Episode 21 – Undermine, You Get My Drift?
03/03/25 • 140 min
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Episode 21 – Undermine, You Get My Drift?
Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 21! – 8:58
Busy world in life, in game, and in podcast. Lots of 11.1 going on!
“What have you done lately?” – 16:17
- Love is in the Air recap
- Library in our Player Housing when?
- Barely hitting the 2000 points for the Trading Post
- An unexpected and difficult adventure to earn the Troll Heritage Armor
Main Topic: First Laps Around Undermine and Patch 11.1 – 36:03
- First thoughts of Undermine and connections to the OG Goblin starting zone of Kezan
- First playthrough NOT on my Night Elf Druid main, Human Paladin instead on a whim
- Opening cinematic and Orweyna do tie Undermine to TWW storyline
- Missing voice lines for Renzik the Shiv? https://gamerant.com/world-of-warcraft-patch-11-1-renzik-voice-acting-missing/
- Also, run, don’t walk to check out the new audio short story, Tipping Point! https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/media/audio/Warcraft%20Short%20Story
- Undermine the city – too much straight story; incredible detail; DRIVE is tricky at first but growing on me; SCRAP piles are fine; doing the jobs in DRIVE is a bit of a time sink; reached 2/6 storylines; one Delve down, one to go; skybox is hilarious; Bilge Rat Swabbie’s Brush mop transmog acquired; what is CHETT and how do I get the amazing double rocket-pack?
Drink of the Month – 1:13:30
Is this a dry town? Went with an IRL Old Fashioned instead.
Question of the Month – 1:16:18
Results - What should the next playable race be?
15 races suggested, but the top three vote getters were Naga, Arakkoa, and, by a landslide, Sethrak!
New question: What has you excited about WoW? For me, it is story and story delivery.
News – 1:24:52
- Warband camp scenes and ability to create new camps now available
- 30th Anniversary event in London looked good; hoping to get to it in Boston AND hopefully land an dev interview of some sort
- Welcome back podcast Realm Maintenance and congrats to Ease and family on birth of their first child!
- Twitch drop is Tock the Clocker Spaniel – a must get
- WoW services and other stuff sale – might have bought some realm transfers
- Why Kalimdor Cup as 11.1 launches?
- Map adds the Events tab to track Ongoing and Timed events
- 1 introduces 2 new Delves, Dungeon
- Raid schedule and Story Mode only comes week 2 (#followerraids when?)
Raid of the Month: Firelands (Cataclysm) – 1:39:57
One of the most loved raids in the game? When you add raid achievements, there are three solid mounts to chase here. I have the rare ground mount, I do not yet have the super rare flying mount, and I am one achievement away from the third one. In this episode, I bring you along as I try to sew up that last achievement. Do I get it? Does Charlie Brown ever kick the football?
Verdict on Firelands– 2:05:00
Yes. This is a simple verdict. Park a toon or two or many in Hyjal.
SQ Mailbox – 2:08:07
Voila and comments show up on Spotify! Some praise and one former listener who seemed to take issue with a single sentence from a single episode. I have a response to that.
Outro – 2:16:37
- Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, my lovely and supportive wife, and you for listening.
- Hoping OGRE will write the song “Mai'Zoth the Unkillable” for me
- Support the show at Patreon.com/SoloQueueWoW
- Thank you to patrons, Andrew, Righteous Bandy, ThatSkyGuy, Cyn, and Snek of Vol’dun!
- Thanks to free patrons Max, Eddie, Bear, Jon, Friends of Wumpus, Sean, Lavie, Curro, Aronaar, Aedan, Guardian Sandy, and Alice!
- Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest. Leave a 5-star rating and a written review to help grow Solo Queue.
- You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
“I will see you out there."
Episode 21 – Undermine, You Get My Drift?
Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 21! – 8:58
Busy world in life, in game, and in podcast. Lots of 11.1 going on!
“What have you done lately?” – 16:17
- Love is in the Air recap
- Library in our Player Housing when?
