Summary: The triumphant return of Harry has us jumping this week! Harry, Chris and Bill talk about the hoopla surrounding Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion pricing, the new SWTOR expansion and their favourite E3 announcements and moments. Audio Version: What we’ve done in game Bill GW2 Fallout 3 SWTOR Harry ESO PS4 Tomb Raider Definitive Edition Elite Dangerous Witcher 3 Vote for 360 games to be backward compatible on Xbox One https://xbox.uservoice.com/forums/298503 Chris XBox One: Neverwinter Elder Scrolls Online Elite: Dangerous PC: Witcher 1 Patreon: Patreon Campaign: Patrons: 28 Current Total: $114 patreon.com/mmoreporter News Guild Wars 2 - Heart of Thorns pre-order is available http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/en_US/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.57638121.2118616041.1414893981 3 tiers - see link for details Lots of controversy so far regarding pricing (shocked) Base expansion is $50 which includes the base game Long-time players, and players who recently bought the game are annoyed that they are paying full price for both the game and expansion, but new players ONLY have to pay for the expansion Opposite of loyalty rewards Also, big drop ahead of E3 with the patch notes for the patch coming June 23. Lots of class updates, Spirit Shards (formerly skill points), Core Specializations among other things http://dulfy.net/2015/06/16/gw2-june-23-specialization-changes/ http://dulfy.net/2015/06/16/gw2-upcoming-june-23-patch-notes/ Updated build calculator - http://intothemists.com/calc/ Sponsors: Audible Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter Doghouse Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase! SWTOR: Knights of the Fallen Empire announced at E3 http://www.swtor.com/fallen-empire?intcmp=sor_bwa-mkt-t-us-hp-189 Free for Subscribers (more benefits the further ahead you subscribed, with benefits starting by subscribing prior to July 31) Start new character at level 60 De-factionized story (seems to be mostly dark-light independant) 12x XP boost for story quests still in effect until October Trailer = amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzq9epS2b1A What was your favorite E3 announcement/item? Discussion about what’s an MMO? (Context being very little MMO content at E3, but lots of games that are MMO-ish) No Man’s Sky http://kotaku.com/why-im-excited-for-no-mans-sky-1590657049 Backward compatibility list http://www.xbox.com/nl-NL/xbox-one/backward-compatibility Quick Mention: Engine upgrade incoming for Anarchy Online? http://massivelyop.com/2015/06/19/anarchy-onlines-long-awaited-engine-upgrade-looks-to-be-coming-soon/ Ark at the top of the Steam Sale best seller list https://store.steampowered.com/mobilestorefront/topsellers 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.com/mmoreporternetwork/ http://mmoreporter.com/support/
