Ascendants of Ascalon Podcast

Release Date Announcement Hey guys, just wanted to post a quick update about the show now that we have a release date.  I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about this. Just listen to the clip, you’ll understand if you don’t already.

Episode 12 What did you do this week? Dave Mel Jeremy Jared News NCSoft Quarterly Report leads to speculation that a Q3 release is likely. http://www.stormcrest.com/gw2-release-date-in-q3-july-sept-2012-ncsoft-quarterly-report Dye unlocks to be character-based and not account-based. http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/written-red-dye-unlocking-character-based-account-based/#more-9031 Details of the BWE2 ending event http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/bwe2-finale-rytlock-dragons-corruption-my/ AtraLuna updates post BWE2 http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/lunaatra-update-gw2codex/ Massively calls professions onions http://i.massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/12/flameseeker-chronicles-professions-are-like-onions/ Leveling to 80 [...]

Episode 11 What did you do this week? Dave Jared Jeremy Mel News BWE2 announced for June 8-10 http://www.arena.net/blog/the-big-beta-weekend-preview ArenaNet announces that they’ve doubled their server capacity for BWE2 http://www.arena.net/blog/were-ready-for-this-weekends-beta PC Gamer Reveals Gendarran Fields playable during BWE2 http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/guild-wars-2s-gendarran-fields-has-centaurs-pirates-zombies-and-filthy-lying-apple-vendors/ Shadow Refuge Blog Goes in depth with cross-profession combos http://www.shadowrefuge.com/2012/06/cross-profession-combos-closer-look.html?m=1 GW2Junkies Speculates Thanksgiving Release Window for [...]

Episode 10 What did you do this week? Dave Jared General Gaming Discussion Time Explanation of the Segment Basically, this Segment will be our time to discuss the other games we’re playing while we impatiently wait for Guild Wars 2 to come out.  Those games could range from League of Legends to Frisbee Golf and [...]

Episode 9 What have you been doing this week? Melissa       Jeremy       Dave Jared News Stress Test Monday May 14 Beta Forums Reset (Speculation) Ogden in Guild Wars 2? (Speculation) Long Term Development goals? http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/05/11/gw2-the-long-game/ Gamebreaker.tv marvels at the smoothness of the “Stress Test” http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/guild-wars-2-beta-stress-test/ Guild Wars 2 “on track” for 2nd half of [...]

Episode 8 News Fear of diving boards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGkkHMVSyYo and http://imgur.com/D3SoG Topic Poster Turtlemilk makes a good forum post. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/ARENANET-Please-Consider-the-Following-or-Risk-Losing-a-Huge-Portion-of-the-Mainstream-MMO-Playerbase/page/1#post65525 Tutorials. http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/tutorials-101 Beta Weekend Footage (from us) http://youtu.be/HK6TwoA5E0I (LA Diving Board) http://youtu.be/zubSN51jFVk (Great Northern Wall Jumping Puzzle) Jon Peters on Melee vs Ranged http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/jon-peters-melee-vs-ranged-combat/#more-5878 Andrew Mcleod on the Future of PvE Tuning http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/future-pve-difficulty/ Daves Raves People [...]

Episode 7 What have you been doing this week? Melissa Dave Jared News Bytes- BWE this Friday through Sunday. Email blast went out on Monday reminding people that the only guaranteed way to beta is to pre-purchase. (I suspect it went out to all emails registered for beta prior to prepurchase). Anet blog about then [...]

Episode 6 What have you been doing this week? Jared Dave Jeremy Mel News PC Gamer Previews the Elementalist http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/guild-wars-2-elementalist-preview/ Stress Test on Friday April 13 http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/s5oxm/gw2_stress_test_on_friday/ Guild Wars 2 recieves its official ESRB rating https://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=32125&searchkeyword=guild+wars+2 Jon Peters on Traits (again) http://guildwars2hub.com/features/interviews/traits-and-builds-interview-jon-peters Jon Peters on Builds http://guildwars2hub.com/features/interviews/traits-and-builds-interview-jon-peters-pt-2 GWI Acheivement Primer http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/gw2-achievement-primer/ Dave’s Raves Discussion Topic [...]

Episode 5 What have you been doing this week? Jared Dave Jeremy Mel News Beliasta’s Effect Stacking Breakdown http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/beliastas-effect-stacking-breakdown/ Level 1 Stats Revealed http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/guild-wars-2-level-1-stats-attributes/ Personal Home Instances http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/guild-wars-2-personal-home-instances/ EU Fan Day Q&A http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/eufanday-qa-coverage/ GW2 Region-Locked (not really) http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/arenanet-guild-wars-2-client-region-locked/ Dave’s Raves Discussion Topic Favorite Prestige Armor Set Listener Feedback Outro You can reach us in the [...]

Easter Week Just posting a quick update for you guys as you are hopefully travelling safely to easter get togethers (or weekend get togethers if easter isn’t your thing). See you guys Tuesday. Happy Easter! www.guildmag.com Twitter – Jared @Solietu Jeremy @jqsage Email – ascendantsofascalon@gmail.com Direct Download – ascendantsofascalon.wordpress.com Also Available on iTunes and Stitcher [...]