Episode 9 - First Raid Clear of…Dazar'alor?

Solo Queue - A World of Warcraft Podcast

Episode 9 – First Raid Clear of…Dazar'alor?

Show Notes

Welcome to Episode 9! – 3:27

• Sound issues lately - I think I have them resolved.
• Goodpods listed Solo Queue was as a Top 50 video game podcast last month!
• Upcoming episodes: 10 will be an HDYS interview with Gin of Live, Laugh, Lore podcast. Ep. 11 will be just the second half of the introduction to playing WoW. Sorry to leave you hanging, ThatSkyGuy!

News – 8:37

1. TWW launches Aug. 26 - I was only one day off! Early access on Aug. 22, Season 1 activities on Sept. 1.
2. I broke down and went all in on the 20th anniversary collector's edition.
3. TWW beta access was June 5, with codes for collector’s edition people arriving June 12. I am holding out against spoiling the Day 1 experience for myself, so no beta coverage here.
4. Mid-Summer Fire Festival begins today, June 21!
   1. You can travel from zone to zone, city to city, and lighting your factions’ bonfires and extinguishing those of the rival faction. Do this to collect Burning Blossoms, the currency for the Fire Festival. There are buffs you can get and vendors to spend your blossoms on. In addition, there are festival related quests and achievements to check out.
   2. Holiday boss is Frost Lord Ahune
   3. This also brings in a big change to how holidays work in general. Now, you can only get one of these premier rare drops on the first attempt of the day per Bnet account.
   4. To balance out the reduced availability, Blizzard have introduced bad luck protection, with chances rising after every failed attempt.
   5. Once per day per account, Ahune will drop the Satchel of Chilled Goods - chance at the new Cliffside Wylderdrake armor, along with blossoms, Ahune's staff, and other items.
   6. Festival runs until July 5, so 14 attempts.
5. 10.2.7 patch was released May 7 with various small story questlines, content.
   1. Dranei HA
   2. Troll HA
   3. Harbinger questline - setting up the TWW, good stuff.
   4. Sins of the sister - difficult to remember or find, is in Bel'Ameth.
   5. Be Yourself Visage Day - issues with not finding the NPCs is due to you not having done the questing related to those NPCs. Frustrating, but understandable, but frustrating.
   6. All DF quests previously locked behind Renown levels are now available to all level 70 characters.
6. WoW Remix - MoP of course is live! 59 days left and counting. Once 70, I hear it is quicker for any Timerunner alts that you make AFTER achieving 70.
7. BfA Raids now soloable
8. Is the first TWW raid soloable? Not quite. Blizzard announced Story Mode as a new Raid difficulty. Neru'bar Palace, first TWW raid, will feature a new difficulty called "Story”. It is not Follower Raids. Party of 1-10 for a pared down battle with only the final boss.

Popping in to a tavern or inn for a local drink – 40:01

Pandaren Plum Wine at The Lazy Turnip. We are drinking the local this month.

Question of the month – 40:56

After giving the news and drama of Remix, have I been paying too much attention to headlines and nerf news and not enough time just playing and enjoying? What is your opinion on MoP Remix? Do you like this different style of content in this period leading up to a new expansion?

Introducing the Raid of the Month! – 42:55

One big part of many solo players game is waiting literal years for Blizzard to open up old end-game content to solo players. With the news that BfA raids are now soloable, I chose Battle of Dazaralor for my first Raid of the Month on my Night Elf Feral Druid main, ilvl 484, 499 weapon.

Dazaralor is a 12-boss raid and was the second raid of BFA. It launched in January of 2019, so I waited five and a half years to be able to solo it. That is too long. I chose it because it has two rare mounts that can drop on Mythic, both are pretty cool. The GMOD is a massive robot mech suit mount, the Goblin Machine of Death. It can drop in Normal, Heroic, or Mythic difficult. The Glacial Tidestorm, a very cool elemental off Jaina, only drops on Mythic.

First 9 bosses gave little trouble. A 3% wipe after 5 minutes on Mekkatorque, but second time was fine. No GMOD. Stormwall Blockade was very difficult and took some research and four deaths. Jaina was easier, but no Glacial Tidestorm.

Final tally

11 new appearances, no mounts, bunch of five-year-old achievements, 2,471 in gold, minus 250 in repair costs. Profit of 2,221 gold for roughly an hour of time, maybe less. I did eat dinner in the middle. Difficulty was a satisfying level, but I want this in less than five year. #FollowerRaidsWoW

Outro

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