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Quality of life in Warlords of Draenor is the topic-du-jour for Episode 73, taking a look at stack sizes, bags, toys, tabards, crafting materials andamp; more. Also on the show, Metallica are coming to BlizzCon, so how does this make Ian feel?

Episode 72 is a look at how powerful Ian feels his characters are inside the revamped Upper Blackrock Spire instance andamp; in instances since 6.02 landed,  while sharing an email from a listener from the show around the PVP experience.

Season 6 of the A Paladins Tale opens with Patch 6.02, firing warning shots across Azeroth looking at The Squish, ability pruning, class changes to Paladins, Shaman, Death Knights, Hunters andamp; Monks as well as his thoughts on the new models, Group Finder, the pre-expansion event andamp; more.

Its the return of the hammer-happy, lightwielding Mack to Azeroth for Episode 70 of A Paladins Tale to discuss how a Summer of stale content has reshaped his views of the game, how his feelings on Garrisons have changed andamp; more. [ this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing on-demand geek audio straight to your eardrums, one podcast at a time ]

Episode 69 sees Ian reminiscing on some of the guild names hes been a part of, how he feels about guild naming conventions, some guild names hes liked over the years, what for him makes a good guild name, what ones earn his ire, while also tipping the hat to Realm Maintenances 100th episode, andamp; dicsussing the bombshell this week of faction merged Auction Houses for Warlords of Draenor. [ this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing on-demand geek audio straight to your eardrums, one podcast at a time - www.REDPodcastNetwork.com ]

Episode 68 opens in earnest with Ian reminding the Wow Podcast universe of the importance of rating andamp; review podcasts on iTunes, Stitcher andamp; other platforms. The central discussion themes look at the latest wallet gouging effort from Blizzard to liberate $30 from players wallets for The Warforged Nightmare, the state of the current Warlords of Draenor alpha, his views on the Patch Notes, musings around the date of the 6.0 pre-WoD patch, his perception of the state of the playerbase at this point in the Summer, andamp; what his experiences are currently. [ this show is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing on-demand geek audio straight to your eardrums, one podcast ata  time - www.REDPodcastNetwork.com ]

Episode 67 lazily makes its way through the portal like a pissed off Garrosh Hellscream delivered straight to your iTuniverse or Stitcher Landing to get into some Podcast updates (good andamp; bad), as well as Ians thoughts on the recent valour point buff, getting access to theWoD Friends andamp; Family Alpha, the World of Warcraft 10th anniversary mini-Hogger pet, Proving Grounds remaining elusive, the result of Azeroth Choppers (BOOO!!! Sadface) andamp; how the removal of valour/justice points, as well as upgrades/reforging in WoD looks to affect some legacy stuff in-game. [ this podcast is brought  to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network, bringing on-demand geek audio straight to your ears - www.REDPodcastNetwork.com ]

Episode 66 looks closer at the leaks coming out lately around Warlords of Draenor, andamp; asks Are we getting all shiny, no substance? Are we seeing too many visually appealing things at the expense of more crucial PVE changes; changes that fundamentally make the PVE experience different by gating, such as heroic dungeons requiring a silver in proving grounds, or the real extent of the influence Garrisons will have on the PVE experience. Are we being led down a merry path by Blizzard? [ this episode is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringin geek audio straight to your eardrums, one podcast at a time - www.REDPodcastNetwork.com ]

For Episode 65, Ian talks about finally plucking up the courage andamp; begrudgingly forking over a small fortune to Blizzard to move from an PVP realm to a PVE/normal realm, andamp; some of the issues faced as a result of that which Blizzard could andamp; probably should revisit for a quality of life improvement while pilfering €25 from your wallet. While on the move, he created a new toon on his new home (Silvermoon EU), andamp; once again, new observations around the levelling experience when placed into context with the future implications of proving grounds silver to gain access to heroic dungeons, andamp; the reduction in button bloat leave some things unanswered by Blizzard. [ This show is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network; bringing on-demand geek audio straight to your eardrums, one podcast at a time ]

For Episode 64 of APT, Ian addresses the e-mails hes recieved since returning the show to the podcastosphere a fortnight ago, while focussing the central topic of this weeks show around his recent experiences with increasing queue times for end-game PVE content, the dwindling numbers of players in zones that up to 6 weeks ago were reasonably well populated, while also drawing on experiences from his own guild where players are currently so disinterested in doing anything further in WoW until 6.0 drops or beta access is granted to them, theyre playing Hearthstone or Diablo IIIs latest expansion, Reaper of Souls. All of this leads Ian to ask, if were experiencing a Summer-esque slump in players now in mid-April, what will the Summer of 2014 actually feel like when the drop in player activity is far more noticeable at that time of year. Are we in for a Summer of pain, or are the experiences of Ian andamp; his friends on Europeam ralms at this point just a European thing? [ this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing geek audio straight to your ears, one podcast at a time - www.redpodcastnetwork.com ]

