Episode 91 - BlizzCon in Review

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
• • 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)
• • 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?
• • 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 technicallypvp@gmail.com with your experience.

Last week's challenge was: Play an arena match fully on the offensive!

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Shoutouts

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• DrBush the Mage! - for recognizing Andallyn in LFG!
• Skoodie - Bladefist (NA) - for the email!

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