Episode #142: Fightin' Words!

Thrall's Balls

NetEase and WoW

https://www.wowhead.com/news/netease-announces-the-war-within-begins-in-china-on-august-1st-343644#comments

TWW Login Screen

-Not implemented in the beta yet, but we know what the screen looks like:

-Picture a small section of the wall of a titan facility

-There is a circle in the center with a wide-ish border running aroound it.

-The inner section of this circle is cracking and golden light is shining through the cracks.

-It's similar to TWW logo except the runes around the edge of the border are not there and the border is thicker. There's sort of ish but not really that weird S symbol everyone drew on their trapper keepers in middle school instead.

-Some find it underwhelming. Some are actually mad for some stupid reason. It's a login screen, why do you care so much?

-I like it in its simplicity, to be quite honest.

https://www.wowhead.com/news/first-look-at-the-war-within-expansion-login-screen-343538

M+ Affixes

-Reducing number of mechanical affixes from two to one

-Sanguine, Blostering, Raging, and Bursting are retired for TWW

-"Xalatath's Bargain" is a set of affixes coming from Xally herself

--For example: Xalatath's Bargain: Ascendant: "While in combat, xal'atath rains down orbs of cosmic energy that attempt to empower nearby enemies, increasing their haste and movement speed. If players disrupt these orbs, they claim this effect for themselves."

--For example: Xal'atath's Bargain: Frenzied: Non-boss enemies become frenzied at 30% health remaining, increasing their Haste by 40%, but increasing their damage taken by 20%.

-7 and higher: Challenger's Peril; 15 seconds gone from clock rather than 5 for player death

12 and higher: "Xalatath's Guile: Bargain affixes are "revoked" and health and damage of enemies is increased by 20%.

-Fortified and Tyrannical alternate between +4 and +10 weekly.

-blizz still reveiwing how to generate dungeon scores with this change.

-I can't pretend to really understand what this all means as I've not done a ton of M+ since Legion tbh

-all on beta still, as always subject to change

https://www.wowhead.com/news/brand-new-xalatath-affixes-in-war-within-bolstering-and-sanguine-removed-343512

July Trading Post

-Preview from Blizz, as with every month

-Seems the rewards are sea and/or ocean-themed for July

-Fill-the-bar reward is a baby naga named Trishi (considering Naga are a sentient race and this pet can be battled, that's pretty fucked up lmfao, let's send a literal child into battle)

-Things like Underlight Corrupted Behemoth (same style fish mount as that fancy flying fish thing that came into the game relatively recently. Cool look, but won't be able to do dynamic flying), Blub, a fishy pet in a bubble. Even a copper diver's suit transmog.

-As always we don't see ALL the rewards just yet, but this is being recorded on the 30th of June soooooo

https://www.wowhead.com/news/july-2024-trading-post-items-diving-suit-thunderfury-bow-terrarium-backpiece-343776

https://www.wowhead.com/news/july-2024-reward-for-completing-travelers-log-trishi-battle-pet-343777

Mixed Drink of the Week (Gershom: Human)

"The Basic Bitch"

-Vodka

-Red Bull

Next week: Bentolas: Gnome "The Mekkatorque"

Flerpy Ruins Wow? If he doesn't have one ready we can do wrong answers only again lol

Question of the Week: What would your senior quote say in your World of Warcraft yearbook?

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