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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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#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
Transcribe →#308: The Patch 12.0 Quiz and Farewell, Remix!
Jan 1901:14:30Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, and Eric are back and so is Kura now that he's feeling better to talk about Patch 12.0 and what is coming in the pre-patch for Midnight! But first, Rei talks briefly about what is going on in Minnesota. Everyone stay safe out there! Next, she talks about how with the expansion imminent, it is a time for just hanging out and chilling with the guild doing random activities. She also talks about running mythics and she and Nick discuss cc abilities that are hidden in the talent tree. Next, the gang discusses Legion: Remix and fighting mobs on the Heroic Tier as well as gathering herbs and ore, and some of the class order halls. Eric talks about running Manaforge for the last few times and how he is rusty but not dying. He also talks about the fathom dweller secret mount and running mythic+ on Remix. Nick complains about the disc priest hidden artifact appearance. Kura talks about running mythic raids in Remix and working on his healing and tanking. He mentions doing the questline for 11.2.7 and how he is struggling with the delve bosses before the end of the expansion. Next, Nick administers the Patch 12.0 quiz. Find out when all the new content is coming, either in the pre-patch or in Midnight proper! Finally, Nick takes a quick look back at episode 208 when everyone was bracing for an end of Shadowlands drought that never came. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for January 26th 2025 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=59042 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 →#307: Hello, 2026!
Jan 1201:03:03Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, and Eric are back to bid farewell to 2025 and welcome in 2026 and all the exciting happenings coming in World of Warcraft! Rei talks about playing Mario Kart and running the updated Exiles Reach. She thinks the drop rates for quest items are too low. This leads Nick off into a short rant about professions. Rei also mentions that Kalecgos is buggy in the new player experience. But she did have a good pug with another WoW couple. Next, they talk about housing decorating and also Legion Remix which is wrapping up soon. Eric talks about speed leveling in Remix and how he has been enjoying that. Finally, they share what they are looking forward to in 2026, and Nick reveals his Minecraft in WoW theory. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for January 26th 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/3q1 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 →#306: Player Housing and Technical Difficulties
Jan 201:05:24Tap to summarizeNick, Rei, Eric, and Kurabara are back to talk about everything they've been up to in Patch 11.2.7. Nick and Kura talk about their efforts to not succomb and buy a digital edition of Midnight and how they failed to hold the line so they have been enjoying player housing as much as everyone else. They also talk about their ongoing efforts in Legion: Remix. They discuss the length of the Suramar campaign, and the many achievements available in Legion, both from when Legion was current content and those that were added for Remix. Thank you for listening to WoW! Talk! Our next live show is scheduled for December 29th 2025 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://mtb.gg/3pw 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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