Bitter and Salty - A World of Warcraft Podcast

In the seventy-fifth World of Warcraft podcast episode, we announce that Blizzcon 2014 will in fact be happening on or before the release of Warlords of Draenor, Sláinte boosts a Monk to stay classy and throw barrels in LFR, Molsan has his UI professionally reviewed, tweaked, and customized, we review gold-tracking addons and decide what to do with all those extra Spirits of Harmony, and we prioritize the research and purchasing of core components for building a new gaming rig.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

DOLLA BILLZ CON

We are so excited about this again!!

A Boosted Salty Monk

Wha happen?

Spring Saltacular II

Addon/UI review

SoO2 LFR Q&A: Why is Molsan so bad at this?

Addons

Analyst gold-making/spending tracking… did not work

Went back to Broker_Currency and it’s awesome

What to do with Spirits of Harmony

Buy stuff and sell or what? Trillium Ore?

Why not Archaeology? Tol’vir Archaeology for Crawling Claw

Restored Artifact = 1 Spirit of Harmony

Turn in Artifact for box of your choice

Sell Uncommon Fragments for 100g – 400g each

The completed project junk will vendor for gold… Cat Statue with Emerald eyes vendors for 100g

Harwarez

CPU first?

Ivy Bridge vs. Haswell

Haswell not that big of improvement for desktops especially for gaming… but then 1150 mobos are an option

i7 4820K Ivy Bridge

… or wait for Devil’s Canyon in June?

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Everything Is Awesome!!! (Instrumental Sing-A-Long)” by Mark Mothersbaugh

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the seventy-fourth World of Warcraft podcast episode, tanking is complete fail when you don’t wear deodorant and forget to taunt Galarakas at exactly the right time, Molsan enables the unit frame debuffs so he can see the tiny boxes with the tiny numbers inside, Sláinte discovers that Alliance LFR is exactly like Horde LFR only prettier, pop-up windows about bad hard drives make us want to build new gaming rigs, and we wish we could raid cross-faction so that Gnomes and Druids can finally play nicely together.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

LFR SoOoO Bad

Siege of Orgrimmar 2: The Deodorant

Twenty Secrets, Forty Bars

Shadowed Unit Frames

I found the show debuff button

New Computer Time!

Hard drive failure

Time to build and get rid of the lag once and for all

All I did was Gnome

LFRz

Normalz

Podcast Host UI of the Week

Sláinte’s UI

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Everything Is Awesome!!! (Instrumental Sing-A-Long)” by Mark Mothersbaugh

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the seventy-third World of Warcraft podcast episode, we drag bosses up and around Orgrimmar and complete SoO 2 in LFR, Molsan experiences in-game combat lag yet again but has really fixed it this time, we review essential addons for improving both our gameplay and raiding experience, we discuss Blizzard’s reliance on addons to assist players with mechanics and encounters, Sláinte requests a personal Rogue trainer to figure out how to use swords and daggers, and we read every single patch note for Warlords of Draenor. No… we wouldn’t do that to you.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

LFR Tanking

Epic Combat Lag

AddOns

Couldn’t see target or focus frames

Removed Mayron UI in favor of my own layout

SUF customization

Added specific addons and customized them

Must-haves (other than DBM, GTFO, etc.):

Bazooka (info bar like Titan)

Error Monster (takes out “ability is not ready yet” text)

Legendary Cloak(s)

Rogue training!

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Everything Is Awesome!!! (Instrumental Sing-A-Long)” by Mark Mothersbaugh

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the seventy-second World of Warcraft podcast episode, Molsan and Sláinte debate everything LFR, gearing up as a tank, what loot spec to run raids in, and whether or not you should use addons while tanking, we follow up on the status of our raid team, and decide on our official raid nights so that it thoroughly pleases Sláinte, Molsan works out additional raiding manifesto items including a “Raid Night Plan B” option, and the “90 minute plus one” raiding schedule broken down, set, and agreed upon.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

Tanking Time

Heroic Scholo

MoP Heroic… Siege of “Neez-Oww” Niuzao Temple

Terrace of Endless Spring… Tier shoulders and One-Hander

How to Loot Spec

DPS Time

In Tank gear

All teh LFRz…

How to tank LFR strategies

http://nolifeat90.blogspot.com/2012/11/terrace-of-endless-springs-lfr.html

How to gear “SUPER” quick

How to gear “SUPER” slow

Sláinte’s Raid Team Status

So where are we with that

Raid Team Raid Nights Chosen

Wednesdays and Sundays or Fridays

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Y’all Ready for This (Space Jam Theme)” and “Everything Is Awesome!!! (Instrumental Sing-A-Long)” by Mark Mothersbaugh

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the seventy-first World of Warcraft podcast episode, we announce a new raid team or at least talk about how to start one, Sláinte receives some blue screen action after one of his RAM sticks goes bad, we use MemTest to help troubleshoot hardware failures, we ask what is the worst profession to grind on a max-level character, we farm Burning Crusade dungeons for recolored tier set transmog, and we decide that it’s best to stockpile gold to pay for all the Garrison upgrades.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

Raiding

Are we starting a cross-realm raid team? No? Okay… LF cross-realm raid team

10-man cross realm raiding now available?

