Relics of Orr

Download the MP3 file We are joined by Tasha with Split Infinity Radio, Chaz, Tiger with the Secret Agent Cat blog, and Csquirrelrun (Show saver and mashup maker) to discuss the guardian profession and some Guild Wars: Awesome. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Sequel Scuttlebutt The guardian profession has arrived. In half-way full force. Introduction to fansites, today’s 6: http://www.guildwars2news.com/ http://www.talktyria.net/ http://www.guildfans.com http://www.gw2fans.com http://guildwarsreporter.com Ravious and referral benefits ArenaNet’s job openings (Yeah none of us are getting hired by’em, don’t worry) Speculator’s Corner Louden and the Hall of Monuments speculative “hat guy”, a further elaboration GW2′s UI and potential of text setting export and import The merits and potential pitfalls of GW2 underwater combat What is the “Seraph” and what role will it play? How poor is my lore understanding? Traitor Arcade When starting out in, or using a trial of, Guild Wars, what to steer clear from and varying opinions on Pre-Searing Ascalon. The difference between persistence and instancing in MMO’s. What this means for GW and GW2. Protips Consets? Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) GuildCast and Relics Mash by Remedyman Nick Black (Outro) Thanks to  Remedyman  for the mashed music, Csquirrelrun for the  mashup and cohosting,  Tiger, Tasha, Chaz, Smiffy, Dave Draschil, Guild Wars 2 Guru, GuildFans, Quaggan, Talk Tyria, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file We are joined by Tasha with Split Infinity Radio, Chaz, Kattar with Guild Fans, and Tiger with the Secret Agent Cat blog to discuss the Kodan, SSD, a decade with ArenaNet, and people that like to laugh. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Sequel Scuttlebutt Hindsight Anet video, “Are you a bad ass?” Will ArenaNet provide some sort of rollback protection for post hack in GW2 (or GW:A)? Hunter’s blog post http://huntersinsight.wordpress.com/201 … ld-wars-2/ Coupled with Ravious’ new article http://www.killtenrats.com/2011/01/14/w … ld-wars-2/ The Kodan. SSD  http://www.samsungssd.com/ Speculator’s Corner Would people be willing to pay a micro transaction to gain “hat guy” functionality from the HoM shrines? Koda as a future playable race? Traitor Arcade The [RO] MC Server Gamer journalism http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/01/11 … alism-yet/ What are you playing? Protips Always have something chosen for a segment when you include that segment in a show. Laddergoat Suicidal Chicken Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) MAST and TimmsTunes(Outro) Thanks to  Remedyman for the intro,  Tiger, Tasha, Chaz, Kattar, Dave Draschil, Guild Wars 2 Guru, GuildFans, and Doghouse Systems.

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Download the MP3 file I’m joined by Tasha with Split Infinity Radio and Tigerfeet with Secret Agent Cat to make an episode. By brute force. And we spoke of nothing GW related. At least we meant to do it that way, this time. Windows 7 did not play friendly with Tigerfeet’s mic, but Csquirrel came through for us and adjusted the call in a fashion that  had to have been extremely tedious. Big thanks to him. We don’t expect to be releasing episodes when there’s little GW related news to talk about in the near future. I hope to have a mini show (per Louden’s recommendation) for the holidays, but otherwise, expect a downswing in our activity in regard to Relics. I intend to use the forums to keep people posted on when we have intent to do a show while things are slow. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Segments lol Here’s that blue mace profession image link I guess. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Blue_mace_man_concept_art.jpg Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto 6 (Intro) Moist (Outro) Thanks to  Remedyman for the intro, Csquirrelrun for saving the show when I wasn’t willing PLUS the mashup dude, Tiger, Tasha, Chaz, Kattar, Dave Draschil, Guild Wars 2 Guru, GuildFans, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file We are joined by Tasha with Split Infinity Radio, Chaz, and Kattar with Guild Fans to discuss news about energy, elites, and ton(ne)s of news outside the Guild Wars community. