WEBVTT 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.820 Welcome to Azeroth United, a weekly podcast about 00:00:14.820 --> 00:00:17.399 World of Warcraft. My name is Denethor, and I 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:22.199 am your host. Welcome, everyone. Thank you so 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:25.480 much for joining us. It's Sunday night in Azeroth, 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:27.780 and we have a great show lined up for you. And 00:00:27.780 --> 00:00:30.579 some scheduling conflicts for Saturday night, 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:34.130 so... We are going to be talking about a lot 00:00:34.130 --> 00:00:35.929 of news. We've got the Race to World First. We've 00:00:35.929 --> 00:00:38.030 got the BlizzCon announcement. We've got player 00:00:38.030 --> 00:00:40.810 housing. So much to talk about. So pull up a 00:00:40.810 --> 00:00:43.590 chair, sit back, relax, and enjoy. 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Uh, 00:02:06.989 --> 00:02:09.789 let's talk about last week in world of Warcraft. 00:02:09.949 --> 00:02:16.550 So I, uh, so I, I, as I started at the beginning 00:02:16.550 --> 00:02:19.169 of the season, I joined a new guild and so far 00:02:19.169 --> 00:02:23.039 things have been going pretty well. I, I wasn't 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.000 really 100 % sure on how to play the Demon Hunter 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.560 because there were some changes with Demon Hunter 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.979 going into Season 2. So I had to do quite a bit 00:02:31.979 --> 00:02:36.300 of research. And I watched a bunch of YouTube 00:02:36.300 --> 00:02:38.280 videos. I'll tell you right now, there's two 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:42.539 main Demon Hunter YouTubers. There is Jedeth 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:46.080 and Voodoosaurus. Jedeth is really good. He's 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:51.280 very knowledgeable. He's not one of these big 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.699 bombastic YouTubers. Voodoosaurus is like, I 00:02:55.699 --> 00:02:59.659 like to say he has kind of the Reddit mod vibes. 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:01.719 And I don't think he's bad. He's very knowledgeable. 00:03:01.819 --> 00:03:04.699 He understands the class. But they just have 00:03:04.699 --> 00:03:09.180 a different approach. So trying to glean the 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:11.039 information that I need from these two because 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.139 different. people are going to have different 00:03:13.139 --> 00:03:15.080 thoughts and different opinions about how things 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.620 work. So I had to do a lot of research, a lot 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:21.060 of digging on this because joining a guild that 00:03:21.060 --> 00:03:24.360 has aspirations for mythic raid content is a 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:26.919 little intimidating for me. And what I don't 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:29.539 want is I don't want to join a guild that every 00:03:29.539 --> 00:03:32.580 time things get hard, I have to sit because that 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:34.259 doesn't feel good. That doesn't feel good for 00:03:34.259 --> 00:03:39.689 anyone. We did get to that point last raid on 00:03:39.689 --> 00:03:42.590 Thursday. We were doing Sticksbunk Junker, heroic, 00:03:42.770 --> 00:03:47.110 and I think we did about 20 -something attempts, 00:03:47.270 --> 00:03:50.550 and we just couldn't get it. Our damage was too 00:03:50.550 --> 00:03:57.069 low. We kept hitting the enrage. So the raid 00:03:57.069 --> 00:03:59.569 leader decided we were going to go 2 -2 -6 and 00:03:59.569 --> 00:04:01.430 see if we could kill it just to get a guild kill. 00:04:02.299 --> 00:04:05.139 with a 10 -person raid. So first he asked for 00:04:05.139 --> 00:04:07.240 volunteers to sit, and then he had to call people 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:09.680 out to have them sit. So I volunteered because 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.180 I didn't want to be called out. I'd rather, you 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:15.800 can't fire me, I quit, sort of vibe. So I sat. 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:17.939 They did two attempts. They still couldn't kill 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:20.620 it. It's a tough boss. It's a really tough boss. 00:04:20.660 --> 00:04:22.779 And we'll talk a little bit more about some of 00:04:22.779 --> 00:04:26.350 the bosses and the race and whatnot. Yeah, that 00:04:26.350 --> 00:04:29.129 was hard. We did kill Rick Reverb, though, so 00:04:29.129 --> 00:04:32.569 that was nice. So we're now 3 of 8 heroic. We 00:04:32.569 --> 00:04:36.389 really just, our gear is low. I mean, I'm 643, 00:04:36.389 --> 00:04:41.430 I believe. And, you know, it's... It's tough. 00:04:41.569 --> 00:04:44.009 I only have my two -piece. Some people already 00:04:44.009 --> 00:04:45.949 have their four -piece, which is great for them. 00:04:46.430 --> 00:04:50.110 I do not. Hopefully, I'll get it with my vault. 00:04:50.170 --> 00:04:51.269 Yeah, I should get it with my vault because we'll 00:04:51.269 --> 00:04:53.850 get another catalyst chart. So I'll be able to 00:04:53.850 --> 00:04:58.129 catalyze two pieces. And yeah, so there you go. 00:04:58.250 --> 00:05:01.490 So that's what's going on there. Yeah, it's unfortunate 00:05:01.490 --> 00:05:05.269 because I do enjoy running with the group. I'm 00:05:05.269 --> 00:05:07.629 enjoying the people. I'm starting to get more 00:05:07.629 --> 00:05:10.350 comfortable. So whenever I join a new guild, 00:05:10.550 --> 00:05:14.750 I'm quiet. I don't talk in Discord. I don't really 00:05:14.750 --> 00:05:17.769 engage very much. I keep to myself. I have to 00:05:17.769 --> 00:05:20.209 warm up to people. I'm not the type of person 00:05:20.209 --> 00:05:22.310 that can just interject themselves into a conversation 00:05:22.310 --> 00:05:25.629 and go, hey, I'm part of this too. I'm a little 00:05:25.629 --> 00:05:28.490 socially awkward for that. So it's taken me some 00:05:28.490 --> 00:05:30.730 time, but I'll get there and I'll start talking 00:05:30.730 --> 00:05:35.379 to some people. and we'll get things going. Yeah, 00:05:35.459 --> 00:05:38.660 so that's what's going on with that. I haven't 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:42.259 really done any other WoW other than, you know, 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:45.660 I did Operation Floodgate Keystone, which was 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:48.639 fun. It was actually with a group of four friends, 00:05:48.720 --> 00:05:51.000 and they just needed a fifth, so I jumped in 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.860 and helped. You know, that one's tough because 00:05:54.860 --> 00:05:57.480 there's a lot of, I don't want to say one -shot. 00:05:58.110 --> 00:05:59.829 mechanics in there. But there are things that 00:05:59.829 --> 00:06:01.430 if you don't pay attention to the mechanics, 00:06:01.569 --> 00:06:06.149 you're going to get wasted pretty quick. So that 00:06:06.149 --> 00:06:10.430 one is good. I like it. I have not tried Theater 00:06:10.430 --> 00:06:13.850 of Pain again because it's going to take me a 00:06:13.850 --> 00:06:15.810 while before I can get back in there. I just 00:06:15.810 --> 00:06:19.009 really need to get my gear up a little bit. But 00:06:19.009 --> 00:06:22.810 yeah, I want to try and run some more keys this 00:06:22.810 --> 00:06:26.430 coming week. I've been really nervous to get 00:06:26.430 --> 00:06:29.139 in there. And as far as Delves go, obviously 00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:32.519 running the Delves is pretty easy. I did a 9, 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:36.259 which is cool. I want to try and do an 11. I 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:42.180 might do that later today and see if I can switch 00:06:42.180 --> 00:06:45.079 to Vengeance and do an 11. And we'll talk about 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:48.740 the brand nerfs and changes coming up. But I 00:06:48.740 --> 00:06:50.759 think that's my goal for this week is to at least 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:55.110 hit one 11 and see can I do this. And, yeah, 00:06:55.209 --> 00:06:56.870 that's it. My other characters are all sitting 00:06:56.870 --> 00:06:59.589 patiently waiting for the time when they can 00:06:59.589 --> 00:07:05.449 actually do stuff. I'll tell you, trying to focus 00:07:05.449 --> 00:07:09.050 on one character for raid purposes is hard. I've 00:07:09.050 --> 00:07:11.129 only done two keys. There are people in my guild 00:07:11.129 --> 00:07:13.889 who have done 60 keys already, which is nuts. 00:07:14.310 --> 00:07:16.889 But I just don't have that kind of time. Anyway, 00:07:17.490 --> 00:07:20.889 yeah, and that's about it. Everything else has 00:07:20.889 --> 00:07:24.959 been either dealing with IRL. Or I played some 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.720 other games just trying to, yeah, you got to 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:30.319 keep it fresh, right? You can't just play WoW 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:33.120 all the time because you'll burn out. So, yeah, 00:07:33.259 --> 00:07:40.680 that's where I am. And, yeah, so I tried to go 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:43.639 on to Cataclassic because I really want to get 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.600 some of our characters leveled up before Miss 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.660 Pandaria comes out. And I just can't do it. I 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:52.879 just can't. It's no fun now. So it's unfortunate. 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:55.920 But all right. Anyway, that's about all I have 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:02.319 there. Like I said, we're cruising now through 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:05.980 the season. And you're going to do what you're 00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:07.540 going to do. People are going to start dropping 00:08:07.540 --> 00:08:10.139 off as they get their achievements. They get 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:15.459 their Keystone Hero. They get their... ahead 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:17.180 of the curve whatever it is that you're chasing 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:19.300 once you get that a lot of times people will 00:08:19.300 --> 00:08:21.439 drop off and they'll go do something else some 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:22.980 people will play alt some people just continue 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:25.259 to play because they love playing wow and then 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:27.379 they're that character is what they want to be 00:08:27.379 --> 00:08:29.439 doing with their free time you know everybody 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:31.439 has different reasons for for wanting to play 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:33.539 world of warcraft as we discussed a couple months 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:36.639 ago on the show but uh you know that's something 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:43.240 that i i go to wow as a It's a relaxer. It's 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:44.620 something that I want to just kind of sit and 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:46.759 chill. If I'm not feeling chill for whatever 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:50.379 reason, if I'm being pressured to do something 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:52.519 or if I've got a bunch of chores that I've got 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.159 to do in -game and then I'm like, I really don't 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.220 feel like dealing with it, I'm not playing. I'll 00:08:56.220 --> 00:09:00.220 do something else. Anyway, it doesn't really 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:04.120 mean anything, but it is something to think about 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:07.059 when you're feeling burnt out on World of Warcraft. 00:09:08.009 --> 00:09:09.950 All right, that's enough of that. We do have 00:09:09.950 --> 00:09:12.250 a lot of news and some things to talk about, 00:09:12.330 --> 00:09:25.110 so let's get into it. It's time for the news. 00:09:27.090 --> 00:09:31.470 In Blizzard news, so of course the big announcement 00:09:31.470 --> 00:09:35.090 for last week was the announcement for BlizzCon 00:09:35.090 --> 00:09:38.919 2026. It's going to be on September 12th and 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:42.879 September 13th in the year 2026. Same location, 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:45.139 Anaheim Convention Center. Same deal as before. 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:50.000 Yeah, this is big news. First of all, this is 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:51.860 confirmation that we are not getting a BlizzCon 00:09:51.860 --> 00:09:54.860 in 2025. So this will be the first BlizzCon since 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:59.159 2026. I'm sorry. This is BlizzCon 2026. This 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:03.450 is the first BlizzCon since 2023. which itself, 00:10:03.490 --> 00:10:06.190 I believe, was the first BlizzCon since 2019. 