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Bind On Equip- Show Notes – Episode 158

Date: 24th jan 2012

Intro

Welcome to Bind on Equip Wow podcast episode 158

I’m Wembli,

I’m The Wych,

and I’m Tempeste.

This episode is brought to you in part due to the kind sponsorship of Tranith

Khyren story, pharmacy, person drinking water next to a stack of cups and water machine, along comes a stranger and says “Did you get that water here?” At which point my Dad bursts out laughing and says “Are you shitting me?”

I have been to University twice this week. Monday – to be proxy for a friend of Princess and today for Princess. Today was smoother, quicker and easier than yesterday. I have to discuss something I saw yesterday … we were in a small lecture theatre, and there was a young man sitting with his arm around this woman that was old enough to be his mum and looked to be his mum. When I say arm around, I don’t mean his arm was on the back of her chair, it was around like an embrace. I thought that was a bit odd and just as I was watching that he slipped his hand inside the sleeve of her tshirt and adjusted her clothing … tell me this is weird, yes?

Ingame 

Highlights for the week

(Other Raids, Heroics, World Events, Gear, Alts, Professions, Achievements, Pvp etc…)

My mage finally finished off stage one of the legendary staff quest and then set about doing all of the solo bits leading up to the next raid part. So I was so excited I thought I would do it straight after the raid … so after wiping three times and not getting very far, I thought to myself … I am gonna do this tomorrow when I am thinking more clearly. I did find a guide to help me but a couple of times things happened that were not in the guide and caused a bit of a set back. Plus it takes me a bit to figure out the right strategy … and every time you die, you have to start again until you are half way through or so, and then the same again for the second half …

It took a long time, and then I finally got to the first half where you get the portal and I had to go afk and pick up Princess and when I came back … I had to start all over again … There were times when I wanted to cry, but I have to say it is making me appreciate the staff!

Crazy Train.

Crazy Train took some time out and popped back to Firelands to help me with my staff quest. We still managed to end the week with Alizabel and the first 4 bosses down of DS. Quite impressive really! We have a couple of people out on Thursday including a tank, so we are going to take this opportunity to head back into Firelands and do some more staff bits, and I think that Agi will be tagging along for his staff bits!

Rox the horde.

This week we were to level a mixed bunch to 44. Some found this more challenging than others ><. We headed into battlegrounds and had a great night winning both that we went in. BG’s pop much slower on Sunday night at our level than other times and levels. I really enjoyed being able to be a stealthy druid and then faerie fire and then start healing and moonfiring them – awesome fun.

Wych: Really hoping something special happens with the Boomkin…it’s really beginning to feel like just another caster.

News 

4.32 Rumour

The information isn’t official yet but assuming everything goes as planned, Patch 4.3.2 should be going live this week apparently.

Cross Realm Raids

We previously introduced the ability to form cross-realm parties with Real ID friends, and now with Patch 4.3.2, we’re adding the ability for players to use that same functionality to form raids to run older normal or heroic raids, or participate in Battlegrounds!

This will allow you to join up with your Real ID friends from other realms and:

• Form a cross-realm raid and use Raid Finder

• Jump in to any classic dungeon or raid and be automatically placed in the same instance

• Join forces and dominate the Battlegrounds

Please note, you will not yet be able to run normal or Heroic Dragon Soul with cross-realm Real ID raids.

As we look forward to the BattleTag system, it’s a very exciting time for World of Warcraft. No matter what realm you and your friends are on you’ll be able to team up and take on group content throughout the game.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/4270420

Lunar Festival

The new Lunar Lantern and Festival Lantern are new rewards from the Lunar Festival. The new Lunar Lantern would be the Alliance version and the Festival Lantern the Horde one. Each costs Coin of Ancestry x 50 from the vendor.

Dragon Soul Trash

If I had to choose which trash I’d get rid of or change, the drake event before Ultraxion would be my first choice.

That would probably be ours as well. We’re considering it. I doubt we’d remove it entirely

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3932904227?page=2#36

Dragon Soul Difficulty Changes

During the scheduled server maintenance on the week of January 31, the Dragon Soul raid will become enveloped by the “Power of the Aspects” spell, reducing the health and damage dealt of all enemies in the raid by 5%. This spell will grow progressively stronger over time to reduce the difficulty and make the encounters more accessible. The spell will affect both normal and Heroic difficulties, but it will not affect the Looking for Raid difficulty.

The spell can also be disabled by talking to Lord Afrasastrasz at the beginning of Dragon Soul, if a raid wishes to attempt the encounters without the aid of the Dragon Aspects.

