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  • World Of Warcast Episode 265, "New horde profession-back surgeon"

    Discord: https://discord.worldofwarcast.com


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    Our talk about WoW Classic will be on Thursday's episode.

    Incoming for 7.3.5 - (no release date; not even up on PTR yet)


    Timewalking Ulduar, new battleground

    Event in Silithus to herald in the start of expansion

    Leveling Improvements (yay!!!!!)

    All content previous to Warlords will SCALE TO LEVEL - within ranges

    Classic starting zones: 1-10

    All old world vanilla zones: 10-60

    Burning Crusade and Wrath zones: 60-80

    Cataclysm and Pandaria zones: 80-90

    What this means: You can actually complete zones without leveling out of them and feeling forced to move on and you can choose where you level up

    Dungeons will also scale accordingly - so will loot drops (yes, run Wailing Caverns at 60 and you’ll get level 60 mobs and level 60 gear)

    Incoming also - no release date


    Accounts with an authenticator attached will get a “small increase” to the size of their standard 16 slot backpack - may be connected to WoW’s upcoming 13th anniversary event (Nov 16-30)

    Expansion: Battle for Azeroth (not Tides of Vengeance) - also no release date


    Basics:

    Level to 120 (one instant boost to 110)

    Return to faction based play areas

    Bye-bye Teldrassil and Undercity (but not Silvermoon and Exodar) -- hello each faction controlling their own continent

    Does the zone control mean no leveling zones for the opposite faction?

    New island zones Zandalar and Kul Tiras with three areas for each

    Horde: Zandalar - obviously troll focused

    Alliance: Kul Tiras - naval power (which we’ve never seen because apparently they’re so good they can hide the most powerful navy in the world from everyone until now)

    New subraces: the four we mentioned on the last show plus two more (Horde: Highland Tauren, Nightborne and Zandalari Troll. Alliance: Void Elf, Lightforged Draenei and Dark Iron Dwarves).

    Will get 6 new character slots on each server

    You have to open these subraces via quests -- once opened it’s accountwide

    Subraces start at level 20. You can race-switch into them using Blizzard game services, but if you run one from 20 to 120 you get an achievement plus special heritage armor transmog

    3-person Island Cooperative challenge gameplay

    Changing mini scenarios on islands

    Would like to have seen this scalable to other size groups - 3 is awkward

    20-person raids called Warfronts to claim strategic locations

    this is a PvE system, not PvP, “inspired by classic Warcraft RTS battles”

    (Ren: Damn good thing or the Horde on Whisperwind is screwed)

    Artifact amulet (Heart of Azeroth) instead of an artifact weapon - a system with a sort of mini-talent tree used to select and empower abilities - replacements for the Artifact, Artifact Power and Netherlight Crucible systems from Legion

    Powered by Azerite, will automatically absorb Azerite when it’s nearby

    Helm, chest, and shoulders will be empowered through Heart of Azeroth

    Probably will need an entire episode just on this - but practical upshot is the artifact weapons are going away and this is the replacement

    PVP/PVE server distinction is going away - now it will be selectable

    Internal sharding allows PVP-flagged players to see/group with only one another, and PVE-unflagged players to see/group only with one another

    All servers will run under same rules of engagement

    Only place you can flag PVP is in capital cities - can’t flag PVP on the fly

    No randomly flagged people running around

    PvP gives added bonuses in addition to added risk

    Item level decrease incoming

    Not exactly the warlords “stat squish” where numbers were reduced across the board

    Numbers from the Dungeon Journal in the demo at Blizzcon - 880 items were showing up as 215, 900 as 235, 1000 as 335

    Basically trying to make numbers a bit more meaningful

    Presumably mobs and such will be scaled as well -- functionally should not change, just how it’s displayed

    New model changes incoming for several character races - Orcs and Trolls were demoed to choose between a hunched or upright character). Mostly focused on original races, plus blood elf and draenei. Goblins and Worgen will get makeovers later.

    Beta Opt-In for Expansion


    https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/battle-for-azeroth - scroll to the bottom of the page if you want to get into the beta

    1 hr 15 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 314, "Can't find anything for you at the Q Mall"

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: patreon.com/starmike

    News


    Unused Chris Eidelman Discovery music on Spotify.

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: Do u think the most popular Trek episodes are the ones that have time travel in them? If so, why are they so popular?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    From Nathan on Twitter: Sports Night S2, E3

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: TNG S4: Q-Pid as requested by Chris on Twitter

    Character insight - Captain Proton

    1 hr 1 min
  • World Of Warcast Episode 264, "You have to take care of Pepe's bum"

    Discord: https://discord.thisweekintrek.com


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    Episode 264

    Ren


    LIfe invasions continue - but for good reasons

    New microphone! (and why it’s a commitment stand-in)

    Seeing if I can resurrect the original Renata (but not til 6 PM tonight)

    Level 72 shaman

    Diablo III

    Contemplating a hardcore run for new Seasons (starts Nov 9)

    New undead murloc necromancer pet rocks

    Got Naxxy, and Pepe is uncomfortable on my Gilnean form witch hat

    Mike


    Horseman’s Reins

    Steamwheedle rep does work in Badlands

    And Tanaris

    Can’t really find any other post-cata quests.