00:10:07.850 --> 00:10:11.070 There hasn't been a lot of BlizzCons. Let's go 00:10:11.070 --> 00:10:16.090 with that. So, yeah, this is a pretty big deal 00:10:16.090 --> 00:10:18.450 for a lot of people. I know a lot of people have 00:10:18.450 --> 00:10:20.870 been talking already about booking hotel rooms 00:10:20.870 --> 00:10:24.769 and whatnot. I am planning to go, at least right 00:10:24.769 --> 00:10:28.190 now. I have intentions to go to BlizzCon. We 00:10:28.190 --> 00:10:30.570 don't have any details about what's going on 00:10:30.570 --> 00:10:34.460 other than the dates. But yeah, my goal is to 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:38.340 go to BlizzCon. I want to be able to go report 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:40.899 directly on the opening ceremonies and the different 00:10:40.899 --> 00:10:43.360 announcements and things going. One of the things 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.200 that's really interesting about the timing of 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:48.899 this is that BlizzCon typically happens in November. 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:52.259 And BlizzCon also typically happens on Friday, 00:10:52.340 --> 00:10:54.559 Saturday. So you go Friday night, Saturday night, 00:10:54.659 --> 00:10:58.539 Sunday, you nurse your hangover, and then you 00:10:58.539 --> 00:11:00.529 fly home. either Sunday night or Monday morning, 00:11:00.570 --> 00:11:04.250 depending on if you stay an extra night. So for 00:11:04.250 --> 00:11:07.210 those of you who haven't been to BlizzCon, if 00:11:07.210 --> 00:11:09.750 you're like, BlizzCon sounds cool. I've always 00:11:09.750 --> 00:11:11.730 wanted to go, but I don't know what it's like. 00:11:11.850 --> 00:11:15.889 Is it cool? Is it interesting? BlizzCon itself 00:11:15.889 --> 00:11:21.029 is not that cool. If you are talking about just 00:11:21.029 --> 00:11:24.470 the ceremonies and the announcements and things 00:11:24.470 --> 00:11:27.370 like that, it's fun. It is fun. You're there 00:11:27.370 --> 00:11:30.019 with a bunch of other... Blizzard players. I 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:31.559 was going to say WoW players, but it's Blizzard 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.379 game players. And you're all celebrating the 00:11:35.379 --> 00:11:38.720 game company that we love. The last time I went 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:44.700 to BlizzCon was 2012. 2012? Yeah. 2012. And I 00:11:44.700 --> 00:11:48.460 sold my tickets that year because I was like, 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:50.559 I don't want to go to the ceremony. I just want 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:53.799 to go hang out with my guild after the ceremony 00:11:53.799 --> 00:12:02.639 is over. So I sold my tickets. And did the Hilton, 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.539 I think it was the Hilton Lobby. And then one 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:08.399 of the guys got a party bus and drove around 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:11.360 Orange County, California on a party bus, which 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:13.899 sounds a lot cooler than it is. There's really 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:17.220 nothing going on over there. Orange County is 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:20.740 dead. We ended up going down to, was it like 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:23.539 Irvine or something, which is where some more 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:27.590 stuff is going on. But regardless. So the real 00:12:27.590 --> 00:12:29.549 fun of BlizzCon is being able to meet and connect 00:12:29.549 --> 00:12:31.730 with people that you know or people that you 00:12:31.730 --> 00:12:33.190 don't know and that you've met for the first 00:12:33.190 --> 00:12:36.070 time, sitting at a hotel bar, nursing a drink, 00:12:36.190 --> 00:12:40.389 and talking to, realizing that pretty much everyone 00:12:40.389 --> 00:12:43.049 that you talk to is a gamer. And most of those 00:12:43.049 --> 00:12:45.210 gamers are going to be WoW gamers. So you have 00:12:45.210 --> 00:12:46.830 a lot of frame of reference. So you don't have 00:12:46.830 --> 00:12:48.389 to feel awkward about what do I talk about? Do 00:12:48.389 --> 00:12:50.850 I have to talk about sports? Are people going 00:12:50.850 --> 00:12:53.330 to want to talk about politics or religion? No. 00:12:54.169 --> 00:12:55.570 Everybody's there talking about video games. 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:01.000 It's great, especially on the Friday night, or 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.059 in this case it'll be Saturday night, after the 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:04.779 opening ceremonies. So there's a lot of things 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:07.480 to talk about there because of whatever announcements 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:13.340 may have come out at that ceremony. But the actual 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:17.379 going to BlizzCon and actually going through 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:18.820 the ceremony, you have to wait in a lot of lines. 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:22.700 Some people call it LineCon. You have to wait 00:13:22.700 --> 00:13:24.720 in a bunch of lines, and once you get in, you've 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.559 got a weird, vantage point for for seeing the 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.340 the content it is cool seeing all these people 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:35.580 that you know get up on stage um but uh yeah 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:40.720 it's um i i don't want to say that it's not worth 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.000 going because it definitely is worth going i 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.340 am gonna go and i am gonna buy a ticket uh the 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:48.470 exhibits are really cool The year that I did 00:13:48.470 --> 00:13:50.850 go into the exhibit hall, which was 2011, there 00:13:50.850 --> 00:13:53.230 was a lot of things to see. It was very interesting. 00:13:54.090 --> 00:13:57.230 This was during Cataclysm, and I believe that 00:13:57.230 --> 00:13:59.090 was the year that they announced Mists of Pandaria. 00:13:59.330 --> 00:14:01.509 And I just remember thinking, when they announced 00:14:01.509 --> 00:14:03.909 it, I was like, this is a joke, right? This has 00:14:03.909 --> 00:14:06.750 got to be a joke. This isn't the real expansion. 00:14:07.470 --> 00:14:10.570 Right, Blizzard? No, that was the real expansion. 00:14:10.669 --> 00:14:16.190 We got Mists of Pandaria. So, yeah, that was... 00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:20.539 I was so stunned. I couldn't believe I was. No, 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:24.480 no, we get no right. What? No. Yeah, that's what 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.600 we're getting. So. So you get the opening ceremony, 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.279 you get different panels that break up. I mean, 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:32.840 you've watched the live stream. And so it's basically 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.980 that, except that you're moving from one hall 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:39.019 to another. So they have the main hall and they 00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:42.740 have the side halls or auditoriums that you can 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:44.600 go and watch whatever the presentations are. 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:47.519 I didn't do any of the crowd participation ones 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:52.679 like the costume contest or the, oh gosh, what 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.940 is it? Q &A or anything like that. I didn't bother 00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:59.179 with any of that stuff. I just wanted to see 00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:00.539 the announcements. And like I said, I wanted 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:03.759 to hang out. And then the other cool thing, the 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.960 year that I went, which was 2011, was the closing 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:10.100 musical act was Foo Fighters, which was really 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:12.720 cool. Getting to see the Foo Fighters performing 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:16.120 for a bunch of Blizzard fans was something interesting. 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:21.179 Dave Grohl, actually, everybody had their phones 00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:23.759 up. Yeah, this is 2011, so everyone's got a smartphone, 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:26.200 right? So everybody had their phones up. Some 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:29.279 dude had an iPad and was filming the concert 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.799 with his iPad. And Dave Grohl from the stage 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:34.799 is like, is that a fucking iPad? Well, there 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:40.259 goes the rock show, which was fantastic. So that 00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:43.740 was really enjoyable. So overall, I would say 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:46.879 definitely if you haven't been to BlizzCon, give 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:53.279 it a shot. Go to BlizzCon. Just know that. The 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:57.539 concert itself or the convention itself and the 00:15:57.539 --> 00:16:01.059 after hangouts at the different locations, it's 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:03.120 pretty much the whole thing. So if you're expecting 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:06.639 some big extravaganza, there isn't one. There's 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:09.379 really not a lot going on. Once you leave BlizzCon, 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:11.419 you are at the mercy of the city of Anaheim, 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:13.440 which unless you're going to Disneyland, there's 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:18.000 not much to do there. So yeah, that's the way 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.230 it is. But yeah, I'll be going. And I will be 00:16:21.230 --> 00:16:25.889 there in 2026, a year and a half from now. It's 00:16:25.889 --> 00:16:27.669 just weird that they announced it so early. But 00:16:27.669 --> 00:16:29.470 I guess they're giving us time to plan and prepare. 00:16:29.649 --> 00:16:32.190 So there you go. One of the things that they 00:16:32.190 --> 00:16:35.230 did say, and I wanted to read this because I 00:16:35.230 --> 00:16:36.470 thought it was kind of interesting that they 00:16:36.470 --> 00:16:40.809 pointed it out in the announcement. For 2026, 00:16:40.950 --> 00:16:43.309 alongside BlizzCon staples like opening ceremony, 00:16:43.529 --> 00:16:45.289 in -depth panels, the Darkmoon Faire, friendly 00:16:45.289 --> 00:16:48.190 competition, hands -on gameplay, and more. We 00:16:48.190 --> 00:16:50.909 aim to meaningfully elevate this iconic celebration 00:16:50.909 --> 00:16:54.070 and create an unforgettable experience for all 00:16:54.070 --> 00:16:56.409 who take part in it. We are building this event 00:16:56.409 --> 00:16:58.669 just like we build our games with deep commitment 00:16:58.669 --> 00:17:01.370 to our players, with respect for your connections 00:17:01.370 --> 00:17:04.589 and our universes, and as a celebration of the 00:17:04.589 --> 00:17:07.029 strength of the bonds we formed through shared 00:17:07.029 --> 00:17:11.329 adventure. So what does that mean? An unforgettable 00:17:11.329 --> 00:17:15.190 experience for all who take part in it? I don't 00:17:15.190 --> 00:17:17.690 know. I don't know what that means. um there 00:17:17.690 --> 00:17:21.750 it's just marketing words yes but the fact that 00:17:21.750 --> 00:17:24.049 they felt the need to point that out as an additional 00:17:24.049 --> 00:17:28.450 thing that um i don't know i guess we'll see 00:17:28.450 --> 00:17:32.130 so yeah blizzcon 2026 like i said if you are 00:17:32.130 --> 00:17:35.289 unsure i would definitely try and go uh you do 00:17:35.289 --> 00:17:38.430 have to go to california um and you do have to 00:17:38.430 --> 00:17:43.170 get a hotel room in um In Orange County somewhere 00:17:43.170 --> 00:17:46.069 because there's not a lot of public transportation 00:17:46.069 --> 00:17:47.930 around there. I mean there is some public transportation. 00:17:48.130 --> 00:17:50.109 It's just the public transportation in California 00:17:50.109 --> 00:17:53.470 stinks, especially in Orange County because everyone 00:17:53.470 --> 00:17:55.410 has a car. So why would you need public transportation? 00:17:56.150 --> 00:17:58.529 And basically most of the public transportation 00:17:58.529 --> 00:18:02.509 is focused around Disneyland. So yeah, and that's 00:18:02.509 --> 00:18:04.789 a little bit of a haul from the convention center. 