Gaiscioch Community Notes Issue 5, 2020

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Cead Mile Failte!

This month was quite historical if I may say so. Most of us have spent April indoors. One of the wonderful things about a community like ours is we can speak to one another from the far reaches of the world. We've got wonderful people who have given us their first hand experiences from 6 of the 7 continents. Sorry Antarctica crew, I haven't met you yet! One thing is for certain. This moment in our lives will go down in history. 

Along with Coronavirus came several repercussions, some of which were loss of employment, economic instability, and I've even heard from a few that have battled this disease and won. But not all is bad. This month we saw a resurgence of familiar faces reappearing in the community. People have time on their hands and are taking a moment to reconnect with old friends. Whatever your story is, be sure to write down your memories and experiences as they are a moment in history. 

Let's dive into some news.

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Gaiscioch Family News

Gaiscioch Community Summit - May 2nd, 2020

Join us for our Spring 2020 Gaiscioch Community Summit as we take a look at our past 3 months and look forward to the months ahead. The Livestream kicks off at 3PM Pacific / 6PM Eastern on Twitch.tv.

We encourage all members to attend live on Twitch.tv or check out the replay on YouTube. We will be Gathering in Discord for the AMA portion of the event so be sure to tune in! If you have a question you'd like answered post it in the AMA section of Discord under Public Events.

Inside the Family

Gaiscioch Family Patreons:

Want to give a special shout-out to those members who are helping enable our community to do great things. Their financial support has allowed us to expand the tools at our disposal and maintain the community without burning a hole in my personal savings. While a still do pay a bit out of pocket their contributions have prevented me from having to work side gigs to keep us afloat and for that, I am eternally grateful. It's at a manageable level I am comfortable with. Without these Patreons, you'd be seeing a lot less of me. Thank you for keeping me in-game and focused on growing our community.

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Gaiscioch Family Promotions:

I wanted to take a moment to say congratulations to a few members this month for accepting their next credo and stepping into a new role in our family.

Veteran Members (Curadh)

Veteran Members have proven their devotion to the family by participating in events and contributing to the family's success. They have been active more than 90 days and have continued to be contributing members to the family.

  » HousecarlKarl   » KaySlays   » LockeCole   » Pfredde

Official Members (Lorgaire)

Official Members have earned the rank of Lorgaire and have accepted the Mark of the Kindred credo. They have officially decided to become members of the family and start their journey to ascend the roles of the Gaiscioch Family.

  » BlackBacon   » Kiobio   » Kwylos   » Martlyn   » Midnight   » Ricesim   » Rome   » Scrippy   » Wraith

Please Welcome Our Newest Members

Gaiscioch By The Numbers

Population
Group Active % New Join
Guild Wars 2 210 52% 11 Join
Elder Scrolls Online 154 38% 8 Join
World of Warcraft: Classic 74 18% 4 Join
Conqueror's Blade 66 13% 22 Join
New World 23 5% 1 Join
Ashes of Creation 60 12% 1 Join
Adventures 268 67% 33  
Total 402   49  
Magazine
Group Total
Subscribers 5,328
Readers 540,747
Views 1,782,904
Followers
Media Total
Twitch 1,079
YouTube 593
Twitter 914

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Chapter Evaluation Goal: 40% Total Active Gaiscioch Population (202) or 200 Votes Pre-Launch.

Potential Chapter News

  1. Ascent: Infinite Realm Renamed Elyon, Closed Beta Coming To Korea April 11
    MMORPG.com
  2. Ashes of Creation plans its alpha one testing starting in May
    Massively Overpowered
  3. Ascent: Infinite Realm rebrands to Elyon, launches new website
    Massively Overpowered
  4. Amazon’s MMO New World just delayed launch from May to August 25
    Massively Overpowered
  5. Amazon's New World MMO Delayed | Game Rant
    Game Rant
  6. New World, Amazon's Upcoming MMO, Delayed to August
    IGN
  7. New World Release Date Moved to Summer
    GameSpace
  8. MMO Week in Review: MMORPG pandemic delays, from New World to FFXIV
    Massively Overpowered
  9. New World of Warcraft Races Leak from Shadowlands Datamine
    Game Rant
  10. Massively OP Podcast Episode 267: Who had ‘New World delay’ on their bingo card?
    Massively Overpowered

Chapter 4:
Guild Wars 2

Taking on Heart of Thorns in May

In preparation for the next expansion, we have been rotating into the wonderful world of PvE every other week. This month we will finish up the Heart of Thorns zones, gathering as many mastery points and hero points as possible while seeking out some of the fun meta events that spawn in the region.

