The Grinding Gear Podcast

#38 - Into the Nexus: "A Viking's Life for Me!"

On Into the Nexus episode 38, The Lost Vikings have landed on the coast of the Nexus. Do you have what it takes to micro-manage three separate heroes at once?  With Olaf, Baleog, and Erik came a massive patch to Heroes of the Storm.  The player profile is now armed and operational, Raynor received a major overhaul, and a slew of buffs, nerfs, and art updates to many existing heroes.

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#37 - Into the Nexus: “Gateway Healer”

On Into the Nexus episode 37, Heroes of the Storm developer Dustin Browder had much to say about the future of the game in a recent PC Gamer interview. There were also bunch of blue posts on the official forums discussing Murky's late game, some bugs, and Zeratul's ability to steal mercenary camps. Kyle talks damage-oriented talent builds for Lili and Malfurion and listeners Phil and Ed write in.

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#36 - Into the Nexus: “Taking on the Temples”

On Into the Nexus episode 36, Garrett and Kyle save Harrison from the Spider Queen and talk Sky Temple strategy! This week's topics also include the new hot fixes, Heroes dev John Hodgson's latest post discussing imbalance, and the pick and ban patterns of the Kings of the Storm tournament. Listener Mark also wrote in to add on to last week's new-player guide and Seth wanted to talk about Overwatch Easter Eggs and Stim Packs.

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#35 - Into the Nexus: “Buy Into the Beta”

On this week's Into the Nexus, the Founder's Pack is here and anyone who wants to can now buy into the Closed Beta of Heroes of the Storm. Founders will receive Raynor, Tyrande, Diablo, skins for all three heroes, gold, and an exclusive mount for $40. Garrett and Kyle also give new players an introductory look into the world of Heroes. The second half strategy this week also

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#34 - Into the Nexus: “Closed Beta Begins!”

On episode 34 of Into the Nexus, Garrett and Kyle prepare their windpipes to talk about the biggest Heroes patch ever as Tech Alpha ends and Closed Beta begins. With closed Beta comes the newest hero Thrall, the latest battleground Sky Temple, versus mode has become Quick Match, ranked play has finally landed in the form of Heroes League (featuring draft mode), and tons of changes to existing battlegrounds and heroes. It's an exciting time for Heroes of the Storm and we're here to talk through all of it!

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#33 - Into the Nexus: “Where's My Blizzard Damage?” →

On the 33rd episode of Into the Nexus, Kyle got his Jaina on, experienced his first draft, and Garrett judged him for all of it! In real news the Heroes of the Storm Closed Beta begins officially next Tuesday (January 13th), Jaina is experiencing a damage bug, one lovely redditor has been keeping track of how many times each hero has been in the free-to-play rotation, and European shop prices are going up. Wolf (yes, GSTL Wolf) has been pulling back the curtain on the developing South Korean Heroes scene and translated an awesome interview with Beats about what the Korean meta looks like. Finally listeners Detton and Brian both wrote in with questions about being new to Heroes.

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#32 - Into the Nexus: “Frostmourne Hungers”

On Into the Nexus ep.32 friend of the show Mike "DdayDrasin," of Team Nexus Champ, guests at the top of the episode to talk the current Heroes meta. Who you should be playing, who you should be cautious of going up against, and just how careful Jaina needs to be played. Garrett and Kyle also discuss the new store changes, highlight a recent Games On Net interview with Heroes developer John Hodgson, Garrett finally gets unload on why Arthas is awesome, and many emails were answered.

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#31 - Into the Nexus: “Be the Boss” →

On Into the Nexus ep.31 the Heroes team dropped a cornucopia of information in their AMA on Reddit this week. They talked about tons of incoming art changes, the fate of the Horn of Cenarius battleground, hero changes, the drafting system, and plenty more! Stim Pack pricing has also been revealed and Kyle gave some sound advice for newcomers to Heroes.

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#30 - Into the Nexus: “Icewoman Cometh” →

On this week's ITN, Jaina Proudmoore has joined the ranks. If you've ever wanted to throw down against Diablo as an Ice Mage, now is your chance! Blizzard also detailed Stim Packs a new paid boost buff coming soon to Heroes. On top of all of this is a massive Technical Alpha patch bringing sweeping changed to multiple Battlegrounds, talents, heroes, and even giving the game a bit of a face life. All this plus emails from ITNcast@gmail.com.

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#29 - Into the Nexus: “The Feel of a Hero” →

On this week's ITN, Heroes devs are chatting up a storm on different websites. John Hodgson made a great post on the official site discussing the trials and tribulations of developing new Heroes for the game and Alan Dabiri talked with HeroesFire about the upcoming Ranked Play. The Facebook Alpha giveaways have also started rolling out, Anub'arak is free-to-play for the first time, and Kyle teaches us about M.U.L.E.'s. All this plus emails from ITNcast@gmail.com.

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#28 - Into the Nexus: "All About BlizzCon 2014"

On this week's ITN, it's all about BlizzCon 2014! There are new heroes to discuss, an updated leaver system, draft mode, ranked play, new battlegrounds, and Garrett even got to try out Jaina. All this plus emails from ITNcast@gmail.com.

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#27 - Into the Nexus: "Mailbag No.2" →

On this week's ITN, it's time for another mailbag! Many of you have been sending in emails to ITNcast@gmail.com and it's time to make a dent in our inbox. Garrett and Kyle take emails covering the free-to-play aspect of Heroes, lesser-picked talents, burst characters, and more. Also, BlizzCon is just over a week away and the full schedule for both Heroes tournaments has been released.

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#26 - Into the Nexus: "How does Valerian fight?"

On this week's ITN, there's data-mining madness going on. Many lines of dialogue have been found in Heroes eluding to many other potential heroes. Garrett and Kyle talk about some of the potentials that they're most excited for, Halloween in Heroes, the benefits of learning to stutter-step, free to play combos, MMR, and emails from ITNcast@gmail.com.

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#25 - Into the Nexus: "All About Azmodan" →

On this week's ITN, sin is in as Blizzard dives deep into Azmodan week. Blizz gave their own builds for Azmodan, a ton of giveaways are awarding alpha access, Li Li has some changes coming her way, Heroes eSports continues to grow, and Kyle teaches us how to play for free. As always listener emails were also answered. Feel free to send an email to ITNcast@gmail.com

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#21 - Into the Nexus: "To Block or Not to Block?" →

On this week's Into the Nexus, Abathur is working as intended after some much needed hot fixes, Blizzard addresses Chen's increased gold cost, there's a new tool for getting more out of your Heroes stats, Sonya and Block are highlighted,  and the crew takes more listener emails. If you would like to send an email, you can do so at ITNcast@gmail.com.

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#19 - Into the Nexus: "eSports Rising"

On this week's Into the Nexus, PAX has come and gone and it left a plethora of Heroes interviews in it's wake. Abathur may also be getting a second Heroic Ability, Heroes eSports just grew by one league, Nazeebo gets dissected by Garrett and Kyle, and more listener emails. If you would like to send an email, you can do so at ITNcast@gmail.com.

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ITN #19 Show Notes: 
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