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.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. That is when we get to play them. That Skinner Box is a heck of a thing. We tried out Don’t Starve Together because it was on sale super cheap. And today, we are teaching Sahba Jade new tricks by making her play Among Us. She’s so Sus. Thanks so much for listening!
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Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, October 24th. This is our 134th show.
Lessah jibberjabbers about things and Myth corrects and Sahba sleeps
Did we check the Damsels Email this week?
Far Cry 5 this week.
Bookworm Errors are ruining my game!
Other Ubisoft titles just don’t have the same appeal as FC5
FC4, on an island, meh
Breakpoint (all ghost recon), same thing. A faraway place that I can’t connect to.
Tom Clancy Division 1 & 2 are both in places that are closer to home so I connect with the story better. FC5 in rural Hope County Montana is a perfect place because it’s isolated enough to have a contained cultist uprising.
internet 🙂
What we learned:
Lessah: The Internet sucks. I want my redneck cultists back 🙁 I AM ADDICTED. But it’s a good pain.
Confession
Myth: All I learned is how hooked I am on Far Cry 5. I’m 3 and someone stole my lollipop!
Sahba: We’re going to play “Don’t Starve Together Return of Them”
Rumors, News, and Lies
DDO
Fables of the Feywild
Von 6 not completable
Night Revels – through Nov 3
GW 2
Did you know GW2 had bat wings???
What’s your favorite GW2 event and why?
Lunar New Year (4%, 2 votes)
Super adventure (11%, 5 votes)
Dragon bash (4%, 2 votes)
Festival of the Four Winds (17%, 8 votes)
Halloween (28%, 13 votes)
Wintersday (33%, 15 votes)
Outlaws of the Old West
Oct 15 – Server Notice – “Howdy Outlaws! Due to technical issues, it is necessary that we wipe the servers in order to properly address the problems they were causing. All Official servers are set to wipe on 10/28 at 7:00PM PST. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Wandering Wizard Team
Computer Tech Talk
Oculus Integrated
Half of gamers are on PC
Bandwidth during lockdown
Question of the day – stealth mode engaged
Before we start! Spoiler!!!
Utopia (Are you kidding me?)
Worthless violence for violence sake. Why would ANYONE listen to her after Jessica shot that girl? It would be like our game group meeting up IRL and someone kills Rent. I would murder that B#$% as soon as her back was turned.
The Mandalorian Season 2 available Oct 30th.
7 Days to Die
We did a “it’s horde night and it’s no big deal so whatever, lets do this so we can move on to more important things” horde night. More important things you say??? What could be more important than a bloody zombie infested night of killing?? Well, I’ll tell you. Lessah had a LOT of house painting to do and not only does she have to paint the house she has to make the paint! I am up to my earballs in wiring, lighting, turret projects, and then there is the enormous remodel of the patio and rec room (I honestly don’t know what Sahba is doing right now) and this is just stuff on the group server. In our Damsel game we are homeless and desperately going from trader to trader which seem to get farther and farther apart so we can finish our class quests. So I ask, who has time for horde nights??
Other games
Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Worthy opponents. The problem is… I don’t feel like I have ##### it.
Shoot Em up fest aka, thinly veiled guy porn.
The UI is crowded looking and not super intuitive. The things they changed from other games I don’t think should have been changed.
Among Us
Very fun/ fast-paced werewolf/ mafia type game, can play on phone or PC
App is free, most of my friends and family are already playing.
Don’t Starve Together
Hard game is hard. Death is so real.
Visuals are stifling. I’m not sure I understand this game yet but I think it’s worth trying out.
7dtd
Hoard night on the roof!
We raided a Shot Messiah Headquarters with Sahba Jade.
Housekeeping!
The new artwork is coming along slowly. You can’t rush these things.
Show went up a bit late this past week because Podcast Garden had a website issue.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. It’s time to confess your sins! Only the Seeds can save us. We aren’t sure how but things really went down this time in Far Cry 5. Always remember, have a plan to separate the bull from his mountain oysters. Guild Wars 2 is a trek through fantasy content that is engaging and fun as well with our baby Asuras.
Here is the show! Just left click and it will open in a new window.
This week, the Damsels Game is sponsored by The Spread Eagle. Need a nice, quiet… unreasonably dark place to have lunch or dinner? Well, the Spread Eagle is for you. Ladies do drink free at some point. We aren’t sure when that is because we weren’t able to access the VIP area. But do stop by just be careful your car doesn’t get stolen.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, October 10th. This is our 133rd show.
Lessah jibberjabbers about things and Myth corrects and Sahba sleeps
Did we check the Damsels Email this week?
Far Cry 5 this week.
It was all so innocent…hunting cougars and deer.
Then it all went horribly wrong.
We stumbled into the main storyline and the Seeds tried to drown us, we got saved by a preacher.
Then when we were trying to do smaller missions, we stumbled into the main storyline and got captured AGAIN.
We got Drugged. And then Drug away. We were double drugged.
Mythery
Is a twitcher now.
Really fun twitch-game stuff that rewards you. (Prepper stash)
The best thing that happened this week was the Testy Festy.
