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Welcome to episode #418 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left isTetsemi (enter catch phrase here) And, we are Mewless this evening, but we figured we would get a show out so no one thought we were Podfading! We sure missed you all and there is a ton of news to catch up on!
Ok, so let’s get into the news
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
The BitCraft Alpha is going live on April 4th. It’s a multiplayer, open world, survival/exploration type game. No invites have gone out but they have a signup going on (that’s a little over-gamefied in my view, but ok). We’ll very likely have some AIE people in there checking it out.
Besides the other ongoing fun stuff (Rust, Palworld, ARK, etc.) there will be some single-player RPG games coming out next week that people may want to chat about. Horizon: Forbidden West is finally hitting PC (Steam) and Dragon’s Dogma 2 is looking interesting.
Mkallah- TTRPG News
If you are a world builder, Chaosium is running a Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge with their open gaming license (d100). And let’s be honest, if you’re going to try and label the system as BRP (Basic Roleplaying), we’re going to add Universal and System to it and call it (BURPS). Also it’s being released under the ORC (Open RPG Creative) license.
https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-basic-roleplaying-design-challenge/
Daggerheart is doing a public playtest beginning March 12.
https://app.demiplane.com/ Has Daggerheart Character creation
This system looks really interesting and is much more character focused and story driven.
WoW
The 10.2.6 Content Update Arrives March 19
Mark your calendar for March 19 when the 10.2.6 content update goes live with a bold, new, limited-time event. You won’t want to miss out on the fun. It’s important to note that Dragonflight season 4 will go live several weeks after the release of the 10.2.6 content update. For heroes working toward the Amirdrassil Feats of Strength, you’ll need to obtain Ahead of the Curve: Fyrakk the Blazing before Season 4 begins, and the achievement is no longer available to earn.
Gustytail’s favorite Holiday, the Trial of Style returns as well and there will be Guild runs.
WoW Classic
Cataclysm beta is out, several of our Raid team have gotten invites. The state of Cata Beta is pretty bad. At one point in the Goblin starting area, if you aren’t a mana user, you can’t progress the quests, In the Troll starting area, one quest mob just keeps despawning when you start interacting with him, and you can’t progress further. So that said, we continue to do silly things, like our Dungeon Draft. Part 2 was last night, we leveled to level 24, and completed Shadowfang Keep, Black Fathoms Deep, and the Stockades. The teams got a bit of a shuffle, which was interesting, and more learning was had. The judges are Shrimpiclese, Scotaidh, and Macfearsom, and they have determined that races just don’t work for various reasons. So now its going to be a point system, Finish a dungeon first, and you get 1 point. We also had the Wheel of Doom, where the judges would spin the wheel and we would have to do what ever was on it. One wheel spin had us turning our keyboard around, or putting your mouse in the other hand. one was remove your belt until after the next boss. Generally silly things like that. Overall it was a great time, and fun and silliness was had!
Our next dungeon challenge will be get to level 29, and we expect to do the Scarlet Monastery gauntlet. probably a few weeks from now, as we have people with real life commitments for the next few weekends.
The Bubblegum Unicorns won the challenge this time! Sema’s team won this one, they were just a hair faster than Looci’s team!
SWTOR
7.4.1 has dropped and the Galactic Season 6 has officially started. During MFN this week, we ran around accomplishing GS goals as well as Conquest goals.
We also had a fun night on Shae Vizla, this past Friday which was very well attended. Several guildies took advantage of the free character transfers going on there now. We may have a second fun night on SV this month due to there being 5 Fridays in March. 7.4.1 also added in a new narrative feature called Date Night, where players can play short scenes with some of their companions to further their stories a bit.
We also got something new to collect called ancient armaments. These are previously-np-longer-available armor pieces with a chance to drop from just about anything, including out in the world.
ESO
We have sweet and awesome things going on in the Elder Scrolls Online! On June 5th we will have the new chapter release of Gold Road. recently we have had the release of 2 new 4 person dungeons last week. last month we finished the tales of tribute tournament number 5 will list final standings at the end. With a lot of help from our faithful guild members we have the 4 grand master crafting tables loaded up with all 77 craftable sets for use. Please visit @Kraemer29 ‘s primary residence which also has all 13 mundus stones and multiple combat dummies to test out builds. Dankinia and I are working on getting multiple events for the 2024 Summer of Love including tales of tribute 6 and an Eso lore and monster style dnd one shot for MFN that week. I think that is all but Kini will let you know if there is more
Kraemer wants to thank all those that played in the tales of tribute tournament number 5 which was dominated by Malakyi who steam rolled over the competition to her first tournament win. With 4 other players splitting victories amongst the field. All of the prize money has been sent out and look forward to the next tournament. Here is the final standings:
Name wins loses
Malakyi 8 2
Dankinia 5 5
Dproberts 5 5
Bashirra 5 5
Newtype 5 5
Kraemer 2 8
FFXIV
Last major patch before the new expac is this Tuesday, new hatchingtide event just began this week, and coming up soon the ff16 crossover event will be happening!
STO
Monday Nights at 10pm Eastern is our Fleet Fun Night. Anyone is welcome to join us, and we’d love to see some people come try out the game.
Fleet Action Report, our video podcast, runs every Thursday at 10pm Eastern. Our topic of conversation for this upcoming Thursday will be highlighting the new Tholian Trouble event. We will run both updated TFOs and give the details on how to achieve all the optional objectives.
The changes to the Year-Long event have gone live. Participating in all the events from now until December can earn a player 1500 Lobi, 2 100% Off Zen Store Ship coupons, and a free premium ship pack (either lockbox or premium ships can be chosen). This is a great way to earn some of the best ships and equipment in the game without having to spend a dime on Zen.
LOTRO
Lots of stuff has arrived Season 9 of the legendary reward track, the spring festival and update 39: Arenas of Conflict . This update is largely new instances and s raid in the Umbar area. The raid is currently tier 1 only. Tier 2 and 3 is expected to hit the live servers soon. When the new raid opens up to tier 3, we will be running some missions once again to get our characters geared up a little easier.
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank each other for joining us!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about some game!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #416 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (hey folks, there are blueberry croissant puff, cinnamon rolls, and WAFFLES in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Marcus who is here to talk to us about AIE in Destiny 2 Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into DESTINY 2 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 – You all get a day off!
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday- Destiny 2 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
E 232 enter the marcusverse
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
ARK: Sounds like the group in ARK is looking to attempt the final dungeon of the Island map, called the Tek Cave and Overseer. It may be happening while the podcast is going on even!
Enshrouded: A handful of guildies are playing Enshrouded and while it’s not really multi-player, but rather a co-op style game, feel free to ask in Nomads for others that may want to play along. If it does trend toward larger group open world features in the future AIE will likely start up a shared server for it.
Many are looking forward to early access of Nightingale coming in a few weeks. It might end up being another small group survival game we all try out. There will be no private servers at this point for early access but keep an eye out in the Nomads channel for ways to play together!
WoW
Noob Raid completed Timewalking Firelands – barely – with an all out final pull. Congrats and thanks to everyone who joined in the fun. One month in, Noob Mythics had a decline in interest, although people are asking in guild chat if anyone wants a mythic plus run. Let’s do more of this!
So Let’s Go Skating got AOTC last Sunday!
There’s a holiday bonanza this week. The Darkmoon Faire is up (grab those rep and xp buffs) as well as the Lunar Festival… and Love is in the Air begins Monday. All have things to do to complete the Trading Post. Gustyail is already rocking the Love Witch’s Attire … as a boy Tauren… because what’s better than men in tights? (see image) This month’s items are especially hard to choose between. The Fur-endship Fox mount was a must for Gusty. (What do you folks like best?)
WoW Classic
Having cleared ICC on Normal, we went in last night and hit it on heroic difficulty. We cleared the 1st wing with no major issues, and we killed Festergut and Rotface, and took 1 pull on Professor Putricide! We are also routinely clearing Obsidion Sanctum with 3 drakes for the mount!
A few things we have planned is a level 17 dungeon challenge, where 2 teams will go into Rage Fire Chasm, Deadmines, and Wailing Caverns, and the 1st team to complete all 3 wins a prize. The prize is just something little, like a bouquet of flowers from the vendor, but it’s all about the fun! We are playing different classes, and different rolls just to make it even more interesting.
We really wanted @Sema (she/her) to tank, but she is just going to DPS. No Idea what the status is on SoD, but next level round comes out on 8 Feb. and that is to level 40, so you will get a mount.
SWTOR
AIE Guildie Strykezone is on day 271(ish) of his mega project to watch all of Stars Wars. He estimates it as a 376 day process and he’s on track to finish around there. Check out his progress (and his completely cool website) at https://kanjiklubhouse.com/2023/05/04/the-star-wars-viewing-mega-marathon/
MFN headed into an operation this week and handily completed Nature of Progress which is familiarly known as Dxun.
Friday night was flashpoint night AND Groundhog Day. I believe Stask saw his shadow and we will have six more weeks of war between the Sith Empire and the Republic. At least.
FFXIV
Free login campaign has started, and ends Feb 21st. You get 96 consecutive hours of play time for this round.
Valentione’s day starts on Feb 7th, and also ends on the 21st, so you can spend time with the holiday if you like. Looks like the goodies this year are a heart chair, and the love heart hands emote.
Moogle Treasure Trove round 1 has started, and will end on March 11th. Expect a second one to likely start afterwards, and will likely last until the expansion launches.
Maiden’s Rhapsody will end tomorrow at 7am PST, so if you are hearing this live, you have tonight to get it done. It takes a course of several FATEs to complete, so get started. This event is the one that gives you a FF11 looking samurai outfit that can be freely applied to any job.
ESO
We have been testing our skills in Trials. We have been working on one that is new to us, as well as going back and revisiting ones we can clear with confidence.
As we enter the final week of tales of tribute 5 we once again have a close race at top between Dankinia who is 1 game behind Malakyi with DPRoberts and Bashirra just 2 games back. Here is a look at the standings as of right now
Malakyi 6 2
Dankinia 5 3
Dproberts 4 4
Bashirra 4 4
Newtype 3 5
Kraemer 2 6
Now we get ready for the final week we will be having everyone play the players that are near them in the rankings so here is the schedule
Group 1
Malakyi
Dankinia
Group 2
DPRoberts
Bashirra
Group 3
Newtype
Kraemer
Good luck to all our players and thanks for playing Tales of Tribute 5
STO
35% off legendary items until the 5th. We just missed the anniversary event. Admiralty event until the 8th
LOTRO
Coming to Bullroarer hopefully this week, first preview for update 39. In this first build are possibly some looks at some of the new instances and the raid. Elderslade will be getting missions to look at in this build. Season 9 of the legendary reward track begins on February 14th. Lastly, for those that have been waiting with your lotro points to pick up the River Hobbit bundle, it will be arriving in the lotro store next Thursday.
And with that, let’s get back to Marcus and find out what’s going on in Destiny 2.
GAME NEWS
Season of the wish… We went into the veil
Rivens wishes are out now. (Farming)
Riven’s Wishes is a questline that awards players with Wish Tokens, a unique currency that may be exchanged for Exotic armor, Masterwork materials, holiday mementos, and Deepsight patterns for all Last Wish weapons.
Into the Light comes out in April
Final shape: Tuesday June 4 2023
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Marcus for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Marcus
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #415 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey folks, there is a mocha java cake in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Gustytail who is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW Retail 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 – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
ARK continues to be a fun place for the team there with a group boss kill of the Dragon planned for tonight. We are looking forward to the next DLC remaster coming in the next couple months.
Rust is spun back up as well and a group in there is trying out the new features including more automation and even the ability to tie notifications of in-game activities to your phone.
Palworld launch this week and is pretty hot at the moment. The pitch is “ARK survival but with Pokemon instead of dinos… and the Pokemon can have guns” There may be a private group server being spun up for this depending on interest.
WoW
See Game Notes
We have successfully killed the Lich King! There are a few raid members who still need that kill, so we shall continue to kill him until everyone has the title. Waiting for further word on when we are looking at a Cata release. Season of Discovery gets the next band to 40 starting on Feb 8th, I believe.
WoW Classic
We have successfully killed the Lich King! There are a few raid members who still need that kill, so we shall continue to kill him until everyone has the title. Waiting for further word on when we are looking at a Cata release. Season of Discovery gets the next band to 40 starting on Feb 8th, I believe.
SWTOR
The SUP operations team is looking for a permanent member. Any role will work. SUP is on the Imperial side and meets on Wednesday nights from 9-11PM Eastern. No previous experience required!
Join us for MFN on Tuesday nights. We tend to focus on Conquest/Galactic Seasons/Story Mode Operations. You can usually be any character level and always any level of experience. Just make sure you have your personal ship!
FFXIV
Final stage of Endwalker relics have arrived! In about 4-6 weeks we’ll get the final “major” patch for 6.x (6.58) which will most likely unlock everything in preparation for Dawntrail.
The FFXI crossover even sooner..
FFXIV and FFXVI crossover event happening in April.
Also the FC house has had a facelift inside as well as outside now, come check it out.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
MFN’s are back after the holiday break and a Tales of Tribute Tournament started on Jan 15th.
We tried out a new trial last week due to an in-game event, we didn’t clear it, but we made a good effort and will try again next week.
Game News:
They announced a a new DLC pack in March with two new dungeons followed by Gold Road, a new chapter, which will release in June.
Gold Road will have a new zone, story line, a new system called Scribing, and takes you to West Weald which might be familiar to people who played Oblivion. It’s available for pre-purchase now.
STO
STO’s Anniversary event begins 1/23/2024! This event features a new story episode, a new TFO, and rewards a new Starship! The Tier 6, Khitomer Alliance Rex Pilot Escort!
Fleet Action Report intends to highlight this new event this coming Thursday, at 10pm Eastern. Join us at Grebog’s twitch channel to experience the fun!
Join in tomorrow, 1/22/2024, at 10pm Eastern, for our Fleet Fun Night! We can help level new toons, run TFOs, or team up for any other aspect of the game! If you need help, or want to try out STO, this is your chance to run with our Fleet Leaders!
LOTRO
The road map for 2024 is out and it looks great. Some hype of a lot of things planned for this year. Coming soon is the new 3 and 6 man instances with the new raid to follow soon after. The letter is posted in the lotro channel if you want to take a look.
The ill omens skirmish event is still going on through January 31st.
And with that, let’s get back to Gusty and find out what’s going on in WoW Retail.
GAME NEWS
Patch 10.2.5 Seeds of Renewal brought a lot of new content (but no new Raid) as the Dragonflight expansion winds down. Players can visit the new Night Elf capital, Bel Ameth, that is being built in the World Tree Amirdrassil. There’s a lovely cinematic where Tyrande and Malfurion are reunited, featuring probably the first real kiss in WoW. King Genn Greymane and daughter Tess also want their capital, Gilneas back and we get to help. I enjoyed having Lillian Voss join the party, which Genn didn’t like at all. Visiting Bel Ameth and completing the Gilneas quests award transmog and I got a lovely fox mount from Genn as well.
Follower Fungeons (I mean Dungeons). Tried and enjoyed them!
Azerothian Archives is buggy and not as fun but it will keep people busy.
Dragon Riding is now available everywhere in WoW where flying is allowed and the new racing event, Outland Cup is active. TRANSMOG and dragon customizations available.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gusty for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to …. Well, we will let you know as soon as we do!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Gustytail
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #414 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week, we are catching up to see what we’ve been up to over the break, what games we have been playing, and the like. Welcome!
Before we get into what we have been up to, let’s go over this week’s news!
AIE News
Community
We have your Mandatory Fun Nights schedule for 2024!
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
On the small server front, there’s groups running right now in ARK and Rust.
Rust has a fresh map this week and Corley and Kuda have just started building.
On ARK, we’ve just wrapped up the winter event and a few of the group have started in on end bosses. We’ll be continuing there for a while and are looking forward to the next holiday and soon, the next expanded map for Ascended.
WoW
WoW Retail, Patch 10.2.5 Seeds of Renewal is coming January 16 with lots of changes.
Night Elves are building their new capital, Bel-Ameth in the World Tree Amirdrassil and Alliance and Horde players can visit, although Horde will have a buff warning that they’re being watched… especially fire mages. There are new Night Elf tabards, cloaks and weapons there as well as new Night Elf children NPC’s.
Worgen leader Genn Graymane is also taking his people back to their former capital, Gilneas.
Dragonriding is coming to every zone in WoW where flying is possible — but at 80% Dragonflight speed… because 100% would be ridiculous, right? There will be new Dragon Racing events with new transmog and achievements to earn.
Darkspear Trolls are getting 5 new hair colors and Dranei will have a new skin tone available, and Warlocks will have new customizations for their Demonic Tyrant and Darkglare demons.
New Follower dungeons will allow players to practice roles and abilities without resorting to LFD. NPC’s will make up the rest of the party.
Holidays Love Is In The Air, the Lunar Festival and Noblegarden have new content including battle pets, transmog, and a dragonriding appearance. Be warned there are some very, very pink items coming to the Trading Post in February.
And there’s a new weekly event, Azeroth Archives that will have solo and group content to earn a variety of goodies and reveal lore about the Dragon Isles as the expansion winds down.
In AIE news, Raid Teams Kiddie Aggro and So Let’s Go Skating are closing in on their Ahead of the Curve achievements. Guild spam incoming!
Dankinia returned from break and led Noob Raid to defeat 8 of 9 bosses in Amirdrassil. Fyrakk, our raiders have their eyes on you!
And we launched a new Guild Event – Noob Mythics on Saturday. This will be a weekly event from 8-10pm server. It’s like Noob Raid, but for Mythic Plus Dungeons. We ran two groups, completing 4 mythics each. Thanks to Officer Ashayo and raiders from Kiddie Aggro and So Let’s Go Skating for helping to make this a success.
WoW Classic
In Wrath Classic, we are cruising through ICC, with good progression on the Lich King. Ruby Sanctum opens on 11 January, but as a 10 man team, we kind of expect it to be a one and done raid. We are waiting patiently for more news on when Cata is coming out, and looking forward to prepatch for the leveling boost.
Hard Core has been quiet but we do have our first 60 (Healarious). A flurry of activity in the first weeks of Season of Discovery but seems to have slowed down a bit. We are probably a couple weeks out until the next phase (cap of level 40) in SoD.
SWTOR
Coming out of the holiday lull, we have until Tuesday (1/9) to hug wookies and throw snowballs. Double XP ended Jan 4th.
SUP (Sith with Unlimited Power) has 2 openings for their Wednesday night Imperial Ops team? Any role can work.
ESO
We will be returning to MFN on the 12th and the 5th tales of tribute tournament starts on the 15th
GW2
GW2 Dungeons and More is returning this month but it will be the 3rd Thursday this month
STO
STO goes to Red Alert from now until the 18th. This event likely is a placeholder as STO preps for their anniversary event! Keep your eyes open for any anniversary announcements!
Fleet Action Report, a STO Podcast that teaches how to play the game, live streams every Thursday Night at 10pm Eastern.
Alea Iacta Est hosts a Fleet Fun Night every Monday at 10pm Eastern. Everyone is welcome to join this event, which is live streamed. Here we can introduce new players to the game and/or help you gain levels, run missions, TFOs, or any other activity in the game.
FFXIV
The FC house has been updated with a new look, if anyone wants to swing by and check it out.
If anyone would like to do more content/use different buffs/or anything the guild can help with just to drop Caztiel Winchester a tag in discord or send a tell when they’re in game!
Maybe even craft up a set of those expensive walls for your house! They’ve unlocked all the prototypes so we can put anything into the workshop and anyone can contribute materials for them! So just let Caztiel Winchester if you want to make any of the themed housing exteriors!
Patch 6.55 launches on January 16th
They really drew out the reveal of the new class, Pictomancer. Finally, cat mom has joined the fight. Krile gets the draw on her studies in the new job. Cyberpunk FF14 confirmed. Jan 16 is the 6.55 breadcrumbs for 7.0, Squirrelmaster limited job named.
Mew and Tet- discuss FFXIV FF here
LOTRO
Update 38.2 planned to be released on January 10. With this comes the ill omens skirmish event that will run from January 11 through January 31. New pets: jackal, snake and crab. The wrapper rewards are Level 20-148: Assortment of Crafting Mats + 2 Universal Solvents and for Level 149-150: 2 Luckstones, 2 Universal Solvents, Sea-Farer’s Primary Essence, Cloak of Conflict. If you need help with the ill omens skirmish event, Maellung is sure that a certain kin member would be more than happy to have an excuse to run more skirmishes.
Also with this update are a bunch of fixes that couldn’t get in game before the holiday break.
And with that, let’s get back to what we have been doing over the break
GAME NEWS
Tetsemi- Lots of gaming, house decorating/undecorating, and much organizing.
Mewkow- Family lighthouse trip, disneyworld.
Mkallah- BAKING, Working (ugh), Yule, hiking, had a whole week without dice and it made me sad, Christmas eve day sushi, Christmas Eve tea
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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.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to a Relevant Guest about a Relevant game So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #413 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey folks, there are lemon bars, seven layer bars, a gingerbread cake, and tons of marshmallows in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Stask who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR 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. The schedule may be change for the holidays, check each game’s discord channels for details
Sunday – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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/category/listen/sepc/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus, Nick, and Atrax) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
The ARK Ascended server that Nazrai is running. The details are pinned in the Nomads channel and anyone can feel free to ask there or ask Nazrai or me for details. We have a handful of people in daily in a private PvE server and lots of building, taming, and other progress continues.
Diablo 4
Season 2 is still ongoing though another challenge is coming on 5 Dec for those who have completed the season journey. The endgame, pinnacle dungeon: Abattoir of Zir. https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24030418/rain-blood-in-abattoir-of-zir
Stay up to date with changes in Diablo 4 through dev campfire chats and the patch notes:
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24031818/catch-up-on-the-latest-campfire-chat
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23964909/diablo-iv-patch-notes
Reach out in the #diablo discord channel for clanmates to adventure with.
WoW
Noob Raid is on break for the holidays, however during the break Celindre and a few other people plan on grouping up on Saturday nights for mythics or LFR. Noob Raid will resume on January 6th and the plan is to visit Amirdrassil.
Kiddie Aggro Raid Team defeated 6 bosses in Heroic Amirdrassil and sights are set on Smolderon and beyond next week. The team recently added several new members, including Gustytail.
House of Gamon (who will save us) cleared 8 of 9 bosses on Normal. Watch out Fyrakk (fur-akk), they’re coming for you. The team is looking for more to join them on Tuesday & Thursday nights from 9:30 to 11pm server.
On Alliance side, Hell Froze Over cleared Normal and their progression team, So Let’s Go Skating, is running Heroic tonight. (8pm Eastern on Sunday) Good luck Team!
Late breaking news- Update Alliance news – So let’s Go Skating has downed Igira (aka Brittney Spears), Boss 2 on Heroic.
As the year winds up, we’d love to see what our guildies are up to. Share your holiday decorations, activities and food (mmmm food), in Pics Or It Didn’t Happen or WoW Discord channels.
WoW Classic
WotLK continues to be going great. We only did 3 bosses in ICC this week, but last week had us healing Valithria, killing the Blood Council, and downing the Blood Queen in one spot. We only had a bit of time on Sindragosa, but we made great strides in the fight, and I expect Sindy will fall next week, so we can take a look a t Arthas. We remain super excited about Cataclysm, and many of us are dabbling in the grass of SoD.
HC: “Join us on Defias Pillager – Horde!”
SOD: “Join us on Lava Lash – Horde and Alliance!”
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
Ladies and Gentlemen children of all ages starting on Monday January 15th 2024 we will be having Tales of Tribute Tournament 5. The Tournament will run for 5 weeks and each contestant will play 2 games per week. To sign up for the TOTT 5 all you need to do is respond to this post in the tales channel or dm me at @Kraemer29 on discord. Sign ups are now open.
Prize list
First place 1,000,000
Second place 750,000
Third place 500,000
Fourth place 250,000
Fifth place 250,000
Sixth place 250,000
We will adjust the prize list if we get more than 6 contestants.
MFN is currently on break for the holidays. It will resume on January 5th 2024. However, Kraemer and a few other members plan to still group up on Friday nights during the holiday break. During the winter event, feel free to post in guild chat or discord if you need help with the dailies or just want to hang out and chat will doing the Polar Bear Plunge and other holiday zone quests.
FFXIV
“Our weekly Mandatory Fun Night, aka Map Night, continues every saturday at 9:30 eastern, come join us for some fun hunting for treasure! Have a happy holidays and a happy new year.”
STO
STO’s Winter event is starting Thursday. This year, the grand prize is a Tamarian Cruiser with an interesting trait!
FAR will be covering the winter event on Thursday at 10pm Eastern!
The AIE Fleet has completed all holdings on the Federation side. This unlocks several special items and ships for the fleet. The KDF fleet is still working on all of it’s holdings, and can use extra support for marks, dilithium, and other requirements.
Monday nights, FAR runs a Fun Night that is dedicated to our players! This is the night to check us out and join the fun! We can help you level, get through events or tough missions, or answer questions! This is also live streamed on twitch!
See you out there!
LOTRO
Yule festival starts this week, and delving missions rewards have been upgraded to 150.
And with that, let’s get back to Stask and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
Game Update 7.4 “Chains in the Dark” (Ord Mantell)
– more Mando story feat. Lane Vizla
– new World Boss FR3-DOM
– quest chain for datacron
Gearing Changes
– Rakata capped at 344, Thyrsian 336, everything else 340
– no more implant drops
– H&Z capped at 340
– MM Chapters will drop OP-1s
Dye Packs, using specularity, will have matte, metallic, or pearlescent app (SPACE BARBIE!!!)
APAC server – AIE home, fresh start, supes fun
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Stask for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
No segments this week, but if you want to try your hand at creating short content, we would love to have you!
Thank you for a great year, we will see you January 7th, 2024! So until then, AIE…
– This is Stask
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #412 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey folks, there are dark chocolate brownies and strawberry almond tea cakes in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Looci and Gusty who are here to talk to us about AIE in Warcraft Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Warcraft 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 – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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 (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
Warcraft Rumble has a guild, AIE Alliance. It looks like there is a cap of 15 members, so we’re working on solutions going forward. Hopefully we won’t have to replicate the WoW Horde guild structure, but we might!
There’s a group trying out ARK Survival Ascended, the newly released remastered version of the game. Nazrai is hosting the server and details are in the Nomads channel. We have some shared resources and plenty of experts that can help too!
Diablo IV
Season 2 is all the rage. The Season of Blood has been live since Oct 17th, and several patches since have brought some significant changes to the game. Many in the clan have commented on how this feels much more like it should have been at launch and are enjoying the changes.
Beginning with this season you will have the option to skip the campaign after completing the prologue allowing you to start the season right away. The new season brings with it the usual trappings: a new questline, enemies, endgame bosses to fight, and a battle pass.
Some things going on now you don’t want to miss:
Twitch Drops: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24014294/season-of-blood-twitch-drops-earn-the-orichalcum-collection
The game is now also available on Steam for those who have not purchased it yet and prefer such things: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24009153/diablo-iv-coming-to-steam-on-october-17
The clan Alea Iacta Est in Diablo IV has reached capacity, mostly from the launch rush. Room can be made for active players who wish to participate in Season 2. If you are inactive and do not foresee yourself returning this season, you may drop the clan to make room for those joining us this season. You may always be readded later when you wish to return.
WoW
See Game Notes
WoW Classic
See Game Notes
SWTOR
First things first: Looci got her Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy MagicBand! She is heading to Walt Disney World in April!
MFN – We were super casual this week due to the holiday, but that didn’t mean the galaxy went unscathed. Quinn led us to victory on many planets.
In game, the Feast of Prosperity is going on. It’s an opportunity to earn currency for pets, outfits, decorations and mounts. It’s always a fun time with its quirky missions and the community’s increased interest in doing World Bosses.
Worth noting that Feast ends Tuesday. Grab those prosperity tokens!
Next up: Life Day! Oh, yeah, and 7.4 soon.
FFXIV
Final Fantasy 14’s strange-out-of-nowhere-but-still-fun Fall Guys collab event is out now until December 31st. Join other players in Blunederville, a section of the Manderville Gold Saucer, to earn Fall Guys themed items.
Our guild events are also continuing with Echoes of Eureka at 7pm eastern every saturday followed by Map Night at 9:30. WIth Stormblood being part of the free trial, you can join us in Eureka for free, come check it out! Message Kelseer is discord for more info.
ESO
The final standings for the fourth edition of guild Tales of Tribute. Let us give a congratulations to all that participated and a special grats to the 2 individuals who tied for first place this round.
NAME WINS LOSES
BASHIRRA 6 4
DPROBERTS 6 4
DANKINIA 5 5
NEWTYPE 5 5
MALAKYI 5 5
KRAEMER 3 7
Our next tournament will start in January of 2024 all are welcome to join.
We’ve been killing world bosses and defeating a giant crow for the Witches’ Festival event and working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less then 12 people.
More trials and diving into the new Endless Archive content
Update 40 is out now on PC and will be out on Nov 14th for consoles.
STO
If anyone has missed it, the Federation fleet has completed ALL holdings and have unlocked everything you can buy from holdings. We will be keeping projects rolling to help you earn your fleet credits.
The KDF fleet has pushed the starbase to tier 3, with the spire knocking on the door for Tier 2 completion. K-13 is closing in on Tier 1. We have made a lot of progress with the KDF fleet.
Currently in STO there is a red alert event going on and Bonus Experience event going on until the 16th. Phoenix prize pack even until the 9th.
And if you missed it, they released the Master Systems Display of the Enterprise F. For those that don’t know, this is what you would typically see on the shows of the cross section of the ship, showing the master systems. They make great desktop wallpapers.
LOTRO
The Corsairs of Umbar expansion is expected to go live on November 8th, with new instances and a raid to follow within the month.
Maellung finished their part of LOTROstream marathon and they set a personal goal of $100 that would go to Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, KY. By the end of the hour they with the awesome community raised $145 to their hospital of choice and almost $900 towards Extra Life (the 900 includes the 145 donated via their participant link)
And with that, let’s get back to Looci and Gusty and find out what’s going on in Warcraft.
GAME NEWS
WoW News – For AIE news in WOW: For the first time, Noob Raid downed the final 2 bosses in Aberrus with Dankinia present! (Previous clears happened when she was away.) Thanks to everyone who joined to get Kini the achievement and grats to all who got gear. Patch 10.2 arrives this week with a new zone, new raid and most important, new transmog for Gustytail. And there was some sort of RP event in Anaheim with swords. What swords?
Gusty: Holy COW (moo!) there is so much to talk about from Blizzcon. We’ve got not one – but THREE expansions coming in the Worldsoul Saga. The first part – The War Within – is due out next year. There is a fantastic cinematic featuring Anduin and Thrall with SPOILER ALERT: a really big sword, and I teared up watching Chris Metzen talk about WoW’s 20th Anniversary and how they are planning for the next 20 years. It’s a huge turnabout from disgraced former exec Alex Afrasiabi saying he treated every expansion like it’s the last, and then Shadowlands was the last for a lot of people. All of the Blizzcon speakers talked about listening to feedback, respecting players’ time and playstyles as well as offering more options for how they appear in game.
Some of the new things include: Cross-realm guilds and raiding. (Sounds cool but yet another test for Greenwall.) Hero class talents that will be a separate tree and support class fantasy (such as Dark Ranger for Hunters, Templar for Paladins and Farseer for Shaman). Warbands, which lets you and your alts (so many alts) share rep, a bank, reagents and gear. Any gear that your character receives will be added to your transmog, even if the character can’t equip it. Blizzard is also considering expanding which classes can wield different items, following complaints about Trading Post gear. Mog is life!
Delves will be a new option for outdoor content for 1-5 players, similar to Sniffenseeking in Dragonflight and Scenarios in Pandaria. It’s one of several outdoor activities that will give you an item choice in the weekly Great Vault.
There will be a new Allied Race of Dwarves, known as Earthen, who can join either Alliance or Horde.
Dragonriding is becoming “dynamic flight” in the next expansion. Blizzard has about 100 pre-Dragonflight mounts ready and is working on the others, but players will be able to toggle between new and original flying. Druid flight form should work in the next expansion and Drakthyr will have dynamic flight in patch 10.2.5.
Speaking of patches – Season 3, patch 10.2 arrives Tuesday with Guardians of the Dream, featuring a new raid Amirdrassil. It’s finally time to kill that jerk Fyrakk and take his Legendary ax, Fyr’Alath the Dream Render. It was confirmed there will be a Season 4 with Fated Raids, like in Shadowlands. This was an event where all of the expansion’s raids were increased to max level content.
Looci: OMG, such excitement after this weekends reveals. Watching the WoW presentations was incredible, and knowing that we are really getting Cataclysm in Classic was so worth the wait. I didn’t really play much of Cata, as we were in transition from Europe back to the States, so this will be very new for me. Many of us were hoping for more info on #changes and what we are getting. Transmog is great, looking forward to that, and not having to look ridiculous in awarded gear! But those of us in WotLK were really hoping for more info on the rest of the changes. We want flex raiding, as that would make our team so happy. 10 man raiding is great, but when you have 12 or 14 who want to raid, and can only take 10, makes it a struggle week after week. I am also excited that they are keeping the heroic + concept, as I think everyone has been enjoying the greater difficulty of the heroics with it in. some of the affixes are interesting, some are much more difficult than others, and some are just plain silly. We will see what the final outcome on how those changes are done, and whether ii is an improvement, or not. Keeping dungeons relevant through the entire expansion is awesome though and so I would like to see them more deeply iterated on. They talked about a faster cadence to the patching, which can be a bit disconcerting, as we are already compressed from the original content. In WotLK it seemed like we were in Naxx for ever, Ulduar wasn’t too bad, TOC was fast, and now we are in ICC, hoping for about 4 months here before we get prepatch. We are hoping for a date of April, much later than that will be WAY too long. So if they pick up the pace much faster, that might be an issue. Altho Mists was very definitely alluded to, as for all the “Mist eries” that await!
Some of the other news from Blizzcon was interesting. Many of us are intrigued by the Season of Discovery in Vanilla. But it is Vanilla, and that means SLOOOWWWW. Level banding helps with that, and the concept of Multiclassing for lack of a better term is really interesting. And a new raid always helps.
And even though I am a mostly Classic player, The Saga of the Earthsoul is cool, and I am excited for that too.
How can I play 3 versions of WoW, as well as my SWTOR and Ark, and Baldur’s Gate, and D&D? Well I guess sleep is for the weak. More hours in a day are kind of needed for all this gaming time! ??
Diablo IV from Durus
Dev fireside chats:
The latest from Blizzcon:
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24022617/watch-the-developer-campfire-chat-at-blizzcon-2023
The Blizzcon opening ceremony featuring D IV:
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24023220/catch-up-on-the-diablo-iv-blizzcon-opening-ceremony
Blizzcon content for those want those fancy extras: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24009159/raise-hell-with-the-blizzcon-collection
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Looci and Gusty for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
In a month (we are skipping the 19th and 26th due Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving weekend) we’ll be talking to Machete and Stask in SWTOR.w So until then, AIE…
– This is Looci
– This is Gusty
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #411 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Maellung who is here to talk to us about AIE in LotRO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into LotRO 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 – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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/category/listen/sepc/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
A couple people have popped back into New World to check out the expansion and it’s looking pretty good. We don’t expect that much attention there but the company still exists if anyone needs it.
Diablo 4 Season 2 has started and is also looking pretty good. Some quality of life updates, like faster leveling, coupled with the season story and vampire abilities seem to be well received. I bet there’s a crew in the Diablo channel that would group up for fun times if anyone is interested.
ARK is likely going to release their remaster of the base game in the next week. We may have a group making an expedition into ARK and will post announcements if that’s going to happen.
WoW
Noob Raid is still working on getting a full clear of Aberrus for Kini since it seems like whenever she is there, Noob Raid doesn’t quite make it past all the bosses.
Speaking of raids, with patch 10.2 launching on November 7th, Blizzard has announced the raid schedule. And good news everyone, all difficulties, including LFR launch together, and LFR wings unlock every week, instead of every 2 weeks.
Gather your allies and join the Dream Wardens as they stand against the machinations of Fyrakk and his allies, the Druids of the Flame—for fame, for glory, for the World Tree—and for the rewards. You’ll face nine new bosses and engage in a Dragonriding encounter, leading to the ultimate showdown at the top of Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope.
Week of November 14—Raid Finder Wing 1: Incarnates Wake (Gnarlroot – Igira the Cruel – Smolderon), Normal, Heroic, Mythic
Week of November 21— Raid Finder Wing 2: Molten Incursion (Volcoross – Larodar, Keeper of the Flame)
Week of November 28— Raid Finder Wing 3: The Viridian Weave (Council of Dreams – Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle)
Week of December 12—Raid Finder Wing 4: Fate of Amirdrassil (Tindral Sageswift – Seer of the Flame, Fyrakk the Blazing)
WoW Classic
Good News Everybody, ICC is open, we have been in twice now, and have downed the first 4 bosses with relative ease. Tonight we cleared Onyxia’s Lair, ToC 10 man, Malygos (Weekly quest), VOA, and the 1st 4 bosses in ICC. In other news, the Hallow’s End event is active, and we have been running the headless horseman daily. Successful mount drops for some of us, so they seem to have upped the drop rate. It’s great to be back in the raiding mode, and to have that comradery back.
We are also looking forward to BlizzCon to see what they announce regarding Cataclysm, and Classic in general.
SWTOR
In swtor game news, we got some updates on what 7.4 will bring, which included a game-wide upgrade to lighting and a new color tech. The new color tech includes a spectrum of shininess from matte to pearlescent to metallic. The first application of this new tech is going to be in six new dyes. Now when you say you got a shiny new armor piece, you can really mean it.
This is a reminder that flashpoints drop plenty of nice decorations for your stronghold, so they are worth running–especially when they are Conquest or Galactic Seasons objectives.
We had an active week in the guild with World Bosses and murderous mayhem during MFN, PVP action on Wednesday night and Space Pew Pew and heroics on Friday.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
We’ve been working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less than 12 people.
Playing Tales of Tribute with each other for the current ToT tournment.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
More trials
Diving into the new Endless Archive content when it releases
Game News:
Update 40, which brings the new Endless Archive content, is scheduled to launch on Oct 30th for PC/Mac and Nov 14th for consoles. It brings some QoL changes like a new group finder for trials, arenas, and pretty much any other activity you might want to group up with friends to do.
FFXIV
We got the first new job reveal for Dawntrail! A dual sword wielding melee called Viper, designed specifically for ffxiv and sharing gear with Ninja. The swords can be combined into a long single weapon for their burst phase.
And FFXIV will have fur textures! Look at the amazing furry llama!
STO
Mudd is opening the doors on a new Choice Pack on October 26th for PC! Purchase the Mudd’s Awesome Mix Choice Pack for 29500 Zen, and choose any three of the above options! But that’s not all – this pack will be 50% off from 10/26 @ 8am PT – 11/9 @ 12pm PT. Choose from the following options:
Herald Vonph Dreadnought Carrier [T6]
Freedom-class Exploration Frigate [T6]
Tholian Iktomi [T6]
Tzenkethi Shuk-din Escort [T6]
[2x Pack] T6 100% Off Ship Coupons
50x Master Keys
[9x Pack] Experimental Ship Upgrade Tokens
10x Ultimate Tech Upgrades
More info at – https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11556363
By the way, everything in Mudd’s Market that isn’t a Bundle is on sale for 75% off from October 26th at 8am PT to November 2nd at 12pm PT! Grab more for your Zen!
GW2
The Shadow of the Mad King event is here until November 7th. Dungeons and More night is the 2nd Friday of the month starting at 9 eastern. All are welcome, no level requirement.
LOTRO
See Game Notes
GAME NEWS
Corsairs of Umbar on track to release on November 8th
Lore of Umbar
The Haven of Umbar was a city to the far south of Gondor in Middle-earth, where the King’s Men and their descendants lived in a city of the same name. By the Third Age known for its sea-faring Corsairs.
New playable class
4 new regions with over 350 unique quests
New enemies that include a lion and a saltwater crocodile.
New level cap of 150
SSG wants players to have plenty to do and not necessarily get to endgame.
New endgame instances coming Dec/Jan timeframe
Upcoming improvements
UI
Deeds panel
Map that doesn’t take up the whole map so you can have it open while running.
Looking at improving content for lower-level content while still adding endgame
New launcher that would include multi-factor authentication mid next year (probably)
4K update is still planned.
Executive Producer wants more mechanisms for players to group from disparate levels such as level 75 able to run with a 105 or even a 140 and be able to do meaningful content and get good rewards.
Devs are working on stuff for all categories of player types from endgame, explorers to crafters to those who want to immerse themselves in Middle-Earth. One thing is a parrot that sits on your shoulder, that uses an equipment slot, for one group and non-combat parrot pet for another group.
VIP updates are in the works to make it more incentivizing.
Skirmishes will get looked at after Umbar, as simple as updating rewards to being better for a varied group to join in.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Maellung for joining us.
https://www.twitch.tv/lotrostream
November 3rd
1 hour segment on LOTROstream for their 24 extra life stream
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And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Looci and possibly Gusty about the Blizzcon wrapup!. So until then, AIE…
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– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
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Welcome to episode 410 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: Err, what? She’s in New York City? (New York City?). No one let her know fashion week was last week? Oh my. This week we are joined by a special guest. Kelseer who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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 – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
Diablo 4
(already teased elsewhere, but for the sake of due-diligence, albeit last minute)
The Clan continues to grow and we are at the clan cap. If you have not yet joined the clan, please reach out in the AIE discord channel #diablo and let us know. An officer will make room to let you in. If you have previously joined and are fairly certain you won’t be continuing play with D4, likewise let us know so we may remove you from the clan.
Season 2 – The Season of Blood – will be kicking off on 17 October, 10AM PDT/1PM EDT, and will be launching on Steam as well.
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24009152/bite-down-on-darkness-in-season-of-blood
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/24009153/diablo-iv-coming-to-steam-on-october-17
WoW
In WoW retail, Noob Raid cleared Black Temple-Timewalking as part of the 5-week Turbulent Timeways event. (Why yes, there is a mount reward for it.) Brewfest ended and a new dragonriding race challenge: Eastern Kingdoms Cup began. Halloween events start on the 18th. Also, a new month means new Trader’s tenders collection. There’s a new mount on the board, and another set of legacy class armor enhancement sets too.
WoW Classic
Good News Everyone: Ice Crown Citadel opens next Thursday, with the associated dungeons opening on Tuesday. New dungeon difficulty comes out as well, and we are getting account wide pets and mounts and a real dungeon finder! Whoo Hooo!!! Our classic raid team spins back up this week after a long break over the summer. Now that everyone seems healthy again (especially our raid leader) we are looking forward to clearing TOC and moving into ICC next week!
We one shot the 10 person TCC raid last night, or first time as a raid in about 4 months. We then proceeded to take out some bosses in Ulduar in search of great upgrades. Remember that WotLK classic back-patches higher level gear drops to older raid tiers and heroic+ dungeons. We look to have 12+ members available for raiding again and will push stronger to take down that Lich King in ICC
SWTOR
For MFN on Tuesday, we engaged in some of our normal galactic mayhem, but we also took at look at a Lair Boss that many guildies on the team had never had the chance to see before — The Colossal Monolith. This boss is a sithspawn that guards his lair on the destroyed planet of Ziost. He guarded it pretty well from us, but we did make him mad.
On Wednesday, we won our first 4 matches to sweep the weekly and complete the Galactic Seasons objective. Friday night, our heroes struggled to defeat the Traitor Among the Chiss, but, through sheer grit and determination, eventually emerged victorious.
ESO
We have the tales of tribute 4 tournaments going on. We have gotten back into trials and have defeated a boss that we have never been able to in the past. in eso we are getting ready for update 40 on october 30th which will have an endless dungeon that can be soloed or faced with a partner or companion. they will be able to get class specific armor from this dungeon.
FFXIV
See Game News
STO
The Federation fleet is counting down the final big project for the colony, which will unlock Kentari bridge officers. All the colony has left are the cosmetic projects and stacking up some provisions so people can pick up anything they need.
The KDF fleet has been making big strides. The Starbase is closing in on Tier 3. The spire has been progressing nicely. We should have the best advanced tactical consoles in game soon enough. We also have been unlocking tier 1 of all the other holdings fairly quickly and this is partially so we can get some provisions for fleet members to use if they visit a friendly fleet that has more store items unlocked.
October 12th there should be a bunch of stuff coming. A new event will be starting, Fall off the Old Ones, which brings back the feline charm that everyone loved from last year. There is rumor that a free ship may be appearing also, which will be another variant of the Miranda class.
Gamma recruit creation also returns on the 12th. Gamma recruits are Jem’hadar and Jem’hadar Vanguard captains. They have special challenges you complete while playing the game to unlock rewards for the captain and account wide rewards. These captains will ally with either the Federation or the Klingon Defense Force.
GW2
Reminder that Dungeons and More Night is the 2nd Friday of the month, which for October is Friday the 13th! All are welcome.
LOTRO
The Corsairs of Umbar expansion has gone on pre-sale. With purchase you receive early access to the new Mariner class, and a bunch of cosmetics, horses, and a level 140 Valar pack (insta-level kit). The new zones will open up on November 1st, and we’ll have a new level cap of 150.
https://www.lotro.com/corsairs-of-umbar
Also it is time to try to remember what door goes where in the haunted burrow because Harvestmath starts on 10/12 at 10am eastern and runs through November 1st.
And with that, let’s get back to Kelseer and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Patch 6.5: Growing LIght
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kelseer for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to Maellung in Lord of the Rings Online. So until then, AIE…
– This is Kelseer
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to formula episode #409 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (the calendar says it’s fall, I want to bake all things pumpkin and apple). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in ESO 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 – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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/category/listen/sepc/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
Lots of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield talk. Who did you romance, and what food item did you model your ship after? Did the Mind Flayer get you, and how many outposts have you created?
And there are two episodes of the BG3 Voice Actors play D&D
WoW
In WoW retail, Brewfest started this week. There are new quests — such as barrel rolling — in the Dragon capital Val-drakken as well as the usual ones outside Orgrimmar and Ironforge. Event boss Coren Direbrew can drop a new armor appearance for the Renewed Proto Drake mount — It took Gustytail about 20 tries to get this. Brewfest tokens can be used to buy a new shield and Brew Barrel toy.
Brewfest activities also count toward the monthly Trading Post achievement for the transmog obsessed.
Otherwise, many people are finishing achievements, leveling alts and looking forward to the next patch.
Kini, how was Noob Raid?
WoW Classic
Our Wotlk raid team is waking up and running dungeons and Brewfest activities in search of trinkets and upgrades. Interest in the Classic HC activities has led to some more folks joining AIE in Wotlk and leveling up. Patch 3.4.3 (including Ice seCrown Citadel, ICC 5-man dungeons, Random Dungeon Finder, and more) will be released on October 10th.
Joyous journeys has returned with its 50% xp boost.
They have cleared Ragefire Chasm on Hardcore Classic. As a reminder, death is permanent in these realms, so making it through, even the starter dungeon, unscathed is quite the task! Well done team!
They have had some spectacular deaths in HC Classic, check out the #hardcore-graveyard channel in the AIE Discord for details
SWTOR
In guild activities, last Friday night we had not one, but TWO groups playing. One for Git Some Fun (Flying Pew Pew) and one doing ground activities. So, if you want to play with friends on a Friday night, it’s always worth checking the menu. It might not be pvp!
And, if you wanna play with friends on a Tuesday night, join us for MFN. We are usually looking at accomplishing Galactic Seasons objectives, but variety is also to be expected.
Last, but not least, if you want to PvP on a Wednesday with friends, join Machete and Stask in the House of Pain for a rousing good time. All are welcome.
ESO
See Game News
STO
STO is currently offering 20% off on ships and related items in the Zen store!
Players are temporarily able to buy Vanity Shields in the Dilithium store! Equipping one of these shields will give your ship a unique appearance!
FAR is looking for topic suggestions! If there is a topic you’d like to see us cover, please reach out to Grebog or Nikodas or visit http://fleetactionreport.com/.
FFXIV
Patch 6.5 – Growing Light, is launching Oct 3rd! Expect a decent size chunk of MSQ, the final wing of the alliance raid which is named Thaleia; a new lunar dungeon, a new trial likely themed the same, a new variant dungeon, which is the choose your own path style of dungeon, or ‘endless dungeon lite’; and the hard mode or ‘criterion’ dungeon. Many dungeons, handle it. There will be somehow further hilidebrand, more tataru, and relic weapons too. We will also be welcoming in our Xbox friends, and the island sanctuary is getting another round of goodies too. It may be a ‘Light’ patch, but it is definitely not a ‘lite’ patch. Oh, and if you wanted anything from the moogles, the earnings end with this patch.
GW2
Remember that Dungeons and More Night is the 2nd Friday of the month. All are welcome.
LOTRO
On Bullroarer we have now had 2 looks at the testing of the new upcoming mariner class. So far it feels like it will be a fun melee class to play. Time is running out to celebrate Bilbo’s birthday. The event ends very early in the morning on the 26th. If you want to get some of the group deeds cleared, let us know and we can get some folks together and run those with you.
And with that, let’s get back to Kini and find out what’s going on in ESO
GAME NEWS
MFN activities tend to change a bit depending on the group and what is going on in the game. Recently we took advantage of the Undaunted Event and split into groups to run dungeons for loot boxes and event tickets. We’ve also been diving back into trials, some of which we can fully clear easily, and others that give me ample opportunity to practice my floor tanking.
Kraemer is running another Tales of Tribute Tournament for the guild and sign ups are now open. It will start on Monday October 2nd and will run for 4 weeks. The prize pool will pay out at least the top 10 players with first prize being 1.5mil gold and win or lose, everyone seems to have a great time. If you have any questions or would like to sign up, check out the Tales-of-Tribute channel in the ESO section of AIE’s Discord. I know myself and a few others are always willing to do some demonstration or practice matches to help people learn the game if they have never played.
In game news, Endless Archive and Update 40 are available on the PTS and are scheduled to launch on October 30th for PC/Mac and Nov 14th for consoles. The Endless Archive is a randomly generated PvE activity designed for one to two players. The only limit to how far you can go is your death counter. There is a limited number of deaths or team wipes permitted before the run ends, but there will be boons and buffs along the way to help. Rewards include a mount, pet, cosmetics and new class sets. There is also a new currency that drops which can be used at the Archive’s vendors for class set items, style pages, and unique buffs. Update 40 will also come with some nice quality of life updates like a new group finder tool, Grand Master attunable crafting stations, quest XP and Gold reward adjustments, and a rebalance of the Jewelry crafting skill to remove the grains and convert them to plating (the items used to upgrade from white to green/blue/purple/gold and make the process cheaper and easier compared to how it is now.
I’m looking forward to checking out the Endless Archive with guild members and seeing how far we can go.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dankinia for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 Kelseer in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dankinia
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #408 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Lars who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW Classic Hardcore Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW Classic Hardcore 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 – You all get a day off!
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – WoW Classic Hardcore 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/podcast/
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
Diablo 4
AIE activity in the game has greatly decreased as seasonal play has been concluded by many and they await the next one “The Season of Blood” which begins on 17 October 2023: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23989476/season-of-blood-is-dripping-into-sanctuary
Current patch notes are available at https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23964909/diablo-iv-patch-notes.
Apps are still being accepted for the clan; however, will only be approved if the requestor posts their Battlenet ID to the AIE public discord channel #diablo. If you have friends or family wishing to join, make sure they make a post to the channel before or soon after submitting the in-game app.
Diablo 3
The next season of D3 begins this coming Friday, 15 Sep 2023. This will not be the last
season for the game. More info about this upcoming seasonal release and future plans at: https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/blog/23999068/season-29-visions-of-enmity-preview-9-8-2023
AIE has both a community and a clan for D3. If you would like an invite to one or both, please ask in the public AIE discord #diablo channel.
WoW
Noob Raid did Timewalking in Ulduar on Saturday and had two rare mount drops in the quest reward bags. Mimiron’s Head for Gusty and Invincible for Esmey!
Also patch 10.1.7 Fury Incarnate dropped this week with Emerald Dream themed events!
And patch 10.2 is on the PTR, with previews of the next raid and M+ rotation.
WoW Classic
We are still active in Classic Wotlk but awaiting our return to raiding. Ice Cream Citadel is on the test servers, RDF is coming as is account wide mounts, pets, toys and such.
AIE is active on the Horde side of Defias Pillager, currently with 38 guild members (many alts), usually about 5 people online, a few deaths to report (send them to Mankrik), and working towards running our first dungeon soon (RFC). There is now a separate #wow-classic-hardcore chat channel and a voice channel appropriately named “Hardcore Last Words”.
SWTOR
This week was the inaugural week of mixed bag Fridays. We had a good turnout for Master Mode Flashpoints. Next week we’ll be back to Git Some Fun (Galactic Star Fighter).
This week’s MFN was a celebration of yet another planet won in Total Galactic War. Winning comes from guildies working together to earn points and it all adds up, no matter how small the number. Special mention goes to Strykezone for turning out a really glorious total of points.
The Wednesday night ops team has an open dps spot if anyone is interested. We run story mode operations and are very new to operations friendly.
ESO
We’ve been venturing into trials again and taking advantage of the Undaunted Event rewards by running dungeons as a group.Also doing Zone clears, trials if possible, helping people farm gear, complete dungeons, and having fun.
Ladies and Gentlemen children of all ages starting on Monday October 2, 2023 we will be having Tales of Tribute Tournament 4. The Tournament will run for 4 weeks and games per week will be determined on the amount of enterents we get. To sign up for the TOTT 4 all you need to do is respond to this post in the tales channel or dm me at @Kraemer29 on discord. I am still working on the prize list that shall follow in a few days. Sign ups are now open.
1st – 1,500,000
2nd – 1,250,000
3rd – 1,000,000
4th – 950,000
5th – 875,000
6th – 800,000
7th – 750,000
8th – 700,000
9th – 600,000
10th – 500,000
*prize will be adjusted based on entries if we get more then 10 additional places will be paid out
STO
Fed fleet is working on the major upgrade for the Morale branch of the colony. This will be its final upgrade and allow us to unlock the Kentari Engineer Bridge officers. We have a bit more work to go on the Infrastructure branch, but it too is nearing its final project.
KDF Fleet is closing in on Tier III of the starbase, Tier 2 of the Spire and Tier I of the Research Lab. The plan is to focus more on the Starbase and Spire, while getting the other holdings to Tier I so we can stack some provisions. This way if you have a friend in another fleet that has unlocked goods you wish to purchase, we have the provisions for you to use.
FFXIV
Patch 6.5 should be launching in Early October
Main Scenario Quests – Growing Light
New Alliance Raid Dungeon – Myths of the Realm, Part 3: Thaleia
New Dungeon – The Lunar Subterrane
New Trial – The Abyssal Fracture
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/endwalker/patch_6_5
GW2
Dungeons and More night we brought some toons into Heart of Thorns area to get some xp towards some of our mastery points to try to upgrade our gliding. At the same time grabbed some hero points for our alts. Also had an expansion drop since last podcast that has what we hear is a great story to it.
LOTRO
There are some great stuff going on in lotro. If you are VIP now through October 10th daily gold hobbit presents. Lotro is also celebrating the Bagins’ birthday starting on September 20th in Rivendell. There is some fun going on during Saturday Night Lotro so come join in on the fun. (To wrap up with a shameless plug, stop by to say hi to Maellung Tuesday nights at 8 Max time aka central on LOTROstream.)
And with that, let’s get back to Lars and find out what’s going on in WoW Classic
GAME NEWS
The Hardcore realms for Classic Era dropped the other week (August 24) and it has been hopping. There are two realms for NA (Defias Pillager and Skull Rock) and two for EU (Nek’Rosh and Stitches). 90 thousand character lives were lost on the first day. On Sept 1, Blizzard sent some statistics: average level at death is 10, top three races are Human, Night Elf, Undead, top five classes are Warrior (19%), Hunter (16%), Mage (14%), Rogue (13%), Priest (10%). Top five causes of death: Kobold Miner, Falling, PvP, Voidwalker Minion, Wendigo.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Lars for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Lars
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #407 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Host Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey all, there are strawberry Lemonade rice krispy treats in the guild hall ). This week we are doing something VERY special tonight- explain it here, Tet! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll going into summer of love shortly, but first, let’s cover our accomplishments so far this year!…
AIE News
Community
Just a reminder, here are your Mandatory Fun Nights, especially important for the Summer of Love
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday –
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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/
We have a pics of the year channel for Summer of Love. The current challenge is Pet Pics, but Gusty is asking for AIE members to share their Cosplay, Collections, computer desks, transmog/glamour and anything they are doing with Guild groups. (Tabards and banners encouraged.)
LOTRO
In March of this year we returned to Carn Dum in Update 35. Carn Dum, as the capital of Angmar, along with Urugarth (a nearby fortress) were two of the early ‘world instances’ in the game. Now Carn Dum has been redesigned using new tech and art. It remains a city of fell magic, evil men, and restless spirits. But now has a quest hub and instance cluster.
In May we received Update 36 “Gondor Renewed”. Summoned to Gondor by King Elessar and Queen Arwen, we are to head South and aid in the reconstruction, but beware the Heirs of Castamir, and the influence of Umbar.
But now for the big news. Our very own Maellung has joined the ranks of the LOTROStream. It’s official, he’s official! You may ask, ‘what is the LOTROStream, precious’? Well, you fool of a River-Hobbit, it’s the official live stream of The Lord of the Rings Online!
Congrats Maellung!
GW2
The Guild Wars 2 division has been abiding. MFN runs weekly and the monthly Dungeons and More night is still going strong. Over the past year during Dungeons and more nights we have done a variety of stuff from world boss hunting to helping members with their personal story to fractals and yes even running some dungeons.
For Summer of Love, we will have a Remembrance Day gathering, Dungeons and More night, and the usual MFN on Monday night.
We are eagerly waiting for the first expansion in the new yearly format, Secrets of the Obscure. As we have no more dragons to fight, this expansion promises to go into the mysterious Wizard’s Tower that was floating in south Kessex Hills. SotO is due to launch on Aug 22nd.
FFXIV
Since late 2022 and thus far in 2023, AIE has seen a very strong amount of activity in FFXIV. With Endwalker’s patches coming to a conclusion in the next couple of months, and the upcoming expansion that was just announced, Dawntrail, we can only expect the AIE player base in FFXIV to grow. From players just starting out, to casual players just logging in to see the new stories and features, to the dedicated players looking for the highest challenges that the game has to offer, AIE in FFXIV has players of all types.
We have been having events of all types, covering content in all expansions, throughout the week. Map nights continue to be a big player draw for the max level characters, but we also do older map nights for players that have not reached that point yet. Legacy raids, such as mount farming, old Extremes Trials, and 24-player content have been popular as well. Regardless of your playstyle, skill level, and progression, there’s group activities that you can do with AIE.
We would also like to extend a heartfelt welcome to any new or returning players that will be joining us when FFXIV will be made available to the XBOX Series S and X. (The current gen XBOX consoles). The open beta will start with patch 6.5, which will launch in early October. Again, cross play is a keynote of the game, allowing all players in AIE to play with each other, regardless of their chosen platform or control scheme. For those planning on returning with XBOX support, welcome back. For those that will be joining us on their XBOX consoles for the first time, welcome!
Don’t forget about Discord for out-of-game communication as well! The ?FFXIV channel is always hopping with conversation and chatter on the game. Also, with the recent updates to the console, both the XBOX and PS5, you can now join voice chats in Discord right on the console. Perfect for the multi-platform game that is Final Fantasy XIV.
Thank you to all of the current and former players that have played FFXIV with AIE for the past year and since our start in FFXIV 10 years ago. We could not have built this great community without you.
Destiny 2
“Lightfall” came in Feb 2023! We are getting 4 seasons throughout the year with Story, Raids, Dungeons, and updates to keep you playing!
Clan night every Tuesday night at 9pm EDT
STO
STO has introduced a new ship bundle that brings 3 of the first T5 ships as new T6 versions.
The summer event in game just completed. And they have put in a short 2 week red alert event.
Fed fleet has two branches of the colony to finish to be 100% done with holdings outside of provisioning.
The KDF fleet is progressing nicely with the Starbase, Spire, and research lab all closing in on tier 2.
Fleet Action Report just celebrated its 3 yr anniversary. We had tons of fun hoping in shuttles and blowing each other up.
Monday 9pm to 11pm as part of summer of love and our fun night, we are encouraging anyone that thinks they may want to try Star Trek Online, too join us. We will be creating new characters and walking anyone interested through the tutorial and start of the game.
SWTOR
This year, two new AIE Officers came from the ranks of swtor players–Stask and Machete. 2023 saw the beginning of our semi-regular pvp nights on Wednesdays and Fridays. These are run in the spirit of AIE and strive to be fun for all. 2023 was also a big year for the game itself. We got a new major content drop (7.3) as well as major technical updates for the client, the graphics and the infrastructure. We also had two different periods of double XP/REP/Honor!
Still to come this week, we’ll have a special Amazing Race event on Tuesday, meeting in the Juran Mountains for Remembrance on Wednesday, and have a new pilot Flight School for Galactic Starfighter where you could even bring a Level 1 character. Then our guild fun will continue throughout the year with our Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday fun nights. Hope to see you all there!
WoW Classic
The past year has been great in classic. WotLK is still the best expansion out there, at least according to us Classic folks! We have had a good year of 10 man raiding, with Naxx and Malygos, Ulduar, and now Trial of the Crusader. Waiting for word on when ICC will be out, but we all are hoping for fall. We have 2 events planned, old school raids for 29 July and 5 Aug, and we will do the Walk from the Shrine to Org on the 2nd. If anyone wants to come over to Classic, we are always happy to see people, and WE HAVE COOKIES. Oh and punch!
WoW
In WoW, Noob Raid made a FULL CLEAR of Aberrus on Saturday. Congrats to our raiders and to guest Raid Leader @Rintalasin . Fantastic job all! Later this week there will be nightly Guild runs of the Trial of Style – a transmog fashion contest – to show off fun new Dragon Isles and Time Rift gear. The Craft Fair didn’t generate much turnout, but we’ll be offering help with professions all week.
In WoW, we held a Dragonflight version of the Craft Fair on Saturday and Sunday (will update tomorrow). We’ll be running nightly Trial of Style Guild runs during the Transmog Fashion Contest mini holiday and showing off fancy new Dragon Isles and Time Rift gear.
In Dragonflight there’s lots to do with the new “Dawn of the Infinite” Mythic Dungeon and Time Rifts events. Dragonriding has been a playstyle game changer – possibly the biggest since flying was introduced in Burning Crusade – and Blizzard is in the process of adding it to the rest of WoW. A new Kalimdor Cup dragon racing event begins August 15. Players are also enjoying the ability to make any race a Warlock and obtain new appearances for their demons
ESO
Tales of Tributes tournaments
Vol 1 Winner – DPRoberts/Dankinia (2022)
Vol 2 Winner – DPRoberts (2023)
Vol 3 Winner – Dankinia (2023)
Summer of Love – Remembrance day at Dankinia’s primary residence and a fishing tournament during MFN on August 4th.
NOMADS
Board Games
1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month
See Discord for details and requirements
Diablo 4
The latest installment in the Diablo franchise launched last month and the clan has about 150 members. Traditionally, AIE’s Heroes of Sanctuary are seasonal creatures and the game sees the most activity during new seasonal play. The first season for Diablo 4 is the Season of the Malignant and is well underway.
The game has a small, but active community with a variety of activities to keep most occupied from dungeon crawls for progress and leveling, world bosses, and up to five classes to experience the content with.
During the Summer of Love, the Diablo 4 Heroes have several “themed days” when veteran players can be available on request to assist with these activities. Please check the Summer of Love schedule but know that you can reach out in Discord at any time for assistance or fun grouping in the game.
Summer of Love got under way with TTRPG’s on Friday and Saturday. Pelell’s group survived the Tomb of Horrors and emerged with tons of gold after shenanigans. Having a Warforged named Greenwall who could Comprehend Languages helped (see what we did there?). Lithou’s Threads of Fate session had a flying daycare center in hot pursuit of a runaway ship with a diplomat’s child on board… then things got weird. Also, props to DM Lithou who kept the game going despite a power outage. Mad skills! Next Saturday Catavarie will be running a Star Wars game. Get your blasters ready!
Watch List
Coreborn is officially released in Early Access and available from Steam
Palia goes into Closed Beta on 2 Aug and Open Beta on 10 Aug
Summer of Love – Calendar of Events
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Everyone for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
]]>Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday –
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 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
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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/
Better Late Than Never (Gustytail’s Raid Team) defeated Heroic Sarkareth, final boss in Aberrus for their Ahead of the Curve achievement.
Let’s Go Skating has now also killed Heroic Sarkareth and is AOTC!
HFO just got ahead of the curve as well
Noob Raid is at 7/9 in Aberrus currently. We’ve made a couple of attempts at the 8th boss, but are still working on that one.
A huge amount of new content arrives Tuesday with patch 10.1.5 Fractures in Time. There’s a megadungeon – Dawn of the Infinite, Time Rifts world events, Whelp Daycare dailies and the Kalimdor Cup dragonriding races with mounts, transmog and battle pets to be obtained.
In addition, Allied Races will all be unlocked. The opening quests for Lightforged Draenei and Vulpera are some of Gustyail’s favorites.
Drakthyr are getting a third spec: Augmentation, bringing a variety of buffs to the party. All races (except Drakthyr) can now be warlocks and there are cool new customizations available for demons.
And Cross Realm trading will now be available for players in the same region. This should benefit low population servers like Earthen Ring as well cross realm groups that do raids and dungeons together.
Summer time, so quiet in the guild. On a raiding break right now, as several raiders have multiple commitments outside of the game. We are all hoping to be back at it by mid to late August, as summer winds down.
Don’t forget about Nar Shadaa Nightlife coming July 11th! Guildies are still playing in the new area on Voss or working their ways toward it. Many guildies have now finished Galactic Season 4 with some still working on it. There’s still time!
Cool things the guild has been doing:
We’ve been spending time running dungeons to level up our new Arcanists and checking out the new zones that were part of the Necrom chapter release
We’ve been working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less than 12 people.
Current ToT standings
1st Malakyi and Dankinia at 3-1
3rd DPRoberts and Newtype at 2-2
5th Bashirra and Kraemer at 1-3
Still in the middle of the Risa event. Highly recommended if you need a ground fighting equipment build.
This coming Friday night is dungeons and more night. Starting at 8pm central. All are welcome
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Welcome to episode #406 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, guys, there is a Strawberry pie, peach cobbler, and pina colada cake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests US who are here to talk to us about AIE in ALL THE THINGS. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we’ve been up to 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 –
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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/
On non-podcast weeks, there will be a guild activities and guild news blog up on the AIE Guild page – https://aie-guild.org/ They will be published under the Community section of the web page – https://aie-guild.org/blog/category/aie-community/
Here’s a link to last weeks https://aie-guild.org/blog/2023/06/aie-news-for-the-week-of-25-jun-2023/
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
NOMADS
Diablo IV
The AIE Clan has been active since day 1 and has grown to 118 members. Many have obtained levels beyond 60 and are actively engaged in the highest world difficulty currently available: Torment, World Tier 4. Members have been active in discord voice and in-game chat, organizing activities from simple leveling, altar of Lilith hunts, world bosses, hell tides and more!
If you have any questions, or would like to join the clan please check in with our saviors of Sanctuary in the AIE public discord channel #diablo.
Season 1 for the game is projected to start soon in mid to late July. Some quality of life updates are also already in the works based on community feedback. Developers are responding to and releasing news to the community. Make sure to keep informed by visiting the official site’s News section: https://diablo4.blizzard.com/en-us/#news
Some resources for those just starting out:
News and all kinds of game resources including builds: https://maxroll.gg/d4
An interactive map to help track your renown: https://mapgenie.io/diablo-4/maps/sanctuary
Find those mystery chests in this world event: https://helltides.com/
A discord with a tracker for world boss alerts, etc.: https://discord.gg/diablo4
WoW
The Winds of Sanctuary event is still going till the 13th. And this week is the Darkmoon Faire. The Darkmoon Faire and Winds of Sanctuary buffs stack. Great time to level those alts or return to the game just in time for… The Fractures in Time content update! 10.1.5 goes live on July 11th! New Mega Dungeon, Warlock pet changes, Mage rework, and many other quality of life improvements! The biggest one probably being that trading items and gold will now work CROSS SERVER! All Allied races are now unlocked. Gustytail can’t wait to level a Kul Tiran druid.
Darkmoon Faire is up this week, with easy profession quests and an XP and rep buff for riding the carousel or roller coaster. These buffs stack with the Winds of Sanctuary buff. (I am checking but in the past DM Faire buffs always stack). There are also things to do at the Faire that count toward Trading Post goals – so check the Adventure log. And of course, when fishing you can get red and blue fish heads, which look ridiculous and are Gusty’s favorite thing.
Friday Alli-Horde raid is entering the alt-raid progression phase and downed two more heroic bosses. We have more people hitting KSM all the time.
Kiddie Aggro is now AOTC, getting their Sarkareth kill earlier this week. Congrats to the team! There’s two more teams knocking on the AOTC door and likely won’t be far behind. Meanwhile, Hell Froze Over took down two more heroic bosses, putting them at 4/8 heroic! Attendance was again high with more than 25 people participating.
Gusty’s Team Better Late Than Never is very close to their Ahead of the Curve achievement and fingers crossed will dps 3% harder on Monday against Heroic Sarkareth. Alliance team So Let’s Go Skating is also battling Snarkybreath.
Meanwhile, Noob Raid cleared 7 of 9 bosses on normal Aberrus Saturday and took a swipe at Echo of Neltharion. Way to go Noob Raid!
WoW Classic
Trial of the Crusader is open, we have been in the dungeon, but not the raid, our raid leader is recovering from surgery, hoping to hit it by the 14th of July. The Midsummer fire festival is ongoing, until the 3rd of July. We are all wishing we still had the Joyous Journeys buff for our alts. Beyond that, Classic remains fun.
SWTOR
In game news, the swtor dev team is moving from Bioware to Broadsword. EA will remain the publisher and Broadsword will run it. The relationship with Lucasfilms Gaming will remain the same. Right now it seems like there will be minimal disruption to the game, but if you’d like to know more, hop into the swtor channel. We have opinions!
Grats to our Git Some Fun flyers who had an unprecedented night of wins this week. In Machete’s immortal words, “We owned the skies!”
A few upcoming dates:
Nar Shaddaa Nightlife – July 11th
7.3.1 – end of summer
7.4 – start of the holidays
ESO
We’ve been spending time running dungeons to level up our new Arcanists and checking out the new zones that were part of the Necrom chapter release
We’ve been working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less than 12 people.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
Zone clears, trials if possible, and hanging out while playing Tales of Tribute.
FFXIV
Make it Rain MGP event going on until 7/23! We are running jackpot fc buffs every day with jackpot 3’s running on Saturdays!
Putting the FC workshop to use by building some of the special housing exteriors. Donations can be made by going to the FC workshop for crafter XP!! Also in the future if anyone wants any of these exteriors crafted for their personal houses they need but ask… and donate the materials of course
Jess is working on unlocking all the different exteriors, for now we only have the: Mogwalls, Eatery, Outfitters, Merchant’s, Traders, Half-Timbered, Arms Supplier’s, and Shirogane Castle walls.
STO
The Risa Summer event has started. It runs from 6/28 to 7/28 and rewards the Hysperian Intel Battlecruiser T6 that was first seen on Lower Decks! There is also a new ground set based on the Ren Faire episode on Strange New Worlds that includes a special sword, kit module, and shield that reflects incoming damage.
Fleet Action Report is celebrating their 3rd Year Anniversary on 7/20! We’ll be running our traditional PVP celebration starting at 10pm that same day.
We’re looking for players willing to celebrate with us! There will be Ship and Ground PVP, and perhaps shuttle PVP as well.
If you’d like to be a participant, please let us know. We’d like to get at least 7 players to join in to give us 2 full teams of 5 players. Faction doesn’t matter, and level doesn’t really matter.
GW2
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/
GuildWars2.com
Announcing Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure – GuildWars2.com
The fourth expansion for Guild Wars 2 launches on August 22, 2023.
Highlights;
Skyscale mount easier to get
2 new zones
Elite specialization weapons can be used on any spec.
All classes get one new weapon
2 new zones to start (lots of flying I guess)
And more?
LOTRO
We had an update that was focused on one of the sources of lag. The soundtrack to update 32, composed by Bill Champagne, is now on the lotro youtube page. Redeem code LOTROMTGO2023 in the in-game store by 1pm eastern on July 5th to receive, all are 1/account, Samwise Gamgee – loyal attendant property guard, Samwise’s portrait frame, a riding skill and a universal toolkit. This is to celebrate Middle Earth in Magic the Gathering Online. Side note the code is also usable in Magic the Gathering online as well.
And with that, let’s go around the table and find out what we’ve all been up to
GAME NEWS
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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.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Next show will be Saturday, July 15th at regular podcast time, our guest is Anirra to talk about where psychology and gaming intersect . So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Hey guildies! This is the first, of many posts, that will keep the AIE Guild activities and news current on non-AIE Podcast weeks. Please let us know what you think in the AIE Discord, and, as always, we love submissions!
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday –
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
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 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
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
The AIE Podcast
https://aie-guild.org/podcast
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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/
A great time in the #Coreborn open Beta, with many great tests completed! Looci and others are very much looking forward to the full game! Overall a great job for an indie game, that’s for sure!
Achievement spam incoming, with Raid Teams Kiddie Aggro, So Let’s Go Skating and Better Late Than Never (Gustytail’s team) all 8 of 9 bosses in Heroic Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible. Who will be first to down Scale Commander Sakareth?
The Filthy Casuals are 8 of 9 bosses on Normal difficulty and Noob Raid cleared 3 bosses on Normal this week.
House of Gamon is looking for more players. They run Mon-Wed from 9:30-11pm Eastern and their motto is, “Run what you have fun with.” Contact Wargus or check the Raid Team recruitment channel in Discord.
Also all three wings of Aberrus are now open on Raid Finder and it hasn’t been as much of a wipefest as some other raids
First week of Trial of the Crusader and Onyxia 80… weird memories going back to Onyxia after such a long time. Now she even drops a mount (and a 22 slot bag)
Next week will be the opening of the 3rd boss of Vault of Archavon (it was not up the first partial week), so more easy tokens to get
A few of us have been pursuing the violet proto drake for completing the holiday events meta, and I am happy to say that 3 of our players have earned that mount. This is a 310 flight speed mount!
7.3 content drop is fun. It brought a new questing area with gorgeous new graphics, a new dungeon, and a pretty awesome story beat. The story had us speculating about who is going to do what to whom and when!
MFN continues to sail along on Tuesday nights. The summer season is bringing a new schedule for Wednesday night PVP. It’s going to be roughly every two weeks, but it’s still worth checking on any Wednesday to see what’s happening. Friday nights is flying along with Galactic Starfighter and more.
The PvP season just ended, but there are still 7ish weeks left to finish up Galactic Seasons 4.
First week of the Tales of Tribute tournament is complete.
1st Malakyi 2-0
1st Newtype 2-0
3rd Dankinia 1-1
3rd DPRoberts 1-1
5th Bashirra 0-2
5th Kraemer 0-2
Make It Rain MGP event starts on June 30th, we will be running Jackpot FC buffs throughout the duration of the event. Once it’s done and Jess has recovered from their surgery they will be assembling a Bozja event for FC folks
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Welcome to episode #405 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (It’s too hot to bake!!! But we all know I will anyway!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). No guest tonight, but we figured we would sit around the virtual table and catch up since it’s been a month! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we’ve been up to in and out of game 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 – WoW Classic 2:00 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
Board Games Night – Starting in July, we’re going to change our time to 1st and 3rd Thursdays @ 6:00-7:30 PM Central.
WoW
-The Hell Froze Over raid team completed Normal mode raid last night and killed the first boss in Heroic! The team once again broke our attendance record, with 28 people present! Meanwhile, So Let’s Go Skating is through 5 bosses on heroic with eyes on killing more this weekend!
-The final wing of LFR opens this coming week and the catalyst is now up and running to help finish off those missing tier set pieces.
-The Winds of Sanctuary event is live, which means all xp gains are increased by 50%! This week also has Mist of Pandaria Timewalking. The perfect week for returning players or alts to level SUPER FAST! (seriously, you can probably go from 60 to 70 in an afternoon by just running timewalking dungeons)
Noob Raid has ventured into Aberrus and is 5/8 in Normal.
WoW Classic
Trial of the Crusader (new mini raid) is live next Thursday, in addition to a new wing/boss in the Vault of Archavon… and now the famous Onyxia is back for with a vengeance !
So 6 new bosses to keep us wanting for more, until Icecrown Citadel raid is bestowed upon us, so we can fight the Lich King finally
New Titan Rune: Beta dungeons are out too with sweet sweet catchup gear
SWTOR
In swtor news, the 7.3 content drop happened this week. It brought a new questing area with gorgeous new graphics, a new dungeon, and a pretty awesome story beat. The story had us speculating about who is going to do what to whom and when!
MFN continues to sail along on Tuesday nights. The summer season is bringing a new schedule for Wednesday night PVP. It’s going to be roughly every two weeks, but it’s still worth checking on any Wednesday to see what’s happening. Friday nights is flying along with Galactic Starfighter.
The PvP season is drawing to a close, but there are still 8ish weeks left to finish up Galactic Seasons 4.
ESO
We’ve been spending time running dungeons to level up our new Arcanists and checking out the new zones that were part of the Necrom chapter release
We’ve been working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less than 12 people.
Sign ups for our next ToT Tournament are under way and the tournament starts on June 19th. If you have questions about how it works or how to play, feel free to ask in Discord. A demonstration match can be arranged to walk though how to play as well as tips and strategy.
FFXIV
We are changing up the FC buff rotation to give people more of a variety, the schedule is pinned in the discord and Abo is going to work on a simple graphic for it at some point.
Sahja’s Friday night events are still happening, with some big new events planned as we head through the summer.
STO
Listen for Mew’s update
GW2
The next Dungeons and more night is July 14th
LOTRO
Update 36 is out and we got a new level cap area, King’s Gondor. Even with a fresh update we just got some great teasers on update 37, but first we have a patch that is expected to be out this week that is suppose to fix some of the lag issues. Big things on the horizon for lotro, so stay tuned.
And with that, let’s find out what we’ve all been up to in and out of game!
GAME NEWS
Mkallah- gaming, work, con wrap up, Kam not seeing Ashley Eckstien in front of us in the elevator, tempted by the darkside… again
Tetsemi – House stuff, Diablo VI, going crazy saving a ship in CoC, rolling up a Hadozee Rogue, and playing a Jedi Shadow in Star Wars RPG.
Mewkow – STO, ESO, WoW, FF14, house work, office work
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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.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>You may see some changed/updates to the posts going forward, but we’ll try and keep the dust to a minimum.
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Welcome to episode #404 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests, US! And we are going to talk to something near and dear to our hearts- CONS! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into our topic 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 – WoW Classic 2:00 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
Blizzcon 2023 has been announced for November 3 and 4th, no details on virtual ticket, bands, etc., but keep an eye out on Discord for watch events and/or in game get togethers.
Also, Summer of Love is being worked on, and usually happens around the first week in August, so again, Discord, eyes, keep watch.
Diablo IV will be launching with early access on June 1st, and normal access on June 5th.
Lost Ark
Interest and participation in Lost Ark has greatly waned some time ago. Only a handful of people have logged in for the last 6 months. Membership was also greatly reduced through inactivity.
The AIE Communitas guild has been evacuated and will be sunsetted.
Should interest rekindle over time, we may revisit the game in the future.
By week’s end this channel will also be archived and discussion for the game can still be done through #nomads
New World
Similar to our shift of Lost Ark to the Nomads channels, I think we’ll be doing the same with these New World channels as well. We’ll hold the in-game company for now but may remove old, unplayed characters before long too in order to simplify company management.
Let us know if you have any questions. We can always spin things back up and open the section back up in Discord if things get busy.
WoW
Noob Raid attempted to tackle the final boss in Vault of the Incarnates this week. We were unsuccessful, but will try again next weekend.
That’s not to say Noob Raid didn’t do well! We tackled Broodkeeper for the first time and killed her in very few pulls!
In HFO news, the group is continuing progress on Normal Aberrus with two new boss kills this week, making the group 7/9 in normal mode! And had its highest turn out in a long time (maybe ever!) with 27 people in attendance.
WoW Classic
ToC is on the PTR, Stale-puft continues to raid Ulduar, as we gear up our newest victims, oh wait recruits! We are hoping for a Cataclysm expansion announcement at Blizzcon. Beyond that, life is good in Classic!
SWTOR
Hello Darkness, my old friend. The new flashpoint – The Shrine of Silence – is up on the public test server with new art for the final boss. Think Groot, but really, really murderous. We don’t have a date for its release yet, but it’s not far off.
Join us on Tuesday nights for MFN, Wednesdays for friendly, slightly spicy, mildly organized PvP, and Fridays for some form of Pew Pew – most likely space ships in space.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less than 12 people.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Tales of Tribute Tournament 3 is now open for signups! To sign up just let us know in the talks of tribute channel in the ESO tab or you can send me a DM in discord at Kraemer29. There are only a few rules that need to be followed in order to participate 1 you must be an AIE guild member. 2 you must own the high isle chapter or higher and have access to tales of tribute. 3 you must have fun. 4 you must have completed the starter quest, if you need help finding the quest just ask we will be willing to help you out. The tournament will run for 4 weeks with a break for the 4th of July. The start will be on Monday June 19th 2023 and the 4th of July break will be July 3rd and the tournament will start its second half on July 10th . we currently have 6 people signed up and would love more. The tournament will once again pay out to the top 10 places, there will be a total of 7.25 million in gold in prizes. Once again we wish all our card players the best of luck.
Game News:
– The next chapter, Necrom, will be out June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles
FFXIV
June 4th is the FC run of the final stormblood alliance raid, and with the new patch coming out Tuesday there’s been a TON of upgrades to island sanctuaries, story content, and battle crafted gear, so if anyone needs any help with anything or has questions I’m almost always around to help.
The FC house has a new beach front exterior for the summer! Come by and check it out, I (Jess) had fun putting it together.
STO
STO Is running the following two sales!
Vanity Shields for Dilithium until tomorrow
Save on Legendary Items until tomorrow
The Current in-game event, Looming Threats, is still active. This rewards a new Tetryon-based space set
The new content drop, Unraveled, is active. This story is based on the consequences of time and dimensional travel. Something our character is responsible for, and the Tholians are trying to fix.
The fleet has completed its last holding. We now have access to every fleet holding, resources, items, and ship. Come see what we’ve accomplished!
LOTRO
We have some events, first the buried treasure event is going on through May 29th . Time to be working toward those treasure mounts. Next we have the Midsummer Festival to celebrate the wedding of Middle Earth’s power couple Aragorn and Arwen. So, throw off the armour, adorn yourself in your fancy duds and only raise you weapons in salute from June 8th – July 4th. Finally, there is the event that everyone can’t wait until it returns, yes that’s right, Chicken Hockey aka Hobnanigans is back from June 1st – June 4th.
And with that, let’s get back to US and talk about cons!.
GAME NEWS
So, summer tends to be con season and we all have very different con experiences that the average attendee has had. I want to talk about that! Besides being an attendee, tell me about your con experiences
Mew
Tet
Mkallah
What was your first con? Your favourite? And what con would you love to attend?
Mkallah
Mew
Tet
What is your favourite activity at con? And, your best con story!
Tet
Mkallah
Mew
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chatroom and ourselves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org/. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
In two weeks, we will be AT Phoenix Fan Fusion, so we are dark that week. But, we will return in four weeks with a great guest- to be announced… as soon as we know it! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #403 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey folks! There is a coffee cake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Corley and Stask who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Funs Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2:00 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
New World
Spring event is going on so logging in to get some presents and stuff
D4 server slam is next weekend may 12-14
WoW
So far, the cross faction guild implementation seems to be very popular! Especially with horde members joining the alliance side. The new zone is exciting and interesting. We’re all looking forward to season two officially kicking off on this coming Tuesday, which will bring the opening of the new raid on all difficulties (including the first wing of LFR) as well as the new mythic+ dungeons. The new upgrade system, although seemingly convoluted, is actually pretty neat and fun to experiment with.
Darkmoon Faire begins Sunday, with profession quests and a rep/xp buff if you ride the Roller Coaster or Carousel. Just in time for the new zone.
Also it is easy to do, unlike the neat and fun convoluted things.
WoW Classic
Trial of the Crusader (next short raid) is on the PTR, and normal dungeons will soon drop Ulduar 10 loot (and tokens for Hard Mode Uld 10) with a ++ mode named Beta. And our raid team has filled our 2 open spots with a new mage and paladin. We raid naxx tonight, to gear the new 80s up, and should be heading back into Ulduar next week.
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less than 12 people.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– More trials and another ToT tournament is in the sign up stages.
Game News:
– The next chapter, Necrom, will be out June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles
FFXIV
9:30pm Eastern on May 24, plus this coming Friday is Stormblood Extreme mount farming, poster in show notes below. Game activity is in maintenance mode, with moogle tome collecting being the main focus until the next patch.
STO
Both fleets have made some big progress with fleet holdings. Fed fleet has completed the Colony tier V upgrade unlocking one of the better science ships in game. The KDF fleet has completed the dilithium mine, allowing us the best dilithium discounts for players and for other fleet projects.
STO is releasing new content starting on May 9th. They are starting a month long event to feature some of the new content. This new story arc is called Unraveled and we will be dealing with the multiverse and the Tholians. The event featuring the new content will reward a new Tholian themed space set and as such adds more options for Tetryon energy weapons for your ships.
Fun night is Monday at 10pm Eastern. Come join us while we set our phasers to fun and take on the enemies of the galaxy.
Fleet Action Report is on Thursday at 10pm Eastern. We will be delving into the new content and the new event.
LOTRO
It’s been a busy week in LOTRO with the release of Update 35.1.2. So that’s a new raid, Gwathrenost the Witch-king’s Citadel, and avatar appearance updates. Related but out of game, the LOTRO forums have been updated for the first time in years.
But my favorite by far is the look ahead by Lead Systems Designer, Orion. https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-letter-2023-en?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=default&utm_content=ap_xforx7za19. With news of the rumored Umbar expansion, a new level cap, and new class due in Q4.
For folks with Mithril Coins consider The Homesteads and Harvest coffers (now through 05/14). It’s a themed set of housing décor items in three tiers of cost/detail.
And with that, let’s get back to Corley and Stask and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
SWTOR News:
MFN runs every Tuesday night at 9pm EDT
Variety of game activities
Alternate sides each week
Recently did some of the harder Datacrons
All are welcome, some events do require a subscription
Operation teams:
Monday – Republic
Wednesday – Sith Empire
Thursday – Sith Empire
Sunday – Sith Empire
PvP groups
Wednesday – Regular PvP
Friday – GSF
Galactic Season 4 is still going on with 99 days left.
PvP Season 2 has 43 days left.
Recently 7.2.1 was released and upgraded the game to a 64bit client. Seems to run smoother. Overall not much noise from the community with problems. Very much welcome upgrade.
Some players are having issues with using Steam to pay for their subscription.
Recently had a Live stream to talk about upcoming patches for the game.
LotsSahar for deco poster until 18 May
May the 4th droid pet, just need to log in buy May 18th
Double XP and Valor is going on until May 18th
Cartel market unlocks 50% off
Update 7.3 is coming soon.
New Story “Old Wounds” on Voss
New Flashpoint “Shrine of Silence”:
New boss mechanics, donuts
Optional, not required for the main story
PVP changes coming
Nar Shaddaa Nightlife is coming back with some new rewards
More changes to try to fix the credit inflation
Updating GTN functionality to make it the place to go for trading:
Order system
Scaling taxes
Changes to how players get gear with currency:.
Daily Resource Matrices are being removed.
Will be converted to Conquest Commendations 1 for 1
Weekly caps are being increased for most of the currencies.
No longer need multiple currencies to buy or upgrade gear.
PTS is up for testing.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Corley and Stask for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org/. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 Corley
– This is Stask
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
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Welcome to episode #402 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 Porto’s in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be chatting with Kini shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
We are happy to announce we’ve asked two new officers to help within the community and they have accepted. @Rintalasin and @Kraemer29 have been members of the community for a while now and are always willing to help out with events, answer questions, and be a positive influence on the community. Rintalasin can generally be found hanging out in WoW (both Alliance and Horde sides) and Kraemer spends time in ESO (where he runs a ToT tournament every few months), STO, and SWTOR. Thanks to you both for agreeing to join and help out!
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday-
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
The Week of One Shots is off to a strong start. Whimsy of Fate with Lithou in the Fate Accelerated system (not D&D) was so much fun the players want a second session. We need more adventures with Atomic Rhino Crippler and Fergie McIntire, the “French” chef who may or may not be a dragon.
In Barber of Silverymoon with Catavarie, they rescued captives, defeated evils, and watched a Paladin work out some aggression on a defenseless machine. The DM regrets only that no players died, even to the Mimic disguised as a wig.
Sunday’s SCP Containment Breach with Duskmire had to be canceled due to a drop out but will be run again next Sunday, with more players needed. We also need players for Wednesday and Friday (two sessions). Saturday is full, because who can resist a session called Grammy’s Country Apple Pie? Mmm Pie
WoW
In WoW news, congratulations to Alliance Raid Team So Let’s Go Skating on their Ahead of the Curve achievement for killing Heroic Raza-geth. Players are getting ready for the next big content patch, Embers of Neltharion coming on May 2, with a new underground zone to explore. New Raid Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (where we get to meet an echo of Neltharion) opens the week of May 8. We also have Volunteer Guard Day, a micro holiday, on Friday. Defend Stormwind or Orgrimmar to obtain the temporary appearance of a guard.
Oh and let’s not forget that Cross Faction Guilds will be a thing in the new patch! Please welcome any unfamiliar faces and races you see in Guild chat. However, the way Greenwall works will limit the ability to see cross-faction Guild chat. Tets?
WoW Classic
We are still raiding Ulduar, with a few bumps and struggles with the roster. We are always looking for a few extra people who would like to raid with us, as we roll on through the content. We raid on Saturday nights, from 9-1 server time, and sometimes on Friday nights as well. Friday night is from 11-1. If you have any questions, please DM Looci in discord, and she will give you any info she has!
SWTOR
One of the rewards from the new Galactic Seasons is the Stronghold on Mek-sha (Max’s favorite zone), now known as the Mek-Shack. Or Max-Shack? Mek-Max-Shack?
MFN continues to thrive on Tuesday nights, but we also have pvp on Wednesday nights and Space Ship Pew Pew on Friday nights. Our Monday night raid teams are looking to fill some slots, so if you always wanted to get into group content, this is a great opportunity. To join any of these activities, drop a note in discord for more details.
ESO
Greeting fellow AIE family members we are now opening up sign ups for our Tales of Tribute 3 tournament. The tournament will start on Monday June 16th 2023. In order to sign up for the tournament please let Kraemer know in the tales of tribute channel or by DM in discord. The tournament will run for four weeks with a short break for the fourth of July week. As with the previous 2 tournaments you will need to have the high isle chapter and having completed the start quest for tales of tribute. If you need help finding the starter quest we can help with that. Also Dankinia will distribute the winnings to all the top 10 placers. If there are any questions just ask away and Best of luck to all our card players out there.
We are working on trials on MFN nights, have a vet dungeon group on Wednesdays, and we are starting a normal pledge dungeon group on Sunday nights.
FFXIV
Caztiel Winchester will be holding an FC (or AIE players who want to DC/CW travel) event running the second Stormblood alliance raid this Thursday. Sahja is still holding her weekly Friday fun events and Saturdays are still Endwalker map nights. Starting Monday April 24th at 1am PT, the moogle treasure trove event begins, and continues until patch 6.4. Expect a lot of activity grinding specific dungeons to earn the new moogle tomes, especially the Nier Automata raids as they are the chosen alliance raid this time around. The Alexander raid series is the chosen ‘normal’ raid series, and the Weapon(emerald, ruby, diamond) series is the chosen extreme raid series.
STO
The Fleet is closing in on its final upgrade. This will give everyone access to a new Science Ship that’s pretty special. After that, we intend to focus as much as we can on the KDF Fleet.
STO is currently running it’s First Contact Day event. This rewards a new universal console that is a 2-piece set with one of the new fighters from the latest Legendary Bundle.
Fleet Action Report is switching to Thursdays at 10pm Eastern. Fun night will be moving to Mondays at 10pm Eastern. This change will help FAR better serve the community by being able to catch updates and content releases when they happen. These changes start this Thursday.
LOTRO
Lotro has turned 16 and is currently celebrating with the Anniversary event through May 14th. If you need help running the scroll quests let us know in discord and we can find a time to get a group together.
And with that, let’s get back to Kini and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
The next chapter for ESO is called Necrom and arrives on June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles. It is part of the Shadow of Morrowind Saga and will bring two new zones and a new class to the game. The new class, called the Arcanist, has a new combat mechanic which involves using class abilities to generate a resource that allows you to empower your abilities. As all classes in ESO, you can choose any of the three roles (Tank, Healer, DPS) as well as swap between them fairly easily.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kini for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 a guest to be determined about SWTOR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dankinia
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #401 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Hoots and Lanctharus who is here to talk to us about some of the ttRPG activities happening in AIE. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into the Table Talk 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. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
Just a note that the AIE Valheim hosted server is online and the IP has changed. The server info is pinned in the discord channel.
WoW
This week the Trial of Style event was live and lots of fun was had with guildies in this fast-paced fashion competition. There were new categories this year, such as Going Green, Profession Expression, Gothic Gala and Expedition: Catwalk. Sadly, we can’t queue as mixed Horde and Alliance groups yet, but Pepe was there to support both factions.
PS Is that Gustytail wielding Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker? Why yes, yes it is!
Raid Team news: Noob Raid took down the first 3 bosses in Vault of the Incarnates and made good progress on a fourth – Dathea. Go Noob Raid! The Filthy Casuals defeated Normal Razza-geth and 2 bosses on Heroic.
On Alliance side, Hell Froze Over downed Heroic Kurog (the coffee boss) and progression team So Let’s Go Skating is working on Heroic Raz for their Ahead of the Curve Achievement.
We’re looking for DM’s for a Week of One-Shots, Dungeons and Dragons guild event at the end of April. Visit the tabletop-rpg channel in AIE Discord for more info and tag Gustytail if you’re interested. Our DM’s will be receiving a hand-painted mini as a thank you gift, courtesy of Lanctharus. (Oh hey Lanc, maybe you can talk more about this later.)
WoW Classic
Still working on clearing Ulduar, been a busy few weeks for the team, but we are still around. Still waiting on word of when ToC is hitting, but we are still having fun!
SWTOR
In SWTOR, the guild won its Total Galactic War battle and now everyone who participated can display their new title of “Conqueror of Ossus”. Additionally, as you zone into Ossus, you see a banner message stating that AIE is the current conqueror of the planet.
7.2.1, which among many other things will bring Galactic Season 4, will be dropping on 3/28. This is also the update that will bring the 64 bit client, so we are expecting a bigger than normal download that day.
As always, please come and join us on Tuesday nights for MFN!
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– The last couple of weeks have been spent working our way through the two new dungeons in preparation for the next Chapter release.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– The next couple of MFNs will be focused on the upcoming Jester’s Festival. We will group up to do the daily quests and take advantage of the XP boost.
Game News:
– The Jester’s Festival runs from March 29th to April 6th and in addition to the event XP boost there will be event specific quests to earn Festival Boxes full of loot and event tickets
– The next chapter, Necrom, will be out June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles
FFXIV
Keep an eye out for the FC run of the second return to Ivalice raid. Caztiel be announcing the date soon
STO
The Fleet is closing in on finishing its last project. This will complete all the Fleet Holdings and give our players access to all the fleet goodies.
STO Is currently running its second event in the year-long campaign. This event focuses on the Voth and rewards a Universal Kit – Voth Battlesuit. This one is gonna be fun! Don’t miss it!
Fleet Action Report, a AIE-Related STO Video Podcast, runs Monday Nights at 10pm. This is live streamed, then later posted to YouTube. All episodes can be found on our website, http://fleetactionreport.com/
Fleet Fun Night runs Thursdays at 10pm. We will help players level, run TFOs, run events, or anything else players want or need. The fun happens at http://twitch.tv/grebog
LOTRO
Update 35 was released on Wednesday. With the update we return to Carn Dûm, as well as new instances for small and fellowships. Also the captains, hunters and wardens trait pouts have been reset. Along with the other fun class changes that a new update always brings.
Carn Dum has received a major refresh in Update 35. Check your mail for the starter quest!
And with that, let’s get back to Hoots and Lanc and find out what’s going on with ttRPGs in AIE
GAME NEWS
If you want to listen to a really good podcast on Actual Plays
She goes into why each show does the format it does, and why it works for some and not others.
And follow Emily Friedman on Twitter, she has really good summaries/reactions to Critical Role/Dimension 20/Words Beyond Worlds, etc.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Hoots and Lanc for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Hoots
– This is Lanctharus
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #400 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (there is an Irish apple cake). This week we are joined by special guests Gusty who is here to talk to us about AIE in WOW Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WOW 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. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
Diablo 3
The new Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary is live. https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/blog/23897180/season-28-rites-of-sanctuary-now-live-2-17-2023
This season features the Altar of Rites that grants account-wide perks for your seasonal characters such as reducing all level requirements of gear to level 1, double bounty cache rewards, etc.
Diablo 4
Closed Beta for Pre-orders next weekend, Mar 17 – 19. Open Beta for everyone the following weekend, Mar 24 -26.
Level a character to level 20 in the beta and receive the Wolf Pup backpack. https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23916442/your-guide-to-the-diablo-iv-open-beta#Rewards
Release date is June 6th, 2023.
We had the Coreborn Alpha – A number of folks from AIE got invited to the Closed Alpha of Coreborn, an open world survival game, and we had a blast! Once we got our heads around the crafting, gathering, and building, we went to town. Max literally laid down the blueprints (awesome game feature) for the building and workstations/chest and we gathered up the supplies to make them real. Once we got to level 2 on the Town Center we had a PvE attack coming from NPC’s. We swarmed them and defeated them, but 8 hours later, while we slept, they got their revenge and knocked out 90% of the bottom floor of the base. We rebuilt and got to level 3 just before they did a full wipe for the last day of alpha. We rallied the troops and rebuilt much faster, now knowing the system, and got to level 2 before the alpha ended.
Beautiful scenery, lots to explore, fun building/crafting stuff to do, and yes, they’re adding fishing.
See pictures below.
Coreborn – Not pictured is Fortzr who joined us later in the testing once we got the US/EU stuff sorted.
Coreborn – Stronghold, Level 3
Coreborn – First town invasion
Star Citizen 3.18 is a huge leap forward there in a number of ways but will take a week or two to stabilize and we’ll have a few people checking it out.
WoW
In WoW, we have a Guild event coming up: The Trial of Style (a micro holiday fashion contest) returns March 20-24 and I’ll be doing guild runs at 7pm Eastern. Players earn tokens for transmog gear and the event counts toward the new Trading Post’s monthly goal for the Darkmoon Harlequin transmog set. FOR THE MOG!
In Raid Team news, Kiddie Aggro defeated Heroic Razageth for the Ahead of the Curve achievement and completed Glory of the Vault Raider for a molten mammoth mount. My team, Better Late Than Never, has both as well! Behind the Curve is 4 of 8 bosses in Heroic, Alliance Team Hell Froze Over is 3 of 8 Heroic and the Filthy Casuals are working on Normal Razageth and have taken out the first boss (Eggnog) on Heroic.
Noob Raid went Timewalking Saturday night, defeating 5 bosses in Ulduar. Whoa that Crazy Cat Lady!
WoW Classic
In WoW Classic, Stale Puft Marshmallow Raid Team is going strong in Ulduar with 12/14 bosses down and looking for their first Yogg-Saron kill. They have a great group of core players but could use more! With a few folks out last weekend they went after some “short-handed” achievements in Naxxramus instead, such as Less Is More,The Dedicated Few and Subtraction.
SWTOR
The big thing this week in AIE Swtor is Total Galactic War. The guild will be working to gain points to beat other guilds to the domination of a planet. It’s a bit of strategy, a healthy portion of teamwork, and usually a lot of fun as well.
FFXIV
This is the first in a monthly series Caztiel is doing
Pic #6
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been working on clearing the trials that don’t have mechanics that force us to have a full 12 people. We’ve currently got three that we can routinely complete.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Tales of Tribute Tournament 2 has concluded, but there are plans for ToT 3 to take place in mid-June with a prize pool of over 7 million gold. (too bad that doesn’t convert to real money)
Game News:
– Update 37 along with the Scribes of Fate DLC will be out on March 13th for PC and March 28 for consoles. Update 37 brings some accessibility improvements and housing improvements and the DLC brings two new dungeons.
– The next chapter, Necrom, will be out June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles.
STO
The Federation fleet is making big moves with the colony. We are currently working to complete the Tier V for the overall colony. We could use some help with people doing the renewable energy daily at the colony for more batteries to help move it along. Somehow we have already filled the 1.79 million dilithium and almost have the fleet marks. Amazing job you all.
KDF fleet is working on the final project of the dilithium mine, which will unlock the last of the discounts on dilithium prices.
GW2
New episode, What Lies Beneath, in the new more regular release schedule has dropped. Dungeons and more on the second Friday, MFN weekly.
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/What_Lies_Beneath
LOTRO
Update 35 is still on Bullroarer (pts). That means we are getting closer to when the new update goes live. The spring festival started on March 9th and runs through March 27th. Time to dust of fthe map of the maze and get ready for some fence walking.
And with that, let’s get back to Gusty and find out what’s going on in WOW.
GAME NEWS
Content release 10.0.7 lands on March 21st. We’ll be heading to the Forbidden Reach (the Dracthyr Evoker starting area). The new content for max-level players involves exploring five zones and the Zskera Vault, a weekly Treasure Room with a fancy ring, the Onyx Annulet. That’s A-N-N annulet not amulet.
Primal Storms, including a Mega Storm, will offer gear upgrades and are great for alts. New Faction grind rewards include four Dragon Riding customizations, a Battle pet named Buckie and the Noble Bruffalon mount. We’ll also have a quest to befriend the Winterpelt Furbolg in Azure Span by slowly learning their language. What a nice concept!
Human and Orc Heritage Armor quests are also coming. Full skirt and chest spike transmogs? Don’t mind if I do! Also – Worgen, Goblins and Lightforge Dranei can now be monks. Let’s Roll!
Meanwhile Content release 10.1.0 is on the PTR
We’ll see a new underground zone, new Dragon Riding skills, a new raid – Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible – and a new season of Mythic+ with 8 different dungeons. But the thing we’re REALLY excited for is Cross-Faction GUILDS! Yes, we’ve been doing cross-faction raids and dungeons, but we’ll finally achieve the dream of one community! The officers are currently testing functionality on the PTR, and we’ll let you know how it will all work once it’s ready to go.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gusty for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://discord.com/invite/bCVvumW. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
A preview, a teaser, a bit of things to come? Your guess is as good as ours, but following the AIE Podcast, we’ll be sending another AIE Podcast down the feed focused on TTRPG’s featuring Lantharus, Bhock, and Hoots!
TTRPG’S, The Tabletop Role Playing Game Show (Interim Name)
Episode 1: The Pilot
Join Bhock, Hoots, and Lanctharus as they talk about their forays into the realms of Tabletop Role Playing Games. In this show, we touch upon the history of Dungeons & Dragons, our own experiences playing tabletop games, and the recent game community rage regarding Wizards of the Coast’s Open Game License (OGL) 1.2 debacle.
Next time, we’ll be talking to Lanc and crew about gaming shenanigans. So until then, AIE…
– THIS IS GUSTYTAIL
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #399 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. Sorry about the show two weeks ago, we had technical difficulty agro and had to cancel after hitting out head against the wall for 20 minutes! This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Marcus who is here to talk to us about AIE in Destiny 2 Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Destiny 2 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. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday Destiny 2 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/\
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
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
New World continues to be quiet for AIE but the dev team is working hard to build on the strong foundation they started with. They’ve published a 2023 dev roadmap that includes “season” story updates and an “expansion” for the fall, which is targeted to include “mounts”, which is a long awaited feature. Keep an eye out and maybe we can get an AIE excursion later this year.
Diablo 3
The new Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary is live. https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/blog/23897180/season-28-rites-of-sanctuary-now-live-2-17-2023
This season features the Altar of Rites that grants account-wide perks for your seasonal characters such as reducing all level requirements of gear to level 1, double bounty cache rewards, etc.
Diablo 4
Open Beta starts in a few weeks, March 17-19th for pre-orders and the following weekend 24-26th for all.
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23916442/your-guide-to-the-diablo-iv-open-beta
Release date is June 6th, 2023.
We have players dabbling in a bunch of other Nomads games regularly too. Be sure to check out the Nomads channel and if there’s something you’d like to get going, put the call out and we can see who is interested. Recent adventures included a few people surviving in Rust, a new No Man’s Sky expedition, and a start in Kerbal early access. On the horizon is the Coreborn Alpha event, Wild Hearts, and a possible Sons of the Forest hosted server.
WoW
Congrats to Raid Team Kiddie Aggro on their Ahead of the Curve Achievement for downing final boss Raza-geth in Vault of the Incarnates on Heroic. Noob Raid has now defeated two bosses on Normal. Thanks to all who join our Saturday night Guild event and shoutout to Dankinia for leading it.
WoW Classic
Classic continues to roll along, with Ulduar up and the Tournament grounds being built. Dailies for TOC are around, and things are cooking. No word on the next phase yet, but when it happens, we will be ready!
Alela’s Wrath (Stale-Puft Marshmallows) continue our progression thru Ulduar, with Thorim hard mode downed, and we were oh so close on Hodir Hard mode last week. Hoping for success this week on Hodir! We have killed 12 of 14, and we started to progress on Yogg last week.
We periodically run Naxx on Wed nights to fill in slots in gear to help that progression.
SWTOR
Bioware awarded a special mount to anyone that logged into the test server and ran a pvp match. Stash and Machete marshaled a group of guildies to get that done. Everyone’s mounts should appear in the mail when 7.2.1 launches. If anyone wants to continue their pvp journey, talk to either of them about their Wednesday night pvp shenanigans.
Also, make sure to have some pistachio ice cream in the guild kitchen. I hear it’s Marcus’ favorite. (according to Sema)
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been working on clearing the trials that don’t have mechanics that force us to have a full 12 people. We’ve currently got three that we can routinely complete.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Tales of Tribute Tournament 2 has concluded, but there are plans for ToT 3 to take place in mid-June with a prize pool of over 7 million gold. (too bad that doesn’t convert to real money)
Game News:
– The next chapter of the game, which is called Necrom, was announced. It will bring two new regions, new companions, and a new class called the Arcanist. Pre-orders of the chapter are available now.
FFXIV
Map nights on saturdays, and Weekly events that change every week at 9pm on Fridays, hosted by Sahja
STO
The Federation fleet has made a big step forward and the final project, Tier V, for renewable energy branch of the colony has 5 days left. Once it completes we will be able to work on the overall colony’s final Tier V upgrade. Also something to note is that once the Renewable Energy project completes, we will have access to the best tactical consoles in game for tank builds.
Our KDF fleet has also been making some big strides as well. In just over 3 days and the final project for the Development branch of the dilithium mine will complete. This will unlock the maximum discounts for fleet project marks, which will in turn help us with other projects. We will have 1 more big project to complete at the dilithium mine and the holding will be completely done.
KDF fleet is actually not all that far from a Tier III starbase as well. And we have seen an influx of new KDF captains with the KDF recruit event going on in STO. Which, if you are wanting to create a Klingon Recruit, you have until March 9th. You only have to create the captain and get maybe 5 to 10 minutes into the tutorial and get the Encrypted Klingon Receiver device. Once you have the device have as much time as you want to complete the goals the device ask you to do. So, you can be a diehard and do it all in a weekend or be more like Grebog and still be working on it over a year later.
Fun nights are on Thursday at 10pm eastern. Come join us with our crazy antics. We run missions, TFOs, or sometimes Grebog comes up with a silly thing to have fun with.
Fleet Action Report episode 138 will be this Monday. This will be a bit of a different episode as hosts will discuss various things from what brought them to STO to why they continue playing all these years later and much much more.
GW2
Dungeons and more on the second Friday, MFN weekly.
LOTRO
Update 35 is still on Bullroarer (pts). That means we are getting closer to when the new update goes live. The spring festival starts on March 9th and runs through March 27th. Time to dust off the map of the maze and get ready for some fence walking.
GAME NEWS
Lightfall trailer
Calus
Witness
Clovis and rasputin
Viel
Neptune!
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Marcus for joining us.
Working Class Nerds
https://twitch.tv/marcusb814
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 GustyTail in WoW, for our 400th episode!!!! So until then, AIE…
– This is Marcus
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #398 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, everyone, we are finally done with the holiday treats in the guild kitchen. Now, for Valentine’s day!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Kelseer who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
New World
AIE has a handful of people checking in each week as the overall population of New World continues to grow and the “recent reviews” continue to remain high. The new zones and holiday content were a highlight. It’s quiet but if anyone wants to check it out they just need to ask and we can get them in the AIE Company.
No Man Sky is wrapping up their end-of-year expedition replays which are a fun way to see the game.
Lost Ark
The AIE presence has been reduced to one guild. Membership is still open for anyone to join. As always, drop a request in the lostark discord channel once you’ve submitted an application.
Activity is low for the game, use discord to find partners for activities.
The game’s roadmap for 2023 includes a new continent next month while the January update going live on the 18th features a special themed “Witcher” event with various cosmetics. (Rich opportunity to discuss all the Netflix Witcher drama).
Roadmap: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/2023-roadmap-part1
January Update: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/january-2023-update-announce
WoW
Now that the holidays are past us, Noob Raid has resumed. We are currently working though wing 1 and 2 of LFR. Unfortunately due to game restraints, there is an ilvl requirement of 359 but in a few weeks we will probably dive into normal.
WoW Classic
Acclaimed Ulduar 10/25 raid is starting next Thursday, with a Hard Mode available for each boss independently
Current (older) 10 man content will drop 25 man content, to stay relevant
Current (older) 25 man content will drop even more 25 man loot than before
5 man dungeons will have a Hard Mode option for better gear (old Naxx 10), to stay relevant
daily 5 man dungeon quest will reward the new tokens and new crafting orb, making it very useful
SWTOR
The season of snowballs has come to a close and we are looking forward to 2023. 2022 brought a lot of infrastructure, UI, and behind-the-scenes revamping, so we are hoping 2023 will bring us a lot of really cool player-facing content.
Showdown on Rhunuk dropped in December. It brought a large story chunk, a new planet, new dailies, a new reputation track, and new achievements (including some hidden ones). The cinematics that came with this content update have been the best so far.
Additionally, a flashpoint (and story beat) that we previously thought was just part of a side story is turning out to have tendrils feeding back into the main story. We are waiting for Malgus’s next move.
Join us on Tuesday nights when we knock out some Operations, Conquest targets, and Galactic Seasons targets. Everyone is welcome.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– MFN’s have resumed after our holiday break and we’ve been venturing into trials again.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– The next Tales of Tribute tournament starts Monday January 16th. This time it will only run for four weeks and consist of 3 matches per week. Places 1-10 will be paid out again with 1st place getting 1 mil gold. If you are not already registered, and you are interested, reach out to Kraemer in the discord and thank you to Kraemer and Dragger for funding the event again.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
Fed fleet is days, maybe a week out from starting the Tier 5 Renewable Energy project, which will then let us start the Colony major Tier 5 project after it.
KDF Fleet Starbase Tier 2 is counting down now. The dilithium mine is knocking at the door for Tier 3 and completion
Fun nights are still Thursday at 10pm Eastern. Come and join us, just set your phasers to fun.
GW2
The Lunar New Year festival is back and has 2 more weeks to run. We had a chill Dungeons and More night on Friday, trying the festival activities. New weapons set this year, “Fireworks”. MFN is still happening every Monday night.
LOTRO
It is a new year, we are half way through January and that means one of the best events is almost here. The ill omens skirmish event will run from February 2nd-February 27th. Let’s group up and earn some pets and other rewards.
And with that, let’s get back to Kelseer and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
FFXIV just got patch 6.3!
Big Highlights
The rest of the 6.3 patch series will include:
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kelseer for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
We are working on getting our podcast schedule set for 2023, if you have something you want to come on and talk to us about, contact us! We aren’t sure who our guests will be next show, but we will certainly let you know! So until then, AIE…
– This is Kelseer
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #397 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week, we have our year end in AIE Review!! Welcome!
Ok,now that we have caught up on what we’ve been up to, let’s get into some game news and a year End Review!! ..
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 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-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.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
From Marcus – AIE’s Destiny 2 clan was reborn this year! We had an amazing expansion released in February. Witch Queen brought so many guardians back to the game. Since then we have been running clan night every Tuesday night at 9pm est. Between Strikes, PVP, gambit, nightfalls, and the occasional dungeon. This has been quite the year for Destiny 2 in AIE!
Coming in 2023…
The next expansion “Lightfall” comes in Feb 2023! Then we will get 4 seasons throughout the year with Story, Raids, Dungeons, and updates to keep you playing!
If you’re interested in joining the clan ping Marcus or Wargus! We will get you into the fun!
“May the light provide!”
Merry Christmas!
From Albus – We have had a lot of fun with board gaming, and there’s one particularly epic game of King of Tokyo that Face of Case won which stands out in my mind. He rolled just right and pulled off a double win! I’m looking forward to more people joining in next year and also the next AIE Con.
From Maellung – This year the D&D channel has been busy. Tons of great talk in there. Next year there are DMs and future new DMs looking to run some stuff.
From Max – Nomads in general, we’ve had players hosting private servers for AIE this year for us all to try out a ton of fun games. Definitely worth a shoutout to Sartavius and Fez organizing stuff in Valheim, Nazrai in Empyrion and Ark, Corley in Rust, etc. (am I missing any?) We really appreciate the extra hosting and organizing work!
WoW
Dankinia – Noob Raid and Noob Raid. Dankinia is looking forward to seeing how many Evokers show up on January 7th when Noob Raid returns.
Gusty – The biggest activity for me was AIE Con, with multiple WoW events and four Dungeons and Dragons one-shots – one led by a first time Dungeon Master. Most memorable, our Horde and Alliance players teamed up for a last minute Fated Raid on Dragonflight launch day. They defeated The Jailer with only an hour to spare, earning several people a very cool mount, Jigglesworth Senior.
I am looking forward to raiding with my Drak-theer Evoker – the new draconic race & class – and perfecting my Dragonriding skills.
WoW Classic
Looci – For me, it’s having the Akela’s Wrath team, working together to do end game content, and helping each other out. Again, AIE is about the people, and we have GREAT people in Classic. I love you guys!
Lars – 2022 was the first time I actually joined a team and raided in WoW. Really this is the first time for me to have any sustained group content outside of Eve Online in AIE. So I must say that I am very happy for that and send a big hug to our raid team Akela’s Wrath.
SWTOR
From Sema – High points for AIE in swtor this year include a new Operation (raid), where guildies are still progressing, and Total Galactic War, where we won two new planets. We also got major UI upgrades including the much awaited, game-changing color blind mode. BC handed the reins of MFN over to Corley who has been making our Tuesdays so much fun. And we’ve welcomed new members all year long. It’s been a good year.
ESO
From Dankinia – I think the biggest, most memorable event of the year in ESO was the Tales of Tribute tournament. Six weeks of chatting, playing cards, and some good natured competition. Everyone got a prize at the end, thanks to the generous donations of Kraemer and Drager, and we all had fun. Next year we are looking forward to another ToT tournament and possibly a fishing tournament.
From Kraemer – Greeting AIE community we are now opening up signing up for the second AIE guild Tales of Tribute tournament that will start Monday January 16th 2023. To sign up all you have to do is respond in the tot channel or dm @Kraemer29 on discord. The tourney will run for 4 weeks this time for a total of 12 matches against each other. You will play 3 matches per week for 4 weeks if there is a tie for example tied for 1st the players tied will get 1st and 2nd and then divided by 2 to split evenly among the tied players. We will once again pay the top 10 spots.
1st – 1,000,000
2nd – 750,000
3rd – 500,000
4th – 250,000
5th – 125,000
6th – 75,000
7th – 50,000
8th – 35,000
9th – 25,000
10th = 10,000
Total gold in prizes will be 2,820,000.
Good luck to all those who are interested in signing up for the tourney.
FFXIV
From Abovan – With the release of Endwalker, it has been awesome to see and hear all of the AIE members reactions to the 8-year conclusion of the first major story arc in FFXIV. And then, from those passions, how it attracts other new players to AIE to see how you can truly have an engaging, entertaining, and emotional storyline in a MMO. And then their emotions and reactions through the game grabs the interest of the next wave of players, and the cycle repeats itself.
From Sahja Moshraka/Elaine of Shalott
The last Sunday Retro Treasure Hunt will be level 80 Treasure Maps on December 18th at 4PM Eastern. Then join us in the new year as AIE in FF14 embarks on the Magical Miscellany Tour. Each Friday Night at 9PM Eastern the tour will make a new stop. Events include Retro Treasure Maps, Mount and Glamour farms, Crazy Challenges and more. The first stop will be on January 6th for a Winter Wonderland in the Aquapolis. Flaunt your most fabulous frigid fashions at the Free Company house before setting out to locate the treasures of the Aquapolis in those chilly Heavansward Zones. This event is accessible to any level 60 player who has completed the Heavansward MSQ including Free Trial players. More details will be posted in the FF14 channel in discord. Feel free to contact Sahja Moshraka in Discord or in game with questions or ideas for future events.
STO
Grebog – STO’s Year in review. We have made some major progress this year on the Federation fleet holdings. All small holdings are 100% complete and we even finished off the starbase. Even with that made a huge dent into the colony, which is also closing in on completion. KDF fleet also went from a gleam in our eyes to having nearly completed the Dilithium mine for all the discounts it awards for progressing projects and pushed the starbase to just a hair under being tier 2.