00:18:07.130 --> 00:18:09.730 But yeah, definitely check it out. You could 00:18:09.730 --> 00:18:14.190 get a – if you've got money to spend, get a nice 00:18:14.190 --> 00:18:16.630 hotel room or an Airbnb and rent yourself a car, 00:18:16.710 --> 00:18:18.630 whatever you got to do. I don't know what parking 00:18:18.630 --> 00:18:22.210 is like there. I think that there's – it's just 00:18:22.210 --> 00:18:24.250 a parking lot. I don't remember how that worked. 00:18:24.369 --> 00:18:27.109 But I think you just paid $10 or something for 00:18:27.109 --> 00:18:30.089 parking. This is back in 2011. So it's probably 00:18:30.089 --> 00:18:31.930 a lot more now. But you get the idea. I mean 00:18:31.930 --> 00:18:35.670 there's just – you just park somewhere. All right. 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:38.559 let's move on from blizzcon i'm very excited 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.099 though in case you can't tell it's uh it's something 00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:43.660 i have fond memories of blizzcon and i can't 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:47.220 wait to go and uh check everything out but um 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:51.779 yeah i'm very excited about that all right let's 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:54.980 go through all right let's let's start with the 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:57.480 race to world first so liberation of undermine 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:01.319 race to world first has concluded liquid is the 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:07.319 winner And to say that it completed with a resounding 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:14.180 eh, I guess is accurate. So here's the deal. 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:17.319 Liquid finished the race 100 pulls on Mythic 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:22.019 Chrome King Gallywix. Echo completed it just 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:24.599 a few hours ago as of me recording this with 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:29.220 49 pulls. This boss is easy. Comparatively speaking, 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.200 that is fewer pulls than the seventh boss and 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:36.660 fewer pulls than the fifth and fourth bosses, 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:42.380 which is really weird for a raid in World of 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:47.400 Warcraft. Let me give you an idea. So in Liberation 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:50.589 of Undermine. You have the first boss was killed 00:19:50.589 --> 00:19:53.190 after two pulls. That's Vexy and the Gear Grinders. 00:19:53.190 --> 00:19:55.630 The Guild Melee Mechanics killed them after two 00:19:55.630 --> 00:19:57.630 pulls. Cauldron of Carnage, the Guild Bound, 00:19:57.710 --> 00:20:01.890 16 pulls. Rick Reverb, Instant Dollars, 25 pulls. 00:20:03.369 --> 00:20:07.410 Six Bung Shunker, Liquid, 114 pulls. Sprocket 00:20:07.410 --> 00:20:11.309 Monger Lock and Stock, Echo, 107 pulls. One -Armed 00:20:11.309 --> 00:20:18.019 Bandit, Liquid, 56 pulls. Mugsy. Liquid, 149 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:21.259 pulls. And Chrome King Gallywix Liquid, 100 pulls. 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:26.200 So if you count the number of pulls for the guild 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:29.960 that killed it first, not per guild or like I 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:32.880 could count all of Liquid's pull count, but you 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:35.440 have to look at the first kill of a particular 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:37.619 boss because that's the guild that is doing the 00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:39.180 strategies. That's the guild that is kind of 00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:43.180 figuring out as they go. That's 569 total pulls 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:46.970 for Liberation of Undermine. As a comparison, 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:51.849 Nerubar Palace, you have Ulgrax was one pull, 00:20:51.970 --> 00:20:53.950 melee mechanics. Bloodbound Horror, melee mechanics, 00:20:54.230 --> 00:20:57.890 five pulls. Sikran, liquid, one pull. Rationon, 00:20:58.029 --> 00:21:02.509 liquid, one pull. Brood Twister Ovenax, liquid, 00:21:02.630 --> 00:21:08.829 117 pulls. Nexus Princess Kaiveza, liquid, 288 00:21:08.829 --> 00:21:16.599 pulls. The Silken Court, liquid, 171 pulls. 404 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:21.779 pulls for a grand total of 988 pulls for Narabar 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:25.400 Palace. That is over 400 pulls more. Just the 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:28.559 queen fight alone. If you take everything else, 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:30.980 one through seven in Narabar Palace, that's the 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:34.059 same number of pulls that it took to clear the 00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:37.180 liberation of Undermine Raid. Now, I have seen 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.680 some people say, and I agree with this, that 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:40.859 it does make some sense for Gallywix to kind 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:45.200 of be easier than his thugs and lieutenants. 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:48.299 That does make sense, because lore -wise and 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:51.359 thematically, that would work. Obviously, if 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:53.859 it's just Gallywix, you can take him out a lot 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:57.940 easier than his chief of security or his trash 00:21:57.940 --> 00:22:02.920 collector guy. But from a gameplay standpoint, 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:07.259 it feels a little odd. So I was curious, and 00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:12.279 so I looked back to Amir Jussel. Because that 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:16.500 was the last raid that we had progging on. So 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:19.920 Amir Jassil was 875 total pulls for the first 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:24.559 kills. Everything was pretty low until we got 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:27.759 to Tindral, which was 426 pulls. And then Farrakh 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:31.539 was 340 pulls. The only other one that was high 00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:35.059 from there was Nemwe, which was 56 pulls. So 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:42.869 I don't know. Is it too easy? Maybe. last week, 00:22:42.950 --> 00:22:47.869 which was that Sticks Bunkjunker was the hardest 00:22:47.869 --> 00:22:51.349 fourth boss of all time. So the fourth boss is 00:22:51.349 --> 00:22:54.069 generally one of the easier bosses. I mean, if 00:22:54.069 --> 00:23:00.730 we go back, Volocross was seven pulls. Rationon 00:23:00.730 --> 00:23:04.269 was one pull by Liquid. Sticks Bunkjunker was 00:23:04.269 --> 00:23:08.369 114 pulls, which is a lot for the fourth, that 00:23:08.369 --> 00:23:16.400 early in the raid. So, yeah, six guilds in nine 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:23.039 days killed the boss at the time. So, yeah, I 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:25.220 mean, it's whatever. I mean, this is a 12 -day 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:30.220 race. So it's not like Abros. I think Abros was 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:32.799 like a seven -day race or an eight -day race 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:36.420 maybe. I don't know. People are disappointed. 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:39.940 And I get it that it feels kind of... anticlimactic 00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:44.579 when the boss just dies there's not this answer 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:51.619 ec was cinematic in how difficult and um heroic 00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:54.680 the players were trying to clear this boss uh 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:58.279 up to the warlock gate at the last second saving 00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:04.140 the pull but just because a guild goes in prepared 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:06.500 with really good gear that they got from doing 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:13.230 splits and made sure that Blizzard, their work 00:24:13.230 --> 00:24:17.410 was, I mean, 100 pulls is still 100 pulls. This, 00:24:17.529 --> 00:24:21.549 to me, really drives in the point of we need 00:24:21.549 --> 00:24:23.170 tournament realms for the race to world first. 00:24:23.869 --> 00:24:26.089 Blizzard just needs to take this and say, okay, 00:24:26.130 --> 00:24:28.670 fine. You're going to get a tournament realm. 00:24:29.289 --> 00:24:33.230 Everybody will get six out of six myth track 00:24:33.230 --> 00:24:35.880 gear. Pick whatever you want. Get your trinkets. 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:38.539 I don't care. Get whatever you want to get. But 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:40.779 we're going to crank up the difficulty on everything. 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:45.019 And when it's over, when the tournament is completed, 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:47.420 maybe you have your top 10, then the tournament 00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:50.720 realm will close. You have, you know, after 10 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:53.079 guilds kill it, then you've got a week left to 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:57.940 kill the boss. And whoever kills it gets a permanent 00:24:57.940 --> 00:25:01.359 achievement, a feat of strength on their account. 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:05.039 race to world first whatever or something like 00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:07.619 that that way they don't have to worry about 00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:10.259 making the raids too easy or too hard just make 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:12.160 it exactly how you want to make it and let the 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:14.339 guilds figure it out if it takes them three weeks 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:17.640 okay well i guess it took you three weeks um 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:20.900 they'll figure it out eventually or they'll figure 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:24.299 out that it's mathematically impossible but this 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:28.039 i I'm not disappointed with it. I think it was 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:30.220 cool. I'm glad that they did it. I didn't watch 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:32.500 it, and it wasn't as exciting as the Ansarek 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.119 one, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a good race. 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:36.779 The middle of the race was the exciting part, 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:39.319 watching like, oh, Echo took the lead with Lock 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:41.359 and Stock. What's going to happen? Oh, Liquid 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:43.160 jumped back in the lead with Own Arm Bandit. 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.759 That was more interesting to me than the actual 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:49.740 finish. Anyway, that's it. The race is over. 00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:53.079 You may now go back to your normal lives. I know 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.380 a lot of people don't really care about the race 00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:56.690 to World First. It's really... important to me 00:25:56.690 --> 00:26:00.170 um like i said this race wasn't as exciting but 00:26:00.170 --> 00:26:03.029 i'm i still followed it and i'm still very invested 00:26:03.029 --> 00:26:06.690 in what was going to happen so there we go that's 00:26:06.690 --> 00:26:09.690 the race to world first uh speaking of wow esports 00:26:09.690 --> 00:26:13.880 the uh MDI and Arena World Championship registrations 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:17.039 are now up and available. They'll be available 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:21.400 for, I think it's like a couple weeks. It's like 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:24.460 two weeks that we have that the registrations 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:26.559 are available. So get your teams together. Go 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.339 in and register. The Arena World Championship 00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:34.640 will start on April 2nd, and it will go through 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:38.990 May 25th. And then the MDI will start on April 00:26:38.990 --> 00:26:42.190 16th, and that will go through June 1st for the 00:26:42.190 --> 00:26:45.150 Global Finals. So these are all going to be the, 00:26:45.170 --> 00:26:48.289 for the MDI, it'll be the Season 2 Dungeons, 00:26:48.289 --> 00:26:53.470 and obviously Arena will be Season 2. So, you 00:26:53.470 --> 00:26:57.210 know, this, I've tried to cover WOW eSports, 00:26:57.289 --> 00:27:01.349 I really have, and covering the MDI and the AWC 00:27:01.349 --> 00:27:04.910 is tough because I don't compete at that level. 