Summary: <br> <br> Chris, Bill, and Harry convene under the auspice of his noodly appendage to discuss the news that Funcom has announced a new Conan game, trouble for Trion with a stealth change to their referral program, and much more.<br> Audio Version:<br> <br> <br> What we did in game:<br> Bill:<br> <br> GW2 – did the Shatterer<br> Rocket League<br> King’s Quest<br> Elite: Dangerous<br> <br> Harry:<br> <br> The Witness<br> Elite Dangerous<br> Star Citizen<br> <br> Chris:<br> <br> Blade and Soul<br> <br> Finished Last of Us. <br> <br> Cried<br> <br> <br> Star Wars Battlefront<br> <br> <br> Patreon shout out<br> patreon.com/mmoreporter<br> <br> News:<br> Conan Exiles announced from Funcom<br> See press release below<br> <br> Open-world survival game<br> Multiplayer, but doesn’t seem to be massively multiplayer<br> You can play on public or private servers<br> Can also play single-player<br> <br> How does this jive with Age of Conan? <br> <br> Multiplayer focused open-world vs. MMO? Are they different enough games to justify each other?<br> Will they compliment each other?<br> Or is this just the end of AoC?<br> <br> <br> <br> Funcom is starting to do some genre-bending things with their IPs<br> <br> <br> Why make only one game?<br> <br> <br> E.g. Stand-alone Secret World adventure: <a href="http://www.theparkgame.com/">The Park</a><br> <br> <br> 2 Conan games now<br> Maybe new Anarchy Online products in the future?<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ESO – Thieve Guild Preview<br> <a href="http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2016/01/21/thieves-guild-first-look">http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/2016/01/21/thieves-guild-first-look</a><br> <br> <br> Join the iconic Thieves Guild for the first time in ESO<br> <br> Hew’s Bane, a new zone available to characters of all levels and home of Abah’s Landing, the Thieves Guild headquarters, located in the southern peninsula of Hammerfell<br> Hours of exciting new story content and quests that will take you through all your favorite areas of Tamriel<br> A challenging, new 12-player trial: Maw of Lorkhaj<br> Formidable new group bosses and delves to conquer<br> The addition of new criminal activities<br> A new passive skill line exclusive to members of the Thieves Guild<br> Unique costumes, motifs, and item sets inspired by the devious Thieves Guild<br> <br> <br> Sponsors:<br> Audible<br> Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter<br> Because we talked about it during this story…<br> <a href="http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction">http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Fiction</a> – list of novels based in Elite: Dangerous universe<br> Doghouse<br> Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase!<br> <br> RIFT having F2P troubles<br> <a href="http://forums.riftgame.com/general-discussions/general-discussion/476755-rex-no-longer-available-referral-coins-5.html#post5169271">http://forums.riftgame.com/general-discussions/general-discussion/476755-rex-no-longer-available-referral-coins-5.html#post5169271</a><br> <br> <br> Full thread here: <a href="http://forums.riftgame.com/general-discussions/general-discussion/476755-rex-no-longer-available-referral-coins.html">http://forums.riftgame.com/general-discussions/general-discussion/476755-rex-no-longer-available-referral-coins.html</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Changes to the Ascend a Friend program led to a heated discussion about the F2P economy in RIFT. <br> <br> The Ascend a Friend program is their version of the Refer/Invite scheme that many MMOs have. Invite a friend, get something for it. <br> <br> Used to come with a REX (one month in game time) token for the person who did the inviting. <br> Changed due to “exploitation” by the community. <br> This was a stealth nerf to the AAF program due to
