The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We are talking about lots of games today and one new one that might surprise you. Remnant. I mean what? It was on sale. Stick around, because tonight we are playing this one and diving deeper. Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by scraps of Iron. So useful. In every single game we play, we can never escape iron. Get used it, etc etc.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, Aug 29th. This is our 153rd show. We put shows out whenever we can, you can listen via iTunes, Podcast Addict, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com, or our home at Podcast Garden.com. Among other sources.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Emails
No emails
Let’s talk videos and comments to videos!
Special mention to The Friendly Necromancer’s blogspot
Episode 12, Chickens and Steel – where I finally build a motorcycle. I am still really cheap though, I didn’t buy all the steel.
Breetai Beerloaf – “Such a Mellow Lessah, must be the new bike. Looks great!”
Episode 13, Shamway Foods, Part 1 – Mythery went with me to clean out the Shamway Foods Manufacturing company. Spoiler: The secret to a can of Sham is soy. The bean, not the sauce. This is a two-part episode and it’s very good, GO WATCH IT!
Breetai Beerloaf – (after seeing all my characters names) “Someone is a Star Wars fan! Also clearly you need to get the Gnome race, they are superior to all the others.”
Thazara of Orien – “Thank you for this. My VIP expires next week and it’s a bit scary and exciting all at the same time.”
Eiahn Matthews – “What are the differences between VIP and Premium? (I am a complete noob. :)”
PC Gamer – 77; “This looter-shooter starts drab but goes to unexpected places.”
IGN – 8/10; Combat is absolutely fantastic.
GameInformer – 8.5/10; Strong systems and a satisfying gameplay loop give Remnant: From The Ashes a powerful foundation, even if the experience is mired by repetitive and uninteresting bosses and environments.
Grounded
IGN – 6/10 (from 13 Jan 21); “Grounded has a lot of potential as a great survival RPG, but it’s early-access offering comes up a little short.”
GameSpot – 6/10 (from 4 Aug 20); “Grounded plants the seeds of a good survival game in its miniaturist world, but it’ll definitely take some time for them to grow.”
12 Minutes Reviews
PC Gamer – 53; “Turns out being stuck in a time loop where you do the same thing over and over is as frustrating as it sounds.”
D&D Dark Alliance Reviews
PC Gamer – 82; some bugs but a blast; brings the world of D&D to life brilliantly; made for co-op.
IGN – 4/10; I badly wanted Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance to be an awesome co-op version of the pencil-and-paper tabletop RPGs I’ve loved for decades, but it just isn’t. It’s a bland, boring trek through repetitive encounters that’s filled with bugs and annoying design choices, and though it allows you to play alone you absolutely should not do that because it’s an imbalanced nightmare. I can praise its faithful look and feel, which captures much of what makes Forgotten Realms a great setting, but there’s very little else to recommend about this unpolished mess of a hack-and-slash RPG.
10 best modern RPGs (according to IGN)
10 – Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age (4 yrs)
9 – Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (8 yrs)
8 – Dragon Age: Origins (12 yrs)
7 – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (10 yrs)
6 – Disco Elysium (2 yrs)
5 – Persona 5 Royal (2 yrs)
4 – Divinity: Original Sin 2 (4 yrs)
3 – Mass Effect 2 (11 yrs)
2 – Fallout: New Vegas (11 yrs)
1 – The Witcher 3 (6 yrs)
GW2 is having beta events for End of Dragons, the expansion coming Feb 2022. Not important. OK, to some, sure, but for me – this!!! Siege Turtle Mounts!!!
Satisfactory Update 5
6 Aug 21: considered final changes up leading up to 1.0
27 Aug 21: New cosmetic buildings – new walls, walkways, new buildable types, including roofs
Question of the show (from Lessah):
Would you rather play in third or first person? Is it important to have an option for both? For those watching Twitch streams or videos, would you rather watch first or third person??
Before we start!
Future man. This show…. Wolf is the best part.
Grounded
We played Grounded again last time and we went to see Burgle to get some quests and we were greeted by some spiders that had decided they wanted to take up residence in the research station with Burgle. I don’t think we actually killed any of them but we had a good time screaming and running from them. After that we went over to where this pile of paint cans live and there is a big tree that has berries that look a lot like blueberries and we gathered a bunch of those. There is also a big pond there with a ton of clay! So, we got a bunch of clay too. While we were poking around the pond I found a door. It was locked, so we are hoping to find the key soon. I can’t wait to see what is in there!! Our house is shaping up nicely. This game is so much fun but we are going to give it a little rest tonight and play another game that we found and like a whole lot too! It’s called Remnant; From the Ashes.
Our two weeks in gaming copycat
Minecraft with DDO Players
Watch the video!
7Days to Die
POV Series
We will be filming our last episode after Sahba moves, I hope.
OK 🙂
Are you bored with 7 Days to Die?
Vanilla Series will be ramped up in September. I am releasing an episode every 3 days until it’s all done. At the end of September (date TBA) I will be filming the live episode finale where we will be seeking buried treasure and letting people send us zombies…or supplies…or zombies.
Satisfactory
In Rent and my game we have found oil, ran an impossibly long hypertube to it, and are about to make gas generators.
I’m searching for bauxite and also realized I laid my train track wrong. My car can’t get over the tracks. Grrr.
Frigid
Some of the animations for this game are dodgy. Drinking, for example. I don’t like that I can’t Shift and left click on an item I want to pick up, say…in a backpack or from a road kill or from a campfire and it doesn’t automatically stack with the same item I have in my inventory. That is very easy stuff.
The beginning is supposed to be an engaging and necessary tool for teaching me game basics. I still don’t feel engaged at all in the beginning when I am trying to learn. Right now, they are still working.
I look at games like Subsistence and think: “This game is not given enough credit for it’s elegance.
Remnant
This game is like Fallout, Division 1, and GTFO had a baby. The respawns are a bit problematic but they do make you rich.
It reminds me a little of Hellgate: London, some Division.
Grounded
DDO
Scrap Mechanic
Housekeeping!
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The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We are talking about lots of games and we discuss the potential of Classic Versions of older games. Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Blades of Grass. You can build a house with them and they are pretty much free…if you are small enough to chop them one by one.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, Aug 15th. This is our 152nd show. We put shows out whenever we can, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com. Among other sources.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Emails
Let’s talk videos and comments to videos!
Not our video, but a special mention to The Friendly Necromancer’s blogspot
Stingite “Fun to see what this house was like before y’all made it amazing!”
Episode 9, Classy Move, I try to build a motorcycle to help me move…the results are pretty disappointing.
Rob Vas “So much food, but only meat stew for dinner.”
Yeah, saving all that other stuff in anticipation of making gourmet meals 😛
REPLYRob Vas “ I am all about some blueberry pie!”
What we learned/ thoughts for the week:
Lessah: You miss every shot you don’t take. I requested to be part of a playtest for a game and got it.
Myth: If you make a giant Ladybug mad you better have a good weapon or RUN LIKE HELL!
Sahba: Lessah has many, some may say too many, gamer boyfriends.
We are changing the name of this section to – NEWS (maybe some rumors – no lies)
NEWS (maybe a rumor or three)
Rumors
Draculetta can be seen in Minecraft with the Damsels and with Pineleaf – this is news, not a rumor
I heard a rumor there’s going to be a husband swap but it never happens!
SSG is going to change their monetization policy for LOTRO. Producer Oleg Brodskiy wouldn’t give specifics “I actually have to put the group pitch together for leadership to approve – but I”m hopeful that we’ll have a decision on overall direction within the next month or two.” (via Massively OP 12 Aug 21) (An aside, I’ll believe it when it actually happens, so just a rumor, not news.)
7DTD – link to recent news for Alpha 20 (gathered from The Fun Pimps by Vedui42) – still no official release date.
Gen Con News – Masks are now required in all indoor and crowded outdoor Gen Con spaces, unless actively eating or drinking.
Gen Con 2021 is 16-19 Sep 21.
4-day and single-day badges still available
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Question of the show – Would you play DDO more if they had a classic server? What would that ‘classic’ server need to have?
Before we start!
Something interesting about Rupaul’s Drag Race’ Queens. Since appearing on the show:
Trixie Mattel is worth an estimated $10 million.
Courtney Act/5 mil.
Binaca Del Rio/4 mil.
Alyssa Edwards/3 mil.
Raven/2 mil.
RuPaul himself is worth an estimated $60 million. With results
like that for appearing NOT winning, I wonder how many tapes
they have to watch when they are casting the show. It must
take forever!
#BlackAF – You guys have to watch this!! Watch at least 1 episode to give it a chance.
He-Man Masters of the Universe, Revelation. In where they remove He-man from his own show and focus on the ladies and their many issues.
Best part of this was in the first episode and I got to watch my husband lose his mind and get angry over a cartoon he watched as a kid.
Dead Pixels on the CW Seed (watch for free on either app, CW or CW Seed)
This show is literally me and all my friends. Being slaves to one game or another and then pretty much living life around that. Has two seasons.
Grounded
So, I just wanted to mention this thing I’ve noticed more of lately on Steam. I know it’s not a new concept but it seems to be more prevalent lately. It’s this thing where you can play a game for free for a few days. I really like that and I think it’s a great thing for whichever game is doing it. I would love to know how many they sell during that time. I bet it’s a lot. Even though I know I can get my money back for a game if I don’t like it, I’m not just going to buy games willy nilly to try them out. But if they are running a promotion like this I very likely will try one out. Even something that isn’t on my radar if I just happen to run across it and it looks interesting. Anyway, that’s my 2 cents on the subject.