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:07.920 And you can cover the raid and go, hey, I'm doing 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:10.059 the raid. And so I kind of have an idea of how 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:14.819 hard these bosses are. I have no idea what running 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:19.259 a 22 would be like. I can't even fathom that. 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:24.339 I'm running twos and I'm struggling. So an arena, 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:27.059 it's just a completely different animal. In a 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:30.519 lot of ways, I feel like arena PvP is not even. 00:27:30.910 --> 00:27:33.529 wow, it's a different game. Because while you 00:27:33.529 --> 00:27:35.210 are playing it with WoW characters and using 00:27:35.210 --> 00:27:38.029 WoW spells and abilities, you play it in such 00:27:38.029 --> 00:27:43.089 a different way. It's a very dynamic and interesting 00:27:43.089 --> 00:27:45.569 way to play the game. I just can't get into it. 00:27:46.269 --> 00:27:50.269 But yeah, keep an eye out for the MDI and AWC 00:27:50.269 --> 00:27:57.210 coming in April and May. All right. Let's talk 00:27:57.210 --> 00:28:00.069 about... Actually, we're going to jump over to... 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.440 um, classic real quick because the season of 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:05.019 discovery phase eight PTR is now available for 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:08.279 testing. Now, Blizzard isn't saying a lot then, 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:10.299 and this is typical of season of discovery, although 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:12.059 they have been revealing more as they realized 00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:15.380 that players actually do want some info. They 00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:17.339 don't want to be surprised by everything. So, 00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:22.680 um, and that's fair. Um, what we do know. is 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:24.480 that there's going to be a new raid, the Scarlet 00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:26.539 Enclave. It will be in the Eastern Plaguelands, 00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:30.240 and the raid size is the new 2040, so it's built 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:33.200 for 20, and you can take up to 40, but it will 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:38.799 only drop loot for 20 people. So if you add more 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:43.160 people, it's going to be easier, but there's 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:47.819 not going to be any loot. So yeah, Scarlet Enclave. 00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:53.440 This is the first new... phase of classic that 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:56.759 blizzard has ever produced um there's nothing 00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.839 left to introduce into the game everything has 00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:02.000 already been added from the original vanilla 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:04.819 wow and from wow classic in 2019 this is everything 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:08.000 is in the game we've got next we've got on garage 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:10.019 we've got all the green dragons we got everything 00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:14.019 that was part of classic wow is is already done 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:17.130 this is all new And Blizzard was really clear, 00:29:17.250 --> 00:29:19.369 this is not Classic Plus. They are still planning 00:29:19.369 --> 00:29:22.289 to do a Classic Plus. And we'll do an episode 00:29:22.289 --> 00:29:24.849 about Classic Plus here in the next, I don't 00:29:24.849 --> 00:29:26.549 know, maybe a couple weeks or a month or so. 00:29:26.849 --> 00:29:31.190 But yeah, this is all brand new. So we don't 00:29:31.190 --> 00:29:34.549 know what to expect. One thing that we did see 00:29:34.549 --> 00:29:38.430 in Naxxramas with Season of Discovery, and like 00:29:38.430 --> 00:29:40.089 I said, I haven't really been... talking about 00:29:40.089 --> 00:29:42.190 Season of Discovery because I quit. My paladin 00:29:42.190 --> 00:29:45.569 is still in the 40s. But the corrupted Ashbringer 00:29:45.569 --> 00:29:49.809 weapon does not drop from the Four Horsemen in 00:29:49.809 --> 00:29:52.069 Season of Discovery. It's a different weapon 00:29:52.069 --> 00:29:55.410 that you can get. And the NPC who had the corrupted 00:29:55.410 --> 00:29:57.630 Ashbringer no longer has the corrupted Ashbringer 00:29:57.630 --> 00:30:01.009 on the PTR. So there's speculation that we might 00:30:01.009 --> 00:30:05.859 be able to get the actual Ashbringer. through 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:08.779 a legendary quest from the new scarlet enclave 00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:12.180 raid which would be kind of cool i'm sure anybody 00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:15.240 who plays a melee class would be very excited 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.960 by this and any casters would be like well i 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:22.079 don't care um so yeah that's pretty cool um again 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:24.839 this is all speculation and i generally don't 00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:28.759 like to do random speculation rumors uh on the 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:31.619 podcast because who knows it could just be somebody 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:34.140 making it up but Because Season of Discovery 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:37.220 has been so secretive and so sneaky with its 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:40.240 reveals, I definitely felt like this is something 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.259 I just wanted to point out. I think that's pretty 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:44.700 cool. And then the other thing is there's speculation 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:46.759 that we might be going to Mount Hyjal. There's 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.539 a portal in Dark Whisper Gorge that we can go 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:51.119 through and a new loading screen. So I don't 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:53.740 know what that means and what that is all going 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:55.819 to look like. That will all remain to be seen. 00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:58.339 But just know that they're doing some pretty 00:30:58.339 --> 00:31:01.119 interesting stuff over there. I think this is 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:02.960 a great way for them to test all of these things 00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.579 and go, hey, this is what's going to work for 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:07.680 Classic Plus or not. And so if they put in a 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:10.019 Mount Hydral here and it works, cool. You tweak 00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.779 it a little bit and that's in Classic Plus now. 00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:13.460 And then people also know what to expect. They're 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:17.380 like, oh, cool. I like this. So is there going 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:19.359 to be new dungeons in there or a new raid? Who 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:23.579 knows? Who knows? But it's definitely very exciting 00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:26.819 because while Season of Discovery itself might 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:30.359 not be my cup of tea. Classic Plus sounds like 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:34.960 fun, whatever that may be. Because to me, it's 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:37.380 all what's in my mind. To you, it might be what's 00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:40.140 in your mind. But as far as I'm concerned, Classic 00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:42.339 Plus is going to be a really cool thing because 00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.900 I think Blizzard is going to do it a lot bigger 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:46.279 than they did Season of Discovery. All right. 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:48.339 Anyway, let's move on from that. Yeah, like I 00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.279 said, Season of Discovery Phase 8 is now on the 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:52.099 PTR. So if you want to go check that out, check 00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:57.000 it out. I probably won't, to be honest. All right. 00:31:57.019 --> 00:32:00.140 Let's talk about non -covenant Shadowlands reputations 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:03.359 are war bound in patch 11 .1 .5. So Blizzard 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.980 did say that they were going to go back and start 00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:07.680 making older reputations war bound. And that's 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:13.660 the case here. We've got 10 reputations from 00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.700 Shadowlands that are now war bound. Court of 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:18.019 Harvesters, the Avowed, the Ascended, the Undying 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:21.039 Army. Venari, Court of Night, The Archivist's 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:24.160 Codex, The Enlightened, The Wild Hunt, and Death's 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.700 Advance. These are all Warbound. The Covenants 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:29.779 are not Warbound. For whatever reason, they can't 00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.759 make the Covenant -renowned Warbound, so they're 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.539 not going to, and that's fine. Whatever. I don't 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.440 care. And honestly, I don't really care about 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.900 any of these reputations either, but you might 00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:39.779 be farming something from Shadowlands that you're 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:43.339 like, oh, this would be so much easier if this 00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:47.319 was Warbound or whatever. I guess this will make 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:52.740 it easier. Okay, let's talk about Bran Bronzebeard, 00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:57.250 y 'all. So Bran Bronzebeard. got a new tank spec 00:32:57.250 --> 00:32:59.809 with Season 2 of The War Within, which is very 00:32:59.809 --> 00:33:02.009 exciting, and players were able to use it to 00:33:02.009 --> 00:33:05.809 great effect to clear Tier 11 Delves and have 00:33:05.809 --> 00:33:08.549 really just a good time in general using Bran 00:33:08.549 --> 00:33:12.450 as the tank. He apparently was a pretty sturdy 00:33:12.450 --> 00:33:14.529 tank, and people were having a great time with 00:33:14.529 --> 00:33:15.970 him. I didn't find that to be the case. He died 00:33:15.970 --> 00:33:18.809 super easy for me, but whatever. But Blizzard 00:33:18.809 --> 00:33:22.069 decided he was too sturdy, and so they reduced 00:33:22.069 --> 00:33:27.369 his tankiness. Reduced his max health by 20%. 