Today's episode is the final Titanforge Podcast episode! We hope you've enjoyed the podcast over the years and sincerely thank everyone who has been a part of this. Join us for a fun look back at how we've developed over the years and a brief trip down memory lane!

0:00 The Podcast is Ending
22:00 Tip of the Week
38:00 Thank you Patrons!
49:00 Final Q&A

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This week we're joined by Dobi, GM of Nascent, who recently wrote a thorough post about the state of raiding that you can check out here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/mythic-raiding-needs-to-change/1795975

0:00 Intro
8:00 The State of Raiding
1:02:00 Tip of the Week
1:06:00 Patreon Thanks
1:10:00 Q&A

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This week we're joined by 's Avade to talk about the opportunities for Counterplay in WoW, particular

0:00 Intro
8:00 Counterplay in WoW
50:00 Tip of the Week
55:00 Everbloom
1:12:00 Patreon Thanks
1:17:00 Q&A

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This week's guest is Telegon, Analyst for World 5th Method's race to world first efforts last tier - check him out on twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/telegonmvp and https://twitter.com/method_telegon

Here's the resource from Dratnos' tip of the week: https://lorrgs.nw.r.appspot.com/

0:00 Introduction
4:47 9.1.5 Stuff
23:39 Tip of the Week
30:06 RWF Analyst
1:06:48 Patreon Thanks
1:09:42 Q&A

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This week's guest is Lepan, tank for Team Name and recent MDI Global Finals qualifier, as well as 152-day long tweeter in the anti-AoE cap cause. Check him out at https://twitter.com/Lepandk

Read about the most recent changes here (again note that WarcraftDevs have clarified that lots is moving to soft cap at 8, not 5): https://www.wowhead.com/news/patch-9-1-5-ptr-build-40078-class-and-spell-changes-aoe-hard-caps-removed-324095

0:00 Introduction
4:45 MDI Discussion
35:40 Tip of the Week
42:22 Target Cap
1:02:52 Patreon Thanks
1:06:38 Q&A

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This week's guest is Automaticjak - catch his livestream at https://www.twitch.tv/automaticjak

Here are the Patch 9.1.5 Development notes: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/ptr-915-development-notes/1082616

0:00 Introduction
6:19 MDI Hype!
22:00 Tip of the Week
33:13 9.1.5 Hype!
1:22:45 Patreon Thanks
1:26:42 Q&A

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This week's guest is Tarisant - catch his livestream at https://www.twitch.tv/tarisant!

You can also find his Venthyr moonkin guide here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyRKqPF72QQ

0:00 Introduction
9:51 Night Fae vs Venthyr Moonkin
30:13 Tip of the Week
41:14 Seasonal Affix Discussion
55:45 Patreon Thanks
59:24 Q&A

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This week's guest is Plkatv (that's an L, not an I!) - find him at https://www.twitch.tv/plkatv where he currently sits near the top of the leaderboard with a very different approach to the metagame.

This week's clip of the week: https://www.twitch.tv/limit_maximum/clip/LazySparklyBottlePastaThat-_ChsZhpVOC8-bN6Y

0:00 Introduction
14:05 Plkatv's Journey to High Keys
28:49 Tip of the Week
27:50 MDI Hype!
39:43 Prot Warrior
1:15:53 Patreon Thanks
1:18:29 Q&A

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Here's the hotfixes that came in this week: https://www.wowhead.com/news/dungeon-and-raid-tuning-for-week-of-august-10th-mythic-painsmith-nerfs-several-323720

Sign up for the MDI here: https://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/world-of-warcraft/tournament/mdi-shadowlands-season-2/info

0:00 Introduction
10:22 This Week's Hotfixes
25:27 Tip of the Week
27:50 MDI Hype!
41:07 Dungeon Design
1:19:21 Patreon Thanks
1:21:54 Q&A

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This week's guest is Dorki, renowned Guardian Druid M+ tank! Check him out here: https://www.twitch.tv/dorki

0:00 Introduction
4:50 The Great Push
20:37 Tip of the Week
26:15 Main Topic: Season 2 M+ Meta
54:57 Patreon Thanks
58:05 Q&A

