For Azeroth!: A World of Warcraft Podcast

Sean is back from his adventures and Manny gets caught up on everything that's been happening in his life since 12.1 launched.

Lex and Manny dive into the debates over how classic or modern WoW Forever should be, talk about the upcoming 12.1.5, and discuss the art of mythic+.

Lex is recovering from BlizzCon and sits down with Manny to talk about all the announcements, the reveals, and surprises.

The BlizzCon schedule and floor plan are out but Lex and Manny are reading between the lines. The two discuss their progress through the Venomous Abyss raid. Is this the most difficult raid in modern Warcraft history?

Lex and Manny discuss the early phase of 12.1, what content is holding their attention and how they are enjoying the latest patch of World of Warcraft: Midnight.

With almost 10 years, 7 different hosts, 6 expansions and 1 amazing game, For Azeroth! celebrates 400 episodes and discusses BlizzCon and the future of Warcraft!

The gang dives into 12.1 and they have big feelings! From World Tours to Delve grinds, what should you be doing this week in Warcraft? The answer might surprise you

We also take a look at a pair of roundtables that were held with RaiderIO, Wowhead and IcyVeins

Paul Kubit and Rachel Vought:

https://youtu.be/LtHBc9R2mic?si=trjSGtZxV4UoAE-w

Taylor Sanders and Andrew De Sousa:

https://youtu.be/QLRFBIXeiFw

Manny is under the weather so Sean and Lex struggle bus their way through the news. Or do they?!?

Prepare for patch!Dyes are soulbound in preparation for the upcoming patch: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/housing-dye-trading-temporarily-disabled/2332674The projected scores for Umbral Champion 1% and Umbral Hero 0.1% were posted:EU: 3962 / 4207NA: 3915 / 4183https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/m-umbral-champion-and-umbral-hero-scores-updated-august-4/2333001https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/m-umbral-champion-and-umbral-hero-scores-updated-4-august/625085

The Addon Arms Race continues:Azta'rec memory game had been trivialized by two add-ons. Blizzard has now revised the API to disable these addons.https://www.wowhead.com/news/completely-automated-addons-for-memory-game-broken-on-azratec-delve-boss-382356

Some World Activities will stay relevant in Season 2In the latest PTR build, the rewards from Invasions, Ritual Sites, Void Assaults, and their caches have been upgraded for S2. This should make alts that just hit 90 more options to gear up.https://www.wowhead.com/news/season-1-activity-rewards-updated-for-season-2-382324

Additional Reward details for early Season 2During the pre-season week, the Great Vault will offer rewards based on your activities during the final week of Season 1. Season 2 Great Vault credit starts accruing during the pre-season week, with the rewards from those efforts available to claim on August 18.Crafting Sparks will also begin dropping during the pre-season.Voidcore bonus rolls will not be available in the first Great Vault of Season 2. They will become available during the second week of Season 2 (August 25) and can be selected by anyone who has unlocked at least 3 panes.For the first Great Vault of Season 2, the maximum gear level attainable from the World row will be Champion 3/6. Subsequent Vaults can reward gear from the World row at a maximum quality of Hero 1/6.https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/midnight-season-1-ending-and-season-2-information/2331696

The gang dives in to Snake Island and everything coming in 12.1!

Blizzard Acts in GM Power Abuse IncidentLast week, we discussed the known details around an apparent abuse of admin powers. This week we get to tell you the fall out.

• The Blizzard employee was found to be in violation of their Code of Conduct and was dismissed from the company immediately.
• The players who were found complicit in the violation have had their accounts actioned upon. That has been reported to be a 30 day suspension of their accounts.

Links

• Prohibited Gameplay Incident and Response - General Discussion - World of Warcraft Forums
• https://x.com/jdotb/status/2080799736915775742

S2 Date Announced

• August 11th the patch goes live!
• New Outdoor Zone: The Coiled Isle
• New Activities:
• Vaults of Atal’Utek
• Public Events
• Curse Surges
• Cursed Fishing
• New Eight-Boss Raid: The Venomous Abyss
• New Three-Boss Dungeon: Altar of Fangs
• New Lairs for Normal, Heroic, and Mythic World Boss Encounters
• Three New Delves including a new Nemesis Delve
• Midnight Season 2 Begins August 18th
• Mythic+ Dungeon Updates
• New Players vs. Bots Arena
• Prey Season 2
• New Arcantina Quests
• User Interface Updates for Cooldown Manager and Ping System
• Housing Updates:
• Save, Export, and Import Blueprints
• Welcome Pets!
• Four New Endeavors
• Class Updates

Links

• Curse of Ula’tek Goes Live August 11! Journey to the Coiled Isle.
• The Clock is Ticking on Midnight Season 1 Achievements and Rewards

Sean sat down with Neek of Fates Reforged, RollieRodz from Dayglow, Broccoliz of Euphoric and FTM and Luka from This is Fine to talk about the challenges of being a GM.

Recruiting, raid prep and why do they put in so much extra work for a video game. It's a great talk!

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