Once the next Living Story chapter drops we'll be rolling into that as a group to finish it together. It's my hope that we can catch a lot of our members up in time for the release of the next expansion late 2020 early 2021.

This event will continue to rotate between WvW and PvE so we can hopefully help a bunch of you get the upgraded warclaw skin as well.

Join us Mondays at 6PM PT for adventures rotating between WvW and Heart of Thorns.

Guild Wars 2 Events at a Glance

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Top Guild Wars 2 News For April, 2020

  1. Guild Wars 2 April Fool's Day Update Must Be Seen to Be Believed (Spoilers)
    MMORPG.com
  2. Guild Wars 2 Patch Tweaks Nightmare and Professions
    MMORPG.com
  3. A fan-made Guild Wars 2 dating sim is arriving on Friday to support charity
    Massively Overpowered
  4. The Stream Team: Colossal kitties in Guild Wars 2
    Massively Overpowered
  5. Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Box reopens next week, plus somebody bought the golden sink
    Massively Overpowered
  6. Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box festival is finally live (check out the new SAB raptor skin!)
    Massively Overpowered
  7. Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Festival Live Now
    MMORPG.com
  8. Obituary: Halo Infinite and Guild Wars 2 lead technical artist Jens Hauch
    GamaSutra
  9. The Game Archaeologist: The history of Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box
    Massively Overpowered
  10. Classic Guild Wars is turning 15 years old with a party, new gear, and a Guild Wars 2 gift
    Massively Overpowered

Legacy Chapter 5:
Elder Scrolls Online

Elder Scrolls Online Takes a Jump in Activity

Over the past month we've seen a surge of new activity and new players joining the community. Sir Henry has posted a schedule of events on our site and in discord for easy access. Be sure to get involved and prepare for the next big chapter arriving in June. Once the new chapter drops you can look forward to joining many of your favorite Gaiscioch in exploring Greymoor and hunting vampires.

Elder Scrolls Online Events at a Glance

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Top Elder Scrolls Online News For April, 2020

  1. Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor has been delayed, but only by about a week
    Massively Overpowered
  2. Reminder, Elder Scrolls Online Anniversary Jubilee Ends Tomorrow
    MMORPG.com
  3. The Stream Team: Celebrating six years of Elder Scrolls Online with song
    Massively Overpowered
  4. Tamriel Infinium: Exploring the revamped vampires of Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor
    Massively Overpowered
  5. Elder Scrolls Online – Greymoor Update Is Delayed
    GameSpace
  6. It turns out that YouTube megastar Jenna Marbles is an Elder Scrolls Online junkie
    Massively Overpowered
  7. Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor Gets Slightly Delayed | Game Rant
    Game Rant
  8. The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s daughter of giants
    Massively Overpowered
  9. Here’s a full guide to experiencing The Elder Scrolls Online’s story in order
    Massively Overpowered
  10. Elder Scrolls Online aims to make a ‘familiar and mysterious’ Skyrim with Greymoor
    Massively Overpowered

Honorary Chapter 6:
World of Warcraft: Classic

The Next Big Content Pack has Arrived

Within the jungles of Stranglethorn Vale, distant drums beat in an ancient ritual calling forth the Blood God, Hakkar, to the ancient troll city of Zul’Gurub. Beyond the jungle, ancient emerald dragons rise, the insidious Silithid begin to swarm, and perhaps the most dangerous sport of all gets underway: the Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Extravaganza.

