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400 Episodes
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Special guest Ali (@aliandrask) joins us to talk about the difficult subject of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. Mike announces that he's leaving the show, but fear not!…Renata will be taking it over!!
Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Our week in WoW…well, Ren's because Mike was working on the house all week. Could the game be even more alt-friendly? Be nice when reporting issues to WoWhead! The new job posting for an unannounced IP - what could it be? Strategies for multiple alts
Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Gin from Morally Grey and Live, Laugh Lore joins us to talk about 9.1 and the latest cinematic.
Transcribed - Published: 11 July 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on We talk about BC Classic PvP, Retail 9.1, and other things
Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on We return before 9.1 to discuss TBC Classic, 9.1, and what we've been up to since March.
Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Thoughts on patch 9.0.5, 9.1, and the current state of leveling alts.
Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Guests Aliandras and Christy join us to talk about Blizzconline 2021.
Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Our last two weeks in WoW
Transcribed - Published: 8 February 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on A dialog about Renata's article on Wowhead about whether Shadowlands is alt friendly.
Transcribed - Published: 24 January 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on More Shadowlands discussion with Mike and Renata. - Is Blizzard being stingy with gear? - Can alt leveling be better? - What are the worst world quests?
Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on More Shadowlands discussion with Mike and Renata.
Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2021
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on More Shadowlands discussion with Mike and Renata.
Transcribed - Published: 21 December 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on More Shadowlands discussion with Mike and Renata.
Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on We talk about our second week in Shadowlands.
Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Mike, Renata, and Ali talk about our first impressions of Shadowlands!
Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on In our final BfA show before Shadowlands, we talk about some pre-patch stuff we've been doing, talk about Ion's interview on Wowhead, and how we felt about BfA. Shadowlands next week!
Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on It's that calm before the storm, so we just have a casual chat about the pre-patch and what-not.
Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Renata joins Ali and Mike to talk about a whole bunch of aspects about Shadowlands.
Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Temporary guest host Ali (@aliandrask) fills in for Renata while she works at Wowhead A short show this week because it's just been a busy week for both of us. We talk about the release date for Shadowlands, and some of the news that happened this week.
Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Temporary guest host Ali (@aliandrask) fills in for Renata while she works at Wowhead This episode we cover: What have we been doing in the pre-patch Is being a guide worth it? Ghostcrawler's thoughts about Shadowlands Ali bought the Humble Bundle and the Rise of the Horde book Drexl from Discord will be doing a charity stream on Nov. 7 Today would have been Blizzcon, and we're sad.
Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Temporary guest host Ali (@aliandrask) fills in for Renata while she works at Wowhead Shadowlands delayed Class changes Hunter Mark no longer does 5% extra damage Is there a good reason for this? Don’t be a spreadsheet dick https://www.wowhead.com/news=318436/ion-hazzikostas-on-covenant-abilities-outside-of-shadowlands Also, he mentions there will be another expansion This is an odd restriction. Why does it matter? https://www.wowhead.com/news=318429/only-max-level-characters-can-use-the-black-market-auction-house-in-shadowlands 9.0.1 notes https://www.wowhead.com/news=318426/world-of-warcraft-shadowlands-pre-expansion-patch-notes-patch-9-0-1 Why would water regen mana slower NOW? It’s been this way for 16 years https://www.wowhead.com/news=318424/save-30-on-select-game-services-race-change-faction-change-and-character-transfe https://www.wowhead.com/news=318330/overwolf-addon-management-app-now-launching-on-oct-20th wowup is open source overwolf has had complaints about privacy Humble Bumble Deal https://www.humblebundle.com/books/world-warcrafts-legend-library-blizzard-publishing-books?hmb_source=search_bar
Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Temporary guest host Ali (@aliandrask) fills in for Renata while she works at Wowhead Topics today include talk about the Revendreth cinematic, Dreamhaven, no more bonus rolls, Warcraft 2 movie rumors, Black Market Auction House returns in Shadowlands
Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Temporary guest host Ali (@aliandrask) fills in for Renata while she works at Wowhead Topics today include druid healing, how to gear a demon hunter, the Ardenweald "Afterlives" animate short, and comments on Wednesday's blue post. Covenant spreadsheet
Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Temporary guest host Ali (@aliandrask) fills in for Renata while she works at Wowhead Topics today include priest healing, love for Demon Hunters, what our mains will be in Shadowlands, and our thoughts on the last two Afterlives animated shorts.