    Is there something I’m missing because killing mobs for 2 rep each is not fun.

    Timewalking - got a 905 chest, iLvl went down one point lol.

    This Week in WoW


    Hallows End ends (Wed Nov 1)

    Day of the Dead starts (Nov 1 - Nov 3)

    World Quest Bonus Event starts (Tues Oct 31)

    News


    Shaman Challenge

    First two Finishers!

    Filius, with troll shaman Shameena reached level 110 in 4d 5h 44m and 14s.

    Jemela, Draenei shaman 2 days 10 hours 45 minutes, 41 seconds

    Token prices on the rise again - noted by Discord user JSHMLR

    190k on US servers average, 290k on European servers

    Patch 7.3.2 - Documented changes

    Includes additional tuning for Antorus, but the raid isn’t open yet

    Balance druid and elemental shaman changes -

    Shamanistic Healing trait redesigned - now heals for increasing amount per rank (was fixed) with a fixed cooldown for 30 seconds (was 30 seconds minus 2 seconds per rank)

    Three new class hall missions giving follower armor rewards

    Added a Primal Sargerite vendor to the Vindicaar

    Can now sell a number of legacy class set items back to vendors

    *SPOILERS about the next expansion?*

    As of today, until Oct 31, Wowhead is giving away 15 Blizzcon Virtual Tickets. Visit Wowhead for entry details.


    It’s next week!

    Possible leak of the expansion title?

    51 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 313, "So here's my number, let's Xindi maybe"

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: patreon.com/starmike

    News


    Discovery S2 coming. Klingon war aftermath. Where they get hair implants.

    Star Trek Continues

    Nicola Bryant (Peri from DW)

    Amy Rydell played the Romulan Commander

    Her mom played the original character

    Re: CBS All Access (Ray on Twitter) If you attempt to cancel they will give you a month free.

    TOS & TNG adult coloring books are out now from Dark Horse Comics.

    DISCO shirts

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: If u can slingshot around the sun and travel into the past, would u try to correct any mistakes u made?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    Futurama S2, E3 (now on Hulu). The DOOP (UFP) ships are lining up to shoot down a giant enemy ship. Fry is flying the ship, shooting at stuff.

    00:15

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: ENT 306: Exile

    Character insight - Discovery's Season 2 renewal news

    1 hr 2 min
  • World Of Warcast Episode 263, "You can run around as a horse's ass"

    Discord: https://discord.thisweekintrek.com


    Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike

    Ren


    Too much adulting this week - only got to level 70 in shaman challenge

    Update on the restore/switch faction bug

    INCOMING: New mic

    Mike


    Shaman to 50.

    200 mounts!

    Hallow’s End

    Got 150 treats in one night.

    Naxxy!

    The trick to doing the wickerman - invisibility items. Instant vs. casting time.

    Trying to get the headless horseman mount - how many years has it been?

    This week in WoW


    Black Temple timewalking - dropping base i900 items, NOT i930

    Hallow’s End

    Tricky Treats - Headless Horseman, daily quests, candy buckets. Use to buy masks, costumes for you or for pets (there’s three pug costumes and one Pepe skin), consumables, pets (Naxx, Sinister Squashling, Cursed Birman, Feline Familiar or Widget the Departed), heirloom upgrades (armor casings), and toys (horse head and tail, Little Wickerman)

    Wickerman (Grim Visage) buffs for baby shamans (10% exp and rep for 2 hours)!

    XP bonus applies to mob kills only - doesn’t increase XP from quest turnins or pet battles (“Apply Aura: mod Experience Gained %(mob kills only)”).

    Rep bonuses: does work with Legion tokens and other commendations in the game, and does stack with human’s 10% exp racial ability

    New this year: Naxxy, undead companion pet (150 Tricky Treats)

    New costume - Xavius (200 treats)

    New front and back end of a horse

    Headless Horseman drops 880 loot

    Magic Broom - 25% drop rate out of Horseman’s stash

    mount - 0.5%

    880 gear includes a sword (kind of silly for anything other than transmog), helm, and rings

    News


    Elysium shuts down because someone was taking home 2000 euros/month and someone else was running a gold selling service.

    Patch 8.0 made a (very) brief appearance on beta servers

    Mod of the Cast


    HandyNotes

    53 min
  • This Week in Trek Episode 312, "Many whelps! Handle it!"

    Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4


    Patreon: patreon.com/starmike

    News


    DSC Ep 6: Lethe

    DSC Ep 7: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

    DSC Ep 8: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

    DSC Ep 9: Into the Forest I Go

    Disco shirts!!

    The Orville: Last episode was the best so far. Many things to think about.

    Ten Forward:


    Chris on Twitter: Which would u rather do: be the first person to test a transporter or the first person to test warp speed?

    Star Trek in pop culture:


    Book: Promises in Death by JD Robb - from the audio book

    00:11

    Last week in Trek

    Episode insight: TNG S4: Remember Me

    Character insight - Captain Jellico

    1 hr 5 min

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