For Azeroth!: A World of Warcraft Podcast

The Race to World First has the conversation focused on hot fixes and balance. As guilds around the globe march on Quel'danas, does uneven progress threaten to overshadow the launch of Midnight?

Sean leads the conversation with Lex and Manny. The trio discuss the joy of the Prey system, the glow up of this expansions delves, and the decreased difficulty of raiding.

Heroic Week for the World of Warcraft. Lex and Manny discuss class balance, exploits, bans, and more as Season 1 of Midnight begins.

There may be issues in Midnight but are we too in to the honeymoon phase to notice? Decor becomes the center of controversy, The Key to the Arcantina teleport proves difficult not to be exploitive, and more news floods in before Season 1 even begins.

Early Access is the new normal for Lex, Sean is casually throwing his life at all the tanks, and the gang is wondering where all the time went as we give our first impressions of Midnight.

Lex, Manny, and a returning Sean discuss upgrade costs, player power in player housing, and the dream of greater character customization.

Lex and Manny swap conspiracy theories about the new animated short Xal'atath: Supremacy, contrast against the first Midnight Trailer, and then discuss the Disney-fication of the World of Warcraft.

Is this the best or worst prepatch ever? It seems to depend on who you ask. Lex and Sean discuss their takes on the lead up to the next expansion, and then discuss the future of the Warcraft IP as hinted at by Ion Hazzikostaz and Holly Longdale.

Lex and Sean are joined by Manny to cover what is coming for the World of Warcraft in 2026. There are reveals and raids coming between all Blizzcon and all the bosses.

Has Elemental Shaman been turned up to 11 or has the spark faded from the spec in Midnight? Theorycrafter and guidewriter, HawkCorrington explores the shocking truth as we head into Midnight.

Sean and Lex carry on without Manny this week. Lex looks back at Warcraft 1, and the evolution of Warcraft's story telling. The duo gives first impressions of the new reality in the pre-launch patch of Midnight, including transmog trauma, having their UI usurped, and housing endeavors.

Midnight looms on the horizon. Is the future of Mistweavers clear? Manny sits down with guide writer, Swirl in this deep dive into the throughput healer spec.

The gang is feeling the hype after a PC Gamer Housing interview and a new affix for Midnight season 1!

Details concerning the end of the season and data-mined changes paint a more clear picture of the Midnight Pre-patch. We go through the rework of transmog to discuss the pros, the cons, and the new fit.

Wordup lends shares his insights into the state of Enhancement Shaman on the Midnight Beta.

Lex, Sean, and Manny discuss the last Midnight Beta Build of the year, hopes for the 2026, and all the latest Warcraft news.

The spirit of player housing has inspired Lex, Manny, and even Sean to decorate. Midnight Raid testing may have broken the crew; but, dungeons give hope to the improvements through Midnight Beta testing.

Lex is decking the halls. Sean searches for mistletoe. No, wait. That is later in the month. Right now, housing is the talk of the town! Midnight continues to develop with news that is giving Sean reason to cheer. The schedule for season 1 of Midnight is revealed as Sean worries for the poor 0.1%. News Housing 1st Impressions The talk of the town is the town as Warcraft early access opens up to all who have purchased the upcoming Midnight expansion. Links Housing Early Access Trailer | World of Warcraft: MidnightWhat's Next for WoW Housing? Interview with Devs Jay Hwang and Garth DeAngelis 11.2.7 is Here The prologue to the midnight expansion is live in NA and EU. Midnight Prologue CampaignRevamped New and Returning Player ExperienceLorewalking: ElvesPandaren Heritage ArmorTurbulent Timeways (through to Feb 9th)Brawler’s Guild (Next Week) Links https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2424444211.2.7 The Warning Launch Trailer | World of Warcraft Dungeon Philosophy in Action Changes to the dungeons begin reflecting the team’s new philosophies. Standardized short castImportant casts with 4 sec or greater cast timeReduced number of castersBolt-slop reduced damageAnti Focus Fire behaviorCast Audio Notification (player and target) Links New Interrupt Philosophy Showcased in Midnight's Mythic+ Testing - Wowhead News Seeing Red Combat Addons are still allowed to provide a competitive advantage as Blizzard reneges on the entire reason for the addon de-escalation. Through a use of conditionals Platynator was able to color code:BossesLieutenantsCastersMeleeMinor enemiesCasters would only change to their colour when they first cast an interruptible spell.Blizzard has said this is okay but has not made any commitment to put this functionality into the default UI. Links Color-Coding Enemy Nameplates is Returning in Midnight - Wowhead News Midnight Epic Edition Contest is over Congratulations to Pandachow, NickBeresford, and Random.ffxiv