How does one even start a raid team now?

Sláinte’s Computer

Wha happen?

Utilities – Mem Test

RAMs

MoBo

Video Cards

What’s up with our G700S mices?

Loremaster in Felwood

Oh, look, more skinnings

Gnome DK 90 #8

Prof leveling without gold…

Transmog Farming

Burning Crusade Heroics!

Tier 2 Judgement Recolor: http://www.wowhead.com/transmog-set=404

Garrison Resource Upgrades Cost Gold

Let’s stockpile gold!

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3850-Warlords-of-Draenor-Garrison-Resource-Blue-Tweets-100-Bonus-XP-Weekend-in-D3

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Epic Sax Guy [Original] HD” by SunStroke Project

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the seventieth World of Warcraft podcast episode, we release our frustrations and explain what happened with the Warlords of Draenor expansion December date, we continue to value loot and raid progression over inviting friends to flex, Molsan stays classy while watching Druids Moonfire themselves, Sláinte gets reported after taking someone’s mount in Vortex Pinnacle, we consider stockpiling items for the expansion and hope to use the new global price feature of TSM to help us make more gold, and one of us has rolled an Alliance Gnome Death Knight.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

Draynoer “Release Date”

But what does it mean?

Does it make you want to go on hiatus or get all alts prepped and ready for expansion packs?

Did any characters get a boost?

Stay Classy Not Classy

Strumpet changes char to Tauren and upsets people

Blood Elf Monk update… Feralas is for Skinning and Dire Maul Ogres

Left out of Raiding

Why raid when you can watch someone else stream their own raid?

Sláinte’s PUG Mount Adventure

Were you about to call me an @$$hole?!?

WTH GNOME DK

Treat Yo Self

Hearthsteed mount

What kinds of things can I buy with gold

Is it too early to stockpile for Warlords?

Battle Pets from MoP raids and the Timeless Isle

TSM Application Closed Beta

Updates to the TSM desktop application:

“In addition to updating AuctionDB’s market value and min buyout prices for the realms you have selected, the application will update AuctionDB with a handful of new global market prices. These are based on horde and alliance across US and EU combined.”

According to Sapu, “This tells you exactly what people are paying for a given item. The way we are determining this is unique to TSM, and extremely accurate compared to TUJ and similar websites.”

http://stormspire.net/official-tradeskillmaster-development-forum/13836-tradeskillmaster-application-closed-beta.html

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Epic Sax Guy [Original] HD” by SunStroke Project

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the sixty-ninth World of Warcraft podcast episode, we realize that we’ve leveled so many characters that we don’t realize what we are playing or doing anymore, we recap all the fun and adventures of pugging Scarlet Monastery and farming Vault of Archavon, we seek help with making our guild communication more effective and helpful to our guildies, we conduct our first guild town hall meeting, we announce all the details about the upcoming 5.4.7 patch, and we generously offer to trade a raid tier for new content.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

Always Be Leveling

Goblin Warrior Update

Do you even notice what class you play?

Playing Together

Scarlet Monastery

VoA

HotT Raid Communication

Guild Calendar and Twitter?

Sláinte’s Town Hall Meeting

Let’s hear about all the guild issues

You Get X or a New Raid Tier

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/11675567808?page=1

Love these discussions between the almighty Blizzard and its fans

Patch 5.4.7 This Week

Does this change your guess for the Warlords release date?

Will there be a Blizzcon if Warlords isn’t released?

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Epic Sax Guy [Original] HD” by SunStroke Project

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the sixty-eighth World of Warcraft podcast episode, we remember our Herald of the Titans run where we slayed Algalon, took all the loot, and watched all the RP, we discuss the future of HotT and our plans for keeping the raid going for everyone in the guild, we reflect on the journey to completing our goal and the many contributions that our fellow raid and guild mates made to achieve our success, we deny all reports that the expansion is near and question why anyone would waste the level 90 character boost on a Druid, oh and there’s love in the air. again.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

Remember the Heralds of the Titans

We did it!!

