Titanforge WoW Podcast

Here's the post from Blizzard about Patch 9.0.5 including the Valor Points announcement: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/patch-905-ptr-is-now-available/864321 Here's a summary of the Covenant/Legendary balance changes so far: https://www.wowhead.com/news=320845/shadowlands-patch-9-0-5-ptr-class-and-spell-changes-covenant-conduit-and-class-t 0:00 Introduction / Hotfixes 12:45 9.0.5 - Valor...

Find the set of hotfixes here, which include the Tyrannical nerf, the tankbuster nerfs, and the class balance bandaids: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/hotfixes-updated-february-2/734092 Here are the placements for teams going into this weekend's MDI: https://raider.io/mythic-dungeon-international/sl-season-1-time-trials-teams/global-2/world 0:00 Introduction 7:11 The Tyrannical/Tankbuster...

Titanforge Podcast 79 - Dungeon & Raid Tuning, the first MDI results, and our one change. Trell is back and we have a set of exciting discussion points for this week. After last weekend's MDI, we have a metagame and team results to discuss. There have also been several nerfs to dungeons and raid bosses - read more about that here: https://www.wowhead.com/blue-tracker/topic/us/845773 0:00 Introduct...

This week's guest is Squishei from Wowhead and , Tettles' guild! He joins us to cover the state of gearing in shadowlands (check out his article: https://www.wowhead.com/news=320267/mythic-vs-pvp-vs-raid-gearing-systems-in-shadowlands), and the upcoming MDI, which starts next weekend and will affect our show's schedule. 0:00 Introduction / Castle Nathria Discussion 10:58 Shadowlands Gear 36:20 MDI...

We have some Class Balance changes and a few important M+ tricks this week, followed by a discussion of each dungeon and how Prideful timings generally work in them. 0:00 Introduction 13:55 Class Tuning 27:53 Tip of the Week 33:28 Important M+ Tricks/Bugs 45:33 Prideful Timings 1:15:41 Patreon Thanks 1:21:50 Q&A Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/titanforge Come join our Discord: htt...

This week's guests are Taggz and Xyronic, members of the World First raiding team Complexity Limit. Taggz is their Healing coordinator, and Xyronic usually plays Warlock, and can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/xyronic 0:00 Main Topic 56:33 Patreon Thanks 59:10 Q&A Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/titanforge Come join our Discord: https://discord.gg/6BcJ3Tu Music: Take a Chance b...

This week's guest is https://twitter.com/jasonxdrofl, GM and Raid Leader of Dratnos' guild poptart corndoG. Here's the upcoming tuning information: https://www.wowhead.com/blue-tracker/topic/us/734092 0:00 Introduction & Discussion of the Last Week 14:36 Gearing 21:40 Tip of the Week 31:54 Class Tuning 45:20 Castle Nathria 1:09:30 Patreon Thanks 1:13:03 Q&A Check out our Patreon at https://www.pat...

Read all about Castle Nathria here: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/castle-nathria-raid-overview Here's a link to Trell's M+ Routes for next week: https://pastebin.com/CU2emi2w Here's the table with our guesses for item level rewards from M+ - there's likely to be a reward cap for the first week, so stay tuned for a Blue post about it: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-season-1-mythic-dung...

Here's the spreadsheet with a bunch of useful preparation information created by Medivh: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTuGw0mW-s2nKPaiunMQsAK2CiX8w0ULLCMD8-ymgpIfxQ5veiv-iwHZlcDF8oC4PwRulspZxO4Ndcd/pubhtml# Here's a link to the Ion interview discussed in the second half of the show: https://www.wowhead.com/news=319241/exclusive-shadowlands-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-class-ba...

Echo raider and Wunderbar MDI Champion Meeres joins us today to discuss the races that are now less than a month away - the race to World First Level 60 (don't tell them the classic guys already got that last year!) and the Race to World First in Castle Nathria. 0:00 Introduction 2:36 Racing to 60 22:51 Tip of the Week 33:10 Race to World First 51:41 Patreon Thanks 55:20 Q&A Check out our Patreon...

Follow along with this episode through our show notes (normally only available to Patrons, but this week due to the UI screenshots we're making it available to all): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X6SPq-PSEaZ7YcR2Tg8WFhMWxsvwnf7ZSz436VXfYlA/edit?usp=sharing 0:00 Introduction 3:20 Tip of the Week 7:06 Main Topic: Shadowlands Keybinds & UI 59:46 Patreon Thanks 1:02:00 Q&A Check out our Patreon...

Here's the official release date announcement: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23558953/shadowlands-arrives-november-23 Here's a Wowhead article about the Soul Ash changes: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318841/soul-ash-drop-rates-and-requirement-to-craft-legendary-increased-in-shadowlands And here's a RaiderIO article about the World 1st +34: https://raider.io/news/132-mythic-34-conquered 0:...

