Technically PVP Show Notes
Episode 91 - BlizzCon in Review
12:25 - Upcoming WoW PVP Events
- https://challonge.com/games/world-of-warcraft/tournaments
- Resurgent tournaments - http://www.resurgentesb.com/
(Resurgent does not have any upcoming tournaments currently) - Dalaran Gaming hosts 5v5 1v1 duels. So teams of 5 that 1v1 duel (pokemon style?). Keep an eye out - https://twitter.com/dalaran_rogue
- Flark’s RBG Tournies happening every weekend - join his discord for announcements
15:57 - Subject of Analysis
Today we will discuss, Blizzcon..
New Expansion - Shadowlands. Pre-purchase now. Release sometime in 2020.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23187293/world-of-warcraft-deep-dive-panel-recap
- New content - new lands. Very different from what we have seen in Azeroth.
- Not factions; covenants (4). Grant powers after you allege with them (1 generic, 1 class specific).
- Soulbinds - bind to a soul for another new ability/aura/something
- Level squish
- The Maw (deadly open-world zone) and The Tower (ever changing dungeon 1-5 person exp)
- Building Legendaries - moving towards deterministic gearing?
- Nothing PVP specific
Esports
- MDI
- +18 keys with 4 affixes
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- 2 days; 1 day streamed slog fest through mythic dungeons
- Culminated in an awesome Method v Method race
- Check out post-competition interview https://youtu.be/hZCXzgfc8SI
- AWC
- Unitas v Unitas started the day
- C9 v Wildcard Gaming
- Method Black v Wildcard gaming (grand finals)
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- 2 days of arenas (1 day streamed)
- Some amazing matches
- Check out post-competition interview https://youtu.be/zRcaY_tV_b8
WOW Q&A
- Q: How do you choose between aesthetic of a covenant as opposed to min maxing the best covenant, especially for PvP?
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- A: Lots of things can be tuned - we kind of took the outlook that choosing a covenant is like choosing a class - lots of viability but choice has to matter. The active abilities is one thing but the soulbinds, etc count. This should be taken as a whole but also there will be lots of tuning knobs. We will not hesitate to disable things in PvP (i.e. Curse of Doom in Classic).
1:17:41 - WOW PVP NEWS
- Hotfixes - https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23164374/hotfixes-november-8-2019
- Classic - removal of layers 12 Nov (today)
- Classic phase 2 - Starts 14 Nov (honour point system and world bosses)
Technically Challenged
In this segment, we challenge you the listener to do something different in game. Each episode we will give a new challenge. After you have completed the challenge, write in to [email protected] with your experience.
Last week’s challenge was: Play an arena match fully on the offensive!
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Shoutouts
- To the GCDTV team - For rocking the content!
- DrBush the Mage! - for recognizing Andallyn in LFG!
- Skoodie - Bladefist (NA) - for the email!
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Technically PvP
Technically PVP is a podcast about player versus player content in the game World of Warcraft. We delve into various aspects of PvP, analyzing them to learn how to be better at PvP. Gerissar, is a PvP Novice and host of the show. He is joined by TreesapJake, a 2k+ player/stream/YT personality, and Bigmoran, a highly accomplished PVP'r with multiple achievements. They usually have guests from the community to discuss various topics so, you, the listener can possibly learn something new.
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