in the Looking for Raid difficulty. Did LFR live up to the promise of Blizzcon 2013 as being “tourist mode,” or were there unexpected results? The CtR crew weighs in, and Dairies response may surprise you! Patch 6.1 hits the test realms, and the data mining has already gone deep! The guys will give you some of the big highlights, which include a Legendary garrison follower, a couple of new toys, a new mount, and more. Blackrock Foundry is also set to release around the time 6.1 should be hitting live servers in late February. How does the timing compare to that of Mists of Pandaria, and what do we know about this new schedule for raid releases? The 10th Anniversary events wrap up this week, but how have they been received? MMO-Champion.com released some statistics over the break, and the players will give you the low down. Will we see more content like this in the future, and was there a point that Blizzard was trying to prove during these events?   Plus, Ghostcrawler tweets about WoW, Blizzard hotfixes may save the game, a lonely panda hits level 95, and a whole lot more in this week’s return of Convert to Raid!

Darkbrew, Delirium, Bendak and Alisaunder ring in 2015 with episode 208. This week we discuss Survival's continued rise in popularity. We tell you whether or not it's advantageous to use Explosive Trap in single target situations. We also give you some tips on how ensure success on those lucrative Highmaul follower missions.Artemishowl and Solarflair were out this week, but we'll try and get the entire gang back for Episode 209 on January 18th.Happy New Year!

This week we are joined by Rotund and Hinalover and we talk about how windwalker’s are stacking up in Highmaul. We talk about viability, stats and 2h vs 1h as well as our favorite topic, mastery. This week’s episode is sponsored by Realm Maintenance who donated a Pandaren Monk pet! The giveaway is as follows: Submit […]

This week we are joined by Rotund and Hinalover and we talk about how windwalker’s are stacking up in Highmaul. We talk about viability, stats and 2h vs 1h as well as our favorite topic, mastery. This week’s episode is sponsored by Realm Maintenance who donated a Pandaren Monk pet! The giveaway is as follows: Submit […]

The CtR crew is back for one last hilarious, informative show before 2015! The race to world first may be over, but not all of the top 20 have crossed the finish line. The guys check in on the standings, and tell you how Blizzard may have screwed it all up for the competition in Highmaul. Looking for Raid Wing 2 opened this week, named Arcane Sanctum, and features Tectus, Twin Ogron and Ko’ragh. LFR heroes are finding out that mechanics matter, and players are dying! So is this still “tourist mode,” or are we seeing a step up in difficulty? Blizzard announced several plans for patch 6.1 and beyond, like the new Blood Elf models, a Legendary follower for your garrison, a tab for heirloom items similar to pets and mounts, and being able to tweet from in-game. But there were some surprises in that announcement, like Blizzard announcing that they will be overhauling the UI so that people will be able to follow the action in War Games skirmishes! Soon™, tournament organizers may be able to have a true spectator mode, which could mean future improvements for PvE as well! Also, Blizzard announced that they are developing a way for players to purchase tradable game-time token with real dollars to see for gold. What does this mean for the economy of WoW, and does that mean we may be heading to a “pay to win” model?   Happy Winter Veil, and a Happy New Year from Convert to Raid. We’ll see you next year!

Hey everyone! This week on the show we talk about all the plans Blizzard has for World of Warcraft in 2015, Blizzard thinks about game-time tokens, Highmaul has a World First, and Winter Veil begins for players across Azeroth! Throw in a discussion of what we want to see in Warcraft through 2015, a quick recap of our 6 months so far, and a festive message for you all (its right at the very end), and you have Episode 22 of Geeks of Azeroth!

Hey everyone! This week on the show, Tarley and Zul talk about the new Blood Elf models, new mount and pet battles, the recent Ask Me Anything developer talks, Blizzard bringing in the festive cheer, and the Alliance Chopper finally goes on sale in Stormwind! Throw in news on the opening of Warlords of Draenor’s first raid, Highmaul, Tarley talks about the Nagrand ending (spoilers!), and much more, and you have episode 20 of Geeks of Azeroth!