Montana pics:
internet 🙂
What we learned:
Lessah: If Mythery isn’t feeling well, she powers down like a PC.
Myth: I can’t fly a plane in Far Cry 5
Sahba: I can’t access the Damsels’ email.
Rumors, News, and Lies
DDO
1) Update 47 – Monday, October 12th –Click here for the Release Notes.
The Boys season 2 finale was AMAZING. Watch everything.
Stop what you are doing and watch Cobra Kai on Netflix. Season 3 has already been filmed.
The Mandalorian Season 2 available Oct 30th.
Utopia – season 1
Guild Wars 2 The Life of an Asura
We went to a funeral. It was long and super wordy. Also, the guy wasn’t dead. He had been kidnapped so we went to rescue him. We did yay!
Other games
Guild Wars 2, Goals: Get Sahba Jade into a world boss event.
Among Us
Very fun/ fast-paced werewolf/ mafia type game, can play on phone or PC
App is free, most of my friends and family are already playing.
Minecraft
7dtd
Hoard night on the roof!
We found a Shotgun Messiah Headquarters that we want to raid with Sahba Jade.
Housekeeping!
Website is looking good! The new artwork is coming along. I’m really happy with the initial drawings that came out of the “Art Department”. (They work pro-bono)
If you went to the website to listen to ep 131 of the podcast, it wasn’t there. I don’t remember screwing that up but… the QA/QC department caught it. I listed it with the episode 132 post.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We played Dungeons and Dragons Online after a brief hiatus of moving and setting up new gaming rigs. Today we are gearing up to play Guild Wars 2 but we also dove deep into Far Cry 5 and (of course) 7 Days to Die. ! Thanks so much for listening!
Here is the episode, just left click and play or right-click and “save as” to download. Thanks so much for listening!
Stop what you are doing and watch Cobra Kai on Netflix. Season 3 has already been filmed.
Guild Wars 2 The Life of an Asura
My girl, Mythbehave, is a recent graduate of the College of Synergistics. The members of this college study magical metaphysics, cybernetic systems, and the theory of abstract structures. Sounds fancy doesn’t it? What it boils down to really, is a focus on the study of patterns and mystical complexities over the development of concrete applications BUT seems to provide the foundation for a more coherent and profound understanding of the Eternal Alchemy, the unifying system of the cosmos.
Sahba and Gemalin (Lessah) are graduates of the College of Dynamics. The members of this college are typically enthusiastic about their highly experimental work, spontaneously imagining potential solutions to problems no one else yet perceives. They are known for devising ingenious, highly unstable and equally unpredictable contrivances, always on the bleeding edge of asura high magitechnology. Members of the college believe that an experiment is only a failure if nothing is learned from it.They are known to have an acute interest in charr technology.
As my final, I invented a teleportation device and it seems like as soon as word got around about it that everyone and their momma tried to steal it from me and claim it as their own. They all wanted the Snaff Prize. During the contest when I was showing the operation to the judges a Tejo’s krewe interrupted the proceedings and tried to take it by force but in the middle of the fight Councillor Flax announced it the winner as part of Valkk’s krewe (my krewe). Tejo screamed that it was his and he wouldn’t stand for that decision and then took off with the translocator.
Other games
Minecraft
7dtd
Story Time! We went to a coffee shop in 7 Days to Die. Menu Read!
Housekeeping!
Making loads of changes! All in good time but we are reformatting the show so we can talk about whatever we are currently interested in.
The Damsels are three lady gamers who like to play games and then talk about them. We are still trying to break into the Vault of Night in Dungeons and Dragons Online. Things went well on that front but the future is unclear. Dragons should not be guarding anything that doesn’t belong to them so good luck making a withdrawal from the bank. We also played Outlaws of the Old West, an early access survival crafting game, and we talked Sahba into trying out Guild Wars2. Thanks so much for listening!
This week, the Damsels sponsor has a correction to their advertisement for a free toaster:
The Kundarak Bank has amended its offer of a free toaster following customer complaints.
Apparently, when asked, Fred replied back with “Please include 75$ for shipping and handling.” They apologize to the one person who asked for a free toaster. Still… Send an in-game mail to “FierceFred” and ask, “Hey man, Where is my totally free, no conditions apply, toaster?”
It’s all about the language.
Intro:
The Damsels Recorded Live on Sunday, Aug 16th. This is our 130th show.
Lessah jibberjabbers about things and Myth corrects and Sahba sleeps
So many things to speak about.
I’ll bring the elephant into the room
DDO Hardcore? Worth it?
What we learned:
Lessah: I am still good at my job.
Myth: I have learned how much I need a very large, high jumping bunny in my life! Love love love him.
Sahba: I need to expand my Rumors, News, and Lies section to other games 🙂
Huge jewels of fortune crumbling trade to Courtney d’cannith in crafting hall for two greater treasure hunter’s elixirs – treasure dice rolls increased by 15 for six hours.
