Archive for October, 2009

EP 15: Gimme a Ban Stick

Tony October 29th, 2009

Comments on October Aion Newsletter

INTRO

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CONSTRUCTION

Abyss Radio is back up!

Watch for changes in segments.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

iTunes Reviews: Bludeon01, Aviar Amidar, Noch /Moroki

Tamat new NA Community Manager

Collector’s Edition 2nd chance.12:01 am PDT Thursday October 29th and 11:59 PDT Friday October 30th

Aion apparel is now available through Jinx

Harvest Revel – I do not think it means what you think it means

Find the latest patch notes on the Aion PowerWiki under “Patch Notes”

Traion Contest – Voting on the forums  for Flash Fiction and Character Creation starts on October 31st. Machinima entries are due by Nov 12.

MAIL CALL

Mrrogers: (FLOAHOA) Asks that everyone in Enigma Legion refer to him as mrrogers.

Corvus:Do you know if mail expires in the game? – It does not.

Daevinox: Class chat channels are a great resource. – And quick, too!

Justin D: Supports Lori’s class hopping. – Good, cuz she just switched from a Sin to a Glad.

Ovan, Vaizel server: Complains about a bot legion on his server <n b a> (which many of us have started to call the National Botters Association) still runs rampant outside Beluslan Fortress. – Fear not, we have asked NCSoft to wipe them out ASAP!

Nathan S: I love that you post on a regular basis and I find Tony’s voice very relaxing and familiar it distinctly reminds me of Penn Jillette the talkative half of Penn and Teller. – Orly?! Let me know what you think!

Vegas, Elyos, Triniel Server: I was wondering if you might provide some insight on how you balance real life (wife, kids, work, ?exercise?, etc) with gaming.  I wish to continue gaming, but not at the expense of my future commitments. – I do whatever Lori says and no one gets hurt.

ELYOS EXTRACTION

A tour of Sanctum with Icefalcon.

BASIC TRAINING

Drill Sergeant Bulzibob: Get to your crafting recipes through your Skills menu.

Tom / MMOO Trucker: Orbs are heavy in Magic Boost and Books are heavy in Magical Accuracy, so choose accordingly – Yeah, but orbs look sooo cool!

Kapalla: Can’t move while flying? Check scroll lock.

MUSIC BREAK

“Halloween Girll” by Ghosts on the Radio @ http://www.myspace.com/ghostsontheradio

PINSTAR’S ECONOMIC TIP

Desdamona’s ganking for two!

MAIN TOPIC

Review and commentary on NCSoft’s October Aion Community Address. Read it here.

ZEPHYR DELIVERY

Heriberto R. informs us that sex panther cologne is real! Check it out here http://www.sex-panther.com/

VMWare Fusion 3 is released! Does this help Mac users play Aion? Beats me, but you can check it out here.
 

EP 14: Gaming First

Tony October 22nd, 2009

Interview with Ablegamers.com

INTRO

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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

iTunes Reviews: Mohalen, JT8317, SkullPanda, Redtear, WorldAbove, MadMarge,  KappoRDM, The Chadillac, JBenson002, Kifel, The Baron Von Saxon, Potatofamine, Clipperz

Harvest Revel: Oct 25 – Oct 31

Patch 1.5.0.10: Chat spam filter updated

Eye on the Community shout out from Ayase, thanks!

CLEAN-UP

Seckspanther: I am in fact a guy, Lori you were right ^_^    – Need Gladiator weapon info, check out this post by Carrotfeet!

Mr. D, Divine Credence Legion, Elyos on Nezekan Server: “Camping” of NPCs may be the result of shared quest-givers. Rifts in Morheim and Eltnen are quite biased in favor of the Asmodians.

Traion Contest – Enter early, enter often.  See EP 13 show notes for details. Machinima artists, please only submit a link to your work.

MAIL CALL

Darakor: (FLOAHOA) Ranger Tip (GREAT EXAMPLE – short, informative, funny)

Luke / Solares: I’ve been wondering what that weird music / sound is before the email section. What on earth does it say at the end? Has confused me for weeks!

Michel K / Thrace translated, from a Dutch Soccer player, on of the Deboer brothers: “E-mail, E-mail, hey, you’ve got new e-mail. E-mail, E-mail, E, E, E, E, E-mail, you’ve have to read it.”