This week's episode features discussion of Exorsus going Alliance - read about that here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318750/guild-exorsus-faction-changed-to-alliance-for-castle-nathria We also got into changes to healer mana - read about those here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=318430/water-regenerates-mana-slower-in-the-first-seconds-of-drinking-in-shadowlands-de and here: https://www.wowhead.c...

We are doing a beta key giveaway on our discord! https://discord.gg/6BcJ3Tu After covering some Legendary news and some debate on Twitter, we moved on to a quick run-down of activities you can do now, during the pre-patch, that might serve you well during Shadowlands. 0:00 Introduction / Beta Key Giveaway Announcement 3:33 Twitter Theorycrafting Discussion 18:30 Legendaries 40:29 Tip of the Week 5...

This expansion had its ups and downs - relive them with us! We also discuss some of the newest trends in the balancing of Covenants, Conduits, Soulbinds, and Legendaries on the Shadowlands beta. 0:00 Introduction 5:30 Shadowlands Conduits/Covenants Balancing 20:55 Shadowlands Legendary Balancing 32:13 Tip of the Week 42:03 Main Topic: BFA Expansion in Review 1:46:55 Patreon Thanks 1:49:38 Q&A Chec...

Shadowlands has been delayed! In addition, we have a round of tuning changes to M+ - one big affix nerf and several smaller changes to the dungeons themselves. And to close out the show, conduits - what we know (and don't know) about how to acquire them, and our hopes about their accessibility. 0:00 Introduction and the Delay 26:02 Tip of the Week 33:57 Shadowlands M+ Tuning 44:46 Conduits 55:06 P...

This week our main topic is the state of Healers in Shadowlands. We're joined by MDI competitor and World top 50 raider Korimae as an expert guest on the topic - Korimae plays all healer specs and recently released a video explaining which ones will be best able to Raid, M+, and PvP without needing to swap covenants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1O-lqXH64 0:00 Introduction 7:27 News: Shadowla...

Next week we will not be having an episode because the Keystone Masters tournament will be happening at https://www.twitch.tv/keystonemasters - Tettles and Dratnos are casting, and Trell is competing! In addition to some discussion of that tournament, we covered tank balance in Shadowlands and the downward power trajectory of the tank specs over the course of the Beta testing period, and of course...

This week we're covering a series of changes that, when viewed together, represent a shift in how Mythic Plus will function in Shadowlands compared to Legion and BFA. We also spend a little time talking about the upcoming Keystone Masters tournament (it's on the 19th and 20th), with its unique format - this will be discussed more in a future episode! Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.co...

This week's discussion centers around the new affixes in Shadowlands! Learn about Prideful here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=317558/prideful-seasonal-affix-how-it-works-single-target-reaping-with-a-damage-buff-on Learn about the other three here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=317666/storming-inspiring-and-spiteful-deep-dive-new-mythic-affixes-in-shadowlands Check out our Patreon at https://www.pat...

This week we're joined by Complexity Limit's Warlock/Islander/Goblin, THD! Find him at https://www.twitch.tv/thdlock and https://twitter.com/LimitThdlock Here is the Wowhead article with the tables of Target Capped Abilities: https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-target-capped-abilities-uncapped-capped-spells Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/titanforge Come join our Discord: h...

We have several Shadowlands topics to cover this week! Up first - new affixes: https://www.wowhead.com/news=317392/new-keystone-affixes-added-in-shadowlands-build-35522-inspiring-spiteful-stormin Then we move to dungeon-locked covenant abilities, such as https://shadowlands.wowhead.com/news=317350/night-fae-covenant-bonuses-in-mists-of-tirna-scithe-dungeon-activate-checkpoints And finally we close...

This week we're taking a trip down memory lane and looking at several bosses and trash pulls and how our strategies to handle them have evolved throughout the expansion! Normally, you'd need to join our Patreon to get access to the show notes, but since we're showing so many clips today, we're going to just share it - find links to all clips shown in the show here: https://docs.google.com/document...

Is Versatile the right corruption for you? What makes a week a "push week"? How should I decide what to play in Shadowlands? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week's show! Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/titanforge Come join our Discord: https://discord.gg/6BcJ3Tu Music: Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under the Creative Commons 3.0...

Read about Preach's Ion interview (and find links to the VoD) here: https://www.wowhead.com/news=316949/preach-shadowlands-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-liveblog After discussing that for the first ~50 minutes of the show, we move on to covering the new Shadowlands Mythic Plus dungeons available on Beta, along with some specific enemies and bosses found in each of them. We close with a discussion...