- Barely hitting the 2000 points for the Trading Post
- An unexpected and difficult adventure to earn the Troll Heritage Armor
Main Topic: First Laps Around Undermine and Patch 11.1 – 36:03
- First thoughts of Undermine and connections to the OG Goblin starting zone of Kezan
- First playthrough NOT on my Night Elf Druid main, Human Paladin instead on a whim
- Opening cinematic and Orweyna do tie Undermine to TWW storyline
- Missing voice lines for Renzik the Shiv? https://gamerant.com/world-of-warcraft-patch-11-1-renzik-voice-acting-missing/
- Also, run, don’t walk to check out the new audio short story, Tipping Point! https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/media/audio/Warcraft%20Short%20Story
- Undermine the city – too much straight story; incredible detail; DRIVE is tricky at first but growing on me; SCRAP piles are fine; doing the jobs in DRIVE is a bit of a time sink; reached 2/6 storylines; one Delve down, one to go; skybox is hilarious; Bilge Rat Swabbie’s Brush mop transmog acquired; what is CHETT and how do I get the amazing double rocket-pack?
Drink of the Month – 1:13:30
Is this a dry town? Went with an IRL Old Fashioned instead.
Question of the Month – 1:16:18
Results - What should the next playable race be?
15 races suggested, but the top three vote getters were Naga, Arakkoa, and, by a landslide, Sethrak!
New question: What has you excited about WoW? For me, it is story and story delivery.
News – 1:24:52
- Warband camp scenes and ability to create new camps now available
- 30th Anniversary event in London looked good; hoping to get to it in Boston AND hopefully land an dev interview of some sort
- Welcome back podcast Realm Maintenance and congrats to Ease and family on birth of their first child!
- Twitch drop is Tock the Clocker Spaniel – a must get
- WoW services and other stuff sale – might have bought some realm transfers
- Why Kalimdor Cup as 11.1 launches?
- Map adds the Events tab to track Ongoing and Timed events
- 1 introduces 2 new Delves, Dungeon
- Raid schedule and Story Mode only comes week 2 (#followerraids when?)
Raid of the Month: Firelands (Cataclysm) – 1:39:57
One of the most loved raids in the game? When you add raid achievements, there are three solid mounts to chase here. I have the rare ground mount, I do not yet have the super rare flying mount, and I am one achievement away from the third one. In this episode, I bring you along as I try to sew up that last achievement. Do I get it? Does Charlie Brown ever kick the football?
Verdict on Firelands– 2:05:00
Yes. This is a simple verdict. Park a toon or two or many in Hyjal.
SQ Mailbox – 2:08:07
Voila and comments show up on Spotify! Some praise and one former listener who seemed to take issue with a single sentence from a single episode. I have a response to that.
Outro – 2:16:37
- Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, my lovely and supportive wife, and you for listening.
- Hoping OGRE will write the song “Mai'Zoth the Unkillable” for me
- Support the show at Patreon.com/SoloQueueWoW
- Thank you to patrons, Andrew, Righteous Bandy, ThatSkyGuy, Cyn, and Snek of Vol’dun!
- Thanks to free patrons Max, Eddie, Bear, Jon, Friends of Wumpus, Sean, Lavie, Curro, Aronaar, Aedan, Guardian Sandy, and Alice!
- Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest. Leave a 5-star rating and a written review to help grow Solo Queue.
- You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
“I will see you out there."
Previous Episode
Episode 20 – The 1st Annual State of the Warcraft World Conversation with Gershom!
Episode 20 – The 1st Annual State of the Warcraft World Conversation with Gershom!
Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 20! – 3:10
Solo Queue welcomes back Gershom, co-host of the Thrall’s Balls podcast and a big early supporter of me and this show one year after being the first How Do You Solo? Interview guest.
We are here to talk about the state of World of Warcraft just before the 11.1 content release. We look back a little, forward a little, but mostly talk about what we are liking and looking forward to in the World of Warcraft.
- Delves
- Follower Dungeons
- The shortcomings of Story Mode (#followerraids)
- Warbands
- The occasional lack of patience of some WoW players
- The flexible delivery of story in WoW
- The pace of the current trilogy expansions
- What the heck is Beledar (Sargeras’s sword?)
- Which big characters are not going to survive the trilogy (I call my shot – Arator)
- Potential for new racial starting zones
- Player Housing
- Is there more story to come on the demise of Dalaran?
Enjoy!
Outro – 1:43:43
- Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, my lovely wife, and you for listening.
- Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest. Leave a 5-star rating and a review to help grow Solo Queue.
- Support the show at Patreon.com/SoloQueueWoW
- Thank you to patrons, Andrew, Righteous Bandy, ThatSkyGuy, Cyn, and Snek of Vol’dun!
