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AggroChat #331 – Golden Age of Nick

January 24, 2021 by Belghast

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

Tonight we talk about a few things that have been on the list for a while along with some new fresh topics. First off Kodra talks to us about Nerts and the world of competitive solitaire. From there Bel talks about how Dragon Age Inquisition has won him over and how he thinks that it might be the best Dragon Age game so far. Ash talks about Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and how it also might be the best Warriors game to date. Thalen shares with us Nick Knacks on the PopArena YouTube Channel and its exploration of classic Nickelodeon television. We also debate what we consider our Golden Age of Nick. We dust off a topic that has been on the list for awhile where we talk about whether or not it is the time for World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV to go Free to Play. This leads into a general discussion of MMO mechanics over the years and lends its way to some talk about Guild Wars 2.

Topics Discussed

Nerts – Competitive Solitaire
Dragon Age Inquisition
- Maybe the best Dragon Age
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
- Maybe the best Warriors Game
Nickelodeon Nostalgia
- Nick Knacks on PopArena Channel
- What was the Golden Age
Should WoW and FFXIV Go Free to Play
- Benefits of Free to Play
- MMO Game Design Discussion
Guild Wars 2 Discussion

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AggroChat #312 – A Whole New World

August 30, 2020 by Belghast

Tonight we are back after having a week off due to scheduling. Bel is super excited to talk about Amazon’s New World, which finally leaves NDA. He goes into a deep dive of his experiences so far with the assorted systems of the game. From there we have a reasonable segue into a discussion about Guild Wars 2 and getting used to the WvW pvp system. We also talk a bit about other games like Final Fantasy XIV and how it handles PVP. We have a random aside where Bel talks about how he tends to avoid using mounts in Open World games, and finally Ash talks about how he has come to peace with the Blue Mage in FFXIV.

Topics Discussed:

Amazon’s New World
- Deep Dive into Systems
Guild Wars 2 WvW System
- Final Fantasy XIV PVP modes
Frog Fractions ???
- When a DLC is a new game
Bel Ignores Mounts in Open World Games
- Ghosts of Tsushima
- Horizon Zero Dawn
Making Peace with the Blue Mage
- How Ash Learns to Accept the Systems

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AggroChat #301 – Sega is Bad at Launchers

May 31, 2020 by Belghast

Featuring: Ammo, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo and Thalen… also featuring special guest Nephsys

Tonight we welcome our good friend Nephsys along for this ride because she more or less got kidnapped into the podcasting channel. We start the show with some discussion about being back in Final Fantasy XIV and the current event where they bribe us to do unpopular content. One of those content types is Rival Wings, and Bel talks about how it is PVP that he actually enjoys. From there we break into a discussion inspired by a conversation that happened while watching the cutscenes of Praetorium, which is what games would you like to forget so you could experience them fresh again for the very first time? We talk for a bit about the afterglow of watching your friends get into something that you really liked. Finally we nestle into the main topic of the week which is the somewhat awkward North American PC launch of Phantasy Star Online 2.

Topics Discussed

Mogrocks for Mounts in FFXIV
- Rival Wings is Fun
Forgetting a Game to Play it Fresh again
- The Afterglow of Friends Experiencing Games
Phantasy Star Online 2 NA PC Launch
- The systems within systems
- Figuring things out

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AggroChat #296 – Sea Shanties and Scurvy

April 26, 2020 by Belghast

We welcome Grace back after a few weeks away and talk a bit about life in pandemia. Bel talks about the introduction of RTX Voice and its nonsense ability to filter out background noise from your microphone. Kodra and Thalen talk a bit about gaming with youngsters focusing on Mario Kart and Katamari or “The Ball Game”. Ash talks a bit about how bad the storytelling is in Phantasy Star Online 2. We shift over to some talk about flying in Eorzea and some general talk about alting in Final Fantasy XIV. Finally we wrap up with Sea of Thieves as Tam has been recently exploring this title and how PVP apparently doesn’t matter as much as it once did.