The fleet has been having lots of fun on Fun Night Thursdays. We have done things from blowing each other up for laughs to helping gear and level up people.
Fleet Action Report had a huge year thanks to the community. We were invited to be part of a special Game Developer event and you all helped us turn the numbers out for the special show. This still blows my mind, that we were even able to participate in that.
It has been a great year and you all have made it that.
GW2
MFN Weekly + Dungeon Nights Monthly continue to be a guild highlight here.
Also the guild opened it’s guild hall! Congratulations.
LOTRO
From Maellung – This year we have had some fun on low level toons. Starting with different race/class combos being available. This also brought an increase in the game in the starter areas. Then with the recent release of Before the Shadow expansion we had fun with a brand new starter zone. Also with Before the Shadow some of us were able to enjoy learning a new skirmish for the first time in many years. Next year we will look at continuing our fun guiding people through the new starter zone and getting the deeds done for the new skirmish. We also are looking at helping people get some group content deeds completed.
GAME NEWS
And with that, I have a question for my co-hosts- what was your gaming highlight this year? And what is your gaming resolution for next year?
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank you all for joining us in 2022!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
We will see in 2023! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #396 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi. To my left is Mkallah – (Hey folks, there are still treats from Halloween tea in the Guild Kitchen. And, we are in the missing Mewkow formation this evening. But, we are joined by special guests Looci who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW Classic. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW Classic 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. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
First Look At A Last Breath – Behind The Games podcast with Eneko of Moonatic Studios
https://www.newoverlords.com/first-look-at-a-last-breath-behind-the-games-podcast-with-eneko-of-moonatic-studios/
Fresh off a world tour showcasing an early view of Moonatic Studios new game called One Last Breath, we catch up with Eneko Zubiaurre. We talk about the style, art and themes of this atmospheric adventure puzzle game with deep themes and meaning. We also hear about Moonatic Studios origins and the game dev scene in Spain. Thanks, Eneko!
Check out One Last Breath at http://www.onelastbreathgame.com/ and be sure to wish list and play the early access demo on Steam.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 445: 2022 Feast Updates
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-445-2022-feast-updates/
The Feast of Prosperity is back for 2022 with a couple updates.
Fleet Action Report Ep 121 Happy Halloween
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2AG8vqv66E
It’s Costumes and Candy in this episode of Fleet Action Report! Join us for a Halloween extravaganza as we highlight just how much can be done with the Alien Creator! Will you see ghouls? Ghosts? Or perhaps something truly scary?
he Gaming Persona
The Fog Has Lifted on the Silent Hill 2 PS5 Remake
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504/11613780
Silent Hill 2 Remake has been announced for the PS5!
The Gaming Persona takes the time to review the announcement and cover the historical significance of the Silent Hill franchise to fans of gaming and the survival horror genre.
Gaming Library:
Silent Hill 2, Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius, WWE 2K22, Final Fantasy XIV Online, PT, Resident Evil, Flappy Bird, Phasmaphobia, Resident Evil Village, Emily, Pokémon, The Quarry, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Fallout 3
Working Class Nerds – Episode 174: Ruthless Nightsister!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11631487-episode-174-ruthless-nightsister
Marcus is back, and we have a RUTHLESS guest this week! ?She is not only a Twitch Streamer, Star Wars nerd like us but she’s ALSO an Epic Cosplayer. If you thought Marcus’s Halloween Costumes were cool, wait until you seeeeee RUTHLESS NIGHTSISTER!
You can find more of Ruthie at:
https://www.twitch.tv/ruthlessnightsister
Warcrow Adventures, Fort: Cats & Dogs Expansion, Endless Winter- Boards & Swords #205
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs205
Philip is on his way back from the House of Mouse, so Shaun steps into the cohost chair! We’ve got stolen board game ideas, lots of miniatures kickstarters coming, and putting Cats and Dogs in your Forts. Plus, Chris has been painting up some deadly Imperial Knights for Warhammer, too bad he hasn’t won a game yet!
NOMADS
New World – New expanded zone and content now available and has regenerated some interest in New World in general. Servers are busy and have lots of fun new things to explore.
Fresh start servers are available and a couple people are checking them out but most are sticking with our Valhalla server. For those cases where someone hasn’t logged in for 9+ months and might have been moved off Valhalla, server transfers back to Valhalla may be open again.
WoW
Last Noob Raid of the year due to holidays and the expansion will be November 19th. Noob Raid will resume on January 7, 2023. Dankinia is looking forward to floor tanking a new raid for you all in the new year.
WoW anniversary started today. Together with Winds of Wisdom buff (+50%) and Darkmoon Faire (+10%) and this anniversary buff (+18%) it’s the best time to level any chars. Also some nice gear chances (+transmog)
Dragonflight pre-patch event will be launching on November 15th, so get those characters ready to level and collect gear/items from the event.
WoW – Twitch drops for Dragonflight
As we get ever closer to the launch of Dragonflight, we want to keep the spirit of epic adventure going with Twitch drops, along with a new way for you to support your favorite streamers. There are many opportunities to earn unique rewards, and all roads lead to the Dragon Isles. Here’s what you can expect:
Eligibility
To participate, you must link your Twitch account by visiting https://account.battle.net/connections After you’ve claimed your rewards on Twitch, please make sure you’re logging into the Battle.net region you’d like to receive the drop(s) on, as the first region you log into will be where your items will be delivered. It can take up to 24 hours to receive your reward(s) in game after claiming.
Visual for WoW Dragonflight Twitch Drops – https://twitter.com/LHP64D/status/1588475196033601536
WoW Classic
See Game Notes
SWTOR
Last week we won another Total Galactic War. This time we conquered the planet of Onderon with several of our arms tied behind our backs. It was smooth sailing. Perhaps the galaxy was preparing us for a real fight the next time TGW comes around. We had a conquerors’ party during MFN and prizes were had by all!
We are awaiting the release of 7.2 which Bioware will be talking more about on a livestream this coming Wednesday at 2:30 PM Eastern.
Feast of Prosperity is going on and people are playing in the event for fun and rewards.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– After the pumpkin hunt prizes were passed out, we decided to go back as a group and see if we could find them all. Several of us died to BC’s pet slauterfish, but we managed to find all 21
– We’ve worked on killing bosses for the weekly endeavors and plotting our next group event.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Rumor has it there is a fishing tournament in the works. Keep you eyes peeled for more details on that.
– We will be exploring the new zone, Galen, for our next MFN on November 12.
– Kini will not be leading MFN on November 25th due to USA’s Thanksgiving holiday. Feel free to group up and fall off of cliffs without her.
Game News:
– Update 36 and the Firesong DLC is now live on PC and will be out on consoles on November 15th.
FFXIV
From Elaine of Shallot / Sahja Moshraka
On November 20th at 4PM Eastern the FF14 Retro Treasure Map group will be back to running Heavensward treasure maps. Because these are level 60 content they are accessible to Free Trial players as well. Anyone who is level 60 and has access to all Heavensward zones is welcome to join. They can be contacted either in discord or in game if anyone has any questions. Clean out your bags and join in as we gleefully gain glamour and gil. If the RNG is in our favor maybe we will reach the last room in the Aquapolis
STO
Fed fleet is still progressing through the colony, with some provisioning projects being added here and there.
KDF fleet is closing in on completion of the dilithium mine. While the Starbase is nearing tier 2.
Fun nights are still on Thursday, but have been moved up an hour to 10pm Eastern to help with people’s schedules.
Fleet Action Report had also shifted its recording time due to schedule changes in real life and is now recorded live on Monday at 9pm Eastern. This Monday we will be delving into more of the TFOs (dungeons for you non-STO mmo’ers) in the game.
GW2
Shadow of the Mad King the Halloween (Oct 18th – Nov 8) event is now running. This drops some excellent (exotic stat settable) gear. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more nights is the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall, see @jehdai for details.
LOTRO
Before the Shadow has been pushed back a week. The new release date is November 15th. Once the expansion launches come hang out in voice and in game while we chat about our experience with the great new zones
And with that, let’s get back to Looci and find out what’s going on in Wow Classic.
GAME NEWS
Hello everyone, Wotlk is going great, its been a great experience, to do everything again. We have a Raid team, we run 2 nights a week, 10 man, and we have cleared all the current content, Naxx, OS, and EoE(malygos). We are starting on progression on Killing Sarthion with Drakes alive, with the hope of managing to do this with all 3 drakes up, so we can get the mount! Beyond raiding, we usually run at least a few heroics daily, and we are all working on the holiday Meta achievements, so we can get 310 flight next year! We worked as a team to get everyone who wanted the Hallowed title, running the Headless horseman daily, and turning each other into various things with Wands. We will continue to run, level alts and in general have fun. This expansion has lived up to everyones expectations so far, as many of us played the original WotLK expansion.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Looci for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
We are skipping the next show, but will be back on December 4th for our last show of 2022! So until then, AIE…
– This is Looci
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #395 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by a very special guest and our former co-host, Alludra, who is here to talk to us about a newbie’s perspective of Guild Wars 2! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Guild Wars 2 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. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Making Salt and Sacrifice – Interview with Ska Studios on the New Overlords Behind The Games Podcast
https://www.newoverlords.com/making-salt-and-sacrifice-interview-with-ska-studios-on-the-new- overlords-behind-the-games-podcast/
Ska Studios has been ahead of the curve making stylish indie games for many years now. We talk with the studio core, James Silva and Shane Lynch, about their latest souls-like game Salt and Sacrifice, how it’s made, how they got to this point, and what might be next for gaming like this.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 443: The 411 on 7.1.1
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-443-the-411-on-7-1-1/
7.1.1 has arrived along with Galactic Season 3. We take a first look at the update and new season.
Dungeon Fighter Second Edition, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, Pathfinder in D&D5e? – Boards & Swords #204
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs204
Paizo is making an adventure for D&D? You got your Clone Wars in my Pandemic! Plus we have more spelljammer to talk about and Chris wrote a campaign for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy
The Gaming Persona
Education & Video Games (featuring ESA President Stanley Pierre-Louis)
Oct 17, 2022 Season 3 Episode 2
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504/11517696-education-video-games-featuring-esa-president-stanley-pierre-louis
This week, Dr. Gameology and Gene bring in the President and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, Stanley Pierre-Louis!!
Topics included how video games support varied learning styles, which game titles assist with learning and other important experiences, and how our soft / hard skills are used to solve complicated puzzles in rapid ways while gaming.
Fleet Action Report Episode 119 Spooktacular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMmikhCK3A
It’s a spooktacular episode on Fleet Action Report. Specters have returned and it’s up to Nikodas and Grebog to stop them. We’re highlighting the new event patrols and TFO.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 172: No “The” in Kymeri
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11546087-episode-172-no-the-in-kymeri
Nick is at a bachelor party. Marcus and Atrax have the Pineapple king Kymeri on the show to talk about the big name change and talk gaming news. Yes plenty of trolling was included in this great conversation.
NOMADS
New World
The Brimstone Sands release is live and pretty well received. We have a handful of people logging in to check it out.
If you haven’t logged in in the last 8 months you may have been moved off the AIE Valhalla server and may need to request they move you back. This is part of their effort to reduce server queues and balance populations.
WoW
There is an exp boost happening now so time to level your alts before the new expansion. Phase 1 of the pre-patch is October 25th which will bring system changes such as new talent trees and new race/class combos. Phase 2 is November 15th and will bring the new Dracthyr Evoker Race/class combo with their new starting zone as well as a new dungeon and the primal storm event.
Last Noob Raid of the year due to holidays and the expansion will be November 19th. Noob Raid will resume on January 7, 2023. Dankinia is looking forward to floor tanking a new raid for you all in the new year
WoW Classic
#10forWrath #Akela’sWrath has its 1st 10 man raid Saturday night at 10 server time. We are planning on Obsidian Sanctum with no drakes, and then moving on to Naxx. I will update more tomorrow morning on how it goes!
Update on Akela’s Wrath: Downed Sarth in Obsidian Sanctum with no issues, and rolled to NAXX, cleared the spider wing, the Undead wing, and got 3 of 4 down in the construct wing. Tonight is Last boss in the construct wing, and then the military quarter. Gear was acquired, and fun was had
SWTOR
7.1.1 is here. It brought:
– class balance changes that everyone is still trying out.
– Galactic Season 3, which brings daily and weekly quests for fun and rewards.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been running around killing bosses and collecting crow feathers for the Witches Festival
– Our first Tales of Tribute Tournament has ended after 6 weeks of exciting matches over 2 million in gold has been paid out to the players. The tournament ended with DPRoberts and Kini tied for first followed by Newtype, Redstick, Malakyi and Bashirra, Tetsemi, and Darklightwolf
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– BC has decorated their primary residence for the fall season and stashed pumpkins throughout for a fall themed pumpkin hunt. The 10 guild members with the closest guess to how many pumpkins he has hidden will win a halloween themed prize and a gold prize. In order to join in the hunt, visit BC’s primary residence and try to count all the pumpkins you manage to find and then send a discord DM to BC with your guess prior no later than October 31st. For more information, check out the ESO channel in discord.
Game News:
– The Witches Festival is running until Wednesday November 2nd at 10 am EST. There is a 100% exp buff from using the Crow Caller tool that stacks with experience scrolls. You can earn event tickets and loot boxes to earn style pages, motifs, and pet fragments.
FFXIV
Level 90 Map night continues every Saturday at 9:30 eastern. We also have Retro Maps happening every Sunday at 4pm Eastern!
FFXIV’s All Saints Wake is ongoing! Come check out one of FFXIV’s best events following the ongoing story of the Phantom Trope and the Night of Devilry. Can you prevent their dastardly plan and make this All Saint’s Wake merry for both man and voidsent alike? You need to be level 15 but it’s available in the free trial!
Sunday, November 6, at 4PM Eastern the FF14 Retro Treasure Map group will be running Shadowbringers treasure maps. Anyone who is level 80 and has access to all Shadowbringers zones is welcome to join. Sahja Moshraka/Elaine of Shallot can be contacted either in discord or in game if anyone has any questions. Butter up your lovely branch so that RNG will be in our favor as we scour the Dungeons and the shifting Oubliettes of Lyhe Ghiah in search of gil and glam!
STO
Both fleets are moving along on their holdings. KDF just unlocked the transwarp gate at the Starbase
Fun nights are on Thursday at 11pm Eastern.
Fleet Action Report had a lot of fun with the fleet week special event and our special stream. We would like to thank AIE for helping make it successful. This Monday’s episode we are entering the workshop and helping Rmurray put together a Fire-at-will build.
GW2
Shadow of the Mad King the Halloween (Oct 18th – Nov 8) event is now running. This drops some excellent (exotic stat settable) gear. The WvW alliances test has been extended for a week because the beta test achievement (5 captures or defenses) was bugged. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more nights is the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall, see @jehdai for details.
The WvW beta has not been extended, but the achievement is still there. Not sure if it is active now, or you have to wait for the next beta.
LOTRO
This week we saw the first look at Before the Shadow expansion on Bullroarer. Some of us are testing stuff on Bullroarer to avoid any spoilers that the new expansion might bring. Before the Shadow is open it is expected to go live on November 8th. Harvestmath is live right now so go check out the haunted burrow at the party tree. Lastly don’t forget to use coupon code FreeQuests2022 by the end of October for some free content.
And with that, let’s get back to Alludra for a Newbie’s view on Guild Wars 2!.
GAME NEWS
Guests put show notes here
No.
Alludra talks about GW2
MFN – Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank our Awesome friend Alludra for joining us.
@AlludrasPets
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If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 hopefully Gusty and Looci about WoW. So until then, AIE…
– This is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #394 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dux and Maellung who are here to talk to us about AIE in LOTRO. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into LOTRO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Hand First VR – Behind The Games chat with Jason Parks of ROTU
https://www.newoverlords.com/hand-first-vr-behind-the-games-chat-with-jason-parks-of-rotu/
ROTU has a series of VR games that push the boundaries of where VR experiences are headed. Their latest game, Eolia combines amazing music and audio, lore, story, and exploration with a hands first VR design for the Meta Quest 2. Jason Parks, the CEO, joins us to talk about the game, tech and all the other amazing things he and his team at ROTU do. Thanks Jason!
Learn more about Eolia and ROTU here: https://www.rotu.com
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 441: DPS Race
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-441-dps-race/
The first fight in R4 takes a lot of DPS and our team had to up our game and tune things up to get it on farm. The second half of this episode we’ll talk about tips and recommendations for tuning up DPS and how we all can git gud.
The Gaming Persona – We Did This Show For 2 Years!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504/11390506-we-did-this-show-for-2-years
The Live Stream Twitch Celebration of the Two Year Gaming Persona Anniversary occurred on September 14th. Join Dr. Gameology (Dr. Daniel Kaufmann), Jenny Lebron, and Gene Wong on a free flowing conversation looking back at Season 2 of the show, favorite moments, and hopes for the next season. Most of all, Continue the Journey!
Thanks to all of our listeners and supporters. We could not have made the show what it has become without the support and interest from all of you.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 170: Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11460330-episode-170-spicy-sweet-chili-doritos
With Chronic’s cancellation, the guys are joined by MEGA Nerds Community member DORITOOOOOSSS!! The three of them go over the latest gaming news, including the new Mario movie trailer, God of War: Ragnarok’s incoming release and more! Enjoy!
You can find more of Doritos at:
https://www.twitch.tv/doritos95000
Join the Nerds Community!
https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8
NOMADS
Dual Universe
Dual Universe has launched with typical growing pains that come with a game going into full release. AIE’s current dedicated crew have been hard at work progressing through all the things that must be done early in the game to help insure a long, strong, and stable presence within the game.
Lost Ark
Participation continues to be very low-key. Note that if you are not yet in “Aie Communitas” please contact Durus in discord to arrange a guild move. The overflow guild is intended for alts and any additional expansion but at this stage of the game we can easily have mains all in one guild.
Research is continuing to be set for each guild every week. If you are still playing or looking for help make sure to shout out in the LostArk channel in the public AIE discord. Remember, if you wish to have an application approved, also mention it there with the hashtag: lostarkapp
News for the game:
* The roadmap for the remainder of 2022 has been posted, highlighting new raids and the Reaper and Summoner advanced classes.
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/end-of-2022-roadmap
* There are current Twitch drops available until 24 October:
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/october-8-2022-twitch-drop
* Another round of Prime Gaming rewards are available from “In-Game Items” at https://gaming.amazon.com/home
WoW
Running out of content? Make your own!
Kiddie Aggro did something that was stupid funny today.
We broke into 2 m+ groups that did the same dungeon and key size. The goal was to finish the dungeon (timing was not required) before the other team.
However, an impartial 11th person decided who was the ‘imposter’ on each team.
That person’s goal was to slow down the party enough to lose the challenge to the other team while also being subtle enough not to be discovered.
At the end of the run, each team had a quick discussion and then voted on who they thought was the imposter.
It was very fun and funny.
Noob Raid is making their way through Normal Fated in hopes of killing all the bosses for the mount. It’s been challenging but fun to save the lock outs and focus a bit on progression while still explaining the fights and taking our time.
We’re seeing more new and returning guildies as Dragonflight nears. Please make them feel welcome and help answer questions in Guild chat.
WoW Classic
Raids opened in WotLK on Thursday, 10/6, with Naxxramas being cleared on Mankrik in about 1 hour. Akela’s Wrath plans to start raiding on 22 Oct. We are all working toward pre-raid Best in Slot, and running heroic dungeons, working on reputations, and crafting. In general, everything is going great, and WotLK is living up to our expectations!
SWTOR
We are looking forward to 7.1.1 which will bring us Galactic Seasons 3 and Feast of Prosperity. In the meantime, it’s a good time to join one of our Operations teams as some of them have openings. Ask about operations in discord and one of the Ops leaders will respond. For many of the teams, no gear or experience is required.
The Best View in SWTOR contest is back. This is an event where players can submit screenshots of their favorite spots, as long as their favorite spots are on one of the specified planets. Winning screenshots will be made into decorations that all players can then buy for their strongholds.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been running around killing world bosses for the current event
– We’ve been playing our weekly Tales of Tribute matches for the AIE tournament and posting our victories and defeats in discord for all to see.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Dungeons, zone clears, and of course having fun.
– A second ToT tournament is being considered for mid – January and a fishing tournament is being planned.
Game News:
– The Heroes of High Isle event was a success so don’t forget to collect your rewards from the Crown Store if you own the High Isle chapter. We got new character markings, a new emote, a box of loot that contains more boxes of loot, and the upcoming Firesong DLC for free.
– The bonus challenge for the event to close Vents is still happening, and for every 25% completion towards that goal, the event will be extended by another 2 days. That’s additional time to earn reward boxes and tickets.
– Just an FYI, if you don’t own High Isle yet, it is currently on sale during the event.
Tale of Tribute rankings so far, with 1 week left.
1 – @DPRoberts 12-3
2 – @Kini (Dankinia) [she/her] 11-4
3 – @Newtype72 (Morrogoth) 10-5
4 – @Bashirra 8-7
5 – @Malakyi 7-8
@redstick94 7-8
7 – @Tetsemi Lok’vadnod (he/him) 4-11
8 – @Darklightwolf 1-14
FFXIV
(Shaja Moshraka) Elaine of Shalott(e) – October 23rd at 4PM Eastern the FF14 Retro Treasure Map group will be running Stormblood treasure maps. Anyone who is level 70 and has access to all Stormblood zones is welcome to join. Elaine can be contacted either in discord or in game if anyone has any questions. Join us as we search for the Lost Canals, summon opponents from the Shifting Altars and if RNG is truly in our favor perhaps we shall raid the deepest sluice in the Hidden Canals of Uznair and make progress on one the rarest achievements in all of FF14.
Map nights still continue to roll with the merriment and loot. These run weekly on Saturday night, 9:30pm EST. Bringing maps is not required, but highly appreciated.
Lower level map nights also happen every other week. Pay attention to the ffxiv channel in discord will be scheduled next. Big shout out to community member Sahja for organizing this event.
The special 14 hour director’s broadcast has completed, and while there was a lot of zaniness during this time(loporitt guest), we did get a live letter out of it. Mostly showing off the next sub-patch and some other odds and ends. But there was one nugget that is getting us all excited.
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest is returning to an in-person event!
In North America, on July 28th and July 29 in fabulous Las Vegas, the FFXIV fan fest will return. More details to come when they become available. NA is first, so we’ll get first dibs. (Hint: This is usually when they announce the next expansion too.)
STO
Cryptic Studios is doing a special event called Fleet Week. Starting the 10th and going through the 15th. Fleet Week will cover various topics around the ships of Star Trek, from audio, artwork, form and function, and much, much more. They are bringing in all kinds of special guests to discuss all the various topics, even naval ship analysts and some of the Star Trek Adventures TTRPG gamemasters.
Fleet Action Report has been invited to take part in Fleet Week and will be doing a special event stream on Wednesday the 12th at 12pm Pacific. And we have been given a bunch of codes to give away during the stream. And the codes are not just for pc, we have codes for playstation and xbox as well. Some of the keys we will be giving away even include ships, and we have 1 code for a 10th anniversary 10 legendary ship bundle. We are not the only content creators taking part and not the only ones with codes to give out. So, come support us and also check out the other streams as well.
GW2
New roadmap from Arenanet is up for fall and winter. Highlights include Christmas and Halloween (Oct 18th) events, WvW alliances test week, and the Extra Life charity event. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more night is the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall, see @jehdai for details.
And with that, let’s get back to Dux & Maellung and find out what’s going on in LOTRO.
GAME NEWS
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Online:_Before_the_Shadow
https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-guide-to-delvings-en
Freequests2022 is the code
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dux and Maellung for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Coffee and Community Chat from Maellung & Lars Gagner
Next time, we’ll possibly be talking to Jehdai and/or Dejara in Guild Wars 2. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dux
– This is Maellung
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #393 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey folks, there is a pear crisp in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Corley and Sema who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 439: Playing On A Steam Deck
SWTOR on a Steam Deck… yes it’s real and it’s spectacular. We’ve brought on our friend Corley to talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-439.
Shipping Your First Game – Behind The Games chat with Somara Atkinson
Shipping Your First Game – Behind The Games chat with Somara Atkinson
Getting started in game development, especially indie game development takes a huge commitment and a lot of work. Sometimes narrowing the focus and just getting your first game out there is the breakthrough you need. Somara Atkinson is an indie game developer just about to ship his first game. He talks with us about what that took, how an earlier project didn’t work out as well, and what his advice is. Great talk with Somara and we hope to play Parkour Posse soon… thanks, Somara!
The Psychology of Pokémon Is Out in the Wild! Dr. Gameology – Season 2 Episode 38
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504/11341999-the-psychology-of-pokemon-is-out-in-the-wild
Dr. Gameology is joined by Jenny and Gene to discuss the growth of the show and the release of “The Psychology of Pokémon: The Power to Catch ‘Em All.” Dr. Daniel Kaufmann, the real life person behind Dr. Gameology, wrote Chapter 15 of this book, and is getting ready to talk about it at Orlando Nerd Nite. The Gaming Persona crew talks about different ins and outs of seeing the Pokémon party have an impact in daily life so we can all aim to be our very best!
Gaming Library:
Pokémon, Danganronpa 2, Dark Souls, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Fallout 3 / Fallout 4, Bioshock
Block and Key, Carcassonne 20th Anniversary Edition, Disney: The CCG – Boards & Swords #203
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs203
Disney is making a CCG? You can play your dead characters in a new RPG? Plus, Chris went to Nova Open, so Philip has to look at some Out of Context Comments on some Warhammer 40k news!
Working Class Nerds – Episode 168: THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!! (NSFW)
Marcus and Nick are joined this week by longtime pillar of the Nerds Community- Atrax!! The three of them go on the most sidebars of any episode so far, and have a HUGE, GREEN announcement about the future of Working Class Nerds!! Enjoy!!
You can find more of Atrax at: https://www.twitch.tv/a_atrax
NOMADS
Dual Universe
Dual Universe launches on Tuesday. AIE will have a Corp and can help anyone interested in the channel. Good stuff at the core with room for the dev team to grow it. @catavarie is taking the lead in this game.
Dual Universe is now available on Steam with a free Demo Server for all to try out the game.
Lost Ark
Arktoberfest began last week on Sep 16, details:
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/announcing-arktoberfest
The new Machinist class will be available on Sep 28:
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/lost-ark-academy-machinist
WoW
Guild invites for both Horde and Alliance can be found through the Guild Finder, just look for Alea Iacta Est Libertas for the Horde side and Alea Iacta Est Virtus for the Alliance Side.
WoW Classic
Wrath of the Lich King will be Live on Monday 09/26 at 03 PM Pacific (so 06 PM server)
Many new players in the guild, enjoying the level XP crunch and the last days of the 50% XP buff
At least one 10-man raid team for now
And in other news: at each new Raid 25 tier, the past raid loot will be available on smaller teams (Raid 10 and dungeons). There will be many tiers of Heroic dungeons, so 5 man groups can still gear up to previous raid tier
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been running around killing world bosses while talking about all the fun we are having in the Tot tournament
– We’ve been playing our weekly Tales of Tribute matches for the AIE tournament and posting our victories and defeats in discord for all to see.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Dungeons, zone clears, and of course having fun.
– A second ToT tournament is being considered for mid – January
Game or press release news:
– Firesong will be out November 1st on PC and November 15th for consoles and will expand on the ongoing Legacy of the Bretons story line with a new island to explore and the conclusion of the year long adventure.
– Firesong will also bring out a new ToT patron, the Druid King, that should be fun to try out.
FFXIV
Map night continues every Saturday night at 9:30 pm eastern. They would like you to join them for treasure and rabbit themed monster arenas!
From Elaine of Shallot / Sahja Moshraka
On October 9th at 4PM Eastern the FF14 Retro Treasure Map group will be running Heavensward treasure maps. Because these are level 60 content they are accessible to Free Trial players as well. Anyone who is level 60 and has access to all Heavensward zones is welcome to join. Elaine can be contacted either in discord or in game if anyone has any questions. Join in as they gleefully gain glamour and gil. If the RNG is in their favor maybe they will reach the last room in the Aquapolis.
Friday, October 7th is the next Letter from the Producer LIVE, with news on 6.25 and beyond.
STO
We mourn the passing of Louise Fletcher who made us love to hate her character of Kai Wynn.
Save 35% on all legendary ships and bundles until 9/26 at 10am PT.
Star Trek Online Ascension, a new content drop is live! It includes a new event called “The Emperor’s Will” which rewards a new Tier 6 Ship!
Our fleet hosts a fun night every Thursday at 11pm Eastern. We can help you gain levels or gear, or whatever else you might request. If nothing else, we run TFOs or events.
Fleet Action Report, a video podcast, records live every Monday at 11pm Eastern. We will sometimes ask for help from our audience. Please, make sure you check #sto in the AIE Discord.
Star Trek Fleet Week will begin 10/10 and end 10/15. This is a first time event hosted by Cryptic Studios (Star Trek Online) and Modiphius (Star Trek Adventures). See their planned schedule at arcgames.com.
GW2
The much loved Halloween event is coming up, last year it started on Oct 5th and ran for a whole month. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more nights are the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall, see @jehdai for details.
LOTRO
This week was update 33.2. It has brought some folks rolling up new toons to try the new race/class combinations. It has been great seeing the starter zones really busy. The new mini expansion “Before the Shadow” is now available for pre-sale. The new mini expansion is expected to drop on November 9th. Stay tuned for possible events when Before the Shadow drops.
And with that, let’s get back to Corley and Sema and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Corley and Sema for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 Maellung and possibly Dux about LOTRO . So until then, AIE…
– This is Corley
– This is Sema
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #392 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we have a very special AMA episode. Welcome, all!
Ok, we’ll be digging into YOUR questions shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
New AIE Community Officer- Annira! Congratudolences.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Behind the Games – 10+ Cool Studios From PAX West 2022
https://youtu.be/yKOO6dMZKUo
Max aka Jeff was out at PAX West 2022 and met some really cool creators and studios. Sema and Max walk through a sample of 10+ smaller games, studios, and creators that caught Max’s eye.
Also, Let Max and Sema know if you want a more detailed video on any of the studios they talk about. Stay connected by subscribing on YouTube and your favorite podcast feed so you don’t miss the next interview. Enjoy!
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – 438: Ashley Ruhl Interview Notes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUGs3Pl06ww
We got a chance to interview Ashley Ruhl, the new Narrative Director for SWTOR to hear her views on narrative design and what it means for us as players.
Boards & Swords #202 – One D&D, Embracer Group Owns Lord of the Rings?, More Gen Con Talk!
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs202
We’re back in the studio, time to get started on the next 200 episodes. Chris did a lot of Gen Con talk recently, but what all did he actually do there?
Dr. Gameology – S2: E35 | Quitting Games Can Be a Good Thing
https://drgameology.com/s2-e35-quitting-games-can-be-a-good-thing/
Quitting games can be a difficult decision. Dr. Gameology and the Gaming Persona cast review games they have had to step away from. This difficult decision comes accompanied by research and player experiences from the entire group. This thoughtful discussion aims to bring gaming habits into a real-life context that helps to emphasize the value of knowing your in-game goals, and using play time as a way to help you move forward as your best self.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 166: Execute Order 166
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11292488
Marcus is joined by our official 3rd host Atrax from GreenBot Videos. The dudes chat about all the new games coming in 2022 and 2023! Nick will be back next week as he is playing paintball in Chicago!
Atrax: https://www.twitch.tv/a_atrax
Greenbotvideos@gmail.com
NOMADS
New World – Quiet but uptick with a half dozen players this week as there have been updates and progress on the game
Lost Ark – Quiet, AIE servers consolidated
D&D – a few games running and the channel is fun and active
Diablo III – We are a couple weeks into season 27 for Diablo 3. There are a few of us that regularly run as a group many nights of the week. If you would like to join us or need help with some of the conquests this season, want a toon power leveled or just want to join in the fun let us know in the #diablo channel.
Nomads Servers – Nazrai running a private server and has offered to stand up some fun games. Currently running Empyrion, Ark… could do Rust, Valheim, etc.
Board Games – This Thursday will be our next board game night. All you need is a web browser to play. Come join in on the fun at 7:30PM Central.
Dual Universe – Dual Universe is set to launch on September 27th and AIE will be there from the beginning. Join us to be part of building the civilization that will tame a solar system.
Will you be the first to discover an unknown asteroid full of valuable materials? Or maybe you’ll be the first to see the scenic lake side view on a distant planet. Will you captain a battle cruiser or your own humble hauler? If the only limitation to what you can create is your imagination, will you let your imagination limit you?
Join Catavarie in the Dual Universe channel in discord to discuss all your in game aspirations.
WoW
Alliance Raid Team Hell Froze Over defeated the Jailer, the last boss needed for their Fated Raid achievement awarding Jigglesworth Senior (aka Jellycat) mount.
That is Gustytail rocking those super pointy shoulders.
Lots of folks in Retail WoW have been visiting Classic to relive (or unlive) the original Death Knight starting quest. It’s a great piece of storytelling… and there’s a sweet mount reward there too. Wrath of the Lich King drops Sept 26 so don’t wait.
WoW Classic
Wrath is coming on the 26th
Pre patch is up already, with DK available (starting 55)
Level XP crunch and XP boost, so a great time to level a new character
If you do the starting zone for DK, you get a drake mount in retail
We decided on a name for our #10forWrath raid team, Akela’s Wrath.
SWTOR
The guild recently won yet another Total Galactic War. That means anyone logging into The Black Hole will see our guild name flash before their eyes as the conquerors. And we got a new title for it as well.
7.1.1 is coming up (TBD) and will contain some balance changes. Some early-ish thoughts from the devs have been posted about what they are planning to do. Buffing healers is the best part!
Join us in discord for any question you might have, or if you want to join an Operations Team. And join us on Tuesday nights for MFN!
FFXIV
Fill in anything that comes to mind unless we get notes
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
We’ve been taking part in the Undaunted Event that started last week during MFN by queuing up to run dungeons together.
If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
Dungeons, zone clears, and of course having fun.
We’ve been playing our weekly Tales of Tribute matches for the AIE tournament and posting our victories and defeats in discord for all to see.
Update from Kramer – What an exciting week in the tourney we have ties across the board tied for 1st is @Kini (Dankinia) [she/her] and @Newtype72 (Morrogoth) at 3-0 3rd place is @Bashirra and @DPRoberts at 2-1 then in 5th place we have @redstick94 and @Malakyi at 1-2 and in 7th place we have @Darklightwolf and @Tetsemi Lok’vadnod (he/him) at 0-3
STO
The Federation fleet is still processing nicely through the colony projects. I think we are looking good to have two of the tiers done by the end of the year if not sooner. Sometimes the fleet likes to surprise me and knock things out way faster than I expect.
KDF fleet is finalizing the dilithium mine and should have all the media very soon. The Starbase had started completing tier 2 projects for the different branches and so should be able to push for the big tier 2 upgrade soon.
Fun night is every Thursday at 11pm Eastern. We do things from running random TFOs, help people level up, to run missions for gear for a build. If you have a request, we will gladly help you with what you want to do.
Fleet Action Report episode 114 will be recorded live on Monday. In this episode we will be back on our new player challenge characters and covering endeavors. What they are. How to work on them. And what you get out of the endeavor system.
GW2
Dungeons and more night was a great time this month. It looks like in the near future we could have enough at Dungeons and more night to start some strike missions.
LOTRO
Update 33.2 is in its Bullroarer cycle. This update is focused on a rework on the minstrel class and some hopeful positive changes for monster play. There are also some new class options coming for some of the races. There might be an opportunity to have your favorite race/ class combo. Might be time for a new character. Also on August 31st we said goodbye to the Anor legendary server. Make sure, if you have toons on there that you want to keep, to utilize the free character transfer from Anor.
And with that, let’s get onto out Host AMA- and chatroom, if you have any questions, throw them into the channel and we will answer if we have time at the end!
GAME NEWS
Sema: Favorite thing to ever come out of the guild kitchen.
MK- Savory- Handmade croissant dough stuffed with chicken, mushrooms, and a gorgonzola cream sauce.
Sweet- Dark chocolate fig cakes
Tets – Chicken Thingies, see above and Dark Chocolate & Caramel, Pretzel Crust Brownies
Ghomus: I’m GUESSING at least all the hosts play Single Player RPGs on either the console(s) or PC. What is the one game you’ve all put an EMBARRASSING amount of time into?
MK- Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi- because I wanted to unlock Mara Jade
Tets – The Bards Tale on the Commodore 64, the grind is real!
Mew – Fallout
Kini: Favorite ride at Disneyland and why is it your favorite?
MK- Really Kini? Really? You are going to find out this spring! Just kidding, I am a sucker for Pirates and Haunted Mansion because they are timeless. Star Tours because it came out when I was a Star Wars obsessed teen. I also really love Indiana Jones. And Rise of the Resistance, and…. Okay, just take me to Disney!
KJH – Pirates of the Caribbean, the park is hot, the ride is cool, and the music and atmosphere, followed closely by Star Tours & Indiana Jones.
Mew – spaceship earth, dinosaur, rocking rollercoaster
Max: With the tabletop RPG stuff that gets discussed… would @Mkallah (or Tets or Mew) be looking to “DM” one of those sometime soon? If so, what channel will that stream on?
MK- I actually have anxiety about DMing! I am happy to take extensive notes, help create mythology and maps, remind the DM of NPC names, and more, but the idea of DMing makes me anxious.
Tets: Maybe MK and I need to Co-DM, she can do the Lore, I’ll do the Rules
Mew: I likely get too evil for that myself.
Hoots: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen in the show notes?
MK- It’s not what I have seen, but what my mind puts in there itself and I somehow READ even though the words don’t make sense!
Tets: Worst thing to read is names you’ve only seen and never heard pronounced, even if you’re familiar with the game. I think STO is infamous for this. Hey MK, it’s Cardassian, not Kardashian
Cataverie: Would you rather fight 1 Max sized Duck or 100 Duck sized Maxxes?
MK- It depends, what time zone are we in. If we are in Central, I forfeit. If it is any other timezone, I will take the 1 Maxsized duck- if I win, that is a lot of duck meat and it is my favourite special occasion food. The 100 duck sized maxxes will just swarm ya!
Tets: One Max sized duck is basically an ostrich, so no, I’ll take my chances with the swarm. I was a decent soccer player.
Mew: Swarm: Lego sets!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to Someone about some game! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #391 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (hey guys, there are lemon bars in the guild kitchen. This week we are joined by special guest Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV. Welcome!
We will talk to Abo in just a few, but first, lets’ cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 437: 7.1 Story Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EBU2L1fVMU
We finally get to some spoiler talk and speculation on Malgus and Sa’har. @thenewoverlords #AIEGuild audio links at https://newoverlords.com
Drawing On Their Talents – Behind The Games chat with Inktale Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP8xojyvqVM
This indie studio duo is building on hand crafted art to make an amazing game. Audio links at https://newoverlords.com
Dr. Gameology – S2: E34 | Dead By Daylight and Asymmetric Multiplayer
https://drgameology.com/s2-e34-dead-by-daylight-and-asymmetric-multiplayer/
Dr. Gameology has played Dead By Daylight for the first time. After an evening of getting chased down by Killers of all kinds, he reflects on the experience and discovers the research on this style of multiplayer. Spirited debate ensues on what winning and competition mean in the context of a game in this style.
Working Class Nerds (NSFL) – Episode 164: Free Ride Games Stream Team!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11210500-episode-164-free-ride-games-stream-team.mp3
The guys are joined by the FRG stream team!!! With FIVE whole guests this week, this episode is a wild ride of laughs, heartfelt moments, and of course Destiny 2 sidebars! Enjoy!You can find more of Free Ride Games, and the rest of the Stream Team at https://www.twitch.tv/freeridegames
https://www.twitch.tv/team/freeridegames
Boards and Swords – Episodes 200 & 201
Boards & Swords 200 LIVE from High Tide Games: We’ve been doing this for 200 episodes! So we are live on location at High Tide Games in Southern Maryland so real people can groan at our bad jokes. Also, Asmodee is making board games about Squid Game and another new Dune board game is coming. Plus, we get others to tell us bad puns for once as we do a “Pun-off” to give away a ton of prizes! There’s still plenty to give away! Email us with what you think is your best pun and/or related feedback on what we could do better!
Boards & Swords 201 Gen Con 2022: Another on location episode! Next time we’ll be back in the studio but in this episode Chris is on the floor at Gen Con 2022 talking with a bunch of folks about what they’ve got on display. Thanks to Eric Yurko for bantering with Chris in the beginning, and to Edge studios, Colorway Game Labs, and Dire Wolf for talking to us about products and embarrassing themselves with some impromptu jokes!
NOMADS
Dual Universe
Dual Universe is a Sci-Fi voxels based sandbox MMO full of possibilities. Brave the vacuum of deep space to mine precious resources from asteroids. Create powerful spaceships, foreboding fortresses, or megalithic Starbases of your own design. Run trade through pirate infested space between planets. Become a tycoon of industry or a master of the market. Or even lead an army against enemy forces. Dual Universe is launching into its final release on September 27th and AIE will be there.
With this launch will come a wipe, starting all players on a level playing field. So even if you haven’t played during the years long Beta you can still play along with all.
Ask Catavarie any questions you have in the Dual Universe channel under nomads in the Discord.
Come on AIE let’s DU(do) it!
Lost Ark
Lost Ark continues to experience a lull in participation as most are exploring other new game releases. However, weekly tasks are still being set in only the primary guild “Aie Communitas.” Please arrange to move any characters you may still be playing to this primary guild. Applications are being accepted for the guild. Mention your character name and when you apply to Durus in discord and it will be approved.
Please note that with the reduced activity we’ll be retiring the auxiliary guilds of “Aie Honoris” and “Aie Fidelis”, neither of which made it past guild level 3. Any characters active in these guilds are encouraged to drop the guild and apply for “Aie Communitas.” Please contact Durus in discord or make a post to lostark in the AIE discord with the hashtag lostark-app. Keep in touch with updates to the Lost Ark guilds in the AIE discord’s lostark-announce channel.
In game news, this past week saw the release of the “Under the Arkesian Sun” update that features the Maharaka festival, return of Event Guardians, and the Pet Ranch. More details are available at https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/under-the-arkesian-sun-release-notes
Empyrion
Also, @Nazrai has set up an Empyrion server for Nomads. Pins are in the nomads channel.
WoW
In game event Trial of Style is coming this week and Gustytail will be doing ad hoc runs for Transmog Glory. Raid Teams are making progress on their Jiggles-worth Sr. (aka jellycat) mounts.
Noob Raid has been doing the Fated raids with the plan to eventually get the mount reward.
WoW Classic
Pre patch for WotLK hits on Tuesday, with all the fun stuff, to include Scourge invasions, and Zombies, the ability to roll and level Death Knights (level 55), new talents, and level xp decreases. WotLK hits on 26 Sep at 6pm server time, and #10forWrath continues to come together, with Shrimpiclese as our Raid leader. We will be raiding on Saturday nights from 10-1 server time, and Sunday night from 10-11:30 for clean up. @Bhock continues to reward new players with 100g for mounts and training. Just pop a note into the WoW classic channel, and ask for an invite. We are usually around most of the time.
SWTOR
We are playing through the new content of 7.1 (Digging Deeper) and entering into the next step of the gear upgrade dance, including the return of moddable gear! You can upgrade your gear through solo activities and group activities, or a mix. It’s really your choice. (There may be spreadsheets involved) Come join us for MFN on Tuesdays where we will do a little of this and a little of that. And if you have questions about how any of it works, hop into discord anytime and ask away.
We have Operations Teams running on most nights of the week. If you want to try this type of larger group game play, this might be for you. Our raid leaders are always on the lookout for alternates and some of our teams are looking for new permanent members.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– Killing World Bosses and clearing Skyshards in various zones.
– We’ve been practicing our Tales of Tribute skills and helping each other learn the game in preparation for an upcoming Tales of Tribute tournament hosted by Kraemer.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Game or press release news:
– Lost Depths DLC and Update 35 launched last week. It brought two new dungeons, new gear, and some class and skill changes.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
We have an exciting announcement from @kraemer29: Greeting and Salutations to all of you in the great AIE community. My name is Ken and I primarily play in our branch of the Elder Scrolls Online as well as dabble in SWTOR STO and wow.
With ESO update 34 the release of the High Isle Chapter came their first attempt at a card game known as Tales of Tribute. This card game that had the community in an uproar has caught fire and swept into the hearts of all that play the game.
So I have fronted the gold and decided that we shall have our first AIE ToT tournament which will officially start Monday September 5th and run until Monday October 10. I will post the brackets each week on Mondays so everyone can see who they get to play that week as well as the current standings.
Players will have one week Monday thru Sunday to play their match against each other and post a screenshot of the result which will be verified and added to the ongoing tournament standings. To enter this AIE tournament
1 – you must have High Isle Chapter of ESO
2 – Must be a member of AIE Community
3 – have fun
4 – a screenshot of the result of the match must be posted in the channel so wins and loses can be kept track of
5 – you must complete all matches during the 7 day period.
6 – each player will have 3 matches per week
7 – the event will run 6 weeks
8 – each player will have a total of 18 tales of tribute matches against the other tournament players
9 – results will be posted weekly on Mondays with current rankings
10 – I will be placing these funds into the ESO guild bank today to be awarded out to the top 10 finishers in this tournament and I am hoping that our Favorite guild leader Dankinia will be the one you see when the tournaments final standings are listed to get your reward. So with that I open up sign ups as of now August 8 and wish all of you good luck and great card games
I hope you all have fun playing and may the best card shark win or go down fighting
To enter the tournament all you have to do is send a DM to @kraemer29 and let me know your userid for ESO. It is not too late to sign up for the tourney, it starts September 5 and runs till 10/10 and pays out 10 spots we currently have 6 people enrolled just let me know in the channel here and i will get you listed
Now what you all have been waiting for is the prize list.
1 – 500,000 gold
2 – 250,000 gold
3 – 150,000 gold
4 – 100,000 gold
5 – 50,000 gold
6 – 35,000 gold
7 – 20,000 gold
8 – 15,000 gold
9 – 10,000 gold
10 – 5,000 gold
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
Federation colony is more than half way through tier V. We are under 60 projects for two of the branches being done with the third not far behind. Grebog keeps adding in other provision projects and Starbase filler projects depending on the needs of the colony projects and any overlap.
KDF is almost done with the dilithium mine and all the discounts that unlock. The Starbase is closing in on tier 2. Once the dilithium mine is done, Grebog will be adding another smallholding into the rotation of projects.
Fun night is Thursday at 11 pm Eastern. Every third Thursday we do a KDF night.
Fleet Action Report episode 112 will be recorded live on Monday at 11 pm Eastern. This week Nikodas will be doing a deep dive into a special theme build he calls the Ice Princess.
GW2
GW2 is now 10 years old and available on Steam! As part of the Steam launch and 10th anniversary, Arenanet has made a bunch of adjustments to the new player experience making it smoother and faster than before. They have also unlocked the raptor mount if you have at least one expansion. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more nights is the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall.
GAME NEWS
Patch 6.2 Buried Memory!
This will be a MSQ spoiler free discussion. If you have not reached 6.2, fear not, as we will not be talking about any of the plot points, themes, characters, locations, encounters, or other items of the MSQ other than the fact that there is more MSQ, it’s great, and you have a new dungeon (common) and a trial to do! (not as common, but still happens on a regular basis)
The MSQ in 6.2 It’s great. You should play it.
The trial has its normal story mode and also an Extreme mode available as well. Successful adventurers in this mode will score you an iLevel 615 weapon.
Besides the MSQ, we have a new raid tier! The 2nd wing of Pandaemonium is now open. The Savage mode of this raid will not unlock until Tuesday, however.
For the non-savage and EX players, we have the next chapter of Tataru’s Grand Adventure. This continues her fun story. Side note, you do need to complete the 24-player Mhach. It’s a fun and neat story.
For those still leveling or new to the game, further changes to the game have been made to the MSQ to allow for a more single player experience. Specifically, the Steps of Faith has been re-worked into a single-player duty.
Oh, and a new feature. Nothing big.
Island Sanctuary
So, go complete the Endwalker base expansion first. No island until you complete it.
But once you do, you get an island. With stuff! And you do things. Island things!
Also neato things.
Unreal! Containment bay something-something, It’s the Sephirot fight from Heavensward fame. Also known as the Powerman 5000 fight.
It’s the same fight as the EX version from heavensward but scaled up to 90.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’re doing an Ask Us Almost Anything episode, we’ll be answering questions from you, our wonderful listeners. Please feel free to submit questions via the #aie-podcast channel or our e-mail podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . So until then, AIE…
– This is Abovan
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #390 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests GustyKoo who is here to talk to us about AIE’s Summer of Love! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Summer of Love 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
The Escape Pod Cast
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 433: 7.1 Live Stream
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-433-7-1-live-stream/
The very last Charles Boyd stream for SWTOR was Thursday, and we also heard more about 7.1 from some of the new team leads directly.
Behind the Games
Leading From The Front – Behind The Games chat with Chris Schmidt of Infinity Ward
https://www.newoverlords.com/leading-from-the-front-behind-the-games-chat-with-chris-schmidt-of-infinity-ward/
As Game Director at Infinity Ward’s new Austin studio, Chris builds on his vast AAA game creator and leadership experience at Bioware, where we first met Chris years ago. We talk about what a Game Director does, what games and design principles inspire him, how useful and less useful feedback comes across, and what’s on his shelves. Thanks, Chris!
The Gaming Persona Podcast
Understanding the Video Game Grind
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504?client_source=large_player&iframe=true&referrer=https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player&player=large#
The video game grind can keep players endlessly engaged. This episode, Dr. Gameology and Jenny review some of the most notorious current games that use
Fleet Action Report
Episode 107 Red Alarm!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOMM6XEwGm8
The Galaxy goes to Red Alert in this episode of Fleet Action Report! Watch as Nikodas and Grebog join the fight against the Borg, Tholians, Elachi, and the Na’Kuhl. Watch to see if they can prevent the Tzenkethi from destroying a peaceful galaxy.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW – Language)
Episode 161: FernandooooOOOOoooo!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11048894-episode-161-fernandoooooooooooo.mp3
Nick and Marcus are joined by Nick’s paintball teammate and close friend Fernando! The three of them discuss all of the new Marvel content that was announced at Comic Con! Enjoy!
NOMADS
New World
Summer Medleyfaire event is in progress
Board Games
This Thursday night is AIE board game night at 7:30PM Central. All you need is a web browser and a free account at BoardGameArena.com. Come join us for some board game fun.
WoW
Season 4 Launches on Aug 2nd! As Season Three comes to a close, Alliance Raid team “So Let’s Go Skating” killed Heroic Jailer for the Ahead of the Curve achievement and in Mythic Plus dungeons, 11 players in the Alliance led/cross faction group got their Keystone Master achievement. Gusty was one of the final few, thanks to a lot of help. Horde side Raid Team Filthy Casuals has been clearing Normal Sepulcher and is moving on to Heroic.
New details on Dragonflight keep coming out. It’s weird to think that Dragon Riding could make getting from place to place fun, rather than the slow grind to unlock flying that we’ve seen in past expansions. Also we’ll have otter mounts as a reward for a mount collecting achievement and they are adorable.
Noob Raid is being run by Wingclip and Celindre in Dankinia’s absence.
WoW Classic
Wrath of the Lich King is opening September 26th
Currently a 50% XP buff
Soon pre-patch with level XP reduction, new talent trees, spells and a new heroic class (Death Knight)
SWTOR
Legacy of the Sith 7.1 is planned to drop on Remembrance Day, Aug 2nd.
TACO is a Sunday night ops team and we are needing to fill two DPS spots. We run Sunday nights Imp side at 7:30PM Central.
ESO
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– MFN for the next 2 weeks will be hosted by some of the regular attendees while Kini is out of town.
Game or press release news:
– Lost Depths DLC and Update 35 is available on the PC/MAC PTS now.
STO
Federation: Colony still moving along nicely and closing in on that tier 5. Grebog has also been adding in some provisioning projects to help keep holdings funded and places for you all to earn some fleet marks.
KDF: The main starbase will be done upgrading to tier 1 by the time this is read live. We are also closing in on Tier 3 of the Dilithium mine.
Thursday night fun nights are happening at 11pm. We do all kinds of group activities and if someone has a request, we try to help with those as well.
FFXIV
The 6.2 patch information page has been updated on the Lodestone. Moonfaire items on Shop.
With Data Center Travel up and running, we’d love to have you in our FC on Goblin. Any AIE member or friends thereof are welcome to hang with us on our events, visit our house, ect.
Map nights are still rolling along! Saturday nights at 9:30 pm EST. Come along, get loot, have a great time! Level 90 characters that have all of the zones unlocked are required. Bringing a map is not required but always appreciated.
If you are not 90, there are level 60 group maps with a chance at the loot from those expansions.
And Thursdays at 10pm EST, we are running sprout raids again. We completed all of the legacy 24-player raids (up thru Shadowbringers) and will be looping back around to the Crystal Tower series.
And with that, let’s get back to GustyTail and find out what’s going on in Summer of Love.
GAME NEWS
Summer of Love
Why August 2nd?
Bruce Galloway was an early member of AIE who passed away on August 2, 2007. His character, Milliway, is permanently fixed at the second-highest rank in the guild: Imperator. He was a fan of AIE on a level that cannot be overstated, and a good friend and kind soul to all who knew him.
https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Milliway
Start Aug 2nd, Tuesday
Walk at 9:30pm EDT
The D&D One Shots are full and the DM’s and players have been lively making preparations on their dedicated chat channels – a new thing this year. We’ve got sessions on Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sun.
WOW
There is SUMMER OF LOVE coming this week! Remembrance Day starts things off and in WoW we gather Tuesday at 9:30pm Eastern at the Shrine of the Fallen. Other events in WoW include a Safari to collect Battle Pets and toys around Shadowlands and two new events: Snail Races (because we now have snail mounts so of course we should race them) and De Other Side Challenge, where Horde players will create an Alliance alt and Alliance will roll a Horde alt. The idea is to gain new insight, even respect, toward the opposite faction. We’re all AIE now!
WoW Classic
A Summer of Love event:
Skye is proud to announce that his Sister Summer of Love (Summeroflove) is looking for a mate. In true Troll fashion you must earn her hand. Six items will be required to win her hand. Her suiter must be a new level one Troll (no bad habits) and able to take care of her (thus the 6 items). The items will be announced on the night of 31 July 2022. To support her in her new life the family has put a dowry of 1000 gold for the winner of the Great Hunt. First troll to trade me said items get Summer of Love and of course the Gold.
There are 2nd and 3rd place prizes as well, just a few small pets! but it should be fun!
And we are doing the Remembrance day walk from the shrine of the Fallen Warrior to the gates of Orgrimmar. We hope to see you there!
SWTOR
Join us on the guild ship to kick off AIE’s Summer of Love with a trip around the galaxy in remembrance of family, friends and SWTOR stories.
Look forward to seeing you all at 9/8C!
ESO
Remembrance Day celebrations will be hosted by Ken at Dankinia’s primary residence.
FFXIV
Abovan (FC House) – Will use the same procession route as last year.
STO
Grebog (Wolf 359 Memorial)
Guild Wars 2
Dejara (Lion’s Arch – Memorial Wall)
LOTRO
Special Summer of Love SNL(our MFN) coming on Saturday. To give a small spoiler, part will be focused on visiting landmarks that you may have read about. As well as a race with prizes for all. Only requirement is to be out of the intro area. If you need help with getting out of the intro area please let us know and we would be happy to escort you through it.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank GustyTail for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Our next show is in a month, we will let you know as the next show gets closer! So until then, AIE…
-This is Gusty!
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #389 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guest Doctor Gameology! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be going over this week’s news in a few, but first, let’s chat with Doctor Gameology!
GAME NEWS
The Gaming Persona Podcast – https://drgameology.com/podcast/
Dr. Gameology.com – https://drgameology.com
Twitch – https://www.twitch.tv/drgameology
Twitter – https://twitter.com/DrGameology
AIE News
Community
Summer of Love
Start Aug 2nd, Tuesday
Walk at 9:30pm EDT
– WoW = Gusty (Shrine of the Fallen Soldier -> Booty Bay)
– WoW Classic = Looci – (Shrine of the Fallen Soldier -> Gates of Orgrimmar)
– Lotro = Maellung (will adjust the MFN from Monday to Friday) – Bree above the Bluff
– SWTOR = BC & Corley – Alderaan
– ESO = Redrum/Ken (Panther Fang Temple)
– STO = Grebog (Wolf 359 Memorial)
– GW = Dejara (Lion’s Arch – Memorial Wall)
– FFXIV = Abovan (FC House)
End Aug 7th
Gusty – in charge of the WoW coordination will sort out routes and fireworks. Pet battles/giveaways, Transmog runs, Visit the other side (horde/alliance flip)
Gusty – D&D discussions – All sessions 4-5 players (make slots for 5?)
DP Roberts -Thurs 8/4 9pm-1am Eastern
Pelell – Fri 8/5 9pm-12am Eastern
Duskmire – Sat 8/6 7pm-10pm Eastern
Mementh – Sun 8/7 6pm-9pm Eastern.
Titles and other details to come, including sign-up sheets.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 431: Bad Reputation
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-431-bad-reputation/
Any reputation that you can’t get to legendary is a bad reputation. Syndicate was almost that way for us but help for that is coming in 7.1… and if you want to hear more about reputations in general, listen now!
Boston Indie Scene – Behind The Games chat with Kate Olguin
https://www.newoverlords.com/boston-indie-scene-behind-the-games-chat-with-kate-olguin/
We talk about Kate’s EDU experience at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, her experience building the indie game Call of Karen, her work sponsoring and organizing the Boston indie game dev scene, and her current game design role at Other Ocean Interactive working on games like Project Winter.
Return to Dark Tower, Vampire Rivals Expansions, Capstone+? – Boards & Swords 199
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs199
Would you do a subscription to a board game company? How about play Legend of the Five Rings in D&D? We’ve got all that plus we both got a chance to play Restoration Games’ version of the classic “Dark Tower” game.
Star Trek Online – Fleet Action Report – Ep 105 2 year anniversary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7nXjfSTyM
This is a very special episode of Fleet Action Report. It is our 2 year anniversary and so we brought in the community to come and have some fun with us. We did some PVP matches just for fun and laughs, and watched Grebog die many times in his glass cannons.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW)
Episode 160: Always Follow Your Dreams!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10965679-episode-160-always-follow-your-dreams
Marcus and Nick sit down with fellow content creator Jacusky!! Jacusky is a Dad, awesome streamer of Destiny 2 content, aannndd an all around amazing person! Enjoy!!
You can find more of Jacusky at:
https://www.twitch.tv/jacusky
NOMADS
Lost Ark’s July update is due on the 20th, featuring the new mage class “Acarnist”, a power pass to boost a character to the end of the Punika story and gear level 1302, and an express event to progress more quickly on the road to gear level 1370.
Activity in the guilds is light, and we encourage anyone not in the “Aie Communitas” guild to request an invite to this more progressed guild. Please inquire about transfers Durus or the discord channel #lostark
WoW
There’s lots of excitement and debate over new info on the Dragonflight expansion – along with requests for no spoilers. Customizations for the new Drak-theer race are amazing, and Hogger is among many familiar characters getting makeovers. New options in Alpha, for players, will be able to select body type instead of choosing male or female, and data mined strings also show work on being able to choose voice and pronouns.
I'm proud to be the feature producer of this initiative. It's my passion to help make WoW as inclusive as we can be either through a sense of identity or accessibility. We have a long way to go still, so I will ask for patience as we move towards these initiatives. https://t.co/69pKJw8NR7
— Angela #ABetterABK (@bagelberry) July 14, 2022
In WoW, Season Four is around the corner and Gustytail is among those still pushing for Mythic Keystone Master. Hooves crossed and thanks to everyone who helped their guildies with last minute achievements.
And of course there is Summer of Love! The schedule is up and we’ve got several WoW events, such as Snail racing, a Battle Pet Safari and De Other Side Challenge (roll a toon on the opposite faction.) Join the fun and bring others!
Cross Faction Noob Raid is going strong. For the next 3 weeks while Dankinia is on a much needed vacation Wingclip and Celindre have volunteered to run things.
WoW Classic
A Summer of Love event:
Skye is proud to announce that his Sister Summer of Love (Summeroflove) is looking for a mate. In true Troll fashion you must earn her hand. Six items will be required to win her hand. Her suiter must be a new level one Troll (no bad habits) and able to take care of her (thus the 6 items). The items will be announced on the night of 31 July 2022. To support her in her new life the family has put a dowry of 1000 gold for the winner of the Great Hunt. First troll to trade me said Items gets Summer of Love and of course the Gold.
There are 2nd and third place prizes as well, just a few small pets, but should be fun!
Wrath is coming closer (surely end of August or beginning of September), so we do have an influx of new players coming in to level this summer.
As a reminder, to attract new players for #10ForWrath, we are giving gold (100) to any new player, to make skills, mount and leveling easy.
Sundays and Wednesdays are dungeon days (9-11 EDT), and we all help each other on the 5 man quests and things. We are working on getting 10 to 70 so we can raid Karazhan, and begin to get that #10forWrath synergy going! Our Raid Leader is Shrimpiclese, and we are always ready for new people to come join in the fun of classic!
SWTOR
BC created a scavenger hunt for MFN where everyone used their seeker droids to dig up treasure for fun and prizes. Additionally, we continue to run operations for MFN when we have enough people for it. If you are wondering what classes we need, we can usually get tanks and healers, but oftentimes could use more DPS. It’s entry level raiding and everyone is welcome no matter your experience or gear. Come join us! Especially if you need to add to your supply of Dad jokes.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– Killing World bosses and clearing Skyshards in various zones.
– Trials!!! We’ve bravely gone into 12 person content with 10-11 people and were successful in both killing bosses and having fun.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– MFN for the next 3 weeks will be hosted by some of the regular attendees while Kini is out of town.
Game or press release news:
– Lost Depths DLC and Update 35 is available on the PC/MAC PTS now.
FFXIV
AIE Continues to roll along in FFXIV as we march towards patch 6.2.
For those grinding away in the Crystaline Conflict, the season rewards, which ends at the release in 6.2, will reward all rewards up to the tier you reach. So, you don’t have to worry about blasting past a reward that you want.
Data Center Travel is up and running. Now, we’d love to have you in our FC on Goblin. But we get that other people may belong to other communities or you have an established friend group elsewhere, you can now travel to Goblin for AIE events. Any AIE member or friends thereof are welcome to hang with us on our events, visit our house, ect. We would love to see you at our next event.
Speaking of which, our map nights are still rolling along! Saturday nights at 9:30 pm EST. Come along, get loot, have a great time! Level 90 characters that have all of the zones unlocked are required. Bringing a map is not required but always appreciated.
If you are not 90, be on the lookout for non-level 90 map events. Group maps with a chance at the loot zone are available from level 60 on up.
And Thursdays at 10pm EST, we are going to be running sprout raids again. We completed all of the legacy 24-player raids (up thru Shadowbringers) and will be looping back around to the Crystal Tower series.
Remember, some of these 24-player raids are a pre-requisites for other content. The Crystal Tower series is actually required content now to complete ARR. We’d love to see you there.
STO
The Federation colony is still moving closer and closer to the end of tier 5.
KDF fleet is closing in on finishing the dilithium mines and having tier 1 of the Starbase done.
Thursday night fun night at 11pm. We run patrols, missions, and task force operations, depending on requests and any events going on. We focus on the Federation side except for the third Thursday of the month, then we head out on our KDF captains.
Fleet Action Report just celebrated its second anniversary. You can catch us live on Mondays at 11pm and archived episodes are on YouTube. https://Twitch.tv/grebog
GW2
Arenanet has announced their summer roadmap. Big items include upgrading the original world bosses (more shiny and improved loot), the next season one chapter, and another WvW alliances beta week. MFN on Mondays at 6:30pm pt, Dungeons and more night ifs temporarily moving to be in the same week as SoL. Still taking guild hall donations.
LOTRO
Weatherstock is happening this weekend. Update 33.1 is ‘soon’. Yesterday LOTRO Producer Oleg “Raninia” Brodskiy announced via Twitter that he has left his position at Standing Stone Games.
What is Weatherstock you ask?
Weatherstock is a player run concert of Epic proportions held on the summit of Amon Sul on the Landroval server. The current list is 22 different player bands that will play, in game, in character, for 10-15 minutes each. Where’s Max, Pellel, and the crew? We don’t know, but suspect they might try to get in next year, right Max?
https://weatherstock.guildlaunch.com/index.php?gid=316072%7C
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dr Gameology for joining us.
www.DrGameology.com
The Gaming Persona Podcast
Twitch.tv/DrGameology
All Socials = @DrGameology
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://discordapp.com/invite/bCVvumW. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 Gustytail about the Summer of Love!!!!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #388 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey folks, there are Fig scones in the guild kitchen- and I don’t mean the cat). This week we are having a host show! Welcome US!!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we’ve been up to 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Summer of Love
SOL 2022 Notes
Start Aug 2nd, Tuesday
Walk at 9:30pm EDT
– WoW = Gusty (Shrine of the Fallen Soldier -> Booty Bay)
– WoW Classic = Looci – (Shrine of the Fallen Soldier -> Gates of Orgrimmar)
– Lotro = Maellung (will adjust the MFN from Monday to Friday) – Bree above the Bluff
– SWTOR = BC – Alderaan
– ESO = Redrum/Ken (Panther Fang Temple)
– STO = Grebog (Wolf 359 Memorial)
– GW = Dejara (Lion’s Arch – Memorial Wall)
– FFXIV = Abovan (FC House)
End Aug 7th
Gusty – in charge of the WoW cordination will sort out route and fireworks. Pet battles/giveaways, Transmog runs, Visit the other side (horde/alliance flip)
Gusty – D&D discussions – All sessions 4-5 players (make slots for 5?)
DP Roberts -Thurs 8/4 8pm-11pm Eastern
Palell – Fri 8/5 9pm-12am Eastern
Duskmire – Sat 8/6 7pm-10pm Eastern
Mementh – Sun 8/7 6pm-9pm Eastern.
Titles and other details to come
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-430-seeking-binocs/
We have a player made guild event coming next week that uses the macrobinoculars and seeker droids. You may have forgotten about them or never had the chance to start those missions.
Behind the Games Podcast
The People Are The Studio – Behind The Games chat with Hector Padilla of IO Interactive
The People Are The Studio – Behind The Games chat with Hector Padilla of IO Interactive
Many game studios are having a moment right now where they need scale, and to learn to be better, more professional companies. IO Interactive has this figured out with leaders like Hector Padilla, a people manager at IO Interactive. IOI is the game studio that makes the Hitman series and soon a new 007 game. Hector focuses on making teams work together while developing all these great games. We talk here about an inside view of IO Interactive and Hitman, how to run a studio like a mature company, how to connect teams and people, and a little about the future of gaming. Thanks Hector and IOI!
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 158: Multiverse of Fetta Cheese!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10888093
Marcus and Nick discuss Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness with a great friend of the show, Joey Fetta!! The three of them indulge in their usual ridiculous side bar conversations, and give their breakdown of the movie! Enjoy!
Boards and Swords Podcast
BattleTech, Necromunda, Origins 2022 (Special Guest Ken from Geek-Craft!) – Boards & Swords 198
Apparently Backerkit is making its own Kickstarter like platform? Also Magic the Gathering is 30 years old? In more recent news, Origins Game Fair was a few weekends ago and Ken from Geek Craft is here to talk about it!
Star Trek Online – Fleet Action Report
Fleet Action Report Ep 103 Farming Marky Marks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP9OVCVlyp0
In this episode of Fleet Action Report, Grebog and Nikodas are continuing to work on their budget builds for their New Player Challenge. We run the mission for the Bajor Defense Deflector and then move on to Task Force Operations (TFO) for getting some marks.
WoW
WoW players are busy making to do/wish lists with the announcement that Shadowlands Season Four will arrive Aug 2nd. Huzzah for long awaited new content, but geeez Blizz, don’t you know AIE has other plans that week? Alliance Raid Team, So Let’s Go Skating is racing to down Heroic Jailer for the Ahead of the Curve Achievement (GO SLUGS!) while Gustyail and many others are running Mythic Plus dungeons to become Keystone Masters
AIE Virtus displaying their Waste Warped Deathwalker — the Mythic Plus Dungeon achievement mount.
WoW Classic
Wrath is coming closer (surely end of August or beginning of September), so we do have an influx of new players coming in to level this summer.
As a reminder, to attract new players for #10ForWrath, we are giving gold (100) to any new player, to make skills, mount and leveling easy.
Also, Blizzard announced they will be providing a 50% EXP buff before and during the Wrath pre-event. No announced date for that to start yet, but keep an eye out for it.
Sundays and Wednesdays are dungeon days (9-11 EDT), and we all help each other on the 5 man quests and things. We are working on getting 10 to 70 so we can raid Karazhan, and begin to get that #10forWrath synergy going! Our Raid Leader is Shrimpiclese, and we are always ready for new people to come join in the fun of classic!
SWTOR
Flashpoint Fridays update for July: Normally these are on the first Friday of the month, but in July it will on the 15th.
We have Operations Teams running on most nights of the week. If you want to try this type of larger group game play, just hop into discord and ask about it. Our raid leaders are always on the lookout for permanent members and alternates.
MFNs continue to run on Tuesdays nights. BC runs a mix of events, including operations, so there is always something fun to do. In many cases your character can be any level as long as you have your personal ship so that we can summon you. No gear level or experience required.
Also, coming this Tuesday, July 5th, there will be a MFN treasure hunt in SWTOR, check the #swtor channel in AIE Discord for more info on what’s planned.
FFXIV
FFXIV continues to drum out the new content.
Hildebrand and relic
Omega continuation
Tataru
Amelieance crafting
Patch 6.18 will be deployed this Tuesday. There will be a 24-hour maintenance on Monday. Cross data center server visits. We will see you on Tuesday for path 6.18 in FFXIV.
Late August, we will be getting patch 6.2. What are we getting? New MSQ, new Raid Tier, new gathering Tribe quests, More details on animal crossing island adventures -let your minions run free -farming and animal raising , Variant Dungeons (the easier ones), Criterion Dungeons (difficult dungeons with 2 levels of difficulty), PvP Series 2 (Series is new rewards, season is just for ranking progression), and the best features of all, the glamour dresser in being increased from 400 to 800 items.
For AIE News…
AIE Map Nights, Saturday at 9:30pm EST, are still a popular event. Be a level 90, have access to all of the zones, and loot, prizes, and general merriment will be your reward. We use Level 90, 8-player maps. You do not have to bring a map to join, but if you do wish to bring one for the group to use, we are looking for the Timeworn Kumbhiraskin Treasure Map.
But for those that are not level 90, we are now running non-90 map nights, thanks to Sahja, we will have a group that will be doing other maps found within the previous expansions. Check the AIE discord in the
ffxiv channel to confirm which level maps we will be focusing on that week.
AIE is also hosting Sprout Raids on Thursday nights at 10pm EST. These raids will vary in levels, as we go through all of the 24-player raids in each expansion. So far, we have completed all of the Crystal Tower and the Shadow of Mhach raid series. Currently, we are working on the Dark Apocalypse raid series. Once this series wraps up, we will have the new Endwalker alliance raid to do, and then will wrap back around to the Crystal Tower raid series again.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– There is an event in game right now where you earn reward boxes of loot for doing things in a group with guildmates so this past Friday was spent roaming though Craglorn killing all the Worldbosses.
– Trials!!! We’ve bravely gone in to 12 person content with 10-11 people and were successful in both killing bosses and having fun.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Next Friday’s MFN will be spent once again killing world bosses as group so we can earn more reward boxes during the event.
STO
The Federation colony is still moving along well towards Tier 5.
KDF is closing in on Tier 3 of the dilithium and has started some starbase work.
Thursday night fun night is still happening. We start at 11pm Eastern. And fun nights will be Fed based except for the 3rd Thursday of the month, which we will then explore with our Klingon Defense Force captains.
And as always, catch Fleet Action Report on Mondays at 11pm. this Monday will be heading back to Risa as the summer event has started. twitch.tv/grebog
GW2
ArenaNet just pushed a balance patch the other day. Lots of changes, so there is a good chance that your class received some tender loving care from the devs. Raids now have an emboldened Mode, this is similar to the buffs you get in wow when you wipe on a boss. This buff will be active on one raid wing each week, and players will have the option to disable it. Strike gold rewards have been rebalanced to make them more, well, rewarding.
Guild stuff is the same as it always is. Mondays, and Dungeons and more. Also still taking donations for the guild hall
LOTRO
Here’s what is happening in LOTRO for July to September:
Late July – Update 33.1 ‘Further Adventures with Elladan & Elrohir’
Treasure Bugan event
August – Farmers Faire
Mid-August – Season 3 of the Legendary Item Reward Track
August 31st – Legendary world of Shadowfax allows access to the Far Anorien and Wastes regions and the level cap increases to 105.
August 31st – Shutdown of the Anor Legendary server
September – Update 33.2 class/race combos expanded
– Dwarves & Stout-Axe Dwarves can get Captains and Wardens
– Elves & High Elves can be Burglars
– Hobbits can be Lore-Masters and Champions
– Humans can play as Rune-Keepers
And with that, let’s find out what we’ve been doing in and out of game!
GAME NEWS
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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.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to Doctor Gameology, an AIE member with a very unique set of special skills!- . So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #387 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey, folks, there is a chocolate souffle in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Maellung and Dux who are here to talk to us about AIE in AIE in LOTRO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in LOTRO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 427: Star Wars Celebration News
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-427-star-wars-celebration-news/
Star Wars Celebration news and announcements plus some SWTOR class balance news for 7.1
STO – Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 99 Deep Dive: Control Build
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAMbpbL9ud8
This episode of Fleet Action Report, Grebog will conduct a Deep Dive of his control build while Nikodas details what else you’ll need for Elite TFOs.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 154: The Podcasters Podcast!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10734432-episode-154-the-podcasters-podcast
Okay this one is a DOOZY! Marcus and Nick are rejoined by GATR and Hazel from the Guardian Down Cast, as well as Both Randy AND Adam from Bone Apple Tea!!
The SIX of them talk all about how they got into podcasting and how they developed their shows! You don’t wanna miss this marathon of a show! Enjoy!
Find more of the Guardian Down Cast at:
https://guardiandowncast.libsyn.com/
Find more of Bone Apple Tea at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWhbnjiRLKE5vBGPIUWmgA
Behind the Games – Sound Design For Far Cry – Interview with Eduardo Vaisman of Ubisoft Toronto
https://www.newoverlords.com/sound-design-for-far-cry-interview-with-eduardo-vaisman-of-ubisoft-toronto/
How far would you go to make the game you are working on sound good? We interviewed Eduard Vaisman, the Bafta Nominated Audio Director for Far Cry at Ubisoft to find out. We talked to him about his wilderness trip seeking sounds, how the sound design was done for Far Cry 6, the difference between sound design for movies and games, and what Eduardo personally was able to bring to the story and themes of the game.
NOMADS
New World
The server merge to Valhalla went smoothly a few weeks back and things are mostly quiet as the community waits for updates and new content to shake things up. We have a handful of players that log in a couple times a week though so if anyone did want to try it out or get something going they can post up in the channel and rally the troops.
Diablo Immortal
The mobile version is out, and is free to play, but is definitely a gacha game, if you value time over money. It takes up 12.5 gb on the iPhone. The PC Version is in Beta and is a direct mobile port. We have created a Clan (max 100 members) and it is named Alea Iacta Est Diabolus. You must be level 30 to join a Clan.
WoW
Noob Raid’s first cross faction raid happened and was a ton of fun. It was nice to see some former horde members return. We killed 5 bosses which is 2 more than we’ve ever done in the past.
Team Kiddie Aggro defeated Heroic Jailer in the Sep-ull-cher of the First Ones. They are the first AIE Raid team to get Ahead of the Curve achievement!
WoW Classic
Limited Promotion for the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King ! Come join us and any new player will get 100g, for mount, skills and an easy start.
Dungeons and more runs on Sunday and Wednesday nights, from 9-11 EDT. Please feel free to use whatever is in the guild bank for leveling professions and things like that. Welcome to all the returning players for #10forWrath
SWTOR
MFNs continue to run on Tuesdays nights. This week we are targeting an operation. Stay tuned to hear about which one!
The Public Test Server is back up, and we are hoping to field a team to go in and take a look at the new Operation.
Looking for DPSers on two of our Operations teams – Sunday Nights imp side and Monday nights pub side.
Check out Flashpoint Fridays on the first Friday of each month. Look for Maellung!
Maellung, how about a report from June’s Flashpoint Friday?
FFXIV
AIE Map Nights, Saturday at 9:30pm EST, are still a popular event. If you are level 90, have access to all of the zones, then loot, prizes, and general merriment will be your reward. We use Level 90, 8-player maps. You do not have to bring a map to join, but if you do wish to bring one for the group to use, we are looking for the Timeworn Kumbhiraskin Treasure Map.
But for those that are not level 90, we are now running non-90 map nights, thanks to Sahja, we will have a group that will be doing level 60 maps found within the Heavensward expansion. On Sundays at 4pm EST, we will be running ‘Timeworn Dragonskin Maps’, which are the 8 player version and have a chance to open up the portals to ‘The Aquapolis’ bonus zone. Since this is level 60 content, this is included in the free trial, so if you have a level 60 character, but haven’t invested any money into the game yet, you are able to join in on the fun and prizes! Super thanks to Sahja for running this event. Join us in 2 weeks for Stormblood and Gazelleskin maps.
AIE is also hosting Sprout Raids on Thursday nights at 10pm EST. These raids will vary in levels, as we go through all of the 24-player raids in each expansion. So far, we have completed all of the Crystal Tower and the Shadow of Mhach raid series. Currently, we are working on the Rabanastre raid series. We have completed The Royal City of Rabanastre and The Ridorana Lighthouse over the past few weeks. We will be moving over to the Obonne Monastery for the final raid of the Rabanastre raid series.
Make It Rain! The Annual Gold Saucer event, “Make it Rain” is back and is providing an extra 50% bonus to all MGP (Manderville Gold Saucer Points. The S in Saucer is silent, I guess.) This bonus applies to all MGP mini-games, such as the Cactpot, Mini-Cactpot, Fashion Contest, and the little skill mini-games in the Gold Saucer or in the AIE FC house. To celebrate the event, we will be running the “Jackpot” buff to increase the bonus by another 10%! To top it off, there’s a new seasonal questline that will reward some new emotes that will be sure to be a hit.
Other in-game news, Patch 6.15 is right around the corner. June 7th! A few highlights in this small update to the 6.1 patch…
• Tataru’s Grand Endeavor
• Omega: Beyond the Rift (Probably have to complete the Omega raid series, found in Stormblood to start)
• Arkasodara Tribal Quests
• Custom Deliveries: Ameliance
And…
The return of Eorzea’s Greatest Inspector…
• Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures!
There’s plenty of stuff to see and do in FFXIV! We hope to see you in Eorzea soon!
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– Trials!!! We’ve bravely gone into 12 person content with 10-11 people and were successful in both killing bosses and having fun.
– We ventured in to Cloudrest for the first time and managed to successfully clear it
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– High Isle comes out June 6th for PC/Mac so for MFN this coming Friday we will spend time exploring the new zone for Skyshards, Wayshrines, and Points of interest.
STO
The Federation colony is still progressing through the final tier, Tier 5.
KDF side dilithium mine is counting down the upgrade for Tier 2 and had the Tier 2 discount project queued up to start as soon as the other finishes.
Thursday nights at 11pm EDT is MFN.
GW2
Living World Season 1: Sky Pirates is live. Come and play the second chapter of the first living world expansion. Living World Season 1 will be free forever, so don’t worry if you can’t log in right now.
MFN is mondays at 9:30 pm EDT
Dungeons and More is this Friday, June 10th at 9 pm – 11pm EDT
Also we are still looking for donations of materials for the guild hall. Please see the pinned posts in discord for more information on what we need, and how to donate.
LOTRO
See Game News
And with that, let’s get back to Maellung and Dux and find out what’s going on in AIE in LOTRO.
GAME NEWS
MacOS client deprecated = 3/27
15th Anniv = 4/15
Update 33 “Yondershire” = 4/20
Hobnanigans ends June 5th
What does the future hold: post Great Wedding Epic Questline: Scouring of the Shire
Otherwise, many possibilities: Harad & Khand, Lindon and South to Tharbad.
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Class
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Maellung and Dux for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast.aieguild.org@gmail.com . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll possibly be talking to Jehdai about Guild Wars 2. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dux
– This is Maellung
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #386 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 425: World Boss Multi-Tag
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-425-world-boss-multi-tag/
We like to hunt world bosses and with multi-tag and fast spawn things are a little different in the 7.0 era.
Also, check out https://www.newoverlords.com/ for another new podcast called Behind the Games where Jeff (Max) and Sema interview people working in the game industry and give you a glimpse behind the scenes about what’s going on in game development and marketing.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 152: Working Class Questions! (NSFW)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10650489-episode-152-working-class-questions
Marcus and Nick are joined this week by GREAT friend of the show Joey Fetta, and the three of them answer questions posted in our discord by YOU! Enjoy!
Fleet Action Report – Episode 97 Heart of the Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImGmsUGQNTI
In this episode of Fleet Action Report; Nikodas and Grebog are taking the fight to the Terran Empire. It’s into the Heart of the Storm event where we’ll be taking on 2 new episodes and 1 new TFO.
Boards & Swords 196 – A Final Fantasy TCG? Pirate Pathfinder Board Game, Out of Context Comments
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs196
A better look at that Runescape board game, Embracer Group buys up more IPs, did you know there’s a Final Fantasy TCG? All this plus we take a look at some out of context comments made at Warhammer Fest!
NOMADS
New World
The server merge to Valhalla went smoothly a few weeks back and things are mostly quiet as the community waits for updates and new content to shake things up. We have a handful of players that log in a couple times a week though so if anyone did want to try it out or get something going they can post up in the channel and rally the troops.
Star Citizen
Free fly for Star Citizen this week for invictus week. See the Nomads channel in discord for details, a pinned post for referral codes.
As always if anyone wants to do some multi crew stuff they can reach out to Jehdai.
Destiny 2
With the new Season coming this Tuesday. The clan had a ton of fun for Clan Night on Tuesday.
This week will be an off night for clan night as we start the new story content and get into the BRAND NEW DUNGEON!!
Look for the new trailer coming this Tuesday morning!!
Division 2
The Division 2 has seen a resurgence with the latest title update 15, and new Season 9: Hidden Alliance season content. New gear, systems, and a game mode: Countdown have drawn a handful of AIE clanmates back into the game.
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/expansion/warlords-of-new-york/season-9
Lost Ark
The game continues to receive new content, the May update included the new Destroyer class. Many of the guild members are now solidly into tier 3 and completing end-game raid content.
Please see the game’s discord channels if you’d like to know more!
WoW
Kiddie Aggro defeated the heroic Ry-gelon in Sepulcher of the First Ones and is currently in an epic battle to rid the Shadowlands of the Jailer before he destroys all of creation.
Alliance Team Hell Froze Over began Heroic Sepulcher this week, downing 2 bosses. Their progression team So Let’s Go Skating has Heroic Halon-druss (aka Murder Crab) on the menu tonight. Oh, last minute update, they are currently enjoying those crab cakes!!!
Noob Raid took out one boss in Sepulcher and the weekly world boss. A few more experienced raiders would make a big difference to our scrappy Guild runs. Oh and in case you are wondering, Kini has tanked the floor 75 times so far this year.
Alliance side is also highly active in Mythic Plus runs and we’re working to spread some of that to energy to the Horde, with Midnight Mythics 2-3 nights a week. Mythics are a great way to gear and increasingly vital to WoW endgame activities.
WoW Classic
More newcomers leveling, joining us before Wrath #10ForWrath
Sunwell Plateau (the last raid of Burning Crusade) is open and its difficulty (it is the un-nerfed version) has surprised many players, used to steamroll the rest of the expansion
Dungeon nights on Sunday and Wednesday continue as well!
SWTOR
Flashpoint Fridays are back! Join Maellung on the first Friday of the month to run the flashpoints of your dreams. Content is tailored to the people who attend and could include taking advantage of things like double xp or completing missions.
MFNs continue to run on Tuesdays nights. Ideas about what to do for MFN nights are welcome!
May the 4th brought a new companion pet, the P1-XL Probe Droid, and a week of double XP.
We have Ops opportunities on two of our teams. If you want to give Ops a try, give a shout out in discord. Specifically, that would be Albuspuer for TACO (Sunday nights, 7:30-9:30 Central, Imp side) and Balto for Where’s the Cantina (Monday nights, 7:30 Central, Pub side).
ESO
See Game Notes
FFXIV
AIE Map Nights, Saturday at 9:30pm EST, are still a popular event. Be a level 90, have access to all of the zones, and loot, prizes, and general merriment will be your reward. We use Level 90, 8-player maps. You do not have to bring a map to join, but if you do wish to bring one for the group to use, we are looking for the Timeworn Kumbhiraskin Treasure Map.
AIE is also hosting Sprout Raids on Thursday nights at 10pm EST. These raids will vary in levels, as we go through all of the 24-player raids in each expansion. So far, we have completed all of the Crystal Tower and the Shadow of Mhach raid series. Currently, we are working on the Rabanastre raid series. We completed The Royal City of Rabanastre last week and will be moving on to The Ridorana Lighthouse. We look forward to all of you “prime” people there on Thursday for another fun spout raid. (The joke is that one boss can tell you to stand in prime numbers to avoid getting hit from his attack. Yes, FFXIV has a math boss.)
Thanks for all of your support and energy in FFXIV. As the patches start hitting and more content is available, AIE in FFXIV will be here. Thanks!
STO
The colony is still progressing through the final tier, tier 5.
Thursday nights at 11pm is fun night. Next week we plan on having a KDF fun night. Let everyone get their KDF captains out and get them some fresh air and exercise.
Heart of the Storm event is going on now. It has a great ground set. May be the best in game.
Monday’s at 11pm eastern come watch Fleet Action Report live https://twitch.tv/grebog
Next episode Nikodas and Grebog will be back on their new character challenge captains to hit level 60 and maybe push for 65 while live. We will also discuss all the new unlocks at level 60 and 65.
GW2
Living world Season 1 Episode one is happening right now. . And, in case you didn’t know, LWS1 will be free for all forever, since it’s super old content. (also keep that in mind while playing through it, the style of storytelling has evolved so much since this was released).
Currently the guild is working on upgrading the tavern which will allow for better guild wide buffs. We are in need of Empty Kegs, or the materials to craft them, (See Pinned post in discord). We also need bottles of Elonian Wine (or the gold to purchase them), and lots of Elder wood planks, Mithril Bars and Varies Leather Squares.
Jehdai is still looking at getting strikes going once more people get through the story. Mandatory Fun Nights are Mondays at 9:30 eastern, as well as dungeons and more happen monthly.
And with that, let’s get back to Dankinia and find out what’s going on in Elder Scrolls Online (ESO).
GAME NEWS
– Since the anniversary event is over, we’ve been diving back into 12 person Trials.
– If we only have 9-11 we do one of the easier ones using our companions.
– we had 12 people last week so we decided to go into Cloudrest for the first time and were able to clear it.
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle comes out June 6 for PC/Mac and June 21 for consoles. High Isle is the newest chapter and we get to dive into the culture of the Bretons with a zone main story, six new delves and world bosses, two new public dungeons, a new trial, two new companions, and a deckbuilding game called Tales of Tribute where you can play against other players and npcs and earn things like furniture and cosmetics. And of course there will be new gear and collectibles. I’m hoping at least one of the new companions won’t get upset when you use the Blade of Woe like the two current companions do.
When it launches we will also get Update 34 which is a base game patch. Some of the changes will be the ability to include Mundus Stones in your saved armory builds, a new Quick Select Wheel on PC, and of course I expect to see some changes to abilities and gear based on the notes I’ve seen about the PTS.
What’s a good Addon Manager for ESO? – Minion is what pretty much all of us use for Addons in ESO. It is pretty simple to set up and keep updated. The downside, is it won’t automatically install any library dependencies when you install the add on so you have to make sure you install them as well.
What Addons do you recommend? – So many.
For getting around in the world
Votan’s Minimap, Votan’s Improved Quests, Votan’s Improved Locations, Ravalox QuestTracker, Map Pins
For crafting
Dolgubon’s Lazy Writ creator, Potion Maker, Votan’s fisherman, Votan’s Fish Fillet, Lost treasure and if I’m going to sell though the crafting/trading guild I use Tamriel Trade Center. I don’t run TTC all the time though because it is resource intensive.
Just for fun in groups – LovelyEmotes
Are there addons that keep you on track with the main story quest and/or the Dominion, Alderi, etc. tracks?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dankinia for joining us.
I’m @Dankinia on Twitter and Twitch.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dankinia
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode 385 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Abovan: – (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Nikodas and Grebog who are here to talk to us about AIE in Star Trek Online Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Star Trek Online 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 11pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 421: Level Sync Stat Talk
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-421-level-sync-stat-talk/
What are bolster and level sync? What do they do to our stats? What changes are coming? That’s right… back by popular demand… it’s stat talk!
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 149: Free Ride Games!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10482938-episode-149-free-ride-games
Marcus and Nick sit down with Destiny Streamer, Twitch Partner, and the all around amazing community-having king, Free Ride Games!!! The three of them chat about their recent Destiny and gaming escapades, Nick talks about his busy week and they even have Sidebars within Sidebars about comic book storylines! Enjoy!
You can find more of Free Ride Games at: https://www.twitch.tv/freeridegames
Fleet Action Report
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
F.A.R. Grebog’s New Character Challenge Captain level 41 to 49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP-nrVbGHn4
Grebog spends the night running from 41 to 49 on his new character challenge captain.
WoW
Noob Raid will be checking out Sepulcher of the First Ones in Normal for the 2nd time tonight.
WoW 10.0 – Dragonflight has been announced, with a new 4 zone area, new playable race with it’s own class, a revamped talent tree, dragon riding, and much much more!
WoW Classic
Sunwell (last raid of Burning Crusade) was on PTR, so it will be dropping soon… and the un-nerfed version to start with, so rivers of tears are coming our way, up to the mountaintop of M’uru, the nightmare of all (and true boss of Sunwell).
Nerfed version will come a few weeks/months later, as the un-nerfed is no joke.
Blizzard announced Wrath of the Lich King in 2022 (so surely October or November)
More people are logging in and joining, so we are hopeful to have 10 for Wrath
SWTOR
In SWTOR, we’re looking forward to updating to 7.0.2, which will include some fine tuning on new systems and currencies that were new with 7.0. Notably, caps have been raised on the currencies that are the easiest to get. Some of the currencies that were the biggest bottlenecks have been tweaked to drop slightly more often. A big change for PvPers is that losses in war zones will now count toward weekly targets. This will bring conventional PvP more in line with GSF for making progress on Conquest and Galactic Seasons. This update will come on Tuesday this week!
Also… Max and Sema will be doing this week’s SEPC tonight after the AIE Podcast (8:30ish central). Showing some SW cosplay and other stuff from PAX East, which is still in progress.
FFXIV
We have added another weekly event, Sprout Raid! This event, which runs Thursdays at 10PM EST, will take the members of AIE through the 24-player raids in the game. The first 3 weeks were a resounding success, completing all 3 of the Crystal Tower Raids.
We will be continuing Sprout Raid in the upcoming weeks, with the next raid on April 28th, going into the Void Ark. This is a level 60 Raid, available at the end of the base Heavensward expansion. Hope to see you there.
The other events, mount farms (Fridays) and Map Nights (Saturdays) are still in play and we’d love to see you there as well.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– The last few weeks have been spent taking advantage of the Anniversary event cake and doing the dailies as well as checking out the new Prologue quest for the next Chapter release.
– Trials!!! We’ve bravely gone in to 12 person content with 10-11 people and were successful in both killing bosses and having fun.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Trials on nights we have 12 people online for MFNs and zone clears when we don’t.
STO
See Game Notes
LOST ARK
Activity in Lost Ark continues to be steady with more than 20-30 players logging in each day. Consolidation into the primary, most progressed, guild of Aie Communitas. If you do not yet have a character in this guild please contact Durus or Dethode for more information. At our current growth we should obtain level 8 by next weekend.
The April update and patch have arrived: Battle for the Throne of Chaos. https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/game/releases/throne-of-chaos
* The new continent of South Vern is available to continue the story of Lost Ark.
* A new martial artist class balancing Glaive and Spear weapons between two different stances: the Glavier.
* The Feiton powerpass is available to progress your character quickly to tier 2 and the continent of Feiton.
* A new system, the Ark Pass, was introduced with varying levels from free to two paid tiers of premium and super premium. Each tier offers different types of rewards like many seasonal passes introduced in other games. The current pass is dubbed “Noble Banquet” and lasts from April 21 to July 14, 2022.
* There are new items in the store, including skins, mounts, and pets.
* Other shiny things.
Daily activities in the guild continue. Do not forget to speak up in-game, in the global chat to group with guildies.
If you have any questions, there are always knowledgeable vets lurking in the public AIE discord lostark channel.
GW2
Living world Season 1 Episode one is happening right now. (I am not sure what the release schedule is for the new [old] content). What I do know is that LWS1 will be free for all forever, since you know its super old content. (also keep that in mind while playing through it, the style of storytelling has evolved so much since this was released).
Currently we are working on upgrading the tavern which will allow us to have better guild wide buffs. We are in need of Empty Kegs, or the materials to craft them, (See Pinned post in discord). We also need bottles of Elonian Wine (or the gold to purchase them), and lots of Elder wood planks, Mithril Bars and Varies Leather Squares.
Jehdai is still looking at getting strikes going once more people get through the story. Mandatory Fun Nights are Mondays at
LOTRO
The 15th anniversary event is live and with that Update 33. To celebrate 15 years lotro has some awesome new perks for both free-to-play and VIPs. There are also some limited time account wide gifts to those at least level 2 during the anniversary event to pick up through May 10th. The gifts are for both free-to-play and VIPs. VIPs will get additional account wide gifts.
And with that, let’s get back to Nikodas and Grebog and find out what’s going on in Star Trek Online.
GAME NEWS
Primary Target
STO!
Don’t need to be a Star Trek fan
Space vs Ground
Detail FTP vs Pay to Win
T5 vs T6 Ships
Yearly freebies
Convert Dilithium to Zen (real-world currency)
Talk about new character challenge
Why we’re doing it and what rules we’re following
What we’ve learnt thus far
Talk about Fun Nights
Secondary Target
Fleet Action Report
Why we started a video podcast
Video vs voice
Talk about some of the more interesting episodes
Polaron Dancing & Captain (Anti)Proton
Deepdives
Fleet Status Update
Talk about hitting T5 Starbase
The work it took, what we’ve unlocked, and how do we still earn credits
Work still ongoing for Colony World & KDF Fleet
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Nikodas and Grebog for joining us.
Fleet Action Report video podcast: http://fleetactionreport.com
Twitter livestream for FAR and Fun Night: http://twitch.tv/grebog
Twitter livestream for Nikodas & daughter: http://twitch.tv/nikodas555
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Abovan is at @abovan, Mew is at @theMewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone in some show. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Abovan
– This is Nikodas “See you… out there”
– This is Grebog “Live Long and Prosper”
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #384 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mew: To my left is Abovan: – (catch phrase here). And, Tetsemi and Mkallah are off tonight, something about a kid and a birthday and eating large amounts of cheese and chocolate for dinner. This week we are joined by special guest and temporary co-host, Abovan, who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights- please note, there are some changes to the schedule
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – Destiny?
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 421: Level Sync Stat Talk
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-421-level-sync-stat-talk/
What are bolster and level sync? What do they do to our stats? What changes are coming? That’s right… back by popular demand… it’s stat talk!
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 147: Tom_Tom Tv Takeover!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10406180-episode-147-tom_tom-tv-takeover.mp3
Marcus and Nick sit down with one of help streamers in Destiny 2 Tom_TomTV. This was an amazing conversation. We even have something Top secret in this episode. DONT TELL NICK!
Tom_Tomtv Link: https://www.twitch.tv/tom_tomtv
Mad Max Warhammer, Firefighter RPG, Best Games for On The Go – Boards & Swords #193
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs193
Philip is recovering from Vegas, so Chris got Shaun from the former “All the Bits” podcast to come on the show and talk about a few games that are great to play on the go. Also, a brand new version of Catan got announced, a popular RPG maker is making a game where you play as First Responders, and much more!
Note: In the show, I mention a video game that was recalled because of South Park, here’s the details: https://kotaku.com/when-south-park-got-an-ea-sports-game-pulled-off-the-sh-5818372
Fleet Action Report – Episode 91 Fashion Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOiq3X5y4hs
In this episode of Fleet Action Report, Nikodas, Grebog, and special guest TabbythaGames take you through the true end game of Star Trek Online. That is right, we go into space barbie.
WoW
In WoW Raid team news this week: Noob Raid got their first kills of Kel’Thuzad and Sylvanas, the final bosses of Sanctum Domination. Thanks to the WITT Raid team for their help! Dankinia would like to start on the new Raid – Sepulcher of the First Ones – next week if we can get a full 20 people for LFR. Come join us!
Alliance side team Hell Froze Over is 8/11 Normal in Sepulcher, freeing the dominated King Anduin from the Jailer’s grasp. (Dun dun dunnnnnn!)
Behind the Curve and the Filthy Casuals are both 4-11 Normal in Sepulcher. Next target: The Angry Crab.
WoW Classic
Zul’Aman (10man troll raid) has opened its doors. Come get your Amani War Bear by saving all the prisoners in the time allocated
(Zul’Aman is a catch up raid, for those that don’t have Black Temple and Mount Hijal on farm)
SWTOR
Our Operations teams have two openings. Where’s the Cantina is looking for a DPS on the Republic side on Monday nights at 7:30 Central. TACO is looking for a DPS on the Imperial side on Sunday nights, also at 7:30 Central.
During our MFN on Tuesday nights, we’ve been working toward Conquest and Galactic Seasons targets. Recently, now that a lot of people have reached the new max level of 80, we have added Operations back into the mix. So far the new scaling has worked out pretty well for us.
We’d like to field a team to go on the Public Test Server to check out the new Operations bosses when they become available again. Keep an eye on discord for when that might be.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been taking advantage of the Bonus XP events and doing dailies for the gift boxes.
– Trials!!! We’ve bravely gone in to 12 person content with 10-11 people and were successful in both killing bosses and having fun.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Celebrating the 8 year anniversary of ESO by eating cake and doing dailies
– Trials on nights we have 12 people online for MFNs
FFXIV
See Game Notes
Destiny 2
The Destiny 2 clan is growing and growing. Now that were settled into the Witch queen and The Season of the Risen the clan is working towards that all powerful pinnacle gear cap. We are having Clan Night Tuesdays at 9pm est.
We work on all the weeklies and help clan members if they need help with something specific.
Hope to see you there Tuesday nights!
Lost Ark
The Lost Ark Guild has progressed to level 7 and will soon be unlocking the maximum guild shop level for purchasing the most advanced materials for character progression. More than 30 players remain active across the guilds, and many members are advancing into Tier 3 and will be rising to the challenge of the Argos raid very soon. Weekly events for completing Guild Tasks, Abyssal dungeons and Saturday evening LAF’N continue. Now that we’ve achieved larger capacity in the first guild, we are attempting move players who do not yet have a character in this level 7 guild so they make take advantage of the benefits offered. Contact Durus or one of the officers to help move your characters!
The game is free to play, and we’ll take all the help we can get finding that darn Ark!
STO
The fleet has unlocked everything it can at the Starbase including the last construction project of upgrading the transwarp gateway. The latest addition in the unlocks are the elite hangar pets at the space equipment vendor. Which means you can pickup the best hangar pets in game now.
Colony is still moving along quite nicely. All the hard work with the holdings is greatly appreciated.
First Contact Day event had started. The rewards is a A600 synth as a combat pet. (If this sounds a bit odd to you, don’t worry it does, to us, as well.)
We have Fleet Fun Night on Thursdays at 11pm Eastern. Nikodas and Grebog host Fleet Action Report live at twitch.tv/grebog every Monday at 11pm Eastern. This next Monday we will be covering the latest event, First Contact Day.
GW2
Currently we are working on upgrading the tavern which will allow us to have better guild wide buffs. We are in need of Empty Kegs, or the materials to craft them, (See Pinned post in discord). We also need bottles of Elonian Wine (or the gold to purchase them), and lots of Elder wood planks, Mithril Bars and Varies Leather Squares.
Jehdai is still looking at getting strikes going once more people get through the story. Mandatory Fun Nights are Mondays at <9:30pm ET>. and dungeons and more happen monthly.
LOTRO
15th Anniversary event runs 4/20-5/11. Update 33 should be dropping around that same time. Update 33 will bring some awesome stuff for free-to-play players.
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
FFXIV patch 6.1 THIS WEEK! Tuesday!
Now, there may be spoilers, so let’s get into the spoiler mood…
The Titanic. It sinks.
Darth Vader was indeed Luke’s Father
Maggie shot Mr. Burns
All of Eorzea is saved. Zenos is dead. The Scions have disbanded. The Hydaelyn and Zodiark storyline has concluded and the first steps of the new storyline will be starting on Tuesday.
So, now that we have spoiled it all, how we get there is awesome. One of the most satisfying gaming experiences that we have ever had. Seriously. You owe it to yourself to go play it. Seriously.
Thankfully, the game has resumed the free trial and game sales so if you haven’t played it, you can play it. Free trials are capped at level 60, but do include all content from the base game, the 1st expansion, all of the patch content, and jobs from that expansion. That includes the Dark Knight job, which is so well written, it is considered a preview of the current expansion story themes (which was written by the same person, Natsuko Ishikawa).
On Tuesday, we get the next chapter of the FFXIV story. This is like “phase 2” or what happens after Avenger’s Endgame. Fresh stories. We don’t know much about where it is going to go, but we are sure that it will be awesome.epic, and worth playing.
Quick Hits of new patch features.
More MSQ
Conclusion of the role quests. Required to complete all of the 4 other role questlines in Radz-at-Han.
New Ex Trial, Endsinger.
New story connecting the end of Endwalker and Omega, the Stormblood raid series.
New Unreal Ultima’s Bane – Ultimate Weapon raid, iLevel 560, capping at 565.
Lots of changes to the ARR experience.
MSQ Dungeons revised.
Duty Assist to fill out a group for people that do not wish to use the duty finder
Players are not locked to either, so if you feel like people one day, NPCs the next, you can swap all you want.
Cape Westwind is now a solo trial.
Castrum Meridianum is 4 player with extensive changes to the flow of the dungeon.
Praetorium is now a 4 player dungeon with lots of changes.
Ultima Weapon moved from the dungeon to a 4 player trial, added to the newly imagined MSQ roulette.
Lahabrea will now be a solo duty.
New PvP, Crystalline Conflict
Push the cart, I mean the Crystal!
5v5
Matches are capped at 5 mins in length.
All characters with jobs at level 30 or higher are eligible.
Casual, ranked, and custom matches available.
Rewards are season based, along with the return of the GARO Collaboration
New Alliance Raid
Myths of the Realm Part 1: Aglaia
24-player, matched content
Also great as a gearing catch up mechanic.
New Tribe quests.
New Hildabrand
New Tataru’s Grand Endeavor
More glam plates, with the glamor dresser expansion planned in a future patch.
Mog Station items are able to be “tried on” in your inn room
Player “Adventure Plates”. Like a FFXIV business card, customizable in game and searchable. Player info and customizable portrait.
FC News
Starting up a new event, Sprout Raids!
Thursdays at 10:00pm EST.
We will be cycling through the 24-player raid series. Each raid will be announced in Discord, but will be done in a predictable format.
Usually, these will take 45 mins to an hour to complete.
Pretty straight forward, forgiving raiding experience.
First 3 ARR Alliance Raids are required to continue on to Heavensward.
Great turnout for the first run of this event. Plenty of room for more, so we hope to see you there.
Friday Night Mount Nights! A community grass roots event, starting at 8:30-ish, but the time varies, so pay attention to Discord for exact start times. Go though the game’s EX trials for mount drops. This starts at level 50 and has about 4 mounts per expansion that can be acquired.
Saturday night map nights. Treasure maps will be run at 9:30pm EST. Casual, but highly profitable content. Many times, the map portals will be an item on the Adventure’s Tails book, so a great way to fill out the book for the week as well. Again, bringing a map is not required, but highly appreciated if you do.
Want to help out with maps? The unlock to be able to decipher a map starts in Wineport and can be done in about 5 to 10 mins with cutscenes.
Have other event ideas that you want to run with, or just bounce ideas off of people? Just speak up in the #ffxiv channel in discord! We’d love to hear your ideas and thoughts.
We can’t wait to usher you through your FFXIV experience. Plenty of friendly faces, voices, and characters to play with during your time in FFXIV. Drop on down in the #ffxiv channel, say hello. Even if you are just starting out, we’d love to be part of your journey.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Someone about some Game. So until then, AIE…
This is Mew
This is Abovan
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #383 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Host 1: To my left is Tetsemi – (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by a coterie of guests who are here wrap up the AIE Wintercon!
Let’s go around the room and say hi and say what’s we’ve been up!
Grebog
Marcus
Max
Nikodas
Sema
Tet
Mkallah
Before we get into the AIE con, we want to get a Real time update on the Starbase from Grebog and Nikodas:
AIECon Winter 2022 Wrapup
Links to all events are available in the show notes and in Discord. There is a whole AIECON channel in Discord where you can see what all of the fun was about! And, I want to start this off by giving a big thanks to Kini for organizing this whole con. I can’t tell you how many times this week she has IM’d me and asked me if she was crazy for doing this. She wants to thank EVERYONE who took part in the events and who joined in on the fun! If you have ideas for the next AIECON, please reach out to Kini or in the con discord channel to get the ball rolling.
Schedule
Saturday
Guild Town Hall
We started off the weekend with a Saturday Guild hall hosted by Dankinia
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1430474218
Board Game Panel
Hosted by AlbusPuer with discussion of games played and upcoming board games.
Podcast Panel (with help from Sema and Grebog)
Marcus – https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1430876790
Wanna start a podcast panel? There are some notes and links, to software and hardware, in the #podcasts-and-panels channel under the AIECON Winter 2022 area.
Casual Games- Kini and Red hosted Casual games, which included a ton of Jackbox – evidently, one needs to watch out for AlbusPuer in Murder Trivia Party! Kini, Red, and Tabby all hosted streams (Tabby’s was on going at the time we were writing notes, but will link as soon as we have it!)
Kini – https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1430585174
Red – https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1430995437
Board Game Arena, Forgotten Waters
Forgotten Tides – https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1430706978
This is Xcamr’s brother’s game, it was played by@Balto @Katsumi @zombotanist @Nightshade @Killian Wargear and @redrum and apparently @Balto killed Lil’ Gertie which AlbusPuer took exception to
D&D – Duskmire, Pelell, DPRoberts
Pelell – Saturday Night’s Main Event
DPRoberts – The heroes of Griffon Riders!
WoW – Noob Raid
And what would a Saturday night be without a Noob Raid?
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1431040245
Sunday
Trial of Style – Horde and Alliance were hosted GustyTail
Anirra was the winner because she has played WoW for years and never done Trial of Style before. She had never even been to a Barber Shop! She is a complete convert now.
Anirra, Ponairi, Krispybacon and Crwthe (me) did several runs on Alliance side. Ponairi and Gusty ran on Horde. I was late starting that one because my D&D with DPRoberts went long. How odd!
Trial of Style – Alliance
Tabby – Casual Games
https://www.twitch.tv/tabbythagames
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1431863754
Board Game Arena
D&D – DPRoberts
Return of the Perpetual
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Everyone for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
:In THREE WEEKS, Mew and Abovan will be talking about FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Grebog
– This is Marcus
– This is Max
– This is Nikodas
– This is Sema
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Welcome to episode #382 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey folks, there are dark chocolate caramel brownies with a pretzel crust in the guild kitchen ). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Marcus who is here to talk to us about AIE in Destiny 2 Welcome!
Destiny 2
Clan growing
Clan Night: Tuesdays 9pm
Streaming
Thank you!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Destiny 2 shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
The AIE Con 2022 will be taking place the weekend of March 19th and 20th which is next weekend. We will kick off the weekend with the AIE Town Hall at 1pm EST on the 19th and follow up with sessions for board games, D&D, casual games, and end the weekend with an epic podcast with hosts from various AIE adjacent shows. For the full schedule and to sign up check out the AIE discord.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday- Lost Ark 8:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 417: Legacy of the Spoilers
Time’s up. The embargo on spoilers is lifted. Time to talk about the 7.0 story.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 144: Doritos Saves the Day!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10230365-episode-144-doritos-saves-the-day.mp3
Marcus and Nick sit down with Doritos, friend of the show and Nerds Community Super-Member! The trio talk about the new Kenobi Trailer, criticize SWTOR’s 7.0 expansion, and talk about Nick’s love life (lol). Enjoy! – NSFW!
Fleet Action Report – Nikodas New Player Challenge Levels 13 to 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhLNjsONMIE
Nikodas and his daughter are running their new KDF recruits all the way to level 19!
NOMADS
If you’re playing Elden Ring, add AIEguild to your group passwords and enjoy whatever that adds to the game.
WoW
AIE’s raid teams are chomping their way through the newly released Sepulcher of the First Ones. Kiddie Aggro downed 7/11 bosses on Normal difficulty and 1 boss (aka Pokeball) on Heroic. Go Team!
Hell Froze Over (Alliance side) defeated 3/11 bosses on Normal while Behind the Curve and Filthy Casuals are at 2/11 bosses. Our Teams are recruiting so if anyone is interested check the Discord #raidteam-recruitment or #raidteam-news channels.
Next weekend as part of AIE Con 2022, Gustytail will be leading Trial of Style runs on Sunday March 20. This twice a year event is a chance to show off your favorite fashions while judging everyone else’s look.
WoW Classic
We have a small group that gets together on most Wednesday nights (and sometimes Sundays) to knock out group quests and/or do dungeons. AIE in The Burning Crusade on Mankrik is a quiet place to be and a nice server. If that sounds good to you, or you’d like to level up to get ready for Wrath, we have bags in the guild bank for you
SWTOR
One of our Operations teams, TACO, has room for 1 full time DPS player. They run on the Imperial side on Sunday nights at 8:30 Eastern No experience or gear required. Our other Operations teams are full, but frequently need fill-ins. We have teams running on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. It’s always worth checking on those nights to see if there are openings if you feel the need for a little raiding.
We are still settling into the Legacy of the Sith expansion. With the new content, story skips, gearing tracks and other new features, it’s a lot to process. Feel free to ask questions in the swtor discord channel and join us on Tuesday nights where we make progress together.
Maellung is planning a return of Friday Night Flashpoints
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– Public dungeons, hunting world bosses, and clearing zones of Skyshards.
– Trials!!! The last two weeks we’ve bravely gone in to 12 person content with 10-11 people and were successful in both killing bosses and having fun.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Trials on nights we have 12 people online for MFNs
– The new DLC dungeons leading to High Isle come out on March 14th for PC and we will be grouping up to run them for MFNs the week they release.
FFXIV
The FFXIV Chapter has lots of stuff going on and we’d love you to be a part of it.
First off, a reminder that the suspension of new game purchases has been lifted. Furthermore, if you just wanted to check out the game on its free trial, well good news everyone! The free trial has been resumed! So, now you can check out everything that FFXIV has to offer! Come for the adventure, dungeons, and loot, stay for the pretty glamours!
In game, we have a few events to bring up. Starting March 14th, the yearly event “Little Ladies’ Day” starts up. If you happened to be listening to our voices after Tuesday, go to Ul’dah, Steps of Nald and start up the yearly event. It changes from year to year, with new rewards every year. If you happen to be reading the show notes, here is the link -> Little Ladies’ Day 2022 | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone. If you want to see the link, check the show notes at aie-guild.org.
Also starting up on Tuesday, the 14th, The Moogle Treasure Trove! Get the Irregular Tomestones from doing various activities in the game, and you can trade them in for some cosmetics that may no longer be available or difficult to get on your own. Again, if you are reading the show notes, here’s the link. Moogle Treasure Trove the Hunt for Scripture | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone. (Visit the aie-guild.org to see the link!) This event will run until the launch of patch 6.1. Speaking of which…
Patch 6.1 is on the horizon! While we don’t have an exact date, we do have “mid-April” as an approximate time frame. A whole slew of new things, such as more MSQ, dungeons, trials, Trials (like beast tribes but with a more respectful name), the return of Hildibrand (Abo’s note: YEAAAAAAH!), new Ultimate trial, and likely the most interesting change is the Improvements to the ARR 2.0 quests. Some people just don’t like group content. We get it and totally understand if you want to run completely solo. Now, AIE will be here for you, as we always have been. But, if you just want to log on, do your own thing, and be able to run dungeons as a solo player, the “Trust” system is going to be extended out to the base 2.0 game. This means any dungeons or trials that come up, you can chose to run them with a group of story relevant NPCs similar to the trust system that was started up in Shadowbringers and Endwalker.
There’s much more patch content new to talk about, so hopefully the AIE Podcast will have us on shortly (wink:wink) to talk about it in more detail.
In FC news, we are running multiple events over the week. Map Nights, Saturday nights at 9:30 EST, is still a hit and still has room for you. It’s fun, casual content, with extreme rewards for lining those Gil coffers. We do ask that you have completed the MSQ or at least unlocked all of the zones. You do not need to bring a treasure map, but it is always apricated if you do. If you do bring a map, we are looking for the “Kumbhiraskin” maps, as they are made for a group and has the chance to spawn the bonus portals.
For the FC buffs, remember to activate the Heat of Battle 3 buffs on the weekends. We “cook” up the grade 3 buffs during the week so that we can get that extra bump in XP on the weekends. Any one with the “member” rank or higher can refresh buffs or invite new people to the FC for that matter.
Remember, Discord is usually the best place to get a hold of the FFXIV member of AIE. So come on down, say hello, and we can help you get setup in the exciting adventures of FFXIV!
STO
The fleet is making another big step forward as the Fabricator is upgrading to tier V. This is the final project for the Engineering branch of the Starbase.
Science branch is closing in being able to unlock it’s final tier V project as well. And that will make all sections of the Starbase Tier V.
The colony is still moving along nicely with it’s projects.
STO has started a red alert event. But as this is a short event, likely going to have an announcement of the next event soon. (Probably this week)
We have Fleet Fun night on Thursdays at 11pm Eastern. Nikodas and Grebog host Fleet Action Report live at twitch.tv/grebog every Monday at 11pm Eastern. This next Monday we will be checking back in on the new character challenge we have been running.
GW2
End of dragons is here!
We unlocked the Cantha Guild Hall this past week, and we need your help to upgrade and decorate it. We are looking for people that want to make our guild hall a home by decorating it, and we need help acquiring the materials to upgrade the hall.
Currently we are working on upgrading the tavern which will allow us to have better guild wide buffs. We are in need of Empty Kegs, or the materials to craft them, (See Pinned post in discord). We also need bottles of Elonian Wine (or the gold to purchase them), and lots of Elder wood planks, Mithril Bars and Varies Leather Squares.
Jehdai will be looking at getting strikes going once more people get through the story. Mandatory Fun Nights are Mondays at
LOTRO
Tier 3 of the new raid has arrived in the latest patch. Producer’s letter is expected to be published this week. The spring festival returns on March 17th and runs through April 6th. The spring festival will bring a new pet and some housing decorations. Come join us for some fun in the maze in Bree-land. There is some fun things in the works for the kinship, so stay tuned for some upcoming fun.
LOST ARK
Lost Ark enters into its second month of release. AIE continues to have strong participation within the community. Over 50 members logging in nearly each day, playing characters across four guilds on the NA East Regulus server.
Some members have already achieved Tier 3 content and gear. Between new players and veteran player’s alts, there are daily groups running through daily and weekly group content such as chaos and abyssal dungeons as well as the guardian raids.
Beginning next weekend, on Saturdays from 8PM – midnight Eastern, we’ll be hosting weekly “Fun Nights” with a focus on the Adventure Tome zone completions. You don’t need to show up at 8 or go until midnight, this is just the general window of time most may be on. Explore the world and collect rewards.
If you have any questions, or wish to join AIE in Lost Ark, visit the AIE discord’s Lost Ark category or hop into the voice channels. The usual crew is happy to help and answer any questions you may have.
And with that, let’s get back to Marcus and find out what’s going on in Destiny 2.
GAME NEWS
The witch queen came out on 2/22/22
I was talking with Durus and after talking with him he passed the clan founder title to me… I swear he had his finger on the transfer button! But some awesome things have been happening in game!
THE WITCH QUEEN CAMPAIGN AND CONTENT
The Witch Queen is looking to be one of the biggest expansions we’ve ever seen for Destiny 2, and it’s filled with the kind of content you’d expect from a new Destiny update. There’s a new campaign (now with a Legendary variant), new activities, Savathun’s Throne World destination, a new raid, and more coming over the next few weeks.
THE GLAIVE
The Glaive is a completely new weapon type in Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. A cross between a spear, a gun, and a shield, The Glaive is the game’s first first-person melee weapon. It uses Special ammo, and players can fire explosive bolts from its tip. By dealing damage, Guardians activate a special shield that protects the user from damage. There’s at least one Legendary Glaive in the campaign, and a unique Exotic Glaive for each class.
WEAPON CRAFTING
Weapon Crafting is an oft requested feature in the Destiny community, and it’s finally here with The Witch Queen. Players will be able to craft a series of weapons (although some will remain random roll only), selecting specific perks and personalizing their guns for years to come. Bungie will continue to add to the system each season, adding more and more weapons to craft and level up.
VOID 3.0
Void 3.0 is the first Light subclass conversion to the Darkness (Stasis) system. All of the previous Void Supers will still be available, but there is also a host of new Aspects and Fragments for players to check out. Bungie will move the Arc and Solar subclasses to the same system later this year.
