PeakCraft Podcast

We did it! At long last, we finally reached episode 100! And, as a direct product of our dedication to the talkative arts, Patch 9.2 releases next week! Anomoly and emallson are joined by Babylonius to discuss the looming patch, the state of the art in Monk Covenants (tremble before the might of the NecroKyrians!) and discuss the economic reasons that our guild (Occasional Excellence) is being forced to move from a small realm to a megaserver.

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

03:17 Patch 9.2 Release Date! (and Weekly Recap)

09:54 Tier Set / Legendary Conflicts

17:32 Season of Mastery: Blackwing Lair Updates

20:00 Cosmic Flux & Zereth Mortis Reputation Updates

23:36 Necrolord Legendary Buff (aka Bugfix)!

34:00 Brewmaster Covenants in 9.2

38:15 Windwalker 4-set and Covenant

58:32 Guild Transferring Due to Legendary Cost

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What an absolutely wild week! Mistweaver got a major nerf (it's fine, don't worry), and that isn't even the biggest news! Cross-faction Raiding! Tier updates! The Boosting ban! This week on the show, Anomoly and emallson cover all of this and more (like how you can murder your cross-faction friends with no tools besides a summoning stone!)

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:45 Season of Mastery Dev Interview

03:54 Tier Tokens, Trading, and Creation Catalyst

19:52 Boosting Communities Banned

29:48 PTR Updates: Soul Cinders, Legendaries, and Reputation

42:44 DAE THINK MW IS DED?!? (It's not)

59:21 Cross-Faction Raiding and Mythic+ in 9.2.5!!!

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Blues blessed us this week with a mighty bounty of Blue Posts describing changes to the new Mythic+ affix, details about Tier Set changes, as well as comments on unique ("Cantrip") weapons. Our hosts emallson and Anomoly break down the details. Additionally, emallson covers recent preliminary results for optimizing how quickly your raid completes their 4-set bonuses.

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:03 Blizzard Announces Untitled Survival Game

03:01 Liquid vs Echo Race through Sanctum for Charity

05:00 The Genesis Lathe & "Cantrip" Weapons

17:43 PTR Update: Encrypted M+ Affix, Covenant Conduit Drops, Flying Requirements & Raid Skip

28:34 Burning Crusade Phase 3 Release

32:32 Tier Set Acquisition Breakdown

45:07 Should Blizzard Make Weapons & Trinkets Tokens?

49:11 The Loot Rule "Leak" That Shouldn't Have Been

01:03:33 Creation Catalyst Details (and an oddly clairvoyant tirade about pugging and boosting)

01:09:12 What is the "Best" Way to Trade Tier?

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week on the show, our hosts Anomoly and emallson chat about the BIG NEWS about Microsoft buying Acti-Blizzard-King. Spicy. Oh, we also cover the LARGE blue post about Tier Set design and acquisition, details on legendary crafting, an update to the covenant legendary unlock, and more!

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:27 Burning Crusade Classic Phase 3

08:17 SoM Hardcore Clear of Molten Core

10:30 Limit Joins Team Liquid

16:51 Covenant Legendary from 9.2 Campaign on Mythic Week 3

23:45 MO Cast: Breaking WoW w/ External Buffs

36:39 Cosmic Flux & Forge of Bonds

42:44 Tier Set Blue Post

49:04 PTR Class & Tier Tuning

56:28 Microsoft Acquiring Activision-Blizzard-King

01:20:48 Wrapping Up: Farm in Nathria and Sanctum

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As testing of 9.2 trundles toward its impending release, we've got some NEWS! Our hosts emallson and Anomoly sit down this week to discuss updates to how Tier Sets will be acquired and an unexpected requirement for getting your 2nd legendary.

Addendum: emallson was rather optimistic about the time taken for tier set acquisitions. About 30% of players will get a 2 set the first week if they do all 8 Normal and Heroic bosses with no trading, and about 70% will get a 2 set the 2nd week if they do so again.

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction & Week in Review

03:58 Mythic Raid Testing Schedule & Patch Release Speculation

12:23 Enlightend Reputation, Conduit Upgrades, and Catchup Gear

24:52 Blue Post: Solo Shuffle Brawl Updates

27:45 2022 WoW Esports Announcements

31:37 Tier Set Acquisition (and rage against personal loot)

43:04 Comparison to FFXIV Raid Loot

51:47 4pc Tier Set to be Unobtainable Week 1

01:00:46 2nd Legendary Unlock - at Revered?

