Mistweaver Monks - Episode 14

Welcome to the Final Final Boss episode…

…before Blizzcon.  Did I scare you?  This week Bay and Ana interview our Monk friends again, only this time they’ve decided to weave in a little Mists.  Our hosts are joined by two Mistweaver Monks that fell in love with the class in the Beta, Redfern of <Immersion> and Jaydaa of <Vigil>.

We take a look into our guests past gaming lives; what their first MMO was and what classes they first started playing.  We find out that neither of them started off as healers, but transitioned to them over time.  Redfern describes what it is he likes about healing, and how an encounter can be completely different depending on who else is in the group.  Jaydaa agrees and sums it up as “Healer vs. Raid”.

Playing a brand new class means having to deal with constant developer tweaks.  Our guests talk about how little changes here and there can make for big impacts on how they play.  And while the class as a whole is decent, there are things that need to be reworked to make for more solid game play.

We move on to a discussion about skills, mechanics, resources, cooldowns, and the Jade Statue.  A mistweaver has a kind of revolving door of resources.  Mana to build Chi, Chi to build Tea, and Tea to build Mana.  Unlike our Windwalker friends, Mistweavers don’t really have any talents or glyphs that change how they play.  The level 90 and 70 talents can change based on encounter, and there aren’t really any mandatory glyphs.

Meat and potatoes time! Our guests talk about everything healing.  They discuss AoE and single target healing and how it’s both good and problematic with smart heals, as well as how powerful it is in 10m compared to 25m.  What about a Mistweaver Monk makes it good to have one in the raid?  Aside from their constant AoE throughput, they also are capable of standing in melee and can ignore ranged mechanics.  Cheaters!

Of course, no Mistweaver discussion is quite complete without a look into Fistweaving.

We end the show with what one thing each guest would like to see changed about the class and no, Redfern, we can’t delete Priests.

Unfortunately we did not have the time to get into the community Q&A for the show proper, but stay tuned for the aftershow and you will see those questions answered.

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

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