PeakCraft Podcast

This week on the show, our hosts Anomoly and emallson (finally) catch up on Sylvanas and Anduin lore from 9.1. We said we'd cover this last week, but now we actually are! Also in this episode: we discuss the announcement of (lots of!) new cosmetics in patch 9.1.5, the launch of MDI Season 2, and the many other changes from the last week in WoW.

This week’s show is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Weekly Progression Recap

19:16 Hotfixes Roundup (plus Korthia & Torghast tips!)

34:13 New Soulshapes, Druid Forms, and Appearance Options in 9.1.5

40:42 Undocumented Halls of Atonement Nerf

42:26 LFG Changes for Shadowlands Dungeons / Raids

45:44 MDI Season 2 Time Trials

50:39 Empowered Conduits (?!?)

55:42 Lore Corner

01:16:48 Questions & Answers

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 discuss the recent nerfs to Painsmith, as well as some interesting bits and bobs from Max & Rogerbrown's recap of the Race to World First for Sanctum of Domination---along with (finally) catching up a bit on Lore Corner and Q&A!

This week’s show is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Week in Review

21:07 Painsmith & His Nerfs

36:26 Blood Set?!?

40:38 The Max / Roger Raid Recap Recap

01:10:48 Lore Corner: Elune, Tyrande, and the Winter Queen (SPOILERS!)

01:17:34 Questions & Answers

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 discuss the weird tuning of the Sanctum of Domination and how Domination Gems are warping the difficulty of the instance. Then, we switch gears and dive into the new megadungeon that was released in 9.1: Tazavesh, the Veiled Market. Spoiler: its pretty good.

This week’s show is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction & Our Sanctum Progression

09:29 Blood & Frost Domination Set Buffs: Maybe Run Blood Set for Progression?

18:31 Tangent: Mistweaver's Position in Sanctum

20:02 Other Hotfixes

28:42 Tangent: Other MMO's & WoW's Position in the Space

36:09 Blizzard Hiring Many (!) New Staff for WoW

40:30 Tangent: Casual Content, Dungeons & More Staff

47:54 Tazavesh (Hard Mode) & Zo'phex

54:07 The Trading Game and Market Bosses

01:04:47 So'azmi

01:11:00 Hylbrande & Fishsticks

01:16:54 The Pirate Dragon

01:18:45 So'leah

01:28:40 Questions & Answers

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 cover the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit and what it means for our community. We also discuss the conclusion of the World First race, ongoing Mythic progression, Venthyr Mistweavers, and answer some questions.

This week’s show is also available on YouTube (soon!). You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 The Activision-Blizzard Lawsuit

15:23 Should You Unsubscribe?

19:20 Mythic Cheese Fixes & Sylvanas Windrunner

42:17 Week in Review

54:17 Mistweavers on Venthyr Now?!?

01:05:00 Weekly Progression Recap

01:12:53 Lore Corner: New Chronicles

01:17:42 Questions & Answers

 

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Mythic week is here and wow has it been a wild ride! This week on the show, Anomoly and emallson walk through the crazy Race to World First saga of Sanctum: from the wild tuning on Soulrender to the absolute fiesta that was Painsmith to the cheesy shenanigans on Kel'thuzad. The only predictable thing about this Race was that it'd be unpredictable.

This week’s show is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:15 Weekly Hotfixes

09:45 Perfecto, RWF, and Domination Sockets

28:53 WarcraftLogs' Race to World First View

32:30 Early Mythic Bosses

40:12 Soulrender Dormazain & Remnant of Ner'zhul

48:10 Painsmith

01:06:54 Guardian, Fatescribe, and (Cheesing) KT

01:31:24 Sylvanas & Raid Tuning

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

The new raid, Sanctum of Domination, released this week and---true to form---brought with it Heroic Week Tuning™. This week on the show, our hosts emallson and Anomoly cover the changes to Covenant Legendaries, upcoming changes to the Shard of Domination system, and numerous hotfixes (including an unfortunate change to Bonedust Brew). And, of course, we would be remiss if we did not discuss the cinematic with resident lore export Anom.

This week’s show is also available on YouTube (after some technical difficulties). You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

00:58 MDI: Shadowlands Season 2

05:16 Catalogued Research & Soul Cinders Hotfixes

09:24 Tazavesh Hard Mode Clarifications

13:22 Bonedust Brew Hot"fix"

18:56 Covenant Legendary Tuning

27:46 Shard of Domination Update / Tuning

35:28 Sanctum of Domination Heroic! Thoughts?

47:30 Lore Corner: SoD Sylvanas Cinematic

1:07:58 Questions & Answers

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Finally, after one of the longest tiers ever, Patch 9.1 has arrived! and it is...chill, actually? This week on the show, our hosts Anomoly and emallson catch up on what they're doing in the new zone, the Torghast updates, an the (many) hotfixes that happened this week.

This week’s show was streamed on Twitch and is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction & Week in Review

22:46 Korthia, Assaults & World Content

41:44 Torghast 2.0

01:00:30 One Last Look at 9.0

01:08:37 Lore Corner (Spoilers for 9.1 intro quest chain!)

01:16:01 Questions & Answers

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

The podcast returns after emallson's brief foray into the great outdoors! This week, our hosts emallson and Anomoly are joined by Lincoln (from the Hammer of Wrath discord) to talk about gearing in Sanctum of Domination, with a special focus on the new Domination Gems coming with Patch 9.1. What is the new system? How does it work? Will we be wearing Cloth gear? Probably not, but that hasn't stopped us from checking!

This week’s show was streamed on Twitch and is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:30 (Two) Week(s) in Review

12:56 Patch 9.1 Overview

26:23 PvE Gearing in 9.1

31:34 Domination Gems & Sockets

01:16:02 Monk Covenants in 9.1

01:25:14 Questions & Answers

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

As the content lull drags on in (Retail) World of Warcraft, our hosts Anomoly and emallson have been spending some time with (gasp!) other games! This week on the show, we chat about what games we've been playing that aren't Warcraft-flavored, along with some discussion about the Retail news from the past week and (of course) The Burning Crusade.

This week’s show was streamed on Twitch and is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Note: There will not be an episode next week because emallson will be out of town. The podcast will resume the following week at the regular time.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

00:52 How Was Your Raid?

02:54 Weekly News Roundup: Flying, Conduits, and M+ Affix Tuning

24:41 What are we playing during the content lull?

58:18 The "Final Fantasy XIV" Topic

01:13:27 E3?!

01:19:06 Questions & Answers

Games Discussed

Darkest Dungeon

Rocket League

Battlefield 5

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla

The Witcher 3

The Burning Crusade Classic

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Sea of Thieves

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Following weeks of rumors about the new "Anima Power" Seasonal Mythic+ Affix, we finally have something testable on PTR! This week on the show, our hosts Anomoly and emallson take a peek at the new affix, what it means for Mythic+ next tier, and at some of the POWERFUL options we'll have in keys. We also finally have an answer to the will-they-won't-they of Sire Denathrius nerfs: yes, they did nerf it---but not in the way we expected!

This week’s show was streamed on Twitch and is also available on YouTube. You can catch the show live at 1:30pm Eastern Time on Sundays over at https://twitch.tv/emallson.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction & Week in Review

15:37 Mythic Sire Denathrius Nerf

24:58 New Mythic+ Seasonal Affix feat. Anima Powers!

48:28 SPOILERS - Lore Corner: The Jailer

57:24 Questions & Answers

1:10:27 BONUS Burning Crusade Chitchat

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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