For those of you who raided in Firelands and/or Icecrown you’re no doubt aware that as time goes on we want to keep people progressing by adjusting the difficulty. For any number of reasons a group may be having difficulty on a specific encounter each week, and our intent in adjusting the content is to ensure the ability to keep progressing, enjoying the content, and gearing up. With Icecrown we progressively buffed the players, and while this slow progression (and ability to opt-out of the buff) were both beneficial, it led to an expectation of your characters power, and once you left the raid you could certainly feel less effective. For Firelands we attempted to fix that by nerfing the content instead of buffing players, but we nerfed the content difficulty all at one time, which was counterproductive for players who really didn’t need as severe a change as we made. With Dragon Soul we’re attempting to do the best of both by having a progressive nerf to the content, keeping player power constant while providing small increases in assistance over a long period of time, as well as allowing players to opt-out of the assistance by speaking to Lord Afrasastrasz.

We hope you continue to enjoy Dragon Soul, and that these changes encourage you to attempt a higher difficulty, or just keep pushing to down that next boss.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/4326384

Talent Tree Homogenization

There is homogenization that is good for the game, and homogenization that is bad for the game.

Consider Blood Lust/Heroism and Rebirth (battle rez). Those are very powerful abilities and probably mandatory for raiding. If shaman and druids were the only classes that brought them still, then every 10-player raid group would need a shaman and druid to be successful. In a game with 10-player raids and 11 classes, that means someone is excluded. Even worse, if yours is the guild with 2 really good rogues or hunters, you are going to have to make the choice to sit one of those players out in order to be optimal. Even if that hunter is a really nice guy or a good player, he can’t come because you need Blood Lust. We don’t think that’s fun, and we know a lot of players agree. There are several abilities in this mandatory or near-mandatory category: interrupts, raid buffs, dispels and so on. We have no problems spreading those around, or homogenizing the abilities that mean groups can bring the player they want to.

The other category though is making each class feel a bit different when you play them. These are abilities or mechanics that tend to make your class or spec feel unique, but aren’t mandatory. There are a lot of these in the game: Chakra, Cauterize, Bladestorm, Demonic Circle, etc. There are of course still going to be healing, survival, damage and movement abilities in the game that are equivalent in their effect as another classes’ ability, but they all work a little differently, and hopefully make you feel different when you group with other characters or play different alts. It’s important to us to protect those differences in the game. (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3881724383?page=3#59)

Email 

Hello folks,…..’tis your old pal Kurly here and I am sorry that it has been so long. As you may or may not have seen or heard second hand I have been unemployed since April. After sending as many resume’s as I can and filling out on line applications for as long as I emotionally deal with it (its very depressing you know after all this time), I do have a lot of time for housework (WOW), the gym (WOW), and other whimsical projects(WOW)!
So the time I have to play has increased slightly and I have been able to level a lot of toons and have had a great time. I love the new five mans and I just love love love me some PVP. Most of what I do on all of my toons is for the benefit of my PVP’ing, and it seriously has become how I WOW.
Sadly, the bulk of my lilttle Alli guild has left WOW for Star Wars, and since it was given to me for Christmas, I have dabbled on it as well. SWTOR has its points, but I personally don’t see it as a WOW killer.
I have had the opportunity to roll some toons in the guild Taint, and have been having a lot of fun there and even ran into some people I know, that I didnt know played WOW…good times…if not the filthiest guild chat I have EVER seen!!
I have also had the chance to guest host on Ctrl-Atl-WOW and The Shattered Soul Stone and had such a great time doing each. Unemployment certainly has some perks!!
Anywho….you all are the best…I laugh out loud all the time when I listen to you, and I want to thank you for the continued leetness!!
All the best!!
XOXO
FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! (Just cuz I can!…:-))
Kurly!!

Tweets 

tim aka tranith @booft @BindOnEquip Listening to 155. Vanilla went Molten core then BWL the AQ40 then Naxx with KT as the end boss. Not many saw beyong BWL

Tim aka tranith @booft @BindOnEquip and I wish I proof read my tweet before sending…..

Ross Copeeco @TheManbone
@booft @BindOnEquip Yon’t worry about that. They never reay them.

Tempeste @tempeste
@TheManbone @booft @bindonequip idiot!

Ross Copeeco @TheManbone

@tempeste @booft @bindonequip Yeh Tran. You iyiot.

