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The Pros and Cons of Real ID
We look at positives and negatives regarding Real ID.

Talents and Specializations
Blizzard announced a complete overhaul of the talent system. We discuss.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week to bring us the addon: Lightheaded

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

LoreDucation with Evinrue
Evinrue discusses the first couple volumes of the World of Warcraft comic book.

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Path To Nowhere.

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Cataclysm Features Update
We recently got word from Blizzard about some of the features of Cataclysm being changed and/or removed. We discuss.

Cataclysm Raids
We bring in Evinrue to discuss Cataclysm raids and bosses and the lore surrounding them. We start off with the new Caverns of Time: War of the Ancients raid.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week to bring us the addon: Auto Emote and Auto Profit

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

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Ooh, Cataclysm Talent Trees

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Cataclysm Talent Trees
MMO-Champion has links up to Cataclysm talent trees for Priest, Druid, Rogue, Shaman. They are up over at their new site Wowtal.com

How To Make Fishing More Interesting
Our listener Kurg brought up the idea about how to make fishing more interesting: let’s discuss.

Pay More Get Less?
We discuss a topic that came up about a player who believes that Blizzard is charging us more and more and giving us less and less.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week to bring us the addon: Arkinventory

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

LorEducation with Evinrue
Evinrue joins us to talk about the lore behind Queen Azshara

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Can You Spare Ten Silver?

The Gathering
The WoWphiles official guild for friends and fans has been created. It’s called The Gathering and it’s on the Lightbringer server. Get your level 1 alts ready.

News
BlizzCon tickets are selling out and Gnome and Troll quest lines not going live 3.3.5

PvP Class Balance
Blizzard again tackles the topic of how to balance classes in PvP

Stefon the Travel Correspondent
We are joined by Stefon who gives us some places to see in Azeroth.

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

LorEducation with Evinrue
We discuss what would be a good Caverns of Time instance in Cataclysm and also the theory of whether or not Elune is a Naaru.

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Murlocs are for realz!

Murlocs are real!
Handfish species of fish that look like murlocs.

Remote Auction House details
Thanks to a comment from Hiruu, we got to the bottom of what the charges are for in regards to remote services.

Healing in Cataclysm
We look at how healing is changing in Cataclysm.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake is back this week with the addon RaidBuffStatus

Evinrue’s NPC of the Week
Evinrue is back with her segment to tell us about Keristrasza

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

Staying interested until Cataclysm
We talk about some things we are doing to stay interested and keep the game fresh until Cataclysm comes out.

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Listen To Your Mother.

Mobile Auction House
The Mobile Auction House is coming soon: is it worth the money?

Female Worgen Screenshots
Are they killer werewolves or sexy foxes?

Putricide Strategy
We give you our tips on the Professor Putricide encounter in Icewing Citadel

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

Predicting the Bosses of Cataclysm
Evinrue joins us to talk about what bosses we might be facing in Cataclysm

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Good Cop / Bad Modem

Cataclysm Professions
Blizzard officially released information regarding Cataclysm profession changes. We put our two cents in on the subject.

Good Cop / Bad Modem
Blizzard flexes their NDA muscle and we discuss

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium #21
Icesnake is back this week with the addon SkillScore

Listener Email & Comments
We mention some of the things that you, our great listeners, had to say this week.

Ruby Sanctum
We give our thoughts on the upcoming Ruby Sanctum.

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The WoWphiles Guild
We answer the question about whether or not we will start our own WoWphiles guild.

When will Patch 3.3 be released?
We talk about the possibilities of how soon patch 3.3 will come out.

Icesnake’s Addon Emporium
Icesnake brings us this week’s addon: Omen3. We also discuss another threat meter that we use.

Are you burned out?
Dealing with and avoiding burnout with WoW

Icecrown lore
This week’s lore segment with Evinrue looks at the story of The Lich King, Icecrown citadel and the bosses we will encounter.

