The Bench Podcast

Currently Playing: Blizzard Needs to Save Raiding | The Bench Ep. 26

With the 11.1 PTR hitting live the gang has had the chance to jump into the new dungeon, new zone, raid testing, and saw tier sets. Everything looks pretty promising thusfar as hype for the new patch builds. Twitter: https://x.com/TheBenchWOW Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1O51OOcq7FwLAFCVDMxe5p Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bench-wow-podcast/id1760085356 Hosts: https://www.twitch.tv/tettles https://www.twitch.tv/yumytv https://www.twitch.tv/squishei Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UuZdNtra_X6V6Asgf9JUjMj3k6w2sC5NfhbQb-oPo_A/edit?usp=sharing 00:00 - Plunderstorm 01:00 - Plundstore and replayability 10:00 - Custom Inhouses 11:30 - Different versions of the game 15:50 - Raid Renown Track 19:30 - Raid Skip Weirdness 26:00 - QOL Additions 29:00 - Can they go back on this? 37:00 - They need to fix the mythic raid lockout 41:30 - Death of the "Casual-Hardcore" 43:00 - Blizzard needs to step in and save raiding 49:00 - Removing Rewards from Mythic 52:30 - Reducing down to 10 man 55:30 - Renown Track Cadence 59:30 - NA M+ is Dead 01:02:15 - Not Enough Tanks 01:06:00 - More M+ Rewards 01:08:50 - The new raid is SICK 01:15:15 - Mug-Zee SUCKS though 01:22:10 - New Dungeon Differences 01:28:15 - Cinderbrew 01:29:20 - Rookery & Casters 01:40:30 - Darkflame Cleft is EXACTLY what you expected 01:51:45 - Growl's HC Journey 01:55:00 - Where'd the pugging series go? 02:00:00 - Q: Sense of community in retail