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WoW! Talk! – Warcraft News and Guild Life
Hosted by Mash Those Buttons · EN
WoW! Talk! is Mash Those Button's bi-weekly podcast about World of Warcraft. Expect to hear news, rumors, and just the general on goings in the WoW world.
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#318: It was the Worst of Times, It was the Worst of Times
1w ago01:12:21Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft! First, Rei talks about what they have learned in the L'ura fight in Voidspire thus far. She talks about how the ping actions can be useful if your pug is receptive to them. She and the others discuss how the One Button Rotation button is fitting into their playstyles. Rei mentions that their raid team has been regularly undermanned and she talks about recognizing team members by their gear. Eric talks about L'ura and where that ranks amongst his least favorite raid bosses ever. He also talks about tanking and raid performance. Kurabara talks about getting his Death Knight leveled up. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=59116 Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#319: The Patch 12.0.7 Quiz
1w ago01:35:24Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft! After a brief celebration for the Knicks winning the NBA championship, Rei talks about her experiences with pugging to fill out the raid team roster for Voidspire. First, she got denied for having too many people. Then the following night they joined a massive pug and got Ahead of the Curve. There were also some add-ons that did not work when too many people were talking. Next, Eric provided his top 5 best and worst raid bosses in WoW. Then, Kura talked about gearing his DK and watching other DKs play and how they struggle. Nick then gives the Patch 12.0.7 quiz. Find out what you need to know is coming in the Midnight Revelations patch. Then, Nick talks about the state of the MMO and gaming industry. He talks about Destiny 2 being sunset and wonders if WoW could also have that fate. Then he talks about Microsoft and their struggles in the gaming industry, and is worried about layoffs that could be coming for Blizzard. He also talks about Guild Wars 3 being announced and how that has people excited for the possibility of WoW 2. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for June 29th, 2026 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us onBluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=59112 Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#317: Power Man 3000
May 1701:06:12Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about what is going on in World of Warcraft. This week Rei starts off talking about how people should be showing up to raid prepared with enchants on their gear. Then she talks about how unprepared people can cause other guild members to become disgruntled. This leads to a discussion of the One Button Rotation and how pet bars have been bugged. Rei also mentions how losing power caused her to drop from a group and she claims that a 3K M+ rating is easy to obtain this season. They also talk about experiences playing Decor Duels. Eric talks about how they are progressing in raid and how they got the last Voidspire boss down to 8%. He also has been leveling in timewalking. Kurabara talks about how his M+ rating is only 2600 but he is still overperforming on M+. His in game damage meter keeps disabling itself and he is working on leveling Horde characters. In the news, a new toy for taking boss kill screenshots is coming in 12.0.7 and expectations are that 12.0.7 will release on June 16th. Nick then asks everyone how they are feeling about the state of the game and the pace of content. Finally, they take a look back at episode 217. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for June 1st 2026 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/3r4 Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#315: The Patch 12.0.5 Quiz
Apr 2101:14:13Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk all about what is coming in Patch 12.0.5! But first, email wowtalk@mash.gg for your chance to win a Thunder-Ridged Elekk courtesy of Blizzard for the release of Patch 12.0.5! Then, Rei talks about needing more people for raiding and how guild members are struggling to learn the fights. Then, she talks about how belt drops may be broken as people are unable to roll on them as expected. This leads to a discussion about transmog and gearing through LFR. She also caught up with an old friend in Wintergrasp. Eric then talks about beating the dreamrift raid on normal and getting to 4 of 6 on Voidspire Heroic. He also complains about capping his crests as he does not care for Voidlight Marl. Kura talks about leveling up and gearing his characters while his wife is struggling to run delves at ilvl 222. He also talks about the benefits of a widescreen monitor. Finally, we take that Patch 12.0.5 quiz to find out what is coming with the patch on Tuesday. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for May 4th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/3qx Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#314: Mythic+, Raids, and Videos
Apr 2001:00:32Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back to talk about what's going on in WoW. Rei talks about running mythics and managing her bank. Eric talks about raiding the Dreamrift and doing Prey on Nightmare difficulty. Kurabara talks about mythic keys and the Devourer Demon Hunter spec. The gang then talks about the recent A Place to Call Home animated video and Holly's recent Q&A. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for April 20th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/3qw Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#313: So Much to Do, So Little Time
Mar 2601:18:33Tap to summarizeNick’s neck betrayed him and so here we are, three manning the podcast! We’ve started the first season of Midnight and it was a pleasant time for all in Mythic zeros as they are now on a daily reset. Eric has picked up the Demonology spec again since Warlords of Draenor and has been having fun. Being low attendance for the start of a new expansion has been a little different than how it has been typically, but it still went well overall. He is enjoying the Prey activities and especially the Grudge Pit delve because there is no moving around an entire zone to finish. Kura finally managed to finish the leveling campaign and there is just SO much to do and enjoying that there is so much content. He noticed that his Death Knight felt a little off and ended up doing some research and found that there were changes and adjusted accordingly! The DK along with other classes will be getting some nerf reversals, other nerfs, and changes so it should help across the board. Kura, much like Rei, has been getting lost in Silvermoon, but it can be helped, where’s a guard when you need one?! His poor monitor almost biffed it, but he caught it before it met an ultimate demise and hopefully be back to its usual state by raid. Rei saw a new listener come in and ask about rating for this expansion and let it be known as of this episode – Eric and Kura give it a nine, Rei says 7½ or an 8 due to just a little lack of the player base togetherness, which is not on Blizz by any means. Besides that, she’s still disappointed at people who always want to come raid and after double checking with requirements and expectations, the people will still no show along with no calling out to boot! Same with applicants that leave notes to be interested as well. She still has gripes about Brann and now Valeera not being markable, when NPCs all over can be, what gives? And she touched a little of the Bot Battlegrounds – she sees they will focus on the healer when in range. They are doing their job. As we go back a hundred episodes, Order of Corrupted Souls downed Heroic Lihuvim and getting to Phase 03 of Halondrus, which apparently gave some a little bit of trauma. Still doing Mythic+ runs and making friends. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk!. Our next live show is scheduled for 03.30.26 at 10:30 pm EST at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. The podcast will be up at the typical bi-weekly release of 04.08.26. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/3qr Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#312: Mid-Knight