00:33:27.369 --> 00:33:30.410 He received 60 % increased damage. A bunch of 00:33:30.410 --> 00:33:34.150 ability nerfs. He just got whooped pretty hard. 00:33:35.869 --> 00:33:39.089 Which, I guess, if you're going to get hit by 00:33:39.089 --> 00:33:42.730 the nerf bat, might as well be a good one. And 00:33:42.730 --> 00:33:45.420 so... What it really came down to is that Blizzard 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:47.460 didn't feel like players should be able to easily 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:50.579 do tier 11 delves, especially healers. They didn't 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:52.339 like the fact that healers could just, hey, if 00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:54.359 you heal Brand, he's going to basically clear 00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:57.279 the delve for you. So they had to nerf him. Meanwhile, 00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:59.700 tanks are over here with healer Brand going, 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:05.180 I can do 11s. What up? Anyway, Blizzard realized 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.599 that it was a little too much. The community 00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:10.550 was very loud and boisterous. upped it back up 00:34:10.550 --> 00:34:13.269 just a little bit to try and give him to somewhere 00:34:13.269 --> 00:34:16.809 a little bit more balanced. So they increased 00:34:16.809 --> 00:34:19.889 his max health back by 10%. He receives 13 % 00:34:19.889 --> 00:34:25.449 reduced damage now. I don't know. I think when 00:34:25.449 --> 00:34:27.730 Blizzard introduces things like this, it's really 00:34:27.730 --> 00:34:31.190 tough to get it right because you put it on the 00:34:31.190 --> 00:34:34.610 PTR and people go, oh, well, this doesn't work 00:34:34.610 --> 00:34:38.309 right. And then Blizzard goes, well, that's only 00:34:38.309 --> 00:34:40.530 a few people testing it. So then they have to 00:34:40.530 --> 00:34:44.329 see it on a large scale. And so here we are week 00:34:44.329 --> 00:34:47.530 two of the season and they're going, oh, okay, 00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:51.170 we screwed this up. So, you know, again, I'm 00:34:51.170 --> 00:34:52.570 going to bring this up and I'm going to keep 00:34:52.570 --> 00:34:54.449 bringing this up because this is one of my biggest 00:34:54.449 --> 00:34:56.190 complaints with Blizzard right now is that they 00:34:56.190 --> 00:34:59.510 don't do proper QA. I feel like whatever QA they're 00:34:59.510 --> 00:35:02.570 doing, it's not adequate and they really need 00:35:02.570 --> 00:35:05.329 to have some more structured and organized QA 00:35:05.329 --> 00:35:08.699 for these things. So that we don't have this 00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:10.340 situation where it's like, oh, Brandon's good. 00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:12.599 Oh, Brandon's not good. Oh, he's better. Nobody 00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:15.000 likes that. Nobody wants to feel that way about 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:17.119 the game. You want to be able to play the game 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:19.840 and enjoy it and go, I really like doing this. 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:22.039 This is fun content. The whole point of Delves 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:23.599 was that we're supposed to be able to go and 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:26.840 do this solo content. Blizzard changed Delves 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:30.840 to make it so that instead of 9, 10, and 11 Delves 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:34.119 being aspirational content, it's now progression 00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:37.300 content. which is cool but then people were able 00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:39.860 to get that progression content too easily and 00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:41.519 so they reverted it back but they still haven't 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:43.679 changed it to make it harder for tanks to do 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.960 delves by themselves so it's like i don't know 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:49.480 whoever's controlling delves right now whoever's 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:51.400 kind of turning these dials and and flipping 00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:53.840 switches on delves i don't think that they're 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:56.440 really doing it i don't want to say that they're 00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:58.199 not doing a great job because they are doing 00:35:58.199 --> 00:36:00.699 a great job the problem is i don't think they 00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:02.920 quite understand what's going on out in the real 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:07.260 world they need QA testers, players who can do 00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:10.179 this content. That's their job. Your job is to 00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:13.199 play WoW and test it. Play WoW with purpose, 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.460 not just play WoW for fun. Don't do loops around 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:18.320 Aloran, right? That's not the kind of WoW we're 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:21.000 talking about. We're talking about go do specific 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:25.000 things in game and do them consistently with 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:27.179 structured testing. I know this is boring stuff, 00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:29.420 but just trust me here. Structured testing, you've 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:31.940 got a checklist you're going through, you're 00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:33.579 trying different things, and not one person. 00:36:34.489 --> 00:36:38.090 100 people, 1 ,000 people doing this. You can 00:36:38.090 --> 00:36:42.289 pay the minimum wage. That's not a, you know, 00:36:42.309 --> 00:36:44.230 or maybe a little bit above minimum wage. Let's 00:36:44.230 --> 00:36:47.510 be fair here. Then they can, honestly, they could 00:36:47.510 --> 00:36:52.550 work from home. It's just, let's be real here, 00:36:52.710 --> 00:36:54.969 okay? They need testers. They need people who 00:36:54.969 --> 00:36:57.469 can do this stuff and let these people work from 00:36:57.469 --> 00:37:01.980 home and play this game and test it. and report 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:04.059 back. I know they have some testers. They just 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:08.480 don't have enough. Um, so, but anyway, I don't 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:11.480 know. We'll see. Uh, so what's the future for 00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:13.840 brand bronze beard? I don't know. I don't know. 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:16.500 And I don't think Blizzard quite knows what they 00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:18.780 want delves to be. I think that they're still 00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:22.820 worried that delves are, um, Oh no, delves are 00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:24.940 too easy. People are able to get welfare epics, 00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.099 right? That's what we used to call them back 00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:28.340 in the day. Welfare epics. Oh, people are getting 00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:32.059 welfare epics and, and they're, um, they're doing 00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:33.880 all of these things and we don't want them to 00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:36.500 have good stuff. Meanwhile, people are already 00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:40.380 doing Mythic Plus. We already have people who 00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:44.440 are 3K IO score in Mythic Plus. Blizzard isn't 00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.019 changing that. They made Mythic Plus easier. 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:51.039 So is it that they just don't trust Delves or 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:54.500 they think that Delves are, there's like, oh, 00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:58.139 that's content for casuals. Is it end game content 00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:00.039 or not? Because if it's not end game content, 00:38:00.429 --> 00:38:03.130 Why are you making it so that you can get end 00:38:03.130 --> 00:38:07.309 game gear and the highest level of gear? We're 00:38:07.309 --> 00:38:11.050 getting Gilded Crest from tier 11 Delves. Why? 00:38:11.289 --> 00:38:14.730 If it shouldn't be for end game players, then 00:38:14.730 --> 00:38:18.389 don't make it give us that stuff. Make it give 00:38:18.389 --> 00:38:21.329 us really good stuff that we can use. And I was 00:38:21.329 --> 00:38:23.449 good with where Delves were last season. I was. 00:38:23.690 --> 00:38:26.579 I was fine with it. But for whatever reason, 00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.039 Blizzard isn't happy. And so they're going to 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:30.159 continue to tweak it. Hopefully it gets to a 00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:32.639 good place before midnight. We've got one more 00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:34.960 season in which they can make some changes and 00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:37.239 tweak it. And then we'll kind of be able to evaluate 00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:40.000 where are Delves? And is this going to be a good 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:42.079 feature going forward? Is this going to be something 00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:43.659 that people hate because Blizzard keeps messing 00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:49.400 with it? So anyway. All right. That is the news. 00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:52.639 Let's go through this week in World of Warcraft. 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:54.960 So we've got the War Within Season 2 Week 3. 00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:59.679 The Mythic Plus affix is the plus four affix 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:02.179 is void bound. The void emissary spawns while 00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:05.199 players are in combat and buffs enemies. So you 00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:08.739 just need to kill the void emissary before he 00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:12.360 finishes his cast. And if you don't, then he 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:17.289 gives buffs to the enemies. So, which is unfortunate. 00:39:18.309 --> 00:39:20.489 And then the plus seven affix is tyrannical. 00:39:20.570 --> 00:39:22.289 You know it. You hate it. You hate to see it. 00:39:22.590 --> 00:39:25.110 Bosses have 25 % more health and deal 15 % more 00:39:25.110 --> 00:39:26.789 damage. Although, I don't know. I feel like tyrannical 00:39:26.789 --> 00:39:30.449 is better this season. So, yeah, bosses are going 00:39:30.449 --> 00:39:32.289 to hurt. Bosses are going to hurt. Once you hit 00:39:32.289 --> 00:39:35.289 seven, it's going to be tough. So, be ready. 00:39:35.389 --> 00:39:37.889 Make sure that you've got all your tank cooldowns 00:39:37.889 --> 00:39:39.829 and your healer cooldowns ready to go because 00:39:39.829 --> 00:39:45.150 tyrannical will hurt hard. The bonus event for 00:39:45.150 --> 00:39:46.869 this week is the Delve bonus event. Speaking 00:39:46.869 --> 00:39:48.750 of Delves, you're going to get the sign of the 00:39:48.750 --> 00:39:53.989 Explorer buff. Cool. That will increase your 00:39:53.989 --> 00:39:58.250 Delver's journey progress, companion experience, 00:39:58.510 --> 00:40:03.409 and undercoin acquisition by 25%. Whatever. Request 00:40:03.409 --> 00:40:05.489 a call to Delves from Archivist for Throon in 00:40:05.489 --> 00:40:07.670 Dornigal to complete five Delves in Khazalgar, 00:40:07.750 --> 00:40:10.309 and you will be rewarded with a cache of Delver's 00:40:10.309 --> 00:40:13.159 spoils, which is a champion Delve item. which 00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:15.800 that's pretty cool. Uh, the PVP brawl for the 00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:17.699 week is South shore versus Tara mill. This is 00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:20.900 just 40, 40 death match. First team to reach 00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:24.119 150 kills wins. Just keep running back in. Um, 00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:26.780 it's just a giant melee with no goal other than 00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:31.300 the fight, which is, it's kind of fun. Um, as 00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:33.820 I've said many times before, this is what we 00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:35.840 used to do for PVP back in the day because there 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:37.880 were no battlegrounds. So we made our own battleground 00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:41.880 and Blizzard has captured that. And, um, This 00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.480 is what we get as a result. It's pretty cool. 00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:46.119 You will get the quest something different when 00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:48.360 you zone in to win a PvP brawl, and you will 00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:50.340 be rewarded with conquest, honor, and marks of 00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:54.000 honor. So there you go. Other events going on 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:56.820 this week, we've got Ungoro Madness, which is 00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:59.400 the dinosaur thing in Ungoro. I've never done 00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:02.500 this before. I have no idea. It's going from 00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:04.440 March 17th to March 19th, though. So if you want 00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:06.699 to go to Ungoro and see what's going on, it's 00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:08.420 one of these micro holidays, so there's not going 00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:11.690 to be any sort of... achievement or player power 00:41:11.690 --> 00:41:13.329 or anything like that. It's probably just some 00:41:13.329 --> 00:41:14.909 cool thing that you can do. So if you're bored 00:41:14.909 --> 00:41:17.349 in WoW and you want something to do, go check 00:41:17.349 --> 00:41:20.670 out Un 'Goro Madness in Un 'Goro Crater. It says 00:41:20.670 --> 00:41:23.070 the dinosaurs in Un 'Goro are getting restless. 