We played Grounded last time and it was a lot of fun. We have made ourselves a little encampment near a machine. Primarily because it was flat ground and we could use the machine for one wall but we have begun building a proper base nearby and have scoped out another place we want to put an outpost. We have 3 different types of armor now; clover, acorn/mite/aphid combo, and ant. We are working on ladybug armor now. Each one boosts a different stat and/or gives a different benefit, ie ant armor makes you stronger and makes it where ants won’t attack you. We have found several research facilities and have repaired a robot that is now sending us on quests and selling us recipes for crafting. We are still using level 1 tools but are about to make level 2 which will enable us to harvest new materials for crafting better equipment and base materials. I am very much looking forward to the drying rack so we can make bug jerky! Oh, we are now catching dew drops on a web we made. I think we need a couple more of those. The yard is huge and we have a lot more to explore!
Our two weeks in gaming copycat
Minecraft with DDO Players
Lessah and Pineleaf looking for Lapis in all the wrong places.
7Days to Die
POV Series
7DTD series might be dead. Good luck getting Sahba back in this game.
It might be time for another series.
Are you bored with 7 Days to Die?
Vanilla Series is almost ready for the finale to be filmed. I will be filming one more episode for horde night and then the finale will have me and Mythery and anyone else who has joined me so far can come in if they like. We will be streaming and using the 7 Days to Die Interactive experience that allows viewers to drop zombies or loot on us at random.
Frigid
This is a play test survival game that I requested to be in and one day it just appeared in my list of games. So I am playing it. So far, it’s just cold and I can’t seem to find an axe.
Boobs or GTFO
In this game you are a cute girl in a bikini who must save her girlfriend from a cage and there are penis’ you can’t jump on or they will kill you. This game, I am pretty sure, was written my bots. Thanks Fierce Fred…
Satisfactory
In Rent and my game we have found oil, ran an impossibly long hypertube to it, and are about to make gas generators.
Grounded
This is a fun game. I am afraid of everything!
Housekeeping!
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The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. What do you tell your friends when a game you don’t really like is on sale and you don’t want to be rude? Sometimes honesty is the best policy, even at 75% off. And then sometimes, a free weekend of something might surprise you! Thanks so much for listening!
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Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, Aug 1. This is our 151st show. We put shows out whenever we can, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com. Among other sources.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Emails
Yes
Let’s talk videos and comments to videos!
Our 7DTD POV Series
POV 17 Sahba Jade (At long last! The lost episode we thought we would never see!)
Breetai Beerloaf says you two have been up to “some shady shenanigans” between this ep and ep 20.
Let ́s Play con BeethoThat was a traveling horde, they are a thing now, from time to time one will pass nearby and can be attracted by your presence. In a modded game I was on a mission in one of the big buildings and suddenly I hear zombies, 2 small hordes hear me and they were trying to get to me from quite a bit, later they become a problem because some hordes have screamers and if they can get yo they will scream again and again summoning more and more zombies. It was challenging and horribly fun
In the most recent episode, “Thank you for your Service”, Mythery helps me look at real estate in a new town. Seeing as how I finally found a trader that I like, I can move.
Here is how my VV Season 2 series works: I put out an episode every 5th day. 1, 5, 10 etc, all the way to the 30th of the month. It rolls right back over to eh 1st, so on those days, you get an extra episode within my 5-day timeline.
Vanilla ain’t easy. It has taken me a while to claw my way into the gaming sweet spot.
What we learned/ thoughts for the week:
Lessah: If you are going to hide in a roof for a horde, make sure you knock all the rungs off the ladder leading to where you are.
Myth: Just be ready. If you’re ready then you don’t have to waste time getting ready.
Sahba: Thoughts for the week – The Olympics
Rumors, News, and Lies
7DTD Alpha 19.6 stable is out.
ARK Lost Island (not yet available but will be a free, official DLC for ARK: Survival Evolved) – A second creature (voted by fans) to be added to ARK Lost Island will be the Dinopithecus:
According to the wiki, this guy will be tameable and rideable, not sure about breedable
Summer Sails – It’s the last week of the Sails sales and guess what’s on sale now, that I will need in a few weeks but can’t buy now because I’m still VIP?? Monster manuals – 30% off. Some other things, but for those listening (through 1 Aug 21) that don’t already have them, head to the store now and get some +8 Tomes of Supreme Ability. They are 75% off.
The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh is scheduled to be released 4 Aug 21.
Three editions, as usual – Standard, Collector’s, Ultimate Fan
VIPs also get 10% off the cost
Horizon Forbidden West (Aloy’s continued story from Horizon Zero Dawn) delayed until the first quarter 2022 (Sony).
Medieval Dynasty sets a release date – 23 Sep 21 – and a price – USD 34.99 starting 15 Aug 21.
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Question of the show – So, GenCon, would you go this year??
Before we start!
Republic of Sara
Anne with an E
Aren’t sassy/ scrappy red-headed orphans fun?
Satisfactory
We started a new map with Lessah hosting. I really like this game a lot so I pretty much always have fun playing it. Just about the time we were finally setting up our initial iron/copper/limestone lines someone (Demon some numbers 117?) let us know that while we were standing at the workbench we did NOT have to constantly have to hold the left mouse button. LIFE CHANGING INFORMATION!!! We can’t thank him enough.
So, we are just getting our 1st lines set up and Sahba said she found coal. That puts us ahead or at least we won’t be behind. Coal is the most important thing in the 2nd part of the game. Maybe even the 3rd, although I wouldn’t know since I haven’t gotten that far yet. Lessah found a puppy, now Sahba and I need to find puppies. Puppies are helpful since they bring you gifts like power slugs. We are nicely set up for a great start now. Maybe I’ll finally see what comes after coal generators.
Lessah: Satisfactory was more fun than I first thought. I like exploration. I can see the appeal of the building mechanic. It’s very clean. You get your materials back when you dismantle something. It’s very satisfying…pun. I wouldn’t not recommend this game. I will play it if I am coerced by my friends to do so. Kinda like Valheim, except I like it more. This game, honestly, is mythery’s jam. (That reminds me, for husband swap, you need to play Borderlands 3 with him. He’s bananas at that game.) Nooooo he’s too experienced at that :P~~~
We are starting a Minecraft project next week with the DDO Players and today Lessah taught Draculetta how to play!! I was so surprised when I found out that he was a Minecraft virgin.
Tonight we will be playing Grounded. This game has been free to play all weekend (still good through Sunday). All I know is, you play one of 4 teeny tiny children lost in the backyard and have to brave the dangers of ferocious insects, hunger, and thirst. We played for a short time last night to get our characters and things set up and from what I can tell, it’s going to be really fun!
Our two weeks in gaming copycat
7Days to Die
POV Series
Sahba is BACK! YAY!
Are you bored with 7 Days to Die?
I played 7DTD with Friendly Necromancer and it was a laugh a minute.
I have some video footage of that on my YouTube channel. I think I have him addicted to 7 Days.
Vanilla Series is almost done wrapping up. After episode 30 is filmed, I will take a break until alpha 20 drops. Then season 3 will take things…to the desert or the winter. Maybe both.
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
Mythery and I went looking for a giga. She finally fixed my plumbing. (The nerve!) Ark is just such a demanding game, if I am playing something else, I can’t really commit. So it’s like…Ark or nothing or other games and no Ark.
GW2
Staying in the desert for a while!
Please can we play this? I have gone in a few times just to clear out low level maps.
Satisfactory
Demon117 in twitch changed my life. (He told me how to craft without constantly clicking!)
Grounded
Confession time!
This game has a very good crafting system, easy to learn controls, and an engaging/ challenging progression. (Don’t go to the Acorns alone.)
Housekeeping!
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The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We did a little of everything this time around. Our favorites are still our favorites but this time we folded in some new stuff. New for me, at least. Thanks so much for listening!
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Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, July 18th. This is our 150th show. We put shows out whenever we can, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com. Among other sources.
Episodes 1-16 are up and there will be a quiz later so go watch! I need a Sahba Jade to come to my Vanilla Game now since I have a place that is not embarrassing to live in. (The previous versions were not good enough.)
Here is how my VV Season 2 series works: I put out an episode every 5th day. 1, 5, 10 etc, all the way to the 30th of the month. It rolls right back over to eh 1st, so on those days, you get an extra episode within my 5-day timeline.
It’s like I haven’t learned anything. Still falling, screaming, running, having low level loot and acting like it’s cool. The difference is, I have a mini bike now!
I will say that when you get something nice on Vanilla, you really feel like you earned it.
What we learned/ thoughts for the week:
Lessah: The Cure for Zombie Fever is a new PC.
Myth: I learned how much happiness a walk-in closet can cause.
Sahba: We’ve played games how long and we are still overconfident (“we are overprepared, it’s only horde night 14” followed by “we weren’t ready” as horde night 14 progressed), which leads to very exciting horde nights. To be fair, it Looked like you were ready. Those defences looked really good :). The birds. Alfred Hitchcock would be happy.
I will build two more sets of stairs so the zombies get to choose which line to get in and who gets to kill them. Spoiler alert…everyone chooses Mythery.
Rumors, News, and Lies
DDO –
Summer Sails – through July 22nd (new sale each week – this is week 2)
When do your DDO VIPs end? Are you preparing for the downgrade to Premium?
GW2 – sign in to unlock episode 3 of Living World Season 3 (through July 20th).
Have you heard of the Steam Deck?
Question of the show – Steam Summer Sale – What did everyone get??? Have you played the games??? Have you returned them yet :)? What would you have returned but couldn’t because your hour was up??
Sahba
Bought – Creativerse Pro, Volcanoids, Out of the Park Baseball 22, Tabletop Simulator, Death Stranding, It Takes Two
Played – Creativerse Pro, Volcanoids, Out of the Park Baseball 22, It Takes Two
Returned – Out of the Park Baseball 22
Would have returned – Volcanoids
Mythery
Creativerse, Volcanoids, Stellaris, The Witness, Plague Inc., Lightmatter
Returned Volcanoids
Lessah
Bought: Creativerse, Stronghold 2
Played both but will go back to Creativerse only.
Creativerse
This game is like Minecraft with cuter NPCs
Prettier than MC.
It’s kinda cool. I couldn’t figure out what to do to get started, so I went into Fred’s game and he helped a little bit and I got the hang of things.
It is fun but it makes me want to play Minecraft badly.
Stronghold 2
Being a lord SUCKS. Those stupid peasants just want everything. They poop all over the place and whine when you don’t overfeed them or tax them.
What’s the point of being in power if you have to actually do stuff?
Before we start!
Sweet Tooth
We HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
This is The Island of Dr Moreau meets Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (60’s Stop motion stuff), with a dash of Oh Brother Where Art Thou and… it’s actually pretty good.
Get you a man like…get you a man who will go on one date and then raise your hybrid lab baby.
I feel so sorry for all the kids…some of them can’t even talk. You can’t tell me that there isn’t a government facility out there studying these kids.
No Season 2 for Lovecraft Country?!?!?!!!
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Loki on Disney Plus. Go watch. SO GOOD.
What happened in the theatre during Avengers End Game…
Guild Wars 2
Back in the desert again! Woo hoo!!
The thing I noticed is that Sahba is a true gamer. What took me and Mythery multiple tries and lots of death took her one go.
Our two weeks in gaming copycat
7Days to Die
POV Series
Sahba Got Zombie Fever
Dr Fred is trying to help, but the cure sounds dodgy.
I played 7DTD with Friendly Necromancer and it was a laugh a minute.
So much fun!
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
My friend Beyonder started playing right after we moved to the desert.
I found a red bird and now I am raising genetically enhanced red birds.
I haven’t explored a thing yet. But…my eyes are open for a Giga.
GW2
Staying in the desert for a while!
We did the dragon Bash!!!!
Satisfactory
The landscape is amazing. We have a great base and I just ran coal down the side of a mountain to the base. Not so easy but doable!
I played this…you guys are definitely slaves and maybe robots. (Ala Von-Neumann Probe sp?) I liked it better than Valheim and Scrap Mechanic.
Valheim
I played this under protest with Taeranos because he played a game with me. Gaming Quid Pro Quo…
Demon117 in twitch changed my life
Housekeeping!
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The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. Today we are covering our favorite Survival Crafting games. Find out why they made the list! We do more than talk though, we also make videos that we post on our YouTube Channel! The Damsels Game posts gameplay content there as well as podcasts! Thanks so much for listening.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Mythery Automotive!
Welcome to Mythery’s Automotive! You scavenge the parts and we duct tape them together. Best vehicles in the apocalypse, just ask some of our satisfied customers (if you can catch them). We can make motorcycles in all colors, pink jeeps to make your Barbie dreams come true, and even a selection of helicopters. So, come on in at your earliest convenience.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, June 20th. This is our 149th show. We put shows out whenever we can, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com. Among other sources.
Breetai Beerloaf: Lessah “You know, you do something one time …” Sahba “One time?” Lessah “ahhhh ummmm….” I can’t believe it. Lessah at a loss for words.
Breetai Beerloaf: “I love how the first mission was too easy. Lessah,the thrill seeker – always trying one up the danger. Also, the second failed because you broke the “Damsel Code.”
Lessah: “Parking in the Apocalypse is very important.” -Mythery Inferno
What we learned/ thoughts for the week:
Lessah: WHen you go out to find something, it won’t be there until you give up. The next day…dolphins galore!
Myth:I didn’t know I wanted a shark until now!!!
Sahba: …
Rumors, News, and Lies
GW2
Dragon Bash 2021 – Jun 22-Jul 13 – travel to the norn city of Hoelbrak to celebrate your victories against Jormag and Primordus, remember those lost in battle, and look ahead to the future.
Question of the show – What are your favorite (and one least favorite) crafting/survival games?
Here is the metric, each category gets a 1-10 score:
How enjoyable is it? (as in, Do you keep going back? Do you think and plan for it when you aren’t playing?)
Crafting Mechanics. (How easy/intuitive/fun is it?)
Building. (Does it allow for creativity? Can you terraform?)
Survivability. (How challenging is it to stay alive? Factor in food/weather and how enjoyable it is to master these things.)
Playability. (Is this a game you can play for >6months or will you play it a few times and leave forever?)
You can rate up to 5 games of your choice.
Lessah: (In order from least points to most.)
5. Subsistence – 40
4. Ark – 41
3. Subnautica – 43
2. Minecraft – 43
1. 7DTD – 44
Sahba: Favs –
Minecraft: 38
7DTD: 37
ScrapMechanic/Raft: 30
Satisfactory: 35
Frostpunk: 23
Mythery:
1.7DTD: 45
2.Satisfactory/Scrap Mechanic: 35
3. Ark: 45
4. Minecraft: 36
5. Subnautica/Raft: 30
Bonus question: which game do you like the least out of all the survival games you have ever played?
Lessah: Green Hell CENSORED! (Spoiler, it’s a picture of a penis, cause F#%& that game.)
Sahba – Never play again – hated, hated, hated -gets neg score Green Hell
Mythery – The Forest/Green Hell I’m pretty sure they are the same game.
Before we start!
Sweet Tooth
Solos
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7DTD POV
We wrapped up our time on the road, collected the loot from our random loot boxes strewn about the land and came back home. I made Lessah a pink jeep, Sahba a Quad, me a Buggy and the 3 of us a van. A Hostess delivery van to be specific! Sahba is building a garage in the alien field next door and I can’t wait to see it when it is finished.
Our two weeks in gaming copycat
7Days to Die
POV Series
I GOT A JEEP!
I got a steel club!
I AM AWESOME!
Sahba Jade is making a parking garage.
So much fun!
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
Babies first day out
We were raising babies and pulled a Sacajawea
We went out to find dolphins and adopted two sharks.
Baby Shark!
We found a pink dolphin the day after we stopped looking for them and now…baby dolphin!
We are preparing to move to the desert.
Valheim???!!!!
I played this game… it wasn’t awful. I will not play w/o friends because F*$# that!
GW2
Where are we going next?
Satisfactory
The landscape is amazing. We have a great base and I just ran coal down the side of a mountain to the base. Not so easy but doable!
MASS EFFECT LEGENDARY!
I got lost and logged off, lost like 30 minutes worth of progress.
Housekeeping!
YouTube episodes are late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We do more than talk though, we also make videos that we post on our YouTube Channel! The Damsels Game posts gameplay content there as well as podcasts! Thanks so much for listening.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Chickens! They will knock you out and eat you. Get yours today! .
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, May 30th. This is our 148th show. We put shows out whenever we can, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com, or our home at Podcast Garden.com. Among other sources.
Breetai Beerloaf: Dear Lessah, I am Mythery’s union rep. Mythery is entitled to take at least 2 15-min breaks when she deems necessary. Also, after watching this video, we will renegotiate Mythery’s hazard pay. I will also be in touch with management about the destruction of unlooted containers, in which Mythery will be compensated for her losses.
What we learned/ thoughts for the week:
Lessah: I am addicted to raising babies. Literally can’t stop.
Myth: I never knew what a thrill it would be to have all of the colors of the rainbow in Sabertooth Tigers! So much vicious cuteness.
Raft is celebrating 3 years on Steam with two weeks of giveaways and contests on their discord channel, through June 6.
Satisfactory
Forum – If you could add anything to Satisfactory, what would it be?
Subnautica Below Zero
Forum – Frustration vs Challenge
Question of the show – How many Steam games do you have? How many have you actually tried? My numbers are 77/60 (I have a news story about this, which is why I’m asking these questions <G>)
Lessah: 117/55/ Active playing Now: 4 (5 if you count MC)
Before we start!
Dark Matter
The Nevers
We killed some dragons!
We finally finished our personal stories. We thought we were leading up to killing the elder dragon Zhaitan since we had been killing his eyes and mouths for weeks. But when we arrived on the airship for the final battle several minion dragons were sent in for the fight and wow what a fight it was!!
Our two weeks in gaming copycat
7Days to Die
POV Series
We go house shopping and then back to our original location so Mythery can make me a jeep!
So much fun!
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
Babies first cave exploration
Currently breeding canon fodder for the adventure.
We also tamed a T-Rex
We have lots to do!
Bullets, cats, making saddles for all the cats.
CHICKENS! (More little birds called Micro Raptors)
So much harder to catch than pretty much everything else we have tamed. I find them when they knock me off my bird and give me a concussion.
Ark is a job but right now I love my job.
GW2
WE KILLED A DRAGON! Or three.
The very satisfying conclusion to our personal stories! It was pretty epic. Now onto the desert for pie!
I pushed the story forward accidentally and found lots of new plants. I really like the mean NPC, Marguerite, she hates Altera but I also know that she doesn’t trust anyone and pretty much screwed over her party in the first game.
MASS EFFECT LEGENDARY!
So worth the 60 bucks, you get all three games with updated graphics and combat system. Driving and shooting from the Mako is no longer as tedious as it used to be. (It’s really fun actually.)
I keep making all the same mistakes over again more than ten years later. Wrex (the Krogan) is now my favorite character though. He’s so snarky.