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Here's a link to the Shard nerfs which were swiftly reverted: https://www.wowhead.com/news/surprise-shards-of-domination-set-bonuses-nerfs-reverted-323582

Here's Mortia's set bonus reminder WeakAura: https://wago.io/IH6FnllpQ

0:00 Introduction & The Blizzard Situation
5:06 Race to World First
22:22 Tip of the Week
26:51 Main Topic: Sanctum, Shards, and Tormented
1:03:06 Patreon Thanks
1:05:24 Q&A

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Read more about the class tuning here: https://www.wowhead.com/blue-tracker/topic/us/class-tuning-in-progress-july-13-1028978

And covenant tuning here: https://www.wowhead.com/blue-tracker/topic/us/covenant-legendary-tuning-1027095

0:00 Introduction & Class/Covenant Tuning
25:55 Tip of the Week
41:41 Main Topic: Sanctum of Domination
1:18:43 Patreon Thanks
1:21:04 Q&A

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Here's the wowhead guide to Archivist's Codex rep - great for finding the one-time quest items: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/archivists-codex-reputation-guide

Learn about Torghast's changes and see the new bonus score here: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/torghast-scoring-system-shadowlands

0:00 Introduction
18:32 Tip of the Week
30:45 Main Topic: 9.1 First Week
58:28 Patreon Thanks
1:01:28 Q&A

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This week we're joined by Echo's Tobo to talk about the race, Augmentation evoker, plus a bunch of bonus topics like M+, Seed farming, Splits, and more!

0:00 Intro
4:00 Pre-Raid
24:00 The Raid
52:00 Patreon Thanks
58:00 Q&A

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This week we have Squishei from Wowhead on to cover everything that's happening in the next few weeks so that you can be oriented correctly and know what is important to get done each week. Some of this is subject to further change and of course we'll learn more as the patch actually hits the servers but Squishei has a tremendous amount of knowledge from the PTR so there's a lot of good information here!

Check out the Mythic Trap guide to tazavesh quests: https://mythictrap.com/dungeons/tazavesh/intro

The Sanctum of Pinnaples browser game to practice raid mechanics: https://www.wowhead.com/news/practice-sanctum-of-domination-raid-mechanics-with-sanctum-of-pineapples-browser-323053

0:00 Introduction
4:02 Tip of the Week
21:17 Main Topic: 9.1 Survival Guide
51:51 Patreon Thanks
55:00 Q&A

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There are a lot of links this week so I've collected them into a pastebin - find them here: https://pastebin.com/FzqmR8YX

Our primary discussion topic this week is all of the changes that have come about in the past few PTR builds for M+!

0:00 Introduction
11:23 Tip of the Week
25:22 Main Topic: Mythic Plus 9.1 Changes
1:05:38 Patreon Thanks
1:08:54 Q&A

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This week, learn how we get up to speed on new specs! Some of the resources we use are:

https://www.warcraftlogs.com/
https://wowanalyzer.com/
https://castle-nathria.subcreation.net/ (and its mplus side)

We are also tentatively planning on moving the show's time to Thursdays live/Fridays on the feeds after the next Race to World First, so that we don't have to keep moving it around every time there's stuff we're busy with on the weekends.

0:00 Introduction
7:34 Tip of the Week
15:33 Main Topic: Learning a new spec
56:07 Patreon Thanks
1:00:24 Q&A

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Check out Foden's screenshots of Tormented Lieutenant locations here: https://pastebin.com/m0JxfBya

Here's how tormented works: https://www.wowhead.com/news/how-the-tormented-seasonal-mythic-affix-works-get-anima-powers-from-lieutenants-322665

0:00 Introduction / Rambling
17:52 The Great Push
52:18 Tip of the Week
1:03:04 Main Topic: Tormented!
1:22:02 Patreon Thanks
1:24:47 Q&A

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This week's guest is Undadtv, MDI competitor, Great Push almost competitor, and BDGG raider! One of our topics this week is the Great Push qualifying experience and how the format compares to MDI.

