PeakCraft Podcast

Dragonflight is out. We've leveled, we've crafted, we've dragonrode, and now---finally---we raid! This week on the podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly talk about their experience with the first week of Mythic+ Season 1, Vault of the Incarnates progression, the Race to World First, and take a (very early!) look at the Brewmaster & Mistweaver changes slated for Patch 10.0.5.

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

Links from the Show

Zul's Profession Tracker WA: https://wago.io/w4D9R3Ykr

Pineapple Game: https://tacticalairhorse.itch.io/vault-of-the-pineapples

Timestamps

00:00 Week in Review: Chris Metzen Returns, Community Council

07:34 Patch 10.0.5: Mistweaver & Brewmaster Talent Updates!

27:49 Progression Recap: Unintentional Heroic Week

45:46 Week 1 of Mythic+: There are 3 Kinds of Keys

57:47 Group Loot

01:05:29 Race to World First - Week 1

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Tomorrow, we get the first raid of Dragonflight! This week on the podcast, Anomoly and emallson recap their experiences with Week 2 of Dragonflight, cover the Tank nerfs (the sky is not falling!), and gush about how excited they are to get back into raid progression!

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 2 of the Dragonflight Experience

18:59 Weekly News Recap: FTC Sues Microsoft, Quest Cap to 35

28:19 Tank Nerfs: Removal of 10% DR Passive

43:13 Looking Forward: Vault of the Incarnates!

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Dragonflight released this week, and what a ride it's been! This week on the podcast, Anomoly and emallson recount their levelling experience (Mal'ganis was smooth and lag-free; Area 52 was...not), talk raid prep, and recap their experiences with the new profession system so far.

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 Brewmaster & Mistweaver Buffs

10:12 Leveling, Dragonriding and Zone Design

31:14 Pre-Raid Prep: Mythic 0 Tours & Reputations

57:02 Crafting! Professions!

01:30:45 World Quests Remaining Bi-Weekly: Reputations & Clarity

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Dragonflight will arrive in a mere few hours! But before we dive in, we have one final patch to recap. On this week's episode of the podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly recap Shadowlands Season 3 & Season 4, and trace how the philosophy changes that are present in full force in Dragonflight begin to appear in late Shadowlands.

If you're interested in other questing-friendly content to listen to while leveling, we have a couple of recommendations:

Preach: "A New Era in WoW" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK757rrOwdI)

Folding Ideas: "Why It's Rude to Suck at Warcraft" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKP1I7IocYU)

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 Final (!) Shadowlands Raid Recap

04:36 Week in Review: Preach "Inside Blizzard"

16:23 Patch 9.2: Zereth Mortis, Unity, Creation Catalyst

31:07 Sepulcher of the First Ones

01:09:04 Patch 9.2.5 and 9.2.7: Season 4, Cross-Faction Raiding, Cross-Realm Commodities

01:15:48 Dragonflight Release: No Rush, Weeklies Unavailable til Reset

01:18:05 Mistweaver Buffs & Brewmaster Tuning

01:27:02 Dragonflight Leveling

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 podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly look back at the 9.1/9.1.5 patch cycle. New raid? ✔️ New daily zone? ✔️ Removing AoE Caps, Covenant Lockouts, and more? ✔️✔️✔️ What a wild ride this patch was!

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 Raiding w/ Emergency Maintenance

13:38 Week in Review: Evoker Release, Interview Blitz, and Blizzard Leaving China

34:30 Looking Back: Korthia, Soulbinds, Flying, and Torghast

49:07 Sanctum of Domination, Domination Sets, and Covenant Legendaries (Rise of the Venthyr Mistweaver!)

01:12:48 Dungeon Updates: In-Game Mythic+ Score, KSH Portals, More Valor Updates, Tazavesh

01:19:06 The Ripcord

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

As Shadowlands draws to a close, emallson and Anomoly are taking some time to look back at the expansion with the benefit of hindsight. This week on the podcast, we're looking at patches 9.0 and 9.0.5 in particular. What was the good? the bad? the ugly? Were covenants actually that bad at launch? Spoiler: yes.