Transcribed - Published: 4 September 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on 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
Transcribed - Published: 23 August 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Guides - covenant renown rewards, dungeon perks Beta, lots of beta - level 57 finishing Ardenweald campaign and why you should never train a rogue Even more beta the tl;dr descriptions of Covenants Cocktails of the Covenants But I did a goblin death knight to 63 (more on that later) Mike Rep grinding and leveling a warlock. This Week in WoW Cataclysm Timewalking Free T-Shirt Day today (Sunday) Stormwind: Dwarven District Orgrimmar: Valley of Honor Next Tuesday starts Arena Skirmishes News Naked & Afraid Winners! Ketchupman - Lightforged Discipline Priest, 1 day 5 hours 4 minutes (also fourth with a Troll Enhancement Shaman at 1 day 10 hours 9 minutes) - Horgus mount Guerrie - Void Elf Afflication Warlock with 1 day 7 hours 1 minute - Twilight pet Drexl - Troll Guardian Druid with 1 day 8 hours 14 minutes - Transmorpher Beacon toy Most Persistent: Zignea, with a Lightforged Shadow Priest at 2 days 21 hours 45 minutes. Also thanks to finishers Thecowking, Koloka, Louielegdrop, Kara, Loosechange, and Hank. Koloka also ran more than one character. Pre-patch on the PTR - what’s coming Character creation and customization New Player experience - Exile’s Reach and new leveling paths The level and iLevel squishes Limited time Scourge event No time frame announced, but will be “several weeks” before expansion Scourge event - updated gear from original WoTLK loot tables. Minimum level requirement for those items is 30 (or 80 for those who still speak BFA). Drop off bosses who spawn outside in Icecrown during the scourge event who used to be in dungeons and raids, like Patchwerk. Also zombie attacks in major cities. Prepping for Shadowlands Pre-Patch Level squish is coming to Shadowlands Flying issue in Shadowlands: flying starts at level 30, which is level 80 in current reckoning If you have any characters currently below 60, get them to 60 and teach them flying ASAP. Any characters who know flying going in will not have that skill taken away, even if they are below level 30 under the new system. (Time to make and park that Death Knight you've been wanting, or start at level 8 when the prepatch hits) Gearing for Shadowlands No real gear reset Gear rewards are not super common, neither are drops Maggie is 57 and has still not replaced 5 items - ilevel of blues is about 120, cloak is still 131 at level 4 (unimproved legendary cloak starts at 125). HoA was i489 and is now 132. No powers but still a good amulet. iLevel translations Starting characters in Beta with basic starter gear start out at iLevel 75. Some experimentation with character copy indicates this is about the same as iLevel 400-405. My 443 character started out with iLevel 98. Having gone through the Maw with a starter (75) and a better one (98), the latter is far more survivable Therefore, you should consider iLevel 400 as "starter level". Easiest way to get higher iLevels is to advance your HoA and at least get a cloak, which will be 125 out of the gate with no ranks (remember, blues around level 55-56 are 115-120).
Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Mea culpa - 27 Guide Update Achievement Adventures in computer upgrades Running up toons for Classy achievement: cows can’t run Killing panda rogues gone wrong Pet peeve: Auction “Gotcha” prices Mike So much toon grinding DMF helps with rep Getting rep tokens on alts to alleviate the work The struggle to get to garrison level 3 Mage tower legion artifact colors Getting followers to 950 Crucible of storms Cloak questline This Week in WoW Darkmoon Faire Pet battle event starts next week - August 10 Squirt Trainer Day in EU News Classic Gates of Ahn’Qiraj opened - and was completed in 14 hours on Sulfuras, beating old record of 19 days (Medivh server, 22 January 2006). Scarab Lord Reputation Grinds completed in 23 hours, just waiting for BWL reset - collecting the Silithid Carapace Fragments - large layered servers with multiple guilds working together have a distinct advantage Which has led to griefing through abuse of the automated reporting system Beta Covenant Sanctums -- or why the Venthyr are complete bastards
Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Editing, editing, and MORE editing Diablo Season 21 “Classy” achievement Mike So much time spent switching mains This Week in WoW Timewalking: Cata (next week, Pandaria) Luminous Luminaries tomorrow World Quest event - ends Tuesday News Pre-Patch Corruption is being removed completely in Shadowlands prepatch Shadowlands news OPT IN FOR BETA! Heirlooms will have XP bonus removed Covenants and Renown (Pathfinder) Covenant Sanctums Soulbinds Explained Archaeology will receive no update in Shadowlands Legendary Runecrafting
Transcribed - Published: 12 July 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on This Week in WoW BC Timewalking Event week Midsummer Fire Festival News Naked & Afraid 21 participants, 2 finishers, with 5 still in the running who are over level 60.. Naked & Afraid IV - we already have 2 finishers! Ketchupman (Troll Enhancement Shaman) with either 1d10h9m or 1d7h32m, and Kara (Vulpera Arms Warrior) with 1d19h15m New Rule Announcement: 1-20 can use heirlooms Timewalking 5-week Timewalking Events - includes a 50% XP bonus for the expansion’s zones that stacks with WInds of Wisdom Now: Burning Crusade. June 30 - Wrath of the Lich King, July 7 - Cata, Jul 14 - Pandaria, 21 Jul Draenor, 28 Jul BoA Alpha news General Game World News Twitch sells Curseforge sold to Overwolf - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-06-22-twitch-sells-curseforge-to-overwolf
Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on We have a short discussion about the new Naked and Afraid challenge, which starts today.
Transcribed - Published: 19 June 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on This Week in WoW Battleground Bonus Event until Tuesday BfA Dungeon Event starts Tuesday Darkmoon Faire Thousand Boat Bash, June 6-8 - boating in Thousand Needles micro holiday Tune in June 9th for a live Shadowlands content update with Ion Hazzikostas and John Hight - 9 AM PDT More impressions of the Shadowlands alpha
Transcribed - Published: 5 June 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Our impressions of the Shadowlands alpha
Transcribed - Published: 17 May 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Wowhead keeping me busy - three new guides this week, two for classic Silithus and the main news aggregator for Shadowlands beta, which requires updates 2-3 times a day. Lots of updates to existing Covenant and leveling overview guides Playing Hardcore in Diablo III now Congrats to WNN for downing N’zoth (dotted to death) Ren Still more Wowhead work Still mostly playing D3 Still not in Alpha Mike Chilling in Classic More about old characters and professions This Week in WoW Pet Battle Bonus Week - and it’s Super Squirt Trainer Day on Sunday May 3 for NA realms! Children’s Week - May 1-7 New from 2019: four new pets, Scaley, Mr. Crabs, Beakbert, Froglet - from Kul’Tiran and Zandalari Orphan quests (a good combine with Super Squirt Day) Darkmoon Faire setup starts Fri, May 1 in Classic and starts Sunday, May 3 in Retail. Starts Monday, May 4 in Classic. Tuesday: Pandaria Timewalking starts Discussion Points: Michael Morhaime on accessibility and the waning of social interaction in MMORPGS Ian Hazzikostas liveblog includes: Expansion still set for 2020 release Planning about 2 expansions ahead Leaving a Covenant is not difficult; rejoining one you’ve left is You can only equip one legendary at a time Values for leveling rate are not yet tuned for Alpha Demon Hunters: restriction on only 1 per server being relaxed for Shadowlands Pathfinder will no longer be required for flying in Draenor and Legion zones with Shadowlands
Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Wowhead keeping me busy - three new guides this week, two for classic Silithus and the main news aggregator for Shadowlands beta, which requires updates 2-3 times a day. Lots of updates to existing Covenant and leveling overview guides Playing Hardcore in Diablo III now Congrats to WNN for downing N’zoth (dotted to death) Mike Sad trombone. Still no Shadowlands Finished up Redridge. Talk a bit about how I feel useless as a warlock in classic This Week in WoW Noblegarden - nothing new this year Mike’s notes - This event sucks and needs a revamp Battleground Bonus Event Classic News Zul'Gurub released- and Hakkar already down with all 5 high priests alive - never achieved during Vanilla - down in 1 minute 21 seconds this was attempted just before BC launched by and they only got him to 2% with full Naxx gear Silithus and Cenarion Circle released but not the leadup quests to AQ40 World Dragons released Shadowlands stuff First datamined/playtested Alpha went live 8 April - week ago Wednesday Much of this can be located through Ren’s guide to Shadowlands Expansion News, https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-expansion-news-datamining-and-playtesting Updates on class changes, race changes, leveling changes, covenants, professions, and player customizations
Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Special guest Drexl comes on to chat about Shadowlands and a bunch of our usual tangents.
Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Life in the Time of COVID/New York edition Have been playing almost no WoW - Diablo III Season 20 Two new guides in review - Classic STV Fishing Extravaganza and BFA Guide to Alt Management Guested on Gin and Fear’s Patreon show, “How Have You Not Seen This?” ($2 level) Mike Timewalking with Ali Trying to clean up my toons This Week in WoW Arena Skirmish Event this week World Quest Bonus Event next week News Twitch! Blizzard Sent most of their staff home to work remotely Still paying janitorial, security, and cafe staff standard wages Gave thousands of employees care packages of soap, toilet paper, and paper towels BfA, Shadowlands, and Classic news
Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on One of Renata's good friends, Zignea, comes on to talk about setting up and handling WoW when you have kids.
Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on This Week in WoW BC timewalking this week - special quest to do Black Temple Can’t do through LFR Pick up quest Disturbance Detected: Black Temple for 500 Timewalking badges Sunday - Hatching of the Hippogryphs mini-holiday Next week: Battleground bonus event News Opt in for Beta: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/shadowlands - click Beta Opt-In Shadowlands Alpha Build 9.0.1 released - encrypted Legendary Cloak cap increased to 11 Classic Classic PTR! Classic Bot alert
Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Special guest AliandrasK from Dungeon Fables fills in for Renata this week to chat about WoW and other Blizzard games.
Transcribed - Published: 16 February 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Revised Darkmoon Faire guide after Blizzard Darkmoon Faire overview came out - which linked to the Wowhead guide Completed Love is In the Air Classic guide Did first Horrific Visions, got cloak on 1 character to level 4 5-manned Vale world boss, Grand Empress Shek’zara - only took 17 minutes 24 seconds … Mike Wing 1 of Ny'alotha Horrific visions Cloak level 2 Better than I said last week This Week in WoW Darkmoon Faire in Retail - runs to Sunday Darkmoon Faire Classic - starts setup in Mulgore Friday 2/7, opens Monday 2/10 and runs to Sunday 2/16 Lunar Festival ends 2/7; Love is In the Air starts 2/8 Special shoutout to Thyst who starts at Blizzard on Monday News Limit gets world first Ny’alotha kill Corruption changes incoming Lots of problems with Warcraft III Reforged
Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Our thoughts on the 8.3 patch This Week in WoW The 8.3 missing patch notes
Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2020
Join us on Discord Watch the show live on Twitch Support the show on Patreon Mount Up Add-on Ren Beat my first +4 mythic, completed but did not beat +5 Running and gearing up parallel Alliance and Horde shaman - running Alliance shaman as fast through war campaign as possible to get up to Battle of Dazar’alor Final alt tally after Korrak’s - 6 Alliance 120s, 12 Horde 120s (18 total) Looking at the holes: All classes but one on Horde side have a 120. Half the classes on Alliance side have a 120 (warrior, hunter, rogue, shaman, mage, and warlock) No DKs either side; plan Mag’har and Kul’Tiran when allied races become possible. Have lower levels on Alliance side mostly - dwarf pally, lightforged draenei priest, night elf demon hunter. No monk Alliance; plan Mechagnome monk. No druid Alliance; plan Worgen druid (maybe) No tauren or highmountain tauren; none planned. No empty slot for vulpera; will probably make Vulpera priest and retire Blood Elf priest to auction mule duty That will give me all races except 2 Tauren races covered, and all classes represented on both sides. No panda on Alliance. Mike Priest to almost 31 Healed Deadmines, BFD, and Stockades (twice) Started N’Zoth Forgot to start Kun’Lai Got a 440 wrist Worked on Mechagnomes and Dark Iron Dwarves Still need to do Kul’Tiran 245/250 mounts Comparing toons Mogging
Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2020
