Summary: It's a fight for air time this week, with Chris trying to sneak in some Wildstar news in between Layanor's discussion on Ark: Survival Evolved and Bill's Guild Wars 2's character slot apology. Audio Version What We Did This Week Layanor LOTRO Ark: Survival Evolved Bill GW2 SWTOR Chris Fallout Shelter Arkham Knight Neverwinter Patreon: Patreon Campaign: Patrons: 27 Current Total: $107 patreon.com/mmoreporter News: GW2 relents - extra character slots for vets https://www.guildwars2.com/en-gb/news/pre-purchase-community-address/ Existing accounts that pre-purchase get an additional character slot (including new copies of the game sold recently on sale) New accounts that pre-purchase (and get the whole game with the pre-purchase) do NOT get the extra slot People who bought the game since January 23 and want a refund (ostensibly to pre-purchase HoT and get the base game for free) can get one ONLY IF THEY PURCHASED FROM ARENANET Upshot Arenanet acknowledged poor communication regarding the need to buy the game, and introduced an avenue to correct that They also acknowledged screwing up the “veteran” reward for upgrading to the expnasion and offered an avenue to fix it Seems to me like all issues are resolved ALSO Patch notes for big June 23 patch https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-June-23-2015 Key notes Final chapter of season one has been made solo-able Trait lines have been massively changed. No more trait points, but spending hero points to expand the lines (formerly “skill points”) Took me about an hour of futzing around to figure out how it works Lots more reason to explore the world now - hero points are more rare than skill points were Conditions are much more viable now for world bosses (used to be capped harshly, which made condition builds fairly useless for world bosses and other big battles) Lots of class changes - see notes ALSO SQUARED Wooden Potatoes breaks down the Heart of Thrones - what we know so far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFgCkK_ikJg City Of Titans is still in production http://cityoftitans.com/forum/state-game-june-2015 City of Titans President Nathaniel Downes says “The shadow of doubt has passed, and the state of the game is strong,”"development for the title is firmly “on track” and moving in the right direction." “We have a live internal test server that fully qualifies as being an MMO,” Unfortunately, delays have forced the game’s beta to 2016, although the costume builder should be available for testing by the end of this year. A second crowdfunding campaign for City of Titans is being planned for August, followed by a “more standardized model of revenue.” Wildstar Launching in China! http://mmoculture.com/2015/06/wildstar-china-publisher-confirmed-with-beta-starting-this-august/ http://2p.com/34643759_1/Giant-Interactive-to-Publish-Wildstar-in-China-by-Aaron.htm new facial appearance panda armor panda mechanical mount 22 brand-new pets. Cosmetics/Armor/stuff also coming to EU and NA https://twitter.com/jeremieldridge/status/614157852786061312/photo/1 Ok, there’s some other news too: http://massivelyop.com/2015/06/25/e3-2015-wildstar-is-adding-much-more-than-f2p-this-fall/ System Revamps Player Stats Itemization Dungeons Arenas are being added Changing level requirements for story instances Prime Monsters (World Bosses) into their own lairs on the edges of maps Sell junk button! Tutorials 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” ZergID: Layanor Youtube: http://www.youtube.