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Sequel Scuttlebutt We discuss the loads of information we’ve received from Ravious at Kill Ten Rats and his interview of the ArenaNet crew. More here http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/11/29/gw2-interview-on-energy-and-skills-pt-1/ http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/11/30/gw2-interview-on-energy-and-skills-pt-2/ Speculator’s Corner Are mesmers and assassin-based professions a shoe in for GW2? Responses to .. responses.. in regard to GW2, Unix, and DirectX. Stimulus Package Your favorite ways to make money in GW. Traitor Arcade What other games are you playing outside the GW franchise. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Intro) Moist (Outro) Thanks to  Remedyman for the intro, Csquirrelrun for the outro mashup, Tiger, Tasha, Chaz, Kattar, Dave Draschil, Guild Wars 2 Guru, GuildFans, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file Yes, the title is mostly intended to garner attention from search engines. We don’t actually have the answer to this. But we do talk about it. Tiger with the Secret Agent Cat blog, 1/2 of Chaz, and Tasha with Split Infinity Radio join me in discussion about the GW2 UI, GuildFans and ZAM, Mac OSX/Linux compatibility, and the Hearts of the North release for GW. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Sequel Scuttlebutt Eric Flannum explains what “When it’s done” means. Eternal September of GW2. Speculator’s Corner What do you want to see in the Sylvari Reskin? Class changing systems and “character remorse”? Data tracking for GW2. Togo’s Soapbox What is “Hearts of the North”? Recap on changes to WiK and recent changes. Protips Tasha’s GvG key tip and how to prevent Danika from being Leeroy Jenkins Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) Mysto & Pizzi (Outro) Thanks to  Remedyman for the intro, Csquirrelrun for the outro mashup, Tiger, Tasha, Chaz, Guild Wars 2 Guru, GuildFans, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file Tiger with the Secret Agent Cat blog and Chaz join me in yapping it up about the slowdown of the news monster, why that might be the case, and what we’d like to see in the privacy settings of Guild Wars 2. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Long John Assassin finds he is immortalized in Kaineng Center. In game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Long John Assassin can't help but overdo it. Sequel Scuttlebutt The hype monster has been sedated of late. What would the reason for this be and what consequences would it have? How limited are we really on our skillbar in GW2? Speculator’s Corner When the next profession reveal goes live, do you think it would be in ArenaNet’s best interest to announce the Mesmer? Is the winged chicasita actually going to be called a monk still? What kinda privacy settings would you like to see in GW2? Togo’s Soapbox What are “elite areas”? Protips Much needed requirements for each elite area. Example, corpse teleport in Urgoz, as well as aoe heavy heals. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) Blaggards (Outro) Thanks to  Csquirrelrun for the outro mashup, Tiger, Tasha, Chaz, Guild Wars 2 Guru, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file Tasha with Split Infinity Radio hosts this one and  Tiger with the Secret Agent Cat blog and Chaz pretends he’s Eeyore to discuss the Halloween events and costumes. I was there but anything but helpful. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. In game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Sequel Scuttlebutt PC Gamer takes a small statement by Eric Flannum and blows it out of proportion for a good story! It’s okay though, because the community totally had their rational pants on. Martin Kerstein answers a lot of our questions from around the board. Too much to go over in one show but plenty to be read. Discussion on costumes, costume brawls, and Halloween events. Speculator’s Corner With the information as it stands so far, assuming also we’ll see a mesmer and renamed assassin: What race and profession do you plan to play as first? How would you feel about being part of a very closed beta (not public)? At this stage now, what do you expect of the blue wing headed chicasita in the concept art? What do you expect out of that last profession spot? If the first big expansion pack (assuming there will be one), imagine they were to release a new race. What would you want that to be? Togo’s Soapbox What’s the skinny on these Halloween Costumes? How long will they last? What the heck is up with PvXWiki? Protips In place of a protip, we’ll do some Guild Wars Awesome news. John Stumme hits us with an article about Guild Wars, talking about many things to look forward to soon. These include ideas like a central mapping hub between continents and the many hero party option that Stumme so pleasantly bombed on us earlier this year. We love ye Stumme! Who's that guy!? Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) Nick Black (Outro) Thanks to  Csquirrelrun for the outro mashup, Tiger, Tasha, Chaz, Guild Wars 2 Guru, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file We are joined by Tasha with Split Infinity Radio and  Tiger with the Secret Agent Cat blog to talk more about Hall of Monuments and some nonsense. Let me introduce today’s “Relics DJ”. Csquirrelrun has done a fantastic job cleaning the call up and making a good show of this one. You sir are pro, as are the other DJ’s that offered and have shown support. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. In game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Sequel Scuttlebutt Shep asks “Nice show. About the HoM prize page…is it that you will get a lvl 13 item and a lvl 16 and a lvl 24? OR will you get one item and your lvl will dictate the range of items you have to choose from?” Rubi and Hunter give you tips on how to fill your Hall of Monuments. NCSoft Investor report talk. Ben says “I just wanted to add that in GuildWars 2 Anet has stated they will be removing the “click to move” feature. In my opinion this was done to combat the UCM (Unattended Combat Macro) bot programs, as these programs heavily rely on “click to move”. Regardless though was it was alluded to the fight against UCM bots in any game is just a game of cat and mouse between the programmers and Anet. I just wanted to add that in GuildWars 2 Anet has stated they will be removing the “click to move” feature. In my opinion this was done to combat the UCM (Unattended Combat Macro) bot programs, as these programs heavily rely on “click to move”. Regardless though was it was alluded to the fight against UCM bots in any game is just a game of cat and mouse between the programmers and Anet.” Speculator’s Corner Email responses Togo’s Soapbox What does all this “vanquishing” talk mean? Protips Other titles you can hammer out whilst vanquishing Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) Anemo (Outro) Thanks to remedyman for the intro mashup, Csquirrelrun for the outro mashup and .. the entire show, Tiger, Tasha, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file We are joined by Tasha with Split Infinity Radio and  JR and Kattar with Guild Wars 2 Guru, admins of said venerable website. Today we talk about the Hall of Monuments and their integration with Guild Wars 2, and we speculate so much crap, I’m really not sure if Marty McFly was with us by the time it was over. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Gear up in Relics swag at our CafePress Store. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. In game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Sequel Scuttlebutt Crafting in GW2, also known as “disciplines”. So to players of other MMO’s out there, you don’t have classes but professions instead. And you don’t have professions but disciplines instead. Are we clear? That sucks. The Hall of Monuments Calculator is released to track your HoM progress and show what rewards you will be eligible for in GW2. Too pro. Questions about microtransactions and transmutation stones answered. JohnnyV with Guild Wars 2 Forum got some answers about the API and user development. Speculator’s Corner We answer questions that came in from the forum members at Guild Wars 2 Guru in this thread. Togo’s Soapbox What is this Hall of Monuments? Protips Give me some tips on ways to improve my Hall of Monuments and get ready for Guild WArs 2. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) Nick Black (Outro) Thanks to remedyman for the intro mashup, Csquirrelrun for the outro mashup, JR, Kattar, Tasha, and Doghouse Systems.