GAMBIT CHANGES
Gambit has felt like the forgotten child of the three playlists in Destiny 2, but it’s getting some key upgrades in the new expansion. Invaders should be less frequent and less impactful, and the Primeval phase is going to last much longer, and be nearly impossible to melt.
EXOTICS AND EXOTIC TUNING
Destiny 2’s latest expansion adds 14 new Exotics: six armor pieces, five weapons, and three class-specific Glaives. Bungie’s already revealed most of these Exotics (which you can check out here), but there are a few that we won’t discover for a few days or, potentially, weeks.
BALANCE CHANGES
Every new expansion or season comes with a balance patch. This time around, the changes are mostly focused around some of the abilities in the game, namely the ones in Void 3.0. There’s also a host of weapon archetype changes, but not as many as we saw in the Bungie 30th Anniversary patch a few months ago.
This week at Bungie, it’s all about the Vow of the Disciple World First race.
What a wild week it’s been. It feels like just yesterday we were announcing The Witch Queen, and now we find ourselves on the doorstep of a World First raid race. This is the weekend that many of you have been waiting for, strategically planning your Power gains and grabbing armfuls of snacks from grocery store shelves. In under two days, the race begins. Let’s get you up to speed.
If you’re new to Destiny or have yet to engage in a raid, this is the pinnacle of our endgame content. Players around the world are challenged to compete, decoding devious puzzles while engaging in heavy combat through multiple activity encounters. We’re not just talking a few enemies here and there, but hordes of combatants clawing away at lives and time while players race to the finish line. We expect no different from Vow of the Disciple with multiple teams at the final boss trading attempts at reaching victory.
Now, let’s talk rules. The World First race for Vow of the Disciple will take place in Contest Mode. This is a unique variant of the raid, only offered for the first 24 hours, capping every Guardian at a specific Power level to ensure an even playing field. We announced last week that 1530 Power is your target, as this will be the highest Power your Guardian will perform at against the enemies you face. Here’s a quick bulleted list for all who are in the hunt for the World First win:
Vow of Disciple Race timeline
Start: Saturday, March 5, 10 AM Pacific
End: Sunday, March 6, 10 AM Pacific
Contest Mode:
Contest Mode will cap all players at 20 Power below each encounter of the raid for the full 24 hours of the race.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Marcus for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next week, we will be on with a wrap up on AIECON. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #381 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah – (Hey, guys, there are dark chocolate brownies with a pretzel crust in the guild kitchen.) We are in the Mewless formation this evening, but we do have two special guests Sema and Max who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into this weeks news shortly, but before that, let’s get back to Sema and Max and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
You’ll just have to listen …
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 415: Live Legacy of the Sith
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-415-live-legacy-of-the-sith/
Max and Sema, you know them! They are willing to burn and the burning has begun. 7.0 is here and they dig in.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 141: Konquered by Kitties!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10102862-episode-141-konquered-by-kitties.mp3
Marcus and Nick are joined by not only the legendary Kitty Kissz, but ALSO Kitty Treets!!! Watch out, this episode is definitely spicier than usual, but it’s a wild ride of fun. The foursome chat about SWTOR’s disappointing expansion, dive into Kitty Treets and Kitty Kissz’s DUAL STREAMING! Enjoy!
Find more of Kitty Kissz at:
https://www.twitch.tv/kittykissz
Find more of Kitty Treets at:
https://www.twitch.tv/kittytreets
Treets’ fave stream moment: Super sauce on Kitty’s pants
https://youtu.be/KEPvIwkWyGg?t=511
Kissz fave stream moment: Danny Trejo…who? – Treets w/ Kitty
https://youtu.be/KEPvIwkWyGg?t=212
Marcus’ fave stream moment: Kittykissz 2K Love Reaction Video
https://youtu.be/3ZOE9e9qUlI
Fleet Action Report – Ep 84 A Call to Arms TFOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6gsZuUMgiU
Fleet Action Report, Grebog and Nikodas are headed back into the TFOs. We explain any mechanics in the featured TFO, and how you can beat the TFO while getting the most marks for reward. We start with the two TFOs that are part of the current 12th Anniversary event, then see what we get in the TFO random queue.
Boards & Swords #190 – Sports Games, $350 edition of Tsuro, New edition of Libertalia
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs190
Apparently there was a “big game” recently? Something about sports? To celebrate, we’re talking about some sports related board games and video games! Oh, and magic the gathering isn’t as hot as it used to be?
NOMADS
AIE in Lost Ark
The hotly anticipated MMO ARPG officially launched just over a week ago, on February 11th. It has already made Steam history with over 1.3 million concurrent users in a single day, ranking 2nd only to Public Battlegrounds.
It experienced some launch challenges, as many new MMO titles do, that prevented new players creating characters on servers that friends had been playing on during the 3 day head-start. However, this lasted only a day and new character creation restrictions were rarely in place for long as the server populations have stabilized across the various servers and regions. More information concerning these issues, relevant compensatory gifts offered, and more has been communicated on the game’s official website: https://playlostark.com/
Alea Iacta Est’s presence is on the NA East Region’s Regulus server and we are currently accepting invites to “Aie Fidelis”. The game’s guild feature is unlocked after you acquire your first mount quest reward, and is accessible from the Community Menu in the game’s interface.
Four guilds have been established in response to the initial interest in the game from the AIE Gaming Community in launch. Guild capacities are set initially to 30 members with an increasing cap up to 100 as the guild levels. This cap has been raised to 32 in two guilds which have already achieved Level 2. Guild progression and participation are important components to the growth of players’ characters as well as the guild. Each week, a portion of earned contributions is donated to the guild and a bonus reward of player currency is distributed to players based on their weekly contributions across activities from weekly guild tasks, daily donations or aid given to ongoing research projects, to simply logging in each day.
The plan is to continue increasing the guild capacity of the guilds until such time as they can support the “main” characters of all playing within a single guild or two. We will maintain the other guilds and support their growth for any overflow in interest as well as alt characters that are important to any other character’s progression as many elements are the game are shared across an account’s roster of characters on that server.
Guild event planning is underway and will include meetups for daily and weekly activities, other ongoing systems’ progression such as Adventure Tome completions, Mokoko Seed Hunt nights, and more. Stay tuned in to the AIE public discord server’s Lost Ark game category for more details.
If you are interested in the game and have questions, feel free to visit us in the text and voice channels in discord, or download the free game and join us on NA East Regulus to play with the 50-plus members currently enjoying the world of Arkesia.
Current members, remember to keep up those daily donations to spur guild growth and ask for an invite to the region-wide custom chat channel to connect with players across all four guilds!
WoW
WoW 9.2 launches on Tuesday with a bunch of quality of life improvements, a new daily area, and a raid coming soon (not ).
WoW Classic – we are looking for a few more people when Wrath comes out. #lookingfor10
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– Public dungeons, hunting world bosses, and clearing zones of Skyshards.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges on Monday Nights, we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Trials on nights we have 12 people online for MFNs
– On the 17th the PvP event in ESO started, feel free to post in Discord to coordinate efforts and group up for the event. We won’t be doing this as part of MFN due to the faction requirements and Kini’s dislike of PvP.
– The new DLC dungeons leading to High Isle come out on March 14th for PC and we will be grouping up to run them for MFNs the week they release.
SWTOR
See Game Notes
FFXIV
XIV recently had it’s latest live letter! While the last expansion was named “ENDwalker”, it’s far from the end of FFXIV, and the adventure continues! They announced the overall plans for the 6.0 patch cycle, and some highlights include:
1. Graphics update! Higher resolution textures, improved lighting, shadows and more. Will be updated over the entire patch up to 7.0
2. The adventures of Hildibrand returns
3. New Deep Dungeon
4. Scaling difficulty 4-man dungeons, code named “Criterion” Dungeons
5. Further adjustments to the ARR main story quest, including the ability to journey into ARR story dungeons with NPC avatars
And more! The free trial also returns February 22nd, so if you’re curious about FFXIV, hit us up in discord and join us on the Goblin server in the Crystal Data Center.
Weekly guild activities continue with mount farming on Fridays and map night on Saturdays.
The Free Company Workshop is open for business! The current log of the airships, submarines, and FC construction projects are logged in discord in the #workshop-log channel.
If there is something that you would like for us to create or farm up for you in the workshop, you can message an officer in discord to get the request in. Due to the queue of players requesting things, as well as the RNG of the expeditions, it may take some time for your desired item to be delivered.
Some examples of things you could request are housing “skins”, minions, rare crafting materials, and rare orchestration rolls.
STO
The fleet is currently collecting fleet marks for upgrading the Starbase to tier 5. Another huge milestone for the fleet.
The anniversary event still going, which rewards aT6 ship. This is a really nice variety, the Jarok Alliance Carrier. You only have until the 24th to get your needed 20 days of activities, however you can buy out any progress you need with Zen, the in game currency.
The Klingon Recruit event is also still ongoing. You can unlock special rewards and account wide rewards through various tasks you compete while playing. You only have to get the communicator device that tracks progress before March 9th. The tasks you can complete on your own schedule.
They have started the new year long event campaign, which will reward a lockbox ship, 2 T6 100% free ship coupons, or 1,500 lobi. The first event for this is The Borg Resurgence. They have remastered two space and one ground TFO fighting the Borg. You have until March 15th to get 14 days worth of progress. Once complete you get a console that allows you to assimilate an enemy target, three TFO reward boxes with your choice of a specialization point or ultimate tech upgrades, and 25k dilithium.
We have Fleet Fun Night on Thursday at 11pm est, and Nikodas and Grebog host Fleet Action Report live at https://twitch.tv/grebog every Monday at 11pm est. This Monday starts the new player challenge for the show.
GW2
End of Dragons is coming in 8 days, (or the 28th if Jehdai can’t math). If you need an invite into the guild please post your Name dot numbers in discord and tag an officer. (ie Jehdai.5769). You can find this information when you log into the game on the character select screen in the top right hand corner, or in the Contacts and LFG menu in game. Don’t forget you can represent the guild by checking the box next to our guild name (Alea Iacta Est Xiphos) in the guild panel. (100% representation is not a guild requirement, but it is nice to see folks active in the guild).
Stand by for an assault to unlock the new guild hall, Jehdai will be setting this event up shortly after end of dragons launches.
MFN at is Monday’s at 9:30 Eastern. Expect more stuff to happen during this slot when the expansion launches.
Dungeons and more (check discord for timing)
Lots of stuff in the guild bank, please use it.
Message #gw2
LOTRO
Update 32 ‘Rangers and Ruins’ is live. That means Erebor housing is available for purchase, the Legendary Item Reward Track is set, and The Angle of Mitheithel is open for exploration. Also the ‘Hiddenhoard of Abnankara’ raid is due soon.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sema and Max for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
In three weeks, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #380 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Gusty who is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Just a quick heads up. We have SWTOR Expansion launching on Feb 14th, Destiny 2 Expansion on Feb 22nd, and now WoW 9.2 Patch on Feb 22nd, Guild Wars 2 Expansion on Feb 28th, along with Lost Ark launching. Going to be a busy back end of the month. (edited)
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 414: Legacy of the Sith Eve
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-414-legacy-of-the-sith-eve/
With only a few days left before 7.0 we’ve decided to team up again with Working Class Nerds for another joint episode and talk about what we’ve been doing, what we are excited about coming in 7.0 ,and what we each expect to be doing first.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 140: SWTOR Escape Pod Cast Mash-Up!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/10055996-episode-140-swtor-escape-pod-cast-mash-up
Marcus and Nick are joined by the legendary duo: Max and Sema from SWTOR Escape Pod Cast!! This episode is a formatting blend of the two shows, where the four of them break down what they’re looking forward to from SWTOR’s upcoming 7.0 expansion: Legacy of the Sith!! Enjoy!
Find more of Max and Sema at: https://www.twitch.tv/newoverlords
Boards & Swords #189 – Runescape is going to be a board game? Games from our childhoods
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs189
A Batman version of Detective? People shelling out millions for Marvel Zombies, and we talk about those “classic” games that we grew up playing in our childhoods.
Fleet Action Report Ep 83 Best Served Cold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRQY9FIwYn8
Fleet Action Report, a Star Trek Online video podcast; Nikodas and Grebog intend to finish the Cold War! Ending the threat posed by the Breen to the Deferi people. Will they uncover the reason for this unwarranted attack?
NOMADS
Board game night is still running 1st and 3rd Thursdays off every month. We start at 7:30PM Central and go until about 9:30. We always have room for more to join, and wish that you would come join the fun.
Lost Ark
The AIE Gaming Community has entered into the newly launched NA/EU version of the MMO ARPG: LostArk. It is an MMO that includes popular ARPG elements with millions of players worldwide. Journey through the land of Arkesia, seeking out fragments of the lost ark to put a stop to the demonic invasion that threatens the world.
AIE is currently playing on the NA East Regulus server. Note that character restrictions may be temporarily appearing to help curtail new account creations on heavily populated worlds. They are being lifted periodically as populations stabilize to allow players to join friends on these servers. It may require a game restart for it to accurately reflect on the server list. Should you have one character on the server, these restrictions will not apply to your account. If you do see a queue in excess of two or three thousand, it moves quickly.
Join over 40 members of AIE in the game as they take on dungeons, raids, weekly tradeskill tasks, and much more. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop by the Lost Ark category in the AIE Community Discord.
WoW
In WoW news, Raid Team Where is the Tank got their Ahead of the Curve achievement, defeating the Dark Lady Sylvanas on Heroic difficulty. Congrats to WITT!
Oh and then there was this: Blizzard announced the long awaited Patch 9.2 will launch on Tuesday, Feb 22 — in just over a week! But wait, there’s more: Future Patch 9.2.5 will bring cross faction dungeons, raids and PvP to WoW. Our Alliance Raid Team, Hell Froze Over has fulfilled their name’s prophecy. There was much rejoicing!
SWTOR
The Wednesday night ops team is looking for a full time dps. We run from 9-11 eastern on the Imp side. No prior ops experience is needed. We run story mode ops.
In Swtor it’s all about that xpac. “Legacy of the Sith” is launching on Tuesday this week (the 15th). If you ask people what they are looking forward to the most, it’s probably the next installment of the story. Many systems are getting an update too. If you’ve been thinking about dipping your toes back into Star Wars: The Old Republic, now is a pretty good time. It won’t matter if you remember how to do things, or not. It’s all new again. If you would be brand new, come check it out too. You’ll be figuring it out with us.
Because this is normally how major updates go, we are predicting smooth sailing and no server restarts! YMMV….
Join us in discord on Tuesday the 15th at 9PM. We’ll be hanging out in voice while we explore the newness. It will be a spoiler free zone, though!
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– Public dungeons, hunting world bosses, and clearing zones of Skyshards.
– If you are interested in running dungeons for pledges on Monday Nights, we have two dungeon groups that occasionally need someone to fill in. Check out the Undaunted Enclave channel in Discord for more information.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Trials on nights we have 12 people online for MFNs
– On the 17th the PvP event in ESO starts, feel free to post in Discord to coordinate efforts and group up for the event. We won’t be doing this as part of MFN due to the faction requirements and Kini’s dislike of PvP.
– The new DLC dungeons leading to High Isle come out on March 14th for PC and we will be grouping up to run them for MFNs the week they release.
STO
Our Fleet Starbase’s shipyard just got upgraded to Tier 5, which is huge! It gives us access to the best fleet ships available.
The anniversary event is also going on, which awards a free T6 ship, and a pretty good one at that, the Jarok Alliance Carrier. It only runs through the 24th and you need 20 days worth of activities, but you can buy out missing progress with Zen, the in-game currency.
The Klingon Recruit event is also happening, which lets you create a new Klingon character and complete special tasks to earn account wide rewards. And while all the rewards take awhile, you only need to get the progress tracking item by Mar 9 which is only a short way into the tutorial.
We have Fleet Fun Night on Thu at 11p est, and Nikodas and Grebog host Fleet Action Report live at https://twitch.tv/grebog every monday at 11p est.
Activity and attendance at both of these as been ticking up, and more are always welcome.
FFXIV
GW2
End of Dragons is coming on 2/28/2022.
Jehdai will be setting up a group night shortly after launch to unlock the new guild hall. Stay tuned to the GW2 discord Channel for scheduling and more information.
Dungeons and More (usually monthly check discord for scheduling)
Come join us in Cantha!
Also the guild bank is full of potentially useful items, please take what you need, if you need something that you can’t withdraw ask an officer to pull it out for you.
LOTRO
Update 32 scheduled to go live on Wednesday. This update brings a new account-based legendary reward system that starts at level 45. If you reach the end of the track there is a repeatable goal for more rewards. New region that will take players from Trollshaws to “Angle of Metheithel”. The new region is free to VIPs and available in the lotro store. All accounts have the benefit of a premium wallet and the gold cap has been lifted for non-VIPs. Finally one of Smaug’s last treasure hoards has been opened and the Dwarves of Erebor have moved to reclaim it! Join them in owning a piece of Middle-earth, in the Great Hall under the mountain (aka new premium housing area). Erebor housing includes features like swimmable gold goins, and life sized chess/checker boards.
And with that, let’s get back to Gusty and find out what’s going on in AIE in World of Warcraft
GAME NEWS
The past two weeks have seen some amazing news in World of Warcraft. Patch 9.2 will launch in just over a week and will bring a new zone: Zereth Mortis, New Raid: Sepulcher of the First Ones, new pets, mounts, transmog —- and players will be able to equip TWO legendary items (note: some restrictions apply.) Our Raid Teams are shaking off the dust and will be looking for new members. Anyone interested please check the Raid Team Recruitment and News channels in Discord! With the new legendaries coming, I plan to organize a guild event to gather mats, because it’s going to take a lot. With the new legendaries coming, I plan to organize a guild event to gather mats, because it’s going to take a lot.
One other thing coming with the patch is a male counterpart to the Warlock succubus pet. The Incubus is unabashedly sexy and I am interested to see the response. When I started playing WoW, I was uncomfortable with the succubus’ behavior but shrugged it off along with the popular joke, “There are no girls in WoW.” Times have changed and the Incubus is part of that.
Moving on – There’s excitement in our Alliance Guild Virtus regarding the cross faction play coming in future Patch 9.2.5. They can’t wait to join Noob Raid on Saturday nights. Virtus is also very active in running Mythic Plus dungeons and thanks to them I’ve actually been enjoying this content. I’d like to encourage Mythic groups on Horde side and cross faction play may be one path toward this.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gusty for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Max and Semat in Star Wars. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #379 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: Hi folks, there is boozy bread pudding and apple tarts in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Jehdai who is here to talk to us about AIE in Guild Wars 2 Welcome!
Before we start in on the news, let’s get back to Jehdai and find out what’s going on in Guild Wars 2- because there is a lot!.
GAME NEWS
GW2 Podcast Notes
Thank you so much for all of that great information! Now, it’s time for this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
WTOR Escape Pod Cast 412: Getting Gear in 7.0
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-412-getting-gear-in-7-0/
Bryant Wood, Bioware Systems Designer, posted some extensive notes on gearing in 7.0 including some new news. We break it down and talk through our plans for gearing up.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 138: Guardian Down Cast!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9967450-episode-138-guardian-down-cast?t=0
Marcus and Nick are joined by Hazel and Gatr of the Guardian Down Podcast! Hazel and Gatr are the hosts of the Guardian Down Podcast which focuses on Destiny 2. The three of them chat podcasting, Star Wars, and of course Destiny 2’s upcoming expansion The Witch Queen!
You can find more of Hazel and Gatr at:
https://guardiandowncast.libsyn.com/
https://open.spotify.com/show/7BVJBQAH1Sg1lgF0v3c8Ct
Boards & Swords #188 – Essen is Bought, Tony Hawk the Board Game? (Feat. Beneeta Kaur!)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs188
Now that the holidays are over, are things back to normal? Not entirely, as we have special guest Beneeta Kaur (twitter.com/beneeta_k) on to tell us what she’s been up to recently!
Fleet Action Report – Episode 81 It’s Very Cold in Space part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZPYl0Wg_wU
On this episode of Fleet Action Report, a Star Trek Online informational livestream: Nikodas and Grebog are called to defend the Deferi from a group of aggressive aliens. Who are those that would attack the delicate Balance of the Deferi, and can we stop them?
WoW
WITT’s All Monk Fun Run was postponed, as many of the participants are still gearing up. We look forward to seeing what a full raid Touch of Death will do bosses. Muhahahaha! There are plans afoot for an All Paladin run and a repeat of the All Druids in coming weeks. Anyone interested, contact Gustytail.
Gustytail also has a new Guild Challenge! This Wednesday is 02/02/2022, and clearly, the best way to observe this is to WEAR A TUTU — or your best approximation. In game or at home, embrace the silliness and twirl like no one is watching. Then post in pics or it didn’t happen.
Gustytail will be disappointed if @CyberWaif doesn’t have something suitable at the ready.
WoW Classic
Mount Hyjal and Black Temple have opened their doors to the unwary adventurers, piling up corpses sky high on their doorsteps… ah, adventurers and the attraction of new loot !
FFXIV
Map night continues! We’re entering the exciting Excitatron 6000 every Saturday at 9:30 pm eastern. Check the pins in the ffxiv channel for more info.
Our lovely community member Zoot is also running mount farms on Friday at 8pm eastern. Level requirement depends on what is being run, but it’ll generally adapt to whoever wants to come. Don’t be intimidated if you’ve never done an extreme trial before! They’re not as hard as the name Extreme might imply.
SWTOR
We are starting to feel the hype for 7.0. It’s just two weeks away. There are all kinds of ideas floating around for how to prepare and what things to do first. If you’d like to join in on that discussion be sure to join us in discord in the swtor channel.
Last week, the guild made a run at winning a planet in Total Galactic War. We fought the good fight, had a lot of fun, and put up more points than we ever have before. Early on in the week, it became clear that really only one other guild was even a challenge for us. We went neck and neck with them for most of the week, but on the weekend, they really poured on the steam and took a commanding lead. Afterwards, their guild leader congratulated us on a battle well fought and shared with us that they had not had more fun in swtor in a long time. It was a good week!
ESO
We’ve spent the last couple of weeks killing world bosses in Clockwork City and Summerset for the Daedric War Celebration so we could earn event tickets for the new pet and other rewards.
Trials are on the agenda on nights we have 12 people online for MFN’s.
We will also be doing our usual zone clears, public dungeon clears, and group delve runs.
At the global reveal live stream they announced the Legacy of the Bretons Year-long Saga and that the next chapter (expansion) is called High Isle.
The first DLC for 2022 is called Ascending the Tide and will come out on March 14th for PC and March 29th for console and kicks off the year long adventure with two new dungeons. The High Isle chapter will be released on June 6th for PC and June 21 for consoles. There are two additional planned DLCs (one dungeon pack and one story zone) that will come out later in the year.
The new chapter will explore the islands of High Isle and Amenos and involves a main story line that ties into the Legacy of the Bretons year-long saga. It brings with it a new in-game collectable card game called Tales of Tribute, a new 12 player trial, two new companions as well as new world events, delves, public dungeons, world bosses, and stand alone quests.
There will also be several updates and quality of life improvements.
Pre-purchases are on sale now and will grant immediate access to a new mount and pet. The pet is only available if you pre-purchase before April 4th. In addition, if you pre-purchase you will get a few additional rewards at launch such as a new costume, a pet, treasure maps, experience scrolls, and a crate.
STO
The fleet is about to take a massive step forward with fleet holdings. (By the time of the podcast) We have started working on unlocking the military tier V upgrade. This is a big project and every little bit will help us get this done.
The reason this is so big is it is the final upgrade for the military tier of the Starbase. It also means we will have access to all the fleet ships, minus one that comes from the colony. And most importantly once complete it will allow us to start working on the Starbase tier V upgrade.
Grebog wants to send a huge thank you all to the fleet for their hard work getting us here and their continued hard work on these projects.
Grebog has been asked what will this mean once we are done with all of these? How can I still get fleet credits? There will still be plenty of ways we can get fleet credits from provisioning projects to temporary boosts projects.
Fleet fun nights are every Thursday at 11pm. We do things from helping people level to running TFOs and event tasks.
GW2
See Game Notes above
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Jehdai for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including… Well, no segments this week, but if you want to try your hand at creating one, we would love to have you!
Next time, we’ll be talking to Gusty in WoW. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #378 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (There is Porto’s in the guild kitchen, please eat it before I do. But, leave the Giant MIckey Mouse Gingerbread for me). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are talking to ourselves!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we did on our winter break 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – https://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 410: Always In Motion
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-410-always-in-motion/
Always in motion is the future. With that in mind, we still try predicting what’s coming in 2022 with our annual predictions and wishes.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 136: The Bang Gang!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9884625-episode-136-the-bang-gang
Marcus and Nick are joined by SM Playboi!!! Playboi is a Twitch streamer, giant Star Wars and Anime Nerd, and a great friend of both the show and their streams. The three of them have RIDICULOUS conversations about all of the games they’re playing and of course SM Playboi’s streaming career. Enjoy!
You can find more of SM Playboi at:
https://www.twitch.tv/smplayboi
Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
F.A.R. Ep 79 Call to Arms TFO’s: Assault on Terok Nor, Brotherhood of the Sword, Khitomer in Stasis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCgGoZNYUsc
Fleet Action Report, a Star Trek Online video podcast; Grebog and Nikodas are taking the fight to the enemies of the Khitomer Alliance (potentially on the Ground). The Ground TFOs have long been ignored, but here, now their time has come.
Boards and Swords – https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
A Much Delayed Pax Unplugged Recap (Feat. Jessica and Andrew from Gameosity) – Boards & Swords #187
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs187
Chris & Philip decided to take a break from the holidays, but its a new year and time to talk about Pax Unplugged! To help Chris out, Andrew & Jessica Fisher from Gameosity are on the show!
NOMADS
Lost Ark
Lost Ark is a free-to-play game that pairs the best of ARPG combat and MMO depth to create a vast, vibrant world with thrilling fights, endless customization, and endless adventure.
Launching on Feb 11, 2022, this “Diablo-esque” style action role playing game with an isometric/top-down view, it was originally released in South Korea in 2018, published by Smilegate. It will be published by Amazon Games for the NA release.
Though it is free-to-play, founders’ packs are available for purchases through Steam and Amazon. These packs confer the usual perks, including a 3 day head-start for players on Feb 8, 2022. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599340/Lost_Ark/
AIE is currently gauging interest in the game. If you intend to play, please contact @Durus or leave a comment in the AIE discord’s channel nomads with #lostark. Server selection and guild details will be released once that information is available.
Website: https://www.playlostark.com
Diablo 3
Season 25 “Lords of Hell” is live (12/10/2021)
Anniversary event “Darkening of Tristram” is live as of Jan 3, 2022 and will conclude at the end of the month. Explore the Cathedral, event dungeon, and acquire anniversary rewards.
If you would like an invite to the Clan or Community, please ask in the AIE discord’s nomads channel using #diablo3
Valheim
Valheim server has been shut down for now but may be available in the future if there is more interest in the future. A copy of the world is available and can be downloaded from the location pinned in the Valheim channel.
WoW
WITT Raid Team is doing an ALL DRUID fun run of Sanctum of Domination (Normal difficulty) on Jan 22 at 8pm Eastern. They are also considering All Monk and All Paladin runs. There is a sign up link in the AIE Discord – Raid Team News channel for anyone interested. Gustytail will be there!
Noob Raid had it’s 2nd run of 2022 and Dankinia’s Floor Tanking score increased to 3 deaths. Next week the plan is to skip to the final bosses of Sanctum. We’re coming for you Kel’Thuzad and Sylvanas!
Behind the Curve has room for more raiders. Anyone interested please check the Raidteam Recruitment channel.
WoW Classic
Mount Hijal and Black Temple opening on January 17th.
Still a (half guild) raid group every Saturday evening, going strong
SWTOR
In Game News, the Public Test Server is up for the time being with no announcement about taking it down. That’s good news if you wanted to work toward the Test Server achievements which earn you rewards in game, like a holographic log mount. As far as we know, 7.0 The Legacy of the Sith is still scheduled for release on 2/15/22.
For the guild, December was a cozy month of snowballs and Operations and wookiee hugging. As we roll into the second half of January 2022, though, it’s going to heat up. It’s Total Galactic War! That means that while guildies play SWTOR, the guild accumulates points that could win us a planet. This will be a serious effort and the competition for a planet is steep. If you want to help out there are several things you can do in just a few minutes every day that would add substantially to our point total. Drop by the SWTOR discord channel for specifics. If your character is not in the guild yet, hop in on Sunday or Monday to get in before reset for your points to count. If you character is brand new, not to worry. You will get SUBSTANTIAL points for those early levels. It really is for everyone.
Come join us for some pew pew and some (show off light sabers here) – Vrummmummmmm
FVISH!
FFXIV
Map night has returned! We’re back and hitting up the new treasure dungeon, the Excitatron 6000, every Saturday at 9:30 pm eastern. Check the pins in the ffxiv channel for more info.
Our lovely community member Zoot is also running mount farms on Friday at 8pm eastern. Level requirement depends on what is being run, but it’ll generally adapt to whoever wants to come. Don’t be intimidated if you’ve never done EX trials before, unsynced they’re not too hard and we’ll be happy to have you and help you through it!
ESO
MFN’s have resumed after the holiday break. We’ve spend the first two of the year vanquishing world bosses in various zones.
We also jumped to our death and helped a member get the Slaughter Fish achievement.
The Daedric War Celebration runs from January 20th – Feb 1st so our MFN’s will be focused on doing the dailies for the event tickets and killing bosses.
We plan to do more trials on nights we have 12 people online for MFN.
There will be a Global Reveal Event for ESO on January 27th at 12pm PST. They are going to give us a peek at the upcoming Chapter and DLCs that will be released this year. Tuning into the show on Twitch will earn you a new coral crab pet and a crown crate though Twitch drops as long as you have your accounts linked.
STO
This is going to be a big year for the fed fleet. Why? Well, we are closing in on a lot of the Tier V unlocks (highest unlock) for the starbase.
Military: 15 projects to go
Engineering: 38 projects to go
Science: 41 projects to go
While yes, you can only do 1 project every 20 hours (1 day lets say) that means we should be working on the big unlock project for Military in 3 weeks or less. This will then free up resource requirements and hopefully make it more likely we are triggering daily, but even still means 2 months we should have engineering done and 3 months science should be done, if not way sooner.
LOTRO
After a break for the holidays (and Maellung needing to heal in RL) SNL returned this past Saturday. The first fight of the new raid is coming to Bullroarer this week. Treebeard opened up Mines of Moria a couple weeks ago. The ill omens event is being postponed until maybe later this year so they can focus on the rewards. And lastly session play is bugged at the moment and will be fixed in the patch this week.
And with that, let’s talk about the fun and games we had over our break!
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank each other for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to Jehdai in Guild Wars 2. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #377 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guest Abovan who are here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Since we have so much FFXIV news, we are going to talk to our guest first and then do this weeks news!!
GAME NEWS
We bought a house! A large house!
Big thanks to Reka for helping us in the move to the large plot.
Our new home is located in the Lavender Beds, 9th Ward, plot 33.
The new house is on a large plot, so the house is also large. Since it is a large, we get much more real estate to work with, both inside and out. The new house will feature 3 garden plots, all of the crafting stations, and more vendors in the house, such as materia affixers, which we did not have the NPC budget for in the old house.
The additional Garden Plots will help increase the rate that we can churn out the Thavnairian Onion. These items allow you to increase the level cap of your Chocobo Companion by 1. When you cap out, feed it to your bird, and you will be able to continue to level up your companion up to level 20.
As the house starts empty, it will take us some time to settle in and get a full decoration done. So, things are in flux right now in the house and things may move around until we settle in on a housing layout. However, when we do, we plan on having a big AIE home warming party. We are working out the details now. When we have some more defined plans, we will let everyone know via Discord.
Grade 3 Heat of Battle Buffs!
We are now cranking out Grade 3 Heat of Battle buffs. These buffs provide all member a flat 15% bonus to combat XP. Since this is a limited commodity and take 70 hours to make, we will run these on weekends. During the week, we will be running the Grade 2 Heat of Battle Buffs, providing a 10% bonus to Combat XP. If you are leveling up your first job, an alt job, or just playing around with a side project, the XP bonus can really help you out.
Executing the buffs, you don’t have to wait for an officer! Anyone with the member rank (about 30 days in the FC) and above can kick off buffs (as well as invite characters to the FC). If you see the buffs fall off, from Friday to Sunday, you are welcome to fire off the Heat of Battle 3 and Reduced Rates 2. Reduced Rates drops teleportation costs by 10%. During the week, Monday-Thursday, we run grade 2 of both of those buffs, Heat of Battle 2 and Reduced Rates 2.
Game News
The Endwalker Hype Train continues! The Square Enix dev team has released Live Letter 67, and a very emotional Naoki Yoshida came out to announce a 2-week delay for Endwalker. While delays are never fun, but this will ensure a more polished game that will be now released on December 3rd for pre-orders, December 7th for the general release.
With this change, the Endwalker schedule changes to…
12/3 – Head Start for Pre-Orders
12/7 – Official start for everyone else
12/21 – 6.01 – Pandæmonium, Normal mode. The first raid of Endwalker, and a great debate on how to pronounce ‘æ’.
1/4/22 – 6.05 Pandæmonium Savage. New entry level raid crafting gear introduced.
The live letter also has tons of new announcements on how Endwalker will work. 67 slides worth!
A few quick hits:
5 new series for the role quests! Not required for MSQ this time around. But a bonus quest line if you complete all of them will be made available in Patch 6.1 or later. No level 90 job quests, however.
Crafting and gathering quests lines in Studium, one of the new major areas in Endwalker.
New Treasure Map dungeon, Excitatron 6000 in patch 6.05 (the Savage raid patch). We do lots of treasure maps on Saturdays, so please look forward to the new maps!
Tons of PvP updates, including some small scale casual and ranked PvP with some skill based matchmaking.
Lost of HQ items are being removed. HQ crafts are still in play, however.
Fishing is getting a brand new mini-game interface!
EXP scaling is being re-worked. Important note: due to this change, any progress made towards a level will be reset back to 0 when Endwalker hits due to the EXP scaling.
New Immerse Sound Gamepack will be available. Allows for 360 sound, but does have a one-time cost for the Immerse license. A 14-day demo is available. (Abo’s note: I’ve used this in other games and it is incredibly awesome.)
New housing zone will be available in 6.1. Some FC only wards, some personally only wards. Both will have classic and lottery systems for purchasing the lots.
Got a vinyl record player? Like the Endwalker theme? Now you can get a 7” Vinyl single for 28 bucks on Nov 17th.
Finally, one of our community members and FFXIV players has a new FFXIV podcast!
OldManFranks, one of the long term members of AIE, has a podcast called ‘A Podcast Reborn.” Go ahead and give them a listen, but keep in mind that it can dive into the slight spoiler territory and “adult situations”.
Thank you for all of the great information,folks! Now, before we get into this weeks news, where can the peoples find you?
Now, to this weeks News!
AIE News
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
New Overlords (SWTOR) – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 403: Unlimited Power
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-403-unlimited-power/
Unlimited news this week on 7.0 to go with our discussion of unlimited gear power over time.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 127: Doritos!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9498453-episode-127-doritos.mp3
After a LONG break due to Marcus’s illness, the boys are BACK! This week they’re joined by Doritos! Doritos is best described as a professional video game enthusiast; he raids with Marcus in SWTOR, is almost always in both Nick and Marcus’s streams, and is a HUGE Horizon: Zero Dawn fan. Enjoy!
Steampunk Rally Fusion, Lockup, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza – Boards & Swords #183
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs183
Philip is out visiting family, so Cory & Jimmy from the Dirtbags of Holding podcast are here to talk with Chris about things like: a Risk Legacy Sequel? A board game with stacking magnet cubes? A game called Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza? Stick around for the first game show in awhile also!
Fleet Action Report – (STO) – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 69 Haters Going to Hate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqOwGwSW2io
Fleet Action Report, a Star Trek Online informational stream; Nikodas and Grebog are traveling into the realm of hatred. For tonight, it’s a pair of small craft missions they’ll attempt to conquer.
NOMADS
If people are playing Forza Horizon 5, Jehdai has set up an xbox club, (its game specific, we still have the main XBox club, and one for FH4). Just search for AIE in the in game search. (clubs unlock a few levels in)
Diablo 3 season 25 is on the PTR, so that means that we are about 2 weeks away from its start. The new season will have soul shards to pay homage to the 25th anniversary of Diablo.
New World
New World is still in levelling phase. MFN every Thursday, tackling bigger incursions, running around the map.
New patches weekly, fixing the most glaring issues and exploits.
Amazon now talking about consolidating servers, after the initial rush.
Come play this action gorgeous PvPvE MMO, buy once and play forever
WoW
Patch 9.1.5 is Live!
A member of Where Is The Tank (WITT) organized a Mythic Tara-grew that included people from all of our AIE raid teams, and a few pugs. Inspiring teamwork there! They plan to continue Monday nights.
Behind the Curve (BtC) is 4/10 Heroic and making progress on Soulrender (aka Garrosh Nanny).
Kiddie Aggro (KA) and Better Late Than Never (BLTN) did Achievement runs for Glory of the Dominant Raider. It awards (Hand of Hrestimorak) a mount that looks like an armored glove and can play rock, paper, scissors.
Our Alliance side Raid Team Hell Froze Over (HFO) is 3/10 Heroic. Yes, we have an Alliance Guild on Earthen Ring and alts are welcome! No need to tell your main though.
SWTOR
There has been an outpouring of news from BW in the last couple of weeks as they ramp up for the new expansion. There is no release date yet, but they are still saying “Holidays 2021”. At release we will have QoL changes, 5 extra levels, new methods of gearing, new story, a new flashpoint, updated systems, and more. We will also be getting a new Operation a few weeks after the expansion launches.
Like any game studio, BW is introducing some changes that no one asked for, but there are two things coming that people HAVE been asking for: Multi-tagging and the ability to transmog weapons. Multi-tagging will change the shape of how we do World Bosses and will be especially great for us during MFNs. Swtor has long has an extensive and pretty convenient system for changing your character’s outfits, but weapons have always been left out of that picture. Now that we will be able to use quest rewards, special meaning looks, and all kinds of things to transmog our weapons independent of their value as gear.
So, if you always wanted to use Torchy as your blaster pistol and wanted to join in as everyone on a planet kills a World Boss, come join us in SWTOR. Now is the time to be getting those last few levels, cleaning out your inventory, acquiring a few XP boosts and generally just getting ready! Join us in the SWTOR discord channel with any questions or if you just want to chat about all things Star Wars.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
• Last week we took a tour of the new Deadlands zones to grab wayshrines, kill world bosses, and explore.
• A four person dungeon team has formed. AC/DC runs on Monday nights and is working their way through clearing all of the instanced dungeons on normal and veteran.
• Being lead off cliffs by Dankinia
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
• Our last official MFN of the year will be November 19th due to the holidays. We will resume our falling off cliffs and bridges fun on January 7th 2022
• MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears.
Game or press release news:
• Historically the New Life event starts the end of December and runs into the first week of January. Due to MFN being on an break for the holidays, we might miss doing this event as a group, but remember you can always reach out in discord and to try to find a guildmate to run stuff with.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
GW2
Seasons of Dragons: Return to Icebrood Saga happening now. Week 3, will unlock Drizzlewood Coast, which uses the games WVW systems on a PVE map). As a reminder logging in during the week will unlock the associated living world chapter for free. If you have been keeping up, we are only a couple weeks away from the legendary amulet reward. (Also as a reminder, these achievements will remain available forever.
Also included in the “Return to” Achievements are awesome rewards for doing strike missions. Strike missions are Raid level bosses that can be easily pugged. So far we have had Bonuses for Shiverpeaks Pass, The Voice and Claw of the fallen, and Whisper of Jormag. The bonus reward is 7 mystic clovers and 8 obsidian shards per strike bonus achievement completed. The 21 bonus clovers that we have been able to earn so far will save 153g (and approximately 39 Spirit Shards) from the cost of crafting a legendary. (Spirit shards are earned from rolling over the experience bar after you max out mastery tracks for a region. You also get a few for doing 3 of the daily tasks).
Next Beta Test is 11/30.
All 9 elite classes will be available with the new siege turtle mount. The siege turtle is a 2 person mount with massive cannons strapped to its back.
Guild Stuff: Next dungeons and more night is November 12th. Monday Fun nights at 8:30 Central Last if you need help with anything in game, don’t hesitate to ask in discord.
The expansion releases in February. Now is a great time to come back and get yourself prepared for it.
See you Tyria.
STO
New equipment slot for Environmental Suits was added for captains and bridge officers
New ship bundle in the Zen Store – T6 Saber Class and T6 Nova Class
Red Alert event is active for 2 weeks – Rewards include an Experimental Ship Upgrade Token, Specialization Point, and an Ultimate Tech Upgrade
FAR will be highlighting the current Red Alert event and Fleet Holdings on tomorrow’s show.
LOTRO
The Fate of Gundabad, LOTRO’s latest expansion goes live on 11/10 (Wednesday). It’s the last piece of the latest round of releases for LOTRO – the Brawler class, the Legendary item revamp – and finally Gundabad.
https://store-new.standingstonegames.com/gundabad/
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank I Abovan for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
And, due to the upcoming Holiday season, this is going to be our last show of the year. We will return in Mid-January with a bevy of new guest!
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #376 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 an apple pear cobbler in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – New World 8:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
From Gusty-Koo
Hey AIE folks, I love transmog both in game and RL. I would love to see what others are doing for Halloween. Please post in the #pics-or-it-didnt-happen channel on AIE Discord. For WoW players, I would especially love to see pics of your Headless Horseman mount, helm and/or sword (as proof they actually exist). Other games – show us your rarest and best loved looks! Starring your way, New World.
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
New Overlords (SWTOR Escape Pod Cast) – https://www.newoverlords.com
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 401: Low Sodium Merc Update
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-401-low-sodium-merc-update/
7.0 Merc style is on the PTS and we finally find out how salty we are about it.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 126: Sidebar Sandwhich!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9413130-episode-126-sidebar-sandwhich.mp3
The only rule of this episode is that there ARE NO RULES!!! Kymeri and Atrax join Marcus and Nick for this wild ride of an episode, enjoy!!
You can find more of Kymeri at: https://www.twitch.tv/TheKymeri
You can find more of Atrax at: https://www.twitch.tv/A_atrax
Fleet Action Report (Star Trek Online) – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 67 Fall of the Old Ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVbNd6X6yB4
This week on Fleet Action Report, Nikodas and Grebog dive into the latest event. Fall of the Old Ones is a new event with a new ground based TFO for you to enjoy. We go through the Cat’s Tale TFO twice to try and show you different aspects of the TFO and even give you a few tricks to help you find all the candles, find all the black cats, and even how to get those pesky skeletons into the candle light.
Boards and Swords Podcast – https://boardsandswords.com
Thunder Road Vendetta with Guest Rob Daviau – Boards & Swords #182
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs182
We’ve got Rob Daviau from Restoration Games here to talk about their next Kickstarter: Thunder Road Vendetta! Plus a month’s worth of news!
NOMADS
AIE is still playing Destiny 2, make sure to check out the destiny2 chat channel in the AIE discord to connect with other Guardians.
We’re entering into the end of the year Holiday events-a-palooza stretch. Currently the Festival of the Lost is live until 2 Nov. Details: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/Events/FestivalOfTheLost
New World
New World is quite a success. We had to open a second Company and move inactive to it, as we reached the cap earlier this week.
On Tuesday, we had our first MFN Trial, running around the map, fighting mid-level corrupted invasions and closing their portals.
On Thursday, we had our second MFN Trial, clearing a Pirate citadel, teaching who YARRs !
Voting was up about MFN evening selection. It was a close vote, but Thursday beat Wednesday.
Next MFN will be Thursday at 08:00 PM EST, for 2 to 3 hours, doing activities that allow players to join or leave at any time.
If anyone wants to run a Wednesday later MFN, anyone can schedule and organize.
See you in game !
WoW
Raid Team Roundup
Congrats to Kiddie Aggro for 10/10 Heroic Sanctum of Domination, our 2nd raid team with Ahead of the Curve Achievement.
The Filthy Casuals are going on break until 9.2 after completing 10/10 Normal Sanctum.
Behind the Curve is 4/10 Heroic Sanctum and farming Normal to gear up some new members.
Where Is The Tank /WiTT (alts) and DoA continue to farm Normal Sanctum, with several proceeding directly to Noob Raid. Prepare for trouble, make it double.
WiTT (mains) is 8/10 Heroic with only Fatescribe (aka Wheel of Misfortune) and Sylvanas left to go.
WoW Game News
Upcoming Extended Maintenance for US Realms – Tuesday 10/26 2 am to 10 am PDT
Patch 9.1.5 has a release date? I mean, it has a release date! November 2nd.
“It has a lot of quality of life improvements and some cool new features that we wouldn’t usually expect in an x.5 patch, including easy Covenant swapping, new character customization, Legion Timewalking, the return of the Mage Tower, legacy loot for BFA raids, and a whole lot more.” (Thanks to Blizzard Watch for the summary – https://blizzardwatch.com/2021/10/21/patch-9-1-5-release-date/)
The Mage Tower will not release until December 7th when Legion Timewalking comes around. It will be available for two weeks (twooo weeeeks). You won’t be able to collect transmog that was available in Legion, but there are new Tier 20 Armor recolors and a mount to be obtained.
Official Patch Notes – https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23731242/915-content-update-notes
FFXIV
We are now less than one month away from Endwalker and the hype is real!
Remember, Endwalker starts for early access for pre-orders on November 19th. If you pre-order any version, you get an earring with a 30% bonus to all xp earned. Also, the stats on the earring scale with you, as you level, and change depending on what job you are on. This also includes crafting classes.
If you are not the pre-order type, Endwalker will start on November 23rd.
Even with all of the trailers, announcements, live letters, and media days, there still more that they have yet to announce, so on November 5th at 10pm EST, 7 PM PST and 4 rocks past the 5th sand dune in Arizona time, we have Live Letter LXVII (67). Here, all that is listed is “New Endwalker Information’ and “Miscellaneous Updates” on the agenda, so we do expect to hear new info on the expansion.
In the Free Company, we are working on creating Grade 3 XP buffs for everyone. Here’s how you can help.
First off, we need to create the aether wheel. This is created in the workshop, which is accessible in the FC house, main floor, back left corner. In there, there is the workshop and in the middle, we have our current project, which will be the Grade 3 Heat of Battle aether wheel.
You can donate the items to complete the craft. An officer will need to pull it out of the crafting station and start up a new one. From there, we need to place it in the aether wheel stand, where it needs to “cook” for 70 hours. When the time comes, we will pull out the charged aether wheel out and add it to our buff inventory.
Come Friday and Saturday, we will want to activate the following buffs.
Heat of Battle 3
Reduced Rates 2
This will allow everyone in the Free Company to get a 15% bonus to all combat XP generated, as opposed to the 10% we would get from Heat of Battle 2.
Also, remember that anyone can refresh the buffs. If you see the buffs are down, go into the FC panel and reactivate them. Just remember to use the grade 3 buffs on Friday and Saturday so that we can get an extra bonus for the weekends.
It’s still not too late to jump into your Final Fantasy XIV adventure! Come on down to the ffxiv channel in discord and we can get you started.
SWTOR
Bioware has published a cosplay kit for the very popular character, Lana Beniko. It includes high resolution images of her and of her unmistakable gear, as well as reference materials and color palettes. In case you have yet to meet Lana, here are a few words about her: “With her serene and considerate manner, one might mistake Lana Beniko for a Jedi. She is, however, a Sith Lord of great wisdom and strength who has impressed many of her peers in a considerably short period of time with her keen insights into the nature of the Force.” This cosplay kit is intended to be the first of many. Malgus, anyone?
The Feast of Prosperity and Double XP are still going on. Come join us Tuesday night for MFN where we will likely be killing an event boss or two, making some currency, and piling on the XP.
ESO
See Game Notes
STO
Current Halloween Event, Fall of the Old Ones, is still ongoing.
The Mirror Guardian Cruiser will be available in the Zen Store starting 10/28.
Fleet Action Report is looking for 2 volunteers to help with the 10/25 show at 11pm Eastern. This will be to run a few Ground TFOs.
LOTRO
The new expansion “The Fate of Gundabad” will be released on November 10th. Also the long awaited curator vendor will be in Middle Earth from Oct.. 25th- Nov. 1st. If you have not taken advantage of the quest pack redeem code lotroquests2021 you have until the end of November to do so. Also most expansions are on sale in game for 99 LP. You can also go to https://lotro.com/getready for more details. Lastly, if you need any assistance with the new legendary Items we can walk you through it and answer any questions in the lotro channel.
GW2
Game News: Beta Week starts Tuesday. Try out the last 3 elite specializations for Thief, Engineer and Ranger. Week 2 for Return to Icebrood Saga also starts Tuesday. (Don’t forget to log in each week to get these chapters for free). Halloween Event is still ongoing, I believe it ends on November 9th.
There is a bonus to do a strike mission (5 to 10 man content) in this weeks Return to Bonus Achievement set. The reward is 7 mystic clovers for a piece of content that takes maybe 5 minutes. if that. You need 77 Mystic Clovers to make a Legendary weapon, and they are either absurdly expensive to craft, or limited to PVP/WVW reward track end rewards, or the 7 you can get for logging in for 30 days. The best way to get the strike mission done, is to watch LFG. Contacts and LFG button the upper left (default key Y), Second tab down in that window (LFG), then Strike Missions (middle bottom of the list), pick looking for more, and Shiverpeaks is what you are looking for.
Jehdai is expecting to see this bonus pop up with each chapters set of Return to achievements. Most of the strikes are pretty easy, and are supposed to be an introduction to raids.
Guild stuff: Mandatory fun Nights happen on Monday’s at 8:30 Central (the only real time zone), Maellung hosts dungeon nights (best to check discord for these). last, if you need help with ANYTHING in game, reach out in our discord channel.
And with that, let’s get back to Dankinia and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
Before I dive into ESO I wanted to mention that Noob Raid will be taking our annual break for the Winter. Saturday, November 20th will be our last Noob Raid of 2021 and we will dive back into Normal Sanctum on January 8th. Also, at the request of Gusty, for the October 30th Halloween edition of Noob Raid the group will be picking up the “bad” anima powers and failing gloriously to kill Taragrue. in ESO MFN might also be on break during this time and I’ll keep you posted if that is the case.
Lately MFN’s in ESO have been event focused. With the Witches Festival going on we are running around dressed as skeletons, killing bosses for plunder skulls, collecting feathers, and finding places to jump off of. The event runs until Tuesday November 2nd at 10am EDT. You earn 2 event tickets for the first boss kill of the day and the plunder skulls can contain various “repulsive rewards” such as style items, furnishings and recipes, creep things, and fragments for a new pet called the Witch-Tamed Bear Dog. Don’t forget that using the whistle grants you a 100% exp boost that stacks with scrolls and drinking from the cauldron transforms you into a spooky undead skeleton. Also the first two fragments for the Doomchar Plateau are available in the event shop with the rest to be available later this year.
Deadlands, the next DLC zone, launches November 1st. It has new delves, new bosses, and new quests that continue the Gates of Oblivion story line. As is traditional, for our MFN that week we will explore the new area and see what adventures await us as well as find a high point for me to lead people off of.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kini for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Someone about something! . So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #375 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (There are figgy scones in guild kitchen, and apple chai scones, and pumpkin tarts, and….). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests GustyTail who is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into World of Warcraft 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
New Overlords – http://www.newoverlords.com/
(Star Wars The Old Republic)
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 399: What About Second Feast?
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-399-what-about-second-feast/
So we had a Feast of Prosperity. Well what about second feast? The second annual feast starts on Tuesday.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 125: Stayin’ Alive… Seven!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9339965-episode-125-stayin-alive-seven.mp3
Marcus and Nick sit down with Twitch streamer and awesome guy Stay Alive 7! We go on tons of sidebars and get into what ice cream Stay really likes! Thanks for listening!
https://www.twitch.tv/stayalive_7
Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
(Star Trek Online)
Fleet Action Report Ep 65 A Call to Arms TFOs: Cure Found, Khitomer Vortex, and Hive Onslaught
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jywkOBZV3Q
Nikodas and Grebog are back with another episode of Fleet Action Report to cover some more of the Task Force Operations in the game. We finished up the guest stars of 2020 with Shannon Cochran as Sirella. And then we head into the TFOs: Cure Found, Khitomer Vortex, and Hive Onslaught.
NOMADS
Destiny 2
The Witch Queen expansion and start of Season 5 is still slated for a Feb 2022 release. It was announced recently that the Forsaken expansion and Season 5 content will be vaulted at that time. Make sure to complete your goals for this content soon.
New World
New World has launched as of a week ago, with much more success than anticipated, causing Amazon Studio to spawn tens of new servers a day to provide enough for all the players that wanted to join and were stuck in queues.
The initial rush is passed, queues have totally disappeared, and AIE is established on Pyrallis (North America, East) under the Syndicate banner. We currently have 87 members, with around 20 online each evening. We’re already talking about MFN and adding sub-guilds.
So lots of fun to have in a gorgeous game (hard to believe it is their first MMO, especially with so little issues or bugs, on their own engine): deep crafting, PvPvE, gigantic map (for a max of 2250 online concurrently) and an incredible attention to details (even animals have real animation, sounds and live their lives).
I do hope Amazon Studio will license their engine and content, for many great games to spawn from that pearl.
Type: MMO, PvP, PvP, GvG, 50v50
Tags: Renaissance, Fantasy, Crafting, Reticular and High Action
WoW
See Game Notes
SWTOR
During MFN this past week, BC took us to Dantooine to get some rather arcane achievements. Everyone there got the achievements, even though it involved some patient waiting while items respawned. During the down time, BC either was on his way to the next clicky, or he posed some really difficult trivia questions provided by Maellung, our resident Trivia Taskmaster. A few people got killed multiple times by a parrot. For science.
Double xp started this week and will be going for three weeks. The Feast of Prosperity is on too. This event only comes around once a year, so now is the time to build up some currency to buy the holiday items, like decos, pets, mounts, and cosmetic armor. The new expansion is coming by the end of the year, so this is the perfect time to level up those last few alts.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
• The last two weeks we have been focused on doing the daily world boss and delve quests in the Blackwood zone due to an in game event.
• A four person dungeon team has formed. AC/DC runs on Monday nights and is working their way through clearing all of the instanced dungeons on normal and veteran.
• Being lead off cliffs by Dankinia
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
• MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears.
Game or press release news:
• During the current Bounties of Blackwood event players unlocked a reward bundle. Don’t forget to claim the goodies from the in-game crown store.
• The players have completed 85% of the bonus challenge for the Bounties of Blackwood event. For every 25% complete between now and October 12 they will extend the Explorers celebrate event for two days. It’s a bonus mini event that will encompass every zone in Tamriel so keep doing those world boss dailies.
• The Deadlands prologue quest is now live and the quest starter can be obtained for free from the in-game crown store. It leads directly into the upcoming Deadlands DLC storyline.
FFXIV
Map night continues every Saturday at 9:30 pm eastern. We’re currently starting at different people’s houses or apartments every week. Check the FFXIV channel pins for a link to the form to sign up.
Zoot is running a mount farm on Friday evening running extreme primals from previous expansions. Even if you don’t have a ton of experience in the game, you’re welcome to come! Only requirement is you be at level 50, 60 or 70.
Let Durus, Abovan or Kelseer know if you have any questions or are interested in getting into the game! We’d love to have you.
STO
New 32 century ship added to the infinity lockbox: The Kirk Class Temporal Battlecruiser
25% off keys, until tomorrow (Monday)
New event starts on the 13th: Halloween Themed. Explore a haunted castle to rescue extragalactic aliens from the Devidians.
Until tomorrow (Monday) Mudd’s Market is 75% off.
Tomorrow (Monday) Fleet Action Report will be featuring a torpedo boat, and explaining how to build one!
GW2
Shadow of the Mad King: Oct 5 – Nov 9th
The Halloween Event is live!. Tons of things to do, including, a super fun (or frustrating) timed jumping puzzle, the single best cash and experience farm in the game, a game of simon says in a Halloween themed Lion’s Arch with Mad King Thorn, Beetle races and more.
Halloween Bonus Bash: (this ends on Tuesday)
If you go to the starting zones the mist stranger is giving one special weapon per account. This weapon has a fancy skin, and it levels with you. (think heritage stuff from wow).
There is also a super nice buff (again this ends on Tuesday) 50% XP (from everything), 30% Magic Find, and 30% WVW and PVP reward Track Progress. (if you are working on a legendary, this is a great time to grind out a gift of battle, or 2, in World vs World).
Seasons of Dragons (Return to Living World)
On October 19th we will return to the Icebrood Saga. I am not sure how this will be split up, there are 7 chapters in IBS, and chapter 7 is split into 4 sub chapters. If you have been keeping up, when you finish the return to Icebrood Saga, you will earn a legendary amulet!
The next Beta week is October 26 for the final 3 Elite specializations. Thief, Ranger, and Engineer. They have already previewed a picture of a scepter wielding Thief. If they follow the same pattern they have been, we should see what the actual classes are during the first week of return to IBS.
Guild stuff: Mandatory fun Nights happen on Mondays at 8:30 Central (the only real time zone), Maellung hosts dungeon nights (best to check discord for these). If you need help with ANYTHING in game, reach out in our discord channel. Jehdai is more than happy to help people get up tough jumping puzzles, complete difficult story achievements, or even abuse his catmander tag to bring the zerg to kill that pesky legendary you need for your griffon.
See you in Tyria!
LOTRO
We have a Kin house on Treebeard!!!!! The Kin house is located at 4 Brookbank in the Maltmead neighborhood in the Shire homesteads!!!!!! Decorating of the Kin house on Treebeard is open to all kin members. Please help us decorate the new house. We will be getting update 30.3 on Wednesday. The update will add the Brawler class as well as the new legendary system. The legendary system can be confusing at first but have no fear just ask in the lotro channel and we will do our best to answer any questions you have to learn the new system. Do not forget to redeem the code lotroquests2021 in the ingame store to unlock a ton of content for free on your entire account. Also reminder all expansions except Minas Morgul and War of Three Peaks are on sale for 99 LP. The code and expansion sale are good until the end of November
GAME NEWS
Noob Raid killed Painsmith aka Stabby McFloorpants for the first time this weekend. We are now 6/10 on normal Sanctum of Domination. Many thanks to members of WITT and DOA for helping out each week. It’s appreciated by all of us Noobs.
For our other Raid teams, Better Late Than Never and Kiddie Aggro are 9/10 Heroic and getting very close to downing The Dark Lady Sylvanas herself. Behind the Curve is 6/10 Heroic. Where Is The Tank (mains) is 7/10 Heroic and their alts team (with Dojo of Awesome) is 10 of 10 Normal. Also 10 of 10 Normal are the Filthy Casuals and our Alliance Raid Team – Hell Froze Over.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank GustyTail for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Tetsemi: Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Gusty (The interrupting guest!)
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #374 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guest Maellung and Dux who are here to talk to us about AIE in LOTRO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into LOTRO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
New WoW GM – With Syreyne stepping away from WoW and the WoW officers still needing leadership help there, the WoW Director team has asked Gusty to step in to help in that capacity along with existing GM’s Tetsemi and Ashayo. Gusty’s leadership in WoW has been great and she has more plans on continuing to nurture that community. Please join in congratulating Gusty-Koo!
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 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
New Overlords – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 397: Take 5 (More Levels)
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-397-take-5-more-levels/
The Public Test Server is updated with L80 plus Sorc and Assassin styles.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 123: LIVE with Kogass_!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9251311-episode-123-live-with-kogass_.mp3
Marcus and Nick go LIVE on Twitch with Kogass_!!! Kogass is a longtime friend of the show, real life friend, and SWTOR Twitch Streamer! The three of them talk about Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and of course all of the gaming shenanigans that they’re up to. Enjoy!
You can find more of Kogass at: https://www.twitch.tv/kogass_
Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 63 Equal and Opposites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tzIUSehfI0
Nikodas and Grebog are looking through the mirror in this episode of Fleet Action Report. We focus on what you need to know about the new event focusing on the task force operations and without going over and spoilers a brief chat on the new episode and season.
Boards and Swords – https://boardsandswords.com
C’MON NFTs, Warhammer Escalation League, How are we doing? – Boards & Swords #181
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs181
Chris is up to his eyeballs in painting miniatures – is that someone on the inside of his ear?? How did that get there?? Board Games did well on Kickstarter again, and NFTs coming to board games?? Plus Chris & Philip talk about the past year of the show and where they see it going over the next year.
NOMADS
Getting ready for the New World release on 09/28
As with all best laid plans, this may not survive first contact with the enemy. However, until such time as we need to pivot, AIE New World will be launching in US East on the Pyrallis server as Syndicate. You will need to join the Syndicate faction to join the company so make that decision carefully since faction changes are limited. We’ll attempt to secure the Company name of Alea Iacta Est but have a few suffixes ready if that’s not possible and will post here as soon as we lock it in. Welcome to AIE in New World.
The next AIE board game night will be October 7th @ 7:30PM Central. We have had some increased activity on our board game nights lately which is great. Come join in on the fun!
WoW
Noob Raid news – Thanks to help from members of WITT/DOA Noob Raid is now 5/10 on Normal Sanctum.
WoW Classic
We have purchased the first two guild bank tabs, please feel free to drop stuff in the 2nd tab that other guildies might find useful, especially crafting materials.
The first tab, currently, will be for bags and other things in limited supply, much like it is in Retail WoW.
FFXIV
Things are looking up in Final Fantasy XIV as we wind down our Shadowbringers adventures and get ready for Endwalker on November 19th, launching Nov 19th for the head-start for pre-orders, and November 23rd for its normal launch.
Although we are at the tail end of the expansion, now is a great time to get started in FFXIV. There is a very generous trial that works fine on PCs, MACs, and Playstation 4s and 5s. While trials accounts can not join the Free Company (That’s FFXIv speak for a guild), we can provide a ton of assistance from the Discord server. If (or really, when) you purchase the game, there is an exchange of Friend Codes down in the discord server in the channel called ffxiv-friend-codes. If you do pick up a friend code, both parties will get rewards. Once a code is used, please “react” to the code with a checkmark to signify that the code has been consumed.
If you need an invite to the Free Company, just ask in our discord server in the ffxiv channel. An officer does not need to specifically be online, but anyone with a member rank or higher. A member rank is a character that has been in FFXIV for 30-ish days.
Do you like the FC buffs? Do you hate it when they expire? Well, do not despair, as any member can refresh the buffs! Just go into the FC actions in the FC panel and refresh them! Later on, we want to start to provide Grade 3 XP buffs over the weekends.
SWTOR
In guild news, AIE has captured another planet during the periodic Total Galactic War event. Anyone traveling to Makeb will be greeted with an ingame banner proclaiming that “Makeb is controlled by Alea Iacta Est Timor” and everyone in the guild has earned the title, “Conqueror of Makeb”. For MFN this week, we gathered on Makeb to take a screenshot of all the new conquerors before heading to the pub side to do more normal shenanigans.
In more guild news, MEGA has moved to Saturday nights! Last night, Marcus led everyone around the galaxy to kill World Bosses which Tabbytha had scouted out ahead of time. If you ever wanted to acquire the Lucky title AND the Unlucky title, just come with Marcus and Tabbytha one fine MEGA night to Corellia to kill the World Boss, Lucky.
In game news, Bioware is conducting a screenshot contest for the first time ever. They are looking for landscape-style shots from 10 specific planets. If you have a golden shutter finger, or just have a favorite spot, jump in and take the shot. The rules are posted on swtor.com, but if you drop into our discord, we can toss you a link. Submissions must be by October 5th. The top 10 winning entries will be made into decorations that we can all put in our strongholds. The winners themselves will get special versions that have gilded frames.
ESO
Last Fridays’ MFN was spent killing the world bosses in Craglorn. Fun was had and high bridges were jumped off of. A four person dungeon team has formed. AC/DC runs on Monday nights and is working their way through clearing all of the instanced dungeons on normal and veteran. We also are being lead off cliffs by Dankinia.
MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears.
STO
New Ship Bundle: Starships of the Line: Steamrunner, includes 3 starships: Tier 1 Blockade Runner, Tier 5 Blockade Runner, and the new Tier 6 Appalachia Blockade Runner. The Appalachia will also be available as a solo purchase available in the Zen Store October 1st
20% off Starship sale until Monday
Bonus Dilithium until Monday
Upcoming OS and Direct X Support Changes, starting on February 15th, STO will no longer support systems that are running Windows 7 or Direct X 10 or older
Fleet Action Report will be highlight the Voice Actors that joined STO in 2020 during their show on Monday night at 11pm
And with that, let’s get back to Maellung and dux and find out what’s going on in LORTO.
GAME NEWS
https://lotro.com/en/getready
The Coupon Code is: LOTROQUESTS2021
(1/Account, available to redeem through November 30th, 2021)
U30.2.1 (2021-09-27) pre-orders start tomorrow (9/27) for ‘Fate of Gundabad’
– FIX: Instrument carry all stack adjustments
– if you pre-order you get the in-game release items at that time.
U30.3 is brawler + LI upgrade and will release before FoG (mid-Oct)
– I think of the new class as the Valar Tulkas, he wrestled Morgoth and threw him down, into chains.
U31 = Fate of Gundabad.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Maellung and Dux for joining us.
https://twitch.tv/maellungarrowshield
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
* sad noises *
Next time, we’ll be talking to well, we have an idea, we will let you know if tht pans out!! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #373 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 are fig cakes and pumpkin pastries in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Durus and Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
New Overlords – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 396: 7.0 Prep Part 1
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-396-7-0-prep-part-1/
Winter is coming and while we still have months to go we are prepping for 7.0 and you might want to too.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 121: Night Of The Old Republic
Well Nick is sick, So Marcus takes the reins! He is joined by Intisar and Vel! Intisar runs a blog called “This Week In Aurebesh” and both guests raid with Marcus on his nightmare team. They do a deep dive into discussing SWTOR’s 7.0 expansion. They also discuss the release of the new KOTOR teaser trailer. What will happen? Find out with all the tin foil hat theories!
This week in Aurebesh: http://www.generic-hero.com/ThisWeekinAurabesh/
Fleet Action Report
Fleet Action Report Ep 61 Enemies Part 8: Yet Another Enemies Episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07ryRgyC4U
This week on Fleet Action Report, Nikodas and Grebog are back with another round of enemies. We cover in this episode, Sphere Builders, Malon, Kazon, and the Tzenkethi.
Boards and Swords – https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Barkham Horror, Warhammer+ Initial Opinions, Zombicide the RPG? – Boards & Swords #180
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs180
Was Warhammer+ worth the $6? Is Star Wars Armada over? And what’s this about a Zombicide tabletop RPG?? All this and the usual hijinks.
NOMADS
The New World open beta was this weekend and a bunch of AIE testers were in there checking out the final updates and stressing the servers. The game will launch on September 28th. Keep an eye on the #new-world channel in Discord for details on server and faction for launch, which we will finalize as soon as we get confirmation on launch server names. AIE will be hitting the ground running to get our guild name claimed. There will be a bunch of AIE joining and a ton of fun for the launch!
The Hearth and Home update is coming to Valheim on September 16. It’s a good time to hop back in and update your hearth and home in the Viking after life! Along with the building changes, there will be updates to the way food and food stats work as well as some updates to weapons. You can find the AIE Valheim server information pinned in the Valheim channel on Discord.
WoW
Noob Raid plans to venture into Normal next Saturday if we have the composition for it. Watch guild chat around 10:45 pm server time for an announcement that invites are going out if you’d like to join the fun.
WoW Classic
SSC and TK are going live next Wednesday
SWTOR
In SWTOR game news, BioWare introduced personal loot recently. This coincided with removing Master Loot. Now, during Operations, other instanced content, and some World Bosses, loot goes right into our bags, including mounts, pets, and decorations. It feels a lot more like other MMOs in that respect. Out in the world, it’s been fun trying to predict how loot will behave. We think Bioware might not be exactly done tweaking the loot system. In fact, if we were to indulge in some irresponsible speculation, maybe they are making some system changes that will be needed for 7.0. Maybe!
The big news for the guild is that next week is Total Galactic War. Early in the week, we will pick a planet to go after by earning the highest number of Conquest points. It’s always fun, and sometimes even nail bitingly close. Conquest is a system of points you earn by doing different activities in the game. If you’d like to check out swtor, next week would be a great time to do it. Just get your character into the guild before 7AM on Tuesday in order for the points you earn to count!
Join us in a galaxy far, far away to have some fun and make some Conquest points!
ESO
We spent last week’s MFN splitting up in to groups to check out some dungeons
A four person dungeon team has formed. AC/DC runs on Monday nights and is working their way through clearing all of the instanced dungeons on normal and veteran
Being lead off cliffs by Dankinia
MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears.
More dungeon fun – either instanced or public dungeons next week
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
The fleet is welcoming many new temporal agents. If you find yourself going back to the future, just let us know and we can get you a fleet invite. You have until October 7th to create a temporal agent, which requires you to finish the first 6 mission story arc on a TOS captain to get your transponder. This basically tracks your progress and gives you some challenges to complete for rewards that will also unlock account wide rewards as well.
The fleet had taken a big step forward with the fleet holdings; both of the big holdings, colony and starbase, are tier IV. It took us 100,000 experience in each branch to unlock tier IV, but to move to tier V, we have to go to 250,000. I mention this as it will appear our progress is going slow, but in reality it is a big step and don’t get discouraged. We will get there with the steady progress everyone has been putting into the projects. I appreciate all the hard work everyone has done to get us here and keep us moving forward.
GW2
Festival of the Four Winds is ongoing, 8 or 9 days left.
Seasons of the Dragon meta event is “Return to Long Live the Lich” in Kourna this week. Next week it is off to Jahai Bluffs and “Return to A Star to Guide Us”.
DirectX 11 Beta is also on Sept 21st. Along with the new WVW system of Alliances.
Next 3 elite specializations beta test also on September 21st.
Should be Revenant, Warrior, and Elementalist if everyone’s speculation is correct. They will reveal what the specializations are this week.
LOTRO
This past week we got our first look at the new “Brawler” class as well as 1st look at the new LI system on the test server. We are also a couple weeks away from buying a Kinship house on the legendary server “Treebeard”. A poll will be in the lotro discord for where do we want the kin house starting on Monday Swept 13th. Please vote and the winner will house AIE on Treebeard.
And with that, let’s get back to Durus and Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
End of Shadowbringers recap.
Summer of 2019, June 28. Shadowbringers early access launch.
What an emotional and great base expansion.
Fall, Oct 29th 2019, Patch 5.1 hits, Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty
Continues the great story and emotions of the MSQ of Shadowbringers
Introduces the bulk of the FFXIV crew to the Nier universe, in which these raids are now canon in the Nier timeline.
That took us into the holidays and the new year 2020. February 18th, 2020, we have Echos of a Fallen Star.
The continuation of the MSQ and the next wing of Eden dropped. More great encounters, plot points, and coffee biscuits were added to our Final Fantasy Lives.
Then our lives were turned upside down.
The world may have paused, but our adventures and relationships in Eorzea never did. AIE still continued to flourish and the AIE Free Company still continued to move along. For many of us, this was our social interaction when in-person interactions were much more difficult or risky.
Square Enix was affected by the pandemic just as much as any other business. A traditional in-the-office company moved to a work from home configuration, and had to derive from their traditional 3-4 month patch cycle. We had to wait until August 11th for the devs to release 5.3, Reflections in Crystal. The conclusion of the main Shadowbringers story came to a epic conclusion, with further adventures into the Nier Raids.
This patch also brought us the newly changed free trial. This changed the terms of the trial to include all of the content from levels 1 to 60, including base game, the 1st expansion Heavensward, and all of its patch content. Not only did it give birth to the “Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV?” meme, it was a huge boon for the game and for AIE in general, as it gave a great way for people to try the game with no financial commitment.
Patch 5.4 returned to the normal 3-month-ish patch cycle, coming to us on December 15th, 2020. This started to set the first few story beats setting up the Endwalker expansion along with the great conclusion of the Eden series.. April 20th brought us 5.5, Death Until Dawn. More MSQ for us to enjoy along with the epic conclusion of the Nier raid series.
Then we had our all digital fan fest. The highlights of this event was the full announcement of Endwalker. The trailer they dropped was amazing, but please, if you haven’t seen it yet, wait until you finish all of the Shadowbringer patches for spoiler reasons. But for those that have reached that far, it is an excellent trailer.
After the Fan Fest, we had patch 5.55 on June 1st to end the story of Shadowbringers.
Then, the amazing happened. FFXIV was going into its longer than normal, end of expansion doldrums, giving time for them to polish up their new expansion to be released in the fall. During this time, game attendance tends to drop, people try out other games, and so forth. But in FFXIV, it didn’t. It grew. The reason could be because some major streamers started to give the game a look or some discontent within other games, but the fact remained: Final Fantasy 14 is an excellent game and most people who give it a try, love the game. And for those of us that have been here since the unprecedented relaunch of FFXIV: ARR, we have been telling you that (on this very podcast even!) all along.
For those that gave this game a look in as part of your MMO lifestyle and leisure time with AIE. Thank you. If you are going to be continuing your virtual adventures in FFXIV with AIE, then we can’t wait for all of us to all have new adventures for the first time in Endwalker. The start of any MMO expansion is an awesome experience, made only greater by an even awesome-er community. For those that have been here for awhile, joined us during your Shadowbringers adventures, or just recently joined AIE in FFXIV, thanks you. You guys rock and are the reason why we keep on doing what we do here in AIE.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Durus and Abovan for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Well, none this week, but if you want to try your hand at making a short segment, we would love to play it!
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something….. . So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #372 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there is an apple tart in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here).
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we have been doing in and out of game shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
As you all know, our approach to officer roles is based around where we need help in keeping the community running. With all the great stuff happening across our divisions and the continued outreach of AIE in content and streaming, we’ve asked @Tabbytha (she/her) to step in to expand on the support she already provides across many of our games and elsewhere. Please join us in welcoming her as the newest AIE Community Officer! https://aie-guild.org/blog/2021/08/new-aie-officer-tabbytha/
The AIE Council is a small group of officers tasked with working alongside the greater Officer Community to set baseline operating guidelines for the guild, help maintain the AIE guild culture, help develop guild leadership, and provide overall planning guidance in the rare instances where needed at a guild-wide level.
The current council is made up of some active members and some founding emeritus members including: Scott, Veronica, Xanar, Randy, Stigg, Lanctharus, Ashayo, Hoots, Tetsemi, Sema and Max. In order to grow our capabilities a bit as the guild evolves we’ve decided to expand and bring on a new council member to help out. Please join us in welcoming Dankina to the council!
Thanks, @Kini (Dankinia) [ESO]. We are excited to continue working together!
Full announcement here: https://aie-guild.org/blog/2021/08/the-aie-council-welcomes-dankinia/
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 394: The Pts Teleports Behind You
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-394-the-pts-teleports-behind-you/
This week Operatives (and Snipers) and their skill tree updates are on the PTS and ready to shiv you in the back. Nothing personal, kid.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 119: Chillin’ with Chill! – https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/9094946-episode-119-chillin-with-chill.mp3
Marcus and Nick chat with fellow SWTOR Content Creator: Chill! Chill hosts two different podcasts (Ootinicast and Cryptobiography) AND has his own Twitch Stream!! The three of them deep dive into the newest Marvel content, the newest SWTOR PTS, and the history of all of Chill’s content creation platforms!
You can find more of Chill at:
https://www.twitch.tv/chillsroom
https://www.twitch.tv/ootinicast
https://cryptobiography.com/
-Fleet Action Report (Star Trek Online) – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 59 Ground Pounders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE4CwvliSmg
In this episode of Fleet Action Report, Nikodas and Grebog do a deep dive into ground builds. We cover all the various traits, weapon sets and more, to help you find the gear you need to help step up your ground sets a little more.
Boards & Swords – https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Vampire The Masquerade: Rivals, Silver Bullet, Happy Exploding Kittens – Boards & Swords #179
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs179
Plenty of new games incoming, Exploding Kittens got some Salmon, and Cory joins Chris & Philip to talk about Vampires (and their Masquerading)!
And last, but certainly not least, but definitely last in multiple ways…
Azeroth Round Table – http://azerothroundtable.com/
Azeroth RoundTable – The Final Roundtable
Ben and Jon say goodbye to the Roundtable.
NOMADS
New World
There is an open beta announced for September 9th through September 12th for people who have not yet had the opportunity to check out the game but are interested in seeing what the hype is about.
Game is currently scheduled to launch on September 28th and AIE is planning on a contingent of members playing.
Dual Universe
The game just celebrated its one year anniversary of being in Beta. And things have changed a lot in the past 12 months. New systems have been added into the game: schematics for building parts, mission systems to allow players to create work orders that others can fulfill and get paid, updated planet graphics, re-balancing of various ship parts, and most recently mineable asteroids spawning in space.
AIE has kept busy slowly building up infrastructure to support organization members in building whatever ships and structures they can imagine.
No Man Sky
No Man’s Sky will be releasing an update soon called Frontiers. It’s expected to be out as soon as next week but nothing is confirmed at the moment.
Destiny 2
Some notable news items for the game as a whole.
The Witch Queen expansion launches in Feb 2022 https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/WitchQueen?ciid=50638
Season of the Lost launched on 24 Aug and will last until the Witch Queen launch. One of the longest seasons yet. https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/SeasonOfTheLost
Cross-play is now enabled.
Clan invites can be requested though https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972
WoW
Gustytail will be doing Guild runs of Trial of Style mini holiday. To make things interesting, Gusty will challenge participants to select transmog outfits based on Pokemon for the fashion competition. Guild runs this week, Friday at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pac for Alliance, Sat 6pm Eastern/3pm Pac for Horde.
WoW Classic
Serpentshrine Cavern (SSC) and The Eye (TK?) new raid tiers going live mid September.
Dungeon runs on Sunday and Wednesday nights from 9-11.
SWTOR
In Swtor, things are galloping along toward the new expansion, Legacy of the Sith. The public test server has been available several times with class changes to be experienced and tested. The new expansion will have a new Operation, new flashpoint, 5 new character levels, new story, and infrastructure and graphical improvements.
Recently, we had a pet acquisition night during MFN. BC led us around the galaxy to get various pets. Some required mysterious items, some had to be coaxed out of hiding with delicious bits of liver, and some were revealed by Czerka Corporation emails. If you ever dreamed of having a miniature tauntaun as a pet, we know where you can find one.
In other guild news, we are thinking of streamlining our Friday night schedule to give a little more time in between events. We might test out doing something on a Saturday night here in there as well. Stay tuned for more news. Even in a galaxy far, far, away, there are still only 7 days in a week apparently.
ESO
We spent last week in Craglorn and Wrothgar working on the Early Adventures Celebration event
Also, clearing zones of Skyshards and World Bosses, clearing Public dungeons, and of course, being lead off cliffs by Dankinia
Next week’s MFN (Sept 3rd) will be spent in Craglorn, Wrothgar, and maybe even Imperial city for the Early Adventures celebration
MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears.
The Early Adventures celebration runs through Tuesday September 7th at 10am EST. Event tickets can be obtained, double loot boxes for daily rewards which have a chance to obtain crafting mats, style pages, and motifs.
The Walking Flame DLC and update 31 is now available on PC and will be on consoles on September 8th. Walking Flame DLC has 2 new dungeons and Update 31 includes assorted bug fixes, some balance changes, and performance improvements.
FFXIV
The game is currently celebrating it’s 8th anniversary with The Rising event, lasting through 9 Sep.
Adventurer Celebration Sale with lots of discounted outfits, mounts, fantasia and more on the FFXIV Online Store https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/43bfeb7ae966107c9f9f9067c84705460e144dbe
Every world server in the Crystal Data Center now has the preferred status “Road to 70” buff that grants +100% XP buff for all activities. Now is the time to make a new character and join the fun before the Endwalker expansion launches on 22 Nov.
The Free Company continues to grow (Alea Iacta Est on the Crystal Data Center, Goblin World server) with total membership of 340. The past few weeks have seen many new players joining in on the fun and participating in the public discord channel. Make sure to look at the pinned topics in any of AIE game division channels. In FFXIV’s pinned topics you’ll find links to the first issue of the “AIE Community Roundup” newsletter put together by Zoot, information how to receive invites to the FC, everyone’s favorite: spreadsheets, and other resourceful links.
The membership has put together a BLU (Blue Mage) Person Group that has been regularly helping each other acquire spells for this special job.
The Fishing Club has once again taken to the Oceans through regular trips to acquire all those lovely hi-cordials, special minions and mounts. You can typically find someone to party with when the event runs every two hours, and that’s the best way to maximize your score for the trip.
Maps Night continues to be a thing, every Saturday at 9:30PM EDT. Bring all the maps and reap the rare rewards including explosive showers of gil.
Please feel free to come ask questions in the AIE discord text and voice channels.
STO
Current in-game Event: Do you Believe in a No-Win Scenario
Features 2 TFOs, Sompek’s Arena for ground, and Kobayashi Maru for space
14 days of progress to earn grand prize which is a Temporal Hack Kit Module
Cryptic has added the ability to purchase Reroll and Pass tokens with Dilithium
Both will be purchasable for 2,500 dilithium apiece
Fleet Action Report will feature the current event during tonight’s episode at 11pm Eastern.
Fleet is almost at a Tier IV colony, it is counting down and nearing done.
GW2
Living world Season 4, Episode one is free this week. Next week will be episode 2, then 3, 4..until we are done.
Next beta weekend is Sept 21st. They already teased an image for the new elite spec. Maybe Greatsword Revenant, but could be anything.
Festival of the Four Winds starts on Tuesday. Usually fun stuff to do for these.
DirectX 11 Beta is also on Sept 21st. Along with the new WVW system of Alliances.
Still in the Middle of the Seasons of Dragons Meta Event, which is why the living world seasons are free. After we finish this week, if you have been keeping up with the bonus events, you will get a 32 slot bag.
LOTRO
Saturday Night Lotro now typically includes Maellung streaming! Catch the links in Discord when the events go live.
On Wednesday Mines of Moria opens up on the Shadowfax server. In the next couple weeks the new upcoming brawler class will be testable on Bullroarer. Labor Day weekend will bring us a VIP event.
And with that, let’s find out what we’ve been up to
GAME NEWS
Chat amongst ourselves
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chat room for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And this is where we would put our member segments, if we had any… :>
Tetsemi: Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>The current council is made up of some active members and some founding emeritus members including: Scott, Veronica, Xanar, Randy, Stigg, Lanctharus, Ashayo, Hoots, Tetsemi, Sema and Max. In order to grow our capabilities a bit as the guild evolves we’ve decided to expand and bring on a new council member to help out. Please join us in welcoming Dankina to the council!
Dankina has been with the guild for many, many years. Her leadership as the director of our ESO division and as the long time WoW leader for Noob Raid have helped maintain and grow some of the most vibrant parts of our community. She plays many of our main games and helps out across the Nomads gaming excursions as well. Dankina is also an experienced streamer, helping the guild expand what we can do there and bringing a new dimension to our community events. Feel free to reach out to her for any guild leadership questions and if you are ever in the Phoenix area, give a shout and the Arizona AIE crowd can see about a meetup IRL.
Please join me in welcoming Dankina to this additional role in the guild!
]]>Demand for support and help across our game divisions continues to grow. We are seeing continued expansion of the AIE community across our main divisions, in our Nomads groups, as well as in the broader expansion of our community through content creation and streaming. With that in mind, we’ve pulled in some extra help to support the guild in all these areas. Please join us in welcoming Tabbytha as the newest AIE Community Officer!
Tabbytha has been with AIE for many years and in addition to being a positive, helpful presence in many of our games, she has become a community beacon through her streaming and broader community outreach activities. We’ve asked her to join the officer team to continue that impact and are pleased that we now have her on board!
Here are a few words of introduction from Tabbytha:
I live in the Capital region of New York State with my partners and my fur-babies. I love gaming, sci-fi, space, science, and superheroes.
This year I decided to try my hand at streaming, and found a new passion. I’ve been having blast sharing my gameplay and being silly on the internet. I’ve also found a draw to speak about and self advocate on issues that I’ve struggled with: mental health, autism, trans/lgbt issues… In an effort to raise awareness, de-stigmatize, and make space for others to also share.
I first joined AIE in World of Warcraft, back around Cataclysm-Panderia times, and have stayed in the AIE orbit ever since. From AIE-adjacent guilds, then into AIE’s other games including EVE, STO, GW2, and eventually found a new passion in SWTOR for the last few years. Just recently I’ve now even started exploring FFXIV.
My favorite thing about AIE is, the “community”, the support, the inclusion, and the fact that I can openly be me without worrying about what any community member might say.
So say we all. Welcome, Tabbytha!
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Welcome to episode #371 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we have our Summer of Love (so far) wrap up!
Ok, we’ll be digging into the summer of love shortly, but first, but before that, let’s talk about what we have been doing in and out of game.
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – https://newoverlords.com
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-390-gsf-top-gun/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 390: Gsf Top Gun
Our guild has been trading GSF tips so we revisit GSF for fun and Conquest.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 115: Building Legos with Amish_Ace_!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8946181-episode-115-building-legos-with-amish_ace_.mp3
Marcus and Nick chat with fellow member of The Garrison, Amish Ace!! Amish Ace streams Star Wars Lego builds. The three of them chat about their favorite games of all time, Nick’s Warzone WINNING this week, and Marcus’s renewed love of the MCU. Enjoy!
You can find more of Amish Ace at:
https://twitch.tv/Amish_Ace_
Boards & Swords – https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Railroad Ink Challenge, Blitz Bowl, World of Warcraft Pandemic?!? – Boards & Swords #177
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs177
Board Games were hot in 2020! Also, a World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King board game?!!?! SQUEEEE!!!!
tar Trek Online – Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 55 Summer of Love TFOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eof3N4t7IAE
Fleet Action Report is back this week covering one of the special summer events for the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. Nikodas and Grebog talk about the summer of love and as part of it bring some of the community with us as we head into some TFOs, Task Force Operations, in Star Trek Online.
Summer of Love
This year’s Summer of Love event week began with a guild Town Hall on Sunday, July 25th, continued with a week of events across all our games, and ends with our most important and solemn event, Remembrance Day, Monday, August 2nd 2021. Each game division will have its own ceremony/gathering place and it will also be broadcast on the https://www.twitch.tv/aieguild channel. Voice will be in AIE Discord – https://aie-guild.info/discord
For those not familiar, this marks over 10 years of special summer events we’ve held with the guild centered around Remembrance Day, a day when we take a moment to gather in voice and in game to remember those we have lost. Spread across the rest of the week are a series of special fun game events in almost every game division. These include player run events, special edition Mandatory Fun nights, and maybe even some contests and prizes.
Here’s the rundown of how each game celebrated the week.
NOMADS
The Nomads a special board game night Thursday night. They played two games of Downforce, which is a popular racing game, and a game of Love Letter.
WoW
Saturday’s Battle Pet Safari in WoW was lots of fun but with a small turnout, which is not too surprising given the current state of things. There were 5 players on Horde and 3 on Alliance and traveled Shadowlands collecting 11 different battle pets and 2 toys, including one that turns you into a red slime that runs around absorbing your friends. Best ever! There are rumors about doing more of these events, but in the meantime Gusty will keep giving pets away in Guild chat.
One of the stops for today’s Running of the Allied Races will be saying “Hi” to a certain new NPC in Stormwind. (Field Marshal Stonebridge)
They had a great time during Running of the Allied Races! Thank you Gusty for being our fearless and prepared guide and Fez for being coordinator extraordinaire!
Gusty posted some pictures from Running of the Beef that finished a little while ago. She conducted a tour of Stormwind, then led us out into the wilds to meet a Cat Lady. Then we went to Darnassus, rode through Darkshore and Ashenvale, and ended in The Barrens at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior.
SWTOR
For SoL in swtor this week, the SWTOR crew had a special edition of MFN led and created by Corley called the Amazing Race. Guildies traveled the galaxy following clues and finding officers hidden at various spots. They ended up on Hoth where everyone jumped off an ice bridge, thus answering the age-old question. Lastly, prizes were had by all.
On Wednesday night Albus and Maellung led a special Operations night for SUP (Sith with unlimited Power) in honor of Jana, who started that team and kept it going through thick and thin. We miss you, Jana. Just so you know, there might have been a snowball or two just for you.
ESO
For ESO’s MFN, they grouped up and killed dragons as part of the event, did a quick stop at Sky’s in game house to check out the decor he did last year for SoL and discussed meeting up for Remembrance Day. They will be using Kini’s primary residence in game as a gathering spot while the processions are going on in other games.
FFXIV
They had a fantastic Map Night last night, with folks who couldn’t physically run maps yet, watching on Discord, and of course Remembrance Day coming up.
STO
The STO fleet did group FTOs (with instructions) last Monday during the Podcast. Tomorrow, Grebog is leading a flight from the fleet starbase to the Wolf 359 Memorial. Then, if there’s time, he will fly by the Romulus/Remus memorial, the Spock memorial, and the memorial plaque on ESD and Qo’nos.
GW2
For summer of love, the team ran Fractals with the guild during MFN.
LOTRO
Small group last night jumped in and played in-game music for a couple hours outside the Prancing Pony
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chat room for joining us and for everyone who participated in the Summer of Love.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time (which will be August 22nd, because the 15th is my birthday and I am a Leo!), we will hopefully be talking about board games!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #370 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey guys, there are croissants and a honey cake with whipped mascarpone and figs in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sema who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
[GUESTS: Mewkow will go around room and ask how everyone’s RL has been recently. This is the time for our listeners to get to know you and/or catch up with what you’ve been up to.]
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Summer of 2021 is upon us and with that comes AIE’s biggest week of the year. This year’s Summer of Love event week will begin with a guild Town Hall on Sunday, July 25th on Discord + Altspace, continue with a week of events across all our games, and end with our most important and solemn event, Remembrance Day, Monday, August 2nd 2021.!
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 52 Summer Event 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1uV3bcmvro
Fleet Action Report is back with Nikodas and Grebog to cover the summer event. We take you around the island and show you what to expect from the various activities and how to earn the Lohlunat Favors.
Fleet Action Report Ep 51 A Call to Arms TFOs part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KfB_VP9L84
Fleet Action Report this week is about 3 more TFOs. Nikodas and Grebog are back to take you through the Red Alert: Na’kuhl, Red Alert: Tzenkethi, and Borg Disconnected.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 112: Legacy of the Sith Announcement!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8835320-episode-112-legacy-of-the-sith-announcement.mp3
Marcus and Nick are guest-free, and reacting in full-blown working class nerds style to the Livestream from Bioware that detailed Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 10th anniversary expansion- Legacy of the Sith! The two explain Nick’s recent illness, the new Switch model, and of course talk all about the dark sided details of Legacy of the Sith. Enjoy!
Episode 111: Loreseeking with aWarriorNerd!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8760444-episode-111-loreseeking-with-awarriornerd.mp3
With Nick out sick, Kitty steps into the cohost seat with Marcus! The two of them are joined by Warrior!! Warrior is an awesome Twitch Streamer and content creator who specializes in Halo and Star Wars Lore!!
You can find Warrior at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9MVHikM7qmMY7FhvymRIng
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCedSP8RGbZ5WHdcd52HPeuQ
https://www.twitch.tv/awarriornerd
Find more of Kitty at:
https://www.twitch.tv/kittykissz
The Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 387: LOTSofSWTOR
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-387-lotsofswtor/
Hot takes on the 10th anniversary announcements. LOTS of good stuff on the roadmap.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 388: High Republic Wave 2
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-388-high-republic-wave-2/
This week we execute order 420 and talk about the launch of The High Republic, Wave 2 of Phase 1. We’ll be reading The Rising Storm for the month of July.
Board and Swords – https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Chris played Warhammer 40K, Pikachu V is alive – Boards & Swords #176
Lordy lordy, Chris played 40….K that is. Warhammer 40k specifically. Plus, People are shelling out for TCGs still, Asmodee is bringing the hammer to counterfeits, and speaking of Warhammer – there’s going to be a subscription for Warhammer stuff?
NOMADS
Destiny 2 has come alive again. We now have a raid team that will be running Monday Nights. We also run fun missions on Sunday nights. Solstice of Heros started this week as well. Its the summer event and it will run unitl Aug 26th. Thats when the next Season starts. We hope we will get the “Witch Queen” reveal that day as well. Lots of fun happening over here in Destiny 2! Time to suit up Guardian.
New World Open Beta begins July 20th. Keep an eye out for discussion in the Nomad section of discord as the game opens up for all to experience.
Diablo 3 season 23 ends on July 18th and season 24 begins on July 24th
WoW
Noob Raid resumes on July 17th. I suspect as Wing 1 of LFR is launching this Tuesday, that there may be some shenanigan’s in the new LFR. If that’s the case, the minimum iLevel will be 195.
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
We had a short break from being lead off cliffs while our fearless leader was on vacation.
However, things that still occurred, clearing zones of Skyshards and Worldbosses, clearing Public dungeons, being lead off cliffs by not-Dankinia
MFN resumes on July 16th and activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears. See above for the general idea.
FFXIV
FFXIV just had their most recent Live Letter from the Producer, where they showcased a bunch of Endwalker previews. One nugget is the Official Benchmark tool, to let you test out your PC for Endwalker as well as the character creator, so you can create the perfect catboi for your Endwalker needs. If you do download it and make some new characters, go ahead and post some pics to the #pics-or-it-didnt-happen channel. We’d love to see what you can come up with. No sub needed for the Benchmark.
If your sub has lapsed, there is a call back campaign going on. 14 free days from when you first log in during the campaign, which runs from July 9 to August 23. We’d love to see a lot of old faces drop on by and meet the new ones.
Another FFXIV reminder, that any member in the Free Company has the rights to invite new players to the FC. So, if you area a member and have a friend, family member, or just meet a cool person in game, you are welcome to toss them an invite!
A quick reminder that the often asked for Regalia Mount (the 4-seat car) will be acquirable again in September as a re-run of the Final Fantasy 15 event.
Finally, FFXIV has that super generous free trial with no time restrictions. While the trial does not let you join a FC, we on the Discord server are happy to answer questions or help out newcomers to the game. If you do end up liking the game and buying into it, the great folks in AIE will be happy to help you make the jump.
To all current, past, and future Warriors of Light, thank you for spending your gaming time with us!
STO
Federation Fleet has completed the K-13 holding. So, be sure to go there and pick up new cosmetics from the tailor there and superior traits from the biologist.
The Colony holding is moving right along and closing in on Tier IV unlocks. While the Fleet Starbase is also moving along nicely as well.
KDF Fleet: Is working towards Tier 2 of the Dlithium Mine holding for those sweet discounts.
Fleet Action Report will be celebrating its 53rd episode and 1 year anniversary with blowing up Grebog over and over again in a PVP fun match. Come watch us kill Grebog again and again 9 PM Eastern on Monday.
GW2
Dungeons and more night is this Friday from 9-11 eastern.
Legendary Armory comes July 13th along with the twisted marionette from living world season 1.
The legendary Armory is a place where you can share your legendary items with all of your characters. Don’t have any legendaries? If you keep doing the bonus achievements associated with the living world return, then you will be awarded with a precursor for an End of Dragons (next xpac) legendary weapon and if you complete all of the bonus achievements you will get a legendary amulet.
The Twisted Marionette is from Living world season 1, which only ran once and has never been been revisited until now. (all of season 1 content was not instanced.) This event runs from the 13th to the 20th, and is accessed through an NPC in the eye of the north.
Finally, we are at Season 3, Episode 2 in the return to the living world event. Episode 3 and its bonus achievements unlock on Tuesday. As a reminder, each week the episode is available to be unlocked for free, (check your in game mail for a message from ArenaNet). If you have been keeping up with the Bonus achievements when season 3 finishes up, we will get the item that will let us unlock the end of dragons precursor weapon.
The reward for finishing season 2, 3, and 4 will be the 32 slot bag. and as stated before after finishing everything plus Icebrood Saga will be the legendary amulet.
In ultra bonus news: End of Dragons has been officially delayed until 2022. In the meantime we will be getting a world vs world makeover in the form of alliances. (more on this later). End of Dragons will also bring a directx 11 client. Which should hopefully help with many of the performance issues the game suffers from on dx9.
LOTRO
New legendary servers have opened, Shadowfax and Treebeard. Shadowfax is +50% normal xp and will open the next area about every 2 months. Treebeard is -60% normal xp and will open next area every 5-6 months. AIE has a kinship on Treebeard. You do need to be vip to play on the legendary servers. If you want an invite on Treebeard let us know in the lotro channel.
And with that, let’s get back to Max and Sema and find out what’s going on in SWTOR
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Max and Sema for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking… well, that’s to be decided! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>For those not familiar, this marks over 10 years of special summer events we’ve held with the guild centered around Remembrance Day, a day when we take a moment to gather in voice and in game to remember those we have lost. Spread across the rest of the week are a series of special fun game events in almost every game division. These include player run events, special edition Mandatory Fun nights, and maybe even some contests and prizes.
Mark your calendars for the kickoff on Sunday, July 25th at 8pm eastern/7pm central for a Town Hall address and kickoff that will be simulcast in both Discord and in our beta virtual Town Hall on https://altvr.com/ event code: QLU382
Additional event details, Q&A, and other notes will be available in the next two weeks as we get closer to the event. Hope to see you all there!
High level event schedule so far… stay tuned for any updates!:
Event details:
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Welcome to episode #369 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are doing a host show! Welcome to our chat room, listeners, and to my cohosts!!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we have been doing in and out of game and Tet’s discussion topic 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Board & Swords – https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Boards & Swords 173: a podcast about bad jokes and board games, they talk about how people are going crazy for pokemon cards, companies not going to gen con this year, and about the coop card game “The Crew”
Boards & Swords 174- they talk about the upcoming Marvel RPG tabletop, new product model for the Arkham Horror card came, ticket to ride logic puzzle game, and more.
Head on over to https://boardsandswords.com and find the show under the podcast link
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 109: Uplink to 2042!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8682950-episode-109-uplink-to-2042.mp3
Marcus and Nick are joined by Sage, the host of the Uplink Podcast! Uplink Podcast focuses on Star Wars video games! They talk about the podcast, and the hype for Battlefield 2042!!!
You can find the Uplink Podcast at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDnJ44wHaa0QD5NbzNpkPhA
Episode 110: Deploy The Garrison!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8722976-episode-110-deploy-the-garrison.mp3
Marcus and Nick are joined by DIRECTOR CHRONIC!!! Director Chronic is a Twitch Partner, AND just started the best stream team in all of the Galaxy: The Garrison!!!
Together they do a deep dive into all the story behind The Garrison!
You can find Director Chronic at: https://www.twitch.tv/directorchronic
You can deploy The Garrison at: https://www.twitch.tv/team/thegarrison
New Overlords – SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 384: Space On Rails
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-384-space-on-rails/
Old school space missions… aka “What Sema Does In Space”. Sema enlightens us on space mission tips, tricks, rewards, gear, etc
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 385: Total Galactic War 2.0
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-385-total-galactic-war-2-0/
In the middle of another Total Galactic War we talk about our refined guild strategy and a bunch of updated Conquest tips.
Fleet Action Report – Star Trek Online- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report ep 47 Klingon House United
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgaGq0yi_Q
Star Trek Online starts a new season, Klingon House United, and Fleet Action Report is here to bring the new information. Nikodas and Grebog are back covering all the various information that is dropped in the new season from new TFOs, missions, and patrols and how they are all part of the new event.
Fleet Action Report ep 48 plasma besides in your giant displays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REObrLPmgxk
Nikodas and Grebog are back with another episode of Fleet Action Report, talking about Star Trek Online. We go into the current events in game and all the details about what you should look for in a plasma build. Next week we will be covering some TFOs.
NOMADS
The AIE board gaming group is meeting the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. So the next gaming session will be this Thursday, July 1st. They currently plan to play Tzolk’in, a Mayan-themed worker placement game with a unique gear mechanism which dynamically determines what workers can do.
“… People are still in and out…” does pretty much cover the activity specific to AIE participation in Diablo 3 and Destiny 2 every week at this point. However, if you want something that may put the notion of trying these games again into people’s heads, here’s a bullet point for each…
Division 2
Season 6 is live, a callback to the old Season 3 content if you haven’t completed it.
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/27d98ROzZw7eGMaVjKELCq/season-6-concealed-agenda-is-back
Diablo III
Season 24 is around the corner and testing on the PTR will go live in about a week. It’ll introduce a new weapon type called Ethereals. Details at https://us.diablo3.com/en-us/blog/23679609/diablo-iii-ptr-271-%7C-preview-blog-6-10-2021
Diablo II Remastered, Reloaded, no Resurrected will launch, with cross-play on September 23rd, 2021. Early access to the open beta sign-ups are at https://diablo2.blizzard.com/en-us/
WoW
Noob Raid News – There will be no Noob Raid on July 3rd and July 10th.
Chains of Domination, Patch 9.1 will be coming out June 29th. Too many changes/updates to list, but a couple of things to highlight. There will be a new land area to explore, flying available in the 2nd or 3rd week of the patch just for doing your covenant story line, a new raid, a new megadungeon, and a revamped Torghast as well as you’ll be able to ride your mounts in the Maw.
Tets and Mew, I know the two of you are a bit burned out with WOW right now. Is there anything that is tweaking your interests in this new patch?
WoW Classic
We’ve moved to Mankrik, Horde Side for the Burning Crusade Classic, feel free to check the AIELFO channel in game (/join aielfo) and/or use #LFO or #wow-classic on AIE’s Discord server.
SWTOR
It was TOTAL GALACTIC WAR. The guild won another planet. All the guild events last week were co-opted for this effort and all guildies in their individual and group play contributed to points to help us win. This opportunity only comes around a few times a year. Winning a planet means that for a period of time, everyone who arrives on that planet will see the words, “CZ-198 Controlled by Alea Iacta Est Timor”.
In game news, we are shocked, shocked to see gambling going on in here. The Nar Shaddaa Night Life event is just around the corner. Come to the casino with a few credits in your pocket and unfounded hope in your heart. It only takes a little luck to win the top prizes. Or maybe a lot of luck. Or infinite luck. You have from June 29 to August 10th. Plenty of time to procrastinate….
Also, Double XP is coming back starting on June 29 and going until July 13th.
FFXIV
The AIE Membership in FFXIV has shown a steady increase in numbers and a very high member retention rate in the past few weeks, leading up to even before the Fan Fest. Many thanks to all of the FFXIV old timers and new folks coming on board to enjoy the adventures in Eozrea with AIE. We are successful because of you folks. So, big shout out to all of you.
Patch 5.55 is still the current content patch. This includes the last step of the resistance weapon quest line, which is the best in slot for every job with no need to jump into savage raiding.
Endwalker, the next expansion to FFXIV will be coming out on November 23 (or the 19th for the pre-orders), but there’s a bunch of in-game events happening until then.
Sometime in June (that’s the month we are currently in), we will get the Make It Rain event, which is a Gold Saucer event. Rack up those MGPs to get all of those awesome cosmetics, mounts, minions, and hairstyles!
Sometime in the June/July time frame, we will get a balance patch 5.56, and then another balance patch 5.57 in July/August time frame. This will prep the game up for Endwalker release. We will get more info on this soon!
The Moonfaire and the Rising will be coming in August. This event is normally a celebration of the players and the rebirth of the game many years ago. This event usually falls at or very close to AIE’s own Remembrance Week, so look forward to future announcements on that.
If that’s not enough content for you, AIE is running content on a regular basis.
FF14 AIE Content Progression
Join us down in the #ffxiv channel for more details on the game. Remember, if you are on the fence on this game, the entirety of the base game and the first expansion Heavensward (level 60) is available at no cost. You can check this out on PC, Mac, Steam (for PC), Playstation 4, and the recently released native Playstation 5 version. Regardless of your platform, all players share the same servers, and there’s no limitations on what content or control scheme a platform can use. We love welcoming new players to AIE in Eorzea and we can’t wait to welcome you as well.
ESO
Standard activities include: Clearing zones of Skyshards and World Bosses, Clearing Public dungeons, and best of all, being lead off cliffs by Dankinia!
MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears. Next week we’ll be making our way through the two public dungeons in the new Blackwood zone.
STO
The end of the Klingon Civil War comes in the House United Season.
Only Qo’nos Endures Event: Earn a 4-piece ground set by playing new missions, new TFOs, or new patrols all centered around the new season.
New Bridge for KDF Captains: Based one a new in-game mission.
Fleet Action Report is looking for people to help with a PVP episode in 2 weeks. If you’re interested in helping, you can find contact information at https://fleetactionreport.com
GW2
Same deal with logging in and getting old living world stuff for free. I think season 2 episode 5 and 6 are free now. 7 and 8 on Tuesday. If you have been keeping up with the bonus achievements next week should be the first big reward, an ascended weapon of choice. Of course you can go and take your time with these bonuses. Achievements. If you do them all you will get a legendary amulet.
July’s Dungeons and More will be pushed back a week until July 16th
LOTRO
Update 30 ‘Blood of Azog’ has arrived, along with the ‘Yore of Azanulbizar’. The new Fall of Khazad-dûm raid is available, along with a handful of balancing tweaks to characters.
https://www.lotro.com/en/content/update-30-release-notes
‘The War of the Rohirrim’ will be an anime style telling the tale of Helm (of Helm’s Deep) Hammerhand. There is a lot of Rohirric history that could be covered.
And with that, let’s Chat!
What have we been doing in and out of game?
GAME NEWS
What games, that have changed their systems/mechanics, drove you away from the game OR brought you back/into the game?
Love the lore, hate the systems, etc.
Examples
D&D 4th Ed vs. 5th Ed
D&D Pen and Paper vs. Video game
Mass Effect 1 vs 2 (Weapon Heat vs. Clips), Planetary missions vs. Scanning Planets
SWTOR 1-50 (Launch content with character stories) vs. one story for all
WoW Legion vs. every other expansion
Fallout 3 vs 4 vs 76 ?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Each other for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time- in three weeks, we’ll be talking to Sema and Max about AIE in SWTOR So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #368 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (So much food in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Fleet Action Report (Star Trek Online) – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Episodes 37 through 46 are now up on the Youtube channel (listed above) with the latest episode, #46 titled It’s a Distruptor Thing.
Nikodas and Grebog are back with another installment of Fleet Action Report about Star Trek Online. This time we tackle some of the equipment you may want to hunt down and where to hunt it down when making a disruptor build.
New Overlords (Star Wars The Old Republic) – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 382: Tis The Season
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-382-tis-the-season/
We’ve had plenty of time to come to grips with Galactic Seasons so we break it down in detail.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 383: Spoilers Of The Enclave
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-383-spoilers-of-the-enclave/
You all have had plenty of time to play the latest story content so we go ahead and spoil the enclave.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 106: Armenastra Gaming!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8517908-episode-106-armenastra-gaming.mp3
This episode, Marcus and Nick are joined by the great and powerful Armenastra!! Armenastra is not only a great streamer on twitch, but she’s an award winning actor as well! The whole gang chats about the difference between those two worlds, their shared love of Star Wars and of course the games they’re playing. Enjoy!
You can find more of Armenastra at: https://www.twitch.tv/armenastra
Episode 107: Kitty In the Dark
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8602884-episode-107-kitty-in-the-dark.mp3
Nick and Marcus are joined by the ALWAYS handsome Kitty Kisses! Together they break down the newest novel in the High Republic era of Star Wars: Into the Dark by Claudia Gray.
After the break they get into FULL SPOILERS for Into the Dark so listener beware!
You can find Kitty at: https://twitch.tv/kittykissz
WoW
Thanks to a great suggestion from KA raid team, we are opening up the Raid Team Guild Bank program to include one additional bank tab. This is only available by request of the raid leader(s) for each team. If you wish to be part of this wonderful service, please contact the officers.
Additionally, this is your reminder for those that are in the program to double check your rank permissions and team memberships. If us officers need to add or remove permissions, the raid leader(s) need to contact us and we would be happy to help out.
Thank you all for being awesome and have a great weekend!!
WoW Classic
Are you prepared?! THREE DAYS until Burning Crusade Classic launches on June 1st!
New Server: Mankrik-US
Faction: Horde
We were previously on Pagle for WoW Classic but have since changed servers to Mankrik for Burning Crusade Classic!
Once you have created a new character and/or transferred one to Mankrik there are two ways you can be invited to :
* Type /join aielfo in game to request one if there is an Officer or Greeter online to assist you in game at that time.
* Go to the AIE Discord and ask in either the WoW Classic channel or LFO channel for an invite for your character name and someone will help find time to meet you in game for an invite.
The AIE Mounts program is back again! (Insert info from Lars here please)
We look forward to continuing our adventures together again…
THE DARK PORTAL AWAITS US, AIE GUILD!
The AIEMounts interest free loan program to obtain your level 30 mount is continuing in The Burning Crusade. Current details are being worked out but in the meantime contact Lars Gagner via direct message in the AIE Disord. Any donations to the fund are accepted for a possible expansion to be able to help members with loans towards epic riding and perhaps eventually flying mount training. Details about the program is available on the AIE Guild web site or directly via the URL https://bit.ly/aiemounts
SWTOR
This past Friday Marcus, Looci, Tabbytha, and Albus conducted the MEGA event “Where in the Galaxy is Sema San Diego”. Everyone gathered on Hoth, where the pirate Max the Graybeard spun piratical tall tales about where Sema might be. Players worked tirelessly ALL NIGHT to find the items needed to provide clues and Sema was finally found. The winner of the night was Velicc and everyone went to the guild ship where treasures from the guild bank were had by all.
In game news, the new Flashpoint is called Secrets of the Enclave and continues the story of Darth Malgus. He has broken his chains and wants nothing to do with the Empire OR the Republic. We chase his trail into the ancient Jedi Enclave, but only find leftover resonances of him. So far he has escaped us, but he apparently has gotten his hands on two very powerful relics. We don’t know what he is up to, but it can’t be good.
Join us on Tuesdays for MFN and Fridays for our rotating night of Master Mode Flashpoints, Hard Mode Ops Training, Achievements, and MEGA!
ESO
See Game Notes
STO
The end of the Klingon Civil War comes in the House United Season.
Only Qo’nos Endures Event: Earn a 4-piece ground set by playing new missions, new TFOs, or new patrols all centered around the new season.
New Bridge for KDF Captains: Based on a new in-game mission.
Lobi store, Zen, and Key Sale until 5/31.
Fleet Action Report is looking for people to help with a PVP episode in 5 weeks. If you’re interested in helping, you can find contact information at fleetactionreport.com.
FFXIV
Guild activities continue as we get ready for Part two of the most recent patch. Teams are running Bozja, for their artifact weapons. Looking for treasure in all the right (and wrong) places on Map Nights. And trying to figure out if that pixel, yes that pixel, is really a safe place to stand on during an EXTREME raid on Eden’s Promise!
GW2
First two episodes of Living world season 2 are Free for a few days longer, log in, get them. If you play through them and do the new bonus meta achievement you will get fancy rewards. After completing 4 of the new living world bonus meta’s you will get your choice of ascended weapon. after 10, you’ll get a thing that you can turn in for en “end of dragons” (next xpac) legendary weapon precursor. Then after 16 you will get a massive 32 slot inventory bag, and when you finish all 24, the final reward is a legendary amulet and a title.
So far for the first 2 episodes, you just had to play through both of them, (no special challenges needed), Then do the following in Drytop: gather 150 things (50 each of wood, ore, and plants), do 10 events, open 20 hidden locked chests.
Jehdai assumes that all 24 will take you to the end of Icebrood Saga, so you will be able to pick up any episodes you missed, without having to buy them on the gem store.
The next two episodes should unlock on Tuesday after reset. (which means you only have about 2 days to log in and claim Episodes 1 and 2 for free).
LOTRO
The Buried Treasure Event has arrived! Available through May 31st.
The Buried Treasure Event has arrived! Available through May 31st. #LOTRO pic.twitter.com/xfosep7GHv
— LOTRO (@lotro) May 27, 2021
Development continues on Update 30: Blood of Azog, and the new Yore of Azanulbizar ‘session/instance’.
Blood of Azog introduces a new story set after the events of the War of Three Peaks, introducing new characters and allowing the player to experience historical moments in Middle-earth’s history as Prince Durin and the Gabil’akkâ make ready to reclaim Mount Gundabad. Players can begin this story by talking to Glóin inside Annâk-khurfu in Elderslade, and it serves as a prologue for adventures to come in Gundabad.
Among the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, studious scholars have kept detailed accounts of the history of Durin’s Folk. Within these lengthy volumes, there is the tale of the Sixth War of the Dwarves and Orcs, which ended with the Battle of Azanulbizar. Player will experience the momentous events of the battle as their own characters, but through the eyes of Hermáth Stormhammer, a hero of Durin’s Folk, as recounted in his written works.
And with that, let’s get back to Kini and find out what’s going on in ESO
GAME NEWS
The new expansion, Blackwood, and Update 30 come out on June 1st for PC and June 8th for consoles. Blackwood brings a new zone (including a trial, world events, delves and public dungeons), continues this year’s Gates of Oblivion adventure, and adds the new companion system. The new companion system is a way to get an NPC to fight alongside you. There will be quests to recruit them as well as loyalty quests and you will be able to customize their abilities, outfits, and more. Update 30 brings a new tutorial experience. Previously every new chapter brought a different tutorial which meant tenured players had to create a new toon to try it out and see that new story content every expansion. They’ve changed that so going forward everyone one will get the same tutorial and when you complete it, it will let you choose which expansion your character starts in. In mid June, the Endeavors system will be launched for all ESO players, no matter the expansion they have purchased. This system will bring new daily and weekly tasks that reward players gold or experience as well as a new currency. The tasks align with normal in-game activities such as completing quests, killing certain monsters, and harvesting materials. The new currency will allow you to purchase any of the currently available crown crate items without the randomness of opening a crate purchased for crowns and hoping you get the reward you want.
For MFN on June 4th we will focus on checking out the new area with a zone clear.
The game is buy to play, and subscription is ESO+ which will provide an unlimited crafting bag and double your housing and inventory storage.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kini for joining us.
I am @dankinia on Twitter and Twitch and I stream our weekly MFN’s in ESO as well as Noob Raid on Saturday nights in WoW.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…Well we didn’t receive any, but if you’d like to send in up two a 2 minute segment, we’d love to hear it!
Next time, we should be talking about AIE in World of Warcraft. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #367 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (ummm, the guild kitchen is looking for a sous chef). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Maellung and Dux who are here to talk to us about AIE in LOTRO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into LOTRO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 380: Vet Mode Vets
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-380-vet-mode-vets/
Marcus joins us to help put a cap on our vet mode series!
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 381: Solo Flashpoint Tips
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-381-solo-flashpoint-tips/
Solo Flashpoints! Lots of new players are doing them for story for the first time so we pull in guild member, officer and AIE Podcaster Tetsemi to help talk tips for getting it done.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 105: Atrax is in The Bad Batch!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8475701-episode-105-atrax-is-in-the-bad-batch.mp3
Marcus and Nick chat with Twitch Streamer Atrax!! They talk about what it’s like to be a variety streamer, AAANNDD Break down the new episode of The Bad Batch! SPOILER WARNING during: 57m – 1hr 28m You can find more of Atrax at: https://www.twitch.tv/A_Atrax
Episode 106: Armenastra Gaming!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8517908-episode-106-armenastra-gaming.mp3
This episode, Marcus and Nick are joined by the great and powerful Armenastra!! Armenastra is not only a great streamer on twitch, but she’s an award winning actor as well! The whole gang chats about the difference between those two worlds, their shared love of Star Wars and of course the games they’re playing. Enjoy!
You can find more of Armenastra at: https://www.twitch.tv/armenastra
NOMADS
We’re gearing up to take down the next boss (Moder) in Valheim. Anyone interested in joining the fun should jump into the Discord channel so we can coordinate a time and work to get everyone the items they’ll need for the fight.
WoW
Most of the current WoW news is focused on WoW Classic, however, here’s a brief raid wrap-up
DoA is now 1/10 Heroic
HFO (Alliance Raid team) is 4/10 Heroic Castle Nathria.
PJFC is 9/10 Heroic
If you have an alliance character that’s looking to raid, reach out to Fezgig in AIE Discord for time and day for HFO!
WoW Classic
Guild is in the process of moving to Mankrik (but character moving is paused until pre-patch) then to TBC on Tuesday (that’s when you decide, for each character, if it goes to TBC or stays in Classic Forever) ; no presence of AIE in Classic Forever is expected
The Burning Crusade pre-patch is hitting Live on Tuesday, with new race and all classes on both sides (for Horde, Blood Elf and Paladin) ; levelling is 30% faster (on average)
TBC will be live in two weeks on June 1st, and we’ll be able to go through the Dark Portal
SWTOR
MEGA this month will be Friday the 21st. Join Marcus, Looci, and Tabbytha as they lead us in a hunt for clues to solve the mystery of “Where in the Galaxy is Sema San Diego”.
Double XP, Renown, and Valor is still ongoing in SWTOR until the 18th. XP is always pretty fast in SWTOR, but during this period it goes right to ludicrous speed!
Also, login and check out the new battle pass system called Galactic Seasons. The first season goes for 5 months and awards a new companion, enough currency to buy a new Fleet Stronghold, and many other rewards. It’s a little overwhelming at first glance, so don’t hesitate to join discord and ask questions.
FFXIV
The Final Fantasy Digital Fanfest has come to a close, but exciting stuff was revealed for the next expansion, Endwalker!
1. The new Melee DPS class is “Reaper”, a 2 handed scythe wielder who appears to employ magic from the Void in their attacks, along with summoning what is FFXIV’s version of a demon to both attack and to fuse with during certain phases of the rotation. It will share gear with Dragoon, require a level 70 to access and start at level 70.
2. As was speculated from the first trailer, we will finally get to visit Old Sharlayan in Endwalker. Any veterans from 1.0 will recognize the name of this polis to the far north west of Eorzea, from which many of our allies originate. But will the Sharlayans take to the field with us as the Final Days approach, or will they continue to stay holed up in the walls of their grand city?
