This week, Nick, Rei, and Eric are joined by Kurabara and his wife Blythe who only recently started playing WoW and is here to talk about the new player experience. She talks about rolling a dwarven fury warrior and mistakenly attempting to tank. She also shares her experience learning about dragonriding and discovering that she can add more action bars. She talks about rolling an evoker and not understanding what was happening. She compares WoW and Diablo IV.

Next, Rei talks about running mythic+ dungeons and getting tanks that don’t pay attention. Rei and Kura ran some dungeons and they complain about Necrotic Wake.

Eric mentions that Order of Corrupted Souls has downed Silken Court and is struggling on Ansurek. He also talks about learning to play his Havoc Demon Hunter and how he’s still figuring out their enhanced mobility. He talks about finishing the Earthen campaign and he and Kura complain about Jewelcrafting.

Kurabara continues talking about his struggles with crafting this expansion and in particular questions the usefulness of inscription. He also complains that getting Best-in-slot gear has been difficult, and he and Rei discuss how current loot rules can be a problem.

Kura and Nick talk about the Warcraft Direct and how Warcraft Reforged was supposed to get some fixes in a new patch, but more bugs were introduced. Also, Warcraft I and Warcraft II Reforged were released with plenty of bugs as well. Then they discuss the Patch 11.1 announcement and go over what is coming in the 2025 Roadmap. They also talk about the Player Housing announcement and Nick cautions everyone to lower their expectations. Kura brings up the Mountain Dew promotion and how scalpers have made getting the Hateforged Blazecycle difficult and expensive.

Nick takes a quick look back at episode #178 when they were preparing for Blizzconline.

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Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=58686
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Rei Liou
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Eric Knutson

Cory Treadway
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back to talk about all the news that has come out over the last two weeks! First Rei talks about her struggles with acquiring crests and then talks about people not answering questions in a timely fashion in discord. She then explains her character’s transmog as she talks about chatting with someone after five and half years. This segues into a conversation about Amazon deliveries gone wrong. Then she talks about how she is not enjoying Xal’atath’s Bargain in Mythic+.

Eric talks about the guild being six of eight in Nerub-ar Palace. He’s also working on leveling up his death knight.

Kura talks about the twentieth anniversary event and he and Nick talk about how Blizzard was slow to correct the Token acquisition rates. They also talk about how some of the events are hit or miss but there’s plenty of time to get everything. Next, Kura mentions that he got the ninety dollar brutosaur mount. Nick ribs him for getting a Pay-to-win mount before debunking the notion that a mailbox is a pay-to-win feature.

Next, they talk about what’s been going on in the news. They talk about the Mountain Dew, Rockstar, and Doritos promotion that will let you earn points to buy items for World of Warcraft including the Fel Cycles that have been in the game files for a long time.

Then, they talk about the upcoming Warcraft Direct on 11/13. And then they talk about the announcement for Patch 11.0.7 which will focus on Siren’s isle. They talk about the new ring on the isle, but they are more surprised by the appearance of former WoW! Talk! host Katie who is now a developer on the Warcraft team!

Next, they talk about watching The Remarkable Life of Ibelin on Netflix, which focuses on the life of Ibelin who suffered from Duchenne syndrome while being an active guild member.

Finally, they take a quick look back at episode #177 which was about the upcoming Blizzconline.

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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back this week to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft! First, they talk about the ongoing guild bank issue where Blizzard has lost several items from player’s guild banks, including completely wiping out some banks entirely! They talk about how this issue is getting more and more attention each week and it’s a shame that Blizzard is unable to recover the data. They also point out that for the most part its just old mats but in some cases some unique items from the game’s history were also lost and cannot be recovered.

Next, Rei talks about her experiences with the weekly quests and working to catch up on some of them. Kura talks about how a recent mining quest was prohibitively expensive for the materials it was asking for. Rei also talks about running the new Deephaul Ravine battleground with Kura and trying some +6 Mythic Dungeons.

