Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to get excited for Patch 12.1 Curse of Ula’tek which releases on August 11th! But before they look ahead, Rei talks about her experiences running mythic+ at the end of Season One. She also talks about getting a new mouse and the struggles of running a guild with low membership.

Eric meanwhile has his highest m+ rating at over 3400. He also talks about tanking all the normal raids and working on Prey and the other achievements.

Kurabara talks about leveling his Devourer Demon Hunter and how the spec plays better at level 90. He does need to be careful on his backflips.

Next, everyone takes the patch 12.1 Quiz! Find out how well you are prepared for everything coming in the new content update! Also, send us your score on the quiz to wowtalk@mash.gg for a chance to win a Stoneforged Sentinel mount courtesy of Blizzard!

In the news, an update to the dye system is also coming in Patch 12.1. There will be a new twitch drop for some transmog. The Dungeons and Dragons and World of Warcraft crossover has been announced. Project Camelot servers have been updated. And finally, Blizzard is apparently the most successful Xbox studio at the moment, which should be cause for celebration but instead is just more cause for concern.

And to close things out, Nick talks about the Prey system a little more.

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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

Cory Treadway

Cory has been gaming ever since he fished an NES out of a trash can. A broad gamer who enjoys everything from FPS, Racing, RPGs, MMOS, RTS, World Building, Puzzles, Dating, Horror, Cooking, Sports. If its a game I will give it a try.

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WoW! Talk! #323: The Patch 12.1 Quiz
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See how well you know what is coming in Patch 12.1 Curse of Ula'tek and also listen for a chance to win a Stoneforged Sentinel mount! #WoW_Partner