Podcasts about Warcraft

Spieleveteranen-Episode #428 (50-2025) Besetzung: Heinrich Lenhardt und Jörg Langer Aufnahmedatum: 03.12.2025 Laufzeit: 1:59:33 Stunden (0:00:15 News & Smalltalk – 0:35:11 Zeitschriften-Zeitreise) Die Zeitmaschine der Spieleveteranen kommt auch am Jahresendrand nicht ins Schleudern und navigiert souverän durch die Jahrzehnte, um die Spielethemen der Vergangenheit auszugraben. Das Blättern in alten Heften ist wieder Anlass für zusammengekratzte Erinnerungen, Wertungshinterfragungen und Titelbild-Stilkritik, garniert mit allerlei Testzitaten. Diesmal entdecken wir zum Beispiel eine neue alte Star-Wars-Front (2015), lassen uns am Filmset zum Affen machen (2005) oder spüren dem feinen Prozentunterschied zwischen Warcraft 2 und Command & Conquer nach (1995). Beim Bonussegment im Feed für Patreon-Unterstützer frönen wir außerdem anno 1985 dem »Amiga life« und gehen mit Donald Duck auf den Spielplatz. Vor dem Abtauchen in der Vergangenheit berichten wir zu Beginn der Sendung über veteranige News, aktuelle Spielerlebnisse und frische Hörerpost. Unterstützt die Spieleveteranen und hört das volle Programm: https://www.patreon.com/spieleveteranen 00:15 News & Smalltalk 02:59 Gemischte News: Selbst hässliche Weihnachtspullover sind nicht vor Copilot sicher, das Remake von Splinter Cell hat einen neuen alten Director, Ron Gilbert hat Finanzierungsfrust, der Amiga-Joker hat eine aktuelle Print-Ausgabe. 16:25 Zuletzt gespielt: Metroid Prime 4, Octopath Traveler 0 (Demo). 32:00 Hörerpost von Sothis Spielwiese. 35:11 Zeitschriften-Zeitreise: Dezember 2015, 2005, 1995, 1985 35:59 GamersGlobal und GameStar 1/2016, u.a. mit Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Star Wars Battlefront und Just Cause 3. 56:07 GameStar 1/2006, u.a. mit Call of Duty 2, King Kong und The Movies. 1:23:49 PC Player 1/1996, u.a. mit The Dig, Warcraft 2 und Rayman. 1:57:07 Abspann.

Which games have the best mods? Which mods spawned entire genres? Which mod was your favorite? Spoilers: it's Half Life, Warcraft, and Pirates, and Vikings, AND Knights!

Lex is decking the halls. Sean searches for mistletoe. No, wait. That is later in the month. Right now, housing is the talk of the town! Midnight continues to develop with news that is giving Sean reason to cheer. The schedule for season 1 of Midnight is revealed as Sean worries for the poor 0.1%. News Housing 1st Impressions The talk of the town is the town as Warcraft early access opens up to all who have purchased the upcoming Midnight expansion. Links Housing Early Access Trailer | World of Warcraft: MidnightWhat's Next for WoW Housing? Interview with Devs Jay Hwang and Garth DeAngelis 11.2.7 is Here The prologue to the midnight expansion is live in NA and EU. Midnight Prologue CampaignRevamped New and Returning Player ExperienceLorewalking: ElvesPandaren Heritage ArmorTurbulent Timeways (through to Feb 9th)Brawler's Guild (Next Week) Links https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2424444211.2.7 The Warning Launch Trailer | World of Warcraft Dungeon Philosophy in Action Changes to the dungeons begin reflecting the team's new philosophies. Standardized short castImportant casts with 4 sec or greater cast timeReduced number of castersBolt-slop reduced damageAnti Focus Fire behaviorCast Audio Notification (player and target) Links New Interrupt Philosophy Showcased in Midnight's Mythic+ Testing - Wowhead News Seeing Red Combat Addons are still allowed to provide a competitive advantage as Blizzard reneges on the entire reason for the addon de-escalation. Through a use of conditionals Platynator was able to color code:BossesLieutenantsCastersMeleeMinor enemiesCasters would only change to their colour when they first cast an interruptible spell.Blizzard has said this is okay but has not made any commitment to put this functionality into the default UI.  Links Color-Coding Enemy Nameplates is Returning in Midnight - Wowhead News Midnight Epic Edition Contest is over Congratulations to Pandachow, NickBeresford, and Random.ffxiv