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We do more than talk though, we also make videos that we post on our YouTube Channel! The Damsels Game has a few series and tutorials and maybe even animal pics you might like. Thanks so much for listening.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Eggs. So so many bird eggs. Hatch em all.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Thursday, May 9th. This is our 147th show. We put shows out every 2 weeks when life permits, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Emails
Remember last time I mentioned Kerkos had a problem accessing the podcast, some RSS feed problem. I had asked if he was still having it and how he asked about it. He responded and said it lasted two more days but it did finally come back around. He also uses Podcast Addict to get our podcasts. Hi Kerkos!!! Thanks for listening via Podcast Addict, through Google Play :).
The AnderMan “Very entertaining – love the mocking insults!”
GranniesgotGame “Great job starting the raid. I love when y’all killed the pillagers with insults – there are actually a number of raid levels (more than 7?)
Adela Butterfly “Haha…well you had fun! Good job
Breetai Beerloaf “You’re so savage…I’ve never been more proud of you!” Who are the real monsters here.
This is the final weekend (ends May 9th 2021) to get The Further Adventure of Bilbo Baggins for free! Use the coupon code SAVEBILBO in the LOTRO store (1/Account)
Question of the show –
Before we start!
Disappointing Guild Wars 2
We thought we were going to finish Sahba’s personal story but apparently there is a known bug that the devs think is great and they love it so much it has been there for years and years and they aren’t going to fix it so we can’t. We had fun anyway. Tonight we are going to finish up with mine and Lessah’s after a short trip to the land of 7dtd and our personal POV’s.
Our two weeks in gaming copycat
7Days to Die
Beyonder’s badlands is fun. We have a lovely home.
POV Series is still running, albeit slower than before.
So much fun!
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
The Adventures of Fred
The Fred Army grows strong!
Ark is a job.
GW2
I played Maguma Wastes with Sahba Jade!
Scrap Mechanic
Subnautica BZ
The Base of my dreams
Baldur’s Gate 3
Graphics and story are pretty awesome. The party members you pick up are interesting.
My thoughts so far… this game is kinda exhausting because combat takes a million years. If it were more like Dragon Age, it would be waaaaay better. It’s not intuitive and I wasted several combat turns by misclicking stuff. There is a learning curve there for sure. If I had played a Demo of this game, I would NOT have purchased it. It’s like tabletop D&D with better graphics, only, you can’t interact with party members while you play. (the way you could with Neverwinter Nights) So combat (while you wait for other people to figure out what they are doing and take ten years to make one decision) is arduous.
When you play Co-Op, you have to wait for other people to stop screwing around and come on. If you move forward too far, you will get accused of “Running ahead” when all I wanted to do was walk forward… Instead, the party behind you is sweeping every nook and cranny clean of junk stuff you can’t even use and you have nothing to do while you just stand there and wait.
My advice: Play with someone who has the same patience level or curiosity level as you.
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. This time around, we talk about Dungeons and Dragons Online, 7 Days to Die, Ark Survival Evolved, Subnautica Below Zero, and Minecraft. Fun is somebody’s middle name, Maybe Mythery! Find out why we call ourselves Professional Noobs. Thanks so much for listening.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by metal ingots. We love them and they make boats that go very fast. Get some today!
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Thursday, April 30th. This is our 146th show. We put shows out every 2 weeks when life permits, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Emails
Fierce Fred sent email just so I would have something to report!!! Thanks Fred.
Four days later another email, from Brian. He’s getting a “Bad RSS feed” when trying to get the podcast from the website (I think). At the time of the email, it had been happening for a week.
I’ve asked for more info but he wanted to know if anything had changed or did he need to just be patient??
As a test, I went to the website, to the episode just before his email, and I get this . However, when I “click here to subscribe via rss” I get “This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.” Bottom line, the word press file needs to be fixed so that RSS works.
Chapter 4: Judgment was released April 27, wrapping up The Icebrood Saga. Any player who has completed or completes in the future each episode of the saga will receive a special ascended accessory. Visit Eye of the North after you’ve finished and it’ll be sent to your in-game mailbox.
July 27 – First look at the third expansion of GW2: End of Dragons. It’ll be a livestream event.
Gaming in the News
AARP The Magazine (Apr/May 2021) – The Mega World of Gaming
Nearly half of all older Americans play games on a phone, computer, or console
New to gaming? You likely have a smartphone or tablet. Start here – Words with Friends, Candy Crush Saga, 2048.
Today’s hot games (some of the games that dominated in 2020)
Fortnite
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Call of Duty
Grand Theft Auto V
Madden NFL 21
Mentions the Supreme Court Case “Brown v Entertainment Merchants Association” about a 2005 CA law that made it illegal to sell violent video games to anyone under 18. Then Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger argued violent games were the same as sexual materials when it comes to government regulations. The SC rejected the argument. Interesting, since Arnold is the face of MMO Mobile Strike. I’m sure no one under 18 plays that game.
Maximum PC (Apr 2021)
Is PC still worth it? (We’ve talked about this but here’s someone else talking about it) “Console gaming is simple and streamlined while PC users have a wealth of opportunities.”
Keyboard, controller, peripherals, etc
Mods
Cost
Question of the show – Who are you in Minecraft, NOOB or PRO? First, what’s your definition of those two things and then answer.
Before we start!
Still watching The Expanse with hubs. We are in season 3. I cannot stress how good this is! John Snow in space is way more appealing than I thought it would be!
Snyder edition Justice League – what does Lessah think???
Mortal Kombat
Shadow and Bone
7 Days to Horde Night!
We started a new server with the gang after dumping Nitrado and picking up a new company called LogicServers. Here’s the thing, we have enjoyed Nitrado for a number of years and depending on who you are and what you are doing with your server I think they are probably an excellent choice. They are a tad more expensive than everyone else but they are helpful and have a lot of options for things. We dumped them because you have no control over game server updates for 7DTD, which wrecks our games quite often. So we stress tested LogicServer (that was fun!), they passed, and here we are. We hit day 7 pretty fast so Lessah, Cadameir, and I decided we should do horde night and get it over with hahaha. We have barely set up a place to live yet so we went and found a building to fight on top of. I’m a terrorist so I had a lot of land mines and assorted bombs which Lessah placed around the outside base of the building. We also had some exploding arrows and Cad had a rocket launcher. Our first horde night looked much like the 4th of July sans the pretty colors, plus flying body parts! It was great.
Our two weeks in gaming copy cat
7Days to Die
My Very Vanilla Series is on hiatus until I get done playing Minecraft with my daughter.
So much fun!
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
The Easter Event is here!
The Adventures of Fred
Scrap Mechanic
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We have so many games but the ones that stand out for us in April are 7 Days to Die, Minecraft, Scrap Mechanic, Thanks so much for listening.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Cobblestone! No muss, no fuss, just repurposed stone that you build things with. Available in Multiple games. That’s it.
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, April 11th. This is our 145th show. We put shows out every 2 weeks, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com.
Let’s Play con Beetho – Silly question, i love this series, keep the map 🙂
I didn’t make this comment on the site but I loved “Oh, she’s going to stop playing soon so let’s give her all the loot” as if the game is sentient. LOL
Draculetta – “Don’t Let Them Near Your Butt, They Do Probing” why am I not shocked this is the first thing Lessah goes to …
Lessah’s reply – I think aliens have reached the limits of what they can learn from probing. At this point, they are just doing it because it’s expected. So again … don’t let em near your butt!
Lessah – There is just something so innocent about Mythery’s POV. Also … 👽 in the cornfield. Now I understand that you lost your mind because you lost your sniper rifle.
Eggcellent Adventure 6 continues through Apr 14th – be on the lookout for wild Bunny Dodo’s and Bunny Oviraptor’s to gather Bunny Eggs for some Eggcellent loot.
Question of the show – What type of gamer are you? Novice? Casual? Expert? Aspiring professional?
Before we start!
Still watching The Expanse with hubs. We are in season 3. I cannot stress how good this is! John Snow in space is way more appealing than I thought it would be!
Snyder edition Justice League – what does Lessah think???
Let’s talk about Ark!
Easter event! We kidnapped bunnies!!!! Dodo bunnies that is, we put them in our nursery and got enough easter eggs to make everything we wanted. Lessah has been hatching (and getting eggs ready to hatch) like crazy. I am doing a terrible job at making otters but I don’t think it matters anyway. All we really needed was our old stand by muscle after all, for our pearl diving needs. We have the most “naturally” colorful dinos ever! And are still finding and adopting!
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
My Very Vanilla Series is on hiatus until I get done playing Minecraft with my daughter.
So much fun!
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
The Easter Event is here!
The Adventures of Fred
Far Cry New Dawn,
gAMES THAT ARE CLOSER TO HOME
Div 1/2
GW2 –
We are getting so close to level 80!!
Scrap Mechanic
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We played a lot of games this week; Dungeons and Dragons Online, Scrap Mechanic, 7 Days to Die, Ark Survival Evolved, and Minecraft? We talk about all of it, plus we delve into how to make friends in an MMO. (Spoiler, we don’t really know either!) Thanks so much for listening.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by the cementing paste! Need something to stick together better than glue? Cementing paste is for you! Available at your local beaver cave. Just pop down quickly and don’t let the beavers see you.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, March 14th. This is our 144th show. We put shows out every 2 weeks, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Emails
No email.
Let’s talk videos!