Raid lockouts… WTF?? Blizz hates Salty

Favorite Part of Journey? Fight?

LOOT Rants

The Future of HotT

Would you do it again on another character? Alliance?

Do we open this up to other guilds/realms?

HotT Prep Part 2

Alchemy – Leveling 4th Alchemist as Potion Master

Are Cauldrons soulbound?

JC – Doing those Dalaran dailies paid off… for Grimm

Crafting Wrath gems makes gold

Reforgelite AddOn

Yogg’d for Mimron’s Head… but no luck

Love is in the Air

Two weeks of Warcraft lovin!

Mythic Raiding in SoO and Patch 5.4.7

Does this mean the expansion is near?

Char boost to 90 is included! Great?

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Epic Sax Guy [Original] HD” by SunStroke Project

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the sixty-seventh World of Warcraft podcast episode, we grind for gear and fish as we continue to prepare for our next attempt at Herald of the Titans, Molsan tries to dig Sláinte out of the rut by offering ideas and challenges to keep him stimulated, we consider making “A Fortnight in Dala-ran” our next challenge even if it involves jousting, we offer suggestions for Blizzard to help with the pre-expansion lull, and we sing with Grom and the Warsong Clan for our Thirty Weeks of Warlords of Draenor.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

Gearing for HotT

What’s new?

The Rut

Why is WoW not fun anymore?

Fortnight and What Not

A Fortnight in Dalaran: Farming Northrend Mounts and Pets at lvl85+

http://www.wowhead.com/guide=1045/a-fortnight-in-dalaran-farming-northrend-mounts-and-pets-at-lvl85

TWoWoD Week 8 – Nagrand and the Warsong Clan led by Grommash Hellscream

Fun facts we didn’t know about…

Grom Hellscream

He was Thrall’s best friend and chief advisor

He was the first to drink Mannoroth’s blood to bind the Horde to the Burning Legion

His name means “The Giant’s Heart”

He is buried in Ashenvale in Demon Fall Canyon – the site where he and Thrall defeated Mannoroth

His axe, Gorehowl, belongs to his son Garrosh

He led the invasion of Shattrath City and won

Warsong Clan

Named after the high-pitched battle cries of Grom and the rhythmic songs they chant in battle

After the Second War, they were charged with guarding the Dark Portal on the Azerothian side

Ner’zhul betrayed the Warsong, and they were stranded on Azeroth and retreated to Stonard after the destruction of the Dark Portal

With an elevated bloodlust, Mannoroth manipulated the clan to fight the Night Elves in Ashenvale and killed Cenarius

The night elves still hold animosity towards the Warsong clan and they frequently clash in the area known as Warsong Gulch

TWoWoD Week 9 – Highmaul

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Epic Sax Guy [Original] HD” by SunStroke Project

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte

In the sixty-sixth World of Warcraft podcast episode, we fail miserably at Herald of the Titans and complain about all the things we did wrong, we commit ourselves to properly preparing for the next raid by leveling Cooking to make Seafood Manifiques, we ask all the pet battle and pet collecting questions you could ever want or stand to listen to including what it means to be a true collector, we level more alts to help other guilds Stay Classy, and we blow our minds by resetting all of the events of the Cataclysm.

Bitter and Salty is brought to you weekly by Molsan and Sláinte.

Herald of the Titans

Did it happen?!?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Herald of the Titans Prep

Leveling professions

No head enchants

Min DPS? 5K?

Fortune Cookie to be made, NO, SALTY MAKING FEASTS!!!!!

Gemmed BEFORE raid

GEARED, as in have your gear on before raid

Potions, potions, potions… and flasks

Dying stars = AOE RAID DAMAGE

WE CARRY NO ONE

Leveling that Cooking at 80

You can’t do anything

There Will be Blood

ToCrusader

Sláinte Interview

All the questions that weren’t asked on APA

Pet Collecting Etiquette

Buying Pets

The list

How I track what I have and don’t have

Leveling!

Panda Mage

Blood Elf Monk

Mining

NEXT WEEK: TWoWoD Week 8 – Nagrand and the Warsong Clan led by Grommash

Music

Clips of intro and outro music taken from “Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix)” by spinningmerkaba

Additional clips of music taken from “Epic Sax Guy [Original] HD” by SunStroke Project

Contact Info

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 413 BIT SALT or 413 248 7258

Molsan Method: http://molsanmethod.com

Twitter

http://twitter.com/bitterandsalty

http://twitter.com/molsan

http://twitter.com/saltyslainte