Raid Warning Episode 42: with Seattle Geekly
Summary: Matt and Shannon from Seattle Geekly (www.seattle-geekly.com) drop by, have a few drinks, and join in on the chaos that is Raid Warning. Podcast: iTunes | Play in new window | Download | Torrent | Mevio Intro Music: "Oldskool Revolution" by Deathboy off the album To Rights. http://www.deathboy.co.uk http://www.mininova.org/tor/3189375 Beer: "W'10 Pitch Black IPA" by Widmer Brothers Brewing Company website: http://www.widmer.com/ ABV: 6.5% BA: B+ NEWS: Cataclysm Friends & Family Alpha begins, Closed Beta has not http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/cataclysm-friends-family-alpha/ The Mohawk Grenades Return http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml Player Beats Wrath of the Lich King http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/player-%27beats%27-wrath-of-the-lich-king-comics/ Caspi from the guild Refuge on the EU-Taerar server Wow Screenshot of the Day section now updating with Cataclysm goodness http://www.worldofwarcraft.com Cataclysm Echo Isles Update http://www.wow-europe.com/cataclysm/features/echoisles.html World of Warcraft on an iPad? Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty in Stores July 27th Blue Posts: Population Balancing with Tol Barad http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/24630543156/tol-barad-wintergrasp/ new system will look for more of a 1:1 ratio, will likely have caps "Right now the issue with Wintergrasp is it actually encourages the behavior of selecting a realm where your faction dominates. If the reverse becomes true for Tol Barad" Arena Tournament Names and Zero Tolerance http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/24401858154/inappropriate-character-and-team-names/ Believe it or not, the team and character names have to be appropriate or you face deletion! Two Tiers of Cataclysm PVP Gear http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/24401796793/cataclysm-badge-and-pvp-point-changes/ The lower tier weapons will correspond in quality to items found in the latest raid tier on normal difficulty and cost only Conquest Points. The higher tier weapons will correspond in quality to items found in the latest raid tier on Heroic difficulty and will have a minimum personal rating requirement in addition to costing Conquest Points Buff homogenization and the Blues dont like you. http://blue.mmo-champion.com/t/24401906297/shared-raid-lockouts-more-homogenized-buffs/ Raid buffs and debuffs exist for two main reasons: 1) They encourage you to bring a diversity of classes and specs rather than stacking whatever is highest dps at the moment. 2) They make you feel more powerful in a group than when you're solo. For an MMO, WoW is pretty soloable, so we like for it to feel really awesome when you're in a group. Whenever we read "Without my buff, there is no reason for a group to take me," our typical response is: awesome. You'll have to figure out another reason why they should take you.