Our POV series though…
Episode 4 POV Series Here is the link for this week’s Episodes you might have missed:
Bandit says: “A few things… Just to the south is a bunker! Better loot that sucker! Another is the poles you use to hold up the platforms for you to get from the roof to the ‘base'(just above the doors) are too close. IE: There is only one open spot between them. The reason this is bad is that if there is a way (ladder at the back of the building) that the zombies can path to you – they’ll take that way to get up to the roof to you. And that becomes a ‘marked path’ for them to use. They will also try to bash those poles since that’s a support for that path which is a way for you to escape. You’re level 20 your game stage is at least 20 [gameStage = ( playerLevel + daysSurvived ) * difficultyBonus] when in a party – all game stages are added… So in your two previous Horde Nights you had at least one other player. So now the game stage for this horde night is cut in half – or approximately; all dependent upon Myth & Tae’s Game Stages. One other thing is “Spawning Range” – which on Horde night is about +40 or so. So – when you started horde night at the far end of the building – that’s the reference point to where the initial zombies would spawn. With that – they’ll virtually spawn anywhere except near your bedroll at about 40 blocks out or a bit more; and that’s wave 1. There’s that building to the north and the broken building to the north east (and maybe other buildings) – I figure that’s where some spawned and got stuck. Cause during horde night once they’ve spawned they’ll stay live (beating down walls, etc.) until killed or until you move far enough away for them to despawn. The biggest factor is that in essence your game stage (total) for the horde night has been halved. Another big factor is “Blood Moon Enemy count. I think default is 8. That means 8 zombies per player during horde night. Actual numbers is more complicated.”
News (from March 11, 2021): Join the GW2 Raiding League – The GW2 Raiding League is a monthly event. If you’ve got what it takes to speed clear the most challenging encounters in Tyria, sign up today!
Release Notes (from March 9-11, 2021): Champions Chapter 3 – Balance (Living World); Engineer, Guardian, Necromancer, Warrior bug fixes; Free XP and Item boosters for a limited time in the Gem Store; Various Bug Fixes
News (from March 5, 2021): The next major update will bring a new game mode to the franchise, release, at the earliest, late 2021, and will bring ‘meaningful change’ to the game. In the meantime, for those that missed collecting rewards and collectibles, Ubisoft will rerun Seasons, starting with Season 1. In addition to re-running seasons, they will have new Apparel Events and some minor Title Updates focused on ‘game health.’
Claw Island was defended yet again!!! Sorry but what more can I say about that. We will be continuing on to something new tonight so stick around after the show for our twitch stream to see what happens after Claw Island has been saved repeatedly! Woohoo!
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
7 Days to die is rocking along! Here is my latest 7TDT Very Vanilla video that no one commented on *sadface*
YAY! I will get even more excited when we hit 70, we can go to the Fort. We will end up working with the Kitty Kat. Rytlok?
Valheim
I gave it another chance and this time I found everything I needed to make an axe and build things. I see how lots of people like this game. It’s not easy. It’s just not for me. It’s early access and still a bit rough around the edges. I normally don’t mind that sort of thing but the graphics are not what I gravitate towards.
Scrap Mechanic
Among Us
Minecraft – Child Labour Server
Getting ready to try the MHC challenge for April with my daughter.
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We played a lot of games this week; Dungeons and Dragons Online, Scrap Mechanic, Valheim, 7 Days to Die, Ark Survival Evolved, Valheim. We went there again and we will be talking about it. Thanks so much for listening. Let’s get into it…but first.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by the Bear-y Good Real Estate Company. Our top agent, Bear-y, will come to the house you’re interested in and show you around!
Also, Racoon and Foot. That’s right, we here at the local Navzgane Coffee shop have learned the secret of combining Racoons with feet and stewing them into a delicious meal. Back for a limited time while supplies last.”
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, March 2nd. This is our 143rd show. We put shows out every 2 weeks, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden.com.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Emails
No email.
Let’s talk videos!
Our POV series though…
Sahba’s pet video was adorable!
Episode 2 was all about the bear.
Episode 3 was our best POV episode yet.
Episode 3 was all about making mistakes:
Mythery wanted to raid a trader POI instead of digging for treasure.
Lessah didn’t want to do anything but hunt treasure.
Sahba just wants to shoot zombies and have a nice time doing it.
Walts Worker: Where you angry with that rabbit?!? Or did you just take out your anger on him/her? FYI: There is a bunker just south of the Savage Country store. Fairly easy to get into and take out the mobs, but will take time to get to the Khan’s True Wealth!
Lessah: Bears can fit through doors. And they are terrifying.
Myth: I like playing with video editing software (and I will make it bend to my will).
Sahba: I learned what Lessah and Myth are doing during battles with zombies.
Rumors, News, and Lies
PC Gamer
Pacifist Panda – WoW player DoubleAgent reached the new level cap of 60 purely by picking millions of flowers.
8 PC Gaming Legends
Half-Life 2
Lemmings
Eve Online
SimCity 2000
Left 4 Dead
Civilization
3d Movie Maker
Conquests of Camelot
6 PC Gaming Flops
Defiance
Paragon
Project Copernicus
Battleborn
Crucible
Daikatana
GameInformer
50 Games We Can’t Wait For
Horizon Forbidden West (Maybe, if we finish Horizon Zero Dawn)
Dying Light 2 (Did we play Dying Light???)
Dragon Age 4
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Far Cry 6
Rainbow Six Quarantine
Diablo Immortal (Wait, no, this is a mobile game)
Can’t Wait (For Real Info)
Ark II – Coming to Xbox exclusively in 2022
Early Access Games (you should play right now)
Baldur’s Gate 3
DDO –
DDO is celebrating 15 years with gifts. Plus, the Anniversary Event is live through March 23. This year, the rewards list includes a new Red Crystal Crown, a new Dretch Creature Companion, and the 13 Eberron House Cloaks given away in a prior anniversary.
Spring brings HC Season 4; later in the year there will be a HC Season 5
Spring will have Update 49 – four dungeons, hunting down lost relics in a series of adventures that feel somewhat “Indiana Jones-like.” The update will also include an revamp to the bow combat style, with new animations.
Summer – a mini-expansion of the Classic Adventure: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh! (AD&D module, U1, Greyhawk campaign, levels 1-3, 1981, Dave Browne with Don Turnbull). Also, another Universal Enhancement Tree – the Horizon Walker, which focuses on marking and neutralizing extra-planar and other enemies with a bow.
Fall – restructuring the Epic Destiny system, making it more versatile, allowing players to have multiple Destinies active at the same time, modernizing some trees, redesigning others.
Misc – new Monster Manual, free dungeon, updates to various festivals, more.
Win one of five SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC Headset and QcK Large Mousepad – From March 9 – 22, you’ll be entered to win once for each day you log in GW2
Subnautica Below Zero (Seaworthy Update Feb 25)
Uncover the mysteries of the all-new, fully voiced Crashed Ship story
Enjoy the finalized soundtrack as you travel biome-to-biome
Utilize the improved Prawn Suit controls throughout your adventuring
Experience our most stable version of the game to-date with even more bug fixes
Check out the added gamepad and rumble support
7DTD
Forum: Too much wood and grass
Forum: Best place to buy a server
Mythery knows more about this than anyone.
Ark Survival Evolved
Final DLC release date will be May 26th (Community crunch 256)
Forum: What drops the most keratin?
Scrap Mechanic
Quests are coming – quests will guide you through the story while letting you continue playing at your own pace (Devblog 21)
Questions of the show – What old games (published before 2011, so over 10 years ago) have you played in the last six months? A variant of the PC Gamer forum question “What old games hold their own against modern games?”
Before we start!
It’s time to talk about emergency preparedness (Texas is a summer place with summer emergencies like floods and hurricanes… things people along the Gulf Coast are used to dealing with. When I say we weren’t ready for this winter storm, I mean WE HAD NO IDEA.)
If you think you are ready…you are not. Here’s my Cold Snap report card
If your gas tank is half full, it’s empty, fill it up. A+
If you bought batteries for last year’s emergency, your batteries might be leaking acid. When was the last time you looked at them? C-
Did you know that when the power supply gets cut off to the cell towers, you also lose internet on your phone? Fun, right? C (had radio from the car)
Did you know that when propane tanks get really cold, the seals on them don’t behave well…our propane tanks for our TEN YEAR OLD camp stove were all empty. You don’t know low morale until you know you aren’t getting a hot meal during a winter storm when it’s 35 degrees in your house. F–
MVP of our cold snap was the gas fireplace. We were able to heat up leftover chilli and then make water for tea/ oatmeal. A
Before a storm, do yourself a favor and fill up a 5 gallon bucket with water and have a big cup next to it to flush your toilets when you lose water. D-
This whole thing was like…apocalypse darts.
Day 0: You have power and water.
Day 1: You have no power, but you have water. (Oh and it’s 14 degrees outside.)
Day 2: You have no power and no water. Also, the power company has asked all residents to limit their power even less. (Less than what????) What’s that? You want to go to a hotel? Well….. They don’t have power either, and the ones that do are all full of families trying to get warm. It’s not like you can drive away, there is no escape. The entire state is going through the same thing.
Day 3: You have power for 2 hours every 10 hours. But we aren’t going to tell you when that is. Oh, and no water.
Day 4: You have some power and your water is back at a very low flow, so if you still have pipes that didn’t burst, you can use it but you need to boil the water because it’s contaminated. Oh, and if you still don’t have power to do that, you need to use bottled water. What’s that? You used the majority of it over the last three days? Well, bad news, the stores are all empty! So, you can’t buy any water, but if you listen to the radio you might find a FEMA line somewhere in the city that will give you a pack of water but you are going to be waiting in line for it a long time. If you need more gas because you warmed up in your car over the last three days, you can’t get that either! The gas stations are empty as well.
Day 5: You have power, it’s pretty much on all the time! YAY! You have water… more or less. Just don’t drink it. Stores are still empty. Aaaaaannnndddd. Here comes another hard freeze!
My Coworker who listened to our last show says I am banned from rapping.