Download the MP3 file Tigerfeet with Secret Agent Cat, Chaz, and I talk about the news on loot, armors of the dungeon systems, and a number of other things that came out recently. Relics of Orr is sponsored by Doghouse Systems. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. In game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Sequel Scuttlebutt Some talk on the GDC Vault Interview (video) with the ArenaNet team. Discussion on a recent article straight from ArenaNet about loot and armor. Remedyman wants to know about World vs. World in GW2. Speculator’s Corner Oculus Sinister asks 1) Will there be an achievement system? IMO most likely. Will they do anything innovative there? Probably not. 2) Why have they been so quiet about their PvP and GvG? Think they have some amazing new concept to unveil or will it be more of the same? I think that GW’s pvp is among the best in MMOland and pve their weakpoint. All their emphasis so far has been to address changes in the game that fix pve weaknesses of the original GW and other MMOs. 3) MMO manifesto video on http://www.guildwars2.com: did anyone else hear Colin’s voice crack twice during his shpeal? Could he be going through puberty a second time? Could Guild Wars 2 be so amazing that this is a potential side effect and will the FDA have to step in and issue Guild Wars a block box warning? Shepard Book asks about the next profession reveal, release date speculation, and expansion release models. Matteo Vittoria asks 1) With the removal of the click to move system in Guild Wars 2, I can only assume that clicking results in a standard attack and in this the only way of auto attacking is to right click your first skill. Here lies my question, if I run out of energy/mana does my character stop auto attacking or only attack when he has the energy? I realise that this is hard to speculate on without actually seeing in game but I figured you guys would have more experience and knowledge in this area. 2) As a warrior I feel my role as the parties’ first member into combat dismissed as we now in Guild Wars 2 see other professions take on a more frontline role. In this lies my problem, do you think that stationary professions such as the Warrior are going to be ignored for more agile professions such as a ranger, especially because there is no body blocking in Guild Wars 2 and the role of the tank is effectively gone with the removal of the MMO trinity. Togo’s Soapbox I joined a party and everyone’s posting these links to their skillbars in chat. How do they do that? How do I do this for a build from another profession? Protips Watching rated matches in Guild Wars, and how to help find more groups for Zaishen quests that consist of more than one person. Email a La Carte A lot. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro and Outro) Last mock song by listener Jonathan Van Immerzeel

Download the MP3 file Tasha with Split Infinity Radio, Smiffy with the Faceroll Show and I discuss Guild Wars 2 from the perspective of a non GW dedicated community mindset.. again, and we go apeshat on community feedback. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. We’re looking for a couple more bloggers. Join in the fun. Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Sequel Scuttlebutt Smiffy grills the Relics crew about Guild Wars 2 from outside the GW dedicated community. Take 2. Speculator’s Corner NPC’s in Guild Wars 2. Also, Relics hosts as NPC’s in GW2? We can hope. Togo’s Soapbox Run down on stuff from the Live Team’s interview on Kill Ten Rats. Protips More on the “7 Heroes” stir for Guild Wars Awesome. Email a La Carte I can’t.. possibly post all the emails here this week. Highlights: French GW CM informs us that “The Shatterer is a rank, not a name. Woah! UKNL informs us of great fortune. Hunter gives Anet what for. And much, much more. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) Nick  Black (Show’s End)

Download the MP3 file Tigerfeet with the Secret Agent Cat blog, Chaz, Smiffy with the Faceroll Show and I discuss Guild Wars 2 from the perspective of a non GW dedicated community mindset. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. We’re looking for bloggers and someone to do mashups of the best moments on Relics of Orr. Join in the fun. Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Sequel Scuttlebutt Smiffy grills the Relics crew about Guild Wars 2 from outside the GW dedicated community. Speculator’s Corner Book writes It should be emphasized that the demo was a showcase for the game and many of the things could have been accentuated to be more ‘showy” As far as elites, I’ve always wanted the elites to be ‘elite’ versions of normal skills (like prot spirit 10 sec…10% reduction and the elite Shielding Spirit 16 sec and 16% reduction) The Shatner is a GREAT name (thanks Tiger Feet!)