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AggroChat #511 – Closed Loops

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

Hey Folks! This week we are down an Ammo which throws Ash off a bit.  We start off with a discussion about the changes to the death system and multiplayer in Windblown.  From there we talk about the most recent updates to Utopia Must Fall.  Citizen Sleeper 2 has been released and Tam shares some of his early thoughts.  Dwarven Realms Season 3 is going on and the game continues to get more polished over time. Bel and Grace talk about the Lunar Awakening event and how it represents this perfect example of why Blizzard’s Design Ethos makes the game less fun.  Path of Exile has an upcoming Phrecia event with 19 new Ascendancies and we talk about the four that have been spoiled so far.  Grace talks about Spirit Swap which is Lo-Fi Beats to Match Three To.  Kodra has had a bit of a revival of Ultimate Chicken Horse in his house as his son gets super into it.  Grace shares her early experiences with Deep Rock Galactic Survivor and we bid farewell to Kodra’s cat Willow.

Topics Discussed:

  • Windblown Death System Updates
  • Utopia Must Fall Update
  • Citizen Sleeper 2
  • Dwarven Realms Season 3
  • Diablo IV Lunar Awakening Event
    • Blizzard Design Ethos Issues
  • Path of Exile 3.25.5 Phrecia Event Spoilers
  • Spirit Swap
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse
  • Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
  • Goodbye Willow

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AggroChat #510 – Death From Above

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

Hey Folks! This week we started with a single topic…  and by the time we were finished ended up having to bump half of the assembled topics to next week in order to keep the runtime down.  We start off with Bel talking about the bad news for Path of Exile players, and how there is no new league around the corner.  He also talks a bit about getting sucked into the private league that Pohx created which has capped out at 20,000 players.  From there Grace talks a bit about playing Heroes of Hammerwatch II and enjoying that.  Kodra shares his thoughts about the Diablo IV Campaign thus far as he still is effectively in the first act. Grace and Ash share their experiences with Coridden a more narrative-driven action role-playing game.  Finally, Kodra and Tam talk about their experiences playing Battletech and how Kodra is coming around to the idea of playing games for fun, rather than simply optimizing the strategy for winning.

Topics Discussed

  • Path of Exile League Months Away
    • Pohx League
  • Heroes of Hammerwatch II
  • Kodra’s Diablo 4 Thoughts
  • Coridden
  • Battletech – A Game of Awesome Moments

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AggroChat #509 – Surfing Witches

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

Hey Folks! We are down a Tam this week but start off the show talking a bit about our various mental states with the happenings going on out in the world.  From there Grace talks about Rusty’s Retirement a delightful idle game that has a lot of the same functionality as Stardew Valley but runs in a small window at the bottom of your monitor.  From there we talk about Diablo IV Season 7 and how it is quite possibly the best D4 season ever…  that no one is really giving much fanfare.  We talk a bit about how the streamers have seemingly abandoned the game.  Kodra shares with us the process of resolving combat in the Battletech tabletop game from the 80s…  giving Thalen and Bel flashbacks in a bad way.  Finally, Ash has been playing Sonic Frontiers and talks about it actually being a really good open-world Sonic game.

Topics Discussed

  • Screaming Goats
  • Rusty’s Retirement
  • Diablo IV Season 7
    • Season of Witchcraft
  • Battletech is obtuse
    • Resolving Combat
  • Sonic Frontiers
    • Actually Good

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AggroChat #508 – It’s Really Real

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

Hey Folks! Welcome to our actual first show of the year since we did Games of the Year shows for the last two weeks.  We start off with being shocked that the Nintendo Switch 2 leaks and rumors were actually real.  From there we talk about the Path of Exile II Patch 0.1.1 information, Elon Musk’s being panned by the community and his subsequent Meltdown, and the frustrations of playing multiplayer.  We also weave in a bit of discussion about Last Epoch as several of us are playing that again.  Tam and Kodra spent some time playing Elden Ring using the Multiplayer mod.  Tam also talks a bit about 1000xRESIST, and Ash shares some of his recent experiences playing Grim Dawn and preparing for the expansion this year.

Topics Discussed:

  • Nintendo Switch 2 Announcement
  • Path of Exile II
    • Patch 0.1.1 Info
    • Elon’s Meltdown
    • Multiplayer Frustrations
  • Last Epoch
  • Elden Ring Multiplayer Mod
  • 1000xRESIST
  • Grim Dawn
    • Upcoming Expansion

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