Discord: https://discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren Shaman challenge Level 69 at 1d 6h - got through Outland, now in Northrend - 60-68 seemed very slow A funny thing happened on the way to the Alliance: Restored a previously deleted 110 horde mage, took her to Alliance and weirdness happened Mike Shaman challenge 15 to 38 in one night. Lots of dungeons and dungeon quests. Could get 2-3 levels in a run Rested XP was a waste because you blow right through it. P...
Oct 12, 2017•1 hr
Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4 Patreon: patreon.com/starmike News How was NYCC? There is a listing for Star Trek Discovery on Google Play. Not available yet. Shatner set tour DSC source of technobabble statement. The Orville: Last episode was a kinda crappy copy of TNG’s “A Matter of Time”. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Do u think the actors were embarrassed/ashamed while filming "Plato's Stepchildren"? Star Trek in pop culture: Sent in by Lucas Brown (Twitter). Friends S8, E14. T...
Oct 10, 2017•1 hr
Our thoughts on Episode 4, "The Butcher Cares Not For The Lamb's Cry" Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: patron.com/starmike
Oct 09, 2017•30 min
Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Ren - All shaman challenge! Mike Lots of mog stuff in AQ this week Shaman challenge - got to 15 pretty fast. Was going to play more on Wed. but got sidetracked. This Week - Brewfest ends Friday - Harvest Festival mini holiday on Friday Darkmoon Faire ends Friday Next week: Pet Bonus Experience - 300% pet xp News Legion Q&A No word on artifact appearances yet, but they’d like them to be mogs Exception - the ...
Oct 05, 2017•54 min
Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4 Patreon: patreon.com/starmike News Discovery: Season 2: 2019? (Alex Kurtzman) DSC: Mia Kirshner to play Spock’s mom (Amanda) Lorca’s Tribble was originally written to be a german shepard. Orville: They just keep getting better & better. Though the last one was a vastly better version of “For the World is Hollow”. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Which Trek line had the most emotional impact: “There are 4 lights” or “I have been and always shall be y...
Oct 03, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Our thoughts on Episode 3, "Context is for Kings" Subspace communications Discord: discord.thisweekintrek.com Patreon: patron.com/starmike
Oct 02, 2017•55 min
Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Special guest Christy (@christylou) joins us! Ren: No, the Starlight Beacon does not work in Argus, but decent for Magic of Flight Mike: Siege of Orgrimmar is eternally long (w/Ali) Mount farming This week - 0 Trying to finish up achievements in old raids…..for mounts :D Did ⅘ of the MoP dungeons - forgot to do the fifth. This week in WoW Brewfest continues Tomorrow starts Harvest Festival - honor a fallen hero...
Sep 28, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike News Discovery happened. 9.6 million viewers Discovery episode 15 started filming yesterday. No technobabble. Yay!! Anovos DSC uniforms $425 thru Oct 1. $500 after that. Ship in summer 2018. Orville: They just keep getting better & better. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Who do u think is the most intimidating captain in Trek? For me, it is Sisko. Star Trek in pop culture: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me - NPR, Sep ...
Sep 26, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Discord: https://discord.gg/HsFXzA Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Our thoughts on Episodes 1 and 2 of Star Trek: Discovery
Sep 25, 2017•37 min
Discord: https://discord.gg/0igWZxupFC0N8mH4 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike Special guest Cara (@Xanadara) joins us! Mike: Finished Argus storyline Completely forgot about the new dungeon, will have to do that tonight. Yaaarrrr! Talk like a pirate day. New item - insult book If you’re wondering how to get Steamwheedle rep back - Silk cloth turn-ins http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/6994-Celebrate-Pirate-s-Day-September-19 Spent some time this week playing Fortnite Cara: OOPS I wiped ...
Sep 21, 2017•55 min
Discord: https://discord.gg/HsFXzA Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/starmike News Discovery will have a mirror universe episode (directed by Frakes?) Disc First 4 episode titles: “The Vulcan Hello” “Battle at the Binary Stars” “Context is for Kings” “The butcher’s knife cares not for the lamb’s cry” First 2 hours shown tonight at 5pm. 50th anniversary TOS Polar Lights 1/350 model has amazing decals where originals were crappy. Orville: Better than last week. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Is it u...
Sep 19, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Mike: Farmed for the recipe. Took about 20m. I had 72 Shadow Silk in my inventory (ha! pack rat!) Make 8 Shadoweave Masks. Farmed more silk. Total at the end of the day, over 80k gold. Finished chapter 2 of Argus Bug in a invasion point Naigtal - Spores give 1M damage/tick, kept getting it on rez. Problem - skull mobs walk around, can really hurt you. Spore bug Not a lot of room to move Very hard to do solo unless you know how to maneuver Got my Sulfuras - Hand of Ragnaros Legendary on my DK Ren...