Blah blah blah everyones a critic. 🙂
7DTD POV episodes 5 and 6
We did episodes 5 and 6 on our last “official” stream. This is so much fun! Anyone remember what we did? Hee hee We are moving right along and even though episode 3 was just released Friday we have already recorded episode 8!! Well, most of us. Next time, horde night!!
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
Mythery came to visit me in the My Very Vanilla Series and a bear decided to loot the same house we were looting…only the loot was us.
In our POV series, I love the idea of leaving for a new town after horde. We can always shuttle back and forth to drop off whatever we need. It’s really all about the adventure.
Me too!
Ark Survival Evolved, Ragnarok
The Bird Army is coming along!
5 Dimorphs, 2 argys, 2 really aggressive dodos, and one Watch-Raptor.
We want Moths!
Mythery wants something she can’t have.
Phoenix.
Who me?
Hmm otter, moth, pink or white female argy, ….phoenix?
GW2 –
We are getting so close to level 80!!
YAY! I will get even more excited when we hit 70, we can go to the Fort. We will end up working with the Kitty Kat.
Valheim
I gave it another chance and this time I found everything I needed to make an axe and build things. I see how lots of people like this game. It’s not easy. It’s just not for me. It’s early access and still a bit rough around the edges. I normally don’t mind that sort of thing but the graphics are not what I gravitate towards.
I know why you didn’t like trying to pick things up. You have to have the cursor right on the thing you are trying to pick up and then sometimes it will jump and you will have to click on it a second time to get it into your inventory. I was told that it is a known bug.
Having to click the mouse every time you swing your arm to do something, like chop a tree, seems tedious. This same motion made fighting seem stilted.
The graphics are…. bad. They are not what I would call cartoony, or pixelated, or pretty. They are just bad. It’s like they didn’t have the expertise they needed to make them good so instead of hiring someone that could do elegant or going a different way (cartoon/pixel) they sort of tried to make things look sorta kinda like what they should look like and then blurred everything so maybe we wouldn’t notice. The female character is the male character with a couple of lines implying breasts. Whatever.
I found the bird tutor to be only moderately useful but he wasn’t annoying.
With that said, I did not hate the game. I realize it’s an early release. I just think it can do better. I played long enough to have killed the first boss so I did get to do some crafting but not a lot. What I did do was nice. Recipes were easy to find and follow. Pieces snapped together if I wanted them to do so or I could place them pretty much where I wanted. Rotating them was super easy too. Also, I could raise or lower the ground by using a hoe to help with placing my foundations.
I had fun playing but I think it was mostly because of the person I was playing with and less about the game. Like I said, I didn’t hate it and I will play with my friend again. It just seems to me to play and look more like a game that was written maybe a decade or more ago. I haven’t read anything about this game so maybe that’s what they are going for. If so then they nailed it!
Scrap Mechanic
I’m pretty sure this game was designed by a bunch of engineers who aren’t actually gamers. I know, now I just sound like I’m bitching about everything. I’m not. Really! I like this game a lot! I’ve played it 123 hours so I must like it a little. I got it because a lot of the time I feel like I want more from the crafting part of these games I am playing. I put it in my wish list and left it there for a very long time. I didn’t buy it until survival mode came out because I don’t want to just craft but when I’m crafting I want options! And this looked like it was going to give me lots of options. Plus it was going to let me tinker with more than just slapping together buildings and the like. Wheeeeeeeeeee! But now I’m not satisfied with the other part of the game. I don’t think it is laid out right. Our 1st hour in the game we wound in in an area we should have never seen, much less been allowed in. Scared Lessah so bad she won’t come back and play with us. The weapons are meh, no point system of any kind, no armor, and so far I can’t figure out how to make a light that actually gives off some light at night!! But for some reason I really like this game. I love the cows, I mean wocs and feeding them corn. Building the stuff is awesome and I don’t think we have scratched the surface of that. The surroundings are pretty, resource gathering is fun, the graphics are nice and I really like the sounds that go with things. The crunch of stone is quite satisfying.
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. Tonight we are going to be playing through our third episode of our 7 Days to Die POV series live. Holy smokes, we finished Far Cry 5, what a wild ride it was! We talk about that and the harsh mistress that is Ark Survival Evolved. Yes, we went there…repeatedly. Let’s just say the crazy bird ladies of ARK are back! We also talk a little about Valheim but you aren’t going to like what I have to say. Thanks so much for listening anyway!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Mo Power Electronics, “Watts in Your Outlet!”
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, February 14th. This is our 142nd show. We put shows out every 2 weeks, you can listen via iTunes, Our Website, DamselsofDDO.com or our home at Podcast Garden. (put us on the front page PCG!, you promised.)
Valentine’s Coelacanth can be caught for chibis, chocolates, candies
Mating can randomly drop chocolates and candies
Forum – I would have done this but the forums are too slow to look for topics – round and round and round goes the loading circle.
Questions of the show – What makes a good survival/crafting game? For you to start a new game, what do you need for it to be good, and continue after one or two play sessions?
Before we start! Spoiler!!!
Remember the last show when I sang Mythery a rap about her?
Well… brace yourselves
Guild Wars 2 Champion’s Sacrifice and the Battle of Claw Island
We went to the Hylek village (Hylek are giant frogs) and talked to Archen Foreland. The Hylek were distraught, Ikniu’s brother was missing. So we went to look for him and we found out that the Hylek champions had been turned into corrupted monsters. We had to deliver that terrible news and then of course we had to go put them down. In doing that we had to fight Sabiti and bring back his head as proof. We argued about who was going to carry the head. I forget who carried it but it wasn’t me.
Then we went to Claw Island and there was a huge battle. It was terrible and had to light those lights (I forget what they are called but they mean HELP) and the main dude was very much against doing that since they had not been lit in like a billion years and he was going to be embarrassed but we did it anyway. There were so many undead and undead ships (so creepy) but in the end we won. Just barely.
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
New Series!
Stick around and you can see either Mythery’s POV or mine, I think we will both be streaming.
Far Cry 5
So we finished. Spoiler warning.
It did not end like we wanted.
Make sure you choose both endings.
Walk away, see extra scene. Then go back, cause it gets real… really real.
EXTREME Spoiler warning!
So Joseph has access to at least one nuclear warhead. He sets it off. You and Montana are proper fucked. Even if you escape the blast, you are still going to die of cancer much sooner than you’d like.
How angry is Canada going to be because we caused a Chernobyl situation?
Far Cry New Dawn
I got through the first scenario but…
We need to talk about Radiation and Fallout and Nuclear Winter
GW2 – I played GW2 Mythery because Sahba was a leveling fool!
We did Mythery’s level 50 Story
The Low level Area is more dangerous than the high one.
ARK Survival Evolved, Ragnorak Map
We did a thing and started a new server. LOVING IT
A few words about how wonderful Ping Perfect has been to us!
There is a new bird with a saddle that has a rocket in it.
Valheim
Uhhhhhhhhh. It’s like Eco kind of the way it looks. It’s clunky.
Scrap Mechanic
Still playing 🙂
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. Tonight we are going to be playing Guild Wars 2. Stick around after the cast! We played a lot of games this time and we will talk about a lot of them. DDO, Horizon Zero Dawn, Scrap Mechanic, Far Cry 5, 7 Days to Die, Guild Wars 2, and who knows what else! Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Lessah and Mythery’s characters from Far Cry 5. That’s right, they have grown so rich that they can now afford everything! How many Prepper Stashes are too many, you ask? The answer is simple. All your Stashes are belong to me!
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, January 31st. This is our 141st show.
Lessah Says: Sahba is so rich with books now that she uses them to light the fire in her burning pick axe. You need to give up those stone arrows now that you have all that iron. Nice progress!
Myth: If you do Clutch Nixon Challenges with a partner they have two challenges. 1. You must maintain the appropriate game permitted distance from your partner and 2. The actual challenge. BUT only one of you has to actually complete the challenge for both to get credit. I also learned that Cissly Tyson lived to be 96!
Sahba: I learned how to use controllers in Scrap Mechanic. So cool.
Cordovan: We do have plans to offer different challenges in Snowpeaks, and we’ve thought already about what a more skill-based version of the slide might look like, and what its reward structure might be. We’ll see what ends up happening in the future, but the first year version of Snowpeaks should be considered the easy anyone-can-do-it version of the event.
Questions of the show – What’s your favorite game world at the moment? Where do you love escaping to, to get away from the real world?
Before we start! Spoiler!!!
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is back on!
The Expanse is pretty good. I am on episode 1 of season 2 now.
Remember the last show when I sang Mythery a rap about her?
Well… brace yourselves
Scrap Mechanic
So, we played and we got our butts kicked repeatedly. This was our 2nd day in this world and we haven’t actually crafted anything. Unless you count feeding cows corn so that they pop out milk for us to drink so we don’t starve to death. We did plant a couple of gardens but one is quite some distance from where we have decided to stay so gathering food from there is inconvenient for now, making recovering from dying so that one can go and grab one’s backpack slightly more difficult than it should be. I think we were ill prepared for the section of the map we had decided to attack (no guns, no food, no buffs, no shielding, no anything) and therefore were pounded ….no not true. We were one shot many times until we managed to take them out, which of course we ultimately did so we could retrieve our belongings. The beginning and end of Scrap Mechanic. I’m still having fun there and plan to give it more chances but alas not all games are for everyone. Sahba and I have a 2 person game going that we plan to continue but Lessah is not so enamored with this game and that’s OK. Anyway, you never know, it’s in early access and if things change and she wants to give it another go I’ll allow it.
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
Server
Lessah raided a bunker with my drunk co-worker.
Mythery made shotgun turrets for horde, horde night is ready!
Questions for Sahba Jade
It’s day 4 in Very Vanilla, you have no home, no roof, no gun. What is your horde plan?
Modded is academic, easier.
