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Premise: Do not be concerned about how much treasure you can store up for yourself on Earth. Be more concerned about other’s eternity, and how your treasure can be used for God.

Main Scripture: Luke 12:13-15, Colossians 3:8, Luke 12:16-19, Luke 12:20-21

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Hey everyone. Thanks to a technical issue with our recording software, the last 3-4 weeks of podcasts made us sound like Kratos with severe head cold! I believe I fixed all the issues so on with the show! Will be making sure every week that the audio is properly done, and uploaded ASAP. On with the show!

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

Hey Folks! Happy New Year! We are back after the holiday break and are delaying our Games of the Year Show until a bit later in the month.  This week we talk about the Dave the Diver Dredge Crossover, Super Mario RPG and Thalen’s child plotting an interesting course through the game, and a return to Monster Hunter World. With Bobby Kotick leaving ActiBlizz, Bel has stepped back into World of Warcraft and talks a bit about his thoughts so far and the inspirations taken from Guild Wars 2.  From there we talk a bit about missing trade league despite how much of a capitalist nightmare it is and how it makes the players focus entirely on short-term gains. Bel talks a bit about how he has shifted his Chieftain into Righteous Fire and how it is a reasonable replacement for RF Juggernaut.  Finally, some breaking news while we are recording…  we talk a bit about the new FFXIV job Pictomancer, and the new limited job Beastmaster.

Topics Discussed:

• Dave the Diver Dredge Crossover

• Super Mario RPG Remake

• Monster Hunter World

• World of Warcraft after 3 Years Away

• Influences from Guild Wars 2

• Path of Exile

• The line goes up, and financialization of everything in another inflation league

• Righteous Fire Chieftain

• Missing Trade League

• Final Fantasy XIV

• New Dawntrail News

• Pictomancer

• Beastmaster

• OrcaCon

Hey Folks! This week we start off with a topic about in game events, and how wildly different they can be between various games.  Specifically this topic was inspired by the Star Citizen IAE 2953 event but we give into many different game events.  Ash gets around to playing Armored Core 6 and talks about how awful the intro to the game is.  Bel laments how sometimes maybe being a more Open World experience makes a game worse.  Specifically this is inspired by Jedi Survivor and how it is a much less tight game than Fallen Order.  Shocking to no one we dive into another Path of Exile topic and more specifically how Kodra and Bel completed some dumb Trial of the Ancestors achievements.  Bel has finished Alan Wake II and gives the game another hard plug and then talks a bit about how Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure is really good.

Topics Discussed:

• In Game Festival Events

• Star Citizen IAE 2953

• Final Fantasy events

• Other Game Holidays

• Armored Core 6

• Why is the intro so awful?

• Sometimes Open World Makes Games Worse

• Jedi Survivor

• Muddied Waters

• Path of Exile

• Doing Dumb things with Totems

• Lament of why Multiplayer is needlessly punishing

• Kodra knocking out achievements

• Alan Wake II - After Credit Roll

• Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure is good

We all know those big moments in RPGs. A place, a scene, or a pivotal battle that really makes the game and solidifies it in your memory. The scoring in those moments isn't always what makes it work, but it often plays a crucial role. In many cases, the music really does make the moment, if not the game. Today we are talking about songs that carry that burden of really defining the RPG they're in, making the whole experience better by just being there.

We've been wanting to do this topic for over four years, and there's certainly more music that fits the bill than we had time for, but we are thrilled to talk about these eight songs. Be sure to get in touch with us and let us know some of your game-defining music!