Sep 07, 2017•44 min
News “The blue that dominates the Federation interface designs on Discovery will apparently evolve to something more TOS-like and colorful” New trailer mentions “You are explorers” and “fortune favors the bold”. Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Compared to the first two seasons of TOS, do u feel the acting dropped significantly in the 3rd season? Star Trek in pop culture: TV Show: Ground Floor S1, E3 Part1: Guy explains how he is going to sit in a chair a certain way to impress the boss 00:22 Part...
Sep 06, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Ren: Started on Argus campaign with rogue (as predicted) Still playing Diablo 3 but having some repetitive motion injury issues with right hand Ditched Bagnon for ArkInventory Pleased with TV appearance on THE DEAD FILES - and cancelled Sling (HDTV antenna works great - between that and Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football, Giants season is saved!) Caught 3rd eagle this week Mike: Argus! Wait, it’s only one chapter? Can’t do the dungeon yet What’s this cloth? Spoilers! Chests everywhere Couldn...
Aug 31, 2017•57 min
News Mike visited the Enterprise Bryan Fuller was pushed out because his scripts were months late & overbudget. Discovery S1: Klingon War. S2: Aftermath of Klingon War. S3: in work. Lootcrate Star Trek edition: Every other month starting Dec 2017. $39.99 for 1 or $34.99 for 6 - paid all at once. Anovos now has TNG skants (female only) @jbillingsly60 (Dr Phlox) is now on Twitter. http://www.bbcamerica.com/extras/star-trek-marathon-poll-whats-your-favorite-episode From @Asetisis Ten Forward: C...
Aug 29, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Ren: Cable cutting: Sling TV, HDTV antennas, solutions for watching football Played opening scenario for Argus What is it with night elves and bottled water? Don’t see myself going through this with more than one character Mike: Another legendary (waist) Got it from the world boss on the Isle i909 Working on getting the tokens for the next legendary upgrade. No new mounts. Forgot about Trial of Style News Patch 7.3 NEXT WEEK https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/32790-patch-73-official-patch-no...
Aug 24, 2017•1 hr
News Terry Farrell and Adam Nimoy are engaged QMX insignia badges $14.95 - not screen accurate, but better ones will come soon enough. I have one! http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/08/18/the-william-shatner-interview From @EKavlar (Raven 322) Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: What would be the synopsis of an episode of TOS written by you? Star Trek in pop culture: The Jean Claude Van Damme movie: Death Warrant. 1990. A computer nerd kid is helping his romantic interest do computer things. 00:15 Last...
Aug 22, 2017•1 hr 15 min
Ren: Still feel like I’m waiting around for 7.3 - marking time Love the lighting effects in Dalaran Update on The Dead Files RL achievement: Banded first bald eagle of the year, posted picture on Twitter. Mike: Yes, there’s a level 1 mount SPriest is terrible at leveling, not bad in dungeons (but could be better) Leveled up my DH and *love it* Trial of Style! This week: Legion Dungeon event Spirit of Ech’ero mount for weekly archaeology Trial of Style mini-event starts today and goes til Tuesday...
Aug 17, 2017•51 min
News http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series Shortly before Fontana's report, NBC had replaced its old Nielsen rating system with a new and updated one. When they ran the original figures through their new system they found out much to their surprise that it had not only reached full penetration into their most coveted target audience, the male population between 18 and 45, but also that the series had been one of the most successful series the network had ever aired. T...
Aug 15, 2017•1 hr 15 min
News People on twitter should stop being awful and nasty to the DSC team. Nobody deserves hatred. “There will be technobabble”. The whole “No God” thing was a misunderstanding. It’s allowed. Commercial! https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/status/894641168230694914 James Cawley has a new Fan Film Academy http://trekmovie.com/2017/08/07/les-moonves-tells-cbs-investors-first-six-episodes-of-star-trek-discovery-are-terrific/ Kol has a Starfleet emblem. @isolinearchick noticed. TNG cast reunion (without ...
Aug 08, 2017•1 hr 17 min
Ren: Life invasions > demon invasions WoW - still plugging away at exalted - finished Armies of Legionfall Diablo III -- Season 11 started 8 PM EST on July 20, running a necro - When I checked at 20 hours in, the highest season necro was level 70 and running level 86 greater rifts (GR 60= T13). I was level 8 and grateful for pants. - Necro is level 70 running T4 (GR 17) Mike: How to report a bot Related: Vial of the Sands no longer crowded on the AH This Week: - World Quest Bonus Event - rep ...