Knights of Ebon Episode 06 - Warlords of Death Knights Introduction: Welcome to Episode 06 of Knights of the Ebon podcast. This is YOUR Death Knight podcast in the World of Warcraft. Each show, I, Epicinsanity, bring you the latest details on the greatest class in the game… The Death Knight. Each show I discuss relevant news, my weekly topic and some helpful tips & tricks to help you improve your game. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show! This episode was recorded on Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 and released the same day. On this weeks show, Epicinsanity breaks down all the hotfixes, rotation changes, stat priorities, and level 100 talents for each spec of Death Knights. He also breaks down the trash in the Highmaul raid, as well as giving some Death Knight specific strategies for the first three bosses: Kar'gath, The Butcher and Tectus. Where to Find Us: Twitter: @KnightsOfEbon, @FrozeNerdz Website: www.FrozeNerdz.com E-Mail: KnightsOfEbon@FrozeNerdz.com Personal Twitter: @Epic_Insanity

-Giving away not one, but TWO copies of Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition! 1. There will be a special codeword in one of the commercial breaks, just email that codeword to sheepmoonblog@gmail.com and win! 2. One will be given away randomly to Followers of twitch.tv/deededee and twitch.tv/rivalcastmedia -First Impressions of Highmaul! -guildaudit.com a fantastic new tool for raid leaders! -Dissecting Blizzard interviews with other shows since we can't get an interview of our own! Please email questions, comments, song requests and critiques of the show to sheepmoonblog@gmail.com or tweet @sheep_moon *Now for the secret part of these show notes! I'm just going to type out random song lyrics, because reasons. Feel free to google the lyrics and follow along. BACK TO BACK! Death comes arrivin’ on a Midnight Train! BACK TO BACK! Conscience is screamin’ to the End! BACK TO BACK! Cannot let anyone do it again! BACK TO BACK! I can no longer pretend! Gimmie a Break, you Damned! Just wanna get back my Dice again… BLAZING DOWN! What a Heavy Day!

The Highmaul raid opened this week, and Darkbrew, Solarflair, Bendak and Delirium have you covered with Hunter tips for each encounter in Normal and Heroic.We also look at how the different specs are faring, and discuss the plight of Hunters who don't wish to play the Marksmanship spec.Our next show is scheduled for Sunday, December 21st. If you're good, Greatfather Winter might just let Artemishowl come out and play.

It’s been well over a year since our last new raid in WoW, and the CtR crew cannot wait until the Highmaul raid opens on Tuesday (Dec. 2)! So the guys have a special introduction to all of the new bosses and what you might be able to expect when you meet them for the first time. Patch 6.0.3 landed this week, and there were a number of fixes and changes in Blizzard’s first attempt for better class balance this expansion. The gang will go over some of the bigger spell changes and talk about how it might affect your play.   Also, more tips and tricks for your Garrisons, early WoD stats from MMO-Champion, the new Blood Elf character models, and more on another fun-filled episode!