Mar 1101:03:25Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back this week to talk about their experience playing Midnight now that it is live! Rei talks about doing max level activities at level 90 with the guild. She also points out that Valeera should be markable in delves. They then discuss the Dark Heart trinket that came with the Midnight Collectors Edition. Rei also mentions doing content in the Forbidden Reach in Dragonflight for her Endeavors. Also, she warns everyone to not fly through the Sunwell Beam over Silvermoon. Rei also observes that there is a line to leave Silvermoon by the Orgrimmar portal. She points out that people in the dungeons this week were extra toxic. Everyone discusses how Follower Dungeons have required some fixes. They then talk about learning the dungeon mechanics with a focus on the tasks in Murder Row. Eric then talks about level scaling in dungeons and how lower levels do more damage. He complains about the Harandar objectives being underground on his map. They further discuss the racism of the Blood Elves in Silvermoon, and talk about how professions are feeling in early Midnight. Kurabara was able to max out his fishing during the show. He also talks about running through the campaign and then one-shotting mobs in old content on the Arator questline. He is enjoying delves and feels Valeera is a better companion than Brann. He talks about Turalyon's attitude and then everyone discusses the Arcantina. In the news, Blizzard released a Spring Blossom bundle that many players felt was exploitative and Blizzard had to adjust the price. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for March 23rd 2026 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=59069 Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#311: Farewell The War Within and Phil Spencer
Mar 501:26:54Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kura are back this week to talk about what has been going on in World of Warcaft. First, Rei talks about how things are still going in Minnesota. Then she talks about how the recent talent changes did not affect her. Next, she brings up a pug raid that went terrible. She also talks about getting a hacked message in Battle.Net, and some of the mounts she has earned lately. Eric talks about how they were able to defeat the entire Manaforge: Omega raid with only one tank. He and Rei also got the Incognitro secret mount. He and Nick get into a discussion of bank management, which leads to the conclusion that you should always sell everything. Kura talks about how he has been practicing his tanking and how he is waiting on getting his CE. He and Nick talk about the state of Hearthstone. The gang takes a quick look back at the War Within to decide where it ranks amongst the other expansions. In the news, Blizzard has released two more animated cinematics leading to Midnight: one for Liadrin and one for Arator. Also, Blizzard is teaming with Zillow to promote player housing. And Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond have left Microsoft, leading to concern about the state of XBox and games under Microsoft going forward. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for March 9th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mashthosebuttons.com/?p=59066 Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#310: Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeah!
Mar 401:17:09Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about the state of the World of Warcraft! First, Rei updates us on how things are going in Minnesota. Then, the gang starts talking about how buttons are missing from all specs. Rei got her charter neighborhood open, but Nick wants neighborhoods to be more social. Rei talks about an add-on to track endeavor participation. Nick and Rei discuss some of the delve achievements. Next, they discuss the State of Azeroth video featuring Holly and Ion. Nick comments that all the road maps hint at big announcements at Blizzcon. He then complains about how Ion introduced the housing cinematic, even though it was a nice cinematic. Eric talks about how raiding has been trivialized in the pre-patch. He and Rei are working on some secret achievements. He and Nick discuss the devourer demon hunter meta. As an aside, Nick praises the comments on WoWhead. Kurabara talks about being excited for Prop Hunt coming in patch 12.0.5. He is working on getting his alts to 80 and decorating his Horde house. Finally, they take a quick look back at the announcement of Dragonflight. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for February 23rd 2026 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/3qh Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
Transcribe →#309: Pre-Patch Problems
Jan 2801:34:15Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about how everyone has been enjoying (or not) the 12.0 pre-patch leading into Midnight. Rei starts by letting us know how she is holding up in Minnesota. Then she talks about Legion: Remix and everyone discusses how it suddenly ended early on the last day. They also talk about some of the achievements that could or could not be finished. Next, they talk about running some of the new builds of characters in retail to test their characters after the ability pruning. They also talk about Neighborhood Endeavors and how those are working for everyone. Next, Eric talks about how he does not like stat squishes, but he did enjoy running Heroic Manaforge: Omega this time. He and Kura also tested the Devourer Demon Hunter spec. Kurabara talks about how his Death Knight did not have many abilities pruned. He also brings up how timewalking scaling was broken and now those dungeons are harder. Everyone discusses the new transmog system and the problems with how that was rolled out. Kura says he is looking forward to the pre-patch event starting. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for February 9th 2025 at 10:30 pm E at twitch.tv/mashthosebuttons. For any scheduling updates, please follow us on Bluesky @wowtalk.mash.gg. Send any emails about your thoughts or feedback to wowtalk@mash.gg. Episode URL: https://mtb.gg/3q7 Show Twitter: twitter.com/wowtalkmtb Hosts: Nick Zielenkievicz twitter.com/WookieeBH Rei Liou twitter.com/BishounennoMiko Eric Knutson Cory Treadway twitter.com/kurabaras Thank you for listening to a Mash Those Buttons podcast! You can keep up with all of our podcasts in the following locations. Website: mashthosebuttons.com Twitter: twitter.com/themashnetwork Discord: mash.gg/discord
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