Allecia @Allecia13

@Tempeste @Wemb I didn’t know you guys started shamans!! That makes me crazy happy @BindOnEquip

Tempeste @tempeste
@Allecia13 @wemb @bindonequip LOL they have not gotten very far, but it was fun and I don’t have one

Allecia @Allecia13
@tempeste @wemb @bindonequip that makes me so very happy. Kas is 57, sooooo close to Outlands! Im hoping for tonight

Allecia @Allecia13
@BindOnEquip Episode 155 has me CRYING at work I’m laughing so heard! “The poo jokes have you both speechless” OMG THAT IS GOLD! LMAO

Gretchen @MagickGremlin

@tempeste @BindOnEquip In regards to 156. Not telling you know who about you know what! I don’t have a death wish!

Tempeste @tempeste Close
@MagickGremlin @bindonequip oh yeah ixnay on the attay @mangrovejane /points to nose knowingly /nods confidently /wanders away cluelessly!

Ali @Mangrovejane · Details
@magickgremlin @tempeste @bindonequip WAIT! Does this have something to do with a Wych tattoo and my bum????

Ross Copeeco @TheManbone
@Mangrovejane @magickgremlin @tempeste @bindonequip /suddenly becomes interested in this thread

Ali @Mangrovejane · Details
@magickgremlin @tempeste @bindonequip <sigh> I’m going to have to download it and listen aren’t I ….

Allecia @Allecia13 Close
@Mangrovejane @magickgremlin @tempeste @bindonequip Geez my twitter broke for awhile. YES to MUST listen! I had tears, tears I tell ya!

OUTBURST FROM GROVES + clip

Ross Copeeco @TheManbone
@Mangrovejane @magickgremlin @tempeste @bindonequip @wemb @wych @pohcholdar @extrepid I find it hard to type without spaces. I see you don’t

Allecia @Allecia13
@TheManbone @Mangrovejane @magickgremlin @tempeste @bindonequip @wemb @wych @pohcholdar @extrepid I’m scared someone hold me!

Gretchen @MagickGremlin

@Mangrovejane @tempeste @bindonequip @wemb @thewych @extrepid @pohcholdar now that’s some major jazzling!

Tempeste @tempeste @Mangrovejane @extrepid @magickgremlin @bindonequip @wemb @thewych @pohcholdar think of it as inspiration for your next drawing!

The Wych @TheWych @Mangrovejane @tempeste @extrepid @magickgremlin @bindonequip @wemb @pohcholdar I’ve had women angry after I was on their butt but not b4

Ali @Mangrovejane
@TheWych @tempeste @extrepid @magickgremlin @bindonequip @wemb @pohcholdar errmm…oh…ahhh… <is a little flustered by that statement>

Peter Walker @Majikthiiz

@BindOnEquip Undead: every time I’m cannibalized, I throw up a little in my mouth. And they run like they have a full nappy.

Magickgremlin (Blixie)

@BindOnEquip I hate the humans! No real reason, they are just yucky!

Shouts

Temp: A sad one first up. A big shout out to the TOG WoW guild on Thunderhorn, this week they lost their longest serving member, Shriever had been a member of TOG since April 2005 and by all accounts was a true contributor to his guild and therefor TOG. You will be missed Shriever, Rest In Peace.

A shout to Blixie, who has managed to level her rogue and gear her up, re spec her for instancing, get mods to help, gear/enchant/reforge/gem checks with Mr Robot and listens to every boss instruction and performs her role like a champion, with very little help from anyone. You are a great rogue Blix, and will make a GREAT raider, better than a lot I have raided with over the years. Well done hun.

LFR

Goodbye.

People watching is fun, it never ceases to amaze me, just how strange and totally AMAZING some people are, and not always in a good way! I think you should all give it a go!

• When crafting a podcast as leet as this one, the only tunes you want to add are the most smokin ones on the planet. That’s why we look no further than Jimi the Human Hocking to fill the bill, and he is gracious enough to allow us to do so. if you want more rockin music in your life, check outwww.jimihocking.comand in some lucky countries you will also find him on itunes. For other fine tunery, go tomusic.mevio.com and discover the masterful majesty of Mevio’s Music Alley

• We couldn’t find the coolest guild in Wow, so we made it! If you want to be where the party never ends, come to the Oceannic Jubei’thos server on the horde side. /join BOE channel, ace the quiz and get your Pants on your Head..

• Check out our website at www.BindOnEquip.com or drop us an email at BindOnEquip@gmail.com. On Twitter you’ll find us through “bindonequip”, “thewych” “tempeste” and “wemb”

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