3. The male Viera have finally shown their face! As of right now Viera are a female exclusive race, but in Endwalker all aspiring bunnies will get to pick from both genders. Hrothgar will stay exclusively male at Endwalker’s release but the plan is to release female hrothgar as soon as they are ready.
4. Endwalker will release on November 23rd 2021, with early access beginning November 19th. This stretches the definition of “Fall 2021” a bit, as admitted by the dev team. But new content will be released in Patch 5.55 to keep us busy between now and then.
1. Patch 5.55 will be released on May 25th, 2021
2. This will include the final story chapter of the 5.X series, leading into Endwalker.
3. The “Save the Queen” storyline, where we liberate Bozja from Garlemald, continues with the release of a new battlefield, Zadnor, and a new 48 main raid called “[]”. This will include the final stages of the Shadowbringer’s Relic Weapon!
4. The Final Fantasy 15 collaboration will return in September! Get the chance to hangout with Noctis and much more importantly, steal his car!
Did you know that FFXIV’s free trial goes to level 60, and includes the critically-acclaimed expansion Heavensward? Considering the wait for the expansion, now is the perfect time to come join us in FFXIV!
ESO
Clearing zones of Skyshards and Worldbosses
Clearing Public dungeons
Being lead off cliffs by Dankinia
MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears. Next week we will be focusing on clearing a couple of public dungeons
The Explorer’s Celebration mini event is now live until May 20th and rewards double exp from every source which will stack with xp boosts such as scrolls. It also gives double gold from kills, quests, and other sources and increased yield from harvest nodes (except fishing). There are no event tickets rewarded as part of this event.
STO
1st: New TFO Announced: Remain Klingon, but no release date has been given.
2nd: 20% Ship Sale until May 17th
3rd: Upgrade Weekend until May 17th
4th: Tholian Trouble Event until May 25th. 14 days of progress to earn Tholian Web Array Universal Console.
Earn progress in 2 revamped TFOs;
The Vault: Ensnared or Azure Nebula Rescue
5th: Fleet Action Report is looking for anyone interested in helping with a PVP episode to take place in about 6 weeks. If interested, you can find contact information at FleetActionReport.com.
GW2
Major class re-balance patch hit this week. There is a chance your favorite class might be the meta now. Same deal as last time with the living world stuff. Dungeon night 2nd Friday of the Month, next one is going to be June 11th.
LOTRO
See Game News
GAME NEWS
This weekend has been a 25% bonus to all Skirmish Mark gains
The buried treasure event should begin on May 27th
The Midsummer event will be next month with rumors of new rewards
Update 30 ‘Blood of Azog’ expected on the bullroarer test server this week
Update 31 is Gundabad and should include the new Brawler (i.e. Tulkas?) class
In the works:
A Landscape Difficulty System
An Opt-In system, not automatic
You can increase the difficulty of an area to match your level.
Think of it as a lure / bonus to ‘go back and finish those deeds’
Class balance meetings are in the works. Stay tuned
More Dev talks on the way as either an in-show guest, or with a dedicated show
PvMP continues mainly on Tues/Thurs evenings
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dux and Maellung for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to Kini in ESO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #366 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). We are guestless this week, but we still want to let you know what is going on with all of the games that AIE is playing in. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be chatting about what we have been doing in and out of game shortly, but let’s first go over this weeks news!
AIE News
Community
andatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 103: 12 HOURS OF HYPE!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8388378-episode-103-12-hours-of-hype.mp3?blob_id=38188851
Kogass and Nick interview Marcus about his 12 HOUR STREAM!!! They all chat about the trials and tribulations of streaming for that long of a time period. You can find Kogass at: https://twitch.tv/kogass_
Recap of the 12 Hour Stream – It was 4/24 2pm-2am. 1 year Stream anniversary. They did some story for a few hours then did operations for the rest of the night with all their friends. It was truly amazing! Albus won the Jedi Revan outfit and lots of giveaways were given!!
Episode 104: A Change Of Plans
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8432537-episode-104-a-change-of-plans.mp3?blob_id=38458266
Marcus and Nick are joined by TWO epic guests, Serp and Kymeri!! This episode goes DEEP into Serp’s journey to start streaming on Twitch, how he made partner, and eventually started not one but TWO Stream Teams! You can find more of Serp at: https://twitch.tv/serpentzn You can find more of Kymeri at: https://www.twitch.tv/thekymeri
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 378: VET MODE TACTICS
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-378-vet-mode-tactics/
This week we continue our series on what it takes to get into Veteran content with talk of fight tactics and differences with story mode fights.
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 379: 6.3 THE DESCENT IS DECENT
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-379-6-3-the-descent-is-decent/
6.3 is here already. Bet you didn’t see this coming!
NOMADS
In Valheim, another possible boss night on a Wednesday night coming up in the next week or two.
The Board Game night is coming up on 5/6.
Don’t forget to take a look at the Nomads section of discord to keep up to date on these events and other shenanigans.
WoW
WoW met the goals to unlock Bananas and Daisy. You have to get them for free from the shop via the Battlenet launcher. They do not automatically appear in your collections in-game. To wear Daisy as a backpack, you have to target your Daisy pet (after summoning) and type “/beckon” for it to work. Once Daisy is riding on your back, you can summon another battle pet to tag along with your adventures.
Patch 9.1 PTR continues and there were several interviews with Ion H this week going over patch 9.1 details.
WoW Classic
The TBC pre patch coming soon, and Burning Crusade 4-6 weeks later.
Many new players are coming to participate in the best 2 WoW expansions of all time (TBC and Wrath)… so come join us !
SWTOR
A content patch dropped this past week bringing a new flashpoint, a new story beat, and the beginning of a new pvp season. But above all that, it brought a new system called Galactic Seasons. Daily and weekly objectives award points, currency and rewards. You can spend the currency along the way or save it up for the big prize of a new stronghold on the fleet. This season is called “The Stranger from Kubindi” and starts out with a new companion named Altuur zok Adon. It is similar to a battlepass type system in other games, so you can buy progress as well.
But wait, there’s more! Double XP returns starting May 4th and continuing until May 18th. And, as is the tradition, there will be a new astromech in the mail for everyone. No matter where we go for MFN this Tuesday night, XP is sure to rain down.
And last but not least, join us this Friday for Master Mode Flashpoints with Maellung. This will be on the imperial side and will target those flashpoints that are required for the Aratech Ice Mission.
FFXIV
Our Thursday event heading into the fields of Bozja is on break until the next area is released in patch 5.55.
The digital fanfest begins on Friday May 14th and will be streamed for free and will reveal more about the next expansion, Endwalker, which releases sometime this year. This will include the reveal for the new melee class.
ESO
The guild has been clearing zones of Skyshards and World Bosses and being lead off cliffs by Dankinia
MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears. Next week they will be focusing on clearing a couple of public dungeons
If you play ESO on the new Xbox or Playstation, on June 8th the “Console Enhanced” modes will be released. The update provided improvements to reflections, textures, draw distance and more while giving options to select between Performance and Fidelity modes.
STO
STO is running the following events:
1st: Tholian Trouble: A new event from May 4th to may 25th. This event hosts two updated TFOs, and rewards a new universal console that you can equip on any ship.
2nd: Bonus Dilithium Event: Earn bonus dilithium until May 4th; This is an in-game currency that can be used to purchase in-game items or traded for Zen which is STOs real-life currency.
3rd: Galaxy goes to Red Alert until May 4th; This is a 2 week long event. If you complete 10 days of participation you’ll earn a Specialization Point, an Ultimate Tech Upgrade, and an Experimental Ship Upgrade.
4th: Command the Jovian Heavy Raider; A new top-tier ship added to the Infinity Lockbox.
5th: Command the The Kwejian Pilot Escort; A new top-tier ship added to the Angel’s Wake Lockbox.
6th: Delta Recruitment Event until May 13th on PC and from May 13th to June 10th on Consoles; This event allows newly created characters to become Delta Recruits, a special type of character that rewards various in-game items for completing in-game challenges, such as leveling or joining a fleet. Some of these rewards can be collected on any characters attached to the account.
7th: The Hosts of Fleet Action Report are inviting anyone and everyone to join them in-game on Monday nights after their show ends. They are planning on running TFOs that are attached to any current events. If there are no current events, they will run whichever TFOs Captain’s are needing.
All of this and more will be discussed on the Fleet Action Report livestream 9pm Eastern Monday night.
GW2
The monthly dungeon and more has a set schedule, 2nd Friday of the month, so the next dungeon and more night is May 14th.
There are actually a couple fun and exciting game things happening right now: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guild-wars-2-live-summer-2021/
Starting May 25, Living World episodes will be in the spotlight chronologically. Episodes are free to unlock during their spotlight week, and we’ll update them with new achievements. Complete all the new Living World Season 2 and 3 achievements to earn a voucher for a Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons precursor weapon. When the expansion launches, you can redeem it and begin crafting your very own third-generation legendary weapon
LOTRO
14th Anniversary event runs April 21- May 11.
And with that, Let’s chat about what we have been doing in and out of game
GAME NEWS
When it comes to enjoying the story being played through, what game systems help or hinder your enjoyment?
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Us for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Maellung in LOTRO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #365 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, folks, there are coconut cupcakes in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan and Kelseer who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 376: Vet Mode Rotations
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-376-vet-mode-rotations/
With some of our teams doing vet modes we talk about getting to that next level with refined “rotations”.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 377: Vet Mode Gear
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-377-vet-mode-gear/
This week we continue our series on what it takes to get into Veteran content with talk of gear… that’s right, stat talk!
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 102: Who Broke my Game?!?
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8344712-episode-102-who-broke-my-game.mp3?blob_id=37928875
Marcus and Nick get the chance to chat with Jackie Cho!! Jackie is a game developer who currently works at Gearbox Software. Together they talk about the increasingly common phenomenon of games being broken or very buggy at launch. Enjoy!
Azeroth Round Table – http://azerothroundtable.com/
ART Ep. 415: Azeroth Hiatus Table – http://media.blubrry.com/azerothroundtable/p/mp3.azerothroundtable.com/ART_415_Final.mp3
Ben and Jon spend some time talking about video games! But, for the sake of this podcast, Jon spends a lot of time talking about his adventures in FFXIV along with chat room comments by Old Man Franks!
NOMADS
AIE D&D
•The Friday night Baldur’s gate group has survived their encounter with a massive horde of Gibberlings, or have they?
•The Saturday night Phandelin group have made their way through their first small “dungeon” and now have been tasked by the Hobgoblin Klarg to overthrow the king of the Cragmaw goblins so that he can take over the clan promising to stop the ambushes along the road.
•The Sunday night Ravenloft group is still within the Durst Manor trying to solve its mysteries such as, where did those kids go? Will they survive the manor or will they fall prey to what lurks within? We’ll find out next Sunday at 9pm Eastern.
• If more people are interested in playing or running D&D or other TTRPGs there is a sign-up sheet pinned in the Dungeons and Dragons channel under nomads.
Diablo 3
AIE is still playing along in D3. Stop in #nomads and ask for invites to the Clan and Community.
Division 2
The Clan has seen very little activity of late, but if you’re getting into the game or need help, remember to reach out in the AIE Discord #thedivision2 channel.(edited)
Destiny 2
Guardian Games return https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/Events/GuardianGames
Light activity in the Clan, make sure to get in touch with other Guardians in the AIE Discord #destiny2 channel.
WoW
Noob Raid, after skipping Skriekwing this whole time, has now killed her back to back weekends. Go team!!
There are a lot of changes with raid teams, some new ones, old ones recruiting, and some switching into different levels of raid. Be sure to check out the two raid channels in Discord if you are interested in that part of the game.
Even after the first major guild purge for the Alliance side, we are at 739 characters in the guild! And the raid team has downed 2 bosses on Heroic!! Congrats Blue Side!!!! #QuestforCoguild
Tuesday starts World Quest week, so make sure you grab your quest in Oribos before you do anything on Tuesday!!
SWTOR
Since the last AIE podcast, AIE in swtor had its first Hard Mode Operations Training night and it was a big hit. Marcus took the team into Terror From Beyond and it sounded like everyone had a blast. Everyone, except the Writhing Horror, that is. Sadly, she died and was stripped of her loot. If you are interested in HM Ops training, watch the #hm-ops-training channel in discord for sign ups and updates.
Just a reminder that Friday nights now have a set rotation:
1st – Flashpoints Night – @Maellung Arrowshield
2nd – Veteran Ops Learning Night – @MarcusB814
3rd – Achievements Night – @Kehohu#0489, @bcavanagh
4th – Monthly Epic Guild Activity – @MarcusB814
5th – (if there is one) – Wildcard/Break
Come join us on Tuesday nights for MFN and Friday nights for an abundance of things! We also have Operations teams running on other nights of the week that often need fill-ins, so feel free to ask in discord if that is something you want to do.
ESO
Dungeon runs to maximize the cake experience buff
Clearing zones of Skyshards and Worldbosses
There is normally at least one death caused by gravity due to Dankinia leading people off cliffs
MFN’s activities happen each week and involve either zone clears, daily dungeon runs, and/or public dungeon clears.
In mid-June when update 30 is released, a new system called Endeavors will launch.
Endeavors will bring new daily and weekly tasks that grant you rewards such as gold and experience along with a new currency called Seals of Endeavor
Endeavors will be available each time you log in and require tasks such as pickpocketing items, completing quests, and crafting items, among other activities. So basically things you would normally due while playing will give you additional rewards.
Seals of Endeavor can be used to purchase currently available Crown Crate items and will be account based. So no need to hope you get lucky when you open a crate, just save up those seals and buy the item you want.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
STO started a Delta Recruitment event. This rewards characters with a variety of in-game items for completing certain challenges, such as leveling up or crafting. Some rewards are account unlocks. A player will need to create a new character if they don’t already have a Delta recruit. We will be detailing Delta Recruits on Fleet Action Report tomorrow evening.
GW2
The monthly dungeon and more has a set schedule, 2nd Friday of the month, so the next dungeon and more night is May 14th.
LOTRO
SNL is still going on Saturday night from 8:30-10:30 eastern, you can even come hangout in voice with us too
14th Anniversary event runs April 21- May 11
Monday will be a patch that includes the further adventures of Bilbo
On April 24th we will be running the Anniversary stuff for SNL
There is some stuff in the planning stages please stay tuned to the lotro channel for upcoming AIE events
If you would like to run group content let us know in the lotro channel
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and Kelseer and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Patch 5.5 is here!
Patch features:
More Main Story Quests with a new dungeon, Paglth’an.
Final 24-Player Dark Apocalypse Raid
New Chapter of The Sorrow of Werlyt including an 8 player trial.
New Housing furnishing items from the Furnishing Design contest added
New hairstyles! Want to look like an attractive android that can slay thousands of enemies without breaking a sweat (because Androids). Now you can.
Targeting reticles is now more useful for showing the target’s direction. Useful for jobs that need to attack the sides or rear, or when the bad guy is going to do something bad right in the front.
The Unreal Trial has rotated to Levithan. Good luck!
New Bozjan front stats, Notoriety. After a critical engagement (like a FATE that’s closed off), someone may be selected for a 1-on-1 duel with a major NPC. Having a higher Notoriety will increase your chances of being selected.
The Ishgard Restoration has finished, but not to the end of the events. Every 2 hours, a special “Fête” will spawn to celebrate the restoration of Ishgard.
Achievement log has their rewards listed and can be accepted right in the achievement window.
More dungeons added to explorer mode. Performance actions can be used in explorer mode.
Duty Finder roulette changes! If you queue up as a full group (4 for dungeons, 8 for trials), there is a new setting that the only dungeons you will get will be within 8 levels of the lowest member in the group. This setting is in the Duty Finder settings, Limited Leveling Roulette.
You can do a search for emotes now! Huzzah!
Open Beta for the PS5 edition starts! Free for all registered used of the PS4 version. 60fps for 1080, usually 60fps for 1440, and 30fps for 4k.
High resolution UI for windows and mac players. (Makes a huge difference!)
FC News
Maps nights are still map-tastic! Saturday at 9:30pm EST. Maps are accepted but not required. We run level 80 maps, so please be a level 80 character. You should have all of the Shadowbringers zones unlocked at this time, but if not, having them unlocked is also a requirement. Great riches, fun, and merriment await!
Thanks to the patch, the FC activity is way, way up! Don’t be afraid to ask in FC
chat or Discord if you have some activities that others can help out with. This may be just roulettes, dungeons, and any other group activity.
Dates to remember
May 14 & 15 – Digital Fan Festival 2021
FINAL FANTASY XIV Digital Fan Festival 2021
Expect tons of details of the rest of Shadwbringers and a tons more details about Endwalker, our next expansion.
Merch Store
Need a FFXIV face mask? A Moogle seat cushion for the hours of working from home, home schooling, or those long static group nights? There you go.
Digital Item Store Including the Lunar Whale
Think toward the end of FF4. Not aware of it? Well, it’s a big whale that is also an 8-PERSON MOUNT!
Fall 2021
Endwalker Expansion. We might get a more accurate date from the Fan Festival.
Still haven’t tried FFXIV yet? AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! What are you waiting for?
Free trial is a ridiculous amount of content. For free! Get going!
FINAL FANTASY XIV Free Trial
Free trial takes you through the base game and the first expansion, including all of the patch content in each. No time limits. You are doing a disservice by not playing this game!
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan and Kelseer for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Tetsemi: Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #364 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, folks, there is a lemon poppyseed coffee cake AND an apple strudel in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week, we are our OWN special guest! Welcome, team!
Ok, we’ll be talking about life, the universe, and Tetsemi’s question of the show 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 100!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8214599-episode-100.mp3?blob_id=37144289
Marcus and Nick Celebrate ONE HUNDRED episodes of Working Class Nerds with great friends of the pod, Max and Sema from The SWTOR Escape Podcast! Together they chat about videogames, movies, the trials and tribulations of maintaining a podcast, AND listen to Voicemails from YOU!
Find more of Max and Sema at: https://www.newoverlords.com
AND more of Everyone at: https://www.aie-guild.org
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 375: Enclave PTS First Look
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-375-enclave-pts-first-look/
Malgus is unchained and we try to track him down with a first look at the Secrets of the Enclave Flash Point on the PTS.
Fleet Action Report – Star Trek Online – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 36 Enemies Part 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkYRhEPuSNA
Fleet Action Report episode 36 Enemies part 7. Nikodas and Grebog are back and this time we are taking on yet more enemies of Star Trek Online. This time we focus in on the Undine, Tholians, and Na’kuhl.
NOMADS
Board gaming on the 1st Thursday of the month @ 7:30PM Central (8:30 PM Eastern) #board-games
In Valheim, we’re planning a Wednesday Night Boss Fight on Wednesday, April 7 at 9:30PM EDT (8:30 Max Time). We’ll spend an hour trying to take down as many of the bosses in Valheim as we can.
WoW
Per the post in the WOW discord channel, there is an upcoming guild purge in WoW Alliance. Don’t forget to log into your toons to avoid being swept up in the spring cleaning. And, while you are logging into your account, make sure you acquire the charity pet “Bananas”! It’s not automatic, but all you have to go to your battlenet launcher to get Bananas!
WoW Classic
Just a reminder, Burning Crusade Classic is in beta, so if you’re interested and have access, take a look. We are still in discussions about what the AIE Guild and the greater alliance is going to do.
SWTOR
In AIE Swtor, our Friday night schedule has solidified into a repeatable order of events. We have a new addition to the lineup, which is Hard Mode Ops Training. It’s one night a month where Marcus will be teaching how to do mechanics in harder mode fights. If you ever wanted to learn how to take that step up from Story Mode Operations, this is for you. The first night will be April 9th at 9PM Eastern.
The repeating order of Friday night events is now:
1st-MM Flashpoints
2nd-HM Ops
3rd-Achievements
4th-MEGA
5th (if there is one) – Wildcard/Break
In Swtor news, the Public Test Server is up showing the new Flashpoint (Secrets of the Enclave) and the beginnings of an new reward system called Galactic Seasons.
Join us on Tuesday nights for MFN! No experience required. No gear required. Sometimes there is a level requirements. Check out BC’s post in Discord, usually on Tuesday afternoon, to see what we are doing that week.
FFXIV
Patch 5.5 Releases April 13th. This contains part 1 of the patch story, the new Diamond Weapon Trial, and the final chapter of the Nier Automata crossover, where we are heading into “The Tower at Paradigm’s Breach”. This patch will also close out the story of the Ishgardian Restoration.
Part 2 will come towards the end of May, and will have the the rest of the patch’s storyline as well as updates to Save the Queen storyline, where we will head into Zadnor to liberate Bozja from the 4th Legion and finish this expansion’s relic weapons.
The Digital Fanfest will take place on May 14th and 15th. All events will be streamed for free. Various FF4 pets will be available for purchase along with the game’s first 8 player mount, the Lunar Whale, on the same day the fanfest begins.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
• First there was pie for the Jester’s event and now the cake is no longer a lie during ESO’s 7 year Anniversary Jubilee event.
• Recent MFNs have been focused on maximizing the benefits of the experience boosts in effect during the in-game events by grouping up to run dungeons and slay dragons.
• There is normally at least one death caused by gravity due to Dankinia leading people off cliffs
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
• MFN’s will continue to be focused around the daily dungeons and dragon slaying to take advantage of the in-game event currently in progress.
Game or press release news:
• The Anniversary Jubilee event to celebrate ESO’s 7th anniversary started on April 1st and runs until April 13th at 10am EDT. After you help the chef bake a cake you get 3 event tickets once per day (per account) from using and eating the cake as well and 100% increase experience buff that can be refreshed every 2 hours.
• All of the games daily quests reward you with a Jubilee Gift box that can contain crafting mats, motif pages, furniture recipes, outfit style pages.
• The Blackwood Prologue questline is live for all platforms and anyone with access to the base game. Completing the quest and you will get a Daedric Unwarding Amulet memento as a keepsake
STO
STO is running their First Contact Day Event. It includes two TFOs; Synth Wave and First Contact Reenactment, and a patrol; One Night in Bozeman.
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The next Dungeon and more night is April 9th from 9-11 eastern
LOTRO
For SNL we will be doing skirmishes and various group content to take advantage of VIP weekend from 4/8 – 4/12. On 4/17 we will be returning to the starter areas to do some deed runs as a group so that people can get some lotro points and virtue XP.
And with that, let’s talk about what we have been doing in and out of game- and Tet has a question of the show!
GAME NEWS
What have we been doing in and out of game
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank each other for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to some one in some game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #363 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Sema and Max who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 99: The Twins!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8126297-episode-99-the-twins.mp3?blob_id=36615154
Marcus and Nick are joined by THE TWINS aka great friends of the pod, Joey Fetta and Al! Their topic of discussion is How Video Games have helped people get through the pandemic. The usual conversational shananagins ensues… Enjoy! Also, you can call in and leave us a voicemail for Episode 100 this Thursday, March 25th via Google Voice! The number is: (413) 351-2144
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 373: 6.2.1 Amps And Uprisings
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-373-6-2-1-amps-and-uprisings/
6.2.1 brought us a new amplifier roll system, Uprising updates, and Conquest changes.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 374: 6.3 Incoming
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-374-6-3-incoming/
6.3 was just announced today in a fun-filled live stream.
STO – Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 34 Small Craft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-09XECcGsw
Fleet Action Report episode 34 Small Craft. This episode Nikodas and Grebog cover the various small craft, from how to acquire them to what you do with them.
Fleet Action Report Ep 35 Guest Stars Part 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G24mS2wmKKo
Fleet Action Report episode 35 Guest Stars Part 5. Nikodas and Grebog are back with another episode about the voice actors in Star Trek Online. This episode we talk about everyone brought in during 2018. We have a guest with us, Midnightage to help us with some of their personal experiences with interviewing a few of the actors.
NOMADS
Dual Universe
PkhBasko attended the recent car show in game to show off his truck he designed and built and managed to win a ship while there.
Catavarie recently showed off a small fleet of ships at a recent Fly In and received some good feedback on them.
New ship design ideas are being worked on daily by members of the org.
The Org is in the planning phases for setting up a showroom for selling ships in game to other players.
We are also preparing to start on a very special ship to show off at the next Fly In scheduled for Memorial Day weekend.
Patch 0.24 came with some big changes to textures for elements and materials as well as terrain and flora. Also if you listen closely at night you can now hear crickets.
WoW
Trial of Style ran: Sat 3/20 6pm for the Horde, Sun 3/21 4pm for the Alliance.
And, don’t worry, you didn’t miss all of the fun! Trial of style runs with additional times at Tues 3/23 8-8:30pm Alliance, 8:30-9pm Horde. All times Eastern aka Server.
Check out #pics-or-it-didn’t-happen channel in Discord for pictures!
WoW Classic
Rumors of Burning Crusade beta starting next week (emails send, but still not in downloader… and downloader updated Wednesday)
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
Recent MFNs have been focused on grouping up for dungeons with a high level group running one of the two new dungeons and a lower level group running random dungeons for experience and levels
There have been several conversations recently regarding leveling and skills especially since the forced reset. Feel free to ask questions or join in the conversations in discord.
There is normally at least one death caused by gravity due to Dankinia leading people off cliffs
The Jesters Festival in-game even starts on Thursday, March 25th and runs until April 1st at 10am EDT. As usual, for MFN we will be grouping up to help each other complete the dailies. The first daily each day will reward event tickets.
This event also has a 100% experience boost memento you can obtain and use for the duration of the event which will be super handy now that the Champion point cap has been lifted.
The free pet in the crown store that is available as part of update 29 as well as the free respecs will no longer be available after March 22nd at 10 am EDT on PC and March 30th 10am EDT on Consoles so don’t forget to grab the pet before it’s gone.
FFXIV
Patch 5.5, titled “Death Unto Dawn” has an official release date of April 13th. We’re getting a Letter from the Producer Live on April 2nd, which will come with the trailer for the patch.
The patch is slated to contain a whole bunch of content, but the highlights include:
Part 1 of the 5.5 story, part 2 coming at a later date.
The final alliance raid in the YoRHA: Dark Apocalypse crossover
The close of the Sorrow of Werlyt storyline, where we get to fight FFXIV’s version of the Diamond Weapon.
A new Bozja battlefield, “Zadnor” which will close out the Save the Queen storyline and finish our relic weapons”
New rare crafting ingredients in chests for map night!
STO
STO Is currently running a Galaxy Goes to Red Alert event. 10 days of progress earns an Experimental Ship Upgrade Token, a Specialization Point, and an Ultimate Tech upgrade. They game is also running a Bonus Marks event and a Mudd’s Market sale which includes a new bundle. All these end on 4/1/21.
GW2
The next Dungeon and more night is April 9th from 9-11 eastern
LOTRO
SNL is still going on Saturday night from 8:30-10:30 eastern
Update 29 has dropped and with it a new level 45 zone.
March 18- April 7 is the return of the Spring Festival so we are currently getting lost in the maze
If anyone wants help running skirmishes or epic battles let us know in the #lotro channel
And with that, let’s get back to Sema and Max and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
Don’t forget to mention Marcus’ survey for his hardmode training group.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sema and Max for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And a reminder, if you have a short segment 90-120 seconds long that you’d like to play at the end of the podcast, we’d love to hear from you!
Next time, we’ll be talking to ourselves for an all host show!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #362 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, guys, there are lemon bars and snickerdoodles in the guild kitchen to celebrate Kini’s birthday ). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Gijora who are here to talk to us about AIE in WOW Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WOW 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 371: Bounty Contracts
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-371-bounty-contracts/
It was supposed to be a bounty contract event week this week but it was bumped. Regardless, it will be coming back in the next few weeks and we wanted to remind ourselves of how complicated a profession it can be.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 372: Light Of The Jedi Review
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-372-light-of-the-jedi-review/
Book club wrap up… review time for the kickoff to the High Republic!
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 98: The Greatstorm of The Nihil
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/8080544-episode-98-the-greatstorm-of-the-nihil.mp3?blob_id=36346161
Marcus and Nick sit down with friend of the pod and fellow Twitch streamer/podcaster- Kitty! They break down the FULL SPOILERS version of the first installment of Star Wars content set in the High Republic era- The Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule. Enjoy!You can find more of Kitty at: www.twitch.tv/kittykissz
Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 33 What to do at max level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVCFV2D1kUE
Fleet Action Report Ep 33 What to do at max level. Nikodas and Grebog are back with another episode, this time trying to help you figure out what to do at max level.
NOMADS
Outriders
Outriders is a looter/shooter with strong Gears of War, Destiny, and Mass Effect vibes. It’s developed by People Can Fly and published by Square Enix.
The free demo went live on 25 Feb, will continue past launch on 1 April, and allows for about 3 hours of the full gameplay until level 7 and world tier 5. You can chose from 4 different classes with varying styles of gameplay. It will be fully cross-play with support for PC, Playstation and Xbox.
This game is a day one, fully accessible game, and not “live service.” The level cap is 40/world tier 15 for higher risk and reward, and the end-game consists of 14 “expeditions” (raids) with a special 15th unlocked once you clear them all.
There are a few AIE folks playing the demo, please shout out in the #outriders discord chat for co-op play, or any questions you may have.
Destiny 2
Iron Banner has returned.
International Women’s Day (March 8, Monday)/History Month in March. Bungie is making a pin available on their merch store that will also include a special emblem in-game with purchase. All proceeds are donated to AnitaB.org during March.
TWAB (This Week at Bungie): https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50170
AIE has progressed through the Deep Stone Crypt and is currently working on the final boss.
Valheim
Thanks to Sartavius, an AIE Valheim server has been up for about a week now. IP address and password are pinned in the Valheim channel in Discord.
The team has set up a couple bases with portal connections. The starting area has a portal directly to the main crafting base. From there, there’s a portal to a swamp hunting lodge. A handful of other bases, huts and mining operations are scattered about as well and everyone is free to build more. A rough map is pinned in the Discord too.
Congrats to the team for taking out both the first and second bosses so far. Each boss increases the difficulty of the game events a bit but also opens up higher tiers of crafting to help progress.
The servers are limited to 10 concurrent players but any number can be popping in and out. We haven’t had more than 6 on at a peak so there’s still more room to grow. The Alpha base has private rooms for 8 people and we could make more..
And… for those not familiar with what we are talking about here, Valheim is an indy survival/building/sandbox game that’s gotten pretty popular. The very small dev team has some plans for additional bosses, zones, weapons, etc. We’ll keep an eye on it as it develops and keep on keeping on with our little world.
WoW
See Show Notes
SWTOR
In Swtor this week, we got a minor patch–6.2.1–which gave us some UI improvements changes, a brief story beat, bug fixes and some new bugs.
MFN, Ops teams, and Friday night activities are purring along. In fact, this Friday, the 12th is MEGA.. Marcus is going to lead us in some guild pvp warzones and Galactic Star Fighter. This is a unique opportunity to play around with pvp without stress and to learn some things about controlling your ship in GSF. We can set up the guild stronghold for pvp and play there, or even create a guild instance of a warzone. Even if you don’t normally pvp, it’s safe to attend. Honest! Well, unless you are Max.
Pop into our discord and say hi!
FFXIV
Map nights, every Saturday for loot, prizes, and much merriment! Very low skill bar, but very high fun potential. Every saturday at 9:30pm eastern. Bringing a map is never required to attend, but greatly appreciated
Bozja Front! Beat up the Garlean Empire, cause they got it commin’! Great leveling opportunity for your level 70-80 toons. Never stepped in there before? No worries, as this is a great chance to see what this content is all about. Thursdays at 9pm eastern
Discussion is starting back up to restart the Retro-Raid nights! Get those old raids and see stuff that you may not be able to clear on your own or via the duty finder. We are in the planning and scheduling phases, but we need your help to make sure we make this event available to as many as we can. Make your voices heard on the #ffxiv discord channel.
We also have had a few new folks and returning folks to the game. This is awesome news. Please remember to reach out to the new and returning members. Also, for the new members, speak up! We’d love to show you around the game, make some friends, and have some great adventures along the way.
A few FFXIV announcements and reminders. If you were one of the few lucky ones to get a PS5, the Playstation 5 specific version will be available on April 13th. This is a free upgrade for existing PS4 players. The game plays today on the PS5, but it is the PS4 version. Now, you can actually utilize the power of your PS5! Also on April 13th, we have patch 5.5. Last part of the Dark Apocalypse 24-player raid series.
We do have some small information on our next expansion, Endwalker! Details are limited now, but more information will be released during the all digital, Fan Fest Online, May 15-16.
ESO
MFN’s have been well attended and we’ve been spending time taking part in the current in game event to earn event tickets.
There have been several conversations recently regarding leveling and skills. Feel free to ask questions or join in the conversations in discord
There is normally at least one death caused by gravity due to Dankinia leading people off cliffs
The first DLC for the Gates of Oblivion yearlong even comes out on March 8th on PC and March 16th on consoles. There will be two new dungeons as part of this DLC. As usual, the first MFN after the release will be spent exploring the dungeons together.
Update 29 comes out on March 8th on PCs and March 16th on consoles which will overhaul the Champion points system. As part of this overhaul, there will be a forced reset of all skill points and champion points.
There will be a free pet in the crown store to claim and for two weeks after the forced reset all re-specs will be free so you can try out new builds, make adjustments, and get used to the new system.
On March 17th the bonus mount and pet you get for pre-ordering the next chapter, Blackwood, will no longer be offered and Blackwood is still scheduled to come out in June.
STO
STO has started the year long campaign giving you a single free ship from the lockbox system, 1,500 lobi (3 free ships if you wait for a 50% sale in the lobi store), or two free c-storr Tier 6 ship tokens.
The first event working towards that is the Voth Advance, where running one of the two TFO s will give you credit and after 14 daily competing Molor’s flaming sword.
As for the fleet, we are still making great progress on the federation side. We are closing in on finishing the K-13 space station and the colony is nearing the Kentari bridge officers unlock.
KDF side (klingon defense force) is making strides at pushing up the dilithium mine and unlocking the discounts to all the costs of the fleet projects.
GW2
Dungeons and more night is March 12 at 9 Eastern/8 Central
LOTRO
During SNL we ran skirmishes to get people some levels
Next weekend is the + 25% xp bonus so we will be looking to once again help people level their toons
March 18- April 7 is the return of the Spring Festival so we look to getting lost in the maze again
We expect that within the next 2 week to have the producer’s letter and Update 29
And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and Gijora and find out what’s going on in World of Warcraft .
GAME NEWS
Happy Anniversary AIE Virtus! 863/1000 Characters!
9.0.5 –
Tons of tuning, specifically around Covenants
Mostly buffing poor leggos and cov abilities
Valor points
Mythic+ mechanic, allows players to upgrade up to 220 mythic-dropped gear
No upgrading pre 9.0.5 gear
Wandering Ancient tree mount
Epic PvP bg changes
M+ changes
2 pieces, even on time failure, just lower ilvl
Great Vault changes
3/6/9 raid bosses
Aie raiding:
BLTN – Congrats on Ahead of the Curve 10H
Kiddie Aggro 9H
Last Stand 9H
PJFC 7H
WITT 4H
Filthy Casuals 3H
H&H 3H
BTC 10N
DoA 9N
HFO 9N
FERT 5N
Noob Raid 3N
Summer of Love
How can you help?
Ideas for events?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gijora and Syreyne for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@SyreyneAIE – Twitter
@Gijora
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…Well, no segments, but you know the drill! If you want to try your hand at creating one, send it our way to the AIE podcast email! We love guildie driven content
Next time, we’ll be talking to Max and Sema in SWTOR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Coming out of the interest and success of tabletop gaming at our AIECon, we’ve decided to continue the tabletop and D&D gaming. There’s a channel for each and groups have been gathering for both. With that in mind we also identified the need for a new community officer role to help with that in addition to general AIE game assistance.
Please join us in welcoming Albus as our new community officer!
Albus has been a long time contributor and leader in AIE. He’s run teams in the SWTOR division for years. He also was instrumental in helping with the AIECon, leading the board game activities, and bringing on the amazing industry panel. Check out the board game channel to get in on one of the rotating board game sessions running regularly!
For those not familiar with Albus personally, here are a few words of introduction from him:
1) I’m a follower of Jesus Christ. I know I am not always successful at it, but my desire is to behave in a way that represents Him well and brings honor to Him.
2) I’m a husband of a wonderful wife who has tolerated me for more than 22 years. She’s a jewel and I don’t know what I’d do without her.
3) I have five kids ranging from 10 to 19. Many of you already know Balto so you know how much of a trouble-maker he is!
4) I’m a big Star Wars fan. This is why most of you know me… from playing SWTOR. I started playing the Christmas after launch (it was an eagerly-requested gift), and I played with some friends for a while. Before very long, they quit but I was still having tons of fun playing. I knew about AIE because of listening to The Instance when I played WoW, so I decided to see if AIE had a SWTOR presence. I’ve been stirring up trouble around here ever since!
5) I play board games as a hobby. A few of you may have met or heard of me because I helped out with the board gaming events at the recent AIECon. Come join the #board-games channel on Discord and let’s play!
6) I enjoy hiking. I live in Arkansas between the Ozarks and the Ouachitas, and there’s lots of good hiking around here. I enjoy being outdoors and it makes for some good, quality family time!
7) I work in IT…. like about half of the people I know in AIE.
Welcome and thank you Albus!
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Welcome to episode #361 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey, folks, there are beignets in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guest Kelseer who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 370: Master Mode Conquest
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-370-master-mode-conquest/
We won a Conquest planet the hard way last week with over 149 million conquest points. Along the way we learned a thing or two about Conquest at the extremes. We bring on our Conquest leader BC today to talk about that and more.
Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 96: WCN Upgraded!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/7822015-episode-96-wcn-upgraded.mp3?blob_id=34828762
The boyzzz sit down with great friend of the show Kogass!!! They chat about alllll of the fun and exciting things in their gaming lives, and then finish with an interesting discussion about Energy Drinks
Find Kogass At: https://www.twitch.tv/Kogass_
Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
Fleet Action Report Ep 30 A Call to Arms TFO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J0WuGerV98
Fleet Action Report Episode 30 A Call to Arms: TFO, Nikodas and Grebog take you through the TFOs that are part of the 11th Anniversary event. Talk about tactics, from what to expect, to what needs to be done.
Fleet Action Report Ep 31 Enemies Part 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9i7McMlJE
Fleet Action Report is back at it again with another episode on enemies. This Time Nikodas and Grebog take on the Heralds and the Iconians.
Fleet Action Report Ep 32 Guest Stars Part 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKdhTZDwUuk
Fleet Action Report Episode 32 Nikodas and Grebog discuss and show you the voice actors from 2017 and 2018.
NOMADS
Diablo 2 Remasterd/3/4/Immortal
Much news about all the Diablos https://us.diablo3.com/en-us/blog/23624696/diablo-deep-dive-panel-recap-2-19-2021
Need an invite to the Clan/Community ask in discord.
Destiny 2
Season of the Chosen is live, in week number 2.
AIE is raiding on PC current content: Deep Stone Crypts.
WoW
Patch 9.0.5 and patch 9.1 content information were the major focus of BlizzConline for Warcraft.
Flying will be available just by progressing through the new covenant story and you will get a covenant themed mount as well. Ground mounts will no longer shiver with fear and will be able to be summoned in the Maw. Also, as part of the covenant story line, a new covenant themed armor set will be rewarded.
A new landmass that will be our foothold in the Maw will be uncovered, named Korthia, and what secrets of the First Ones does it hold?
A new 10-boss raid, the Sanctum of Dominion, will launch with the true Eye of the Jailer, the Tarragrue, Kel’Thuzad, and Sylvanas as raid bosses.
A new 8-boss MegaDungeon, Tazavesh the Veiled Market, will also be available at Mythic 0 difficulty during launch. And yes, it involves a bank heist, so Oceans 11 meets the Brokers? I’m in.
Torghast gets new layers and a new wing with new enemies and traps.
WoW Classic
Raiding in Classic continues with the United Orgrimmar team who are active each week.
During BlizzConline The Burning Crusade Classic was announced and it’ll come with the option to move forward to TBC, stay with Classic, or with a paid service, per character, keep a character in each type of server. We are just beginning to discuss how the AIE guild and UO will proceed, so keep an eye on #wow-classic channel on Discord.
SWTOR
It’s been a quiet week in SWTOR, with guildies recovering from Total Galactic War and spending some time on their Imperial Characters after going all out on the pub side in the previous week.
Patch 6.2.1, which was scheduled to be released last Tuesday, was delayed when Austin’s Bioware Studio was impacted by the calamitous weather events in Texas. There is no new date announced yet. Stay tuned.
Come join in for Mandatory Fun Night on Tuesdays. We alternate between Republic and Imperial sides each week. There are no gear or experience requirements, however, some activities do require a character level of 70. We will always let you know when this is the case. Even if you are just starting out, come join us in discord and listen to “Story time with Max”.
ESO
We’ve had several new members join and we’ve been helping them with training gear, leveling, and Skyshard farming during our MFN nights
We’ve focused on clearing zones of Skyshards, defeating World Bosses, and rampaging though public dungeons the last couple of MFNs
The Tribunal celebration in-game event starts on February 25 and runs until March 9th. As with prior in-game events, we will be focused on doing the daily dungeon and world boss quests as well as the public dungeons in Vvardenfell and Clockwork City for our MFNs during this time period to help guild members get as many of the rewards a possible.
The first DLC for the Gates of Oblivion year long event comes out on March 8th for PC/Mac and march 16th for consoles. The DLC is titled Flames of Ambition and will have two new dungeons. There will be a full reset of skill points and champion points when Update 29 drops, people may want to prepare for that.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
GW2
The next Dungeons and more night will be on the “Ides of March”
LOTRO
2/25 – 3/1 is VIP event boost, So on 2/27 we will be helping our kin members level up their toons
Monster Play has been quiet for the server so we will pause it as a guild until it picks back up.
There is supposed to be a new build to hit bullroarer this week
And with that, let’s get back to Kelseer and find out what’s going on in FFXIV
GAME NEWS
FFXIV has a free login campaign going until March 31st. So if your account has lapsed, come on back and join us for Map Nights and more!
On top of that, if anything we talk about today sounds interesting, FFXIV has an amazing free trial. You get all of the base game AND the Heavensward expansion. This is a ton of content, and it includes one of the best expansions and story lines in Final Fantasy, so do come check it out!
Patch 5.5
FFXIV Patch 5.5 Part 1 is releasing April 13th! This will be part 1 of the story leading into the next expansion named Endwalker. Part 2 will come at a later date between now and the release of Endwalker.
The antagonist of this part of the story arc has declared to us he is setting about recreating the Final Days, something as bad as it sounds. It’s an event barely remembered that happened in the distant past, and resulted in everything that has occurred up until now in FFXIV. While his plan has been set into motion with the appearance of ominous glowing towers around the world, we will likely see the fruits of his labor with the release of this patch.
The Nier Automata tie-in raid series will come to a close with the release of the final raid in the series.
Side note, as someone who has no investment in Nier, having never played the game, this story line has turned out to be pretty great. People who loved Nier seem to like it even better, so if you like Nier Automata
The final part of the Sorrows of Werlyt storyline, will be released with 5.5. This has been part of the “Weapons” Trial series, where we have fought the Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald weapon. Next up appears to the Diamond Weapon.
Before Part 2 is released, we’ll also get the next step in the “Save the Queen” content, which is both excellent story content and the way to work towards this expansion’s relic weapon. Come join me in saving the homeland of the Hrothgar!
Other usual suite of goodies, including a new dungeon, crafting updates, and more!
Endwalker
Despite having the word “end” in the title and some rumors going around, Endwalkers is NOT the last expansion of FFXIV, but the conclusion of the storyline that started in A Realm Reborn (and in 1.0 somewhat)
Usually FFXIV has an expansion quest line that has a satisfying ending, but has loose ends that are tied up in the .3 patch series, where 4 and 5 transition to the next expansion. Shadowbringers followed this formula as well. Endwalker will be unique however, in which the entire storyline will wrap up with the expansion itself. 6.1 will then start the next story arc.
The main story quest writer from Shadowbringers, “Natsuko Ishikawa”, is writing the story for Endwalkers as well. Every piece of content she has written has been great, and she always manages to top it, so I’m personally very excited.
We’ll be journeying to a lot of places that have been mentioned since A Realm Reborn but that we’ve never had the chance to visit, including the moon! While the moon may look similar to our moon, it’s actually the remains of a defeated god…so we’ll see how that goes.
The expansion will include two new jobs, a healer job named the Sage, and an unknown melee DPS job.
Sage is going to be “a Barrier” healer using Nouliths, a series of magical “things” that you control with your magic. If you’ve never wanted to be a healer because they weren’t stylish or cool enough, definitely give Sage a look!
Yoshida provided a very vague hint on the melee dps job, and the consensus of the rumour mill is that it’ll employ a scythe. Beyond that, we’re not sure. Some even speculated a Corsair job, like some kind
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kelseer for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Syrene and maybe a guest of two two talk about AIE in WOW. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #360 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia is taking a break from falling off of things to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Guild podcast news
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 369: Light Of The Jedi
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-369-light-of-the-jedi/
The High Republic is coming. We are starting a book club style discussion for the month of February.
Working Class Nerds
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 95: The Celebration of Ootini!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/7551118-episode-95-the-celebration-of-ootini.mp3?blob_id=33229024
The WCN gentlemen are joined by the hosts of Ootinicast, Chill and Kitty! Together they talk about SWTOR, AIE Con 2021 aaaannnd of course Ootinicast!
Fleet Action Report
Fleet Action Report Ep 27 Starship Mastery and leveling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWoNUStm1NI
This time on Fleet Action Report Grebog takes the reigns solo as Nikodas is out sick with Covid. Grebog covers one of the fastest ways to level up your ship mastery. This should help those with the obvious reason of unlocking more starship traits to use. Grebog even delves into an Elite patrol
Fleet Action Report Ep 28 Guest Stars part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3j3EMNNPQ
Nikodas and Grebog bring you another Fleet Action Report. This time we are covering the voice actors in the game from 2016.
Fleet Action Report Ep 29 11th Anniversary Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhojWSr-lY
In this episode of Fleet Action Report, Nikodas and Grebog take you through ALL the news and events that have been happening leading up to the 11th Anniversary. And then we delve into the 11th anniversary and what there is to do.
NOMADS
AIE D&D
For those that signed up to play D&D with Catavarie, check your Discord DMs for your game invites.
Division 2
Resident Evil 25 Anniversary Cross-over Apparel Event https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/4K0hyKXtOvkUwfOMl4BQLv/apparel-event-resident-evil
-Destiny 2
There’s a small, relatively active group of Guardians regularly playing the game. Post in the Nomads / #destiny2 discord chat with fellow players.
Join the cross-saved Clan at the following link: https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972
Weekly Clan engrams are available at the Clan vendor in the Tower. Currently, the Gambit and Nightfall engrams are available on a regular basis.
Interested in raiding on the PC? The Clan is looking for a few more people for the current raid content. Post in the discord if you’re interested. Looking to raid on another platform, also coordinate in discord.
The new “Season of the Chosen” starts on Tuesday. https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/SeasonOfTheChosen
WoW
Raid Team News
Noob Raid is now 10/10 LFR having gotten Denathrius down last night.
F.E.R.T is 4/10 Normal
HFO (Alliance) is 6/10 Normal
Filthy Casuals is 9/10 Normal
Where is the tank is 9/10 Normal
Behind the Curve is 10/10 Normal
Horeshoes and Handgrenades (H&H) is 3/10 Heroic
Last Stand is 4/10 Heroic
PJFC is 4/10 Heroic
Kiddie Aggro is 7/10 Heroic
Better Late than Never is 9/10 Heroic
Raid Team Recruitment
Horseshoes & Handgrenades(H&H) is a late night heroic raiding team in the dignitas sub-guild. We raid Mondays and Thursdays from 11:55pm to 2am ET(Server time), with a couple nights of M+ dungeoning on the side. We are always looking for people that enjoy a bit of challenge in the heroic scene without getting too stressed about burning through the highest content. At the moment, we are hunting for Healers and DPS, but could always use tankable classes for backups or M+ runs. Feel free to reach out if you have questions.
Hell Froze Over: Hell Froze Over is a casual raid group with the following goal of Fun>Loot, Camaraderie>Progression, Pirates>Ninjas, and Crispy>Wiggly. Friday nights, we begin invites around 7:45 pm with a goal to pull trash at 8:00 pm. We take breaks at the top of each hour and end the raid at 11:00 pm. All times are EST. We encourage people to bring the class they enjoy most. Have friends on other realms? No problem. We have several team members in other realms. We do ask that you keep your hands and feet inside the raid at all times. horns tooting minions cheering.
For more about HFO please message Fez [WoW]#9407 on Discord, or in game with battletag Fezgig#1509.
AIE Alliance on Earthing Ring-US, will be coming up on it’s 2-year anniversary this March. Please share any ideas you have on how we can celebrate, let Fez, Sy, or Gusty know.
We continue to get new people who are either coming back to the game after many years gap, are Horde friends checking out the Alliance side, or some people who are new to WoW or looking for a family friendly casual environment to play in.
Mythic runs happen weekly to help folks see content and gear up for raid.
Remember you can always find the AIE guild officers in Discord in the #lfo channel or by pinging them @officers. You can always request WoW guild invites via the in-game system by searching “alea iacta est”, even if there are no officers online. Just remember, you have to go back to Guilds & Communities (J) to accept the invite once an officer approves it.
BlizzConline will be free to watch online February 19 and 20. There will six channels of content to watch covering all the games.
https://blizzcon.com/en-us/news/23617534
To go along with BlizzConline …
Commemorate 30 years of Blizzard® games and universes with three treasure troves of in-game items and extras! The limited-time bundles will help you channel the anniversary spirit as you adventure and battle in World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo® III, StarCraft® II, StarCraft®: Remastered, and Heroes of the Storm®
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23606574/take-home-a-legendary-loot-haul
If you have, or buy a 6-month sub to WoW you’ll get the Lucky Yun Mount. It’s a golden bull who will bestow prosperity upon anyone who touches its glittering hide.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23606578/new-mount-lucky-yun
WoW Classic
If you’re interested in creating a character with AIE Guild in WoW Classic, we play Horde on the Pagle-PvE realm! Once you make a character, jump into the LFO channel in Discord and request a guild invite. Hope to see you in game soon!
STO
STO is in it’s 11th anniversary. The event includes a special Klingon Recruit, with several account-level unlocks, a Tier-6 Ship reward, a new party popper, and an easy way to unlock additional emotes. The event lasts until the 25th.
SWTOR
Let’s get ready to RUMMMBLLLLLE!!
This week AIE in SWTOR is battling to win a planet. This meta-game is available only a few times a year and we are going all out. For perspective, AIE Guildies have put over 85m (placeholder number) points on the scoreboard, which is many times what we normally do. We are in the lead on our chosen planet of Ziost, but the second place guild has not stopped pressing, so neither will we! MFN, MEGA, Ops teams, as well as other organized and semi-organized activities were all geared and aimed toward this one goal. Every day play counts too, in any style and in any amount.
As for game news, there is new patch coming in a week or so, but who can even think about that. More about it later!
If you have a swtor character, log in, jump over to the pub side, say hi and possibly shoot a few things. Or throw pebbles at them. The week won’t be over until early Tuesday morning.
ESO
See Game Notes
FFXIV
FFXIV Patch 5.5 Part 1 is releasing April 13th! This will be part 1 of the story leading into the next expansion named Endwalker.
In days long ago and almost forgotten, Hydaelyn nearly fell to an event called the Final Days, and those days are once again upon us. Endwalker releases in Fall 2021.
Endwalker will contain all new zones and two new jobs. The Sage, a healing class that uses barriers to protect their allies and can augment their magical attacks using a weapon difficult to describe in words but awesome none-the-less. A new Melee DPS will also be released, though we only have vague hints on what it will be. Current consensus seems that it will involve wielding a scythe in heavy armor!
AIE Free Company events in AIE continues:
Every saturday at 9:30pm eastern we’re still doing map night, where we dive into treasure dungeons for phat lewtz
Thursdays at 9pm eastern we hit the fields of Bozja to fight the Garlean Empire and empower this expansion’s relic weapons. If you havent started it yet, now is the perfect time to join!
A group is exploring Heavens on High on Sunday nights, the randomized endless dungeon released with Stormblood. If you’re currently making your way through, hit us up!
Check out the FFXIV channel for more info or if you have any questions!
GW2
February 12th for the next dungeons and more night and it is also the Lunar New Year event in GW2, running until the 21st.
LOTRO
We have been hanging out in voice while leveling some toons. All are welcome to hangout with us.
We also went back into PvMP and had some really good fights.
We will be running some group stuff this Saturday for marks
We also will be returning to Monster Play on February 20th. Join us in showing the Freeps who is boss.
Small bug fix patch should be coming sometime this week
And with that, let’s get back to Dankinia and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
There was a recent Global Reveal event to reveal the Gates of Oblivion year-long adventure. The adventure starts with the Flames of Ambition DLC on March 8th for PC/Mac and March 16th for Xbox/Playstation. It will have two new dungeons – The cauldron where you will be trying to stop a deadly ritual and Black Drake Villa where you are searching for a book. The new chapter, Blackwood, is scheduled to release on June 1st for PC/Mac and June 8th for Xbox/Playstation. It brings on a new region and new Daedric threats to face and overcome.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dankinia for joining us. Dankinia, where can people find you?
https://twitch.tv/dankinia
https://twitter.com/dankinia
I can be found on Twitter at Dankinia and I stream the ESO Mandatory Fun night on Fridays and Noob Raid on Saturdays at twitch.tv/dankinia
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
None this week
Next time, we’ll be talking to Kelseer in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Big thanks to the team that spent weeks planning and organizing, promoting and running the event. Core team and game/track runners included, Sema, Looci, Marcus, Dankina, Corley, Gusty, Syreyne, Tetsemi, Albus, Velazarius, Bhock, Catavarie, Grebog, Duskmire, Fez, StupidGenius, Pelell, Maellung, Mew and many more who researched options, ran surveys, play-tested games and tools, ran comms, and kept the event going. Let them know you appreciate their work on this.
Also thanks to all of the AIE attendees and guests who joined us to play, hang out, chat online, promote on social, etc. Without you all it wouldn’t have been a con!
Here are some resources if you’d like to catch up on anything you missed:
Summary
Main Stage Events
Casual Games Track
Board Games Track
D&D Track
Thanks all!
]]>This is a triumph. I’m making a note here, “huge success!”
–GLADOS
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Welcome to episode 359 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (hey, folks, there is a blueberry sour cream pie, a honey lemon poppy seed cake, and ginger bread rice krispie treats in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Albus who is here to talk to us about AIE in AIE Winter Con 2021 Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE Winter Con 2021 shortly, but first, let’s briefly cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 367: Our New Lucasfilm Games Overlords
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-367-our-new-lucasfilm-games-overlords/
Lucasfilm Games has returned to curate Star Wars games moving forward and exclusivity is coming to an end with EA.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 368: Aieconwinter2021
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-368-aieconwinter2021/
This is a special show where we combine shows with Nick and Marcus of the Working Class Nerds to talk about our gaming community “Con” live along with a solid dose of SWTOR chat.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 94: Escape PodCast Mash up! AIE Con 2021
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/7445038-episode-94-escape-podcast-mash-up-aie-con-2021.mp3?blob_id=32607202
Marcus and Nick team up with The Escape Podcast’s Max and Sema to discuss Swtor and all thing AIE Con 2021.
Star Trek Online – Fleet Action Report
Did not record any new episodes, but can be found by looking up Fleet Action Report on Youtube and there is a link in the show notes
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
AIE Winter Con 2021
Guild Town Hall
AIE Officers
Con-Pic-Challenges
GustyTail
Podcasts-and-Panels
Working Class Escape Pod Cast Nerds
Max
Sema
Marcus
Nick
Indy Game Panel:
Nick Iorfino from Bactrain Games
Board Game Panel:
* David Gregg (designer of Nightfall)
* Dustin Staats (founder of Board Gaming with Education)
* Joe Ellis (game designer at Plaid Hat Games)
Casual Games
KiniCasual
Board Games
Forgotten Waters
Arcana Rising
D-and-D
D&D with Bhock
D&D with Catavarie
D&D with Duskmire
Max’s Presentation PPT and Video Links
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FAUdpgIGPPdpTSMJO7Cl1AKp6oIWsl9Q/edit#slide=id.p1
Links to Videos – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyRGcyjhvOp_MTTc7XJ-wYBoSfUZsflTI
4 Videos up for viewing currently on the site!
Opening Town Hall
D&D Goblin Adventure 1
Board Game Industry Panel
Indy Games Dev Panel
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Albus for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
No segments this time, but if you want to stretch your creative muscles, feel free to submit one to us- we always love having guildie submitted content
Next time, we’ll be talking to Dankinia in ESO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #358 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, folks, there are pumpkin chai waffles in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are doing an all host show! Welcome, Us!
Ok, we’ll talk about what we’ve been doing on our break shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
AIECon Winter 2021 – Aiming for the weekend of January 22nd! There is a post on the guild website, aie-guild.org and a link in the show notes.
https://aie-guild.org/aiecon-winter-2021/
Signups for board games and D&D will start this week and you’ll want to get in there and get a slot. Please watch the page above and Discord channel #aiecon-january-2021 for more information!
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Fleet Action Report
Fleet Action Report Ep 25 Guests Stars Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxSxlEp2qvo
Nikodas and Grebog fight through internet issues during the live show to bring you this episodes. We are back with more of the guest stars of Star Trek Online and the voice acting they have done to help bring STO to life.
Fleet Action Report Ep 26 Enemies Part 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrmJ57W1ArY
Nikodas and Grebog are back for another episode of Fleet Action Report. This time we go into some of the servitor races of the Iconians. Come learn and see the combat abilities of the 3 of STOs greatest threats!
SWTOR The Escape Pod Cast
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 366: 2021 PREDICTIONS
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-366-2021-predictions/
We kick off the new year with our 2021 predictions and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-366.
Working Class Nerds
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/
Episode 92: Welcome to the Kymerian Family!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/7187698-episode-92-welcome-to-the-kymerian-family.mp3?blob_id=31082614
Marcus and Nick sit down with The Kymeri! Kymeri is a Twitch streamer who specializes in Star Wars video game content (specifically SWTOR’s PVP). They talk about the new High Republic books and comics, and a whole lot about Kymeri’s rise to Twitch steaming success! You can find Kymeri at: https://www.twitch.tv/thekymeri You can find Marcus at: https://www.twitch.tv/marcusb814
NOMADS
Dual Universe Update
We have been hard at work developing new ship designs to sell to other players in the game.
PkhBasko has begun selling a warp shuttle and is recieving good reviews on it.
The planned cyberpunk style city is coming along and will see some design changes coming soon ™
Alioth Aerospace Expo for January was pushed back after the last major update allowing us more time to prepare our ships to be showroom ready.
A rework of one the Org’s original ships is underway to make it more viable to be sold to other players within the game.
Update 0.23 came to the game in December causing major changes to Crafting and Industry which have affected the way everyone plays the game.]
WoW
Noob Raid has restarted after expansion/winter break. We will be running LFR for the next few weeks so there is an iLvl requirement of 170 to join us.
Alliance update – Alea Iacta Est Virtus on Earthing Ring-US, will be coming up on it’s 2-year anniversary this March.
Recruiting
We invited our 800th character (welcome aboard Karn!) this morning, with two more invites approved.
We continue to get new people who are either coming back to the game after many years gap, are Horde friends checking out the Alliance side, or some people who are new to WoW or looking for a family friendly casual environment to play in. We had a new member join that found us through Frogpants (welcome aboard Yopper!). And Fez’s wife came back to the game after a year away.
Mythic runs happen weekly to help folks see content and gear up for raid.
Remember you can always find the guild officers in Discord in the #lfo channel or by pinging them @officers. You can always request WoW guild invites via the in-game system by searching “alea iacta est virtus”, even if there are no officers online. Just remember, you have to go back to Guilds & Communities (J) to accept the invite once an officer approves it.
For more updates please check out – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2021/01/aie-warcraft-alliance-update-10-jan-2021/
WoW Classic
Burning Crusade rumors, with a launch date before this summer vacation… seems distinct servers, so Classic will remain. Hopefully we’ll get solid information from BlizzConline in February!
Naxxramas is in full swing, the last raid of Classic
SWTOR
During the holidays we continued with MFN on Tuesdays and MEGA each month. We rang in the new year with not only our first 2021 MFN this week, but also the first Master Mode Friday Night of 2021. During MFN, we took on some world bosses that we don’t normally do which provided a chance for some guildies to see them for the first time.
The end of the year in SWTOR brought one last story beat that was the finale of a story that has been going on for essentially nine years. And with that, also came the seeds a new story. We have hints to go on and we think the new villain of the galaxy might be Darth Malgus. If it is him, it should be a wild ride. Malgus is a nuanced character who has been on both sides of torture and slavery. He has known unbridled power, but also love and loss. He has been a ruler and a rebel. There is a lot of speculation about who else might be involved and we are all looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
Tune in Tuesday nights for MFN and Friday nights for Master Mode Flashpoints and Achievements. And stay tuned for more info on January’s MEGA!
FFXIV
On Thursday, January 21st, patch 5.41 will hit and this one focuses on crafting. At least, the crafting for Ishguard restoration. The skybuilder’s ranking will complete then, so expect a mad dash to craft.
ESO
After a two week holiday break, the first MFN on 2021 happened on Friday night. We chatted about how we all spent the holidays while clearing public dungeons.
As usual, there was at least one death cause by gravity to make sure MFN’s for the year got started off correctly.
Now that the holiday’s are behind us, MFN’s are happening again.
January 21st at 5pm EST there will be a Global Reveal Event on Bethesda’s Twitch channel to introduce the 2021 Chapter and year-long adventure.
STO
We’re expecting a big announcement sometime soon in regards to the Anniversary event. Only thing going on currently is an Admiralty Event which increases EXP from the Admiralty system.
GW2
Next dungeon and more night is coming up on Friday, January 15th at 9pm ET
LOTRO
During SNL we stayed casual to end and start the year
We will be going back into PvMP this Saturday
2021 we will be trying to run more group content.
As guildies get toons higher levels we will try to do past end game going into current end game stuff
The next update is supposed to bring us game performance improvements
And with that, let’s get back to us! .
GAME NEWS
Hosts talk about what they have been doing since we last podcasted
Question of the show- what was the geekiest thing you gave or got for the holidays this year?
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
The return of Ask Buxley
Next time, we’ll it’s a new year, so we are still working on getting our guest lined up. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Alea Iacta Est Virtus on Earthing Ring-US, will be coming up on it’s 2-year anniversary this March.
Recruiting
We invited our 800th character (welcome aboard Karn!) this morning, with two more invites approved.
We continue to get new people who are either coming back to the game after many years gap, are Horde friends checking out the Alliance side, or some people who are new to WoW or looking for a family friendly casual environment to play in. We had a new member join that found us through Frogpants (welcome aboard Yopper!). And Fez’s wife came back to the game after a year away.
Mythic runs happen weekly to help folks see content and gear up for raid.
Remember you can always find the guild officers in Discord in the #lfo channel or by pinging them @officers. You can always request WoW guild invites via the in-game system by searching “alea iacta est virtus”, even if there are no officers online. Just remember, you have to go back to Guilds & Communities (J) to accept the invite once an officer approves it.
Recent Guild Achievements
Crittergeddon-Kill 100,000 critters
Kill Squad-100,000 honorable kills
Raiding (MFN)
Hell Froze Over: <begin commercial> Hell Froze Over is a casual raid group with the following goal of Fun>Loot, Camaraderie>Progression, Pirates>Ninjas, and Crispy>Wiggly. Friday nights, we begin invites around 7:45 pm with a goal to pull trash at 8:00 pm. We take breaks at the top of each hour and end the raid at 11:00 pm. All times are EST. We encourage people to bring the class they enjoy most. Have friends on other realms? No problem. We have several team members in other realms. We do ask that you keep your hands and feet inside the raid at all times. <end commercial> horns tooting minions cheering.
After a holiday break, HFO entered Castle Nathria (normal) for the first time last Friday night with about 17 players. We took down Shriekwing, Huntsman Altimor, and then ended the night after a few good attempts on Hungering Destroyer.
For more about HFO please message Fez [WoW]#9407 on Discord, or in game with battletag Fezgig#1509.
]]>Return often and visit the #aicon-january-2021 channel in Discord. We’ll update them over time as plans solidify and follow-up with additional announcements, details and hype! Spread the word to anyone and everyone inside AIE and out.
An AIE Winter is coming!
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Welcome to episode #357 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Sema and Max who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Welcome to Nikodas (of STO and Fleet Action Report fame) our newest AIE Officer!
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
The Escape Pod Cast
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 361: Spirit Of Vengeance
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-361-spirit-of-vengeance/
We show off and talk through Spirit of Vengeance, the new flashpoint in 6.2 on the PTS.
Fleet Action Report
Fleet Action Report Ep 19 Klingon Defense Force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9kK6bmy7cQ
Nikodas and Grebog take on the Klingon Defense Force as it takes the stage by storm. They’re bold, they’re gruff, they respect power, and they’re honorable.
Fleet Action Report Ep 20 PVP Oh My!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdxeCns3op4
This time on Fleet Action Report Nikodas and Grebog delve into pvp and bring along some friends. While we only do private match PVP, we do discuss the STO pvp scene and some things you may want to know to get started.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 88: SWTOR Livestream Breakdown with Intisar!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/6481651-episode-88-swtor-livestream-breakdown-with-intisar.mp3?blob_id=27085921
6.2 was announced and broken down today with a livestream from Bioware. Marcus sits down with Intisar from “This Week in Aurebesh” We breakdown the livestream and even get into some tinfoil hat stuff about the plans for SWTOR’s 10 year Anniversary.
NOMADS
Destiny 2
Same as last time, really. Activity has been a bit higher but not anything to report on the “AIE activity” front.
Beginning on 1 Dec, Battle.net accounts will no longer be supported for user signins to the Bungie website or Destiny companion app. https://www.bungie.net/7/en/PCMove
Additionally, anyone with an old PC only clan membership (Blizz) account, pre-Steam migration will be kicked from the clan to free up some room for member applications. You can always be re-invited should you return to the game via the Clan page linked in the discord pinned topics: https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972
Claim your Prime Gaming Rewards for Destiny 2: https://gaming.amazon.com/loot/destiny2
Diablo 3
Season 22 is ongoing. Should you want an invite to the Nomad Clan or AIE Community, please ask via the public discord #nomads channel. Feel free to @mention Durus.
WoW
Just a reminder, Noob Raid is on break and will resume on January 9th at 11pm Server (EST) so people can take their time leveling in the expansion and enjoying the holiday season.
AIE WoW Block party was a fun time, both Alliance and Horde sides. Thanks to GustyTail for heading up the party!
If you are feeling overwhelmed by all the new systems in Shadowlands, here’s a good Week 1 guide once you hit level 60 – https://www.wowhead.com/news=319393/what-to-do-week-1-of-shadowlands-weekly-and-daily-activities-list#weekly-to-do-list-for-week-1-of-shadowlands
Reminder to use the Guild Finder and search for Alea Iacta Est on Earthen Ring US either Horde or Alliance. Once your application is approved, you’ll need to go back in and accept the invitation.
WoW Classic
The UO raid team cleared BWL for the second time!
Join us for MC on Saturdays, BWL on Sundays, and starting on AQ40 with 1/9 bosses so far!
Guild chat is connected via Greenwall with United Orgrimmar, so feel free to chat and group up to level with our friends!
Vanilla “Sundae” Fundays is starting a tentative holiday schedule for November/December. So keep an eye on the discord channel for updates each week! And due to the time change we will be starting at 1pm Eastern!
If you’re active in WoW Retail that means you’re able to play WoW Classic too! Let us know if you make a toon, need a guild invite, or bags to get started!
SWTOR
SEE GAME NOTES
ESO
Recent MFN’s have been focused on clearing zones of Skyshards, exploring delves and public dungeons, killing world bosses, and dungeon runs.
We have continued the tradition of following Kini off cliffs and getting lost while searching for Skyshards.
The Undaunted Event Runs from December 3rd to December 15 which is an event focused on the four person instanced dungeons and the daily delve quest from Bolgrul.
MFN’s will be focused on doing the daily delve quest as well as splitting up into groups of four to tackle run the daily dungeons for Undaunted Reward Boxes and the first one of the day will include 3 event tickets.
Please feel free to raid the guild bank for items your characters might need
FFXIV
Thursday Night Bozjern (BOSH-jen) Front nights are still going on. Working on that resistance weapon? Just want to stick it to the evil empire? Come meet up at the FC house at 9:30PM EST.
Map Nights still continue to be profitable and fun. Grab your 80 (with all of the zones unlocked), your treasure hunting spirit, and some good humor as we meet on the lawn of the FC house at 9:30pm EST on Saturdays.
Patch 5.4 Futures Rewritten, has been previewed and scheduled to release on December 8th!
And for proof that the patch is on it’s way, we have the hype story trailer for the patch, right here. Check the show notes on aie-guild.org for the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybuvKVzVBT4&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=FINALFANTASYXIV
If you are looking for more details from the Live Letter that explained all of these updates, well, you can watch the live stream on demand, but it’s all in Japanese, so unless you know the language, you will need to use the many translations are that are up on the FFXIV reddit page.
Of course, down in #ffxiv channel in the AIE discord, we always jump on the patch notes as soon as they hit to talk about the details of the changes that we see that may not have been covered in the patch previews. So, jump on down, and we hope to see you adventuring with us in Final Fantasy XIV.
STO
Fleet Nights are Sunday at 8:30 PM run by @Dent .
The projects are moving along nicely. Fleet Spire has had the very last project counting down. The fleet embassy had the last recruitment branch counting down and once it completes we will have the final upgrade for a tier 3 embassy to work on.
LOTRO
SNL through December will be pretty lax. Come hangout in voice and in game
With the Yuletide Festival coming next week we will hangout in Frostbluff
Things are being planned for January, so stay tuned
There is a 50% off sale on most expansion packs in the lotro market.
And with that, let’s get back to Sema and Max and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
SWTOR
Guild Stuff
MFN on Tuesdays
Well attended
Fun times
Shout out to BC
6 or 7 Operations Teams
2 teams on Sunday night that have often been combining to run 15 man
MEGA – Monthly
Variety Friday
Game Stuff
Game Update 6.2
Feast event
December
Life Day
New update coming soon – on the PTS now
New Flashpoint – Spirit of Vengeance. Mandalorian story, but not THAT Mandalorian
Login Rewards
Emote window
WoW
Guild Stuff
Pre-Patch
Block Party
Lots of early raid team questions hitting the Discord channels
Game Stuff
Leveling good
End game getting interesting
CLOSE
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley
It’s time for our annual podcast break, we will be back in January! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #356 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, guys, there are cherry scones and pumpkin souffle in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne who is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
In community fun news, our officer team is right now working on something fun for everyone this winter. You can expect an announcement around the beginning of December. For now, block out some time on your calendars for the weekend of January 22nd. Stay tuned and stay warm. An AIE Winter is coming!
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 359: DESSERT
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-359-dessert/
The Feast of Prosperity is drawing to a close. We talk about the story, achievements, rewards.
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 360: 6.2 REACTIONS!
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-360-6-2-reactions/
Check this out for our hot takes reactions (well, spirited discussion) to the 6.2 update on the PTS.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 87: Marcus Moves and Musselman Makes Media!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/6352885-episode-87-marcus-moves-and-musselman-makes-media.mp3?blob_id=26482087
Marcus and Nick sit down with one of Marcus’s favorite raid teammates, and fellow Twitch Streamer- Musselman! The trio talks about the new console releases, some updates to SWTOR, and the games they’re digging into!
Fleet Action Report Ep 17 Guest Stars part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJGs7b6Eozg
Nikodas and Grebog celebrate the Voice Actors of Star Trek Online. These Guest Stars brought their characters to life on the big screen and in game.
Fleet Action Report Ep 18 A Call to Arms Battlegrounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTo7xa-QWac
Nikodas and Grebog are conquering Battle Zones in the Solanea Dyson Sphere. These fleet and ground battles require coordination and teamwork to win.
NOMADS
Diablo 3
Season 22: Shades of the Nephalem, patch 2.6.10 released on 6 Nov 2020: https://us.diablo3.com/en-us/blog/23548757/season-22-shades-of-the-nephalem-patch-2610-now-live-11-6-2020
Ask for Clan and Community invites in the public Discord’s #nomads channel.
Destiny 2
The new expansion has launched on 10 Nov 2020: Beyond Light
Apply to the Alea Iacta Est Clan at https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972
Dual Universe Update
The Organization has MOVEDto an exciting new location on the far side of Alioth this new location gives all Org members room to build in the immediate area with lots of free and empty tiles up for grabs.
Max continues work on the Anti-Grav ship
The planned cyberpunk city has its first building in place with many more to come.
Work is still being done in preparation for the next Alioth Aerospace Expo in January.
With new territory comes lots of new infrastructure to build including Factories, Space Port, Dry Dock, and Voxel Work Space.
Salvaging is back in the game! So if you ever wanted to be a treasure hunter now if your opportunity.
While the Org currently has a surplus demand will be high over the coming weeks to months for Tier 1 ore.
WoW
See Game Notes
WoW Classic
Sunday Fundae
SWTOR
During MFN this past week, we completed the HK-51 questline with many Imperial guildies getting their HK-51 companion and a few getting their umpty-umpth one.
In the previous week, we ran an Operation on the Pub side.
November MEGA will be a Black Friday MEGA. Lighthearted and fun activities will abound.
The public test server is up and three new things are on there to try out and test: Login Rewards, a new Emote system, and a new Flashpoint. Log into the public test server to check them out and provide feedback.
Come see what’s going on ingame on Friday nights. Depending on the date, it could be Master Mode Flashpoints, Achievements, or MEGA!
FFXIV
Map nights continue to run Saturday nights at 9:30pm EST, meeting up at the FC house prior to rolling out. Maps, loot, fun to be had, just show up. Maps are not required to attend. Being level 80 and all of the Shadowbringers zones unlocked are needed, in case you dinged 80 prior to unlocking the “final” zone (spoilers, but hey, Shadowbringers has been out for awhile now.) Flying does not have to be unlocked, as we do have many folks with multi-person mounts now. If you don’t have an 80 yet, stay tuned as we do fill in level 70 and level 60 map nights from time to time.
Thursday nights, AIE is also venturing into the Bozjern (BOSH-jen) Front to help unlock the rewards from the new zone and progress though the story of the Bozjern Resistance take the fight to the IVth (4th) Imperial Legion. Again we meet up at the FC house, but at 9:30PM EST. Being part of a group is much safer and much more fun in this content. Hope to see you there.
The next live letter is set for November 27th, and people are predicting the release date of patch 5.4 will be December 8th. With that, a new treasure dungeon will be released, and more phat lewts for the taking!
ESO
Recent MFN’s have been focused on clearing zones of Skyshards, exploring delves and public dungeons, and killing world bosses.
We have continued the tradition of following Kini off cliffs and getting lost while searching for Skyshards.
Weekly MFN’s will be either zone clears, public dungeon clears, or dungeon runs until the next event.
Please feel free to raid the guild bank for items your characters might need.
STO
Fleet is still working on tier 3 upgrades for the spire and embassy.
There is an lifetime subscription sale going on now until December 10th. $100 off. So right now only $199.99
That i@dent does fleet nights on Sunday at 8:30 pm eastern
GW2
New Episode drops on Nov 17th. Voice Acting is being added to the last 2 episodes. If you log in when the new story chapters are added, you will get them for free.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/watch-the-trailer-for-the-icebrood-saga-champions-chapter-1/
Dungeons and more run Friday November 20th at 9pm eastern
LOTRO
During SNL we did Harvestmath events and took advantage of the 25% skirmish marks event
The next Chicken Play Race is being planned for January
We will be going back into PvMP after the next update
PvMP focused update has been on Bullroarer (PTS)
And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and find out what’s going on with AIE in the World of Warcraft.
GAME NEWS
Scourgebusters Event:
We had 23 people participate in the Scourge Busters week long transmog event in Discord, including one person from Final Fantasy!
Winners are:
First Place is Darowyn from the Horde with 6 votes and a transmog from the original scourge invasion!
Places 2-5 were a tie with 5 votes each!
Ari from the Alliance
Ulto Dee from the Alliance
Jason (Pycelle) from the Horde
Dazhnabog (Secondaid) from Final Fantasy
It was exciting to see a cross-game participate! Thank you everyone that joined in on the fun. The contest may be over, but the Discord channel is still up so go take a look at the awesome ideas everyone came up with!
Shadowlands Block Parties:
Gustytail is hosting a pre-expansion block party in Orgrimmar for the 2 hours before Shadowlands launches. Bring fireworks, extra pets, mog gear, and more! There will be parades, shenanigans, and fun! Bring anything you want to clear out your bags, old feasts, boozy toys, etc. Have you been to our events? Ever thought about helping out? Never knew what to do or who to ask? Now’s your chance! Gusty is looking for someone that has the time to host an equally awesome party for the Alliance in Stormwind at the same time! Flag her down in Discord and volunteer for fun!
Pre-Patch:
Speaking of Shadowlands, there are some pre-patch events going on now. Mostly, everyone is heading for Icecrown to battle the lag boss, I mean the party train….no really, the killing of the rares. They drop ilvl 100 gear, which is great for all those new level 50 alts everyone is making with the 16th anniversary buff. There is also a “new” world boss that drops weapons and has a super cool cinematic.
Wowhead has a really nice guide to help navigate the pre-patch events. Check it out on their website, or click the link in the show notes.
https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-deaths-rising-prelaunch-event-scourge-invasions
#QuestforCoguild
Well, as you should know, we are present on both the Horde and the Alliance in WoW retail. But things are a bit unbalanced. I mean, the Horde has 11 co-guilds and the Alliance only has one. Let’s build up our numbers and fight the good fight in Shadowlands!
To make that happen, Blue Side is launching a new campaign, Quest for Coguild. We want to invite everyone to try out the Alliance side. Join us in Stormwind. Wear blue, not red! So pick up the gauntlet and share your best campaign slogans in Discord or on twitter @AIEGuild with #QuestforCoguild. Thanks Kazrik for the hashtag idea!
Here is a sample of the ones we came up with during Friday night raid.
Sareynna: AIE Alliance: Keep a leader for more than one expansion.
Fez: AIE Alliance: We don’t have trolls in trade chat.
Fez: AIE Alliance: We don’t eat babies.
Kazrik: AIE Alliance: Same AIE family, same AIE fun!!
Reznikov: AIE Alliance: When world PvP feels too easy.
Ulto Dee: AIE Alliance: We got Leeeeeroooooooy Jennnnnnkinsss!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Syreyne for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
Twitter: @SyreyneAIE
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/Syreyne
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Well, no segments this week, but you all know the deal! If you want to flex your creative muscles and create a segment that is three minutes or under, please send it to our email!
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #355 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, folks, there are pumpkin tarts and croissants in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are talking to ourselves! Welcome, US!!
Ok, we’ll be digging into our question of the week 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
We are starting to brainstorm some new, unique activities and events for our community. We wanted your thoughts on ideas we’ve had recently on ways we all might have more fun together. There’s no guarantee that we’ll be able to get these going but your input would be a great help in building momentum. If you have a couple minutes, check this out. Thanks! https://forms.gle/puN3q7UXSkXhij7Y6
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 357: Digging Into The Feast
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-357-digging-into-the-feast/
The Feast of Prosperity is live so we dig in and get our first taste of this new event.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 358: The Mandalorian Season 1 Recap
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-358-the-mandalorian-season-1-recap/
Season 2 of The Mandalorian is finally here so we do a quick Season 1 recap to get us all ready.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 86: SWTOR Bromance
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/6137329-episode-86-swtor-bromance.mp3?blob_id=25465213
Marcus is joined With Kitty Kisses to talk all about SWTOR! Also talk about what a bromance is!
Star Trek Online
Fleet Action Report Ep 15 Basic Features
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXUINJnlA-I
This time Nikodas and Grebog talk about all the basic features of the game from core settings, your HUD setup, to key binds and more. After all that they discuss the delta, temporal and gamma recruits. And while they sadly can not be created, to keep your eyes out and create one if they bring back the availability temporarily.
Fleet Action Report Ep 16 Enemies pt 3 Gorn, Breen, and Voth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzo_iJMVx5s
Grebog and Nikodas are fighting for the fate of the Deferi people. They engage some of the older enemies in STO, and maybe one of the newer threats. We go into the details of the Gorn, the Breen and the Voth. We cover the various aspects in space and ground compact that each bring into combat, so you know what to expect.
NOMADS
Dual Universe Update
The Organization ran 2 separate rescue operations to save a member who had run into trouble.
New Ships and Buildings are being constructed by all the members of the Org. This week be sure to check out pictures of PkhBasko’s latest ship in the Dual Universe channel in Discord.
Max meanwhile is busy working at building the first Anti-Grav ship in the Org. We all can’t wait to see what he comes up with.
The Org is currently planning for the next Alioth Aerospace Expo to be held in January.
The Org is also looking at possible relocation sites with room for all to gather together.
The biggest news in DU this week is that the current area Safe Zone Triangle will be remaining PVP free. This opens up several more planets and moons along with a large area of space in which people can safely build without concern for having their assets blown up by pirates.
WoW
WoW’s Anniversary is now live with a 16% Rep and Experience bonus
Shadowlands pre-patch is dropping November 10th with in-game events and keep an eye on Noob Raid for the pre-patch World Boss.
Shadowlands expansion launch is Monday November 23rd at 3pm PST/6pm EST as it’s a world wide simultaneous launch.
Normal/Heroic raiding opens on Dec 8th, with Mythic/LFR Wing 1 launching on December 15th. LFR Wing 2 will launch Jan 5th, and the rest of the LFR wings will open every two weeks after.
The Alliance guild hit over 600 members with all the people creating new alts or bringing characters over due to the 30% off Blizzard services sale.
The in game Guild Finder is how we do many of our invites, please remember, once you’ve put in an application, on either side, the officers will review and approve the application. Once it’s been approved, you need to go back to the Guild/Community Panel and accept the approved invitation and you’ll be in the guild.
WoW Classic
The UO raid team cleared BWL for the second time!
Join us for MC on Saturdays, BWL on Sundays, and starting on AQ40 with 1/9 bosses so far!
Guild chat is connected via Greenwall with United Orgrimmar, so feel free to chat and group up to level with our friends!
Vanilla “Sundae” Fundays is starting a tentative holiday schedule for November/December. So keep an eye on the discord channel for updates each week! And due to the time change we will be starting at 1pm Eastern!
If you’re active in WoW Retail that means you’re able to play WoW Classic too! Let us know if you make a toon, need a guild invite, or bags to get started!
SWTOR
During MFN this past week, among other things, BC took us all the Nar Shaddaa to make sure we had one of the missions from the new Feast of Prosperity event, and then we went to kill the WB for that mission. By the end of the evening, we basically had our Conquest target for the week well handled. We also came in Mandalorian garb to celebrate the beginning of season 2 of The Mandalorian. You can see a pic on discord in #ssoritdh
Last month’s MEGA was epic! Not only did we have spooky costumes, but we got together and acquired the Fleet Datacron. It was very gratifying to see how many people still needed it and were able to get it.
Repeat PSA: If you have not acquired your Vanguard Squadron inspired mini-pet (offered due to the release of Star Wars: Squadrons), be sure to log in before NOV 7th.
Be sure to log in on Friday nights for MM Flashpoints, Achievements, and MEGAs! Also, let BC and Marcus know if you have things you’d like to see us do for MFN or MEGA.
ESO
Recent MFN’s have been focused on killing the various bosses as part of the Witches Festival that runs through November 3rd at 10 AM Est.
We have continued the tradition of following Kini off cliffs and getting lost while searching for Skyshards.
Weekly MFN’s will be either zone clears, public dungeon clears, or dungeon runs until the next event.
Please feel free to raid the guild bank for items your characters might need.
FFXIV
Map nights continue to run Saturday nights at 9:30pm EST, meeting up at the FC house prior to rolling out. Maps, loot, fun to be had, just show up. Maps are not required to attend. Being level 80 and all of the Shadowbringers zones unlocked are needed, in case you dinged 80 prior to unlocking the “final” zone (spoilers, but hey, Shadowbringers has been out for awhile now.) Flying does not have to be unlocked, as we do have many folks with multi-person mounts now. If you don’t have an 80 yet, stay tuned as we do fill in level 70 and level 60 map nights from time to time.
Thursday nights, AIE is also venturing into the Bozjern (BOSH-jen) Front to help unlock the rewards from the new zone and progress though the story of the Bozjern Resistance take the fight to the IVth (4th) Imperial Legion. Again we meet up at the FC house, but at 9:30PM EST. Being part of a group is much safer and much more fun in this content. Hope to see you there.
STO
The Spire holding and Embassy holding are working toward their last tier upgrade projects and they will be done.
@Dent still is running the Fleet nights on Sunday at 8:30 PM Eastern.
GW2
November 30 is the next dungeons and more night starting at 8 central/ 9 eastern. Mad Kings runs till November 3 so make sure you get in there while you can.
LOTRO
The Harvestmath Festival is back through 11/24. We are also looking to bring back the Chicken Play race in the near future so stay tuned for more details.
And with that, let’s go around the table for our question of the episode!
GAME NEWS
With the holidays upon us, what is your favorite in-game holiday event that you’ve been a part of and/or created for others?
Mewkow:
Mkallah: Noblegarden, Orphans week, Call of Cthulhu one shot
Tetsemi: D&D – Christmas themed one-shot, WoW – Raid Team Gift Exchange for Solstice
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank you, the chatroom, for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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, well, we will be talking to Sy about AIE in WOW and the prepatch fun! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #354 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Star Trek Online
Fleet Action Report Ep 13 The Dominion and the Jem’hadar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkOouTmCX_M
Nikodas and Grebog welcome you to another episode of Fleet Action Report. This time we go into playing as the Dominion and Jem’hadar. We cover the basics and how far you need to go before you become a Dominion representative for either The United Federation of Planets or the Klingon
Fleet Action Report Ep 14 Crafting and Tribulations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neEbBnz-XLg
Grebog and Nikodas take you through the Research and Development system and end with cover the long lost art of tribble breeding.
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 356: The HK-51 Companion
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-356-the-hk-51-companion/
If you don’t yet have it, the HK-51 companion is still in the game and we talk about how to get it.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 84: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like New Game Season!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/5812885-episode-84-it-s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-new-game-season.mp3?blob_id=23917714
Nick and Marcus look ahead to the games and nerdy media content that they’re looking forward to coming out just before the end of 2020!
NOMADS
Dual Universe Update
AIE in Dual Universe has been participating in the Ship Expo this weekend showing off a few of our shiny ships we’ve been busy building in the game for others to see and experience.
Testing of our latest ship designs continues as we work to constantly improve them.
Check out the Recent Blog post Max wrote up recently on aie-guild.org for a bit more in depth information about what Dual Universe is, what we’re up to and a few pictures of just some of our ships.
Mining trips continue as we work towards building Anti-Grav technology. Some of the more rare materials still elude our grasps, but we hope to soon find them.
AIE is looking into sponsoring a racer for the upcoming Hover Race leagues which are forming. So if you are a speed demon who enjoys the thrill of white knuckle close to ground high speed flying let Catavarie know.
As the game is still in Beta there are constant improvements, perhaps the most exciting recent addition is a few additional logic gate elements including the Nand, Nor, and the ever loved XOR gates.
The Organization is in need of Coal and Carbon. So if you are sitting on a large hoard then feel free to drop these off for project use.
WoW
The new co-guild for invites is Fortuna! (best subguild)
If you are making a new alt that isn’t an allied race, DK, or DH, make sure you check out Exile’s Reach. The story is solid, and the quest/level pacing is really well done.
Update your addons, you may need to switch to Alpha builds until things get sorted out, but most addons have updated. If they haven’t, check the comments on the addon website, sometimes they’ll be a quick fix there while waiting for a release.
WoW Classic
The UO raid team cleared BWL for the second time!
Join us for MC on Saturdays, BWL on Sundays, and AQ40 just around the corner.
Guild chat is connected via Greenwall with United Orgrimmar, so feel free to chat and group up to level with our friends!
Hallow’s End is here! If you need an event refresher, Wowhead has a great WoW Classic guide to follow!
Vanilla “Sundae” is taking a break on Sunday, Oct. 25th but will be back with tentative November/December schedule.
If you’re active in WoW Retail that means you’re able to play WoW Classic too! Let us know if you make a toon, need a guild invite, or bags to get started!
SWTOR
We completed another night of the HK-51 questline in MFN and will most likely finish it on the next pub-side MFN. For part of the night we had to break into groups, so we had some extra temporary voice channels. Best voice channel names EVAR, including such favorites a #Meatbags and #Lump of Grease.
Our Sun night operations teams have been combining to run 16 man ops. Having 16 people running around puts a new spin on familiar mechanics. Also, achievements!
Conquest changes coming this week. We will be monitoring to see how it affects our ability to make large targets on both factions.
MEGA coming on October 23rd (This Friday!). We will be doing a spooky costume contest to start the night. Marcus is going to lead us in acquiring the Fleet Datacron. If you don’t have it yet, do not miss this. It takes a group and some fairly heavy duty cat herding to get it done. Afterwards open world pvp with @Corley .
We are looking forward to the new event coming in Swtor starting this Tuesday – Feast of Prosperity. The Hutts want to celebrate. What could go wrong there! Also, the Rakghouls will be in town at the same time, so Eyeless can look forward to getting killed again. We would poke his eyes out, but well, you know.
If you have not acquired your Vanguard Squadron inspired mini-pet (offered due to the release of Star Wars: Squadrons), be sure to log in before Nov 7th.
Be sure to log in on Friday nights for MM Flashpoints, Achievements, and MEGAs!
ESO
Recent MFN’s have been focused on clearing zones and doing public dungeons.
We have continued the tradition of following Kini off cliffs and getting lost while searching for Skyshards.
The Witches festival begins Oct 22 at 10 AM EST and runs though November 3 at 10 AM EST
MFN’s during the event will be focused on killing various bosses for the daily Plunder Skull rewards
On Tuesday October 20th at 12PM EST Pete Hines will be joining the Bethesda UK Stream Team at https://twitch.tv/bethesda to show off some of the Greymoor content while raising money for the Cancer Research UK charity. They will have drops active so tune in to support a good cause and get in game loot.
Remember to raid the guild bank for any items your character might need.
STO
The big fleet need is that both Spire and Embassy holdings are nearing completion.
The widening Gyre event is going on now and as part of the ways to add to the completion is a new TFO (dungeon) called Synth Wave. This is from the show Picard. Getting 20 days off completion gets you a full space set.
All T5 and T6 can now have an experimental upgrade to them, making them a little more powerful. This gives you a universal console slot, another ship trait slot (linked to the ship though), and another device slot. Everyone gets one free experimental ship upgrade per account, but you can buy more from the Zen store at 1000 Zen for 1 or 2000 Zen for 3.
MFN on Sundays are still going strong.
GW2
Realm of the Mad King festival runs through November 3. October 23 Maellung will be hosting once again (if his internet returns) a dungeon run. We had a great time last month and it is returning once again. Mad King’s Labyrinth is one of the best gold/xp farms in the game. Just hop in LFG, and find a squad in an open map and ride the zerg to cash. You can either open your trick or treat bags, or sell them on the trading post for decent coin.
LOTRO
If you are worried that you missed the chicken play race, have no fear it has been pushed back to this Saturday October 24th. We will have prizes to everyone who attends. We are also expecting an announcement of when the new expansion pack will go live any day now. Also we have been given great news that the devs will be working on finally balancing the monsters in PvMP.
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Patch 5.35 has dropped with some interesting developments and additions to the game.
The highlight is the Bozjan Front. This is the next phase of the resistance weapon quest chain, although it is not required to upgrade the resistance weapon.
The zone consists of a staged zone, where you stay in the lower zone until you level and quest your way up, then you unlock the 2nd area, then the 3rd. It uses an independent leveling system. All jobs are scaled up to level 80 and jobs that are level 71+ can enter, so it could be used as a 71+ leveling zone.
The primary goal is to find Skirmishes, which are like FATEs in the main game world. These will reward some gil, experience (for leveling jobs), tomestones, and mettle, which is the experience point system for The Bozjan Front. Sometimes, a completed Skirmish will trigger a special Critical Engagement, which you will be prompted to queue up for. When you join one, it carves out a little piece of the zone as an arena for the 48 players for the encounter. This is a full boss encounter, with high health, mechanics, and overall fun fight. Once that concludes and loot is is awarded (mettle, tomestones, lockboxes, and relic weapon items), there is a chance that it will trigger a Solo Critical Engagement, and someone who was in the first Critical Engagement will be selected to fight a boss, one-on-one as the rest of the player can spectate or go about their business. Lots of cheering and emoting happens during these events.
There are drops that can be used as lockboxes for items, cosmetics, pets, and lost action, consumable actions that can be used in the Bozjern Front.
Also, items can be acquired in the front to upgrade the relic weapon. These can drop from any mob in the front, either in the skirmish or not. These items can also be acquired outside of this new zone, via fates in the Heavensward expansion. There is a 2nd step to get items from the Bozjan Front but can be acquired by running level 60 dungeons or your first Leveling roulette of the day.
As AIE, we ran the new Bozjern Front and it provided enough battle and randomness that makes map nights fun. We ran it as a group (with people bowing in and out as they wished), and it was a ton of fun. Skirmishes, critical engagements, and lots of fun all around. We will continue to run this content on Thursday nights, 8:30pm-ish (Final start time to be decided, ask in the #FFXIV channel for updates).
Other content in this .x5 patch include updates to the skybuilders’ crafting relics, a few new minions, hairstyles, emotes, mounts, new seasons for the Feast (competitive PvP), and for the first players to log in for 5 minutes when the patch went live, new housing plots.
Map nights continue to be a big draw. A level 80 character is required, but maps will be provided. If you bring your own maps, that is greatly appreciated. Maps are tons of fun, highly profitable, casual content that helps players at all skill levels and play types, either you be an end game raider looking for gil and tomestones, a casual player looking for cosmetics and gil, or someone casually playing looking for some fun and some gil.
Patch 5.4 is coming over the horizon, estimated to drop sometime in December. Aside from the normal “Even” numbered patches (last installment of the Eden raid, game adjustments, ect), we will be getting a 2nd type of map dungeon. For those that have done maps in the Storblood content, there is a 2nd type of map that acts like a wheel of fortune, and the screenshot that we have so far looks similar. AIE Map nights will surely be looking forward to this once we get our hands on it.
As a group, we are looking at expanding our fun nights to adding a bit more structure. We have been tossing around the idea of having legacy raid nights, doing past content that player may not have done themselves in previous expansions. We also want to do some story raids, such as Eden, Omega, or the Dark Apocalypse raids on a regular schedule. See the #FFXIV channel for details on this.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Someone about Something!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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AIE Organization: Guild structures in DU are “organizations” with a relatively extensive set of rights management over organization structures and assets. AIE has set up Alea Iacta Est Fabricor, open and ready for invites. Our group is relatively small right now as the game moves through beta but Catavarie is build our assets and resources to help out any that would like to give it a try.
AIE Territory: DU divides up it’s 12 procedurally generated planets (and each of their moons) into a map of hex tiles that are all available for “claim” or ownership by players. Players are granted a free claim as part of the tutorial on the Sanctuary moon of the hub planet of Alioth. The AIE Org has a claim on Alioth with org resources and our members have clusters of tiles on both Sanctuary and Alioth.
AIE Industry: A core gameplay element of DU is the building of industrial, building and ship elements through an extensive crafting system. Crafting starts at the “nano” scale in your own inventory but quickly requires industrial machines of various kinds chained together to refine materials, synthesize components, and assemble finished elements. Catavarie has set up some extensive industry machines available to our org members at the org HQ on Alioth. Great resources for those that haven’t yet built out their own.
AIE Mining Trips: The main resource in the game is various tiers of ore and mining is a huge aspect of what drives crafting and industry. Each planet only has a small number of possible higher tier ores. Across our membership we have a handful of space capable ships, a few with warp drives, and org mining trips have been starting up to get us all the resources we need.
AIE Building: Finally, the building of structures and more importantly ships, has been in full swing by our team. Tiny hover craft, small hauler ships, and medium cruiser warp ships are all being designed and customized with the voxel system. Gathering the perfect materials for textures and colors, crafting the functional elements, and then forming, warping, smoothing the final shapes are quite addicting. These are a couple of the ships we have on hand and even showed off at the Zenith Expo this weekend in game.
Join us in the #dual-universe channel in Discord with any questions you might have or for an invite. A referral system will be added before long which may provide some fun options to pull more guild members in. Just DU it!
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Even the smallest chicken can change the course of the future.
Saturday October 10, 2020 at 8:30 eastern/ 7:30 central we’ll all join up for the Chicken Play Race. We will be running the Bree-land quest for “Chicken Play”. Come join for the hilarity and stay for the prizes for all who attend!
What is Chicken Play? I am glad you asked. Chicken Play is a way to play as a level 1 chicken in the world of Middle Earth. You will be adventuring in the same regions as regular players. It revolves around a detailed and fun quest line to all ends of Middle Earth.
If you would like to come but do not want to play as a level 1 chicken then that is fine, we have something for you as well. It would be a little easier with escorts to help keep us chickens alive while we run around.
See you Saturday!
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Welcome to episode #353 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (hey, folks, there are pear clafoutis and tiny pumpkin tarts in the guild kitchen ). This week we are joined by special guests Maellung who is here to talk to us about AIE in Lord of the Rings Online Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Lord of the Rings Online 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 354: All The Achievements
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-354-all-the-achievements/
Steam has everyone thinking more about achievements. We have two guests on to talk a little more about Steam as well as how to go about getting ALL the achievements.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 355: Pts Pinata
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-355-pts-pinata/
Much like a pinata, this week the PTS is filled with fun.
Fleet Action Report Ep 11 Social Aspects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDozjhRS5cU
Nickodas and Grebog cover the social aspects of the game and how to use them to group up with friends. We also go into how to find a guild and a lot of what being in a guild offers, which are some of the best equipment or officers.
Fleet Reaction Report Ep 12 Enemies pt2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_d2Idyls0g
This time Nikodas and Grebog kill Grebog’s internet while talking about the second group of enemies, a bit of a DS9 theme this time. We discuss Cardassians, Devidians (ghosts in space!!!!), the Dominion, and the Terran. We brought along special guest Borngyr, that is a relatively recently joiner.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 83: Console Wars 2!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/5580874-episode-83-console-wars-2.mp3?blob_id=22821826
Marcus and Nick chat with The University of Coruscant’s own Dr. Ravencourt aka James, about the new Xbox Series and PS5 consoles coming out this fall!
And in other general podcast news, we are on Warcraft Radio’s Podcast Directory Listing and would love for folks to stop by and leave a review if you’re so inclined. It does use your Battle.Net for verification that you’re a real person and not a robot/spambot, much like WoWHead and other WoW related websites.
https://warcraftradio.com/directory/
Imperium Ludi
Animal Crossing
– The October/Halloween update is live. Plant pumpkins, get new Spooky DIYs, and collect candy leading up to an event on Oct 31st.
Dual Universe
Members have been busy building new ships and have started making their way to far off planets
The Organization is taking weekly trips to visit and mine distant planets
The Org has new “My First Space Haulers” to hand out to new players who want to travel into space without having to build a ship first.
This week’s upcoming mining trip will be to the distant dry rocky planet on the far edges of the solar system in search of a mysterious elusive ore.
Work is progressing on the Org’s new ship dedicated to finding and transporting ore.
The devs are hard at work improving the game every day while in beta. This week we got our first set of in-game emotes (Bow, Clap, Point, and Wave) and it has already opened a new level of interaction within the game’s community.
For anyone interested in checking out Dual Universe Catavarie has a couple beta invites, you can find him in the Dual Universe channel under Nomads in the Discord.
NOMADS
Destiny 2
From Bungie: This Week At Bungie https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49612
Festival of the Lost returns on Oct 8. The October Seasonal event.
From AIE: Low activity. Please continue to use discord to reach out to fellow Guardians
The Division 2
From Ubisoft: This Week in the Division 2 https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/4kZ1qn3FBeQZHyKOUIGGVg/this-week-in-the-division-2-october-2
Season 3 begins. Read more about the happenings in The Division 2 at the This Week in the Division blog article.
From AIE: Low activity. Continue to reach out to fellow Agents in discord to help make the streets safe
Diablo 3 and 4
From Blizzard:
D3: The PTR 2.6.10 update began on Oct 1. Log in to have a look at what the next season will bring.
D4: The next quarterly updates is available to read at https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23529210/diablo-iv-quarterly-update-september-2020
Skills and Talents, a glimpse at the Sorceress Enchantment system, and the end-game progression system.
WoW
Welcome “Where Is The Tank?” (WITT) to the Raid Team Guild Bank Program! We still have 1-2 co-guilds left unclaimed if any raid teams want to join up before Shadowlands drops. Contact Syreyne for more details!
HFO was 2% from killing N’Zoth! We’ll get him next week. We are still recruiting for the Alliance raid team. Friday from 8pm-11pm.
Speaking of raiding, while many raid teams may be on break, recruiting for Shadowlands will be starting up soon. If you are interested in raiding in WoW, post a notice in the raid recruitment channel in Discord, or contact the team lead for any team posting “looking for more”.
Brewfest is still going on for a few more days! Get your brew on!
And DMF is starting. Don’t forget to grab your buff while you finish panic leveling your alts!
Also, good news and bad news that’s really good news. We have a pre-patch date, October 13th! This will be the 9.01 patch that brings in all the changes we’ve talked about before, but none of the Shadowlands content. Keep an eye on Noob raid for events related to the pre-patch world boss.
And bad news that’s actually good news, the launch of Shadowlands has been delayed till later this year. Blizzard is back to, “We’ll release it when it’s ready.” mode, and Tetsemi, for one, is glad to see it.
WoW Classic
They cleared Blackwing Lair 9/9
SWTOR
Swoop Racing came and went (again). As the the newest event that Bioware has added to the game, it’s still pretty fresh and people are still getting achievements and rep.
A brand new event is on the public test server now, called Feast of Prosperity. Drop in and give it a test. Bioware is asking for feedback and making changes based on it, so check it out. The event is about food and cooking and philanthropy (maybe), so what could possibly go wrong?
Friday nights in SWTOR has become our variety night. Every other week, we have Master Mode Flashpoints. On in-between weeks, we have Achievements. And then once a month we have MEGA. I mean, I might have run out of Fridays, there, but don’t count! Tuesday nights are still MFN and we still have lots of Operations teams running regularly. If you are interested in participating just drop into discord and ask about any of these activities.
Bioware is trying new things recently to try to stem toxicity, especially in pvp matches. Just hearing about it reminds me of how grateful I am for the AIE community which affords me a bubble where I don’t have to experience or even think about toxicity in gaming. Good luck to Bioware in their efforts and yay for AIE!
Double XP/Renown/Valor is ongoing until 10/13!
ESO
MFN on Friday was spent doing the 3 daily quests in Skyrim to earn loot and event tickets for the current event.
Most of us have spent time over the last week digging in the dirt for cool antiquities
We spent some time touring the new house we earned for all the digging.
MFN on Friday as usual which will either be dungeons or a zone clear
Don’t forget to claim the reward we earned in the Crown store for all the digging we did. It will only be available until October 15th at 10 am EST. “Lost Treasures of Skyrim” includes pet, body/face paint, a house guest, and a house for that house guest to guest in. “Antiquarian’s Alpine Home”
Raid the guild bank for recipes, style pages, and motifs. There are plenty in there.
STO
The biggest need is that we have a KDF fleet now for those looking for a home for their KDF faction captains. The name is Alea Iacta Est Honoris.
All members should know that the Fed side will be everyone’s main priority, so it will not likely progress as quickly with fleet holdings.
As for other things in the game, Cryptic has been dropping a lot of news on new things coming, from a new TFO (dungeon) based on stuff from the Picard show, to experimental ship upgrades.
For the fleet, we have been making huge strides forward with the fleet holdings and as such have several large projects in progress. As these large projects take considerably more resources, it may appear progress has slowed, when likely it has not and the big projects are just taking most of the fleet resources
GW2
Monday fun nights, Jehdai would like to get at least 5 people so he can drag them through dungeons and fractals.
FFXIV
Lots of armor and weapon appearances have been collected and folks are showing off their glamours (transmogs)
We had a blast at map night and both groups got some good loot, but Kelseer’s luck continued and no 5th floor for his group.
Some new folks have joined recently, come visit the FC house and see what’s going on!
Map nights are on Saturday Nights at 9:30 pm Eastern
MFN’s are on Wednesday at 9:00 pm Eastern
Looking forward to that, we have patch 5.35 on the horizon. This one will expand on the Resistance Weapon, upgrading our resistance weapons, similar to the relics in previous expansions that we received in the previous patch.
“Guild bank is full, everyone needs to come get some recipes!”
And with that, let’s get back to Maellung and find out what’s going on in Lord of the Rings Online.
GAME NEWS
Chicken play race event details
Update 28: New expansion pack War of Three Peaks details
What is coming later
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Maellung for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #352 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are talking about the upcoming Shadowlands Expansion and AIE in WoW Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Fleet Action Report – STO
Fleet Action Report Ep 9 Enemies of STO part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qken1b0D5qY
This week Nikodas and Grebog cover some of the classic Star Trek enemies, Klingons, Romulans, and borg. This is part 1 of an expanding coverage of the various enemies in Star Trek Online.
Fleet Action Report Ep 10 Romulan Republic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj1Q5wYOYWk
Nikodas and Grebog take you through the current TFO for the event and discuss the Romulan Republic, while on captains that are part of the Romulan Republic.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 82: Achievement Unlocked: Quarantine Complete!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/5390845-episode-82-achievement-unlocked-quarantine-complete.mp3?blob_id=21865057
Marcus and Nick have a LOT to say this episode! They talk about the new Black Ops Multiplayer reveal, the finale of The Clone Wars animated series, AND the new details about the Xbox Series X.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 352: Update 6.1.3 And Steam Achievements
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-352-update-6-1-3-and-steam-achievements/
Update 6.1.3 is now live and with it, we now have Steam Achievements
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 353: Pvp And Conquest Changes Preview
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-353-pvp-and-conquest-changes-preview/
PvP and Conquest changes are coming, so we take a look.
Imperium Ludi
In Dual Universe AIE has built and tested its first warp drive. And we continue to explore new planets each week. Several members are building their first space capable ships and we hope to have a small fleet of space faring ships operational soon.
AIE now has a solid guild organization in Dual Universe carving out both personal and guild territory, buildings and ships. As the beta becomes more and more stable, the economy, ship building and advanced design is really taking off. Catavarie has taken the lead and has built and tested the first warp capable guild ship. We are exploring new planets each week. Several members are claiming main planet territory and building new space capable ships. We hope to have a small fleet of planet hopping ships operational soon with fleet operations, carrier jumps, and other guild activities to come. Check out the #dual-universe Discord channel for pictures of the cool builds and tons of Q&A.
NOMADS
The #nomads channel has also been busy for us lately with excursions into the new Avengers game, some free time in Star Citizen, continued grouping and progression in Desitiny 2 and The Division 2, Call of Duty running a group weekly, and some No Many Sky update discussions. Animal Crossing turnip trade is still strong as well! If anyone is looking for more AIE in any of these be sure to post in the #nomads channel or the dedicated channels for Animal Crossing, Destiny, The Division and Dual Universe. We also want to hear about any other new games you might be playing and what AIE should do to get involved.
Destiny 2
Happy birthday, Destiny turns six: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49527
The Beyond the Light expansion is just a few months away, make sure to continue your progress on the missions/planets that will be archived soon.
Soon the Guardians closest ally, our Ghosts, will receive an update that includes more customizability and additional mod slots. Read more about it at
This Week at Bungie news: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49575
Tuesday, 22 Sep, Destiny 2 will be available on XBox via the Game Pass.
If you would like to join AIE in Destiny 2, please holler in the #destiny2 AIE Discord channel or put in an application at https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972 . It’s been relatively quiet there though I have seen people online in voice. If you’re active, please seek each other out to accomplish your goals before the expansion arrives.
Diablo 3
The latest season continues with some folks in AIE popping in and out of the game. If you need any help completing your season, please holler in the Discord #nomads channel.
Division 2
Big news for Agents in The DIvision 2. In just a few days, the game will be kicking off Title Update 11 which includes Season 3 and a new PvE mode that presents highly replayable, progressively generated building of 100 floors. This new feature is called The Summit: can you reach the top?
Other news from the game can be found at https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/2YgBKySoixMKBFJmNVMxic/ubi-forward-the-division-2-the-road-ahead , and read the “This Week in the Division 2” for more news at https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/1mLbxwA9s4zzejZu1FiofL/this-week-in-the-division-2-september-18
WoW
See Game Notes
WoW Classic
Vanilla Sundae Fundays
Scoop out a little time from your schedule, and level up with us in WoW Classic! Whether you’re just starting out and sprinkling through starter quests, or adding the cherry on top of a max level 60… Everyone is invited to join us for an old fashioned social hour in game and Discord!
Greenwall is now active in WoW Classic! Our goal was to make communication easier with our friends in and another small guild called during raid nights and various other activities throughout the week. Make sure you download the Greenwall addon so that you see all of the combined conversation otherwise you will only see ? of what’s being said and you don’t want to miss out. Friendly reminder that the main guild chat is still considered family friendly so please be respectful to everyone!
Raid nights with the United Orgrimmar team continues to be awesome! They have cleared Molten Core and finished a full clear of AQ20! The schedule for Molten Core has moved to Saturdays so that more time can be devoted to Blackwing Lair on Sundays. If you’re interested in raiding, let us know and we will help guide you in the right direction!
If you’re interested in creating a character with AIE Guild in WoW Classic, we play Horde on the Pagle-PvE realm! Once you make a character, jump into the LFO channel in Discord and request a guild invite. Hope to see you in game soon!
SWTOR
On the game events side of things:
Double XP/Renown/Valor has started and will last about a month. It’s a great time to get alts leveled up or work on the Renown or Valor achievements.
Swoop Racing is back next week and we’ll be working on finishing up our reputation for the cool swoop rewards
For guild events:
Tuesday nights MFN continue to be big and we had a bunch of fun in the Explosive Conflict operations this week
Friday nights look like they will now be rotating every other week between Flash Point nights and Achievement nights, open to everyone in the guild
This month’s MEGA (Monthly Epic Guild Activity) will be coming up in the next two weeks and Mega will be going to meet the Dread Masters. In Dread Fortress. With some other fun squeezed in.
Side note:
Steam achievements are catching everyone’s attention and Steam continues to be a great update
There’s still a couple weeks left for the Shae Vizla companion for subbing anytime during 8/28 to 10/5
ESO
The conclusion to the Dark Heart of Skyrim year long even was announced and will be called Markarth. The new DLC will take you to the Reach area of Skyrim with a new zone, storyline, and solo arena. This DLC will release on November 2 for PC/Mac and November 10th for consoles, however it and Update 28 will be available on the PTS on September 21st.
The prologue quest line is now active and available in the crown store and will take you on an adventure that leads you directly into the main storyline of the Markarth DLC and the end of the year long event.
In addition to the announcement for the DLC, starting next week a new in-game event called The Lost Treasures of Skyrim for players that own Greymoor will start. It is a community based event with three tiers of collectible rewards that include cosmetics, a pet, a house, and houseguests. Unlocking these rewards will be done via the new Antiquities system and the more treasures everyone digs up, the quicker the community earns the rewards. In addition, during the event there will be bonus rewards available. In the Skyrim zone, all of the resource nodes, except for fishing nodes, will provide double rewards and all of the world bosses, delve bosses, and trial bosses will have a chance to drop additional loot and all of the daily quest will give double reward boxes when completed and the first daily quest of the day will drop a reward box that can contain crafting mats, style and set items, maps, surveys, motifs, and furnishing recipes. As will all of the recent events, you will get 3 event tickets you can spend at the Impresario of feathers, berries, and other items.
For our Mandatory Fun event on Friday, we will be taking a look at the new prologue quest as well as rampaging through Skyrim doing the daily quests to earn rewards and get loot.
FFXIV
We have patch 5.35 on the horizon. This one will expand on the Resistance Weapon, upgrading our resistance weapons, similar to the relics in previous expansions that we received in the previous patch. Also, the existing housing plots will be expanded significantly, adding not only more sections, but additional subdivisions too. There may be some opportunity to purchase a home of your own at this time.
In FC events, fun nights are still fun, and fun can be had even outside the fun nights. Groups are happening for all levels, at nearly all hours of the day. Plus the #ffxiv channel is moving all throughout the day for news, discussions, questions, answers, and amusing bits. Guides, tips, and other resources can be found in the #ffxiv-guides-n-tips channel and if you are looking to discuss the twists and turns of the FFXIV story, we have the #ffxiv-spoilers channel. For those wanting to talk about the overall FFXIV MSQ, please use that channel.
As always, we are always looking forward to you joining us in FFXIV.
STO
New T6 Nebula bundle is coming Sept 24th, a science vessel pack. This will include T6, T5, and T3 ships, updated ship parts in the ship customization.
To Hell with Honor event is ongoing, and gets you a battle pet and a vanity pet. You have until the 29th to complete your daily completions of the TFO.
It is also an upgrade weekend, where you get 100% additional tech points when applying a tech upgrade to all items.
Fleet night is on Sunday at 8:30 PM Eastern. Lately we have been running episodes that were taken out of the seasons. We finished up the Kobali storyline last week. This week we will be running around with newly upgraded ships and testing them out to see how they feel.
GW2
We had a group get together to have fun and show a number of world bosses the might of AIE. The world bosses fell before us. On September 25, we will do a dungeon run with making some world bosses tremble before our might.
LOTRO
October 10 during SNL we will be having a chicken play race. Requirements are to be out of the intro area and there are a couple quests that do need to be run. We will be running people through these quests to get used to chicken play on September 26 and October 3rd. We have a prize for everyone who shows up on October 10th. Already completed most or all the chicken play? Don’t want to play as a chicken? Some may like an escort with them and you will receive a prize as well. It will be a great time running around as a lvl 1 chicken. Don’t miss out.
And with that, let’s talk about what’s going on in WoW.
GAME NEWS
From Gusty:
Brewfest starts Sunday. Nothing new but the usual transmog, mounts, pets, and toys. Plus the Sausage Eating contest! Nom nom nom.
She’ll be asking in Guild chat on Alliance and Horde if people want to group for the contest but is not setting specific dates/times.
All four Covenant shorts have been released, let the hype engine begin! Which one was your favorite?
Pre-patch speculation – Generally they give PvP 2 weeks notice before the end of season, two weeks from Tuesday the 22nd would be October 6th so this is the likely the earliest it could launch. Looking at WoWHead’s Event guide, it’s only two weeks long, so it could even launch October 13th, but that’s really pushing it close.. Neither PTR nor Beta
patching has gone to Release status yet, so it’s unlikely it’ll launch on September 29th.
There is a pre-patch ‘raid’ world boss which Noob raid will be tackling when it’s available.
For the rest of the events, check out the WoWHead guide (spoilers if you don’t want to know who the World Boss is or the events coming up)
https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-deaths-rising-prelaunch-event-scourge-invasions
Those on the PTR/Beta will only be required to download a small update, while the entire 9.0.1 patch appears to be approximately 20GB in size.
Like pre-patches for previous expansions, the Shadowlands pre-patch 9.0.1 packs core class updates, Shadowlands’ New Player experience, the limited-time Scourge Invasion, character creation/character customization, and more. WoWHead has a guide, because of course they do, for all the changes coming to 9.0.1 which are literally too long to list here.
https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-pre-patch-content-9-0-1
Shadowlands Class Changes
Shadowlands class philosophy emphasizes class fantasy, returning many pruned utility abilities to the spellbook.
Hunter Pets
Hunters have many new pets to tame, with their stables expanded to a whopping 205 slots.
Newcomer Mentor System
The Newcomer Guide system allows veteran players to sign up to help new players. These guides will be assigned special identification icons and access to a channel to answer questions to new players.
Leveling Revamp
Shadowlands pre-patch comes with a massive leveling revamp, featuring not only a level squish but also an item level squish.
Professions Changes
Relics of the Past
Potions
Allied Race Requirement Unlocks
All Allied Races will be easier to unlock in the Shadowlands pre-patch. The requirement to hit Exalted with a related faction has been removed, leaving only the requirement to complete a related series of zone quests.
Character Customization Overhaul
Shadowlands introduces a huge customization revamp, with many new options for each race, a new UI for the character creation screen, and more customization options at the barbershop.
Character Creation Screen
The character creation screen has received a huge facelift. The interface now has a more modern style, and higher quality icons for races, classes, genders and the buttons in general. When creating your character, the customization options are handled in new dropdown menus, including color swatches for skin and hair color.
Each character preview also now showcases fancy animations along with elaborate armor and weapons.
Barbershop
The barbershop has several impactful improvements in the pre-patch:
You can change your gender at the barbershop instead of using a paid service.
Tons of Druid customizations available that weren’t before.
Transmog Improvements
Wands can be transmogged to other main-hand weapons.
Legion Artifact Transmog updates have leveled up the quality of life for those who want more versatility in their options.
Accessibility and Interface Improvements
Gamepad support is coming, allowing players to assign key binds to various console controllers.
Battle Pet Ability Changes
Several impactful Battle Pet abilities will be changed in the pre-patch, leading to new strategies to defeat tamers. These include Hunting Party, Flock and similar abilities, Twilight Meteorite, Jar of Smelly Liquid, Righteous Inspiration, and Ancient Knowledge.
Mounts
Flying Unicorns – All “Horse” mounts (aka Unicorns) can now fly in the Shadowlands pre-patch:
But here is what’s getting removed
Ahead of the Curve and Cutting Edge achievements
Mad World from Horrific Visions
Awakened Mindborer from Mythic+
Hertz Locker from Mythic Mechagon
Elite PvP sets
Reins of the Mighty Caravan Brutosaur moved from vendors to the BMAH
Expansion Launch date – October 26 at 7 pm EDT/4pm PDT (worldwide launch).