We also cover some 9.1 developments, including Seasonal Affix news: https://www.wowhead.com/news/anima-powers-with-mythic-affix-effects-coming-to-domination-seasonal-affix-in-9-322535 and KSM Requirements news: https://www.wowhead.com/news/season-2-keystone-master-requires-15s-on-both-tyrannical-and-fortified-in-patch-322523

0:00 Introduction
4:58 The Great Push and the MDI
14:24 Sloot's Dev Interview
28:37 Tip of the Week
40:40 Main Topic: 9.1 M+
1:09:28 Patreon Thanks
1:11:56 Q&A

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Here's this week's patch notes which contain most of the stuff discussed in the show: https://www.wowhead.com/news/patch-9-1-ptr-patch-notes-for-may-18th-mythic-keystone-exchange-new-great-vault-322427

0:00 Introduction / Random Quick Topics
14:22 9.1 Datamining: In-game Score News
14:24 Sloot's Dev Interview
20:57 Tip of the Week
30:02 9.1 and The Gutting of the Death Knight
42:32 Keystone Re-rolling
51:41 Patreon Thanks
56:40 Q&A

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Here's the Wowhead article summarizing Sloot's interview with Morgan Day - you can also find a link to the VOD there too: https://www.wowhead.com/news/sloot-shadowlands-interview-with-morgan-day-on-may-11th-2021-liveblog-322285

Here are the datamined Shard of Domination effects: https://www.wowhead.com/news/datamined-shard-of-domination-effects-in-patch-9-1-322276

0:00 Introduction
1:43 M+ Tournament Discussion
14:24 Sloot's Dev Interview
38:47 Tip of the Week
43:20 Raid Testing / PTR Stuff
1:00:25 Patreon Thanks
1:04:06 Q&A

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Read about Torghast scoring here: https://www.wowhead.com/news/torghasts-scoring-system-explained-in-patch-9-1-requires-speed-and-completion-322121

Here's Wowhead's article about the Douyu interview with Ion: https://www.wowhead.com/news/douyu-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-class-balance-legendary-refunds-and-mythic-322027

Here's Wowhead's article about Preach's interview with Ion: https://www.wowhead.com/news/preach-shadowlands-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-on-april-27th-2021-liveblog-322060

Here's a link to the NA Morning Guild discord: https://discord.gg/cQeEYtK

0:00 Introduction
5:36 Revisiting Last Show's Question
21:13 9.1 Updates
49:20 Tip of the Week
57:38 Main Topic: Helping Your Healer
1:25:44 Patreon Thanks
1:28:13 Q&A

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Learn more about the Great Push event here: https://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/world-of-warcraft/tournament/mdi-the-great-push/rules

Learn more about the new special Gems here: https://ptr.wowhead.com/news/shard-of-domination-gems-are-special-raid-items-in-patch-9-1-socketed-in-321932

And finally here are the soulbinds and the class nerfs: https://www.wowhead.com/news/spell-soulbind-and-class-changes-for-patch-9-1-ptr-build-38312-321828

0:00 Introduction
7:10 The Great Push
14:37 9.1 Raid Testing
18:45 Tip of the Week
24:55 Main Topic: Patch 9.1
54:30 Patreon Thanks
56:31 Q&A

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Here's the link to a pastebin with all of the clips from this episode: https://pastebin.com/ktRYv8PJ

Many of these clips come from Dorkibear, a fantastic tank for anyone to learn from: https://www.twitch.tv/dorkibear

0:00 Introduction
7:58 Tip of the Week
15:43 Main Topic: Specific Pulls
1:00:47 Patreon Thanks
1:04:27 Q&A

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We're back after one of the most exciting RWFs ever! Today we're covering what we've missed over the past few weeks, and then next week we'll focus on the RWF itself before beginning our dungeon Episodes for the season.

0:00 Intro / Golden Guardians
5:00 Raid
28:00 Tip of the Week
34:00 Misc Stuff
1:03:00 Patreon Thanks
1:07:00 Q&A

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Here is the Spell Reflectable / Blockable spells spreadsheet by Sense https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQgrszRE22Brb0f5k761vUXVe7MD1-qHThpalxzn0zWFRdQqrh0hM5LcQNoa-lLz4781S5rH2e9tRXG/pubhtml

Here's the upcoming Tank Buffs: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wowhead.com/news/upcoming-tank-tuning-10-overall-damage-reduction-vengeance-dh-magic-damage-bug-321588&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1616887396027000&usg=AOvVaw1O2NEWZsXVSrgz2qWts3P5

0:00 Introduction
2:04 Tank Buffs
8:20 Soul Ash
15:50 Tank Buffs Part 2
19:42 How Each Tank Spec Works
45:00 Tip of the Week
50:50 Helping Tanks in Keys
1:20:00 Patreon Thanks
1:24:04 Q&A

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With the introduction of Valor Points and the fact that we're now solidly into Shadowlands, we decided to revisit every major Shadowlands game system and discuss how they're going so far.

