This week the Knights of Four ponder on EVE adding permadeath, games that are good to play on the toilet, and Chris kicks Harry off the show because Final Fantasy XIV is a awesome game!
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What we’ve been playing:
Layanor:
- Lotro
- Hearthstone: Lv 33
- X-Com: Enemy Unknown
- Rocksmith
- Guns of Icarus
Bill:
- GW2
- WoW
- Shadows of Mordor
Harry:
- EVE
- Kerbal Space Program
- Desert Golfing
Chris:
- Marvel Heroes
- World of Warcraft
- Shadows of Mordor
- Rift
- Wildstar
- Spider Man Unlimited – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT5x49g2hVY
News:
EVE Online may be adding permadeath
- EVE Vegas 2014 this weekend, CCP Rise discussed his plans for a new Opportunities system that will replace the tutorial.
- Rise wants is for people to make new mortal characters with no clones and a fixed number of skillpoints to allocate to skills.
- It’s possible that this could close the gap between old and new players by allowing newbies to purchase single lives with the focused combat skills of a veteran.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Announced
http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xivs-first-expansion-is-heavensward-1648065746
- Level Cap increased to 60 for all jobs and classes.
- “Massive New Areas”
- New Jobs (emphasis on the plural)
- New dungeons.
- High End Raids
- You will be able build airships.
- New Gear and Recipes
- …and more!
- Not date given for release yet
Site: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/heavensward/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68CNzwinqlg
ArcheAge new areas coming soon!
http://www.trionworlds.com/archeage/en/2014/10/16/the-conquest-of-auroria-begins-this-november/
- Trion has announced that ArcheAge’s Auroria continent will officially launch on November 4th.
- The northern landmass features six additional zones, four of which will be claimable by guilds.
- Trion also notes that “30 percent more housing space will be available to players throughout these four claimable zones.”
- A new dungeon is also included
Elite: Dangerous Premier event – November 22, 2014
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=fdacb0a6c0#premiere
- wtf is a “premier event”? Is this a launch ceremony? Launch date was estimated to be Q4, so perhaps this makes sense?
- Beta 3 starts on October 28th – so maybe?
- http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/10/17/elite-gets-mining-on-october-28-premiere-event-on-november-22/
Guns of Icarus Update: http://steamcommunity.com/games/gunsoficarusonline/announcements/detail/225503741582692183
- 2 new maps
- Matchmaking overhaul
- Leveling is no longer linked to achievements.
- 95 bug fixes
- Adding Steam Workshop so players can create their own ship logos.
- Starting on Oct. 27th, we’ll have a 2 week celebration where everyone in game will unlock the anniversary ship theme as well as birthday hat 2 – arguably our funniest hat ever.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ufAEp59x8
New Map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvwSwtTjGNM&list=PLXBTe7DWOUHyglywmiUmp6AbBlMkUmWaR
GW2 plans for the rest of 2014
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/tyrias-point-of-no-return/
- Mad King event returns on Oct 21 (halloween event)
- Living Story resumes on November 4
- Wintersday event starts on December 16
- Living Story season 2 conclusion is mentioned. I guess that means sometime after Wintersday?
City of Steam Server Merge
http://www.cityofsteam.com/Article/detail/id/229
- On October 21st, the US servers for the game will be merged into a single server for everyone in the US.
- Players on the US2 and US3 servers affected by the merges will be getting packages with subscription time, Metal, Alloy, Revamp Gems, Vehicle Parts, and Lucky Scrolls;
- There’s also an offer to European players to obtain a similar package by emailing the support department, as those servers are already merged.
Extra-Life
http://mmoreporter.com/2014/10/16/extra-life-2014-rampaging-across-nexus/
- Gaming from 8AM Saturday. Livestreaming at mmoreporter.com/live and twitch.tv/mmoreporter.
- Wildstar – all Chua, all the Time.
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