Relics of Orr

Download the MP3 file Tasha (Split Infinity Radio) and I talk about her visit to Gamescom 2010 last week in Cologne, Germany.  She tells a lot of things that may not be as easily discerned from second hand footage, such as some small issues that the demo still had, the absolutely pro nature of the dye system, as well as considerations and observations of the newly announced necromancer profession. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call us at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. Let us know if you’re interested in Relics of Orr creating a merchandise line, such as shirts, mugs, mousepads, and “pants”. Give your feedback via email preferably, or via forums is good. Sequel Scuttlebutt & Speculator’s Corner Gamescom post-game show. Togo’s Soapbox Guilds, and namely, Alliances. How do these work? Protips How does the faction of an alliance/guild factor into daily gaming? How is it achieved? Will Relics go Luxon, also? Emails Mike Roberts says: Hi all, Great show, keep it up. Question for you. Do you have any idea on what the PC requirements are yet?? Heard a rumor that it GW2 will need a 1 gig video card. Thanks. Long time fan Sent from my iPod Alex Emory says: Ryan – Tasha – TigerFeet – Louden First off…nice show… 1. So healing is nice…but, for the team, prot is better. I play a monk more often than not (I, too, like to feel needed) and healing your team is a re-active thing…once they take damage you try to heal them up. Protection, however can be used proactively to mitigate the damage in the first place. Most groups look for HB or UA monks (for different reasons) but fail to see the advantages of having a prot monk in the group: a) makes the healing more manageable for the other monk (if there is one) b) negates or reduces damage taken in the first place so spikes are less effective on individuals/team c) can focus on one player if the game circumstances change and someone needs to be more of a ‘tank’ I made my monk for the same reason as the others…was a RANGER and groups were always waiting around for monks. But as Tiger pointed out…there are PLENTY of bad monks out there (people who have a warrior mindset…especially). It would help if people remembered that this is a ROLE playing game…and the role you choose should be one that you are willing to play. As an evil side note…even now, healing is the responsible of all players in the party. If you are a front line guy and getting pounded, retreat is your responsibility and give the monk time to heal you. Healing the party is the monks job…not focusing on one bozo who bleeds like a stuck pig but refuses to fall back…then blames others for his failure as a player. AND…you didn’t start playing a monk with the hope of it carrying on…don’t be a quitter 2. Rangers – People who don’t play rangers usually don’t understand what a ranger is supposed to be. Rangers, like other professions should be used to full fill specific roles. People who try to play outside that role are usually disappointed … and disappoint their team … and perpetuate bad attitudes towards rangers. Rangers are ranged players who are not primary damage dealers but condition dealers/spreaders … natural spirit users … Splinter (although splinter is better utilized by a Rt) among a few others…again…a role… 3. Why do we have to change the name of Guild Wars? GW and GW2 is simple enough 4. The manifesto video rocked and keeps the hype going strong (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome …Tina Turner…gotta remember that!!). More recently revealed in the Gamescom videos, we will have necros (as everyone expected). Also, Horia Dociu pronounced his name ‘do-chew’. MAYBE (specualtion alert) the dynamic events will wax and wane. Centaurs attack a village…if we [...]

So I snagged an interview with ArenaNet’s Guild Wars Lead Designer John Stumme. We laugh it up while at the same time, answering a few questions the Relics krewe conjured up for him. John proves to be a personality you should most definitely be excited about. Guild Wars Awesome - What is the status of GVG changes? - What is the status of the dervish profession review? - With GW2 on the horizon, this will likely result in a smaller player base in GW. Is the interest in allowing players to bring more heroes affected by this in any way? - Can we look forward to any new weapons? - Will there be any new consumables? - Will we see a paragon profession review? - After the release of Guild Wars 2, what sort of nomenclature will you use to refer to the prequel. Guild Wars Classic, right? -Last October the live team introduced a set of quests to the Halloween celebrations that changed the Underworld. How likely are we to see further updates to the various holiday celebrations compared to the addition of new content to the game? -Pie or Cake? (Sorry, they melvin’d me) For players of the game Guild Wars, it’s highly recommended that you listen to this. Knowing what’s in the mind of this man will probably put you in a feeling of anticipation. He’s driven, and he didn’t fluff anyone (though I did do some fluffing). Stop in for a listen. After the interview, also, Chas and I went a little crazy based on some inspiration from the interview and we figured you guys might enjoy it. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. Let us know if you’re interested in Relics of Orr creating a merchandise line, such as shirts, mugs, mousepads, and “pants”. Give your feedback via email preferably, or via forums is good. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By (In order of appearance): Canto6 (Intro) Nick Black (Beginning of Show’s End) Canto6 (End of Show’s End) I’m glad that’s been made clear Download the MP3 file

