World of Warcast: A World of Warcraft Podcast

World of Warcast: A World of Warcraft Podcast

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World of Warcast: A World of Warcraft Podcast episodes

  • Episode 137, "Occupy Lower City"

    Our weekly look at the news of WoW and what we did this week:

    Eric:


    Wanderer’s Festival Achieve

    Galleon for the first time + amazing loot

    Monk @ 80

    AH woes

    Mike:


    Monk to 81. Decided to slow down.

    Did LFR ToT last night.

    Will start PvP again tonight.

    Lack of motivation for dailies.

    Just like Firelands, it feels forced and I don’t like not flying.

    News and views:


    Should you be able to start at 55 if you already have a 90 of the same race?

    If you could align yourself with one non-main faction, what would it be?

    Oondasta - the grave maker

    - Will be spawning more often

    Automatic flight point discovery was not intended in 5.1

    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 136, "Dress like Garrosh, get a buff"

    News:


    PvP Season 13 started

    There will be no more 5-man dungeons in Mists.

    Players visiting a different realm no longer eligible to receive loot from Oondasta or Nalak.

    Thunderforged dropping in LFR.

    Massive monk DPS bug.

    Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm released

    Blizzard debuting something new at PAX East.

    Mike:


    Leveled a monk. Started as a test, now 54+

    Still having problems with rotation.

    A bit of fun in the old world.

    Love the fast-paced play. Better thann DK/Pally

    Was healer, decided on tank after Dire Maul incident

    Enchants make a huge difference (no duh)

    Eric


    Darkmoon Faire ended (hidden cave, weird stuff, check blue histories, ghosts http://miasazeroth.blogspot.com/2011/11/ghosts-of-darmoon-island.html sea ponies, also, seahorse mount )

    Treasure of the Thunder King solo scenario loot run

    Cross Realm IN SW/ORG now? (eldrethas)

    Valor of the Ancients

    Golden Lotus (mount!)

    tanking

    amani dragon hawk

    A look at leveling after not leveling for a while

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 135, "No Excuses"

    Special guest: SoCalWowGal @socalwowgal / socalwowgal.com)

    We talk about our impressions of 5.2 so far, and have an in-depth discussion with SoCalWowGal about her blog which tackles being a WoW Life Coach.

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 134, "How to succeed in battlegrounds without really trying"

    News:


    Blizzard confirms no cross platform play for Diablo 3 on PS4

    Thunder King trailer

    Heart of the Storm trailer

    Who's going to Nerdtacular?

    This Week:


    Mike:

    Formal Dangui dropped.

    Lots of PvP. Capped out everything I wanted to do with PvE except Operation faction.

    Will still do PvE, but waiting for 5.2

    Trying to get as much Conquest Points before 5.2

    Got full set of blue PvP gear, first epic PvP piece.

    Eric


    DK Leveling (at 89, return to the main!, former PVP main)

    aside: I can riff on PVP, so don’t have much to add here

    Changes to Mages/DK/Monk in 5.2

    How to succeed in battlegrounds without really trying.

    1 hr 24 min
  • Episode 133, "Mount me! Let's go!"

    Blizzcon Nov. 8-9

    Mike:


    Forgot to really finish Klaxxi.

    Working hard on VP. There has to be a better way.

    Ancient Portal of Dalaran for mages

    Rainbow trinket

    Soloed some of Serpentshrine

    Heard from Ren

    Eric


    Leveling alts

    Being tech support for 3

    Blizzard PS4 Diablo 3 on PS3/PS4 Chris Metzen announced at Sony Event


    What about console MMOs anyway? Old fail article from 2009:

    http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/04/mmos-on-consoles-epic-fail

    PvP Season 12 ends March 5


    Patch 5.2 PTR: Mac OS X 10.6 no longer supported as of 5.2

    Blizzard's Wraithion poll

    46 min
  • Episode 132, "Crap! I'm a Death Knight!"

    This Week:


    Mike -

    Exalted with Klaxxi finally.

