Summary: Bill and Harry launch from station without Chris and Layanor this week, discussing Elite: Dangerous and it's continued community storm, WoW's continued success, and more! Come hang out with these two eloquent prognosticators. Audio version: What we’ve done in game Bill: WoW GW2 Hearthstone LAN party!!!! (DoD; TF2) Harry: WoW Gta V Far Cry 4 Dragon Age Inquisition Patreon: patreon.com/mmoreporter News: WoW subs back over 10 million, WoD sells 3.3 million http://blizzard.gamespress.com/WORLD-OF-WARCRAFT-SURPASSES-10-MILLION-SUBSCRIBERS-AS-WARLORDS-OF-DRAE Blizzard Entertainment today announced that as of the first 24 hours of the expansion’s availability, more than 3.3 million copies had sold-through† and the game’s global subscriber base had passed 10 million, with growth across all major regions. ALSO 5-day bonus for people who “suffered” through the initial launch http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/152697590604 ALSO Hey - what does Raph Koster think of WoW? http://www.raphkoster.com/2014/11/21/ten-years-of-world-of-warcraft/#more-21631 via - http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/11/21/raph-koster-explains-how-wow-changed-mmos/ An old MMO/MUD development vet giving a fairly even-handed analysis of WoW’s 10 years Elite: Dangerous is granting refunds (sort of) https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=60916&page=51&p=1040285&highlight=#post1040285 Last week, Frontier admitted that it had canceled a planned offline mode for the game, which led to David Braben's announcement that limited refunds would be given to pre-order customers who'd never logged in to test the game but not to other backers. Frontier is apparently reconsidering that decision. ALSO iOS companion app and gamma 3 announced at “launch” event in Duxford, England https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/elite-dangerous/id897148481?mt=8 https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62454 GoDaddy New 30% offer code: mmo30 Doghouse Go to doghousesystems.com and use the coupon code MMOREPORTER to double your ram. Defiance goes free-to-play on Xbox 360 http://www.trionworlds.com/defiance/en/2014/11/17/defiance-free-to-play-launches-on-xbox-360-tomorrow/ Everyone with an Xbox Live Gold membership will be able to install the game free All Defiance owners will enjoy more character slots, loadouts, ark keycode capacity, and inventory slots than free-to-play accounts. GW2 PvP revamp incoming Dec 2 https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-improvements-to-pvp-and-the-ladder-test-season/ http://dulfy.net/2014/11/21/gw2-pvp-go-with-the-flow/ Roster system is gone - you can queue as a group or as solo now Dishonour has been revised; timeout system and now is considered in matchmaking Map voting And more! ArcheAge disables APEX purchasing twice this week due to exploit http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/11/24/trion-shuts-down-archeage-apex-purchases-again/ http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/11/19/hartsman-addresses-archeage-apex-exploit-there-isnt-a-dupe-bu/ Reddit threat describing the “non-dupe” exploit - http://www.reddit.com/r/archeage/comments/2mhlfh/so_now_that_trion_is_investigating_the/ CafePress store now open! Want to suggest a shirt? Please send us a tweet or mail! cafepress.com/mmoreporter 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 or the widget on the right side of the page. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork/ http://mmoreporter.com/support/