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank you all for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…well, nothing this week, but always looking forward to receiving segments from our AIE guild members!
Next time, we’ll be talking to Maellung in LoTRO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #351 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Fleet Action Report Ep7 Ship Equipment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnJh5bAsG8o
Nikodas and Grebog cover the various ship equipment and types. Then even cover their builds and some of the reasoning behind the builds.
Fleet Action Report Ep 8 Ground Equipment and builds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13eYct_eKI
Nikodas and Grebog discuss ground equipment and builds.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 351: Shae Vizla
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-351-shae-vizla/
The Shae companion returns as a subscriber reward. We talk about the companion and the character history.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 81: CLASSIFIED
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/5181700-episode-81-classified.mp3?blob_id=20877535
Marcus and Nick sit down and just catch up! They talk streaming, about the games they’re playing now, aaannd ones they’re looking forward to (INCLUDING Call of Duty Black Ops: COLD WAR!)
Imperium Ludi
Dual Universe open beta has launched. Although the beta is a bit rocky, as expected from an indy studio pushing it out earlier than it is probably ready for, it’s still a compelling experience. There’s a group of AIE in there building bases, industry and ships. AIE has a guild organization established with territory and facilities open to all guild members on the main planet of Alioth. If you have any questions be sure to check in with @catavarie or Max down in the #dual-universe channel in Discord.
The New World preview week just wrapped up. New World is looking extremely polished from a game engine perspective. A group of guild members have been in the preview beta for the past week exploring the lands and experiencing some of the latest views of the game before they shut down for an extended dev cycle targeting Spring of 2021 for release. Bhock may still have some of the many hours of streaming of the game available on his Twitch channel clips for a limited time. AIE will certainly be watching this game closely as development continues.
New World has concluded its 2 week preview, without NDA and open to all pre-orders. It was a good start, even if we’re still more than 6 months from release, as Amazon decided to push back the release, refocusing a pure PvP game into a mostly PvE-centric game: end-game still does not exist, or dungeons, and PvE progression ends 2/3 of the way… but 6+ months should help fill all this, as the engine, crafting, housing, combat and mass-test have already been completed and tested. Preview was more smooth than many releases. And bonus: it’s a Buy Once, Play Forever game, without monthly fees (and no microtransactions for now)
NOMADS
Division 2
Title Update 11 “soon.” It is available now on the public test server.
Season 2 marches on. More news at the weekly report: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/5JaSfFYvd6qeSDOxZornu/this-week-in-the-division-2-september-4
Destiny 2
The game enters into its final week of Solstice of Heroes. Grab your exclusive armor sets before the event ends.
Bungie –
There is a link to the new subclass trailer for Stasis on the Bungie website as well as some info on what to expect with the final week of Solstice of Heroes.
https://youtu.be/HQ92dM6MYSY
This Week at Bungie news
https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49507
WoW
We’re likely about 2-3 weeks away from the Shadowlands Prepatch Event, based on the schedule for animated shorts and the expansion launching on October 26th/27th.
This will be the patch that changes all the talent trees, brings back old spells/abilities that were gone, nerfs buffs, etc. The pre-patch event will be a good time to get all your addons sorted, your characters hotbars sorted, and figure out which class(es) you want to play in the expansion.
There will be a lot of discussion in guild chat (make sure you’re running Greenwall) and in the #WoW AIE DIscord channel so get ready for change!
WoW Classic
Vanilla Sundae Fundays
Scoop out a little time from your schedule, and level up with us in WoW Classic! Whether you’re just starting out and sprinkling through starter quests, or adding the cherry on top of a max level 60… Everyone is invited to join us for an old fashioned social hour in game and Discord!
Greenwall is now active in WoW Classic! Our goal was to make communication easier with our friends in and another small guild called during raid nights and various other activities throughout the week. Make sure you download the Greenwall addon so that you see all of the combined conversation otherwise you will only see ? of what’s being said and you don’t want to miss out. Friendly reminder that the main guild chat is still considered family friendly so please be respectful to everyone!
Raid nights with the United Orgrimmar team continues to be awesome! They have cleared Molten Core and finished a full clear of AQ20! The schedule for Molten Core has moved to Saturdays so that more time can be devoted to Blackwing Lair on Sundays. If you’re interested in raiding, let us know and we will help guide you in the right direction!
If you’re interested in creating a character with AIE Guild in WoW Classic, we play Horde on the Pagle-PvE realm! Once you make a character, jump into the LFO channel in Discord and request a guild invite. Hope to see you in game soon!
SWTOR
Gambling has finished up for the year and will probably be back next summer. The slots were generous to many by awarding the Rodian Companion, which lots of folks missed getting last year. In spite of Herculean gambling efforts, there might still be one or two guildies that didn’t get the Rodian. Or maybe just one….
Swoop Racing is coming back for a week at the end of the month, which means another chance at rep and rewards. The cosmetic tacticals are particularly fun to get. These are items that your character equips that change something–usually a combat effect, but the ones that make you do a jump off your speeder with flair are fun too. Later this Fall, we will see a brand new event called Feast of Prosperity. We don’t know much about it, yet. More info to come!
BCavanagh had the brilliant idea to add achievements to the lineup of activities to do during MFN. Swtor has tons of achievements that can be accomplished in a raid group out in the world. It was a lot of fun the first time we tried it and we can’t wait for it to come up again.
MEGA last month was a datacron run, including an instanced one that we had not attempted before. People who had done it before helped guide others through the process and some folks came away with new datacrons. Marcus is almost done getting all his datacrons! MEGA next month will be on the 25th. More details to follow!
Maellung is running MM Flashpoints on Friday nights roughly every two weeks, so look for that in about two weeks.
Steam rewards are being issued right now, so log in to the get a pipeworks flair and subscribe sometime between August 28th, 2020 and October 5th, 2020 to get the iconic Shae Vizla as your companion. She is a popular companion and people have been asking for her to become available again and now she is.
ESO
See Game Notes
FFXIV
We are still in patch 5.3, with a lots of great changes and additions to the game.
For newcomers, the ARR revamp has been reported to chop hours off of the doldrums of the Main Story Questline. Better pacing, XP, and overall a modern questing experience. Also, the demo of the game has been expanded through Heavensward, the first expansion. So, you can jump in and play the game, with few limits, up to level 60. Although as a demo player, you won’t be able to join the Free Company with one of those limits, you can still join groups and get help from AIE by just joining the #ffxiv channel in the AIE discord. We are happy to help you out on your FFXIV journey.
The next update, patch 5.31, is scheduled for this week, Tuesday September 8th. Crafters will be interested in this patch, since it will bring forth the next phase of the Ishgardian Restoration. Join the realm’s other crafters in the rebuilding of Ishgard after the Dragonsong war. Note that this is officially Heavenward content, so if you do complete the MSQ story thru Heavensward, you can participate. This includes people on the free demo. Yes, free players on the demo get content updates too!
Looking forward to that, we have patch 5.35 on the horizon. This one will expand on the Resistance Weapon, upgrading our resistance weapons, similar to the relics in previous expansions that we received in the previous patch. Also, the housing plots will be expanded, so there may be some opportunity to purchase a home of your own at this time.
In FC events, fun nights are still fun, and fun can be had even outside the fun nights. Groups are happening for all levels, at nearly all hours of the day. Plus the #ffxiv channel is moving all throughout the day for news, discussions, questions, answers, and amusing bits. Guides, tips, and other resources can be found in the #ffxiv-guides-n-tips channel and if you are looking to discuss the twists and turns of the FFXIV story, we have the #ffxiv-spoilers channel. For those wanting to talk about the overall FFXIV MSQ, please use that channel.
As always, we are always looking forward to you joining us in FFXIV.
STO
The Risa event has wrapped up with some interesting rewards now that all the event currency has been collected.
Red Alert Event is live now and goes until September 10th. Reward is an Ultimate Tech Upgrade.
Bonus XP weekend is live and goes until September 10th
New ship is coming in as a reward for a sales promotion. The ship is the from Picard series and is the Inquiry Battlecruiser. The promotion starts September 8th and goes until September 29th. This will be another R&D pack promotion to get the ships. Within this promotion there will be a sale on R&D packs starting Sep. 8th and going until Sep 14th and they will be 20% off.
Also, there will be a brand new event called To Hell with Honor. You will need to do 14 days to get the final reward of 3 TFO reward boxes and the standard 25k dilithium. The event is set to start September 8th and go until September 29th. Also the reward for completing the event each time has a chance to give you a new Micro-Miniaturized Elachi Walker (Vanity pet)
Fleet night is on Sunday at 8:30 PM Eastern. Lately we have been running episodes that were taken out of the seasons. We are currently working on the Breen story, Cold War.
EVE
EVE is quiet but Echoes now has a presence and people should talk to @Dejara to get connected there.
GW2
Friday September 11, Maellung will be hosting a world boss march. It will start at 8 central/ 9 eastern
LOTRO
Last night for SNL we went back into monster play to run in conjunction with the Landroval PVMP 4 extra life event. It was a great turn out for lotro which did cause “some” lag, but was a lot of fun. Coming in about a month is a chicken play race. There will be special prizes given out. We will be using some upcoming SNLs to get characters to the point where you will be able to join in the race. Very low level toons will be able to compete in the event and have a chance to win. Stay tuned to the lotro channel in discord for more details.
And with that, let’s get back to Dankinia and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
Update 27 came out recently and brought with it some performance improvements, character pathing in player owned houses, and the Stonethorn DLC. Character pathing allows you to set up nodes within your house area to draw a path that the pets, mounts and assistants can follow around the property to make your home feel more alive. The Stonethorn DLC added two new dungeons, Stone Garden and Castle Thron, that carry on the story from Greymoor and lead into the next set of DLC and the final part of the year long Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure. Stone Garden involves putting a stop to a mad alchemist experiment and Castle Thorn takes you into a vampire lair where you get to meet a Vampire Lord. For MFN two weeks ago we grouped up and ran both of these dungeons. Since I’m a hoarder of all the things in games, I totally enjoyed Castle Thorn for with all it’s crates, wardrobes, backpacks, etc to loot and there were some decor items I hope they make available for player owned houses in the future. Stone Garden felt like it had less to loot and the fights felt a bit more challenging in places, but the final boss fight was chaotic fun.
Right now the Imperial City Celebration is going on and it will run until Tuesday, September 15th at 10 am EST. Just like all of the in-game events, there are loot boxes and event tickets to be earned and the event tickets can be used to purchase Indrik Feathers and Berries. This is primarily a PvP focused event, however the event tickets can also be earned buy running the Imperial City 4 person dungeons, White Gold Tower and Imperial City Prison, For MFN last week several of us tackled ICP for tickets and those that either like PvP, or were too low level for the dungeons took a quick adventure into the city to attempt to slay a boss while avoiding players of the other factions. Thank you Sky for leading that PvP group so they could get their tickets. This coming Friday will probably be a repeat where some of us do the dungeons and the rest sneak into the city and hopefully avoid enemy players. Events like this are always more fun in a guild group, so if you are looking to have someone run with you, just let us know in guild chat or discord.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dankinia for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
I’m @Dankinia on Twitter and Dankinia on Twitch where I live stream both MFN in ESO and Noob Raid in WoW.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Syreyne in WoW about the Prepatch Event and Expansion. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #350 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (hey guys, there are chai rice kirspy treats in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sema who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Star Trek Online
Fleet Action Report Episode 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAD9SHH6uK0
Nikodas and Grebog cover a lot of what you need to know about duty officers and bridge officers. Catch them live at 9PM Eastern on Mondays on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 349: Live With Daniel Steed Of Bioware
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-349-live-with-daniel-steed-of-bioware/
We catch up live with Daniel Steed, a key part of the Bioware SWTOR Community Team, in a late night interview to learn more about what he does, what he plays, and what he wants for SWTOR.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 350: Master Of Disguise With Thaan
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-350-master-of-disguise-with-thaan/
This episode we talk with Thaan, guild member and master of pop-culture character design. We get the design tips and show over a dozen of his best designs including Spiderman, Thor, Wonder Woman and others
Working Class Nerds
Episode 80: We’re Going Global with Aviriia!
The guys chat with Dutch Twitch Streamer and SWTOR Content Creator, Aviriia! They discuss the role playing community in SWTOR, what that means and how to get involved. PLUS the guys also take you through their hectic lives since the last episode.You can find Aviriia at: Twitch.tv/Aviriia
Imperium Ludi
We are looking into Eve Echoes(Mobile game) and would love to know how much interest there is in the guild. Please tell us in the #eve_embassy.
Max is hooked real hard on Dual Universe this weekend. Quite fun getting ramped up in a new game. Combination of Landmark, No Mans Sky and Eve (simplified version of each, but complex since it has all three elements). Bugging as heck but he’s addicted.
Interested in what Max was talking about with Dual Universe? Catavarie let us know that it goes into open Beta this coming Friday August 27th and the NDA will lift that day as well. And, Kazrik tells us that a recruit a friend comes out at the same time!
NOMADS
Diablo 3
Some new folks are popping in to experience the current season’s content. No announcements or news since the last show.
Division 2
The State of the Game stream has returned. Check out it’s latest episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ApqKyF1UHgs
Appearance mods. The Division 2 joins the ranks of other games by offering customized appearance for gear without altering the stats. More information at https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/457wEeFBWn5tPKbqZpPhPm
Title Update 11 PTS is around the corner and so is Season 3. More information about these topics in the September 2 State of the Game stream.
Destiny 2
Read all about the Destiny Content Vault (DCV) and what it means for you when it kicks off with Year 4 on November 10th: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49454
That’s all the talk lately. Keep checking in on your Guardian friends in Discord for completing all that content that’ll be disappearing in a few months.
WoW
Gustytail is running Trial of Style on the 4th and Free t-shirt day went off, again thanks to Gustytail
BTC finished Ahead of the Curve, Where Is The Tank (WITT) a brand new team is over halfway through norm, and 2 into heroic
WoW Classic
On Wednesday, August 26th WOW Classic celebrates its 1st anniversary! To celebrate Nevermore & Coma are planning a special activity next Sunday, August 30th at 2pm Eastern. Keep an eye on the WoW Classic discord channel for more information!
Raid nights with the United Orgrimmar team continues to be awesome! They have cleared Molten Core and finished a full clear of AQ20! The schedule for Molten Core has moved to Saturdays so that more time can be devoted to Blackwing Lair on Sundays. If you’re interested in raiding, let us know and we will help guide you in the right direction!
Greenwall is now active in WoW Classic! Our goal was to make communication easier with our friends in and another small guild called during raid nights and various other activities throughout the week. Make sure you download the Greenwall addon so that you see all of the combined conversation otherwise you will only see ? of what’s being said and you don’t want to miss out. Friendly reminder that the main guild chat is still considered family friendly so please be respectful to everyone!
If you’re interested in creating a character with AIE Guild in WoW Classic, we play Horde on the Pagle-PvE realm! Once you make a character, jump into the LFO channel in Discord and request a guild invite. Hope to see you in game soon!
~Nevermore
ESO
Update 27 which includes the Stonethorn DLC releases for PC/Mac on August 24th and Sept 1st for consoles.
Stonethorn will have two new four person dungeons that continue the stories told in the Harrowstorm DLC and Greymoor. The new dungeons are Castle Thorn, where you are assaulting a fortress to put a stop to an evil invasion, and Stone Garden, where you confront an evil genius and his experiments. Update 27, which is a base-game patch, will have performance improvements to help with stability and reduce load times and will add Homestead character pathing. Character Pathing will allow you to build paths for your pets, assistants, and mounts to follow when they are placed in your houses so they don’t just have to stand in one spot.
For MFN on Friday, August 28th we will split into groups to run the two new dungeons together.
FFXIV
Patch 5.3 Hit. Which includes the conclusion of the Shadowbringers Storyline, the next chapters of the YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse 24 player raid and the The Sorrow of Werlyt storyline, Unreal Trials, Dwarven tribe quests for crafters, the compression of quest “fluff” in the base “A Realm Reborn” to help new players, flying added to the original zones, and more.
The free trial to the game has also been expanded. Now, for no fincial investment, you can play though the game, levels 1 – 60, including ALL content from A Realm Reborn, which is the base or vanilla content, and ALL of the first expansion, Heavesward.
There’s also TWO seasonal events happening right now!
The Moonfire Fair. Save the Eorzean tradition of the Moonfire Fair. Start you adventure in Limsa Lominsa, upper decks. Earn summer beach Hawaiian style cosmetics, dances, and moonfire fair outdoor furnishing. This event will last until August 26th, but takes less than an hour to earn all of the rewards from the event.
The other event is the return of the Yo-kai Watch event, but it has now been expanded for Shadowbringers! Earn 17 new Yo-kai themed minions all across Eorzea. If you earn 13 of them, a yo-kai mount will be yours! But there are also legendary yo-kai medallions to be earned to be traded in for cosmetic weapons! If you earn 13 of these, you will earn another yo-kai mount. If you really work at it and earn all 17 weapons, then you will get the final mount, the Jibanyan Couch mount! This event will take time to complete in its entirety, but you have until patch 5.4 comes out before the Yo-Kai watch event goes on hiatus once again.
I hope you like more seasonal events, because on August 27th, the next seasonal event starts up, The Rising. This event will run until September 14th. This is the game’s ARR relaunching anniversary event, often paying tribute to the game, the main characters, and to the players themselves. This event will start up in Ul’dah in the Steps of Nald.
In Free Company news, patch 5.3 has brought new items that can be discovered via Map nights, so Saturday nights at 9:30pm EST is the place to be for fun, adventure, and profit! Some of these items have the potential to go for more MILLIONS of gil on the player market, so it’s highly profitable to come along, not to mention that map nights are tons of fun in AIE!
Also, there’s plenty of MFNs throughout the week. This is just times we get together to run content, either it be roulettes, legacy raids, or farming for mounts or cosmetic gear. If you are stuck on a dungeon and want to run it with AIE folk, the MFNs are a great event to ask to have those ran.
The Discord channel #ffxiv is where most of the Final Fantasy chatter happens. While we are not going to discourage any sort of in game chatter, of course, but discord has fallen down as the defacto tool for game chatter, both text and in voice. Game discussion can be found there, either if you are in the game or if you are out and about on Earth on your computers, tablets, or mobile devices.
Please note that AIE in FFXIV does employ a MSQ spoiler free policy that extends to the in-game FC chat as well as the main discord channel, #ffxiv. Please refrain from any MSQ spoilers, including in the base content in ARR as new players to the game should be surprised to the many twists and turns that the story shows to the players. If you do wish to discuss plot elements of the game, we do have a new channel set up, #ffxiv-Spoilers to discuss these items. Please keep the MSQ surprises to this channel to keep the surprises a surprise to the folks that have not consumed the surprise yet.
Also new to the FFXIV Discord channels is the #ffxiv-guides-n-tips channel. Here, we will be compiling a list of tips, guides, and other resources for FFXIV. Some of these we found on the web and other FFXIV content creators, but others are created from our own AIE members. We will be pinning (that’s the thumbtack icon in Discord) the guides and tricks in order for you to quickly find the guides you are looking for. Feel free to post stuff in there that you have found helpful or processes that you do to help you in the game.
As always, we are happy to help anyone and everyone get started or returning to their Eorzean adventures. Drop on down to #ffxiv and we’d be happy to get you started today.
STO
The Risa summer event is still ongoing. There are still a couple of weeks left to participate. Fleet Night is still Sundays at 8:30 PM. This week we are completing the Lost 2800 episodes.
LOTRO
Summer Festival/ Farmer’s Faire, now a combined event, is live through Sept. 6. This past week we got a group together to storm Carn Dum. Where we cleared out not just the men Angmarim, but the women and children Angmarim too. We are looking to do more and bigger group content in the future. Do not forget if you have not claimed your free quests packs to do so by August 31st using the code LOTROFREEQUESTS in the LOTRO store.
And with that, let’s get back to Max & Sema and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
Steam Launch Steam rewards – Flair, Shae Vizla companion – August 28th, 2020 and October 5th, 2020
Gambling almost done!
Returning and New Players welcome
Guild events
Tuesdays – MFN
Monthly – MEGA
Bi-weekly (roughly) – MM Flashpoints
Interview with Dan Steed of Bioware
Amazing Outfits of Amazingness with Thaan
Close
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Max & Sema for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@MaxTheGrey
@AIESema
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
We have a new segment from Mynaras called Wondrous Tails!
Next time, we’ll be talking to Dankinia and Guest in ESO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #349 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (there are cheese souffle and raspberry scones). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan and Durus who are here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
We have your MFN schedule- Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 347: Returning Players Top 10 Tips
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-347-returning-players-top-10-tips/
People keep asking if you’re back. Yeah, I’m thinkin’ you’re back. So for all the returning players like you lately we have a top 10 list of stuff you should know.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 348: New Players Top 10 Tips
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-348-new-players-top-10-tips/
This round, we discuss the great new player resources out there and then give you OUR unique spin on top 10 tips for new players.
Working Class Nerds
Epidsode 79: SWTOR Sit-Down with Sithlord_Britt!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/4892513-epidsode-79-swtor-sit-down-with-sithlord_britt.mp3?blob_id=19506890
Marcus and Nick get the chance to chat with friend of the show Sithlord_Britt! They talk about the tricky gaming situations they’ve had this week with COVID and rough weather challenges. PLUS, they get to talk through their feelings on the newest SWTOR livestream road map and SWTOR’s new availability on Steam!
Fleet Action Report ep3 Alien Creator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nzeoiHuahU
Grebog botches the audio and so you just hear Grebog and unfortunately no Nikodas, even though he said so many things, possibly even things that may save the world.
NOMADS
Division 2
Ubisoft is currently having their “Co-Op Sale” that’s featuring up to 80% off on multi-player games including the Division 2 at 67% off.
Season 2 – Keener’s Legacy continues with a new Manhunt target this week with a double-XP bonus to both your season and SHD progression this first week for the first 15 levels.
State of the Game streams return this week as well.
A few folks have been getting online and running missions together. Kudos to Dethode, AlbusPuer, and Ayep70 for keeping the virtual streets of DC and NYC clean.
Diablo 3
Season 21 – Trials of Tempests continues, and a few folks have jumped into Sanctuary once more. Have a peak in the Battle.net app for friends that may be playing. Feel free to shout out for Rowna, Lanius, or Durus for any help or power-leveling if you want to get in on the fun.
Diablo 4’s next quarterly update is still a few months off, but if you have not caught up on the news from the June update, check out https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23463858/diablo-iv-quarterly-update-june-2020
There’s some Diablo Immortals news at https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23494812/diablo-immortal-2020-mid-year-update-8-4-2020. The internal playtest milestone is nigh.
Destiny 2
Tomorrow begins the annual tradition of honoring Guardians and their accomplishments: Solstice of Heroes.
Rewards this year will include a rare armor set and ornamental effects that you can earn by completing objectives during the event.
Check out This Week at Bungie for more details https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49425
Welcome to the six new additions to the clan on both Steam and Xbox who have joined in the last few months. Make sure to reach out to one another in the public discord to arrange clan activities.
WoW Classic
The Gates of An’Qiraj are now open!
The Vanilla “Sundae” Funday events in WoW Classic during the AIE Guild Summer of Love were great! We had a nice turn out both at the start and end of the event.
Raid nights with the United Orgrimmar team continues to be awesome! Yesterday they cleared Molten Core and finished a full clear of AQ20! The schedule for Molten Core has moved to Saturdays so that more time can be devoted to Blackwing Lair on Sundays. If you’re interested in raiding, let us know and we will help guide you in the right direction!
As of today Sunday, August 9th, Greenwall is now active in WoW Classic! Our goal was to make communication easier with our friends in United Orgrimmar and another small guild called For the Birds during raid nights and various other activities throughout the week. Make sure you download the Greenwall addon so that you see all of the combined conversation otherwise you will only see ? of what’s being said now and you don’t want to miss out. Friendly reminder that the main guild chat is still considered family friendly so please be respectful to everyone!
Huge thanks to Tetsemi for working behind the scenes with Nevermore and Coma from UO to get everything up and running today!
If you’re interested in creating a character with AIE Guild in WoW Classic, we play Horde on the Pagle-PvE realm! Once you make a character, jump into the LFO channel in Discord and request a guild invite. Hope to see you in game soon! ~ GM Nevermore
WoW
Alliance Raid Hell Froze Over had 16 people join for Ny’alotha, they got Heroic Wrathion down, Took a couple of shots at Heroic Maut to take a look at the fight, then continued their saved Normal lockout and got Vexiona and Carapice down before calling it a night. They raid on Friday nights from 8pm-11pm ET and welcome anyone who would like to join them, even if they are cross realm.
Guild invites keep rolling in we are at 460 members and even with beta out, we have 10-15 people on at any given time on the Alliance side..
Saturday the Gusty and Fezgig did the Summer of Love battle pet event, and started on the Alliance side and gave out a few pets and did a several hidden pet quests. They moved over to the Horde side for a few more hours and had pretty good response to pets in guild, and again were able to do some hidden quest chains to open up pet vendors.
Gustytail will surely like to share the high moment of the evening, with a pretty cool opportunity that a special someone (identity has not been revealed) allowed us to do with 1 Million Gold!!! All in all, I think a lot of pets went to good foster homes.
Hey, Syreyne- (getting called out), Fezgig now has a full team of Anacoa Chickens lvl 1 to battle your team of left sharks
SWTOR
Last week, SWTOR jumped onto Steam and because of that, it’s a great time to jump back into the game or try it out for the first time. There are a lot of players doing the same. Content creators in general have been covering all the stuff you need to know both as a new player and a returning one. If you want to check SWTOR out, jump into the AIE discord and say hi. We have guilds on both the Republic and the Empire sides on Star Forge server.
Nar Shaddaa Nightlife is still ongoing with lots of guildies reporting having won the big prizes. Apparently it’s not impossible! The event goes on until August 25th.
During our Summer of Love MFN, we went to the Guild Stronghold on Rishi for some impromptu Huttball, then we toured the galaxy killing world bosses. We ended the evening with a mount giveaway where everyone who attended got to choose one from a special Events tab in the guild bank. Thank you to everyone who donated prizes!
On Friday, Maellung’s Flashpoint Friday event started out with a costume contest, and everyone who competed got to choose two outfits from the many that have been donated to the guild. Then we went and did some Master Mode Flashpoints that perhaps we shouldn’t have, which made it all the more fun.
Special note to let everyone know that the newest edition of BCavanagh’s Conquest Calculator is available. This is a tool you can use to plan and track your Conquest activities. Check the pins in discord to find a link!
ESO
ESO’s MFN event on Friday was called House Hunters Tamriel Edition. We spent the evening show of some of our personal houses in game and several of our members proved once again they are amazing decorators. Skye’s SoL themed house was outstanding and the attention to detail was amazing. Vore’s library of floating books and neat display of items obtained by the Antiquities skill made it a home that a mage would aspire to reside in. Looci, Shimmer, and Kelseer also opened their homes for our tour. If you want to check out all the houses we visited, the video is on my twitch channel, twitch.tv/dankinia and will go up on the AIE Youtube channel soon as well.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
STO’s SoL event will be running the Risa event on Sunday at 8:30 PM Eastern. Hang out on the beach, build a sand castle and tour the island. We look forward to seeing everyone
LOTRO
Last night fun was had and prizes were given out at our search and rescue event. If you missed it do not worry it will be coming around again. Do not forget if you have not claimed your free quest packs to do so before the end of the month using the code LOTROFREEQUESTS in the lotro store. Expansion quest packs are also still available for 99 LP through the end of the month as well, this does not include Mordor and Minas Morgul though. Rohan housing is live and AIE has started to take over 1 of the neighborhoods.
There are also the rumblings of the rumor that the band will get back together
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and Durus and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Durus: New Patch Tomorrow!
The Free Trial of the Game
Now includes ALL content up through ARR and the first Expansion Heavenward including the Dark Knight, Machinist, and Astrologia jobs
Level cap raised to 60
Deep Dungeon access expanded to floor 200
Patch 5.3
Patch 5.3 Special Site: <https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/patch_5_3/>
Patch Notes: <https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/4f18bc98879389862f5d3dd61e3b3da623e3670d>
Highlights
Tomorrow! After 24 hour maintenance.
MSQ – Reflections in Crystal
Dungeon – The Hero’s Gauntlet
Trial – “Mystery Trial”
Raid – “The Puppet’s Bunker” — next Nier Automata raid
Custom Deliveries
Beast Tribe Quests – Tomra “Dwarves”
ARR Overhaul – Flight! Streamlined MSQ! ARR – HW shortened.
Patch 5.31**
Ishgardian Restoration – growth, commercial district
Patch 5.35**
Resistance Weapon – “Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr”
Battlefield (PvP) – The Bozjan Southern Front
Abovan: Laa la laa la la hee!
Summer of Love
Map Nights
Raiding
FC “Numbers” – Maybe shelf this one. ok
Durus: New Members Notes and AIE community
Membership Roles:
Leadership – Director and game officers “FFXIV Officers”
Community leadership and Emeritus: AIE Officer and Emeritus
Members:
Garden Manager – gardens
House Managers – no one currently
Member role: everyone in the FC for over 3 months
Prospect – any new invite
How to get promoted. Don’t idle, 3 months.
Invite procedure.
How to get involved?
Discord, discord, discord!
Streams.
(Any last minute ‘before the patch hits tomorrow’ advice?)
It is too late for the pebbles to vote! — get in your beast tributes and other dailies done.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan and Durus for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
Next time, we’ll be talking to Sema & Max in SWTOR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #348 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne, Nawkar, and Corley who are here to talk to us about AIE in Summer of Love Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Summer of Love shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 345: Pop Some Tags At The Bazaar
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-345-pop-some-tags-at-the-bazaar/
The Cartel Bazaar is filled with event, rep and cartel vendors with some pretty rare and unique items to be had.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 346: Steam Stream
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-346-steam-stream/
Dev stream this week on what’s next and SWTOR is now live on Steam.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 78: Star Wars: Legion with Joey Fetta!!!
Marcus and Nick finally sit down with Joey Fetta to talk table top gaming with Joey Fetta! They talk about Dungeons and Dragons as well as Joey’s impressive Star Wars: Legion set up!
Star Trek Online – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
Episode 0 – In the Beginning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJicaAV1Ag
Episode 1 – Character Creation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62HFszJHxJk
Episode 2 – Ships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E6AhrP35yc
NOMADS
Tetsemi- Division 2
This Week in the Division 2: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/k7yt2roYpjgh0TXiS2Ozt/this-week-in-the-division-2-july-24
Highlights:
* Season 2 – Keener’s Legacy continues
* Title Update 10.1 released on July 21st. Rebalancing and bug fix patch.
* Extended Global Event schedule.
AIE Clan marches on with a few new members. Call out to the public discord channel for running together.
Diablo 3
Season 21 continues.
Diablo 4
If you haven’t checked out the last quarterly update: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23463858/diablo-iv-quarterly-update-june-2020
Destiny 2
This Week at Bungie: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49387
Highlights:
* Destiny 2 is coming to the Xbox Game Pass this Fall.
* There will be optimizations for the Xbox Series X including 4K/60FPS.
* Developer Deep Dive on Twitch.tv, Tuesday, July 28 at 10AM PST. https://twitch.tv/bungie
* Destiny 2 Cookbook? Yep, featuring Destiny 2 inspired concoctions.
Remember to check in on the Twitch Prime rewards for Destiny 2: https://twitch.amazon.com/tp/loot/destiny2
That expansion keeps edging ever closer, Beyond the Light drops on 10 November 2020. Preorders are available now with instant access to special shiny stuff. (Exotic Ghost Shell and Legendary Emblem).
WoW
We have over 450 members on the alliance side and Syreyne’s team HFO killed Heroic Wrathion while carrying some scrub druid named Max…..I mean Councilman Max, the awesome boomkin…..lol
July 31st is Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl!!! It’s that time to dress in your best bar crawling costume and get drunk* with your friends!!! Join us Discord for all the fun! Hosted by Gusty and Syreyne
*Drinking is in-game only. We have no control over anything that happens out of game. Be responsible.
WoW Classic
Sunday Funday at 2pm Eastern every Sunday!
SWTOR
The big news this week was that SWTOR is now on Steam! The original standalone SWTOR launcher still works and there is no pressure to switch, but many guildies switched over on the first day the Steam version was available with no problems. And the additional visibility for the game on Steam has been great. In the future there will be Steam achievements and there is other Steam stuff in the works.
Guildies are looking forward to the return of swoop racing this coming Tuesday. Several people will be maxing out their rep too, which will enable them to play through the last installment of the swoop race story. There is rep and currency to earn from three factions, which you can then use to buy speeders, decorations, and whatnot.
BCavanan has updated the SWTOR Conquest Calculator for the latest conquest updates from patch 6.1.2. He has a post on Reddit that links to his Google Documents spreadsheet.
https://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/hyfrzt/swtor_conquest_calculator_updated_for_612/
(I’m not completely sure what to say about SoL, so here is a placeholder) During the week of Summer of Love, MFN (or MEGA or MM Friday) will be a special SoL Version, so stay tuned!
ESO
On Friday August 7th the members of AIE will be doing a non-combat event for Summer of Love during our normal MFN time slot. House decorating is something that a lot of our members (not me) excel at and we will be doing a tour to see the fantastic décor our guild members have come up with for the in-game houses their characters call home. Anyone who wants to can open their home for us to visit and we will be doing the tours as a group. I promise we won’t destroy the furniture, graffiti the walls, or leave trash all over the place, but I can’t promise I won’t find something for my character to jump off that might result in a ghost wandering around for a short while.
Currently the Summerset event is underway until Tuesday, August 4th at 10am EST. During this event you will receive extra loot from all of the daily quest rewards, resources nodes and Psijic Portals, and the world and delve bosses. Also the first time you complete a Geyser, delve, or world boss daily each day you will get 3 event tickets and a Glorious Summerset coffer in addition to the regular rewards. As usual, the event tickets can only be earned once per account. The reward boxes contain set items, crafting mats, furnishing recipes, and pages for a brand new Snowhawk mage outfit style. You can only get one Glorious Summerset coffer a day, but there is no limit to the common Summerset Coffers you can earn during the event. The Indrik feathers as well as new berries are being sold in the Impresario’s shop so if you are a mount collector, the event tickets can be used to purchase those and if you are not a mount collector, there are a lot of new furniture options for sale as well.
FFXIV
We’ll be doing map nights at the usual time on august 8th, but we’ll be doing level 70 maps.
Last night was a rather successful run for the treasure hunters, with several end runs and lots of ‘skittles’ to be had, much to Kelseer’s chagrin.
The upcoming patch (Aug. 11), which will complete the story of Shadowbringers; the expansion of the free trial from up to level 35 to up to level 60, including the Heavensward expansion; and the 50% off sale on the Square Enix and Playstation stores (get the complete game, including Shadowbringers, for $30!) until August 17.
Much more on the patch and AIE activities with Abovan on the next podcast.
STO
We got Tier 3 Research for the Spire and Tier 2 for the Colony. It was an amazing effort by everyone. That unlocked the Vulnerability Locator Tactical Console. The Embassy Diplomacy III and Colony Renewable Energy III are the next projects the Fleet will focus on. This will unlock more consoles to use on fleet member’s ships. The current event ends on 30 July. If you still need tokens to get the Red Angel suit, you need to hurry. Risa starts on August 4th. Get your board shorts and hover packs ready. A New ship that was designed by environment artist Nick Duguid is one of the rewards. This week’s Fleet Night is off because of RL. Next week Dent will be starting up episodes that are not part of the regular seasons.
EVE
World war Bee 2.0 is underway. Eve vs Goons basically lol. Fun for all!
Let’s get a quick On-The-Scene quote from our Fearless Leader Hoots – “I don’t know what’s happening, but we’re in Fountain again.”
LOTRO
Servers are back up and seem to be running ok after data center issues. New update will be coming either this week or next week that will include Rohan Housing. Standing Stone Games is planning on giving out a thank you gift for VIPs and one for the others for being patient (ish) during the issues to be announced this week. We are planning on some fun stuff during SoL so stay tuned to later in the show for more details.
And with that, let’s get back to Sy, Nawkar, and Corley and find out what’s going on in Summer of Love.
GAME NEWS
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2020/07/aie-summer-of-love-2020/
Summer of Love 2020 Tentative Schedule:
Saturday August 1
Sy: (WoW – Both) COOP 5pm ET; Contact Beefy (Updated contacts)
Sy: (WoW Horde) NOOB Raid 11pm ET
Sunday August 2
Sy: (WoW Classic) Sunday Funday 2pm ET; Contact Nevermore
Everyone: (All Games) Remembrance Day 7pm ET, followed by Fireworks of Orgrimmar LLC fireworks display at the rear gate.
Monday August 3
Corley: (GW2) MFN 9:30pm ET Track down some World Bosses or run some event chains.
Tuesday August 4
Corley: (SWTOR) MFN Special Edition 9pm ET; Contact Max and Sema
Wednesday August 5
Corley: (FFXIV) MFN Special Edition 9pm ET; Contact Abovan
Thursday August 6
Nawkar: (WoW Horde) Ny’alotha Fel Rush–Glide Invitational 9pm ET; Contact Nawkar
Friday August 7
Sy: (ESO) MFN 9pm ET; Visit Homes and Hang Out; Contact Dankinia
Sy: (FFXIV) MFN Late Night 11pm ET; Fashionista Night; Contact Abovan
Saturday August 8
Nawkar: (WoW Alliance & Horde) Pet-Quest Expedition – this event extends to both Alliance and Horde where we will be completing several quests that unlock pets! Our Alliance friends will be seeking new creature companions from 3-5pm ET, while the Horde hunts for various varmints from 6-8 ET. Contact Gustytail and Fezgig for details.
Nawkar: (LOTRO) Hide and Seek Rescue Event 8:30pm ET; There will be clues to find an officer then try to keep the low level toon alive while they purposely pull mobs until they get to a safe location. Prizes will be given out.; Contact Maellung
Nawkar: (WoW Horde) NOOB Special Edition 11pm ET; Legacy Raid Night; Contact Dankinia
Sunday August 9
Corley: (WoW Classic) Sunday Funday Special Edition 2pm ET; Contact Nevermore
Corley: (STO) MFN 8:30pm ET; Risa Event and Beach Day; Contact Dent
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Syreyne, Nawkar, and Corley for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
Twitter: @SyreyneAIE and on Twitch.tv/Syreyne
Corley: twitch.tv/corley
Nawkar: AIE Discord
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
No segments this week, but…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Welcome Fellow AIE Members!
It’s that glorious time of the year where we celebrate love, happiness, and our fellow man and orc. Join us for Alea Iacta Est Summer of Love Extravaganza! You will find all the information you need in this packet to have a week of so much fantastical awesomeness that you can barely contain it! It has pets! It has light sabers and blasters! It has fashion nights and beach days! There is games and prizes and COOP! And not to be outshined by all the fun, we will most definitely have Remembrance Day.
So grab your girl, your mate, your best friend! Mark your calendar! And prepare for the experience of a lifetime!
Yours Truly,
Syreyne
Events Extraordinaire!
Summer of Love 2020 Tentative Schedule:
Saturday August 1
(WoW – Horde) COOP 5pm ET; Contact Beefy
(WoW Horde) NOOB Raid 11pm ET
Sunday August 2
(WoW Classic) Sunday Funday 2pm ET; Contact Nevermore
(All Games) Remembrance Day 7pm ET, starting locations:
– WoW – Shrine of the Fallen Warrior (both factions)
– SWTOR – Juran Mountains (both factions)
– FFXIV – FC House
– EVE – Amarr System
– LOTRO – Ruins overlooking the Prancing Pony
– GW2 – Field of the Fallen, Lion’s Arch
– STO – Sol System
– ESO – Dankina’s House
Monday August 3
(GW2) MFN 9:30pm ET
Tuesday August 4
(SWTOR) MFN Special Edition 9pm ET; Contact Max and Sema
Wednesday August 5
(FFXIV) MFN Special Edition 9pm ET; Contact Abovan
Thursday August 6
(WoW Horde) Ny’alotha Fel Rush – Glide Invitational 9pm ET; Contact Nawkar
Friday August 7
(ESO) MFN 9pm ET; Visit Homes and Hang Out; Contact Dankinia
(FFXIV) MFN Late Night 11pm ET; Fashionista Night; Contact Abovan
Saturday August 8
(WoW Aliiance) Pet-Quest Expedition 3-5pm ET; We will be completing several quests that unlock pets!; Contact Gustytail and Fezgig
(WoW Horde) Pet-Quest Expedition 6-8pm ET; We will be completing several quests that unlock pets!; Contact Gustytail and Fezgig
(LOTRO) Hide and Seek Rescue Event 8:30pm ET; There will be clues to find an officer then try to keep the low level toon alive while they purposely pull mobs until they get to a safe location. Prizes will be given out.; Contact Maellung
(WoW Horde) NOOB Special Edition 11pm ET; Legacy Raid Night; Contact Dankinia
Sunday August 9
(WoW Classic) Sunday Funday Special Edition 2pm ET; Contact Nevermore
(STO) MFN 8:30pm ET; Risa Event and Beach Day; Contact Dent
*Please remember to bring the enclosed ticket to all events. This ticket entitles you and three guests to enjoy all of the wonders of Summer of Love.*
Just Kidding! Everyone is invited!
Summer of Love is coming up fast! If you don’t know what it is, please reach out to us on Discord. We will gladly tell you more stories than you ever thought of! You can also check out our YouTube videos from last year’s events here.
If you have any questions on SoL in general or on specific events, you can contact the listed person for the event, myself (Syreyne), or any officer in any game division. We hope to see everyone there!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #347 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Shojobeat, Dankinia, and The Hordeling who are here to talk to us about Animal crossing! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Animal Crossing shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
AIE YouTube channel has all the Stream Weekend recordings available: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwv8lWI-wBHdZAZD-EOeEGA
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 344: Swoop There It Is
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-344-swoop-there-it-is/
Swoop races are here. Three factions and three tracks. Reputation and rewards.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 345: Pop Some Tags At The Bazaar
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-345-pop-some-tags-at-the-bazaar/
The Cartel Bazaar is filled with event, rep and cartel vendors with some pretty rare and unique items to be had.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 77: We Enroll at the University of Coruscant!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/4511933-episode-77-we-enroll-at-the-university-of-coruscant.mp3?blob_id=17721260
Marcus and Nick sit down with the host and creator of The University of Coruscant podcast, James McDonald (aka Dr. Sunny Ravencourt) to talk about James’/Sunny’s podcast as well as evaluate how EA has handled their license to make Star Wars video games.
NOMADS
Destiny 2
Season of Arrivals continues with the eerie foreshadowing of the upcoming vault change to the game’s development roadmap. Strange pyramid ships now hover over Io, Titan, Mercury, and Mars. Get your campaigns and activities on these planets done soon.
All the latest news for Destiny 2 can always been found at “TWAB (This Week At Bungie” updates web page: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49333
Some highlights include:
* A new public event on Io.
* A new exotic weapon quest.
* Winners from the fashion and art show are announced on TWAB.
* The next Twitch Prime rewards will be available on 22 July. Remember to check this page each month: https://twitch.amazon.com/tp
* New charity event, “iPads for Kids” information is available.
* And more.
Alea Iacta Est membership has slowly been climbing in anticipation of the expansion launch on 22 September. The clan is at 94/100 members across platforms. You can always ask for a clan invite in the public discord channel #destiny2, and also team up with other active members there.
Division 2
Welcome to all the new members of the clan who have joined us since the AIE streaming event. Keep on leveling and remember to ask for help in the public discord channel #thedivision2. Once you have unlocked the base NPC Grace Larson you can either submit an application for the clan named “AleaIactaEst” (no spaces) or ask for an invite for your uplay account name in discord.
* Season 2: Keener’s Legacy continues along with a new Manhunt target and event.
* Title Update 10.1 is slated for 21 July.
* The popular “State of the Game” podcast/stream is on summer break until 5 August. However, keep up to date with game news via Ubisoft’s “This Week in The Division 2” news posts on their site. News from this past week can be found at https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/2R9VeV1ReYJLR6WDalzpaL/this-week-in-the-division-2-july-10
* The level 30 version of the new raid, “Iron Horse,” is now available.
Diablo 3
While not version 3, Diablo 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary. Make sure to login to Diablo 3 to get your commemorative free wings. Also, watch Carbot’s video for some Baal fun: https://youtu.be/LIYfqBHiVRs
Season 21: Trials of Tempests is now live
The theme is elements. Every 90 seconds, your character will channel one of the elements for a different elemental power:
* Rain meteors from the skies around you.
* Breathe lightning.
* Summon a wall of flame.
* Release twisters of pure energy.
* Crush your foes under the weight of rolling snowballs.
This Season’s rewards will include items from the original Season 9.
The full details of Season 21 can be found at https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23428368/season-21-trials-of-tempests-is-now-live-6-4-2020
Clan and Community invites are available via request in the public discord channel #nomads. If you need some help leveling a seasonal character or just want to grind some GRifts (that’s D3 slang for Greater Rifts!), give a holler.
WOW Classic
We are changing the way we keep track of character info in the guild list. Instead of professions being noted we will be changing it to reflect Main and/or Alt character names. Please send a message in game to Nevermore or reach out to her via Discord so that we can get your WoW Classic characters updated. Thanks!
WoW
A reminder that with Beta previews up for Shadowlands please no spoilers in guild chat or outside of #wow-spoilers channel in AIE Discord.
AIE Summer of Love will run from August 1st through August 9th, keep an eye out on https://aie-guild.org for an announcement post with dates and activities soon.
Clean your drinking mugs, the Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl is coming up. Watch for an invitation on the in game guild calendars.
Purchase A 6-month Subscription And Get A New Mount!
The fearsome Steamscale Incinerator is a spark-breathing robo-terror that rules the skies wherever it flies. Legends say a mad gnomish inventor had a deranged dream to ride a dragon, so he built this metal monstrosity powered with a trapped demon in order to create “an authentic dragon soul.”
Once you’ve purchased the 6 Month subscription from the Blizzard Shop, the Steamscale Incinerator mount will automatically be added to your in-game collection. Players on an existing 6-month recurring subscription with a future renewal date will receive the Steamscale Incinerator as a gift in their Battle.net desktop app at no additional charge prior to July 20, 2020.
Save 50% On Select Pets, Mounts, And More During Our Summer Sale!
If you’re looking for a hot summer deal, then we’ve got you covered. You can save 50% on select pets, mounts, and more now through July 19.
SWTOR
AIE has been doing well in SWTOR this month. MFNs are on Tuesdays at 9PM Eastern, six Operations teams run weekly, and Friday Master Mode Flashpoints run bi-weekly. Last month’s MEGA was a special edition as it was part of AIE’s ‘Where to Start’ streaming weekend.
This month marked the beginning of the All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally and lots of guildies got their swoop on. This is an event where you progress by doing tricks, blowing up things, and indulging your need for speed. It is going to join the recurring line up of SWTOR event weeks, but first it’s going to have an early return at the end of July. Also, the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event will start up this week and go for just under a month. That is not as long as it has run in past summers, so don’t procrastinate!
ESO
Stonethorn DLC and Update 27 was announced. Stonethorn will have two new four person dungeons that continue the stories told in the Harrowstorm DLC and Greymoor. The new dungeons are Castle Thorn, where you are assaulting a fortress to put a stop to an evil invasion, and Stone Garden, where you confront an evil genius and his experiments. Update 24, which is a base-game patch, will have performance improvements to help with stability and reduce load times and will add Homestead character pathing. Character Pathing will allow you to build paths for your pets, assistants, and mounts to follow when they are placed in your houses so they don’t just have to stand in one spot. While there is no release date set yet, the DLC and the update should be on the PTS sometime next week if you want to check them out in advance of launch.
FFXIV
FFXIV’s next patch, “Reflections in Crystal” had it’s release date confirmed for August 11th. With it will be the conclusion of the Shadowbringer’s story, a new trial boss, and the next chapter of the YorHa Dark Apocalypse 24 man raid series, AKA the Nier: Automata crossover.
Map night continues! We’ll be running level 80 maps for the remainder of July with a level 70 map night on August 8th. We’ll likely return to a full level 80 map schedule with the release of patch 5.3, as new materials should be introduced to the Lyhe Ghiah (Lee-a Gee-ya), the treasure dungeons of the pixies.
LOTRO
Thanks to the where to start event and the podcast, traffic has picked up. Stuff we are doing over the next couple weeks will be finally working on some slayer deeds and also it is time to return to Monster Play
STO
We have had a lot of activity this week. We opened up the Research Upgrade on the Spire and then got it completed a few days later. Everyone one put in a great effort. The construction crews have their worker bees going and will have it built a week from Sunday.
As always, Fleet Night is Sundays at 8:30 PM Eastern/7:30 PM Central
And with that, let’s get back to Shojo, Kini, and the Hordeling and find out what’s going on in Animal Crossing.
GAME NEWS
(June 27th) The first Bug Off happened and was both fun and frustrating.
The 2nd Fishing Tourney just ended, how did everyone do?!
Tips for next tourney (stock up on bait, so much bait)
Summer Update Wave 1:
Swimming/diving: new sea creatures to catch and donate
Pascal: mermaid furniture set DIYs
Pirate Gullivarrr: anybody have this strange visitor wash ashore yet?
Summer Update Wave 2: (coming early August)
Theories and guesses, fireworks event? Datamining found: Luna’s Dream Suite and 6 different types of veggies.
Discord to coordinate turnips, shooting stars, event gatherings, etc
Every Sunday a few AIE members will post good Turnip sale prices and throughout the week post good buying prices at Nooks.
People also announce shooting stars, if Redd is visiting and what he has for sale, and neat items that are available in the stores.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Shojo , Kini, and The Hordeling for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
Shojo: Twitter= ShojoAIE, Instagram= shojo_aie, Discord= Shojobeat
Dankinia: I can be found on twitter @Dankinia and on Twitch.tv/dankinia where I stream the ESO MFN and Noob Raid.
Hordling: You can find me on the Fert Discord as Rhi (thehordling) usually stalking for turnips and very rarely on Twitter @thehordling
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Tetsemi: Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
Tetsemi: And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #346 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Heys, there is fig ricotta cake and pineapple upside cake in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Maellung who is here to talk to us about AIE in LOTRO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into LOTRO 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 – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
AIE ‘Where to Start’ Streaming Event
This was a huge weekend in AIE! We had our Where to Start streaming event! We will have a full blog post with links to the streams shortly, and we have links to each stream in the show notes. Huge shout outs to streamers in the following games:
Dankinia for ESO; Fezgig and Marcus for WOW Alliance; Marcus for SWTOR; Durus for Division 2; some guy named Mewkow for Fallout 76; Sy for WOW Horde; Maellung and Marcus for LOTR; Abovan for FFXIV; Dent for STO; Marcus for Call of Duty; and Max conducting our Town Hall event!
And, a big AIE Thank you to Marcus and Fezgig for organizing this weekend of great content!
AIE Streaming Event Links (Will be updated with Youtube links when available)
ESO – Dankinia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErmrEWtjH_0
AIE TownHall – MaxTheGrey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2w2wM8Gjto
AIE WoW (Alliance) – Fezgig and MarcusB814
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YUnkzhr9k8
AIEGuild Wars 2 – Corley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRCoSU0Xt2Y
AIE SWTOR – MarcusB814
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/663532173
AIE The Division 2 – TheDurus
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/663620958?t=00h28m45s
AIE Fallout 76 – Mewkow
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/663761207
AIE WoW (Horde) – Syreyne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlnKisijT4
AIE LOTR – Maellung and MarcusB814
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/664302475
AIE FFXIV – Abovan
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/664420104
AIE STO – Dent
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/664505147
AIE Jedi Fallen Order – MarcusB814
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/664528363?t=2h26m50s
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 343: Timey Wimey Timeliney
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-343-timey-wimey-timeliney/
Charles posted a bunch of timey wimey timeliney stuff this week so we cover that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-343.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 76: Things We Enjoy (LIVE on Twitch!)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/4336196-episode-76-things-we-enjoy-live-on-twitch.mp3?blob_id=16903808
Nick and Marcus sit down and record the show LIVE on Twitch.tv/marcusb814 and talk about why they love the games and activities that they do, plus discuss what they’ve been doing in gaming for the past week or so.
NOMADS
Destiny 2
The upcoming expansion is still receiving some buzz. “Beyond the Light” is available for pre-order on Steam and consoles.
The Iron Banner is returning and has some new rewards. It will run from June 30th to July 7th. Note that skill-based matchmaking is disabled this season. Good luck, Guardians.
The sixth straight month of Twitch rewards for the game are available. Link your Twitch and Bungie accounts to claim your rewards: https://twitch.amazon.com/prime/loot/destiny2
Other news, and highlights from the past week at Bungie can be found at https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49294
Some are choosing to focus on completing content that will be destined for the “content vault,” and may not be seen again for quite some time as the game moves into its new content model. Destinations and content contained within Io, Titan, Mercury, Mars and Leviathan will be among the first things to be archived. Now is a good time to wrap up your experiences with these locations.
Remember to check out the public discord’s #destiny2 channel for clan activity.
The Division 2
Title Update 10 is live with balancing and other changes.
https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2236578-Title-Update-10-Patch-Notes-Updated-2-00-PM-CEST-June-18
Season 2 is live and the first Manhunt target is active. Roadmap follows:
The “Where to Start” Streaming event session for Division 2 happened last night and was broadcast via the game community’s and theDurus’ twitch channels. It showcased a starting character’s experience as they first entered the DC area, explained game systems, and talked about the story.
Should you be picking up the game, there is a friend referral program. Make sure to contact a vet player of the game so you both can receive some rewards: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/friend-referral
If you’d like to join the Clan please contact @Durus in discord, or use the #lfo channel in the public discord. The game is discussed in the #thedivision2 channel. There is currently a general inquiry for those still playing to see if a fun night can be established to get some playtime together.
Diablo 3/4
The new season for Diablo 3 is just around the corner and begins on the 3rd of July. Season 21 is named “Trials of Tempests”
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23428368/season-21-trials-of-tempests-begins-july-3-6-4-2020
The latest Diablo 4 quarterly update is available at https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23463858/diablo-iv-quarterly-update-june-2020
* This is a good read and talks about the new open world of Sanctuary as well team playtesting experiences.
If you’ll be diving back into the game for the new Season, look for an invite to the clan and community in the public Discord’s #lfo channel.
WoW
Summer of Love is coming up, watch for announcements on that, and if you have any ideas for WoW events, please contact Syreyne.
Also tune in July 8th for a Shadowlands Update
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/world-of-warcraft/23463297/tune-in-july-8-for-a-shadowlands-update
WoW Classic
Vanilla Sundae Fundays
Scoop out a little time from your schedule, and level up with us in WoW Classic!
Whether you’re just starting out and sprinkling through starter quests, or adding the cherry on top of a max level 60… Everyone is invited to join us for an old fashioned social hour in game and Discord!
SWTOR
The last two weeks of MFNs have seen us going into Karagga’s Palace on the Pub side and and Dread Fortress on the Imp side. Afterwards this week, we killed the Isotope-5 droid known as the Golden Fury in Toborro’s Courtyard–or as we sometimes call it, the golden chicken in the Marriott Courtyard. And no one got killed in the laser because they were reading discord….
This month’s MEGA was extra special as Marcus and Fezgig took part in the AIE “Where to Start” Streaming Weekend. Marcus streamed SWTOR character creation and beginning play for a Nautolan marauder with tips and tricks for gameplay while Fezgig created a new character and played along. Together, Marcus and Fezgig put together a whole weekend of streaming for the guild that was truly epic.
Coming up this Friday will be Maellung’s Master Mode Flashpoints for the Aratech Ice mount. Come knock out a couple Flashpoints toward this achievement and have some fun.
In game news, the All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally starts this week and we will definitely be checking out this new event. There will be new reps to gain, and new mounts, titles, and achievements to earn!
ESO
Greymoor is awesome and the antiquities system is still fun. The past few MFN’s have been focused on the new zone and next Friday’s MFN we will group up and run the two new public dungeons.
As part of the antiquities system in addition to treasure you can sell for gold and furnishings, you can get the very cool looking Ebon Dwarven Wolf Mount. The mount requires 17 different pieces and the lead for each piece drops in specific locations. Throughout the last week, people have been grouping up in discord to farm the leads together so if you are after the mount, feel free to request help in discord or guild chat or watch for others to say they are going on a farming run.
FFXIV
The FFXIV raid team completed Eden 5 savage. Map night is on break on July 4th and will resume on July 11th, where we’ll do level 70 maps instead of level 80.
Remember the Goblin Server, in the Crystal Data Center, is a preferred server which means you get the Road to 70 XP buff on new characters created on Goblin.
As always, please join the #ffxiv channel in AIE Discord and see the MNF list for all our in game activities.
Ongoing events in game
18-May till Patch Day 5.3 (unannounced)
Moogle Treasure Trove – The Hunt for Law
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/mogmog-collection/202005/
02-Jul through 27-Jul
Breaking Brick Mountain (Collaboration Event with Dragon Quest X)
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/b0f1c9efda96c5ef4e243f01b431cb24cdac7045
Speak with Havak Alvak of the Mythril Eye to learn where these strange new golems may be found.
* Please note that seasonal quests cannot be completed after the event has concluded.
* This event is identical to the one previously held. Completed quests cannot be undertaken a second time.
Collect the Thug’s Mug head piece glamour, the Windup Brickman minion, and the King Slime Crown, also a head piece glamour.
STO
Fleet Report
– Fleet Nights are on Sundays 7:30 PM Central/8:30 PM Eastern. We have a good core of players. We are always willing to help new player and adjust content to allow lower level players to participate.
– We continue working on Fleet Holding. Our Embassy and Spire are progressing.
– There is always an Event running or scheduled to run in game to get equipment or work towards getting a free end game ship.
And with that, let’s get back to Maellung and find out what’s going on in LOTRO.
GAME NEWS
Stuff we are doing during SNL
Current stuff going on: free stuff and current event on the Bombadil server.
Update 27 arriving soon:
Wedding, Storied Tales, hobbit gifts, housing and traits ( will go into more detail on these)
Stuff to look forward to in the near and later this year.
PVMP is going well; check in on Saturday evenings for Freep hunting (8 PM Eastern)! Wells of Langflood is a new level 130 region, or you can continue to Dwarf-holds quest lines
REDEEM Code – LOTROFREEQUESTS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Maellung for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 Shojobeat, Dankinia, and The Hordeling in Animal Crossing. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Join game officers as they live stream walk-through’s of many of the games that are the core of AIE! Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars The Old Republic, The Division 2, Lord of The Rings Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Star Trek Online, and Fallout 76.
If you have ever found yourself wanting to try a new game but were avoiding the time commitment and possible frustration of learning the ins and outs of getting started, then this event is for you.
When: Friday June 26th, Saturday June 27th, and Sunday June 28th
Where: AIE Discord and AIE Twitch Stream
Time Zone: Event times are set as Eastern Time
Game Walk Through Duration: 2 hours for each game
Cost: Hard Disc Space. All Games are free to try, with the exception of Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) and Fallout 76
Your game instructors will walk you through:
– Character creation
– Starting zones
– Basic navigation
– Tips for beginners
– Connecting and communicating with others and joining the guild
– First look at the game experience
Not a member of the AIE gaming community? No problem! We welcome everyone to come hop in Twitch and the discord channels and watch, listen, and ask questions about the games.
Not able to make the live event? Also no problem! We will be recording the sessions and posting for view on-demand.
Have kids that would like to watch? Again, no problem! The AIE community works very hard to maintain a family friendly environment and we welcome all ages to come and participate!
ESO – 9 pm-10:30 pm
Game Instructor: Dankinia (Kini)
AIE Town Hall: 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Presenters: AIE leaders from across the community
WoW– 4 pm-6 pm
Game Instructor: Fez (Alliance)
GW2– 6 pm-8 pm
Game Instructor: Corley
SWTOR – 8 pm-10 pm
Game Instructor: Marcus
The Division 2 – 10 pm-12 am (Midnight)
Game Instructor: Durus
Fallout 76 – 12 am (Midnight) – 2 am
Game Instructor: Mewkow
WoW– 2 pm-4 pm
Game Instructor: Syreyne (Horde)
LOTR – 4 pm-6 pm
Game Instructor: Maellung Arrowshield
FFXIV – 6 pm-8 pm
Game Instructor: Abovan
STO – 8 pm-10 pm
Game Instructor: Dent
Call of Duty – 10:30 pm-12 am
Game Instructor: Marcus
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #345 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Marcus and Fezgig who are here to talk about the AIE where to start event! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into the Where to Start event 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
The Escape Pod Cast
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 342: What Sema Does In The Shadows
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-342-what-sema-does-in-the-shadows/
This week we find out what Sema does in the shadows, which mostly consists of super-fast, stealth heroics.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 341: CZ The Day
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-341-cz-the-day/
This week we walk through some speed run tips to get all your weekly conquest from CZ-198 in about 10 min.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 75: AIE’s Where To Start Event!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/4141835-episode-75-aie-s-where-to-start-event.mp3?blob_id=15966047
Marcus and Nick chat with fellow AIE officer Fezgig about AIE’s Where to Start event coming up June 27th and 28th! The event’s goal is to walk new players through getting started in the guild’s favorite games. Listen in for details!
NOMADS
Destiny 2
The next expansion, “Beyond the Light” arrives on 22nd September.
Details at https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/BeyondLight
No Destiny 3 soon, instead devs will be transforming Destiny 2. Read more about “Building a Viable Future in Destiny 2” at https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49189
That’s the Destiny buzz to be sure. Restructure of the game content is coming to fix some progression issues and better structure the game for future expansions.
Our AIE Destiny crew is excited in general and a handful of people have jumped back in recent and are checking out gear updates, etc.
Anyone interested should jump in that Destiny channel and say hi. The Clan is still open for invites as well.
There’s over 90 accounts attached to the clan right now but we can make room as needed too.
Diablo III
PTR has ended. Patch 2.6.9 should be live soon.
Division 2
Title Update 10 is due on 16th June. Details at https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/news-updates/157QiTvKizohEweybOO8F9/title-update-10-to-release-june-16th
Season 2 to start 23rd June, new raid on 30th June.
WoW
Noob Raid is still running 2 groups every Saturday night. We generally get 5/10 bosses down and last night Noob Raid Prime killed Ra-den for the first time. Also thank you to Gijora for being our tactician and to Sy for leading Noob Raid Alpha since Dankinia leaves being in two raids at the same time to Gi.
WoW Classic
Scoop out a little time from your schedule, and level up with us in WoW Classic!
Whether you’re just starting out and sprinkling through starter quests,
or adding the cherry on top of a max level 60…
Everyone is invited to join us for an old fashioned social hour in game and Discord!
Vanilla Sundae Fundays begin this Sunday, June 21st at 2pm Server Time, and every Sunday after!
And if you’re part of AIE in WoW Classic and are interested in raiding with our friends from United Orgrimmar on Sunday evenings, please contact Chrisi or Deadkrumpet!
They can answer any questions you might have about raiding, attunement, or gearing up in general. We have had eight AIE guildies raid with United Orgrimmar to take on Molten Core!
SWTOR
Things are ticking along in swtor this month. Ops teams are opsing, MFN is MFNing, MEGA continues to MEGA, and Friday night Master Mode Flashpoints is hitting its stride. June MEGA will be extra special this month as it is part of the AIE Streaming Event.
Near the end of the month, we will be getting The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally. This event will take place on multiple planets and will include rewards of new mounts, outfits, titles, and pets. In this racing event, you have to impress the crowds, blow up things, and avoid snares.
We are also not-so-patiently waiting for word from Bioware about when the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event will return. It is likely to be in July–fingers crossed! Since we got a chance to see it on the public test server, we know that there are new missions and new rewards to achieve.
ESO
Greymoor is awesome and the antiquities system is still fun. The past few MFN’s have been focused on the new zone and next Friday’s MFN we will group up and run the two new public dungeons.
As part of the antiquities system in addition to treasure you can sell for gold and furnishings, you can get the very cool looking Ebon Dwarven Wolf Mount. The mount requires 17 different pieces and the lead for each piece drops in specific locations. Throughout the last week, people have been grouping up in discord to farm the leads together so if you are after the mount, feel free to request help in discord or guild chat or watch for others to say they are going on a farming run.
FFXIV
Map night continues every saturday at 9:30 pm eastern. Come help us look for lost treasure and explore the depths of FFXIV’s treasure dungeons! Send Kelseer a message if you want more information.
Goblin, the server that AIE is on, remains the only server in the Crystal Data Center in the preferred status. This means you will get the road to 70 buff, giving you a ridiculous XP bonus as you level a new character to level 70 on ANY job.
The next patch will be dropping soon, patch 5.3. We don’t have an exact date, but mid July is the current estimate. This patch will include the streamlining of the ARR questline. In the meantime, the super helpful AIE membership will be happy to help new players though the questlines and dungeons. Fun Nights are a great night to get this help, but there are helpful members online at all hours now to assist newer folks though their Main Story Questline.
In Raid news, there is a proposed schedule change to the NOD raid team. The poll is up on the raid discord. Don’t have access or want to join or even start up your own team? Ask Abovan or Durus for assistance. And remember, you do not need to be an officer in any capacity to organize your own raid team in AIE!
LOTRO
Fun was had in monster play last night. Look out for it to hit a regular rotation in the SNL lineup. There is a lot that is being planned in the near future so stay tuned to the lotro channel for what is coming. (if you don’t talk about it later in the show SNL will be cancelled on June 27th to keep the focus on the streaming event)
STO
Fleet night is still going well. We meet weekly at 8:30 PM Eastern. All are welcome.
Fleet holdings are progressing. We are still working on both Spire and Embassy projects.
There is currently an event campaign running, The No Win Scenario. This is the work towards getting a free Tier 6 ship or 1000 Lobi Crystals.
And with that, let’s get back to Marcus and Fezgig and find out what’s going on with the AIE Where to Start Event!.
GAME NEWS
Event Forum Post – AIE’s “WHERE TO START” EVENT
Come join a kick start walkthrough of the myriad of games that make up the AIE gaming community!
Join game officers as they live stream walkthroughs of the MMO games that are the core of AIE! Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars The Old Republic, The Division 2, Lord of The Rings Online, Final Fantasy XIV, and Star Trek Online
If you have ever found yourself wanting to try a new game but were avoiding the time commitment and possible frustration of learning the ins and outs, then this event is for you.
When: Friday June 26th, Saturday June 27th, and Sunday June 28th
Time Zone: Event times are set as Eastern Time
Game Walk Through Duration: 2 hours for each game
Cost: Hard Disc Space. All Games are free to try, with the exception of Elder Scrolls Online (ESO)
Your game instructors will walk you through:
Character Creation
Starting Zone
Basic Navigation
Tips for beginners
Connecting and Communicating with other people
Sneak Peek at Game Experience
Not a member of the AIE gaming community? No problem. We welcome everyone to come hop in the discord channel and watch, listen, and ask questions about the games.
Not able to make the live event? No problem, we will be recording the sessions and posting for view on-demand.
Have kids that would like to watch? No problem. The AIE community works very hard to maintain a family friendly environment and we welcome all ages to come and participate!
Friday, Jun 26th
ESO 9pm-10pm
AIE Town Hall (TBD)
Saturday, June 27th
WoW- 4pm-6pm
Game Instructor: Fez (Alliance)
GW2- 6pm-8pm
Game Instructor: ? Dej or corley maybe?
SWTOR 8pm-10pm
Game Instructor: Marcus
The Division 2 10pm-12am midnight
Game Instructor: Durus
Sunday, June 28th
LOTR- 2pm-4pm sun afternoon
Game Instructor: Maellung Arrowshield
WoW- 4pm-6pm
Game Instructor: Sy (Horde)
FFXIV 6pm-8pm
Game Instructors: Abovan
STO- 8pm-10pm
Game Instructor: Dent
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Marcus and Fezgig for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
Fezgig on Twitter: @fezgig1
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Maellung in LOTR So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #344 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – Hey, guys, there are lemon bars and apple cranberry bourbon bread pudding in the guild kitchen ). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests US who are here to talk about what we are doing and what’s up in AIE. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in all the Games shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Coming June 26th-28th
1st ever AIE’s Where To Start Event!
Hosted by Fezgig and Marcus
We will be showcasing all of AIE’s games over the course of one weekend.
We will start Friday night with ESO’s MFN. Then followed by a guild town hall.
Then starting Sat June 27th at 4pm we will be streaming a game every 2 hours til Midnight. It will all be in discord live.
Then start Sunday again at the same time.
All games will be open for all to join in.
The games will all start at level 1 and help walk players through character creation and walk through the opening areas.
This event will be one for the record books. So don’t miss it!!!
Time slots will be finalized over the next week.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 339: Swoop Test Drive
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-339-swoop-test-drive/
The Swoop Bike Racing event is in testing on the PTS so it’s time for a test drive.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 340: Nightlife Daily
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-340-nightlife-daily/
This week we check out the latest additions to the Nightlife event on the PTS.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 74: Call of Duty RAGE!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/3958628-episode-74-call-of-duty-rage.mp3?blob_id=15083918
Marcus and Nick are joined this week by Katerina and Venarros to chat about their newfound obsession with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare!
NOMADS
Animal Crossing
In the world of Animal Crossing New Horizons, if your island is the the Northern Hemisphere, the following bugs and fish are leaving today – Mole Cricket, Loach, Oarfish, and Golden Trout. Tomorrow, June 1st, the Wedding Season event starts which will involve visiting Harv’s island to do photo shoots for Cyrus and Reese to celebrate their wedding anniversary. If you played previous AC games, you will remember them as the couple that used to do the furniture alternations and crafting.
Diablo 3
* The PTR for 2.6.9 went live on May 28th and will last for two weeks. More information about the test realm can be found at https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23420227/patch-269-ptr-begins-may-28-5-28-2020
* The Nomads clan and AIE community are open for anyone who would like to join. Just ask for an invite in the AIE discord’s #lfo channel.
Division 2
* The last events of Season 1 are live, ending in a few days. The final day to conclude Season 1 activities has been extended until June 15th giving you some additional time to complete the Manhunt and season 1 rewards track.
* News about Season 2 will be released next week during the next State of the Game stream.
* AIE activity in the game continues to be light and casual. Tune in June 27th from 10AM to midnight for the AIE Livestreaming event when Durus will be walking us through the game and its story and features.
Destiny 2
* All the news of Destiny 2 for the last week can be found at https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49139
– Links to the videos on the deep dives of Season 11 including the reaction to security and cheats as well as reload perks and the world loot pool.
– Make sure to pick up the latest twitch loot for your prime membership.
– Some seasonal triumphs will no longer be available after June 9th. Get them now!
* AIE activity continues to be light, but make sure to look in the shiny new Destiny 2 text and voice channels in the AIE discord to meet up with fellow Guardians.
WoW
AIE Adopt-A-Pet https://aie-guild.org/blog/2020/05/aie-adopt-a-pet/
We are still looking for volunteers to help. They can contact either Syreyne or Gusty.
Noob Raid is still going strong and running with two groups.
WoW Virtus (Alliance) continues to welcome new members daily (392 characters). Hell Froze Over raid team is 9/12 in Ny’alotha Normal. They had 26 people in raid They have been extending lockout on the first 3 bosses, downed Il’gynoth on the second attempt, and have one-shot Ra-den. They are starting discussion of creating a second raid team . So, whatever class you play, you are welcome to come join. June raid calendar invites are out.
WoW – Virtus (alliance). June 6th, we are doing Battle of Dazar’alor (Normal) for the guild achievement at 12pm ET. As always we welcome cross-realm and no ilvl requirements for this run.
WoW Classic
In WoW Classic news, congratulations to Chrisi and Deadkrumpet, who were both recently promoted to the greeter role of Salutator!
Both have been welcoming to new members, offering general assistance, and are encouraging our higher level AIE guildies to get attuned and ready for raiding with our friends in United Orgrimmar.
Together Chrisi and Deadkrumpet are shining examples of what it means to be part of Alea Iacta Est!
SWTOR
There has been a new event up on the PTS involving swoop racing as well as some new features added to the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event. The Swoop Rally event is targeted for sometime in June and the Nightlife Event is set for “later this summer”. Once the Swoop Rally event hits, it will probably be up for a week. The duration of the Nightlife Event is unknown and will be both way longer and way shorter than necessary.
Double XP continues until mid-June. If there is an extension in the works, we have not heard about it yet.
MEGA in May was a datacron crawl and Marcus managed to lead us to a ton of datacrons in one evening. June Mega will be in conjunction with “AIE’s Where to Start Event”
MFN visited Scum and Villainy this week, which is one of the game’s longest operations. We cleared 4 bosses and now have 2 left. Since we don’t have lockout extensions, BC will organize a small group to go in early on the day we plan to go back to clear a couple bosses so that the MFN group can knock out the rest and get achievements for the last two bosses.
Friday night MM runs have happened on two Friday nights so far for people to work on the Aratech Ice speeder achievement. This will continue to run every two weeks or so until people all get their speeders and will then continue on the Pub side if there is interest for that.
Grats to our newest Operations team, WtC-? (Where’s the Cantina?), which now has a full roster. They meet on Monday nights on the pub side.
ESO
Greymoor launched on Tuesday, May 26th and the opening cinematic was really good. No spoilers, but the cinematic tied nicely into the new tutorial you go through after character creation. There were a few hiccups on launch day, which was to be expected but for the most part it went fairly well in my opinion. The new zone looks great and the new Antiquities system is fun and rewarding.
For next Friday’s MFN, we plan to do a zone clear in the overland area Western Skyrim. We will grab the Skyshards, clear the delves and public dungeons, kill the world bosses, and deal with a ritual site or two as a group. The following week we will do the same in Blackreach as well as go back to the overland area to get anything we might not have had time for the following week.
FFXIV
The Final Fantasy XIV Crew is busy as always, always welcoming new and returning members to the FC, as well as providing tons of content for the existing members, either they are leveling their first job or running end game content.
We currently have 2 in-game events happening at this time.
The first is the Moogle Treasure Trove. This event focuses on group content, such as MSQ dungeons, 24-player raids required for the current relic weapon, and some other seldom queued events like Rival Wings. Running this content will reward you with the normal rewards plus irregular tomestones that can be used to purchase mounts, orchestral rolls, minions, and limited time cosmetic gear. Each major city has an “Itinerant Moogle” to sell you these items. This event will run until the launch of Patch 5.3.
The other event is the FFXI crossover event, The Maiden’s Rhapsody. This story based event will follow the adventures of an oddly dressed adventurer. Rewards for this event is a cosmetic set that resembles a gear set from FFXI. This event will run from now to June 22nd.
In game, we still have the many, many weekly events. The Mandatory Fun Nights are Monday at 11pm EST, Wednesday night at 9:00pm EST. The Tuesday night “Cool and Casual” raid night, which is normally an all-request legacy raid night, happens on Tuesday at 9:30pm EST. If you have a raid request to submit, please let an FFXIV officer know prior to the raid.
Thursday is our raid team’s raid night, “Noobs on Demand” or NOD. We have started to dip our toes into the savage and extreme content. There are still slots available for the raid team and interested parties can speak with a FFXIV officer for more details. Note that the raid team is separate from AIE, but it just so happens that most of the FFXIV officers are on this team.
Thank you to all of the current FFXIV players in AIE. We would not have been able to create this great community without all of you, so thank you! So, thank you, stay safe, and remember to stretch before displaying your epic /nod skills.
EVE
lil bit of PewPew going on in Vale of the silent between random enemies. Nothing that involves big block battles, but good pixel erasing fun between different alliances. Involves mostly EU and late USTZ battles so far with random AU timezone skirmishes
STO
MFN is picking up. We have had a good turnout the last few weeks.
We are currently in the middle of a Red Alert week. All the Red Alerts are available to run. If you do it 5 times, a reward of a universal upgrade token will be yours.
The next event campaign will be starting next week, The No Win Scenario. By completing this event daily, you can work towards receiving a T6 ship token or 1000 Lobi Crystals.
LLAP
GW2
Dejara has been and continues to run MFN on most Monday nights.
GW2
Did you miss the last monster play event? Want a reason to jump back into monster play with maybe an old or new monster? You are in luck. Monster play event is coming back to SNL June 13 at the same special time as last the last one 9-11 eastern (8-10 Max time). SSG also extended the all open questing through August. As usual stay tuned to #lotro for more upcoming events.
And with that, we have some round table questions!
GAME NEWS
Favorite Side Quest?
Mkallah- Pamela’s Doll
Favorite Game Mechanic?
Mkallah- saturday game- changing the spell based on the character
Favorite Thematic Class or Race Idea?
Mkallah- I like the idea of the forsaken, and would totally be one, except for the cannibalism!
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chat room for being the best! for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @theMewkow.Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Marcus and Fezgig about AIE’s Where To Start Event! So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>As some of you might know, the next Chapter of Elder Scrolls Online, called Greymoor, comes out on Tuesday, May 26th. The new chapter will take us into Western Skyrim and Blackreach which will be familiar to those of us who have spent hours upon hours playing TES V:Skyrim. However since ESO is set in the past, it won’t look exactly the same and there will be new secrets to uncover.
Since long journeys to new areas can be daunting alone, feel free to join our brave group of adventurers on Friday, May 29th at 9pm est as we venture into the new zone for the first time together. We will pick up the new area starting quest, journey to Solitude, and work though a few of the initial quests together as a group. While I don’t know what challenges and stories the new zone will have for us, I do know we will probably get lost a few times and I’ll probably lead us off a cliff at least once. Ok, maybe twice.
If you do choose to join us, and I hope you will, please make sure you have a character that you haven’t done any of the Greymoor quests on available so we all start at the same place. It can be a new character you’ve just created and only done the brand new tutorial with, or a grizzled veteran character that has finished a majority of the zones.
Back when Summerset launched we put together a similar party of adventures to explore the zone together for the first time during an MFN event. We’ve done so for every chapter, prologue quest series, and DLC since and have had a great time laughing, exploring, and chatting about our initial thoughts on the new content. Don’t miss this latest excursion into new content with us!
We also live stream the event at https://twitch.tv/dankinia so if you are curious about the game or just want to see our shenanigans, feel free to watch us as we step into Western Skyrim for the first time as a group.
]]>For this special AIE event, Gustytail and I will be hanging out in Discord voice all afternoon with prepared adoption papers for a whole ton of World of Warcraft pets and a few mounts! This event is open to everyone in World of Warcraft, both Horde and Alliance, on Earthen Ring. All you need to do is pop in for a visit, hang out with a few of our pets, and take your favorite home! And if you have extra kittens (or other beasts), bring them by and we’ll find a home for them for you!
On Sunday June 7th from 12pm to 5pm ET/Server, we will be giving away pets, accepting donated pets, and generally having a fantastic time. Then when there’s no one at the counter for a pet, we’ll be leveling some allied races and streaming it in Discord.
If anyone would like to help or has any questions, please contact Gustytail or Syreyne in guild Discord. Spread the word!
~Syreyne
Owner and OperatorSyreyne’s Aquatic Distribution (S.A.D.)
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Welcome to episode #343 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there are cherry scones in the guild kitchen!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Kelseer and Abovan who are here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Mandatory Fun Nights- no changes to the MFN schedule, but just a reminder, STO is starting in about a half an hour!
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 338: Gotta Keep ‘em Decorated
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-338-gotta-keep-em-decorated/
We had a fun guild event on Tuesday that included playing with some of the more interesting decorations for Strongholds and Guildships.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 339: Swoop Test Drive
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-339-swoop-test-drive/
The Swoop Bike Racing event is in testing on the PTS so it’s time for a test drive.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 73: Two Faced with Kogass and Glitch
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/3763730-episode-73-two-faced-with-kogass-and-glitch.mp3?blob_id=14101619
This week’s show Marcus is joined by 2 nightmare raiders. Kogass and Glitch. They discuss Nightmare crystals! Good,Badd, or Ugly. Find your opinion once you have listened to the show!
NOMADS
Diablo 3
Season 20 marches on. The new PTR previewing the next patch 2.6.9 starts on Thursday, May 21st and lasts for 2 weeks. Details for this PTR, how to participate in and what to focus on to aid in testing of the patch can be found at: https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23420227/patch-269-ptr-begins-521-5-15-2020
Destiny 2
Season the Worthy lasts until 9 Jun. Guardian Games have concluded with Titans dominating the event. For the events of this past week, including some community spotlighted videos you can always check the Bungie website: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/49027
The Clan does have openings, and make sure you mention in the #destiny2 channel of discord that you’ve applied and make sure you’re not currently in a clan when submitting an application. Apps can be approved but you will need to drop your current clan to accept the invite.
WoW
We have about 40 approved applications on the Virtus (alliance side) that just need to go back in and accept. I sent emails in game to let them know as well. I triple dog dare them to accept it!
Noob Raid is still doing amazing and running two groups.
@Koochikoo-Gustytail and Syreyne are hosting a new event for WoW, both Horde and Alliance.
AIE Adopt-A-Pet Day
Sunday June 7th from 12pm to 5pm ET/Server
Help us! We are being overrun by Void Beetles and Left Sharks, and all the other pets in our menagerie are going crazy! So we have decided to hold an Emergency Pet Adoption Day!
Details will be in the blog. Please help share this across WoW on both sides. We will also be creating guild event posts on the in-game calendar as well.
SWTOR
May the 4th brought everyone a new astromech, which Max promptly added to his dwindling supply. We also, used the fourth as an excuse for a party version of MFN. We unlocked the last rooms on both flagships, had a Hutt race, and blew each other up with huttballs. You may have seen a shot in discord of us all disguised as Hutts, filling up the ship elevator to way beyond capacity.
Friday the 15th was the first meeting of Flashpoint Fun. It’s an opportunity to run the Master Mode Flashpoints needed to achieve the Aratech Ice speeder. Maellung will be running it roughly every two weeks and will continue until everyone has their speeder. It started on the Imperial side, but depending on interest, may run on the Republic side as well.
May’s MEGA is coming up on the 22nd. Marcus is going to lead us in a datacron crawl. He has gotten people stationed at some of the trickier ones so that we can use the flagship to summon people. If you don’t have all your datacrons yet, this will be a great opportunity to fill is some gaps.
Guildie Spicolee has started a new Ops team. They are going to meet on Monday nights (8:30PM to 10:30PM Eastern) on the Republic side. They need one more DPS and then they are ready to roll! The team’s name is WtC-? (Where’s the Cantina?)
The collections unlock sale ends tomorrow!
ESO
When Greymoor launches, Update 26 comes out as well which is a base game patch. In that patch, they have overhauled the Vampire skill line and changed the way players afflicted with that curses play. there will be new abilities along with replacements and updates to existing ones. It also changes the way you manage the four stages of the curse and to increase the stage as well as remain in stage 4 you’ll need to feed unlike now when the stage increases over time and doesn’t degrade. These changes mean a lot of players who have vampires just for the passives, might decide to cure it instead of keep it.
For MFN on May 29th we will be going into the new area together. If you plan on joining the fun, and you should, please hold off on doing the starting quests on at least one of your characters.
FFXIV
Like many things in our world today, Covid-19 has impacted Final Fantasy XIV’s patching schedule, delaying patch 5.3, Reflections in Crystal, by 2-4 weeks, putting the patch somewhere in the mid-July timeframe. With that said, patch 5.3 is shaping up some significant changes to the game, especially for new players.
The old MSQ, the game’s primary quest line that takes you from level 1 to max level and beyond, is being streamlined in the early game, removing about 13% of the game’s fluff quests. The MSQ experience is being revamped to provide all of the experience you need to level from 1-50 on its own. Another big change is to add the mounts to the MSQ (previously a side quest), adding the Crystal Tower Raids (Very Important to the story of Shadowbringers), and arguably the biggest change, flying in the original game lands!
For the FFXIV Vets out there, patch 5.3 will have the next installment of the highly anticipated Dark Apocalypse raid series, The Puppet’s Bunker. This will be a 24-player alliance raid. The next step of the Resistance Weapon upgrade will also be available on this patch. If you are a crafter and have your Skysteel Tool crafting relic, that will also have upgrades available as of this patch as well. A new beast tribe for the dwarves will be available for the crafters of the realm as well. In addition, a mystery trial is also available as part of the MSQ, which is FFXIV speak for “Spoilers, sweetie.”
We have a lot of community news today, which we will go over in a few!
STO
Hailing frequency are open.
– Fleet Night is going well. We currently meet on Earth Space Dock on Sundays at 8:30 PM Eastern. Any level experience is welcome. Phasers are set to fun!
– STO is in the middle of their 2nd Event for the T6 Campaign this year. These events progress us towards getting another T6 coupon for a ship out of the Zen Store.
EVE
Nothing out of the norm. Pew pew, make isk, pew pew
LOTRO
The anniversary event runs through the 20th. Only a few more days to try to finish up quests with the event and also to farm those steel tokens for your monster players. Another PvMP night is coming soon, so stay tuned to #lotro for more details.
And with that, let’s get back to Kelseer and Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Community Events.
Monday Night MFN. Questing content, instance groups, roulettes, ect.
Tuesday, All request raid legacy raid night. Old raids, mount farming, old extremes. Request it and we will try to accommodate.
Thursday, not an AIE event, but our first raid team is off the ground running, Noobs on Demand (NoD). Look for updates in the raid updates channel.
Saturday night map nights! Very popular event where we run maps!
Late Night Fish Club. Most nights, we have a handful of us doing the ocean fishing events at 2am EST.
The FC Crafting Projects are underway to create Airships and Submarines for run missions for the FC. Some of the potential rewards are tier 3 buffs for the FC, pets, and mounts that are only acquirable via the exploration missions. The crafting logs are posted to the website periodically for interested parties.
One of the rewards that the airships and subs bring back often are crafting shards, crystals, and clusters. These items can be provided to AIE membership at 10% under the market value. See an AIE officer for details.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kelseer and Abovan for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
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 Someone about Something! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Remember, we still have plenty of crafting crystals in the bank for purchase, 10% under the market value. So go ahead and save yourself some time and gil and buy them from the FC, and you will be supporting FC events in the future. Speak with an officer with any questions or to make a purchase.
Now, on with the update!
The Ralff!
4/23
7 Synthetic Resin https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Synthetic_Resin
23 Wind Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Wind_Crystal
Leveled to Rank 43
Next Mission
Sea of Clouds – Sector 11
Sea of Clouds – Sector 08
4/28
2 Althyk Lavender Seeds https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Althyk_Lavender_Seeds
16 Raw Celestine https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Raw_Celestine
Leveled to Rank 44
Next Mission
Sea of Clouds – Sector 13
Sea of Clouds – Sector 09
5/4
74 Earth Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Earth_Crystal
1 Balsa Wood Lumber https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Balsa_Wood_Lumber
Leveled to Rank 45
Next Mission
Sea of Clouds – Sector 11
Sea of Clouds – Sector 08
5/12
3 Althyk Lavender Seeds https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Althyk_Lavender_Seeds
22 Raw Celestine https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Raw_Celestine
Leveled to Rank 46
Sea of Clouds – Sector 13
Sea of Clouds – Sector 11
The Windwalker!
4/23
12 Earth Cluster https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Diamond
4 Unaspected Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Unaspected_Crystal
1 Savaged Bracelet (Vendored)
26 Earth Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Earth_Crystal
Leveled to Rank 31
New Mission
Komura (First Time)
5/4
1 Magnanimous Mogcrown https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Magnanimous_Mogcrown
25 Raw Celestine https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Raw_Celestine
10 Earth Clusters https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Diamond
1 Aurelia Polyp https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Aurelia_Polyp
4 Unaspected Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Unaspected_Crystal
6 Empty Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Earth_Crystal
Leveled Rank 35
New Mission
Kanayama (First Time)
The Wreckage of Discovery I (First Time)
The Central Rimilala Trench
5/12
7 Quickarm Materia IV https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Platinum_Ore
15 Diamond (HQ) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Diamond
20 Platinum Ore (HQ) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Platinum_Ore
Leveled Rank 37
New Mission
Deep-Sea Site 5 (First Time)
Kanayama
Komora
The Cobalt Shoals
The Milliway!
4/23
19 Piety Materia II (Vendored)
49 Red Moko Grass https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Red_Moko_Grass
Leveled to Rank 9
Next Mission
The southern Rimilala Trench
Deep-Sea Site 3
4/28
20 Gold Ore https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gold_Ore
15 Savage Might Materia II (Vendored)
Leveled to Rank 11
Next Mission
The Umbrella Narrow
The Southern Rimilala Trench
5/4
16 Craftman’s Command Materia III (Vendored)
41 Vivanite https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Vivianite
Leveled to Rank 13
Next Mission
The Umbrella Narrow
The Southern Rimilala Trench
5/6
23 Dark Chesnut Branch https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Dark_Chestnut_Branch
36 Ice Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Ice_Crystal
Leveled to Rank 15
Next Mission
Offender’s Rot
The Umbrella Narrow
Deep-Sea 3
5/15
18 Savage Might Materia III (Vendored)
11 Bamboo Weave https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Bamboo_Weave
37 Water Crystal https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Water_Crystal
Leveled to Rank 17
Next Mission
Neolith Island
Offender’s Rot
The Umbrella Narrow
And on to the FC Crafting Project Report!
Invincible II-Type Aftcastle
Phase 1/3
Donated Required
30 30 Steel Rivets https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Steel_Rivets
30 30 Steel Ingot https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Steel_Ingot
30 30 Cobalt Joint Plate https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cobalt_Joint_Plate
9 9 Garlond Steel https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Garlond_Steel
Completed!
Phase 2/3
0 30 Steel Rivets https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Steel_Rivets
0 18 Mythrite Ingot https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Mythrite_Ingot
0 30 Cobalt Joint Plate https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cobalt_Joint_Plate
0 12 Darksteel Ingot https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Darksteel_Ingot
Thanks for reading!
]]>Who are you and what do you do for AIE?
I am Bhock, the French Token Community Officer of AIE, but most WoW players know me as Lhylee, my healing priest in WoW. Being a Community Officer is about listening and being attentive, available when someone asks a question or requires some help. We are the Big Brothers and Sisters of a Community, not linked to a specific game but to the community itself.
What got you into AIE?
Unlike most AIE members, I came from EvE Online, and joined AIE via the Capstable Podcast, doing an industry and economic segment. I found camaraderie and mutual help in that close knit group (in a sea of EvE shenanigans), and a way to give back to the community, simply talking on a podcast. Since then I played with AIE on Wildstar, Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft and The Division 2… and surely others I forgot about, along the way.
When did you feel that AIE was something special?
It was in summer 2013, at the Remembrance Day. Playing EvE at the time, we were at a monument dedicated to the largest MMO battle in history, a graveyard of ships, having a multi-game broadcast, shooting fireworks while listening to members talking about their personal life. Remembrance Day is special to me, as this is what a community is, and this Remembrance Day was unique, as my father was in the last stage of Alzheimer and died 3 days later.
What got you into being an officer with AIE?
A while back I received the highest french civilian distinction for community service, helping kids integrate in society and mix with other kids from various backgrounds, in a non-judgmental environment, through games. All my life I try to give more than I get, and help others that need help, never asking anything in return. It’s not selfish or virtuous, it’s a decision I took young, to live how I felt I should and simply be myself, leading by example. I’m that kind of dumb, but that’s who I am and will ever be. Every activity, job or game I ever been into, I ended in management (my fault, surely), so it was natural to return what I could to the community I’m trying my best to be part of (but life and work take their toll). I hope I had more time to be a good officer, so many officers do way more, and I salute them. Now I stream my WoW raiding nights (http://www.twitch.tv/lhylee) on both WoW Classic and Retail, and perhaps I’ll start streaming other games I’m terrible at. Kudos to all our community streamers.
What is the name of the award you received for your French Civilian Distinction award? Is there a web resources someone wanting to know more can visit (English if possible)?
Medaille d’or du Merite Associatif (Gold Medal of Community Merit) All this was in the 80s, before internet.
What sort of differences, if any, do you see in volunteering your time in real life to assist people playing games to a virtual community, such as AIE?
I am old school in the sense that I am an in-person individual (so the current social distancing is really hard on me). The physical handshake is of the greatest importance, a show of affection, sharing and acceptance of the other, on equal footing. Body language really helps in social interactions and being kind and forward really shows better in person. I think that’s also why all kids love me, as I treat them kindly, as equals, and I’m genuinely interested in what they have to say. Keeping eye contact is paramount for sharing. You can hide on the internet, and disconnect if needed, but you cannot in real life, so you have to sort and fix things out, now. It’s also more stress, but that’s because you are way more involved.
What is the craziest thing that you have seen AIE pull off?
Remembrance is so unique and mind bending, but having so many events in all those games, each day, that’s crazy: I could have several clones and not even scratch the surface of all that AIE does, as a community. Staying kid-friendly with all those people, that’s a tour de force and a testament to humanity. And having such a long running weekly community podcast, that’s amazing: I ended Capstable (French for the last 5 years) last Christmas, after 8 years of just monthly content.
For someone new to AIE, what advice would you give them?
Don’t hesitate to ask, don’t hesitate to try, don’t hesitate to come and be yourself. But never forget all the others are the same as you and want the same respect you are owed. Just play together, meet people, and don’t be shy: the world is full of great people to meet, and we presorted a sample for you. Failure is not an option, it’s part of learning, so if a game does not suit you, try another one: AIE offers a structure in a multitude of genres, and one will surely catch your interest and be compatible with your game time/style.
Thank you for your time, Bhock.
]]>All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode # 342 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guest Dankia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO and ,knowing Kini, fallout 76. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights- no changes to the MFN schedule, but just a reminder, STO is starting in about a half an hour!
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 336: A Plethora Of Conquest Points
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-336-a-plethora-of-conquest-points/
6.1.1 is live and it’s a game changer, for conquest at least. We’ve brought on our resident conquest leader and expert, Bcavanagh, to walk us through it.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 337: Life In 6.1.1
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-337-life-in-6-1-1/
This episode we talk all about life in the new 6.1.1 reality, along with news, guild activity highlights more this week from @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-337
Working Class Nerds
Episode 72: Jackie Cao of Gearbox Software
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/3575809-episode-72-jackie-cao-of-gearbox-software.mp3?blob_id=13191785
Marcus and Nick chat with a friend of the show and game developer at Gearbox Software, Jackie Cao! They chat about what it’s like having to develop games
NOMADS
The first Division 2 Season (Shadow Tide) marches on. The current ongoing activity is the Home League that continues for another 8 days. Three of the four manhunts required to unlock the intel for the Season’s main boss event have been concluded.
Title Update 9 went live last week, and to celebrate: anyone who logs in before May 5 will receive a backpack trophy “Soda” and 3 Apparel Cache keys. This update features the exotic items reconfiguration that will allow you to “level up” your old exotics to current gear levels, and many bug fixes. Full notes are available at https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2218056-Title-Update-9-Patch-Notes
There is also a free trial for the Division 2, playable for 8 hours up to level 8. Any progress made during the trial will be carried forward if the full game is purchased. Reach out to anyone in the AIE clan for friend referrals as well.
Free Trial info: https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2218056-Title-Update-9-Patch-Notes
Friend Referral: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/friend-referral
Clan activity has been low. I encourage members to reach out in the community discord’s #thedivision2 chat channel to arrange nights for play or ask for help.
Diablo 3
Season 20, Season of the Forbidden Archives, is still going strong and sees some AIE community members dipping back into the game here and there. Remember you have the “Alea Iacta Est” community and the Nomads clan at your disposal. Just ask for invites in the AIE community discord in channel #nomads. The season is scheduled to run “roughly three months” and just started on March 13th, 2020. There’s still time to jump in and have some fun.
Much of the news with Diablo is centered on the franchise’s heavily anticipated Diablo IV. In February, Blizzard began quarterly updates on this title. The first is available at https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23308274/diablo-iv-quarterly-update-february-2020
Destiny 2
Guardians class in friendly class competitions in the new event “Guardian Games.” Daily challenges provide opportunities for each class to achieve victory towards the reward, bragging rights, and a class specific decoration for the Tower public space that’ll serve as a reminder of their excellence for the remainder of the year until the next event. Daily rewards and details on the games can be found at https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/Events/GuardianGames
Bungie is partnering with Direct Relief once more in the Guardian Heart’s campaign to aid in the fight against COVID-19. For those who would like more information about this campaign: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/48946
Remember you can also play much of Destiny 2 for free with Destiny 2: New Light. Access to much of the game and all its first 2 year pass campaigns and activities are available for free with some restrictions on content in the latest Shadowkeep expansion. Join for free and receive more information on this program at https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/NewLight
There are a few AIE members carrying on the fight in Destiny 2. Reach out to them to arrange playtimes and ask for help in the community discord’s #destiny2 channel. You may submit an application to join the clan at https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972
Officers are always available and paying attention in the #lfo channel. Don’t hesitate to shout out there for app approvals in any AIE game.
WoW
From Gustytail – We had great fun doing Volunteer Guard Day on both Alliance and Horde. It was a last minute idea and we racked up impressive scores killing invaders in Orgrimmar and Stormwind. We also accidentally killed Critho. Oops!
Invictus is the new co-guild for invites on the Horde side. Just use the in game guild finder to search for Alea Iacta Est and apply. Just a reminder, once your application is approved, you won’t get an in game notification, so make sure you go back to the Communities panel (J) and accept your invite.
Fezgig is the new officer. Come learn more about the newest AIE Officer here https://aie-guild.org/blog/2020/04/new-aie-officer-fezgig/ and make sure you listen to Episode 341 as well.
Officer spotlight article on Syreyne https://aie-guild.org/blog/2020/05/meet-an-aie-officer-syreyne-edition/ keep an eye out on the blog as more interviews are on the way!
Alliance guild is over 300 members!
HFO had 25 people Friday night!
Dankinia – Noob Raid has had 45-50 people attending the last few weeks so we have been running two groups with myself leading one, Syrene leading the other, and Gijora jumping back and forth as needed. It’s been a lot of fun and we tend to get 4-5 bosses down every Saturday night. If you would like to join us, there is no item level requirement. Just be in guild chat a little before 11pm est and watch for me to announce that invites are going out.
SWTOR
Have some conquest points with your conquest points. The latest changes to the Conquest system have everyone remarking on all the new ways to gain points as well as sparking conversations in the community and among guildies about whether the changes have made it TOO easy or whether there is some method behind Bioware’s madness. In the meantime, it’s definitely affected gameplay for many AIE’ers in swtor as they switch out characters more often to get personal targets met. It will be interesting to see how it goes once the initial hubbub dies down and we settle into the new normal.
The public test server is currently up, so people can work on testing the new Master Mode version of the current Operation, The Nature of Progress.
MFN still meets on Tuesdays at 9PM Eastern. This week we will be celebrating and opening the remaining rooms on both flagships. Also, BC has some fun things planned for the future. May’s MEGA will be a datacron crawl and will be on the 22nd. Now is a good time to jump into the game because we have a double XP event going on until mid June.
And last, but not least, May the 4th is Looci’s birthday as well as the birthday of guildie Racevan’s son! May the force be with us all.
STO
Tonight’s Fleet Night will be focused around the Winter Wonderland that Q brought back.
There is currently a double XP event going on.
Next week they will be running another event for a few weeks to work towards either a tier 6 ship or 1000 lobi crystals.
FFXIV
Map nights are still a super popular event and profitable for every attendee. Maps are greatly appreciated, but not required for attendance.
Tuesday night casual raid nights have been getting a lot of traction, with older raids being requested and fulfilled. Special Extreme mounts are also common activities, getting cool and unique mounts for all attendees.
Thursday night “Noobs on Demand” (NoD) is looking to start up this week. Look for updates on their successes in the raid activity channel.
Goblin, the server that AIE plays on is once again a Preferred Server. Many new players are starting up on our server, so plenty of new folks to adventure alongside with, since new characters will get the “road to 70 buff” giving you a MASSIVE xp bonus on all jobs under 70. So now is a great time to start up FFXIV with AIE. Drop by the #ffxiv channel for any questions or to meet the many AIE players of Final Fantasy XIV.
EVE
All operations within normal parameters. Military deployment is officially over. ISK making may resume. Translation: We’re all in Animal Crossing playing the Stalk Market
LOTRO
Lotro had a successful PvMP night last week. We had a lot of fun and if you missed it there will be more PvMP themed SNLs in the future. so if you missed the first one you will have a chance to join in next time. Standing Stone Games has extended its all content free-to-play through May 31st. If you are VIP or lifetime VIP as a thank you Standing Stone Games is giving all VIP a free medium carry-all.
And with that, let’s get back to Dankinia and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
The next chapter for ESO, Greymoor, will launch on Tuesday May 26th for PC/Mac and on June 9th for consoles. Update 26 will go live at that time as well. For all players, Update 26 will have more server and client side optimization and stability improvements. For those that purchase the new chapter, we will be journing to Western Skyrim. The area should feel familiar to those that spent hours playing TES V: Skyrm because of the geography, however since we will be adventuring earlier in the timeline there will be new areas to discover. In addition, we will get to delve into the vast subterranean area of Blackreach.
One of the new systems that will be launched alongside Greymoor is the antiquities system. You join the Antiquarians Circle in the city of Solitude in Western Skyrim which will walk you through a tutorial quest explaining how the system works. The system will have two mini games and skill lines to go with them. There will be a variety of items you can get such as Mythic equipment, treasure to sell, motifs, furnishings, and a mount.
As usual, the Friday after the new chapter launches our MFN will be spent exploring the new zone together and maybe checking out the new Antiquities system. Our recent MFN activities have been random dungeon runs and public dungeon clears. Also one of our members, Thuggs, has created a course he calls “Golden Lessons” to provide tips and tricks to gold making in game.
Also ask Mew and Kini about Fallout 76
Wastelanders is here.
Settlers and Raiders
Ally functionality
Interactive NPC dialog
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dankinia for joining us.
I can be found on Twitter at Dankinia and if you want to check out the Mandatory Fun in ESO, or see Noob Raid kill boss bosses, I live stream both events on my twitch channel. https://twitch.tv/dankinia
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Mkallah: Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Who are you and what do you do for AIE?
I am Syreyne. I am one of the game directors for WoW Horde and the game director for WoW Alliance. I am also the herder of cats. And I’m the owner of SAD, Sy’s Aquatic Distribution, a company that specializes in safety storing and distributing Left Sharks.
What got you into AIE?
I actually used to play only alliance on Earthen Ring. Every one on the blue side complained all the time about this horde guild (Alea Iacta Est) who razzed us and made life hard. So one day I made a blood elf rogue named Syreyne (because Siren was taken) and asked to join. I even put on my app that I was an officer in my alliance guild and that I’m only joining to spy. They still let me in.
When did you feel that AIE was something special?
I never really played Horde much since all my friends were in our alliance guild. But one day, everyone was talking about this yearly thing AIE did. So I was curious and tagged along. I was my first ever Remembrance Day. Something I will never forget. That’s when I knew AIE was something special and not just another guild in WoW. I was amazed at the support and the number of people that respected that event so reverently. After that, I was hooked.
What got you into being an officer with AIE?
I can’t remember what specifically it was, but I’m pretty sure it had to do with the Craft Faire. My first time doing it, I was just a helper, pretending to die, to draw people to first aid. The next time, I ran first aid. The third time, the Craft Faire director stepped down and somehow (not really sure how) I was put in charge.
What is the craziest thing that you have seen AIE pull off?
Let’s see. The Black Friday COOP event was epic. All the weddings in Stormwind Chapel, including my own.
Can you tell us a bit more about your wedding at Stormwind Chapel? It being in hostile territory for the Horde and all..
So, we had bridesmaids and groomsmen and did the processional, coming up from the basement. The wedding was the weekend before my actual wedding. Spork and I got married in-game on August 1st. Our wedding was the COOP event for Summer of Love that year, so you know we had a blast keeping the Alliance from entering the doorway. Ralff did the ceremony. sniffle A week later, on August 8th, we got married in real life. We even had a few AIE members attend the live wedding, and some were in it! After the pastor announced us as man and wife, we all shouted For The Horde! Then some people freaked out because I jumped in the lake in my wedding dress…on purpose. smiles
For someone new to AIE, what advice would you give them?
I would say, the biggest thing I can tell you is to attend events that we put on, speak up in GreenWall (WoW), ask for help, talk in Discord. We are a very family friendly community, but there are a lot of us. If you put a little effort into getting to know some community members, you’ll be surprised by how many more will end up as a friend. You may even find a friend to play with in one of our other game divisions. One of the benefits we have is how large our community is and how diverse the members are.
If someone is shy and doesn’t know what to say, what would you suggest they say to introduce themselves to the community?
Start out small. You don’t need to tell everyone your life story. Just be yourself. Hop into an ongoing chat discussion. Or start a new one. Something easy. Say hey, I’m new to AIE, anything going on? Or like wiggly or crispy bacon? I love crispy! Or ask what’s your favorite Marvel movie? Mine is <insert>... Or you can be really brave and ask which is better, Star Wars or Star Trek?
With the increased membership in our WoW Alliance division, we decided that we need some help processing invites, hyping the “blue” side, and keeping Syreyne in check. Please join us in welcoming Fezgig as the newest AIE Community officer!
As most know, AIE officer roles are filled based on the jobs we need done, by people who represent the very best of the AIE Community. Fezgig has been in the WoW guild for 10 years. He plays both Horde and Alliance in WoW. You’ll often find him jumping in to help with group content, giving away pets and transmog pieces, and filling in and helping out wherever he can. He will continue helping in his officer role by processing in-game guild applications, handling invites, welcoming new members, and recruiting more members for AIE overall, the Alliance side in particular, and the “Hell Froze Over” Alliance raid team.
Fezgig and his family hail originally from Utah, and now reside in the Midwest. You may have run into him at a past Nerdtacular and hopefully will again at a Midwest type meet up in the future someday. If you want to meet him virtually, take a listen to the AIE Podcast Episode #341 – Not the Wiggly Bacon, where he was one of the guest co-hosts.
Thanks Fez for joining the team!
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The current council is made up of some active members and some founding emeritus members including: Scott, Veronica, Xanar, Randy, Stigg, Lanctharus, Ashayo, Hoots, Sema and Max. In order to balance a bit more toward the “active” members, we’ve decided to expand and bring on a new council member to help out. Please join us in welcoming Tetsemi to the council!
Tetsemi has been with the guild and helped lead since nearly its founding. His focus as a WoW Co-Director has continued to keep our WoW division strong and helped guide our expansion into WoW Alliance and WoW Classic. Tetsemi is also a long time co-host of our very own AIE Podcast (which everyone should be listening to fortnightly on Sunday evenings). When not podcasting or in WoW you can also find Tetsemi in and out of most of our other game divisions, on Twitter as @ivorytiger, or hanging out with his family (the lovely @cyberwaif and The Hordling) in Arizona.
Please join me in welcoming Tetsemi to this additional role in the guild!
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Welcome to episode #341 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi. To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there is sticky toffee pudding and homemade marshmallows in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Fezgig who are here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday – FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 334: Scoundrel? I Like The Sound Of That
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-334-scoundrel-i-like-the-sound-of-that/
Last week we decided there aren’t enough scoundrels in our lives so we’ve decided to roll a couple.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 335: Amazing Race
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-335-amazing-race/
This week we deliver an event walk-through and behind the scenes planning breakdown of our recent Amazing Race guild event.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 70: Nick Danger!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-70-nick-danger/id1330089578?i=1000470524499
While Nick is on the front lines fighting Covid-19. Marcus is joined by a good friend to Co-Host the show!
Episode 71: “Sith Lord Britt Take 2!”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-71-sith-lord-britt-take-2/id1330089578?i=1000471883648
Nick is Back! Sith Lord Britt is back! Marcus well…. He didn’t go anywhere. Working Class Nerds is ready to dive into Swtor’s big dev post and discuss some other fun things.
NOMADS
Check out the Animal Crossing channel in Discord where we chat about turnip prices, who’s island has what stock in their shops, and social gathering in game on our various islands.
Lanc did a ACNH happy hour last night and was in channel along with Dankinia. Keep an eye out for future events, the #animal-crossing channel is hopping with ACNH questions and discussion.
Wasterlanders launched this week, and is a dramatic improvement on the game. We have actual Human NPCs finally, storylines, dialog choices, and just a general feeling of ‘Hey, this is a Fallout game’.
Division 2
Seasons are still going strong with the second manhunt target available now. Clan activity has trickled down a bit since launch. I recommend that you reach out to fellow Agents in Discord to look for groups and plan missions.
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/expansion/warlords-of-new-york/season-1
Diablo 3
Season 20 began on March 13: The Season of the Forbidden Archives. The buff this season allows you to equip any three items in the Kanai’s cube rather than restricting you to one from each category. Rewards this season include making the season 8 rewards available to any who missed them, and a new bat pet.
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/23319442/season-20-now-live-2-28-2020
There’s more than a handful of folks who love to dive into each season and are willing to help you get started and knock off the season’s achievements and help you earn rewards. Seek them out in the nomad’s channel in discord.
Destiny 2
Did you know what Destiny 2 is free to play and is available on Steam? There are still some AIE members who love to run around in this game as well.
The new season in Destiny 2 is called “Season of the Worthy” and lasts through June 9th.
Link your Twitch Prime account with your Destiny account to receive drops each month.
https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/48663
Speaking of Steam, we do have an AIE Steam Group. It doesn’t get a lot of use given the community’s discord. However, if you’re more Steamy than Discordy, check it out.
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/aieguild
WoW Classic
Zul Gurub (20 man, resets every 3 days, gear is raid-ish with a new reputation and a lot of class items to get) is out, and Silithus is being retaken by Cenarion Hold (Elf/Druids, new reputation), giving quite a lot of new things to farm
SWTOR
This Tuesday, 6.1.1 will drop. It will mark the start of a double XP event that will run for a month. Time to roll up that assassin you’ve been dreaming about. What’s not to love about striking out from the shadows with your double-bladed light saber!
Along with double xp will come some Conquest quality of life changes (more ways for instant travel!), class changes, and as host of bug fixes.
Next week also brings Bounty Contract Week and MFN will be on the Republic side.
On April 10th, Corley conducted our version of The Amazing Race for our April MEGA. It was a ton of fun and very well attended. Many thanks to everyone who helped out and attended! May Mega will be a Datacron hunt.
ESO
Greymoor, the next chapter (expansion) of ESO comes out on May 18th for PC. The new area will be familiar, yet different for anyone who played Skyrim. We will be visiting Western Skyrim, but much earlier in the timeline then we saw in TES: V Skyrim game. The expansion will also take us into the depths of Blackreach. A massive underground realm that the prologue quests we recently did just touched on.
MFN is Friday night at 9pm est. Join us for an escape from reality with friends while we run dungeons, clear zones, and laugh when Kini fall off cliffs.
FFXIV
Map Nights are still a major highlight, as we are fielding 2+ full groups for maps, excitement, and pockets lined with Gil. Anyone level 80+ is welcome to join in and bringing maps is not required, but highly appreciated. Map nights are Saturday Nights, 9:30pm EST. We coordinate via Discord Voice in the AIE FFXIV channel and we form up the groups in front of the AIE FC house. See you there, treasure hunters! (And bring those Skittles!)
Tuesday Night’s Fun Night is still going as a legacy raid night. Last week we completed most of Alexander Normal, completing The Father and Son Wings (Encounters A1N [Alex 1 Normal] to A18N [Alex 8 Normal]) on Tuesday night with some spill over to Friday night finishing off the Creator Wing (A9N – A12N). Alexander was the 8 player raid of the Heavensward Expansion, level 60. It’s a great story, with some great encounters. We hope to see you at the next Fun Night on Tuesday at 9:30pm EST. We gather up in the AIE FFXIV Voice Discord. Also, don’t forget, legacy raids are a great way to farm up some poetics, which end game folks could use to get some relic weapons, just sayin’.
Thursday nights are Extreme Night, where we strive to do more challenging content. These past couple of weeks we have been going into Eden Normals to assist in gearing up and to get comfortable with some of the mechanics that may be presented to us in Savage modes. We strongly encourage signups for this event, as the Savage content is not for the faint of heart. Please speak with Abovan or Durus for details on this raid team and access to the Raid Discord.
Looking for something that can only be purchased with FC credits to really hit the spot on your apartment, house, or FC room? Well then, speak to an officer to buy it for you. For a donation to the FC vault of 10Gil per FC point, you can have the FC purchase the item on your behalf. The gil goes right back into the FC vault to finance guild events.
The FC airships and submarines are in full force, bringing back tons of items for the FC to use. To see what they are bringing back, check out the blog posts on aie-guild.org.
That’s all for now, and enjoy your adventures in AIE and in Eorzea!
STO
There is a Fleet Night tonight at 8:30 PM Eastern.
The First Contact Event is still going on. This finishes up on April 30th. The new patrol for the event has a few neat easter eggs in it.
Starting April 24th and going through May 4th, the winter event will be coming back. Who thought it would snow in April. Damn it Q.
There is a free Medical Pack giveaway going on to honor all the RL healers of the world. The pack includes a new vanity shield that gives your starship a nice white and red look, a new Admiralty card, the USS Hope and special EMH. The Klingons get a female Orion EMH, while Starfleet gets a Dr. Bashir EMH.
Finally, we are still making progress on our Spire, Embassy and K-13 projects.
LOTRO
On Sat. April 25th SNL will be at a special time. It will be 9-11 eastern or 8-10 Max time. On the 25th we will be doing PvMP. For more details check the blog post or message Maellung Arrowshield on discord.
All instances, skirmishes and quest are still Free to Play until the 30th
And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and Fezgig and find out what’s going on in WoW.
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Sy: So before we get started on WoW news, this is the first time Fez has joined us on the Podcast. I just have a few important questions to ask……
Pancakes or Waffles?
Favorite Class in WoW?
Crispy or Wiggly Bacon?
Sy: Horde side is going great! We have a lot of raid teams pushing AotC and mythic. And we’ve had some raid teams coming back! Shout out to Filthy Casuals!. Speaking of them, Gusty has teamed up with some of their leadership to come up with an idea! The XP boost is great for leveling allied races right now, so they are asking people to group up together in guild chat, call it Filthy Leveling, and get those alts to 120 before Shadowlands.
Our current co-guild is Comitas, but we’re getting close to 500 in there. Once we do, we’ll be picking a new co-guild to set up for invites. Keep an eye in discord over the next few weeks for an announcement when that change happens.
Last weekend we had a FIRST in WoW in a long time!!! Noob raid ran TWO raid groups at the same time! Team One with Kini got 4 bosses down and Team Alpha with Sy (that’s me!) got 3 bosses down. So really, Noob got 7 bosses last week. We had about 40 people. Last night we killed 8 bosses and had 42 people!
Fez: Alliance side AIE Virtus celebrated it’s 1-year anniversary in March, with over 290 characters.
Recruiting: New people/alts joining just about everyday. It’s interesting how many AIE horde side are still unaware of the Ally team.
Hell Froze Over (HFO) raid team: Full 20 on Friday night – Normal Ny’alotha. Wrathion’s RNG gave us a little grief, then we finished off strong with one-shots Prophet, Maut, Dark Inquisitor, Hivemind. Took a couple of attempts at Ra-Den – team learning strat. People are still getting gear so we are continuing fresh runs each week. We have never turned anyone wanting to join away. We just ask for a minimum ilvl 410 and rank 1 cloak. We raid Friday night at 8pm-11pm ET and have many cross-realm friends, so all are welcome.
Mention at the End by Sy: Remember you can always find the guild officers in Discord in the #lfo channel or by pinging them @officers. And you can always request WoW guild invites via the in-game system by searching “alea iacta est” on both the Horde and Alliance sides, even if there are no officers online. Just remember, you have to go back to Guilds & Communities (J) to accept the invite once an officer approves it.
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Syreyne and Fezgig for joining us.
@SyreyneAIE on Twitter
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
No segments this week, but we are always accepting submissions!
Next time, we’ll be talking to the mistress of floor tanking herself, Kini about AIE in ESO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi:
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Epic fun coming this Saturday, April 25th (9pm-11pm eastern), for free-to-play and VIP accounts alike in LotRO when we take up arms as monsters in Player vs. Monster Player fights in the Ettenmoors. PvMP is LotROs version of PvP where you have the option to roll up a monster character and fight on the side of shadow against other free people players.
Free to play accounts can fully participate! They will need to have gotten one regular character to at least level 10 to be able to create a monster character and then will only have the Orc Reaver available to them, but that’s plenty to jump in and join. VIP players will also have access to Orc Defiler, Spider Weaver, Uruk Blackarrow, Uruk Warleader and the Warg Stalker.
Do not miss this opportunity to join our terrible tribe and conquer the Ettinmoors! If you have any questions you can post a message in the #lotro channel in Discord or send a message to officer Maellung Arrowshield, the leader of this terrifying band. We hope to see you all on the 25th!
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Just a reminder out there for you crafters, you can still purchase crafting shards, crystals, and clusters from the FC at a 10% discount from the market boards! See an officer if you wish to make a purchase. (Officer will check the market value and determine the normal price and take 10% off of that.)
Also, if you are decorating your own homes, apartments, or Free Company Rooms, and have your eye on an item that is purchasable for FC credits, we are working on a system that will let you buy FC credits to get the item. Stay tuned as we work on this program.
Now, the Airships!
The Ralff has completed the following missions and received the following loot.
4/9
1 Synthetic Fiber https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Synthetic_Fiber
1 Balsa Wood Lumber https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Balsa_Wood_Lumber
Level up to Rank 37
Next Mission
Sea of Clouds – Sector 13 (First Visit!)
Sea of Clouds – Sector 09 (First Visit!)
4/11
6 Chemically Treated Chimerea Hide https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Chemically_Treated_Chimera_Hide
1 Balsa Wood Lumber https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Balsa_Wood_Lumber
Leveled to Rank 38
Next Mission
Sea of Clouds – Sector 11
Sea of Clouds – Sector 08
Next up, the Submarines!
