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This week, the villain "daylight savings time" strike again, and we lose a host due to his clock being wrong! Chris, Bill, and Layanor talk about Elite Dangerous, a new D&D RPG, and Final Fantasy XI semi closing down. Audio Version   what we did in game   Bill Marvel Heroes GW2 Elite Dangerous   Layanor Darkness Reborn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqoi31sZoF0 Guild Wars 2 - Level 64 The Secret World - Still grinding and working on augmenting   Chris Elite: Dangerous Hearthstone Elder Scrolls Online Marvel Heroes Neverwinter LOTRO Skyforge   Patreon patreon.com/mmoreporter 23 patrons $110   NEWS 1 Final Fantasy XI Is closing down http://www.destructoid.com/final-fantasy-xi-shutting-down-on-ps2-and-xbox-360-mobile-version-and-spinoff-coming-289276.phtml FFXI will be closing down the Xbox and PS2 servers next year. The PC version will continue to run. The game is cross platform so you can play the game on the PC and still have all your stuff. The game will be re released android and apple thangs later next year.   NEWS 2 Sword Coast Legends show of Single Player Campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOiZGWeGxVI Brings back memories of Baldur’s Gate, in a good way. Pause and play combat Formations Fighter, Rogue, Cleric and Wizard used for this demo. Rogue has a “search” skill that creates an area around the rogue where he/she can find traps and hidden areas. Hints of story elements that vary based on player choice. i.e. an NPC was in this demo due to a previous player choice. UI elements still a work in progress Dungeon crawl with DM coming this week - Thursday, March 26 @ 3:00pm EDT DM Mode interview from GDC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-T7jDUvXwE   Audible Go to audibletrial.com/mmoreporter Doghouse Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase!   NEWS 3 Elite Dangerous turns bug into lore http://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-bug-turned-into-community-event/   Bug was introduced by a player firing on the newly created Farragut class capital ship (ED equivalent of an Aircraft Carrier for other Aircraft Carrier).  The capital ship returned fire and missed - striking nearby Hudson Dock (a space station). Hudson Dock proceeded to pelt the capital ship, inflcting 74% hull damage (nearly destroying it!) The capital ship also accrued a 72,000 credit bounty for its aggressive attack on Hudson dock Rather than retcon the event, admin-repair the capital ship and pretend like nothing happened, Frontier turned on an event where Hudson Dock was paying well for metals in order to facilitate the repair of the capital ship   Contact info: Website: mmoreporter.com Emaill: mmo.reporter@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/mmoreporter Twitter: @mmo_reporter Twitter: @harryhol Twitter: @layanor Twitter: @mmobill Voicemail: 616-666-6778 ZergID: Chris “Almazar” ZergID: Bill “Weaux” Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork/ http://mmoreporter.com/support/

Chris dusts off Wildstar while Bill goes on a Guild Wars 2 only binge! Also they talk about Skyforge Closed beta and Buy to Play ESO. Audio Version What we did in game:  PAX review Bill GW2 Nothing else http://www.twitch.tv/woodenpotatoes   Chris ESO GW2 - sPvP Wildstar WoW ArcheAge Demo from Trion Worlds   Patreon patreon.com/mmoreporter 22 patrons $108   NEWS 1 Skyforge in Closed Beta Founder’s Packs http://sf.my.com/us/founders-packs Gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX1QaSJbUrE   NEWS 2 Elite Dangerous: Wings patch released March 10 https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123776&_ga=1.167170301.217848080.1414039401   New mid-range/high-end ships released Wings capability (groups of 4 - see episode 205) AI groups added as well (i.e. NPC’s that operate as a group) “debug” camera added (ability to see your ship from the outside) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUMrdUamXpM     Audible Go to audibletrial.com/mmoreporter Doghouse Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase!   NEWS 3 ESO sneaks into B2P https://account.elderscrollsonline.com/store/product/eso_standard?q=8a5e9d3d-b034-4ec9-855c-df99097759ae&p=1239a799-9f98-4d77-b9fe-56944e901806&ts=1426736435&c=zenimaxonline&e=live&rt=Safetynet&h=5eafbf00a0dbfd40f0e48ad7b485221b “Explore Tamriel without subscription fees!“   NEWS 4 ZergID - A Good idea for MMO gamers?   http://www.zergid.com/     Mention: Layoffs at Cryptic http://massivelyop.net/2015/03/17/cryptic-layoffs-alone-totaled-18-people/   Contact info: Website: mmoreporter.com Emaill: mmo.reporter@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/mmoreporter Twitter: @mmo_reporter Twitter: @harryhol Twitter: @layanor Twitter: @mmobill Voicemail: 616-666-6778 ZergID: Chris “Almazar” ZergID: Bill “Weaux” Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork/ http://mmoreporter.com/support/

