Professions Good, Layoffs Bad
Nick shares some tips about professions he recently learned, then the gang laments the recent Microsoft layoffs....
Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what’s been going on in World of Warcraft!
First, Rei talks about needing stable bodies for the guild, as they’ve recruited a firefighter who is busy with firefighter things. She mentions that Harv is showing back up again, and talks about a hunter pinging her in a rude fashion in mythic+ dungeons. She also talks about running Shadowlands Timewalking.
Next, Eric talks about how everyone in the guild should be around ilvl 290 and those who aren’t (with the exception of Kurabara) are struggling. He also talks about playing his void Demon Hunter and his experience collecting Francois the chicken.
Kura talks about his struggles just to get to ilvl 284 and yet how he still manages to top the DPS charts. He also talks about having some monitor issues.
Nick talks about some of his difficulties around Midnight Season One. First, don’t try to run mythic 0 Al’gethar Academy solo! Second, he goes over how the Prey system worked this season, in particular with regards to the reputation acquisition. He says he has to do about 140 hunts over the next two weeks to complete the season one journey bar, which is going to be challenging enough that he was doing hunts during the show!
Next, the gang talks about the news this week, including the release of the Blizzcon digital bundles and the drama over a Blizzard employee instakilling a boss for a group.
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Hosts
Nick Zielenkievicz
Host of WoW! Talk! and The Tauren & The Goblin. Sometimes known as the Video Games Public Defender. Wants to play more Destiny and Marvel Heroes but WoW is all-consuming. Decent F2P Hearthstone player. Sad that he lost the Wii that had Wrecking Crew on it. Would be happy if the only game ever made was M.U.L.E. Gragtharr on Skywall-US. Garresque on Ravencrest-US.
Rei Liou
Rei is the 1 of the 5 SEELE members and the Ops Director at MTB. She enjoys anime, baking, cooking, gaming ( fighting, puzzle, rhythm, RPGs ), and spending WAY too much time working on spreadsheets. Current Games: Tales of Crestoria, WoW
Eric Knutson
Auto mechanic, car enthusiast, gamer, runner and almost never serious, Eric has been ditching responsibilities and gaming since age 7. His favorite genres are FPS and racing, although most of his game time is currently spent on WoW
