Gaiscioch Community News March, 2019
- Well Wishes for Nona and Rhynor
Nona, the eldest active member of our community who began playing alongside me in 2002 with her Minotaur transforming hero in Dark Age of Camelot was diagnosed with cancer. The good news is it didn't spread to her brain and they are able to treat it to slow its growth. Nona has been a staple of this community for almost 2 decades and makes it a point to come out to all of our Seattle meetups. Now cancer didn't know what it was getting itself into as Nona is one of the strongest most stubborn women I have ever known in my life. She is made of something else and is nothing but moxy and resilience. Nona has put up a post on the forum to keep us all updated on her status. Feel free to head over and give her some well wishes.
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- Nothing but #Love4ArenaNet
Following on the heels of Activision and Trion a few months back, ArenaNet was hit with massive layoffs this week. Several of our own Gaiscioch members were let go from the company after NCSoft’s massive reorganization ripped through their ranks. More than 100 ArenaNet Devs have been laid off. Our heart breaks for all of those displaced devs, but we know that the industry as a whole will benefit from their knowledge and skill. These are some of the best developers on the market and will continue to make great games in the future. Hopefully our paths will cross again.
- In Loving Memory of Jennifer "SonjaDarshan" Peacock (1975-2019)
It is with a heavy heart that I report I have received word that Jennifer "SonjaDarshan" Peacock, long time member and mother of two has passed away. She joined us back in 2012 and has played alongside many of you in Guild Wars 2. She was huge help to Nona in her last months and really provided her with some inspiration. She was a loving person who gave it all to the people she loved, sometimes more than they deserved. She always saw the best in all of us.
- Thank You February Patreons!
As always, I cannot express my gratitude enough to all of those that have supported the community through Patreon, Twitch and YouTube. Your contributions have gone a long way into allowing us to grow and provide us with tools to streamline our operation.
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- Allied with Fort Aspenwood
The new pairing has brought us back to Fort Aspenwood. This time the landscape seems much different from the last and there seems to be a bit of a toxicity problem now plaguing the once friendly server. Our first Siege War was plagued with trolling, the lack of support, and overall douchebaggery. I'm really hoping its a fluke and it's not like this all the time. We did have a fun ClubGaiscioch night, but again we couldn't rely on anyone but the SOR folk to join in the fight. Several times we called for help and every time it fell on deaf ears. This 8 weeks is likely to be trying but we'll get through it just like we always have. Sometimes being a Merc can be fun, other times it can be a pain. Let's do our best to keep our open and friendly tone and who knows we might even bring a couple of gems with us when we get re-paired. Keep being awesome people, the few remaining good souls on FA need us.
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- The WvW Mount: Warclaw
It has been delayed a week due to the layoffs but it is still planned to make an appearance on March 5th. This mount will allow you to use supply to tug on a door making everyone have their own personal siege weapon. This will mean that door protection will actually be useful again as Catapults will likely decline in usage. This new cat mount will be available to all Path of Fire owners. Learn more about this mount on the official site.
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- Conqueror's Blade House Test Results
Last week we participated in the grand battle for territories in the CB House Test. This gave us our first test of what live will be like in defending and assaulting territories. Straight out of the gate we managed to secure one of the best farms on the map with two purple nodes. This attracted the attention of two very large guilds. Either one of them could have crushed us, but fast acting diplomacy and alliance weaving led to us becoming allies with both and we kept our village for the first 2 battles (Tue and Thurs). Unfortunately by our third battle our alliance had attracted too much attention and as houses scrambled to secure territory from the ever expanding Uncrowned alliance ours became a hotbed for assault. We fought off two different houses from our village before they finally attacked us together. We simply couldn't last against the heat of both houses at the same time and our village ultimately fell. Overall it was a great taste of what we have to look forward to and just goes to show you how forming alliances can make or break you. We look forward to the next test and hope to get more of you involved. We still have plenty of CBT keys available that will get you in the door during the next beta. Be sure to snag one at https://gsch.info/play/cbgiveaway
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- New Alliance & New Siege Night
This past month we joined a new alliance as the High Ground suddenly blew into a million pieces. We still aren't even sure what happened, we just logged in for our usual event and found only 4 of us left in the alliance and nobody from Salt Factory talking to us. So we went alliance shopping and found a new home with the Grand Alliance of Order. This is the Roleplay Alliance and it's filled with themed guilds. But don't worry they love to RvR as much as we do and since we began on Phoenix Throne, a roleplay server, this is a bit of a homecoming for us.