Eric talks about how the guild is halfway through Nerub’ar Palace. He also mentions that he is working on leveling up his jewelcrafting profession but that seems slower this expansion.

Kura talks about how he found the cause of his low DPS – his pets were set to passive. He also talks about the ease with which he can complete delves as a blook DK. He mentions that his wife has made a new WoW character and is playing an Evoker.

Nick talks about how the quickest way to complete delves is to not focus on finding the little containers that have experience for Bran and instead just rush to the end.

In the news, Limit won Mythic World First for Nerub’ar Palace. Also, Echo is stepping back from some events. And Thrall’s voice can be used with your Waze navigation app.

Finally, we look back 100 episodes at January of 2021 when Limit won World First for Mythic Castle Nathria.

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Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=58638
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back with a surprise episode to talk about the release of Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier which releases today! The gang was lucky enough to receive an advance copy and having read the book we are able to share our thoughts.

First, we talk about whether we enjoyed the book and enjoyed the Rise, Fall, Future format. Nick mentions that the rise and fall portions of the book feel like different books, as the stories change from one of an up-and-coming company to a series of corporate battels. The last part of the book is also tough to read as the stories Schreir is telling are from the last half decade when Blizzard has been in turmoil, and as it becomes evident which story he is setting up, the anticipation of knowing what he’s about to discuss can be discomfiting. Nick also comments that the last chapter stands out since it addresses the layoffs from January.

We talk about how Schreier’s writing style which works for telling these narratives, although Nick and Rei were pressed to try to fit everything into chronological order.

Rei also talks about her experiences working for Gamestop and Activision and how they compare with the experiences under Activision’s bad management.

We also talk about some of the more interesting anecdotes, like how Brian Birmingham quit because of the implementation of stack ranking. They talk about Ben Brode’s path to joining Blizzard. And Nick mentions his disdain for Armin Zerza.

Play Nice is now available at bookstores everywhere.

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Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=58619
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Cory Treadway
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about how they’ve been enjoying Season One. Rei talks about how they had a bunch of people interested in raiding Nerub-ar Palace but for various reasons (not understanding the raid roster or having internet problems) they were unable to make it. Rei talks about beating Normal Ansurek and then running Story Mode Ansurek, and this leads to a discussion comparing the difficulty of story mode and normal mode. Nick talks about how story mode is a good idea but it feels unnecessary in the face of LFR. He points out that there are interesting story tidbits in the raid not included in story mode.

They also talk about how the loot grind feels this season with Delves giving credit in the Great Vault, and then they discuss how Delves are feeling a few weeks into the season. Nick mentions that they have been nerfed and how various builds and groupings are handling them differently. Rei mentions that she is excited for the puzzles in delves.

Rei also talks about running mythic+ dungeons and dealing with a tank who didn’t understand how to kite a mob. Also, in Stonevault, DBM gives a warning that you should not go into the void.

Eric talks about clearing Normal Nerub-ar palace and switching his warlock to affliction.

Kurabara talks about how a new Death Knight has joined the guild and is outperforming him on the damage meters even though Kura has a higher ilvl. He is planning to change his trinket.

Nick talks about the quests in Azj-Kahet and in particular the questline with the Pathfinder in the Pillar Nest Xesh. They talk about how Blizzard nailed the horror vibe and how he enjoyed the zone.

In the news, Xbox laid off 650 people, including members of the Warcraft Rumble team. Also, Blizzard updated their response to the missing Guild items issue.

Finally, they take a look back at episode #174 which was the final episode of 2020.

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Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=58613
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This week Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back to keep talking about their experiences in The War Within. Rei talks about how Order of Corrupted Souls is still getting an influx of new members but now the real test will be how the guild performs with Season 1 starting on September 10th. Rei also talks about how she is still working on the campaign. Kura and Nick talk about how easy it is to level with Kura mentioning that he has five with another character almost there.

