Its too late for clever.. here are the patch notes 
It clearly WAS too late for clever last night, as I attached episode 24 again!! So sorry for those who jumped right in and downloaded the new episode, only to find a repeat.
This post has the correct attachment – Episode 25!
This week we discuss
- Mids Joins Titan Network! Issue 12 Version Soon!
- Positron Broadcasts Live on MMORPG.com!
- There was Server Maintenance, Wednesday, May 28th
- May 28th Patch Notes
- Executive Producer Talks with MMOABC.com
- Community Digest is Fixed
- Stone Melee nerfage
- Twilight Guardian from Top Cow, written by Troy Hickman – Support one of our own!
- Interview with Troy Hickman
- Review of Twilight Guardian by Wizard Universe
- Calls for Cthulhu
- Promo: Parsec Awards
During the regularly schedule maintenance on the morning of Friday, May 30th (starting at 6 AM Pacific and lasting for 2 hours) NCSoft will be running the following grants on the live servers:
- Free Respec
This will grant a respec to characters that does not stack with any previous free respecs a character may have. Given this non-stacking nature, if you have a free respec currently, you may want to use it before the grant is run. - Free Tailor Token
This will apply free tailor or facemaker session tokens for each costume slot a character has. - Global Chat Handle reset
All accounts initially start with the ability to change their global chat handle one time. This grant will reset that and allow accounts who had previously changed their global chat handle to do so again. This is a one time chat handle change, so please use it wisely.
( yes, that’s 4 minutes, not 4 hours )
We just received news that NCSoft will be offering a special “Reactivation Weekend” in a few days! This means that all accounts that were a prior retail account (as in they were a subscriber not a free trial) will be reactivated during the following window:
Start: Thursday, May 22nd 10am PST / Noon CST
End: Sunday, May 25th 8:59pm PST / 10:59pm CST
So let all of your friends that have unsubscribed know about this special event and take this opportunity to try out Issue 12!!
Get comfy, heroes. It’s a long one…
We ended up with a show chock full of news and comments, but didn’t want to postpone the Intro to Bases further, so you gets the whole jumbo sized episode in one shot!
If you have a problem downloading the whole thing, I’ve split it into two (lower bitrate) pieces which you can directly download here: Part 1, Part 2 (note: right-click and choose “Save Link As” or your browser’s equivalent).
This time we discuss:
- News
- Discussion of SI radio interview which leads to a mini-Paladin spotlight among other things
- Feature: Intro to Bases
- Our first listener meet up
- Listener comments/iTunes Reviews
- Listener feedback in email/voicemail
- The Wandering Geek Podcast
- Promos: 7th Son Obsidian and Takeover.
The plague settles upon our SG Base this week so Viv flies solo while Chooch is incapacitated.
Viv brings to you:
- Additional Character Slots Announcement by Positron
- Rikti Return
- Vanguard info on rikti assault patterns
- Posi’s response in the WARNING: Spoilers to the VEAT storyline follow!
- Hero Dawn Bash Party – April 19
- Loads of listener comments, reviews, and a voicemail
- Promo: Christiana’s Shallow Thoughts
We are in the middle of post production on episode 16, but wanted to record and get this news flash out to you since Issue 12 has been announced! We hope to get episode 16 on the feed in a day or two.
Good hunting heroes!
A special welcome to any new listeners!
This episode was recorded last week but was delayed due to some technical difficulties (and minor construction at our base!)
We discuss;
- Ex Libris links to us on the official forums!
- We’re moving our studio around
- Blaster damage bug corrected
- Further veil fixes
- Clarification from Positron on the TF changes
- A new TF change on Test Server to address some of the gripes
- Main topic: Cryptic Studios Champions Online MMO now in development
- Feedback
- Hop into our new Character Gallery to see what our listener’s characters look like — and add your own!
- Promo: JC Hutchin’s Ultra Creatives Interview Series
This is a bit of a continuation from last episodes information on different character builds. A listener specifically requested information on building a good healer which is why the healing Defender is discussed in-depth here.
As we go over in the episode, we are aware that Defenders are much more than healers (that they indeed are more buffers/debuffers than healers), but since there was a request specifically about healing, here it is.
In this episode we discuss:
- Some quick news (Rikti portal XP update, and a contentious TF/SF change)
- Villain Strike Force information
- New Valentine mish in Atlas Park
- Information about the Manticore/Sister Psyche wedding event
- Our Defender/Healer disclaimer
- Listener feedback
- Another request for SGs to promote – here is your chance to get your SG some exposure and recruit some new blood! Send us your SG details: Name, Server, Website if you have one, the type of SG it is (role play, farming, PVP, etc.), and how to contact you in-game.
- Also, let us know a preferred day/time for an in-game meet up!
- Promo: Geeklabel Radio
Love is in the air!
This is an exciting week, Heroes! Lots going on, so this episode is our longest. Buckle up and enjoy!
- Double XP weekend hangover
- Huuuuuge game patch
- Announcement for this year’s Jubilee event!
Event Timing:
Start: Thursday, February 14th, 8:59am PST / 11:59am EST
Finish: Thursday, February 28th, 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST - Info on Manticore and Sister Psyche’s Valentine’s Day wedding on Training Room/Test Server!
- New game pack available for purchase!
- Other interesting news tidbits as well. Did YOU know about the change to Rikti portals? We didn’t!
Then, because we don’t know when enough is enough, we allow ourselves to have a feature discussion after being inspired by questions from a listener. We discuss powers and enhancement slotting as we prefer them.
- Disclaimer on the possibility that Real Numbers will make all of this moot.
- Discussion on archetypes and builds, and how we personally play them.
- Traditional roles of different archetypes within a team.
- Our rule of thumb on slotting enhancements.
- Hero Planners: Joe Chott’s Hero Planner, Mid’s Hero Designer and Sucker Punch’s Hero Planner for guidance on the effects of enhancements in different slots
- Hero Stats
Promo: Geek Acres
Next episode: Scheduled to be a News episode. If there is no news we will discuss the defender/healer roles as requested by a listener!
All of the patch notes detail what changes are happening on the Test Server and we really hope that some of them go live before the double XP weekend. Probably unrealistic, but there is some cool stuff going on in there! Of course, there is no guarantee that the stuff being tested will ever make it to the live game.
- Changes to powers for various archetypes (lots for Forcefield Controllers, but some for tankers, blasters, and Kheldians)
- Information on “XP curve adjustments” to help with those tough levels
- The “combat attribute window” and “attribute monitor”
- The CoH Planner
- Changes to base storage tracking
- Some small changes to the User Interface
- Don’t forget – Double XP happens this weekend Starting Friday, February 8, 2008 at 8:59am PST / 11:59am EST and ending Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST
- Listener Feedback
- New Promo: Playing For Keeps