Ryan / Knowledge: Assassin Tip – Backstabbing for fun and profit!

Rosendo C. / Aloe, Black Heart Legion on Zikel Server: Cleric tip to make it easier to watch your health.

David / Ptomely: Templar Tips -  PvE: Socket 75% block gems, and 25% HP gems ( Block>HP>Parry>Evasion). damage. PvP: On your one-hander, place block. In every other slot, place either full attack or full crit, but not both.

BASIC TRAINING

Phill D./ Xith: Use the  ‘X’ button to come out of combat.

Bulzibob: Found a great tip over at aionsource from the user Vheissu.  You can use the capatilized letters like L A F for Lesser Accessory Flux and if you get to many hits you can refine the search like L Ac F (Ac for Accessory) and so on.

MUSIC BREAK

“For Angel” by All India Radio @ http://www.myspace.com/allindiaradio
Melbourne, Australia

MAIN TOPIC

Interview withMark Barlet, Editor-in-Chief, and Steve Spohn,  Associate Editor, from Ablegamers.com. Also, check out the non-profit aspect at Ablegamers.org.

ZEPHYR DELIVERY

There is a tiny auction button on mini-map to let you know when you have money to collect.

Post Secrets at http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

 

EP 13: Mrrogers

Tony October 15th, 2009

Crafting interview with Spiderz and announcement of Traion contest

INTRO

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SITE CONSTRUCTION

Sunday, Bloody Sunday – Abyss Radio features heavy metal music on Sundays

I’ve given all previous show music to Oxy and will do so in the future for Abyss Radio

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

iTunes Reviews: Badluck919, Barrikade, Seckspanther

Collector’s Edition Upgrade only available until October 22, 2009.

NCSoft is actively and aggressively seeking to ban bots and farmers, they apologize for any splash damage that may result.

CLEAN-UP

Nyuuron: Current kill-stealing mechanic lets you get credit for killing trained mobs.

Chris / Sarc: Overpowered priests change the entire dynamic of group PvP.

Chaosage: WoW rage may be a result of missing the old uber-1337 powers and simply being so invested.

Craig OC: Searched 290 voices, still hasn’t found FLOAHOA – Stop looking! Please!

MAIL CALL

Anders (FLOAHOA): Sorc’s DOTS don’t break roots

The Tori (FLOAHOA): From Australia….high ping rate FTL!

John B: It would be nice to hear more about soloing – tips and leveling.
Especially the difficulty of soloing using specific classes. – Panels are coming!

Barricade: Are rift locations fair?  Hopefully I don’t sound like I am complaining about this – really I just want to know if the locations are equal.
Here is a link to all the rift locations.

DoomStorm: I was wondering if you could talk about morphing. – We do!

Shout out to his legion We Are Legend, Asmo on Siel EU.I have posted a legend recruitment post on the abyss forms also.

Leviar: There is a way to break podcasts into chapters or sections that can be just like chapters you have in an audiobook.  – Unfortunately, the software is made for a Mac!

Mrrogers: Here’s another Ranger Kiting tip. The jump shot is really useful, but it is not always necessary. Skills like Entangling Shot and Arrow Strike’s attack animations don’t require stopping your movement, or even facing the mob. So, when kiting i always make sure I’m running forwards away from my target after I use Swift Shot so I am able to get the 10% extra damage.

Hans A. / Niia: Yesterday I decided to try out your sponsor Site5 as my web hosting is running out soon and i wanted to put up a Aion forum. I was amazed by the quickness and promptness of the support team. I got my account activated the sec i pushed the pay button on paypal. Kudos for the promo code! For the EU listeners, Legion “Ragnarok” on Castor server,Asmo, is recruiting. The Site is Asmodae.Net

Blackened and Clairre: Asmos from Ariel server, <I Crit My Pants> is recruiting.

BASIC TRAINING

Mantrasun: Use “block” on gold spammers, it works! Shout out to his legion Watchmen

Alex: Use the power shard by hitting the “b” button.

MUSIC BREAK

“The Truth” by Rasa 9, check them out at http://www.myspace.com/rasa9

SPECIAL FEATURE

Traion Contest – 3 contests in 1! You can enter all three categories, but can only enter each category once. All submission must have the word “contest” in the subject line.

