M+ Affix Rework and Gearing Changes Coming Soon!! | The Bench Ep. 01

The very first Episode of The Bench is finally out! Growl, Tettles, and Squishei discuss for a bit why they started a podcast and what the premise of the show is going to be. In addition to that there is a long discussion about the M+ Affix Rework. Growl apparently yearns for the mines as he mentions Delves no less than 10 times. Launch cadence, prepatch stuff, warbands, and more are all discussed at length as well. Hope you guys enjoy Episode 1.

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Hosts:
  / tettles  
  / yumytv  
  / squishei  

Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j...

00:00 - Intro
00:27 - What is The Bench?
03:14 - Todays topics
03:41 - Affix rework
06:33 - New Xal'atath's Bargain Affix
10:59 - Back in the day
13:08 - New Affixes don't seem too bad
15:12 - Affix concerns
16:43 - Should CDR replace Versatility?
18:37 - Secondary stats are boring
22:45 - Deplete system & checkpoint copium
27:31 - A problem with the dungeon timer design
30:35 - People have different goals in M+
33:22 - STORY TIME with Growl (How Growl met Dorki)
35:10 - The new dungeons & bosses
39:01 - We're testing max level keys with heroic item level
41:14 - The new dungeons are more complex
43:18 - The Dawnbreaker
44:48 - Delves are very cool
45:39 - Final thoughts on dungeons and affixes
47:55 - There's enough raider POV's in this world
48:14 - Prepatch stuff
48:45 - Blizzard gave out FREE game time??
50:35 - If you're raiding on prepatch day you're a psycho
51:09 - Missing talent trees
53:14 - Season 4 was a mess
54:11 - Warbands bug
54:57 - New & returning player catch-up
56:29 - Transmogs for Bullions
57:25 - The War Within Epic Edition
58:14 - Imagine if internet cost $2000 a month
59:11 - Is early access predatory?
1:00:54 - No Mythic+ for a month
1:02:07 - What is Heroic Week for?
1:03:26 - +10 is now 0 (M+)
1:04:50 - Gearing/Loot
1:08:29 - 12-pack of Pepsi
1:09:43 - Should Mythic+ be available immediately?
1:11:06 - Realm-first 15
1:12:17 - Myth Track
1:13:11 - Re-prog Amirdrassil
1:16:11 - 99.9% think gearing up is the fun part
1:22:23 - Make mythic pugging more accessible
1:23:26 - Bosses have gotten too hard
1:25:30 - Q&A
1:33:11 - Final Words