Episode 278, "Meat II Pet"

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Ren Life invasions: thank you Cara - did not touch Love is in the Air Naked & Afraid monk: level 95, 3 days 22 hours, 46k gold Northrend: Leveling time slow, money amazing Pandaria: Leveling time medium-fast, money good Draenor: Leveling time medium-fast, money bad Mike Life invasion This Week in WoW Lunar Festival starts 2/17, runs to 3/3 Love is In the Air ends tomorrow Battleground bonus event starts Tuesday Ulduar Timewalking News Dungeon XP hotfix to bug introduced in 7.3.5 https://www.wowhead.com/news=281885/dungeon-experience-hotfixes Side effect to creature scaling broke awarded XP in some situations Significantly increased XP awarded for queuing for random Normal dungeons, Classic through Draenor Mobile Auction House has been restored New mount: Shu-zen, The Divine Sentinel - $25 in Blizz store (6 months game time for Chinese servers) - and fixed a scaling bug http://www.wowhead.com/news=281915/upcoming-changes-to-the-na-wow-mvp-program Battle for Azeroth: Alpha Build News Tons of class changes but these tend to change a lot over alpha/beta Allied races New allied race? Orc based - either Mag’har or Frostwolf Orcs (brown orcs) Datamined orc armor and a Mag’har Direwolf mount Dark Iron Dwarf racials Dungeon Delver: 4% increased indoor speed Fireblood: Removes all poison, disease, curse, magic and bleed effects and increases primary stat by 100 for each removed. 2 min cooldown Forged in Flames: 1% physical damage reduction Mass Production: 2x speed creating blacksmithed items Mole Machine: Summons a Mole Machine that tunnels through the earth (30 min cooldown) Non-caster damage that used to be calculated on weapon damage is now based on a combo of weapon damage and attack power to help bring better balance between classes that rely heavily on weapons vs. those who do not Return of Pepe: New Pepe costumes include a scuba costume and a Zandalari mask Hunter pet specialization: All pets will have equal damage, health and armor (all can tank or DPS equally well). Old designations Ferocity, Tenacity or Cunning will continue as categories, but as categories of pet families, not as descriptions of their utility All pets will have Growl and Dash or Swoop Pet families now each have a special ability - one active, one passive, depending on their category (examples: the passive for Ferocity is a 3% leech, for Tenacity, 10% max health, and for Cunning, 8% movement speed buff) Each pet family will get one of six different abilities. Examples include a healing reduction debuff, reduced damage, increased dodge, etc. Profession changes: (just noted things that are different or interesting) Major squish: Max profession skill cap going from 800 to 200 Alchemy preview: Tinctures - trinkets with combat buffs based on the flask you’re currently using Usual transmutes of changing one profession material to another. Also Fish to Gems and Meat to Pet. Blacksmithing preview: New stirrups for speed and interacting while mounted in the new zones Khaz’gorian Hammer - blacksmithing hammer replacement that gives a chance to give crafted armor or weapons the Indestructible property Cooking preview: Nothing special Enchanting preview: Nothing special Engineering: Portable transmogger Portable stable master Herbalism: Nothing special Inscription: Contracts: Enter a contract with a faction that allows you to gain reputation with them every time you complete a world quest in the new zones Jewelcrafting: +5% experience gem Leatherworking Scuba gear Mining: Nothing special Skinning: Nothing special Tailoring: finally getting a bag upgrade - 1 30 slot bag (same as HW), 1 32 slot bag Hot Air Baloon pet First Aid getting at least a revamp - may be removed entirely and folded into Tailoring First Aid achievements will become Legacy Feats of Strength Now listed as “legacy”. https://www.wowhead.com/news=281844/first-aid-potential-revamp-or-removal-in-battle-for-azeroth