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 Fated Raiding: Winding Down

09:38 Week in Review: Twitch Drops, Pre-Patch Phase 2, and a 50% Guardian Druid Buff

24:59 Mistweaver Changes, Windwalker Nerf Recap

31:22 Covenants, Renown, Soulbinds, Conduits

46:04 Torghast, the Maw, and Legendaries

01:11:43 Mythic+, Prideful, and Castle Nathria

01:21:45 Gearing: BoEs, PvP, and Valor

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

As Shadowlands draws to a close, Anomoly and emallson recap what has been a relatively quiet week (besides, of course, the 30% healer nerf, and the Windwalker nerfs, and the 3rd Fated affix...).

In the next couple of episodes, we're going to be embarking on a retrospective of Shadowlands, starting with the release and Castle Nathria next week!

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 Triple Fated Raiding

13:04 News Roundup: Preach Interviews, WowUp, Renown Alt Catchup, Raid Testing

41:34 Windwalker Nerfs

43:47 Temple of the Jade Serpent Mythic+ Testing

46:44 Dragonflight 40% Player Health / Enemy Damage Buffs

01:00:52 Dragonflight Crafting Order Updates, Crafting Racial Nerfs

01:12:09 Creation Catalyst in Vault of the Incarnates

01:21:18 18th Anniversary Event (+ DMF XP Buff!)

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

At long last, Dragonflight Pre-Patch has arrived! This week on the podcast, Anomoly and emallson recap our experiences with the first week of the patch, talk about the UI updates (and how we've dealt with addons that are no longer updated), cover updates to Mythic+ and Crafting on the beta, and talk pre-patch raiding builds for Brewmaster and Mistweaver.

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 Pre-Patch Raiding! (and UI/Addon Shenanigans)

19:45 Beta Updates: Threads of Fate Disabled, Legion Legacy Damage Bonus

34:46 Thundering Affix Update & Mythic+ Tuning

52:52 Crafting: Work Order Beta Testing

01:02:51 Dragonflight Leveling / Week 1 Prep

01:08:14 Anomoly Completes Shadowlands (Portals & Raid Shenanigans)

01:15:20 Pre-Patch Brewmaster & Mistweaver Builds

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 podcast, Anomoly and emallson recap the changes to BoEs as the final pillar of PvE gearing in Dragonflight, as well as covering the latest round of Mythic+ (Thundering 2.0!) and raid testing. Of course, there is also pre-patch looming on the horizon...

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 Raid Week Recap

10:14 Pre-Patch Event Testing, Transmog & Tier Sets Disabled

18:57 Vault of the Incarnates Tier Set Clarifications

21:47 Boat Timers?

25:10 Beta Monk Class Tuning

32:40 Mythic Raid Testing: Eranog, Primalist Council, Sennarth, Dathea, Diurna

45:40 Mythic+ - Thundering 2.0

58:27 Guaranteed BoEs, Great Vault Updates, and the Return of Rare Gear

01:20:33 Roster & Tuning for Dragonflight

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

This weekend, Mythic+ testing opened and the first round of Mythic Raid testing began! On this episode of the podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly recap their experience on Mythic Terros and in Mythic+, talk about the new Thundering affix, and work through some thoughts on how Mythic+ could be made a real "3rd pillar" of WoW's endgame.

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 Introduction & Fated Raid Recap

11:30 Pre-Patch & Winds of Wisdom XP Buff

15:13 Heroic & Mythic Raid Testing!

29:31 Monk Changes & Bugfixes (and Restless Crew Removed!)

41:32 Mythic+ Testing (and the new Seasonal Affix)

48:11 Mythic+ Rewards Buff: +20s Give Higher Rewards

58:24 (Extended Aside About Making Mythic+ a 3rd End-Game Pillar)

01:24:32 Monk Set Bonus Updates

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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