After getting a baseline for professions in Warlords of Draenor last week, I'm back just in the very nick of time this week to talk about what to expect in this first week of raiding in Highmaul.  I talk in depth about Enchanting, Alchemy, Cooking, Crafted Epic Gear, and Darkmoon Trinkets - all after covering the big news on the dust buffs, the mine nerfs, and the updating of wowuction to include info on all the new professions.I also give a preview of content to come later this month for the show, including a spreadsheet I've been ironing out that's pre-loaded with all the stuff we can make with professions in Warlords of Draenor.  Full show notes are, of course, available after the break - Enjoy!!Episode 31 of Late Nite With Stede - Show NotesIntroGood evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Episode 31 of the Late Nite With Stede Goldmaking Podcast.  I’m your host, Stede Bonnet - and I want to thank you for listening.  Before we launch into the opening of Highmaul this week, I wanna take a minute to let you know that you can find more Late Nite With Stede on my website - www.LNWS.net - you can also find the show on Stitcher & on iTunes - so if you like the show, be sure to subscribe.   Alright, today is Monday, December 1st.===PODCAST NEWS===-  On the last episode, I spent some time talking about how WoD was shaking out so far.  It seems like it was weeks ago in terms of how much has happened since then.  I’ve had a number of folks asking me what they should be making in order to make gold.  The category pages on The Undermine Journal have yet to be updated, and given the variable nature of cooldown yields on toons - and via work orders - it’s a bit difficult to accurately calculate costs.Not that it’s a big problem at this point since most craftables that use soulbound cooldown reagents are bringing rain on the Auction House, but it’s one of those structural sticking points that may cause TUJ to take awhile in updating its information.  Not to mention that Erorus, the creator of TUJ, now works at Wowhead and is probably pretty busy.Back on topic about the preview of tonight’s topic - I’ll be talking about what you need to know about making stuff now - the first week of raids - and how I think the rest of December is going to shake out in terms of profession markets.===WoW NEWS===We had a few big changes in game this week.  Most notably the buff to disenchanting yields for dust.  It seems like 4 times out of 5, rare items - that’s blues - will now DE into a bunch of dust - like 6-10 or so.  This is causing a major correction in the dust and shard markets as shards become less common and therefore, more expensive - and dust settles down to values where it actually makes sense to start hitting your work orders.Which, a lot of you would think means cheaper crystals - since the work orders are now flowing once again.  And you’d be right on the money - there are a lot more crystals sitting under 600g on my server than there were before this change.  And that’s a market I’ll talk more about a bit later in the show.We also had a nerf to the yield rate from farming ore nodes in your garrison’s mine.  Regular nodes give 2 ore, and rich ones give 4 - sometimes 5.  The result was that - where I used to be running a surplus of ore on my toon with Blacksmithing & Jewelcrafting, using a L2 mine, I’m now running a slight deficit.It seems like a small tuning change, but imagine how that reverberates over tens of thousands of toons on a server.  This is a correction that may take a bit longer to play out.  And I think Blizzard was smart not to use the heavy hand here, because there are other factors that will be coming into play that will naturally nerf the amount of ore on the AH - which I will talk about a bit later.Last bit of news for this past week was that most all of the crafted gear got a 5 ilvl boost to the 3rd upgrade stage - which should help keep them competitive.  Remember that your raid drops have fixed secondary stats, and may not be very useful for some specs.===Goldmaking NEWS===Wowuction has updated the profession pages on its site and the CSV feeds that some of you may be using in your spreadsheets are now correctly populating the item names for the crafted gear.  This makes life so much easier for spreadsheeters and I want to give a tip of the hat to the wowuction folks on a job well done in a short amount of time.Myself, I’ve made a spreadsheet for all of the WoD crafts for every profession - because I have every profession.  It’s given me a distinct advantage.  Every single one of you has asked yourself this past week, “Okay, I have 100 soulbound cooldown mats - what do I make to get gold?”  I know I ask myself that about 10x a day.  And my SS is there to guide me.  I know not everybody has Excel or likes SS’s though - so check out wowuction if you wanna dig around without having to ascend the the spires of geekdom that is Spreadsheeting the WoW AH.  I also know that not everyone who likes using Spreadsheets is good at making them.  I wanna share this with you guys, but I want it to be stable.  And right now, it’s not.  The reason I want it stable is because I don’t enjoy the tech support aspect of releasing spreadsheets.  That’s why I built and released the Sandbox awhile back - to make it easier to make your own, so that I wasn’t answering questions instead of writing show notes :)I realize a lot of folks will be waiting on this, so my plan is to have it released by the end of the year.===AUDIOBLOG===This hands off nicely into a segment I want to start doing each show that’s more about my experience in the game.  As you may know, I do more than make gold in-game.  