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Episode 91 - BlizzCon in Review

91 min • 14 november 2019

Technically PVP Show Notes

Episode 91 - BlizzCon in Review

12:25 - Upcoming WoW PVP Events

https://challonge.com/games/world-of-warcraft/tournaments
Resurgent tournaments - http://www.resurgentesb.com/
(Resurgent does not have any upcoming tournaments currently)
Dalaran Gaming hosts 5v5 1v1 duels. So teams of 5 that 1v1 duel (pokemon style?). Keep an eye out - https://twitter.com/dalaran_rogue
Flark’s RBG Tournies happening every weekend - join his discord for announcements

15:57 - Subject of Analysis

Today we will discuss, Blizzcon..

New Expansion - Shadowlands. Pre-purchase now. Release sometime in 2020.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23187293/world-of-warcraft-deep-dive-panel-recap

New content - new lands. Very different from what we have seen in Azeroth.
Not factions; covenants (4). Grant powers after you allege with them (1 generic, 1 class specific).
Soulbinds - bind to a soul for another new ability/aura/something
Level squish
The Maw (deadly open-world zone) and The Tower (ever changing dungeon 1-5 person exp)
Building Legendaries - moving towards deterministic gearing?
Nothing PVP specific

Esports

MDI
- +18 keys with 4 affixes
- 2 days; 1 day streamed slog fest through mythic dungeons
- Culminated in an awesome Method v Method race
- Check out post-competition interview https://youtu.be/hZCXzgfc8SI
AWC
- Unitas v Unitas started the day
- C9 v Wildcard Gaming
- Method Black v Wildcard gaming (grand finals)
- 2 days of arenas (1 day streamed)
- Some amazing matches
- Check out post-competition interview https://youtu.be/zRcaY_tV_b8

WOW Q&A

Q: How do you choose between aesthetic of a covenant as opposed to min maxing the best covenant, especially for PvP?
- A: Lots of things can be tuned - we kind of took the outlook that choosing a covenant is like choosing a class - lots of viability but choice has to matter. The active abilities is one thing but the soulbinds, etc count. This should be taken as a whole but also there will be lots of tuning knobs. We will not hesitate to disable things in PvP (i.e. Curse of Doom in Classic).

1:17:41 - WOW PVP NEWS

Hotfixes - https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23164374/hotfixes-november-8-2019
Classic - removal of layers 12 Nov (today)
Classic phase 2 - Starts 14 Nov (honour point system and world bosses)

Technically Challenged

In this segment, we challenge you the listener to do something different in game. Each episode we will give a new challenge. After you have completed the challenge, write in to [email protected] with your experience.

Last week’s challenge was: Play an arena match fully on the offensive!

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