In this episode of Thought Behind Things, we sit down with Nayab Babar, Chief Investment Officer at the Pakistan Startup Fund, the man shaping how capital flows into Pakistan's next generation of startups.Nayab shares how Warcraft strategy games trained his problem-solving mindset, how his perspective on racism changed, and why he believes exposure not arguments fixes prejudice.Nayab also explains why:Pakistan & India have the same starting line in AIYou won't be replaced by AI, but by people USING AIWestern media's “free speech” narrative is deeply hypocriticalNICs are broken and need complete rebuildingBrain drain isn't always a bad thingThis is one of the most honest conversations on Pakistan's tech reality, global competition, and the mindset shift needed for the next decade.Socials:TBT's Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings/⁠⁠⁠TBT's TikTok:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@tbtbymuzamil⁠⁠⁠TBT's Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/thoughtbehindthings⁠⁠⁠TBT Clips: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@tbtpodcastclips⁠⁠⁠Muzamil's Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan/⁠⁠⁠Muzamil's LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan/⁠⁠⁠Nayab's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayab-babar-cfa/Endeavor's LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/endeavor-pakistan⁠⁠⁠Credits:Executive Producer: Syed Muzamil Hasan ZaidiAssociate Producer: Saad ShehryarPublisher: Talha ShaikhEditor: Jawad Sajid

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We touched the grass, ate the turkey and watched the sports ball. Video game discord trudged on. With these perspectives, we return to ai up to its old bull. Banana Fish has been released on Amazon Prime Video with a horrid case of the Computer voice for the english dub. Where Winds Meet's ai chat bots are being tricked into completing quests early. In other news, Team Cherry wants to make new things, Jeff Keighley has found a terrible portal and Kyle's voice is going out!

Girls Gone WoW keeps the Warcraft community in the know from a fresh perspective. Join #teampositive and their plethora of guests from the community each and every week! Are you ready for the patch this week??? Housing is nearly here but what else are we excited about and what is even happening. Don't worry – we got you! We've got the rundown in this weeks show! We hope you enjoy the show – if you want to be a guest you can get in touch with us on Discord by joining us at bit.ly/ggw-discord or email us at girlsgonewowpodcast@gmail.com Find this episode and many others at https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/girls-gone-wow/

In this episode, we discuss video game movies from 2015-2019. We cover Warcraft, Assassin's Creed, Tomb Raider, Jumanji and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Episode guide: 14:46 - Warcraft 37:52 - A Moment of Thanks 39:50 - Assassin's Creed 1:07:24 - Tomb Raider 1:31:07 - Jumanji 1:51:07 - Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 20:09:35 - Ranking the Video Game Movies Thank you for listening! Outside is Overrated is presented by Premier Health.  Please support OiO on Patreon for as little as $2 a month. Download and subscribe to OiO wherever you get your podcasts. Connect with us on Facebook or email the show. Music courtesy of: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music. 

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Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on 2001's Pikmin. We set the game in its time and then spend a lot of time talking about putting Nintendo's spin on the RTS on a console. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: The first few days Issues covered: a well-trod year, some MMO history, the GameCube at LucasArts, playing PC vs console, playing PC RTSes of the time, history with Pikmin, keeping an eye on Nintendo making and entering genre spaces, making a thing on controller first rather than jamming in a KBM game, Tim talks about his favorite controller again, inspirations, being embodied in the world vs the god's-eye view, the simplicity of the ship pieces and setup, Nintendo's open world game, meteors vs meteoroids, the puzzle RTS, making the environment more of the enemy than the creatures, lightly building an army, trading pikmin for time vs the heavy pieces, task-based challenges, spreading your army but limitations due to movement and level design, the Forest's Navel, moving to avatar-based RTSes and MOBAs, wanting to play the prototypes, forks in strategy games this year, the simplicity of verbs due to Olimar's centrality, limiting your verbs due to the controller, the cognitive overload of the PC RTS, diversions into Valve, where we're playing, letting go of accuracy and min/maxing, chunky buttons. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Calvin & Hobbes, Reed Knight, Halo: Combat Evolved, GTA III, Silent Hill 2, Ico, Civ III, Anachronox, Animal Crossing, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, MGS 2: Sons of Liberty, Final Fantasy X, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Super Smash Melee, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, Jak & Daxter, Game Boy Advance, Advance Wars, Max Payne, Black & White, Dark Age of Camelot, Everquest, Matt Firor, Zenimax Online Studios, Shigeru Miyamoto, Eternal Darkness, Baldur's Gate II, Andrew Kirmse, StarCraft, Blizzard, Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios, Microsoft, Homeworld, Paul Pierce, Haden Blackman, Behind the Magic, Starfighter (series), Republic Commando, Nintendo64, Warcraft (series), Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 64, Splatoon, Metroid Prime, Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron, GoldenEye, Nintendo Switch, Deadly Premonition, Blade Runner, Alien, Star Wars, X-Files, Twin Peaks, Breath of the Wild, The Witcher III, Assassin's Creed, Command & Conquer (series), Company of Heroes, Orcs Must Die, Dynasty Warriors (series), Calamity Nolan, Satoru Iwata, Peter Molyneux, Populous, Total Annihilation, DotA, Valve, IceFrog, Chet Faliszek, Wii, Chris Hecker, Outer Wilds, Far Cry 2, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: More Pikmin (or possibly something else) Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp  YouTube Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com