Allona gets a chance to play through a demo of Heart of Thorns with Jon Peters and Matt Wuerffel. They take a look at Heart of Thorns in all its glory, including the Mastery system, new game mechanics, and of course, the Revenant. Audio Version:

Audio Version: Chris chats with Christopher Junior (Game Director) and Julia Fleming (Lead Content Designer) about the newest update for Rift.

This week, we have two MMO Knights, Bill and Layanor. Layanor talks about his new adventures in Guild Wars 2, 140 employees fired from Daybreak, and Bill  talks about Star Citizen! Audio Version what we did in game   bill GW2   layanor   lotro secret world guild wars 2   Patreon patreon.com/mmoreporter 22 patrons 108$   news PAX review Star Citizen free for the week https://robertsspaceindustries.com/promotions/paxeast-2015 http://massivelyop.net/2015/03/09/star-citizen-is-letting-everyone-fly-for-free-this-week/ appears to be “solo” play only Access to Anvil Hornet F7C trainer ship in Arena Commander module, or walking around the hanger deck code: PAXEASTFREEFLY2K15   Daybreak Layoffs Totalled 140 in San Diego http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/mar/05/Daybreak-sony-online-everquest-columbus-nova-game/ U-T San Diego reports that 140 employees were let go from Daybreak’s San Diego office Investment firm Columbus Nova purchased SOE from Sony on February 2nd and renamed it Daybreak Game Company. On February 11th, the studio laid off a portion of its staff from several teams. Since then, PlanetSide 2’s Matt Higby resigned, EverQuest Next dropped Storybricks (which then closed), and GM support in Daybreak’s games was pared down. New GM policy is they can not help players fix items they may have lotted, made, bought, sold, or destroyed accidentally. The company is also not going to bring back any deleted characters.   FF XIV not going free to play (shocked) and other Heavensward info http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/03/08/final-fantasy-xiv-heavensward-interview-with-naoki-yoshida-airships-snowboarding-and-crafting/#/slide/1 via http://massivelyop.net/2015/03/09/final-fantasy-xiv-wont-be-going-f2p-any-time-soon/ Don’t see games like ESO going B2P as affecting their game; they have their own model and plan to stick to it 80% satisfaction rate with regard to subscription model as we mentioned last week, 4M subscriptions - hard to argue they’re doing it wrong See interview for more Heavenward info Audible Go to audibletrial.com/mmoreporter   Doghouse Use the coupon code mmoreporter for RAMBOGO! (Double your ram!)   Contact info: Website: mmoreporter.com Emaill: mmo.reporter@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/mmoreporter Twitter: @mmo_reporter Twitter: @harryhol Twitter: @layanor Twitter: @mmobill Voicemail: 616-666-6778 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork/ http://mmoreporter.com/support/

Audio Version: Join us for the Blizzard Panel from PAX East 2015

Chis and Harry go to check out he Kerbal Tournament to see what all the fuss is about! Audio Version:

Chris sits down with Joe Pikop to talk about the cool ideas that are in Gigantic! Audio Version:

Chris, Harry, and Allona battle sleep and hunger as they talk about the last day at PAX. Audio Version:

