PeakCraft Podcast

We got new dungeons this week on the Dragonflight Alpha! This week on the podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly cover Uldaman and Neltharus, more crafting updates, Shaman talents, and the...lack of updates about Shadowlands Season 4.

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

10:27 Raider.io Season 3 Recap

12:52 Season 4: We Know Nothing (and pre-BiS Strat Discussion)

24:51 Alpha News Roundup: Feedback Posts, Shaman Talents, Interviews, and Tuskarr!

40:40 Dragonflight Professions: 6th Bag Slot and Recrafting

50:24 Dragonflight: New Phials, Potions, and Cauldrons

01:04:00 Dragonflight Dungeons: Uldaman & Neltharus

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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The alpha for Dragonflight is now live and our very own emallson has access! This week on the show, emallson and Anomoly go over some of the new stuff from the Alpha, including Evoker spells and talents, datamined Brewmaster talents, and---of course---Dragonriding!

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 & Quick MDI News

03:54 Dragonflight Alpha! What's in it?

05:23 Dragonriding

19:15 Brewmaster Talent (?) Datamining

29:47 Evoker

54:31 Return of Group Loot

01:01:37 10.0 Raid Dungeon Journal is Live

01:08:42 Power Infusion & External Buffs

01:25:37 Monk Tier Set Art!

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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On Thursday & Friday last week, Blizzard dropped more major info about Dragonflight with posts about the Hunter & Rogue talent trees and the Professions updates. This week on the podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly take a deep dive into the content and implications of the Professions revamp (which is one of the most substantial blue posts we've ever gotten!)

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 Recap - Nerf City

12:46 Hunter & Rogue Talent Trees

18:04 Alliance Hall of Fame (Finally) Closing

19:50 BlizzCon 2023! (Mike Ybarra Interview w/ LA Times)

21:57 Transferring Cosmic Flux to Alts

32:07 Season 4: Uncapped Valor, Vendor Gear Unlocks Sooner (+ Catch-Up)

44:43 Dragonflight Alpha Rumored for This Week 👀

49:12 Profession Changes: Crafting Orders

56:43 Profession Changes: Specialization

57:48 Profession Changes: Item Quality (not Item Level!)

01:04:37 Profession Changes: Crafting Stats

01:11:11 Profession Changes: Crafted Max ilvl Gear

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Season 4 of Shadowlands releases in just under a month! In order to squeeze as many guilds into CE as possible, Blizzard has announced yet more MASSIVE NERFS to Sepulcher of the First Ones. This week on the podcast, our hosts Anomoly and emallson cover the implications of the nerf for progression and for Season 4, as well as other upcoming economy changes in Patch 9.2.7.

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 The Jailer is Dead!

08:07 Shadowlands: Season 4 -- August 2nd/3rd/4th

11:40 Dragonflight: Priest Talent Preview

15:34 Wrath Classic: Naxx is Getting BUFFED

18:11 Blizzard Acquiring Proletariat Inc, Developer of Spellbreak

21:22 Halondrus Hotfix Breakdown, PTR Tuning

29:10 Dragonflight Pre-Orders and Another 10.0 Patch on CDN

42:06 Patch 9.2.7: Region-Wide Auctions for Commodities

50:48 Patch 9.2.7: Separate "Trade Services" Channel for Sales---Only Professions in /2

54:35 Yet Yet More More Massive Massive Nerfs Nerfs

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Blizzard has hit Sepulcher of the First Ones with YET MORE NERFS. On this episode of the podcast, our hosts emallson and Anomoly break down the nerfs to Lihuvim (2 heal now?!), Halondrus, Anduin, Rygelon, and the Jailer.

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 More Jailer Jail!

12:17 Accessibility: Shadow Priest Voidform Speech

15:29 Wowhead Dragonflight Talent Calculators

16:53 Classic Realm Consolidation

22:08 Halondrus Hotfixes

24:51 Yet More Nerfs: Lihuvim

32:02 Yet More Nerfs: Halondrus

34:49 Yet More Nerfs: Anduin

40:07 Yet More Nerfs: Rygelon

42:40 Yet More Nerfs: The Jailer

53:55 Raid Tuning, Power Progression & System Complexity

01:24:17 Fated Tuning

01:29:06 Question: BoK Usage for DPS as MW?

