This week’s episode features 100% more World of Warcraft topics! We pick fights with those who attempt to write articles on how to quit the game, have dreams of Vegas and discuss the completely obvious statements of Rob Pardo. Oh, somehow we manage to talk a bit about upcoming raid strats that may hit with 3.3? No. Really. We do. Only on RW can you get WoW news, stories of hangovers, and stealth hugging ninjas.

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Show Notes:

Six Steps to Quitting WoW
http://www.dailytitan.com/2009/11/six-steps-to-quitting-%E2%80%98wow%E2%80%99/

Blizzcon 2010 In Vegas?
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/12/blizzcon-2010-july-in-las-vegas/

Rob Pardo, VP of Game Design for Blizzard interview with The Escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96113-Blizzards-Rob-Pardo-Talks-Five-Years-of-Warcraft

Icecrown Testing on the PTR:

Blood Princes: Crimson Hall, the Blood Council
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/professor-putricide-blood-princes-eu-ptr-testing/

  • Abilities of Note:
    • Prince Valanaar: Shock Vortex Creates force vortices on all nearby enemies, inflicting 5000 Physical damage and knocking enemies near the target away. Unlimited range. 3.5 sec cast
    • Prince Taldaram: Glittering Sparks 16k dmg over 8 sec, reduces movement by 20%, cone shaped, 90yrd range
    • Prince Keleseth: Shadow Lance Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting 17063 to 17937 Shadow damage. 40 yd range. 1.5 sec cast
  • Dark Nucleus
    • The nearest target resonates with shadow, suffering 1000 damage and reducing Shadow damage taken from all sources by 40% for until cancelled. 15 yd range. Channeled
  • The Orb Whisperer (25 player)
    Defeat the Blood Council without anyone in the raid taking more than 22,000 spell damage in a single hit.

Professor Putricide
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/professor-putricide-blood-princes-eu-ptr-testing/
During the fight against Putricide, members of your raids can drink the bottles from the table behind Putricide to be changed into Mutated Abominations. Abominations can eat the Mutated Slimes on the ground by using Eat Ooze, they can also use Regurgitated Ooze after eating enough of them, they also get a 100% weapon damage instant melee attack..

  • Abilities of Note
    • Professor Putricide throws Gas Bombs around him, the Gas Bomb deals 5363 5637 damage every 1 sec and explodes for 15600 to 16400 damage after 20 sec.  Instant
    • Inflicts 1463 to 1537 damage every 2.0 sec and if the Gas Cloud hits you it will expunge all of the remaining Gaseous Bloat and harm all nearby allies. 3 sec cast
    • The Gas Cloud’s attack has expunged all of the gas from the target! Expunged Gas inflicts damage to all enemies based on the number of Gaseous Blight stacks that were remaining on the target when they were attacked. Unlimited range. Instant
    • The Mutated Slime grows continuously, inflicting 4388 to 4612 damage every 0.0 sec until it is consumed by another Mutated creature!  Instant
  • Spin the Bottle (25 player)
    Defeat Professor Putricide with no member of the raid having been hit by a bottle in 25-player mode.


Deathbringer Saurfang
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/deathbringer-saurfang-us-ptr-testing/

  • Video of Cutie’s Only: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpN14rSZt_A
  • Abilities of Note:
    • Seems a lot like Gruuls, but summons Blood beasts which he gains 1% health and 1 blood power while they are out
    • Saurfang’s Blood Beasts catch the scent of blood, reducing all nearby enemies movement speed by 80% and increasing their damage by 300% for 10 sec.  Instant
    • Mark of the Fallen Champion: Deathbringer Saurfang’s melee attacks splash to the target, inflicting 3800 to 4200 additional Physical damage. If the target dies while under this effect Saurfang is healed for 5% of his total health. (20% in Heroic) This debuff is casted on a raid member each time Saurfang reaches 100 Blood Power.
    • The taste of his own blood empowers the warrior, causing him to take 20% reduced damage from all attacks and regenerate 2% of his total health every 1.0 sec. for 10 sec. Melee range. Instant
  • I’ve Gone and Made a Mess (25 player)
    Defeat the Deathbringer before Mark of the Fallen Champion is cast three times in 25-player mode.

Blood Queen Lana’thel
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/queen-lana%27thel-rotface-eu-ptr-testing/

Emblem of Frost Rewards:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/emblems-of-frost-rewards/

Bloodbathed and Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher Flying Mounts, Invincible’s Reigns (Arathas’ Mount)
http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/patch-3-3-ptr-build-10805/

Mr. T and the Mohawk Grenade
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/16/mr-t-promotes-the-mohawk-grenade/
“Right click to throw and pitty some fools!”

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