This week the four MMO knights are back! We talk about the big bombshell news of SOE this week. We also talk about the big Wildstar update and we say goodbye to Massively. Audio Version: What we did in game:     Layanor Hearthstone building up my rank for this months card back Star Wars the Old Republic planing +1 Keyboard LOTRO did epic battles Firefly Online - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9ynNb6NXE Tiny Deathstar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-c2LVcB2GQ Toilet Time - http://youtu.be/Erc5aeldiU8?t=2m30s   Harry Diablo III Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Threes Really REALLY wanted to play GW2, but no time [PAX South 2015] GW2: Interview with Colin Johanson  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIJeblpbcr8   Bill WoW GW2 LOTRO - ding 100 Elite Dangerous - this is becoming a problem   Chris Wildstar LOTRO WoW Destiny   Massively is closing http://massively.joystiq.com/2015/01/30/massively-that-was/ Syp’s post on the matter https://biobreak.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/goodbye-massively/ AOL closing all gaming related blogs: Joystiq, Massively, WoW Insider Staff was told Monday. Were not allowed to say anything until Friday. Site closes Feb 3rd.     Wildstar Drop 4 - The Protogames Initiative Meant to draw new players in. 3 News “Instances” It Came from Fragment Zero - Shiphand Shiphands added to LFG Protogames Academy Trainer Dungeon No Veteran Version Ultimate Protogames Three bosses are the same each time Another 3 randomized “event rooms” each time, out of a possible eight. Difficulty - Not difficult to finish, but difficult to do really well. Shorter than Skullcano Some of the best gear for top finishers (Gold, etc). Note: Not planning on making anything longer than skullcano. Not required for attunement First boss - Slimy Feast - based on a drawing by a young fan that was sent in. Datascape Raid - From 40 players to 20 required. Barber Shop More housing options LIVE Feb 3rd   Godaddy MMO149 for your $1.49 Domain MMO30 for 30% off your entire order   Audible Go to audibletrial.com/mmoreporter   SOE no more - now Daybreak Game Company http://massively.joystiq.com/2015/02/02/smedley-announces-soe-is-no-more-becomes-daybreak-game-company/ http://www.reddit.com/r/h1z1/comments/2ujaaj/sony_online_entertainment_becomes_daybreak_game/ Disassociate themselves from the “Sony” brand Will make games for XBox platform Now Daybreak Games Bought out by investment firm Focus on Consoles and mobile games Everquest Next is still being worked on Sony dealing with $2 billion loss   Crowfall’s design hook - permanent impermanence http://crowfall.com/#/news/hunger-week-its-about-time via http://massively.joystiq.com/2015/02/02/crowfall-details-starting-finishing-and-resetting-by-hunger/ Aim is to fix the problem experienced, in Shadowbane, of someone (or some few) dominating the game to a point that it’s impossible for anyone else to join in and have a chance Mechanism is to have persistent characters/guilds/teams etc, but worlds continually reset The reset is described as “The Hunger”, a disease that slowly consumes a world “The Hunger” appears to be a PvE element that also causes the game to become more challenging and difficult the longer that “world” is still alive. 5 phases in a world’s cycle - “Spring”, “Summer”, “Fall”, “Winter”, “Victory/Defeat” At the end the players return to their celestial home, either having “won” the world, or preparing for the next world.   Elite Dangerous Layoffs http://www.gamespot.com/articles/elite-dangerous-dev-announces-layoffs-new-tycoon-g/1100-6424900/ Frontier confirmed that it had cut 15 "content creation" jobs, lowering the studio's total headcount from 281 to 266. The cuts were needed to "match the needs of two projects,

Join Kristin Lindsay (Penny Arcade), Jeff Kalles (Penny Arcade), and Eric "e" Neustadter (Microsoft) for this guide to gaming as a parent, starting them off with the right games and introducing healthy gaming habits to your kids. "This is the panel for people who have caught themselves saying things like, "we had to extend the raid because it's a school night", or have mined obsidian and precious metals late into the night on behalf of a junior builder. When we talk about "next gen", we mean our kids. Our panel of highly qualified expert parents looks at raising 'em right in a gaming family." PANELISTS: Kristin Lindsay [Penny Arcade], Jeff Kalles [Penny Arcade], Eric "e" Neustadter [Microsoft]