For the hiatus return show, APT063 sees Ian share his thoughts on PVP andamp; what could be done to  fix it using tools Blizzard have, content patch cycles andamp; the lessons seemingly still not learned by Blizzard, andamp; why after being an advocate of wPVP for so long, hes now contemplating playing on a PVE realm instead. [ this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing geek audio straight to your ears, one podcast at a time - www.redpodcastnetwork.com ]

For once, Ian decides hes going with the hot topic, the as yet still unconfirmed 60-dollar Level 90 Character Boost that was uncovered by a player a few days ago. Sincethen generated thousands of posted comments varying from full support to the oft-touted P2W chants to the more ludicrous accusations of Blizzard monopolising character levelling services. Episode 62 is as hot to trot as the topic itself, andamp; is yet another of the on-the-road APT episodes.. [ this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing geek audio straight to your ears, one podcast at a time - www.redpodcastnetwork.com ]

For Episode 61, Ian takes a leaf out of GeorgeWoWs play-book to give his thoughts about the recent art reveals for Garrisons while on-the-go, while addressing some of the negative player feedback from around the murky fan forums andamp; to try to give some real perspective in the fight back to bring balance to those persistent fan-forum negative nellies who too often are the loud voice shouting down over reason. [ this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing geek audio straight to your ears, one podcast at a time - www.redpodcastnetwork.com ]

For Episode 60 of A Paladins Tale, Ian talks about his recent experiences helping newer players to the game to gain achievements, how to help foster an environment of encouragement for newer players who want to get some group acheivements, how new players should tackle the oft daunting task of where to start with achievements andamp; ultimately how shy players can level up into using tools such as OpenRaid to get some of the more complex/group-shy achievements. [ this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network - bringing geek audio straight to your ears, one podcast at a time - www.redpodcastnetwork.com ]

Back off an RL andamp; Audio Quality hiatus, Episode 59 of A Paladins Tale returns with a noholds barred, uncompromsing look at the Warlords of Draenor + Insta-Level90 issue, along with the possibility of paid boosts to level 90 from Blizzard as a paid service offering from Blizzard in WoD. This podcast episode takes no prisoners, CDs are being blown, timewarp has been hit andamp; this is a straight up zerg all over this controversial current topic. [this podcast is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network, bringing geek audio straight to your ears -- www.redpodcastnetwork.com ]

Episode 58 of A Paladins Tale sees the show turn one year old to the day (Yaaaayyyy!!!). On this episode, Ian looks back over his experiences doing the show for the last 12 months, shares his thoughts on mistakes made producing the show, how assumptions around the show led him to wholy incorrect directions andamp; actions, to give advice to those starting out in WoW podcasting, or those who find themselves in a similar position to him last year wondering whats wrong with my show? This episode is Ians birthday gift to the podcasters in the WoW community, while sharing some behind the scenes information with listers of WoW podcasts about how shows are done andamp; the efforts creators will go to for that content experience. [ this show is brought to you by the R.E.D. Podcast Network -- bringing on-demand geek audio straight to your ears - redpodcastnetwork.com ]

As A Paladins Tale approaches its first anniversary next week, Ian takes a look back at some of the more notable things for him in his World of Warcraft gameplay experience in 2013; going from progression raiding to none to trying to build a new flex raiding team, guild-hopping andamp; forming a new guild, and what he is now looking forward to doing as the game hits that usual content lull at the end of the expansion. [ this podcast is brought to you by figureprints.com -- bring your world of warcraft character to life from as little as 69.95EUR ]

For Episode 56 of A Paladins tale (albeit two days late), Ian takes a look at the continued growth of the mini game aspect of World of Warcraft, what drives this content form, dispells some myths around the concept, andamp; looks forward to what else it will bring to World of Warcraft gameplay down the line. [this episode is brought to you by FigurePrints.com/wow -- bring your World of Warcraft character to life from as little as 69.59EUR ]

For Episode 55, Ian takes a diversion through the portal to talk about the news last week that the NSA have landed on Azeroth like the two factions landed on Pandaria. From the humourous take on NSA guildmaster recruitment to Gold buyers being criminally prosecuted to the thought police coming to your house for trolling /2 with tasteless jokes, Ian takes you back to Azeroth with more than a bump as the real world spills into our game in a very real way. [ this podcast is brought to you by FigurePrints.com -- bring your character to life from as little as 69.95EUR ]

For Episode 54 of A Paladins Tale, Ian takes a close look at the numbers so far for raid completion across this expansion, andamp; asks if the tail-off in numbers on the later raid tiers can come up before the Warlords of Draenor 6.0 patch, andamp; if the Timeless Isle truly can sustain the userbase to Q3 2014 for the suspected release date of WoD? [ This episode is brought to you by FigurePrints.com -- bring YOUR World of Warcraft character to life from as little as 69.95EUR ]