Featuring: Mike Salbato, Zach Wilkerson, Wes Iliff, Stephanie Sybydlo; Edited by Paul Dennis

Tracklist
0:05:54 - Transcending Love (HIMEKAMI) - Suikoden III
0:08:59 - Dynamis (Masayoshi Soken) - Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
0:26:56 - Theme of Grandia (Noriyuki Iwadare) - Grandia
0:31:32 - Arc the Lad Theme (Masahiro Andoh) - Arc the Lad
0:48:09 - Star Ocean Forever - Jazz Ver. (Motoi Sakuraba) - Star Ocean: Till The End of Time
0:55:15 - Battle 3 (Yasunori Shiono) - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
1:14:33 - Weight of the World / The End of YoRHa (Keichii Okabe) - NieR: Automata
1:20:02 - Carrying the Weight of Life (Kenji Hiramatsu & Yasunori Mitsuda) - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
1:49:26 - Wes' bonus track!

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Featuring: Ammosart, Belghast, Grace, and Thalen

Hey Folks! We are down essentially our entire Seattle contingency for assorted reasons that I don’t believe are actually connected.  So we carry forward with our Central and Eastern Timezone folks and talk a bit about BlizzCon and how there was a wildly different energy surrounding the event.  It feels like a new chapter for Blizzard is opening that may or may not have anything to do with the Microsoft acquisition.  From there we talk a bit about the Krangled event and how bizarre it is to play with a randomized passive tree.  Bel talks about the situation at Bungie and the general sense of dire straights for the Destiny franchise.  Bel also talks a bit about easing back into Final Fantasy XIV and catching up on the post-Endwalker content.  He has also been playing New World a bit and going through the expansion content while leveling to 65 and farming some new gear.  Finally, we drive off into a discussion about the books that we have been reading and float the idea of a “Books of the Year” show similar to our “Games of the Year” show we often do.

Topics Discussed:

• BlizzCon 2023

• Overwatch

• Diablo

• World of Warcraft

• Three Expansion Cycle

• The War Within Features

• A New Feeling Blizzard

• Path of Exile

• Krangled Event is Strange

• Like Bad Sealed Magic

• Bel League Discussion

• Kodra is Super Serious

• The Bungie Situation

• Easing back into FFXIV

• New World Expansion

• Book Talk

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

We start off the show with Ash talking about playing through Wandersong.  From there Thalen talks about his experience with Lost Words, and Tam dives into a discussion about how Far Cry does a shockingly good job with its cultural experience.  From there we talk about Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest and the announcement for the Dawntrail Expansion.  Then we talk a bit about the news coming out of ExileCon with Path of Exile II.  We also talk a bit about the changes coming to the first game with 3.22 and the Trail of the Ancestors League.  Finally, we wrap things up with a discussion about Dave the Diver again and how it is this weird showcase for how to make a good mobile game…  even though it isn’t one.

Topics Discussed:

• Wandersong

• Lost Words

• Far Cry 6

• How it gets culture right

• Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail

• WOL Goes on Vacation

• Path of Exile II

• Path of Exile 3.22

• Trial of the Ancestors

• Dave the Diver

• Good Mobile Game

Many times in life, we feel stuck where we are at.  Through prayer and focusing on Jesus, we will experience God in a way like we never have before.

Main Scripture: Luke 9:28-36

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We interrupt the expected "Musical RPGs" episode with a quick listen to some recent music, just as we did earlier in the year with episode 101. With new Zelda and Final Fantasy XIV music that came our way in May, Mike had to share those. But there's several other notable indie projects to share too, so enjoy what we're listening to, and let us know what's been in your ears lately!

Featuring: Mike Salbato, Hilary Andreff; Edited by Jono Logan

Links for this episode

• Retro Encounter 183 - Ys: The Oath in Felghana Part I | RPGFan
• Retro Encounter 184 - Ys: The Oath in Felghana Part II | RPGFan
• Zack Parrish on Bandcamp

Tracklist
0:03:10 - Set the Stage on Fire (The Stage Is Set)(Nobuo Uematsu, arr. by Zack Parrish) - Final Fantasy VIII: SeeDs of Pandora
0:07:29 - Stargazing (Andrew Jeremy) - Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly OST
0:26:24 - Water Dungeon (Maybe Toru Minegishi) - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
0:41:08 - Trading Town of Redmont (Ys III: Wanderers from Ys) (Falcom Sound Team jdk, arr. GENTLE LOVE) - Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies Volume III
1:03:55 - Mysterious Place (Deniz Akbulut, arr. by Takahiro Eguchi) - CrossCode ~ The Ultimate Arrange
1:06:55 - Golbez Theme (Nobuo Uematsu, arr. by Masayoshi Soken?) - Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.4: The Dark Throne

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At long last the Composers Top 5 has come to a close.