This week we have four listener questions answered by our lore experts Joe and Matt. First, they discuss the Ethereals and what their timeline is in relation to the timeline on Azeroth. Has this race existed for years, decades, milennia -- or something different entirely. They pivoted to the dragons and their aspects, and how choice figures in. Chromie, for one, clearly got some element of choice in how she appears in her bipedal form. How might other dragons choose, and how might new discoveries change what they choose? Is Alexstrasza going to become a Kul Tiran? Then, we pivot a third time to the old-school class quests like the Paladin's Charger questline and how they tied in to the class fantasy of the player, plus how they might be brought back in the future. Finally, we pivot once more, back to where we started, with Ethereals. This time you asked about Ve'nari and her secretive nature. The Ecodomes hardly seem nefarious or easily sabotaged -- why did she keep them a secret from us?You ask us questions and we luckily have some loremasters on hand to explain the answers. If it were just me you'd be listening to hold music while I frantically scanned through everything in our Warcraft in print guide looking for something approaching an answer. Hope you like the muzak version of Careless Whisper!If you enjoy the show, please support us on Patreon, where you can get these episodes early and ad-free! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Girls Gone WoW keeps the Warcraft community in the know from a fresh perspective. Join #teampositive and their plethora of guests from the community each and every week! Are you overwhelmed with content at the moment? Or is it about the right amount to keep you going? How is the cadence of things these days? Find out what we think on the show this week! We hope you enjoy the show – if you want to be a guest you can get in touch with us on Discord by joining us at bit.ly/ggw-discord or email us at girlsgonewowpodcast@gmail.com Find this episode and many others at https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/girls-gone-wow/

This is the ultimate AI creative breakdown: 112 creatives in 36 minutes.Jakub, Matej, and Felix review the best (and worst) AI-generated ads across rise of castles clones, tasty travels madness, fluffy animals, Pixar-style mutations, fake physics, and high-production AI cinematics that now rival outsourcing studios.AI is no longer “experimental.”It is the creative pipeline.What you'll learn• How to spot AI in 2025 (lighting errors, physics breaks, muscle glitches)• The new top AI hooks (animals, food, POV inward movement, waifus, chaos)• The rise of “high-production AI” replacing studio cinematics• Why Rise of Castles, Golden Goblins, Tasty Travels, and Whiteout Survival dominate AI usage• How top teams use loras, inpainting, upscaling & 20-step workflows• The new East–West gap in creative production• Why by end of 2026, 50% of ads will be AI-driven• And the moment Candy Crush uses AI bear attacks

Gulvan and Joe discuss the XBOX Partner Recap, Riot Sells back Hytale, Ubisoft going full AI, and we vote for the Game Awards! Continue reading →

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The Game Awards nominees are here! Let's see how many Expedition 33 racked up and who else broke through! On top of that Yoshi P is out here hyping up the next chapter for FFXIV, WoW housing is bumming us out, and Steam Machines are back and made by Valve!

Girls Gone WoW keeps the Warcraft community in the know from a fresh perspective. Join #teampositive and their plethora of guests from the community each and every week! Hearthsteel is coming! Are microtransactions ruining the game? Or just something you can ignore? We all had feelings about this one! We hope you enjoy the show – if you want to be a guest you can get in touch with us on Discord by joining us at bit.ly/ggw-discord or email us at girlsgonewowpodcast@gmail.com Find this episode and many others at https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/girls-gone-wow/

This week, Berzerker and Jez follow up on their blockbuster interview with World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas with the reactions, the fallout, and the conversations that followed the release of this classic. Plus, Patch 11.2.7 gets a release date, the housing era is nigh upon us, and Hearthsteel has reared the ugly head of micro transactions once more. All that and more on this week's episode, so subscribe, tell a friend, and listen today!#Warcraft

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Gulvan and Joe Ubisoft trading freeze, Game Company Layoffs, State of Play Japan, and Steam's announcements! Continue reading →

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Episode: 3338 An old Century Magazine tries to predict future warfare.  Today, we predict warcraft.