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Wrote new addon guides for Classic - PvP, raids, leveling, and gathering More KR fun - have 2 new 120 resto shaman - Zandalari on Horde, undeleted and race-flipped 112-now-120, Tauren-now-Draenei on Alliance - KR leveling analysis, stories, and Korrak f*ery Pandaria timewalking on Alliance Bought new podcasting mic setup - mic stand, shock mount, pop filter Computer gently frying - purchased new computer, arriving Saturday. Considered and priced out comps from several companies but ended up buying Alienware Aurora Ryzen edition - Ryzen 6 3600X (6-core 32MB L3 cache/4.4 GHz), NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 Super (6GB), 32 GB RAM, 1TB M.2 SSD Mike Priest, lock, hunter, rogue, warrior in Classic This Week in WoW Winter Veil ended January 2 Pandaria timewalking through January 7 Darkmoon Faire on Retail starts January 5 - no word yet about its release on Classic - supposed to happen in January but apparently not this week Battleground Bonus Event begins Tuesday, Jan 7 WoW 15th Anniversary ends Jan 7th - with it, the quests, Korrak’s Revenge, and the xp/rep buff News Classic Major update to Classic threat library - changed from the ThreatClassic-1.0 library to LibThreatClassic 2 - means that players using one won’t see/be able to communicate threat between players using different libraries Players using ClassicThreatMeter must update to new ThreatClassic2 Be sure to update DBM and Details if you are using their built in threat meters Warsong Gulch Classic Queueing changed - if you are grouped and in queue, adding a player to your group will reset your place in queue Retail Season 3 ended prematurely on Dec 31 - usually resets on patch changes, which means it should have ended Jan 14 Working on a hotfix to restore Season 3 and retroactively retain rating changes and tier updates. They don’t anticipate being able to retain season games played count or win counts during the unexpected offseason. 8.3, which will be released Jan 14 Things to do to prepare
Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2020
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Rewrote guides for Classic AV and WSG Running KRs with WNNs - shoutouts to Cryler, Zignea, Webbley, Drexl, Hidebound, Loosechanj, Zeryl, and our visitor JP Have leveled up 5 more toons to 120 - Alliance warrior and mage; Horde mage, priest, and demon hunter. Horde nightborne monk is now 103; starting work on Zandalari shaman. Started a lightforged Draenei priest - level 26. Yes, Alliance. In war mode. Guested on PEOPLE OF AZEROTH Considering buying a new computer Mike Moved to Atiesh Pagle started falling apart Now in JunoEclipse’s guild That means I had to start my Lock and Priest all over again. Eh, that’s ok How to level up skinning and cooking so easily in Elwynn Why? Because when you get to Westfall you get level 80 recipes Playing a rogue is SO SLOW Exalted with Wavecrest Now I have to work on the turtles This Week in WoW Ongoing: WoW Anniversary Event, Feast of Winter Veil Winter Veil sleigh rides Globe yeti spawn rates significantly increased (1 minute instead of 30 minutes) Greatfather Pepe costume is a no-show Tuesday: World Quest Bonus Event News Classic Warsong Gulch and Alterac Valley went live Paid character transfers Classic Winter Veil Retail Korrak’s Revenge - going until 7 January Learned about Korrak’s Revenge, and how Christy got us hooked Favorite stories from KRs - Christmas sweaters, Ren’s language issues, taking Zig through her first BG and then her owning them, Webbley’s laugh, the collective obsession with Stormpike Bowmen, Drexl’s bumming rides, and how Cryler single-handedly sabotaged an entire BG Why you never click anything in tunnels - or, how much fun is it to kick naughty mages XP and Korrak’s Revenge Can go in as low as level 10 when the Group Finder becomes available; have seen a level 12 in there Amount of XP you get increases as you go up in levels. Levels in some ways are depending on activities, but this is what I got for typical runs. In some ways, it depends on your effectiveness. At level 25, I got about 28% of a level for a win (1.07 % for a win) Level 40: 50% of a level for a win (1.2% per level) Level 50: 95% of a level for a win (1.9%) Level 62: 125% of a level for a win (2%) Level 103: nearly 2 levels for a win (2%) Lesson: doesn’t really make sense to go in until at least level 50. No epic speed land mount until 40; can’t get quests til level 60 Korrak: DO NOT KILL HIM THERE. Go to Zul’drak. 8.3 launch date announced: January 14
Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2019
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Finished the 4 mythic dungeons Finished guide to Classic Darkmoon Faire, starting on new guides Running Rustbolt - revered Mike So close to exalted with Rustbolt Got all the rares Operation: Mechagon - megadungeon? More like a mini-raid Some people like to work it out Started working on Waveblade again. No need for a Kul’tiran, just cuz Did my 4 mythics. This Week in WoW Darkmoon Faire Super Squirt Day on NA servers Wanderer’s Festival - Saturday, D,mec 7 - “Celebrate and honor Liu Lang and Shen-zin Su at Turtle Beach in Krasarand Wilds. It is a time for contemplation and song!” Feast of Winter Veil coming up on Dec 16 - both Classic and Retail News Dottie the alpaca pet now available The Launcher has a new banner Classic, 8.3, Mechagnome, and BRD Pet Battle Dungeon
Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2019
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Our week in WoW This Week in WoW This week - Battleground Bonus Event Next week - BfA Dungeon Event begins Monday Nov 25 - Pilgrim’s Bounty begins, goes to Monday, Dec 2 at 9:00 AM Bountiful Table - if you eat 5 helpings of each available food at one table, gain Spirit of Sharing - 10% rep buff increase for 1 hour Cooking - great way to get original WoW cooking from 1-300 Transmogs: Pilgrim’s Hat, Attire, Dress, Robe, and Boots. Includes Fine Pilgrim’s Hat, which can be used as a transmog for any armor-type hat. Found from Pilgrim’s Bounty, a daily quest reward. Battle Pets: Frightened Bush chicken, from Pilgrim’s Bounty Toys: Silver-Plated Turkey Shooter, from Pilgrim’s Bounty Several achievements and the title Pilgrim Community New podcast: People of Azeroth, hosted by Juno-Eclipse Mike was on Frazlcast PTR News Classic News
Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2019
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Eight Warcasters and the Six Stacks of Determination, or Secrets of Success: Kick the Warrior and Announce Last Round Happy 11th Anniversary, Lich King! (squish) Doing the Cataclysm three-boss section next Wednesday Hordeside, all are welcome Taking a break from Classic & taking advantage of Anniversary buff Returning to tanking Vengeance Demon Hunter 110-116 Finishing DID warrior and BE priest - 115 New guides live: Overview of Covenants and Overview of Leveling Changes. Indepth Covenant guides for each of the 4 covenants submitted. Currently writing articles for engineering and PvP. Mike Took a (mostly) break from WoW to put in time to Overwatch This Week in WoW WoTLK Timewalking News Shadowlands features Class changes Covenants Cosmetic changes Classic update
Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2019
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Our post-Blizzcon chat
Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2019
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Our week in WoW and pre-Blizzcon chat
Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2019
Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Starting over (again) - level 20 orc warlock Published 8 new guides in a 9-part series on finding class trainers (up to 31 guides) - working on last guide (rogue) and a new guide to find repair NPCs in every zone Mike 60 slowness Rerolling a warlock because of a better name This Week in WoW Darkmoon Faire ends Sunday The Great Gnomeregan Run - Sunday Oct 13th The original Running of the Gnomes is at 7PM EST on Scarlet Crusade, 7 PM EST Donation link: https://thepinkfund.kindful.com/the-running-of-the-gnomes--2019 Tuesday - Pet Battle Bonus Event October 21st (Monday) Super Squirt Trainer Day on NA and Oceanic realms 8.3 datamining Going back to Icecrown? Vulpera and Mechagnomes Auction House changes finally coming Pat battle dungeons - Blackrock Depths Classic Changes to login Dire Maul coming next week Mod of the Case - Prat
Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2019
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