Sorry other games, but for the time being this is what takes up space in my head. I dream about this game. When I sleep I have dreamed about it, when I daydream I think about it, and then I actually think about it on purpose. SO, this is going to be the beginning in a series of stories I will be telling about our adventures as Asuras in the Guild Wars world. It will be fun, I promise. First let me talk a little about the world in general. There are five playable races and each begin in their own country/land of origin. BTW the world is a continent called Tyria and it is huge!
There are humans of course and were once the dominant species but they have lost their homeland and mainly live in Kryta. As you travel the continent you can see their once magnificent kingdoms lying in ruins.
There are the Charr, who are a race of large, savage, feline creatures. War defines them and victory is all that matters. They are raised to be warriors from birth (but boy are they cute!) and have no gods. Their main hangout is the Crucible of Eternity.
Norn are a race of towering hunters and when I say towering, the average Norn is 9 feet tall. They hail from the snow covered Far Shiverpeaks but have been forced to relocate to central Shiverpeaks. The Great Lodge of Hoelbrak is a nice place to visit. Good parties.
The Sylvari are from the Grove and they aren’t born there, they awaken. They awaken beneath the Pale Tree with knowledge they have gathered from their pre-life Dream. They are a noble race and seek adventure and travel. They are the newest race in Tyria and they are about the same size as humans but have leaves where hair would be.
Asura are a race of artisans who secretly lived below ground until they were forced out by the Great Destroyer (GW1). They quickly adapted to surface life and are one of the most powerful races in Tyria. They are considered alchemagical inventors and intellectual giants. They are typical between 2’10” and 3’11” tall, slender, with head, hands, and feet in a bit exaggerated dimensions. Highly articulate ears and large eyes that come in a variety of colors. We won’t talk about the shark like teeth. Rata Sum is an interesting and amazing place and also their home.
We are playing three Asura who plan to go out and get into plenty of trouble. Sahba is an engineer, jack of all trades and eventually master of many. She is currently healing us with a healing turret. I’m a mesmer, one day I’ll be a master of misdirection. I already have three clones I can create to fight by my side. And Lessah is an assassin or maybe a thief or something that she will tell us about because I can’t find any information about assassins and their super secret stuff.
Other games
Raft
Outlaws of the Old West
This game has real potential. I wish they would do the following:
Clean up the crafting system so that some benches will act as duel purpose benches. Why do you need a spinning wheel and a sewing bench? Put them on the same work bench.
Fix Guard/ Hired gun AI. They stop following you and get bugged very easily.
Guild Wars 2
I LOVE love love love this game. And it’s not just because Crispin Freeman’s Voice is all over the place. It is engaging and fun and I feel like I have really earned everything I have.
I also feel incredibly engaged by the story arcs. Don’t get me started on how much I appreciate the graphics.
This is a F2P game. You buy the game and there is no sub fee.
Sahba’s thoughts?
7dtd
Housekeeping!
Please excuse our dust as we revamp the format of the show a bit to include more of the content of other games. I don’t want to shake the listener base so I might reach out to all three of you individually to make sure you’re ok.
Mythery – Redo the website. Choose your character outfit. Do all the things. Please make the cold spells work at least 50% of the time and design some pretty shoes. Thanks. 🙂 I said please AND thanks!
The Damsels are three lady gamers who talk about the games they play. This time we had some big problems with A Small Problem in DDO. We also decided to break into a vault…at night. I mean OF night! Vault of Night. Only you can’t just rock up to a vault and say “Hey, can I get in?” There are steps involved. Who knew? Sahba and Mythery also tried to tackle the Wild West for the low price of 8 dollars. We will see how that went. Thanks so much for listening!
The Kundarak Bank is offering a free toaster, no conditions apply, with a new account for a limited time on the hardcore server. Send an in-game mail to “FierceFred” and ask, “Hey man, Where is my toaster?”
Intro:
The Damsels is Recorded Live on Sunday, July 5th. This is our 129th show.
Lessah jibberjabbers about things and Myth corrects and Sahba sleeps
So many things to speak about.
Hardcore is going ok.
Level 10, extra life, holding 11, crafted some sweet full plate.
Do not wish for a beta male unless you really want one
A listener tweeted me and asked for my pally build. I decided to adopt him.
What we learned:
Lessah: I need a horse on every character now. Grrrrrrr.
I have some not very nice things to say about this quest so I’m going to do like Thumper’s mom said and keep them to myself. I will say, this wasn’t the 1st time this quest made me feel like I had wasted a small chunk of my life. I was very happy when Sahba said she didn’t mind redboxing Under the Big Top AND that she was able to get in that way. That quest is a tad long but 4 chests at the end! Woot.
Other games
The Isle
Outlaws of the Old West
7 Days to Die Mythery and Patrick’s world
How was Hoard Night?
Alpha 19?
Guild Wars 2
Guess who hasn’t played this game thanks largely to DDO? (Cue Mythery singing “All By Myself”
This is a F2P game. You buy the game and there is no sub fee.
Mythery – Do all the things. Please make the cold spells work at least 50% of the time and design some pretty shoes. Thanks. 🙂 I said please AND thanks!
. 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. 