Tigerfeet, Tasha from Split Infinity Radio, and Louden Swain and I talk about the new Manifesto video that ArenaNet released this week. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. Let us know if you’re interested in Relics of Orr creating a merchandise line, such as shirts, mugs, mousepads, and “pants”. Give your feedback via email preferably, or via forums is good. Sequel Scuttlebutt -The Manifesto Video -The faces of Arena Net -Reactions to the video from beyond the GW community -Playable demo of GW2 at Gamescom this week -NCSoft’s Gamescom coverage Speculator’s Corner -Balancing a casual gamer’s MMO with the “Rat in a cage” lucrative MMO -Dynamic events in end game, will they matter? Togo’s Soapbox People wearing odd or fancy outfits regardless of their profession, sup with that? Protips Louden catches us up on the meaning of “Glaiveway”. 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

John Vinson, Tigerfeet, Tasha from Split Infinity Radio and I talk more about personality, read a few speculative emails and commentate, and then completely give up on professionalism in general. I'll eat your pants. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. Let us know if you’re interested in Relics of Orr creating a merchandise line, such as shirts, mugs, mousepads, and “pants”. Give your feedback via email preferably, or via forums is good. Sequel Scuttlebutt - More information on personality - Voiceovers, dialogue, and ambience. - Jeremy Soule is back baby - Small bits from Univers Virtuels: You can meet friends right out of the character creation gate, not every profession has “chains” - Level curve is clarified. It’s still a curve, just minor. Speculator’s Corner Two e-mails Ben with Relics of Orr Hey Gang, To start I must say great podcast. It is really refreshing to listen to such a well produced podcast that covers GuildWars 2 news, while still having contributing segments and content about GuilWars 1. Yes 1, Arenanet says so! My question is how you think GW2 will handle finding groups with random players. I really hope, they find a way to follow Blizzards “Looking for dungeon” system in World of Warcraft. If there is one thing that WoW has done right it is hands down the “Looking for dungeon” system. While the party number above players heads in mission outposts combined with auto-invite and search menu is nice. It certainly is not perfect. This system has lead to personal frustration of people not understanding what HM means and trying to go along with me while not having access to HM. No frustration is great then wasting 25mins in and outpost trying to find a group when I could be working on secondary quests instead. They are giving us the auction house so we don’t have to sit in trade staring at our screens like zombies. Now help us with missions! Has something been said about this and I just missed it? What do you all think Arenanet will do? One last thing, Guildwars 1 Guildwars 1 Guildwars 1 Ben aka Epic Wind in game. PS. Pie! Andre Engelbrecht Hi guys, Love the show, yadayada (everyone else already said what ever I could say, so I’m mixin it up that way) Straight to the point… In regards to the Guild Wars 2 chat, which according to anet will be available to chat out of game, do you guys have any idea if there will be an Android or iPhone client for the chat? If not, did they mention anything about releasing the api, so that I can write my own app? It would be awesome to keep in touch with my buddies on my android phone, whilst in the bus etc. If you guys don’t have any of this info, who should I email to find out? Regards, PS: No Really, love the show! Togo’s Soapbox Storage space maximization and efficiency. Protips What is “UA/HB”, how does it work and why is it so well liked? Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Canto6 (Intro) FISSURE (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file

