The AIE Podcast #445 – WoW Forever, the GW2 version of WoW!

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Ready to live your best Viking life in Valheim?
So, we are going to need ya all to G Quit… no, really!
Masters of the Force, coming to SWTOR Guild near you this winter!
Come join the gang in Map Nights!
And, we have your Blizzcon WRAP UP!

All that and more coming up right now…

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Welcome to episode #445 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey folks, there is a blueberry lemon curd croissant bake in the guild kitchen). This week we are chatting about all of the great Blizzcon news! Welcome!

Ok, we’ll be digging into all of the Blizzcon announcements shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

AIE News

Community
Mandatory Fun Nights

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-

New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com

Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords

Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/

STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport

A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/

NOMADS
Fez (he/him) has a Valheim 1.0 server set up and a growing group is in there living their best Viking life. Check the Nomads channel for server details and chatter.

Continued thanks also go out to @Nazrai and the amazing set of private servers still running across a handful of Nomads games. ARK in particular has a cluster of maps that are really fun right now with the latest updates, like Pirate Ship battles.

WoW
WoW Season 2 is in full swing. Both HFO (alliance MFN raid) does heroics on Wednesday nights and raid on Friday Nights, and Noob raid (MFN raid) on Saturday nights.

The active co-guilds are strong and we have closed the following co-guilds on the Horde side.

The Purge: Mark-2 will take place on Saturday September 19th, please /gquit and submit an in-game applications to Salus or Fortuna.
Comitas (closed)
Gravitas (closed)
Verendus (closed)
Dignitas (closed)
Fidelis (closed)
Invictus (closed)

Remaining Co-guilds
Pondera
Libertas
Audacia
Salus (recruiting)
Fortuna (recruiting)
Virtus (recruiting) – alliance
Amicitia – alliance

SWTOR
We are in the beginning stages of the current Galactic Seasons, so that means there are plenty of things to do in game. Also, Info is starting to flow about the new expansion “Masters of the Force” (8.0) including a let’s-play livestream this past week showing off some of the features to look forward to. This is scheduled to come sometime in late 2026, so it’s a perfect time to come join us in the galaxy in preparation. MFNs are on Tuesday nights and everyone is welcome

FFXIV
Map night continues every Saturday at 9:30 eastern! If you’re 60+ and have finished Heavensward, come join us!

GAME NEWS

BLIZZCON

WoW
- Patch 12.2
  - Housing gets Multiselect & Copy/Paste
  - New 8 Boss Raid including Xal’atath (Worldcore)
  - New Dungeon (Thraegar’s Stand)
  - New Delves difficulty and Nemisis
  - New Mythic+ Pool and rankings against your spec
  - New Caster Legendary
  - NightElf, Forsaken, and Darkspear Trolls can be Paladins
- Patch 12.2.5 – Transmog across armor classes
- Talebound – New roguelite system
WoW Classic Forever
- Cost
  - Current Sub – Free
  - $30 – Unlock Skyborne, transmog, mount, & toy
  - $60 – Previous + 30 days of game time, more transmog, mount and Original Collector’s Edition pets, two Invite-a-Friend codes and beta access
  - $80 – Previous + Warcraft 3: Reforged and DLC Forsaken Kingdom, plus 3 Invite-A-Friend codes
  - $150 – Previous + Physical Collectors Edition – art prints, statue (original Dwarf and Bear companion), collectable pins, and a journal (SOLD OUT)
- Realmless
- Choose last names
- New Legacy system (for alts)
- Launches November 4, 2026
Diablo IV
- New class – Amazon
- Netflix Animated Series
- Season 15 – Return of Deckard Cain (for the Season)
- Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 – September 15
Diablo V
- Release 2029
- Alternate version of Diablo where Sanctuary has fallen and is ruled by DIablo
- Classes – Monk, Demon Hunter, and new Plague Knight, plus more to come
Hearthstone
- New class Monk
- Battlegrounds get Aberrations with discard effect, but Naga rotated out
- New expansion, Reign of the Black Empire
- Releases October 20
Heroes of the Storm
- Xal’atath is the first hero added since 2022
- Another Hero is coming, not announced
Overwatch
- Doctrine is the next support hero to join Talon
- Sombra moved to support?
StarCraft (Ghost)
- Release 2030
- Open-world shooter
Warcraft III Reforged expansion
- Forsaken Kingdom
- Takes place at the fall of Lordaeron and the creation of the Undercity
- New Class – Forsaken Paladin
- SD/HD graphics mode
- Releases – Out today

Mewkow- If you want to see all the announcement trailers, BlizzardWatch has a great write-up and links to all https://blizzardwatch.com/2026/09/13/melting-marines-crucified-angels-titan-kaiju-laser-beaming-wyrmrest-temple-blizzcon-2026-trailer-roundup/

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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank us for joining us.

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And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…

Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…

– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.