Episode 17: Staff Envy
May 25th, 2011 by rwc117
How to play Wizard's Staff: Every time you drink another beer, you duct tape it to your "Wizard's Staff". Each can represents a level, and every 5 levels you have to fight a "Dragon" (do a shot). At any given time, the person with the most levels, can boss around any other wizard below them who has less levels than they do. To initiate a wizard's duel, you must strike staves, and any beers that shake loose are lost 'levels' forever.
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Welcome back listeners, to Episode 17 of the Warcraft Lounge.
Drakkmur's interview is finally up on Warcraft Econ's Hall of Fame. If you're interested in learning more about how Chris made his gold, this would be the spot.
Nerfbat incoming for the current tier of raiding when 4.2 hits. We don't talk about it that much (because by the time it happens we'll be too busy exploring the Firelands) but T11 content got AOE-nerfed.
Here's an example of how Wowhead can show you all the new items introduced to the PTR.
The Reins of Poseidus now drop off of Poseidus in 4.1 Mount collectors are on notice.
NPC Scan: If you want to find those pesky rare mobs, I can't think of a more useful addon.
Legendary what? They have datamined Tarecgosa's Rest, the latest in a long line of legendaries soon to be immortalized in Trade Chat. We give our take on how should get the staff, who shouldn't, along with making the case for one type of healer to get it. Here is the article Chris liked, written by Scott Andrews of WoW Insider where he explores the thought processes behind handing out the staff. (The comment section is particularly helpful, because lots of readers weigh in on what their guild is doing.)
Premium services are on the horizon, and everyone has lost their minds. We have very little details about them, but we offer our perspective on exactly what Activision/Blizzard is really trying to do. For those people on the forums who are convinced Blizzard will make money hand over fist and are interested in putting their money where your mouth is, here is a link to the chart for ATVI and TD Ameritrade. (As mentioned in the podcast, here is the perspective on premium services of The Noisy Rogue.)
New loot list for Patch 4.2 (In progress) courtesy of MMO-Champion. For the time being, just know the new Hyjal faction drops cloaks, belts, trinkets & rings.
Thanks for listening to this week's episode. As always, you can find us on our Facebook page and Twitter (@WarcraftLounge). We will give a shoutout to any listeners who give us a 5-star review on iTunes (not Podbean's page, although we do appreciate that too!) and if there are any topics or subjects you would like us to tackle, shoot us a line anytime.
Regards,
Ryan [Lohrdook - Hydraxis(H)/Dynam - Gilneas (A)] & Chris [Drakkmur - Hydraxis(H)]
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Don’t give it to the mage, he’s a bad.
Beamen I couldn’t agree with you more. That was going to be one of my “cons” of giving it to the mage!
Congratulations on hitting the gold cap! Keep up the good work.
Chris, I really hope that you don’t hold back on uttering left-of-field remarks for fear or envoking my wrath. And just think - we even agree on this one!
Nice show guys,
Adam.
Hey Adam,
Thanks for stopping by. Yeah I was surprised we agreed on this one. I definitely will continue to share with the listeners my opinion on things in game without censure, but there will definitely be times I say something and start checking your blog a little more often than usual to see if I set you off.
Good luck!
Hey guys, another awesome podcast! I was wondering if you had looked into getting your podcast listed on Stitcher? It’s a free app that makes it much easer for us Android users to find and listen to podcasts. I’ve noticed most of the other WoW podcasts are on there, but yours is strangely omitted. I found this link that you might could try: http://www.stitcher.com/content_providers.php
Take care,
Rogozhin (not affiliated in any way with Stitcher, but an avid Android user)
Rog,
I will take a look at it. I know I can create a mobile android site for $99 a year, but if you look carefully at our site, you see no monetization whatsoever…as in ad-free.
I will investigate the Stitcher app…I use it personally for Adam Carolla, Joe Rogan and Smodcasts, so I am familiar with the app. Thanks for the heads up on it!
-Ryan
Thank you Gentlemen, excellent podcast. On the subject of the premium services…I’m in. I play consistently with my son and daughter-in-law on one realm, while my daughter and son-in-law play on another realm. Established raiding teams prevent server transfer; therefore, the ability to group the whole family for a heroic raid night is very appealing to me. I would without a doubt pay for that privilege.
There is a time and a place for the premium services and it seems like you have found a reason for it. The good thing is, everyone doesn’t have to have the feature, only one person. I recommend making the son-in-law pay for it.
I guess it’s up to Blizzard to figure out how much they can charge people per month, without them simply deciding to server transfer and be done with it.
If it’s $5 more/month, after 5 months it would’ve been cheaper to server transfer. ($25 being the going rate of the xfer)