Chas, Tigerfeet, Tasha from Split Infinity Radio and I talk about the definition of “pants”, indecent paragons, high school wrestling, and just about anything else that would highlight our inability to stay on target, said target being Guild Wars Classic and Guild Wars 2 information and speculation. Does the word "stealth" always result in fail? Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds. Let us know if you’re interested in Relics of Orr creating a merchandise line, such as shirts, mugs, mousepads, and “pants”. Give your feedback via email preferably, or via forums is good. Big thanks to Hunter from Hunter’s Insight for your involvement and support guised as trolling and Joe Hostile for the show tweet last week. Sequel Scuttlebutt - NPC gear accessible by players - Dye system gonna be muchos better, with more than one place per piece of armor to apply dye (Holy @#%#), and a focus on dye’s behavior on specific materials. - All races can be any profession. Period. - GW2 is Tyria focused - No point and click control, more ease focused -80 is the level cap but the level up increments are evenly spaced. - Humor is coming back. It’s an honor to fight by my side. - No heroes and henchies but there will be allies to control in other fashion (Gaki?) - Reconnection issues have been reworked. - Full on and heavily integrated voice acting. Where do I apply? Speculator’s Corner Greibach says “Just FYI- on the Cost of Persistance vs Instanced, I don’t recall where, but they have expressly said that the reason that GW1 was instanced had little to do with cost. They indicated that they have developed a model that is much easier on servers than most people think, and that the difference in maintenance cost will be minimal, which is why they can stay with a no-subscription model. I will try to look for the source, but I know they have explained it somewhat.” http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/rel … post233300 Togo’s Soapbox What are elite skills and how do I get them? Protips AutoHotKey, is it worth using? Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Look, this text is bold. We also read an email from Hunter at the Hunters Insight blog to discuss stealth. Will Guild Wars 2 see this function? Listen in to hear my son’s little Audacity project. More on that on the forums. Music By: Canto6 (Intro) M.A.S.T. & TimmsTunes (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file

Chas, Tigerfeet, John from the Guild Wars 2 Forum website, and I accidentally an ulnar nerve, is this bad? We target pronunciation of some ArenaNet common names, bust some Blizzard chops, and guide you on how not to conduct an interview with Joey “Joe Hostile” Knight. A typical paragon player. Ohhhh snap Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds into our Kurzick alliance. Sequel Scuttlebutt -Moas. -Q&A about Rangers, they are balanced around pets. -Talk about Waypoints, what those will be. -The difference between zones and instances. -What do you think of the fashion of GW2 so far? http://www.arena.net/blog/the-fashion-o … sten-perry Speculator’s Corner -Do you hope for an in-game voice client? -What are your hopes for Guild Wars 2′s guild system? -Damage meters in Guild Wars 2 or combat logs? Togo’s Soapbox I’m level 20 and I haven’t upgraded my gear since Consulate Docks. WTF? Protips What is TexMod and what is KSMod? Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Look, this text is bold. We also read an email from Hunter at the Hunters Insight blog to discuss the inevitable question. What Profession is next? Music By: HeadrusH (UK) (Intro) Matthew Casteel (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file Edit: Fixed the snafu with the “Sequel Scuttlebutt” intro clip. Sorry to those that got the first file version.

Most of our talk is about rangers in this episode, as one would expect. Two might expect that also. The rest of you are severely disappointed. With me were Chas  and Tasha from Guild Wars Guru and Split Infinity Radio. What is this I don't even Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Do it now! Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds into our Kurzick alliance. Sequel Scuttlebutt -Ranger is the third confirmed profession of Guild Wars 2. -Different guilds for different characters on the same account. -No walking. Run, you slackful RP nerd.  (I kid, I joke) Speculator’s Corner -Ranger pet AI, will it suck or be pro? -Will there be consumables? How far will it go? Togo’s Soapbox Identification and salvaging. When is it worth it? Protips The SOS/Mobile Spirits Ritualist, and then divergent rubbish. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Look, this text is bold. Music By: Anemo (Intro) FISSURE (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file