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Night Elf Mohawk
I pity the fool that doesn’t experience the Mohawk Grenade in game.

Shadowmourne revealed
We discuss the new legendary weapon Shadowmourne and talk about why legendary items don’t scale with level.

Plight of the new tank
So you want to tank but no one will let you? We talk about the struggles of new tanks starting out.

Really??
Our own version of SNL’s Really skit, where we talk about Blizzard’s realization of class imbalance for arenas.

WoW 5th Anniversary
We take a look at where the Warcraft lore has gone over the past few years and where it will go in the future.

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Contest

We are giving your choice of either Lil K.T. or the Pandaren Monk from the Blizzard Pet Store

How to win:
Leave a comment in this post. That’s it. Leave us a comment and you get an entry into the contest.

There will be 1 Winner chosen at random on November 19, 2009 during the recording of the WoWphiles Podcast Episode 9

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Blizzcon 2010 Vegas Style
WoW.com is reporting that the Las Vegas Convention center will host the 2010 BlizzCon.

New Epic Phat Loots
MMO-Champion.com has data mined new loot coming out in patch 3.3

Playing WoW with your significant other
Should you or shouldn’t you get your significant other to play WoW with you.

Can Damage meters hurt more than help
We discuss whether the use of damage meters can be a distraction to dps.

Get your addons updated
We take a look at the Curse Client Version 4 for updating your addons

Our first contest
We gave out the Party G.R.E.N.A.D.E to 4 lucky listeners of the podcast.

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Contest

We are giving away 4 of the WoW TCG Slashdance Loot cards. These cards will give you a Party G.R.E.N.A.D.E.

How to win:
1) Anyone who has left us an iTunes review on or before November 12, 2009 will receive an entry into the contest

2) Anyone who sends a tweet out on Twitter that says: I love the @wowphiles podcast long time #warcraft
will receive an entry into the contest

There will be 2 Winners from each entry method chosen at random on November 12, 2009 during the recording of the WoWphiles Podcast Episode 8

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Acknowledging our great listeners
As always we start the show by giving thanks to the people who help make this show possible: our listening community.

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft 5 Year Giveaway
For the 5 Year anniversary of Wow, Blizzard is giving away prizes to players based on how long you have played the game.

The Pet Store is open for business
Blizzard announces the World of Warcraft pet store where you can buy in game pets for $10

Ethics in raiding
We examine some of the ways to conduct yourself in-game as it relates to raiding.

Who is the next Lich King?
Time for some fun with theorizing. Let’s look at who might take over for the Lich King if he is killed in Icecrown Citadel.

Websites worth checking out
WoW Headhunter – Finding and recruiting for guilds
WoW Jackass – Reporting the people to stay away from on your server

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Acknowledging our great listeners
As always we start the show by giving thanks to the people who help make this show possible: our listening community.

Race Changes Go Live
Players now have the ability to a character to a different race of the same faction.

New dungeon system details
Blizzard has released some more information about the new dungeon looking for group/raid system and the enhancements we will be seeing.

Using UI Mods in a new way
How you can use UI mods like Healbot, Grid, Clique, and Vuhdo to enhance your gameplay regardless of the class you play.

I can haz enchant to bow and gun?
We talk about a question received about the possibility of guns and bows being enchanted in Cataclysm.

PvP tips or How not to die as often
A few helpful tips for getting started with PvP.

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Acknowledging our great listeners
As always we start the show by giving thanks to the people who help make this show possible: our listening community.

Hallow’s End is here again
The Headless Horseman is back to taunt players this year around Azeroth. We also discuss the stress-fest of holiday achievements.

Blizzard says Don’t Buy Gold
We talk about the post that Blizzard did on their official site about buying gold and the illegal and harmful practices of gold farmers.

Tier 10 Armor Sets
Also on the official WoW site are images of the Tier 10 armor sets and we weigh in with our opinions.