- You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
- Thanks Gershom! Find her at X/Twitter and Bluesky @huntergershom, Instagram @huntergeRRshom (that extra r tho!), thrallsballs.com to join the Thrall’s Ball Discord, and find Thrall’s Ball podcast on your feed of choice.
“WE will see you out there."
Next Episode
Episode 22 – Bookending Gallywix, Best NPC Tournament, and Putting Light into the World
Episode 22 – Bookending Gallywix, Best NPC Tournament, and Putting Light into the World
Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 22! – 3:06
- Big thanks to Ease, the host of Realm Maintenance, for interviewing me for that podcast a couple weeks ago; great conversation about WoW, 11.1, and Solo Queue; check it out on your podcast feed of choice or (hopefully) it will hit YouTube in video form
- A trimmed down episode for “early” March
- Goblin starting zone revision
- 1 discussion
- Brief news segment
- The Main Event – Tournament of 64 launch!
- But first, indulge me for a few minutes...
Special Topic: Podcasthon, Watts of Love, and Raising Awareness of the Power of Charitable Giving, All Through Podcasts Like This One – 7:30
Podcasthon is a global effort running this week on more than 1,000 podcasts worldwide in which podcasts are choosing a charity of their choice to highlight. This is part of a wider effort to raise awareness for the continued need for altruism and charitable giving in the world.
I chose to have Solo Queue to participate because I agree with that message of doing something in your power to help in your own way.
Solo Queue is highlighting Watts of Love, a non-profit dedicated to giving solar lamps to households and communities that lack electrical power all over the world. Watts of Love also helps reinvest the money saved my not purchasing kerosene or other power sources. Solo Queue and my family are donating $100 to Watts of Love because I am impressed with their mission and their reputation as a charity.
My call to action for you, the Solo Crew of listeners, is to find a way for you to lend assistance to those in need in a way that is meaningful to you. If it is also donating to Watts of Love, great! Go for it! If it is donating to a charity of your choice, be it local or one with a wider mission, also great! Maybe it is volunteering. You may have skills that can benefit a charity just as much, if not more, than money. Please do what you can. That is my request. Drop me a message or email and let me know what you did. Thanks.
Watts of Love: https://www.wattsoflove.org/
Podcasthon: https://podcasthon.org/
“What have you done lately?” – 18:17
- Revisiting the Goblin starting zone storyline in Kezan and the Lost Isles by starting my 65th character (yes, that is the cap); similarities to Undermine; story line is long and interesting; why does Thrall choose to put Gallywix back in charge and how does he have that power?
- My thoughts on the full story of 11.1 [THERE WILL BE STORY SPOILERS], including the Delves, Operation Floodgate dungeon (on Follower mode), Liberation of Undermine raid (NOT on Follower mode, just Story Mode - #followerraids), and the final storyline, Homecoming
- Delve gearing video on Icy Veins: https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/news/get-item-level-639-649-gear-every-week-fast-optimal-delve-gearing-strategy/
- My idea for Blizzard – Solo Questing Mode for an immersive experience!
News – 1:04:34
- Video from Blizzard: Building Azeroth: The Liberation of Undermine. Check it out! Lots of visual effects creation talk and that audio and sound creation, a topic near to my podcasting heart!
- Another Video from Blizz: 11 Solo Activities in Undermine. Hosted by HazelNuttyGames. She walks through activities solo players can tackle.
- Huge housing update. The WoWhead article is here: https://www.wowhead.com/news/how-decorating-your-house-will-work-in-player-housing-new-dye-feature-375821. Focused on interior decoration, the level of detail and customization exceeds what most of us were expecting.
- And BlizzCon will return! Well, in 18 months or so. Mark your calendars for September 12-13, 2026. You might even see me there for my first BlizzCon.
Main Topic: The First Annual Solo Queue Tournament of 64 to Determine the Best NPC in WoW – 1:18:02
64 NPCs square off against each other in a bracket-style tournament to determine who is “the best.” That can mean whatever you want. Voting determines who advances to the next round. Here are the directions:
- Each round will be live on social media (Bluesky, Twitter/X, Insta, Facebook, Threads) for 3 days.
- Reply to a post or DM or email me at [email protected] with your votes for who wins each matchup in e...
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