Some new faces are here today to talk about the overhaul to the entire “role” system of Guild Wars 2 in response to Jon Peters’ recent article explaining what’s going to happen in regard to control, support, and damage. These faces include Charles (Chas), Tasha from Guild Wars Guru and Split Infinity Radio, and Tigerfeet from the Secret Agent Cat blog. Crotch pop du jour Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds into our Kurzick alliance. Sequel Scuttlebutt -5 man groups. Is that the maximum group size overall or just the maximum in a dungeon? http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/new-info-jeuxonline-t5241.html -Changes to healing, tanking, and DPS. Say goodbye to these, and death faces a change as well. http://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/combat/healing-death/ -Death Penalty Speculator’s Corner -Alternatives to mounts -Chronomancers not in GW2 confirmed (Source) -Sylvari are 25 years old, roughly (Source) Togo’s Soapbox Forcing a full download of GW so you can eliminate load screens (Source) Protips Roles of the professions in PvE. This week: Necromancer Paragon Ranger Mesmer Assassin Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Anemo (Intro) Farewell June (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file

The show is late due to the Independence Day weekend, but it’s not lacking. Kal, Astara and I talk about pie a lot, bash Twilight, and banter about a lot of stuff that was completely unrelated to Guild Wars yet still entertaining (right?). Anyway, we respond to an email from The Grim Cow which pulls up the topic of Guild Wars: Utopia. Chronomancer concept art for "Guild Wars: Utopia" Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds into our Kurzick alliance. Sequel Scuttlebutt -Activities in game -Why did ArenaNet hit the reboot button on GW for GW2? -What are the dragons in GW2 and what about the gods? -Guild Wars 2 profession types, scholar, adventurer and solider Speculator’s Corner -Thanks to an email from The Grim Cow, we touch on a topic ill addressed. Utopia, the unseen fourth campaign that was replaced by EotN. It was going to bring about Chronomancers and Summoners. Will these two professions possibly be what we’ll see in Guild Wars 2? Or will they be related to that? I am listening to you guys talk about what might become of the necro. A while ago I came across something called Guild Wars: Utopia. Guild Wars Utopia is the name of the canceled campaign four, which was later adapted into Eye of the North. In Utopia were two supposed classes called chronomancers and summoners. I think these are the two mysterious classes everyone is wondering about. Attached is the link to: Guild Wars: Utopia : http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_Utopia Guild Wars Concept Art: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1505275&postcount=203 Check out the Chronomancer concept art Thanks, The Grim Cow - Mounts. Will these happen? Will they be necessary? Were some of the vehicles in GWEN an experimentation in Guild Wars’ own flavor of mounts? -4th variety on GW2guru forums says:  http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/nec … t5171.html A Sylvari Necromancer cropped up in Ghosts of Ascalon. Since this novel is supposed to take place as an interim story between GW and GW2, is this an indication of necromancers returning on the whole? Togo’s Soapbox If I make an elementalist, what’s to stop me from going secondary monk and just playing a monk as an elementalist? I’m an assassin. And I seem to die a lot. WTF? Protips Gonna start a two-part series on this one, continued next week. Profession run downs. This week: Monk Ritualist Warrior Dervish Elementalist Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Anemo (Intro) Nick Black (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file

Trevor couldn’t join us today, but no worries, we were joined by Astara’s excellently British husband, Kal Agrim. We accidentally did more profession speculation, as one should expect of any healthy Guild Wars fan site, and we discuss the missed potential of Vekk’s voice actor Maurice LaMarche in GW:EN. Hopefully, we’ve put Felicia Day (happy birthday by the way) to better use as her female Asura role in Guild Wars 2. We discuss how good looking our current characters are. My wife and I obviously pwning everyone else. This is our uber shiz. But Astara does put up a fight with one of the most awesome screenshots available from the original Guild Wars. That's Louden Swain. Dead. Anyway, on with the show. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds into our Kurzick alliance. Sequel Scuttlebutt -Traits and attributes can be changed as long as you’re out of combat. Woah mamasita. -The Guild Wars alphabet and language -Playable races that will be in Guild Wars. Asura, Norn, Sylvari, Human, and Charr. -The announced professions specifically. Warrior and Elementalist. Speculator’s Corner -How will the “lost” professions be disposed of? Will they meld entirely into one other profession, aspects of each tree migrate to specific professions, or just *poof* gone? - Jacobim at GW2Guru: Do you think GW2 will allow for casters of a race to be distinguishable from soldiers of a race? http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/wil … t4994.html -If there are 8 incoming professions, and that concept art only has 6 on it, well then it should be clear we have two unknowns still, yo. -Sylvari know what their ancestors knew at birth. Genetic memory. Togo’s Soapbox The risks of using 3 superior runes. Protips Heroes. How to get’em, how to set them up, give’em builds, how to unlock their skills in various ways. How they make good storage places for weapons. And finally, how to use them in combat. Please leave your iTunes comments for us and we’ll read them on the show! Music By: Anemo (Intro) Blaggards (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file

