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Episode 26: You really get my goat

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Is that a whip on your belt or are you just happy to see me?

 

This week we talk about karate kicks, goat kicks, gettin’ our kicks on Route 66, and more! Welcome to CCR, where we talk about MMOs and we don’t have alts, we have alt games…or at least I do…Joe just plays Wildstar…

 

MMO News

Blade and Soul Launched and passed 2 million players

Black Desert launches on 3/3. Currently in CBT 2

Smaller MMO Dragon Nest loses TWO YEARS of player data

Because we ALWAYS talk about Goats: Goat Simulator: The Bundle on XBox One

WildStar: State of the Game

TSW: New membership program

Marvel Heroes 2016

Repop Re-Servers

https://www.therepopulation.com/index.php/news/275-the-future-of-the-repopulation

 

MMO Community

 

DISCUSSION ARTICLE: Do North American and the European Union need more domestic MMO titles?

http://news.mmosite.com/content/2016-02-11/na_and_eu_need_more_domestic_mmorpgs.shtml

 

If I Were A Dev

Lore entries: How do you want to track and compile lore for your game? Should it open automatically, or be a usable item in the world?

http://wildstarradio.com/2013/03/29/episode-6-super-secret-guest-arrives/

Dynamic newspaper mechanic

 

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Episode 23: Very wild, yet casual

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This week we get the gang back together and do a special episode of Wildstar Radio! Welcome to CCR, where we talk about MMOs and oh, nope, just Wildstar today because this is Wildstar Radio!

MMO News

 

Official Stuff:

F2P: Obs

PvP Event

Shades Eve – Lore / TRAILER HOLY SHIT

Game Changes (via features trailer)

Player Run Events (NBD, ThaydFest, etc.)

In the News:

Ten Ton Hammer Article on Returning

The Content Tracker!

Problems at Launch (also, compared to others!)

“Speculation” on Consoles

 

MMO Community

 

Who’s left in the podcast community:

Geeks of Nexus are back

STOS

Wildcast

Sites:

Wildstar-Core

Wildstar-Fashion

Wildstar-Roleplay

Video

Intro Review Video from Mr. Happy

Da Peeps

Mayor DasMoose (@mayordasmoose)

Doom Kitty (@doomkittyentity)

Chestnut Stonebough (@ggschestnut)

 

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This week’s end music is Justice Doesn’t Always Wear a Badge by Jeff Kurtenacker from Wildstar.

Episode 13: Right on the Money

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Who the heck is playing – and paying – Lineage?!?

 

This week we discuss getting older, public executions, how NCSOFT properties are doing, and yet more conjecture on Wildstar’s subscription-to-f2p transition. Welcome to Casual Core Radio, where we talk about MMOs and we’re not sure how we’ll find time to do more than seven daily zones each week.

MMO News

Money Money Money
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/05/12/square-enix-profits-double-thanks-to-mmo-and-mobile-titles (and WTF is up with that hair… it’s full-on JRPG-level height.)

It’s not newsy, but it’s interesting – Diablo III is often described as kind of almost-an-MMO.  Turns out, it WAS almost an MMO.
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Diablo-3-Was-Almost-An-MMO-71858.html

Near and Dear to my heart… MMOs and Working Adults.
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-05-13/das_tal_fixing_sandbox_mmos_for_busy_adults.shtml
Catering to the casual? Yeah. The casual who used to be hardcore, aka the casual who now has WAY MORE MONEY to spend.

Ok ok, we know about WoW and it’s 3 million sub drop. Enough already. Let’s talk about 6.2 and the new Bonus Activities feature.
http://www.youthhealthmag.com/articles/15605/20150511/world-of-warcraft-gameplay-patch-6-2-blizzard-mmorpg-lost-3-million-subscribers.htm
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/18985406/patch-62-preview-bonus-events-and-adventure-guide-5-7-2015

ESO on the Console. The company that loves console RPGs is finally putting it’s MMORPG on consoles, and it’s releasing June 9th.
http://www.vg247.com/2015/01/21/elder-scrolls-online-no-subs-ps4-pc-xbox-one/
http://www.vinereport.com/article/elder.scrolls.online.console.release.date.console.versions.offer.improved.version.of.glitchy.pc.version.of.tamriel.unlimited/203.htm

Guild Wars 2 Cheater’s toon is publicly shamed and executed. Then all of his toons are deleted.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/guild-wars-2-hacker-publically-executed-mmo-cheating-1500648
https://youtu.be/h_hS_XNpg30

SWTOR – Irony in the extreme. The second part of the Sixth Line story starts with ledge crawling. Funny, that’s how the now defunct exploit worked.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20150428