Eric talks about getting his warlock to be raid ready and is not looking forward to the initial raid experience as his characters are undergeared. He does however love the hero talents for his warlock, especially the Diabloist spec.

Kura talks about some of the bugs he has found in game. He recounts leaving a dungeon and getting teleported to an endless ocean where he was stuck falling and could not get out. He wound up needing a guild invite to teleport him back to the game. He also talks about a bug on the last quest of the campaign that prevented him from seeing the finale cinematic.

Next, Nick and Kura talk about the recent WoWCast where they announced Patch 11.0.5 was coming which will be the big anniversary event. They talk about how the Caverns of Time are being redone, as well as the refreshed tier 2 armor being added. They mention the Classic TImewalking Dungeons being added. Also various new transmogs will be included in the game as well. They then debate if the 20% experience buff will be included in this year’s celebration as well.

Finally, they take a quick look back at episode #173 when Kurabara made a guest appearance to talk about Shadowlands.

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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are here against their will because they would rather be off playing The War Within! Rei talks about her warband and guild banks being broken. She also talks about how the Dungeon Diplomat achievement is bugged, since that keeps posting as completed in guild chat for everyone. The gang talks about how they found various bugs in The War Within beta and Blizzard sent out emails to let people know how much of an impact they had on fixing the new expansion. Rei also talks about her shaman talent points being reset.

Eric and Kura talk about leveling through The War Within. Eric talks about how they ran dungeons and that messed up their leveling pace. They talk about Hero Talent and Kura loves how he gets to summong the Four Horseman to fight alongside him. They talk about Delves and how they’ve been enjoying this, but it is similar enough to Torghast that we will have to see if the community sours on it. They also talk about Dornagal as a capital city and without spoilers try to mention some of the questing highlights.

In the news, Blizzard put out an animated short depicting Alleria’s history. They also released an interview with Chris Metzen that Nick goes over.

Nick talks about how the Early Access split the community, and how everyone talking about not being able to play all throughout the weekend only served to market Blizzard’s FOMO for them. He talks about how social media was unbearable this weekend as a result.

Finally, they take a very brief look back at episode #172.

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Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=58598
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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to say goodbye to one of the better expansions in WoW’s history, Dragonflight. But first, Rei talks about how with cross-realm guilds have lead to an increase in the number of guild applications over the last few weeks. She also brings up the Radiant Echoes events which, after an initial problematic period, were fixed by Blizzard to be quite rewarding. She comments that daily quests should auto-accept. She also talks about how in Throne of Thunder there is a way to skip the cutscene before Tortos.

Eric discusses playing Remix and enjoying it as a latecomer. They talk about how it is still possible to get plenty of stuff from it even with the event winding down. He also discusses how they are running through all three heroic raids over two raid nights each week.

Kura talks about how he has his characters ready for The War Within.

Nick leads a discussion about Dragonflight. They talk about how impactful Dragon Riding was. They also consider the strength of the raids. They discuss whether the story was enjoyable even with the threat scaled back from the reality-ending nature of the Jailer in Shadowlands. They talk about the rapid cadence of patches in Dragonflight as well as the other events that surrounded the expansion like Plunderstorm and Mists of Pandaria Remix. They also look at Dragon Riding as an expansion defining feature, and give their rankings for where Dragonflight comes in over all expansions.

In the news, quests will reward all appearances in 11.0.5. Blizzard also released an animated short called Threads of Destiny featuring Xal’atath. More Twitch drops are coming. Blizzard also detailed how character conversion for MoP Remix characters will work. And Microsoft and Activision have formed a new team within Blizzard to make AA games.

Finally, we look back 100 episodes to WoW! Talk! 171 when we were disappointed by the Shadowlands launch delay, yet that was not the most ominous news that week.

