Episode 184, “Goblins have to drop bombs”
New images of female dwarves from WoD posted. A bellyful of laughs!
Wowhead updated their profiler tool.
Good discussions on whether or not a WoW-themed version of Angry Birds is a good idea (or…are we getting Angry Birds in WoW?), and whether or not using flying mounts in battlegrounds is a good idea, even if they’re grounded.
Eric’s adventures in the Land of the Lost to get the Tome of Dinomancy.
Pet battle discussions.
Mike’s Legendary update.
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Episode 183, “Be a Responsible Booster”
News:
Hearthstone is out of beta, they’re relasing on time.
Hearthsteed if you win 3 games.
Hearthstone demos on iPad at CN Hearthstone conference
Heroes of the Storm tech alpha walkthrough
WoD preorder is up.
“On or before 12/20/2014” (meaning, fall).
Normal or digital deluxe editions
CE people have to wait.
Free boost with DD version.
Boost is $60 otherwise.
Already seeing reports of bad groups
Eric:
BOOSTY GOODNESS – Hunter
Celestial Tournament & 15 Max level pets
Addon: PetTracker
Mounts: Hearthsteed & Dread Raven
Mike:
PETS PETS PETS!
Got my CE Panda to 25.
Working on others, trying to find the right balance
SO. MANY. PETS.
Strats?
Finally on the last part of the Cata Legendary. 24/250.
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Episode 182, “Tweet Twacker”
Eric and Mike talk more about hunters and pet battles because there needs to be more hunter discussion, right? RIGHT? Of course!
Heroes of the Storm is now in “Tech Alpha”, but still not out.
No load screens in some WoD areas?
Buy your MoP digital deluxe edition before Blizzard pulls a Disney and takes it away.
Is that WoD gameplay real?
Wowhead now has a Blue tweet tracker.
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Episode 181, “Long time listener, first time huntard”
Budget cuts at AOL Tech means layoffs at WoW Insider.
WoD info coming today.
Silver rating in Proving Grounds required for solo heroic queuing in WoD.
Hearthstone has new card backs.
The fun of playing a hunter.
Old school AV-type PvP coming back? Looks like it.
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Episode 180, “Swirling Mist Soup for the Soul”
News:
5.4.7
Patch 5.4.7 roundup
All games down today for maintenance
Patch 5.4.7: oQueue’s current issues to be resolved by Blizzard hotfix
Patch 5.4.7 hotfixes for February 20
6.0
http://wow.joystiq.com/2014/02/18/warlords-of-draenor-pvp-rework-brings-back-skirmishes-adds-spe/
Orc female model revealed
Level 90 boost appears up on live servers for $60
http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/12/04/shapeshift-into-a-baby-pand
Eric:
The ultimiate lovely charm farming experience (and grisly tokens)
Mike:
748/1000
Finally killed Garrosh (still have to do the rest of the wing)
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Episode 179, “Grinding for Godot”
Eric and Mike (and WoW-This Just In) come together in meatspace. Eric talks about his time in NYC and how it compares to WoW.
News:
Love is in the Air has begun.
Heroes of the Storm alpha screenshots.
Some screenshots from Draenor on Twitter.
Scroll of Resurrection going away.
warcraftlesstraveled.com
What are those pillars in Moshugan Palace?
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Episode 178, “Physiology is to be savored”
News
World of Warcraft up to 7.8 million subscribers
Patch 5.4.7 arrival imminent as season 14 end is announced
Two weeks
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/12801592/pvp-season-14-ending-soon-2-4-2014
Doronsmovies delves into The History of Warcraft in new documentary
http://wow.joystiq.com/2014/02/04/patch-5-4-7-ptr-patch-notes-update-for-february-3/ (not much different from last week)
Blizzard challenges you to put Garrosh on trial
Hearthstone expansion details and Season 3 reminder
Darkmoon Faire
Love is in the Air
Eric
Hearthstone
Mike
Now up to almost ½ of what I need for the legendary
Lots of inventory cleanup for the next expansion
Trying to finish up some rare recipes
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Episode 177, “Do you even click, bro?”
News:
100,000,000 World of Warcraft accounts infographic
Patch 5.4.7 PTR: Level 90 character boost UI
new Shop button
Battlegrounds and Arenas
Reaper of Souls CE
Bots banned
http://www.blizzposts.com/topic/en/234628/547-changes-to-battlenet®-chat#7
Quick mention of EVE War
Eric:
Archaeology, because Raptor Mount, dammit
Two boxes of War of the Ancients: Timewalkers tcg redemption is on blizzard’s site, not cyryptozoic
Did I mention? Onyxia runs now
Mike:
⅓ of the way through the 1000 cinders
Hunter to 80
The ilvl 403 gear kicks ass in pvp
Question of the week – what do you do when an expansion is winding down?
EMAILS
Alpha geek radio fundraiser
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alpha-geek-radio-expansion
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Episode 176, “Karaclysm”
News:
Human female update
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3707-Battleground-Win-Ratios-Upcoming-SoO-Changes-Feedback-Blue-Tweets-DLC-424
Hearthstone open beta
New mount sneak peek on Warcraft Twitter
Lunar Festival
Great way to get XP, and decent gold for level 90s.
Our week:
Funny LSD conversation (“What are those blue dragons?”)
T3 Priest chest on the BMAH
Worked on my hunter. Still feel like I’m climbing a wall.
180/1000 Cinders
Warcast question of the week: Would you say WoW is easy for someone to get back into if they haven’t played it in over two years?
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Episode 175, “Common college”
News:
Iron Skyreaver mount is out. $25
Blizzard looking to expand microtransactions?
You can now opt-in for Heroes of the Storm
Seems like everyone has Hearthstone access now. Accounts are given access.
Warlords of Draenor: PvP Power’s proposed re-design
Free character transfers opening next week for select NA realms
Warcraft movie got a mention at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/b20/interviews.html
Eric:
Mechano Hog – 100 Mounts achieve
Farming Rep in Northrend for motorcycle recipe
Attack of the buffet tables
Black Temple farming
Mike:
Finally got past the hump in the Cata legendary quest.
Now working on cinders. Need 1000.
Hit a wall with my hunter – the same wall at level 71 I hit with my rogue.
Warcast question of the week: Should players be able to group with RealID friends that play on the opposite faction?
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