Archive for December, 2017
World Of Warcast Episode 272, “Bacon!”
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Ren:
Thanks to Cara for filling in for me last week – also thanks for the tips on how to speed up load screen times
Hit Revered with Argussian Reach, Exalted with Scryers and Shado-pan
Finished 6 out of 7 class mount quests for my 110s (druid, mage, rogue, hunter, warlock, and priest) – only warrior to go
thoughts on class mount quests and how class mounts are treated differently
Finished 150 mounts usable on 1 character for the Jade Pandaren Kite (currently at 164)
Got 3 Shado-pan mounts and a couple “unsolicited” mounts – Wild Dreamrunner and Crimson Slavermaw
Finished Argus campaign on 3 characters (druid, warlock, and rogue)
One stupid three star Crispy Bacon recipe short of finished with cooking with warrior
Mike:
Nothing this week. Too busy.
This Week in WoW
Continuation of Winter Veil
Mists of Pandaria Timewalking
Shaman Challenge: 2 new finishers = Rokica and Settlersrule
Discussion: 2017 In Review
This Week in Trek Episode 322, “Faith of the Fletcher”
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News
Screenwriter Mark L. Smith tapped to develop script for Tarantino Trek.
Star Trek: Discovery Pinewood Toronto Studios To double in size.
Friday, January 12, Hockey: the Florida Panthers vs. the Calgary Flames — and also Star Trek Night. Each ticket includes a cool Star Trek commemorative piece.
Star Trek: Bridge Crew (Ubisoft) is now playable without VR on PS4 & PC.
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: After Trek 5, were u surprised they made a 6th film? Also, were u also surprised how good Trek 6 was compared to 5?
Star Trek in pop culture:
“Let’s Be Evil” 2016. Horror/Sci Fi about young adults caring for a group of gifted kids being specially trained in a VR world.
Clip1: One of the caretakers comments on the glasses “I feel like Geordi LaForge – Star Trek”. 00:06
Clip2: The same person comments on a VR test being given. 00:29
Last week in Trek
Episode insight: ENT: S4, Demons
Character insight – Gabler from TAS
Subspace communications
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World Of Warcast Episode 271, “Antorus Slurpees”
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Special Guest Cara (@xanadara) joins us!
Mike:
Achievements continue
More from Ulduar
Still having problems with XT
May be my fault – timing of the bots/heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX8JuIoOY30
Got “Maybe He’ll Get Dizzy”
Got my mount
Are we at that point in the game where we finally take our time and slack off a bit?
Cara: Warcraft news lately is all about the future: patch 7.3.5 datamining, Battle for Azeroth speculation… focus on the here and now? Lean in to your community for keeping the game fresh while waiting for new content
*Cara news*
Campfire Chronicles
@CampfireChronic on Twitter and CCOfficialStories@gmail.com
RCC at 7/11 Normal Antorus
SALE! ~ 50% off most pets, mounts, and transmog helms
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/11944163
Seasonal Event! ~ Winter Veil is up til January 2nd
HazelNuttyGames’ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wpk9FKQrSc
Globe Yeti wild battle pet spawns in the snow globes! Ironforge and Org, not Dalaran – one spawns every 30min
http://www.wowhead.com/news=278497/feast-of-winter-veil-2017-holiday-updates-and-guide
https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/7266-Feast-of-Winter-Veil-Live-Lightsabers-Return-WoW-Alpha-Update-WoW-History
Elixir of the Rapid Mind no longer drops from Savage Gift
Don’t forget to do the followup to You’re a Mean One…, as it rewards Smokywood Pastures Special Gift, which has a small chance to contain Winter’s Grasp or Flames of Ragnaros. *weapon enchantment illusions for transmog*
New Winter’s Veil music was added in Patch 7.1
Farm the mount from Hillsbrad Foothills with characters level 60+
Use the teleporter to Dalaran Crater in new Dalaran to get there quickly
From Discord: Ali – The year is winding down. Maybe talk about favorite moments of the year? Or favorite part of/memories of Winter Veil?
Raaaaaidinnnnng! ~ Antorus LFR Wing 2 opened this week. This includes the bosses Portal Keeper Hasabel, Eonar the Life-Binder, and Imonar the Soulhunter. Wing 3 opens January 2nd.
Overwatch winter wonderland loot boxes up until Jan. 2
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This Week in Trek Episode 321, “I’ll take shape-shifters for $100”
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News
gorn_captain: NEWS: During a press conference at New York Comic Con, executive producer Akiva Goldsman confirmed that Spock will not appear on Star Trek: Discovery, despite some references to the characters already popping up in episodes of the new series.
http://comicbook.com/startrek/2017/12/19/star-trek-discovery-spock/
Titles for the next six episodes of Discovery:
10. “Despite Yourself”
11. “The Wolf Inside”
12. “Vaulting Ambition.”
13. “What’s Past is Prologue”
14. “The War Without, The War Within”
15. “Will You Take My Hand?”
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Were u glad that there was never a cliffhanger ending to a TOS episode that left u hanging for a resolution for months? (Best of Both Worlds)
Star Trek in pop culture:
“Security Now” Youtube tech series.
Last week in Trek
Episode insight: TAS: S1E6 The Survivor
Character insight – Mr. Arex
World Of Warcast Episode 270, “That’s it?”
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Ren:
Life Invasion continuation – won’t be here next week
Yes, I was making a mountain out of a molehill, or YES DAMNIT I CAN FLY NOW
How the raid really works for getting Good Suramaritan
The overwhelmed WoW person’s quick and dirty guide to getting flying
Stupid flight bugs — Murky, stop dismounting me!!