…Although…I’m getting a good vibe from “Krack-at-the-court”. Following Tasha’s was seems to work well for me when I’m helping others who are lost. Have them look ober their map while you are looking at Wiki. Ask them about towns they have until you get to one that they don’t have…take a step back and look to who gives the previous quest…and who gives the reward. You should be able to find out where they are quickly. Boobie soft? really? Nice addition to the dynamics of the show Another greatand informative show…Keep up the good work! Book and Jack the Spinner says Good evening gang I am just catching up with my correspondence and found this collection of thoughts that I meant to send after episode #11, but forgot. I blame old age This is mainly a question for Tasha, but all feel free to chip in. Tasha’s thoughts on playing Ranger in the demo at Gamescom were quite interesting, particularly the section on her pet being unresponsive. Of course, this is a common complaint by the GW1 community as well, so I wondered if Tasha plays beastmaster much in GW1. I love my pets and play with them often, particularly farming Totem Axes and Shards in the Wailing Forest in FoW (mainly for fu), is an effective way to learn and hone pet control skill. Personally I feel that pets get bad press because players just don’t understand pet mechanics (I am not suggesting this applies to any of you). Well, as the pet is an integral part of the GW2 Ranger’s character mechanic, it is obviously of no use if the pet is actually unresponsive. In GW1, the two main causes of pets appearing unresponsive are (in my opinion) 1) Out of aggro, the pet must be explicitly ordered to attack a specific target via pet control panel and skill usage. They will not attack out of aggro unless both conditions are met, if both conditions are met, they will attack instantly from flatbow range or a shade outside. 2) Pets, annoyingly, can stand around amidst the enemy, in which case they are body-blocked, or blocked by a terrain feature (no body-blocking in GW2 so that won’t apply, though terrain blocking will I assume). Thoughts from the floor? enjoying the shows Jack Togo’s Soapbox What can I do if I don’t like any of the armor sets for my profession? Protips You guys talk a lot about keybindings in previous shows, but how do you guys keybind? Emails Captain Martin calls in Toom Cools says Hey Relics of Orr team. I spoke with … whoever it is that plays on the Relics of Orr account in Guild Wars, and told him/her that i would send in my mp3 “phonecall”. However, after listening to myself a few times, i realized that my voice just isn’t meant for radio or podcasting. Since i respect your show, i decided to mail you instead of wrecking your show with my monotonous voice. Your show is great! I especialy like the way you divide the show [...]

Download the MP3 file Tigerfeet, Tasha from Split Infinity Radio, Chas(alternate spelling: Chaz) and I discuss the energy system, elite skills and their balance, attributes, and lunch bags. You’ll see. May I suggest a barrel.. flip? Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. We are Luxon. Sequel Scuttlebutt Elite Skill balance (GW2Guru/GW2Wiki), energy in Guild Wars 2, and the attribute system. Speculator’s Corner David Scott writes OK we know that when Kralkatorrik awoke in the Charr territory for what ever reason the evil SOB flew south creating the Dragonband turning everything within it crystal including anything alive. These new crystal beast are minions of Kralkatorrik, when he finally landed it was near the Tomb of the Primeval Kings and Glint’s lair. Now Kralkatorrik has a major minion that seems to be less mindless this of course is the Shatterer a dragon. What do you guys think are the chances that this general of Kralkatorrik is a corrupted Glint? Love to hear this on the next podcast. And TechnoBlaze calls in with a similar question. Togo’s Soapbox I’ve lost track of my progression through a campaign. What do I do about this? Protips Migrating and storage of your builds for a new computer or a new Guild Wars install. Emails Captain Martin Long tries to offer us the most sweet deal! He’s also not related to Martin Short and his name doth protest too loudly. Carlo Viganò says Hello Relics of Orr krewe! I started listening to your podcast a while ago, then I discovered that I have an alter-ego in Chaz (I’m also studying accounting, my name is Carlo = Charles = Chaz and I do all the crazy notepad BU accounting stuff he does when selling things on Gw…), and that is how my addiction started. Yesterday I listened to Tasha’s I believe FIRST in-Gw SHOW on air on SI Radio and actually chatted a little with her, she’s lovely, and owned a nice Hide & Seek game in Gw which was great!!!! (Never played it before, thought it was kinda stupid but when you actually start getting into the teleport frenzy it’s so much fun!) After the show I had a very nice Zbounty quest + domination in the craziest zone (full of bridges, up & downs…jeez) with Chaz whose heros has some supernatural GPS Ability…and in him I found a really good player! We owned that area accounting-style… This is my experience so far with you guys and since I’m enjoying it so much I’ve decided to write this mail ^_^ Show’s Great! Love it, actually the Europe/Canada/Usa mix works nicely, Tasha has the nicest accent (even if she told me she prefers USA’s one lol), Secret Agent Cat blog is awesome and Ryan has some speaking frenzies and jokes which are just hilarious ^_^ I’d definitely love to meet you guys all in Gw and experiment an elite area together or some random PvE….it’d just be great!!! (IGN Ubi Maior) After all this boring stuff about how much fun I’m havin with you guys and bla bla bla let’s write something usefull such a debate idea for your show: a topic that I’ve always cared about but it’s not as popular as I’d like to, is the fact the MMOs actually come from D&D…which comes from the desire of people who are into Fantasy to actually BE into a Fantasy adventure as a protagonist. If you think about MMOs as games based on Fantasy literature, game mechanics then become a set of rules and choice options that yes, allow a game to be playable, but also have to keep the “spirit” of Fantasy books into the game. Nowadays a lot of great MMos have game mechanics that focus more on the “awesomeness” of moves and battles rather than making the game “fantasy acceptable”. Gw2 on the other hand has a really strong “story” and “make you feel like a [...]