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As patch 9.2 looms, the time has come to wrap up our time in Sanctum of Domination. This week on the podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly go through our experience with the tier, which bosses we liked, which we hated, and what we would've done differently with the benefit of hindsight.

Apologies for the audio wonkiness during our Soulrender discussion. Our backup failed so there's nothing I can do :(

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Week in Review

14:39 PTR Mythic Testing

18:40 Sanctum in Review: Intro & Tarragrue

23:09 The Eye of the Jailer

31:15 The Nine

34:53 Remnant of Ner'zhul

40:10 Soulrender Dormazain

47:15 Painsmith Raz'nal

53:56 Guardian of the First Ones

56:01 Fatescribe Roh'kalo

01:03:57 Kel'thuzad

01:13:39 Sylvanas Windrunner

01:33:31 Was Sanctum better than Nathria?

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

At last, the new year is upon us! This week on the show, our hosts Anomoly and emallson recap the recent PTR raid testing, the year in WoW patches, and talk a bit about what we're looking forward to in the new year.

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

04:41 MO Cast: Breaking World of Warcraft with Wowhead Class Writers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeFZ7o3zhdI)

07:54 Torghast Boss Rush

13:49 Heroic Sepulcher PTR Recap (Max's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zf-jJV7qS8)

14:35 Heroic PTR: Solitary Guardian

17:56 Heroic PTR: Dausegne

21:04 Heroic PTR: Artificer Xy'mox

24:43 Heroic PTR: Skolex

28:55 Heroic PTR: Halondrus

32:02 Heroic PTR: Prototype Pantheon

37:08 Heroic PTR: Lihuvim

43:39 Heroic PTR: Anduin

47:52 2021 in Review: 9.0 & 9.0.5

52:15 2021 in Review: 9.1

01:11:28 2021 in Review: 9.1.5

01:21:09 Looking Forward in 2022

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Legion has returned! The Mage Tower and a few Legion keys have been out since the start of last reset, and emallson and Anomoly are joined by freshly-minted Community Council member Brewstep to talk about our experiences with them and give some tips. We also talk about the first week of the Community Council and discuss the recent updates to the Mistweaver and Brewmaster tier sets.

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions & Tier Sets

11:45 PTR Raid Testing tl;dr

18:11 Legion Timewalking M+

29:51 The Mage Tower

51:11 Mistweaver Tower Tips & Thoughts

58:24 Brewmaster Tower Tips & Thoughts

01:05:37 Windwalker Tower Tips & Thoughts

01:17:35 The Community Council

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week on the show, our cohosts give a post-Thanksgiving recap of the 9.2 datamining from the past two weeks. We also cover the highlights from Morgan Day's interview with The Starting Zone.

This show is also available on YouTube and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EST over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 Thanksgiving! and Murlocs!

06:38 Classic Season of Mastery

11:05 Aside: Alt Catchup in 9.1.5

14:14 Zereth Mortis & Eternity's End Datamining

31:19 Morgan Day Interview: Raid Design

51:55 Morgan Day Interview: Zereth Mortis

56:12 Morgan Day Interview: Tier Sets & Loot

01:07:39 Monk Tier Sets

01:25:03 Question: What if professions had bonuses like in TBC?

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As speculated by our glorious cohosts (yes, others too, but shhh): Patch 9.2 has been announced. This week on the podcast, Anomoly and emallson cover the announcements in detail, from Tier Sets and double Legendaries to the new lore-friendly raid release schedule and gorgeous new zone!

This show is also available on YouTube (and is streamed live every week at 1:30pm EDT over at https://twitch.tv/emallson

Timestamps

00:00 9.2 Announcement Overview

03:31 The Return of Tier Sets! (and M+/PvP loot speculation)

16:37 Double Legendaries (and Covenant Thoughts)

26:42 Tier Set Appearances

29:01 New Raid: Sepulcher of the First Ones

40:00 New Zone: Zereth Mortis

47:25 (Lack of) Updates to Soulbinds & Conduits

50:55 New Story & Next Steps (9.2 Final Patch?)

01:03:01 PvP Solo Queue (as a Brawl)

01:08:54 Thoughts?

01:16:22 Wild Speculation About the Next Expansion

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4371-skye-cuillin

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/