00:41:23.230 --> 00:41:25.550 Time to go pay them a visit. Couldn't be more 00:41:25.550 --> 00:41:31.570 cryptic than that. And then finally, the Trial 00:41:31.570 --> 00:41:34.420 of Style. Dust off those pauldrons and compete 00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:36.699 in a fashion competition of Azerothian proportions. 00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:39.440 Speak to a transmogrifier NPC in any major city 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:46.860 to participate in the Trial of Style. So it's 00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:49.980 really interesting about the Trial of Style because 00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:53.480 there was a whole video, and I think it was Bell 00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:56.449 Yeller that did this. dev video where he's talking 00:41:56.449 --> 00:41:59.130 about the ethereals and how the ethereal storyline 00:41:59.130 --> 00:42:01.789 has been going since legion and it's just been 00:42:01.789 --> 00:42:03.309 adding little bits here and little bits there 00:42:03.309 --> 00:42:05.829 and i don't even know if it's a concerted effort 00:42:05.829 --> 00:42:07.670 by blizzard here's the storyline we're going 00:42:07.670 --> 00:42:09.809 to create for the ethereals it's more of a oh 00:42:09.809 --> 00:42:11.230 we can add to this oh wouldn't it be cool if 00:42:11.230 --> 00:42:13.349 we added this character or that character um 00:42:13.349 --> 00:42:15.730 the trial of style which is something that players 00:42:15.730 --> 00:42:18.190 go do and it's fun oh my gosh look at my transmog 00:42:18.190 --> 00:42:21.670 how cool Well, after it's over, apparently there's 00:42:21.670 --> 00:42:23.670 an interaction between the NPC running it and 00:42:23.670 --> 00:42:26.389 an ethereal talking about, oh, well, here's all 00:42:26.389 --> 00:42:30.329 the information we were able to gather from the 00:42:30.329 --> 00:42:33.889 heroes. And the ethereal's like, okay, I'll take 00:42:33.889 --> 00:42:37.050 this back to my master and let them know. What 00:42:37.050 --> 00:42:40.230 the heck is that? Are they monitoring our transmog 00:42:40.230 --> 00:42:43.579 to know, like, oh, what is going on? The theory 00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:45.559 put forth in the video that I think it was Belialar 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:47.619 was that they want to know what our armor is 00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:50.199 like so that in case they have to fight us, they 00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:52.920 are prepared. So I guess we're just feeding into 00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:59.099 them because lol. Lol, transmog. So I don't know. 00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:03.639 Maybe we'll get something about this when patch 00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:06.880 11 .2 comes out because it does look like it's 00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:09.619 going to be ethereal themed. If you haven't seen 00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:13.840 any of the cinematics from... season two um patch 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:18.380 11 .1 um spoiler alert but the ethereals have 00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:21.699 stolen the dark heart and uh looks like they're 00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:24.340 either going to take it to koresh which is their 00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:27.280 home world or something about that we will probably 00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:29.059 so there was a speculation that we might end 00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:31.179 up in the root lands which is like where orwina 00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:34.000 and her people are from uh or that we might end 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:36.619 up uh in the ethereal homeworld well the ethereal 00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:39.179 homeworld has been destroyed so it's possible 00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:42.840 that either A, the Ethereals are trying to restore 00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:46.719 their planet using the Dark Heart, or B, which 00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:48.440 I think is more likely, is that we're going to 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:50.179 go to the Rootlands because the Ethereals are 00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:53.539 going there to try to turn Azeroth into their 00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:56.599 homeworld. So think like Man of Steel when General 00:43:56.599 --> 00:44:00.059 Zod was trying to turn Earth into Krypton. Same 00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:01.760 thing. The Ethereals are going to try and use 00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:04.239 the Dark Heart to turn Azeroth into their own 00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:06.739 planet. That's my speculation. I have no idea, 00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:10.460 though. I really don't know anything. Yeah, it'll 00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:13.599 be interesting to see what happens there, but 00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:19.579 that's for future us. All right, that is the 00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:23.619 news for the week. Yeah, a lot of stuff going 00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:26.929 on. BlizzCon, I'm just so excited about. So if 00:44:26.929 --> 00:44:29.349 you're going to BlizzCon, hit me up. Send me 00:44:29.349 --> 00:44:31.170 a message. Let me know that, hey, I'm planning 00:44:31.170 --> 00:44:34.050 to go to BlizzCon. We can talk about it. I'd 00:44:34.050 --> 00:44:36.050 love to meet any fans of the show, people who 00:44:36.050 --> 00:44:38.590 enjoy the show. Or if you hate the show and you 00:44:38.590 --> 00:44:40.389 want to slap me in real life, we could probably 00:44:40.389 --> 00:44:43.909 arrange something there too. So, yeah. All right, 00:44:43.949 --> 00:44:45.989 let's move on to the main topic of the week. 00:44:46.050 --> 00:44:47.210 We're going to talk about this player housing 00:44:47.210 --> 00:44:53.269 thing. It's time for the main topic of the week. 00:44:58.650 --> 00:45:02.050 Okay, so Blizzard have written a blog article 00:45:02.050 --> 00:45:04.769 about player housing, and it's gone into quite 00:45:04.769 --> 00:45:08.510 a bit of detail about how it's going to work, 00:45:08.570 --> 00:45:11.570 at least in an early stage. I mean, obviously, 00:45:11.630 --> 00:45:13.010 it's not fully fleshed out yet. They're still 00:45:13.010 --> 00:45:15.630 designing the system, but they're giving us a 00:45:15.630 --> 00:45:18.730 kind of sneak peek into what to expect. For me, 00:45:18.750 --> 00:45:21.210 I didn't know what to expect. in the very beginning 00:45:21.210 --> 00:45:23.349 when blizzard said here we're gonna do player 00:45:23.349 --> 00:45:26.530 housing i was like and as they've slowly revealed 00:45:26.530 --> 00:45:29.230 more and more information i've come become more 00:45:29.230 --> 00:45:32.849 and more excited about player housing and getting 00:45:32.849 --> 00:45:38.710 this feature in the game so they're talking about 00:45:38.710 --> 00:45:43.170 interior design and decorations not the exterior 00:45:43.170 --> 00:45:45.090 so apparently we're going to get some way to 00:45:45.090 --> 00:45:47.250 spruce up the exterior of our house which is 00:45:47.250 --> 00:45:48.969 really cool don't forget we're going to be in 00:45:48.969 --> 00:45:50.369 neighborhoods so you're going to be able to see 00:45:50.369 --> 00:45:57.550 your neighbors houses um so the way that they 00:45:57.550 --> 00:45:59.849 broke this out is we've got a couple of different 00:45:59.849 --> 00:46:06.230 um design idea concepts if you've ever played 00:46:06.230 --> 00:46:10.250 any sort of game like the sims or Animal Crossing, 00:46:10.369 --> 00:46:12.750 anything where you're building a house or building 00:46:12.750 --> 00:46:16.329 your place, right? That's the kind of thing that 00:46:16.329 --> 00:46:18.869 we're going for here, except that Blizzard have 00:46:18.869 --> 00:46:23.650 created this ridiculously good editor. I haven't 00:46:23.650 --> 00:46:26.809 seen Final Fantasy or Guild Wars or any of these 00:46:26.809 --> 00:46:29.889 other games because I've never played those, 00:46:29.929 --> 00:46:31.610 so I don't know what their housing systems look 00:46:31.610 --> 00:46:33.170 like. But what Blizzard is putting together, 00:46:33.329 --> 00:46:36.739 to me, it looks impressive. I can't compare it. 00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:38.840 So I'm just going to judge it on its own merit. 00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:41.519 And to me, it looks great. So let's start with 00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:45.079 the fact that they're giving us two design modes. 00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:51.679 So no, let me take a step back. First off, they're 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:53.940 going to give us the ability to design the interior 00:46:53.940 --> 00:46:57.960 of our house to a very high degree. We're not 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:00.280 talking about garrisons where you had to plop 00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:03.219 down a structure and there you go. This isn't 00:47:03.219 --> 00:47:07.820 a, well, you're, Bed can go here or your bookshelf. 00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:10.000 And so you have to decide which one you want 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:12.780 to put in this location. No, this is you can 00:47:12.780 --> 00:47:15.179 put anything anywhere you want to go. We're not 00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:18.380 talking ploppable locations. We're talking just 00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:22.280 design space. So imagine, if you will, a blank, 00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:25.480 empty room. There's nothing in there. And you, 00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:28.679 the player, get to decide, I would like a bed 00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:31.980 to go right here. And so you go through all the 00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:34.400 bed options that you can choose from. You pick 00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:36.480 your bed, you put it down where you want it to 00:47:36.480 --> 00:47:42.079 go. Now, in the basic design mode, they've given 00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:47.920 us some simple, you can rotate, you can move. 00:47:48.780 --> 00:47:50.699 You've got a grid that you're going to put things 00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:53.199 on. And so everything is designed around the 00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:59.900 grid. You've got snapping with 15 degree increments 00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:02.530 so that you don't have things that are. out of 00:48:02.530 --> 00:48:05.070 alignment it's very clearly designed for people 00:48:05.070 --> 00:48:08.909 who want to use the feature but don't want to 00:48:08.909 --> 00:48:11.889 spend hours and hours analyzing every minute 00:48:11.889 --> 00:48:14.210 detail so you can go through you can put your 00:48:14.210 --> 00:48:15.610 bed down where you want it to go you can put 00:48:15.610 --> 00:48:18.250 your coffee table you want to go easy chair your 00:48:18.250 --> 00:48:21.289 bookshelf window whatever you've got you can 00:48:21.289 --> 00:48:23.409 put it where you want it to go and it will snap 00:48:23.409 --> 00:48:26.289 very nicely and very easily it makes this a very 00:48:26.289 --> 00:48:30.429 simple game mode that you can use that you can 00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:34.239 decorate a house very nicely and looking through 00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:36.800 the videos that they they attach to this blog 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:39.780 article it looks like you can do a lot with the 00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:44.940 basic editing mode the advanced editing mode 00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:49.880 is insane not only do you have a very high degree 00:48:49.880 --> 00:48:55.280 of rotation for the different pieces of furniture 00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:59.019 you can move them you can scale them you can 00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:02.400 clip them into the wall. You can do whatever 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:04.900 you want. They're giving you the freedom to create 00:49:04.900 --> 00:49:09.920 a clown house if you want. If you want to have 00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:12.119 a ridiculous looking house with furniture clipping 00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:14.059 through the walls and a window over the fireplace, 00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:16.539 you can do that. They're like, hey, you know 00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:18.340 what, players? If you want to be dumb and make 00:49:18.340 --> 00:49:20.579 a dumb house, go for it. Nobody else is going 00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:22.260 to see it. And the people who do see it will 00:49:22.260 --> 00:49:24.159 probably tell you your house is dumb. So go for 00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:26.719 it. They're not trying to protect us from ourselves 00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:28.460 here. They're going to let us build whatever 00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:33.619 we want. Within the framework of this design 00:49:33.619 --> 00:49:36.900 system. So you can click on a piece of furniture. 