Sean and Manny discuss the developments on the Midnight Beta as the next expansion gets a release date. We enter the home stretch with pre-expansion events and early access on our doorstep. Launch Date Revealed Mark your Calendars. Midnight launches on the 2nd of March, 2026. World of Warcraft®: Midnight™ Goes Live March 2!Midnight Arrives 3.2.26 | World of Warcraft World of Decorcraft: Azeroth’s Next Top Builder A Panel of judges are searching the neighbourhoods of Azeroth to find the most beautiful and most creative player houses. Check Out World of Decorcraft December 2-10Apply here Damaged Meters Over the weekend, Kaivax took to the forums to provide context to the state of the damage meters on the beta. Feedback: Damage Meters - Page 2 - Midnight Beta Test - World of Warcraft Forums. Transmog Troubles Datamined transmog details created an uproar amongst the community. It Costs Up to 5,700 Gold to Save a Full Set of Transmog to an Outfit Slot in Midnight - Wowhead NewsTransmog Beta Updates - November 25Warband transmog slots - #2 by Kaivax - Midnight Beta Test - World of Warcraft Forums Mythic+ Changes and Impressions Changes have come fast and without preamble on the beta. The 2 of the 4 returning dungeons for Midnight season 1 have received adjustments. Feedback: Midnight Season 1 Dungeon Testing November 18 - December 2Nameplates somewhat improved Voidspire Last Boss The Last Boss of Midnight's First Tier Shows Off Blizzard's New Encounter Design - Wowhead News

Raid Testing and Dungeon testing have commenced and the current reality of the add-on replacements hits home. Was last week's anxiety justified?

The Midnight Beta is Live. Raid Testing is Scheduled. As the March on the next Warcraft Expansion moves on the crew questions if we are going too fast, too slow, or both simultaneously. The Warning Overlooked Midnight Prologue: The WarningDec 2nd in NAVereesa Windrunner and Arator investigate visions and prophesiesAs a part of the content update, players who have added Midnight to their account will gain access to Housing Early Access.Updated New Player ExperienceNew Lorewalking: The Elves of Quel'Thalas allows players to learn about the origins of the Blood Elves and the Void Elves.The Lich King’s assault on the SunwellThe tainting of the Sunwell by Alleria Windrunner, and the creation of the Void ElvesPandaren Heritage ArmorTurbulent Timeways returns10 weeks of Timewalking6 new dungeons from the ShadowlandsThe Brawler’s GuildDec 9New bossesRevised encounter orderRewards including Housing Decor Links Midnight Prologue: “The Warning” Content Update Goes Live December 2! Play with the Blues: Midnight Pre-Launch Event Mon Nov 1711:00 PST - 13:00 PSTRealm: Midnight Prelaunch EventThe realm will become available when the event begins and will remain open after the event ends for a short period of time for those who still want to test out the pre-launch event.Requirements: Copy a character from the live servers to participate in the test.The quest “The Cult Within” will begin a chain that will lead players to the Twilight Highlands in the Eastern Kingdoms.The event repeats quickly and can be tracked in the map.The build will be based on Midnight so there will be class changes Links Play with the Blues: Midnight Pre-Launch Event - November 17 Midnight Beta New with the beta: Allied Race: HaranirCOMBAT TUNINGDevelopers’ notes: As Midnight transitions into beta, tuning will quickly start happening at a much more rapid pace. We are working to get things into a better tuned state to ensure quality playtesting and feedback from both internal and external sources. This tuning will come in various stages and won’t all happen at once, but a few notable changes are happening that feel worth discussing slightly more:Several classes will see some generic increases or decreases to their overall throughput amounts. Most of this right now is to coincide with “zeroing out” some passive modifiers attached to the class or spec that was adjusting their throughput. Rather than continue to tweak this number up and down, most of them have been set to zero. In some cases, we adjusted the spec’s tuning up or down to compensate for the change. In other cases, we felt it was ok to not adjust the spec’s throughput and just return the values to zero.Melee classes are starting to see an increase to their auto-attack damage dealt either in this week’s update or in the coming week’s updates. Auto-attacking is a part of melee characters, and we want to make sure that an appropriate amount of damage is being attributed to your auto-attacks while engaged in combat.All healers had a 20% increase to their damage dealt this week. We are monitoring the rate at which they can complete content while solo and felt that a boost to their offensive throughput would be appropriate.NEW ACCESSIBILITY FEATURE: COMBAT AUDIO ALERTSCombat audio alerts have been added for reading your target’s name and announcing when your target dies, when combat starts, and when combat ends.Transmog is disabled for the week.Next Week: Limited Raid TestingUpdated Transmog SystemMythic+ DungeonsMidnight Season 1 DungeonsUpper-tier DelvesHousing - Night Elf and Blood Elf exterior decorAdditional User Interface Updates Links Midnight Beta Test Development Notes - #18 by Linxyhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe26_kqAy4ypSkmpRiO_eJQyvcp0el5PKcUTO0ZrYu4qi3-eQ/viewform Raid Testing Midnight Raid Testing Schedule