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- This Week in Trek Episode 324, "Zoomin N'Hance"
Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com
Patreon: patreon.com/starmike
Twitch: twitch.tv/starmiketvNews
William Shatner appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to pop culture. bit.ly/shatroc
Get tickets for WILLIAM SHATNER at STAR TREK:ORIGINAL SERIES SET TOUR! Saturday May 5th on The Enterprise sets in Ticonderoga N.Y. 12883
Tickets are available at startrektour.com
Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz on several magazine covers this week.
https://shop.startrek.com/dept/new-arrivalsTen Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Who do u think is the best singer in Trek? My vote is Jeri Ryan.Star Trek in pop culture:
“Littlest Petshop” S1, E16. The owner gets a new truck & the pets explore it.Last week in Trek
Episode insight: TNG: S5, Unification 1
Character insight: Ensign Tess Allenby
Subspace communications
1 hr 2 min - This Week in Trek Episode 323-Discovery Edition, "Slayer of Amazon Prime"
Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com
Patreon: patreon.com/starmike
Twitch: twitch.tv/starmiketvOur look at Star Trek Discovery Episode 10, "Despite Yourself"
48 min - World Of Warcast Episode 273, "Role playing is exhausting"
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike
Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketvRen
Going for the drake achievement -- sort of
Got 3 fel eggs this week: 1 Felglow Mana Ray mount, 1 Fel-Afflicted Skyfin pet, and
Now “the Exalted” … “the Beloved” next??
Slowly getting everyone completed with the Argus campaign
New toon: male blood elf protection paladin (going to go brewmaster monk for N&A) - almost level 40
Discussion: What makes you keep an alt? (@Cattarina and the “nursery of alts”)Mike
More Ulduar achievements
Still can’t do XT. Tried on alts. Just bad luck.
Going to finish up Argus because I’ve neglected it too long.This Week in WoW
Third wing of Antorus is open
Battleground bonus event
Darkmoon Faire opens Sunday
Did we all watch Jeff Kaplan by the fire?News
Legion Attunement Tracker on Wowhead now tracks Allied race unlock requirements
Nightborne unlocks with completing Suramar (Good Suramaritan)
Highmountain unlocks with completing High mountain (Aint No Mountain High Enough)
Void Elf and Lightforged Draenei open with completing the Argus campaign (You Are Now Prepared!)
Attunement tool at http://www.wowhead.com/attunement
New hunter pets on PTR for 7.3.5 - including ones obviously meant to be starter pets for new allied races
Nightborne: Manasaber
Highmountain Tauren: Great Eagle
Void Elf: Voidstalker
Lightforged Draenei: Lightforged Talbuk
Other hunter pets include beasts clearly from Argus, such as umbralfins, dustcloaks, and chitinbuks, and ones clearly associated with Silithus like silithids, flying hornets, scorpids, and spiders
Allied race racials: more complete data. (Speculate on best classes?)
Nightborne: Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior
+15 to inscription=, increased magical damage by 1, access maili for 1.5 minutes (cooldown 10 minutes), A Force Shield that deals arcane damage and snares them by 50%, lasts 20 seconds (no info on cooldown), 1% magic resistance
Highmountain Tauren: Druid, Hunter, Monk, Shaman, Warrior
charge that knocks down enemies for 1.5 seconds (2 minute cooldown), +15 to mining and faster mining, +1% to versatility, overall damage reduction by 330 (scale?) and increased chance to loot additional meat and fish.
Void Elf: Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Warrior
1% reduction of shadow and arcane damage, “your abilities have a chance to empower you with the essence of the void” (?), reduces void storage and transmog costs by 50%, spell casts not delayed by taking damage, and a built-in rift teleportation similar to warlock gating (2 minute cooldown).
Lightforged Draenei: Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Warrior
20% extra xp for killing demons, +10 to blacksmithing plus summoning a Forge of Light on demand, reduce holy damage by 1%, call down a strike of holy energy damaging enemies within 5 yards after 3 sec, and “erupt with light upon death, dealing holy damage to enemies and healing allies).
Speculation: Allied races are not going to be introduced in 7.3.5, but there are plenty of files being pushed to the servers about four of the six races, which gives Bliz the option of releasing them before the expansion. Thoughts?Original dry run of Leeeeroy Jenkins video
https://youtu.be/8hmgrHohDGMFrom the Discord:
How to do less damage for raid achievements, without having to de-equip items or gear:
From @OPH on Discord: brought up there was a toy or shirt that used to exist that would reduce damage output by 90%. This is true. Whole Body Shrinka toy, which shrinks you down to a tiny size and does reduce your damage output to about 10% -- lasts for 3 minutes but has a 30 minute cooldown.
Soft Foam Sword also allows you to "mortally wound" a trivial enemy, but it isn't usable in dungeons or raids.
What else could be done? Came up with a cheap engineering solution even non-engineers can use.