Flash Fiction

  • Word Limit: 750
  • Subject: Aion related, it’s wide open
  • Format: MS Word 2003, .txt, .rtf
  • Submission Deadline: Oct 29
  • Voting Begins: Oct 31
  • Voting Ends: Nov 10
  • Winner Announced: Nov 12

Character Creation

  • File size Limits: 1MB for each photo
  • Subject: Create an in-game toon that looks like a celebrity. Submit celebrity photo AND Aion screen grab of toon
  • Format: .jpg
  • Submission Deadline: Oct 29
  • Voting Begins: Oct 31
  • Voting Ends: Nov 10
  • Winner Announced: Nov 12

Machinima

  • Size Limit: Less than 10 minutes
  • Subject: Aion related, wide open
  • Format: Send us only a LINK, we will not host files. There are several free file hosting services available.
  • Submission Deadline: Nov 12
  • Voting Begins: Nov 14
  • Voting Ends: Nov 24
  • Winner Announced: Nov 26

Prizes for all categories
1st Place

2nd Place

MAIN TOPIC

Interview with Spiderz about all things crafting: leveling, morphig, procing, etc…

ZEPHYR DELIVERY

In-Game Memo Pad: Menu / Community / Memo Pad

Kevin Warwick, researcher and Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England, implanted a silicon chip transponder into his left arm and connected it to his nervous system. Check him out here and here.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure. Learn more:

American Cancer Society

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 

EP 12: No Cat Kicking

Tony October 8th, 2009

Recommended raiding guidelines

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TSTARK, LM of Agent of Chaos, EU Spatalos
Some suggestions of segments and/or topics i’d like to listen to:

  • Topics in vent in the last week.
  • Interview with new recruits – what has been your experience in your first week in our legion?
  • The Elyos-Segement (I heard there are some, and they are human too)
  • Lessons in theorycrafting
  • Role-Panels (Healer-Tank-DPS).
  • Crafting-Panels (How to level, when to level, tips and tricks)
  • OFC – Class-Panels
  • Item of the week – Crafting, crafting, crafting….

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

iTunes Reviews: dday_612, MrGutts, Oakshios (wants wife to play),  Krael (e-mail) , Yamahasynth (Regular schedule), Bonsai456, Wargfn

MMORPG released a Nochsana Training Camp guide here.

Gold sellers in game are becoming an increasing issue, read about it here at Slashdot.

CLEAN-UP

Guidezworld: Posted a link in our forums to his FREE game guide site at  http://www.aionguidez.com/

Shane: I have been thinking about raiding this week and actually came up with a good reason to have a private store. Passing out consumables. Instead of having to ask in vent and alliance chat over and over, set up a private store with foods, potions and scrolls. The small amount of money collected from the store can be used to buy more consumables for the legion.

Jared / Krael: The world of aion is an amazing place. I love the places, I cherish the experiences, and I truly admire the people who make this comminity what it is (most of them anyway). BUT the sight of a 4 foot asmodian cleric with 7 inch legs, 4foot arms, and a giant pink Afro twice the size of the rest of their body smashes my immersion with the wifflebat of unholy righteousness.

MAIL CALL

QforQ: Explains his name as Lori requested!

Osiris: A breakdown on wings in game.

Darakor: Ranger Tip and a mage saying FLOAHOA? A video of the jump shot / Ranger kiting is here.

Tom the MMO Trucker: After trying Aion, its exactly what the doctor ordered. Its an obvious jump in the MMO technology. So why when I tell my friends about this am I ridiculed so much? Even real life friends that also play WoW are seriously upset with me. – Listeners give us YOUR FEEDBACK! Why are WoW players so reluctant to try Aion?

Chris G: one One way to stop the gold spam is once you login to the game, type “/anon”. This sets your status to “Invisible” thus removing you from the search list.

Jason Feehan, Beatnik Turtle: Thanks for the note. We certainly appreciate the play! If there’s any other music you need, please don’t hesitate to ask. As you know, our music tackles everything from IT to pizza and all points in between  We’ll can get you high-quality WAV files and are happy to help out in anyway! – Check them out here!

BASIC TRAINING

Pinstar: The taunt you get as a gladiator (and a templar) is actually ranged. It doesn’t have a huge range, but a big enough one. You can use it to pull a mob since you lack other ranged abilities. Also, if you are grouping and wish to get the aggro and not have it stolen from you by a rogue crit, opening with the taunt will help keep you high on the mob’s threat list.