The Windwalker has completed the following missions and looted the following…
Rank 22
55 Raw Celestine https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Raw_Celestine
12 Bamboo Weave https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Bamboo_Weave
27 Diamond https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Diamond
Leveled to Rank 23
New Mission
The Cobalt Shoals
Unidentified Derelict
4/11
107 Raw Celestine https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Raw_Celestine
29 Emerald https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Emerald
Level to Rank 25
New Mission
Unidentified Derelict
Neolith Island
The Umbrella Narrow
Deep-Sea Site 1
Furthermore, we were able to upgrade The Windwalker’s ship components to the full rank 15 Unkiu-Class! This will allow the sub to go on longer and more difficult missions.
And now, we have our FC Crafting Projects.
Using our retrieved items, we have enough items to research and construction the items required to build the Airship Prototype V and Submersible Prototype V!
The Unkiu Class Bow is now complete!
The Unkiu Class Bridge has started.
Phase 1:
Treated Spruce Lumber 12 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Treated_Spruce_Lumber
Garlond Steel 9 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Garlond_Steel
Steel Nails 21 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Steel_Nails
Steel Rivets 21 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Steel_Rivets
Phase 2:
Steel Ingot 21 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Steel_Ingot
Steel Rivets 21 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Steel_Rivets
Cobalt Ingot 21 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cobalt_Ingot
Darksteel Rivets 21 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Darksteel_Rivets
Phase 3:
Darksteel Ingot 18 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Darksteel_Ingot
Mythril Rivets 18 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Mythril_Rivets
Wyvern Leather 18 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Wyvern_Leather
Farreach Canvas 9 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Farreach_Canvas
4/10
The Bridge Has Been Completed!
This means, we can now outfit a new submersible, the rank 15 Unkiu Class! We have to wait until the Windwalker returns first, outfit that sub and then we can create a new rank 1 from its parts.
Our next project will be the rank 25 Airship parts. The first component is the Invincible II-type Hull.
Phase 1:
Walnut Lumber 24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Walnut_Lumber
Spruce Lumber 24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Spruce_Lumber
Iron Nails 24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Iron_Nails
Garlond Steel 9 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Garlond_Steel
Phase 2:
Holy Cedar Lumber 12 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Holy_Cedar_Lumber
Cobalt Rivets 24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cobalt_Rivets
Cobalt Plate 24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cobalt_Plate
Rose Gold Ingot 24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Rose_Gold_Ingot
Void Glue 12 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Void_Glue
Phase 3:
Cobalt Riveta 30 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Cobalt_Rivets
Mythrite Ingot 18 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Mythrite_Ingot
Celestine 9 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Celestine
Varnish 30 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Varnish
4/11
Invincible II-type Hull
Phase 1:
Walnut Lumber 8/24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Walnut_Lumber
Spruce Lumber 0/24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Spruce_Lumber
Iron Nails 0/24 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Iron_Nails
Garlond Steel 0/9 https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Garlond_Steel
Thank you for everyone’s help and together we can upgrade our ships to retrieve the rarest items and most powerful buffs to help everyone in the FC!
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The Airship, “The Ralff” is now rank 27 with all rank 1 Shark-class components.
On 3/18, “The Ralff” completed a mission returning…
8 Balsa Wood Lumber https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Balsa_Wood_Lumber
1 Red Clay https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Red_Clay
2 Empty Crystals https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Empty_Crystal
“The Ralff’s” next mission will be to Sector 10 for the first time, then to Sector 8.
On 3/21, “The Ralff completed a mission returning…
58 Fire Crystals https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Fire_Crystal
53 Lightning Crystals https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Lightning_Crystal
47 Wind Crystals
“The Ralff’s” next mission will be to Sector 10 again, then to Sector 7.
And now, shortform!
3/30
6 Chemically Treated Chimera Hide
49 Lightning crystals https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Lightning_Crystal
4/1
4 Piety Materia (Vendored)
24 Raw Celestine HQ
Rank 33
Sea of Clouds 10, Sea of Cloud 7
4/4
56 Water Crystals
13 Craftman’s Command Materia III (Vendored)
Leveled to 34
Sea of Clouds Sector 11, Sea of Clouds Sector 6
4/6
60 Ice Crystals
36 Earth Crystals
8 Empty Crystals
Leveled to Rank 36
Sea of Clouds Sector 11, Sea of Clouds Sector 8
Our submarine “The Windwalker” is now rank 7 with all rank 1 Unkiu-Class components.
On 3/18, “The Windwalker” completed a mission returning…
18 Gatherer’s Grasp Materia III (Vendored) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gatherer%27s_Grasp_Materia_III
37 Earth Crystals https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Earth_Crystal
15 Craftsman’s Command Materia II (Vendored) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Craftsman%27s_Command_Materia_II
46 Vivianite https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Vivianite
“The Windwalker’s” next mission will be to The Lightless Basin, Deep-sea Site 2, and Deep-sea Site 1.
On 3/21, “The Windwalker” has completed a missiong returning…
15 Gatherer’s Grasp Materia II (Vendored) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gatherer%27s_Grasp_Materia_II
16 Craftsman’s Competence Materia III (Vendored) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Craftsman%27s_Competence_Materia_III
22 Scarlet Sap https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Scarlet_Sap
19 Quicktongue Materia II (Vendored) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Quicktongue_Materia_II
“The Windwalker’s” next mission will be to Deep-sea Site 3 for the first time, The Lightless Basin, and then Deep-sea Site 1 before returning home.
On 3/23, “The Windwalker” has completed a mission returning…
18 Savage Might Materia II (Vendored) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Savage_Might_Materia_II
86 Vivianite https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Vivianite
16 Gatherer’s Grasp Materia III (Vendored) https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gatherer%27s_Grasp_Materia_III
38 Ice Crystals https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Ice_Crystal
“The Windwalker’s” next mission will be to The Umbrella Narrow for the first time, then to Deep-sea Site 3, then Deep-sea Site 2.
And now, shortform for the Submarine Windwalker!
3/30
15 Craftman’s Cunning Materia II (Vendored)
20 Dark Chestnut Branch
19 Craftman’s Competence Materia III (Vendored)
22 Birch Branch
Rank 16
The Southern Rimilala Trench for the first time, Deep-sea Site 3
And now, short-form for the Submarine Windwalker!
4/1
18 Piety Materia II (Vendored)
15 Savage Might Materia II (Vendored)
Rank 17
Neolith for the first time, The Umbrella Narrow, Deep-Sea Site 3
4/4
39 Ice Crystals
18 Craftmans’s Command Materia II (Vendored)
17 Quickarm Materia III (Vendored)
Leveled to 19
Neolith Island, The Southern Rimilala Trench
4/6
7 Deep-red Crystals
36 Earth Crystals
Leveled to Rank 20
The Cobalt Shoals, Unidentified Derelict
The Current AIE Project was the Rank 15 Unkiu-class Pressure Hull, but this completed! Furthermore, the next item, the Unkiu-class Stern was started and completed! Many thanks to all that participated!
Our next craft is the Unkiu-class Bow. This is the 3rd of 4 pieces needed to craft a rank 15 submarine.
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Phase 3:
Thanks for reading and let’s keep the momentum going!
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Welcome to episode #340 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (I’ve been stress baking, the guild kitchen is FULLY stocked). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by our special guest Sema who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
We want to send a shout out to all the workers keeping everything running while this crisis is ongoing. To the doctors and nurses, to the folks working at the grocery stores & pharmacies , to the transportation and road works, to the truck drivers and delivery folks and IT/Data center folks, to the teachers. Huge thanks you’s!
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Thursday – FFXIV(low raid) 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 331: How To Make A Billion Credit
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-331-how-to-make-a-billion-credit/
Our guest, multi-billionaire Thaan, tells us how to make a billion credits!
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 332: The Rakghoul Galacdemic
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-332-the-rakghoul-galacdemic/
We haven’t talked about the Rakghoul event in a while but a plague we can fight with blasters sounds good right now.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 69: We’ve been Boarded by Deathstar Troopers!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/3085738-episode-69-we-ve-been-boarded-by-deathstar-troopers.mp3?blob_id=10882249
The guys are joined by ALL of the members of The Deathstar Troopers! They’re the SWTOR raid team that Marcus runs on Sunday evenings. The roster includes: Dr. Swtor, Ted, Beaux, Slayer, Katerina, Kione, and Ven! They talk about how everyone got started with running operations, and why they all love it so much!
NOMADS
Division 2
The game’s first season is now well underway with the first manhunt target, “Neptune,”completed by most players. New “league” and “global event” play is now live.
Leagues consist of certain timed challenges that confer ranks for better completion times in missions. These ranks translate into rewards bestowed by claimed crates in the league menu. Collect seasonal items and even an exotic.
This global event that went live last week, “Polarity Switch,” consists of switching between active colors displayed on your character to defeat correspondingly colored mobs in the game. Reward caches are conferred after completing challenges such as “eliminating positive polarity Outcasts,” or other factions, etc.
The next manhunt target, “Venus,” goes live on the 31st, along with the next apparel event, “Urban Jungle.”
Some excitement surrounding the game has died down as it’s been struggling with many bugs and game balance issues — some directly related to the new season’s events. Despite that AIE participation is still reasonably high, averaging 18-20 people online per day.
WoW
HFO got Puppy!! 6/12 normal. Still recruiting and we got a Zod!!!
BLTN got AoTC
Noob Raid is now 4/12 in Ny’alotha
100% XP, leveling those allied races is crazy!!! People are leveling alts at all stages and looking for people to hang out. (Mechagnomes are so OP!!!)
@Koochikoo-Gustytail trial of style and Filthy Casual Leveling groups reports incoming
Alliance guild is going strong! More and more people are joining and playing on Alliance side.
WoW Classic
* If you have any ideas for in game activities or want to host an event, please contact Nevermore via Discord. She can help answer any questions you might have!
* Interested in joining us in WoW Classic? Jump into the AIE Discord – LFO Channel and request an invite. And just a reminder that we do our best to keep character names family friendly. It’s greatly appreciated!
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
Jesters festival is on, started on 26 March, so come throw pies at the leaders of the factions, enjoy double experience points by eating Mayhem Pie, and in general be silly!
The Jester’s Festival runs through April 2nd. And starting on April 2nd is the Anniversary Jubilee! ESO is 6 years young this year, come out and bake a cake, enjoy double EXP, and reap the rewards from Daily crafting writs, daily Delve and world boss quests, Daily dungeon quests, and so much more. Added this year is the new Icebreath INDRIK mount and a new armor style.
FFXIV
The FFXIV chapter of AIE is growing and wants you!
Fun nights are Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30pm EST.
Tuesdays are casual and legacy content. It is more relaxed and gives a chance for people to see some content that may not be possible solo or something that groups do not normally form for anymore. Last week, we did some Heavensward Bismark, for pony farming!
This week, we plan on running Ravana, also from Heavensward.
Thursday, we do more traditional end game raiding. We are currently gearing up via Eden’s Verse. We ask that potential raiders join our raid discord. Raids do have a signup each week.
Saturday, Kelseer is running map nights for fame, riches, and overall fun! Join us at 9:30pm EST Saturday to run 8 player treasure maps. For those not aware, this is a very profitable and very fun and unique game activity.
In the crafting front, we are working on new airship and submarines in the guild workshop, that anyone in the FC can help build. See the AIE website at aie-guild.org for the latest Workshop blog post for the details.
If you are looking to get into the game, the Winter Sale is on for 40% off either just the Shadowbringers expansion or the complete edition from the Square Enix Store. A free demo is also available. If you do pick it up, remember to drop by the #ffxiv channel for a refer-a-friend code for rewards for both of you.
We can’t wait to see you in Eorzea and the First!
LOTRO
LOTRO Bonus Days bring you +10% Virtue XP and Bilbo’s Birthday, now through April 6th!
Hobnanigans returns next week! Starts on March 31st and runs through April 5th.
The Spring Festival continues through April 13th!
Double Bonus Points are now available! Get double the Bonus Points in the LOTRO Store in-game through April 5th!
Find Your Shadowfax! Get 20% off:
Select Warsteeds
Riding Skills
Select Mounts
Movement Speed Buffs
Now through April 2nd!
The Weekly Coupon gets you a free Skill and Slayer Deed Boost with the Coupon Code SKILLUPSLAYER, now through April 2nd!
STO
Still working on the Spire is the priority, with the embassy being the secondary one to build up.
Regular Fleet nights on Sunday nights at 830 pm Eastern starting next week.
Come join us for all the fun and watch Picard and Discovery as CBS All Access is free for the month.
And with that, let’s get back to Sema and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
On rare weeks during the year, an opportunity presents itself for one of several planets to be conquered. It’s tricky to know when to go for it and which planet to pick. And after that it takes effort by everyone in the guild throughout the week to succeed. Luckily our team has some big brains that can make good decisions and lots of willing hands to pitch in. Now we can all proudly wear our Conqueror of Nar Shaddaa titles!
MFNs continue to rock and roll on Tuesdays at 9PM Eastern. Everyone is welcome. Lots of stuff is level independent, as long as you don’t mind, you know, dying and stuff. For some parts of it, your character might need to be level 50+ or 70+, but come hang out with us in voice while you level.
March MEGA was a World Boss Crawl which is always a lot of fun–good company, romping around the galaxy, and perhaps some progress on that vehicle mission that’s been in your log forever.
Mega!!!
April 10th 9pm eastern (Real World Time)
Corley has taken over this month’s mega! He will be bringing back “The Amazing Race!”
Come join in traveling the galaxy with us!!!
Discussion Question:
Several games do or used to do a base class to a certain level (with or without story) and then you unlocked your advanced class. WoW/Classic did this around level 10, SWTOR used to do this around level 10, FFXIV does this at level 30. Do you like this type of advancement and does it make the games more interesting to have it, or do you prefer to just jump in at the start and have the same class to max level?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sema for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@AIESema
@MaxTheGrey
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Syrene, Beefmaster, and Fezgig in World of Warcraft. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>AIE currently maintains and uses two vessels detailed below. For those not familiar, these FC vessels are mostly used to run automated FC missions that return interesting rewards for us all. In addition, the vessels make some exclusive pets and mounts available as well as special buffs and some special case uses for group content in The Diadem we may look at, at some point.
Beyond the two vessels we are currently running, a third is under construction. Thanks to everyone that’s contributed so far. Check below on how you can help!
Current Fleet
The Airship: “The Ralff” (miss you buddy), is currently level 26 and is outfitted with level 1 Bronco-style components. This airship is currently running routes between sectors 5-8, bringing back materials from these zones. Items that the airship has returned include some crystals, clusters, and some bamboo weave. With the recent level up of the Airship, we are now able to create a 2nd airship!
The Submarine: A newer ship added to the AIE FFXIV fleet, the submarine the Windwalker”, is currently level 5, with all rank 1 Shark-class components. It is currently running missions to the first 4 marine areas. Items that the submarine has returned was some crafting crystals, empty crystals, and some red clay.
Fleet acquired items are in the FC vault and can be requested if needed. Items that are worthless in today’s game (such as grade 3 materia) will be vendored and the gil will be placed back to the FC vault. Shards, Crystals, and Clusters can be purchased for 10% below market value. See an officer if you wish to make a purchase. (Officer will check the market value and determine the normal price and take 10% off of that.) Vault Items and Gil will be used to finance further workshop endeavors, as well as fund AIE events in the future.
Next Project
Currently, we are working on creating a rank 15 sub, Unkiu-Class. Subs require 4 parts, the Hull, Stern, Bow, Bridge. Right now, we are working on the Hull. It takes 3 phases to create the component. There are a various number of items needed to finish the construction, as follows:
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Phase 3:
Anyone can contribute. Just go to the back door inside the FC house and go to the workshop. In the middle of the workshop is the Fabrication Station. Clicking on that will allow you to donate items to the construction of the project. Once this project is complete, we can move to another part of the submarine!
Any questions, feel free to contact any one of the FFXIV officers.
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Welcome to episode #339 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (guys, the kitchen is fully stocked for your sweet tooth needs). We are doing a host show this evening!
Let’s find out what’s going on in all of the games that AIE plays in!
AIE News
Community
Welcome to Looci our newest AIE Officer with focus on ESO, LotRO, and SWTOR! Our congradudolences go out to her!
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 329: Somebody Set Us Up The Sets
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-329-somebody-set-us-up-the-sets/
Turns out somebody set us up the sets, so we talk all about the new sets and the rest of the 6.1.1 updates on the PTS and detailed in the dev posts this week.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 330: The Nature Of Progression
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-330-the-nature-of-progression/
Since we are now Dxun experts we finally talk through all the fights. We also circle back on that discussion of the Veteran’s Edge stack change and its impact on Master Modes.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 67: Kickin’ it with Kogass!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/2931646-episode-67-kickin-it-with-kogass.mp3
Marcus and Nick get to hangout with friend of the podcast Kogass! They all discuss what they’ve been playing for games, make fun of Nick for not playing enough SWTOR, and look forward to the newest updates coming to SWTOR
Working Class Nerds
Episode 68: Coronavirus has Infected our Videogames?!?
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/2996332-episode-68-coronavirus-has-infected-our-videogames.mp3
Marcus and Nick sit down with Clickbait’s Rut to talk about how the recent Coronavirus outbreak is affecting our gaming lives!
NOMADS
Division 2
Division 2 launched their first expansion to the game: Warlords of New York which picks up with the storyline from the Division 1 as Agents return to New York.
The level cap has raised to 40 and new content is live with the introduction of seasons to the game’s road map. New seasons will occur every three months and contain rewards and special manhunts for rogue agents that continue the Division story.
The AIE clan is nearly at a full 50 members with many returning players returning to regular nightly play. We’re currently seeing about an average of 20 people online per day since the launch. There is still some room in the Clan, make sure to reach out to us in the AIE public discord if you would like a clan invite or have submitted an in-game app that needs approval.
WoW
– HFO is still recruiting. We’re up to roughly 15 members and we’re 5/12 in normal.
– Reminder that we’re on Alliance side and we want to boost numbers. New alts, transfers, and cross-realm friends are all welcome!
– Gusty’s Trial of Style event is next week!
– Horde Raid teams are kicking butt and taking names!
WoW Classic
Our bag supply is currently low. If anyone is able to donate mats or completed bags, please mail them to Nevermore! We want to make sure our AIE Guildies have bag space while they adventure in WoW Classic!
AIEMounts is still running but slowed down.
A guildie in classic at level 7 made a plea for bags so Lars jumped onto his Tailor and made 4 x “Small Silk Pack” for them (lucky the AH had some heavy leather) and delivered it right to them in Mulgore. Was happy to see the request and help out.
STO
The big news is that the Fleet Embassy’s Diplomacy Rank is leveling to Tier 2. It will be complete in 5ish days. It unlocks a couple of things, most notably, Threat-Scaling Science Consoles Mark 11. We are continuing to also work on getting the Fleet Spire’s Research to Tier 2.
Notable in the game event is Battle of the Binary Stars. If you complete this daily 14 times before March 26th, you get a new Universal Kit for you Captain, DOT-7 Drone Fabrication. This allows your captain to create a combat pet while off on away missions to assist you in fighting whatever you encounter. This event also counts towards the new T6 Ship Event Campaign. Over the course of a few Events you earn progress towards getting a choice between:
– 100% Discount Coupon for a Tier 6 Starship or Warbird and 200 Lobi Crystals(A in game currency)
or
– 1000 Lobi Crystals
LLAP
SWTOR
In SWTOR, MFNs continue with rampages, operations, and anything else we can think of. All are welcome.
Last Friday, we had our March MEGA. Marcus led us on a World Boss crawl. It’s like a pub crawl, but with a little more boss killing. Officers posted themselves all over the galaxy so that we could summon the group to each boss. It was great fun. Stay tuned for more info on the next MEGA.
FFXIV
Ishgard Restoration Part 2 has been released with the latest patch. It re-re-introduces the Diadem as a place to gather materials unique to the restoration effort. Whether you’re a novice gatherer or crafter or a seasoned vet, you can still help out and gain rewards and experience.
In the next few weeks, the first step of the Shadowbringers relic weapon questline will begin. The “Return to Ivalice” quest series from Stormblood is a prerequisite, so let us know if you want to get a guild run together to get you through it!
GW2
Expansion announced for later this year but we don’t have details yet. MFN continues on Monday nights. Keep an eye out for an organized Nomads raid into GW2 sometime in the next month or so.
ESO
Update 25 and Harrowstom launched a couple of weeks ago and as part of MFN we spent time in the new dungeons.
As usual, MFN is Friday night at 9pm est and we run dungeons, clear zones, and kill enemies while Kini leads the group off cliffs and in circles. #whereskini
EVE
Winterco EN military deployment to go shoot baddies. Location is opsec. Not sure about duration as there are conflicting reports on how long its ongoing. Should be some fun pewpew time for those involved
LOTRO
Spring Festival is scheduled to start on the 19th. So be ready for awesome festival fun. Stay tuned to the lotro channel for upcoming events planned for next month
GAME NEWS
Discussion about what to do while stuck at home.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chatroom for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to well, someone about something! So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Alea Iacta Est is in a unique position to continue to connect us and close the distance. “Social distance” doesn’t apply in our playground! With that in mind we wanted to remind everyone that we are here for each other and all our usual guild activities and channels for social connection are not only totally still in business but are also health-guidance approved!
Also, with kids out of school and extra long spring breaks engaged remember that AIE is family friendly and we’d be happy to host the whole fam. In fact, bring your family, friends, neighbors, and strangers down the street. All are welcome in AIE Discord, games, and fun events. Speaking of which, here’s a rundown of our weekly in game Mandatory Fun Nights (where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not!):
On top of all this, we have various special events like the WoW Trial of Style next weekend and periodic bigger monthly events across games. The Division 2 is hot right now and there’s a pretty big group both in game and hanging out in voice regularly. Our WoW Alliance side is having fun regularly so check in with Syreyne if you want to raid there with the team. WoW Classic is fun retro times as well with new updates coming soon. Join any of these at any time and feel free to just say hi any time in guild chat, Discord channels or Discord voice (jump in and others will follow).
In summary, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, and *do* maintain less than 12ms ping between you and your online friends!
Thank you to all the AIE officers who met this weekend to help continue to keep our guild and community strong and came up with the idea for this reminder post.
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For those of you not yet familiar with Looci, she lives outside of Denver, CO with her family, both human and four footed. She loves to read, is an amateur photographer, and enjoys life to its fullest. She spends her days keeping the world safe for democracy, or maybe safe from democracy, as she works for one of those U.S. three-letter-agencies. Looci first joined AIE in World of Warcraft, back around Panderia times. From there, she moved into SWTOR, ESO and a few other games we all play. She and her husband originally played SWTOR at launch on the European side, as they were stationed overseas so we are lucky they were able to move to Star Forge!
When asked what her favorite thing about AIE is, she said, “I love the community of AIE, and the family friendly environment the guild has.” So say we all.
Welcome and thank you, Looci!
]]>While the Trial of Style is active, all appearance changes at the barbershop and transmog vendors are free! Players can queue solo or in a group (which is more fun) for a fashion show scenario where you are given a theme and then vote on who has the best look. You earn tokens to buy gear appearances and a few other things and can earn a title, “The Fabulous.” Hope to see you there!
]]>Gusty, what big tentacles you have!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #338 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are doing a host show, since Corley HAD to be at PAX!!
Okay, folks, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 326: Secret Shady Merchant
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-326-secret-shady-merchant/
This week we do a live walk-through of a mission chain to unlock the somewhat secret shady merchant on Mek-Sha.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 327: Insert Alderaan Pun Here
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-327-insert-alderaan-pun-here/
6.1 is live so we take a look and do a live unlock of the Alderaan Stronghold.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 328: The Beat Goes On
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-328-the-beat-goes-on/
Bioware team interview post, a new community team helper, and a dive into the latest story beat.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 65: Console Wars!!!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-65-console-wars/id1330089578?i=1000466618346
Marcus and Nick sit down shortly after recording episode 65 to talk about the two new gaming consoles from Sony and Microsoft… the Playstation 5 and the Xbox Series X!
Episode 66: Project Luminous Revealed!!!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-66-project-luminous-revealed/id1330089578?i=1000466744306
Marcus and Nick talk with friend of the podcast Intisar to talk about the new release of Star Wars content, codenamed Project Luminous. The guys explore and speculate what we might see in The High Republic era!
NOMADS
The Division 2 Clan has seen some activity once more, anticipating the release of the “Warlords of New York” expansion dropping tomorrow morning, March 2nd . After maintenance this morning, the DLC will be live at 6AM Eastern. The game is seeing a serious overhaul of some of its systems and the story is returning agents back to NYC to hunt an old nemesis from the first Division game.
DLC trailer:
https://youtu.be/5KZEUilJGes
The clan has approached the cap of 50 members but we can always make room. We’ve reached the maximum Clan rank and all perks are available to members of the Clan. Make sure to speak up in the AIE public discord #thedivision2 channel for an invite or approval for a submitted application.
The base game is on sale right now for $3, and the standard DLC expansion costs $29.99. This sale will only last a few more days.
If you are new to the game, talk to us and receive a recruit-a-friend request. We can extend these invites for up to a week after you log in for the first time.
Also of note, the DLC expansion comes with a level 30 boost, so that you don’t have to feel like you are getting left behind as everyone hits NYC.
WoW
Noob Raid is 8/8 normal for Eternal Palace and 2/12 normal for Ny’alotha.
Noob Raid runs every Saturday night at 11pm EST and anyone with a level 120 toon is welcome to join in the fun.
Trial of Style is back 3/20-3/24. Gustytail will do guild runs Fri-Sat-Sun at times to be decided.
HFO – Alliance team is recruiting heals and dps. We have been doing current LFR for gear, hoping to move forward in the new raid in the next few weeks. Friday nights from 8pm to 11pm ER Server Time. We are accepting cross-realms!
WoW Classic
* Darkmoon Faire will be in town from March 9th-15th and Arathi Basin is announced as “upcoming”!
* If you have any ideas for in game activities or want to host an event, please contact Nevermore via Discord. She can help answer any questions you might have!
* Interested in joining us in WoW Classic? Jump into the AIE Discord – LFO Channel and request an invite. And just a reminder that we do our best to keep character names family friendly. It’s greatly appreciated!
SWTOR
Star Wars: The Old Republic launched on December 20th, 2011. AIE was there. In fact, the swtor division of AIE was formed even before that, since Bioware allowed for the creation and registration of guilds ahead of launch. But, if we take that Dec 20th date as our start date, that means we are less than 2 years away from our 10th anniversary. Just saying. That should be a party, right?
For this month’s MEGA, Corley is bringing back The Amazing Race! That’s right!! It’s coming back!!! Who wants to race around the galaxy? Join us on March 13th, 9PM Eastern.
We continue to run our MFNs on Tuesday nights. We are currently switching MFN/Conquest focus weekly between Imperial and Republic sides. Because of how Bioware’s event calendar works, that means event weeks always fall on the Imperial side. We are going to introduce a slight stutter to our calendar so that both sides can share equally in the easier Conquest objectives that come with event weeks. As always, it will be posted in the Guild Message of the Day as well as in discord. And failing that, you can always just come into voice at 9PM on a Tuesday and ask!
ESO
Update 25 and the Harrowstorm DLC launched last week. The patch was basically a full re-download of the entire game, but it basically overhauled the way the game client works and provided performance improvements.
For MFN on Friday, we split into two groups to run the new dungeons that were included in the Harrowstorm DLC. Icereach is themed around a coven of evil witches and Unhallowed Grave is themed around evil Necromancers and monsters. Unhallowed Grave also has a “secret” room that you can get to by killing a couple of optional bosses.
For MFN this coming Friday, which is at 9pm EST as usual, we will be splitting up again to run the new dungeons since we only managed to get through one of them this past week due to time constraints.
FFXIV
We’re continuing to host Treasure Map Night, aka Kelseer’s Get Rich Quick with Friends scheme, at 9:30 eastern each saturday. The only requirements are being level 80. Everyone can roll need on everything.
FFXIV’s raid team, “NoD” has slots open! We’re currently doing extreme trials on Thursdays at 9:30 eastern and more casual content on Tuesdays.
With Patch 5.2, a new raid has been released, Eden’s Verse, along with a new tier of gear from both it and dungeons. Soon, an expansion of crafting content will be released and the first step of the relic weapon for Shadowbringers. Keep an eye in our discord for upcoming events based on the new content!
STO
We recently updated the fleet Uniform. Updates to fleet holdings are progressing. The focus is currently The Spire. Hopefully, soon, a new version of Fleet nights will be coming back. (Schedules are just hectic right now)
GW2
Guild news… the World Boss run happened last night and had a handful of people attending
LOTRO
New to the lotro store crafting carry alls in small, medium and large sizes. Coming in April, PvMP guild event, we will play as the monsters, stay tuned to the lotro channel for more details
GAME NEWS
What’s your favorite weapon and/or spell that you’ve used in game lately?
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chat room for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we are going to wrangle Corley into coming on the show!! . So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #337 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Looci and Marcus who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
PAX East 2020 is happening at the end of this month, 27 Feb -01 March in Boston, Ma. A few AIEers are going to be there and are trying to plan a meet up. If anyone else is going, chime in on discord. Passes for all 4 days are available again.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 11 pm Eastern
Raid Team News/Progression
Better Late than Never is 12/12 Normal and 3/12 Heroic as of 2-8. Looking to add some more heroic kills on Monday night.
Dead on Arrival (DoA) is 8/12 Normal
Behind the Curve is 7/12 Normal
F.E.R.T. is 1/12 Normal
United Orgrimmar Horde Pagle Classic 6/10 MC
Deathstar troopers has been running HM TOS
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 325: Greetings From Keith
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-325-greetings-from-keith/
6.1 almost here and we get notes from Keith and Charles on what’s next.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 326: Secret Shady Merchant
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-326-secret-shady-merchant/
This week we do a live walk-through of a mission chain to unlock the somewhat secret shady merchant on Mek-Sha
Working Class Nerds
Episode 64: Interview with Jackie Cao!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-64-interview-with-jackie-cao/id1330089578?i=1000464959303
Marcus and Nick sit down with former Bioware game developer and current Gearbox game developer, Jackie Cao!! Jackie worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic for Bioware, and the guys picked his brain and had a fun time!
NOMADS
The Division 2 has seen some renewed interest lately. Some changes are coming to the game soon with the impending release of Episode 3 and a new Flamethrower specialization.
We’ve had 3 or 4 new folks added to the clan lately. If you’d like to get a clan invite you must have the Base of Operations staff member Grace Larson unlocked. You can search for “AleaIactaEst” and apply. You can also shoutout in the #division2 discord channel for help.
* Folks are always willing to help with your weekly,dailies and leveling.
* Have any questions, track down Durus or ask in discord.
WoW
The new online guild invite system is working great. This month is Dignitas. Also open on alliance.
Raid finder wing 1 is open
WoW Classic
Blackwing Lair (BWL) is live on Tuesday… so plenty of new content and the new rush to AnQiraj (AQ) farm
SWTOR
See Game News
FFXIV
* Maps Nights, which are Saturdays at 9:30PM Eastern, are still happening! Come get gil, tempt the RNG primals, and enjoy some fun times!
* The Raid Team is having some success with getting to know each other during Titania Extreme as their efforts have picked up in the new year.
* Folks are still chatting in discord daily. If you have questions or want help with something, that’s always a great place to find someone at any hour.
5.2, Echoes of a Fallen Star, Release date announced, 18th of Feb.
Moogle event goes away at this time. If you are after that Namazu necklace, do your dungeons now!
Patch site has been updated to more than a bullet list… https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/patch_5_2/
There was a patch feature showing off a fishing trip. There may be some AIE fishing trips in our future.
Duty Commenced NA on Feb 12, tune in for community shenanigans.
Fan Fest announced.
Fan Festival 2020 in San Diego
Friday, November 6, 2020 and Saturday, November 7, 2020 (A rather familiar time of year)
San Diego Convention Center
ESO
The Harrowstorm DLC game pack comes out on February 24th for PC/Mac and consoles on March 10th. There will be two new dungeons as part of the DLC that starts of the beginning of the Dark Heart of Skyrim year-long adventure. The new dungeons are Ice Reach and Unhallowed Grave and will have new gear sets (including a new monster set), style pages, dyes, and furnishings that can drop.
At the same time the DLC is launched, Update 25 will happen for the base game that will have performance updates, an overhaul to patching, and some fixes and balance changes.
MFN for February 28th will start at 9pm EST as usual and will involve running both of the dungeons as time permits.
STO
They are doing a ton of things right now in game with having celebrated 10 years of the game. They have new ships coming, and even had a humble bundle with comics and a ship bundle for STO., some of which they have been talking about in the main sto channel. The anniversary is always a fun time, but they just keep going with this one.
EVE
Living in our new home. Hoots been afk sick, industrial capacities in our new home and and pve as well are full strength. Building up our alliance and coalition superhighway as ADM’s strengthen. Russians are cloaky camping with goons cuz we are making too much isk.
GW2
A world boss hunt on Friday February 28th starting at 9:30 eastern
LOTRO
Riders of Rohan is expected to hit the legendary servers this week.
Stay tuned to the lotro channel for upcoming special events
And with that, let’s get back to Marcus and Looci and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
Marcus- thann was trying to buy trash items to win sema san diego. What a great week.
Deathstar troopers has been running HM TOS. progging
Looci – and he created a bidding war in general chat for some of the trash items, at one point I think fangs were at 60K per fang!
Everything is awesome!
One of the Devs posted that we will be getting some “crazy stuff” in 2020, so speculation is rife. The most likely ideas are that Darth Malgus will sprout tentacles and come under the power of the Old Gods and we will get Lalafells as a playable race.
If you are a subscriber and have not logged in super recently, hop in and find the Umbaran Patrol Tauntaun in your mailbox. If you are not a subscriber yet, you have til Feb 29th to subscribe and earn this mount.
We’ve had two MFNs since the last AIE podcast including one particularly wild and wooly trip into The Terror from Beyond. We had run out of time for the last fight, but we had some people with us that had never seen it, so we decided to barge in and just take a look. It’s a multi-phase, positioning-heavy battle, so it was more of a lark than anything, but we won anyway! And that was with two healers disconnecting over 9000 times… at least.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Marcus and Looci for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Just a programing note, our next show will be in three weeks due to some RL scheduling conflicts. So March 1st, we’ll be talking to Someone in some game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #336 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan and Durus who are here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 324: Our Amps Are One Louder
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-324-our-amps-are-one-louder/
Class balance coming soon, Alderaan Stronghold updates on the PTS, and we talk about Amplifiers.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 63: Our Eyes See 2020
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/2549677
Nick and Marcus look ahead to the games their most looking forward to coming out in 2020, and of course recap what they’ve been up to in their gaming lives.
WoW
Patch 8.3 is out and the guild activity level seems to be up as people are doing daily quests, looking for groups for Horrific visions, and camping rare mount spawns.
The new raid opened on Tuesday and a number of raid teams are progressing through it while Blizzard hurriedly fixes in bugs with hotfixes and extended maintenance windows.
If you’re looking for a raid team, make sure you check the #raid-recruitment channel in AIE Discord and if you’re looking for a group to run Horrific visions or the Heroic version of Mechagon, make sure you check the #lfg channel for people looking for groups.
UMAMI applications are no longer a requirement for WoW Retail. We are opening up guild recruitment to the server with the in-game recruitment system. New and current members of AIE can continue to use Discord, aielfo in-game community, as well as the new Blizzard guild recruitment system to request guild invites. We want to thank Stigg for everything he has done with our UMAMI system and Greenwall, and we can’t wait to see what else he has in store for AIE.
AIE’s 13th Anniversary next month and 3rd Annual Ralff’s Amazing Race (details coming soon ™)
SWTOR
MEGA!
Friday Feb 7th 9pm Real world time (Eastern)
Sema San Diego!!! We will be hiding Sema on a planet. What planet you ask? You will have to come to find out. Looci and the Officers will have the clues you will need to find Sema.
Don’t miss the Monthly Epic event!
Our operations teams are thriving. Some are working through the new operation, some are working through the whole progression of all the operations, and some are doing whichever operation they feel like doing that week!
We’ve done 3 MFNs so far this year and have been extremely happy to have had some players come with us that had never seen those operations. It’s always fun when that happens.
We are looking forward to a new Stronghold–this time on the beautiful planet of Alderaan. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s still thousands of years before THAT happens. The stronghold is currently on the PTS, so watch for times when the PTS is available if you want to hop in and stroll around in it.
The next patch is 6.1 and should be coming some time in February. It will include some class changes, the Alderaan stronghold and a “story beat”.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
ESO
Update 25 is coming soon and will be the start of the year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim adventure. It will bring performance improvements and a patching overhaul as well as the first DLC of the year called Harrowstorm. Harrowstorm will have new item sets and collectables as well as 2 new dungeons that set up the events of the upcoming Greymoor Chapter. The dungeons will be Unhallowed Grave, a long-forgotten tomb, and Icereach, where you get to confront witches. There is no set date for Harrowstorm yet, but eta is sometime in Q1 of 2020. We know it will be out before Greymoor launches and the release date for Greymoor is May 18th for PC/Mac and June 2 for console.
EVE
Settled in the new home system. Bringing up their lil cubby holes ADM’s so they can truly start doing big boy stuff. Hoots has plans to start making stuff for corpies and corpies are helping by donating needed materials for said process and the coalition is being harassed by russians..again.
LOTRO
They are going to delay the start of SNL until after the podcast is over.
And with that, let’s get back to Abo and Durus and find out what’s going on in Final Fantasy 14
GAME NEWS
First off, congrats are in order for Testsemi, as he has completed the MSQ and is caught up to the current story content in FFXIV. That’s the base game with 5 patches (and some sub-patches), Heavensward, 5 patches and change, Stormblood with its handful of patches, Shadowbringers, and its one major patch.
Remember that there’s still plenty of story content to do after you finish the MSQ! Raids in all 4 expansions, trials, 24-player stuff which is heavy on the story, plot, and intrigue, maps, crafting (yes, even the crafting classes and quests have a story!), and the legend of the world’s greatest detective, Hildabrand! This game is bursting at the seams with content and character! And we’re here to help you make sense of it all.
TALK ABOUT THE WEDDING
Theresa and Viv’s Ceremony of Eternal Bonding is scheduled for Wednesday, 1/29 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Please see either of them or check the FC chest for an invitation that you must possess to enter the event space at the appointed time.
Live Letter Part LVII
Thursday, February 6 at 3:00 a.m. (PST)
Valentione’s Day
Wed, Jan 29 to Sun, Feb 9.
Vote for your colorful “emissary of Love”
In the meantime, we are running a weekly map night, Saturday nights at 8pm until we run out of maps. Map nights are using the treasure maps found from mining, botaning (picking flowers or chopping trees), fishing, or just buying them from the market boards. Using a map will consume the map, but show a little piece of the map from the game with the big red X for the treasure. You then go to that location and dig for treasure. Of course, each chest is booby-trapped, so you will need to fight off a bunch of monsters to get to your treasure. Once everyone in your party gets their loot, there is a chance that a portal to a bonus zone will appear!
This bonus zone is only available thru 8-player treasure maps. Going into the zone seems to act normal. Go in, beat up on some bad guys, get loot. But then the party has to make a choice between two doors. One door leads to the next room, with cash and fabulous prizes await. The other door will set off alarms, sirens, and kick the party out of the dungeon.
The map nights are very casual, super fun, and very profitable. Anyone level 80 can join in. You don’t have to bring a map to join in, but bringing maps helps everyone out.
PATCH PATCH PATCH
FFXIV is wrapping up the current 5.1 patch cycle, and is starting up the hype machine for 5.2.
The even number patches are fun because they have a new gear tier and raid tier introduced. So, as a guild, we tend to do the story mode raids on a regular basis, as that is the difficulty that most people want to do. So, when the patch does hit, expect to have us run some fun nights thru the new Eden tier.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abo and Durus for joining us.
@abovan
@theDurus
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Next time, we’ll return for our regularly scheduled Sunday show with SWTOR. So,i until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #335 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests US who are here to talk to ourselves about what we’ve been up to during the break. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into all of our fun since the last show 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 322: Year End Wrap And Predictions
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-322-year-end-wrap-and-predictions/
SWTOR Anniversary, Star Wars for watching, and our 2019 review.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 323: The Mandalorian
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-323-the-mandalorian/
January events schedule is up, our guild events are rolling for 2020, and we review The Mandalorian.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 62: Diggin’ Into the Decade!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/2451068
Marcus and Nick sit down with Dr. SWTOR to discuss their favorite games of the decade and the final episodes from The Mandalorian.
WoW
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2020/01/news-from-aie-in-wow-retail/
UMAMI applications are no longer a requirement for WoW Retail. We are opening up guild recruitment to the server with the in-game recruitment system. New and current members of AIE can continue to use Discord, aielfo in-game community, as well as the new Blizzard guild recruitment system to request guild invites. We want to thank Stigg for everything he has done with our UMAMI system and Greenwall, and we can’t wait to see what else he has in store for AIE.
AIE’s 13th Anniversary next month and 3rd Annual Ralff’s Amazing Race (details coming soon ™)
NOOB Raid tried Mythic….on accident! And it went, well, just like you thought it should.
Patch 8.3 Survival Guide
https://www.wowhead.com/news=305319/patch-8-3-visions-of-nzoth-survival-guide-giveaway
The third major Battle for Azeroth content patch, Visions of N’Zoth, will be releasing on January 14th (US) / 15th (EU).
This new content patch will include N’Zoth Assaults in two zones: Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms. N’Zoth has taken over and Corrupted these areas. Taking part in these Assaults will earn you reputation with the Uldum Accord and Rajani and earn you a new currency: Coalescing Visions.
Wrathion returns in this Patch, starting off with a long Introduction Questline that will act as a tutorial for the major systems of this patch. This includes his own legendary cloak Ashjra’kamas, Shroud of Resolve and a plan to enter and take down the Horrific Visions of N’zoth. Titanforging is being removed for all Patch 8.3 content and replaced by Corrupted Gear which will provide you with powerful effects, but at a cost. Participating in Horrific Visions will allow you to upgrade Wrathion’s Legendary Cloak, helping you to combat some of the negative effects of the Corrupted gear. In addition, new Essences are being added for all roles, as well as new recipes for Professions.
Two new Allied Races are being added to the game: Vulpera for the Horde and Mechagnomes for the Alliance. Allied Race Death Knights are also available this Patch for players who have pre-purchased Shadowlands. Goblin and Worgen Heritage Armor is being added this Patch as well! If you’ve been wanting to transmog Legendary weapons, Patch 8.3 will finally allow you to do so! … except for the Warglaives of Azzinoth, those are still Demon Hunter appearance only. This Patch also helps If you’ve been looking for a unique reward from Island Expeditions, as there are new Salvage Crates which can be bought with Seafarer’s Dubloon. Lastly, the Auction House is getting a much needed rework.
More content is coming later in the Patch on January 21st when Season 4 of Battle of Azeroth begins. This marks the opening of the new Ny’alotha Raid, new PvP Season and new Mythic+ Seasonal Affix, Awakened, as well as Heroic Darkshore. Season 4 will also come with an overall Item Level increase to most systems, with the cap from most systems being 475 except for the final two bosses of Ny’alotha dropping 485 gear.
Mewkow- WoW Classic
https://www.wowhead.com/news=305109/classic-wow-content-drop-on-feb-12th-blackwing-lair-level-50-class-quests-eterna
Blackwing Lair
The Blackwing Lair attunement quest, “Blackhand’s Command”, will become available on all realms tomorrow, Friday, January 10.
Level 50 Class Quests
All players, starting at level 50, can now begin class-specific questlines offered by class trainers in capital cities. These quests conclude with a choice of one of three powerful rare items.
New Reputation Rewards
The Argent Dawn, Thorium Brotherhood, Timbermaw Hold, Silverwing Sentinels, and Warsong Outriders faction vendors now offer reputation reward items that were added in patches 1.6 and 1.7 of original WoW.
Eternal Quintessence
Players who complete “Hands of the Enemy” and reach Revered reputation with Hydraxian Waterlords may now obtain Eternal Quintessence from Duke Hydraxis.
Darkmoon Faire – Coming Earlier in February
The first Darkmoon Faire in WoW Classic will get underway in early February, with barkers and the Faire setup appearing on Friday, February 7, and the festivities opening on Monday, February 10. Look for the many Darkmoon Cards that make up the beasts, elementals, portals, and warlords sets to begin dropping from enemies and bosses on Wednesday, February 5.
SWTOR
The holidays in SWTOR were filled with MEGAs, MFNs, snowballs and wookiee hugging. Several guildies were so industrious, they achieved the Wookiee Hugging Champion achievement! Wookiees give the best hugs.
In 2020, we are looking forward to opening the rest of the rooms in both guild flagships, many Operations successes, MFNs galore, MEGAs extraordinaire, Conquest targets met, meetups, trivia, and, of course, lightning
ESO
On January 16th at 5pm EST there will be a Bethesda live stream to reveal the Chapter and year long story. They will have twitch drops live during the stream so you can unlock rewards.
MFN is still on Friday nights at 9pm est where we run dungeons, rampage though zones killing bosses, obtaining sky shards, and looting anything not nailed down, and occasionally jump off cliffs.
FFXIV
We had the first maps night in quite awhile and it was fairly epic. We did level 80 maps, AKA Zonureskin Maps, and reached the final chamber 4 times! That means a +100K payday each time. With total Gil and value of mats dropped in excess of 15M gil.
Map Nights will be a regular Saturday night event going forward, just ping Kelseer on the #ffxiv channel in AIE Discord if you want to join in. Map groups hold about 8 people per team. The Gliderskin maps are more tuned for solo players, if you didn’t want to get a full group.
Raiding will be picking up again soon. Speak with @Durus or @Abovan for details. We’ll likely begin with some of the early extreme fights (Titania and Innocence) to gauge where everyone is, and help gear folks up.
Patch 5.2 is coming in February and includes
-New MSQ (beginning of the end of SHB’s story)
-New Dungeon, “Anamnesis Anyder” (Trust Compatible)
-New beast tribe focusing on gathering, the Qitari
-New Chronicles of a New Era (5.0’s Trials quest chain)
-First Trial will be Ruby Weapon
-New Raid, “Eden’s Verse” (One boss will be related to Ramuh)
-Upgradable Equipment quest series (Relic quest)
EVE
Settled in new home system. Bringing up our lil cubby holes ADM’s so we can truly start doing big boy stuff. Hoots has plans to start making stuff for corpies and corpies are helping by donating needed materials for said process
LOTRO
We finished off 2019 with a lot of fun during SNL. We have stuff planned for 2020. Stay tuned for upcoming details.
And with that, let’s get back to US and find out what’s going on in since the break.
GAME NEWS
Mkallah
I’m a mom, it was christmas time, I was running around from December 12th until December 26th. I think my final count was twelve pounds of marshmallows, ten pounds of fudge, eight batches of various cookies and bars, three pies, one cake, and one batch of rice krispy treats. ANd, that was just the baking, There was also a lot of hiking, cooking, wrapping, and I even slept in a little. I did manage to read two full books- Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow, quickly followed by The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo- because one needs dark modern fantasy dealing with secret magical societies and Yale after 450 pages of the Weinstine investigation.
We had our annual Yule party and our Fert and Friends Christmas eve sushi lunch. We saw Star Wars opening night, and immediately afterwards I got a text from our friend MIlls that he wants to do a Star Wars game taking place 100 years after Rise of the Skywalker and then he gave us the Force and Destiny book for Christmas! I am looking at a Twi’lek Mystic Seer, not good with people, but super connected to the Living Force.
Only one of my D&D groups was semi active this season, but we have managed to get roped into helping a clan of wood elves deal with a mythical monster that has cursed them. And, you know that feeling when you wander into the wrong zone in a video game and almost get your ass handed to you? Yeah, we had that happen.
Mewkow
Still slowly taking down the inside Xmas decorations, the outside were dutifully taken down the weekend after New Year’s Day. Had a decent setup at the new house.
After catching up in the Mandolarian, and seeing the latest saga movie, AND bravely watching the entire Star Wars special (with a little help from riff trax), we have started the clone wars viewing with the intent to complete that 6-7 season show.
Tons of time in FF14 as of late. With about 5 active ‘alts’ in a game that you don’t need to alt in, there is plenty to be done. That means I’ll have done the Shadowbringer MSQ 5 times, and yes it is that good. Also working on dragging others along for the fun when possible. Completed the Eden raids, and the Nier raid a few times, but have not touched the Eden Savage raids yet, and have no desire to go anywhere near the Alexander Ultimate. Explain that fight a bit. Touch on crafting/gathering.
Past week, taking a short break every now and then to poke around FO76. They have the Wastelanders beta coming out this month, and I wanted to be ready to go when that happens. Slowly moving forward in the Pioneer scouts challenges.
Very little time in WoW lately. Seems like the raid scene is on hiatus until the patch. Here’s hoping they solve the absence of tier sets and fix or mitigate the azerite armor.
Tetsemi
Finished the MSQ up through patch 5.1 in FFXIV on my bard, and now working on the Order of the Twin Adder grand company progress as well as leveling up my Red Mage (which is apparently changing a bit in 5.2) as well as my Samurai.
Other than logging in for guild numbers and guild clean up, pretty much took most of December and beginning of January off of WoW, but looking forward to patch 8.3 and if any of the systems will be interesting to me. Oh, I did do the Anniversary LFR with the raid team and got the World Breaker mount, but the pull of FFXIV was too strong to entice me to stay engaged in WoW to do either Korak’s revenge or level any alts.
No D&D on break, however, the group has gotten sucked into the new Force & Destiny system for Star Wars and created a Sentinel Shadow who is hunting down Dark Side force sensitive and force users. Really looking forward to learning a new system and rolling the dice again. Will be the first game our whole family will be playing in that’s not a one-shot, guest appearance, or run this character because the player is out.
Also, we watched all 8 episodes of the Mandalorian, and can’t wait for more. If the Kenobi series is going to be anything like the Mandalorian, especially the two episodes Deborah Chow directed, I can not wait. So ready for some non-Skywalker series that explore more of the Solo and Rogue One type environments and stories, bring it on!
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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. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Just a programing noite, the next show will be Saturday, January 25th, regular show time. We’ll be talking to.. Well, we will let you know as soon as WE find out. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>After careful review and with a bit of sadness, we are officially announcing that WoW Retail will no longer require applications in order for characters to be invited into the guilds on Horde side nor the guild on Alliance side.
In addition to this change, we will start using the current Blizzard in-game Guild Recruitment system to open up select co-guilds each month to recruiting players new to AIE. We have been silently testing this system on the Alliance side for over a month with success. This means that not only are we recruiting new members to AIE, our current members will be able to request a guild invite when officers are offline through this system. To use the new system in-game, press J and select “Guild Finder” from the lefthand menu. From there, enter “alea iacta est” in the search box and you can request an invite to that co-guild from the next available officer.
In summary, UMAMI applications are no longer a requirement for WoW Retail. We are opening up guild recruitment to the server with the in-game recruitment system. New and current members of AIE can continue to use Discord, aielfo in-game community, as well as the new Blizzard guild recruitment system to request guild invites. We want to thank Stigg for everything he has done with our UMAMI system and Greenwall, and we can’t wait to see what else he has in store for AIE.
]]>Join the AIE family in Final Fantasy XIV Online this Holiday season as they enjoy the annual Starlight Celebration in-game event. It’s always an exciting time of year for FFXIV; however, there’s more!
AIE is hosting a “Secret Santa” event open to members of the Free Company. It will be hosted, in-game and on discord, on Sunday, December 22nd, beginning at 9PM Eastern time. We understand that attendance can be difficult with all our varied time-zones and schedules. The event begins at 9PM Eastern, but will last well into evening. If you are unable to attend, one of Santa’s helpers, Durus or Kelseer, will hand deliver your gift or send it to you via Moogle.
Participation is easy. Fill out the Google form at https://forms.gle/rd7HftEccxCz6kPi9 . Time is short this year, contact us as soon as possible! We will need to know the following:
Gifts are expected to be any item you can trade within the game. Try to keep the value of the gift under 500,000 gil. These are meant to be endearing, fun items traded within the game to celebrate the Holiday. Do not be taken in by the Market Board Grinches. If you would like assistance crafting a gift for your secret Santa, we may be able to put you in touch with someone who can make the gift. You may be expected to arrange for the materials. Santa’s Helpers will work out the details with you.
Everyone have a safe and happy Holiday season. We’d love to share some of this year’s happiness and excitement of the holidays with you in Final Fantasy XIV Online.
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Welcome to episode #334 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there are chai snickerdoodles in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we giving the AIE year end wrap up!
Time for the AIE news and 2019 year in review
New AIE Officers
Welcome to our new officers that joined the officer corps this year.
Huck in February, Maellung in June, and Gijora in August.
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 317: Giving Meridian Some Latitude
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-317-giving-meridian-some-latitude/
Keith checks in with a producer letter, PvP Season 12 starts… on accident, the Mandalorian drops, and we dive into the Corellia Flashpoint.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 318: Trescientos Seis Club
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-318-trescientos-seis-club/
Crafting update notes, bug fixes in progress, and Mek-Sha Heroics and Oneron Dailies.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 58: Slayer Has Spoken
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/2140667
Marcus and Nick are joined by Slayer this week. Nick talks about his experiences playing Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, and the group breaks down the first two episodes of The Mandelorian.
Highlights from WCN
2019 was a great year for Working Class Nerds.
-We had an AIE show discussing all the games that we play
– We had the Bioware team on 2 times with Musco and Matt Pucevich on. We broke the news on the first boss in the new operation.
– We had Holly Fields on the show who was Nadia Grell in game. It was so amazing to hear all about voice acting. Also we topped it off getting her to tell us “Shut up Max!”
Guild Highlights
Summer of Love 2019
In WoW we had a World Quest Party, a Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl, held our annual Remembrance day the Shrine of the Fallen Hero, COOP’ed the Alliance, and had a lot of fun at Dark Moon Faire!
In SWTOR they held a MEGA Event, a MFN event, and held their Remembrance day in Juran Mountains on Alderaan.
In FFXIV they had a special MFN and met at the Free Company house for Remembrance day.
In STO they held an event on Risa (not Rishi) and met at the Memorial at Wolf 359 for Remembrance Day.
In Eve they got together in Discord to join in Remembrance Day.
In GW2 they had a special MFN, ran dungeons with Maellung, and met at Lion’s Arch on the Field of the Fallen for Remembrance Day.
In LOTRO they met on the Hill behind the Prancing Pony in Bree for Remembrance Day and held a special MFN Edition.
Nomads
Last month worth doing an old style Nomads raid in Lotro. Next stop will be GW2
WoW Classic
Nevermore has given us one heck of an update on WoW Classic!
WoW Classic launched just a few months ago on August 26th, 2019 and our Horde AIE Guild on the Pagle server has been thriving! :tada: We are constantly hovering close to the max guild limit of 1000 members. So occasionally we purge characters who have been offline the longest. If this happens to you, just jump back into AIELFO to request an invite again!
We got the guild set up – as soon as server issues allowed! – And were able to nickel and dime… Oh, we mean “silver & copper” our way to 10g to purchase our guild tabard within three days!
We waited a few weeks for guildies to have time to log in and create their characters and then all gathered together for our first huge AIE group photo! :heart:
Special shout out to our AIE Greeters in WoW Classic: Eagle, Kazrik, & Adande! Thank you for helping with invites when an Officer is unavailable. We appreciate you!
A main goal in WoW Classic was to bring back one of the guild’s cherished traditions… the AIE Guild Craft Faire which was held in Undercity on November 17th, 2019!
It wasn’t easy, but we did it! >.< Storage was a huge issue for us without guild banks and very limited bag space. Artisan level mats were extremely limited, mostly because our max level guildies needed them and a lot of members aren’t able to help gather them yet. But overall we had the majority of mats needed for a bunch of guildies to make progress with their professions.
Thank you to everyone that donated gold and mats especially when we only had about a month of prep time before the event!
Huge THANK YOU to the volunteers on the AIE Guild Craft Faire Professions Teams. This event would never have been able to happen again without all of you crazy, dedicated, and wonderful guildies! The amount of time and effort you put into planning and organizing behind the scenes is greatly appreciated. And it means a lot that you offered to help out! :heart:
Since our Craft Faire “test” was successful, we are already planning to host another one sometime in the spring of 2020! We could always use more volunteers… wink wink
Raid planning is happening and we are coordinating with United Orgrimmar and other guilds within the “United Federation of Guilds”. So keep an eye on the WoW Classic Discord channel for more info. And to find out more about a fun unannounced event happening sometime in December!
There’s a lot going on so if you’re interested in playing with us log into WoW Classic and create a Horde character on the Pagle realm! To request an invite in game /join aielfo or ask in the Discord LFO channel because would love to have you with us in WoW Classic!
I hope you have a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! And I look forward to all of our adventures in 2020!
FOR THE HORDE!
Love,
Nevermore
AIE Guild Master in WoW Classic
WoW
We started an Alliance branch of AIE on Earthen Ring-US and are gathering folks to raid one night a week on it. If you’re interested, message Syreyne in game or AIE Discord.
We’ve had an influx of new and returning guildies to retail WoW since BlizzCon and a BIG WELCOME to them! Gustytail also really enjoyed the Search for Uuna pet event and intends to do more of these. We will be seeing more of Uuna in Shadowlands, which makes sense because she’s a ghost. Guild events are a lot of fun and we all hope more people take part in 2020.
We had a really great time remembering Ralff with Ralff’s amazing race in February of this year. And it’s an annual event, so look for detail upcoming in January for 2020’s Ralff’s Amazing Race!
Just a note from Kini- NoobRaid will be on holiday break for December 21, 28, and January 4th. Our adventures will resume on January 11th where bosses will die, loot will drop, and Kini will demonstrate how great she is a floor tanking.
SWTOR
And, from Max we have all the SWTOR News that’s fit to print! Um, Podcast.
We have hosted a bunch of nice events this year with MEGA hitting its one year mark in july. The best part it still happens every month.
Dec 10th it will be a special holiday edition of MEGA/MFN. 9pm for some fun and even a pod race around the fleet!
So far in 2019, the SWTOR division has had:
300 Command Ranks achieved by countless characters in our guild “Summer of 300”
253 characters at the new expansion level cap of 75
90 guild Conquest weekly objectives completed
47 Mandatory Fun Nights
47 SWTOR Escape Pod Cast episodes
26 Working Class Nerds podcast episodes
11 Monthly Epic Guild Activities
5 Operations Teams including a new one added this fall
4 guild ship rooms unlocked through guild group efforts
2 IRL meetups (at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago and the NYC Cantina)
1 expansion with tons of guild events around “6.0 – Onslaught”
Welcome to all the new guild members, especially in the last month, and a huge thank you to the entire AIE SWTOR crew for continuing to come together to keep the fun going in 2019.
FFXIV
From Durus and the Final Fantasy crew- FFXIV AIE raiders, Noobs on Demand (NoD) have been successful in the new 24 man Copied Factory Alliance raid based on the Neir Automata theme. Most have their special 2B Glamour by now.
The Ishgard Restoration is live and phase one has been completed by our world server: Goblin. The next phase will begin “soon.” There has never been a better time to level your crafters than using this event.
Letter from the Producer Live 56 will be broadcasted on Friday, December 13, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. (PST) and will have a preview of Patch 5.2, and Special Guest: Masayoshi Soken – Sound Director
The annual 14 hour marathon will be live at From Friday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m. (PST), just prior to the Letter from the Producer Live. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/fc09d40cd9169fe3be37527aa47106d6b5f1b8e4
Break out your Holiday glamours; the start of the Christmas season, expect the Starlight Festival to start in FFXIV soon.
If you’d like to join the AIE crew in FFXIV, look us up in Discord and in-game!
And just to be “Extra” … Stay tuned for the AIE special holiday season event. More information soon!
ESO
From Kini, we have our ESO news- Dawn of the Dragonguard event started on November 26th and runs until Monday December 9th. There will be bonus rewards received from Dragon kills and by defeating the final boss in the the Wrathstone Dungeon, Scalebreak Dungeon, and any boss in the Sunspire Trial. Also resource nodes will drop double crafting mats. This event also allow players to earn 2 event tickets daily to spend at the Impresario on Indrik berries, outfit styles, and Indrik feathers.
While it hasn’t been announced yet, there is usually a holiday event called the New Life festival in late December as well.
MFN is on Friday nights at 9pm EST and we take part in activities related to the scheduled events, clearing zones, and enjoying the Mandatory Fun. Throughout 2019 we’ve had dragon hunting parties, helped people obtain pets from public dungeons, done a tour of guild members homes, and of course jumped off a few cliffs.
STO
From Grebog- The fleet in STO has done a lot in the past year.
The fleet holdings have made some major progress over the year unlocking some of the best in game consoles for everyone
The game added lots of new content and more ways of making it even easier to come and play.
EVE
From Crazy Uncle Lanc- The folks in Eve spent the year planting their flag and then moving ad infinitum.But seriously, the moved at least 3-4 times, if not more, and are living up to the name Space Murder Hobos.
GW2
From Maellung, This year in Guild Wars we got a new “Living World” called the Icebrood saga. MFN is still running on Monday night, ts and there are things in the planning stages so please stay tooned
LOTRO
And, from Maellung, Lotro received changes to the virtue system as well as a new expansion pack, Minas Morgul. As a guild we hosted AIE’s nomad raid. In the raid and in the weeks following we walked guildmates through the starting area. We had our mandatory fun on Sat. nights with SNL. We are currently looking forward to the Yuletide Festival from 12/12- 1/7. We also look forward to many more fun Sat. nights with SNL.
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank AIE for a great year and the game directors for all of the great updates!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Well, we don’t have any due to the holiday weekend, however we do want to thank all our contributors over the year who have given us their awesome segments.
We will see you in the New Year! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Pick Your Notifications: You start by selecting the notifications you are interested in getting. You do this by going into the #welcome channel and clicking the corresponding emoji for each of the channels you’d like to see notifications from. At any time, you can return to that post and click again to remove yourself from those notification categories.
Send Notifications: To send a notification to everyone that’s opted-in to a channel category, simply “at” that channel. e.g. “@aie-wow noob raid is about to begin!” Everyone who has elected to see those notifications will then get a regular Discord alert in whatever Discord clients they have running.
For now, we’ve set up the notification categories to match all the major game division channels. The intent of the system and bots like this is that everyone can have control over what alerts they would like to see, and we all can also make much better use of the ability for everyone to use Discord alerts. We (and you) can now ping members about fun things going on in game, in Discord chat, in broader game news, etc. without having to resort to using @here and @everyone, which we rarely do. Feel free to make use of the alerting while also being mindful that you will be pinging everyone who’s opted in for that category.
Let us know if you have any questions in the #it channel or by asking an officer. Enjoy!
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Welcome to episode #333 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey guys, we need a cleanup in the guild kitchen!). And, Mew is MIA this weekend, he is off gallivanting through the Renaissance. This week we are joined by special guest Grebog who is here to talk to us about AIE in STO. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into STO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
AIE Discord
We are going to be rolling out Discord Roles so that you can select which game(s) yout want to be notified about with Discord notifications. Please keep an eye on the #general channel in AIE Discord for more information as we roll out the roles!
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 316: ONSLAUGHT STORY
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-316-onslaught-story/
A server on fire, cartel market notes, and story breakdown for Onslaught. These topics and more this week from the SWTOR Escape Podcast crew.
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 317: GIVING MERIDIAN SOME LATITUDE
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-317-giving-meridian-some-latitude/
Keith checks in with a producer letter, PvP Season 12 starts… on accident, the Mandalorian drops, and we dive into the Corellia Flashpoint.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/2020509
Episode 57: Onslaught Ensemble!
Marcus and Nick sit down and discuss the craziness of their lives AND their first impression on SWTOR’s 6.0 Expansion: Onslaught!
WoW
WoW Classic
Craft Faire y’all! Sunday Nov 17th at 1pm Eastern.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGRfnqZ2NN9p7_TYl5mqnvqluduk6_lZ8emu5DGoNmQa1apA/viewform
If your WoW Classic main is caught up on professions, you are welcome to bring an alt to work on one! We have a bunch of guildies who like to help each other but that are stubborn to accept the help! And we do not have many Artisan level mats this time (due to limited gathering time, and max levels are using or selling them for mount money etc)
For NOOB raid tonight, we are doing either the Anniversary Raid or the Time Walking Raid
SWTOR
Our operations teams are dipping their toes into the new operation – The Nature of Progress. Maybe now would be a good time to remind everyone that guildie Sakic is conducting a game-wide kill bounty contest for the last boss. The prize is a billion credits. Dates and other specifics have not been announced yet, but they will be on SWTOR Escape Pod Cast soon.
Speaking of operations, we have a new team that meets on Sunday nights on the Imperial side. Their team name is TACO (Total Annihilation Clearing Ops). They are off to a good start, but are still in need of one DPS. If you would like to run with TACO on Sunday nights, contact Albus via discord.
This past Tuesday, the guild celebrated the launch of the first episode of The Mandalorian by having a bounty hunter-themed MFN. We dressed up in our best mando armor and had a beach party (of course). Afterwards, we roamed the galaxy wreaking havoc on world bosses. Discussions of the show can be had in the newly reopened Star Wars Spoilers discord channel. We also had a little birthday party for guildie Thaan, sponsored by his two sons. It was a great MFN overall.
FFXIV
Every night is a super awesome crafting night, with the new Ishgard restoration project!
Lots of AIE folks helping each other out with the new crafting systems, and the XP bonuses are HUUGE!
Abo and crew are looking for more people to run on Tuesday and Thursday raiding, no experience required.
We’d love you to be in the FC, but if you are committed elsewhere but are on the Crystal Datacenter, you are welcome to come along.
There is a Fellowship and Cross-world linkshell, as well as the #ffxiv channel in Discord.
Fridays are all request nights, but we need you to make those requests. Making the requests earlier in the week helps us all out in scheduling the events. Things such as optional dungeon unlocks, Alexander or Omega runs, Treasure Maps, Gold Saucer parties are all great ideas. We know you have other ideas that we have never thought of, so let us know so we can all get together for Friday Fun Nights.
Oh, and join us for Copied Factory runs if you are looking for that 2B glamour. We can help you through the encounters, and you will have less competition to get that cosmetic.
Plus the raid is still totally awesome.
ESO
The Undaunted Event in game was scheduled to start this week, but due to technical difficulties it has been disabled. There is currently no eta on when or if it will happen this year.
LOTRO
11/21-11/25 +25% xp boost.
There is stuff in the planning stages no official dates of upcoming guild events. Keep an eye in the #lotro channel for upcoming events
And with that, let’s get back to Grebog and find out what’s going on in STO!
GAME NEWS
Return of The Breach! This TFO (task force operation) event is back. You have until December 3 at 10AM PT. This event is working towards unlocking another free T6 ship on top of the standard event rewards, which is a Universal console.
They have added another Fed and KDF ship, the Strike Wing Escorts. And something that is a strike wing has to have a shuttle bay to hold you wingmen.
And as always, they are always adding more content, like about a week ago, they added three more patrol systems. Kinbar, Nassordin, and Zahl are the newest patrols added.
Fleet Holdings: The fleet is doing great, but as always can use more duty officers and a few other resources.
The colony is working toward completing Tier II in all branches, including the core.
Embassy is working on the Diplomacy Tier II project.
K-13 has been moving along nicely and is almost at Tier II across the board.
Lifetime subscription sale is still going. You have until November 21st to get $100 off. This brings it down to $199.99. And if you are going to spend a decent amount of time in STO, I highly recommend it as you will get your money back just on the 500 zen a month stipend. This is not counting the veteran ships, playable Talaxian, and so much more.
Black Friday is coming and there are always sales from zen bonuses, to zen store discounts.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gerbog for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be doing out end of year wrapup! So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Bounty hunting is a complicated profession. Don’t you agree?
This Tuesday, November 12th marks the launch of The Mandalorian live-action Star Wars series coming to Disney+. We are all eagerly awaiting what looks to be a gritty, hard hitting series by Jon Favreau.
To celebrate, we are going to turn our regular Tuesday Mandatory Fun Night into a Mandalorian themed special event. Dress as best you can to fit in with the AIE Mando Clan and we’ll meet up, show off our armor, and find something to hunt.
8pm central, Imperial side, Star Forge.
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Welcome to episode #332 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia and Sparrow who are here to talk to us about AIE in ESO and a bit of Fallout, too! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Elder Scrolls Online 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 314: Onslaught Unleashed
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-314-onslaught-unleashed/
Onslaught, Onslaught, Onslaught it’s a, wait for it… Game Changer.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 315: Gears Of Star War
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-315-gears-of-star-war/
Patch 6.0a has some fixes, still some bugs out in the wild, and gear progression tips and tricks.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 56: Holly Fields
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1935650
Marcus and Nick got the chance to interview Holly Fields, the world renown voice actress and voice of Nadia Grell! Hopefully you enjoy the episode as much as they did recording it! You can find Holly on Twitter @HollyFields1 and on Instagram @holly_fields1
NOMADS
Play Outer Worlds, the best Fallout of recent years.
Diablo IV was announced at Blizzcon and is a much darker version of Diablo, more like Diablo II in tone and graphically play. It will also be an open world, so much so, that you will need mounts to travel through the world. There is a hub city where you can meet other players, show off your armor/weapons as well as a PvP area.
WoW
Noob Raid will be running the Anniversary Event (LFR) that launches on Tuesday. Reminder that Noob Raid runs on Saturday at 11pm Eastern.
Blizzcon Wrap Up
New expansion, entitled Shadowlands, was announced and is up for pre-sale. There are 3 tiers, so read carefully what’s in each.
Level squish is coming, Level 120 becomes level 50, and you’ll level 50-60 in Shadowlands. Levels 1-10 will be in the race specific starting area OR you can choose to level in the new level 1-10 zone that people new to the game will also start in.
Once you level 10, you’ll go visit Chromie and be given the choice of which expansion you want to level through. You can choose Mists of Pandaria, and you will level 10-50 in Pandaria, with the option to move to another expansion, however you will start at the beginning of the story of that expansion.
Your first character through Shadowlands will have to do all the zones, but once you finish the story, any alts will start with all endgame content unlocked at level 50 and can start progressing through it immediately. They can also choose which zone they want to level in, unlike your first character which will be going through zones in a specific order.
If you want to read a ton of good write-ups, visit https://blizzardwatch.com/2019/11/03/blizzcon-2019-roundup/ and enjoy!
WoW Classic
Reminder that Sunday, November 17th is the AIE Guild Craft Faire, we are still looking for donations, gatherers, and helpers for the faire. Please contact @Nevermore in #wow-classic channel or in game.
On Sunday November 10th from 1pm Server/Eastern Time until done, Tynchal is organizing a Craft Faire Mats “Raid” beginning at Camp Tarajo in The Southern Barrens. We need lots of Light and Medium Leathers, so we’ll sweep both sides of The Gold Road. This works best to have “tanks” killing and looting with skinners following behind cleaning up. Depending on the “tanks” strength, a skinner/healer would be welcome. Please comment here with your abilities if you can attend. The Camp Tarajo plan is to work all the way toward Razorfen Crawl, whacking pig men as well as beasts. Then up the other side of The Gold Road, starting with the excavation site and all the way up to The Northern Barrens finding harpies, kolkars, more pig men and beasts, beasts, beasts. If there are enough raiders, the plan is to split up into areas. We should be able to gather cloth as well as LW mats and anyone who is a flower picker (lots of Briarthorn) or miner can pick and dig undisturbed. Come one, come all! Tynchal’s CF bank alts will all be in Rachet at the bank to accept LW mats. Hope to see you at Camp T!
SWTOR
Onslaught is now live and it has really been a game changer. The new gearing system is in full swing. Each piece of new gear you acquire is bind-to-legacy, so as your main gears up, your alts can equip the discards. In most situations, loot is determined according to your gear level, so alts don’t have to start over at point zero. It’s a pretty deep system that will grow in complexity and variation at end game gear level. But for simple vertical gearing it’s very easy to understand and be successful at.
Leveling from 70 to 75 can be accomplished through the story and does not take long at all. By the end of the story, you will have full 268 gear. Equip every upgrade you get so that the gearing system gives you more upgrades!
The launch went pretty smoothly with only one server restart about an hour after launch. Not to say there haven’t been bugs–Like the Imperial travel option that lands you in a Republic base! Or the bug where the group finder puts your 8 man team into a 16 man Operation. Fun times!
Crafting and crew skills also got a bit of an overhaul. Crafting is truly not for the faint of heart this time around even though it was tweaked somewhat after feedback on the public test server.
Players can now purchase the HK-55 chapter from the Cartel Market. It gives you access to a special chapter of gameplay and then account-wide access to HK-55 as a companion.
During MFN on launch day, the guild concentrated on leveling. That weekend Marcus put together an opsalong to help everyone with gearing. Throughout the week we’ve been running flashpoints to that same end.
MEGA this month will be on Friday November 15th at 9PM Eastern where we will do Onslaught stuff!
Ops teams are looking forward to trying out the new operation, “The Nature of Progress”, when we get our gear levels up. But, in the meantime there is a lot to do!
BCavanagh has updated the Conquest calculator for 6.0 – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GoP6oVUROvpujs70ro6pSP3yH-Ez_zRYGnyEVViWEs8/edit?usp=sharing
FFXIV
Tuesday 10pm est – Casual 80 content
Wednesday 10pm – Midweek- MFN – leveling and MSQ dungeon focus
Thursday 10pm est – Extreme, Savage, Ultimate night, aka Wipe Night for progression. SIGN UPS REQUESTED!!!
Friday MFN 10pm est. – All member request. MSQ, dungeon unlocks, legacy raids, old and new content, fashion help, maps, or other content.
Patch 5.1 has hit and a ton of new features were added for solo and group play.
1) New MSQ quests including the new dungeon, The Grand Cosmos.
2) the 1st 24-player raid, inspired from Nier Automata, The Copied Factory. This raid will be a future event at the MFN coming soon and this raid is AWESOME!!!
3) Hades Extreme is now available for higher end raiders. It’s difficult is in-between eden savage 2 and 3. Coming soon to a Thursday night raid night.
4) Put the crafting to use to help out other FC members or help with the FC submarine craft! 10 new zones for the FC sub to explore has been added. Check out the workshop in the FC house to see how you can help out.
5) New Beast Tribe Daily quests. Help faeries, get loot. XP scales from 70-80, so a great alt job leveling mechanic.
6) New performance updates! This is the custom music feature in the game to show off player created music. New instruments, a new music trainer to show you how to play some fan-favorite songs, and an ensemble mode to play music synced as a group. Time to get the band back together!
7) New Fellowship system! These are groups, up to 1000 members (far greater than linkshells, or even FC’s) that allow for cross server communication, polls, posts, discussions, and announcements. Drop by the #ffxiv channel to get an invite. Since this is not server or FC membership dependent, you can still join to hear about AIE events even if you are committed to another FC. You still need to be on the Crystal data center however.
STO
Jem’hadar veteran rewards are now available to lifetime subscribers. This includes a Jem’hadar Vanguard Heavy Destroyer.
Lifetime subscription sale going on now until Nov 21st. $100 off, so it is currently $199.99.
Also, until November 14th you can create Gamma Recruits again. This gives you added rewards for meeting various goals. The rewards are account wide for most of the rewards.
Also, black friday is coming, so if you have had your heart set on a ship or something else in the C-store, every year there are sales around black Friday. Time to buy more ships than you know what to do with…
EVE
Settled for the most part in our temporary home, sounds like coalition will be moving again end of the year to our new temporarily permanent home (cuz its eve). Sounds like a new coalition maybe a reality (opsec maybe?)
Speaking of Eve, or those to play Eve, Huck’s daughter is currently in labor so he’s gonna be a first time Grandpa! Sounds like Grandpa Huck is gonna need some Isk to buy diapers!
GW2
The new build template system has arrived! Be sure to log in and claim the free build slot expansion (and revive orb) from the gemstore! It is uncertain how long the free boost will remain there. There have been many complaints to Arenanet about their…uh…enthusiastic triple monetization scheme and they are taking the resulting player feedback “under consideration”.
In case you haven’t finished the achievements yet, the running Shadows of the Mad King Halloween event ends on Nov 5th around noon PST
And from the last Arenanet livestream, we have been told that the first chapter of the Icebrood Saga, “Whisper In The Dark” is due for release on November 19th
LOTRO
The Minas Morgul expansion was pushed back and is scheduled to be released on November 5th. The Havestmath was also extended through November 11th. SNL still going great from 7:30-9:30 Max time on the landroval server.
And with that, let’s get back to Dankinia and Sparrow and find out what’s going on in Elder Scrolls Online.
GAME NEWS
The Dragonhold DLC patch launched October 21st which is the final segment for the Season of the Dragon. It brought a new zone, new main and side quests, and some nice base game improvements.
The Witches festival was extended an extra week and the usual MFN mentions.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dankinia and Sparrow for joining us.
Dankinia can be found on Twitter @Dankinia and on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/dankinia
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Next time, we’ll be talking to Someone in One of the Games AIE plays in. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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We have some news regarding the various meetus that are occuring during the week. This year the crews of AIE and CTR are joining forces for double the fun.
There will be meetups ups in and around the Anaheim Convention Center Complex this year and of course on Saturday night after the concert we will be holding an impromptu meetup at the Marriot’s nFuse Restaurant, Bar & Lounge. Let’s say 9:00 pm ish assuming that your head hasn’t exploded due to all the awesome.
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All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #331 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sema who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 312: Making Mek-sha
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-312-making-mek-sha/
New York Cantina wrap-up; Merc/Commando 6.0 Overview; and a live tour of Mek-Sha on the PTS
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 313: Prepared, You Are Not
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-313-prepared-you-are-not/
Final prep before 6.0, contest announcements, and a shout-out to Korbin.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 55: Post-Cantina Podcast, Ft. Dr. SWTOR and Kogass!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1838638
Marcus and Nick are joined by famous SWTOR streamer Kogass and Dr. SWTOR of the Ootinicast Podcast to discuss their adventure in NYC at the Star Wars Community Cantina. They break down all of the juicy details regarding the upcoming 6.0 expansion, and listen to soundbites directly from the cantina!
Blizzcon
At Blizzcon – @Lanctharus
Still firming up the final details, but there will be activities starting on Tuesday October 29th and going through Sunday November 3rd. Mostly meetups for Food, Badging, Panels, and more Food!
Keep an eye on the https://aie-guild.org blog for more details.
Virtual Blizzcon – @Syryne and @Turarts
We will have an online meetup for Contest Night. Syreyne is hosting one for Overwatch finals.
Mostly likely we will have one for opening ceremony and mostly likely one for final concert.
Others may pop up, but we can’t say for sure without the published schedule of events/panels, so keep an eye on the https://aie-guild.org blog for posts.
We will have a #blizzcon voice channel for the events and for virtually hanging out during Blizzcon.
NOMADS
Destiny2
* Folks seem to be having fun, and have reached accomplished PvP ranks and gear levels in the 950+ range.
* These high levels mean they’re eligible for the current raid content. No reported victories yet.
* The PvP themed Iron Banner has returned.
* Always defer to discord for clan chat, it’s far too frequently missed in-game.
WoW
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/10/aie-wow-the-haunt-for-uuna-event/
Travel across Azeroth and beyond to reunite a little ghost with her favorite toy, wand and flower crown while fighting off super creepy evil…. things! ??
Meet Gustytail at Krasus’ Landing in Legion Dalaran at 8pm Server on Friday, October 25th! #AIEGuild
Host:
@ZeusMom2010
Noob Raid is every Saturday night at 11pm EST. Any one with a level 120 is welcome to join us as we continue to slay bosses in Eternal Palace. We are 7/8 now and continue to have fun, laugh a lot, and take predictions on how many times Kini will demonstrate her epic floor tanking skills.
WoW Classic
Don’t forget the upcoming AIE Craft Faire in WoW Classic.
Date: Sunday, November 17th, 2019
Time: 1pm – 4pm Eastern (Server Time)
Location: Undercity In The Trade Quarter
See the above link for more details and contact @Nevermore in game or in AIE Discord with any questions.
AIEMounts brought to you by the Eve Online branch of AIE. Yes, we can triple your ISK!
SWTOR
See Game Notes
FFXIV
* Raiders still be raiding Eden.
* MFNs and roulettes continue to be run.
* Did someone say FFXIV is getting a TV show? Yes, More Chocobos! https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/19/why-ffxiv-is-getting-a-live-action-final-fantasy-tv-series-adaptation-over-ff7
* The “More Patch” 5.1 (really named “Vows of Virtue Deeds of Cruelty” also “that Neir Automata patch”) drops 29 October! https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/patch_5_1/
* More Alexander raid difficulty
* More Blue Mage levels!
* More PvP adjustments, and a rule Ruleset: Onsal Hakair (ruleset coming in patch 5.15)
* More Game in New Game+: restart the MSQ from various stages of the game in Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringer.
* More crafting and gathering changes: new UI, and Ishgard Restoration (this one in 5.11)
* More social fun: Fellowships, 1000 people from a data center with LFG features.
* More Gold Saucer: a new GATE named “The Slice is Right” and a new Doman Mahjon layout.
* More Bard: performance updates with new ensemble features, new brass instruments and a performance assistance feature.
* More Housing!! Adding wards 19 to 21 and new subdivisions. Initial plot purchases limited to FCs.
* More Mentoring, but only if you recertify and keep your certs up to date.
* and More importantly: a new launcher that doesn’t look like it’s from the early 90s!
ESO
The two recent prologue quests (we did them as part of MFN the week they launched) are part of the base game and lead up to the opening on Southern Elsweyr which will be the new location available with the Dragonhold DLC which comes out on October 21st for PC/Mac. The new area is about the size of Clockwork City and has the continuation of the Season of the Dragon’ main quest, new delves, and of course new side quests. There will be new plant life and unique beasts that roam the area which had a near-apocalyptic past. Most of the dragons that were released stayed in the northern part of Elswyer, however some did venture to the southern area and there will be two new types of dragons to hunt (storm and frost types).
MFN is till every Friday night at 9pm est. We run dungeons, do zone clears of skyshards, kill world bosses, and take part in events.
The next event should be the Witches Festival which will probably have an exp buff as well as the berries and feather for the Indrik mounts.
STO
Another free T6 ship token project has started. And the Kobayashi Maru event has started and goes until November 7th.
EVE
Just getting settled into our new home. Move ops (evacuation) is setting down.
GW2
Shadow of the Mad King event is live through November 5. Shadow of the Mad Kings is the Halloween event. New skins and infusions this year, as well as the previous rewards. The candy corn gobbler and the home instance candy corn node are back for convenient (if semi-random) buffs!
LOTRO
Minas Morgal is still available for pre-sale. The new expansion is scheduled for an October 29th release date. If you have pre-purchased Minas Morgul the new race, Stout-Axe Dwarves is available to play right away. Harvestmath festival is currently running through November 5th.
And with that, let’s get back to Max and Sema and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
It’s the weekend before the dawn (or early afternoon–or possibly late evening) of the launch of Onslaught. People are tidying up their inventories, finishing up any quests they may have lurking in their logs, and spending all the currencies that are going away. The new expac, which comes this Tuesday the 22nd, will have a city in a hollowed out asteroid, a return to the ancient planet of Onderon, a new Operation, a new flashpoint, a new race, 5 more levels, new crafting, and new things to discover. New characters will emerge and new stories. If you are thinking of trying swtor, this week might be the week. Not too long ago, restrictions on free-to-play were greatly relaxed, too.
On Saturday of this week, AIE will be involved in an epic Operations crawl where loot will fall like rain. Seriously, there is a lot of loot to be had. The ops are synched to level 70, so you won’t have to get to max level to join in. The new Operation, which is a longer term goal, will be set for level 75.
Tonight and tomorrow (Sunday and Monday) are the last two days of a galaxy-changing cartel market sale. You can get deals on character names, slots and appearance options, decorations for player housing, companions, pets, dyes, armors, and lastly, unlocks. If you have that toy (or emote, or light saber crystal,or or or)you love to use, but have not unlocked for all your characters, you still have time. The sale lasts until Monday night.
Optional topics depending on where the conversation goes:
Deeper dive on what’s in the expansion
How we prepared (or failed to finish preparing) this week
What we expect the next month or two to be like for AIE in SWTOR
AIE SWTOR stuff like ops teams, MEGA, MFN, Conquest and how it all continues to work
RoS last trailer coming tomorrow night, tickets also go on sale
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Max and Sema for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
No submission this week, but we’re always open for submissions.
Next time, we’ll be talking to Dankinia and Guest in ESO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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All the information you need to know about what it is, why we’re doing, and how it works is now available on the WoW Classic – AIE Craft Faire Page
Join us for lots of fun and profession leveling!
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Welcome to episode #330 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (hey guys, there are blackberry dark chocolate cakes in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan and Durus who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
Swtor Escape Pod Cast 310: Dxun A Row And The Shroud’s Last Stand
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-310-dxun-a-row-and-the-shrouds-last-stand/
More tuning of the Nature of Progress Operation; Swtorista and Xam Xam interviews; A look back at Macrobinoculars
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 311: Zen And The Art Of Crafting Maintenance
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-311-zen-and-the-art-of-crafting-maintenance/
PTS updates continue; A day in the life of Sorcs and Sages; Crafting in 6.0 with special guest, Zen.
Working Class Nerds next episode will have sound bites from the devs from the SWTOR Cantina.
They are recording Tuesday night
NOMADS
Destiny 2 – New expansion Shadowkeep is live.
Destiny 2 is now on the Steam Store and the core game is F2P. Prior expansions are now available as DLC.
You can reach the “soft cap” light level in the game with the F2P version.
AIE Clan may be joined by submitting a request via https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972
Have any questions, feel free to ask in AIE Discord.
WoW
Patch 8.2.5 is out and we have a #wow-spoilers channel in AIE Discord for those that haven’t played through the content yet … but seriously, go play through it and then watch
Battle for Azeroth – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDzPkTEMBgc
It’s a 23 minute compilation of all the cinematics from Battle for Azeroth so far, but don’t watch until you’ve played through the 8.2.5 content.
Dark Moon Faire is coming this week, so polish up your professions, get your prizes, and get that rep/xp boost for your alts that you’re leveling.
Alliance news. HFO raid team is taking a break until the next tier so people have time to play Classic. Anyone that is interested in joining and doing things on Friday nights, should ping myself or @Harruq in AIE Discord so we can add their names to the list.
Wow Classic
https://aie-guild.org/game-division/wow-classic/
AIE Craft Faire
We need all the mats… ALL not just cloth which we have a good foundation from because of people donating for bags to giveaway.
We specifically need Co-Captains for Blacksmithing and Mining. Everyone is welcome to help be gatherers, but if anyone wants to volunteer to help for a specific team they can contact Nevermore in game or in AIE Discord.
We have 155 gold in donations from 5 AIE members and so far a single loan of 45 gold to Halftusk to obtain his raptor mount.
SWTOR
October 22 is fast approaching. That is when SWTOR’s new expansion is due to arrive. Currently, the public test server is available and flash points have all been level-synched to reflect the new max level of 75. Bioware is looking for feedback on the difficulty of the flashpoints.
Also, the final PTS achievement is now available for players to earn. If you weren’t able finish the previous achievement, don’t worry. You can continue to work on it throughout this phase as well.
The New York Cantina was this weekend! AIEers including Max, Zen, BC, Marcus, Nick, and Dr. Swtor attended as well as many players from the SWTOR community including Intisar and Kogass. They spent the evening hanging out with the dev team and meeting other players. Zen even got a brunch group together Saturday morning at the Skylight Diner.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
ESO
The Dragon Rise even started on October 3rd and runs until October 14th at 10am est. There are 3 rewards that will be unlocked based on player participation – A Green Dragon Imp pet, a Grim Harvester Costume, and the Dragon’s Treasure Trove furnishing. So far the community has unlocked the Imp and the costume. Activities/events that help with earning the rewards – earn the Northern Elsweyr Pathfinder Achievement, go dragon hunting and kill dragons in Elsweyr, and complete the two new Dragonhold Prologue quests that unlock on October 8th.
The new Prologue quests are considered part of the base game, so they will be available for everyone when they go live and they lead to the events that will take place in the upcoming Dragonhold DLC that will be out in Q4.
In addition, during the current event, you can earn 2 event tickets per day. Any monster in Elsweyr has a chance to drop one and a boss monster is a guaranteed drop for 1.
Because of the Event, MFN for next Friday will focus on the new prologue quests and/or hunting dragons depending on how long the quests take.
EVE
War is over. We lost and are evaccing. But WoW Classic is pretty good. Moving is still going. Some of us actually logged into EVE to move.
GW2
We would need 5 people on to get the Fractal Island started, please contact Maellung if you want to help out or have more info.
LOTRO
New expansion pack Minas Morgul is scheduled for release on October 29th. It is available for pre-sale at http://lotro.com/en/minasithil/
The guild is continuing to walk some players through the starting areas
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and Durus and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Patch 5.1 is close, coming to us sometime late October. If the previous history is any indication, we will get a date a few days after we record this podcast. So, keep an eye on our discord in the #ffxiv channel for updates! (Likely to get a launch date on the 18th. More on that in a moment…)
Patch 5.1, Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty, will have…
New Main Scenario Quests
The first act of the YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse raid series, starting with “The Copied Factory”. This raid is a collaboration between the FFXIV designers and the NieR:Automata designers to create a spiritual sequel to the NieR:Automata series. This will be the 24-player raid series, similar to the Crystal Tower, Ivaliace, and Void Ark series in previous expansions.
New crafter and gather quests as we get questslines to help rebuild Ishgard, from the Heavensward expansion.
New Game+. A way to replay past experiences and quests from the game, while remaining your actual level. There are some great solo duty and story elements that just watching them on the “Unending Journey” will not suffice. With this new feature, you will be able to jump back into different places in the MSQ to relive those events, but still retain your current level and gear.
New Dungeon, “The Grand Cosmos”. Can be done via the duty finder or with your trusts.
A new Extreme Trial! We know what the fight is, as it normally the last trial in each expansion, but giving the name away is a spoiler. So, it’s that fight with that thing that ends the MSQ of Shadowbringers in the 5.0 content. 5.1 has the extreme version of that.
New Pixie Beast Tribe Quests! A new beast tribe will become available, the first for Shadowbringers. It is a daily quest reputation grind, but it does reward with some very unique and imaginative cosmetics, minions, and also a nice, easy source for a few end game tomestones.
Blue Mage Updates! Increased Level cap, new quests, new skills, new blue-mage specific encounters.
Time to get the band together! The Performance system, where you can play music on an instrument, can now be synced up as a group!
New Housing Plots! All 4 residential districts will have wards 19-21 opened up to purchase for a house. In addition, a 2nd apartment building will become available. The new plots will start off being only available to purchase by an FC, but if they do a move, that means the old plot will become available. So if you are in the market for a new house, this may be the time to buy the house of your dreams. Right now, AIE is happy with our current housing arrangement, and we do not plan on moving.
Some UI refinements, such as glamour chest updates, duty finder ui updates (just adding your current ilevel to the duty finder window to save you a few clicks), emote sorting, sound effects when you are emote’d, and other “surprise features” that sorta just show up in the patched game.
Finally, the 5.1 Live Letter Part LV. (Brings up my roman abacus…) That’s the 55th Live Letter, will be taking place on Oct 18th at 4am PST. Remember, Square Enix is a Japaneese company. Usually, we get further details for the next patch on this 2nd Live Letter, a story and hype trailer, some unannounced game feature, and the date of the patch at the end. Please look forward to it.
Current FC news and End Game
The FC is still rocking, and we are still on Goblin in the Crystal Data Center. You are welcome to come along, play with us with a free demo account, which lets you play up to level 35 on all of the classes/jobs. To join the FC, do you need a retail account, via a retail key, steam, or on the Playstation Network for the PS4 folks out there, as this game does provide true cross play.
Without catching a sale someplace, in US Dollars…
$60 bucks gets you everything to play current content.
$40 bucks get you Shadowbringers, which will include all previous expansions, so if you have a retail key in any way, including the Twitch Prime promotion that happened last year, this will get you current.
$20 for the starter edition, letting you level up to 50 and corresponding 2.x patch content. The Heavensward promotion is over, but we told you that a few months ago that was going to stop at the end of June, didn’t we?
The current end game activities in Shadowbringers does have a few raids and high-end content available to give you things to do with your gear grind.
When you finish the MSQ, you have a couple of early goals, assuming you want to work on gearing that job. If you want to roll up a new job, by all means, go for it.
First off, will be unlocking content. There are 2 additional end game dungeons and along with the last MSQ dungeon will make up the Expert Roulette, which will your fastest source of end game tomestones, the end game tokens for gear. You can pick up “The Twinning” in the Crystarium, and “Akademia Anydar” in Eulmore near the Southeast Derelicts warp crystal waypoint. Complete these two and you will have unlocked the Expert Roulette. Protip: Asking in FC chat or #ffxiv in AIE’s discord will help you get a group thru there much faster, with cooler people, and will be a much better time.
There is also the Wandering Minstrel in the Crystarium that will unlock the extreme trials for Innocence and Titania.
Also in Eulmore, you will have the vendors that will trade you items for your tomestones, tokens from end game bosses.
When you hit iLevel 425, you will be eligible to enter the normal modes of Eden, the current 8-player raids available at this time. The unlock is also in the Crystarium, and will have you do a few story quests until you can unlock the first boss. There is no trash in Eden, just bosses.
Going thru the 4 wings, for 4 bosses thru there, you will rewarded with an item that once you have enough of them can be traded in for ilevel 450 gear. Some items require more than one token, but the tooltip will show how many you need to get a piece of gear.
By completing the 4th wing, everyone will get a “Blade of Early Antiquity”, which can be aquired once a week. When you get 7 of these, and 1000 Phantasmagoria tomestones, you can turn them in for a iLevel 460 weapon.
Also, other gear items can be purchased with Phantas for iLevel 460 gear as well.
Once you complete the 4 wings and reach an average iLevel of 440, you will then be eligible to run the savage mode of the Eden raid, which is the most difficult content in the game at this time. Your reward for this content will be 470 gear, with the weapon being 475 form the last boss. Items are rolled upon, like a traditional dungeon, but if you don’t get the drop, everyone still gets a consolation prize of a book, which you can get 1 per wing, per week. When you accumulate enough, you can then turn them into the vendors in Eulmore, getting the same piece of gear that would of dropped from the dungeon. So, if the RNG aetherflows are not in your favor, you can guarantee yourself gear by continuing to clear the content over multiple weeks.
AIE does high end content twice a week. Tuesday nights at 10PM EST is what we call gearing up nights, where we do Eden normal runs to help people at least see the content, get explained the fights in a friendly environment, and overall, have a good time.
Thursday nights 10PM EST, is where we hope to do the higher end content. Extreme Trials or Savage Eden is our goal.
We do use a separate Discord server for coordination, scheduling, and raid discussion, but any AIE member can join. Just ask either Durus or Abovan an invite and we can get you on that server.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan and Durus for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Tetsemi: Next time, we’ll be talking to Sema and Max about AIE in SWTOR and patch 6.0. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #329 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. I’m Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week it’s just us talking to each other and you about AIE in WoW Classic and Guild News and activities! *Slaps the roof of the guild* There’s so much room in here for activities!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in WoW Classic shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 309: A Horse Sized Dxun
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-309-a-horse-sized-dxun/
More updates for PTS Phase 2; Grand Galactic Sale; Diving Into Dxun.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 310: Dxun A Row And The Shroud’s Last Stand
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-310-dxun-a-row-and-the-shrouds-last-stand/
More tuning of the Nature of Progress Operation; Swtorista and Xam Xam interviews; A look back at Macrobinoculars.
Working Class Nerds
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1739638
Episode 54: Tinfoil Tacos with Kogass!
Marcus and Nick debut a new show segment where Nick discusses gaming news, dive into SWTOR PTS Phase 2 with Kogass, and strap on their tinfoil hats for the entire ride!
NOMADS
Destiny 2
The move to Steam looms: October 1, coinciding with the launch of the next expansion: Shadowkeep. Transfer your Blizzard.net account now, if you have not done so already. ( https://www.bungie.net/7/en/PCMove)
* ShadowKeep: “To the Moon!”
* Power (Light) level increased to 960.
* New Gear
* New abilities
* New Raid: Garden of Salvation
* Etc, etc. More info at https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/Shadowkeep
WoW
Gustytail is planning some guild events for Brewfest this week for the sausage eating contest. I know Friday at 8pm Eastern is Horde side. I’m not sure what day/time she decided on for Horde. The contest grants a 2 hour 10% Exp buff and if you win 5 times, you can buy a toy. The idea is to cheese win it like we do for trial of style. You need 4 people to sit down to start it.
It gives you a 3 min CD to do it again, so ideally we want 2-3 groups of four rotating in.
Noob Raid is doing well and is 6/8 on Palace and runs on Saturday nights at 11pm server (Eastern Time)
Patch 8.2.5 is launching on the 24th of September with the usual scheduled downtime from 7 am PDT to 3 pm PDT.
SWTOR
It’s been a quiet two weeks in SWTOR. The dev team has been working on getting Onslaught ready for its closeup on the 22nd of October. The Public Test Server will most likely be available this week for everyone to try out the new gear acquisition changes.
In the live game, The Grand Galactic Sale is going on. This is a Cartel Market event with a new sale announced each week. So, far we’ve had special deals on character transfers, character slots, color crystals and appearance options. This week’s sale will be announced on the 23rd (Monday).
New York Cantina will be on Oct 4th at Stitch. There will be an AIE contingent there and everyone is invited. You don’t have to be a swtor player! Drop into AIE discord to get more details on the when and where and come join in.
September MEGA will be on the 27th when Marcus will lead us on a mission to get the fabled Magenta light saber crystal. It’s a throwback to the day when there was not a lot of variety available in crystal colors and this was one of the only ways to get a magenta one. There will be camaraderie, trivia, and Rodian Mayo sandwiches for all! Well, camaraderie and trivia, anyway. And crystals.
FFXIV
Life in Hydaelyn continues. Weekly Eden Normal clears are still happening.
* We’ve started a learning group for Savage content on Thursday evenings when we’re not doing Extreme content. Bunbuns are still cute; Lalafell are still smol.
* Recent Live Letter (54) revealed details from upcoming patches including: raising level cap for Blue Mage to 60, new job quests, crafting and gathering systems rework that “increases easy of entry” and introduces some new UI layouts.
* The restoration of Ishgard, new community system called “Fellowships” that can have 1000 members though is a loose coalition of posting and LFG systems – not a chat channel.
* The “New Game+” system will be introduced that’ll let you revisit main scenario quests from Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. A Realm Reborn and other storylines will come later.
* The new raid content with Neir Automata theme, “YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse” is also coming.
ESO
@Dankinia was out with IRL fun so this past Friday’s MFN was run by Thuggs. Shoutout to Thuggs for shepherding the group through a skyshard clear of Craglorn. MFNs continue on Friday nights… join!
Beyond that, the ESO group is eagerly awaiting Update 24 coming soon, which will be the conclusion of the chain of recent content updates all centered around the dragon theme. https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/56975
STO
Lots of fun in STO continues with our Fleet and the STO MFNs on Sunday nights.
In a sad aside, Aaron Eisenberg, the actor from DS9 who played Nog, the Ferengi, passed away recently. He was a contributor to STO and a respected part of the Star Trek community.
EVE
War is over. We lost and are evaccing. But WoW Classic is pretty good.
GW2
WoW Classic continues to be good, though my old petitioning for a group skills are very rusty. GW2 has had the first episode of the new Living World season saga drop, to good reviews. Be sure to log into a toon so you can unlock the episode while it is still free. There is a party in the Charr lands, and you are invited!
There is new, at least theoretically, harder content that has been released called Strike Missions. The idea is to have harder open world content that can be used for an intro to raiding. Reactions so far are generally positive, but it appears to need tuning.
LOTRO
Last night’s raid in LOTRO went very well. We had enough people where we had an actual raid group. If anyone missed out on the raid and wants to run through the intro area let me know and I can group up with you and run you through the intro area. New race was on bullroarer ( lotro pts). Hopefully soon we can see Stout Axe Dwarves live
And with that, let’s talk about AIE in WoW classic!
GAME NEWS
WoW Classic
Nevermore is heading up the AIE Craft Faire Project, she is working on a Google Docs Spreadsheet to keep track of the items that are needed, what levels you gain access to professions, and which recipes are needed for leveling vs. just nice to have.
For anyone that wants to help out, especially if you previously helped out in the retail Craft Faires please let Tetsemi and/or Nevermore know and we’ll get you in. Craft faire captains and/or gathers are most welcome.
Lars and Bhock are heading up the AIE Mount Project . Basically a rolling guild fund that will provide funds to be paid back to the guild for helping people get over the hump to get their mounts. The collection character is AIEMounts
Bhock and Girjira are heading up the AIE Raiding Project. A guild bank toon will take donations of crafted items for the raid teams and coordinating the formation of the 40 person raid team
We will be removing any character that hasn’t logged into the guild in over 14 days, we’re above 900+ characters now and need to make room by removing inactive characters. If you character gets removed, we can always add you back in, just hop into the AIE Discord #wow-classic channel or ask in the AIELFO channel in game.
Congrats to Lulzsec our first level 60!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Tet for updating us on WoW Classic.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
No segments this weeks, as Hunts is living up to his name and Hunting the Wind and Buxley is currently serving time as a Buff rock in WoW Classic for an unpardonable pun in Barrens Chat. Having said that, anyone is welcome to submit a segment for the podcast.
Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan and Durus in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>The plan is for everyone, both new or long time players, to create a L1 Dwarf. We’ll all group up once our characters are created and play through the starting scenario together. Once out, we’ll get to check out Thorin’s Hall and see about invites into the guild Kinship. You can go ahead and create your character ahead of time but there will be some time at the start for character creation as well. We’ll all meet up in voice in Discord to chat and answer questions live.
The key to this event is getting LotRO downloaded and installed. It’s free to download and free to play. In rare instances, it can be tricky to get working on some PCs so feel free to ask for help in the #lotro channel if you need it. Download now!
This event is being organized by @Marcus and @Maellung Arrowshield, so hit them in guild Discord for more information!
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Join us this Sunday, September 15th at 3pm Eastern (server) for an AIE Guild Photo in WoW Classic! Meet in the Undercity courtyard and in AIE Discord voice chat. Summons will be available. We have prizes too! Wearing a tabard is encouraged but not required to be in the photo!
If anyone wants to donate guild tabards or other unique items as prizes please mail them in game to Nevermore.
If you have questions, feel free to message Nevermore in game or reach out to us in the #wow-classic channel in AIE Discord
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Welcome to episode #328 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there are lemon bars and dark chocolate brownies in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dent who is here to talk to us about AIE in Star Trek Online Welcome!
No Man’s Sky
Lead Soldiers of Light in SWTOR every Monday night
Run with LoL on Thursday nights
Ok, we’ll be digging into STO 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 307: It’s Just A Phase 2
PTS Phase 2, Onderon, Dxun and updated gearing news.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 308: Grinding Our Gears
PTS Phase 2 updates; Troopers ready for testing; Gear system breakdown.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 53: Rise of Skywalker Trailer 2 Breakdown!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1659580
Marcus and Nick sit down with fellow AIE Guildees Beaux and Corvenas to discuss the most recent changes to SWTOR’s PTS and of course the new trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that dropped at D23!
NOMADS
September 21st is going to be the Nomads style raid on LotRO hosted by @MarcusB and @Maellung Arrowshield. Everyone in AIE that’s up for it is encouraged to download the game sooner rather than later and get ready to roll up a new Level 1 character to play with the group. LotRO is Free To Play so suit up!
WoW
Noob Raid is 6/8 in the Eternal Palace now.
results from the Trial of Style
Classic
Over 750 characters currently added. Around 900 we will look for some unplayed alts to take out to keep us to 1 guild as long as possible.
This just in
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8wgoh91rPPaNuth1Mb9lkLX5n6fnlIBofMDs0WO2Km6R7EQ/viewform
Send someone a special message in WoW Classic with AIE Guildie Grams!
A “Guildie Gram” is based on the candy gram fundraisers that schools organize for holidays like Valentine’s Day where someone sends a special note with candy or flowers to friends & teachers.
We love the spirit of community that everyone has shown in WoW Classic since launch. We want to continue this momentum going forward! There are a lot of reasons you could send a Guildie Gram:
* Someone went out of their way to help you with a quest you couldn’t have finished alone
* Thank someone for helping you with profession mats or creating an item you needed
* You heard someone was having a rough day and just wanted to make them smile
The Guildie Gram will include:
– Your personal message
– Savory Deviate Delight x 1 (A treat that turns you into a pirate or a ninja when you eat it!)
* Guildie Grams are able to be ordered by Horde members of AIE in WoW Classic on Pagle-US.
* They will be mailed 1-3 days after the order form is filled out and in game payment is received.
There are many reasons to spread kindness and positive messages with each other.
Think outside the box and send a Guildie Gram to some of your fellow AIE guildies today! <3
AIE WoW Classic Guild Photo
Sunday, September 15th, 2019
3pm Eastern (Server Time)
Tabards are encouraged but not required! All guildies are welcome
Location: TBD
We understand Classic is expensive to train talents and professions, so not everyone will have a tabard yet and that’s okay!
That being said:
If anyone *wants* to donate a tabard to be raffled off to AIE guildies that don’t have one yet, that would be awesome!
You can any tabard donations to Nevermore.
SWTOR
We have a release date for Onslaught and it is October 22. PTS is up and rocking. The community has really embraced it and is making a great contribution to testing and feedback. In Onslaught, players will be able to roll a Nautolan if they are subscribed for any amount of time between now and the release of Onslaught. If you are wondering what a Nautolan is, check out Jedi Master Kit Fisto from Clone Wars.
In the live game, September is the month of many pirates! The Pirate Incursion event will be running twice this month on Dantooine.
Guild MFNs are on Tuesdays at 9PM eastern and we alternate between Imperial and Republic sides, so everyone can come and play. September’s MEGA on the 27th is going to resurrect an OG mission to acquire the fabled Magenta Lightsaber Crystal. This is a shortish mission with some travel in between and we will be hanging out in discord and doing some Star Wars trivia as well. And who knows what else!
Also, New York Cantina is coming up fast on Oct 4th. A number of AIE people will be there, so if you fancy a night of drinks, AIEers, and possibly a little bit of game talk, you’re invited! For more info and how to connect up, jump into discord and ask.
FFXIV
The FFXIV raid team took down Titania Extreme, the first piece of “raid-level” end game content in the expansion Shadowbringers. This is an 8 player raid, which can be done after the MSQ for Shadowbringers has been completed.
Currently, AIE is running gear up nights Tuesdays at 9:30pm Eastern and progression nights at 9:30pm eastern.
No experience is necessary! If you wish to join us with more challenging content, drop us a line in the AIE Discord in the #ffxiv channel.
I’d like to add that we are interested in running level 80 map nights. To run maps nights, the first step is to… get maps. To get them organically, you need to be a level 80 gatherer, that’s miner, botanist, or fisher. They are an extra item on your gathers, and you can only get one map a day. Furthermore, you can have one map activated, one in your main bags, one map in your chocobo saddle bags, and one in each retainer.
Running maps can get you super rewards and fabulous prizes, especially when you spawn the “bonus zone”.
So, we’d love to help get maps up for map nights. It’s a super fun activity, pretty casual time, and a great time to be had by all.
ESO
The Imperial City Celebration event is happening now and the DLC for the Imperial City is now free in the Crown store for anyone who doesn’t own it or have ESO Plus. This is a PvP focused area with some PvE content and two PvE dungeons – White Gold Tower (ugh) and Imperial City Prison. During the event drops of Tel Var Stones, Key Fragments, and materials will be doubled and the chance of getting a Stonefire Scamp pet or the Soul-Shriven skin will be double as well. Also, as usual, double drops from all bosses within the Imperial City and the dungeons.
You can earn 2 event tickets per day (per account), by defeating the final boss in one of the dungeons, or slaying a patrolling monster or mini-boss on the streets of Imperial City or within the sewers.
And MFN is still going strong on Friday Nights at 9pm est.
EVE
EVE Officers are playing Wow Classic, @Huck is holding down the ship.
LOTRO
SNL still going strong. September 21 raid on Lotro. All you need is the client downloaded. The game is free to play. All are welcome. If you have questions contact either Marcus or Maellung, or post your question in #lotro channel on discord.
GW2
MFN Monday nights and all who want to learn to do fractals on Friday night at 9 eastern starting on September 20th. Fractals are a mini dungeon style with unique mechanics and design
And with that, let’s get back to Dent and find out what’s going on in STO.
GAME NEWS
Star Trek Online Game News
– Story Update coming September 10th, Awakening.
– This looks to be a continuation of Age of Discovery, but more in the current timeline(2410). Anthony Rap will reprise his role of Lt. Commander Stamets for this part of the story.
– New Task Force Operation(TFO)(A type of Dungeon or Flashpoint). Mycelial Realm. It’s a ground based TFO, bringing you into the Mycelial Network against a Klingon faction that is not aligned with the Empire.
– Five New Patrols(single player content)
– A New One Time Event that goes with the launch of Awakening. By running the new content daily(max 60 Progress Points a daily) you earn Progress towards getting a T6 Elachi Frigate.
– A little Quality of Life stuff. Starfleet and Klingon races that were not of Romulan origin can now captain Romulan Warbirds
Fleet projects, as normal, could use some duty officers.
MFN tonight will start after the podcast.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dent for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – Ask Buxley
Next time, we’ll be talking to a possible surprise guest about AIE in WoW Classic. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode # of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Sema and Max who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 305: Testing Our Patience
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-305-testing-our-patience/
PvP season details, level sync feedback, and bounty hunter abilities.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 306: The Mats Go To 11
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-306-the-mats-go-to-11/
PTS Heraldry updates, achievements and feats of strength, and a first look at crafting.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 52: The Aurebesh Conspiracy with Intisar!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1573468
Nick and Marcus sit down with author of the “This Week In Aurebesh” blog, Intisar! The guys spotlight Intisar’s novel Star Wars-themed blog, and get into some Star Wars predictions, and conspiracy theories!
Max>> Guild streaming options update… Discord has added live streaming right into the client. It shares your game screen and puts you and anyone that clicks in to “view” into voice to chat. Keep an eye out for the “live” red icon in the voice channels if you want to check it out. (again note… you will be dropped into voice )
NOMADS
Destiny Steam transfer process from Battle.Net has begun. You must transfer your account to Steam by Oct 1st, as the game will stop being playable in BNet as of that date (and be live on Steam)
https://www.bungie.net/7/en/PCMove
No Man’ Sky has been updated this month with to No Man’s Sky Beyond. Hello Games, the developer, has referred to it as No Man’s Sky 2.0. Most of the game systems have been updated or revamped to improve the player experience. Some of the bigger additions to the game are:
VR Support
16-32 player support on planets and stations
Multiplayer missions
Improved Base building
Player Social Hub
Dynamic NPCs
Creature Taming and Riding
Discovery UI Overhaul
Inventory improvements
Dent and Corley are currently searching for a planet that can be used for a community planet where players can build bases, trade, and help each other out in the game. If you played No Man’s Sky when the game first came out, but were disappointed, give it a try now. You might find that things that you didn’t like, have been improved or updated. Post in the Nomads channel if you want to join up in game.
Max>> I played the update some last weekend and can comment if useful.
WoW
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/08/wow-free-t-shirt-holiday-plus-trial-of-style-returns/
Gustytail and friends will form groups to queue for the Trial, where you are given a theme and have mere minutes to select the best outfit from every item you’ve equipped… ever. Then we take turns voting on whose turned out best. Being in a Guild group gives us the chance to help everyone get top honors while still having a great time. We’ll run Sat, Aug 31 from 4-6 pm eastern and Sun, Sept 1 from 10 to 11:30pm eastern and again on Tues, Sept 3 from 8-11pm eastern. I will do additional runs if there’s interest. Let’s get out there and be Fabulous!
Noob raid is also 5/8 in Palace
WoW Classic – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/08/wow-classic-launch-details-for-aie/
SWTOR
See Game Notes!
ESO
The two new dungeons for Scalebreaker are out and running them will give you the tablet you need to open wing 2 of the Hall of the Lunar Champion. (This is the new house that you can get while playing through the current story update.) If you need a group to run them, join us for MFN on Friday nights and we can help you out. Several of us have been through them a few times already and know the fights. Speaking of MFN, it’s Friday night at 9pm est. We run dungeons, clear zones for sky shards, and on occasion fall off cliffs.
FFXIV
Folks still having fun in the latest ShadowBringers expansion.
* Weekly “Fully Party” group activities continue twice a week (Tue and Thu nights).
* The Moonfire Faire concludes on the 26th and the sixth anniversary event for FFXIV begins. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2019/The_Rising/
* Join the FFXIV gang in Discord voice chat. There are people on everyday.
* If you haven’t checked out FFXIV yet, but are interested, give the free trial a try. https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/
If you have any questions, visit us in AIE’s discord #ffxiv
Check out the following AIE FFXIV streamers at:
Abovan – https://mixer.com/Abovan
Durus – https://mixer.com/Durus
SecondAid – https://mixer.com/AIE_Secondaid
STO
Sunday nights are the MFN night for STO. Grebog, Dent, Corley and a few others have been in there leading the charge.
Very soon, Captains among the ranks of the Federation, Klingon, and Dominion factions will be gaining access to most of the Romulan Republic’s fierce fleet of starships. This includes many legendary Warbirds, and a number of other Romulan starships. Though these vessels have been restricted up until now, the galaxy is heading in a direction of increased cooperation and sharing of technology, and the Republic has been benefiting from those arrangements for some time. Their leadership has decided it’s time enough to return the trust that has been shown to them, and allow their trusted allies the
EVE
A strange wormhole has opened up and most of the current Eve players are now in a strange space called Azeroth. Seems like they thought it was similar to Dust but with better options …
GW2
Arenanet is running a champion rush event until Aug. 27th.; there will be bonus loot from killing champs in core Tyria, and a token drop that has to be turned in to progress community rewards.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/champion-rush-begins-next-week/
After Sept. 3rd, there will be the not well named “Expansion Boost Special Event”. It does not mean there is a new expansion, it will however give double XP for mastery progression for the existing expansions.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/catch-up-with-the-expansion-boost-special-event/
More significantly, Arenanet has a big live announcement coming up on August 30th. This will probably be about the new Living World season coming up, but they have surprised us before with extras.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/join-us-for-a-special-live-event-on-august-30/
LOTRO
Farmer’s Faire has arrived through September 9th.
September 21st there will be an invasion of LOTRO’s SNL. All are welcome to attend as I will be leading all interested to try lotro through the intro area for the race of Man. It is free to play, just need to download the game. Any questions feel free to ask me or post in #lotro
Max>>I was in with LotRO MFN this weekend and can mention that.
And with that, let’s get back to Sema and Max and find out what’s going on in AIE in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
Bioware is going add achievements to the next release of the public test server for Onslaught. These achievements will likely require us to run 5 group content activities, which can be pve or pvp and will result in titles that we can use in the live game. The PTS is a limited time activity so keep an eye out for news about when it’s up.
The double xp event is over now, but it helped a lot of folks reach their goals in Summer of 300, while some are waiting until the night before to finish up….
The New York Cantina has been announced for October 4th from 7-10 Eastern to coincide with New York Comic Con. There will be some AIE folks there, so if you are looking for an East Coast meetup, this could be the one! For more info about connecting up with AIE people there, come and ask in the AIE discord – swtor channel.
August MEGA was this past weekend and it was a great night of cat-herding, grappling, extricating, datacron-getting and some pretty epic chat. Fun times!
6.0 notes for reference – Onslaught (expansion title)
Spoils of War – title for all the changes related to +5 levels to 75, abilities, gear, gear drop system, etc. Complete overhaul
New Story – Malgus, War, New characters Arn, the Cyborg Jedi Padawan of Tau
New Planet Onderon – story and mission location
New Operation on Dxun (Onderon’s moon) – Czerka corp + Trandoshian focused
New Planet Mek-Sha – cyberpunk, pirate, asteroid theme
New Flashpoint – Corellia – story specific flashpoint
New playable species – Nautolans
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sema and Max for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@MaxTheGrey
@AIESema
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Next time, we’ll be talking to either EvE or STO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>If you aren’t already, make sure you’re in the AIE Discord (AIE Discord) and keep an eye on the #wow-classic chat and voice channels. We will be hanging out in those channels waiting for launch and while playing the game.
AIE will be on the US Pagle server on the Horde Side(tm) (this is a PvE Server in the Eastern Timezone). We’ll be joined by a number of other guilds and podcast communities (more on that shortly). Our guild’s initial goal, for those interested and wanting to help, is to form up in groups in the Troll/Orc starting area, start leveling, and collect 10 silver for the guild charter as quickly as possible. Once we have the 10 silver raised, Tetsemi will run to Orgrimmar, purchase the charter and hearthstone back to the starting area for signatures (so people don’t have to stop leveling/playing). With signatures in hand, he’ll race back to Orgrimmar, turn in the charter, and get the guild launched, ranks setup, etc.
Guild invites will open up shortly after guild ranks are setup and verified. A crew of officers will be monitoring #wow-classic in Discord and the AIELFO chat channel in game to watch for invite requests. Feel free to /join aielfo in game to reach officers for an invite as well, so you don’t have to tab out or switch monitors. No character applications needed for WoW Classic.
As a second challenge, we will also start raising the 10 gold for our guild tabard (have to look good to play good). Nevermore will have a character parked in Orgrimmar ready to receive donations. No need to mail them since it costs and extra 30 copper to mail things AND it takes an hour for mail to go through (no guild perks). Please don’t neglect your own spells/skills while leveling, but any donations are very much appreciated!
A key reason we chose the Pagle server is to be co-located with other like minded communities and podcasts. We’ve been in discussions with Convert to Raid, The Starting Zone, World of Warcast, Lagging Balls (NSFW), iToons, and other communities who are on Pagle. Some of them will have their own guilds and many are uniting in a new guild called United Federation of Guilds. There is a united community Discord at UFG Discord for us, other friendly guilds and the United guild. Feel free to join and say hi! We will be coordinating activities with the other communities on this Discord server as well as in our own #wow-classic channel. This arrangement will also provide us the opportunity to find Alliance and PvP Server alt guilds to join, if desired. Note, if you do want to do world PvP with the UFG’s, make sure you create characters on the Whitemane server. You’ll only be able to create characters on one faction on PvP servers, so make sure you pick the side you want to play on.
