Ctrl Alt WoW - The Podcast...

AprilPvd and Grand Nagus discuss Final Fantasy XIV and Virtual Reality.Send an email to ctrlaltwow@gmail.com telling us how you play Virtual Reality and video games as an altoholic or dealing with it in your family life.

Email and audio from Rigarmorty

Hi CAW Crew,

Attached, is a bit of a lengthy rambling audio about what I've been up to gaming etc.(about 10 mins).Apologies if it's too long, when I'm reducing steroids I kind of ramble on a bit.

I still can't quite remember the name of the couple I was thinking of at the end. I know that she did a Wow parody song and their contributions were great and she might have been a guest host a few times and although I keep thinking of Alachia it's not her. Anyway, of course, I could have quoted the necronomicons with "Undead love is forever".

So, not my usual affair as the dungeon keys are still missing so just my voice but will see what I can put together for future ones but happy to contribute with audio updates again, if you'll still have me and can deal with mostly GW2 and other random game updates from me.

Cheers,

Rigarmorty

Grand Nagus:

Grand Nagus will be back in the next episode.

AprilPvd in VR:

Battle Orbs

An interesting game that’s more like three dimensional pool and Demeo combined.

Sail

They updated SAIL. It’s much harder now. There is a couple of NPC ships that you can battle, but the rewards are just OK. This school events now are random places. And after you kill so many for the bronze one really hard guy comes out and does a lot of damage and for the silver too really hard guys come out and I couldn’t kill them. The gold is now on land instead of on a ship so you can’t just park your ship off to the side and shoot your cannons anthem. they’ve also started a thing where you can put bounties on people.

Medieval Dynasty

Had a blast working on my crops and mining or. I need to go out and hunt the three new.

Zenith

Only one person showed up for the event last Saturday

Video Version on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/pSq2zxkIcMk?si=T_CCjmIsNd0FWq5i

AprilPvd

https://www.twitch.tv/ctrlaltwow

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https://www.youtube.com/aprilpvd

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Recording Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Ctrl Alt WoW Episode 823 - Play or Not to Play, That is the Question

Grand Nagus:

I’ve been decorating my apartment, and this is the centerpiece of it.

New Online Store attire: The Warden’s Attire.

Space suit was introduced:

FFXIV: Cosmosuit - Full Glamour Showcase

Valheim in VR is Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!

AprilPvd in VR:

Ilysia

I have given up completely on ILYSIA. Supposedly there is a quicker way to get to your weapons, but I just couldn’t figure it out and I found myself getting killed because I couldn’t switch from my bow to my blades fast enough when a mob was on. Plus it seemed like a level eight I was quickly approaching the game and still did not have a good understanding of how my skills were being used. The friend that was helping me or rather carrying me was trying to tell me something, but it was making me feel like a burden. I was constantly thanking her, but still not getting a good understanding of the mechanics.

She had had a similar response to when we were playing Medieval Dynasty and I had an epiphany that maybe all games aren’t for everyone. That’s when I realised how much I was missing legendary tales.

Legendary Tales

So I’m back in legendary tales and I realized we’re playing ILYSIA that I really enjoyed the weapons manufacturers mechanics. When I gathered loot to break down and then choose the ones I wanted to make it was very satisfying.

I have several characters, but I decided I wanted to go back to my archer and work on her. The really good thing about legendary tales is while I can play solo so I can concentrate on my quest line and getting my gear, when I’m at the point that I need to move up it’s easy to find a server with people on it that are willing to help. I even found someone to give me some nice beer and a bunch of potions. but I realised that unlike ILYSIA I was doing more steady fighting. One of my main purposes in video games in VR is to get exercise.

Zenith

I logged into Zenith to do cosmetic craze Saturday before last and found out they had cut down to five servers. It's sad because there was at least 20 at one point and a lot of them were full. When they started, you were locked to a server for so many hours, which made it hard for you to play with your friends.

Five or six of the regular showed up and we had a really good time. I really love the mechanics of that game and I actually went back in a couple more times during those suing week to love on my Blade and get her more gear.

Train World Sim

I'm progressing in my career. I really really love. I also went into derail Valley for a little bit and had a blast. At one point I was having a hard time going up the hill so I pulled into a yard and I got rid of the oil tanks I was hauling.

Sail

I got my golden fishing rod. I was at 899,000 gold coins when I just decided to go in and do a bunch of the big boss Ghost Maw to get 15,000 gold each time. It’s very strange. I love the feeling of being on the water and I have to ship my sales in the right direction and steer away and shoot my cannons just right so it was very very fun.

Medieval Dynasty

I harvested my crops, but my biggest thing I was getting low on iron, which is the best material to make weapons with because they last long. So I went out at the end of autumn to try to find as much iron as I could before the season was over.I ended up dying a couple of times, but because I’m in co-op, it’s OK.