How Do You Not Solo Interview, Part 1 with Jason Lucas! - Ep 42
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How Do You Not Solo Interview, Part 1 with Jason Lucas! - Ep 42
SOLO QUEUE DISCORD available at: https://discord.gg/nXQVqERcSU
Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 42! – 1:00 Pardon the ripoff of The Starting Zone intro, but welcome Jason Lucas to the Solo Queue Zone.
Talking Tanking – 4:13 Sure, as a solo player, I have little need for tanking, which means I don’t know much about it. Who better to ask than @Shieldwalled? What is tanking, how has it changed through the expansions, how to learn the art of tanking, and other questions.
The Move Towards Solo WoW – 42:42 Asking the commensurate group leader about the addition of features for solo play in recent years.
WoW Game Design – 50:12 More general discussion of recent features and the 8-week patch cycle.
All Things Blizzcon – 1:11:27 What we can expect at Blizzcon 2026? Will we see any mention of The Last Titan? Any advice for a first-time attendee?
What will Classic+ Be? – 1:24:26 It seems likely that whatever Classic+ is it will be front and center at Blizzcon. What will it be?
Jason’s First Blizzon – 1:37:24 Memories from Blizzcon 2015.
Intermission – 1:48:31 There is more Warcraft conversation including talking about the state of raiding, Jason’s experience co-hosting The Starting Zone for ten years, and a Lightning Round!
Outro – 1:49:47
Big thank you to Jason Lucas for joining me for a monster conversation! Thanks to you, to Blizzard for the amazing music and sound, to OGRE for intro/outro music, my lovely and supportive wife, my family, and YOU for listening. Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/soloqueuewow Thank you to contributing patrons Andrew, Righteous Bandy, ThatSkyGuy, Cyn, Snek of Voldun, Jon, Metacognition, Jeru, Raven, Greybeard, Pasta Matt, Luch, and Rak! Subscribe to the podcast at your podcast feed of choice, Apple, Spotify, and all the rest. Leave a 5-star rating and a written review to help grow Solo Queue. Find me at sweeperdave on Discord and at soloqueuewow at gmail.com, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Find Jason on Twitter as @shieldwalled, on Bluesky as jlucas.bluesky.social, on Twitch.tv/shieldwalled, and on Youtube.com/shieldwalled, and of course weekly on The Starting Zone podcast. See you soon for part two!
“We will see you out there." Jason Lucas will return in “Part 2: Shieldwalled Off Cooldown”
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