I lead a  casual raid, I’m an officer in my guild, I’m looking to put together a Challenge Mode group in a month or so, and I’m slowly gearing up for PvP.  I’m not a pro at any of it, but I hold my own and have fun.This week, I managed to get my core six to Garrison level 2 - that’s my main at L100, one alts at L98, and four more alts at L96, now.  The L2 Profession Buildings are a huge help, as they give me more wiggle room for maintaining my alts.Now, 2 of my alts are Blacksmiths, and 2 more have The Forge on their Garrison.  And yet somehow, none of those 4 guys had a Blacksmithing Follower.  So this week, I ran out to Frostfire Ridge real quick and snagged one for each of them after a short quest line.  I’m told it’s not that easy for you Alliance listeners, and I’ll try to follow up on that - but it’s important to be levelling your followers on your alts because once they’re at 100, they’re good for 10-12 Work Order mats a day instead of just 6.Blacksmithing is a priority for me because this week I decked out my main (which is my rogue) with a crafted cape, a Darkmoon Trinket, and a crafted Mainhand dagger - which I’d like to upgrade to max level just as soon as I can.At the same time that I’m managing all this, I’m also trying to help guildmates.  Some are Jewelcrafters who really want top notch enchants, others are Engineers who really want some plate gear.  So I’m trying to make trades when I can to help folks out there.  Then I’ve some who’ve seen just how insanely melee-heavy my raid group is shaping up to be and have voluntarily re-rolled either ranged or healing classes - and I’m trying to help them too.So crafted gear is a bit more than make it and post it for me - but it’s been fun, and I still have plenty of stuff to sell.  I started the expansion with about 275k gold liquid, after rerolling on the new server over the summer and getting my alts to L90 with maxed professions.  Now I’m sitting just over 475k - up about 200k from launch.Which is pretty good when I think about how much I’ve sunk into blueprints and upgrades and stuff - as well as the gold I’ve missed by using a handful of crafts for myself.  With raids opening this week, I expect that train to keep on rolling.A week ago, I made a guild event to hit Molten Core and we had a solid 10 folks show up and Queue, but I guess we weren’t the right classes because we sat in Q for 90 minutes before I ended up calling it.  Over the weekend, I tried again, but made us a premade group using the LFG tool and barked it in Trade and on OpenRaid - we filled in 20 minutes and the Q popped after 10 minutes - which was really not too bad.I also got assigned as the RL in there, so I spent most of my time marking targets and herding folks around while my GM handled banning the inevitable trolls from vent while Zerohour rallied the group to votekick them.  The funny part on that guy was that he got kicked from vent and the instance, but was still in the raid group for a few minutes while I fumbled through console commands to kick him while he wasn’t actually on my instance frames.Moral of the story - and this is what I told the guy - don’t troll the RL’s vent and expect to stay in group.  So after a couple hours, we cleared the raid, I got personally thanked for leading by a handful of folks, which was nice, grabbed that ridiculous helm, which was quickly mogged back to my Gold CM gear from the last expansion, and snagged the mount.  As I left the instance, I gave myself a pat on the back for navigating the Queue and the group as well as anyone could expect, and vowed never again to return to - close your ears kids - such a colossal clusterfuck just to have a chance at looting the pet.No, for that amount of time, I’ll buy it off the AH.  That’s why we make gold, ladies and gents - to spend it on grindy crap we really want but don’t have time to deal with.  Well - I have the time - but the rest of this expansion is just made so much better that I’d rather spend it doing those other things.Which brings me to Ashran - if you guys can just bear with my ranting for another minute or two.  Ashran was a steamroll at launch so Blizzard added in some kind of load-balancing.  I thought - this was gonna be like Tol Barad - where you’d just get put in a Queue for 10-15 minutes, max, until the other team got enough folks that you could get in without it being unbalanced.  No, Ashran is a train wreck where folks can sit in Queue for an hour or 2 and never get in.  I’ve no idea what the heck happened because Blizzard can do a better job than this - I know - I’ve seen them do it - ironically, in the most universally reviled expansion, the World PvP zone Q system was better than this.  And that leaves me as a sad panda - because pandas didn’t have a PvP zone - which is effectively where I’m at now.  And I loved Tol Barad, and was really excited for Ashran.  I know they’re still working on it - and I just hope they listen and get it sorted soon.  Blizzard has made a bunch of really awkward steps since launch, but I can say they’re busting their asses to get it right and make it fun.Until then - no Ashran for me.  And those are my personal stars this week - let’s get to talking about what you guys need to know about making gold this week.TOPIC: Making Gold the First Week of HighmaulLast week we talked about what was happening after launch.  This week we turn our focus to the raids that are opening.  In a lot of ways, this is like a content patch - with new raids opening up.  You want to be stockpiling consumables to get ready for the coming onslaught of demand as millions of players smelt their plowshares and mining picks into swords and charge headlong into Highmaul.  