AggroChat #455 – Getting Krangled

AggroChat Episode 455 show card for the show titled "Get Krangled" showing the Path of Exile krangled passive tree and portraits for the hosts Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen.
Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are down essentially our entire Seattle contingency for assorted reasons that I don’t believe are actually connected.  So we carry forward with our Central and Eastern Timezone folks and talk a bit about BlizzCon and how there was a wildly different energy surrounding the event.  It feels like a new chapter for Blizzard is opening that may or may not have anything to do with the Microsoft acquisition.  From there we talk a bit about the Krangled event and how bizarre it is to play with a randomized passive tree.  Bel talks about the situation at Bungie and the general sense of dire straights for the Destiny franchise.  Bel also talks a bit about easing back into Final Fantasy XIV and catching up on the post-Endwalker content.  He has also been playing New World a bit and going through the expansion content while leveling to 65 and farming some new gear.  Finally, we drive off into a discussion about the books that we have been reading and float the idea of a “Books of the Year” show similar to our “Games of the Year” show we often do.

Topics Discussed:

  • BlizzCon 2023
    • Overwatch
    • Diablo
    • World of Warcraft
    • Three Expansion Cycle
    • The War Within Features
    • A New Feeling Blizzard
  • Path of Exile
    • Krangled Event is Strange
    • Like Bad Sealed Magic
    • Bel League Discussion
      • Kodra is Super Serious
  • The Bungie Situation
  • Easing back into FFXIV
  • New World Expansion
  • Book Talk
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AggroChat #454 – World of Wonder

Screen Card for Episode #454 of the AggroChat podcast showing Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen with a screenshot of Super Mario Wonder in the background featuring Elephant Mario.
Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! We are back but still down several members of our crew.  This week we start off with some discussion about Diablo IV Season 2 and whether or not the game is good now.  From there we talk a lot about the events of the Star Citizen CitizenCon.  Super Mario Wonder has come out and we talk about the experiences with the game so far.  Tam talks a bit about Endless Dungeon and how it might actually be fun in multiplayer.  Kodra shares some news about an upcoming SudokuCon Fundraiser stream he is going to be part of this week.  Finally, we talk a bit about Cities: Skylines 2 and the changes it brings to the genre. Topics Discussed:
  • Diablo IV is Good Now?
    • Season of Blood Review
  • CitizenCon
    • Did you hold the line?
  • Super Mario Wonder
  • Endless Dungeon
  • SudokuCon Fundraiser Stream
  • Cities: Skylines 2
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AggroChat #453 – Keeping Up With The Cardassians

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen Hey Folks! This week we start off the show with some discussion about the most recent Honkai Star Rail patch and how it does a Pokemans. From there we dive into the Stellaris offshoot Star Trek Infinite and how it is more than just a reskin.  This leads to a long winding conversation about how games feel wildly different once you tweak a few variables.  All of that takes a brief detour into how frustrating it is that the Sea of Thieves PVE mode has some limitations. Bel goes into a bit of a rant about how all live service releases are awful until they have a year or two under their belt and how “the vision” show be burned to a crisp. We talked a bit about the Microsoft Deal for ActiBlizz finally closing and the possibility of World of Warcraft for Gamepass.  Finally, we get moored in a discussion of Path of Exile as we always seem to lately and talk a bit about Kodra clearing his first two voidstones.

Topics Discussed:

  • Honkai Star Rail does a Pokemans
  • Star Trek Infinite
    • How it is more than just a reskin of Stellaris
  • How Games Change when you Tweak a few Variables
  • Frustrations of Sea of Thieves PVE limitations
  • Microsoft Deal Finalized
    • World of Warcraft on Gamepass When?
  • Path of Exile
    • Kodra Clears Gets some Voidstones
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AggroChat #452 – Cyberpunk Redemption Arc

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo Hey Folks! We are down a Grace and a Thalen this weekend so we floundered a bit on the topics we were going to talk about.  While we questioned if we had enough for a show, we still wound up going over by about fourteen minutes. We start off with some discussion about GeekGirlCon 2023 which all of our Seattle contingency attended this weekend.  From there Bel talks a bit about a new Switch device that he picked up called the CRKD Nitro Deck that makes the Switch a bit beefer and feel like a Steam Deck.  Tam has been diving back into Cyberpunk 2077 with the release of the 2.0 update and Phantom Libery expansion.  Finally, we wind around to Path of Exile that Ash, Kodra, and Bel are still deeply engaged with this league.  We talk a bit more about the birth of the “Bel League” private league concept.

Topics Discussed

  • GeekGirlCon 2023
  • CRKD Nitro Deck
  • Cyberpunk 2077 2.0
  • Path of Exile
    • Bel League Gaining Traction
    • Random Path of Exile nonsense
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