Be sure to check out the details at: https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23391283/wow-classic-zul-gurub-and-more-now-available

World of Warcraft: Classic Events at a Glance

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Top World of Warcraft: Classic News For April, 2020

  1. Relief From Long World of Warcraft Classic Queues Incoming Pending Internal Testing
    MMORPG.com
  2. Blizzard Shares World of Warcraft Covenant Class, Signature Abilities, and Shadowlands Update
    MMORPG.com
  3. World of Warcraft previews the class changes arriving in Shadowlands
    Massively Overpowered
  4. World of Warcraft Datamine Reveals New Vampire Models for Shadowlands
    MMORPG.com
  5. World of Warcraft Retail Adds Reputation Buff & Extends XP Bonus
    GameSpace
  6. World of Warcraft updates its quest icons, director Ion Hazzikostas talks big changes
    Massively Overpowered
  7. Blizzard Responds to Druid Class Changes in World of Warcraft
    MMORPG.com
  8. World of Warcraft's double-XP buff will now last until the next expansion's pre-patch
    Rock Paper Shotgun
  9. World of Warcraft’s beta client is no longer deprecated in the Battle.net launcher
    Massively Overpowered
  10. World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands closed alpha is finally beginning this week
    Massively Overpowered

Popular Adventure:
Conqueror's Blade

A New Beginning as Season 3 Kicks Off

Season 3 launched on April 21st with a world and house reset. Our three houses are all off to the races and we're making a hard push for rank 4 where we can secure Nordtal. Once we have regained our territories we will begin forging alliances with those who call themselves neighbors.

Our Base Camp

This season we welcome all members to move your camp to Hunting Lodges. The new location of Hunting Lodges makes it an optimal home base for us. This will prevent massive repair bills in the event our cities fall. As an added bonus it has a Trading Post where you can easily sell excess supplies for some quick silver. With the new resource delivery system people will no longer have to travel to places to pick up their resources. This will make selling at hunting lodges that much easier. It also has a smuggler where you can buy crafting resources.

As an added bonus. People won't have to move their camps every time they switch houses.

Our Territories

With the change in what level houses can take which fiefs, this season looks to get a little crazy. It might be difficult for us to justify holding onto 3 of the 25 available fiefs for level 1 houses. With Borderlands initially closed it will be even more difficult for us to secure and hold onto them. Once houses level up and the borderlands opens it will make it a bit easier for us to secure a foothold. In the meantime we will setup a 2 phase plan.

Season Three Timeline:

  • The Baron's War: May. 6th - May. 19th
  • Crossing Frontiers: May. 20th - May. 26th
  • Heart of the World: May. 27th - Jun. 16th
  • Conqueror's Crown: Jun. 17th - Jun. 30th

Phase One: April 21st - May. 19th

We will aim to secure Fallenberg for Gaiscioch and Mainstadt for ArachDubh. If we can secure Nordtal we will however we may allow our ally Heavenly Kingdom to sit on it until they can move to Ellbogen or Huegelstadt. We will however focus on Fief Questing on Mainstadt, Nordtal, Fallenberg, and Kupferbach. We want to prep them for our long term takeover.

Phase Two: May. 20th - Jun. 30th

In phase two, we will stretch our legs a little and secure Kupferbach and Nordtal. By this time the houses who fight in the borderlands will migrate out of our region and we will be able to stretch our legs a little.

Now in order to secure Nordtal Gaiscioch must reach House Rank 3 by May 4th. If you are registered at Gaiscioch.com please contact Foghladha for instructions on joining House Gaiscioch for the start of season 3. We want to fill the house with our most active players to meet our goal of rank 3. We will have 13 days to raise 150,000 house exp. 

Fief Questing

We will be speed upgrading Fallenberg and Mainstadt to rank 7. If you are Gaiscioch, focus your Fief quests on Mainstadt for highest honour rewards. If you are in ArachDubh focus on Fallenberg. If you are in Tuatha and are reading this Contact Foghladha to migrate to ArachDubh. You pass the test.

Our goal is to have Fallenberg & Mainstadt at rank 7 and Nordtal at least at rank 6. The higher the level the more rewards we will be able to pass out on a weekly basis.

New Systems for Season 3

Crafting Kits and Siege Weapons can only be done at select Fiefs. This will make selling kits and siege weapons a very lucrative business on the silver front. Be sure to take advantage of our home base being Hunting Lodges this season and stick kits and materials on the Trading Post. This will be an excellent way to earn silver and a good way to get the funds to buy your starting purple gear, skill pages and keys.