Far Cry 5
We met Jacob (ONLY YOU)
No spoilers but it’s a bit of a psychological thriller situation. I really enjoyed him at the end because he brainwashed me to do so.
Also, Joseph got upset when we defeated Faith and John, but he cried over Jacob. He loved him.
I bought a boat paddle because I’m so rich and I love whacking people with it.
Let’s say a few words about Hurk.
Very funny NPC that you should hire ASAP in Jacob’s area.
Daddy issues. His dad is running for Senate in Montana.
Can fly a helicopter, might not bring it back.
GW2 – playing this tonight!!!
I played GW2 with Sahba!
Got all the XP’s on Asuras, ready to go on to level 40 story.
Some guy thinks we are adorable.
After that, we can probably head straight into the level 50 story whenever we want.
Horizon Zero Dawn
Myth – Chasing Racoons.
Scrap Mechanic
It’s cool. I like the cows.
Housekeeping!
YouTube episode late but that’s what you get when you don’t subscribe.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. Tonight we are going to be playing Scrap Mechanic. Stick around after the cast! We played a ton of games this time around and we will talk about a lot of them. Among others, DDO, GTFO, Phasmophobia, Scrap Mechanic, Far Cry 5, 7 Days to Die, Among Us, Quantum Break, and who knows what else! Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Smudge Sticks! Need to mark the area where you think a ghost might be? The Smudge stick has got your back. Lighter and instructions for use not included, limited availability. Order now.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, January 17th. This is our 140th show.
Fred Fierce thinks Lessah has hacked my computer and is causing all the havoc – Lessah admits to it, saying it’s payback for all the spy drones I sent to her house :).
Lessah is agog at all the loot in the modded game.
Mythery and Lessah learn to park on a buffalo (Far Cry 5)
Fred Fierce asks “So is a Buffalo a sort of civilian?”
What we learned:
Lessah: Mythery is Drac’s sugah mama.
Myth: I am Drac’s sugar mama?
Sahba: I also learned Myth is Drac’s sugar mama (I’m from the North, so I say sugar <G>). No, seriously, I learned so many things but I guess the best is that my range of game enjoyment is vast.
Rumors, News, and Lies
Ever, Jane – Jane Austen’s MMO for socialites shuts down! Let me read this to you because I’ve never heard about this MMO and it’s shutting down. This info may surprise you.
Drac and Sahba did four quests in the High Road and tried out the downhill in the winter festival.
Far Cry 5
I played with Tae and Myth and I went deeper into Jacob’s territory?
I play with everyone! Lessah, Tae, and Patrick. Soon Drac :).
GW2
Lessah’s Norn’s storyline
This is all about pride and prowess. Either you can fight like a Norn or maybe you should have stayed in the tavern/ ice cave. I love that my character has a nemesis she hates just because he’s an arrogant ass.
I liked cheering Lessah on as she did her challenges.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We played Guild Wars 2 and the Winter Event was really cool. Also, the quests were looooong. Mythery will tell you all about it in this week’s show. We got some new games and we are going to set some (attainable?) goals! Thanks so much for listening!
Here is the episode! Sorry, I can’t seem to embed them anymore 🙁
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Bliss. Should it be legal? We think Hope County Montana has the answer to that. Is that a bear?? Oh no, sorry it’s only Tae.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, January 3rd. This is our 139th show.
Lessah Commented “I like how you don’t waste any pockets of time. You woke up all the zombies and then didn’t bother turning around to face them until you harvested the metal. GJ!”
Spoiler alert, the next two episodes are pretty intense, don’t miss them!
Beethoven Dalmao – You will need a real gun for the next horde.
Comments on Videos?
7 Days to Die Very Vanilla Episode 5, Best Laid Plans
Rand T 1 week ago – YAY! At about 1:40 you missed a field with a few potatoes! Supply Drops: Shortly after you hear the plane – is when the supplies are dropped – so if you see the plane – then you can gauge where the drop is. In the video it’s about 2 ticks east of the directly south marker. Distance is hard to gauge though. OH! Another thing is – when you get close to the supply drop – it will appear in the map! So says CAD!
What we learned:
Lessah: A bunch of my favorite games were on sale stupid cheap.
Far Cry 5, for 11$
7 Days to Die for 8$
I also picked up Close to the Sun and Quantum Break on sale. My wishlist is about empty
Myth: I want too many things <g>
Sahba: My friends are druggies!
Rumors, News, and Lies
None for the end of the year so we can move onto the questions of the show!
Questions of the show – What did you accomplish in gaming in the last year and what would you like to accomplish in the next year?
Before we start! Spoiler!!!
Bridgerton. -This is what would happen if Jane Austin wrote Game of Thrones.
Cobra Kai is back! Season 3 YASS!
Guild Wars 2
Winter Festival…kinda. Holy crap! It’s the eternal quest of all eternity. I thought we were saving the toys and then I thought we were saving the toy princess and then she turned out to be a little bitch but I’m pretty sure that doesn’t even matter because this quest NEVER ENDS!!! Dolls dolls dolls! Time to paint the dolls, the dolls are running. See the dolls run. Run dolls run. The dolls run fast. Very fast. Wait! The last doll is hiding and not running. She is standing verwy still. ARGH!!! RUN! RUN, now you must run very fast!! Run fast run!!
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
Server
I made Horde night and it was very exciting. I wish it had gone better but sometimes zombies explode.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. Will we ever level beyond 40 in Guild Wars 2? Only Sahba Jade has the answer to that. Will we ever get tired of 7 Days to Die? Sure we will but Ark Survival Evolved is always waiting in the wings. Let’s get into all the game news we care about for all the games we are into right now! Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by The Damsels Game! That’s right! We want you to stop what you’re doing and subscribe to our, yes our, the Damsels have made it official, after seven years of engagement, we are now married…to a YouTube channel. Our Podcasts will be posted from here on in as well.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, December 20th. This is our 138th show.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Did we get any Email this week? – not this week
New Vids out:
Damsels Podcast Episode 137 on our YouTube Channel.
Sahba Jade does science in her Vanilla Vs Modded Series…es.
I put out a new episode of my Very Vanilla 7 Days to Die Series every Saturday at 6am.
Comments on Videos?
7 Days to Die Very Vanilla Episode 3, Zombie Dog Christmas (Where Lessah is irritated beyond her own imagining)
WaltsWorker (1 wk ago) – These need to be a bit longer! Definitely need to loot!
7 Days Very Vanilla, Episode 4, Day Labor – 3 comments
Draculetta (1 wk ago) – That banjo music though
Lessah – shhh, it’s working music
Devolvedmutant (4 da ago) – CD approves 0:16 = Lessah needs wood. 😛 (Yeah, sometimes CD fails his self-editing saving throw)
Lessah – lols
Rand T (6 da ago) – So Sahba gets only 6 seconds?!?
Lessah – Sahba has her own series. Go see for yourself! 😊
What we learned:
Lessah: I took the covid vaccine. Waiting for my third eye to activate now.
Myth: A buggy is a really fast little car and not a granny cart.
Sahba: Myth prefers her whoopie pies deconstructed 🙂
The season of Festivult is now underway with Copper, Silver, and Gold coins now appearing in chests. Here’s the current schedule:
Festivult coins being to appear – Dec 3
Jester of Festivult arrives – Dec 9
Festivult Coins stop appearing – Jan 6
Jester of Festivult leaves – Jan 13 (his last day available)
Risia Ice Games and Midwinter Festival
Now through the morning of Jan 6
Early next year, DDO will debut a new winter event! This will be the last chance to take part in the Risia Ice Games and Midwinter Festival as a regular seasonal event, although they may return in some capacity in the future.
The rewards from the current event will be brought into the new event, minus the recipes and related crafting ingredients, which will no longer be used.
More info later, but use up those recipes and ingredients!!!
Bells are ringing, snowballs are flying, and Toymaster Tixx’s fantastic golem-shaped airship hovers over the city of Divinity’s Reach. Celebrate the traditional Tyrian holiday of Wintersday through January 7th.
The Wondrous Workshop – Rebellious toys and sneaky skritt are threatening the workflow inside Tixx’s Infinirarium. Bring your friends along on a trip to the workshop and put an end to the chaos.
Wintersday Fun – Leap from snowflake to snowflake in the Winter Wonderland jumping puzzle, join the Bell Choir to ring in the season, use strategy to defend gift-bearing dolyaks in Toypocalyse, and defend – or steal – presents from a rival team in Snowball Mayhem.
The Secret Lair of the Snowmen – Descend into the icy heart of these usually jolly folks’ domain in this special Wintersday strike mission. Join the public version or gather a squad of your friends.
Toys and Treasures – Earn a sleigh load of rewards by participating in the festivities, spreading cheer, opening Wintersday Gifts, and giving presents to orphans in Divinity’s Reach.
Question of the show – Since this is our last episode of 2020, what is your game of the year for 2020? Only one.
Before we start! Spoiler!!!
Guild Wars 2
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We were introduced to the three Orders and made aware of the true threat of the Elder Dragons. I was persuaded to permanently join an order to aid in the fight against the dragons. I joined the Durmand Priory.
We worked with the orders to rescue a researcher who has discovered that the dragons consume magic, whose research is being covered up by the Arcane Eye.
Durmand Priory: The scholars of the Priory believe the dragon can be defeated using ancient knowledge of past victories.
We are playing GW2 tonight!
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
New Mod is sick with vehicles! LOVING IT!
