#361 - For Azeroth!: “WoW Hits Home”
- E361
- 1:11:16
- December 4th 2025
Lex is decking the halls. Sean searches for mistletoe. No, wait. That is later in the month. Right now, housing is the talk of the town! Midnight continues to develop with news that is giving Sean reason to cheer. The schedule for season 1 of Midnight is revealed as Sean worries for the poor 0.1%.
News
Housing 1st Impressions
The talk of the town is the town as Warcraft early access opens up to all who have purchased the upcoming Midnight expansion.
Links
- Housing Early Access Trailer | World of Warcraft: Midnight
- What's Next for WoW Housing? Interview with Devs Jay Hwang and Garth DeAngelis
11.2.7 is Here
The prologue to the midnight expansion is live in NA and EU.
- Midnight Prologue Campaign
- Revamped New and Returning Player Experience
- Lorewalking: Elves
- Pandaren Heritage Armor
- Turbulent Timeways (through to Feb 9th)
- Brawler’s Guild (Next Week)
Links
- https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24244442
- 11.2.7 The Warning Launch Trailer | World of Warcraft
Dungeon Philosophy in Action
Changes to the dungeons begin reflecting the team’s new philosophies.
- Standardized short cast
- Important casts with 4 sec or greater cast time
- Reduced number of casters
- Bolt-slop reduced damage
- Anti Focus Fire behavior
- Cast Audio Notification (player and target)
Links
Seeing Red
Combat Addons are still allowed to provide a competitive advantage as Blizzard reneges on the entire reason for the addon de-escalation.
- Through a use of conditionals Platynator was able to color code:
- Bosses
- Lieutenants
- Casters
- Melee
- Minor enemies
- Casters would only change to their colour when they first cast an interruptible spell.
- Blizzard has said this is okay but has not made any commitment to put this functionality into the default UI.
Links
Midnight Epic Edition Contest is over
Congratulations to Pandachow, NickBeresford, and Random.ffxiv
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Hey, I'm Tru Villain Manny; the gamer, podcaster, and streamer. I have been gaming since I got my hands on the NES Duck Hunt // Super Mario combo. RPGs are my jam. Fantastic worlds and interesting stories tend to draw me in. In March 2018, I joined "For Azeroth!" and started podcasting.
I grew up on a steady diet of Loreena McKennitt, ren faires, DnD, and Baldur’s Gate, and so I was initially attracted to WoW by the “RPG” side of MMORPG. I spent my childhood exploring Ironforge at a walk and strictly avoiding any quests that made me kill cute animals (y’all have no IDEA how excited I was when I set foot on Borean Tundra and discovered DEHTA.) While I have made my home in the world of raiding, I still try to make time to bask in the wonder and beauty of this giant pixelated world: so, you see, I didn’t wipe the raid because I forgot a cooldown, I wiped the raid because I wanted you all to have some downtime to really EXPERIENCE the BEAUTY
Raised on video games, I co-founded the Cartridge Club, a community for retro gaming enthusiasts, in 2012. I'm a longtime Blizzard fan and started my World of Warcraft adventure with vanilla, pausing after Wrath of the Lich King to serve in the Navy. Returning in time for Battle for Azeroth’s Visions of N’Zoth, I reignited my passion and started the Recruit a Friend podcast. Now, I'm excited to bring my extensive WoW experience to the 'For Azeroth' podcast team.
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