Scott Johnson

I want to unlock everything. They hide so much stuff under just common quests now. And I don't mean hide, but like if you want an amazing secondary armor set that just comes from quests, a lot of that is side stuff. Some of the transmogs that I want the most are side quest drops. Yeah. I like that they've done this in the game. I have a lot to say about my first couple of delves.

I think those were pretty neat. I think they're a little obscure. But again, we'll dig deeper into that later. Ran a couple of dungeons. Those were great. Just on the overall, I think it was real strong. And now it's out in the world. As of yesterday, it's officially in everybody's hands. Or maybe it's today. Or midnight last night. Whatever it was.

So early access period is over, and now everyone gets to get in, and we'll see how things go. But having a great time. I'm going to turn it over to Bobby now and let him describe his experience in the world of Warcraft, the war within. And we'll see you guys on our next chunk of content, whether that be a full show or something else. We'll see you then.

Hello, everyone. Welcome to The Instance 2.0. This is technically a new episode, 667. We got to decide if we're going to keep the numbers. I don't know. I can't decide. But maybe my brand new co-host, Bobby Frankenberger, will help me decide that. Bobby, hello and welcome.

Two years ago, the final episode was 666. We did that not on purpose, but we were happy to have that happen because it was funny.

This is Bobby, by the way. He's the one that looks like Jesus, if you're looking at any pictures of him. Or I guess if you're watching this video right now, very Jesus-like in both look and tone. He's going to take us to task. He's going to judge us at the great judgment bar of Bobby, and it's going to be great.

No. Turn your cheek or however it goes. How's that go?

Whoa. Um, I will actually say I didn't know this before our conversation, but I didn't know that's where you, where you came in, where you slipped in.

That's why I'm here. Things are looking real good for that game. I'm excited in a way that I haven't been for a very long time. And I think a two year hiatus away from the show. Was the healthiest thing I could have done. In terms of putting it behind me. Thinking about it in a very different way over time. And finally got around to the last few months or so. And I went.

you know, it would be great right now. Like bringing that stuff back, getting back into the thick of Warcraft in a way that I haven't in years, both as a player and as someone who covers the stuff.

And I also feel like Blizzard's in a much better place in particular team too, in terms of the content they're making and building and them having Chris Metzen back and having that kind of leadership enter the, you know, this phase of the game. With his own much-needed break coming back from. He did a very similar thing.

He took off in 2016, 2017, whatever it was, and put it all behind him and then came back here recently. He had a much bigger break than I did. But in a lot of ways, I think those two stories cross. Having just spent some time with him, we talked a little bit about this. And sometimes you need some room between you and your whatever it is, your creation. Sometimes for...

You know, for a visual artist, it's their sketchbook. For an actor, it's just turning down some roles and taking some time off, you know, whatever it is, or doing directing or something else. And this felt like just a thing I needed to step away from for a while. And now I'm very energized about it. I'm very excited to have Bobby with us because here are the reasons I picked Bobby.

We may as well just lay these out. One, you have exceptional availability. Just kidding. That's not the number one one. But you have good availability. You're around, right? I can call you whenever and we do stuff. Um, that never hurts, but really the main reason is I really like Bobby's enthusiasm. I think he has a natural, um, he's, he's a natural for this sort of thing.

He's also kind of a big Warcraft nerd and we're going to hear more. I'm going to hear more about how mythics work than I ever did during my entire 16 run of the original instance. Yeah. Because I'm, I'll admit it. They, they, from day one, I was intimidated to the point that I was like, yeah, probably won't be doing a lot of that. And people are like, why?

And I go, because I don't want the pressure, you know? Um, But I'm changing. That sea is changing. That sea, that boat. That boat is on the sea, and it's moving. It's changing. What I'm trying to say is I've come to some realizations that I think I might enjoy this stuff. So to have you around talking about that stuff is going to be a big deal.

And for those that are like, oh, man, it would be great to have a hardcore voice on the show, yeah, Bobby, he's a hardcore player. He's not just dinking around. He's not just out there gathering beaver pelts for no reason. Right. There's got to be a reason. There needs to be a reason. Today we bring you that reason. Well, anyway, I'm glad to have you with me and it's going to be great.

There's a whole bunch of other things we could say about it. I've got some plans for some big interviews around the community. One particular very big YouTuber has agreed to come on and talk in a little side interview, that sort of thing. Uh, segments from the community. I'd love to see those make a little bit of a resurgence.

We've had, uh, you know, there was a time there where every episode we had five or six wonderful weekly segments that would show up at the end of the show. And, uh, people really liked those glommed onto those. It's how I met Patrick. He started out as a, as a segment producer or as a, as a, as a, you know, a little side extra producer.

And then in the case of Randy Jordan, AKA Randy deluxe, my, my old second original cohost, uh, He started out as somebody who called in with tips and stuff. So you never know what's going to come from those things. And I always liked that content a lot.