Halloween Special w/Alex of FatBossTV - #13

Hello and welcome to the 13th Episode of Final Boss! We have a slightly different show format in store for you Mobs and Minions, but it is no less entertaining than our previous! Today our Hosts get all costumed up – Much to Ana’s surprise! – and chat with Alex from Fat Boss.  Loz unfortunately couldn’t make it, but Alex more than made up for it.

Alex first talks about what’s been going on in his life.  He and his brother are just now finishing up what they call Guide Season; the time of the expansion where they race to push out both normal and heroic guides for all the 10 man encounters.  Outside of that, he plays League.  A LOT of League.

With an off-the-beaten-path turn, Alex talks about when he started playing video games, what his first console was, what his first MMO was, and how much his brothers impacted what he played growing up.  Ana and Bay chime in with their first MMO experiences as well. 

Getting back on track, Alex recounts the tale of how he got started in WoW (older brother strikes again!) and how he nearly stopped playing for good.  (Thanks, Beth’tilac!)  Fortunately for the rest of us, he picked it back up again.

Alex finally answers… “Why Fat Boss?”  You won’t believe where the name came from!  The show then goes into how Fat Boss started and what exactly Alex did that made him realize that he should make guides for 10 man heroics.  It definitely wasn’t smooth sailing from the start and it took them a while to find their style.  And of course, we had to ask about the 60-second Guides.  If you have never watched them, you definitely should!

Finalizing the show, Alex talks about what he and Loz learned about the system with creating videos for Youtube and how to get into becoming a content creator.

As always, Final Boss and its guests love to answer community questions at the end of the show.  You can ask them via the website: http://finalboss.tv/askaboss/ - via Twitter: @finalbosstv #AskABoss& via Twitch Chat during the After Show!

Final Boss airs on Twitch.tv/FinalBossTV every Sunday at 1pmPST/4pmEST/10pmCET.

-Reesi

P.S. Corgis!

How to Walk on Wind, Monk Style - Episode 12

So, Mobs and Minions… we meet again.  This raid reset we tackle Windwalker monks with Calligraphy of <Defenestrate> and Hinalover (a.k.a. Delritha) of< Roadrunners>.  These guys talk the talk, but can they Windwalk the walk?  As an added bonus, we no longer have 8-Bit Ana.

Ah, Monks. The brand new and shiny class of the expansion.  Calli and Hina dive into the growing pains of a brand new class, complete with its very own revolving door of masteries every patch!   Each guest talks a little bit about how monks work - I heard there’s some punching and kicking involved - and whether or not main swapping to a brand new class was a hard decision.

Get ready for a whirlwind (of the Rushing Jade variety) of topics, my friends. Hina and Calli discuss every little facet of being a Windwalker.  This includes abilities and what they do, resources and how they work, cooldowns or lack thereof, raid utility (no, WWs do not have good offhealing utility), talents and switching ALL the things on a fight-by-fight basis, single target DPS, cleave DPS, Storm Earth and Fire, and the effects of Haste on the rotation – including whether 6k or 9k haste is better to have.

And of course, no Windwalker discussion is quite complete without a thorough beating of Fists of Fury.

Tune in next week for our interview with Alex from FatBoss TV!

As always, Final Boss and its guests love to answer community questions at the end of the show.  You can ask them via the website: http://finalboss.tv/askaboss/ - via Twitter: @finalbosstv #AskABoss& via Twitch Chat during the After Show!

Final Boss airs on Twitch.tv/FinalBossTV every Sunday at 1pmPST/4pmEST/10pmCET.

-Reesi

Pandas, Mists & Shadowy Apparitions - Episode 11

Shadow Priests? Shadow Priests. Episode 11 of Final Boss TV is all about our favorite Shadowy Apparitions.  Drye from <WHATEVER WERE AWESOME> and Twintop from <Slash Hug> join our Hosts Bay and Ana for an episode filled with all things Shadow Priests… And Twintop’s Frostmourne.

Ever wonder what your favorite Shadow Priest theorycrafters do to pull it all off? Drye discusses his 30-something BiS combinations with his personal spreadsheet (yikes!) and the rollercoaster of nerfs, buffs and bugs. Twintop built himself a monster computer for the sole purpose of running simulations to get all of you the information you need to melt face with ease. Let’s not forget the time commitment involved with such time-sensitive material, either.  Stat squish, please!

Drye and Twintop are asked to review the history of Shadow Priests.  When did they become a viable raid asset? When was their DPS good? What changes were had to make them better?  Drye steals the question and goes from Vanilla to present day.  What better person to answer? He’s been playing a Shadow Priest the entire time!  Twintop follows up with what’s good and bad about Shadow Priests in Mists, and Drye goes on a rant about being held back by Shadow Orbs.

Pro-Tip: Obtain Tito from the Raiding with Leashes II achievement and he will whip up a whirlwind with killable cow critters that you can use to build orbs out of combat.

The Meat and Potatoes part of the show covers a wide array of topics.  These include Talent interactions, how single target damage is, what the “sweet spot” is for multidotting adds, how to handle AE encounters, Best in Slot lists (with a TON of math talk), and what Addons you should be utilizing to maximize your DPS. Twintop has some crazy weak auras with his setup.

We finish off the show with some community questions and find out Drye doesn’t have a second monitor. Does he realize what century we’re in yet?

Tune in next week for Mistweavers OR Windwalkers. What we choose depends on your Youtube comments, so let us know!

Relevant links: Drye’s BiS list: http://www.askmrrobot.com/wow/gear/27325a47-59f8-4cec-be39-5d6029acfb23

As always, Final Boss and its guests love to answer community questions at the end of the show.  You can ask them via the website: http://finalboss.tv/askaboss/ - via Twitter: @finalbosstv #AskABoss& via Twitch Chat during the After Show!

Final Boss airs on Twitch.tv/FinalBossTV every Sunday at 1pmPST/4pmEST/10pmCET.

-Reesi