    Still fiddling with DPS output. Working on getting a trinket.

    Ran LFR, finished the token quest. DPS up a little bit but not where I want it.

    Eric -


    Hellscream Shake

    Love is in the Air

    Scholomance - the pictures follow you.

    Moar Nubs and rogue

    News:


    WoW down to 9.6M subscribers

    Raptr rewards gives you an Alliance or Horde shirt for your Xbox avatar

    Love is in the Air - get your meta going

    5.0 cross-realm raiding in 5.2

    Cache loot buffed in 5.2

    Valor in 5.2 will stay, Conquest will still convert to Honor

    5.2 supposed to be here the end of Feb, says Bashiok

    Weekly topic - Does WoW seem too easy to vets or is this par for the course for new players that have never seen an MMO before?

    Mod of the Cast:


    sRaidFrames

    NugComboBar -meh

    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 131, "New Horde profession-chiropractor"

    This Week:

    Eric - started a healer, tried out a rogue, warlock, and monk.

    What's the WoW experience like for new players?

    Mike - Worked on getting his mage DPS a little higher. Still not as high as he'd like. The search for better raid frames continues.

    News:


    All current raids will have a 10% buff when patch 5.2 lands.

    Blizzard says the macro system can use an overhaul.

    Project Blackstone unveiled - conencted to Starcraft 2: HoS.

    PTR:


    Green Fire quest for warlocks.

    Feat of Strength for people that finished current raids on Normal/Heroic (NOT PTR).

    Current conversion for 5.2

    LFR is up this weekend. iLvl 480 minimum.

    Mod of the Cast:


    Mike - Auctioneer

    Eric - Rarity

    48 min
  • Episode 130, "Marmot Merlot"

    What we did this week:


    Mike - New bags, checked out the PTR, what to do after you maxxed out your toon? Alts or PTR?

    Eric - Finished all of LFR, got fishing out of the way, played on the PTR.

    News:


    Lunar Festival is in full swing, along with flagged players.

    Tides of War machinima is up.

    Duncan Jones is tapped to be the Warcraft film's director.

    PTR


    New raid rules, new class changes, bonus rep in dungeons, and two new scenarios.

    Casual topic - is there a need for a guild in WoW anymore?

    58 min
  • Episode 129, "A Boy and His Boss"

    After eight years, we changed our theme.

    Warcast will be recorded every Thursday.

    What we did this week:


    Mike finished with Golden Lotus and tried soloing Naxx 10.

    Eric opened up the post-GL quests and worked on Brawler's Guild fights.

    News:


    Blizzard says they're not getting rid of addons (via WoWInsider).

    PTR 5.2 updates - we don't have any because we haven't tranferred our toons over there yet. Next show we will.

    Getting gear for xmog - is it fun? Is it worth it? Does it eat up your bag space?

    Blizzardverse - New cinematic for Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbeoSPqRs4&feature=player_embedded

    Mod of the Cast:


    Mike - Dominos

    Eric - Screengrid

    Support the show! http://www.thenexicon.com


    Our sponsors - ThinkGeek and SquareSpace

    Donate to the show or subscribe

    51 min
  • Episode 128, Dec. 2, 2012

    Special guest host Eric Rice (@spin).

    All about the 5.1 Patch.

    New faction questline - Operation Shieldwall for the Alliance, Dominance Offensive for the Horde.


    New scenario - Dagger in the Dark.

    Gear upgrades - upgrade your rares and epics.

    Changes to tooltips.

    LFR bosses remaining counter removed.

    Raids no longer necessary for old school raid instances.

    New pets with some old school raid bosses. Get them all and you get Mr. Bigglesworth.

    New pets with Darkmoon Faire.

    Raiding in MoP.

    1 hr 9 min

About World of Warcast: A World of Warcraft Podcast

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Since 2005, World Of Warcast has been bringing listeners some of the best information about World Of Warcraft. Every week we talk about the most important topics, and some not so important ones.