
Episode 9 - First Raid Clear of…Dazar’alor?
06/22/24 • 69 min
1 Listener
Previous Episode

Episode 8 – So You Want to Start WoW NoW?
Episode 8 – So You Want to Start WoW NoW? Show Notes The Basics of WoW •What is an MMORPG (and why is this a solo podcast?) •What is WoW? ◦Scene - Azeroth, Draenor, Argus and other planets in the universe ◦High-fantasy world of physical combat, magic, cosmic forces, politics, conflict, and the lives of various everyday characters of many races ◦Timeline of WoW ◦Predecessors RTS I, II, III •Retail vs. classics ◦Retail since 2004, expansions 2 years or so; next in late summer, trilogy, so great time to begin! ◦Classic flavors ▪Classic ▪Advancing classic flavors, now WotLK, soon Cata ▪Hardcore mode ▪SoD Into Azeroth for the First Time •Server types and populations and choosing ◦Character creation screen ◦Factions ◦Races, classes, specs, roles, armor classes ◦Customizations •Talents - points every level that enable choice of new spells, abilities •Who are you playing with and how do you want to play? •Exile’s Reach vs. starting zones – both have their benefits •How to level ◦Chromie time after first character. Will be leveling right now through BfA for first time. Can also start in WoW Remix MoP. ◦Expansion summaries and history ◦Suggestion for leveling ◦This is a good place to list all of the expansions and give a brief rundown. ◦Quests, XP, gold, reading text or not ◦Gear – levels, BoE, BoP, Soulbound, Warbound, Account-bound End of Part I of Starting WoW NoW - but more to come! Outro Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, my lovely wife, and you for listening. If you want to support the show, SoloQueueWoW at Patreon.com Thank you to current patrons, Andrew, Righteous Bandy, and ThatSkyGuy! Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest. You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Good luck choosing which version of WoW to immerse yourself in. “I'll see you out there."
Next Episode

Episode 10 – How Do You Solo? Interview with Gin!
Episode 10 – How Do You Solo Interview with Gin! Show Notes Welcome to Episode 10! – 3:25 Introducing...Gin! – 4:37 1.Finding WoW 2.Warcraft II music holds up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwWh1xy6gvU 3.History as a raider and social aspects of WoW – 15:30 4.How does Gin solo? Story or single-player challenges, like Delves – 28:30 5.Delves as the evolution of WoW’s single-player experience and the Great Vault 6.Content creation, introverts, milkshakes, and a love of history/lore – 37:20 7.What it takes to buy into the lore – 46:10 8.Kyndi! By the way, Dave apologizes for the mistake. Kyndi is a gnome, not a goblin. 9.What it takes to be a successful content creator (asking for a friend...) – 54:10 10.A little love for Ali! – 56:06 11.Future of WoW podcasting and content creation and the Gin’s Joint channel – 59:45 12.The challenge of...distance running, Boston, and the marathon nerf bat – 1:07:50 https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/qualify 13.Lightning Round! – 1:16:08 14.Final Thoughts: TWW outlook, WoW moving in a good story direction – 1:22:28 Outro •Thanks to Blizzard and OGRE for audio, my lovely wife, and you for listening. •If you want to support the show, SoloQueueWoW at Patreon.com •Thank you to current patrons, Andrew, Righteous Bandy, and ThatSkyGuy! And welcome free patrons Max and Eddie! •Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest. •Sounds from Blizzard and OGRE – the laughter was for me rocking the OGRE shirt on camera. #dontplaymuted •You can contact me at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. (I know, for the first time, I misspelled “soloqueuewow” leaving out the extra “ue”. Bully for you if you caught that, super-listener.) •Follow Gin on Twitter/X @ginsjoint and check out his work on the podcast Live, Laugh, Lore or at his YouTube channel Gin’s Joint (not Rick’s Café, ifykyk) “We will see you out there." See you real soon for Episode 11, the July monthly episode!
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/solo-queue-a-world-of-warcraft-podcast-296649/episode-9-first-raid-clear-ofdazaralor-56664503"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to episode 9 - first raid clear of…dazar’alor? on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy