AggroChat #402 - Kalandras Wild Ride

09/04/22 • 123 min

AggroChat: Tales of the Aggronaut Podcast

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

Hey Folks! What happens when we have a few weeks worth of Path of Exile discussion bottled up? Well, apparently we record a two hour long show! Bel was completely oblivious to how long we were recording in spite of the entire crew trying to warn him. First, we have a few quick topics about Return to Oz and the launch of Ooblets on all platforms including Nintendo Switch. From there we dive into a long discussion about our thoughts relating to Path of Exile as a whole and how the Lake of Kalandra league has gone. We have different points of entry from those of us who have been grinding away at maps, and those who have yet to finish the campaign. We also attempt to scare Kodra who thinks he has seen a lot of systems so far... but has yet to unlock half of them.

Topics Discussed

Return to Oz
Ooblets Launch
Path of Exile

Lake of Kalandra League

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

Topics Discussed

Return to Oz
Ooblets Launch
Path of Exile

Lake of Kalandra League

Previous Episode

AggroChat #401 - Gaming Futurism

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

Tonight we come back with a normal show after our Questions and Answer session for episode 400. We were originally going to talk about the Path of Exile Kalandra League, but due to some technical difficulties Grace was unable to attend and we bumped that topic for another week. We start off with a few new titles that Tam has been playing, namely Eastward and Rollerdrome. The second of which most of us thought was going to be some new esports title, not a single player rollerderby shooter. From there we talk about the shocking news of the PS5 price going up specifically in Japan but also in every other market that is not the United States and the ramifications that might have. From there we pick up the Gaming Futurism topic from the 400th episode and dive into how Tam thinks the future is mobile. Then at the very end of the show we somehow ended up talking about World of Warcraft, and I am not entirely certain I can trace that journey.

Topics Discussed

Eastward
Rollerdrome
Sony PS5 Price hike and Japanese market
Epic Exclusivity and the Black Hole of their Storefront
Gaming Futurism
Accidental World of Warcraft topic

Next Episode

AggroChat #403 - Digging Nostalgia

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

Tonight we attempt to record a show that is only an hour in length but fail again overshooting by about fifteen minutes. We are down a Tam because life happens, and Kodra had to travel to Ash’s house to get internet... but we get a shot out the door regardless. We start off with a quick recap on the experience of starting Ooblets from scratch, then dive into a discussion about the next Shovel Knight game from a different studio. Ash talks a bit about his experiences with PAX West and we discuss games that evoke the style of a specific era in console games. This dives into a whole discussion about our console gaming experiences throughout the years. Bel talks a bit about the upcoming patch to New World and how it is completely changing the starting game experience for the better.

From there we dive into a discussion about Path of Exile and how spending some in-game currency on a build can make a massive difference. We talk about narrowing down the hunt for Atlas completion as Grace and Bel get close to wrapping that up. Then we dive into a side topic about how easy it is just to write off bad performance when maybe it is something you did to cause it. Essentially running Path of Exile on a mechanical drive makes a massive difference, and you really should use a high-quality SSD.

Topics Discussed