How Do You Not Solo Interview, Part 1 with Jason Lucas! - Ep 42

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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
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• See you soon for part two!

“We will see you out there."

Jason Lucas will return in “Part 2: Shieldwalled Off Cooldown”