Working on getting my neglected toons un-neglected
Pro tip: If you’re two manning dungeons in WoW, pay attention to dungeon difficulty setting
Mike:
Yes, you can even screw up 25-man achievements.
Add-ons
Still no new mounts.
This Week in WoW:
Method has finished mythic Argus
320 pulls
Winter Veil starts this week (Dec 16-Jan 2)
New stuff
Hearthstation toy – sets out an “improved” Hearthstone table to play. No confirmation where this is from but possibly from Gently Shaken Gift
Winter Veil Gift is a Toy Weapon Set, which lets you spar with other players. Gives achievement Don’t Play Wi th That In The House
New pet: Globe Yeti. Probably wild, no data on where it is yet
And all the usual stuff — garrison decorations, presents, the Greench dailies
Cara has a new podcast w/ Plaggy Boy called “Campfire Chronicles” – stories about WoW
News:
https://blizzardwatch.com/2017/12/12/get-vicious-war-fox-patch-7-3-5/
PTR
Trial of Style Season 2 is up.
If you buy the trial, the game banks up your XP post-cap and then gives it to you when you buy it.
NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS. What about all the stuff I have in my bank?
Several reagents no longer exist: Greater Astral Essence, Lesser Astral Essence, Greater Mystic Essence, Lesser Mystic Essence, Greater Nether Essence, Lesser Nether Essence, Nexus Crystal, Large Glimmering Shard, Small Glimmering Shard, Soul Dust, Vision Dust, Small Glowing Shard, Large Glowing Shard, Dream Dust, Small Radiant Shard, Large Radiant Shard
Illusion Dust is now Light Illusion Dust
Newbie zones are now 1-20.
Ren’s on the PTR on Renatta (two Ts) on Benedictus. I have a channel “worldofwarcast” if folks on Benedictus want to chat while online.
Discussion (@thecowking): What should you farm or bank to prepare for the upcoming expansion?
Discussions in Discord:
The Profession Manifesto for Battle for Azeroth – We want professions that aren’t gated. Also, spend more time focusing on usefulness than story
Cattarina’s idea of having a Discord channel for weekly achievements.
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This Week in Trek Episode 320, “Rainbow alert”
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News
Tarantino Trek will be rated R.
Anthony Rapp gets on the first IDW Discovery annual
https://13thdimension.com/exclusive-first-look-idws-march-2018-star-trek-comics/
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: What is the best and worst Star Trek Christmas present you have received?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Jeopardy 00:18
Last week in Trek
Episode insight: Voyager S4E24, “Demon”. Directed by Anson Williams
Character insight – Crewman Nelson
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World Of Warcast Episode 269, “Studly”
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Ren:
McAdoo fired (and so was Jerry Reese) … Geno Smith didn’t win the day and Eli is back
Life invasions, but managed to do some gaming
Mod of the Cast: MaxDPS (for remembering how to play forgotten toons)
Mike:
More achievement hunting.
XT seems to be problematic.
Staying buffed all winter may be buggy
Forgot to do Algalon
Next week – all 25-man
Still need that 5-man Scholo one.
I started working on addons. Finally.
This Week in WoW
Darkmoon Faire ends Sunday
PvP week next week – Arena Skirmish and PvP brawl weekly events
Feast of Winter Veil starts on the 16th
Kobolds and Catacombs has an epic trailer. I still won’t play it.
https://youtu.be/Q0blneW2fTo
News
Shaman Challenge: No new finishers, but Rokica and Settlersrule both reached 100
From last week: Artifact Knowledge 55 cap reached
7.3.5 hit the PTR
Zone levels: While the continent zones all have the same upper limit, the lower limit varies, more or less matching the lowest level needed to enter the zones today (so no going from 10-60 in Silithus)
In the 1-60 Azeroth zones, once you hit 40 you can go anywhere
https://blizzardwatch.com/2017/12/06/level-scaling-testers-wanted-wow-7-3-5-ptr/
How will this affect storylines? You can’t jump from Redridge to Burning Steppes, can you?
Racial embassies
Horde embassy in Org, Alliance in SW
Seems to be where you will recruit unlocked races in the expansion
Racial abilities and racial mounts datamined by Wowhead, https://www.wowhead.com/news=277415/7-3-5-ptr-allied-races-mounts-and-racial-abilities
Dalaran Mailroom quest and minigame – pick up “Lost Mail” near a Dalaran mailbox to start (not sure about respawn time or frequency)
Rewards: the Mailemental pet
A toy to summon Katy Stampwhistle, a mail assistant who will “deliver and retrieve mail until she is called elsewhere”
Discussions from Discord: How to level fishing as fast as possible
Margoss + Ancient Vrykul Ring/Rusty Queenfish Brooch = Fast Leveling
How many vanilla players does it take to change a lightbulb?
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This Week in Trek Episode 319, “This is not the Red Wedding”
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News
Quinton Trekentino?
The whole Shatner blocking Isaacs thing lasted 2 days.
Marina Sirtis personally assured me that shatner does his own tweets.
33 days until the return of DSC.
http://ew.com/movies/2017/12/04/please-stand-by-trailer-dakota-fanning
http://www.startrek.com/article/discovery-soundtrack-set-for-release
(Black Mirror) USS Callister https://trekmovie.com/2017/12/05/watch-preview-of-uss-callister-black-mirrors-homage-to-star-trek/
Ten Forward:
Chris on Twitter: Do u think the popularity of TAS contributed to TMP being made?
Star Trek in pop culture:
Curb Your Enthusiasm, S9, E6.
Last week in Trek
Episode insight: Voyager S5E18, “Course: Oblivion”. Directed by Potsie.
Character insight – Admiral Paris
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