Brewmaster Monks - Episode 17

Hello, Mobs and Minions, today Final Boss Tv finishes off the Monk class by taking an in depth look at Brewmaster Monks. Bay and Ana talk with Daught from <Midwinter> and Luun from <ScrubBusters> to get a feel for what it’s like tanking as a drunken master.

Starting off, we talk with our guests about what they do outside of playing WoW. Daught is the crazier of the two as he actually raids with two other guilds besides <Midwinter>. The man either loves raiding, or has a problem!

Moving from that, Bay asks our guests when they first started tanking, and then what made them continue tanking. Both situations are oddly similar; because no one else would tank! In a similar vein they are asked what made them switch to Brewmasters from the classes they were originally playing. Each of them felt the class was too good to pass up for their kind of progression and made the switch willingly.

With a new class comes growing pains as we’ve seen with Mistweavers and Windwalkers. Interestingly enough, Brewmasters didn’t need to be changed nearly as much as their counterparts, resulting in a very smooth tanking style. However, as with all classes there are some quality of life tweaks necessary.  Luun goes into what he feels would help the class and takes a (not so) slight jab at Death Knight tanks. Ouch!

After the break, we get into the more technical side of playing a Brewmaster. Daught explains the relationship between Chi and Energy and how it works as a tank, but it’s so simple that Bay is slightly confused that it was quite literally a 1-sentence explanation! Silly Bay. Each guest then takes turns talking about using CDs, timing Guard properly, and explaining how Stagger works. Luun then goes into a very interesting discussion about Brewmaster stats and how they pertain to tanking at that level of progression.

We finish off the show with Tips, Tricks and Secrets for Brewmaster tanks and our viewer Q&A.

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

Blizzcon 2013 Recap Wrapup - Episode 16

Happy Blizzcon Hangover, Mobs and Minions! This week is ALL about Blizzcon with our Blizzcon Wrapisode (really, Bay? Wrapisode?). Bay and Ana sit down with our guests Affinitii of <Blood Legion> and Reesi of <CFT> (yours truly!) and talk about all the changes coming to World of Warcraft in Warlords of Draenor.  Beware: Anafielle rages are rampant this show; along with Affinitii as he gives her a run for her money.

We start off the show with the usual backgrounds of each of the guests and then quickly transition into a discussion about Blizzcon. For Bay, Reesi and Affinitii it was their first ever live experience; For Ana, her third. Each talk about their own experiences with Blizzcon and what it was like attending such a huge event, as well as what kind of panels were attended and what meet ups went on. Bay met Ghostcrawler and Ana had a complete fangirl moment with Mike Morhaime.

Also, Reesi was apparently Patient Zero at Blizzcon. If you got sick after attending, blame her!

After everyone talks about their Blizzcon experience, Bay moves on to talk about the changes to gear in Warlords. It is a very big deal for progression guilds as it gives them more control over loot. And, sorry Affinitii, you’re just never going to get gear. In addition to the armor changes, they go on to discuss the removal of some stats as well as the addition of tertiary stats. Psst. Item squish!  - Affinitii, tell us how you really feel on bosses healing all the time?

Wait for it… New raid structure! Everyone on the show is really looking forward to Mythic raiding and the impact on the game of only have one competitive size for raiding.  Reesi talks about it from a 10 man perspective and how she and her guild are going to approach bumping up to Mythic raiding (please, oh please, have a sale on character transfers!) and Bay, Ana and Affinitii talk about what it’s going to mean for top guilds and their progression race.  Balance is another huge aspect, as well.  One difficulty means it will be much easier to balance every fight.

We finish off the show with our Mob and Minion Q&A and discuss whether or not it’d be a good idea to attempt a merger as a 10 man guild going into Mythic raiding.

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