Download the MP3 file Tigerfeet, Tasha from Split Infinity Radio, and I talk about necromancers and computers a lot. Plus I give you the scoop on Doghouse Systems and their podcast. Togo is Classic Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Steam. Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. Sequel Scuttlebutt OMG Necro! Necro mechanics: Marks, Pets, Fear, Death Shroud Casey from The MMO Report talks about Guild Wars 2. New, cleaner videos released of the Gamescom demo. Blizzard passes out flyers at the GW2 demo. Impressions of GW2 from outside the heavy GW community. Speculator’s Corner Will the necro have support capacity? What will the next profession reveal be? Update on when we think GW2 will release. Rob Alden asks Hey there I love the show! I know there are no official system requirements known for Guild Wars 2 yet but I was wondering what you speculate the requirements might be? The first Guild Wars System Requirements: Minimum system specification * Windows Vista/XP/2000/ME/98 * Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or equivalent * 512 MB RAM * 3 GB available HDD space * ATI Radeon 8500 or NVIDIA GeForce 3 series video card with 64 MB of VRAM Recommended system specification * Windows Vista/XP/2000 * Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or equivalent * 1 GB RAM * 4 GB available HDD space * ATI Radeon 9600 or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 series video card or above Based on games out now though it seems like the recommended requirements might barely be the minimum specs for GW2? Or will they be scaling down there specs to something more along the lines of the first Guild Wars? My Specs are listed under this but even now my graphics card is on the mid to low scale when it was on the high end when I first bought it a year or two ago. On the Windows Index scale my graphics/gaming graphics are at a 5.3/5.5 Windows 7 Intel® Core™2 Duo T9800 2.93GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M, 2GB – SLI® Enabled 320GB 7,200RPM Will I be able to run the game on my computer with full detail and settings maxed out? If not what do you think I should change? Someone mentioned a cheap $109 XFX ATI Radeon HD 5670 1 GB DDR5 DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card HD567XZNF3 But I don’t even know how I would go about installing it since I’ve been using Nvidia on it. It’d probably break lol And Phillip Broomhall asks Hi guys and girls reading this, I’ll admit I have only just this past week listened to the latest Relics of Orr podcast (#11) but am steadily making my way through any that might have information about Guild Wars 2 that I myself may have missed. In episode 10 of the Relics of Orr show you all talked about the dynamic events system as well as breifly talking about dungeons. I was just wondering whether you think ArenaNet will likely throw some dynamic events in the game which will unlock and also prevent access to various dungeons, so for example. Dungeon A is currently heavily guarded by a huge force of centaur. A dynamic event starts where players are tasked with taking out the centaur general in charge to weaken the moral of the remaining force. - Upon defeating the general in charge the remaining centaur forces retreat to Dungeon B. This allows players to explore dungeon A, however Dungeon B will now be cut off and inaccessable to players until a new event which will see the centaur pushed away again, thus unlocking access to Dungeon B but preventing access to Dungeon A. I hope the example above wasn’t too confusing, so what do you think? Is this something ArenaNet may do to give players a choice in which dungeon they want to explore. Togo’s Soapbox I thought Guild Wars was an MMO, but this sure doesn’t feel like an MMO. What’s up with all this instancing? Protips How to get more than three [...]