Further discussion on queuing a Broken Shore class hall mission for Broken Shore Campaign -
@settlersrule said he was forced to take a 3 day elite mission because that was all that was available. Tips on how to manage this situation.
From Twitter: Going back to my report that the Murky world quest dismounts you when you fly over it, apparently it’s not just Murky, but any quest where you morph. @Frenzol informed me the wisp quest in Val’sharah does the same thing.1 hr 12 min - This Week in Trek Episode 323, "Who Mourns for Scotty's Coffee?"
Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com
Patreon: patreon.com/starmike
Twitch: twitch.tv/starmiketvNews
What’s with Scotty and coffee? [clip] 00:12
Free month of CBS All Access with code word “BINGE”.
Black Mirror Trek Episode.Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: If u could make a New Years resolution for the people in charge of Trek, what would it be?Star Trek in pop culture:
“The Chair” a show on Starz where 2 1st-time directors make the same movie.
In this clip, they’re scouting a location (refinery) that looks like a Borg ship. Also, Zachary Quinto is a series producer.Last week in Trek
Episode insight: ENT: S4, Terra Prime
Character insight: Peter Weller's characters in Star Trek
Subspace communications
1 hr 6 min - World Of Warcast Episode 272, "Bacon!"
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike
Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketvRen:
Thanks to Cara for filling in for me last week - also thanks for the tips on how to speed up load screen times
Hit Revered with Argussian Reach, Exalted with Scryers and Shado-pan
Finished 6 out of 7 class mount quests for my 110s (druid, mage, rogue, hunter, warlock, and priest) - only warrior to go
thoughts on class mount quests and how class mounts are treated differently
Finished 150 mounts usable on 1 character for the Jade Pandaren Kite (currently at 164)
Got 3 Shado-pan mounts and a couple “unsolicited” mounts - Wild Dreamrunner and Crimson Slavermaw
Finished Argus campaign on 3 characters (druid, warlock, and rogue)
One stupid three star Crispy Bacon recipe short of finished with cooking with warrior
Mike:
Nothing this week. Too busy.
This Week in WoW
Continuation of Winter Veil
Mists of Pandaria TimewalkingShaman Challenge: 2 new finishers = Rokica and Settlersrule
Discussion: 2017 In Review
1 hr 4 min - This Week in Trek Episode 322, "Faith of the Fletcher"
Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com
Patreon: patreon.com/starmikeNews
Screenwriter Mark L. Smith tapped to develop script for Tarantino Trek.
Star Trek: Discovery Pinewood Toronto Studios To double in size.
Friday, January 12, Hockey: the Florida Panthers vs. the Calgary Flames -- and also Star Trek Night. Each ticket includes a cool Star Trek commemorative piece.
Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Ubisoft) is now playable without VR on PS4 & PC.Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: After Trek 5, were u surprised they made a 6th film? Also, were u also surprised how good Trek 6 was compared to 5?Star Trek in pop culture:
“Let’s Be Evil” 2016. Horror/Sci Fi about young adults caring for a group of gifted kids being specially trained in a VR world.
Clip1: One of the caretakers comments on the glasses “I feel like Geordi LaForge - Star Trek”. 00:06
Clip2: The same person comments on a VR test being given. 00:29Last week in Trek
Episode insight: ENT: S4, Demons
Character insight - Gabler from TAS
Subspace communications
1 hr 10 min - World Of Warcast Episode 271, "Antorus Slurpees"
Discord: https://discord.worldofwarcast.com
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmikeSpecial Guest Cara (@xanadara) joins us!
Mike:
Achievements continue
More from Ulduar
Still having problems with XT
May be my fault - timing of the bots/heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8JuIoOY30
Got “Maybe He’ll Get Dizzy”
Got my mount
Are we at that point in the game where we finally take our time and slack off a bit?
Cara: Warcraft news lately is all about the future: patch 7.3.5 datamining, Battle for Azeroth speculation… focus on the here and now? Lean in to your community for keeping the game fresh while waiting for new content*Cara news*
Campfire Chronicles
@CampfireChronic on Twitter and [email protected]
RCC at 7/11 Normal AntorusSALE! ~ 50% off most pets, mounts, and transmog helms
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/11944163Seasonal Event! ~ Winter Veil is up til January 2nd
HazelNuttyGames’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wpk9FKQrSc
Globe Yeti wild battle pet spawns in the snow globes! Ironforge and Org, not Dalaran - one spawns every 30min
http://www.wowhead.com/news=278497/feast-of-winter-veil-2017-holiday-updates-and-guide
https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/7266-Feast-of-Winter-Veil-Live-Lightsabers-Return-WoW-Alpha-Update-WoW-History
Elixir of the Rapid Mind no longer drops from Savage Gift
Don't forget to do the followup to You're a Mean One..., as it rewards Smokywood Pastures Special Gift, which has a small chance to contain Winter's Grasp or Flames of Ragnaros. *weapon enchantment illusions for transmog*
New Winter's Veil music was added in Patch 7.1
Farm the mount from Hillsbrad Foothills with characters level 60+
Use the teleporter to Dalaran Crater in new Dalaran to get there quicklyFrom Discord: Ali - The year is winding down. Maybe talk about favorite moments of the year? Or favorite part of/memories of Winter Veil?