Here is Emallson's nifty raid progression analysis website: https://prog-stats.emallson.net/tier/26-castle-nathria

0:00 Introduction
15:41 Tip of the Week
19:18 Main Topic: Shadowlands Systems
1:30:08 Patreon Thanks
1:34:28 Q&A

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Titanforge Podcast 84 - 9.0.5 Meta Shifts

Learn more about Valor Points from Wowhead's guide: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/valor-points-how-to-upgrade-mythic-dungeon-gear-in-shadowlands

Here is the Conquerer's Banner value spreadsheet created by BDGG Max: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kKlKAK1extJMB4EB3okGJ9jpVZZJE3xQacM9lS3RbWA/edit#gid=1257458573

0:00 Introduction
4:58 Patch 9.0.5: Valor Points
21:30 Raid Stuff & Hall of Fame RMT Stuff
36:20 Tip of the Week
41:49 Main Topic: Shifts in the Meta
1:09:42 Patreon Thanks
1:12:44 Q&A

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This week we're hanging out with a relatively unstructured discussion centered loosely around telling some stories based on prompts from you!

0:00 Introduction
7:08 Tip of the Week
12:50 Main Topic: Stories
1:04:10 Patreon Thanks & Conclusion

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Patch 9.0.5 should be here within the month and it brings Valor Points along with a lot of balancing - read more here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=321135/blizzards-9-0-5-ptr-patch-notes-february-23-more-covenant-class-and-adventure-co

Patch 9.1 has no announced date, we speculate May or June - learn more about it here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=321080/everything-we-know-about-chains-of-domination-patch-9-1-shadowlands-from-blizzco

0:00 Introduction
3:52 Patch 9.0.5
42:11 Tip of the Week
48:02 Patch 9.1
1:10:56 Patreon Thanks
1:14:52 Q&A

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Here's the post from Blizzard about Patch 9.0.5 including the Valor Points announcement: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/patch-905-ptr-is-now-available/864321

Here's a summary of the Covenant/Legendary balance changes so far: https://www.wowhead.com/news=320845/shadowlands-patch-9-0-5-ptr-class-and-spell-changes-covenant-conduit-and-class-t

0:00 Introduction / Hotfixes
12:45 9.0.5 - Valor Points & Covenant Balancing
39:30 Tip of the Week
44:50 Patreon Thanks
40:57 Tip of the Week
49:05 Q&A

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Find the set of hotfixes here, which include the Tyrannical nerf, the tankbuster nerfs, and the class balance bandaids: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/hotfixes-updated-february-2/734092

Here are the placements for teams going into this weekend's MDI: https://raider.io/mythic-dungeon-international/sl-season-1-time-trials-teams/global-2/world

0:00 Introduction

7:11 The Tyrannical/Tankbuster/Class Hotfix

24:04 MDI

28:53 Dungeon & Raid Nerfs

40:57 Tip of the Week

1:04:20 Patreon Thanks

1:06:31 Q&A

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Titanforge Podcast 79 - Dungeon & Raid Tuning, the first MDI results, and our one change.

Trell is back and we have a set of exciting discussion points for this week. After last weekend's MDI, we have a metagame and team results to discuss. There have also been several nerfs to dungeons and raid bosses - read more about that here: https://www.wowhead.com/blue-tracker/topic/us/845773

0:00 Introduction
5:01 MDI Discussion
23:00 Tip of the Week
28:53 Dungeon & Raid Nerfs
58:15 Change One Thing
1:19:20 Patreon Thanks
1:22:00 Q&A

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This week's guest is Squishei from Wowhead and , Tettles' guild! He joins us to cover the state of gearing in shadowlands (check out his article: https://www.wowhead.com/news=320267/mythic-vs-pvp-vs-raid-gearing-systems-in-shadowlands), and the upcoming MDI, which starts next weekend and will affect our show's schedule.

