Episode 295, "Big Top BS"

Discord: http://discord.worldofwarcast.com Twitch: http://twitch.tv/starmiketv Mount Up Add-on: https://wow.curseforge.com/projects/mount-up Ren - Now have two 120s and two 111s, gotten most of my characters into the city Still working on effective AOE for subtlety rogue Still have not resolved missing XP bar but have a workaround (Experiencer) Started archaeology Archaeology progress still showing old number system (current level 825), but shows as “Zandalari Archaeology” Restored Artifacts - no new vendor, not showing up for Legion era fragments (usually current through previous expansion) Mike - i328 Want to do mythics this weekend. Trying to get 330+ Revered with Order of Embers. - yummy 335 gear. It’s been all rep and rep and rep and gear. Stalled professions because I can’t make anything decent until I do mythics. I plan on finishing the other zones over the next few days. Need more followers Dills This Week in WoW Trial of Style started - free transmogs! Darkmoon Faire starts Sunday News BfA sold 3.4 million copies on its first day - franchise record Does this only count new purchases on opening day, or does it count prepurchases? Notable hotfixes for the week Auction House changes - will be discussed separately Classes Demon hunters no longer falling to their deaths gliding away from Dazar’alor. Feral druids continuing to receive upgrades to their AOE abilities Creatures and NPCs Treasure hunters around the Deadwash will no longer inadvertantly flag Horde players PvP Dungeons Freehold now has an NPC at the end that will port characters to the beginning Kings’ Rest: enemy casters now have mana bars Items Azerite armor now tradeable Faction items can now be traded back to their Quartermaster for a full refund for 2 hours Professions Inscription - Contract duration is now 7 days Cooking - Foods now provide significantly more health and mana World Quests Profession WQs will now not show up for characters who don’t have that profession Being hit by Frightened Stomps of Frightened Brutosaur during “Underfoot” will no longer flag players World Several missing Zandalar mailboxes have been returned Auction house hotfixes, plus premium 20% extra deposit for tradeskill items. But are the actual numbers going to dissuade sellers? Wide variety of deposit prices for stacks of 1 vs larger stacks Remember: only pay the deposit if the item doesn’t sell Sample items from BfA: Monelite ore, Gloom Dust, Great Sea Catfish - Deposit inflation between 1 stack of 200 and 200 stacks of 1: Great Sea Catfish - 7.5g to 47.5g - or 633% US median 24g - lose 47.5g out of 4800, 1% loss Gloom Dust - 8g to 200g - or 2500% US median 27g, so 200g out of 5400, or 3.7% loss Monelite Ore - 1s 30c to 40g - or 307,000 % US median 48g, so 9600/40, or 0.42 loss HandyNotes has new modules for BfA treasures and achievement points in zones WQ exploit - how it worked, how it has ended Warning: getting whispers from accounts that make you think it’s Blizzard saying you have to go to a website to plead your case because you’re about to be banned - recognize official Blizz communications Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part One - start working on it now for increased mount speed Battle for Azeroth Explorer Explore all 6 zones on both continents Wide World of Quests Complete 100 world quests Azerothian Diplomat Earn Revered with the following factions, Champions of Azeroth and Tortollan Seekers, and the following for each side: Alliance - Proudmoore Admiralty, Storm’s Wake Order of Embers, 7th Legion Horde: Zandalari Empire, Voldunai, Talanji’s Expedition, The Honorbound Either Kul Tourist or Zandalar Forever - complete all main story lines of your side’s three zones Ready for War (faction) - complete your side’s War Campaign - starts with establishing footholds necessary to open world quests. The rest requires becoming Friendly with your side’s war rep (Honorbound or 7th Legion) No dungeon or raid requirements (yet) Mod of the Cast: The alpha release of WORLD QUEST TRACKER.