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, Blizzard announced that they were removing the miserable Fervent Strike mechanic from trash mobs across the Shadowlands dungeon pool! This change has been oft-requested since the mechanic was introduced in Battle for Azeroth---and it comes along with other nerfs for pain points across the dungeon pool.

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 Progression Recap: Jailer Jail

12:21 Diablo IV Beta Pre-Registration Now Open

13:47 Dragonflight: Internal Alpha on Launcher

15:58 Cross-Faction Rated PvP & (More) Sepulcher Nerfs

21:47 Mythic+ Boss Nerfs: Sanguine Depths, Necrotic Wake, Theater of Pain

25:55 Overwatch 2 - Beta Announcement

28:24 Fervent Strikes - What They Are, Why They Suck, & Their Removal

44:55 Undocumented Changes to Codex of the First Technique

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

On Friday afternoon, Blizzard released a preview of the new Druid & Death Knight talent trees! This week on the podcast, emallson and Anomoly walk through the new trees and speculate about what their structure means for Monk talents. We also had Patch 9.2.5 release this week, and recap some of the fun bugs, hotfixes, and changes from the patch.

Dragonflight Talent Preview

MythicTrap Talent Calculator

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 Rygelon Progression

11:27 Diablo Immortal Released

16:43 Cross-Faction Play & Faction Transfer Sale

24:21 Dark Ranger Transmog & Customization Unlocks

27:14 The Veilstrider Meta-Meta-Achievement

32:19 New Mythic+ / PvP Catchup Gear

35:27 9.2.5 Hotfixes: Pandemic Broken (& Fixed), M+ Scaling Fixes, and Codex Broken

45:30 Dragonflight: Restoration Druid Talent Walkthrough

01:07:24 Dragonflight: Death Knight Talent in Contrast

01:12:44 Dragonflight: What About Monk Talents?

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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Patch 9.2.5 arrives this reset, and with it come a number of buffs and hotfixes for Monks, nerfs to Sepulcher of the First Ones, and---of course---cross-faction raids and dungeons!

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 & Progression Recap

08:43 Diablo Immortal: Release June 2nd

11:01 Blue Post: Addons & Accessibility

21:11 PTR Bug (?): Cross-Faction Guilds

23:33 Season 4 "Later This Summer" - CE/AotC/KSM still open

25:06 Cross-Realm Mythic Opens on Reset

28:49 Massive Renown Buffs, Legendary Crafting Cost nerfs

33:30 Cross-Faction Instanced Content

39:04 New Social Contract (and its implications)

43:46 Windwalker / Mistweaver Buffs! Threat Buff! Brewmaster Fixes!

01:01:29 MASSIVE Sepulcher Nerfs (again)

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

Anomoly has returned! This week on the show, we catch up on the massive nerfs to Mythic Sepulcher of the First Ones and discuss the newly-present-on-PTR Mythic+ Affix for Season 4: Shrouded.

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

01:39 Progression Recap & Mythic Sepulcher Nerfs

17:27 Week in Review: Mobile Games, Narrative Director & Curseforge

31:25 MDI Last Stand!

37:53 BDGG Sepulcher Interview

47:39 Patch 9.2.5: Fated Raid Loot & Windrunner Easter-Egg

51:19 Season 4 Mythic+ - Shrouded Affix & New Dungeons

Music: Skye Cuillin by Kevin MacLeod

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

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

With Anomoly on hiatus for real life this weekend, emallson is joined by Peak owner Babylonius to talk about the state of Windwalker in Sepulcher, what kinds of talents we want, and about the deterministic loot system that has been announced for Season 4 of Shadowlands.

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 Windwalker in Sepulcher w/ Traitorlonius

22:59 What Would Windwalker Talents Look Like?

51:39 Season 4: Deterministic Loot!?

01:05:35 Our Best Interests

01:14:08 Cross-Faction Shenanigans 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/