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Saturday, March 27, 2010

CASTaclysm: Episode 6 - My pedal got stuck in my mechanostrider's floormat



Episode 6 of Castaclysm is brought to you by the fine folks at 20k Leveling.

This week's big news is the release of patch 3.3.3 to live realms. What this means for players and how we're handling it.

-What we've been doing this week, personally. The random battleground finder, 25-Lich King attempts, ICC-10, and Starcraft 2 beta.
-A discussion on the forums about Arena's popularity and where it fits into Blizzard's design goals.
-Recent in-game fixes
-BLIZZCON 2010 ANNOUNCED!
-Blizzard's thoughts on the Rogue class.
-Some viewer questions
-A special event, hosted by Markco, from the Call to Auction podcast in which u can win 20k gold.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

CASTaclysm: Episode 5 - What's shakin' in Cataclysm?!


Episode 5 of Castaclysm is brought to you by the fine folks at 20k Leveling.

This week's big news is the patch 3.9. When its coming out and what we can expect within it, the pre-cataclysm events and more, as well as information of content leading up to it.

-What we've been doing this week, personally. This includes the attempts at 25-man Lich King, working on our personal blogs, getting battlemaster and dealing with gold spammers
-Patch 3.9 - The retaking of the Echo Isles and Gnomeregan. Why Zalazane and Mekgineer Sicco Thermaplugg are still alive.
-The removal of a certain spell is going to be a bit more responsive.
-Priest, Rogue, and Death Knight changes/buffs
-Listener questions and phonecalls
-Markco's Corner - Gold Time
-A discussion of tanking and tank cooldowns.

Friday, March 12, 2010

CASTaclysm: Episode 4 - The voice of awesome!!!


Episode 4 of Castaclysm is brought to you by the fine folks at 20k Leveling.

This week's big news is the new mastery system coming in WoW:Cataclysm. The many functions and the ideas behind it were discussed in depth on the forums, and we discuss them in depth this episode bringing you the important information that was unveiled by the blue posters.

-What we've been doing this week, personally. This includes the SC2 Beta, the Lego Universe Beta, waiting for arena partners, and real life work(whatever that is.)
-A reminder of our new twitter account where you can follow us to receive a chance at some WoW Trading card game loot items!
-The mastery system and how it interacts with the talent trees as well as the new mastery stat on gear come Cataclysm.
-Slightly more clarification of the mastery system, from the Q&A on the WoW forums.
-A discussion of 1v1 balance between healers and dps.
-A change to the acquisition of frozen orbs at the end of heroics.
-We highlighted some recent changes to classes in the 3.3.3 patch and our thoughts on them.
-Is Alterac Valley imbalanced? We discuss this and how the battleground currently sits in the World of Warcraft.
-We answer viewer questions and highlight some comments that we received over the past week.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

CASTaclysm: Episode 3 - The era of pink purple dragons is upon us!!!!

Episode 3 of Castaclysm is brought to you by the fine folks at 20k Leveling.

This week's big news is the changes to gear in the up and coming World of Warcraft expansion "Cataclysm." No more attack power, armor penetration, mp5, and much more on the gear you are currently using on all of your characters.

-What we've been doing this week, personally. This includes the SC2 Beta, Battlemaster achievement, and arenas in addition to our normal, everyday activities.
-The new Ruby Sanctum raid coming in 3.3.5
-Jepetto Joybuzz, Dalaran vendor, recieved some new toy to purchase.
-Recent nerfs to the Ice Crown Citadel raid and a zone wide buff to the players that was implemented in game.
-A discussion on Tanking and threat generation
-A world first kill of the Lich King 10-man heroic by Paragon
-A discussion on the Ensidia "world first" Lich King kill
-Stat changes to gear come Cataclysm

And as promised, within the podcast, an image of the Twilight Dragon boss in 3.3.5: