Episode 51 - Restoration Shaman

Technically PVP Show notes

Episode 51 - Restoration Shaman

Upcoming WoW PVP Events

• ANZ Cup #1 - 11 May - https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/anz-cup-1/5aceedf06f681f03934fd73e/info?infoTab=details
• Summer EU Cup #1 - 12 May - https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-summer-eu-cup-1/5ade7877fceae3038fd692c0/info?infoTab=details
• Summer NA Cup #1 - 19 May - https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-summer-na-cup-1/5adeb0576f53f70355dbbfe4/info?infoTab=details
• Brazil Cup - 21 Apr 20 May?- https://battlefy.com/pvplab/campeonato-brasileiro-de-arenas/5aca9838c581cd03540973a3/info?infoTab=details

WOW PVP NEWS

• MDI APAC Group Stage 20-21 Apr - Got resceduled to May 5th due to technology issues https://raider.io/mythic-dungeon-invitational-2018/brackets/regional-group-stage-apac
• Resurgent Esports Tournament - 27-28 Apr - Congratulations to “The Better Team”, Emoweeb, Roastmasterx, Thebur, and Alex! https://battlefy.com/resurgent-esports-broadcasting/resurgent-spring-tournament/5ac996986df0e2037964bd79/info?infoTab=details
• Method Roster Changes - https://www.method.gg/midseason-changes-samiyam-joins-method-orange
• BfA has gone BETA! - https://twitter.com/BlizzardCS/status/988885285256785920
• Hotfixes - PVP nerfs - Feral got hit kinda hard; so were Monks
• • https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21365424/hotfixes-april-24
• Dev Q&A happened 26 Apr - http://www.wowhead.com/news=283905/liveblog-of-the-april-26-battle-for-azeroth-beta-q-a-with-ion-hazzikostas
• • GCD Changes - did you guys understand what he said?
  • PVP Gearing - random gear loot plus conquest bar (with catch-up mechanics)
  • BG split - Epic and normal queues.  Blacklisting removed
  • Ashran retiring. May return, nothing definitive.
  • Racials never going away in PVP
  • WPVP balancing - scaling will be applied to reduce the ilvl power.  Nothing definitive (may be 10% difference instead of 50%)
  • War mode - need to learn more - https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20763436154#post-2
  • There’s more, but not PVP centric
• Strand of the Ancients will retire for BfA - https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20762736077#5
• Oh, and Prestige is going to become account wide.  All prestige levels will be combined - https://twitter.com/Aeonarial/status/991090808676896768

Warcraft PVP Scene

NA Bracket

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

EU PVP Brackets:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

Trivia question

Previous episode question was: What episode did Windstalin first appear on this show? Answer: Ep25.

Send your answer to [email protected].  First correct answer will earn a shout out on the next show

Shoutouts

GeorgeBaii - Has been a tremendous help with the wow liquipedia updating many historical tournaments!

Congrats to the winners of our Mount/Pet give-away!  The winners were: @huntressfinoa, @FSUTJ, @Nipper1184, and @Hilge3!!

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