The Instance: The Podcast For Lovers Of Blizzard Games

Scott and Chris have a sit-down and chat up up about his new big project, plus lots of great insights into development of this kind of project vs something like a major game release at Blizzard. Here’s a bit more about the project. Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent is a 5E campaign setting by Chris Metzen and Warchief Gaming. The first release in this universe, Worldbook: Lawbrand, is based on the roleplaying campaign that Chris ran with his childhood friends in the eighties and nineties, before heading to Blizzard to work on worlds such as Warcraft, StarCraft, and more. Enjoy Scott Johnson chatting with Chris Metzen about his awesome new project!

We talk about all there is to know about 9.0.5, which is not a lot turns out. But we have a real Q&A party and answer all your burning questions. Oh, and what TBC bosses do YOU remember?

Lots to cover this week, including the chance that Diablo Immortal might be emulatable. Oh and controller support might not work. 30 days of free Heroes means you should be playing some! Then we hit our big talk this week, all about Patch 9.01 and all the changes and tweaks therein! Your emails and more!

People are not happy about character customizations stopping for the foreseeable future. Suddenly Scott loves Torghast again. How your boost will work in Classic TBC. What the confirmation of a Mobile Warcraft Project likely means. We break down all the wow stuff by the numbers and more today on The Instance!

The Instance: BlizzConline 2021 Co-Coverage with Scott, Garrett, Kyle and Joce!

Valor points are back, and we have the skinny on how those are going to work! Some of you are not gonna be happy about it either. Wanna get your Battlenet launcher to 'Crash'? Well, you sorta can for $40. We have all the details we know about the Blizzconline schedule next week, and break it down for you. We make a few bets while we're at it! We play a game of 'Know Your Cards', and answer your emails!

Forth Quarter results for Blizz are in, and we break down the numbers a bit and what it means for WoW this year. Some weird language in their about getting WoW on "more devices and platforms". Increased Anima rewards in Raids and Dungeons coming next Tuesday! We dig deep into what BlizzConline looks like from this view, and what we expect to happen and a few things we'd love to see from their first online only Blizzcon event. Emails about Classic TBC and more!

We dig into the Vicarious Visions story a bit and what Blizz might be doing with them. How people are running 8 levels of Torghast in 5 minutes. And a BIG discussion of Blizzconline and the possibility of BC happening that weekend in Classic.

We get into some Classic to start things off with the Scarab event, and then to that Battlenet update that most of us had but didn't know about it till recently. The latest DPS numbers are in and things look grim for hunters. When is the right time to put on your PVP pants? Taking Torghast abilities into the maw and more!

The Instance 626: Scaling Torblast

We knew Torghast changes were coming, and now we know what they are all about. Ghostcrawler announces that RIOT is making an MMO. Patrick is playing Diablo Immortal and has thoughts. We dissect a bit more of Ion's interview with Polygon regarding upcoming WoW changes. Let's have a big discussion about game travel, and what needs to change about it. Mod of The Week! Emails and more!

How PVP rewards will work this week, and next. The big new world bosses and what you will get from them. Blizzard breaks its own record for most PC games sold! A long discussion about Torghast!

What you should be doing in week two of this expansion, WoW goes back on TV this week, gear scores and where you should find them this week, our impressions of Torghast, zone zeitgeist, and why that sword thing in Maldraxxus was dumb, and LOTS more!

It's our big Shadowlands launch discussion! Join Scott, Patrick and Garrett and they dig into the new content with arms wide open! Oh and some discussion regarding building your own rotations. It's more fun than you think!

We announce a MAJOR contest today! Also, no more multi-boxers allowed in WOW. Blizzard details how those legendaries are gonna work. All about the death rising event and LOTS more!

The Instance PSA for 11-06-2020

How our pre-patch time has led up to today. Alts alts and more alts. Old bugs, why Pandaria is seeing so many players, fixing that ding 50 moment, and loads more. Blizzard did an earnings call, and there are some interesting bits of data here. Metzen started something new, and Kosak finds a new job path. We get a new Shadowlands date and the rest of the release schedule, and we have a lot to say about that as well. Rapid Fire Questions and emails too! Hop in and enjoy!

A special sit down with Chris Metzen, chatting about his “next big thing”, Warchief Gaming, and life post-blizzard, and what the creative spirit needs!

We have a BIG discussion about everything to do with the pre-patch and our experience so far in this not-yet-expansion expansion. Plus, the drop-off of SC2, PTR testing for Naxx for our Classic friends, a new cinematic to dig your eyes into, Rapid Fire Questions, emails and more!

Prepatch plans for the 13th are heating up, and we talk about the stuff you can expect next week when it hits. Covenant Abilities are no longer location restricted. Hunters need more dots and buffs. Mythic Mounts are about to get REALLY hard to drop. A closer look at what closing the blizzard france offices means, and why it's maybe not everything you think. New Metzen interview coming and more!