MMO Reporter Episode 249 – Harry loves Star Citizen




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Summary: <p> </p><br> <p>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?</p><br> <h4>Audio Version:</h4><br> <p> </p><br> <h5><strong>What we did in game:</strong></h5><br> <p><strong>Bill:</strong></p><br> <ul> <li>GW2</li> <br> <li>Rocket League</li> <br> <li>Civ 5 – couple HUNDRED turns</li> <br> <li>Elite: Dangerous</li> <br> </ul><p><strong>Harry:</strong></p><br> <ul> <li>Star Citizen</li> <br> <li>Elite Dangerous</li> <br> <li>Bravely Second</li> <br> <li>Far Cry Primal</li> <br> <li>Mass Effect 3</li> <br> <li>Dragon Age Inquisition</li> <br> </ul><p><strong>Chris:</strong></p><br> <ul> <li>Destiny – Iron Banner</li> <br> <li>The Division Beta</li> <br> <li>Neverwinter</li> <br> <li>LOTRO</li> <br> <li>Blade and Soul</li> <br> <li>Elite: Dangerous</li> <br> <li>Star Citizen</li> <br> <li>Star Wars: Battlefront</li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p><strong>Patreon  shout out</strong></p><br> <p>31 Patrons</p><br> <p> </p><br> <h5><strong>News:</strong></h5><br> <p><strong>Elite Dangerous: Arena launches as a stand alone game</strong></p><br> <p><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></p><br> <ul> <li>CQC that was already available via Start menu for those who have the game</li> <br> <li>Those who purchase arena will get a discount on the full game (exactly what they paid for Arena)</li> <br> <li>$7.49 US ( £4.99)</li> <br> <li>One magazine article quote: ‘Elite without the boring stuff’. Kill them with fire.</li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p><strong>Former Funcom CEO charged with Insider Trading</strong></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSO9N15J009">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSO9N15J009</a> via MassivelyOP</p><br> <p><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></p><br> <ul> <li>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 <em>The Secret World</em> 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>.</li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <h5><strong>Sponsors:</strong></h5><br> <p><strong>Audible</strong></p><br> <p><a href="http://audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter">Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter</a></p><br> <div><a href="http://mmoreporter.com/?9tvXsn">Go to audiblepodcast.com/mmoreporter</a></div><br> <p><strong>Doghouse</strong></p><br> <p>Use the coupon code mmoreporter for a free 120GB SSD with your purchase!</p><br> <p> </p><br> <p><strong>Mad Catz Pro X Review</strong></p><br> <ul> <li>MSRP $199.99</li> <br> <li>Very Customizable, including thumb and pinky rest, scroll wheel and palm rest.</li> <br> <li>Hot Swappable laser units for different sensitivity</li> <br> <li>Swappable sliding surface (magnetic)</li> <br> <li>Really cool mouse well. On an arm, and the whole arm can move left and right and is mappable</li> <br> <li>Expensive, but this is an easy replacement for my very well used MMO 7 mouse that I’ve had for a few years.</li> <br> <li>Comes with a nice carrying case</li> <br> </ul><p> </p><br> <p>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 w</p>