Lori: Loves the bank alt and wants you to roll one too!

MUSIC BREAK

“24″ by Etherdust, check them out at http://etherdust.in/

MAIN TOPIC

Lori, Oxycotton, Shane, and Tony discuss recommended raiding guidelines. The topics inclue:

  • Communication
  • Punctuality
  • Knowing your class / role
  • AFK / Breaks
  • Consumables
  • Strategy guides and videos
  • Raid Leader’s role
  • Threat management
  • Asking and touching
  • Having fun

THIS is not a good raid leader…WARNING – mature content!

ZEPHYR DELIVERY

Starship Sofa: World-class, narrated sci-fi stories at http://www.starshipsofa.com/

Curlen: I discovered something that’s pretty useful.   You can look check your in-game mail and Broker status right through the website. Here is how you do it:
- Go to aiononline.com and login
- on the left side, it will say Hi, <character name>.
- Click your name and choose the 3rd option which is “Broker and Post Status”

 

EP 11: Yoink Into The Zerg

Tony October 1st, 2009

Kill-stealing and other evil game mechanics

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SITE CONSTRUCTION

Contribution Points at the end of the show for player “tips” – Thanks to Danyael for a great name!

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

iTunes Reviews: Katsotomo, Chaosage, Mohalen, Guybrand

30-minute timers on personal stores

Game guides have popped up for sale, don’t do it

Gold spams have started, give us an option to restrict whispers to legionmates or players on our Friends list

Guild Recruitment Shout outs:

We are still not listed as an official Aion fansite.

CLEAN-UP

I didn’t receive any feedback on Bulzibob’s question about the extreme characters being created, although a few guildies gave me a hard time.

MAIL CALL

Computer King: Uses his evil powers to save the Floahoa line! (the file was “lost” or maybe it was set to self-destruct)

Danyael: Saving he Floahoa line and giving us a name for the final segment.

QforQ: New to Aion and loving the podcast.

Konni: Thanks for the thanks!

Ed: Mac users can launch Aion via Boot Camp

Souse: Anxious to get into PvP at level 14…better wait until you getto low 20s when you see some rifters or 25 when you get the Abyss quest.

Amidamaru: One thing i dont get about stigma stones are the ranks. For example on a gladiator the Crippling cut stigma has several ranks  i.e. crippling cut l, ll, V etc and i was wondering, do these get upgraded as you level, do you have to get another stone/ more shard or once you have a stigma can you buy its upgrades with a skill book from a class trainer? – They are new stones that primarily drop, some you can buy, and some are Abyss items. BTW, best stigma ever is Templar’s Inescapable Judgment.

XX: Wanted to add a small thing regarding the CC thing in the training camp. I don’t know if you’ve mentioned it in earlier podcasts since i’ve only listened to EP 10 but its probably a good thing to mention that root and sleep breaks on damage so maybe we’ll get one less whirling gladiator out there!

BASIC TRAINING

Pete: What is DP? My wife and I were out questing and noticed the third bar down on our stat-bar.  The bar was titled DP, I go the bar up to about 30% until I died by a boss, when I died and rezzed, the DP bar was reset back to zero.

- DP stands for Divine Points. As a quest reward after transcending you should have received a skill book specific  to your class which teaches you a skill that uses Divine Points. You need 2K to use the skill initially, and as your DP builds your toon glows. It basically tells everyone else in the Abyss that you are capable of exploding on them if the mess with you.

Why does my wife (an assassin) have an MP bar? What can she possibly do that costs MP?

- Everything. If you look at skills info they require the use of MP. It’s really only an issue for the Sorcerers  who burn thru mana, everyone else uses it but seem to have more than enough.

MUSIC BREAK

“Demon’s Eyes” by Mountain Mirrors, check them out at http://www.mountainmirrors.com/blog/

MAIN TOPIC

Kill stealing: Aion change to tagging, please! Players give Templars and Clerics some space, for your own good.

Healers need credit for PvP kills outside of their party, why heal, if not? Maybe give partial credit for the player’s next kill. What is bad? Your healers get great upgrades?

Crafting mats vs. bag space…players lose

Settler of Aion Title – Was that the best you can do?

ZEPHYR DELIVERY

Into The Dark, hosted by Computerking at http://www.computerkingonline.com/

Take the “Which Super Villan Are You Quiz” at http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/villain/