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- New Gear and Fortresses Make Their Way Into WAR
This past month was a big one for Return of Reckoning as they turned on their re-tooled Fortress sieges. They have been experimenting with some new concepts that are vastly different from the live mechanic. You must be level 40 and realm rank 40 to participate in the new fortress sieges and they will likely go through several revisions before settling on a final version. If you'd like to learn more about them head over to the RoR website.
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- The Division 2 Guilds
There was some great news this month that the Division 2 would have full fledge guilds at launch. We will be able to form up a guild on Day 1 and get people involved. I am hoping that I can find someone on PC to help manage things while I manage the forces on PS4. Our new adventure system allows us to create multiple battlegroups in games so if anyone is interested head over to: https://www.gaiscioch.com/adventures/the_division_2/
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- The Anthem Adventure
For those of you playing Anthem be sure to join the Anthem Adventure. We currently have a warparty setup for PS4 and we'd like to see someone open one for PC. The day one patch improved many of the games shortcomings from the beta weekend and they are committed to a long term 9 month roadmap.
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- Farewell Orcs Must Die Unchained
This is your last month to enjoy Hateweavers pride and joy Orcs Must Die Unchained. Robot entertainment will be pulling the plug on my birthday, April 8th. If your trying to unlock all the achievements, now is your time as everything is free and you can play any class you like. After April 8th it will be impossible to get those achievements. This game was tremendously awesome and I will deeply miss it. Hateweaver has moved on from Robot Entertainment and alas so has our favorite little game.
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- Looking for Writers!
We are very hard pressed for writers these days and could really use some reinforcements. This is a great chance to get your work out there and be a part of a team. We would like to find someone who can take press releases and rewrite them for use on our site.
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- So Close it Hurts!
We are but 8 followers away from 1,000 on Twitch which we will likely have by early next month. This has been a fun quest to get to 1,000 and I look forward to our future as we push for 2,000. Let's hope it doesn't take as long as the first thousand or I may be retired by then :D. Regardless it's been a fun journey and I’ve been blessed with sharing it with so many costars and viewers. The next few months will likely be action packed and fun for all. We will be making use of Twitch’s new clipping tool, which allows us to mash up videos for highlight reels. Feel free to help me out by making some clips of your own from your favorite moments.
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- Static Raid
Always fun and challenging. We are doing better and better. We are definitely getting better and better. Hope we can continue as a guild to do the "end game" content of GW2. We do have to pug and today we got some good ones...
- Static Raid
We got to see some great kills today! As a guild we are getting better and better...of course thanks to Mika! I'm learning a new role-Support chrono and am having fun learning. Great tips and I'm not afraid to 'give it a go" anymore!
- Great adventure
I can not believe what a great accomplishment this run was today. I got pieces for collections, mastery point and great achievement points! Plus a great amount of loot!!! Fog does a great job of getting participants to stay as a group! I appreciate that because I sometimes get lost...
- Rags to Riches
This run is another run that I try o always attend. It is a great way to have fun with guildies and get loot. I seem to always get parts to collections, unlocked gear and loads of materials! In addition I a get a few achievements on the way by chance...
- Silverwaste Rages to Riches
This run is one I always greatly look forward too! Mika is a great teacher and leader. I make 1734 gold and I don't know how much materials because I had to keep emptying my bags! I saved all my envelopes and other items that are affected by magic find...
- Great Adventure
It is always so much fun running with guildies. I really had a great time and great loot.
- fractals
I was in Mika's group and as always I learned alot. Thank you for the run
- Citadel Of Flame
Thanks goat for the fun as always!