00:49:37.099 --> 00:49:40.019 You can rotate it. You can scale it. You can 00:49:40.019 --> 00:49:43.860 move it around. So you have, from a technical 00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:45.619 standpoint, you have different axes, right? You 00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:47.920 can move it side to side. You can move it back 00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:49.639 and forth. You can move it up and down. You can 00:49:49.639 --> 00:49:52.840 scale it. You can rotate it. There's all sorts 00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:54.179 of different ways you can move things around. 00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:56.599 There's not specific locations where you have 00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:58.460 to put things to. It's not like, oh, well, you 00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:59.820 can't put anything there. It's blocked. No, the 00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:02.559 entire room is a grid. The entire room is a grid. 00:50:04.460 --> 00:50:07.719 So they're giving us complete flexibility with 00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:11.820 the design. They're also giving us the ability 00:50:11.820 --> 00:50:14.739 to have multiple rooms in the house. So if you 00:50:14.739 --> 00:50:17.760 want to have, this is my study. This is my trophy 00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:22.059 room. This is my guest parlor. This is where 00:50:22.059 --> 00:50:28.639 my wow. girlfriend sleeps. This is where my pets 00:50:28.639 --> 00:50:31.840 are. Whatever you want to create, however you 00:50:31.840 --> 00:50:36.659 want to do it, you can build your house. What 00:50:36.659 --> 00:50:42.380 they've said is your house on the exterior does 00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:44.059 not have to match your house on the interior. 00:50:44.219 --> 00:50:47.519 So if you have a mansion on the outside and a 00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:49.239 one bedroom house on the inside, you can do that. 00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:51.619 Alternately, if you have a small house on the 00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:54.420 outside, like a little shack, you can have eight 00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:57.119 bedrooms on the inside or whatever you want because 00:50:57.119 --> 00:50:59.119 they're giving us the flexibility to do this. 00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:00.980 Now, obviously, we have a system that's going 00:51:00.980 --> 00:51:02.760 to be in place to kind of guide some of these 00:51:02.760 --> 00:51:04.780 things. You can't just do anything you want. 00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:09.679 You can't. This isn't Doctor Strange or Inception 00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:12.800 where you can warp the reality. We're not going 00:51:12.800 --> 00:51:18.300 that route. But you can really... to design and 00:51:18.300 --> 00:51:20.579 customize these things. One of the things that 00:51:20.579 --> 00:51:22.119 I really found was interesting was to give us 00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:26.719 the ability to, you can have parent objects. 00:51:27.139 --> 00:51:29.960 So if you have a table and then you put a mug 00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:33.480 on the table and then you want to move that table, 00:51:33.539 --> 00:51:34.559 you're like, I don't like the table where it 00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:37.780 is. And you move it. The mug stays on the table 00:51:37.780 --> 00:51:40.480 because the table is now that mug's parent object. 00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:42.679 So when you move the table, if you scale the 00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:44.179 table, if you do all these things, it's going 00:51:44.179 --> 00:51:49.230 to affect it in different ways. so you don't 00:51:49.230 --> 00:51:52.590 have to oh i set up this whole coffee table design 00:51:52.590 --> 00:51:54.610 and now i want to move it and so i have to redo 00:51:54.610 --> 00:51:57.510 the whole thing no it's all linked to it and 00:51:57.510 --> 00:52:00.710 so they're they're giving us the options to to 00:52:00.710 --> 00:52:06.690 do this in such a open -ended way i'm i'm surprised 00:52:06.690 --> 00:52:09.210 that blizzard has done this so much all right 00:52:09.210 --> 00:52:10.949 let me let me go through this uh blog article 00:52:10.949 --> 00:52:13.289 because i'm just gushing at this point uh decor 00:52:13.289 --> 00:52:17.449 can be moved around on a decor can be moved around 00:52:17.449 --> 00:52:19.269 on the ground and will move on top of things 00:52:19.269 --> 00:52:21.769 as it bumps into them or down onto the ground 00:52:21.769 --> 00:52:25.170 as they reach the edge this lets you know you 00:52:25.170 --> 00:52:27.230 this lets you move around and have them interact 00:52:27.230 --> 00:52:30.309 in the expected way decor can be rotated around 00:52:30.309 --> 00:52:33.329 its up axis with rotation snapping up to 15 degree 00:52:33.329 --> 00:52:35.170 increments so objects don't accidentally unalign 00:52:35.170 --> 00:52:36.789 with other objects as you rotate them this is 00:52:36.789 --> 00:52:42.460 basic mode Decor has collision with other pieces 00:52:42.460 --> 00:52:44.719 of decor, as well as the floor, wall, and ceilings, 00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:46.300 and players are unable to move decor through 00:52:46.300 --> 00:52:47.980 other things, no losing things in the walls. 00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:50.539 Decor will align to the floor, wall, or ceiling 00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:52.719 depending on what sort of decor it is. Example, 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:55.199 a rug will align with the floor, while a painting 00:52:55.199 --> 00:52:57.460 will align with the wall. If you move it around 00:52:57.460 --> 00:52:59.099 a corner, it will continue to align properly. 00:52:59.380 --> 00:53:01.420 This also means decor will snap to the ground 00:53:01.420 --> 00:53:04.760 if you move it off something. Certain types of 00:53:04.760 --> 00:53:07.530 smaller decor will parent certain types of larger 00:53:07.530 --> 00:53:09.650 decor when placed on top of them. This means 00:53:09.650 --> 00:53:11.670 when you move the larger decor, the smaller decor 00:53:11.670 --> 00:53:13.269 moves along with it. This allows you to, for 00:53:13.269 --> 00:53:15.369 example, place books on a bookshelf and then 00:53:15.369 --> 00:53:17.010 move the whole shelf instead of having to move 00:53:17.010 --> 00:53:20.369 everything individually. Players can show a grid 00:53:20.369 --> 00:53:22.710 and enable snapping, which will snap decorations 00:53:22.710 --> 00:53:24.849 to the points on the grid, helping you keep everything 00:53:24.849 --> 00:53:27.329 neat and tidy. It will even shrink down when 00:53:27.329 --> 00:53:29.210 you're placing something on a smaller surface 00:53:29.210 --> 00:53:33.010 like a table. Okay, so we're going to get a grid. 00:53:33.130 --> 00:53:35.210 We're going to get the parenting system. We've 00:53:35.210 --> 00:53:37.670 got object collision, so you can't have objects 00:53:37.670 --> 00:53:39.250 colliding with each other. If you're like, man, 00:53:39.349 --> 00:53:41.630 I don't want my coffee table intersecting into 00:53:41.630 --> 00:53:43.949 my bed, that's going to look dumb. You're right. 00:53:44.030 --> 00:53:46.690 It would look dumb. So this is the basic editing 00:53:46.690 --> 00:53:48.630 mode. And so you could do the entire system in 00:53:48.630 --> 00:53:51.190 basic and probably be happy. But there are going 00:53:51.190 --> 00:53:54.090 to be people who want to micromanage every little 00:53:54.090 --> 00:53:57.219 thing. So advanced interior design. but that's 00:53:57.219 --> 00:53:59.340 so restrictive we hear you saying don't worry 00:53:59.340 --> 00:54:01.480 just switch to advanced mode and feel the true 00:54:01.480 --> 00:54:03.659 power at your fingertips advanced mode effectively 00:54:03.659 --> 00:54:06.199 turns off a lot of the rules of basic but also 00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:08.300 offers up additional tools of its own as well 00:54:08.300 --> 00:54:11.260 decor has no collision in advanced mode want 00:54:11.260 --> 00:54:15.199 to push a chair into the wall enjoy i love that 00:54:16.010 --> 00:54:19.250 You can enable gimbals, little 3D controls on 00:54:19.250 --> 00:54:21.929 objects, which will let you move objects on all 00:54:21.929 --> 00:54:24.030 three axes, including floating them up into the 00:54:24.030 --> 00:54:26.309 air without having to jump through hoops. You 00:54:26.309 --> 00:54:28.449 can just have a floating table if you want. Hey, 00:54:28.530 --> 00:54:30.010 I'm a mage. I have a floating table. What's up? 00:54:31.710 --> 00:54:34.070 A different gimbal can be used to rotate an object 00:54:34.070 --> 00:54:38.710 freely on any axis as well. So, yeah, freely 00:54:38.710 --> 00:54:42.940 rotate. And it says freely, but... There is a 00:54:42.940 --> 00:54:45.739 math formula for it. Maybe it's one degree or 00:54:45.739 --> 00:54:47.900 two degrees or something. But there is a certain 00:54:47.900 --> 00:54:49.659 number of degrees that you can rotate it. It's 00:54:49.659 --> 00:54:53.139 not completely free. But for all intents and 00:54:53.139 --> 00:54:54.860 purposes for designing this room, it's going 00:54:54.860 --> 00:54:57.559 to be a free rotation. Finally, a third gimbal 00:54:57.559 --> 00:54:59.880 can scale an object size up and down with some 00:54:59.880 --> 00:55:02.199 generous limits, making something smaller or 00:55:02.199 --> 00:55:04.849 giant. So you can make the table huge. You could 00:55:04.849 --> 00:55:09.369 be like, oh, I inherited this house from my culturing 00:55:09.369 --> 00:55:10.989 neighbor, and he was a lot bigger than me, so 00:55:10.989 --> 00:55:14.730 whatever. Advanced mode lets you interact and 00:55:14.730 --> 00:55:16.710 design things with very specific controls to 00:55:16.710 --> 00:55:19.170 make whatever your heart may desire. Internally 00:55:19.170 --> 00:55:21.809 using this, employees have taken bushes and made 00:55:21.809 --> 00:55:24.409 them into garlands for their fireplace, constructed 00:55:24.409 --> 00:55:27.570 a boat's prow from a bed, or made paint buckets 00:55:27.570 --> 00:55:31.170 into small spice racks for their kitchen. I mean, 00:55:31.230 --> 00:55:34.429 come on. That's ridiculous. The fact that you 00:55:34.429 --> 00:55:38.650 can get that little level of detail, it's kind 00:55:38.650 --> 00:55:42.250 of nuts. Okay, the final thing that we'll go 00:55:42.250 --> 00:55:47.130 over. Actually, there's two other things. First, 00:55:47.250 --> 00:55:50.309 we've been dyeing for housing. It's the way that 00:55:50.309 --> 00:55:52.769 they said it. Dyeing is D -Y -E because we're 00:55:52.769 --> 00:55:55.050 talking about furniture dyes. In addition to 00:55:55.050 --> 00:55:56.530 the decoration modes, we wanted to call out some 00:55:56.530 --> 00:55:58.110 of the other functionalities and choices we've 00:55:58.110 --> 00:56:00.590 made, some because they're cool and we're sharing, 00:56:00.690 --> 00:56:02.429 and others because they directly answer some 00:56:02.429 --> 00:56:04.349 of the questions we've been hearing since the 00:56:04.349 --> 00:56:06.710 first article went up. For newly created assets, 00:56:06.929 --> 00:56:09.809 as opposed to the legacy ones, like the existing 00:56:09.809 --> 00:56:11.969 art assets, the things that are created specifically 00:56:11.969 --> 00:56:15.659 for the housing. We're allowing players to dye 00:56:15.659 --> 00:56:17.500 them a variety of colors. So if you find a chair 00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:18.940 but wish the upholstery were blue instead of 00:56:18.940 --> 00:56:21.119 gray, you can make that change. But what if the 00:56:21.119 --> 00:56:23.599 blue doesn't match the stain of the wood or color 00:56:23.599 --> 00:56:25.179 on the metal floor? Well, you can fix that as 00:56:25.179 --> 00:56:27.320 well. So you can change the colors of things. 