To end on the money note: NCSoft Earning Report – Lineage 1 still kicking ass. WildStar, not so much. All the rest – doing ok.
http://global.ncsoft.com/global/ir/earnings.aspx
http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/9683/What-We-Can-Learn-from-the-Latest-NCsoft-Earnings-.html

WildStar, Guild Wars 1 and 2, AION, and all NCSOFT properties subject to a now-complete extended maintenance.
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/126026-extended-ncsoft-maintenance-13-may-2015/#entry1316861

WS Coming to Steam
http://massivelyop.com/2015/05/13/rumor-wildstar-is-coming-to-steam-and-might-be-going-f2p/
https://therepopulation.com/index.php/news/188-15-2-1-build-update

 

MMO Community

Money – Pink Floyd

For the Love of Money – Bulletboys

Price Tag (because why not?)

 

If I Were A Dev

How would you handle advancement mechanics?

JOE:

For basic experience – Levels with, as we’ve mentioned, have no real cap. Just max-ed skills. Maybe levels that don’t end, maybe no levels listed. A bit TSW-like or WildStar-like. Tough to say. Also, the ability to start a character at above the starting zone area like Age of Camelot and WildStar once you’ve already maxed a character.

Crafting – traditional leveling with recipes and rewards, but with the possibility of gaining crits by using more materials or special materials. End-game crafting gear would be JUST AS GOOD as end-game instance gear, and all gear can be modded by crafters, as we’ve already mentioned..

Factions – a classic reputation system. To make crafting valuable but not cookie-cutter, there would be materials and even recipes  gated by both level and reputation.

 

DREW:

No levels, just minor quality of gear differences, and slots for skills. Skills unlock through achievements.

Skills from crafting achievements that consume crafting materials

PvP renown, infamy, and honor. Renown is from raid-v-raid kills, Infamy is from piracy and ganking (large power disparities or raid-v-solo), and Honor is from killing high-Infamy players.

Pick a faction and move up in it, doing missions for them (or killing players from enemy factions), seals for your player-run faction that allows the leader of the faction to pick which crafting materials to make the seal, thus draining the economy of too-prevalent crafting material

 

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This week’s end music is Qeynos from Everquest 2

Episode 11: Medium Rare Content and Arbitrary Walls

The brilliant map voting process in Guild Wars 2.
The brilliant map voting process in Guild Wars 2.

This week we discuss bans for exploration, Black Desert’s media push, Left Shark, and more! Welcome to Casual Core Radio, where we talk about MMOs and and we don’t click our skills, but only because we keep dragging them off our bars…

MMO News

Moar WildStar

Boxes and boxes of mounts and outfits – retail box codes giving mounts and an outfit.

Speaking of in-game items, Left Shark is going to be a BATTLE PET in WoW
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/04/23/7430485.aspx

Steam gets community Steamed.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/24/valves-launch-of-paid-mods-faces-backlash-from-community/

And then Valve opens up… “We’ve done this because it’s clear we didn’t understand exactly what we were doing,”
http://www.pcgamer.com/valve-has-removed-paid-mods-functionality-from-steam-workshop/

New Daybreak Games (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) site
https://www.daybreakgames.com/home

Also, Daybreak aren’t dummies – they get community management.
http://massivelyop.net/2015/04/29/everquest-emulator-group-gets-a-written-agreement-with-daybreak/

The natural next question? Will a SWGemu agreement be in the works? No. Definitely not. Not their IP, for starters.  Lucasarts / Disney own the rights. Only one AAA MMO with the Star Wars IP allowed… that’s why SWG shut down rights as SWTOR launched. Zero overlap.

Loads of Black Desert News ahead of Japanese Open Beta
http://my.mmosite.com/2939211/blog/item/beta_date_for_black_desert_onlinejp_information_about_the_future_content.html

World of Tanks – Possible new MOBA style gameplay?
http://www.mmobomb.com/news/wargaming-teases-new-world-tanks-game-mode/

Aion – Expansion due soon!
http://www.mmobomb.com/news/aions-next-free-expansion-upheaval-coming-spring/

The meaty meaty center of tonight’s episodes:
SWTOR 3.2 is live. Kind of.
http://www.swtor.com/gameupdates/rise-of-the-emperor
Class changes
Outfit Designer
Rise of the Emperor Content and the SWTORGATE
BANS!!!!! MOAR BANS!!!! 204 Main hand? You killed a WHAT?

 

MMO Community

Elio cars
https://youtu.be/_JHEm9YYIjU

Empress of the Pagodas (performed by Christopher Parkening)
https://youtu.be/ggoMl7pUQC4

 

If I Were a Dev

Engine Update!

.Net Core released for Linux and Mac. Not enough to build a game engine on, but it won’t be long… a truly cross-platform system. Woot.

 

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