We give Danika ZuHeltzer what for, all for the purpose of our sophomoric episode. Wait, did I mean to say it that way? Also, we say the word “segway” a whole whole lot. It’s because we’re pro. We speculate on whether or not we’ll see monks, healers at all, tanks, and necromancers. We had a lot of fun despite how hot my car got. But also, at the end, you can hear an interview that Astara had with some ArenaNet devs at PAX last September.  We usually shoot for an hour long show, but this stuff was too good. It’s really thorough. Seriously, these guys really love their work. It’s important to note that you Guild Wars podcast listeners shouldn’t stop at our show. There’s an entirely different show and cast over at Guild Cast’s website. Shawn did almost 100 episodes during the height of the popularity Guild Wars had, and he’s very seasoned at it. So it ain’t no sippin’ tea. I look forward to seeing what he will bring to the Guild Wars 2 community in the coming months. Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com Call at 708.202.9262 Visit us on Facebook & Twitter Or in game, add the name “Relics of Orr” to your friends list to chat. We’re accepting new guildies and accepting guilds into our Kurzick alliance. Sequel Scuttlebutt -Dynamic events and the death of quests (and there was much rejoicing) -Traits -Quips will be toggleable, but they also won’t happen often. It was just in the videos for effect. -Mobs will not be one shottable. Video effect again. Speculator’s Corner -There may be a lack of emphasis on healers, thanks to Hunter from Hunter’s Insight. But there will be support professions and healing capable schools at the very least. -Similarly, it’s been confirmed that there will be no taunt system. Probably safe to assume no threat table. Will tanking in GW2 be like it was in GW1 (location based)? -Thanks to Shaun from the Conjure Phantasm blog, there’s been some good news for Necromancer hopefuls. However, if this is the case, then it doubles back to the idea of there being no monks. OMGWTF MIND BOTCH KGAIS Togo’s Soapbox The power of the Guild Wars Wiki. Protips Using the PvXwiki to boost your “build” knowledge. Learn the methodology of build making or just snag what they’ve got and go pro. Music By: Anemo (Intro) Hungry Lucy (Show’s End) Download the MP3 file

The “Relics of Orr” podcast kicks off with myself (Ryan Singleton), Lady Sinaea, and Trevor Covington. We review a lot of the tantalizing information ArenaNet has been letting loose upon us over the past few weeks. Whether you’ve already heard all about it or have no idea what’s up, have a listen. We’re very studied on the matter. Well, ostensibly. Okay, those two are. I just said a lot of stuff also. We also discuss some gameplay in the original Guild Wars, tips on the differences of character creation in each campaign, and the value of keybinding. Our alleged triangle profession speculation. Sequel Scuttlebutt Talk about the news, the rumors, and so forth in regard to Guild Wars 2. -Combat and combinations -Gamescom and PAX hands on play The Hype Machine -Discuss the videos and images that have been released of late. Speculation Proclamation Here we speculate on things not announced or discussed in regard to GW2. -Aesthetic character creation options -How the skill cap works, is it soft? Togo’s Soapbox Because Togo doesn’t know how to shut up when you wanna finish the mission. What is the difference between creating a Nightfall, Factions, or Prophecies character? What’s the outlook? Protips This is where we talk about things that do (or ostensibly do) make you a better player but people don’t always seem to understand. Keybinds. Do you use them? Do they help? Send us your text or mp3/ogg attachment feedback at relicsoforr@gmail.com or call at 708.202.9262 Music By: Anemo (Intro) Blaggards (Drunken Sailor) M.A.S.T. by Timms Tunes (Ending) Download the MP3 file