MMO Reporter 198 – 3000 hours played, and I don’t like this game

The crafty quartet comes together once again to discuss the latest and greatest in MMO news. With WoW’s Warlords of Draenor launch and Dragon Age: Inquisition a big part of our week, we discuss our first experiences in those games, as well as Ubisoft’s public service announcement, early access blues and more!

Audio version:

What we’ve done in game

Layanor:
LOTRO 51%
Guns of Icarus level 19

Bill:
Civ 5 review of the week: http://i.imgur.com/9RU2T08.png
WoW

Harry:
The Crew
Dragon Age Inquisition
GTA V Online (OMG!!!!)

Chris:
WoW
Rift
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Elite: Dangerous
Heroes of the Storm

http://steamreviewwatch.tumblr.com/

News:

Ubisoft Cautions Players To Ignore Early Reviews of The Crew
http://www.gameskinny.com/olhfk/ubisoft-cautions-players-to-ignore-early-reviews-of-the-crew

Only 25% of early access games makes it to full release (so far)
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-11-13-early-access-popularity-growing-but-only-25-percent-have-released-as-a-full-game

A new study shows that the vast majority of titles using the model still haven’t made it over the line.
A study published on GamesIndustry.biz shows that since March 2013, when the Early Access program launched, only 25% of the nearly 1900 titles released have been launched as full games.

Eve Online video blog of Rhea release
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glWbOZsC5Js
via
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/12/02/eves-rhea-update-profiled-in-new-dev-video/

News:

Steam Broadcasting is in beta
http://steamcommunity.com/updates/broadcasting

I haven’t got it to work yet. Doesn’t seem to work for non-steam games
Doesn’t work trying to watch Layanor in GoI – but that could be due to potato powered internet
https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-broadcasting/
FAQ: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6730-TOAK-6497#2

Seeds of Truth released today (Dec 2)

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/december-02-2014/
3 timely content updates in a row
Tangled Paths on Nov 18
Echos of the Past on Nov 4
Plus Blood and Madness seasonal on Oct 21
Pretty good considering the stagnation leading up to the feature pack, and in the 6 weeks following
GW2 50% off sale running through December 7th https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/give-the-gift-of-guild-wars-2-and-save-50-until-december-7/

SWTOR infographic

http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20141126
via http://www.mmobomb.com/news/swtor-players-slaughtered-billions-show-remorse/
Semi-interesting numbers with pretty pictures

Age of Wulin finally out in EU
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/12/02/age-of-wulin-officially-releases-in-europe-alongside-a-major-upd/