Episode 68 - Destro RLS - (Technically PvP) Podcast Details

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Episode 68 - Destro RLS

16:25 - Upcoming WoW PVP Events

Resurgent King of the Hollow Monday nights
- https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/kings-of-the-hollow-3v3-tournament-tonight/20570
The Gosu Cup 15 Dec 18
- https://twitter.com/Resurgentesb/status/1067804916519964673

23:34 - Subject of Analysis

Today we will discuss, Destro lock variation of RLS.

Traits?
- Flashpoint x2/3 - destro
- Supremacy - destro
- Battlefield precision x2 - assassin
- Surging tides - rsham
- Pack spirit - rsham
- Turn of the Tide - rsham

1:46:39 - WOW PVP NEWS

8.1 dropped today
- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22824892/tides-of-vengeance-update-notes
- You can now target specific kinds of Azerite armor by earning Titan Residuum, which can be used to purchase Azerite armor from everyone’s favorite purveyor of exquisite furnishings: Thaumaturge Vashreen.
- Time to level from 1 to 110 has been reduced by approximately 25%.
- Troll Berserking reduced to 10% Haste for 12 seconds (was 15% Haste for 10 seconds).
- Blood Elf Arcane Torrent cooldown increased to 2 minutes (was 1.5 minutes).
- The reward bonuses from War Mode can now scale above 10% when a faction was outnumbered over the course of the preceding week, up to a maximum of 30% additional quest rewards and experience.
- War Mode can now be disabled in any rested area. It can still only be enabled in Stormwind or Orgrimmar.
- Rated Arenas and Rated Battlegrounds now grant an additional 50% conquest for all conquest reward weeks prior to week 9.
- But-Ton of class changes/talents/pvp talents/nerfs/buffs!!! (except for warlocks… they got a slight adjustment)
- Integrated new multi-threaded performance optimizations for clients using DirectX 12 and Metal.

Hotfixes -
- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22824893/hotfixes-december-11-2018
PVP Season 2 start date announced! 22 Jan 19
- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22820910/tides-of-vengeance-arrives-starting-december-11
- Will make this season 20 weeks long
More info on the GCD changes for movement abilities
- https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/which-spells-are-being-removed-from-gcd-in-8-1/37795/7
Dev Q&A announced for this Friday
- https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22820911/join-us-for-a-live-developer-q-a-on-december-14

Warcraft PVP Scene

NA Bracket

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

EU PVP Brackets:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

2:05:32 - Trivia question

Previous episode question was: What is the maximum number of players you can queue with into a random BG? A: 5. Congrats to Verlane for being the first to enter and get 2 ballots into the game time giveaway!

Send your answer to Technicallypvp@gmail.com. First correct answer will earn a shout out on the next show

NOTE: This is the last question for the contest. Our next show will be in the New Year and we will announce the winner!

2:06:47 - Shoutouts