My hope is that the content will be challenging.That would help us all as goldmakers, as several professions are focused around crafting gear rather than item enhancements now.  Of course, this would mean that LFR  - which releases later - would become a relevant part of the gearing path - a fact that Blizzard explicitly stated they wanted to avoid, and a concept that I, as a raider, happen to agree with.  But I also want to see craftable epics have some legs, and I know that the first tier of every expansion is usually a doozy.Which is why I’ve to chuckle at the guilds recruiting in Trade chat for “Casual Mythic Raiding”.GearBut let’s talk some more about gear while we’re there.  While my first pieces of crafted gear flew off the shelf at 40 to 45k, we’ve fallen into a 15-30k range over the last week.  If your trade chat is as warped as mine, you’ve no doubt seen the masses crying foul over these prices and predicting with righteous indignation the coming freefall once raids open.I don’t think that’s gonna happen.  As Zerohour said to me - once raids open, folks are gonna start to lose track of their Garrisons and focus on raiding on their mains instead.  Just like the farms in MoP - eventually people get bored or find other things to spend their time on and they just - move on.I expect us to soon get to the point where the big money market shifts to the upgrade tokens - and if you’ve listened to the shows I did before launch, then you’ve heard me say this - make base-level items on your toons with the building, but not the profession - and make the tokens on your toons that have the profession.This is another reason why it’s important to get those alts up to L100 - to unlock L3 of your Garrison and be able to build that 3rd Small Building.  You’ll notice that the biggest limiting reagent for these upgrade tokens is, as I predicted, the Savage Bloods.  With a L100 follower assigned to my L3 Barn, I’m averaging just over 1 per day from trapping.  Which isn’t bad; but it isn’t great either.You’re probably gonna want to try to keep up with your alts’ garden and mine - just to build up a stock of Primal Spirits to trade for the bloods.  Of course, there’s always the AH, but you have to use your judgement there as to whether or not you can make a profit.  This is an entirely new market.In all, I think crafted gear will actually see a boost in the next few weeks - if not necessarily in pricing, then in velocity.  Raids should show folks just how unprepared they are and encourage them to seek upgrades wherever they can find them.  And no place is more convenient, and guaranteed, than the AH.EnhancementsOf course, with each new piece of gear there’s potential that it will need to be gemmed or enchanted.  Jewelcrafting seems to be in a bit of a bad way in terms of gems.  Many lesser gems are flooded because they can be crafted until max skill - and the mats are cheap, and most don’t include Taladite Crystals - the soulbound cooldown material.  So folks powerlevelling JC to boost their CD mat production on the cheap have really done a number on that market.The greater gems just don’t seem to be moving for me, but I only have the mastery cut.  And I may be pricing myself too high.  When a lesser gem goes for 50g - tops - and gives +35 to a stat versus a greater gem that give +50 - how much more can we expect folks to pay?  Don’t forget that the Sorcerous Air alone jack the cost up by 4-10x of the lessers.  On top of that, the Taladite Crystals required are just half of what it’s cost to make a piece of ilvl 640 jewelry.So the tuning on this just feels weirder than seeing Pee-Wee Herman back on TV.  And while I’m in that market and hopeful - the reality is that it’s just a way to diversify because all the leftover JCs from MoP are posting a lot of jewelry.And Jewelry is hot.  Mainly for healers who are looking for Spirit.  We haven’t heard the wailing and gnashing of gums that we had in early Cataclysm over the lack of mp5, but I’m sure Spirit is gonna be in much higher demand once we get into raids.Enchanting is red hot.  Folks are damn proud of their ilvl 680 rings and want the best enchants on em.  And what good is patiently waiting for your BiS stats to roll on a crafted piece of jewelry if you don’t spend another 20% on the enchant?  I’m seeing ring enchants sell like hellacious hotcakes on Christmas in Siberia - the dust buff was just in the nick of time to boost the supply of crystals so I could turn enchanting into my new favorite market - where the main players are the high rollers who aren’t scared to drop 20k on mats in a day and still feel like they’re not hitting it as hard as they should.I’ve yet to sell a weapon enchant, but I’m betting that it’s coming.  My advice - stock up on crystals.  They may drop in price later but for me, the margins are fat enough to eat it.  And if they work like every other enhancement market in the history of this game - the margins will only increase as the competition runs dry of supply.Speaking of supply - I want to address one question I’ve heard while we’re talking about this stuff.  What about all the crystals folks will be DE’ing out of raid?  What - you mean in like two months when they’re not climbing over each other to blow their entire billfold of DKP on it?  I think it’s gonna be awhile before we see that - even longer considering that some groups may opt to use personal loot and I don’t think epics can be DE’d at a buddy’s Garrison.  But keep your eyes open.ConsumablesOf course we can’t talk about raids launching now without talking about consumables.  Thanks to Blizzard’s tuning, we’re seeing most potions cost more than the lesser flasks.  