Summary: <br> <br> Chris and Bill get together and plan how to catch that pesky roadrunner in this week’s show. While hatching plan that will run a-fowl, they discuss Davik Brevik’s departure from Gazillion, the launch of Blade and Soul, Guild Wars 2’s winter update and more!<br> Audio Version:<br> <br> <br> What we did in game:<br> Bill:<br> <br> GW2<br> Rocket League<br> Diablo III Season 5<br> <br> Chris:<br> <br> Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate<br> Star Wars Battlefront<br> Borderlands 2: Handsome Jack Collection<br> King’s Quest<br> Minecraft Story Mode<br> Walking Dead<br> Neverwinter<br> LOTRO<br> <br> SWTOR<br> <br> <a href="http://strawpoll.me/6328244">http://strawpoll.me/6328244</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Blade and Soul<br> <br> <br> Launch issues –<br> <br> Queue – More servers!<br> Founder’s Packs rewards not being <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Black Desert Online Character Creator<br> <br> <br> Patreon: 30 patrons<br> patreon.com/mmoreporter<br> <br> News:<br> David Brevik leaves Gazillion (Marvel Heroes):<br> <a href="http://massivelyop.com/2016/01/08/marvel-heroes-david-brevik-has-resigned/">http://massivelyop.com/2016/01/08/marvel-heroes-david-brevik-has-resigned/</a><br> <br> <br> Brevik’s new company is called Greybeard Games<br> <br> <a href="http://massivelyop.com/2016/01/09/david-breviks-new-company-is-graybeard-games-expect-an-rpg/">http://massivelyop.com/2016/01/09/david-breviks-new-company-is-graybeard-games-expect-an-rpg/</a><br> Says his main motivation to leave Gazillion was to get back into the game-creation process, and that he wasn’t satisfied as a CEO<br> <br> New company – <a href="http://www.graybeardgames.com/">http://www.graybeardgames.com/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Guild Wars 2 State of the Game & Winter update:<br> <a href="https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/state-of-the-game-update-q1-2016/">https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/state-of-the-game-update-q1-2016/</a><br> <br> Announced quarterly updates to GW2 (seasonal, starting with Winter 2016)<br> <br> Winter 2016 update releases Jan 26th<br> <br> Will include gliding in all of Tyria<br> Shatterer update<br> <br> Balance changes for all classes<br> <br> <a href="https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/profession-balance-goals-for-the-winter-2016-update/">https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/profession-balance-goals-for-the-winter-2016-update/</a><br> <br> <br> Other, minor stuff<br> <br> <br> Lunar event starts Jan 26th<br> <br> Next PvP League season starts Feb 23rd <br> <br> Every Monday for the rest of the season you’ll see the Pro League PvP finals & relegation tournaments<br> <br> <br> Deep future contains Living World Season 3, new Fractals, WvW revamp<br> <br> <br> Sponsors:<br> Audible<br> Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter<br> Doghouse<br> Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase!<br> <br> Elite Dangerous’ 2016 plans<br> <a href="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=3b2f75939e&e=e25fb2bd91">http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=3b2f75939e&e=e25fb2bd91</a><br> <br> <br> Some highlights<br> <br> Commander-creator (create the look for for commander)<br> Larger ships will be able to launch short-range fighters for close combat<br> Multi-crew (i.e. multiple people piloting a single ship)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Quick Mentions<br> DCUO to launch on Xbox One Spring 2016<br> <a href="http://massivelyop.com/2016/01/11/dcuo-launches-on-xbox-one-this-spring/">http://massivelyop.com/2016/01/11/dcuo-launches-on-xbox-one-this-spring/</a>: <br> <br> Rounds out the platforms – DCUO is already on PS3, PS4 and PC.<br> Sony influence gone?<br> <br> <br> WoW’s invented a new sales model – Buy-to-buy-again-to-subscribe-to-play (B2BA2S2P)<br> <a></a>