0:00 Introduction / Castle Nathria Discussion
10:58 Shadowlands Gear
36:20 MDI Preview
55:40 Live M+ Discussion
1:10:09 Tip of the Week
1:16:55 Patreon Thanks
1:19:48 Q&A

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We have some Class Balance changes and a few important M+ tricks this week, followed by a discussion of each dungeon and how Prideful timings generally work in them.

0:00 Introduction
13:55 Class Tuning
27:53 Tip of the Week
33:28 Important M+ Tricks/Bugs
45:33 Prideful Timings
1:15:41 Patreon Thanks
1:21:50 Q&A

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Today's episode starts with 11.0 and 10.2 discussion and then moves on to quick crash courses on each of the 8 Season 3 dungeons. No show next few weeks due to RWF!

0:00 The War Within
16:00 10.2 Week 1
30:00 Tip of the Week
35:00 Galakrond's Fall
41:00 Murozund's Rise
47:00 Atal'dazar
50:00 Waycrest Manor
55:00 Black Rook Hold
61:00 Darkheart Thicket
65:00 Everbloom
69:00 Throne of the Tides
1:14:00 Patreon Thanks
1:19:00 Q&A

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This week's guests are Taggz and Xyronic, members of the World First raiding team Complexity Limit. Taggz is their Healing coordinator, and Xyronic usually plays Warlock, and can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/xyronic

0:00 Main Topic
56:33 Patreon Thanks
59:10 Q&A

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This week's guest is https://twitter.com/jasonxdrofl, GM and Raid Leader of Dratnos' guild poptart corndoG.

Here's the upcoming tuning information: https://www.wowhead.com/blue-tracker/topic/us/734092

0:00 Introduction & Discussion of the Last Week
14:36 Gearing
21:40 Tip of the Week
31:54 Class Tuning
45:20 Castle Nathria
1:09:30 Patreon Thanks
1:13:03 Q&A

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Read all about Castle Nathria here: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/castle-nathria-raid-overview

Here's a link to Trell's M+ Routes for next week: https://pastebin.com/CU2emi2w

Here's the table with our guesses for item level rewards from M+ - there's likely to be a reward cap for the first week, so stay tuned for a Blue post about it: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-season-1-mythic-dungeon-guide-affix-changes#item-level-table

0:00 Introduction & Show Scheduling
4:42 Likes & Dislikes so Far
39:20 Tip of the Week
44:22 Main Topic: Castle Nathria
1:26:20 Mythic Plus Next Week
1:34:29 Patreon Thanks
1:37:31 Q&A

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Here's the spreadsheet with a bunch of useful preparation information created by Medivh: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTuGw0mW-s2nKPaiunMQsAK2CiX8w0ULLCMD8-ymgpIfxQ5veiv-iwHZlcDF8oC4PwRulspZxO4Ndcd/pubhtml#

Here's a link to the Ion interview discussed in the second half of the show: https://www.wowhead.com/news=319241/exclusive-shadowlands-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-class-balance-covenants-sea

The current plan is that there will be NO SHOW next week, then we'll be back for the following 2 weekends, then we may miss the 2 after that. We'll keep you posted as plans finalize.

0:00 Introduction & Show Scheduling
3:18 The First Week of Shadowlands
36:13 Tip of the Week
40:44 Discussion of The Ion Interview
1:19:28 Patreon Thanks
1:22:29 Q&A

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Echo raider and Wunderbar MDI Champion Meeres joins us today to discuss the races that are now less than a month away - the race to World First Level 60 (don't tell them the classic guys already got that last year!) and the Race to World First in Castle Nathria.