General Vezax Strategy
Fresh from killing General Vezax in Ulduar, we give you some of the tips and strategy that we used to take him down.

Azeroth United Charity Drive
A reminder about the upcoming charity drive at Azeroth United to help provide toys and games to children in hospitals world wide.

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Acknowledging our great listeners
As always we start the show by giving thanks to the people who help make this show possible: our listening community.

Battle.net accounts are mandatory.
So as of November 11th you will have to convert your World of Warcraft account to a Battle.net account. Don’t worry…the sky is not falling.

Icecrown Raid and The Militant Horde
We go back and give our thoughts on the upcoming Icecrown Raid and Garrosh taking over as the Warchief of the Horde.

Life at 80 for non-raiders
We got an email from listener Hammx, who wants to know what are some things casual players can do at level 80.

Expertise and Parry Haste for tanks
Information for tanks and melee classes on being at the soft cap for Expertise so they aren’t causing burst damage to the tank from the Parry Haste mechanic.

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Patch 3.3: Some features to keep your eyes on
Patch 3.3 not only brings new regular and heroic dungeons, the Icecrown raid, and Tier 10 gear, but also a variety of other changes.

Trial of the Crusader Strategy Continued
Continuing our strategy breakdown from last week we look at the Faction Champions, Twin Val’kyr, and Anubarak encounters in Trial of the Crusader.

Taking a break from WoW to play Aion?
Really?

Listener Email: What’s the best healing class?
We answer an email from Wownoob36 on what is the best healing class to play.

Enhancement Shaman Tanking or Are you crazy?
After becoming intriged about the possibility of Shaman tanking Northrend Heroics I wrote the article, How To Tank As An Enhancement Shaman. We discuss this crazy idea.

Get United at Azeroth United
Thanks to Stompalina at Rawrcast we became formally introduced to Azeroth United and submitted WoWphiles to become United.

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Icecrown Citadel 5-Man Dungeon
We examine some of the early details that have come out about the Icecrown Citadel 5-Man Dungeon that is coming out in World of Warcraft Cataclysm.

Goblins, Worgen, and the future of the Horde
Cataclysm will bring us the new Goblin and Worgen starting areas and big changes for the leadership of the Horde.

What is Harvest Festival Anyway?
We take a look at what the Harvest Festival is and what it means for players.

Northrend Beasts and Lord Jaraxxus Tips and Strategies
For new raiders wanting to get into the Trial of the Crusader we give some tips and strategies for dealing with the Northrend Beasts and Lord Jaraxxus encounters.

Why an Undead Paladin Makes Sense
Modem gives us his take on why the Undead should have been given Paladins as a class to play with the new race/class combinations that were announced for Cataclysm.

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WoW all over Twitter and the Blogosphere
The interwebs were buzzing about WoW being back online in China. What does this mean for the rest of us?

Patch 3.2.2 Drops – Let the Deep Breaths begin
The real news this week was the release of World of Warcraft patch 3.2.2 and the return of Onyxia. We discuss the Onyxia fight and give a bit of strategy.

You can’t run Trial of the Crusader the day you ding 80
We discuss gearing for raiding and the problem of under geared people trying to raid before they are ready.

Let the drunken festivities begin
Brewfest is back this year and we discuss the year long meta achievement and dual wielding frosty mugs.

What’s the deal with Rogues?
We take a look at rogues in World of Warcraft and discuss where they have been, where they are now and where they are going.

Is it time for Wintergrasp yet?
We mention a website that gives you all kinds of Wintergrasp information for your server. Timeuntilwintergrasp.com

Psynister’s Race Analysis
A new feature section on WoWphiles.com is Psyinister’s Analysis of the races of World of Warcraft.

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We are pretty excited to announce that we have made some progress on the upcoming WoWphiles podcast. You can expect the first official episode to be released very soon. Until then, here is a brief teaser and introduction to the show.

Enjoy!

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