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Nick, Rei, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about Patch 11.0 while Eric is home sick. Feel better! They begin the show by talking about their experiences in the pre-patch and in particular discuss Warbands. Nick talks about how he likes just swapping his characters in and out on the screen. They talk about how managing a long list of characters from various realms is now a struggle and wish for some improvements to the character select screen.

Next, they talk about cross-realm guilds and how that will help complete guild accomplishments, but people need to pay attention to how many non-guild members are present. They then talk about some of the bugs in the pre-patch, including Sylvanas being broken in Sanctum of Domination and the turtle quests in BfA not having any enemies.

They also talk about MoP: Remix and how everyone is wrapping up getting everything. There are some reputation issues that may have been affected by the patch, but otherwise everything is going smoothly. Rei talks about running some heroic raids in Remix with some good pug groups.

Kura talks about his experience getting his Collectors Edition and how he missed getting his code for the Epic Edition at first. They talk about the value of the statue and the quality of its production, and whether or not its worth it.

They then talk about the new War Within cinematic and their thoughts on how the cinematics have been handled the last few expansions. They also talk about the World of Warcraft team unionizing.

Finally, they look back 100 episodes to their reactions to patch 9.0.

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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back and with Patch 11.0 fast approaching on July 23rd, its time for a quiz to see what we all know about it! Nick begins with a slight tangent about when the end of the expansion ends technically, and then Rei talks about what she has been doing in the game. Rei talks about how the guild is getting new members applying, and even some old members returning, with the expansion approaching, and she is sorting through those. She also talks about how a quest bugged her character when her power blipped out for a moment.

Then, Eric talks about clearing heroic and normal Aberrus in one night. He and Nick then get into a discussion about Mists of Pandaria Remix, where Nick reviews the fastest way to level to 70 in about three hours and also talks about going AFK in LFR. He also talks about how he is earning bronze and that there should still be enough time to get what you want. They also talk about how fast some of the characters go making raiding and dungeon running trivial.

Kura and Eric then talk about tanking as a blood death knight. Kura also mentions that he had to play his Augmentation Evoker with his weak auras broken. He also mentions using the Narcisus add-in for tracking various items in Remix.

Next, it is time to find out what is coming in the Patch 11.0 Quiz! How well will you do?

They also mention the Courier Owl mount on the store.

Finally, they look back 100 episodes at #169, when the Shadowlands pre-patch was upon us.

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Nick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what’s been going on in World of Warcraft lately.

First, Rei talks about bringing an underleveled character through some mythic dungeons and struggling with the carry. This leads to a discussion about people who buy carries or even buy whole accounts for the achievements and mounts they may have on the account. They also talk about how sometimes when tanks or healers swap to DPS for a raid, there can be problems as players struggle in unusual roles. She also mentions that she hasn’t played as much as usual lately because she’s been busy with real life. They also talk about how there are rumors that the pre-patch will release on 7/23.

Next, Eric talks about how the guild finally killed Heroic Raszageth, but he also talks about how all he really did was log in for raid because he’s been busy in real life.

Kurabara talks about how he got pretty much everything he’s wanted in MoP Remix because with so many characters at level 70 he’s earned a ton of bronze. He also talks about getting Fyr’alath on his death knight only to learn just how time consuming the quest to fully unlock the axe is, even after waiting for it to drop. He also mentions how a random healer helped him stay alive during part of the quest.

In the news, we got a first look at The War Within’s login screen. Also, World of Warcraft if returning to China thanks to NetEase on 8/1. The Guild Realm Transfer and Guild Faction Transfer services are ending on 7/22. Blizzard has posted more short stories in advance of The War Within. And the beta may have revealed next month’s Trading Post. Also, Season of Discovery Phase 4 is coming 7/11. Plus, there is a World of Warcraft crossover in Diablo Immortal.

Finally, we take a look back at Episode #168 which was the Patch 9.0 quiz.

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Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=58539
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Rei Liou
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Eric Knutson

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