Scott Johnson

Um, and then here are the world bosses, Kordak, the dormant protector. Well, he doesn't seem scary. He's dormant. It gives, it gives a crap, you know what he's doing. Um, Aggregation of horrors. Now that sounds a little scary. That sounds a bit more scary. That's my mother-in-law's house. Sure. She doesn't listen, so everything will be fine.

Sure. A atrocity of the undersea. And then Orta, the Broken Mountain. That's a whole mountain. Beware. All right? Watch out for that. September 17th, you get Mythic Raids, Raid Finder Wing 2, Mythic Plus Dungeons, and Story Mode will open, or Raid Story Mode will open. And then on September 24th, Raid Finder Wing 3, if I can say this right, will open as well. So that's your plan.

Sure. A atrocity of the undersea. And then Orta, the Broken Mountain. That's a whole mountain. Beware. All right? Watch out for that. September 17th, you get Mythic Raids, Raid Finder Wing 2, Mythic Plus Dungeons, and Story Mode will open, or Raid Story Mode will open. And then on September 24th, Raid Finder Wing 3, if I can say this right, will open as well. So that's your plan.

That's your big initial blowout of content.

That's your big initial blowout of content.

Yeah, and it's roughly what we're used to. This isn't that crazy of a schedule. It's not that different than, say, the last expansion.

Yeah, and it's roughly what we're used to. This isn't that crazy of a schedule. It's not that different than, say, the last expansion.

Yeah. It's a little, honestly, it's a little bit like follower dungeons, but it is, it's the raid version of that. It feels like, yeah. And I think, I think they're being very specific about not calling it follower raids to set expectations for this. Cause this really is a chance to, This is a further effort, all right? Because you can see what goes on here.

Yeah. It's a little, honestly, it's a little bit like follower dungeons, but it is, it's the raid version of that. It feels like, yeah. And I think, I think they're being very specific about not calling it follower raids to set expectations for this. Cause this really is a chance to, This is a further effort, all right? Because you can see what goes on here.

Raiding in the beginning, 40-man raids, 25-man raids, all that early crazy stuff in the game. Those all made sense, but it was very obvious early on that a very small percentage of the player base was actually seeing this stuff that took so much work to create. It was a huge part of the development. Right. And that was annoying. So what do they do? They bring people like Greg Street and others on.

Raiding in the beginning, 40-man raids, 25-man raids, all that early crazy stuff in the game. Those all made sense, but it was very obvious early on that a very small percentage of the player base was actually seeing this stuff that took so much work to create. It was a huge part of the development. Right. And that was annoying. So what do they do? They bring people like Greg Street and others on.

uh, right around cataclysm and they start working on, uh, and releasing content that is LFG, the LFG or LFR rather stuff made it possible for you to play on a much simpler mode or, or less difficult mode. It meant more people could see the stuff, but I'll bet you that even then that's still a larger subset, but still smaller overall than what maybe Blizzard would like everyone to see.

uh, right around cataclysm and they start working on, uh, and releasing content that is LFG, the LFG or LFR rather stuff made it possible for you to play on a much simpler mode or, or less difficult mode. It meant more people could see the stuff, but I'll bet you that even then that's still a larger subset, but still smaller overall than what maybe Blizzard would like everyone to see.

This is a chance for them to say, well, We made this big, complicated, multi-tiered thing that's got tons of story and all this stuff that is also tied to all your outside questing. Hey, all you filthy casuals. They don't say that, but if they did, get in here and see this. In a way that you can see it. And I think this is a great idea. Again, way long coming.

This is a chance for them to say, well, We made this big, complicated, multi-tiered thing that's got tons of story and all this stuff that is also tied to all your outside questing. Hey, all you filthy casuals. They don't say that, but if they did, get in here and see this. In a way that you can see it. And I think this is a great idea. Again, way long coming.

This feels like something they should have had forever ago, but I'm excited about this. I think it'll be great.

This feels like something they should have had forever ago, but I'm excited about this. I think it'll be great.

Yeah. You're not there for all the fat loots. I mean, there's some loot, but you're not there for all your grindy reasons, so save the grinding for a different... That's a different night. That's a different thing. That's a thing you schedule with a bunch of people, and it's almost like work, but it's fun. You like it, but now you have...

Yeah. You're not there for all the fat loots. I mean, there's some loot, but you're not there for all your grindy reasons, so save the grinding for a different... That's a different night. That's a different thing. That's a thing you schedule with a bunch of people, and it's almost like work, but it's fun. You like it, but now you have...

You know what I mean? So I think it's going to be great. I'm really looking forward to that as a feature. I did skip over it. Kind of. Didn't I just ran right past that thing? Yeah. All right. Now we got to talk about some hardcore stuff.