We hope to see you in WoW Classic. Enjoy the experience, and FOR THE HORDE!
]]>As most know, AIE officer roles are filled based on the jobs we need done and who is in a position to do those jobs while representing the AIE culture. Gijera has been in AIE for over 7 years and has been a lead for some time now in both WoW and EVE. In WoW, you’ll often find him helping lead the tactics of our Saturday night Noob Raid events among other things. He’s also been seen from time to time helping our EVE Corp with very important business likely involving expensive AIEU assets exploding hilariously. His characters in game are never hard to spot both because he’s always front and center helping things run, and also because every character is pretty much named Gijara. If you see a G, J, and an RA in that order with some random assortment of vowels tossed in, you’ve found him!
Gejara will continue to be helping Dankina in our Noob Raid nights among other jobs in WoW. He will also help from time to time in EVE, and with Classic launching on 8/26, he’ll be there with us as well as we spin up a new division. Be sure to check in our #wow-classic channel in Discord on our launch plans and jump in with us on Pagle Horde.
Gijura hails from somewhere in the middle of Texas so we’ll be expecting some south-central US meetups soon. He also runs a variety of custom game servers including Minecraft, ARK and others. Keep an eye on Nomads for some possible fun in those areas as well. If you are looking to track him down, you can look up “Gijora” in all the online places in and out of AIE to get connected.
Thanks for taking this on, Gajura!
]]>We will then have an opportunity to show off those new shirts when the Trial of Style returns Aug 31. Whether you’re a triumphant transmog tycoon or a complete novice, this is a lively event and chance to show off your creativity. Gustytail and friends will form groups to queue for the Trial, where you are given a theme and have mere minutes to select the best outfit from every item you’ve equipped… ever. Then we take turns voting on whose turned out best. Being in a Guild group gives us the chance to help everyone get top honors while still having a great time. We’ll run Sat, Aug 31 from 4-6 pm eastern and Sun, Sept 1 from 10 to 11:30pm eastern and again on Tues, Sept 3 from 8-11pm eastern. I will do additional runs if there’s interest. Let’s get out there and be Fabulous!
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Welcome to episode #326 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: there is a dessert buffet in the guild kitchen!). This week we are joined by special guests Marcus who is here to talk to us about AIE in the AIE Community Welcome!
Hi. thanks for having me on the show. This will be my first time back after my bicep tendon surgery
Tonight after the show DST troopers will be going to Gods HM for the first time!
Dst cleared some HM. 7/10
Mega august will be trivia with the infamous fleet datacron!! August 23 friday night!!! 9pm real world time.
Confirmed nick and I are going to the cantina in nyc oct 4
Wcn just celebrated 50!!!
Ok, we’ll be digging into the AIE Community 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 – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 303: There Is No Try, Except On The Pts
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-303-there-is-no-try-except-on-the-pts/
PTS up, down, back up soon, interview article with Carrie Meade, the game Art Director, and new agent sets and abilities.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 304: Event Driven
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-304-event-driven/
Marcus and Nick’s Dev interview, Mercenary class changes, and guild events everywhere!
Working Class Nerds
Episode 51: Dxun Deep-Dive with the Devs!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1523599
Nick and Marcus sit down with Matt Pucevich and Eric Musco from Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic development team. In the interview the guys get some EXCLUSIVE insight into the first Operation boss on Dxun as well as some planned changes to Operations mechanics in the future.
WoW
WoW Alliance team is still recruiting. We take cross-realm. Also, we finally got into Eternal Palace and killed 3 bosses!!!
Noob Raid also did Eternal Palace and took down the first 3 bosses.
WoW Classic
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/08/wow-classic-pre-launch-prep/
We are gearing up for WoW Classic, and the officer teams wants to make sure the initial plans are known for the guild. We are going to aim for being on Pagle (PVE East Coast) along with a number of other podcast communities, like CTR, The Starting Zone, World of Warcast, Lagging Balls, and iToons, just to name a few. The goal will be to have AIE focused on the Horde side but be able to coordinate activities with the other guilds and build a bigger community overall.
Nevermore has been working hard at getting plans together for gathering the initial money needed to buy the guild character (10s) as well as the 9 signatures. We will also be taking donations for a guild tabard (10 g) after we get the guild signed and started, but please don’t forget your own essentials of buying spell ranks and things. She will have a character parked in Orgrimmar to take donations, as mailing things costs 30 copper, which defeats the whole point.
For launch day, we’ll be on AIE Discord in either the WoW voice channel or one of the Social Channels, so make sure to join us, even if it’s just to listen in!
SWTOR
Onslaught is coming and the new maximum character level will increase to 70. If you’d like to jump in near the top, you can purchase character tokens for level 60 or 70. The available tokens all work a bit differently to achieve different ends, so do your research if you want to take this option! Or jump into discord and discuss.
The next phase of the public test server will be up soon. You can go there to test out the new abilities coming in the expansion, as well as the new materials storage system.
Also, SWTOR’s Free to Play offering just got sweeter, so if you felt it was too limiting before, it might be worth checking out again.
We are in the middle of a double xp event that is running for another couple of weeks. It’s a great time to get that last straggler to level 70 before Onslaught.
There is a possibility that there will be a sale on character renames and character transfers in the weeks leading up to Onslaught as well.
This month’s MEGA will be on Friday, August 23rd, at 9PM Eastern. We will be doing the Fleet Datacron, famous for its requirement of coordination and death defying acts of bravery. Ok, well, coordination, anyway. And there will be plenty of Star Wars trivia
FFXIV
Eden ‘Normal’ raid clears continue.
Summer of Love happened, the FC met at the FC house and participated in the community wide remembrance event. The FC basement may or not may still smell like ARR champagne.
FC is now at 130 members with 14 new and returning players joining in the past week.
Moonfire Fair is going on until 26 Aug, earn an outfit, swimming pool and wind chime cart for your houses.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2019/Moonfire_Faire/
Free Logins for previous subscribers, play for free for up to 6 days.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/6c8ae6a53b24432f8c1881598459b1440d5f0941
The game is also free to play for new players.
https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/na/
Purchase a game time card and get a free fantasia for one of your characters.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/986112d012fdaca4506eb96889b9d53c23f890f8
Check out the following AIE FFXIV streamers at:
Abovan – https://mixer.com/Abovan
Durus – https://mixer.com/Durus
SecondAid – https://mixer.com/AIE_Secondaid
They often do 2 or 3 way streams, especially on nights they are running raid style content.
ESO
The Orsinium Celebration Event is running now until Monday August 19th at 10am est. During the event you get double crafting mats from harvesting crafting nodes, double rewards from the maelstrom Arena on both Vet and Normal difficulty, and double the reward boxes from the daily quests. The first daily each day will also reward 2 event tickets (once per account per day)
The next DLC for the Season of the Dragon is called Scalebreaker and will be out on Monday August 12th on PC/Mac and August 27th for consoles. It is free for ESO plus members or can be purchased from the in-game Crown store.
EVE
New Space, with new PVE and PVP opportunities! War still going on, I think. (I am more out of the loop than normal because I am migrating everything to a new PC). We have more of a Focus on Alliance level stuff at this point. On that front, Members are not allowed to file for coalition SRP anymore, all requests must be made on the Blades of Grass forum (if you don’t know the link ask in AIEU Discord)(if you are not in AIEU Discord that link should be pinned in the Eve embassy channel on the AIE discord)(if you aren’t in that discord the link is https://aie-guild.info/discord
. Fly Dangerously!
GW2
Monday MFNs and they going after bigger and badder world bosses like Tequatl, a bigger dragon than the one we took on during SoL!
LOTRO
Starting on the 17th during SNL (MFN) we will be starting the process of acquiring the “Cloak of the Cluck”. It will take at least a few weeks to get it. It only requires you to be out of the intro. If anyone needs help or has questions let me know.
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/08/aie-in-lord-of-the-rings-online/
Tetsemi- And with that, let’s get back to Marcus and find out what’s going on in the AIE Community.
GAME NEWS
In AIE fashion its all about the community. The guild really focuses on in game events and meet ups IRL. to keep us a family. For me it was max and semas show that brought me to the guild and fell in love with it.
A big event is remembrance day as this show has talked about many times.
In because of it We started a year ago with a monthly event in swtor called MEGA. due to that event we have found ourselves linking with lots of people/ other guilds in because of that and the podcasts. The swtor guild has had a ton of new members. Also We are currently hoping to implement this across all the games. I personally feel like once you get a taste of aie. Youll get hooked like me and mal did.. Mal is a new com officer. Here is his story….
I will leave it up to you if you want to mention it. But here is a true story of community of AIE effect. I was a casual AIE member until listening to the AIE podcast and hearing Abovan (I think) issue a challenge to reach out and group up with someone in game. I took that challenge and loved it. It was so much fun I kept doing it to the point that I am on 2 ops teams co leader of one of them. Because of what you did with MEGA and the success of that I decided to try that in lotro eventually going every week. Because of all that I am a community officer. I now lean on the community to help me through stuff I have to deal with because of things in RL past. It is a family. We should not be afraid or nervous to join in stuff that is going on in the community. Even if it is slightly uncomfortable. If it wasn’t for accepting of a challenge from a community officer I wouldn’t have gotten all of what this family has to offer.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Marcus for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Max & ??? in SWTOR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
Did you recently drive your ’60 Chevy to the drive-in to see a screening of Casablanca? Have you been reading Citizen Kane while Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries or Hendrix Purple Haze plays softly in the background? You would never drink “New Coke” would you? Then lean in because this post is for all of us that live that Classic life.
WoW Classic is almost here! This weekend marks the release of server names, and name reservation is starting on Monday. As the August 26th/27th release date approaches, AIE is putting final plans in place for our WoW Classic game division. Please stay connected to our #wow-classic channel in Discord for details now and more as launch approaches. Here are a few things you should know:
Server: Pagle! (*unless something goes terribly wrong) – AIE has been collaborating with our friends in CTR and a few other like-minded guilds to coordinate our home in Classic. We are hoping to find a server that’s busy, contains friends on both factions, matches our play-style (PvE for the most part) and hopefully avoids some possible friction that could come from jumping in with some of the big streamer audiences. (http://avoidstreamers.com/ is an interesting resource.) We’ve landed on Pagle at this point and will stick with that unless something crazy happens that would cause us all to want to change. Here’s the full list of server names and types.
Faction: Horde – After overwhelming desire for Horde for AIE in our internal polling over the last month, we’ll start there with a single AIE guild on Pagle. That may grow after launch but that will be the foundation. However, if you can’t not play Alliance, to perhaps recreate your original launch experience, we will be able to look to a few friendly guilds like CTR. This is the reason for our server coordination. We’ll publish more details on our “federation” of guilds as we get closer to launch so hopefully everyone has a home for their characters.
Names: Reserve on Monday @ 6:00 PM Eastern – Players with an active subscription or game time on their World of Warcraft account will be able to create up to three characters per WoW account and have the name(s) reserved. Check here for details. Our usual family-friendly AIE naming conventions will apply, of course.
Test: Still up but almost done – If you are interested in a Classic preview, Blizzard extended the test window until Monday morning. Details here.
More to come in the next two weeks on how things will work for us on launch day with what might be a flood of invites and activity as we race to stand up the guild and get people in. We’ll update everyone on character limits, invite levels, etc. if it looks like we’ll need help to smooth out launch. So stay connected here and in our #wow-classic channel in Discord and stay tuned to the AIE Podcast and we’ll keep everyone informed on additional details for launch. Fun!
]]>One does not simply join AIE in LotRO. Oh wait… yes one does!
AIE Fun In LotRO Now!
Right now we are focused on our weekly Mandatory Fun Night named Saturday Night LotRO (SNL). It runs from 8:30pm – 10:30pm eastern on the Landroval server every Saturday. We are typically Free-to-Play friendly on those nights and run anything from festival events, to instances (mini dungeons), to helping people run quests. We even have plans in the works to do some Player vs Monster Player (PvMP, a kind of PvP) where we will show everyone how to run as a monster player (Orc, spider, warg, etc.) and have some fun with it.
If you have any questions or have any ideas on something you would like to run feel free to ask anyone of us in the #lotro channel on Discord!
Background on LotRO
Lord of the Rings Online has been around since 2007. Back in 2016 Standing Stone Games acquired the rights from Turbine and Warner Bros along with Dungeons & Dragons Online. Standing Stone Games has continued to try to put out two major updates a year. With the most recent major update, “The Vales of Anduin” (home of the Beornings) is now available.
LotRO is, of course, based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien. A really fun part of LotRO is that the in-game storyline and your epic quests tell a story that runs parallel and is interwoven with what we know and love in the books. What you do during the quests directly helps the fellowship and all the familiar characters. The devs have also tried hard to keep the feel in game that Tolkien had in his writings. There are also some awesome “easter egg” side quests to honor J.R.R. Tolkien.
There are 3 account types: Free-to-Play, Premium and VIP. VIP is a subscriber level with all the benefits, Premium is achieved by spending some amount of money on the game. One nice aspect of Free-to-Play tier is that it *is* possible to get all the content in the game through the in game LotRO store via store credit points you acquire through gameplay. It is a grind to do it, but you can be 100% Free-to-Play and still play 100% of the content.
With the relatively recent addition of the Legendary Servers, Anor and Ithil, new life has been injected into the game for long time players. These servers start the original story over and every few months they open a new addition. Lately they have added Mirkwood with a level cap of 65. The XP rate that you earn is nerfed 40% so Legendary players are incented to do all the quests and experience all the original content. Some of the old-timers haven’t done them in years, which make it all feel fresh. The legendary servers are only open to those that are VIP.
Other recent changes to the game include an update to the Virtue system. Virtues are a progression system that grant bonuses to your stats. With the changes to the Virtue system you still have to complete deeds to increase the ranks of the Virtues, but now you can choose which Virtues you want to work on leveling up when you obtain virtue XP.
What else can you do in LotRO? Lots! There are raids for 12 or 24 people. There is a music system that allows you to either freehand play instruments or use ABC files to play a wide variety of songs either solo or in a band. Events, mounted battles, monster play, mount and pet collecting and more round out the possibilities. Come join!
]]>Syreyne kicked off the week with the Virtual Con themed blog post and we played with that theme throughout the week. Almost every major game division had at least an event or two, many building on our weekly Mandatory Fun Night format, with a handful of unique and special events thrown in.
Our annual Remembrance Day was held, as usual, on August 2nd. A very large crowd participated across the community and we shared the event live in seven different games. We really appreciate the participation and sharing from everyone for this very important and unique AIE event. The full recording of the event can be found here.
The week surrounding Remembrance Day was packed full of fun, including Mandatory Fun Nights in STO, GW2, SWTOR, FFXIV, LOTRO and ESO. Other highlights included the Ancient Threat fight in SWTOR, the Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl in WoW, Dungeon Runs in GW2, map fun in FFXIV, and of course our epic closing party at the WoW Darkmoon Faire with multiple concerts, rare boss kills, and games and prizes for all.
Eleven of the events were streamed live on the guild Twitch channel and published on the guild YouTube channel. Please bookmark and follow these channels to stay connected to this and future guild events:
Discord, Twitter, Twitch and Mixer were also lit up all week with a bunch of AIE members making more views of the events available. In particular, be sure to check these out and let us know if you have any to add:
Thanks again to all the support and fun from everyone throughout the week. Be sure to keep an eye out for what’s next here and in Discord. Thanks for being awesome, AIE!
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Welcome to episode #325 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. I am Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Kini and Sparrow who are here to talk to us about AIE in Elder Scrolls Online Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Elder Scrolls Online shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news..
AIE News
Community
We’ll cover the MFN schedule as we go over each game’s activities.
Mandatory Fun Nights (Just for notes again)
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Summer of Love – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/07/summer-of-love-2019/
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 301: Peace Is A Lie On Dantooine
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-301-peace-is-a-lie-on-dantooine/
5.10.4 update, peace time on Dantooine, and companions fixed(?!) are the main topics of conversation this week for @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-301. Also covered are a bit of game, community and guild news.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 302: Sdcc And Live Stream
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-302-sdcc-and-live-stream/
San Diego Comic Con Cantina, Developer Live Stream, and a live PTS. These topics and more this week from @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-302
Working Class Nerds Episode 49
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1430155
Marcus and Nick talk about their recent gaming adventures and SWTOR’s game update 5.10.4 on the eve of Marcus’s surgery to repair…. something! Listen in to find out what out what he did to hurt himself!
WoW
Alliance raid team needs more people. Recruiting all roles. Post in the raid recruitment chanel or contact Syrene if you are interested!
And expect an announcement soon ™ regarding WoW Classic.
While we await the Classic launch and grind Mechagon dailies, Maynard thought it would be fun to see which classes AIE is considering. They might do another survey after launch to see how it changes. Link is in the show notes and in the WOW channel of Discord.
https://forms.gle/7UHqMr3pvDtojYYr7
Summer of Love
Tuesday July 30th
7:00pm EST WoW – Alliance World Quest Party
Wednesday July 31st
8:00pm EST WoW – Horde Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl
Friday August 2nd
9:00pm EST
WoW – Horde Shrine of the Fallen Hero – WM off
WoW – Alliance Shrine of the Fallen Hero – WM off
Saturday August 3rd
8:00pm EST WoW – Both COOP – Meet at 8pm. Roll out at 9pm.
Sunday August 4th
2:00pm EST WoW – Both Darkmoon Faire Fun
SWTOR
A popular fix went in with 5.10.4 which allowed ranged companions to once again decide to run in and join the fight, even if they initially happen to be out of range. A great “Yay!” was heard echoing through the force.
The PTS is live-ish now. Jump in and try the proposed changes to inquisitors and warriors for Onslaught which is coming in October.
Our Summer of 300 event just got a huge shot in the arm with the start of a month-long double xp event!
AIE Summer of Love was officially kicked off in SWTOR with a special MEGA event. Not only that, but it was MEGA’s one year anniversary! Marcus entertained the crowd with trivia and prizes contributed by ElionD, Maellung, and Zen as we took on the Ancient Threat on Yavin IV. Many awesome screen shots were taken of us on the beach of Rishi. Check back later for screenshots of us by that vanquished boss….
This week, MFN will be a special SoL version that should be accessible to characters of all levels. Just to be safe, make sure you do have a ship, though
Summer of Love
Saturday July 27th
9:00pm EST SWTOR MEGA – Special Edition
Tuesday July 30th
9:00pm EST SWTOR MFN – Special Edition
Friday August 2nd
FFXIV
Summer of Love
Wednesday July 31st
9:00pm EST FFXIV MFN – Special Edition
Friday August 2nd
9:00pm EST FFXIV FC House
STO
Summer of Love
Sunday July 28th
9:30pm EST STO MFN – Special Edition
We’ll be doing Star Trek Summer of Love event on Risa(not Rishi) Just need a level 10, Starfleet aligned character.
Friday August 2nd
9:00pm EST STO Memorial at Wolf 359
EVE
Summer of Love
Friday August 2nd
9:00pm EST EVE Meeting in Discord
GW2
Summer of Love
Monday July 29th
9:30pm EST GW2 MFN – Special Edition
Thursday August 1st
8:30pm EST GW2 Dungeon Runs with Maellung
Friday August 2nd
9:00pm EST GW2 Lion’s Arch – Field of the Fallen
LOTRO
Summer of Love
Friday August 2nd
9:00pm EST LOTRO Hill behind Prancing Pony in Bree
Saturday August 3rd
9:30pm EST LOTRO MFN – Special Edition
And with that, let’s get back to Kini and Sparrow and find out what’s going on in Elder Scrolls Online.
GAME NEWS
Summer of Love
Friday August 2nd 9:00pm EST
ESO Meeting in Discord, with MFN following after
After Rem. Day ESO MFN – Special Edition
The Season of the Dragon will continue with Scalebreaker DLC and the Update 23 patch. August 12 for PC and Mac and on August 27 for PS4 and Xbox One (announced at Quakecon). It will have 2 new dungeons as well as quality of life improvements for the base game. it features a prologue quest with the return of Sai Sahan, even if the manner of such return is still unknown. And dragons will be moving out of Elswyr in the future.
Checking out the new dungeons as a group will be scheduled for the first MFN after Scalebreaker launches. Our MFN adventures tend to vary between zone clears for Skyshards, random dungeon queuing, and daily quests for specific in game events depending on what the group wants to do.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kini and Sparrow for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
Kini – I live stream MFN for ESO and Noob Raid in WoW every week at https://www.twitch.tv/dankinia and I am @dankinia on twitter if anyone would like to follow my ramblings.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Once again, the mailbox was empty, but if you’d like to have a segment played on the show, please send it in to podcast@aie-guild.org.
Next time, we’ll be talking to Marcus about the AIE Community. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>The opening letter inside your packet envelope reads as follows:
You are hereby formally invited to participate in the most anticipated series of events for our entire year. AIE Summer of Love Convention. There’s mandatory fun, dungeon runs, tavern crawls, COOP, and of course, the closing ceremony concerts hosted by the Darkmoon Faire.
Enclosed is your official packet for everything you will need for this week, including your Event Pass (to be worn at all times), Schedule of Events, and a map of the convention center.
Special Instructions: We encourage everyone to cosplay as their favorite characters, however weapons, foam weapons, and pets are strictly forbidden at the Remembrance Day Ceremony on Friday night. Storage lockers and pet daycare facilities are available at no cost during this event.
If you have any questions, please refer to the contact list in the back of your packet for the appropriate event coordinator, or you can contact the main office and ask for Syreyne.
– Syreyne, AIE Con Coordinator
Event schedule!
If you have any questions or need details on a specific event, please contact any Community Officer, or ping us in AIE Discord. We hope to see you all there!
Syreyne
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #324 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there is a blueberry lemon almond cake in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan and (possibly) Durus who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights (included for notes, don’t need to read today)
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Summer of Love Events
Saturday July 27th
(time) SWTOR MEGA?
Sunday July 28th
9:30 EST STO MFN – Special Edition
Monday July 29th
Tuesday July 30th
7pm EST WoW – Alliance World Quest Party
Wednesday July 31st
8pm EST WoW – Horde Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl
Thursday August 1st
Friday August 2nd
(time) All AIE Remembrance Day
EVE
GW2
SWTOR
WoW – Horde Shrine of the Fallen Hero
Wow – Alliance
ESO
FFXIV
STO Memorial at Wolf 359
LOTRO
9:00pm EST ESO MFN – Special Edition
Saturday August 3rd
8pm EST WoW – Both COOP
9:30 EST LOTRO MFN – Special Edition
Sunday August 4th
(time) WoW – Both Darkmoon Faire Fun
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 299: Tactical Insertion
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-299-tactical-insertion/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-299 talk through the first couple 6.0 class updates and the ability, set bonuses and tactical items that have been described in the forums. We also talked about our plans for Episode 300 which will be next week on 7/9, Star Forge, Guild Discord, 8pm central pre-show party and discussion, 9pm live recording session.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 300: Long Strange Trip
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-300-long-strange-trip/
Friends of the show wouldn’t let us have episode 300 go by without some kind of acknowledgement, so we spend this show looking back at the last 5+ years of SWTOR, the podcast and our guild and then bring on the instigators of this party for mini-interviews. Thank you to Marcus, Intisar, Sten, Corley, Dent, Maellung, Bcavanagh!
Working Class Nerds 48
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1361902
Marcus and Nick begin the first of several episodes highlighting their favorite Game Development Studios! This episode they talk about their the good, the bad, and the ugly from Bethesda.
WoW
First week of raiding in Nazjatar Palace, and a lot of bosses down. The new Mechagon Mythic dungeon is really hard but has been cleared by several teams. Still most are grinding reputation and the new tiers of gear, to be fully equipped for the new Palace Raid
We are doing COOP for Summer of Love and for the first time ever AIE will officially be on both sides, attackers and defenders!!!!
SWTOR
In SWTOR, the Nar Shaddaa Night Life event continues. If you like gambling with almost no chance of getting what you are after, this event is for you! It’s an RNG-palooza that goes well with Netflix. Have you seen Stranger Things Season 3 yet?
The Bounty Contract and Pirate Incursion events will be coming this summer as well. The Pirate Incursion, in particular, is very good for command experience.
In SWTOR guild news, we are in the middle of our Summer of 300. Several guildies are working on getting to command level 300 on all 8 classes, because that achievement is being moved to a Feat of Strength in October. Come and report your progress as we run around the Galaxy doing important stuff during MFN on Tuesdays nights. Or just drop a note in discord to let everyone know how it’s going.
July MEGA is going to be on July 27th and will kick off AIE’s Summer of Love for 2019. We are going to Yavin IV to kill the Ancient Threat. This is a summonable boss that many people have never seen, so be sure to attend!
STO
The 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival!
It’s time for Captains on all three platforms to take a relaxing break on Risa, and get their hands on the T6 Risian corvette, new costumes, emotes, and more!
Ythe guild fun nights on Sunday nights have focused on getting some of the currency for the updated cosmetic rewards.
The T6 Risian Corvette is the ship available this year, which is pretty cool: https://pwimages-a.akamaihd.net/arc/7a/96/7a96af30b96451d6cebd5df9bcac2cc91561079244.png
ESO
Danikina is out having fun for a bit so ESO MFN was guest hosted by Sparrow this week. Big thanks to Sparrow for stepping up and keeping the regular Friday night ESO fun going.
EVE
Nullsec local chat blackout is in full effect making for a lot of sneaky roams, black ops hunting and all pve activities are either on hold or only committed to while a high alert Home Defence fleet is up and active. Sovereignty attacks are still full force but drifter attacks seem to have ebbed off. Alot of paranoia and turtling atm mixed with sneaky attacks and lipsmacking for blingy kills
LOTRO
Right now just MFN. On the 20th we will be trying for a chance to get drops such as cosmetics outfit pieces, cosmetic pets, mounts etc.
During SNL (MFN) we took down 2 of the 3 wings of the Great Barrows.
GW2
GW2 Monday night MFNs are still rolling and open to anyone in the guild. All levels are welcome and the activities vary depending on the group that comes together.
Starting Tuesday, “Special Event: World Boss Rush” is returning for a week.
I bet that will be something the guild can get involved in! :smiley:
Balance patch out soon. Much weeping and wailing, judging by the early release notes.
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan (and Durus) and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
ABOVAN Intro
Shadowbringers! Yea! It is a masterclass on how a MMO expansion should be designed. Taking what works and expand on that, removing things that don’t work, and finding what the players like the most in your game, and making that the best content that they have ever experienced. The login queues are short, very few bugs or problems, and overall a great MMO experience.
ABOVAN Activity
AIE has been super active in FFXIV lately.
Some metrics for activity taken on 7/11
Last 30 days 81 Unique characters logged in.
Last 7 days 64 Unique characters logged in.
Current membership sits at 114 characters.
Many of the current players of the game have or are wrapping up the MSQ for Shadowbringers. For those that have, they are all saying that it is such a wonderful and emotional experience, and with it being one of the best Final Fantasy stories told.
Durus – I’M HERE!
DURUS Plot Overview
In Shadowbringers, the game follows the player as they journey to Norvrandt, a copy of Eorzea which where the light is flooding the world, and we take up the mantle of the “Warrior of Darkness” to bring balance back to the world, saving Norvrandt and in extension, saving Eorzea. The journey to do so, is an emotional one, as the story and characters are well thought out, superbly voice-acted, and show character growth, as any good story should do.
DURUS Gameplay
There’s plenty to do in the new expansion, besides just watching a great story unfold. All jobs were reworked for the new expansion, some more than others. 2 new jobs, the Dancer and Gunbreaker. Trusts, which are NPCs that will help you through the MSQ dungeons to help you learn the new ones. They are slower than actual players at clearing the dungeon, but good for those that want a stress-free experience on their initial clears. 8-player content still require 8 actual players, so there are times that grouping will be needed.
At the time of this recording, Sunday, 7/14, we have the following instanced content.
8 Four player dungeons
3 Normal 8 player trials
2 Extreme 8 player trials
We will be getting new content soon. The dates are approximate and subject to change, but this is what we have to work with right now.
ABOVAN Tue Maintenance / Content Update
On July 16th, which is this week, we are expecting to have the release of Eden normal mode, the 8-player raid. Normal is commonly known as story mode.
On July 30th we are expecting to get Eden Savage, which is the harder mode for raiders. Also, this is when we will be getting Tomestones of Phantasmagoria, which will be the high end game currency for the time being. Finally, we will also be getting a new dungeon, Lyhe Ghiah, which will be our 9th 4 player dungeon.
So, these are being added to the already impressive 126 already existing dungeons, trials and raids in the game.
DURUS AIE Schedule
To accommodate this, AIE in FFXIV will be working off of the following schedule for events for us to do group content with. These are just times that we are shooting for, and may be subject to change in the future, but we wanted to have something up on the wall now, to see if it sticks.
Tuesday/Thursday (11:30 – 2:30am EST) – XFN – X-treme Nights!
More traditional AIE Raid team.
Higher level content, cutting edge, expect death, and probably pugs to start
Discord voice, MANDATORY!!! (mic not required, but preferred)
Pre-defined roster will take precedence.
Wednesday – 9:00pm EST – Mandatory Fun Night
Leveling and more accessible content. I.E. Leveling roulettes, new player help, MSQ and other dungeon unlocks, Maps, and other non-cutting edge content.
Friday – 11:00pm EST – Mandatory Fun Night
Leveling and more accessible content. I.E. Leveling roulettes, new player help, MSQ and other dungeon unlocks, Maps, and other non-cutting edge content.
These are the events that AIE will be doing each week. This does not mean that members can’t create their own groups, staics, or raid teams.
It’s acceptable for any AIE member to create their own group, with their own schedules, culture, loot, rules, etc.
One more time for the people listening in the back!
ABOVAN ANY AIE member can create their own group, with their own schedules, culture, loot, rules, etc,
These events, and any other player events can be added the AIE calendar, which is found at https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar. Contact an FFXIV game officer with the details.
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nd that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Durus and Abovan for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@abovan
@thedurus
https://mixer.com/abovan
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Well, nothing this week, but we are always looking for member segments.
Next time, we’ll be talking to Dankinia in ESO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode # 323 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, guys, there are dark chocolate fig cakes in the guild kitchen). Due to real life conflicts, we are joined by previously un-announced special guests, ourselves! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into how and what we game, shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Welcome and congratudolences to @Maellung Arrowshield as they join the AIE Officer Corp!
Summer of Love week for AIE will be starting around 7/28 and running to 8/4 with 8/2 reserved as the annual Remembrance Day. Guild fun events in almost all our games and divisions are being planned for that week and a full schedule and details will be published on the guild blog soon!
Community
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 297: Our Content Creator Interview
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-297-our-content-creator-interview/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-297 explain what the heck we meant in our answers to our Content Creator interview with Daniel Steed that was published on swtor.com on Thursday.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 298: Summer Of 300
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-298-summer-of-300/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-297 kick off the Summer of 300 where we work to get the last few of our 8 classes to CXP Rank 300 before those achievements are retired when 6.0 launches. We talk tips and tricks for getting that sweet CXP.
Episode 47: Does E3 Rhyme with PvP?
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1310698
Marcus and Nick are joined by fellow AIE Guildies Medullah and Nezzir to talk about what they’re excited for that they saw at this year’s E3 conference, as well as the current and upcoming states of PvP in SWTOR.
NOMADS
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite – handful of AIE members are trading friend codes and out capturing Foundables. (you could explain how it’s pretty much a Pokemon Go clone with an HP theme and a couple twists, like brewing potions, etc.)
WoW
Tonight we have a (mostly) all hunter raid to Uldir for the Hunter book, organized by DoA/Gijora. 8PM server
Noob raid killed Rastakhan last night, which was a first for a couple attendees
Patch 8.2 dropped opening up Mechagon and Najazatar for questing and story!
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23014436/rise-of-azshara-content-update-notes
Increase your power with Benthic gear, new upgradable armor that can now be collected in Nazjatar.
Defeating powerful enemies, completing quests, and plundering the treasures of Azshara’s minions may yield Prismatic Manapearls. Spend this new currency on many different items within Nazjatar including Benthic tokens and upgrades for Benthic gear, pets, and a mount.
After establishing a hub in Nazjatar and empowering their Heart of Azeroth, players will make their way to Mechagon by starting the quest “The Legend of Mechagon,” which can be accepted by Alliance players in Boralus and Horde players in Dazar’alor near each city’s respective Flight Masters.
Junkyard Tinkering
As they traverse the zone, players will have access to Pascal-K1N6, a giant iron robot who will help players craft equipment, mounts, toys, consumables, and more in exchange for Spare Parts and Energy Cells found across Mechagon. Recipes to craft more items can be found around the island.
Pocket-Sized Computation Device
The Pocket-Sized Computation Device is a trinket that players can customize via three Punchcard Sockets, into which players can insert one Red, Yellow, and Blue Punch Card.
Level 120 players will unite with Prince Erazmin and the Rustbolt Resistance to help overthrow his deranged father and destroy his Mechoriginator doomsday device in this new 8-boss “mega-dungeon.”
Heart of Azeroth System Update: Essences
Mount Equipment
New Quests
A host of new stories and adventures are now available across Azeroth.
Magni Bronzebeard
War Campaign: Stay of Execution
New Heritage Armor: Gnomes and Tauren
New Epic Battleground: Ashran
New War Mode Event: The Battle for Nazjatar
New Island Expeditions
New Missions and Mechanics
New Missions and Troops
As you take the fight to the seas, your loyal followers will be with you every step of the way. You can now enlist Boat Captains and other skilled seafarers to fight your battles.
The once-forbidden skies of Kul Tiras and Zandalar will soon be open to heroes eager to take flight. The achievement Battle for Azeroth Pathfinder, Part Two will allow daring adventurers to take to the skies in Battle for Azeroth’s zones, including in the new ones, Mechagon and Nazjatar. Unlock flying will also be rewarded with a mechanical parrot mount: Wonderwing 2.0.
New Mounts
Pet Battle Dungeon: Stratholme
Players can now make all armor slots hidden, except Legs. Let’s keep it classy.
FFXIV
Pre-launch access is live!- For those that have pre-ordered Shadowbringers, you have access to the expansion as of early Friday morning. The queue was pretty high as plenty of people were still awake at 5am E.T. and eager to dive in, including a large contingent of the AIE FC members. The Discord voice channel for FF14 has been pretty active at all hours of the day since then, and there are plenty of people happy to help with dungeons, FATEs, and anything else you might need a guildie for. There were no ‘Raubahn Extreme mode’ moments that we are aware of, so the dev team’s work has paid off.
Broad story notes without spoilers – Shadowbringers is…gasp…darker in tone. Remember all that talk of morally grey story we heard a while back? I think we found it in FF14. Unlike the usual MSQ on rails experience, you are given some options of what order to run tasks in as you explore the new maps. There is a ton of great lore about the universe the game is in, with some holes being filled, and even bigger holes being opened up as you play the story. Rumor has it the first dungeon has some big reveals.
New classes: The second hand reports I’ve gotten are that Dancer is a ton of fun to play, and you might forget this is a ranged class, and a support class at that. It definitely aligns itself with the Bard and the Machinist as far as they work in a party.
I’m also hearing that the Gunbreaker is a very fun tank class to play, with even anti-flavor of the month players being drawn into class as well. Of course, there is now a flood of Gunbreakers and Dancers, so healers; this is your time to instant queue. On the plus side, both classes start at level 60, and require that you have a level 60 class, and of course the new expansion.
A lot of our familiar buttons are now gone, with very few new ones added, but over all things seems a bit clearer as far as what your class is supposed to be doing. Healers are meant to just heal now, so no more expectations for them to also DPS. Tanks don’t have a mitigation aura/stance, their extra tankiness is built in. Instead, their auras seem more for keeping threat/enmity.
Machinist definitely got the rework was promised, but not enough experience with it yet to tell how well it did.
New races: There is a Flood of…bunnies it seems. It is possible that the majority race is no longer the miqote, as the Viera is very obviously everywhere. The hrothgar is available as well, though not as popular yet. Rumor is that both races have little reason to use the Aesthetician(hair dresser) as their hair is tied to their face, meaning it will require another fantasia to change that out.
Catchup: If you are new to the game, it is highly recommended you play through the entire story at least once, otherwise, there are now class level to 70 skips and ‘straight to Shadowbringers’ story skips available for purchase with your real life money in the mog station. The new classes are not represented in the level skips, as they start at level 60. Those playing the new expansion will still be interacting with those players that are in the older content, so there is no worry that you are being left behind.
SWTOR
AIE in SWTOR has initiated the “Summer of 300”! With a handful of CXP300 achievements being removed in the fall for the expansion we wanted to get some of them done before they become “feats of strength”. A group of us are working on command ranks on alts to see how far we can get over the summer.
• Also in the theme of 300… SWTOR Escape Pod Cast episode 300 will be Tuesday, July 9th. We’ll likely take over some or all of MFN for a pre-show party and talking about the last 5 years of SWTOR.
• For Tuesday Night MFN and weekly activities, the guild is killing their large invasion targets this summer. The Devs increased the rate of Conquest point gain in a couple ways and we are taking full advantage!
• July MEGA will be an epic hunt for the Ancient Threat on Yavin. This will be on 7/27 and will mark the kickoff of AIE’s Summer of Love week.
• Big hello and welcome to the handful of new to AIE members that have joined in the past two weeks!
ESO
The Thieves guild and Dark Brotherhood event starts July 2nd and runs until July 15th. You will get double rewards for world boss and delve boss kills as well as the dailies. There will also be increased rewards for heists and Sacraments. This event will also drop event tickets for the new Shadowy Onyx Indrik mount. You can earn a max of 2 tickets per day per account.
And as always, MFN is Friday nights at 9pm EST.
EVE
Oh, there’s a war happening in EVE too. Apparently they added in PvE to Eve and it completely threw everyone off kilter. Now the slumlords who are used to controlling large swaths of space with Player Owned Structures (POS) are having to actively defend them since they people they’re renting to aren’t or really aren’t helping and now they’re all in an uproar because they actually have to engage with the game content and not the people content.
STO
The 2019 Risian Lohlunat Festival! Starting July 2nd.
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/playstation/star-trek-online/news/detail/11190533-the-2019-risian-lohlunat-festival%21
It’s almost time for Captains on all three platforms to take a relaxing break on Risa, and get their hands on the T6 Risian corvette, new costumes, emotes, and more!
Lifetime Subscription Sale!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11191503-lifetime-subscription-sale%21
Captains on PC can save $100 on a Lifetime Subscription until August 1st! Get access to tons of ships, playable races and more!
We are working on two Fleet holdings, the Spire and Colony.
MFN is tonight 8:30 Eastern.
GW2
The revived Dragon Bash festival started last week and will run for 2 more weeks. It has been moved to Hoelbrack, and has new races and good loot. There is a new guild hall decoration, a holoprojector that makes a giant Holo krakatoric fly the skies.
Please contribute to the guild hall so we can get this coolest of decorations.
https://youtu.be/FxU4P0k4Wa8
LOTRO
Continued focus on Saturday night MFN fun. Might be looking to get a Monster Play event going later in the summer.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves! for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan and Durus about AIE in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Maellung Arrowshield – Mael has been with AIE for a couple years now. He co-runs a Wednesday night operations team in SWTOR but the main example of his recent leadership in the community (and likely where his main responsibilities will lie) is in running a weekly Mandatory Fun Night in Lord of the Rings Online every Saturday night for months now. He’s taken a handful of players through both the regular game content and the Legendary servers.
We’ll use his time and talents in SWTOR, rely on him continuing to help lead our Fellowship in LotRO, and expect to have his help across a bunch of our divisions. You may have seen him in GW2, STO and ESO as well. I’m hoping we get more players in LotRO in particular over time (my Warden is leveling up) and it will certainly be featured in our Summer of Love week of events coming up in about a month.
A few of us, myself included, had the chance to meet Mael and his wife at Star Wars celebration which was a blast. Mael’s a mailman IRL so that sounds like communications and logistics help for the guild too!
Thanks for taking this on, Maellung!
]]>It’s a dangerous business, Maellung, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
A key feature of any MMO is group content, and in SWTOR that’s “Operations”. These are that 8 or 16 player, multiple boss raids that require your typical balanced team, teamwork, strategy and time. AIE in SWTOR runs Operations often in our Tuesday night Mandatory Fun Night open guild events and in one-off pickup groups, but all the serious Operations progression happens in our 4 standing Ops teams. If you are interested in joining, all the teams need subs from time to time. Check out the #swtor channel in guild Discord and drop a note to the team leads! Here’s a quick rundown of background and status update on our awesome teams:
Deathstar Troopers
Newest of the AIE Ops teams, this team was created in 2018 by Marcus in response to growing demand for more capacity. As with any new team the first challenge was to fill all the roles and balance the team, which they got done pretty quickly and started blasting through content. Towards the end of 2018 they decided to progress in difficulty a rank and are now working through Veteran Mode in various Operations. They started down the path with Veteran Mode Dread Fortress and have focused on that on and off for the past few months.
As of a week ago, the team finally killed the last boss of the Operation and has now officially cleared Veteran Dread Fortress!! Dread Master Brontes, Corruptor Zero and the rest of the bosses have now surrendered and the team is setting their sights on Veteran Scum and Villainy. Congrats to the team, including Albus, Bolto (Albus’ son), Dr. Swtor (co-host of Ootinicast), Racevan, Ted (of the State of the Old Republic podcast) with ongoing help from Lorhin and Kogass (both popular SWTOR streamers). This crew is led by Marcus, who is also one of our AIE Community Officers and one of the hosts of the Working Class Nerds podcast. They run twice a week on Thursday and Sunday nights.
Sith of Unlimited Power (SUP)
Founded by Jana, SUP is a long running casual team that welcomes new players and players new to Operations. The name continued an old SWTOR tradition of picking the acronym first and working out what it means second (as you’ll see for the next two older teams as well). In April, Albus and Maellung stepped up to co-lead the team, with Albus generally handling the ops run tactics and Maellung handling the team coordination, filling in of roles, etc.
With the leadership update in April, the entire team decided to switch up characters, roles, etc. to give everyone some fresh challenges. With that, they are now doing all Story Mode Operations weekly and building up all the new muscle memory and strategy in their new positions. Current members include Maellung, AlbusPuer, Azzoros, Stryker, Helare, Kione, Looci, and DoubleDC. Give them a shout on Wednesday nights if you might want to help out or fill in any roles missing for a night.
Soldiers of Light (SOL)
SOL was created years ago due to the desire to have a Republic Side ops team. AIE in SWTOR continues to have a strong guild presence on both the Republic and Imperial sides and we all have characters on both, so it certainly made sense to have a team there as well. One of our Operations Masters in guild leadership, Dent, runs the team and the team roster includes Zen, Kitty, Maellung, Racevan, Randy, DPRoberts, and Peters with recent additional help from Kione, Corely Spicolee, and Dravix.
This Republic squad is currently working on the Veteran Mode Mutated Geonosian Queen fight. This is the newest Operation Boss in the game, lair style, with just a single boss in a small Operation. This fight is also required for a weekly mission that awards currency for the best-in-slot 258 weapons and off-hands. Check in with SOL and Dent on Monday nights on the Republic side if you’d like to offer your backfill services.
Lords of Light (LOL)
Finally, LOL is the oldest of all the current SWTOR Operations teams. Founded not long after launch, many of the players have changed but the game remains the same. For LOL that game is have fun and kill all the things… including your friends. Props are given for killing as many of your own team members as possible in the trash leadups to any boss through creative use of game mechanics, traps, etc.
Corley has recently had the team leadership thrust upon him and the rest of the team includes Thaan, Stavus, Smoke, Sten, Looci, Dent, Sema and Max (I think those last two do a podcast too). The team is happy to have Sten recently returning since he is now filling the Canadian spot on the team, a virtual requirement since founding. This team runs on Thursday nights and alternates between pretty much any Operation for Conquest, progression or fun. Veteran Queen is going to start in earnest next week for this team as well to get those 258 guns and glow sticks.
Come Join!
Thanks to all the SWTOR Operations teams for keeping up the good fight. For more information or to check in with any of the teams on available spots, more status updates, etc. be sure to join the guild Discord and say hi in the #swtor channel.
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Welcome to episode # 322 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Harruq who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 295: Onslaught Of Information
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-295-onslaught-of-information/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-295 walk through all the Onslaught and Spoils news including the live stream, blog and forum posts
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 296: Pirate Recursion
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-296-pirate-recursion/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-296 talk all about how the Dantooine Pirate event has been going and what our plans are for week 2.
Episode 46: Norman’s Night In: The Cave (Part Deux)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1247648
Nick and Marcus are joined by Nick Iorfino from Bactrian Games, the creators Norman’s Night In: The Cave! Mr. Iorfino talks about what it’s like to develop WCN’s favorite game from Pax East, and the hosts also breakdown SWTOR’s changes in game update 5.10.3 Spoils of War.
WoW
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SWTOR
The new hotness in SWTOR this month is The Pirate Incursion event on the new planet of Dantooine. That, together with double xp week, has been a prime time for leveling, rep grinding, and grinding just about any other rank or number you’d like to raise. The heroic quests were challenging enough to require groups, so guild groups and community pugs abounded.
There are a number of achievements associated with stuff on Dantooine as well. The planet will be available for exploration and possibly even resource gathering after the event is over, but we don’t know exactly what that will look like until next week. Some of those achievements may be doable then, or may require the event to be in progress. We shall see! After this week, the pirate event will go in rotation with all the existing events.
In guild news, the June MEGA was a pvp night hosted by Marcus and coached by guildie Medullah. Medullah explained the pvp maps and gave insights into what to look for, when to use abilities, and lots of other good info. We used SWTOR’s feature that allows us to have our own instance of a warzone to duke it out between two teams of guildies. We even had a small cheering section. We closed the night with a tour of guildie Liberty’s Stronghold which was really incredible to see. Marcus wants to make Stronghold viewing a staple of MEGA, so if you’d like your Stronghold to be featured, just let him know.
MFN continues on Tuesday nights, starting at 9PM Eastern. This week we ran around on Dantooine and did some grouping up for the heroics.
In ops news after 6 months of working on Dread Fortress Hard Mode Deathstar Troopers we finally killed Brontes.
Also, SUP has cleared five ops and counting, and apparently they’re having more fun than MarcusB. I sense an operation throwdown coming …
Also, great shout out for the Escape Pod Cast on the front page of the SWTOR official site
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/%5Bnews-category%5D/20190612
ESO
At E3 they announced the next two DLC’s for ESO for the Season of the Dragon. They are called Scalebreaker and Dragonhold. No release dates yet though.(edited)
Other then that, MFN’s are still Friday night at 9pm EST.
FFXIV
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is nearly here!
The 3rd (or maybe 4th) expansion of the FFXIV saga!
The Warrior of Light (that’s you, the player) will travel to The First to save that parallel world from the light consuming the world, vastly impacting all worlds. To do so, the Warrior of Light must become the Warrior of Darkness.
Launch Schedule!
Friday June 28th – Start of Early Access (*)
* Have you ever been to a MMO expansion launch before? Queues! Bugs! Impatience abroad! Expect some zaniness if you log in this day, but major MMO launches are quite an experience. Take it all in, but don’t fret if things are not perfect on day 1.
July 2nd – Official Launch of the game. Just in time for the July 4th Holiday for our U.S. members. If you didn’t pre-order, then this is when you will get access to the game.
In Approximately 2 weeks after that, July 16th(ish) –
Patch 5.01, release the story mode of Eden, the first 8 player raid. Usually prior to the first mini-patch, we have access to just Extreme primals in the current expansion. We expect to see the same, but haven’t confirmed it yet.
Another about 2 weeks again…
July 30th(ish) – Patch 5.05, release of the savage mode of Eden (this is between heroic and mythic modes for the WoW raiding comparison, with the end fights usually being on par with mythic). Also, the high end Tomestones of Phantasmagoria will become attenable. Finally, new dungeons will be available, the Dungeons of Lyhe Ghiah.
New expansion features are many, and to hear about those, may I invite you to listen to the last few AIE podcasts, as we dived deep into them for the last few episodes.
But quick recap. New worlds, level cap raised for all jobs to 80 including crafting and gathering jobs, new jobs in Gunbreaker and Dancer, and Machinist got a full rework.
How do you start playing Shadowbringers?
FFXIV is a story first MMO. Meaning, to get to the content organically, you do need to play though the previous MSQ (Main Story Questline) to unlock that content. This includes the base game, “A Realm Reborn” (purchased via the Starter Edition), “Heavensward” (Free to add to your account until June 27th), and then “Stormblood”, which is available via the Stormblood expansion until July 28th, in which it will be part of the Shadowbringers purchase.
Story skips and level skips will be available soon if you want to fork over the cash to get you caught up to Stormblood.
Getting into AIE for FFXIV has never been easier! No UMAMI! No level requirement, and no factions to worry about. Just roll up a character on Goblin, in the Crystal datacenter. Drop down into the AIE discord channel for FFXIV, oddly named #ffxiv, and ask for an invite and one of our happy officers will extend a Free Company (guild) invite over to you.
Membership has been way up since the announcement of Shadowbringers, and has been growing steadily since then. Now, you may be thinking, but what about newer players or people not at Shadowbringers yet? Well, never fret, as the leveling queues will still match up people looking to do their MSQ dungeons or just the leveling queue in general. Furthermore, we have been having some success with two Mandatory Fun Nights a week, Wednesday at 9pm EST and Friday at 11pm EST. If you need something done, that’s a great time to request it to be done. Otherwise, just asking in discord and /fc chat to have some AIE folks join you in your adventures is more than welcome.
Goblin is now a preferred server, meaning if you start up a new character on Goblin, you will get the road to 60 buff, which is a 3x XP buff on all sources, all jobs, up to level 60. This includes all adventure jobs, crafting, and gathering jobs as well.
We can’t wait until we will see everyone in Shadowbringers and will be coming back to the AIE podcast soon to provide some initial thoughts and impressions of the expansion!
STO
Fleet colony is upgrading to tier 1. We unlocked tier 1 of each of the three branches giving us a daily production of resources for the coming projects. I unlocked the coffer donation ability for everyone in the fleet, so they can now donate coming resources even if the projects are currently filled up. Crystalline event is currently going on.
Hmmmm what else….MFN is every Sunday at 8:30 pm Eastern.
And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and Harruq and find out what’s going on in WoW.
GAME NEWS
WoW Classic Guild Poll – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5AF22fTNKpyzb7jFShMSGaJBmjfg_myetb1peetktuzPw_g/viewform?usp=sf_link
Looks for input as to which side and what type of server.
WoW Battle for Azeroth –
Patch 8.2 has hit release candidate status on the PTR and if past history is any indication, it should come out around the same time (July 2nd) as the FFXIV expansion. There will be two new zones to explore, tons of daily activities to participate in, and new group content with a new Mega-Dungeon (not to be confused with SWTOR’s Mega events).
Burning Crusade Timewalking starts Tuesday.
Midsummer Fire Festival starts Friday.
Fireworks spectacular on July 4.
Luminous Luminaries is July 13.
Auction House Dance party is making a come back on July 22.
Alliance Guild Update –
The Alliance guild is still going strong. We currently have 167 characters in the guild, and we are adding new people every week.
The Alliance raid team is 4/9 in Normal BFD and we have voted on an official team name. HFO = Hell Froze Over. We raid on Friday nights from 8pm server/Eastern to 11pm. We are recruiting and accepting cross-faction friends.
Due to the generosity of some members, we were able to purchase the 7th bank tab. We used that to have the raid team join the official Raid Bank Tab system.
AIE Summer of Love –
Discussion here
-Summer of Love will be Sunday, July 28th to Saturday August 3rd.
-Syreyne is hosting a World Quest party on Alliance side on Tuesday, July 30.
-Syreyne is hosting Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl on Horde side on Wednesday, July 31.
-Remembrance Day is Friday August 2nd. Please keep an eye out in Discord for locations and times for each game division. WoW will have fireworks after the Walk.
https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Milliway
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Mkallah: And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Syreyne and Harruq for joining us.
Twitter: @SyreyneAIE
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Mkallah: Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan in Final Fantasy 14!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #321 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey guys, there are macaroons in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Lanctharus and Lars who is here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in EVE 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.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Late Night) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 293: Prosperity As A Weapon
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-293-prosperity-as-a-weapon/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-293 remind ourselves of everything we’ve forgotten about Strongholds and talk about what we might want to see in the future.
SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 294: HK-55 RETURNS?
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-294-hk-55-returns/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-294 talk about the possibility of the HK-55 chapter being made available again and walk through the fun details of the content.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 45: Marcus Isn’t Allowed to do the Sound Check Anymore…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1186706
After having a lovely conversation with Bactrian Games’ Nick Iorfino and not being able to use any of their audio, Nick and Marcus rally together and preview SWTOR’s Game Update 5.10.3.
NOMADS
Take a look at a new game that a lot of folks are starting to play – https://www.warriorsofwaterdeep.com/
Also, if it’s still on your radar, Anthem the Game had a live stream on Thursday highlighting the upcoming Cataclysm event which will have 2 weeks of pre-launch events and 6 weeks of launch content.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/432174289##
WoW
The AIE Alliance Raid team, as yet unnamed, got the first four bosses of Battle for Dazalor down Friday night! If you’d like to join in, please drop a note in the #raidteam-recruitment channel in AIE Discord.
SWTOR
Game:
Game update 5.10.3 was pushed out one week to June 4th. The Pirate Incursion event that it introduces will run for two weeks, along with a 1 week double xp event.
The livestream promised for 5/30 went off without a single power outage or cut fiber. Eric, Keith, and Charles talked in great detail about how gearing is going to work in Onslaught (the expansion coming in October). For anyone interested in the details, Eric made a post with all the nuts and bolts. You can find it in the SWTOR Dev Tracker here – http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9732656#edit9732656
Guild:
MFN on Tuesdays, every Tuesday. Depending on what we do, you may need to be level 50+ to attend in game, but if you are not that high level yet, come join us in discord and chat with us anyway.
June MEGA is coming up! June 14th. Marcus will lead us to victory against the Ancient Threat–a mysterious and powerful entity hidden away on Yavin IV.
FFXIV
Live Letter 51 has dropped. As in dropped the mic, off the table, into a pool of water, with mic-eating bacteria.
TL;DR/L:
6 New Zones
1 New Major City – The Crystarium
2 New Jobs – Gunbreakers (Tank) and Dancer (Ranged DPS)
New Level Cap of 80
Many new job and gameplay adjustments
Long Version:
New Fate System!
In the new Shadowbringers area, fates will reward tokens that can be turned in for special rewards.
Side Quests
All side quests in Shadowbringers are leveled synced for your current level, starting at 70. Even the quest mobs will be synced, much like leves.
Crafting and Gathering Quests
Story based quests for artisans
Will expand on the story and the world of “The First”
Cross-world Linkshells
Expanded to 8 channels, instead of just one.
All AIE members on Goblin should of received an invite to the CrossWorld Linkshell. If not, let us know and we can get you one.
If you are on the Crystal data center, but not in AIE, we would be happy to send you an invite to talk with AIE folk. Just let an officer know or drop on down to the #ffxiv channel in Discord.
Housing items can now be previewed!(FC Housing Manager position still open!)
New Interrupt system
If a skill can be interrupted, you will see the enemy cast bar pulse. You will also see visual feedback that the cast was interrupted.(Much like WoW’s button flashing when you can interrupt)
MP and TP Systems.
The TP is gone!
MP will be capped at 10,000. Skills will use a percentage of your MP, just as it always have. Now the math is easy.
Pet System Redo
Pets are no longer targetable or hurt by enemies or PC actions
Pet actions are removed from pet hotbars because they will be recategorized as normal actions
Pet roles will be revised
A single button will use similar skills, depending on what pet is summoned.
Tank Roles-Biggest change is changing tank stance to an threat generating only stance.
Healer Roles-Healers will be refocused back on a more pure healing role, rather than the hybrid DPS they are now.
DPS Roles-Most DPS roles will have a similar feel, but Machinist is almost like a new job.
Tetsemi- ESO
Elswyer is in early access and so far AIE members have been having a lot of fun creating necromancer toons and slaying dragons. The Dragon fights are world bosses on steroids. It take a lot of people to kill one, but the loot makes it worth the repair bill. We did a couple of the intro quests for the zone for MFN and without spoiling anything, there are a couple of call backs to the main story line which is nice.
MFN happens at 9pm est every Friday night, depending on attendance we do dungeon runs, zone clears, and now possibly dragon hunting.
STO
STO wants to remind you that they are having their normal MFN tonight at 830 Eastern(Right now!)
They are still working on the Fleet Spire and Colony, feel free to hop in to help.
EVE
See Game Notes
And with that, let’s get back to Lanctharus and Lars and find out what’s going on in AIE in EVE.
GAME NEWS
Guests put show notes here. Lanc will take over the show, that is about it.
Lars is attempting AIEU leadership through absence (also known as almost winning at Eve on multiple accounts)
OMG! The Invasion is coming! THE INVASION IS COMING!
More PvE baddies The Triglavians are comings to blow up your stuff
Shmexy New Ships
Ikitursa – Heavy Assault Cruiser
Draugur – Command Destroyer
Nergal – Assault Frigate
All new tech 2 ships
Tech 2 ammo usable in all faction, Storyline and Officer weapon types
Tech 2 Trglavian industrial buildy stuff
New Agency – Redesign
64 bit client in open beta
War Dec revamp is less dumb
Even more Chinese players are coming – Introducing the Army of Mango Alliance
It’s BRISC Baby! The allegory of Brisc Rubal
Beware if you are an EVE Fake Space Congressperson
Why you should never mix your RL with your EVE life especially if you are serving in the Fake Space Congressperson
And then it got weird
CCP relooking at charges submitted by fellow CSM members
Reinstated!
https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/29/18522869/eve-online-brisc-rubal-ban-retraction-statement
Oh and it’s official! AIEU is dumb and built a titan
AIEU meetup in LA
So everybody living in Mordor
Lars Ganger will be in Los Angeles for SIGGRPH
July 26th, 2019
Friday Night
Arts District Brewing Company
828 Traction Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 519-5887
https://goo.gl/maps/1XHJMWpc1Qhzhcod6
I would recommend car pooling, Uber or taking the train in
We could then grab dinner anywhere in the Arts District, Little Tokyo, Chinatown or head into Boyle Heights
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Lanctharus and Lars for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@Lanctharus
@LarsGagner
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://aie-guild.info/discord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @Ask Buxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Syryene in WoW. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #320 of the 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: (there is Mac and Cheese and broccoli cheddar quiche in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Corley and Dent who are here to talk to us about AIE in Star Trek Online, Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Star Trek Online shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Notice anything different on AIE Discord? We’ve done some spring house cleaning, rearranging some of the channels to make them more visible and more community focused. Feedback is appreciated, especially as we’re moving to our new home for next podcast AIE Discord and the #aie-podcast channel!
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV 11pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 291: Dread Fortress Redux
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-291-dread-fortress-redux/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-291 talk about a juicy bit of dev tracker news and then tell the story, lore and mechanics of Dread Fortress
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 292: Don’t Trust The Gree
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-292-dont-trust-the-gree/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-292 walk through the news and then talk about the Gree, the recurring event on Ilum and the Xeonanalyst.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 44: Avengers Endgame Breakdown!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1156115
Marcus and Nick are joined by Ariel and Dent to share their thoughts on Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame. They share what they’ve been up to in real life, talk a little SWTOR (of course) and then dive into Endgame.
SPOILER ALERT for Avengers: Endgame! If you haven’t seen the film, listen to this after you already have.
Just a reminder- Phoenix Fan Fusion starts Thursday, May 23rd- and all three of the hosts will be there! There is also a meetup at Chino Bandito on Wednesday at 7pm and likely a second one at Mother Bunch on Sunday after con wraps up. Come by the “booth” at AA501 to say hi, I will be there all weekend!
NOMADS
The Division 2 Title update 3 was released and the “Dark Hours” raid went live this past week. A new 8 player mission. The next “Apparel Event” is also live and you can collect special outfits until June 6th. If you’re interested in raiding in the Division 2, visit the AIE discord channel #division2 and check the pinned topics.
Diablo 3’s Season 17 has begun. It brings the usual fare of seasonal cosmetic rewards and additional stash tabs. Some new quality of life changes include a search feature in the stash and the addition of 3 more Torment levels: 14, 15, and 16. This season’s theme is “The Season of Nightmares.” Every character will receive the bonus “Legacy of Nightmare (LoN). “This means that everyone will enjoy the powerful benefits of the “no Set” Set and any and every Ancient Legendary you find is that much more valuable.”
If you’re a Diablo 3 player and want to hop in for a power level this season or run rifts with AIE members, make sure to hop into Discord’s #nomads channel and say hello. We have a community available for you to join as well.
WoW
Saturday Noob Raid is doing great, clearing bosses faster and faster, so come have fun with us.
WoW Classic Beta started invites, with an AIE presence on PvE Horde mostly (from what I could read, as I refresh my email hourly, hoping for the invite).
Friday Night Alliance Raid team still recruiting. An unnamed discord has been just created to help facilitate the new Alliance raid team! The link is posted in #raidteam-recruitment
Raid team updates
https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=WOW:Raid_Team_Summary#Active_AIE_Raiding_Teams
SWTOR
The next Mega will be… FRIDAY June 14!!! 9pm Eastern IMP SIDE
More news: Our MFN leads have come up with a new idea for our MFN schedule. We’ll be running a series of operations as part of MFN, but since it’s hard to complete the operation in a single night, whatever we don’t finish we will schedule for a following week. The trick there is that a handful of heroes will go in early, before MFN, and clear some of the bosses to get the MFN group a progressed lockout. Should be fun and should get more people a chance to see end bosses.
The launch date for 5.10.3 “The Dantooine Incursion” is set for 5/28/19. Pirates, pets, mounts, new armor looks, decos and even an Ugnaught companion! Ok, one pet. But lots of pirates.
ESO
Early access to Elsweyr begins on May 20th and official release is June 4th. Please save the beginning quest for that zone on at least one toon until the the first MFN after the official launch because our MFN that night will be starring that zone together. Until then MFN’s will be zone clears and dungeon runs every Friday night at 9pm EST
EVE
A EVE Titan in every pot!
Guaranteed stupid
Wacky space politics
Informative food pictures
Community health support program
A literature corner
Deep philosophical discussions on the role of man and his/her place in the universe
A distinguished panel of art experts discussion foreign cinema (animation specific)
Reviews and commentary on upcoming and recent video game releases
All of this and more if you join AIE
Your mileage may vary
Plus the privilege of getting blown up in one of @Lanctharus hair brained space exploits
AIEU confirmed Space Tomfoolery since some time last week
increase your daily sodium intake due to increased tear production if you play EVE
GW2
The living world season 4’s final episode, War Eternal is out. It features a new mount, the skyscale dragon, that can hover and climb walls. Be sure to log in to a toon to unlock the episode even if you don’t have Path of Fire.
They also released a new legendary weapon, the great sword Exordium. This is the final legendary weapon that was promised us for Heart of Thorns, and was worth the wait, having many custom animation and transformations.
FFXIV
The Event poll is still up, if you are listening to this live. The poll will close at 11:59pm EST on Sunday. Get your voices heard!
The FFXIV x FFXV crossover event is still running until May 27th! There is still time to get the car 4-player mount. We will be running the Jackpot II FC buff on the weekends to help get those MGPs to get that mount.
Reminder, Shadowbringers: Early Access for pre-orders starts up on June 28th. Pre-ordering today also get you an earring that levels with you and gives you an xp bonus to level 70 on all battle classes. (If it sounds like a WoW Heirloom, is because it acts almost identical to it.)
The next FFXIV Live Letter is scheduled for Thursday, May 23rd at 1:30pm EST from media tour in San Francisco. We are expecting to hear some more details on Shadowbringers, job changes, and the ever mysterious “miscellaneous announcements.” This live letter will include the translators, so no need to brush up on your Japanese to understand what is going on!
This can change every Tuesday, but as of this recording, Goblin, the server that AIE plays on, is a preferred server for new characters. New characters created during this time will get a double xp bonus on all xp sources, all jobs, until level 60.
Again, if you only have the starter edition, Heavenward, the first expansion, is free for you for a limited time. Just head over to the SE store and “buy” it for 0 dollars and 0 cents. PS4 folks, you can get the same deal on the PSN.
LOTRO
Maellung Arrowshield is continuing to run Saturday Night LOTRO (SNL) on Saturdays at 2030 Eastern.
The anniversary event ends tonight, 19 May. So hopefully you finished all the quests and turned in your tokens for the rewards. If you have been trying to figure out what to spend your LOTRO points on,
Stat Tomes
Regeneration Food
Run Speed Boosts
Attack Damage Boosts
Are currently 20% off, through May 23rd.
And with that, let’s get back to Corley and Dent and find out what’s going on in Star Trek Online.
GAME NEWS
Captain’s Log 20190519
Fleet Updates
Last week we completed construction on our Tier 2 Spire in the Dyson’s Sphere. Our goal is to complete the Spire to Tier 3. In Star Trek Online we have many bases that the fleet can visit and hangout in. They are similar to the Guild Ships in SWTOR, but also unlock gear and abilities that players can purchase for their characters.
Most Sunday Nights we have an MFN at 8:30 PM Eastern. We usually run new content and if there’s an event going on we will run that. Like all good engineers, we work on getting a little more out of those warp cores, or whatever bit of tech needs adjusting. Episodes are sometimes run if a new player needs help leveling.
Major Game Updates
New Reputation was release this week, Discovery Legends. This new reputation is Discovery themed that includes three new sets of gear, Burnham’s Resolve (3 Piece Ground Set), Lorca’s Ambition (3 Piece Space Weapon Set) and Stamets-Tilly’s Ingenuity(4 Piece Space Set).
Along with the release of the new reputation, a new season of episodes was released, Rise of Discovery. So far two episodes have been released and focus around what happens prior to when Lorca takes command of the Discovery. For these episodes they were able to get Jason Isaacs and Rekha Sharma to reprise their roles of Lorca and Landry. Aren’t holodeck fantastic?
Tier 6 ship are now able to be used at any level and are not locked to endgame players. They scale as you level so their slots and stats match what ships of your character’s level should be.
Another thing with Tier 6 ships, STO has release a mechanism where you can earn a T6 100% discount coupon to purchase a free T6 ship for your account. It takes a long time to complete and requires playing new content to earn the tokens.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Corley and Dent for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Someone about some game that AIE plays in- contracts are in negotiation right now!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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AIE Fleet Updates
As we’ve done in many other AIE divisions, our crew in STO has scheduled a recurring, weekly Mandatory Fun Night. Most Sunday nights at 7:30 PM Central we get the guild fleet together to run new content and any in-game events. We’ll even run episodes on occasion if a new player needs help leveling, so be sure to check in no matter the level of your captain. Like all good engineers, we are also constantly working on gear and ships, and sharing best practices to getting a little more out of our warp cores, shields, phasers, etc.
The guild fleet also maintains a Fleet “Spire”. Equivalent to guild HQ, housing or ships in other games, the Spire has bases and facilities that guild members can visit and hang out in along with a system of guild services that are available. Last week we completed construction on our Tier 2 Spire in the Dyson’s Sphere. Our goal is to complete the Spire to Tier 3. Ask in Discord for details on how to visit and what services you can make use of.
Major Game Updates
A new Reputation was release this week called Discovery Legends. This new reputation is Discovery themed and includes three new sets of gear: Burnham’s Resolve (3 Piece Ground Set), Lorca’s Ambition (3 Piece Space Weapon Set) and Stamets-Tilly’s Ingenuity(4 Piece Space Set).
Along with the release of the new reputation, a new season of episodes was released called Rise of Discovery. So far two episodes have been made available and focus around what happens prior to when Lorca takes command of the Discovery. For these episodes the dev team was able to get Jason Isaacs and Rekha Sharma to reprise their roles of Lorca and Landry. Aren’t holodecks fantastic?
Along with this update, Tier 6 ships are now able to be used at any level and are no longer locked to only endgame players. This allows them to be used and scale as you level so their slots and stats match what ships of your character’s level need to be at the time, all the way to endgame. STO has also introduced a system where, over time, you can earn a free T6 ship for your account. It’s a long journey and requires playing the new content to earn the tokens, but worth it given the new utility of T6 ships at all levels.
TL;DR
STO continues to be a great MMO with a strong free-to-play model. Our AIE fleet is modest but active with weekly events and a handful of vets to help. Jump in the #STO channel in Discord to ask any questions and find out the best way to ‘engage’.
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Welcome to episode #319 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are talking among ourselves and catching you up on what is going on in AIE! Welcome to my esteemed co-hosts!!!
We will be chatting about what we have been up to, but first, the news!
AIE News
We had an all officer meeting over the weekend and do that periodically, on top of meetings more often in individual game divisions. Blizzcon planning for meetups was a key point of discussion and the posts in #events outline the current plan.
We are also working on some minor updates around the guild websites and other communication tools, so keep an eye out for that.
The various streams and podcasts for AIE are a really great way to see what’s going on and engage. We are always looking for more AIE streams, blogs, etc to get posted to the content creators channel and really like seeing that stuff there.
Just a note, the AIE Meetup is no longer active. The sites wasn’t being utilized and as a group our size required a monthly fee, it has been shut down. Please feel free to utilize the events channel in discord for real life gatherings.
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 289: Swc Secrets
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-289-swc-secrets/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-289 talk about the latest game news and then finish up our Star Wars Celebration review with a second half of the discussion we started last week.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 290: Dantooine Preview
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-290-dantooine-preview/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-290 review Daniel Steed’s web content plan and then spend some time walking through Dantooine and the missions, areas, and secrets we’ve found so far.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 43: Mixer Madness
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1082189
After struggling to set up their new mixer, Marcus and Nick sit down to talk about how much they’re loving Mortal Kombat 11, as well as share their thoughts on the new Dantooine content on SWTOR’s PTS server.
NOMADS
Nothing earth shattering for The Division 2.
Diablo 3’s Season 16 is winding down; ending on 12 May.
Growing interest in CoH and that we’ll be holding off on getting too involved until the details around servers, services and the position of the IP holders settles down.
WoW
Blizzcon: We are wondering who is going and will be using that as input for what kinds of meetups might be planned for AIE.
In-game: Syreyne will be starting an Alliance raid team towards the end of May and anyone interested should ping her in the raid recruitment channel on discord.
SWTOR
Next monthly event is next weekend, Saturday at 9 pm EDT I believe on the Republic side. Fun with World Bosses.
The Wednesday night Imperial ops team is looking for a permanent DPS addition to the team. Anyone interested should contact Maellung in the SWTOR Discord channel.
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The Tier 6 ship item from above and the riposte event are still going on, see details in discord.
The fleet spire is constructing tier 2 upgrade and will complete in just over 6 days. This will unlock the fleet variants of the veteran ships.
Also, Star Trek Online is free to play and we have MFNs most Sunday nights at 8:30 PM Eastern. In an upcoming week, for MFN, we will focus on low level characters to help new players go through missions and story. You just need to finish the tutorial missions
There are also close to releasing a new rep, Discovery Legends.
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11152283-introducing-the-discovery-legends-reputation/
Introducing the Discovery Legends Reputation | Star Trek Online
Starting with the launch of Rise of Discovery on May 14th, you’ll be able to weird the powers and technology of the characters from Star Trek: Discovery!
And there’s more, new story arc focusing on Discovery era story.
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11151983-rise-of-discovery%3A-the-impossibility-of-reason
Rise of Discovery: The Impossibility of Reason | Star Trek Online
Experience the events that make Ellen Landry the Security Chief we meet in Star Trek: Discovery, with our upcoming episode, “The Impossibility of Reason.”
Rise of Discovery brings Jason Isaacs (Capt. Lorca) and Rehka Sharma(Cmdr. Ellen Landry) to STO.
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11146593-star-trek-online%3A-rise-of-discovery
Star Trek Online: Rise of Discovery | Star Trek Online
Learn about the past of Gabriel Lorca and Ellen Landry with our latest update, starring Jason Issacs and Rekha Sharma.
ESO
The anniversary event ends this week after 5 fun fill weeks of cake. Early access to Elsweyr begins on May 20th and official release is June 4th. Please save the beginning quest for that zone on at least one toon until the the first MFN after the official launch because our MFN that night will be starring that zone together. Until then MFN’s will be zone clears and dungeon runs every Friday night at 9pm EST.
EVE
War continues and the merge of some global factions into the mix has made things interesting. The corp is always looking for new pilots and spies. It’s a bit of a dive down the rabbit hole but the team there is always happy to support everyone.
GW2
Lots of people working on alts at the moment. MFN groups still get together on Mondays on occasion. Check in with Dejara to get something going. Also check the Discord channel pins for a new reference post that does a good job of laying out the open world changes that have occurred over time.
FFXIV
The callback campaign is on. Have someone from the FC or someone on your friend’s list send you an in-game invite back to the game. Doing so will get you reward for both of you!
April 25-June 3rd.
The invited player must have an expired sub for 90 days and still have their account in good standing (i.e. not be banned).
The invited player will get 7 days of free game time, 99 Aetheryte tickets (free teleports, 1 per ticket), and 10 silver chocobo feathers which can be turned in for gear to get caught back up.
The inviter will get 10 gold chocobo feathers, which can be used to buy items like the Twintania mount, 2 person chocobo mount, rare dyes, or Aetheryte tickets of your own.
The FFXIV x FFXV crossover event is still going until May 27th.
If you complete this level 50 event, you can then purchase cosmetic items, such as the Regalia, the game only 4 person mount, currently.
The mount costs 200,000 Manderville Gold Saucer (MGP) points. To assist, the Free Company will be running the FC buff, “Jackpot 2” on Saturday and Sunday during the event. This will provide a bonus of all MGP rewards.
Various ways of getting MGP have been discussed in the #ffxiv channel in discord, so drop on by if you want some ideas on farming them up. With the current rewards and the buff, many players have been able to get enough MGP in 1-2 weeks of time.
If you are on the starter edition, including the Twitch Prime promotion, Square Enix is providing Heavenward for free until June 27th. Once this is added to your account, you get to keep it permanently. This includes the PC version, MacOS, and PS4 editions.
https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/ffxiv_heavensward_free
Heavensward is the continuing story of the game to the kingdom of Ishgard, where the Warrior of Light is thrusted into the Dragonsong War and awesome music. This will include all content in the expansion, including patch 3.5, The Far End of Fate which sets the stage for Stormblood.
Shadowbringers is still slated for release on July 2nd, with pre-order getting a head start starting on June 28th. If you pre-order this expansion, you get access to all previous expansions on the head start date.
The FC vault still has some goodies. If you need something from there, grab it! We are trying to populate it with some cosmetics and some other helpful items. Feel free to grab something that strikes your fancy! The Vault is available in all major cities and the FC house.
The Shadowbringers Media Tour will be hitting mid May. We are expecting to get some details on the new classes of Gunbreaker and Dancer classes at this time.
Drop on down to the FFXIV channel and we can help you get started in your Final Fantasy adventure (not to be confused with Final Fantasy Adventure, the old Game Boy Final Fantasy. Totally different things).
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LOTRO
MFNs continue on Saturday nights. Join Maellung and others while they simply walk into Mordor and such.
And with that, let’s find out what we have been doing, what we looking forward to, and what is cooking in the guild kitchen!
GAME NEWS
Question for the podcast, when you’re playing a game (either pen and paper, board game, or computer game), what is it you’re looking to get out of the game AND how much do you put INTO the game?
Mkallah- Boston update, One shot with FERT, Con Prep, announce Fan Fusion meetups,
Mewkow
Tetsemi – Downed Jaina in WoW with FERT Raid, hit 50 on my necklace, played a really fun Rogue in our FERT one shot D&D, playing a lot of FFXIV.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, I want to thank my amazing co hosts for all that they do! And, if you want to come on the show to talk about what you, dear AIE member, is up to around game, let us know!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Well the folder is empty, but if you’d like to send in a segment, send it to podcast@aie-guild.org
Mkallahi: We will be back in two week, guest to be announced. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>We’ve narrowed down our initial concepts to the following three. The combinations of in game logos and backgrounds are limited so this is the best we could do to stay “on brand”. We’ve also aligned the logo parts between the Imperial and Republic models but figured a background tint of red for Imperial and blue for Republic would be a good fit.
These three options are posted in the #SWTOR channel in Discord now and are up for a vote. Jump in there now and help us pick some new heraldry for the guild!
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Welcome to episode 318 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is … well, actually, Mkallah is off on an adventure, safe travels to her! This week we are joined by special guests Max & Corley who is here to talk to us about AIE in Star Wars Celebration and AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Star Wars Celebration and AIE in SWTOR 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.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 287: 5.10.2 And SWC
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-287-5-10-2-and-swc/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-287 check out the 5.10.2 updates live in game and also talk some about SWTOR at Star Wars Celebration and what’s happening this weekend.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 288: Swc And Onslaught
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-288-swc-and-onslaught/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-288 talk about what happened at Star Wars Celebration including the SWTOR Cantina event, Onslaught expansion announcement, SWTOR Fan Community and AIE Guild meetup action.
Working Class Nerds – Episode 42: Star Wars News Overload LIVE!!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1045994
Marcus and Nick sit down in front of the mic and camera to talk about the tirade of new Star Wars content! They discuss the new Jedi: Fallen Order trailer, the Livestream for SWTOR’s 10.5.3 update, and of course SWTOR’s 6.0 Expansion announcement.
Working Class Nerds – Bonus Episode: Star Wars Celebration LIVE with Kogass!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1037002
Marcus and Nick are living vicariously through Kogass as he takes them through his epic experience at Star Wars Celebration, and his transition into the AIE Guild Meetup. Swtorista and Max (from The Escape Podcast) also made guest appearances!
Working Class Nerds – Episode 41: Does 100 Million Credits Buy Us New Mics?!?!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1031474
Marcus and Nick break down their trip to Boston for PAX EAST!!! They talk about all of their favorite games that they played, and you can listen to their new audio quality via their brand new microphones!
Dankinia hosts both ESO MFN and WoW Noob Raid, check out her streams on https://www.twitch.tv/dankiniaplays
ESO – Mandatory Fun NIght Stream – Friday, April 19
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/413636393
WoW Noob Raid Stream – Saturday, April 13
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/410781562
NOMADS
Destiny 2 – The Spring Event is going on. With the old lady on the platform giving away stuff
The Division 2 is very active right now, join in the discussion in game and in #thedivision2 channel in AIE Discord.
WoW
We have 128 characters in the Alliance guild. Seeing quite a few people online. And the guild got the “Goblin Slayer” guild achievement today along with the Orc slayer last week.
We are one troll class and two panda class from the horde Slayer achievement to unlock Guild Page
Syreyne is looking to see if we have enough interest to start a fun orientated raid team for WoW in the Alliance guild. She’s looking at Friday night as a possible day.
(MEWKOW?) Update on teams that got aotc in the past week.
Raid Finder (and Mythic) difficulty for Crucible of Storms will open next week, April 23. Similar to Battle of Dazar’alor, you will need an average item level of 350 to queue for it. To help ensure players get raid ready, we are increasing the maximum item level for certain World Quests rewards. This will include the following:
World Quest rewards will go up to ilvl 370 (from 360)
Emissary equipment will go up to ilvl 395 (from 385)
Emissary Azerite Armor will go up to ilvl 400 (from 385)
Against Overwhelming Odds (when available) will go up to ilvl 395 (from 385)
Once the update is live it will affect active rewards like the Emissaries, so you may want to plan for when you will turn those in.
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
The cake is still not a lie. Week 3 of the anniversary celebration is underway. This week the focus is on PvP for those extra loot boxes. Next week (week 4) will focus on daily dungeons so Mandatory Fun on Friday will be be focused on doing as many of the random dailies we can. Week 5 is basically a free all. Any of the daily quests in Tamriel will give out the extra loot boxes so chain pull dungeons, share zone dailies, and kill all the things in delves.
FFXIV
It’s FFXIV x FFXV Crossover Time!
Join Noctis, as he and his car, the Regalia, (and maybe some Em-Tees) end up on Eorzea! Go with Noct for another adventure!
As you progress, you will unlock more cosmetic gear to give you the Noct look, and it is dyeable as well.
Completing the little story will unlock the Regalia, for 200,000 MGP (Manderville Gold Saucer Points), along with a Noctis hairstyle and Noctis Triple Triad card.
Need some help with grinding out the MGP? The AIE Discord channel for FFXIV has been hopping with ideas and assistance in getting the MGP needed. Fashion Evaluations, Chocobo racing, challenge logs are just a few ideas. To assist, the FC will be running the Jackpot buff this weekend, to give you a bonus to all gained MGP.
For the FFXV music lovers, you will also be able to acquire some of the tunes from FFXV to play in your personal room, inn, or house if you have it. There are 6 orchestral rolls, and they can be purchased after you complete the event story. They cost 1 of the special fate drops in Central Thanalan.
The FC house added a couple of them to the house playlist and we’ll rotate them over time.
Speaking of Orchestral Rolls, Abovan got tired of having so many of the faded rolls in his own inventory. As such, he’s been crafting them into useable rolls and putting them into tab 2 in the FC vault. When he makes others, I’ll keep putting them in there. If you need another orchestral unlock, go ahead and grab one.
Remember the Twitch Prime Loot for FFXIV Starter Edition is still good until May 3rd. Until then, you will be able to get the full license of the base game, levels 1-50, and get 30 days of game time. (Would run you 20 bucks if you wanted to buy it yourself.)
Of course, anyone is welcome to join us. PS4? No problem. Mac? No problem. All editions of the game are on the same servers and can interact with each other. So, don’t have that super-powered PC anymore? A PS4 (even the normal, non-pro) plays the game just fine.
Command Tier 6 Ships at Any Level!
Beginning very soon, players of Star Trek Online will have the opportunity to fly any Tier 6 Starship that they own, regardless of their characters’ levels!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11138023
Execute Operation: Riposte!
Operation Riposte is the first major Federation offensive of the Klingon-Federation War of 2256-57. After nearly a month of crushing defeats, the Federation initiates a bold new plan to regain initiative in the war. The planet of Priors World has recently been conquered by the Klingons, but the Federation counter-attack aims to not only wrestle control of that world back into Federation hands, but also to deliver the first major defeat to the Klingons and thereby inject a much needed morale boost back into the ranks of Starfleet.
This event will last for 3 weeks starting on April 18th for PC players, and on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in mid 2019. All players level 10 and above will be able to participate, and can earn a TFO Commendation once every 20 hours.
This event will also debut a brand new system for Star Trek Online. Earn progress toward a Free Ship by participating each day in the Featured TFO Events that will be running from now until Fall of 2019. By playing these three Events, you can earn Coupon Progress Tokens each day, allowing you to eventually claim a ‘100% Discount Coupon: Tier 6 Ship’ that will allow you claim a free Tier 6 Starship of your choice from the Zen Store.
EVE
Get this, a real life politician got elected to the player run fake Space Congress.
He was banned from the game for allegedly leaking NDA’d materials from being a member of Space Congress. IRL politician is mad, asserts his innocence.
Then our beloved CCP comes out and releases a statement that admits they didn’t really do a full investigation around the alleged NDA leaks and banning him in the first place.
The memes are rampant, EVE mirrors real life, it’s a nightmare.
LOTRO
Enjoy a Yule Festival encore now through April 21st!
For a limited time! The 10 Key bundle is available in the LOTRO Store until April 25th.
Skip to Your Favorite Chapters! Get 20% off now through April 25th:
Gift of the Valar + Blessing of the Valar
3rd Age Item Trove
Legacy Scroll Box
The Weekly Coupon gets you Tome of Compressed Experience with coupon code COMPRESSEDXP now through April 25th!
And with that, let’s get back to Max & Corley and find out what’s going on with Star Wars Celebration and AIE in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
From Sema
Game Update 5.10.3 “The Dantooine Incursion” has been announced. Dantooine will house a new recurring event called Pirate Incursion. Dantooine will also be accessible as a place to explore and chill out when the pirates are off doing other things. It’s on the PTS now.
Game Update 6.0 has been announced with a release date of September 2019! It’s called Onslaught! There will be five new levels, a new operation, a new flashpoint, 2 new planets and a new zone in an original planet (Corellia), new itemization, new set bonuses, and a new tactical item that will have a special effect to customize your gameplay. Bioware is looking for ideas for tactical items, so go to the forums and suggest your ideal item. No idea is too crazy they said! Challenge accepted!
Guild News
Star Wars Celebration happened! AIE meetup happened! And spilled over into the SWTOR Game NewsCantina the next night. Stay tuned for stories about that!
April MEGA – Ossus Takeover! Marcus led a combined group of AIEers and community members to victory over two World Ossus Bosses and the Hive of the Mountain Queen. Fun and crystals were had by all!
MFN continues on Tuesday nights, alternating week by week between Imperial and Republic sides
Broad overview of SWC, AIE presence, the SWTOR Cantina. Max has many photos on hand in a slide deck to walk through to illustrate.
Heraldry mention?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Max & Corley for joining us.
@MaxTheGrey
@John_Maloney
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Welp, no segments were received this week, but hopefully next time we’ll resume our normal segment shenanigans.
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone in some game AIE is in. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Mkallah: – Welcome to episode #317 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Streaming and guild podcast newsi
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 285: Oricon Trail
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-285-oricon-trail/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-285 take a look at guild heraldry on the PTS and get back to some Dread Master lore with a discussion of Oricon
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 286: Something Dreadful This Way Comes
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-286-something-dreadful-this-way-comes/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-286 walk through the Dreadful Entity fight… because we, along with an awesome cross guild group, did it this week!
NOMADS
AIE in The Division 2. The Clan is doing well and having a lot of fun in the game. We’re rank 17 (out of 30) with 27 members total.
The first post-launch content update was released this past Friday and unlocks the new World Tier 5 that features the latest Stronghold: Tidal Basin. Also, the first “Apparel Event” titled “Invasion” is running until May 2nd. During this time you can earn up to 30 apparel items. Should you earn them all during the event you’ll be awarded a special apparel item: The Black Tusk uniform. These 30 items will be available in the usual apparel caches and store after the event, but you can only earn the special Black Tusk uniform during the event. Apparel items include clothing, weapon skins, and emotes.
The first raid, an 8 player activity, will go live on April 25th, later this month and our clan members are eagerly awaiting it. Get in and gear up now. Ask about the game in AIE Discord’s #thedivision2 text channel. Receiving an invite is as simple as asking for one there for your UPlay ID. You can also look up the clan, “AIE Nomads”, and request an invite that way.
WoW
The AIE Alliance guild is growing with 119 characters currently. Reminder, you just need to submit an application in Umami, leave the Faction as Horde and the officers will correct it when reviewing the application. Don’t worry about the level either, just race/class and name and you’re set.
We are still having issue with gmail accounts, so check the LFO channel for acceptance, as the officers will announce when they’ve accepted those applications.
In game news, the Artifact Knowledge ramp up will continue for the next 4 weeks to make sure everyone is ready for the 8.2 content. A number of players have reached level 50 on their necklace and currently you do not get anything for completing WQ’s that award just azerite.
Patch 8.2 is soon to be on the PTR (encrypted currently) and several outlets have had interviews with Ion Hazzikostas on what’s to come, mostly around systems, flying and very little on content spoilers.
WoWHead and MMO-Champion both have good write-ups and links to the originals, though, be warned, some are in languages other than English and no, not Nerglish.
https://www.wowhead.com/news=291012/pc-gamer-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-on-bfas-development
https://www.wowhead.com/news=291015/buffed-de-8-2-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-azshara-plot-twist-class-diversity-
ESO
THE CAKE IS NO LONGER A LIE!!! The 5 year celebration started this week in ESO. Pick up a Jubilee cake Voucher for free from the Crown Store to get your 2019 Anniversary Cake. The first time each day you use the cake, you will get a 2 hour 100% XP buff and 2 event tickets. The event tickets are once per day per account, but the buff can be used for the entire duration of this 5 week celebration event. Each week of the event will involve something different.
Week 1 – do your daily crafting writes to get Gift Boxes that will contain various style pages.
Week 2 – Complete daily delves and world bosses to earn Gift Boxes.
Week 3 – ugh PVP in cyrodiil and battlegrounds.
Week 4 – The daily dungeons and trials will reward a Gift Box
Week 5 – Your choice. Do any of the daily quests in Tamriel to get Gift Boxes.
SWTOR
Game Update 5.10.3, “The Dantooine Incursion” has been announced, with more info coming this month.
If you, like us, know every word of A New Hope, then you will remember that Dantooine is the planet that Princess Leia told Grand Moff Tarkin was the location of the rebellion’s secret base. She was trying to keep him from blowing up Alderaan. This was a lie, of course, as the rebel base had been moved by then. The action in SWTOR takes place long before any of this, though.
We only know a little bit about this update, but we do know that it will include a new recurring event.
Also, we will be getting a double rewards week coming April 16th-23rd.
SWTOR Guild News
There was an AIE meetup in Boston on March 29th and much fun, and possibly beer, was had by all.
Star Wars Celebration!
April 11-15th in Chicago. A number of AIE’ers will be there and meeting up. Check out Max’s post in the #events channel in discord if you think you might be in the area and want to swing by. You don’t have to have SWC tickets for the meetup.
A cross-guild event that Marcus has been working on tirelessly for several weeks came to fruition this month. Members of AIE and two other guilds downed the secret boss in Terror from Beyond called the Dreadful Entity. This was a major effort because it involved getting more people together than any of the guilds had, getting them all a particular drop from a particular boss, getting an item to summon the boss, and clearing part of the Operation ahead of time. Credit goes to guildie Medullah for betting Marcus a million credits that he could not do it.
April MEGA will April 19th and is called “Ossus Takeover”.
MFN continues on Tuesday nights at 9PM Eastern, alternating weekly between the Imperial and Republic sides. If you are ever wondering which side we are on, there is always dated message posted in the Guild Message of the Day. There is no gear level requirement!
STO
First contact day event still ongoing until the 11th.
The mfn on Sunday night 8:30pm Eastern.
First contact day event you can get rewards like, Thompson submachine gun, launch toy, a skill point, Holo emitter Phoenix shuttle
The Pahvo event is also still going on for special rewards, though you are running out of time on it
EVE
UPDATE FROM THE WARFRONT
Test attempted a “crafty” spai technique of seeding Cyno Inhibs through a FRT spy and then transfering them to TEST just before a big fight in range of their own staging
ELO Knight (greatest of FRT FCs) bombed them into MEME category
Goon fleet got caught between two balls and a lance of power and in one reporters words “thems dudes eating the shit there”
https://clips.twitch.tv/FunGiftedHorseTTours
FRT won “first” Dino fight of this war many more to come
FRT = Fratnerity (the lead alliance in the Winter Coalition)
TEST and Goons are allied against us in the Winter Coalition
And with that, let’s get back to Abo and find out what’s going on in FFXIV
GAME NEWS
Shadowbringers hype!
Warning! Light spoilers, but we will try our hardest to avoid when we can.
Full Trailer
https://youtu.be/4tyuIh12_HU
After months of speculation, 3 Fan Fests, and tons of rumors, we have a pretty good take on what we will be doing in FFXIV on July 2nd, with a headstart for pre-orders on June 28th.
Where are we going? The First! A parallel universe that has some other problems. As the Warrior of Light, we fought back the darkness on Eorzea. The First has its own problems. Too much light energy, frying the world like a tater tot left in the deep fryer waaaay to long. So, as the hero, we will be sent to the First and to save Eorzea, we will need to save the First from the light, we so we will need to become the Warrior of Darkness to make things awesome again!
In terms of what it looks like, we are looking at a more “high fantasy” artstyle in Shadowbreakers. Lots of bright colors (going with the light theme), nature zones (again, 24-hour sunlight), and large, over the top cities.
What will be doing?
Questing! Saving the First! And running dungeons, which there will be 9 at launch. By comparison, Heavenward and Stormblood at 8 at launch.
New classes? You bet.
Gunbreaker! Gun wielding tank! Remember Final Fantasy 8, with Squall with his gunblade?
Well, like that, but without the self loathing.
Just announced, Dancer! Ranged DPS class! Throwing weapons at range, as well as dances to debuff the bad guys and buff the good guys.
The new classes will tentatively start at level 60.
New Races? Two of them!
The Viera!
The bunny-like race that lives in the trees. But where are the boy bunnies? Well, they are rare, so rare that players will not be able to be male Viera.
Newly announced new race, the Hrothgar!
A beast-like race will be playable as a male only race.
Combat changes? You betcha!
The resource TP (tech points, technicals, toilet paper, ect) will be gone!
Actions are also being reviewed and some actions will be removed, some actions gained.
Level cap will be 80, so another 10 levels to acquire in Shadowbringers.
Dwarves!
Small folk, beards, and almost never without their helmet.
What do they look like without a helmet?
They look like a Lalafel! In fact, they are lalafels, as in the first each race will have their own name, since it is a similar, but not exact world.
End game!
High end 8-player content, Eden!
This will tell us the story of how we can restore the other elements to the light ravaged world. It will also resolve around a new character, Gaia.
These encounters, story, and character are all designed by guest designer, Tetsuya Nomura. His previous work was the Director, designer, and character artist for the Kingdom Hearts series. So if his previous work is any indication, we are in for a treat of for the 8-player raids.
For the 24-man raids, it will be called YoRHa Apocalypse. This raid will feel like a spiritual sequel to NieR Automata. These raids also have guest designers, Yosuke Saito and Yoko Taro, game designers of the NieR series.
The Reconstruction of Ishgard!
So, Ishgard is pretty messed up. 1000 years of war with dragons will do that to your town. Now that the city had about an expansion to rest up after their war, we are going to be helping with the repairs in the city. This will provide some end-game content for the crafters and gatherers of the world. Rumor has it that after a while, it will also open up a new housing area in Ishgard!
Trust System!
You will be able to have certain NPCs follow you along in your adventures. Details are scarce still, but the overall gist is that you can hire notable NPCs to fight alongside you.
Server Redistributions
The NA servers will be split from 2 data centers to 3 data centers. The new datacenter will have some servers from the 2 existing ones, which includes Goblin, the server that AIE plays on. This means, our datacenter that we were a part of will change to the new Datacenter, and we will have some existing servers and new servers that we will be matched with. Furthermore, we will have the ability to visit other servers within our Datacenter. This change will happen prior to release of Shadowbringers, April 23. Free transfers will also be available during this time, so, if you are not the same server with AIE and want to be, here is a chance to jump over and hang with us.
The Twitch Prime deal that will get you the starter edition is still going on until May 3rd. This will get you the base game, which is up to level 50, all A Realm Reborn content, including patch content up to the start of the 1st Expansion, and 30 days of game time. This is not a demo but the same level of content as if you shelled out the 20 bucks for the game. If you end up continuing, there are a few different subscription types, including a single character subscription if you so choose.
If you purchase the current expansion, you will get access to both Heavensward and Stormblood with a single purchase of Stormblood. Shadowbringers can be pre-ordered for the pre-order bonuses which are available today. If you do not have the expansions, getting Shadowbringers will not unlock the previous expansions until June 28th, the start of the headstart of Shadowbringers.
We’d love to have you in FFXIV with us. We have housing with stables, crafting stations, mini-games, workshops, and other items in the house to help you with your adventures. The #FFXIV channel in discord is very active and since the visual quality of the game is crazy, our folks do populate the screenshots channel in Discord frequently. If you are looking to join us, just roll up a character on Goblin, tell us the name in the Discord channel (#FFXIV) and we’ll get you in.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
@Abovan
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Max and Guest in SWTOR. And, just a shownote- it will be a Saturday the 20th due to Easter. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode 316 of the 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 an empty chair as Mkallah has travelled back to ye olde times in real life. This week we are talking with ourselves as we catch up on what we’ve been up to in gaming and in real life.
We’ll be digging into that shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 284: Dev Behind The Curtain
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-284-dev-behind-the-curtain/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-284 stop by the PTS to check out the new preview window and talk about the “behind the curtain” developer blog post.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 283: Dread Masters From Section X To Oricon
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-283-dread-masters-from-section-x-to-oricon/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-283 ride the Dread Master lore train from Section X to Oricon.
Working Class Nerds
Episode 40: Is John Redden Really the Night King?!?!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1005494
Marcus and Nick are joined by Dr. John Redden, Professor in the Physiology and Neurobiology department at the University of Connecticut to talk old-school MMO’s, their upcoming journey to Pax East and what they’re looking forward to in the FINAL SEASON of Game of Thrones.
Episode 39: Captain Marvel & Avengers: Endgame Trailer #2
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/995791
Nick and Marcus are joined by WCN’s resident comic book expert, Ariel in a discussion about Captain Marvel AND the new trailer for Avengers: Endgame.
SPOILER ALERT: To Avoid Captain Marvel Spoilers, stop listening at 23:37.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
NOMADS
“AIE Nomdas” in The Division 2. Started playing with the launch of the game, 18 members strong, and the clan has reached rank 10. A handful of players are already level 30 and doing world tier 4 content.
WoW
This just in many accents were mangled to bring you this news.
Play *Max’s segment here*
Alliance Races are now available in Umami. Please select your Alliance race/class combo when submitting an application for your new character. (Yes, character level is still limited to 100. We don’t mind what level you enter here!)
WoW Q&A
Discussion of level squish, transmog (hide all slots except pants), removal of portals (adding a CoT Portal)
SWTOR
Game Update 5.10.2 ‘Heralds of Victory’ is on the Public Test Server right now and includes the new dynamic preview window and the new Guild Heraldry feature. Also, Bioware has bitten the development bullet and is re-working how interactable objects are created for the game. This effort will make world building, quest building, and probably just about everything easier to do and maintain in the future.
We are looking forward to news in April during Star Wars Celebration!
SWTOR Guild News
Pax East meetup in Boston on 3/29. If you think you can make it, hop into discord to find other people that are going and more info.
Star Wars Celebration – April 11th-15th in Chicago, There will be an AIE meetup coming as well as the SWTOR Cantina, which will be April 13th at 7:00pm CDT Marriot Marquis Chicago in the Grand Ballroom.
March MEGA was an awesome, possibly even EPIC night of guild pvp. April MEGA details to come.
MFN continues on Tuesday nights at 9PM Eastern, alternating weekly between the Imperial side and the Republic side. There is no gear requirement–literally. For some activities you may have to be level 50, though.
ESO
The Jester’s festival started on March 21st and will run until Tuesday April 2nd at 10am EST and during the event you get to use an item that will give you a 100% exp boost.
There is a jester located outside of Ebonheart, Vulkhel Guard, and Daggerfall. You can do one quest for them each day that will give a reward box. Also the first one you do each day has a chance for some unique style pages and mementos (plus 2 event ticket)s. Sadly, once again you can only earn the event ticket on one character per account per day.
Some of the achievements related to this event involves throwing 10 pies at people Thank you Looci for standing still and letting all of us AD folks toss pies at you for the first part of our MFN so we could get one of the achievements without needed to pelt strangers.
FFXIV
The FFXIV Japanese Fanfest has wrapped up. With Shadowbringer’s release, you’ll be available to adventure in the lands of Eorzea (and beyond) with two new races and two new classes!
For the races, we now have the female only Viera, and the male only Hrothgar, a race inspired by the Ronso of FF10. On top of that, after reaching level 60 in any other job, you’ll be able to take up the mantle of a Gunbreaker (a tank inspired by the gunblade wielders of FF8) and Dancer, a ranged dps using chakrams as their weapon to deal damage from afar while supporting their party with powerful dances
March 26 (that’s Tuesday!) Is patch 4.26, Requiem for Heroes – Part 2. MSQ will be wrapping up Stormblood and setting the stage for Shadowbringers.
April 23rd is the North American Data Center expansion and the start of the World Visit system. Free transfer will be available will lessened restrictions, from April 23rd to May 6.
AIE is on Goblin, our server will be moved to the new Crystal Data center. AIE will not be moving servers so that means grouping with AIE members will need you to be on the Crystal Data center.
Although, we’d love to see you on Goblin and with the AIE FC, we do realize that some of you have other commitments, communities, as well. As such, we do also run a cross world linkshell. AIE FC members, AIE community members and friends of AIE are welcome to join. Please drop in the discord or an officer to get an invite.
But most importantly, more Hildabrand on patch 4.56.
STO
There has also been a new TFO released this week, Peril over Pahvo. This is continuing the Mirror of Discovery story line and takes place in orbit over Pahvo. Complete the TFO on 14 different days to earn the Terran Guerilla Combat Armor in addition to marks, dilithium, and three Featured TFO Reward Boxes. The event lasts a little under 3 weeks
And with that, let’s find out what we’ve been up to lately.
GAME NEWS
Mewkow
Tetsemi
Anthem – Got to level 30 and have been poking into GM1 Strongholds and Missions and finally ticked over to Masterwork Colossus. The only piece that’s not Masterwork is my Z Shield, can’t seem to get anything to drop for it. I’ve got 2 of the 3 reputations through level 3 and working on the Sentinel reputation, ½ way to level 3. Also started equipping the other mechs with universal gear from the Colossus runs so they’re all rare/epic level right now, but still have slots with white quality in them because it’s javelin specific drops.
Role Playing D&D – We solved the murder on the flying boat, it was a gnome who finally snapped after one too many people ran over him and/or didn’t notice he was there and would cut in front of him, steal his food, etc. The last person to trip over him, was a druid, and he snapped, grabbed a ceremonial vine she had on her wrist and strangled her with it. He would have got away with it too, if he hadn’t kept the vine on him.
WoW – FERT Raiding, finally got King Rastakhan down and Mekatorque and tried Blockade which lived up to it’s name so we’ve reset for the week.
Almost have my necklace to level 44 (I need to knock out 4 islands before Tuesday to put it over the top) so I’m happy with the pace I’m keeping on it.
Finished the War Story (as it is so far) on both Horde and Alliance and really enjoying seeing it from both sides.
I have all the allied races unlocked and currently am focused on my Mah’gar Orc Shaman who just hit Northrend. Once she’s done, I’ll focus on my Zandalari Paladin for her armor and then hopefully they’re done with allied races for this expansion so I can flip over to AIE Alliance and level up my Void Elf Hunter, Dark Iron Paladin, Kul Tiran Druid (of course), Light Forged Dranaei Paladin, and Dwarf Hunter (for the heritage armor). I really love the idea of the allied races and their heritage armor, but c’mon, 90 to 100 levels is just … getting … old. I realize the leveling has been sped up, but mentally, it’s just such a daunting number.
Level squish / Paragon levels (discussion)
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chatroom for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan and a special guest in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>No, it is not April 1st! For several years, AIE community members have been asking us if we have an Alliance guild in WoW. The evolution of WoW and gaming in general has made it more interesting than ever to want to see both sides of every story. However, the answer on Alliance has always been no for a number of reasons, though the officer team has continually taken these requests to heart, and has reevaluated the decision often. The recent change to 50 characters per server has allowed us to overcome one of the largest hurdles…space for new officer alts on Earthen Ring.
Therefore, it is our greatest pleasure to announce that “no” is no longer the answer to that question. We would like to introduce you to our trial AIE WoW co-guild, Alea Iacta Est Virtus, now accepting applications for Alliance characters on the Earthen Ring server. (Yes, Molten Core has frozen over!)
Among the many factors we considered when planning this, we certainly debated what server an Alliance guild should be created on. Taking various factors into account, including consideration for our sister communities such as Convert To Raid, ease of administration, and server populations, our conclusion was that it makes most sense for our Alliance guild to be on Earthen Ring.
There are a few things for everyone in the Community to keep in mind with this Alliance guild trial:
For the Horde… and the Alliance!
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Welcome to episode #315 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey guys, there is lemon lime basil shortbread in the guild kitchen ). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Sema and Max who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
Streaming and guild podcast news
Working Class Nerds – Episode 38: The State of Star Wars with Sith Talk’s Sam
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/986315
Nick and Marcus are joined by Sith Talk host Sam to discuss and analyze how Star Wars got so big, where it is now, and where it could be going.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 281: Member The Dread Masters?
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-281-member-the-dread-masters/
This week, in addition to hot takes on the dev tracker, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-281 open up the archives and start a mini-series talking about the Dread Masters
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 282: Dread Masters From Ec To Tfb
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-282-dread-masters-from-ec-to-tfb/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-282 continue our walk through Dread Master lore and cover the story elements of EV, KP, EC, and TFB.
Imperium Ludi
Just a reminder, we’re still going strong with #Anthem and would love to see more people active in it. If you are playing, make sure the check out the #Anthem channel in AIE Discord and ping Durus to add your Origin ID to the list of people playing so you can get the Alliance bonuses.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
WoW
A bit of a brag about Noob Raid. We are now 8/8 on Uldir Normal. Our first time ever seeing Ghuun and we killed him on the 1st pull (which was an accidental pull). We then followed that up by going 3/9 in BD’A Normal.
1. This month’s Community Event: Trial of Style – March 20-24
2. Next month’s Community Event: “April” Fools Rush In – Gusty – Whole month of April
ESO
The Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood celebration event started on March 7th and rungs until Monday March 18th 10am est. The event gives double reward drops for World and Delve Boss kills, increased rewards for completing Heists and Sacraments, and 1 event ticket for each Sacrament and Heist completed each day per account.
In guild related news, MFN is still Friday night at 9pm est.
FFXIV
General items: The Free Company attendance is way up. Many folks are taking advantage of the Amazon Prime deal which gets you a free copy of the Starter Edition which also comes with 30 days of game time. The Starter Edition is the vanilla version of the game, taking players up thru level 50 and associated 2.x patches. Many of these players have been sticking around, and have jobs in various levels. Now is a great time to start your adventure in Eorzea with AIE. The Twitch Prime deal lasts thru May 3rd, but we’d love to see you in the game today!
But what about those that do not have Twitch Prime? Or maybe your desktop or laptop may need a refresh so most of your modern gaming is done on the PS4? (sorry, no xbox1 or switch version yet) Well, there is a free trial that you can download that will let you play the game up to level 35. You can not join a Free Company with this type of account, but you will be able to join a cross world linkshell, which is FFXIV speak for a chat channel that spans over multiple servers. You will be able to talk with AIE folk there, as well as talk with people in the AIE community that may have characters on other servers. Of course, you can always talk to us in Discord as well.
As many of the people who are taking advantage of the Amazon Prime key are hitting 50, the ending 8-player dungeons do have some brutal queue times. Do yourself a favor and ask in Free Company Chat or Discord for people to jump in the queue with you. We can take a 45 min-1h queue to 15 seconds, and we want to help you.
The Shadowbringers pre-order bonus items, the little baby Gremlin and the Aetheryte Earrings, an item that scales with you, modifies its stats for your job, and provides a 30% boost in XP gained while level 70 and below are available now for preorders.
Quick tip for pre-orders. To get the bonus do the following. Get the code from your retailer, SE Store will have the code from their store, Amazon will email you a code. Take the code and follow the web link in the email or store page. This will take you to the pre-order bonus page. Pick your platform and then enter the code you were given. This will output a code that you can put into the mog station to get your pre-order bonuses.
DC redistribution is happening soon! Goblin, AIE’s server, will be moved to the new Crystal data center. At this time, AIE will be riding the Goblin wave and remaining on the server as it is migrated over to Goblin. When the redistribution happens, there will be free transfer provided with relaxed item and Gil limits. If you have other characters elsewhere, transferring to Goblin may be an option for you.
Fun nights are still Wednesday. Other options (nights and times) are being considered, but let us know in Discord on your suggestions! However, we do have a sizeable crew on every night! You don’t need to wait for a fun night to have fun with AIE! Talk in FC chat, join voice and dive into your adventures together
The Seasonal event, Little Ladies’ Day, will be wrapping up on March 13th. Don’t forget to get your change to get the seasonal items, such as the Flower Crown and the housing items Festive Chirashi-zushi (your guess is as good as mine), Festive Sushi Balls, and Magicked Prism Daisies before they go up on the Mog Station.
The final pre-expansion fan fest will be held on March 23-24 over in Japan (A little under 2 weeks away!) What will be announced? What weird costume will Yoshi-P come out as? Will we get the full trailer for the expansion? Will the time zone difference mess with our sleep schedules? We’ll find out then!
Also a reminder, the Twitch Prime deal is for PC only. Not Mac, not Steam, not PS4.
STO
Guild news: STO continues to run a MFN on Sunday night at 8:30PM Eastern. Characters level 10(Lieutenant Commander) and up are welcomed.
Game news front, on April 11th, they will be shutting down the Foundry system. The Foundry was a tool used for players to create content for the game.
The Skirmish Event has been extended until March 18th at 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT)
Legendary Story XP has been reduced from 60% of normal to 80% of normal through Wednesday, March 13th.
Last week’s LOTRO Store sale has expired. This week’s planned LOTRO Store sale is now live, and will be extended to last for the regular sales duration. Meanwhile, next week’s sales will begin on Thursday as normal.
The current sale:
Make Your Piece of Middle-earth Shine!
Get 30% off:
Select Housing Decorations
Select Housing Sets
Housing Property Writs
Select Cloaks
Additionally, Bombur’s Bounty is now available through March 17th.
Finally, we wanted to let you know that we are working to put together a package of things to say thank you for being patient with us as we’ve worked through various data center-related issues in recent days. NOTE: None of the following Coupon Codes, LOTRO Points, or VIP time extensions have yet been granted or made. We will provide more information in the coming days, probably early next week.
All players will receive:
A Coupon Code for a free Appreciation Box containing: 5 100% XP Boosts, 5 Enhanced XP Supply, 5 Tomes of Defence, 2000 Figments of Splendour, 3 Rapid Crafting Boosts, and an assortment of seasonal dyes. (1/Account). Expiration end of April.
Additionally, VIP players will receive:
A VIP subscription time extension.
250 LOTRO Points automatically granted to their account if they have logged in during the previous 30 days.
Premium players who have logged in during the previous 30 days will receive:
250 LOTRO Points
EVE
AIEU’s Super Capital Fleet grows with the addition of Reasonable Reasons 3, an Avatar Class Titan, bringing the total number of corporation super capitals to .
We are also building capital ships, at the request of members at reasonable prices.
War is on the horizon, come back and fulfil your bloodlust, our Non Invasion Pact with Test Alliance ends on the 22nd of March.
For current AIEU members, all personnel must be registered in AIEU Seat, Blades of Grass Seat, Winter Coalition Seat, and Winter Coalition services by March 15th. Purge to follow.
Lanc has a Eve Meetup in LA in like 24 hours.
And with that, let’s get back to Sema and Max and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
New Planet and Daily Area – Ossus
Ossus is home to the ruins of a truly ancient Jedi Temple and is currently the site of a power struggle between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. It is not a welcoming planet and is covered in rocky hills and sand (it gets everywhere). Even so, the Jedi who chose this place to lay low have been successful with carving out a life, mainly through some innovative farming methods. Old characters reappear and interesting new ones emerge in the introductory story to the area. There is a lair boss here, daily missions, two new tier gears, new rep to grind, two world bosses, two new datacrons, and new companions.
End of PvP Season 10
PvP Season 10 ended and Season 11 pre-season began. Top 96 rewards were distributed. Normal Season 10 rewards will go out when Season 11 begins, which will be RSN.
Double XP Week was Feb 19 – Feb 26. Much command points and many levelings were to be had!
New Guild Features
Bioware has added guild leveling and guild perks to the game. The perks last for a period of weeks and are purchased by the guild. The perks you can purchase depend on which parts of the guild flagship you have opened. Perks come in a wide variety and include things like increased gathering and crafting efficiency, increased experience gain, increased reputation gain, increased mounted speed, increased gains in Warzones (pvp), increased drop rates in Operations, increased stats in certain situations, and many more versions of all those and some that I’m sure I’ve left out.
All Conquest activity by guild members contributes to guild leveling and we are leveling nicely on both the Imperial side and the Republic side. Each time a guild levels, it receives Guild Commendations which can then be used to purchase guild perks.
There are some new voices on the SWTOR Official Forums these days including a new member of the Community Team – Dan Steed and Mike Bradley, who is a Live Producer. Mike has been paying attention to PvP threads.
Guild News
MFN continues to alternate weekly. If you are ever curious about which week is which, it’ll always be posted in the GMOTD.
February MEGA (Monthly Guild Activity.. what does the E stand for again?) was a datacron crawl, including the two new ones on Ossus. March MEGA will be some good ol’ Pub side PvP using the new private warzone feature.
Star Wars Celebration
Chicago, April 11-15
SWTOR Cantina on April 13th (don’t need SWC tickets to attend)
AIE Meetup on the 12th at the Marriott Residence Downtown
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sema and Max for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about some game! So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #314 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Host Mkallah To my left is Mewkow – (catch phrase here). And to my right well, no one- Tet has the flu and does not have enough of a voice to talk on the show this evening. This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Tetsemi’s week (since he has no voice) – Got in FFXIV, playing an archer, at level 24 with various professions as well, very fun so far, good story and entertaining combat.
Bought Anthem and playing the heck out of it while recovering from the flu (would not recommend, the flu. Anthem is great). Level 14 playing the Colossus (tank mech, go figure) and did my first Stronghold. Was super fun and helped me figure out what all my key bindings actually do.
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Streaming and Podcast News
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 279: 5.10.1 – It Compiled
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-279-5-10-1-it-compiled/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-279 break down the good, the bad and the ugly of 5.10.1
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 280: Killer Queen
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-280-killer-queen/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-280 break down the Queen of the Wretched of the Hive of the Mountain of the Queen lair boss fight.
Working Class Nerds Episode 37 “Soft Taco Talk” featuring Lady Rann and Kogass.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/966708
We discussed Twitch streaming as well as Nightmare Ops in Swtor.
We also Broke down the new lair boss on ossus. The Mutated Geonosian Queen.
If you want to hear more about Working Class Nerds go to workingclassnerds.com
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday – FFXIV 10 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Imperium Ludi
Anthem
We have quite a few folks playing on the PC, with at least one on XBox and one of PS4. Durus has pinned a list of Origin names at the top of the #anthem channel in AIE Discord. The top 5 contributors on your friends list award you extra XP based on you Alliance ranking which goes up every time you complete a mission and will get your gold to spend in the vanity shops. Hop on in, it’s a fun game. If you just want to try it out, you can purchase the one month Origin access and unlock it and a lot of other Origin games while your sub is active.
WoW
Big shout out to the people at Blizzard doing the hard work to make this game right now and to all the folks that got laid off after the Tuesday earnings call. The gaming industry as a whole seems to be very much in flux right now and job stability isn’t really there for a lot of hard working folks putting everything they can into making the games we love.
Mini-Raid Wrap-up:
In the race for guild first heroic:
Get your Crit Together is in the lead with a 6 of 9 in Heroic BoD, and at 7/9 in Normal.
Kiddie Aggro is currently at 4/9, and has finished Normal 9/9.
Better Late than Never is 3/9, but did get to 9/9 in Normal first.
Pepper Jack Fan Club is at 2/9 in Heroic, and 8/9 Normal.
Horseshoes & Hand grenades is at 1/9, with 6/9 in Normal.
– Kini, any NOOB raid updates for us?
Kini- Noob Raid one shot Zul and Mythrax last night, after clearing the previous bosses. It was awesome.
SWTOR
Swtor got a new lair boss called “Hive of the Mountain Queen”. It’s on the planet Ossus and is basically a monster created by an insane Sith Lord. It’s giving everyone a good time. We downed in on story mode in our raid teams and also during MEGA, which we did in 16 man mode with the help of friends and one lone (but awesome) pug. Also, someone who shall remain nameless (Marcus) set off a bomb that killed 12 of us. We are thinking that record will stand for a long, long time. The next harder mode (Veteran) is giving everyone fits. We are up for the challenge though!
Speaking of MEGA, February’s MEGA was this past Friday and killing the Hive Queen is not the only thing we did. We went to Ossus and got the two latest datacrons. Both of them were essentially jumping puzzles with one of them being in such close quarters that at certain camera angles you could see the inside of your own head. Thankfully, our good jumpers got to the target and were able to summon the rest of us.
In podcast news, both Working Class Nerds and The Escape Podcast are still going strong with WCN hitting their 37th episode and EPC their 280th.
In guild news
– The guild in SWTOR has officially retired the requirement for new members/alts to put in applications. If you know someone that wishes to join AIE in SWTOR, just give them the discord info and tell them to ask for an invite there.
– BCavanagh wrote and compiled responses for a survey regarding people’s preferences for MFN. We will be using that info to help us decide from week to week what activities we do in MFN.
– Look for a survey in the near future from Marcus about what your preferences are for MEGA going forward.
Reminder that MFN is on the Republic side this week.
SoL (Soldiers of Light) beat the Mutated Geonosian Queen and got the hidden achievement
FFXIV
Wednesday night fun nights at 10pm. Other days/times will be added later, but let us know your thoughts in discord!
Activity is high, thanks Amazon and Twitch in particular!
Shadowbringers pre-orders are live with pre order bonuses available on 3/1, including a special leveling earrings to help us get to 70 a bit faster.
Confused with the class system? Check out this video from Abovan on that very subject: https://youtu.be/AFyGFn2R7pk
Plenty of room for new warriors of light. Drop on by the FFXIV channel is discord and we can help you get started. Plenty of people around to offer referrals or even codes for the game.
STO
There is new Task Force Operation out, Pahvo Dissension. It’s a ground based operation focused around the new Mirror of Discovery Storyline.
MFN has started back up. They are currently scheduled Sunday night, 8:30 PM EST. Any rank Lieutenant Commander and higher is invited to join.
EVE
Welcome new community officer and Eve Director @Huck , he is Cersei in game in Eve.
Welcome back Space Trucker Extraordinaire Erick Nolen @redrum. He enjoys his time back by instantly losing a 1.4Billion Isk Carrier. Welcome back
The Russco-Imperial-Legacy is flailing on the bongos of war. The 6 month peace treaty that almost all of Eve is under expires on March 22nd. At least moderate to large scale warfare is expected
The Annual Burn Jita Player event is currently taking place. This is where hundreds of players converge on the largest market and in the game and kill Hundreds of Billions of isk worth of shipping traffic every day. Traffic advisory is recommended at least through Tuesday.