Of course, we also have a bit of a limit on how many greater flasks we can make, but since the Alchemy cooldown material required to make them is NOT soulbound, that restriction is more of a nuisance than a real deterrent.But potions are where I think the money will be.  Because meat just isn’t in the kind of supply that’s necessary and Alchemists are used to focusing on flasks for the lion’s share of their profits.  Of course int pots take fish, not meat and those prices are in the crapper because fishbots.If you’ve been selling pots, then for Pete’s sake - stop.  Wait until raid nights (Tuesday - Thursday in the US) and then gouge all the Johnny-Come-Latelys.  Until then, you ought to treat this as any other patch - stockpile now - don’t sell for 100g now what you can sell for 200g tomorrow.And lastly there’s food.  Fish feasts are, of course, not profitable - because why?  That’s right, because fishbots.  They don’t feed a lot of people anyway and the stats are just +75.  Raiders with a L3 Garden can probably manage to use the food from their fruit tree to get by in a pinch anyhow.  Meat feasts are god-awful expensive and the mats are likely better used for pots.  But - if you can manage to find cheap leftovers of other folks levelling their cooking on the AH, and you’re a max lvl cook yourself - then it may be worth having a look at.Otherwise, cooking is dead.  The L2 Barn killed you, and exclusively produces +100 stat feasts that feed 30 ppl - the max number for a flex raid.  The good news for Goblins is that these are made only via work orders, and as such, there is a daily cap on them.  May God have mercy on the raid that hasn’t stockpiled these in advanced for the shrewd goblin will offer none.  I’d treat these like the old Cobalt Ore or Huge Emeralds - buy em to stock during off-peak times and then reset just before showtime - they’ll sell - especially once we get a couple weeks into raiding and folks burn through their initial stockpile.TrinketsLast - I wanted to take a minute or  two to talk about trinkets.  While crafted weapons start at a mere 630 ilvl, trinkets get to 640.  Many of these are BiS pre-raid barring some lucky warforged socket drop from heroics.  Plus they can be upgraded and have main stats.  For casters, who don’t rely as much on weapon damage, I’d expect that these trinkets may even take some priority over crafted weapons.  But I’m not a simulations guy, so I won’t swear to it.The base-level trinkets are good and they scale decently with their ilvl compared to others.  They’re not BiS overall by a longshot - mostly because they max out at ilvl 670, but that’s not their fault.  Of course making these trinkets is easy since we don’t have to wait for the DMF to come to town to do it - so it’s worth keeping an eye on to snatch the occasional cheap card to build decks.Whether these are more important than weapons isn’t entirely the point though - even if they’re not, they’re still gonna be the second slot that gets upgraded (if not the first) for all classes - assuming they bought a base level one.  So you scribes out there - just remember - ever DMF trinket you sell now is a potential upgrade sale later.Winding DownThat about wraps up thoughts on crafted gear and consumables going into this week.  I’d like to do some in-depth guides to each profession as we move forward, but I’m not yet decided on whether that’s something I’ll just post on the blog or if I’ll do a show on it.  The previews were helpful but I think some contemporary advice would be a lot more useful.I also wanna work on that Spreadsheet that I mentioned at the top of the show, too.  So I figure I’ve got 2 or 3 more shows left in me before Christmas and then I’ll take a break for a couple weeks and start the 2015 season of Late Nite With Stede.  Lots of cool stuff in the Queue to talk about, though - notwithstanding the regular flow of events that gives me more to yak about.===Q&A===Question & AnswerSpecial Thanks:I’d like to give a special thanks to my new listeners and followers on Twitter this week - I don’t wanna embarass you too much, but it’s always great to see fresh faces asking bottom-line questions.OuttroGood luck out there against all those bosses this week.  Don’t overdo it, and remember- if you’re not making gold - I’ve got a name for you: Customer.

This week we celebrate World of Warcraft's tenth anniversary with everyone's favorite Hunter BigRedKitty. We talk to BRK about how he got his start with WoW and his blog. We reminisce about the original Molten Core and Southshore v. Tarren Mill.We also discuss Warlords of Draenor and give you tips on what you can do gear up and prepare for the Highmaul raid which opens it's doors on December 2nd.BigRedKitty recently published his Airman Howell stories from BigRedKitty.net. They're very entertaining, and you can find them here.

Warlords of Draenor released this week and players flooded through the dark portal into the new expansion. And, yes, there have been problems, including really long queues, DDOS attacks, downed servers and maintenance. But let’s talk about the content! The CtR crew will take you through their leveling experiences, giving you their take on quests, zones, bonus objectives, and surprises. Could this be the best expansion for leveling of all time? Plus, they talk about how players can gear up quickly after dinging level 100, which garrisons and outposts are most beneficial, and how raiders can more easily get ready for the release of the Highmaul raid.   Plus, the guys will recap Blizzcon — from the meet ups with friends to the lack of WoW news, Overwatch to the parties — reliving the fun of Anaheim. Get ready to have a blast on this week’s show!