Everyone’s finally doing things again! Patch 4.5 added plenty of new things for us to do, from story to Bacon Bread, a new Gate and Mahjong, we’ve done it all… Mostly! We teach you what it means to go left (PLEASE GO LEFT), and what to expect in 4.5 in this almost spoiler free episode. Kristen and Lilli spend patch day doing story and content together, while Pan continues crafting.

After our discussion on the new raids and primal, we share what our goals are before the new expansion, and some of us may be a bit too ambitious. We wonder why people get so mad on day one content from wiping too much, and explain how to not explain mechanics to the rest of the raid.

Kristen and Lilli recently joined the Pagos train and give some tips for those who may be more hesitant to go this late to the content.

We wrap this episode up with yet another hard to pronounce NPC, and Pan takes an outstanding lead in points.

Hosts

Christina Zammarrelli

Gaming has been a core part throughout Poptarts life. Though her specialty is JRPGs, she tries to branch out and try new things. Most of her time gets put into the MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV, but she still finds time to play new games.

Chip Locke

Chip has a boring adult day job and then burns as much free time as possible playing the videos james. Fond of a variety of MMOs, JRPGs, and action games without active time button mashing.

Kristen Allison

Began the gaming life with a game boy to be kept entertained during a vacation in the early 90s and forgot to put it down after that. Currently, most gaming time goes into FFXIV. Doing her best to prove she's not a robot.

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