MMO Reporter Episode 249 – Harry loves Star Citizen




MMO Reporter show

Summary: <br>  <br> It’s a full trio of hosts this week on MMO Reporter. With Elite: Dangerous, The Division, on the docket, we answer the question burning across the interwebs: Has Bill played Rocket League against real people yet?<br> Audio Version:<br>  <br> What we did in game:<br> Bill:<br> <br> GW2<br> Rocket League<br> Civ 5 – couple HUNDRED turns<br> Elite: Dangerous<br> <br> Harry:<br> <br> Star Citizen<br> Elite Dangerous<br> Bravely Second<br> Far Cry Primal<br> Mass Effect 3<br> Dragon Age Inquisition<br> <br> Chris:<br> <br> Destiny – Iron Banner<br> The Division Beta<br> Neverwinter<br> LOTRO<br> Blade and Soul<br> Elite: Dangerous<br> Star Citizen<br> Star Wars: Battlefront<br> <br>  <br> Patreon  shout out<br> 31 Patrons<br>  <br> News:<br> Elite Dangerous: Arena launches as a stand alone game<br> <a href="https://www.frontierstore.net/usd/games/elite-dangerous-cat/elite-dangerous-arena.html">https://www.frontierstore.net/usd/games/elite-dangerous-cat/elite-dangerous-arena.html</a><br> <br> CQC that was already available via Start menu for those who have the game<br> Those who purchase arena will get a discount on the full game (exactly what they paid for Arena)<br> $7.49 US ( £4.99)<br> One magazine article quote: ‘Elite without the boring stuff’. Kill them with fire.<br> <br>  <br> Former Funcom CEO charged with Insider Trading<br> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSO9N15J009">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSO9N15J009</a> via MassivelyOP<br> <a href="http://massivelyop.com/2016/02/17/former-funcom-ceo-charged-with-market-manipulation-and-insider-trading/">http://massivelyop.com/2016/02/17/former-funcom-ceo-charged-with-market-manipulation-and-insider-trading/</a><br> <br> Trond Arne Has <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/02/funcoms-ceo-steps-down-on-the-day-of-the-secret-worlds-launch/">resigned from his CEO role at Funcom in 2012 on the very same day that The Secret World launched</a>, after which he sold off a significant portion of his stocks, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/14/former-funcom-ceo-investigated-for-insider-trading/">prompting the Norwegian authorities to investigate</a>.<br> <br>  <br> Sponsors:<br> Audible<br> <a href="http://audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter">Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter</a><br> <a href="http://mmoreporter.com/?9tvXsn">Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter</a><br> Doghouse<br> Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase!<br>  <br> Mad Catz Pro X Review<br> <br> MSRP $199.99<br> Very Customizable, including thumb and pinky rest, scroll wheel and palm rest.<br> Hot Swappable laser units for different sensitivity<br> Swappable sliding surface (magnetic)<br> Really cool mouse well. On an arm, and the whole arm can move left and right and is mappable<br> Expensive, but this is an easy replacement for my very well used MMO 7 mouse that I’ve had for a few years.<br> Comes with a nice carrying case<br> <br>  <br> Neverwinter Correction: In Episode 248 – You can get Zen through in game means, but we still feel that the changes to the trade bar store were done in a way where the only appropriate response would be to roll back the changes to what was discussed in the Dev post until a future update.  <br>  <br> Quick Mentions:<br> Fintal Fantasy 14 making it easier to take in-game selfies<br> <a href="http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/001362.html">http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/001362.html</a><br> <br> Characters and Pets will look at “Camera”<br> Will center better on multiple characters on screen<br> <br>  <br> Shroud of the Avatar preparing for full release<br> <a href="http://massivelyop.com/2016/02/25/shroud-of-the-avatar-prepares-for-release-27/">http://massivelyop.com/2016/02/25/shroud-of-the-avatar-prepares-for-release-27/</a><br>  <br> IBM Investigat