0:00 Introduction
2:36 Racing to 60
22:51 Tip of the Week
33:10 Race to World First
51:41 Patreon Thanks
55:20 Q&A

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Follow along with this episode through our show notes (normally only available to Patrons, but this week due to the UI screenshots we're making it available to all): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X6SPq-PSEaZ7YcR2Tg8WFhMWxsvwnf7ZSz436VXfYlA/edit?usp=sharing

0:00 Introduction

3:20 Tip of the Week

7:06 Main Topic: Shadowlands Keybinds & UI

59:46 Patreon Thanks

1:02:00 Q&A

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Here's the official release date announcement: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23558953/shadowlands-arrives-november-23

Here's a Wowhead article about the Soul Ash changes: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318841/soul-ash-drop-rates-and-requirement-to-craft-legendary-increased-in-shadowlands

And here's a RaiderIO article about the World 1st +34: https://raider.io/news/132-mythic-34-conquered

0:00 Introduction
8:40 Release Date Discussion
27:00 Soul Ash and Legendary Acquisition
35:03 Other Shadowlands Discussion
42:46 Tip of the Week
50:53 Pre-Patch M+ & World First +34!
59:57 Patreon Thanks
1:03:58 Q&A

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This week's episode features discussion of Exorsus going Alliance - read about that here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318750/guild-exorsus-faction-changed-to-alliance-for-castle-nathria

We also got into changes to healer mana - read about those here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318430/water-regenerates-mana-slower-in-the-first-seconds-of-drinking-in-shadowlands-de and here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318699/sugar-crusted-fish-feast-nerfed-to-stop-working-above-level-50

Finally, read about the Explosives nerf here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318664/one-shot-new-explosives-in-mythic-explosive-affix-massively-nerfed-in-shadowland

0:00 Introduction
6:45 Exorsus Swaps to Alliance
13:09 Healer Mana in M+ & The Fish Feast Nerf
22:35 Tip of the Week
30:06 Main Topic: The Explosives Nerf & M+ Affix Discussion
44:35 Patreon Thanks
47:20 Q&A

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We are doing a beta key giveaway on our discord! https://discord.gg/6BcJ3Tu

After covering some Legendary news and some debate on Twitter, we moved on to a quick run-down of activities you can do now, during the pre-patch, that might serve you well during Shadowlands.

0:00 Introduction / Beta Key Giveaway Announcement
3:33 Twitter Theorycrafting Discussion
18:30 Legendaries
40:29 Tip of the Week
50:07 Main Topic: What to do during Pre-patch
1:02:38 Patreon Thanks
1:04:37 Q&A

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This expansion had its ups and downs - relive them with us! We also discuss some of the newest trends in the balancing of Covenants, Conduits, Soulbinds, and Legendaries on the Shadowlands beta.

0:00 Introduction
5:30 Shadowlands Conduits/Covenants Balancing
20:55 Shadowlands Legendary Balancing
32:13 Tip of the Week
42:03 Main Topic: BFA Expansion in Review
1:46:55 Patreon Thanks
1:49:38 Q&A

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Here's the Dev Blog about the upgrade system update: https://www.wowhead.com/news/dev-blog-gear-upgrade-system-improvements-for-dragonflight-season-3-335689

No show next week due to Blizzcon, we'll be back with one more episode before the RWF and then we'll be taking a few weeks off for that too!

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Shadowlands has been delayed! In addition, we have a round of tuning changes to M+ - one big affix nerf and several smaller changes to the dungeons themselves. And to close out the show, conduits - what we know (and don't know) about how to acquire them, and our hopes about their accessibility.

0:00 Introduction and the Delay
26:02 Tip of the Week
33:57 Shadowlands M+ Tuning
44:46 Conduits
55:06 Patreon Thanks
1:00:10 Q&A

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This week our main topic is the state of Healers in Shadowlands. We're joined by MDI competitor and World top 50 raider Korimae as an expert guest on the topic - Korimae plays all healer specs and recently released a video explaining which ones will be best able to Raid, M+, and PvP without needing to swap covenants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1O-lqXH64

0:00 Introduction
7:27 News: Shadowlands ilvl&Bonus Rolls
21:43 Tip of the Week
26:03 Main Topic: Healers in Shadowlands

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Next week we will not be having an episode because the Keystone Masters tournament will be happening at https://www.twitch.tv/keystonemasters - Tettles and Dratnos are casting, and Trell is competing!

In addition to some discussion of that tournament, we covered tank balance in Shadowlands and the downward power trajectory of the tank specs over the course of the Beta testing period, and of course we cover the Development Update from Watcher (read that here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/development-update-the-road-to-shadowlands/638371)

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