[NSFW Advisory - There is light cursing in this video] "In early MMORPGs, interacting with other community members in places like taverns and main cities were a necessity for advancement and survival. Today, interacting with random players has become a rare event instead of the tools for survival. Is this what we all wanted to happen? Join Alex Albrecht alongside Larry Everett and Patrick Mulhern to discuss the future of communities in MMORPGs." PANELISTS: Alex Albrecht [Co-Founder, ZergID], Larry Everett [Columnist, Massively], Patrick Mulhern [Editor-in-Chief, Lorehound], Meg Campbell [Gaming Strategic Partner Manager, YouTube], Jenesee Grey [Community Manager, City State Entertainment]

Chris, Bill and Layanor pick up the slack for the ever present Harry, who's resting his voice. With Celeste and Allona joining us for a special Guild Wars 2 segment, we discuss the (NOT)suprising news that ESO is going buy to play and APB Reloaded's foray into console country. Audio Version: What we did in game: Layanor lotro 52% binding of Issac rebirth papers please forced minecraft guild wars 2 tried pvp secret world, did a ton of new years event Elite dangerous learned how to drive, kinda hello kitty online Bill Elite Dangerous WoW LOTRO New mouse - G700S http://gaming.logitech.com/assets/47824/g700s-gaming-mouse-images.png Chris WoW Elite Dangerous LOTRO Minecraft Guild Wars 2 iTunes Give us a 5 star review and we’ll mention you on the show! Patreon patreon.com/mmoreporter News: Guild Wars 2 expansion announced at PAX South: Heart of Thorns The Heart of Maguuma Three distinct biomes: underground (root), ground-level (core), canopy (littered with ruined pact fleet airships) New challenges! Solo, group, guild (the R word wasn’t used at all, so anticipate it being open world (speculation)) New creatures! Bugs! New open world bosses! New civilizations! We saw at least the Hylek (frog people) and the Mursaat   Mastery System Earn mastery points by completing objectives in the jungle (to earn skills exclusive to the Heart of Maguuma areas) Works similar to collections and will be retroactive Account-based horizontal progression Spend mastery points on each character that is level 80 (akin to current wuvwuv points)   Specializations One new specialization per profession Examples given were Ranger becoming a druid, or necro using greatsword Speculative based on the trailer: engineers using flying turrets and hammer, mesmer with shield offhand   New Profession: Revenant Heavy profession Ritualist-esque - channels power from the mists, from great legends from the past: Jalis Ironhammer, Mallyx are two examples   Guild Halls Area for your guild to meet and socialize Most likely highly customizable but we didn’t get a LOT of detail about this particular feature sPvP: Stronghold Mode Steal Supply, Hire Troops, Maintain your keeps, and kill the lord to win WuvWuv: New Borderlands Multileveled with a lot new siege various buffs are added as you hold on to shrines near your keep Pre-cursor “crafting” finally 2 yrs later we have a final valid product that takes throughout the world to earn a precursor of your choice including new precursors for new legendary weapons that will be introduced with HoT ESO goes Subscription Free http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2015/01/21/your-guide-to-eso-plus-premium-membership Trailer “supercut” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdYM70QNdo Reddit AMA http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/2tfb48/welcome_to_the_eso_tamriel_unlimited_aua/?limit=1500 APB Reloaded on XBox One and PS4 http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/373985-apb-reloaded-on-ps4-and-xbox-one-q-a/ Deep Silver will be publishing a council version of APB reloaded to PS4 and Xbox The game has been in development since early 2014. When the game is released, the PC version will have a update to include all of the new things they added. This version of the game will also be stripping out most of the pre 2008 coding. The Console teams, and the PC teams are both working on it simultaneously. PC gamers would crush console gamers, so the game will not be cross platform. You may be able to possibly log in to either version with one account. When they released the game on pc, they bought ads on some "YouTubers" channels, and realized quickly that over 70% of the audience that came across did not have powerful enough PCs to play the game. They all had consoles!. The Console version will be more "easy" to get in to,

Celeste takes a minute out of the hustle and bustle of PAX South to talk to Rick "Sapience" Heaton about what he does for the charity, and what the charity means to the Children's Hospitals that it serves.

Ben discusses the new MOBA for iOS, Vainglory, with Stephan Sherman (Lead Game Designer), Q Wang (Lead Product Designer), George Liu (Community Manager), and Heini Vesander (Marketing & Communications Director) of Super Evil Megacorp.