Episode 363, "The natural state of beta is change"
World of Warcast: A World of Warcraft Podcast
Michael Gaines
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Ren
More guides, more news, more updates, more leveling and testing in beta
Very little time to work on leveling toons in BfA
Complaints inside beta - how much changes
Thank the Blizzard gods for Torghast server!
Mike
Warlock leveling - finally got her to 120
Thanks to Caselock for getting me my Glacial Tidestorm mount
This Week in WoW
World Quest event starts next week
Trial of Style begins Monday, August 31
News
A plea for fishing help in beta
Blizzard Companion App will support Legion, BoA and Shadowlands when it’s released for the expansion
Ray tracing in Shadowlands
Diminishing returns in secondary stat ratings
After receiving 25% of a secondary stat from gear, increasingly more rating to increase another % from that gear
Example: 25% -35%: 10% penalty, up to 49-106%, 40% penalty. Capped at 106%.
Speed leveling in Shadowlands in under 3 hours using dungeon boosting - probably not going to stay
Yes, Blizzard is giving away beta access keys, but not in the Americas yet.
Observations on leveling 50-60 in beta
The downside to unpruning
Best to worst zones
Spoiler: Maw is the worst
Best story line: Revendreth
Best atmosphere and best sense of humor: Ardenweald
Maldraxxus: decent story, very straightforward
Bastion: more engaging than I thought the first time around, but still not interesting by comparison
Rogue: Assessing the Covenant abilities
Tips for things to have from BfA and prior (Goblin Gliders, Abyssal Healing Potions, high quality stat food)
Early impressions of gathering and professions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This are weird. |
| 0:05.0 | weird. |
| 0:07.0 | We had. I'm going to |
| 0:14.0 | to all the Azrops this is World of Warcast episode |
| 0:15.8 | 363 I'm Michael Gaines and I am Renato. |
| 0:19.2 | Hi Renato how are you? |
| 0:21.0 | As usual slightly overworked, but it's given me a lot of material for the cast today. |
| 0:29.0 | This gig doesn't pay enough, damn it. |
| 0:32.0 | Yeah, this one doesn't know no never did. No but that's not |
| 0:38.2 | why we do it. Sorry I'm drinking no it's not why we do it. Yes I see you're using your classic |
| 0:45.8 | Atari glass yes my Atari asteroids glass from Think Geek a a moment of silence, please. |
| 0:53.4 | Oh. |
| 0:54.4 | So you have water. |
| 0:57.4 | I have an extra dry martini in honor of the maw which is my least favorite zone in the game. |
| 1:07.0 | I just notice you have a wowhead pen. |
| 1:10.0 | Yes I do I have this is the Wowhead Pride pin in support of the Trevor Project. |
| 1:16.4 | Nice. |
| 1:17.4 | And so that the Trevor Project is for at risk gay lesbian, transgender, non-binary youth and so this helps support it. I was |
| 1:27.8 | hoping to wear it to well to to BlizzCon but a moment of silence for that too. |
| 1:34.3 | A moment of silence for |
| 1:36.0 | Yes, I have my Trevor Project Pin today and I just arrived in the mail. |
| 1:41.4 | It was delayed a bit but it was one of the many things that I was kind of collecting to be able to wear to bliss con that wasn't. |
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