Girls Gone WoW keeps the Warcraft community in the know from a fresh perspective. Join #teampositive and their plethora of guests from the community each and every week! The Midnight Beta arrives this week! Are you a beta person? Do you like to get stuck into the testing? Or do you prefer to wait and see what the finished product is like? Hear our thoughts this week! We hope you enjoy the show – if you want to be a guest you can get in touch with us on Discord by joining us at bit.ly/ggw-discord or email us at girlsgonewowpodcast@gmail.com Find this episode and many others at https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/girls-gone-wow/

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Gulvan and Joe discuss Blizzcon ticket sales, new Real money currency, GTA 6 is delayed, Square Enix layoffs and more! Continue reading →

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News BlizzCon 2026 Blizzard announced today that BlizzCon 2026 Passes will go on sale November 7th. Friday, November 7, 2025, at 9 a.m. PST through Sunday, November 9, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PST$249.99 USD eachMaximum number of passes a single account can purchase raised from two to fourTuesday, November 18, 2025, at 9 a.m. PST at $289.99 USDBlizzCon Charity Night Addon for $499.99 USDBlizzard will donate 100% of the purchase price to Make-A-WishDarkmoon Faire After Hours for $89.99 USDThree-hour event Saturday evening, September 1220 Faire Tokens and a collectible credentialRough outline provided for the eventOpening CeremonyShow floor playable gameplay for WoW, Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and Diablo Immortal.The Blizzard ArcadeDev Stages including a separate Classic StageEsports return with the AWC, MDI, and competitions from other games (Overwatch World Cup) Links BlizzCon 2026 Passes go on sale November 7! Unshackled Fury Ion Interview To celebrate their 10th anniversary the Unshackled Fury podcast with hosts Berzerker and Jez sat down with World of Warcraft Game Director, Ion Hazzikostas. During the interview they talk about Ion's life outside of the game, his early years and how he ended up at Blizzard. It humanized him in a way most interviews never do. Links Interview with World of Warcraft Director Ion Hazzikostas! Midnight, Madness, and Mayhem! The Conversation Continues Ion and Andy Churchill met with the BW/DBM authors to discuss the state of Combat Timeline and find solutions to their biggest pain points. There was a lot of good detail to come from this meeting and I suggest watching Adam's video where he goes through it in detail. Player Spell Casts are no longer secret values (even in combat)Addons will be able to filter spells in the timelineNo ability renamingNo ability timers on nameplatesWill not allow warnings when a debuff/target of a spell is appliedCustom sounds for Cooldown Manager will be permitted Links Boss mod addon authors talked to Ion Hazzikostas about Midnight Prey Midnight unleashes the Prey system as a new endgame activity. Role agnosticEach difficulty presents 4 hunts per week.The same Target can be at a different difficulty and location when encountered in a new week.You can do any activity in the zone that will help your hunt progress3 Difficulties

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Girls Gone WoW keeps the Warcraft community in the know from a fresh perspective. Join #teampositive and their plethora of guests from the community each and every week! Short show this week and we're chatting about things that have been in the game for aggggeeeeesssss that you still use to this day! We hope you enjoy the show – if you want to be a guest you can get in touch with us on Discord by joining us at bit.ly/ggw-discord or email us at girlsgonewowpodcast@gmail.com Find this episode and many others at https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/girls-gone-wow/

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Girls Gone WoW keeps the Warcraft community in the know from a fresh perspective. Join #teampositive and their plethora of guests from the community each and every week! Bayneeon is with this week for a 2025 spooky story! We're chatting about fears in WoW and al the spooky things in game. We hope you enjoy the show – if you want to be a guest you can get in touch with us on Discord by joining us at bit.ly/ggw-discord or email us at girlsgonewowpodcast@gmail.com Find this episode and many others at https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/girls-gone-wow/

