The MMOsketeers - An MMO News and Discussion Podcast

This week Jen and Tepp bring you the latest from Dungeons and Dragons Online; Star Wars: The Old Republic; Final Fantasy XIV; Crowfall; Black Desert Online and Guild Wars 2. Followed by an assortment of listening questions and comments.

Show notes and links:

* Dungeons and Dragons Online teases possible third expansion – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* SWTOR Celebration Cantina Q&A on Group Content (dulfy.net)

* Actions Taken Against In-Game RMT & Other Illicit Activities (Jul. 21) (finalfantasyxiv.com)

* Crowfall – Throne War MMO (crowfall.com)

* Naval warfare is coming to Black Desert in Q4 2016 – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Introducing the Value Pack – News & Announcements (blackdesertonline.com)

* Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is 50% Off! (guildwars2.com)

* VIDEO GAMES and THEIR EFFECT on MODERN DAY SOCIETY (huffingtonpost.com)

* Battle Bards Episode 78: EverQuest (libsyn.com)

* paizo.com – Store / Store Blog (paizo.com)

After a brief detour into Pokemon Go, Tepp and Jen talk shop about Star Trek’s anniversary in Star Trek Online; Star Wars: The Old Republic’s next expansion “The Eternal Throne”; World of Warcraft: Legion’s pre-patch; Black Desert Online’s skill revamp and Ninja class; The Division’s loyalty reward for Season Pass holders. Finally, listener questions and a honourable mention for Brian “Psycochild” Green.

Show notes and links:

* Kelvin Admiral Uniform Giveaway | Star Trek Online (arcgames.com)

* Star Trek Online: Lifetime Subscription Sale (arcgames.com)

* Knights of the Eternal Throne (swtor.com)

* The Legion Pre-Expansion Patch Arrives July 19 (battle.net)

* Preview: Wardrobe Updates – World of Warcraft (battle.net)

* Upcoming Skill and Awakening system revisions – News & Announcements (blackdesertonline.com)

* Black Desert’s Ninja and Kunoichi arrive July 20, siege system July 17 – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* New activity for our Season Pass owners (ubi.com)

* Psychochild’s Blog » MMOs are everywhere, they’re just not called MMOs (psychochild.org)

This week’s show features the latest from Turbine; Blizzard; Star Wars: The Old Republic; Shroud of the Avatar; The Elder Scrolls Online; a couple of questions from the listeners and Tepp’s take on the Agents of Yesterday expansion for Star Trek Online.

Show notes and links:

* Turbine is transitioning into a ‘mobile’ dev studio – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* SWTOR’s clear message of indifference for its most loyal players – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* The Legion Pre-Expansion Patch Is Nearly Here (battle.net)

* Blizzard hiring new game director for unannounced Diablo project (polygon.com)

* Richard Garriott selling vials of his blood on eBay • Eurogamer.net (eurogamer.net)

* Announcing The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition (elderscrollsonline.com)

* LucasArts’ long lost, 30-year-old MMO is now preserved on Github (arstechnica.com)

* Pokemon Go: Still can’t catch ’em all (in the UK) (bbc.co.uk)

* No Man’s Sky goes gold – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Riders of Icarus Open Beta Now Live (rockpapershotgun.com)

* Riders of Icarus | Free-to-Play MMORPG (nexon.net)

Fun Fact: Tepp forgot to set which mic to mute when hitting his cough-button today, so apologies for any of that. Otherwise join the devious duo for more MMO news. Featuring: Daybreak’s plans for 3rd party keys; World of Darkness documentary; Guild Wars 2 skill splitting; Star Wars: The Old Republic needs more slots; Star Trek Online trains up a bunch more recruits; The Secret World turns Four; Rift lines up some summer events and a new 64-bit client; and Black Desert Online finally gets Valencia.

Show notes and links:

* Daybreak bans, unbans thousands of third-party key purchasers – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Luckyday and White Wolf Collaborate to Produce World of Darkness Documentary Series (triplepointpr.com)

* GW2 More PvE and PvP Skill Splits in the Future (dulfy.net)

* SWTOR Max Character Slots to be expanded to 50 (dulfy.net)

* SWTOR Next Expansion Could be Named KOTET (dulfy.net)

* Temporal Agent Recruitment | Star Trek Online (arcgames.com)

* The Secret World | Funcom (thesecretworld.com)

* Update 3.7: Summer Solstice Is Coming This July! (trionworlds.com)

* Patch Notes 29/06/2016 [EU/NA] | BDFoundry (blackdesertfoundry.com)

* Daum Games Europe B.V. Rebrands to Kakao Games Europe B.V. (campaign-archive1.com)

Jen and Tepp bring you the latest MMO news, featuring: Star Wars The Old Republic; Star Trek Online; The Division; Everquest 2; Lord of the Rings Online; Anarchy Online; Elder Scrolls Online; Black Desert Online; World of Warcraft. Also we answer some listener questions! Online! Huzzah!

