Raid Warning – A World of Warcraft Podcast » Raid Warning: A World of Warcraft Podcast

We’re back again and handing out fachievements (it’s a long story) and beer like they’re going out of style. This week we cover the latest news in WoW, comment on the sad state of dev chats, create a whole lot of nonsense, and somehow manage to keep it together long enough to create a show.

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Intro Song:
Birthright (Birthwrong Remix by Blue Stahli) – by Celldweller off Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head Vol. 1
submitted by KharneUK

Beer:
“Nut Cracker Ale” by Boulevard Brewing Company

http://www.boulevard.com

ABV: 6.6%
Beer Advocate: B+
Seven: B-
Winter Warmer

NEWS:
Pilgrim’s Bounty Kicks Off! (Nov 21st-27th)
http://www.wowhead.com/guide=pilgrims-bounty

Darkmoon Faire Website
http://fortune.worldofwarcraft.com/en_us/home.html

Zam Interview with Lead Content Designer Cory Stockton
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=24183&storypage=3
Smooth Launch
what they’ve learned with SC2, bigger QA team
No pet, why

Interview with Lead Level Designer Jesse McCree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYoTggr9gMk&feature=player_embedded

Interview with Lead Environment Artist Gary Platner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbAM5xxqCEM&feature=player_embedded

Ghostcrawler: Why Does Blizzard Hate Healers
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1179708#blog

Cataclysm Launcher Bitch Session
No way to throttle upload speed
Continues to upload while patch is being applied, no way to back out

WoW 6th Anniversary Nov 23rd
log in between nov 23rd and dec 14th and receive a feat of strength. Pet?

Best Buy Dev Chat
http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Gaming-Gadgets-eReaders/World-of-Warcraft-Cataclysm-Chat-Transcript/td-p/181923
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2079-Cataclysm-Dev-Chat-with-BestBuy

What to Expect in 4.0.3a
What’s in 4.0.3a

Portals in Dalaran Removed
Class trainers in Dalaran where portals once were
New race-class combinations (excluding worgen/goblin)
New Gnome/Troll starting areas
Changes to existing zones
New load screens
New music
Invasion event (Still bugged in IF, NOT complete-able in SW)
City Quartermasters, with rep tabards (Gilneas is not working)

Whats not in 4.0.3a

Creating worgen/goblin characters
Worgen/Goblin start zone
Archaeology
Professions past 450 (Illustrious Grand Master)
Guild leveling
Guild achievements
Easter Kingdoms/Kalimdor flight
New Zones (80+)

Wowhead Launches Reforge Weighted Stat Feature
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=174114

Elemental Invasion: The Final Phase Begins
Phase 4: Elementals to be attacking Capital Cities (Thunderbluff, Org, Ironforge, Stormwind)
Level 251 drops

Goblin and Worgen Faction changes available at Cataclysm Launch
Please keep in mind, as well, that there will be no Realm First achievements associated with leveling characters of a specific race, so this will not place goblin or worgen characters at any sort of unique advantage.

Recruit-a-Friend to Work for Goblins and Worgens at Cataclysm Launch

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Patch 4.0.3 to hit live servers this week
This will not be the patch that changes the zones
Mostly Bug and interface fixes

Elemental Invasion: The Final Phase Begins
Phase 4: Elementals to be attacking Capital Cities (Thunderbluff, Org, Ironforge, Stormwind)
Level 251 drops

Blizzard Offering 7 Free Days to Expired Accounts

http://www.wowhead.com/blog=173778

Troll Druids Get A New Flightform

Moonkin Hatchlings and Lil’ Ragnaros Vids
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=173514

Recruit-a-Friend to Work for Goblins and Worgens at Cataclysm Launch

New Raid Markers!

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2070-25v25-Rated-BG-Bracket-gone-Raid-Markers-Gamon-Blue-Posts

Battle.net Dial-In Authenticator
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&tag=dialinauth&rhtml=true
What is the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator?
The Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator is an optional tool that offers Battle.net account users an additional layer of security to help prevent unauthorized account access. If you sign up for the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator, you will be asked to make a toll-free phone call from a specific phone of your choosing to authorize login attempts with the associated Battle.net account. You will be asked to make this phone call when something is unusual about the login attempt. For example, you may be asked to call when you play World of Warcraft from a different location than you normally do.
How does the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator work?
When the Battle.net Dial-in Authenticator’s protection activates, you will see a message displaying a toll-free phone number when you attempt to log in. Simply call this number and enter your PIN plus a single-use security code that we display on your game screen, and your login should complete within seconds.

Blue Post:
25 v 25 rated BGs removed
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/124162/rated-battlegrounds-faq
Mumper: After much though and deliberation, we have decided to remove the 25 v 25 bracket from rated battlegrounds. We felt that overall, it created too many logistical issues for players and that in the long run, most players would just skip that week in the rotation.

Blue Post:
Insane in the Membrane Feat of Strength Still Alive
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=173511
So, we went back to the drawing board. After carefully reviewing all the feedback and discussing the matter amongst ourselves, we’re now happy to report that we will be making the following changes to the Feat of Strength:

Exalted reputation with Shen’dralar will no longer be required. As this is the only reputation that will be unobtainable in Cataclysm, we’ve simply decided to remove it as a requirement.
For those who already earned Exalted reputation with this faction, don’t worry — we haven’t forgotten about your accomplishments. In a future patch, we’ll be adding in a separate Feat of Strength to recognize your deep love of Dire Maul.
Bloodsail Buccaneer faction reputation will remain in-game. Also, to ensure that this change does not negatively affect Cataclysm quest progression in Stranglethorn Vale, Booty Bay Bruisers will now provide reputation up through Exalted.

Blue Post:
Class Specific Mount Quests No Longer Available
http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/128393/class-specific-quests
The class-specific mount quests will no longer be available following The Shattering; however, the mounts themselves can still be learned from class trainers.

Get Your Cataclsym On:
Amazon To offer $10 In Gaming Credit towards next purchase
Gamestop (free shipping on Buddy Pack)

BREAK
NEW LINEUP
Raid Warning: Explicit
Raid Warning: Daily Grind – Should be kicking off this week
Raid Radio – Testing to begin this week, accepting DJ applications

Shoutout:
Jason from Tranquil Raider: A blog for disabled gamers
http://tranquilraider.blogspot.com/
pretty cool pre cataclysm checklist (hearthstone in a major city?)

best damn nerd show, live November 30th, at 9PM PST

Reviews:
5 Star iTunes review by Uberheavy
“Fuck Yeah! Good Podcast. If it only came with free beer.”

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Warlock Round Table: Lock and Awe Tuesday Dec 7th
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Optec of MMO-Champion
Warlocomotif of Elitist Jerks
Bluetorch of Arena Junkies
Jubeto of Paragon
Manni of Paragon
Fulguralis of Killing ‘em Slowly