AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut Podcast

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

Hey Folks! This week we continue to chip away at the massive list of topics from our time off.  We start off the show with an adorable Frog version of Vampire Survivors meets Stardew Valley called Pesticide Not Required.  From there we talk a bit about Pokemon Go and what it is like playing it with your kids.  Ash continues his dive into rhythm games via the Round1 Arcade, this time with Beatmania.  Space Marine 2 has been released and a bunch of the folks on the podcast have been playing Multiplayer Co-Op and have some thoughts.  Kodra has been playing Tactical Breach Wizards and shares his thoughts about it, and we have some very early preliminary thoughts about the brand-new Zelda game Echoes of Wisdom.  Finally, Bel talks a bit about returning to Minecraft during his recent convalescence and how that game feels like chicken soup in gaming form.

Topics Discussed:

• Pesticide Not Required

• Vampire Survivors meets Cute Frog Farming Game

• Pokemon Go With Kids

• More Rhythm Games

• Beatmania

• Round1 Is Great

• Space Marine 2

• Tactical Breach Wizards

• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

• Bel Returns to Minecraft

• Sick Time Comfort Gaming

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

Hey Folks! Apologies for taking a few weeks off but Covid kicked Belghast’s butt and he is the person who records, edits, and posts the show.  This week we had a mountain of topics to get through and got nowhere close to hitting them all. Last Epoch has their very poorly named cycle reset going on, in which they added some pretty freaking cool new features like Loot Lizards, Stash Priority system, and the Imperial Undead event.  We talk a lot about the game and then dive into a whole discussion on seasonal models and what works and does not work for them.  We also tangent off into a discussion about the Clue movie from the 80s for some reason…  so look forward to that.  From there we talk a bit about Dwarven Realms as it gets closer to the full release of the game. Ash, Kodra, and Tam talk a bit about their experiences playing the ISS Vanguard living world physical board game.  Thalen kicks off a discussion about Astro Bot and how it is essentially the mascot game Sony has always needed.  Ash shares his experiences with Gundam Breaker 4 and Tam a bit about playing Hades 2 as a research project. Packed show with roughly half of the topics getting bumped to next week.

Topics Discussed:

• Last Epoch Cycle Reset

• Loot Lizards

• Stash Tab Priority System

• Imperial Undead Event

• Dwarven Realms

• ISS Vanguard

• VHS Board Games

• 1980s Clue Movie

• Astro Bot

• Gundam Breaker 4

• Hades 2 Early Access

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Thalen

Hey Folks!  We are down a handful of folks but continue pushing forward.  We start off with talking about a world where Arcades did not die out…  aka Japan and what the 2020 Covid crisis did to them.  This leads to a discussion about playing DDR and similar rhythm games at home.  From there Bel talks about the upcoming update to Last Epoch where they are doing a mid cycle reset and some of the reasons why this is happening.  Ammo talks about her experiences returning to Guild Wars 2 and Bel shares his frustrations about how obtuse the achievement system is when it comes to trying to find the major unlocks and legendary crafts.  Bel also questions whether or not Twitch Drops work, to which Kodra refutes with his personal experience.  Lastly, we talk a bit about Visions of Mana the fifth official game in the Mana Series.

Topics Discussed:

• 2020 and Japanese Arcades

• Playing DDR At Home

• Guild Wars 2

• Ammo’s return to the game

• Obtuse System Unlocks

• Do Twitch Drops Work?

• Visions of Mana

Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Hey Folks!  We actually finally get around to having the Age of Sigmar discussion, and more specifically talk at length about Warhammer Fantasy and the new Spearhead game mode which feels a bit like a Magic the Gathering Format.  From there Kodra talks about his recent experience attending the Dragonflight Convention in the Seattle Area for the first time.  Related to that he talks about his experiences playing Starfinder 2.0.  Tam has made it further into Fallout London and shares some more thoughts about it, and Bel dives into his non-spoiler thoughts about the Janthir Wilds expansion for Guild Wars 2.  Lastly Kodra talks a bit more about Mice and Mystics.

Topics Discussed:

• Age of Sigmar 4.0

• Spearhead Format

• Dragonflight Con

• Starfinder 2

• Fallout London

• Guild Wars 2 Janthir Wilds

• Early Thoughts

• Mice and Mystics

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

Hey Folks!  After taking a week off from it, we are returning to our Dawntrail full spoiler show.  This week we say hi to Tam and Kodra…  before they boop out of the show given that neither has actually played FFXIV recently.  We pick up where we left off with the coronation of the new Dawn Servant and then dive into all of the “things” that happen after that.  We also talk a bit about the story surrounding the first raid of the expansion in the Arcadion. 