Conqueror's Blade Events at a Glance

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Top Conqueror's Blade News For April, 2020

  1. Conqueror's Blade Deploys 'Season Iii: Soldiers Of Fortune' On April 21
    MMORPG.com
  2. Conqueror's Blade Receives Free Update Bringing Season 3: Soldiers of Fortune
    MMORPG.com

Recreational:
Gaiscioch Adventures

New World Postponed to August 21st

Like most other games in development that were set to release this summer, New World is taking a bit of time to polish things up and get things set for their release. 

Gaiscioch will have a presence in New World and it's important that you sign up in our Adventure section to give me an idea of how many to expect. There are small guild size limitations in effect, so I will be rotating our rosters in the traditional whoever has been away the longest, for whoever is playing now fashion. I'm hoping we can make it work and keep all of us on the front line. 

We will be focusing on the Syndicate faction as we will be fighting against the power-hungry, muscle-bound, Meatheads known as Marauders, and the fanatical doctrine following, heretic burning, zealots known as the Covenant. Our quest is one of forbidden knowledge and enlightenment but with three other factions wanting to prevent the masses from being enlightened, we must do so with cunning and guile.

Join the adventure at:
https://www.gaiscioch.com/adventures/new_world/

Action RPGs Sundays Continue With Path of Exile in May

A few of our members got the itch to play some ARPGs. This past month I've streamed Wolcen on my Sunday streams with Burialsoup, DocRestless, Gary and Trithian. Now the merry band of ARPG warriors is growing and has spread to Path of Exile.  

For the Month of May I will be streaming the latest season of Path of Exile with up to 7 additional players. Path of Exile is free to play and has 8 player coop. Tune in or download it to give it a try. I have a Gaiscioch guild already created in there from a Streams of Epic Adventure episode with Smitty and Soren.

Get involved in Path of Exile at:
https://www.gaiscioch.com/adventures/path_of_exile/

Ashes of Creation Alpha One Approaches

In what appears to be our next great chapter, Ashes of Creation has revealed it's progress in an hour-long Livestream along with the announcement of Alpha One beginning in May. While I won't be able to play till the Betas unless I get lucky, I will be watching it closely and keep you updated on developments.

In the meantime, check out their recent 1-hour preview Livestreams. There's some really neat stuff in there including a world boss that attacks your village/city.

Get involved in what might become our next chapter at:
https://www.gaiscioch.com/adventures/ashes_of_creation/ 

Gaiscioch Adventure Events at a Glance

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Gaiscioch Magazine News

Time... The one currency we never have enough of.

These past couples of months have been crazy and chaotic. But they did give me a bit of time to reflect and think about all the things we could become moving forward. I have been thinking really hard about creating a wiki-lite system inside our Gaiscioch Magazine so we can develop game guides over time. Where we can outline features and add screenshots and build our very own Wiki-style site.

I have tried wiki in the past and my biggest problem is that every submission I've ever made has been denied. I spent a lot of time and effort and it just gets denied and thrown away.

I want to build our very own interpretation of it. There are so many games out there like Conqueror's Blade and World of Warcraft Classic that has little to no helpful guides out there. No current information to help players out. What I'm thinking of doing is expanding on our game hubs turning each of them into sections. This allows us to put together a structured format of game guides we can easily edit and update on a regular basis.

I also want to look into being able to import other popular game guides and videos directly into the site as direct links as well to provide a one-stop resource for the games we love.

That said, this is gonna take some time to create. But I think moving forward it might be a nice thing we can do for the game communities we are a part of.

With articles slowing down and availability of new content becoming scarce this will provide us a road forward that we can still write articles about, but aren't confined to just articles.

Latest Features:

Be sure to check out our latest stories and gaming news at: https://www.gaisciochmagazine.com/

Gaiscioch Livestream News

Livestream Lineup

PlayStation Adventures
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Schedule

PlayStation Adventures

Thursdays at 3:00PM PDT
Fridays at 3:00PM PDT
Mondays at 3:00PM PDT
Tuesdays at 3:00PM PDT
Wednesdays at 3:00PM PDT

Gaiscioch Adventures

Fridays at 6:00PM PDT
Saturdays at 11:00AM PDT
Mondays at 6:00PM PDT
Sundays at 11:00AM PDT

Slan Go Foill!
(Goodbye for Now)

Benjamin "Foghladha" Foley
Founder & Activities Director
Gaiscioch Social Gaming Community
E: foghladha@gaiscioch.com

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