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Episode 18: Do these guys take a breath?

 

Battle of Kyhlo in Guild Wars 2
Battle of Kyhlo in Guild Wars 2

Back from a long break (thanks to Drew teaching a summer class), we talk changes and expansions coming to Star Trek Online, World of Warcraft, Archeage, Wildstar, and SWTOR! Welcome to Casual Core Radio, where we always promise to have a new episode, SOON(™), reserved, copyright, service mark.

MMO News

WoW Legion
http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/62800/20150823/world-of-warcraft.htm

Final Fantasy 14 reaches 5 million players
http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-xiv-has-5-million-registered-accounts/

SWTOR Livestream – KotFE details!
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8396041#edit8396041

WildStar F2P Closed Beta
http://www.wildstar-online.com/uk/news/2015-08-11-closed-beta-testing-commencing-now/

Also, WildStar China is starting off well…
https://twitter.com/DapperDonatelli/status/628488870598975488/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

The reason the game needs FTP:
http://massivelyop.com/2015/07/31/guild-wars-2-is-up-again-wildstar-is-down-again-in-ncsofts-2015-q2-financial-report/

Funcom is for sale
http://www.funcom.com/investors/update_on_lego_minifigures_online_and_the_financial_situation_of_the_compan
http://www.vg247.com/2015/08/11/age-of-conan-secret-world-dev-funcom-up-for-sale/

Crowfall talks Crowd Control
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-08-20/crowfall_team_shared_their_ideas_on_crowd_control.shtml

Star Trek Online announces Season 11: New Dawn (aka “More Picard, Less Kirk”)
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9488023

ArcheAge – Xfers coming with 2.0, free transfers through 9/4.
http://www.trionworlds.com/archeage/en/2015/08/14/server-transfers-evolutions-everything-you-need-to-know/

MMO Community

XamXam’s analysis of the KotFE trailer: http://www.xamxamsays.com/swtor-kotfe-become-the-outlander-gameplay-trailer-analysis/

Wildstar’s surprisingly awesome RP

www.wildstar-roleplay.com

STO Foundry “Effect, then Cause”
@RogueEnterprise

Unholy alliance podcast

KatiaRacer Wildstar plot

Shout out to Doom Kitty (@doomkittyentity), Mayor Dasmoose (@mayordasmoose), and Kelzam (@clchaotix)

Special Topic: Time Travel

Let’s talk about the different ways Time Travel has been done in MMOs.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/10/perfect-ten-great-mmo-time-travel-adventures/

TSW – The Haunting, The Last Train To Cairo (Issue 6 story arc), The Darkness War

STO – The Night of the Comet, Iconian story arc, (Foundry mission: Effect, Then Cause)

Rift – Defiant tutorial

LOTRO flashbacks

GW2 chronomancer

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chronomancer

WoW TimeWalking, Caverns of Time

 

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Episode 17: I love lamp…I mean Joe

 

Galaxy-class cruiser from Star Trek Online
Galaxy-class cruiser from Star Trek Online

This week we discuss a crap-ton of launches, Wildstar’s Livestream and AMA, Crowfall’s knight powers, ESO’s “holy-crap-did-you-release-a-new-game”-sized patch, and more! Welcome to Casual Core Radio, where our launches are more frequent, but crash less, than SpaceX’s…

MMO News

 

WildStar Livestream and AMA Recap
http://www.twitch.tv/wildstar/v/6811764
http://wildstar-core.com/2015/07/03/wildstar-class-team-reddit-ama-recap/

Launches:

  1. Tera “Go Berzerk”
    http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-07-07/tera_go_berserk_update_launches_today.shtml
  2. Maple Story 2 Open Beta http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-07-07/maplestory__enters_open_beta_today_with_new_trailer_released.shtml
  3. Skyforge open beta http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Skyforge-Open-Beta-Launches-Month-72849.html http://www.neoseeker.com/news/27052-skyforge-f2p-mmo-collaboration-between-obsidian-and-allods-starts-open-beta-on-july-16/
  4. Cabal 2
    http://www.gamezone.com/news/cabal-2-officially-launches-on-pc-3420776
  5. Civilization online, From XL Games, releases 2 videos http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-07-04/civilization_online_revealed_two_concept_videos.shtml (treading carefully here!)
  6. Action RPG Devilian announced, from Trion (also treading carefully) http://www.gamereactor.eu/news/327964/Trion+Worlds+reveals+Devilian,+a+new+ARPG-MMO/

Crowfall’s Knight Powers, and lamp detailed
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2015-07-07/crowfall_knight_powers_and_ui_concept_preview.shtml

ESO: 15GB PS4 patch
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2015/06/24/the-elder-scrolls-online-gets-a-15-9gb-playstation-4-patch/

 

MMO Community

 

WildStar – Black Dagger Society’s Liestyles of Nexus – https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/128865-lifestyles-of-nexus-iv-a-new-home/

Mikei
https://youtu.be/4oFPIKOWkyQ

Holosuite Media
http://holosuitemedia.com/home/tribbles/

 

If I Were a Dev

 

Let’s talk class stories… because SWTOR and GW2, as well as TSW took radically different approaches, and now SWTOR is on nearly the same track as GW2 and TSW.

  1. Class stories or central story? Or both?
  2. How pervasive would the story be (% in game tasks advancing the story vs other tasks)
  3. How many expansions would you pre-design, including cinematics, soundtrack, and voice acting, would you have ready-and-waiting by launch?

JOE:

  1. Central story. SWTOR’s right to make the change
  2. 100% of non-repetitive tasks would advance the central story, though only 50% would feel like it does.
  3. At least enough for three years of main-story advancement – given an 18mo or so expansion cycle, the main game and two expansions. Very important for audio!

DREW:

  1. Central + zones + class-based thing per zone
  2. The only “quest-ish” things would affect the story
  3. No idea. As much as possible before the studio made me launch too early.

 

 

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This week’s end music is The Siege of Alderaan from Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Episode 6: Live Long and Prosper, Crowfall

Player-held memorial for Leonard Nemoy in Star Trek Online
Player-held memorial for Leonard Nemoy in Star Trek Online

 

This week we talk about THE news of the week, Crowfall, and honor Leonard Nemoy’s passing. Welcome to Casual Core Radio, where we talk about MMOs and we don’t Pay-2-Win!

MMO News

Crowfall episode

FFAQs (Favorite Favorite Asked Question pages)

MMO Community

Spock
http://massivelyop.net/2015/03/01/star-trek-online-star-citizen-and-elite-plan-leonard-nimoy-tributes/

If I Were a Dev

How would you handle gear customization (cosmetic)?

JOE: TSW-style

DREW: DCUO-style

 

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This week’s end music is the theme from Crowfall.