Bitter and Salty – Episode 111 – BlizzCon Release Whistle

In the one hundred and eleventh World of Warcraft podcast episode, we open up our BlizzCon goodie bags, and drink the kool-aid from our tenth anniversary steins, we rate and recap our BlizzCon experiences and predictions, we agree that quantity is quality when considering new WoW content and patch releases, we review all of the 7.1.5 and 7.2 announcements, and prepare ourselves for Garrisons in Legion, flying, more invasions, class mounts, and the continuation of our artifact quest line, and we explain our theory about the upcoming journey to where it all began: underwater questing.

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

BlizzCon 2016

Goodie bag

No new expansion

We’re working on one, of course

BlizzCon Predictions… How Did We Do?

Winston from Overwatch announced as new hero for Heroes of the Storm

I won’t let YOU ruin my fun… Khadgar

People will wear their badges around all the time outside of the convention hall

Some people are more exciting on Twitter than IRL

Some people will be excited, some people will be jealous

People will get in lines both too early and too late

Diablo 25th anniversary video montage

Warcraft Legion 7.2 announcement

We will find out what Overwatch Sombrero means

SaltySlainte will sleep in

Patches

Varied patch structure

A “minor” release is not a “patch” release but okay

Quantity is quality

Getting content to us quicker instead of one major change holding up the whole release

Patch 7.1.5

Legion’s first “small” patch

MoP Timewalking dungeons… example of “evergreen” content… content that can go in any patch but will be around forever

Brawler’s Guild with dozens of new bosses

Micro Holidays

AQ Remembrance Day… Horde banner will fly for a year

Volunteer Guard day… swap appearances with a guard

Pepe-style hippogryphs

Boat Day… Azeroth spring break

PvP Changes Were Crazy

Throwing stuff out there and see what works

Class Updates

Reworking talents… will they ever be able to balance?

Secondary stats… buffing

Traps coming back to Hunters. Great.

REALLY SOON… Going on the PTR now

Patch 7.2 – TOMB OF SARGERAS

Return to the site of our greatest failure

All 12 classes = Armies of Legionfall

New World Quests… Love WQs!

Class-themed WQs

“Build a Base, Create a Foothold”

Sounds like.. GARRISONS!!!!1

But wait, no, it’s like Isle of Quel’danas

Nether Disruptor, Command Center, and, wait for it… a MAGE TOWER!

Legion Assaults

Just like the pre-legion invasions… yay?

WQs will be disabled in the zone… so you can participate in other WQs

Three-player scenarios!

Flying? There’s no flying in Legion!

Part two of Pathfinder… Salty was wrong

All about outdoor content to unlock flying… no dungeons or raids required

Unlocked for your character, and all characters on your account

See? No alts… just characters

Class Mounts

Warlock and Paladin are stupid… But that DK mount!

ToS Raid

Harvesting the Pillars of Creation

Kil’jaeden final boss

Patch Dungeons Return

Do you miss them?

Artifact Changes

Can play catch up in 7.1.5… Is this fine?

Relics that unlock multiple trait bonuses… Awesome

Continuation of the Artifact questline

Solo content to unlock an additional appearance… YES!!