Topics Discussed:

• Dawn Servant Coronation

• Visiting Texico

• Some Things Happen

• Some Even Weirder Things Happen

• The Arcadion

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

Hey Folks! This week we are taking a break from the Dawntrail topic because Ammo was not available.  As a result we dive into a normal topic load starting with Grace talking about their experience playing Diablo IV Season 5.  From there we dive into a mega topic of Kodra and his recent trip to GenCon.  He talks about True Dungeon, Various Assorted LARPs, and some of the cool stuff from the convention floor.  We also dive into a discussion about how a convention reforms its reputation as being the D&D convention into something more open and welcoming. From there we realize that the Age of Sigmar topic is going to get bumped again…  but end up also having a bit of a pre-discussion.  Finally, we wrap things up with the charming indie game Thank Goodness You’re Here.

Topics Discussed:

• Diablo IV Season 5

• Season of Infernal Hordes

• Adventures in Gencon

• True Dungeon

• Various LARPs

• How does a convention reform its reputation?

• Age of Sigmar Pre-Discussion

• The topic that keeps getting bumped

• Thank Goodness You’re Here

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen

Hey Folks!  For years we have had this tradition of recording a full spoiler show once all of the folks who are actively playing Final Fantasy XIV have completed the content.  We knew this would be an epic undertaking given that we never got around to recording a post-Endwalker show.  This is absolutely going to at a minimum be two shows…  maybe three depending upon how well the next show goes.  We used to record these epic five hour long shows that I edited down into chunks…  but have thankfully since wised up to just splitting them between several weeks.  This week we cover everything that happens after the Endwalker MSQ credit roll until just before the halfway point of Dawntrail.  Be warned, this is a full spoiler discussion as we recount the tale and talk about various details in depth along the way.

Topics Discussed:

• Post Endwalker Content

• Estinien is Bad with Money

• Once More to the Thirteenth

• An Unlikely Mentorship

• The Journey of the Dawnservant

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

This week we dive into the brand new Path of Exile league as we assist the Settlers of Kalguur.  We talk about our experiences with the exceptionally detailed league mechanic so far.  Tam contrasts his experience with this league with his experience playing Last Epoch. We talk a bit about our league starts and how the progress is going in both games.  From there we talk a bit about the Fallout London total conversion mod for Fallout 4.  Lastly we talk a little bit about Zenless Zone Zero the latest hoyoverse title.

Topics Discussed:

• Path of Exile

• Settlers of Kalguur League

• Shipping Mechanics

• League Starts

• Last Epoch

• Fallout London for Fallout 4

• Zenless Zone Zero

Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, and Thalen

Good Morning Folks!  I am going to give you fair warning…  this is a very Path of Exile episode.  We pushed that topic to the very end of the show but once you hit it… it is pretty much an hour of talk about the upcoming Settlers of Kalguur League.  We start off the show with some discussion about Last Epoch and the most recent market crash that banned exploiters…  but left all the gold in the bloated market economy.  From there we dive into Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail and talk about the new Arcadion Raid.  We then talk a bit more about Bel and Grace’s adventures in alting as they finish ARR and start into Heavensward.  Finally we do a dive into the massive meta breaking changes coming with the Settlers of Kalgurr league in Path of Exile which drops on the 26th.

Topics Discussed:

• Last Epoch

• Market Crash

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Arcadion Raid

• Further Alt Adventures 

• Starting Heavensward Again

• Path of Exile

• Settlers of Kalguur

• The Patch Notes

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

Hey Folks! We are back in fighting form with the entire crew.  We start off discussing SGDQ or Summer Games Done Quick a massive speedrunning community event.  From there we talk a bit about the Path of Exile 3.25 Settlers of Kalgur spoilers and some of the changes that are being made.  Then we roll into Last Epoch Cycle 2 which has so many amazing gameplay and polish improvements.  Lastly Bel and Grace talk about their nonsense mission to replay all of the FFXIV content and some of the experiences from running old content with perfect understanding of where the game story is going.  Bel has traditionally played a Lalafell and Grace a pretty dedicated Roegadamme…  and they have dared each other to swap races.  Last night after the show that happened and the show card shows the end results.  Lastly, Bel talks a bit about Blaugust which is coming up in a few weeks.

Topics Discussed:

• SGDQ

• Path of Exile 3.25 Spoilers

• Last Epoch Cycle 2

• So many improvements

• Amazingly polished experience

• Revisiting FFXIV A Realm Reborn

• Redoing Old Content with Full Understanding of the 10-Year Story Arc

• The Fantasia Dare