Jul 27, 2017•52 min
News So much Discovery news. https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan-35th-anniversary-54342 New Discovery trailer is up. Still no shot of the DSC bridge :D USS Europa Different Klingons? Klingon Death Scream (from TNG) Possible TOS-type uniform Shots of Mudd “Challenge your preconceptions or they will challenge you” (from ENT - Tucker’s Vulcan teacher) Blue phasers! :D Michael’s parents died so Sarek/Amanda adopted her. “We’re creating a new way to fly”. Better warp dri...
Jul 25, 2017•1 hr 22 min
Special guest host Thyst (@thyst03) from Lagging Balls fills in for Ren this week! Thyst: 5/9 Heroic ToS Friend’s Heroic Lockout before KJ BoE farming (10 man group can expect 5-7 drops, 25% warforge rate. i.e, 4 915s, 1-2 920s) Doing Deep Six Brawls Normal Four Piece Mike: Timewalking BT and dungeons done Timewalking Black Temple with Ali’s guild - so much fun! Key for Mana Tombs works in Timewalking Got people some xmog doing Mana Tombs twice Tried to fix sRaidFrame, but it's too far gone. Rep...
Jul 20, 2017•1 hr 12 min
News In Manitoba Canada, the Personalized license plate: ASIMIL8 license plate revoked as offensive to native people. Lic plate frame says “WE ARE THE BORG. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.” The Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms is advocating for owner to get plate back. http://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/news/1007366/star-trek-discovery-sets-course-for-comic-con-2017/ Also communicator & phaser close-up videos. See @startrekcbs Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: Do u feel there should h...
Jul 18, 2017•1 hr 47 min
Support the show! http://www.patreon.com/starmike Mike: Windchanneller’s Raiment - an old secret? Tried working on ToS - long story. Got in two BT raids that fell apart before the first boss. Ren: Still mostly playing Diablo III - keeping up with Exalted, sort of Season 11 starts July 20 . deciding what my toon will be (necro or witch doctor) News: Black Temple timewalking is out! Make sure to talk to the NPC in Shatt first. You queue by having the raid leader talk to the NPC, and then you’re al...
Jul 13, 2017•55 min
News DSC on the Space channel in Canada. Space.ca Kirk Thatcher in Spider-Man Homecoming The Truth is in the Stars (2017) with William Shatner - Netflix - Star Trek’s influence on humanity. https://www.cnet.com/videos/star-trek-discovery-producer-alex-kurtzman-promises-unique-story/ Ten Forward: Chris on Twitter: What is the longest period of time that went by without u watching any Star Trek? Star Trek in pop culture: Nothing Like the Holidays. 2008. 00:08 Last week in Trek Episode insight: TOS...
Jul 11, 2017•1 hr 16 min
The woes of trying to get rep with factions that come and go. Dealing with Dubenko the Turtle. Don't forget farm rep if you're working on Pandaria rep. Vial of the Sands is returning 30k gold in a matter of hours. Is that good? This week in WoW: Pet event: 200% xp Darkmoon Faire ends Sunday am Tuesday July 11 - Tomb of Sargeras - second wing opens to raid finder July 11, Burning Crusade timewalking **BREAKING** Doomfist is up on the Overwatch PTR Ren talks at length about the Diablo III Necroman...
Jul 06, 2017•58 min
Special guest Cara (@Xandara) fills in for Darrell! News Discovery says lots of Klingons and Game of Thrones-type deaths. Don’t get too close to the characters. Follows the GoT/WTD model, but is this good? I say, let’ discuss! Kate Mulgrew at DCC https://youtu.be/rje9u4CRURk "There's very little of that 7 years that I didn't love… except the technobabble." https://twitter.com/ClareKramer/status/881244860782493697 Aron Eisenberg on Twitter How to break up: Star Trek style I'm sorry, but the easie...
Jul 04, 2017•1 hr 24 min
Warcast turns 12 on Sunday! Thanks to everyone who has listened to and supported the show all these years. Mike and Ren go off on an unexpected tangent about games and age - have you changed your gaming habits as you got older? Dinner with Thorn and Thyst in meatspace! How to NOT recruit for your guild. Mike finally gets Vial of the Sands after a week of farming. - Was it worth it? - Can you undercut the competition? - How much are the mats and how much profit would you make? Authentication issu...
Jun 29, 2017•1 hr 1 min
News TNG Rule “Roddenberry’s Box”. No personal conflict in the 24th century. Hated by writers is thrown out. DSC uniform diagram is out. What do we think? http://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TrekMovie_DSC_Uniform_Breakdown_21_6_17_777-article.jpg DSC Photo of transporter room is out. What do we think? http://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dscew-transporter.jpg Producers of Discovery on the look of the show. Frakes to direct during season one. Pogo made his Picard/Data video...
Jun 27, 2017•54 min
