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AggroChat #177 – Extreme Home Makeover

May 21, 2019October 15, 2017 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo and Thalen

This is one of those weeks when we seemed to have more topics to discuss than could possibly fit in a single show. We even had to drop one for the sake of time that we will hopefully revisit in a future episode. We start the show off by talking about Shirogane Extreme mode… or the land rush for housing in the newly opened district in Final Fantasy XIV. Ash and Tam took one for the team and sacrificed sleep schedule to get us a brand new house. From there we talk about Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire expansion and some of the things we have noticed so far. Belghast talks a bit about the Iron Banner 2.0 in Destiny, and some miscellaneous discussion about how clans work. Ash and Thalen discuss Dragon Quest Heroes 2 and the Heroes game genre in general. We wrap up with a discussion on Warhammer starting with the brand new stand alone Shadespire game and then talk a bit about Warhammer 40k.

Topics Discussed

Shirogane Extreme
Final Fantasy XIV Housing
Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire
Destiny 2 Iron Banner
Dragon Quest Heroes 2
Warhammer Shadespire
Warhammer 40k

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AggroChat #156 – Oppressive Pacifists

May 21, 2019May 14, 2017 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, Thalen

Since this will be releasing on Mother’s Day, the crew wants to wish all of the mothers that listen to the podcast a very happy one. After a few slim weeks we once again had the full crew, which is always something to be celebrated. I find it funny how when we have what feels like a limited amount of things to talk about, it also seems like we delve into some of the more interesting discussions. The shows title this time comes from a game breaking bug that was introduced recently in Stellaris. We talk a bit about Bel’s experiences starting Knights of the Fallen Empire, and this leads into an interesting talk about our thoughts regarding sequels and whether or not we want the previous cast of characters to continue. We also talk about concerns regarding the Diablo 3 Necromancer expansion, and that ultimately leads to some discussion about Destiny 2 and the currently lack of a PC pre-order option.

Topics Discussed: Stellaris – Knights of the Fallen Empire – Star Wars Galaxies – Sequels and Continuing with Characters – Replayability – Fallen London – Infinity – Diablo 3 – Playing Catch up in WoW – Diablo 3 Necromancer Expansion – Destiny 2

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AggroChat #153 – Incoming Tank Shortage

May 21, 2019April 23, 2017 by AggroChat

Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo

One of the things that gets edited down before you get your hands on the podcast is any long gaps between topics. This week we were seemingly a little bit out of it, and the pauses were significant. When I sat down to start editing I had 2 hours and 15 minutes worth of recorded audio, and after doing my normal compression pass… we are down to just a little over 1 hour and 30 minutes. The result was a pretty wide gamut of topics that we discussed, and between the pauses some of the more interesting conversation about a few things that we had never quite delved into. Among the topics a lengthy discussion about what is wrong with Warhammer games as a whole, and our fears regarding what is absolutely going to be a crushing tank shortage with Stormblood.

Topics Discussed:

Star Wars the Old Republic
Skyforge PC
Bomberman Creepy Characters
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap
Hollow Knight
Eternal Crusade
Warhammer 40,000
Games Workshop
Pips are Important
People Don’t Understand NDAs
Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood
Tank Shortage
Dark Souls III
Variable Difficulty in Games
Persona 5

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AggroChat #97 – Fallacy of Early Access

May 21, 2019March 6, 2016 by AggroChat

Tonight Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen talk about a bunch of things including the pitfalls of Early Access.

Tonight we ended up recording a pretty strange episode as far as our normal AggroChat episodes go. We talked about the weirdness that happens when you play a game that requires a very special controller, and that manufacturers future is up in the air. We delve into the feeling of rehashing old content, and when exactly that stops being fun. That leads into a lengthy discussion about the pitfalls of Early Access… and gives us the title of this episode. Belghast talks a bit about his experiences with the Master of Orion reboot early access, and Kodra talks about the newish trend of persistent board games as he and some friends start Kingdom Death.