Countdown To Classic

Blizzard has asked for class suggestions and so we give them some! Listen in as the crew discusses a bunch of ins and outs with classes in phase 3. Then we turn to the brilliant minds of Fred and Manny as the boys talk about what difficulty in SoD means to them and how we feel about Sunken Temple and raids going forward.

• Class Suggestions - 2:30
• Raid Difficulty in SoD - 3:09:10

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Phase 3 has arrived and 24 hours into the content, the Countdown crew has come together to discuss some verrrrrrry early impressions of the new Nightmare Incursions and also discuss what we were seeing from the best guilds in the world taking on the new raid in Sunken Temple.

• 24 Hour Review - 5:10

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SPOILER ALERT!! The Phase 3 datamining has come in, and we're mixing it up on Countdown and discussing all the runes that may or may not be in the game so you're on full spoiler warnings if you don't want to hear that!!! First up though, we review phase two, and then dive in on a few of the classes and their datamined runes.

• Phase 2 Review - 3:05
• Paladin Runes - 1:11:30
• Priest Runes - 1:48:50
• Rogue Runes - 2:20:30
• Shaman Runes - 2:51:35
• Warrior Runes - 3:23:15

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The Phase 3 news has arrived and there is a lot to go through. Check in with the Countdown crew to have all the news broken down and discussed from new content and systems through to classes and raids.

• Phase 3 Announcement - 4:45

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We've been hit by another truckload of SoD news, so we spend a bunch of time debating back and forth on the merits of buffed experience, buffed gold, inflation concerns, class changes, Kha'damu's demise and more.

• News - 1:35
• Inflation - 3:48:20

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Phase Two has dropped and the early impressions are in. Listen in as the Countdown crew sinks their teeth into STV, Gnomeregan, new profession content and new class changes and spits out some verrrrrrry early thoughts on Phase Two after one week.

• Phase 2 Early Impressions - 2:55

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Phase Two arrives tomorrow and it wouldn't be a launch without a developer interview, so listen in as Countdown chats with Classic devs Tim Jones and Josh Greenfield about what's coming our way. After that, we finally publish two amazing conversations that circumstances have (grossly) delayed, as Jimmy from The Fantasy Nuttwork & Allen from The Library of Allenxandria stop by to discuss story telling in gaming, and then, with the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2 right around the corner, we hear from game composer Will Roget and music academic Ryan Thompson all about the magic of the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack.

• Phase 2 Dev Interview - 10:40
• Story Telling in Gaming - 40:55
• The Music of Final Fantasy VII - 2:50:15

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Find Ryan Thompson @ https://twitter.com/BardicKnowledge

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The Phase Two preview has arrived, and there is a good amount of new information to digest. Join the Countdown crew as put everything we heard under the microscope, and all just wind up super excited for what's next in Season of Discovery.

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Phase One is just about in the books and so the time is here to review every aspect of it! The Countdown crew assembles to grade every class and other parts of the game to voice how we feel about Season of Discovery as players and consumers at this first turn.

• WSG/Premade Review - 3:36
• Druid Review - 49:49
• Warrior Review - 1:09:31
• Shaman Review - 1:37:31
• Paladin Review - 2:02:13
• Rogue Review - 2:20:33
• Priest Review - 2:47:45
• Mage Review - 3:12:49
• Hunter Review - 3:36:28
• Warlock Review - 4:02:13
• Ashenvale Review - 4:14:25
• 10 Man/3 Day Raid Lockout Review - 4:51:07
• Professions Review - 5:15:06
• Economy Review - 5:26:06
• Blizzard Review - 5:39:13
• Game/Phase 1 Overall Review - 5:51:28

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Phase Two is on the way in a month, and so the Countdown Crew sits down to discuss some of the issues that we hope are placed under the microscope as the new content arrives. Touching on Premades, Rogue tanking, PvP design, the release date and much, much more, please enjoy this all you can eat buffet of SoD chatter.

• Phase Two Date, Cata, & Rune reveals w/ Chainmeta, Craig, Fredmunroe, Gho, Holybones, Jooda, Punchy, & Ubiquitous, - 1:35
• Ashenvale Rep Change & STV in Phase 2 - 44:30
• Hunter Pet Issues in PvP - 1:12:25
• Meta Warlock PvP - 1:39:45
• Berking News, Hunters Have Been Nerfed - 1:42:35
• Starsurge - 1:52:15
• More Hunter PvE/PvP Thoughts Post Nerf - 2:02:05
• Priest Healing Nerfs - 2:32:50
• Constructive Criticisms - 2:51:15
• Rogue Tanking w/ Ubiquitous & Rollo - 3:20:10
• Questing for Gold w/ Ayle - 5:00:45
• Premades w/ Ayle, Rollo, Saverem, Tareyak & Ubiquitous - 5:05:20

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