00:56:27.440 --> 00:56:29.000 They have a little video where they're showing 00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:32.780 the different colors. It's not like you don't 00:56:32.780 --> 00:56:34.500 have a color picker. You have to choose from 00:56:34.500 --> 00:56:37.260 preexisting dyes. But that's just because they 00:56:37.260 --> 00:56:39.760 have a fixed number of assets that you can switch 00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:47.380 it to a different asset. So, yeah, this is something 00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:49.360 that people have been asking for for transmog 00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:53.320 for a long time. Player dies or armor dies. And 00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:55.960 so they're putting it in for housing. Now, you 00:56:55.960 --> 00:56:58.480 can't tell me that they have decided, all right, 00:56:58.480 --> 00:57:00.820 we're going to add this for housing, but we're 00:57:00.820 --> 00:57:02.900 not going to add this for transmog. There's no 00:57:02.900 --> 00:57:08.900 way. They would just have it be, no, you have 00:57:08.900 --> 00:57:11.659 to go earn the blue rug instead of the red rug, 00:57:11.719 --> 00:57:13.849 instead of the green rug. No, they're going to 00:57:13.849 --> 00:57:16.170 let you dye it any color you want or, you know, 00:57:16.170 --> 00:57:18.769 within the color list because that's the same 00:57:18.769 --> 00:57:20.449 system they're going to use for armor. Now, it 00:57:20.449 --> 00:57:22.489 might be only for armor going forward. Maybe 00:57:22.489 --> 00:57:24.690 starting at midnight, all of our armor is dyeable 00:57:24.690 --> 00:57:30.010 or certain armors are dyeable. I could even see 00:57:30.010 --> 00:57:32.710 a case being made for you get your tier set, 00:57:32.849 --> 00:57:38.329 right? And when you do, you unlock that level 00:57:38.329 --> 00:57:42.599 of tier set, you unlock those color dyes. You 00:57:42.599 --> 00:57:47.039 can, instead of having just different pieces 00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:49.820 available, you can, you're unlocking that particular 00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:53.300 armor die. So maybe if you get heroic, you unlock 00:57:53.300 --> 00:57:57.400 the armor dice for raid finder and normal as 00:57:57.400 --> 00:57:59.920 well as heroic. So you have your heroic piece, 00:57:59.980 --> 00:58:02.269 but you can die at the colors of normal. or raid 00:58:02.269 --> 00:58:03.809 finder which is something that i've always been 00:58:03.809 --> 00:58:06.210 frustrated with is that if you get a heroic piece 00:58:06.210 --> 00:58:08.349 of gear you're like cool but i really like the 00:58:08.349 --> 00:58:10.289 appearance from from raid finder so now i have 00:58:10.289 --> 00:58:12.150 to go run raid finder week after week trying 00:58:12.150 --> 00:58:15.150 to get that same piece to drop on a different 00:58:15.150 --> 00:58:19.750 anyway you get what i'm saying so armor dies 00:58:19.750 --> 00:58:22.849 possible for the future uh furniture die for 00:58:22.849 --> 00:58:25.349 player housing definitely on uh that's definitely 00:58:25.349 --> 00:58:29.440 coming so uh It's not just decorations you use 00:58:29.440 --> 00:58:31.320 to customize your space, but the wallpaper, ceiling, 00:58:31.539 --> 00:58:33.639 and flooring as well. You can mix and match these 00:58:33.639 --> 00:58:36.099 to elicit various cultures and vibes or just 00:58:36.099 --> 00:58:38.000 make up your own. You can take things a step 00:58:38.000 --> 00:58:40.619 further, too, and use partition objects to build 00:58:40.619 --> 00:58:43.000 walls where none were before, letting you make 00:58:43.000 --> 00:58:45.320 rooms with arbitrary interiors. You can design 00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:48.340 your house however you want. They have a floor 00:58:48.340 --> 00:58:53.619 plan mode here on the blog article showing your 00:58:53.619 --> 00:58:56.250 house from... from a top -down view so you can 00:58:56.250 --> 00:58:58.170 kind of see what the rooms are going to look 00:58:58.170 --> 00:59:01.110 like and lay out the house exactly how you want 00:59:01.110 --> 00:59:05.429 which i think is really cool somebody who when 00:59:05.429 --> 00:59:08.510 i played the sims and this was back in i don't 00:59:08.510 --> 00:59:11.269 know 2000s or whatever the first sims not any 00:59:11.269 --> 00:59:13.030 of these new ones i didn't care about any of 00:59:13.030 --> 00:59:14.710 the other stuff i just wanted to build a house 00:59:14.710 --> 00:59:16.940 i wanted to design my own house i wanted to build 00:59:16.940 --> 00:59:19.940 the walls here's my you know the color of the 00:59:19.940 --> 00:59:21.260 carpet and here's where i'm going to put the 00:59:21.260 --> 00:59:23.079 furniture that's the kind of thing i was interested 00:59:23.079 --> 00:59:25.239 in i didn't care about going to work and i was 00:59:25.239 --> 00:59:26.739 like i go to work in real life i don't need to 00:59:26.739 --> 00:59:30.239 pretend like i'm going to work um so that to 00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:34.559 me is really interesting um i actually did in 00:59:34.559 --> 00:59:40.940 i i took a um i measured the layout of of my 00:59:40.940 --> 00:59:45.269 house each room all the different angles, all 00:59:45.269 --> 00:59:48.130 the different walls, and I put it all into Visio. 00:59:48.429 --> 00:59:53.929 And so I have a, not a 3D, I have a flat model 00:59:53.929 --> 00:59:56.349 of my house in Visio that I can use so I can 00:59:56.349 --> 00:59:58.690 design my room. I can say, well, I'm going to 00:59:58.690 --> 01:00:00.309 put the bed here and I'm going to put the desk 01:00:00.309 --> 01:00:01.949 there. Oh, look, that's not going to work because 01:00:01.949 --> 01:00:03.329 there's only going to be two feet between them. 01:00:03.369 --> 01:00:05.489 It's not enough room, right? It gives me some 01:00:05.489 --> 01:00:09.349 idea of how to best lay out the house. I did 01:00:09.349 --> 01:00:11.369 the same thing for the garden outside, but that's 01:00:11.369 --> 01:00:13.699 for... We're not on the outside of the house 01:00:13.699 --> 01:00:16.059 yet. Speaking of mixing and matching, we saw 01:00:16.059 --> 01:00:17.920 a lot of questions around what would be allowed 01:00:17.920 --> 01:00:20.340 in terms of decor. Inside your home, you can 01:00:20.340 --> 01:00:22.000 decorate however you want. So if you want some 01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:25.039 blood elf wallpaper with a stone roof and a wooden 01:00:25.039 --> 01:00:28.280 floor, go for it. Now that is cool. Because a 01:00:28.280 --> 01:00:30.860 lot of people were like, this sucks. Only Elwynn 01:00:30.860 --> 01:00:34.340 Forest and Durotar. This is terrible. I don't 01:00:34.340 --> 01:00:37.420 want orc. I don't want human. I want night elf. 01:00:37.480 --> 01:00:39.760 I want blood elf. I want troll. I want dwarf. 01:00:39.920 --> 01:00:45.690 I want tauren. Nobody wants undead. And so while 01:00:45.690 --> 01:00:47.969 your house might be located in a particular area, 01:00:48.070 --> 01:00:50.389 you'll be able to decorate it however you want, 01:00:50.469 --> 01:00:51.690 at least on the inside. We don't know what the 01:00:51.690 --> 01:00:53.030 outsides are going to be like yet. Maybe all 01:00:53.030 --> 01:00:55.349 the outsides have to look the same or similar. 01:00:56.289 --> 01:00:59.969 We'll see. But the inside of the house, you'll 01:00:59.969 --> 01:01:02.230 be able to have some real customizations with 01:01:02.230 --> 01:01:05.679 the decoration. Okay, and then they're talking 01:01:05.679 --> 01:01:07.719 about outside. Before we go outside, while we're 01:01:07.719 --> 01:01:09.599 not really talking about exteriors in this article, 01:01:09.699 --> 01:01:12.260 it's worth mentioning that the outside size of 01:01:12.260 --> 01:01:14.179 your house has no bearing on how big the interior 01:01:14.179 --> 01:01:16.860 is. If you want a huge mansion outside with just 01:01:16.860 --> 01:01:19.440 one room inside or a tiny shack on the outside 01:01:19.440 --> 01:01:23.139 but dozens of rooms inside, you do you. We'll 01:01:23.139 --> 01:01:24.920 share more about the exteriors of your home later, 01:01:24.980 --> 01:01:27.420 though. There's so much to discuss with decorations. 01:01:27.559 --> 01:01:29.860 Where do we get stuff? How do I show off my collection 01:01:29.860 --> 01:01:33.159 of transmogs, pets, and mounts? How do I... How 01:01:33.159 --> 01:01:35.900 do professions fit in? Which we're going to get 01:01:35.900 --> 01:01:38.639 a woodworking profession. Come on. Never mind 01:01:38.639 --> 01:01:40.320 neighborhoods. And we can't wait to share more. 01:01:40.420 --> 01:01:42.019 Please keep sending us your feedback and we'll 01:01:42.019 --> 01:01:43.539 keep building. But in the meantime, here's another 01:01:43.539 --> 01:01:45.559 screenshot a team member made mixing some various 01:01:45.559 --> 01:01:48.159 styles. So I'm going to put the link to this 01:01:48.159 --> 01:01:49.599 blog article in the show notes. If you haven't 01:01:49.599 --> 01:01:50.820 checked it out, definitely check it out. The 01:01:50.820 --> 01:01:53.000 little videos make it look really cool. They 01:01:53.000 --> 01:01:55.940 show you exactly how this is. how they're intending 01:01:55.940 --> 01:01:58.099 this to work. Obviously, it's not finished yet. 01:01:58.139 --> 01:02:00.760 This is in a very raw state. And it does have 01:02:00.760 --> 01:02:04.159 something on here, which it shows an asset counter. 01:02:04.320 --> 01:02:07.500 So in this one screenshot, it's 515 out of 10 01:02:07.500 --> 01:02:10.559 ,000 assets, meaning you could possibly have 01:02:10.559 --> 01:02:14.730 an asset limit of 10 ,000 on your... house which 01:02:14.730 --> 01:02:19.710 is crazy 10 000 assets i can't even but i guess 01:02:19.710 --> 01:02:22.210 if you're turning paint buckets into spice spice 01:02:22.210 --> 01:02:24.730 cabinet then then yeah that would make sense 01:02:24.730 --> 01:02:28.690 so um yeah this is the uh player housing and 01:02:28.690 --> 01:02:30.949 it's it's gonna be a really big feature and i 01:02:30.949 --> 01:02:32.889 think that this is gonna be very integral to 01:02:32.889 --> 01:02:36.849 midnight and what we do but um if you're not 01:02:36.849 --> 01:02:38.590 looking forward to player housing i get it uh 01:02:38.590 --> 01:02:41.570 it's not for everyone but it's i For somebody 01:02:41.570 --> 01:02:44.050 who was not really interested in this till now, 01:02:44.210 --> 01:02:46.510 I am super excited about this feature. I cannot 01:02:46.510 --> 01:02:49.829 wait for it to get in game. So I'm hoping that 01:02:49.829 --> 01:02:52.449 it really delivers on all those promises so far. 01:02:52.710 --> 01:02:56.110 I'm very optimistic. All right. That's going 01:02:56.110 --> 01:02:58.409 to do it for today. Thank you so much for listening 01:02:58.409 --> 01:03:00.510 and for watching. I really do appreciate it. 01:03:00.570 --> 01:03:02.489 It is always a pleasure and a privilege for me 01:03:02.489 --> 01:03:04.409 to get on this microphone and speak to you. If 01:03:04.409 --> 01:03:05.789 you want to get hold of me directly, you can 01:03:05.789 --> 01:03:08.210 reach me on Twitter or Blue Sky. I am at Denathar 01:03:08.210 --> 01:03:10.690 on both of those platforms. You can also... occasionally 01:03:10.690 --> 01:03:13.750 catch me streaming on YouTube or Twitch. I am 01:03:13.750 --> 01:03:17.590 janathar01 on both of those platforms. You can 01:03:17.590 --> 01:03:20.190 also get all of the links for Azeroth United 01:03:20.190 --> 01:03:24.510 podcast on our link tree, linktr .ee slash Azeroth 01:03:24.510 --> 01:03:27.150 United. It's got all of the links for the Patreon, 01:03:27.309 --> 01:03:30.090 for the Discord server. Definitely join the Discord 01:03:30.090 --> 01:03:31.750 server. There's a lot of conversation going on 01:03:31.750 --> 01:03:36.010 there. We've got the email and a bunch of other 01:03:36.010 --> 01:03:38.650 things on the link tree as well, so you can check 01:03:38.650 --> 01:03:43.889 that out. Yeah, but that's pretty much it. I 01:03:43.889 --> 01:03:47.489 think I'm really hoping that we're going to get 01:03:47.489 --> 01:03:50.269 some, now that the Race to World First is over, 01:03:50.349 --> 01:03:52.289 things will kind of settle down news -wise and 01:03:52.289 --> 01:03:54.610 we can kind of talk about some, you know, where 01:03:54.610 --> 01:03:57.190 are we with Season 2? How does it feel to everyone? 01:03:57.730 --> 01:03:59.969 What's coming up with Classic? What's coming 01:03:59.969 --> 01:04:02.670 up with Season of Discovery? Things like that. 01:04:03.610 --> 01:04:06.110 I want to do a little bit more discussion -based 01:04:06.110 --> 01:04:11.699 topics. I am still planning to do a... a town 01:04:11.699 --> 01:04:13.440 hall here coming up in the next couple of weeks. 01:04:13.480 --> 01:04:15.579 I just got to get the schedule right. Uh, I had 01:04:15.579 --> 01:04:18.460 to convert the discord server into a community 01:04:18.460 --> 01:04:20.940 discord, which was kind of weird. I didn't know, 01:04:21.000 --> 01:04:22.340 didn't even know that was a thing, but you can 01:04:22.340 --> 01:04:25.360 create a town hall, um, uh, channel that you 01:04:25.360 --> 01:04:27.300 can get into and we can have a whole conversation 01:04:27.300 --> 01:04:30.039 there. So, uh, that's probably how we're going 01:04:30.039 --> 01:04:32.639 to do it. Um, but I'm still working on the technical 01:04:32.639 --> 01:04:34.940 aspects of it, but, um, just know that that's 01:04:34.940 --> 01:04:36.880 coming and, uh, we'll get everybody who's on 01:04:36.880 --> 01:04:38.980 the discord. We'll get y 'all in there, uh, and 01:04:38.980 --> 01:04:41.460 we'll, we'll get a conversation. going so um 01:04:41.460 --> 01:04:46.380 right and uh i think i think that's it there 01:04:46.380 --> 01:04:47.719 was i think there was something else i was gonna 01:04:47.719 --> 01:04:50.480 say but now i forgot and um it's too late so 01:04:50.480 --> 01:04:55.179 all right Thank you again for listening. I really, 01:04:55.239 --> 01:04:57.980 really do appreciate it. And remember to be good 01:04:57.980 --> 01:05:00.239 to each other out there. That's a real life player 01:05:00.239 --> 01:05:02.659 on the other side of that keyboard. And, you 01:05:02.659 --> 01:05:04.219 know, maybe they're just planning out their player 01:05:04.219 --> 01:05:05.860 housing and they weren't paying attention to 01:05:05.860 --> 01:05:08.179 what they were doing in the Mythic Plus 12. And 01:05:08.179 --> 01:05:10.440 now you're mad because you busted your key. Well, 01:05:10.579 --> 01:05:14.019 you know what? That's just how it goes. So, all 01:05:14.019 --> 01:05:17.159 right. Take care. I love you all. And I'll see 01:05:17.159 --> 01:05:17.860 you in Azeroth.