I have made horde night to remember and I hope to twitch it. The Spire Defense craziness 2.0, I hope to twitch. We can’t forget the auto turrets this time.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. Today we are talking about games we have on our Wish List for Christmas and beyond. It’s a little odd that all our lists show NO GAMES in common. Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by Oh Shitz Drops. Are you afraid of heights? Well, these babies are for you. Available in most vending machines around Navezgane. These sweet little candies have a purpose. Fall Damage? Not today, Tall Building. I popped my drops! I’ll be taking 100% of nothing for the next five minutes.
Pop your drops and be prepared for those Oh Shitz Moments.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, December 6th. This is our 137th show.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Did we get any Email this week?
I haven’t seen any emails but we do have comments to a couple of old videos
Highlight: Long Live the Lich
Subnautica Cyclops Build Fail
Brace yourselves. I’m going to talk about my Very Vanilla Series on my? Our? youTube Channel.
If you haven’t watched my series, you can get caught up easily. Only three episodes are out, so go watch! Episodes are already uploaded and scheduled for release through the end of the year.
Speaking of the Very Vanilla Series, there have been comments 🙂
Questions:
Is it still vanilla if it’s not all default settings?
I can never find supply drops.
When I die, I drop EVERYTHING. When you have nothing, that is significant.
How many Episodes is a Season?
What do you think of a Vanilla ARK Ark Series for Summer 2021?
What we learned:
Lessah: I learned that I can’t drive ATVs in any game.
Myth: Every woman within the sound of my voice needs to hear this! They have clinics where you can take your mate so he can experience the pain of childbirth for a solid 10 minutes.
Sahba: ….
Rumors, News, and Lies
DDO
Enad Global 7 acquires Daybreak (publisher of DDO and LOTRO)
Daybreak runs
H1Z1
Everquest 1 and 2
Planetside 2
DC Universe Online
No immediate response from EG7 whether acquisition would result in layoffs to Daybreak employees
In August, Daybreak acquired Cold Iron Studios, which is working on a game using the Alien IP (Intellectual Property)
According to an EG7 presentation (with Daybreak source info), DDO had 22K monthly memberships and 46K monthly active users, as of 30 Sep 2020.
In comparison:
Everquest 1 – 66K, 82K
Everquest 2 – 21K, 29K
LOTRO – 41K , 108K
DC Universe – 40K, 419K
Planetside 2 – 25K, 198K
According to the same presentation, DDO generated the highest average revenue per paying user (ARPPU) at $65.2
In comparison
Everquest 1 – $37.5
Everquest 2 – $52.3
LOTRO – $51.9
DC Universe – $47.5
PLanetside 2 – $35.7
Some interesting news floating around about this news
The Ancient Gaming Noob says: “… So having Daybreak purchased by a small public company … Yesterday’s press release about the acquisition gave use some fresh information and confirmed things we suspected, like the fact that Daybreak owned Standing Stone Games.”
Question of the show? Not really but – Should you buy Baldur’s Gate Early Access???
Before we start! Spoiler!!!
Rant – Game Sparks on 7DTD
Games to Put on Your Wish List
List all the games that you want Santa to bring you because you were soooo good all year!
Mythery:
Sahba Jade:
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
Baldur’s Gate 3
Crusader Kings III
Death Stranding
Lessah:
Quantum Break
Close to the Sun
Grounded
Sea of Theives
Our two weeks in gaming
7Days to Die
New Mod is sick with vehicles! LOVING IT!
Valley of the Rag Dolls (working title)
I transformed an abandoned trader into my new base.
GW2
I log in and get my daily gift :).
Raft
Didn’t play
Far Cry 5
All the things
We were away for 2 weeks and forgot how to play.
Medieval Dynasty
It’s still winter.
Housekeeping!
The Art Department has doubled!
My Son is now on the Damsels Game Art Team.
Mythery! I need to create a YouTube Channel that is exclusive to Damsels Content. A place where I can post Podcasts and our game highlights, etc etc. Halp Meh.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. It’s Thanksgiving Week and we might take a moment to give thanks to all the games that have helped us escape reality for a few precious moments during this awful pandemic. Seriously, our sanity has been salvaged. Well minus Mythery who wasn’t sane to start with. But she is intact at her baseline! Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by The Damsels Game! That’s right and this is not a joke ad. I want you to consider 2 things right here right now.
First. Subscribe to our Podcast. You can get a podcast app on your mobile device and listen in the car on your way to…. Quarantine. Listen at your job… which if it’s at your home is easier. Links are in every single description in the show notes on our website: Damselsofddo.com. I’m seriously considering putting the show back up on youtube.
Speaking of that, go Subscribe to my Youtube Channel so you can watch the Highlights that get published from our gameplay. One day I might talk Sahba into forging her own youtube videos and playlist. That day, I will be unhorsed as the main video maker/ editor but until that day, let’s all pretend I know what I’m doing and go watch our highlights!
The Damsels Recorded Live on Saturday, November 21st. This is our 136th show.
Jibber Jabber Time!
Did we get any Email this week? yes!
. I’ll bring the elephant into the room because we have yet to really talk about it on our podcast.
How many people do you personally know who have had Covid?
Does anyone else feel a bit exhausted? Like you can’t do anything else to “stop the spread”. My City got an Emergency alert about the rapid spread and I was like… what else am I supposed to do?
What we learned:
Lessah: I learned that Oreos are going to have a Gluten Free option in January.
Myth: We did accidental science!
Sahba: The telescope at Arecibo will be dismantled.
You’ll have a fine feathered friend to help you traverse the harshest Tyrian landscapes! This enormous bird is an eye-catching delight with colorful feather tips and a subtle crest.
The Roadrunner Raptor Skin can be purchased individually or found as an uncommon drop inside Black Lion Chests.
We are wandering from island to island, collecting dirt. Myth is building the house. I farm, fish, and cook. And take care of the animals.
Far Cry 5
All the things
Mythery is a fangirl of a drug dealer in Far Cry 5
Medieval Dynasty
I built a house! No, I built a village but have no villagers so I just move from house to house :). And I can’t hunt. OK, now I can hunt since I’ve played a bit more. I’ve hunted deer, fox, boar (they hunt me, actually), fox, and bear. Now it’s winter.
Housekeeping!
The show is going great, if only we had our new artwork… speaking or artwork. You can have the Damsels artwork as part of your desktop background if you like! Posted with our last show are downloads for 1920×1080 original artwork.
The new show is up. That’s what I get for not doing it immediately on my first day off.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. Tonight is all about 7 Days to Die and Valmod. Different from the vanilla game, the modding community in 7 Days is really amazing. We also talk about Far Cry 5, Guild Wars 2, and Dungeons and Dragons Online. Thanks so much for listening!
(Click below for the show until I learn how to embed things again in this new version of Word Press 😛 )
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by the Makers of Blunderbuss and Blunderbuss ammo. Arguably the most underrated weapon in Navezgane, this thing…whatever it is…will announce your presence with authority. It fires at a rate of 1. That’s it… it just fires the one and then you have to hope you got em while you reload. But the results, folks, the results speak for themselves. The Blunderbuss. Use it! You might not die!
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Saturday, November 8th. This is our 135th show.
Lessah jibberjabbers about things and Myth corrects and Sahba sleeps
Did we get any Email this week?
Yes – Drac let us know that unicorns in D&D Do have beards
We would like to formally apologize to all Unicorns whose feelings might have been hurt in the making fun of unicorn beards.
This section of the show is dedicated to Mythery and the hell she went through!
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What we learned:
Lessah: I have lost the majority of my fear in 7 Days.
Now let’s all learn something right here right now…
1813
Myth: When your computer breaks it can be a good thing.
Sahba: Books have worms! And I can no longer watch The Mandalorian :(.
Rumors, News, and Lies
Gaming community doing Extra Life this weekend – raising money for Children’s Miracle Network. ArenaNet (GW2), Studio Wildcard (Ark Survival), GameInformer, Jerry Snook (in 30th place as of 9:30pm!!!! With $20,132).
The Icebrood Saga: Champions – a multi-chapter Living World finale featuring new story, repeatable gameplay content, rewards, achievements, and masteries.
Icebrood Saga Champions Release Roadmap
Nov 17 – Chapter 1: Truce (Trailer for Chapter 1 here)
Jan 2021 – Chapter 2: Power
Mar 2021 – Chapter 3: Balance
May 2021 – Chapter 4: Judgment
In the between months, there will be festivals
Dec – Wintersday
Feb 2021 – Lunar New Year
Apr 2021 – Super Adventure Festival
Subnautica
New story – Relics of the Past – now available
Before we start! Spoiler!!!
The Mandalorian Season 2!!!
Among Us
We had the smallest group possible, 4, so it wasn’t too tough to catch the murderer BUT we died from sabotage several times. Sahba is evil and very sneaky!!! I however, am a terrible liar. This game is fun but I think the more people the more fun.
Valmod is our favorite system because it’s specifically balanced if you have a party. One person can specialize in hunting, another in mechanics, another in engineering. It makes the vanilla game seem very slow to me. Other mods we like… bigger backpack.
We tried War of the Walkers once but I wasn’t really as into it. I didn’t hate the one where you can pick up stray companions but the one we got snored so loudly and she was really just a souped up villager.
Other games
Raft?
We played on Tuesday, so we could peacefully drift on the ocean while others were stressing over something going on in the US.
Far Cry 5
We finally got to group up and we didn’t know what to do.
Ghost Recon, Breakpoint
Message for Fierce Fred
Don’t Shoot the Civilians!
Outlaws isn’t dead?
I joined an RP server
Housekeeping!
Hubs is working all weekend so he has made zero progress in the new art.
The new show is up. That’s what I get for not doing it immediately on my first day off.
. However, when I “click here to subscribe via rss” I get “This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.” Bottom line, the word press file needs to be fixed so that RSS works.
My Son is now on the Damsels Game Art Team. 
