World of Warcast: A World of Warcraft Podcast

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Episode 147, "And a Bloodwing ain’t one" May 30, 2013

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News:
New mount: Armored Bloodwing
WoW Insider Poll /played (by expac)
http://www.wowhead.com/news=213612/blizzard-on-titan-official-statement

Mike:
Shadow Dance nerfed. May go Assassin spec.
What to do when you’re capped
- Motes of Harmony
- Trade for Justice points - get xmog gear
- Gems
- Mounts
Pug low MMR groups
Haven’t started doing LFR, but will.
Played with a new opening rotation. Works...sometimes
Tried OpenRaid

Eric:
Nal’lak the Ripper, Blackhoof, Bonobos, MAJOR NANNERS and DEGU wtf
plus: lewts
Back to Brawler’s Guild - Challenge Cards. Me and Mecha Bruce
Brawler’s Fanfare (Triggered by First Rule achieve?)
Bloodwing mount as gift!

*** WE HAVE XBOX SHIRT AVATARS TO GIVE AWAY THANKS TO CM_ZARHYM ***

Send us an email about your thoughts on PvP, or tweet us at @worldofwarcast, @starmike, or @ericrice and use #WARCAST

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Episode 146, "Azeroth gang signs" May 23, 2013

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Patch 5.3!
New scenarios
New pets
New weekly
New pet
Dungeon set gear
Lesser charms and DS1 pieces from mobs
New Battleground - Deepwind Gorge
Loot specializations
Massive PvP changes
Everyone gets 65% resilience
PvP Power gem stats cut in half
iLvl 522 PvE gear makes Tyr gear irrelevant
All gear scaled to 496 IN BGs
Old school raid changes
Voidbringers are back

Mike:
AV weekend meant lots of wins, at the beginning.
Full HP gear, 2 pieces of Tyr gear
The Hordebreaker
Debating on what to do about this whole WPvP issue

Eric:
Darkspear Revolutionary
farming in Barrens
new helm 489
Heroic Scenario Tanking
Finished LFR

Episode 145, "I've never farmed while doing a show" May 16, 2013

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News:
5.3 will allow you to farm low-levels in Pandaria!!
Only works for miners and herbalists. 10 of a low-level item makes one ore.
Should this work for tailors and skinners somehow?

Ghostcrawler on the "sweet spot" in trying to keep people from unsubbing.

And yes, the loss was due to MMOs in China

How to survive on a PvP server

Mike:
Worked on getting my rogue to 90, which I did.
Leatherworking up.
Spent time cleaning out my bags. Lots of stuff that never sold.

Eric:
Running lowbies thru instances (instance lock is account wide)
More tank practicing

Episode 144, "The Ultimate Furry" May 09, 2013

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News:
WoW loses over 1M, down to 8.3w
Is the game too easy?
Lore sure isn’t a problem
Most lost from the East
Cata fallout coupled with Dailycraft?
Prepping for 5.3
If you’re going to Blizzcon you have until May 14th to edit your info
Patch 5.3 Tuesday?

Eric:
Tanking attempt again
Guardian Druid & Brewmaster Tank

Mike:
Worked on my Rogue
Did VERY well in BGs
Tried level locking at 84. Didn’t work.
Worked on leatherworking/skinning
Level 85 BGs aren’t bad, could be worse.

Emails!

Episode 143, "The Temple of the Revolving Noob" May 02, 2013

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Eric:
Noob coaching

Mike:
Got my Blizzcon ticket
Started taking screenshots of where players are in AB/WSG
Finished up gearing up the Mage and started a Rogue
Getting a rotation
Dealing with cooldowns
Staying alive has gotten better

News:
Children’s week
The return of the firecat
Ghostcrawler on tri-spec
Exodus done w/25 man raiding
Only 50 lesser charms needed now. THANK YOU!

Episode 142, "I don't die in this game" Apr 25, 2013

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News:
Blizzcon tickets went on sale
Oondasta loot roll changes from other realms
85-90 XP changes
Bad Robot - only for Engineers????
Live WoW Dev Q&A tonight at 5:30 PT (8:30 ET)

We talk about PvP, and compare what Alliance vs Horde PvP is like, some aspects about crowd control, and whether mages are really overpowered or if that's a myth carried over from previous expansions.

Episode 141, "I would like to know how this story ends" Apr 18, 2013

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News:
PTR
- No gated rep!
- Battlefield: Barrens
- Get xmog gear
- What’s going on in Valley of Eternal Blossoms?
- New Battlefield: Deepwind Gorge

Calendar spam
Why tailoring?

Mike:
Gearing up the monk
Getting another mage to 90
14k in a week selling xmog gear

Eric:
Switching realms- considerations
Solid Week full 90 on monk
Back to the PTR 5.3
Discovery Armor XMOG for my rogue
Nalak & Oon

Episode 140, "I got 20 silver in my pocket" Apr 11, 2013

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5.3 Patch news:
Wow to get a limited in-game browser.
We'll be able to xmog using items in the bank.
New Brawler's Guild 5.3 features.
You can pick LFR loot for a different spec.
Hearthstone tied to new mounts?

Why you shouldn't wait until late in the week to do LFR.
Tips on raising tailoring and enchanting.
How skinning and Tillers dailies are awesome together.
No-kill servers and guilds.

Your emails.

Episode 139, "Chromie will be the final boss" Apr 04, 2013

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BlizzCon tickets go on sale April 24 and 27
Blizzard defends not having an April Fool's Joke (and we agree)
More Titan rumors!
Patch 5.3 PTR: Fiery new mounts
ElvUI does the Harlem Shake

Eric:
Westminster (Scarlet Monastery, Cathedral District IRL!)
Archaeology dailies and by Archaeology I mean MUSEUMING
Noblegarden
(Attractions in London, walkthroughs, Dungeon, Doctor Who, theme park, China knockoff and WoW stuff, could it work?)

Mike:
Monk to 90
iLvl 470 pretty fast.
LW has given me nothing I can use in 6 days.
Getting undercut every day

Noblegarden:
Farming for eggs
Chances of getting items while farming
Best place for getting eggs

Episode 138, "Like a monkey doing a math problem" Mar 28, 2013

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(Yeah, I screwed up and said ep. 128)

5.3 Notes

WHO CALLED IT? Third spec in the 5.3 PTR
65% base resilience for PvP
All gear will be scaled to 496
Resilience removed from most PvP gear
Can still use gems/enchants
Heroic scenarios
5.3 will NOT be a new PvP season

WHO CALLED IT? Blizzard announces a new online TCG game "Hearthstone"

Mike:
Monk to 88
Tried LUI. Bleh.
Trying to get a good UI going.
Battlegrounds.
New LFR
Oondasta

Eric:
Monk 85
Moar nubschool
Auction House Bid or Buy

Is WoW doing a good job of teaching new players how to play the game and their class?

Tips on leatherworking.

For the bored - things to do when you're out of things to do.