Raaaaaidinnnnng! ~ Antorus LFR Wing 2 opened this week. This includes the bosses Portal Keeper Hasabel, Eonar the Life-Binder, and Imonar the Soulhunter. Wing 3 opens January 2nd.
Overwatch winter wonderland loot boxes up until Jan. 2
54 min - This Week in Trek Episode 321, "I'll take shape-shifters for $100"
Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com
Patreon: patreon.com/starmikeNews
gorn_captain: NEWS: During a press conference at New York Comic Con, executive producer Akiva Goldsman confirmed that Spock will not appear on Star Trek: Discovery, despite some references to the characters already popping up in episodes of the new series.
http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/12/19/star-trek-discovery-spock/Titles for the next six episodes of Discovery:
10. “Despite Yourself”
11. “The Wolf Inside”
12. “Vaulting Ambition.”
13. “What’s Past is Prologue”
14. “The War Without, The War Within”
15. “Will You Take My Hand?”Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Were u glad that there was never a cliffhanger ending to a TOS episode that left u hanging for a resolution for months? (Best of Both Worlds)Star Trek in pop culture:
“Security Now” Youtube tech series.Last week in Trek
Episode insight: TAS: S1E6 The Survivor
Character insight - Mr. Arex
1 hr - World Of Warcast Episode 270, "That's it?"
Discord: https://discord.worldofwarcast.com
Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmikeRen:
Life Invasion continuation - won’t be here next week
Yes, I was making a mountain out of a molehill, or YES DAMNIT I CAN FLY NOW
How the raid really works for getting Good Suramaritan
The overwhelmed WoW person’s quick and dirty guide to getting flying
Stupid flight bugs -- Murky, stop dismounting me!!
Working on getting my neglected toons un-neglected
Pro tip: If you’re two manning dungeons in WoW, pay attention to dungeon difficulty settingMike:
Yes, you can even screw up 25-man achievements.
Add-ons
Still no new mounts.This Week in WoW:
Method has finished mythic Argus
320 pulls
Winter Veil starts this week (Dec 16-Jan 2)
New stuff
Hearthstation toy - sets out an “improved” Hearthstone table to play. No confirmation where this is from but possibly from Gently Shaken Gift
Winter Veil Gift is a Toy Weapon Set, which lets you spar with other players. Gives achievement Don’t Play Wi th That In The House
New pet: Globe Yeti. Probably wild, no data on where it is yet
And all the usual stuff -- garrison decorations, presents, the Greench dailies
Cara has a new podcast w/ Plaggy Boy called “Campfire Chronicles” - stories about WoWNews:
https://blizzardwatch.com/2017/12/12/get-vicious-war-fox-patch-7-3-5/
PTR
Trial of Style Season 2 is up.
If you buy the trial, the game banks up your XP post-cap and then gives it to you when you buy it.
NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS. What about all the stuff I have in my bank?
Several reagents no longer exist: Greater Astral Essence, Lesser Astral Essence, Greater Mystic Essence, Lesser Mystic Essence, Greater Nether Essence, Lesser Nether Essence, Nexus Crystal, Large Glimmering Shard, Small Glimmering Shard, Soul Dust, Vision Dust, Small Glowing Shard, Large Glowing Shard, Dream Dust, Small Radiant Shard, Large Radiant Shard
Illusion Dust is now Light Illusion Dust
Newbie zones are now 1-20.
Ren’s on the PTR on Renatta (two Ts) on Benedictus. I have a channel “worldofwarcast” if folks on Benedictus want to chat while online.
Discussion (@thecowking): What should you farm or bank to prepare for the upcoming expansion?
Discussions in Discord:
The Profession Manifesto for Battle for Azeroth - We want professions that aren’t gated. Also, spend more time focusing on usefulness than story
Cattarina’s idea of having a Discord channel for weekly achievements.1 hr 6 min - This Week in Trek Episode 320, "Rainbow alert"
Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com
Patreon: patreon.com/starmikeNews
Tarantino Trek will be rated R.
Anthony Rapp gets on the first IDW Discovery annual
https://13thdimension.com/exclusive-first-look-idws-march-2018-star-trek-comics/Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What is the best and worst Star Trek Christmas present you have received?Star Trek in pop culture:
Jeopardy 00:18Last week in Trek
Episode insight: Voyager S4E24, “Demon”. Directed by Anson Williams
Character insight - Crewman Nelson
1 hr 3 min
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