Dean Redman is a well-known and accomplished actor and voice actor with over 100 film, television, and voice acting credits to his name. He is most notable for his strong performances in major Hollywood Blockbusters, such as Legendary/Blizzard Films' “Warcraft,” where he took on not one but two major character roles alongside Travis Fimmel, Dominic Cooper, and Paula Patton. He is equally known for his aggressive performance in 20th Century Fox's Oscar-nominated epic “War For The Planet Of The Apes,” for his Supporting role alongside Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis. Dean has an extensive background in martial arts, weapons, firearms, and stunts, all of which prepared him for such roles.  Dean Guest Stars in the Pilot Episode of the new CBS/CTV series “Boston Blue” which is now out! We chat about starting the day strong, Defcon 5, transitioning from being a commercial pilot, rejection, Boston Blue, the child inside us all, mindset, type casting, Hollywood North International Film festival plus plenty more! Check Dean out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedeanredman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dean.redman.779/ X/ Twitter: https://x.com/thedeanredman ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan

I cover the last of the Across the Timeways reveals with Warrior and Warlock! You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here.

I tackle the Mage and Demon Hunter Across the Timeways reveals! You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here.

I finally recount my climb to Standard Legend in October and my final boss win. You can find the deck import code below the following contact links.  You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here. # 2x (1) Morbid Swarm # 2x (2) Ancient Raptor # 2x (2) Creature of Madness # 2x (2) Infested Breath # 1x (2) Troubled Mechanic # 1x (3) Soulbreaker # 1x (4) Elise the Navigator # 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius # 2x (4) Sanguine Infestation # 1x (5) Corpse Explosion # 1x (5) Foamrender # 2x (5) Reanimated Pterrordax # 1x (6) Exarch Maladaar # 2x (6) Travel Security # 1x (7) Endbringer Umbra # 1x (8) High Cultist Herenn # 1x (8) Shaladrassil # 1x (9) Fyrakk the Blazing # 2x (9) Stitched Giant # 1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000 #   1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000 #   1x (4) Twin Module #   1x (5) Perfect Module # 2x (10) Wakener of Souls #  AAECAYG2BwzHpAaouAbR5Qbk5Qbm5QbC6AaSgwfDgwesiAfvkweCmAf1mAcJmIEFquEGvugGtfoGgf0GloIHl4IHupUH0JsHAAED9bMGx6QG97MGx6QG6t4Gx6QGAAA=

Expedition 33 special with music YouTube extraordinaire, MarcoMeatball is today's offering! Marco joins the boys to talk not just about the exceptional music of Clair Obscure. But also it's story and the hot takes that start flying around chat whenever someone gets to the ending. Enjoy this deep dive in Sandfall's first game as well as our brains' as content creators!

Girls Gone WoW keeps the Warcraft community in the know from a fresh perspective. Join #teampositive and their plethora of guests from the community each and every week! Just a short one this week as the planned guest is sick! Catching up on everyone's gaming news. We hope you enjoy the show – if you want to be a guest you can get in touch with us on Discord by joining us at bit.ly/ggw-discord or email us at girlsgonewowpodcast@gmail.com Find this episode and many others at https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/girls-gone-wow/

I go over our Across the Timeways reveal, scene by scene! You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here.

I finish the Shaman reveals before getting stuck into the Rogue cards! You can follow me @blisterguy on Twitch, Bluesky, and Youtube. Join our Discord community here or at discord.me/blisterguy. You can support this podcast and my other Hearthstone work at Patreon here.

Will Pokemon save us from the Ai? Stormgate, you remember Stormgate right? Tim Morten had a rather honest rundown of where he feels the post-Blizzard design team went wrong and brings up the changing landscape of Venture Capital. The episode can't help but get real on the eve of Pokemon's release. Love em or hate em, Nintendo is about to drop another massive Poke'drama'pocalypse into the world as reviews come in around 8/10. Xbox continues its cursed run by talking about an upcoming “ad supported” tier of Xbox Game Pass. We're both playing Megabonk. Emails and more.

The Round Table gathers. 7.3: The Promise of Tomorrow MSQ ends the Dawntrail ark in traditional fashion. Garrett, Kyle and Jesse freshen themselves up on the story happenings, having played it back in August. Preach, recently caught up, shares a fresh viewer's perspective. Is Calyx around for the long haul? What does that mean for the story and Sphene? What lessons have the devs learned from Dawntrail and what will they carry into the future. One thing is clear, FFXIV is a story first game and it's future rides on its ability to capture it's fans once again. 7.3 seems a solid start.