Ratnado and SqatCobblr highlight Michiru Yamane of Castlevania fame & Masayoshi Soken who's notable contributions to Final Fantasy XIV have played to Ratnado for 1000+ hours. These Composers may be last discussed but are undoubtedly just as appreciated as the rsst by the Scrollies Sqadnado!

Check out Ratnado's playlist of Soken songs from FFXIV!

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

Folks… after a year of trying to win the housing lottery in FFXIV, Belghast finally gets a house and in the same lot number that we used to have an FC House in Mists.  From there Kodra talks about the tabletop game Middara and how it contains one of the best tutorials for a game that he has seen. One of the negative side effects of recording massive two-part games of the year show is there are hot topics that end up getting thrown on the back burner.  From there we finally talk about the situation happening with Wizards of the Coast, the Open Gaming License, and the entire community abandoning ship.  We talk a bit about Fog Sudoku and Kodra explains what exactly it is.  From there we finish out the night talking about Marvel Midnight Suns and how in some ways it is a perfect game, and in other ways, it completely misses the point.

Topics Discussed

• Housing Windfall in FFXIV
• Middara is a Great Tutorial
• Wizards of the Coast Burning
• Self Own of 2023
• Misunderstanding their Community
• The rise of ORC and fall of OGL
• Fog Sudoku
• Marvel Midnight Suns

Indigo Prophecy, VA-11 Hall-A, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, Elden Ring, Cult of the Lamb, Cats and Soup, Stray, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Powerwashing Simulator, Sea of Thieves, Final Fantasy XIV, World of Warcraft: Classic, Jedi Fallen Order, It Takes Two, MediEvil

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

Tonight is a bit of an odd show because it is in fact our 400th episode of AggroChat.  If you had told me in April of 2015 that we would still be doing the show in 2022…  I probably would have given you some side-eye.  However here we are and for the most part, AggroChat has above all other things…  been a time that the seven of us hang out every single week both in the lead-up to the show and events that often spawn after the show.  Last week after the show we kicked around the idea of doing something special, which ended up materializing into a Question and Answer session.

Huge thanks to our listeners who gave us some questions on the spur of the moment.  The complete lack of planning…  absolutely fits the overall theme of AggroChat as a show.  We had a lot of fun answering the questions so who knows…  maybe we will do another one of these at 500 or 600.

Topics Discussed

• Listener Submitted Questions

Why do we forgive others? How do we forgive ourselves? Let's understand the depth of God's forgiveness for us.

Main Scripture:

Forgiving Others
📖 Matthew 18:21-22
📖 Matthew 6:14-15
📖 Romans 3:23

Forgiving Yourself
📖 1 John 1:9
📖 Proverbs 24:16
📖 John 10:10

God's Forgiveness for Us
📖 Romans 5:8
📖 Romans 8:37-39

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

Hey Friends!  It is finally that time where we record our big full spoiler show for Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker expansion.  It has become tradition to record one of these when all of our crew have played through the expansion and yesterday afternoon Kodra finally finished it.  We also ended up recording for far longer than we have EVER recorded for one of these shows.  We started about an hour early and still finished up two hours late for a grand total of around four hours of podcast to edit.  

The end result is that we are chopping this down into three separate shows which is a first for us.  We have a storied history of double episodes but never a triple.  This week we have the final of this sequence.  Hopefully you enjoy the show, and if Final Fantasy XIV is not your jam then I guess we will see you hopefully in a couple weeks for more live shows.

Topics Discussed

• Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker