Big News Of The Week
Blizzcon Is Upon Us
It’s only one week until Blizzcon kicks off in sunny Anaheim, CA, and The Instance will be there in as much capacity as possible. The news has really poured in these last few days about Blizzcon, and we run down the highlights.
Rumors And Scuttlebutt
The Azeroth Advisor Is Upon Us
This is something we’ve talked with Curt about for almost six months now, but our buddy Mike Schramm over at WoWInsider reported today that 38 Studios has bought Mentor Media and their product The Azeroth Advisor. We’re trying to figure out what the new angle is on this, and Mike’s take is that it’s a “strange little story” and asks “why 38 Studios, a company working on its own MMO, has chosen to pick up a company that produces an unofficial newsletter about World of Warcraft? It’s like Bioware buying World of Matticus.”
Patch 3.0.2 And The Great Dungeon Nerf Is Upon Us
For the first time in several patches, Blizzard appears to have announced a firm date for the release of 3.0.2, which is the big setup for Wrath Of The Lich King, as going live on October 14, the Tuesday after Blizzcon. The patch got a name – “Echos Of Doom” – and an ‘under development’ page here.
The Return of The Honor Is Upon Us
Last week, or five days ago, or last episode… however you count it… we talked right here in Rumors And Scuttlebutt about the announcement by Blizzard that honor and BG marks and arena points would all be reset for everyone in the game in advance of the Wrath Of The Lich King expansion. Well, that’s over with now. Bornakk announced on the official forums “We had hoped that the introduction of some new Honor rewards in the upcoming patch would give players a great opportunity to spend any of their remaining Honor. However, many players would still be surprised by an Honor and token reset as it isn’t something we’ve done in the past. As such, we’ve decided to not reset Honor or tokens upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King. Players who save their Honor will be able to spend it on level 80 rewards, although those rewards will be significantly more expensive than their level 70 counterparts.”
Town Cryer
Pridey writes:
I am a taruen hunter on the Crushridge server and I have just turned 40. I just trained for the mail ability and I was wondering how do I know if I should keep leather, switch to mail, or keep a combo. I asked around in trade chat and they said since I am a hunter I am depended on stats not on amour. They also said that it is best to get mail with good stats. I know that hunters mainly need agi and stam, but any extra info on this subject would be awesome.
Drop Of The Week
Ceibo The Hunter Is Upon Us
It’s Steve Hamakers new WoW comic, proof that if you make a creative person play WoW long enough, it will invade their dreams and start oozing out on their Wacom.
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Always great to know that companies like Doghouse give back to the “WOW” Community and it’s players.
-see you all at Blizzcon 08
Yay! Huge rebound from last week’s episode.
The section with Scott, Randy, Patrick, and Curt just talking about MMOs (comparing WAR and WOW) was made of pure awesome and win. We need more of that!
It’s nice to see The Instance doing what it does best again. w00t!
heh. again.
It is Kevin Spacey… he does a great Walken!
http://www.yikers.com/video_christopher_walken_star_wars_screen_test.html
Yep, awesome show! Gotta listen to it again, epic show! Nice prizes, gratz to everyone who won!
Thanks Curt for provide an awesome product Azeroth advisor it is fascinating and I trying to get my whole guild to use it. Awsome show keep up the great work, cant wait for the next show.
I agree, this was a much better show. You guys are back to form.
The person I think you guys were trying to think of is Kevin Pollak. He is own for his Walken and Shatner.
OR I could be wrong! That is who I thought it was.
Guys I listened to last weeks podcast and bit my tongue, or in this case fingers, but after the mage segement this week I have to chim in. No offense meant to the people who are complaining about the mage needing to be fixed but they dont know how to play their class. I am arcane spec. Cortanas on area 52. I am linking my meters from nax last week. No one is close to me on dps in boss fights. I am geared out yes, but I know my class and enjoy playing it. If they do something to buff us up, I have such an issue on aggro right now it will be nightmare. All I hear in raids is nerf mages, they are way to powerful, I sometimes get passed in trash but rarely. I put out 18k dps on a double mob pull before fourhorsemen last week. Mage are more than fine, learn your class and stop complaining people. I would be glad to talk about this further. http://wowwebstats.com/14yyxwp5kcx53?m&s=bosses