Show notes and links:

* Knights of the Fallen Empire (swtor.com)

* Star Trek Online: 26th Century Ship Stats (arcgames.com)

* Star Trek Online: Console Ground UI (arcgames.com)

* State of the Game: June 16th, 2016 (ubi.com)

* This link has no title (daybreakgames.com)

* This link has no title (daybreakgames.com)

* The Return of the Raid (lotro.com)

* 15th Anniversary Celebration | Anarchy Online (anarchy-online.com)

* Update 11 featuring Shadows of the Hist: First Look (elderscrollsonline.com)

* Skillspam/No CD hacks have officially been patched and is now server-sided : blackdesertonline (reddit.com)

* Max Camera Distance – Forums (battle.net)

* System Shock Remaster is now a Reboot, launches next week on Kickstarter (vg247.com)

* Steam Community :: Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition (steamcommunity.com)

* Oblivion:Janus Hassildor – UESPWiki (uesp.net)

We’re back with the latest from Star Trek Online; Elder Scrolls Online; Black Desert Online; The Division; World of Warcraft; Destiny; Mass Effect: Andromeda; and we talk a little about Daybreak’s plans for Planetside 1 and Legends of Norrath.

Show notes and links:

* Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday Coming July 6th (arcgames.com)

* Star Trek Online: Temporal Defense Reputation (arcgames.com)

* Star Trek Online: Temporal Specialization (arcgames.com)

* Star Trek Online: 23rd Century Ship Stats (arcgames.com)

* Matt Firor’s Message from BE3 (elderscrollsonline.com)

* E3 2016: The Elder Scrolls Online to Receive New Dungeons, Customisation and Housing DLC (ign.com)

* Patch Notes – June 17th – Patch Notes (blackdesertonline.com)

* Daybreak to sunset PlanetSide 1 and Legends of Norrath – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Improving the player experience – Update on cheating (ubi.com)

* The Division: here’s some gameplay from the upcoming Underground expansion (vg247.com)

* How World of Warcraft raiders are helping the community get epic moose mounts – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Destiny on PC hasn’t been entirely ruled out (vg247.com)

* Mass Effect: Andromeda will star a younger,

No show this week folks, as Jen is still setting up basecamp at a new location. Stay with us, we will be back next week.

Show notes and links:

* Starfall is Here! | WildStar® (wildstar-online.com)

* Overwatch racks up 7M players, bans 1500 of them – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘The Division’: Actor to Star in, Produce Movie (variety.com)

* PC/Mac Patch Notes v2.4.5 – Elder Scrolls Online (elderscrollsonline.com)

Jen and Tepp are joined by one of the original MMOsketeers this week… Petter! Other than harping on about the Good Ol’ Days, the team discuss Lord of the Rings Online; Star Trek Online; World of Warcraft; Crowfall; Star Wars: The Old Republic; Age of Conan; Wildstar; and a selection of listener questions. Huzzah!

Show notes and links:

* This link has no title (lotro.com)

* Lord of the Rings Online suspends digital sales until June – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Star Trek Online Coming to Xbox One and PS4 (arcgames.com)

* Star Trek Online: Graphical Tech Updates (arcgames.com)

* World of Warcraft: Legion Beta Testing Begins! (battle.net)

* Crowfall – Throne War MMO (crowfall.com)

* The Old Republic announces Mandalore’s Revenge, coming June 3rd – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Age of Conan celebrates its eighth anniversary – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Introducing Protobucks! | WildStar® (wildstar-online.com)

* NCsoft’s first quarter financials show Blade & Soul is booming, WildStar is tumbling – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* The Elder Scrolls Online added “millions” of new players in 2015 (gamesindustry.biz)

Jen and Tepp are back with the latest from Star Trek Online; Black Desert Online; Atlas Reactor; Star Wars: The Old Republic; Wildstar; World of Warcraft: Legion; Eve Online; and Crowfall. Huzzah!

Show notes and links:

* “I’m excited to finally announce that I’ve signed on as a Game Director with @UbiMassive! Feels nice to be bombarded by email lists again!” (twitter.com)

* Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday Announcement (arcgames.com)

* Patch Notes – May 4th – Patch Notes (blackdesertonline.com)

* Mediah Update Part 2 Events – Events (blackdesertonline.com)

* Atlas Reactor | May Producer’s Letter (atlasreactorgame.com)

* STAR WARS: The Old Republic – Weapon Tunings (swtor.com)

* DevConnect: Race/Class Combos – Page 11 – General Discussion (wildstar-online.com)

* Legion Developer Update, Live May 10! (battle.net)

* Fanfest & Birthdays! – New Eden Turns Teenager! (eveonline.com)

* Crowfall’s ‘universe’ plan could mean regionalized servers – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Crowfall – Throne War MMO (crowfall.com)

Jen and Tepp return for another week of MMO News, alongside Tepp’s current love affair with Shadowrun: Dragonfall. Featuring The Division; The Secret World; Shroud of the Avatar; Black Desert Online; Lord of The Rings Online; and Elder Scrolls Online.

Someone should make a game just called The Online.

Show notes and links:

* Harebrained Schemes | Shadowrun: Dragonfall (harebrained-schemes.com)

* Improving the Player Experience | Latest news and content about Tom Clancy’s The Division game (ubi.com)

* Play The Secret World (thesecretworld.com)

* Richard Garriott discusses Shroud of the Avatar’s ‘launch’ and future – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)

* Hacker Hunting Initiative – News & Announcements (blackdesertonline.com)

* This link has no title (lotro.com)

* PTS Patch Notes v2.4.0 – Elder Scrolls Online (elderscrollsonline.com)

* Ten City of Heroes systems every MMO should have stolen by now – Massively Overpowered (massivelyop.com)