GW2
Our sympathies to the ArenaNet GW2 team , who are currently going through layoffs.
On Tuesday the new Warclaw WvW mount becomes available! It is useable in PvE as well. We don’t know yet how it will be claimed, but it will almost certainly involve WvW playing, so if you want to know how to WvW, come talk to us in the gw2 discord channel.
LOTRO
The LOTRO team just published their Producer’s Letter yesterday, and it’s a look ahead for the year.
First, our most important goal for the year is to continue to tell your ongoing story. We are excited to continue the Black Book of Mordor as it winds through Middle-earth and leads players to our next expansion. The tale will take us to the Vale of Anduin, where we will explore the history, important events, and secrets of that area. As the year continues, we will unveil more tales in the Vale, and then follow the story back towards Mordor to Minas Morgul itself. Among the many dangers you’ll face will be Shelob herself as you learn what she has been up to, and how she is influencing the future of Middle-earth.
And in ongoing event news, the Skirmish Event continues through March 11th!
And with that, let’s get back to Kini and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
Update 21 arrives February 25th for PC players. It contains a new Battlegrounds map for PVP called Eld Angar that has several different game types available such as Capture the Relic, Domination, and Chaosball using one area of the version of the map and Crazy King and Deathmatch using another. (don’t ask me what any of this means, I don’t pvp)
There will also be new PvP rewards for people who compete in both the Alliance War and Battlegrounds.
Also the first part of the Season Of the Dragon adventure starts on the 25th as well. with the release of the Wrathstone DLC. A four person dungeon called the Dwarven Vault of Mhuvnak will open which has new Dwarven automations, deadly traps and goblins to get in the way of reaching the objective. Rewards that can drop from this dungeon included 3 new armor/weapon sets and a new Monster Mask.
This new DLC is available for all ESO plus members and in the crown store.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kini for joining us.
@Dankinia
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Mkallah: Next time, we’ll be talking to Someone about something!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #313 of the 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 guys, i have dark chocolate raspberry pie and blueberry lemon croissant puff in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy XIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
This month’s Community Events will be in World of Warcraft
Ralff’s Amazing Race Sunday, February 17th, 2019
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/01/second-annual-ralffs-amazing-race/
Streaming and guild podcast news
Working Class Nerds 36 – AIE Takeover (NSFW)
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/949463
Marcus and Nick have a WCN record FOUR guests on the show! They’re joined by Max, Sema, Tetsemi, and Dankinia to talk about anything and everything involving our beloved AIE Guild.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 277: Ossus Daily Mission Tips
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-277-ossus-daily-mission-tips/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-277 walk through the Ossus daily and weekly missions in some detail and review tips and tricks for how, why and where to do them.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 278: How Is Babby Formed On Ord Mantell
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-278-how-is-babby-formed-on-ord-mantell/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-278 take our Jedi class story on to Ord Mantell and search out some of the babies we keep hearing about.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – STO 10 pm Eastern(Rumor is they are looking for a new night)
Noob Raid 11 pm Eastern
NOMADS
With the Anthem weekends and upcoming launch there has been a lot of Nomad activity in the game. Feel free to post in the #nomads channel in AIE Discord and look for folks getting active in this game!
WoW
Wing 2 of LFR for Battle for Dazar’alor opens this week, so you can get a look at the next 3 Bosses in the raid and continue the story. As we’re Horde side, when you enter this wing, you will be seeing it from the Alliance point of view and your character and racials will become an Alliance race.
It looks like BLTN (Salus) and DoA (Libertas) ranked in top 10 as All-Stars on Execution for Uldir
on Normal difficulty on Earthen Ring.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/server/rankings/83/19#metric=execution&difficulty=3
And Get Your Crit Together (Audacia) and BLTN (Salus) ranked in the top 10 as All-Stars on Execution for Uldir on Herioc Difficulty on Earthen Ring.
https://www.warcraftlogs.com/server/rankings/83/19#metric=execution&difficulty=4
SWTOR
Guild just hit Level 12 on the Imperial side.
We are taking a look at MFN schedules and might be adding in some variety and less common activities in the near term.
MEGA is February 22nd (Friday) and should be an awesome event!
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
Double XP Weekend!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11082783-xp-weekend%21
For guild structures: we are focusing on upgrading the Spire.
Next Sunday 2/17, we are going to be running an MFN. 8:30PM EST. Details are still being worked on.
There is a competition for a chance at the new ships for mirror of Discovery: Win a new starship that really brings the pain in Star Trek Online: Mirror of Discovery!.https://www.pcgamesn.com/star-trek-online/star-trek-online-mirror-of-discovery-giveaway
ESO
The Morrowind Celebration is started on Feb 7th and runs though Monday February 18th 10am est. Drops from resource notes and all bosses will be doubled during the event and you get double reward boxes from all the daily quests in the zone. You also earn event tickets for the first world boss daily and delve boss daily each day. So a max of 2 tickets per day per account. These tickets go towards feathers and berries for the Indrik mount.
EVE
GREETINGS SPACE FRIENDS! And Happy new year!!!!
We have a series of events that I’m planning for all of February
For the First weekly event we’re going to celebrate the Lucky Pig!!! Everyone who logs on over the next 7 days will have the chance to Receive Luck . Some activities may help sway the luck gods so go on those fleets! And join in on Space Communism, Space Capitalism, and Space…idk Jainism…
I’m going to be filling up Minmatar ships (rusty red colored ships) and filling them with goodies to contract out to people randomly
Week 2 will be a Fitfleet fitness “Challenge of the skinny pig!” Just document your road to better health (whatever is medicinally advisable for all of us in different stages of life) in our fitfleet channel and receive something at the end of the week
Week 3 is….going to be something….idk yet probably participation based. Thinking Exploding Pig. Probably a Red Envelope fleet
But week 4 will be a Chili Recipe Cookoff I think….Pork based
LOTRO
“Saturday February 9th at 9 server time or 15 minutes after AIE podcast ends I will be running everyone’s favorite content ………Epic Battles. They will be starting with the War of Gondor: Retaking Pelargir. “What are the requirements?” You ask. Great question, you need to be at least lvl 10 and have Helm’s Deep expansion. Great and patient attitudes a plus. All are welcome to attend.”
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV
GAME NEWS
Something something, SHADOWBRINGERS! New expansion this summer, July 2nd!
Pre-orders are now available. Preorder now and get early access, goodies. Early access will start on June 28th.
New Classes
Gunbreaker – New, Gun-sword, Gunblade tank class!
Blue Mage, available now!
New 24-player raid with guest designers Yosuke Saito and Yoko Taro.
Yoko Taro picture, because we need this.
New Race, The Viera!
Very similar to the Viera in FF Tactics and 12.
The Restoration of the Holy See of Ishgard
New Game+
Trusts!
And more to be revealed at the Tokyo Fan Fest
The End of Stormblood!
Patches! New Content, new stories!
Patch 4.55 is slated for next Tuesday.
More Eureka, Rival Wings Update.
Doman mahjong was added. This is more similar to Japanese Mahjong and not solitaire Mahjong you may be familiar with. This plays like a combination of poker and gin rummy in a 4 player setting.
Future patch
Data Center Reshuffle. Today, Goblin, our server is on the Aether Data Center, which is our grouping of servers that allows for party finder groups, party matching and so forth. Coming soon, Goblin will be reshuffled into a new datacenter, Crystal.
At this time, we as a Free Company will remain on Goblin with no plans on moving, and therefore will eventually end up on the Crystal datacenter. We do have a Cross-World linkshell setup that anyone is welcome to join, if you are on another server but still wish to talk to AIE folk. Ask in the #FFXIV channel in discord for details.
You will be able to freely visit any other server on your datacenter!
Since last time we were on, Alphascape, 4 Lords, and the end of the Return to Ivalice 24-player raid story in the Orbonne Monastery!
Got Twitch Prime? How about Amazon Prime? Well, play the starter edition now, for FREE!
FC Post Valentine’s Day Calamity. Get your toons refreshed in the FC or else they will removed if they are over 180 days offline. Officers, this includes you. February 15th is the deadline.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, well hopefully be talking to Dankinia and possibly friends in ESO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/preorder
Remember folks, AIE is on the Goblin server, currently in the Aether data center, but our server is slated to move to the new Crystal data center soon.
Join AIE as we continue our adventures through Eozrea, as we all adventure together in Shadowbringers! As always, you can join the conversation or ask any questions down in our Discord Channel, https://aie-guild.info/discord #FFXIV.
There are a few different versions to purchase.
On each platform, there is a standard edition, a digital collector’s edition, and the physical collector’s edition.
By pre-ordering any version of Shadowbringers, players will receive the following bonuses.
If you purchase the PS4 edition of the game, you will also receive a PS4 theme and a PS4 Avatar as part of your pre-order bonus.
Awesome! But what do you get for picking up the digital collectors edition? Well, you get everything listed above and the following!
But wait, there’s also the physical collector’s edition! What’s in there?
So, with all of this out there, remember to get the correct platform, as the expansion platform has to match up with the version that you are playing. Meaning if you have the PC version, get the PC expansion, PS4, Mac, ect.
The big gotcha is the Steam edition. If you purchased FFXIV through Steam, make sure that you pre-order the game thru Steam. Likewise, if you did NOT buy the game thru Steam, do not get the expansion on Steam.
That’s a lot to take in, and we didn’t even get to what is in Shadowbringers yet! Not to worry, as you can tune into the AIE Podcast on Saturday, February 9th, and we will have a recap of everything we know about Shadowbrings on the podcast!
We hope to see everyone in Eozrea!
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Welcome to episode 312 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne who is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into World of Warcraft shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
This month’s Community Events will be in World of Warcraft
Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl, Jan 31st time 7:30pm ET
Next month’s Community Event across a number of games:
Ralff’s Amazing Race Sunday, February 17th, 2019
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2019/01/second-annual-ralffs-amazing-race/
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 275: Monopolize The Ecumenopolis
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-275-monopolize-the-ecumenopolis/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-275 continue the Jedi adventure on Coruscant and talk about the PTS and patch notes.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 276: Fighter Weapons School
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-276-fighter-weapons-school/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-276 get Jedi class ships on Coruscant and spend time talking about the awesome GSF new pilot guild event we had this week using the new group challenge PvP system.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 35: Nezzir Again!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/932124
Marcus and Nick are joined by Nezzir once again to talk about the changes that 5.10 has brought to SWTOR and also break down what they’re excited to see from Anthem.
Upcoming streams
Look out for the next episode of Working Class Nerds. It will be a special AIE episode with guests…. Max, Sema, Dankina, and Tetsemi!!! Look for it coming 2/7.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – STO 10 pm Eastern
Noob Raid 11 pm Eastern
Imperium Ludi
The new Bioware offering, launching next month, is Anthem and there’s a VIP Demo live and we’ve had a few guildies popping in and taking a look around, keep an eye out on Twitter for demo codes. I’ve also seen a few people get them from their nVidia Gefore Experience account as well.
Nomads
Destiny 2 – Just a reminder for folks looking to join, please read the pinned message in the #destiny2 channel in AIE Discord for all the information.
WOW
With the increase in item levels for World Quests, Incursions, War Fronts, and of course dungeons and raids, make sure you’re logging in and getting those gear upgrades on your mains, if not your alts!
We now have 7 raid team participating the guild bank / raid bank program. If your raid team would like to participate, please contact Syreyne in game or in Discord and/or post in the #raidteam-news channel in AIE Discord. Also see the pinned message in #raidteam-news for more information on this project.
See show notes below for more!
SWTOR
Last week was MEGA Galactic Star Fighter edition
We flew around planets and were learning how to do GSF. Max was the instructor.
The guild hit Level 10 in our guild level. Thats a lot of work and we’re proud of the team.
Deathstar Troopers The sunday night ops team beat the second boss in Dread Fortress in HardMode. They were working on it for 3 weeks. This is a big accomplishment for the team.
ESO
Update 21 will be out soon (no date yet) and will start off The Season of the Dragon. The update contains 2 brand new dungeons (part of your ESO Plus membership or for purchase in the in game store) as well as several base game additions. The base game additions include a new Battlegrounds map, PvP rewards, passive class ability changes, an update to the Guild Trader interface, and a Zone Guide system.
FFXIV
Feb 15. The Post Valentine’s Day Calamity. Get your characters refreshed, as on Feb 15, characters over 180 days offline will be removed including officer characters.
FFXIV European fanfest also starts on February 2nd at 10am central european time. Expected annoucements include a new race and a new class https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/3cfa291260acfacc545bb2958df00ec64fb1926d
Our server, Goblin will be transitioning to the new data center, Crystal. At this time, no plans of moving.
We don’t have plans of moving at this time, and transfers to and from the server have been announced as “affected players will be offered transfers”. Nothing beyond that.
So, if you play with AIE on a different server that will remain in Aether, transfers might be available. More info passed along when we get it.
House needs to be redecorated. Any aspiring interior designers that want to help out, reach out in the discord channel.
As for in game news, the new class Blue Mage is now live. If you are looking for a unique experience in FF14, this new class is like no other. With a permanent open world monster experience boost, this class levels quickly, and you’ll be busy collecting all manner of game breaking abilities, which is why you won’t see these classes in any normal group content.
We also have Valentione’s day coming up very soon, so please look forward to it.
STO
Mirror of Discovery is live and the 9th Anniversary is going on. By getting enough anniversary vouchers, you have a chance of getting a Tier 6 Vulcan Scout ship from Q
Anniversary event for STO. Omega particle collection, and a daily quest that ends in a free ship.
And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and find out what’s going on in World of Warcraft.
GAME NEWS
Raid team progress:
https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=WOW:Raid_Team_Summary#Active_AIE_Raiding_Teams
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Syreyne for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@SyreyneAIE
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Diligent and Derpus – @Mementh
Just a programing note- our next show will be on Saturday, February 9th at regular show time. Guest to be announced!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Two years ago, on February 17th, AIE lost one of its greatest leaders and friends. Words cannot express the true heartbreak the AIE Community felt on that day. While there is nothing we can do to bring Ralff back, we can always remember him for the person he was, and honor him for the legacy he left behind. So honor him we shall.
One of Ralff’s last requests was to hold an event in WoW similar to the Amazing Race. So in remembrance of our friend, we have started a new annual event, Ralff’s Amazing Race. The inaugural run was February 17th, 2018 and we are continuing the legacy every year in February.
This year, The Amazing Race will be held on Sunday, February 17th in World of Warcraft, with registration starting at 5pm ET/Server Time in Orgrimmar. There will be a shotgun style start at 6pm when everyone will receive the first clue. You will need to find the next way point and engage with the master clue giver in a mini-game for the next clue. Points will be given to everyone that reaches the next clue. Those with the highest points at the end will win prizes.
This year organizers plan to place at least one way point in every WoW expansion. (Or will they??) So brush up on your lore! Finish finding all those finicky flight points! Dust off your Dalaran and Garrison Hearthstones! Or make some friends with Hivemind and 310% flying! No matter how you decide to prepare, it’s going to be a great time!
Until then, my friends!
Syreyne
]]>Wednesday, January 23rd (tonight!) from 8pm-10pm Server is the Call of the Scrab Event. This is a Blizzard micro-holiday. Relive the opening of the Gates and help display the Horde banner for the rest of the year!
Thursday, January 31st is the next Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl! This was a big success last time. Several slightly drunken photos may have been posted to Twitter. We’re meeting up in Dalaran at 7:30pm Server. This is an open event, so just give a holler in guild chat, and join us at the next stop!
Don’t forget! The new raid opened yesterday and our raid teams are already hard at work! Check discord for updates and recruitment opportunities!
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Be there at 8pm central! (Mostly likely Imperial faction but feel free to check in Discord for any last minute updates.) Don’t miss it. It will be epic!
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Welcome to episode #311 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there are a lot of fresh fruits and veggies in the guild kitchen!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). We are our own guest this week and we have some fun question and answers!
First, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
This month’s Community Events will be in World of Warcraft
Call of the Scarab event, Wed Jan 23rd, 8-10pm ET;
Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl, Jan 31st time 7:30pm ET
Next month’s Community Event across a number of games:
Ralff’s Amazing Race Sunday, February 17th, 2019
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 273: 2019 Predictions
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-273-2019-predictions/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-273 kick off 2019 with our 6th annual year-end review and next year predictions show
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 274: Catching Up On Coruscant
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-274-catching-up-on-coruscant/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-274 are back to a somewhat more normal show with check back in on our Jedi class story adventures and a first look at Coruscant.
Plus more episodes that happened over the holidays while we on break, make sure to check out http://www.newoverlords.com/ for any you might have missed.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW/C Language)
Episode 34.https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/working-class-nerds/id1330089578?mt=2#
Guests Zen and Brian from the Bad Feeling podcast. https://badfeelingpodcast.com/
Nick and Marcus along with guests discuss our predictions for SWTOR in 2019 as well as Star Wars celebration and Episode 9.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – STO 10 pm Eastern
Noob Raid 11 pm Eastern
Destiny 2
Just a reminder for folks looking to join, please read the pinned message in the #destiny2 channel in AIE Discord for all the information.
ESO
Something big is being revealed/announced on January 15th at 5pm Eastern. Some of it has been datamined/leaked, and it looks like it’s going involve Dragons, Breaking, Cat men and a new class of the -mancer variety.
Twitch live stream planned for the 15th to talk about what is planned for 2019 which they are referring to as The Season of the Dragon. As of right now, thoughts are it will involve a new zone focused on the Khajitt, dragons, and possibly a necromancer class.
Currently the Midyer Mayhem pvp event is in progress so people can earn event tickets to buy berries to evolve the Indrik that was obtainable in 2018. They have three additional events planned for the first quarter – The Morrowind Celebration, Thieves Guild & Dark Brotherhood Celebration, and the Jester’s Festival. Depending on the dates of these events, we will focus on them for our MFN’s as they happen.
Also a reminder that MFN in ESO is still going strong. We run every Friday night at 9pm EST .
WoW
We now have 6 raid team participating the guild bank / raid bank program. If your raid team would like to participate, please contact Syreyne in game or in Discord and/or post in the #raidteam-news channel in AIE Discord. Also see the pinned message in #raidteam-news for more information on this project.
SWTOR
In SWTOR we are learning the ropes of the new guild system. Both guilds have been ranking up nicely and every week we have to decide which perks to buy or if it makes sense to wait.
Speaking of Conquest, we won a planet! It’s a world of refineries and poison, but it’s ours! AIE is on the road to galaxy domination!
MFN continues to run on Tuesday nights starting at 9PM Eastern. Tuesday the 15th, we will be on the Republic side.
MEGA is coming up this Saturday (the 19th) with a night of friendly GSF. The asteroids might not be friendly, but the guildies will be.
FFXIV
AIE in Final Fantasy. We’re still here, folks! Drop by the community Discord #ffxiv channel to catch us up with what you’re doing in the game and to coordinate events, daily roulettes, new dungeons, trials and raid help!
Note that our world, Goblin, will be departing the Aether Data Center and become part of the migration to the new Crystal Data Center. We realize this is a game changer for many and if this will affect your ability to play with AIE please let us know now. We’ll also announce details on how AIE will be dealing with this change on the AIE website at https://aie-guild.org/ffxiv when we have all the final details.
As a side note: Those that may still be on Gilgamesh, that server will NOT be moving to the Crystal datacenter with Goblin, so those servers will be separated. For those that haven’t had time or money to do a server move, they did mention they would be allowing free server transfers once the moves start to happen.
Expansion announcement: Shadowbringers
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/
Expect new classes and a new race. If you have been keeping up to date on the most recent raid content, you might have a good idea of what the new race is.
New Patch content: 4.5 A Requiem for Heroes
* New story for the Main Scenario Questline
* Now play Mahjong in the Gold Saucer against AI or other players
* New emotes, and hairstyles
* Blue Mage job introduced this Tuesday, 15 Jan 2019
* New dungeon: Ghimlyt Dark
* New trial: Wreath of Snakes
* Weekly reward limit for Alphascape has been removed
* New Alliance dungeon: Orbonne Monastery
* New PvP Season 12 of The Feast
* New items, house furnishings, class changes and game tweaks, etc.
Seasonal Events:
* Starlight Celebration has come and gone. Now it’s Heavensturn until Jan 15, 2019, Tuesday. Get out and do it now if you haven’t already. Buy your housing item and earn hour “hog helmets!”
Letter from the Producer Live XLIX (49) from the Paris Fan Festival
February 3, 2019 at 1AM PST
It’ll be broadcast on https://www.twitch.tv/finalfantasyxiv
* Preview of changes coming in Patch 4.55
* Special guest: Ayumi Namae, Character Concept Artist
GW2
The latest episode of the Living World Season 4, “All or Nothing”, is now available! Be sure to log in a toon to get the unlock. The Wintersday event is over and the Lunar New Year event is coming up in early February. And after the December hiatus, MFN is starting up again.
GAME NEWS
So, a few questions for all of us.
Question one- what was the geekiest gift you gave?
Tetsemi: Pretty much everything I gave was geeky and clothing related, even to my FERT Secret Santa
Mkallah: I gave a lot of geeky gifts, but I think my favourite was the Fallout bottle cap bracelet that I made for Mrs Mew.
Mewkow: Much like Tets, most of my gifts tend to be rather geeky. I’ve gotten a number of fallout cosplay items for MrsMew, and reached back for an old school geeky gift by giving a DVD of Chess in Concert to OldLadyFranks. I’ve also sprinkled the gift of gaming all over.
Question two: what was the geekiest gift you got?
Tetsemi: William Gibson’s ArchAngel
Mkallah: SO many geeky gifts! But, I think my favourite is the D&D Arts and Arcana book from my best friend.
Mewkow: Metric tons of fallout goodies.
Question three: What is your geeky New Years resolution?
Tetsemi: Put more character into my characters
Mkallah: focus on research and writing. And, I should play a game here or there. I intended to while on break from work, but never got around to it.
Mewkow: Spread the love to more of my ongoing games instead of hyper focusing on just 1 or 2.
Question four: What are you looking forward to in the New Year’s around AIE?
Tetsemi: Nerdtacular 2020, oh wait, this year, Phoenix Fan Fusion with AIE/Tadpool Folks.
Mkallah: getting back to planning more Phoenix area AIE/Tadpool events
Mewkow: Ready to see what our AIE raiding teams do with the next raid, and making sure to keep better tabs on their progress.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank our selves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @Acuzod
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Next time, we’ll be talking to Syrene in WOW. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode 310 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey, guys, there are snickerdoodle cheesecake and homemade marshmallows in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are ending the year in style and reviewing the highlights from the past year as well.
Ok, let’s just jump into news and AIE in 2018!!
AIE News
Community
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/11/zen-and-bc-our-only-hope/
From time to time AIE evaluates the roles and jobs of the officer group that oversees all our game divisions and does the back end work. In doing that recently we identified the need for a bit more help in a couple areas. In particular, SWTOR 5.10 is going to take what we’ve been doing in that division with the guild “conquest” system and crank it up to 11 (and then to level 65+). Guild leveling, conquest changes and guild perks are going to require additional focus and officer roles. As a result, two new officers have been added! They will continue to be primarily SWTOR focused but we will be calling on them for help and guidance across the community as needed as well.
BCavanagh – Bcav or BC has taken on the role of Conquest strategizer for the guild for many months with his contributions in this area extending out into the greater SWTOR gaming community as well.
Zen – Zen has been with us for a few years now and true to his chosen gamer tag, he’s cool and level headed without fail. He is one of the top “helpers” in the guild, always ready to assist with any ask and goes out of his way constantly to make himself available. Also in the conquest management role, Zen has become a tactical execution lead.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – STO 10 pm Eastern
Noob Raid 11 pm Eastern
Just a heads up, make sure you are checking into each game to find out what games are on hold for the holidays
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 267: Our Guild Goes To 11
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-267-our-guild-goes-to-11/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-267 are joined by two new AIE Officers, Zen and BC, to walk through the three 5.10 guild update posts and details from the recent dev live stream.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 268: Do You Want To Build A Saber
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-268-do-you-want-to-build-a-saber/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-268 talk through bits of 5.10 news from Eric Musco, Charles Boyd, and Jackie Cao, and we finally get to build our lightsabers on Tython
Working Class Nerds – Episode 29: Community Chat with Eric Musco
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/working-class-nerds/id1330089578?mt=2#
Marcus and Nick sit down with Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Senior Community Manager Eric Musco!
(As Captain America says to Ironman – “Language!”) Rated explicit due to language from the hosts.
NOMADS
Fallout 76 – Launch was fairly smooth, but as this is a Bethesda game, bugs are as plentiful as attacking ghouls. Servers or ‘worlds’ would occasionally have issues and crash, but there was always a new one waiting to move on to. PvP is a non-issue if you wish to avoid it, almost similar to warmode in WoW where if you don’t retaliate or are set in pacifist mode, it is not worth an attacker’s time to try to kill you. And if they are persistent, you can easily switch worlds and never see them again. If someone manages to kill a pacifist player, they become a wanted target for the entire server/world, showing up on the map at all times, and the bounty being paid from their own caps.
We have several AIE members running amok in the game, and you can chat and find out more in the nomad channel in the AIE discord.
Destiny 2 – The free copy of Year One is no longer available, but the refer-a-friend is still ongoing. If you did pick up a free copy of Year One, and are thinking of purchasing the Year Two Forsaken expansion, see about having a guildie invite you so that you can both get some fun bonus goodies for the effort. This includes an experience bonus for both of you if you are below the level cap for Forsaken, which is level 50. It also opens open a number of exclusive quests to complete together to get an exotic sniper rifle, an exclusive ship, and a friendship emblem. Those that refer multiple friends will be able to earn an exclusive sparrow. If you recently bought Forsaken, and it was less than 7 days ago, you can still be ‘referred’ by another player to activate the bonuses.
WoW
Just a reminder, Noob Raid will be on holiday break beginning December 15 and resuming on January 5th.
So, AIE in WOW in Review!
1. 112 gnomes were killed during COOP this year, however we still have time to add to those numbers with our annual Winterveil COOP coming up in December.
2. 4,235 battle potions were used on heroic Argus, along with 10,678 warlock cookies. (Don’t ask what’s in the cookies.)
3. An average of 7.7 players ask when noob raid invites go out between 9 and 11pm every Saturday night.
4. 141 left sharks were mailed to Syreyne, bringing the current total to 426. Obviously she needs more.
5. 682 pots of coffee were brewed in the guild kitchen. The Irish cream was optional.
6. Ralff’s Amazing Race was so amazing that the amazing officers want to do this amazing event every year. Isn’t that amazing!?
7. Summer of Love was great! Except for the Forsaken Laser Tag. All the Forsaken competitors were disqualified, since the laser beams went right through them.
What Arrives with Patch 8.1 (starting 12/11, but susceptible to time gating)
Continuation of the War Campaign
Heritage Armor for Blood Elves and Dwarves
Paragon Reputation Rewards
Saurfang and Tyrande Questlines
New Island Expeditions and Vendor
Incursions
Account-wide Reputation Credit and Transmogs
Account-wide Flight Paths
New Darkshore Warfront and Darkshore Overworld Revamp (+ New Warfront Vendor)
Class Changes
Leveling Changes
Champions of Azeroth Reputation Changes
SWTOR
SWTOR Year End Wrap up for the AIE podcast
2018 started off with the last of 2017’s Snowballs on Nar Shaddaa, followed closely by Zen reminding people that they can get mats from the Guild Cargo Hold to do their Conquest crafting.
2018 also saw 3 new operations bosses in various difficulty modes:
• Scyva, Mother of Sorrows
• Nahut, the Hated Son
• Izax, the Destoyer of pretty much everything and everyone
The Guild came together to get all the operations teams a chance to down Izax.
We got a new Flashpoint, a new pvp map, a Conquest revamp, and the Rishi Stronghold.
We got a new podcast – Working Class Nerds – hosted by Marcus and Nick.
We had a great year for guild growth and as a result we moved our MFN and Conquest schedule from 2 week Imp/1 week Pub to 1 and 1.
We got 4 new officers – Dent, Marcus, Zen and BC!
• Marcus ran his first MEGA in June and it has already become a monthly tradition. (Monthly Epic Guild Activity)
• Marcus also instigated an operations night with all the current SWTOR podcasters that was streamed by multiple content creators. It was called SWTOR Unite.
• BC created and published and maintained his Conquest Calculator which helps guildies (and the rest of the SWTOR community) plan out their Conquest activities.
• Dent started Flashpoint Fridays, which is a casual pop up event for running small group content.
• Zen continues to keep the mats the flowing and shepherd us to Conquest success week in/week out.
We had fun times on the public test servers maxing out our characters and their gear, and killing bosses.
We conquered Balmorra!
Astromech EPC-268 is floating out in space broadcasting the 268th edition of the SWTOR Escape Podcast with Max and Sema.
But 2018 is not over yet! We will finish the year with update 5.10 which will include new story, a new daily area, a new guild progression system, private PVP and GSF instances for guilds, a new armor tier, and more
STO
Big things have happened this year for the fleet. Fleet leadership switched over from Captain Hunter to Captain Grebog.
The fleet made some big strides this year on the fleet holdings. The starbase was upgraded to Tier 4 and the Starbase Military also upgraded to tier 4. This has unlocked a large number of fleet ships.
The fleet Research lab was fully completed unlocking more trait slots, an R&D project slots on top of some gear.
The fleet spire is over halfway done in upgrading fully. Which will unlock some more awesome gear for the fleet.
As for STO, we received the Victory is Life expansion. Bringing back the Dominion and allowing us to create Jem’hadar captains and of course more story.
And of course the latest story is based on the Discovery TV series in the Age of Discovery. Ships updated in Tier 6 variants from the show and some really interesting episodes were added.
Also, as Grebog’s schedule has changed around again, I will be looking to find a time for people that will allow a fun night for the fleet to come together, chat, blow up some enemy ships and have some fun. So, Set Phasers to Fun, should be coming back soon.
FFXIV
Shadowbreakers has been announced as your next expansion for FFXIV!
We’re likely going to the Garlean Empire (not confirmed, but looking really likely)!
Warrior of Light might be becoming the Warrior of Darkness. But isn’t there already a Warrior of Darkness?
As seen in the video of the fan fest, we will have this in our hands, barring any delays, summer of 2019.
New Level Cap, of course.
Multiple new classes are likely.
Why was Thancred in the trailer sporting a gunblade? Right now, the closest class we have is a Mechanist, and they just use standard handguns, shotguns, and other ballistic weapons. Would this be a clue to one of the new classes?
New end game for crafters and gatherers! The rebuild of Ishgard has begun. Hinted at the idea of housing in Ishgard may be available. Farming may also be possible, but not as one of the new classes.
New Game+
Trusts. Similar but not a copy of the FFXI system.
Summon popular NPCs to help you in your adventuring, with their own class or role.
They do not level up on their own, they are based on your current level.
World Visiting. Visit other servers inside your datacenter.
World reshuffling. Adding more servers and regrouping of the servers.
End of 32-bit windows version of the game, 64-bit only at that point.
New race! The tease is a Bugs Bunny shirt. We are speculating that it is the Viera from FF Tactics, but will be introduced in patch 4.5)
Blue Mage, as announced by the CEO of Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda, sporting a blue mask, a blue cape, and a staff with a blue gemstone at the top.
Learns abilities from monsters to use during combat.
How many actions? Was teased at “a lot”. Will be able to equip 24 at once.
Not connected to other classes, much like machinist, red mage, DK.
Limited class, meaning not for end game. Limited to level 50 at release and will have its cap raised in patches over time.
Will be available in patch 4.5, January 2019. Part 2 of patch 4.5, wrapping up the Stormblood storyline will be in late March.
Word Visiting details:
New Data Centers being added, some servers being shuffled around.
Goblin, AIE’s Home World, will be relocated to the new Crystal Data Center. Free Transfers will be available for characters affected by this move. No plans for AIE to move at this time.
Shadowbringers Trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxBYy1uzSqI&t=14s
Blue Mage Reveal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJ3oGF2SJM&t=5s
ESO
This year, we saw a resurgence of interest in the game, as the improvements both in quality of life and game content attracted players back. Kini was named director, and has been leading and encouraging a number of well attended Mandatory Fun Nights ever since.
There has been a number of DLCs launched as well, including the Summerset Isles expansion, some werewolf fun, and even well needed attention for the Argonians in Murkmire.
Upcoming events – there are two in-game events still scheduled for this year. The Undented Celebration Event (11/29 – 12/05) which will reward Event Tickets once per day when your group kills the final boss of a dungeon. The New Life Festival (12/13 – 01/02) will award one Event Ticket the first time you complete a festival quest each day. These Event Tickets are used to buy the four Indrik Feathers needed for the new Indrik mount.
EVE
What a bunch of lousy Murder Hobos
EvE is going through another donut domination phase and the crises (plural) that always follow. So prepare your buckets to harvest rivers of tears.
Good for the game, even with Pearl Abyss buying CCP and investing in other CCP games and pet projects.
Will see how EvE evolves or morphs to survive a few more years
POS(Player Owned Structures) are finally retired now, after almost 11 years.
New Cyno and JB(Jump Bridges) were deployed
GW2
It is always hard to tell because arenanet generally plays these sort of things close to their vest but it looks like Guild wars 2 had a really good year this year. The failure of Bless Online and some streamers deciding GW2 was a decent alternative really raised the profile. There are still black friday sales and giveaways in the hematite.
In game, the annual Winters Day holiday is coming up soon, in line with Arenanet new policy of not making events and achievements one-offs. If you are short on karma, the Winters Day orphans karma event should be able to help.
In the guild, we have reached level 23 and stalled out a bit. Hopefully we can regain progress in the new year and keep expanding the Guild hall. Monday Fun Nights are still generally scheduled, but we’ll skip around Christmas and New Year’s.
LOTRO
The Legendary Server opening is something the AIE team is jumping on. It’s the WoW Classic of LotRO. We have a guild there and a handful of people kicking off new old-school characters.
The guild name is Alea Iacta Est as DM +Adahrel+ granted us a rename from A I E.
GAME NEWS
Any other wrap up, year end discussion, or personal highlights for the show or in gaming.
Mkallah- okay, you guys, since this is our last show of the year, an it is the weekend of Thanksgiving in the US- what are you guys thankful for?
Tetsemi – What was your favorite AIE moment this year and what was your favorite moment in gaming this year?
Mewkow- What are you looking forward to next year both in real life and in gaming with AIE?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank everyone for joining us each show, we really appreciate everyone that joins the chat room, listens on the feed, and responds on Twitter..
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Next time, we’ll be talking to you in the New Year. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>From time to time AIE evaluates the roles and jobs of the officer group that oversees all our game divisions and does the back end work. In doing that recently we identified the need for a bit more help in a couple areas. In particular, SWTOR 5.10 is going to take what we’ve been doing in that division with the guild “conquest” system and crank it up to 11 (and then to level 65+). Guild leveling, conquest changes and guild perks are going to require additional focus and officer roles. As a result, two new officers have been added! They will continue to be primarily SWTOR focused but we will be calling on them for help and guidance across the community as needed as well.
BCavanagh – Bcav or BC has taken on the role of Conquest strategizer for the guild for many months with his contributions in this area extending out into the greater SWTOR gaming community as well. His “Conquest Calculator” spreadsheet is at the core of what he’s put together for us: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GoP6oVUROvpujs70ro6pSP3yH-Ez_zRYGnyEVViWEs8/edit#gid=841519314
We’ll be asking BC to continue in that capacity and help direct the guild leveling, guild perk management tasks that will be coming in 5.10 as well.
Originally from Australia and now in the northeast, BC will also help anchor our IRL east coast presence for AIE. I’m looking forward to more east coast meetups for AIE!
Zen – Zen has been with us for a few years now and true to his chosen gamer tag, he’s cool and level headed without fail. He is one of the top “helpers” in the guild, always ready to assist with any ask and goes out of his way constantly to make himself available. Also in the conquest management role, Zen has become a tactical execution lead. He’s always out there with help and suggestions, keeps our guild banks topped up with valuable materials and resources to help others make their personal goals, and always willing to jump in and get hands on to selflessly help others get done whatever they need.
Similarly, we’ll be asking Zen to continue in that capacity helping to direct and managing guild conquest, invasion targets and timing and guild strategy on how we all get make our goals week to week.
Also from Australia, Zen is now in New York and will also be a key component of our east coast team. I know both he and BC have already kicked off AIE meetups in the area. PAX East anyone?!
Welcome, new officers!
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Welcome to episode #309 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we have Lanctharus and Kardinal on to talk about Blizzcon! Welcome, guys!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE and Blizzcon shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 265: Live Ossus Flyby
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-265-live-ossus-flyby/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-265 do a live tour of the new planet Ossus on the PTS.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 266: There Is Only Pieces
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-266-there-is-only-pieces/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-266 continue to slice Flesh Raiders and other wildlife to pieces on Tython as we get back to our Jedi story progress.
NOMADS
Destiny 2 – A lot of guildies are taking advantage of the free game offer running now through the 18th. See the Destiny channel for discussion of guild support for getting things going, getting gear progression on in end game, etc.
https://www.destinythegame.com/battlenet
And if you find yourself enjoying the game, there is currently a refer a friend event where existing players of the Year 2 Forsaken expac can invite those with the free copy, or even those that haven’t bought Forsaken yet, to play with them and earn all sorts of fun rewards. These include an exotic sniper rifle, a ship, and even an exotic sparrow for those that refer multiple friends.
Fallout 76 – There may also be a few guildies diving into Fallout 76 starting on November 14th. The B.E.T.A. seemed to go well enough, and I am at least is looking forward to exploring the radiated wilds of West Virginia. This is a multiplayer Fallout experience, so if you are a FAllout fan, and want to play with fellow guildies, feel free to join in.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – STO 10 pm Eastern
Noob Raid 11 pm Eastern
WoW
Noob Raid news – We decided to be brave and left behind the safety of LFR to venture into Uldir normal last night We managed 3/8 bosses before Vectis ended our rampage. A ton of fun was had and we are looking forward to trying again next week.
Kardinal, tell us your first hand experience with the chaos that is NOOB raid! (Can throw to Kardinal if you want; I was there. I can make a story of it. )
Noob raid’s been very popular, full/almost full every week.
Been doing LFR, been successful, but in spirit of learning, wanted to deepen people’s knowledge
1shot Taloc, adjusted and 2shot Mother, laughed through trash, 1shot Fetid, and….we learned a lot on Vectis. Got the mechanics, need the practice.
Failure is good. Teaches us that it’s okay and fun to fail.
“Progression is wiping”
Most importantly, we laughed and had fun and there was no tension.
December community events: COOP for Winter Veil, no date yet;
Time After Timewalking event on Friday Dec 7th at 9pm Eastern/Server. LK Ulduar Timewalking raid. Details will be posted soon to the blog.
November Officer Play Date: Nov 30th at 10:30 pm Eastern we are having an Overwatch night. Everyone is invited. Come get to know your fellow officers outside of WoW. Let’s see how many custom games and groups we can get going.
Raid Bank Pilot Program: This program is doing really well, and we are getting a lot of positive feedback. If you are interested in applying for a raid team guild bank tab, please email us.
(Kardinal’s in BLTN, can talk about our experience and why we love it. Much more convenient. Don’t have to know who to send to. Don’t need to know what’s needed. Just throw whatever we think is useful in the guild bank. Anyone who needs, takes. Just need to trust your teammates, which we all do. Because we’re AIE.)
If you are the leader of a raid team that might be interested in this program once it is approved, or have questions or feedback about such a program, please email us with details such as:
Raid Team name
Raid Leader(s) name
Preferred AIE co-guild
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/10/aie-raid-teams-and-the-guild-vault/
ESO
There is a free trial of the ESO plus service that starts Thursday 11/15 and runs until Wednesday 11/21. The trail will allow free access to all of the DLC packs, the craft bag, costume dyes, and a 10% increase in experience and gold earnings. It’s a great way to check out some of the benefits of a paid subscription.
Also on 11/15 the Clockwork City Celebration event begins and runs until 11/21. During this timeframe double mats will be harvested from crafting nodes, there will be double reward boxes for completing daily quests, and the drops from all boss fights will be double as well. During this event you can earn two event tickets from the 1st daily quest to help you purchase the Indrik Feathers needed for the new Indrik Mount.
Mandatory Fun on Friday 11/16 at 9pm est will focus on the Clockwork City zone due to the celebration event.
STO
If you haven’t created an Age of Discovery Captain, It is highly recommended You start out in the timeline of the Discovery show. The story they put in for it is pretty good. There is even a references to some other cadets with names you should recognize.
Also Black Friday sales. They always have some great deals on in the c store, from bonus zen if you purchase it, to discounted ships, special packs, lots of stuff.
Currently the Phoenix prize packs are back, but you only have until tomorrow 10am PST to claim a free one or buy them with dilithium.
There is a 20% of sale on all lobi store items until tomorrow 10am PST as well.
Also until December 6th, the lifetime subscription is $100 off, so currently only $199. If you have been debating it, or waiting on a sale, now is your time.
Tis the season for sales.
SWTOR
1) 5.10 dropping on Dec 11. It’s a big update with lots of guild stuff in it. We are really looking forward to it.
2) November MEGA coming on Nov 30th. We promise no one will die. Honest!
3) December MEGA is also a go. Beware – there might be snowballs involved. More details as we get closer.
Last night. We had SWTOR Unite. Which was….. All of the SWTOR podcasters united for a night and we took on the Gods from the Machine operation. AIE was well represented by Max, Sema, Marcus, and a last minute fill in was Corley. We went for about 4 hours and had a blast. In the end. Izax was still standing. But what a great night.
FFXIV
Though is is more news for FF15 than FF14, on December 12, those that own a copy of FF15 will be able to participate in a fun side quest, as FF14 invades Eos. The Miqo’te adventurer, which is curiously in starter gear, has come to chase down the primal Garuda. Hopefully, Noctis will return the favor and visit us in Eorzea.
EVE
#Making EVE Great Again
Nothing much, except more betrayals within alliances (so you end up with fights that are free for all, or where your ally helps your enemy). Even with CCP being bought out, the players are the most important resource in EvE, and Tears Do Flow Them Rivers!
Also WAR! WAR! WAR!
Onslaught Winter update is coming Nov. 13th
We just maybe, maybe making a new home for ourselves by stomping on some poor unsuspecting alliance’s neck. Oopsies!
What does that mean for AIEU? Why our specialty of course! Moving
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221606966433153024/510315359065341952/unknown.png
LOTRO
The Legendary Server opening is something the AIE team is jumping on. You can describe it as WoW Classic of LotRO. We have a guild there and a handful of people kicking off new old-school characters.
https://www.lotro.com/en/legendary
Only VIPs / VIP Lifer can access them, and we’re effectively starting over all at once. I suspect Helegrod, the first raid back in the day, will be the ultimate goal after hitting level 40.
Currently “A I E” is on Anor, but we could move to Ithil if warranted due to login queues. SSG is offering free transfers.
GAME NEWS
Mew, Tet, Lanctharus, and Kardinal – tell us about your Blizzcon experience and your takeaways!
The themes of our talk:
1) the ability to talk to nearly anyone and know you have common interests.
2) the availability and eagerness of developers to talk to anyone and everyone who approached them.
Tetsemi – Overall thoughts are positive, lots of announcements, both expected and unexpected. Loved listening to the Before The Con panels, as well as all the panels at Blizzcon. The WoW panels (especially the Q&A) and the Warcraft III Reforged panels were amazing. The Costume/Talent contest was very well done, definitely bring back Darren DePaul for that, and the Warcraft Horde vs. Alliance voice actor panel was worth it with Laura Bailey singing Daughter of the Sea live.
Content thoughts –
WoW had much more information than I thought and I’m already scrambling to level up characters and finish achievements so I can keep up when it’s release.
Warcraft III Reforged was an instant buy for me as I can’t wait to play it again properly on new graphics.
Hearthstone – I like that they’re doing a troll expansion tieing into the current WoW expansions, it looks fun, I’ll probably dabble in it.
Heroes of the Storm – I love the story behind the new character they introduced and hopefully the lore behind the Nexus will be interesting. I find it interesting that they’re trying to flesh out the story behind it.
Overwatch – I’d pay money for the character of Ashe, but thankfully all the characters are included in the game. Loved the cinematic, and I really like that they stretched their programming and story wings a bit and made B.O.B. (Do something!) her ultimate. Can’t wait for more story on the Deadlock gang.
Diablo – Just the announcement peaked my interest in DIII again and I’m playing a seasonal Necromancer. All I’m going to say, with apologies, is that was the wrong venue to announce a Mobile game and the decision to make that the final announcement with the first Q&A panel afterword just didn’t work for me. I feel sorry for the CM team and dev team dealing with the fallout from the announcement. I’m really excited to try the game out and see how it plays and I love that they’re exploring the time between D2 and D3 in the game. More lore is always good.
Mewkow
Halloween with Mickey
Con before the storm/World of Podcasts – Great podcast panels. Lots of elbow rubbing afterwards. Good talks with CTR folks.
Blizzcon – Security lines were unexpected. Locked down food trucks. Lindsey concert was great except for the jerks.
Sheraton meetup with Grimm, Mezotea, Senior Geek.
Dizcon –
Lanctharus
Kardinal experience with Blizzcon
Lanc’s Plain Jane experience getting to Anaheim
The epic drive to Anaheim from Downtown LA
But wait! There was controversy after all!
Poor ol Diablo
People butthurts about the mobile game – But hey! That has been covered to DEATH
Dumz security protocols is dumz
Great to see old and new AIE friends at Blizzcon
Nawkar
Talking about the old days raiding Karazahn with Tarrq and the boys
His son who is now a teenager joining in on our reminiscey talks
Seeing Solomon again
Brian Ibbott
Why I like going to Blizzcon so much?
Guild outreach
What’s working
Opportunities
Overwatch
Ashe looks pretty cool
Can I have a Bob?
What we will be trying to do next year?
Revamped Guildhall process
Raise that money yo!
Probably a change of venue
Look into standardizing the procedure
Kardinal
I had an amazing time meeting everyone from Devs to AIE to new people. Enjoyed the planned content, but even without it, it’s a wonderful and unique experience.
Highlight of sessions: “When is the Horde going to get its real warchief back???”
Themes:
Developers are everywhere, available, and eager to talk to you.
Randomly – QA Mgr for Hearthstone. Tech people after the “Inside Blizzard” panel. Tech people love to talk because fewer people tend to appraoch them. New Executive Producer (head) of warcraft, John Haight. Global director of CS. Wyatt Cheng spent 3 hours in the Marriott Lobby.
Scheduled- Reached out to two Blizz devs via Twitter and made times to talk to them. Doing that gave us time to get really in depth. 2 hours each.
You can talk to anyone there and know that they’re interested in the same things you are. Impromptu fun conversations include:
Ex1 – Austrians
Ex2 – Cosplayer
Ex3 – Group of alliance players at Con before the Storm
Also: Surprisingly easy to get tickets at the last minute.
“The other day, John Staats released his WoW diary. The one he wrote when he was working on Vanilla. I was reading it last night. This is very relevant to the whole conversation, I think:
“In the spirit of education, the first thing I would like to impress upon you is one of the most surprising lessons I learned: Public speculation is always wrong. Always. Blizzard operated under a blanket of scrutiny, and only after I was in the meetings could I appreciate how inaccurate public analysis was. Unless you’re in the room, you have no idea what’s going on. Unless someone knows firsthand the reasons why a company makes decisions, popular conjecture is completely off. For a company as secretive as Blizzard, the tinfoil-hat theorizing about why we did anything was severe, cynical, and reactionary. It struck me how people universally assumed corporate decisions were thoughtless or callous—like if a feature was dropped, it was done so without regard for the feelings of the fan base. When decisions were made for financial grounds, people assumed it was because developers lacked imagination. Whenever technical or gameplay decisions were made, it was assumed the company was penny-pinching. I’m not even referring to the trolls dredging the game forums for flame wars; I’m talking about the intelligent, well-substantiated, and reasonable arguments about why Blizzard did this or why Blizzard did that. But…all of it was wrong and certainly not because the fan base was stupid. People were wrong because they considered only variables that were public knowledge—which were only a fraction of the pertinent factors.”
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Lanctharus and Kardinal for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@lanctharus
@KardinalHunts
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, it’s our end of year wrap up episode, since we are taking December off!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Hello and well met my fellow guild Blizzcon travelers!
It is once again time for our yearly pilgrimage to the hallowed halls of Anaheim, California as we soak up everything Blizzard. This year instead of having a guildhall we will be setting up a virtual townhall on AIE’s Discord and planning a few real-life meetups near the Anaheim Convention Center. If you are at home make sure you keep an eye on the Blizzcon section of Discord and join us in the voice channel so we can MST3K the event as it happens live.
If you will be at or near the Blizzcon site in Anaheim AIE will be having three meetups near the event
Friday, November 2nd at 8:00 pm
nFuse Bar and Lounge
700 West Convention Way
Anaheim, California 92802
Come and grab a drink and share a story or two with your fellow AIE guildmates at the nFuse Bar and Lounge at the Marriot, conveniently located across the street from the Convention Center. Who knows. Lanc may get a little tipsy and recite a poem?
Saturday, November 3nd @ 1:30 pm
AIE Lunch with your guildmates
Blizzcon has an impressive collection of food trucks present at the event. Hit up your favourite and meet up with the rest of the guild for lunch and enjoy all the cosplayers as they show off their outfits by the water fountain just outside the Convention Center.
Sunday, November 4th @ 9:30 am
Tiffy’s Family Restaurant
1060 W Katella Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92802
The Con may be over but many among you will be going next door to the House of the Mouse for some extended fun. Come in and experience the greatest of all guild debates, Waffles vs. Pancakes as you get your day started with a hearty breakfast.
And don’t forget to tag your pictures, screengrabs and video memories to your favorite social media platform with the hashtag #AIEGuild!
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Welcome to episode #308 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there are caramel apple bars in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Lanc and Tabby who are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Join the AIE Community, both virtually and in real life, as we celebrate Blizzcon this upcoming weekend. Please look for the BLIZZCON section of the AIE Discord and watch the #meetups channel for folks getting together at Blizzcon and online to watch the virtual ticket. Use the #live voice channel to hangout discuss Blizzcon and all the announcements.
Lanc- when should we expect some news?
Also in AIE Discord news, we have new Emoji for our Discord! https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/10/aie-discord-updates-and-emoji/
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 263: Ossus Susurrus
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-263-ossus-susurrus/
Last week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-263 continue to talk about V.X and get back to the Jedi class story on Tython.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 264: The Force Is Strong With This One
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-264-the-force-is-strong-with-this-one/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-264 wrap up the story, character and companion preview talk on update 5.10 while continuing the Jedi class story on Tython.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – STO 10 pm Eastern
Noob Raid 11 pm Eastern
Nomads
Destiny 2 – Festival of the Lost is underway. Enjoy Destiny’s take on the season by donning masks, and going on a bit of a spooky hunt with Amanda Holliday leading the way as you explore the Haunted Forest. The Tower is decorated in honor of those lost, and the Eververse loot season has been flavored to match. The Clan is currently at level 3 after our current efforts, but still has a few levels to go if we want to get maxed out at level 6. Hawthorne is who you want to talk to if you wish to contribute to the clan leveling, and definitely if you are planning on running content with fellow clan members.
WoW
The new raid bank pilot program. https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/10/aie-raid-teams-and-the-guild-vault/
Running of the Beef was a success! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/325695727
And the events committee is looking for ideas for guild event in january. it can be a new event, old event, something based on the Blizzard/WoW calendar, whatever. Please submit the ideas to Syreyne.
Lots of new raid kills, including full normal clear on DoA for a Libertas guild achievement, and full clear of Uldir LFR from Noob Raid, as well as several heroic level boss kills by other teams.
SWTOR
MFN is on the imp side, we’ll do Halloween music in plug.dj as well as Karraga’s palace and maybe begin Scum and Villainy if we have time left.
Conquest will be Death Mark this week.
Friday Nov 30. 9pm eastern time. Mega is back with Marcus. (Baby Break) it will be called…”Sema’s Gone to Voss” details to come.
Last Friday’s MEGA replay is up on the guild Twitch channel and now published on YouTube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r028hxYttHA
ESO
The Witches Festival is still running though November 1 with a 100% xp buff and skull contain drops of items. The guild bank is currently stocked on creepy food and drink offerings to sample to get the achievement for eating one of each spooky themed item. So feel free to help yourself to a snack.
Murkmire DLC and update 20 launched last week. There is a new zone with quests, delves, and a 4-player arena to undertake. It is free for all ESO plus members and can also be obtained from the in-game store for crowns or earned with the Daily Reward log in for November. To earn it as a daily reward, log in and claim a reward for 24 of the 30 days in November.
GW2
The Mad King Thorn Halloween event continues until the 9th. Thanks to Disturbed Angel for running MFN while Dejara was off on vacation.
FFXIV
Goblin is still a preferred server, so the road to 60 buff is still up. 3x all XP, all activities, all jobs and classes to level 60. 70 is the current cap as a reminder.
If you are a PvP’er, the Feast Season 10 will close on Oct 30th, with the results being announced on Nov 6th.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/78eb534c5e1ada7d5d5dc12f553e8fc23b6a17e4
Do you like loot? Do you like carving out pumpkins for the Halloween season with a FFXIV flair? Then this contest is for you. https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/de5c4d261caf6670a31a2d835fd7b3f18b8d4683
Ogre Pumpkin Carve Off Contest. Submit your FFXIV themed pumpkin for the All Saint’s Wake (The FFXIV spooky in game event that just so happens to fall in the Halloween timeframe) for a chance at some in-game prizes. Submit or check out the other entries on this thread on the FFXIV boards. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/377048
Must be a resident of the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, or Canada minus Québec. Sorry, les francophones.
Also, for the FFXIV music lovers out there, the community has voted and the top 50 FFXIV songs are now on a single Blue-Ray Album, FFXIV-The Best. Also includes a couple of chiptunes tunes as well, an in-game orchestration rolls to play in your own house or apartment.
https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/488507/final-fantasy-xiv-the-best-blu-ray-music-disc?
And with that, let’s get back to our trio of guests and find out what’s going on in EVE .
GAME NEWS
Guests put show notes here
Oh hai! I’m Lanc.
How the heck are you?
Hey Tabby, who are you anyways?
Tabby: i joined EVE about 6 months ago for the pretty ships, and because there isn’t a Homeworld MMO.
And what’s your favorite breakfast cereal: cinnamon toast crunch
Pearl Abyss buys CCP
EVE Vegas
Nerds in Vegas!
But more later on that
Corp update.
TEST is sick of us
Tactical Retreat
Non Invasion Pact
On deployment somewhere?
Let’s talk about the bruhaha about Space Nerds in Sin City
New deployable structures
War decs
New ships
Triglavian
Them Caldari industrial smexiness
Abyssal Co-op modes & honorable dueling. (Honorable? Yeah right?)
EVE Online on Mobile – Alpha
Project NOVA – Alpha
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Crazy Uncle Lanc and poor Tabby, his newest handler, for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@Lanctharus
@belfTabby
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we are looking to have some special guests on to talk about Blizzcon. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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]]>Be there Friday, 8pm central. Both Republic and Imperial costumed characters can meet up in the Slippery Slope cantina on Nar Shaddaa (summons will be provided).
Following the costume contest we’ll head out and find something scary to hunt. This second half will need to be on all Republic characters since it’s a Republic week and we’ll need to group up. Be sure to also have https://plug.dj/aieguild locked and loaded with a Halloween playlist.
Don’t miss it. It will be epic!
The “Pop Culture Reference” category is, of course, inspired by our resident master of the themed appearance tab, Thaan. Alas, Thaan will be traveling and not able to participate but has submitted these examples of pop culture awesomeness as inspiration. Enjoy!
]]>Unfortunately, there are some compromises that need to be made when you’re not a “standard” guild. For example, a “standard” raiding guild would have ranks based on their raid roles, access to the guild vault based on their raiding, and the ability to let raid tanks have unlimited guild repairs. Doing these things in a guild (well, 11 co-guilds!) as large and diverse as AIE is difficult at best, and in some cases just technically not possible given the limited control we have on guild management from Blizzard.
A side effect of this is that some raid teams in AIE might reach a point where they feel they need those features, and remove their “mains” from AIE to start a dedicated raiding guild. While we fully understand the reasons, it’s also disheartening because it starts to fragment our community.
To help combat this to some degree, the Officers have discussed and agreed on a Pilot Program whereby Raid Teams are allocated a dedicated Guild Vault tab that they can use for their raid team. Other members of the guild would not have access to this tab. To achieve that, members of the Raid Team will need a dedicated rank in the guild, which officers will manage.
This is most definitely a Pilot Program, and a decision will be made at the end of the pilot period as to whether it will be implemented for all interested teams. There may be some unforeseen issues that arise that make managing such an arrangement untenable.
If you are the leader of a raid team that might be interested in this program once it is approved, or have questions or feedback about such a program, please email us with details such as:
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Welcome to episode #307 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Acuzod who are here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Town Hall for Friday. Might want to highlight the #discord-qa channel in Discord where people can post their questions.
A couple of the game divisions are doing in-game meet-ups for the Town Hall.
Dent has a note up in a couple places on what SWTOR will do (Slippery Slope Cantina and then Rampage fun after), and ESO sounds like they might do one as well after their Friday MFN.
The Blizzcon channels in Discord are up and running. The post describes what’s up and the discussion on who will be there and when they might
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 262: 5.10 Stay A While And Listen
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-262-5-10-stay-a-while-and-listen/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-262 cover Bioware’s longest dev stream with our longest podcast episode all about V.X, or at least as much of it as we could get through in the time we had.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
FFXIV 9 pm Eastern
Saturday – STO 10 pm Eastern
Noob Raid 11 pm Eastern
NOMADS
Corley has an AIE Rust server back up to check out the latest changes for any of the Rust fans. Maple Story 2 was released and we have at least couple guild members in there.
In Destiny 2 news; The guild is still working towards getting the clan banner leveled to its maximum benefits, currently at level 2. For those that want to help with this goal, you will need to get to the current max level of 50 and then grab the daily clan bounties from Hawthorne at the Tower. There is normally 1 solo pve bounty, 2 solo crucible bounties, and 3 clan group bounties that are refreshed every day. Once we get to level 4, we will be able to complete the raid bounties.
WoW
Just a mechanical, behind the scenes change with guild invites. We have removed the pleb guild rank and everyone is now a Cohort by default. As the major reason for the two rank system is long gone (the rapid expansion of the guild in the early days), it didn’t make a lot of sense to keep the two rank system around and removes one of the headaches of the officers having to do promotions each month.
SWTOR
New Content update coming in December – Jedi Under Siege
• New Storyline based on the rivalry between Jedi and Sith
• Nightmare mode for the latest Operation – Gods From the Machine
(Also reducing difficulty of existing Veteran mode for that Operation)
• New Tier of Armor
• New guild features and tools
Guild Leveling
Purchasable Guild Buffs
PvP Challenge Mode (get a special guild instance of a warzone)
• New Planet – Ossus
• New Daily Area
• Returning Companions
7th Anniversary of swtor is Dec 20th.
MEGA coming in late October – light on details atm
ESO
The Witches Festival starts on Thursday October 18th and runs until Thursday November 1st. There will be a 100% XP buff as well as a lot of creepy themed items. Boss kills will drop Plunder Skull containers which can contain motif pages, masks, recipes, and style materials, among other Witches Festival themed items.
This event will also offer a chance to acquire Event Tickets to redeem for an Indrik Feather. Once you’ve collected all four of the unique Indrik Feathers over the course of the rest of the year, you’ll be able to get the new Indrik mount.(edited)
During MFN this coming Friday, we will take advantage of the Festival and use the cauldron to turn ourselves in to undead and roam Tamriel killing bosses, running delves, clearing dungeons, and basically just wreaking havoc on the Dremora to collect as many of the event items as we can.
And if you participated in the Summerset Festival that ended a week ago, we now have
FFXIV
Final Fantasy Fourteen Fan Fest is looming on the horizon, happening Nov 16th and 17th in Las Vegas. We are expecting a new expansion announcement, and likely ? of the details they are ready to share.
All Saints Wake starts soon on October 18th and runs until November 1st. This year we get 2 new minions and some fun housing decorations.
STO
Age of Discovery is live with new missions, even a new starter pack and ships. The starter pack includes a scalable ship, so as you level you don’t have to change ships every 10 levels.
GAME NEWS
Gaming with Guildies
Zod: We want to formally invite the AIE Podcast hosts to our show for some live gaming action and shenanigans. Also, if anyone is interested in being on the show, please let Syreyne or myself know. You can ping us on Discord or on Twitter. You don’t have to be an officer, or even in WoW. We want to get to know you…our community.
Sy: We’ve done SWTOR, EVE, and Overwatch too. Or if you play one of our other game divisions, that’s cool too! We’re always up for trying new things! Or, if you have a suggestion of who to invite to the show, let us know that too!
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Running of the Beef 15: Zandalar Forever
Zod: This time around is the Running of the Beef #15, code name “Zandalar Forever”. Over the years, we have done everything from the original tauren to Gerp and Henry to Lanc and Bronies to our special Ralff edition. This time, we are doing trolls in honor of the newest WoW expansion, Battle for Azeroth, and Princess Talanji. The event is on Sunday, October 21st.
Sy: We know many of you are full up on Earthen Ring, so we are running on the Ravenholdt US server. Because we had sharding aka phasing issues last time, we are asking everyone to level their troll to 10 in advance so we can group up as a raid. With full heirlooms, this only takes about an hour to do. So you have one week to create and level those trolls!
Zod: We are starting with the meetup and guild invites at 1pm Eastern. The guild name for this Running of the Beef is “Bwonsamdi Forever”. We do have a guild crest, so if you are inclined to buy a guild tabard in Orgrimmar, go for it. But it will cost 1 gold from the vendor. Unfortunately, with the change that made tabards Bind on Pickup, we can no longer pre-purchase them to hand out anymore. If you really really want the tabard, the easiest way is to get the gold for it is to create a DK and do some of the starting area quests.
Sy: Make sure that after you hit level 10, you hearth back to the very first zone-in starting area, aka the beach. We are going to start there. That’s also where we will do the guild and raid invites. At 2pm Eastern, we are going to roll out. We have all kinds of fun and cool things to do, so have your S.E.L.F.I.E. cameras hot-keyed and your twitter linked up to battlenet. We’re going to use #aieguild and #RotB15 to share our “photos” with the whole community.
Zod: In the past, we’ve had bodyguards to help us through higher level zones. This time around, we are doing things a bit differently, so we won’t need the guards to follow us. Don’t worry! I’m pretty sure some of you will still die. It is tradition after all.
Sy: If you are interested in seeing the formal invitation for Running of the Beef, or the full list of previous themes, check out our blog post on the AIE website! https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/09/running-of-the-beef-zandalar-forever/
Upcoming Events
Zod: The WoW guild has been setting up once-a-month guild wide events. October is obviously our Running of the Beef. But we taking a break for November due to this little thing called Blizzcon and of course, the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving. We have some great ideas for events coming up, including hitting up some older expansion raids.
Sy: To help with all these new events, we’ve started a new Events Committee to help out. If you have ideas for new events that we can do, whether in WoW or in other gaming divisions, please let the officers know. You can always find us in Discord in the #lfo chat channel, or you can email us at officers@aie-guild.org.
Zod: We’ve had some great fun over the last few months with the Hide and Forsaken, Kirin Tor Tavern Crawl, Trial of Style, and Pirate’s Day Warmode (and Sy’s pirate themed sad jokes!). We want to keep the fun and momentum going!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Acuzod and Syreyne for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley
Next time, we’ll be trying to wrangle Crazy Uncle Lanc as he tells us about EVE.. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
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Hear ye, hear ye! The AIE Council and Officers will host a community-wide town hall on Friday, October 19th at 10:30pm eastern. We’ll all join up on the community Discord in the “town hall” voice channel. A private link to some accompanying visuals will be provided that night to help guide the discussion.
We’ll be talking about our game divisions, community events, community operations, real life meetups like Blizzcon, and more. A #townhall-qa channel has been set up where everyone can start posting questions. While we may not be able to answer them all during the town hall, we’ll do our best to get you answers.
Not able to make it live? No worries! The town hall will be recorded and made available to everyone in the days following the talk.
Mark the date and time on your calendars (or subscribe to the guild calendar) and start posting those questions in Discord. Talk to you next week!
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First up, and a bit different this year, is that we won’t have our traditional physical “guild hall” space. The cost and complexity of getting a physical room has escalated and has put it beyond our reach for 2018. That said, AIE will still have an IRL meet-up presence. Over the next two weeks you’ll see news and event times posted to our special Blizzcon Discord channel on when and where these meet-ups will take place. Keep an eye out for notes from Lanctharus and Mewkow in particular, and please post your own ideas and scheduled events to the Blizzcon #meetups channel. I’ve heard rumors of a possible breakfast bash, food truck raid, Disney visit and more!
Second, we will also be hosting virtual channels for socializing, back channel voice chat while live viewing, and live blogging of Blizzcon news. If you look now in Discord, you’ll see the Blizzcon section with channels for the #meetups, #news, #live-chat, and voice. We hope to have groups of guildies hanging out, especially during some of the AIE relevant live streams from the con, to talk about what’s up. Get your virtual tickets ready and even if you don’t have one, please join the discussion and ask questions and we’ll get all the news posted for everyone to enjoy.
We are all looking forward to the con this year both IRL and virtual. And for those of you that will be there in person, “pics, or it didn’t happen”!
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Welcome to episode #306 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey guys, there is a blueberry croissant bake in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we doing a host show!
Ok, we’ll be talking amongst ourselves shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 259: Original Trailer Reaction Show
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-259-original-trailer-reaction-show/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-259 play the three original trailers and react and comment including a dive into the Malgus origin and story arc leading up to SWTOR launch.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 260: True Emperor
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-260-true-emperor/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-260 make the Malgus circle complete by running the False Emperor flashpoint (or True Emperor, from a certain point of view).
Upcoming streams
ESO MFN and NOOB raid are both streaming this week!
NOMADS
Destiny 2 – The guild is in need of people getting to the new max level and working towards the clan goals to get the new banner perks upgraded.
WoW
New to raiding, feel like you need to get your feet wet? Or, just want to raid in a fun and friendly environment? Well, Noob raid starts up again October 6th! The only requirments are that you are at max level, want to have fun, and are willing to die over and over again! Oh, and pick on Kini as she floor tanks. If you are interested, talk to Dankinia for details. You can find her in game, on discord, or even twitter – just make sure you use the hashtag #whereskini!
Running of the Beef 15- Zandalar forever!
We will have Sy on next show to talk about it, but the event is scheduled for October 21st at 2pm Eastern time!
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/09/running-of-the-beef-zandalar-forever/
Reminder to use AIE LFO Community to look for officers in game.
Reminder to use raid recruitment channel in discord to find raid teams, now that more people are gearing up 120.
ESO
MFN is still on Friday’s at 9pm Eastern.
The Summerset event to unlock a pet, mount, and house has ended. AIE did it’s part to get the achievement completed. The ESO community hit the goal and we should be receiving an awesome house around October 10th. And they will have plenty of items created for it for people to spend their money on.
On October 8th they will be releasing 4 Summerset/High Elves style furniture packs in the Crown Store for purchase if people want to buy them to start furnishing the Grand Psijic Villa we unlocked. The sets available will be for a parlor, kitchen/dining room, bedroom, and bathroom.
STO
33% of Lifetime sub sale going on now until 10/1 10 am PT (yes tomorrow)
20% off services sale going on now until also 10/1 10 am PT
It is also Bonus XP weekend. Great time to level mains or alts.
Phoenix Prize pack also going on right now, but this goes until 10/5 10am PT. Get a free phoenix prize pack at Drozana Station each day. And you can buy more from the dilithium store. A great way to stock up on gear upgrade tokens that cost no dilithium on use. And technically the cost of the boxes from the dilithium store for the boxes converted over to these upgrade tokens ends up saving you dilithium compared to regular upgrade tokens that use dilithium in the upgrade process. (Yes, Grebog put it into a spreadsheet to check.)
The fleet can always use more personnel and resources for the fleet holdings. We are still making decent progress on the various holdings and every little bit helps.
The Spire is closing in on Tier 2 of research wing, which will unlock one of the better tactical consoles in game for everyone. The operations wing is also closing on on getting its big Tier 2 project unlocked as well. And then once we complete the Tier 2 research, we will also be able to work on the overall spire’s tier 2 project, which will unlock the fleet versions of the 1000 day veteran ships.
SWTOR
This week was Republic side for conquest. We hit the large goal yesterday.
For MFN, we had a prep team start Scum and Villainy an hour before so that as a 16-person team, we could finish it. The operation has 7 bosses. The prep team got the first 5 down. Special thanks for the idea goes out to Zen.
Next week will be the Imperial side for conquest.
Patch 5.9.3 is dropping this week with a new Huttball map and the start of a week of double XP and CXP.
Thank you and welcome all new members to the guild. We have had a ton join in the last month. Just want to say we’re happy to have them!
Keep an eye on the #swtor channel in AIE DIscord for details regarding the next MEGA event which is happening towards the end of October.
FFXIV
New patch just hit – FINAL FANTASY XIV, Patch 4.4: Prelude in Violet
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/cc70f5b1c61174463b431d06424e6be8f2701ef6
As the patch title suggests, tt is prepping the story up for whats to come in the next expansion, which should be announced at this year’s fanfest; November 15-16-17.
Big new features include…
New story
New high end 8 player raid
Alphascape
4th of the 4 lords trials
Doman enclave expanded (Looks like an interesting lantern lighting ceremony included)
New types of weddings, including anniversary ceremonies.
New wings in the bonus zone of the treasure maps
New dungeons for your grand company team to go with
New gc rank
Tons of new housing items including mannequins to dress gear sets with
New gates in the gold saucer
Bards can now play the bongos (and others)
New emotes, including those with the phone app linked to your account
1 new dungeons and 1 new hard mode dungeon
And much more
GW2
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/bloodlust-world-vs-world-weeklong-bonus/
“The Mist War is roiling at the end of this month, with enhanced bonuses for controlling the Ruins of Power in the Borderlands. Take advantage of the high stakes to earn greater rewards in WvW for a week!”
And with that, let’s chat about what we have been doing in and out of game!
GAME NEWS
Mewkow- Moving, lots and lots of unpacking and Destiny 2/WoW when I can
Mkallah- Big fight thursday game, Ravenloft planning…… D&D Friday- learn about the battle between Artraxis and Alistar Bronzebeard- learn about the Shadowfel, find shadow dragon scale that had we taken would have put us in large amounts of danger had we made it into a shield
Mage- no game last session, but tell story about Mills playing the Prince
Tetsemi-
WoW
1) Got exalted with all Horde BfA reputations, still working on 2 Alliance ones to Revered.
2) Horde Raid team got the first three bosses down in Uldir on Normal Mode
3) Completed the Jaina storyline on the Alliance side, including the Siege of Boralus Mythic (15 wipes on the final boss)
Team Positive moment – See # 3 above. Three DPS queued up for Siege, we got a wonderful priest healer who was fighting their addons for dispelling and went through two tanks (I play DPS on the Alliance side) before finally getting the final fight down correctly. The three DPS and the healer were steady, kept discussing what we were doing wrong, without blame, and got ourselves sorted and finally got it! No spoilers, but the final cinematic is definitely a wow moment. Very nice to put a cap on that story line.
Dear Blizzard, please add in a Ferry Master whistle!
Mobile
Lots of Pokemon Go! Got all but one regional (still looking for a Lapris)
Starting playing a new mobile game – Dragalia Lost (think Final Fantasy + Blizzard Game on Mobile)
For Azeroth!
Shout Outs
Mkallah – Personal shout out to an old school guidie and friend named Bouvi and his lovely fiance, who are getting married next Sunday! And, happy belated birthday to Rabbit/Ondata/Arra who celebrated the big 40 this week! We also have a very special shoutout for the next show that brought tears to my eyes!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chatroom for joining us. (If there is a stream tonight, mention it here)
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Ask Buxley – @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Syrene in WOW So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #305 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And Mewkow is busy packing up the toddler and running after boxes- wait, reverse that. This week we are joined by special guests Marcus and Apolas who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 256: Beyond 8 Bits
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-100000000 move beyond 8 bits in podcast episode numbering and complete the Sorcerer Chapter 3 story.
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-256-beyond-8-bits/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 257: Hit The Road Map, Jack
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-257 hit the road map. We drill into what was said in the road map and live stream, what wasn’t said, and what our opinions and speculation is on the future.
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-257-hit-the-road-map-jack/
Upcoming Streams
Dankinia streams ESO’s Mandatory Fun Nights at 6 Pacific/9 Eastern on Fridays
NOMADS
Destiny 2 – New Expansion: Forsaken is live, raising level cap to 50. Each class has 3 new subclasses. New zones, a new raid, and new coop activity: Gambit. Continuing campaign story.
In-game clan chat now available.
Rejoining or want an invite to the clan, visit https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972
Remember to join discord and the #destiny2 chat for setting up groups
WoW
Pirate Day Warmode event on Sept 19th.
This year, for RotB, we are doing trolls for the race. Everyone will need to create a new troll character of whatever class they wish on Ravenholdt US server. This time around we are asking everyone to level to 10 before the event and log out in the starting area where you first port into the game.
A reminder about AIE Raid Teams and Groups –
With the new raids starting to open in WoW BfA and ongoing and new group content in many of our other games, we wanted to take this opportunity to update everyone on how group content teams work in AIE and what resources are available to help.
SWTOR
See game notes
EVE
BDO buying EvE. Players are afraid of Microtransactions Wonderland.
Corp is moving/regrouping after last war push by the latest big bully.
Overall, the usual.
ESO
The Imperial City Celebration is happening now and will run until Monday September 17th at 10am est. The Imperial City is a PvP zone with some PvE elements as well. During the event you can earn double rewards such as Tel Var Stones, key fragments, and double the drops from bosses.
MFN takes place every Friday night starting about 9 EDT and running for at least 2 hours. With the event happening, next Friday’s MFN might involve another attempt to explore the Imperial City for Sky Shards.
LOTRO
Get 25% off now through September 13th:
Milestone Skills
Hurried Traveller & Returning Traveller
Skirmishes & Instances
Rally Horns
Coupon code REJUVEPOT gets you a Rejuvenation Potion x5 now through September 13th
Game Events
The seasonal Farmer’s Faire festival is going until September 10
Tale of the Shipwrecked Mariner September 15 – 20
Bilbo’s Birthday September 20 – 26
Be sure to coordinate on Discord if you’d like to enjoy these events with fellow AIE Kinship brothers and sisters!
And with that, let’s get back to Apolas and Marcus and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
We have been kicking butt in conquest
MFN helps a lot
Mfn now switches one week imp and one week pub
Ops teams are rocking
A bunch of new members have joined the guild and its so great having them.
We did get a fall road map!
Big stuff coming. Story, guild stuff, and NEW OPS!
The next MEGA in swtor will be in Sat, 9/22 – Fleet Pod Racing. The whole guild will know who the winner of the pod race is! Come to find out what im talking about on the 22nd! i
Swtor guild is now focusing MFN and Conquest on alternating weeks Imp and Pub, up from 2 to 1 previously.
The next game update is called “Jedi Under Siege” and will have separate stories for both Imp and Pub. It’s going to take place on a world that will be familiar to fans of the Tales of the Jedi comic books. Set for Fall release.
5.10 also has returning companions Doc, Nadia, and Dark Side Jaesa.
Flash Flashpoint Friday was hosted by @Dent and fun was had by all.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Apolas and Marcus for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
@marcusb814
Working class nerds podcast
@beninmtl
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Alt-Itis
Ask Buxley
Next time, we’ll have a surprise guest- even for us! . So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>You are hereby formally invited to the Fifteenth Running of the Beef, to be forevermore known as Zandalar Forever. Please reserve the Twenty-First of October on your personal calendar for this special event. We hope to see you and your plus one there.
Syreyne, Beefmaster, and Gustytail
This year, for RotB, we are doing trolls for the race. Everyone will need to create a new troll character of whatever class they wish on Ravenholdt US server. This time around we are asking everyone to level to 10 before the event and log out in the starting area where you first port into the game. The reason we are asking for you to level in advance is so that we can band together in raid groups. You will be able to log into the game an hour before the event starts to request to join the RotB guild. We hope to see all the new trolls at the event!
Running of the Beef 15: Zandalar Forever
What: Level 10 Trolls of any Class
When: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 at 2pm EST
Where: Ravenholdt US server
Guild Name: Bwonsamdi Forever
Previous Runnings of the Beef:
While AIE is not a strict “raiding” guild in any of our games, we do have many raid teams, operations teams, dungeon teams, etc. that are grouped up and running everything from casual content to top tier progression. Teams run themselves and it’s up to them and their raid or team leader to form up, set their schedule, recruit members and figure out how to parcel out loot. The guild only asks that everyone still abides by AIE guild culture and policy and are, as always, excellent to each other.
If you’d like to start a team, join a team, or are running a team, here are a couple guild resources currently available to help. We may be updating these over time but these are current today:
Discord #raidteam-recruitment channel: This channel has open discussion of current teams looking for members as well as members looking for something specific and offering up their services. If you are leading a team and would like your team advert pinned, an officer can help.
Discord #raidteam-news channel: This channel has news, updates on progression and screenshots of some of the latest team progress. Exciting stuff and a good place to check out who is killing what.
Guild Calendar: Our guild calendar on aie-guild.org has entries for most of our groups and teams across our games. Again, if you need something added or updated for your team, an officer can help.
Guild Chat and Discord Game Channels: While we used to have Looking For Group (LFG) channels in various games, they were underused and have been retired at this point. Everyone should feel free to use in-game guild chat or our game discord channels to get groups going, especially for spontaneous stuff like dungeons and world boss fights.
Facebook Team Albums: A newer work in progress is our guild Facebook albums of groups and teams. We are trying this out as a way to view teams and can get your team listed here as well. Details on each team can be found in the notes for each.
Twitter #AIEGuild: For Twitter users, using and keeping an eye out for the #AIEGuild hashtag will get you a channel of guild tweets, including on occasion, raid team news and recruitment talk. You can see that feed here on this site in the right column on the front page.
If you have any questions or need any help with your team, feel free to reach out to the officers in the Discord #LFO channel and we’ll do our best. Have fun storming the castle!
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Welcome to episode #304 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia and Sparrow who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Welcome to GustyTail (Koochikoo), our newest AIE Community Officer with a focus on WoW! Congrad-u-dolenaces are in order.
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 254: Power-level Party
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-254-power-level-party/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-254 dip back into the Sorcerer story on Corellia while talking about a power-leveling party held by the AIE guild on Tuesday
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 255: Core Of Corellia
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-255-core-of-corellia/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-255 continue into the core of Corellia and talk about 5.9.2a.
Upcoming streams
After the AIE podcast, ESO will be streaming!
Kini and Sparrow- can you guys fill us in on the details? Sure. We are going to visit one of the two new dungeons released in the recent Wolfhunter DLC. The DLC itself revamped the Werewolf skill line and two challenging dungeons.
WoW
Just a reminder, we are now using the AIE LFO Community for invites, please see https://aie-guild.info/wowlfo for information on how to join the community and request an invite to the guild after receiving your approved Umami application for each character.
Do you have a style, would you like to show it off? Gustytail and Syreyne are hosting a Show off Your Mog for Trial of Style. They will be organizing guild members into groups of 6 to run the Trial of Style. This is a great time to earn your 1st Place shirt for winning, along with currency to buy the transmog sets from the vendor.
We are setting times for Friday August 31 at 8pm EST, Saturday September 1 at 2pm EST and 9pm EST, Sunday September 2 at 1pm EST, and Monday September 3 at 8pm EST.
We encourage everyone to create groups any time outside of that however! And don’t forget, you need a shirt and tabard in your bags before queuing. You can always pre-create your mog sets too!
Good luck and see you next weekend!
SWTOR
Mandatory Fun Night this week will be on the Republic Side, make sure you join Tuesdays at 9 pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific to enjoy the fun! Conquest will be The Trade Emporium. Ops is Toborro’s Courtyard.
The stong hold is fully unlocked for our guild and has both a large arena that outfitted for custom huttball or team deathmatch, and a smaller arena for small group or duels.
There’s also a beach for chill guild parties!
The MEGA event on Friday was fun and well attended. We got a pretty big group in our new guild stronghold and played around with the two custom arenas and it was called Revenge of the Huts. Fun was had by all and everyone killed Max.
The next Mega event will be on September 20th with details to come. It will be announced on Working Class Nerds next episode or the next Escape Pod Cast.
STO
Crypitc/Perfect World announced that coming this fall will be “Age of Discovery.” We will get to see many of the Star Trek: Discovery show story put into game. They even mentioned in the release they will have a new starting experience for captains wanting to create a Discovery Federation captain.
My guess is that it will be similar to the creation of TOS captains. They may also add in a similar system to those captains for bonus rewards that you unlock account wide.
The crystalline catastrophe event is going on for special rewards.
The fleet is still progressing on various holdings, but can always use more duty officers for the various holdings.
Other than that, I think we have had many distracted by a burning tree and fighting on the islands.
EVE
All is hunky dory. PvP activity is still at an all time high as we continue our holy war against TEST Alliance and their lowly mythical unicorn Russian renters alliance.
FFXIV
Starting today, August 26th, and ending September 17th; The Rising event returns. Celebrate FF14’s fifth anniversary as the Mythril Eye returns to search for the most fascinating of stories. Rewards for this event include a wind-up Cirina, one of the Au Ra from the Azim Steppe region, and fashionable earrings.
GW2
Guild Wars 2’s sixth anniversary is coming soon (Aug. 28). Anet never talks much about it’s plans but it is expected to have the traditional sales in the gemstore.
LOTRO
Follow in Frodo’s Footsteps! Get 20% off now through August 30th:
Select Quest Packs
100% XP Boosts
Mithril Coins
Max Morale & Power Scrolls
The Weekly Coupon gets you Combat Run Speed Boost x5 with coupon code SPEEDBOOST now through August 30th!
And with that, let’s get back to Dankinia and Sparrow and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
(Kelseer) – Wolfhunter is live! Ever want to be a werewolf? Now is your chance as Werewolves have been updated to be more effective.
The recent patch that happened when the Wolfhunter DLC went live also added in a few other changes such as a new Battlegrounds map, some Alliance War changes, a new Skill respec update, and improvements to the Werewolf Skill Line. The Skill respec improvements are the change I was most looking forward to because it makes respecing more affordable. You don’t have to remove all skills and start from scratch, you can just remove the ones you don’t want and use those points elsewhere.
MFN happens every Friday around 9pm Eastern.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dankinia and Sparrow for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
Dankinia’s twitter is @Dankinia #whereskini and her Twitch stream can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/dankiniaplays
Sparrow’s Twitter is @Sparrowhawke1
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
The triumphant return of Ask Buxley by @AskBuxley
Overly Dramatic News by @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we Marcus and Max will be on to chat about AIE in SWTOR!! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>The dates and times are for Friday August 31 at 8pm EST, Saturday September 1 at 2pm EST and 9pm EST, Sunday September 2 at 1pm EST, and Monday September 3 at 8pm EST. We encourage everyone to create groups any time outside of that however! And don’t forget, you need a shirt and tabard in your bags before queuing up. You have to wear one to transmog one!
You can always create your transmog sets in advance too! This time around the transmog categories are: Summer Style, Winter Wear, Zen, Magical Modeling, Spook-tacular, Ready for Battle, Fun & Flirty, Mismatched Mayhem, Dark & Deadly, Faction Pride, Make Me Laugh, Tabard Time, Everyday Heroes, Epic Purple, Champions of the Light, and Freestyle.
Good luck and see you this weekend!
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Hello, AIE!
We wanted to take this opportunity to provide everyone a summary of some recent officer updates as well as some background on how guild leadership works in general for AIE.
Officers:
Officers in AIE are the broad group of leaders responsible for the day to day operations across our game divisions. Originally, AIE officers were specific to the game they were focused on, however in the past year or so we’ve moved to a model where all officers operate across all game divisions and support the community as a whole. Individual officers may focus only on a specific game but we all work together as a community team and often cross over between games as needed.
From time to time AIE evaluates the roles and jobs of the community officer group. In doing that recently we identified the need for a bit more help in a couple areas. As a result, three new officers have been added. Two were already introduced last week in the SWTOR Update, Dent and Marcus. We’d also like to announce the addition of Gusty/Koochikoo to the officer team.
Gusty has been an AIE member for over 4 years and is best known as an organizer of many guild events in our WoW division. She recently hosted events for our Summer of Love week as well as the launch party for BfA. We hope to continue to utilize her event management skills primarily in WoW, but will also be looking for her to help with best practices across all our games. Welcome to the new role, Gusty!
Game Directors:
In addition to the general officer roles in AIE, we designate some officers as game division directors. Directors operate similar to all officers with a bit of added responsibility around tracking the state of the game division and setting some of the strategy for support of that division. We recently took some extra steps to align our WoW leadership with the director roles and given the large scope of the WoW guild we have three co-directors running the division. They are Ashayo, Syreyne and Tetsemi. Randydeluxe continues to provide overall guidance as guild founder. Thank you to our WoW directors for their years for guild management across the 11 co-guilds in WoW as well as support of all of AIE.
For support in our other game divisions feel free to reach out to Dankinia (recently assigned as ESO director), Hoots (EVE), Abovan (FFXIV), Dejara (GW2), Dux (LotRO), Grebog (STO), and Max (SWTOR)
Council:
Finally, AIE maintains a council of officers tasked with overall community guidance, principles, and maintaining the guild culture. Until recently, the council has consisted of Ashayo, Hoots, Lanctharus, Max, Randydeluxe, Stigg, and Xanar.
Over the past month, the council has evaluated the coverage for the overall guidance role it provides the guild, and has been thinking about how we might ensure we have a balanced set of active leaders with deep AIE, community, leadership and gaming experience. With that in mind and after weeks of careful consideration, we have nominated Sema to the council and she has accepted.
Sema is an 8 year AIE veteran in addition to being a gaming veteran going back to the days when mmos were text only. She has been playing WoW since launch and joined AIE early on. Since then, she has been a key leader in a number of areas including holding officership in many of our games, helping launch some of our newer game divisions, helping lead our SWTOR division, and has been a partner in 254 episodes of our weekly SWTOR guild podcast.
Sema is an ex-tech industry consultant who lived and worked in LA and Seattle. A number of years back she moved to Maine to be closer to family and friends in the north east and now spends time with them and hangs out with her two cats, Rosie and Max (not named after me, she got him with that name!)
Please join me in welcoming Sema to this additional role in the guild!
In Conclusion:
We hope that this gives you an updated overview of how the officer community is structured in AIE and who holds which additional roles within the guild leadership at this time. The officer lists in each in-game guild and in Discord are your first and best tier of support for guild information and operation. As needed, the above additional roles are available to help as well.
As always, UMAMI lists the main officer email for each game division and Discord continues to be a primary communication tool to reach any and all guild leadership. Let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help.
]]>For pre-release content, like the BfA beta, we’d like to limit spoiler talk in general channels. In that kind of situation there may be those of us with no access to the content and the desire to experience it as part of the release. Using a spoiler channel in Discord is an option for those situations if there’s a large enough population of people that want to talk.
Once the content is released, we want people to have the fun talking about the current content while in game playing the content. Yes, there’s a bit of a gray area if you are a world first type and it might be nice in that case to hold off on any major spoilers for a moment, but in general, most people are playing through the content at a reasonable pace and most of the big spoilers happen pretty quick as the content drops.
What we want to avoid is forcing g-chat and our main Discord channels to be a ‘zone of silence’ for some indefinite period. We’d also like to avoid tasking officers with being some kind of spoiler police and causing a bunch of friction.
For those of us that might be going a bit slower in the content and also wanting to live the 100% spoiler free life, we recommend minimizing g-chat for a little bit. That individual control we hope will give those that need it a bit of a quiet space when and where they need it.
Thanks for the discussion!
]]>That’s right! We have joined the Blizzard Communities! We now have an AIELFO Community where you can find officers for invites, ask questions, or request changes to different co-guilds for raiding in Battle for Azeroth. Our officer corp is already in there, using the channel, and is ready to go. To instructions on how to access the channel, go to https://aie-guild.info/wowlfo. Remember, this type of community is only accessible in-game and not through the Battle.net launcher.
You may be asking yourself, why the change? Well, here are some of the pros to moving AIELFO to Communities:
We understand there are a few cons to this as well, such as having everyone learn the new system. But we feel the pros outweigh the cons. And don’t worry! The /join aielfo will still be working during the transition period. As always, you can hop into AIE Discord in the #lfo channel and ask for an officer if you need help.
So, after all that, you may be thinking, well when are you going to implement this for the general membership? The answer is, it’s already live! We’ve been quietly testing this new system over the weekend with positive results. Umami has already issued an update bulletin. Acceptance letters for new applications are also updated. And the GMotD in-game will also have the link.
So share the news with your fellow guild members! For The Horde!
~~Syreyne
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Welcome to episode 303 of the 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). Mkallah is off being crafty and will return next podcast episode.. This week we are joined by special guests us who is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE World of Warcraft shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Welcome and condolences to our newest community officers (with a focus on SWTOR) – Dent and MarcusB! These two will be a great addition to the AIE Officer corp and we look forward to getting them into the guild leadership role.
Thank you to all who came out and celebrated the Summer of Love, Max and Syreyne have put together a write up with links to a lot of the videos taken by the community. Check out the aie-guild.org article – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/08/summer-of-love-2018-wrap-up/
If you want to see how COOP went, take a look at the write-up and the videos up on the site as well – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/08/aie-coop-summary/
And speaking of guildies getting together – For everyone who lives in the southern New England area. There is a comic book convention at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT on 17-19 August 2017. It is a local show with plenty of Comic Book creators, vendors, and some Hollywood Stars of the past few decades. If anyone is planning or thinking of attending, Corley was thinking AIE people could get together for a lunch on one of the days. There are a number of restaurants at Mohegan Sun where he could try to make some reservations. If anyone is interested, let him know and hopefully we could have some type of meetup. This is the website for the show. It is a bit hard on the eyes, but it has all the info. Tickets are still available. http://www.terrificon.com/
Streaming and guild podcast news
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-252-wanna-kill-all-humans/
Remember when HK-51 was an epic companion and getting a new companion was a huge deal? We remember, and this week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-252 kick off that classic HK-51 mission line and talk about what it was like when it was new.
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-253-were-all-legends/
Summer update 5.9.2 is live and we are all Galactic Legends. @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-253 spend some time talking through the update in detail from inside the live Rishi Stronghold.
Upcoming Streams
Keep an eye out on the https://twitch.tv/aieguild channel. Most of our mandatory fun nights are streamed there and Max the Grey will be streaming next Sunday the BfA leveling he’s doing.
WoW
GustyTail is having her “Goodbye to Legion” event in WoW as we speak, she will be shooting off fireworks, doing giveaways, and generally getting the guild involved in saying goodbye to Legion and hello to BfA!
If you are a raid leader and haven’t filled out the survey that Nevermore has, please contact her in game (Neverending), on Twitter (@QuotedNevermore), @Nevermore in AIE Discord, or the AIE Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AIEguild/ as she’s putting together things to make raid team organization and recruiting a bit easier for all.
And just a infrastructure update, we will be replacing the AIELFO channel in game with the AIELFO Community. Umami bulletins and the application approved letters have been updated with the new methodology. This give us better control over the aielfo communication in game, and as always, you can also ping of an officer in the AIE Discord #lfo channel as well.
SWTOR
Speaking of the AIE Discord #lfo channel, SWTOR is making the move to removing it’s AIELFO channel in game and relying on the #lfo channel in Discord for finding an officer for an invite or help.
Mandatory Fun Night will be on the Republic side this week, and the format for which side it which week has shifted. Right now it’s going to be every other week with an occasionally free-for-all rest week thrown in. Make sure you pay close attention to AIE Discord and the #swtor channel.
And a big thank you, from MarcusB, to everyone that participated in the MEGA event to kick off the Summer of Love. Without you, events like this don’t happen.
Take a look at the SWTOR update just published – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/08/swtor-state-of-the-galaxy/
ESO
Wolfhunter DLC releases August 13th in tandem with Update 19, bringing 2 new dungeons to explore.
Update 19 makes some changes to battlegrounds and PVP as well as some quality of life changes.
Skill respecs are changing so you no longer have to clear all your points and fully rebuild. You will be able to change them individually, sort of like how it works with Champion Points. Also the werewolf skill line is being updated as well.
And of course MFN is Friday Nights at 9 Eastern.
GW2
It’s the last couple days for the current event, the Festival of the Four Winds. There is a Boss Blitz Bonanza this weekend, where if the players complete 5000 Boss Blitzes in the pavillion, any account that participated gets a prize. https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/weekend-boss-blitz-bonanza/
MFN is on Monday from 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm EDT, if there is interest we can do festival events before they are gone.
EVE
The Eve Team has lit cynos and bridged to the System of AZ-R0F. As such there are rumors that things are burning in a most Eve kind of way. Expect an Eve inspired Raid team to to go out in the next few weeks.
AIEU along with its alliance Blades of Grass and coalition members have successfully defended the strategic system of 16AM-3. This great military and morale victory has ensured that the our space way of life endures. – AIEU Ministry of Truth, Love and Happiness
Interested in helping spread love and happiness in the universe?
Then come check out AIEU
https://discord.gg/b3m6EAK
FFXIV
The Monster Hunter World collaboration is underway. If you are level 70 in at least one class, and have the Main Scenario Quest for Stormblood completed, be sure to find the Hearty Hunter in Kugane to get started. This event features a major creature named Rathalos, and if you can defeat him and the other challenges, you can get rewards such as a mount, minions, an armor set, and some housing items.
Starting tomorrow, the moonfire festival begins, featuring new outfits, item pieces, an emote, and some summer food.
And don’t forget, there are static groups looking for new members to join and tackle the end game content. Make sure to ask for more details in the FF14 channel in discord.
And with that, let’s get back to us and find out what’s going on in AIE World of Warcraft.
GAME NEWS
Legion Wrap Up
What did we enjoy?
Tetsemi: Class stories, all of them, some of the more unique content they’ve done and really fleshed out all the classes and made them feel special. I really like how the Priest class order hall tied into Before the Storm and seeing those characters come to life in the story. And Artifact weapons, not having to collect a separate 1h and off-hand weapons.
Mewkow:
What did we dislike?
Mewkow:
Tetsemi: Unlocking class hall armor sets on alt’s. The 8 dungeon one was bad enough, but having to get exalted with the Nightborne for the shoulders, no thank you.
What personal goals did we meet?
Tetsemi: I got to see all 12 class order hall stories, got the Protection Warrior appearance from the Mage Tower and unlocked both heritage armor sets for the Highmountain Tauren and Nightborne. Our raid team also completed all the raids, on Normal, while they were still current.
Mewkow:
What personal goals did we miss?
Mewkow: class mounts
Tetsemi: Collecting all the class order hall armor sets. Completing a Mythic 15+ for the artifact appearance. Heritage armor for Void Elves and Lightforged.
What are we not going to miss from Legion?
Tetsemi: Dalaran. We’ve had it as ‘home base’ for two expansion (Lich King and Legion) and I think I’m done with it.
Mewkow:
What are we going to miss from Legion?
Mewkow:
Tetsemi: Class order halls and class specific stories, fighting a foe that’s not the Alliance, and haste tanking. The new Protection Warrior rotation feels slow and clunky and not as fluid as it was in Legion.
BFA Look Ahead
What are we looking forward to the most?
Tetsemi: New stories and new bosses to raid, but mostly new stories.
Mewkow:
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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.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone in something, so until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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From time to time AIE evaluates the roles and jobs of the officer group that oversees all our game divisions and does the back end work. In doing that we recently identified the need for a bit more help in a couple areas. As a result, two new officers have been added, both of whom you all know. They will continue to be primarily SWTOR focused but we will be calling on them for help and guidance across the community as needed as well.
Welcome, new officers!
Republic-Imperial Rotation
We’ve been operating Conquest and MFN on a 2xImp to 1xPub rotation schedule for the last couple years. As the guild has grown and we all have ramped up our legacies of characters, the opportunity to bring balance to the force has presented itself. Starting this week, we’ll be rotating 1 to 1 with Republic side this week. Enjoy!
Conquest Approach
The rotation change above will be one component of our slightly tweaked conquest approach. We’ll match our Conquest focus as we have in the past to the appropriate faction with more opportunity to engage our Republic side than before. We’ll pick the target size based on this focus with a de-emphasis of the other side for that week in general. We may need to shift the schedule a bit from time to time so keep an eye out for that too.
In addition to the rotation effects, the invasion deadline has changed and the opportunity and flexibility that it provides is something we’ve been looking at. We did mess it up this week as we are adjusting to the new deadline and have since refined our strategy. In some cases, we may now wait as late as Saturday afternoon to invade if we want to see where the guild is at in regards to Large vs. Medium targets, for example. We’ll continue to rely on our conquest experts (Bcav, Zen, Sakic, Jana, etc.) to help make the call.
Thanks to all of you Conquestors for the contributions to this game system. It’s been a blast each week seeing the strategy and planning and the collaborative efforts. Congrats all on Conquerors of Balmorra!
Rishi Stronghold
The new Rishi stronghold has been purchased for the guild and unlocked 100%. As part of that launch for our guild, I want to give out a gold key to any guild member that would like to try out decorating. It’s not easy to allocate keys with the messy way Bioware has it set up therefore I’d like to limit the key to just your main decorating character. Just DM me in Discord with the name and I’ll make it happen.
This new stronghold will be the target location for our 8/24 MEGA event. Testing on Friday of the new PvP capabilities turned out super fun and we think it’s going to make for an awesome event. Hope to see everyone there!
MEGA (Monthly Epic Guild Activities) and MFN Ideas
Speaking of MEGA, Marcus will continue to spearhead these monthly events. 8/24 will be epic and there are already plans in the works for September. Marcus and the team want to put the word out to everyone that your ideas for future MEGAs would be great. Drop those ideas in Discord or DM them to Marcus and we’ll keep them rolling. Same goes for MFN. We’ll be doing a new leveling event for this week’s MFN and more cool ideas like that would be awesome as well.
Thanks everyone for making the guild so excellent. All of your participation, ideas and support continue to make this a fun place to be. Please send any questions, ideas, etc. to me, any officer or to everyone in Discord, anytime.
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Stormwind was the first target with two raid groups needed to hold the team forming up outside the city gates. What followed was a quick whirlwind sweep through the bank, auction house and an attack on the castle and a takedown of Anduin with only a little resistance from a few brave Alliance heroes.
Express travel connecting two major capitals seems like poor defensive planning but all the better for the horde assault moving on to Ironforge and an assault on the throne and council there.
Moving on to Darkshore on a fleet of plague bats, the team enacted the main thrust of Sylvanas attack. Some may have shared Saurfangs reservations but when the Warchief says to “burn it” we must obey (and maybe even stop for a selfie).
From there the group may have pushed through to one last location and while the nights fun may have ended there early, they did nearly complete the impossible and their efforts were recognized (by Blizzard in the 8/8 Hotfix!)
Thanks all for participating in this classic and epic AIE WoW event!
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You are most cordially invited to Gustytail’s Block Party! Dress to impress with your fiery looks! Bring those hard won battle pets of flaming destruction! Don’t forget your incendiary trinkets and gizmos! There will be fire! There will be prizes! But mostly, there will be cake!
~~Gustytail Strongbreeze
Join us on Sunday, August 12th at 8pm eastern in Orgrimmar Valley of Strength to celebrate the ending of the Legion expansion and the beginning of Battle for Azeroth. Wear your best Horde fiery transmog with shoulders optional. Bring the fire to Orgrimmar! Summon your fire pets, your guild banners, and all those crazy flaming toys. And fireworks! Let’s light up Orgrimmar and celebrate the launch with a bang!
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“I know I’m missing some,” Max growled, “but that’ll have to do for now.”
“Ok, buddy. Broadcast time. You know what to do.”
As the droid headed toward the airlock ready for its mission, Max slowly started to remove his battered armor pieces. First one shoulder guard, then another, dropping each in turn on the floor. He wasn’t sure why, but as he looked down tiredly at those two pieces, he had the feeling he wouldn’t be putting them back on for a while.
Sincere thanks to everyone that organized, lead and participated in our 2018 guild Summer of Love events. Check the above links for replays and let us know if you have more to add. Thanks!
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For replay, there are multiple options available:
If there are other streams or recordings available you would like added to this list, let me know.
Again, thanks.
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Welcome to episode #302 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Summer of Love surprise cake is currently baking in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sy who are here to talk to us about the Summer Of Love! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be talking to our guests shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Streaming and guild podcast news
Swtor Escape Pod Cast 251: Don’t Fear The Reaper
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-251-dont-fear-the-reaper/
This week, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-251 are joined by @MarcusB814 (guild member and host of the Working Class Nerds podcast) to run Red Reaper and talk about Datacrons and the monthly event Marcus is running on the 27th.
NOMADS
No Man’s Sky has released a major update to the game 4 days ago. Several changes to the game to include the ability to play together with 3 of your friends. The game is buy-to-play and if you played before, it’s a free update, if not it’s $29.99 on Steam.
WoW
War of the Thorns has started and it’s looking like the Horde are the bad people, at least right now, and Horde players are not happy with the story so far.
Regular Noob Raid resumes October 6th. Normally the only requirements to join are a max level toon and the willingness to laugh a lot while we die over and over again.
A huge thank you to Syreyne and the DOA raid team for running the Noob’ers through Normal Antorus the past two weekends.
ESO
Congratulations, we’re sorry! Dankinia has been promoted to Game Director of ESO!
Midyear Mayhem is happening right now until August 6th. This event gives bonus rewards and XP for PVP activities.
The DLC will be on sale for 75% off for those that do not have it and there will be bonus rewards for a variety of activities in Wrothgar.
STO
Star Trek Online is about to take you into the world of the latest Star Trek TV series, Star Trek: Discovery. This fall on PC, and soon after on Xbox One and Playstation 4, Captains will take the first step on a continuing journey to 2256, in the height of the Klingon War. For the very first time in STO’s history, we’ll be updating the game in line with a currently airing Star Trek series. Here’s what to expect from Star Trek Online: Age of Discovery:
For a limited time, Research and Development packs will be available to Captains for 20% off!
From Thursday, July 26th at 8AM PST to Monday, July 30th at 10AM PST, both Research and Development packs as well as bundles will be discounted.
SWTOR
Mandatory Fun Night will be on the Republic side this week, make sure you check in the #swtor channel in AIE Discord to find out what the conquest goal for the week is and how you can best hit that goal.
Congrats to the Conquers of Balmora!
Thank you to MarcusB for the MEGA event in SWTOR this week, they went after Datacrons and had a lot of fun doing it!
And, breaking news from Discord! Friday August 24th. #MEGA Episode 3! Revenge of the hutts
GW2
MFN is on as usual, Monday 6:30 pm PT/9:30 pm ET in coordination with the Summer of Love event.
For the first time in 4 years, the Queen’s Gauntlet and Festival of the Four Winds are back! If you missed them the first time, or just want to compete and collect phat lewts, you have until Aug. 14th.
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/49240/game-update-notes-july-24-2018
EVE
It’s been a busy summer in EVE! AIEU now has 6 fleet commanders at the alliance level, one of those FC Tukucommin is now a coalition level FC, we have two new members of the GroL Lake council bringing up the number of AIEU directors in that body to 3, AIEU is now effectively running the alliance logistic chain and is the premiere arms dealer for the alliance.
And with that, let’s get back to Max and Sy and talk about the Summer of Love!
GAME NEWS
Summer of Love schedule here
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/07/summer-of-love-2018/
This year Summer of Love is running from Monday July 30th to Sunday August 5th. If you have any specific questions on the events, you can always ask the chairperson of the event or ask any officer in AIE Discord. Please keep in mind that these events are subject to change. We’ll keep you posted! I hope to see you all there!
Friday July 27:
–SWTOR – Pre-Event MEGA Datacron Run – Marcus and the SWTOR team – This went AWESOME!!!!!
Monday July 30:
–WoW – “Hide and Forseeken Laser Tag” at 9pm EST – Allanya & Nevermore
— GW2 – Vigil at the Field of the Fallen in Lion’s Arch – 9:30 pm EST
Tuesday July 31:
–WoW – Pub Crawl Micro-Holiday – Syreyne – We will start meeting up in Dalaran at 9PM EST, with a roll out time of 9:30PM EST (Server). More details on this micro-holiday can be found here: http://www.wowhead.com/kirin-tor-tavern-crawl-micro-holiday-guide
–SWTOR – MFN Special Edition – Apolas and the SWTOR Officers
Wednesday August 1:
–Video Podcast – Special Edition Sy’s Fireside Chat – EVE – Name Change and Co-Host!!!
Thursday August 2:
–Remembrance Day – All Games
-WoW – Shrine of the Fallen Warrior – (Fireworks afterwards)
-SWTOR – Alderaan in the Juran Mountains, our traditional SWTOR location
-LOTRO – Remembrance walk from the Boar Fountain in Bree to The Last Homely House in Rivendell before Remembrance Day starts – 7pm EST
Schedule for Remembrance Day:
9:30pm EST – Discord/Game – Members meet up in their game, and have an open forum type format where the general membership can talk about love ones that have passed, share stories, etc.
10:00pm EST – Official start with speeches and statements by members of Council
10:30pm EST – Wrap up, and for games that do this, Remembrance Walk back (Ex: WoW)
11:00pm EST – End event
Friday August 3:
–STO – Remembrance Flight – 1:00am EST at Wolf 359 (That’s Thursday late evening/Friday early morning) – Grebog
–ESO – MFN Special Edition – 9:30-11:30pm EST – Durus
–FFXIV – MFN Special Edition – 10:00pm EST – Abovan
Saturday August 4:
–WoW – COOP – Summer of Love would not be complete without a COOP run, so COOP we must! Saturday August 4th at 8PM server(EST) we will retaliate and invade the Eastern Kingdoms. No mercy or quarter will be given. The Alliance must pay!
We will meet in Elwynn Forest before the gates of Stormwind and raze whatever stands in our way at 8pm. Warmode MUST be turned off to avoid phasing issues. Also to lay ruin to Stormwind we must be dressed our best! Visit the transmographer and make sure your armor looks sharp and fearsome with the AIE Tabard and Cloak of Coordination.
–LOTRO – Skirmish Party from 9-11pm EST: Lets have fun while running some skirmishes – Maellung
–STO – Evening of Fun at Risa – 12:00am EST (Midnight) – Grebog
Sunday August 5:
–WoW – Gusty’s Giveaways: Pet Adoption and Mog Giveaway – 4pm EST in Undercity
–LOTRO – Beorn to Have Fun from 3:30-5:30 pm EST: Roll up a new Beorning and play it through the 5 min intro and join in the fun. – Maellung
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Max and Sy for joining us. And don’t forget, after the show is the AIE podcast stream, this week they are doing:
Syreyne on Twitter @SyreyneAIE and on Twitch at twitch.tv/syreyne
Max on Twitter @MaxTheGrey
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News from HuntsTheWind
We are working on scheduling our next guests now- may be EVE or LOTR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Why is that date important to us? It’s Remembrance Day. It’s the day we all come together as one community to honor the lives of those we’ve lost throughout the year. It’s about remembering those we’ve lost and fellowship with those that are still here.
This year Summer of Love is running from Monday July 30th to Sunday August 5th. If you have any specific questions on the events, you can always ask the chairperson of the event or ask any officer in AIE Discord. Please keep in mind that these events are subject to change. We’ll keep you posted! I hope to see you all there!
Friday July 27:
–SWTOR – Pre-Event MEGA Datacron Run – Marcus and the SWTOR team
Monday July 30:
–WoW – “Hide and Forseeken Laser Tag” at 9pm EST – Allanya & Nevermore
Tuesday July 31:
–WoW – Pub Crawl Micro-Holiday – Syreyne
–SWTOR – MFN Special Edition – Apolas and the SWTOR Officers
Wednesday August 1:
–Video Podcast – Special Edition Sy’s Fireside Chat – EVE
Thursday August 2:
–Remembrance Day – All Games
-WoW – Shrine of the Fallen Warrior – (Fireworks afterwards)
-SWTOR – Alderaan in the Juran Mountains, our traditionalSWTOR location
-LOTRO – Remembrance walk from the Boar Fountain in Bree to The Last Homely House in Rivendell before Remembrance Day starts – 7pm EST
Schedule for Remembrance Day:
9:30pm EST – Discord/Game – Members meet up in their game, and have an open forum type format where the general membership can talk about love ones that have passed, share stories, etc.
10:00pm EST – Official start with speeches and statements by members of Council
10:30pm EST – Wrap up, and for games that do this, Remembrance Walk back (Ex: WoW)
11:00pm EST – End event
Friday August 3:
–STO – Remembrance Flight – 1:00am EST at Wolf 359 (That’s Thursday late evening/Friday early morning) – Grebog
–ESO – MFN Special Edition – 9:30-11:30pm EST – Durus
–FFXIV – MFN Special Edition – 10:00pm EST – Abovan
Saturday August 4:
–WoW – PvP Fun – 8:00pm EST
–LOTRO – Skirmish Party from 9-11pm EST: Lets have fun while running some skirmishes – Maellung
–STO – Evening of Fun at Risa – 12:00am EST (Midnight) – Grebog
Sunday August 5:
–WoW – Gusty’s Giveaways: Pet Adoption and Mog Giveaway – 4pm EST in Undercity
–LOTRO – Beorn to Have Fun from 3:30-5:30 pm EST: Roll up a new Beorning and play it through the 5 min intro and join in the fun. – Maellung
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Welcome to episode #301 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (catch phrase here). This week is a host show to discuss the various activities in AIE and how we are getting ready for Battle of Azeroth. Welcome!
Unfortunately, our guest this evening had a schedule conflict, so we’ll be chatting amongst ourselves shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Just a quick reminder that the AIE Guild is also on Facebook and we’re looking at how we can best utilize it to keep everyone informed that prefers that method of communication. Stop by and say hi! https://www.facebook.com/AIEguild/ It’s a great place to keep a track of the events in AIE, see what raid teams run when and if they are recruiting, and to interact with your AIE guildmates.
The Summer of Love events are coming up for AIE in all the games, here’s a quick rundown of everything currently planned (subject to change, void where prohibited, yadda yadda yadda)
Monday July 30:
–WoW – “Hide and Forseeken Laser Tag” at 9pm Server / EST – Allanya & Nevermore
Tuesday July 31:
–WoW – Pub Crawl Micro-Holiday – Sy
–SWTOR – MFN Special Edition – Max/Sema
Wednesday August 1:
–V-Pod is the guest for the Special Edition of Sy’s Fireside Chat
Thursday August 2:
–Remembrance Day – All Games
-WoW – Shrine of the Fallen Warrior – including Beef’s and his team’s firework spectacular
-SWTOR – Alderaan in the Juran Mountains, our traditional location
-LOTRO – Remembrance walk from the Boar Fountain in Bree to The Last Homely House in Rivendell
Friday August 3:
–STO – Remembrance Flight – 1:00am at Wolf 359 (That’s Thursday late evening/Friday early morning) – Grebog
–ESO – MFN Special Edition – 9:30-11:30pm EST – Durus
–FFXIV – MFN Special Edition – 10:00pm EST – Abovan (Tentative)
Saturday August 4:
–WoW – COOP – (Tentative)
–LOTRO – Skirmish Party from 9-11 ESTl: Lets have fun while running some skirmishes – Maellung
–STO – Evening of Fun at Risa – 12:00am (Midnight) – Grebog
Sunday August 5:
–WoW – Gusty’s Giveaways: Pet Adoption and Mog Giveaway – 4pm in Undercity
–LOTRO – Beorn to Have Fun from 3:30-5:30 pm ESTl: Roll up a new Beorning and play it through the 5 min intro and join in the fun. – Maellung
SWTOR Pre-Event July 27th – MEGA Datacron Run.
We’ll have more details next show.
Streaming and guild podcast news
If you like PvP in Star Wars and want a good tour of the new PvP centered Stronghold on Rishi, take a listen to Episode 249 of the Escape Pod Cast.
This week, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-249 broadcast live from the PTS and tour the new Rishi Stronghold, showing off all the new features and unlocks
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-249-rishi-casa-de-pvp/
Take a listen to Episode 250 (Congrats team!) of the Escape Pod Cast. This week, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-250 get back to the Sorc story, check out some interlude bit and finally get to Corellia
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-250-penultimate-planet/
Upcoming streams
Max will not be streaming tonight, as Sema has informed him that he will be spending the time cleaning out his inventory for pre-patch!
WoW
A quick announcement from Nevermore-
“Hey AIE Guildies in WoW – If you have a raid team that will be active for Battle for Azeroth, please have a raid leader get in touch with Nevermore ASAP She is trying to gather a bunch of information and want to make sure that she’s not forgetting anyone. Message her via Discord, Twitter @QuotedNevermore, or send an in game mail to her main Neverending. Thank you”
With patch 8.0 coming out on Tuesday, everything you know will change … about your characters and how they play. Thankfully WoW Head has a great write-up about the upcoming changes so you’ll be prepared! https://www.wowhead.com/class-guides-battle-for-azeroth-bfa-pre-patch?webhook/how-to-play-your-class-in-the-battle-for-azeroth-8-0-pre-patch-class-guides-for-
Also, if you are returning and your characters were removed for inactivity or you are new to AIE please take a look at https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/07/wow-pre-patch-incoming-so-get-back-in-game/ with all the information needed to get you back in the game and familiar with all the ways AIE publishes information.
Also, with the hiatus of Noob Raid, Syreyne’s raid team is taking Noob raiders through Antorus on July 21st and July 28th starting at 9pm EST for the first raid and 11pm EST for the second raid. More information in the article at https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/07/antorus-tours-for-noob-raiders/
SWTOR
MFN is on Tuesday at 9 pm EST and will be on the Imperial side.
PTS is open to the public and some scheduled PvP playtesting is going on with devs in-game incognito and some of the AIE folks have been participating in said activities.
The Escape Pod Cast did a podcast from inside the new PvP focused stronghold on Rishi on the PTS. Since then, they are continuing to develop and make updates rapidly to respond to feedback. There’s an AIE PTS guild and we have the Stronghold fully unlocked for it for anyone that wants to get in and check it out.
ESO
A reminder that MFN for ESO are on Friday’s at 9pm EST and are usually streamed on the AIE Twitch channel, https://twitch.tv/aieguild
Don’t forget to speak up in guild Chat, ask for help, or just say Hi! And, check the ESO discord channel regularly for events and daily partners.
And, in ESO general news- With the upcoming Wolfhunter DLC game pack and Update 19, Hircine’s curse has taken hold in Tamriel and beyond. Are you prepared to face the March of Sacrifices and Moon Hunter Keep dungeons? Wolfhunter is coming soon to ESO plus members and in the in game-crown store. The pack will arrive with update 19, a free base-game update for all ESO players. More information is available on elderscrolls.online.com
FFXIV
A reminder that MFN for FFXIV are on Friday’s at 9pm EST as well. As far as game news, there is a producer live letter happening on Monday, July 16th. Please look forward to it.
STO
The Sally Ride is somewhere in game. She was last seen near Narenda, but supposed to move around every so often. If you find the ship hail them and you will get a special admiralty version of the ship.
The summer event is in full swing on Risa. There is a free ship for completing the daily aerial courses. There are all kinds of other events from power board races to sand castle building contests. If you don’t have a power board to use at the fleet colony, now is the time to pick one up.
Why would you want a power board? The fleet colony has a big bay. You can run around it on land, but it is easier to hop on your powerboard and cut across the water. If you are doing the gather missions, you have to go to close to the end of each side, so cutting across the water is the fastest method. And no, you can not swim across.
EVE
EVE continues to be on fire, Goons and TEST are allies again, some Keepstars died this weekend while others were were saved, Space Cadets, Hoplite Fleets, Arms Salesmen… it’s been pretty busy.
And with that, let’s talk about what we have been doing in and out of game, and how we’re getting ready for Battle of Azeroth!
GAME NEWS
Mkallah – Lots of pen and paper roleplaying, D&D, World of Darkness (Mage and Werewolf), City of Mists
Tetsemi – Mage Tower (Protection Warrior), Brawler’s Guild (Rank 8), 14 Horde and 2 Alliance characters through Silithus (got 3 pets), finished Field Medic (First Aid), and got both Nightbourne and High Mountain Tauren allied race armor (for leveling from 20-110).
Mewkow – Working on the mage towers, which means lot of alt gearing. Finally ran through the Retribution pally hidden weapon quest. Pally stuff. Shaman, death knight, profs.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank you all for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including….. Well, none! If you want to try your hand at recording a segment, let us know! We would love to play segments created by our AIE guildmates.
Next time, we’ll be talking to most likely Syrene and Max about Summer of Love! So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Hello Fellow N.O.O.B. Members!
With Kini on vaca (haha), I’m taking over Noobs for a few weeks. I know you guys have been fighting the Legion in Tomb, but I think we can do better! I’m here to lead you guys on an adventure! We’re heading to Argus! So hop aboard, stow and lock your tray tables, and secure your pets and luggage! We’re blasting off into space! Without Team Rocket.
So join my fun loving raiders and friends, and let’s defeat the Legion once and for all! Who’s with me?
The Cutest and Bestest Rogue Ever! ~Syreyne
As you may have guessed from the letter you received, Syreyne, DoA raid team, and other AIE raiders are offering carries through Normal Antorus raid for Noob Raid members. While we can’t guarantee an Argus kill, we will kill bosses you’ve never seen outside of LFR. It should be fun and crazy and very much AIE.
The Plan: Antorus Raid – Normal Mode
Who’s Invited? This is targeted at noob raiders who have not run Antorus outside of LFR. In the spirit of Noob Raid, they’ll have priority. If there’s space, the team may be able to take a few more raiders, raiders on alts, etc.
When’s the Party? Saturday night raid times – July 21st and July 28th (8-10pm – Raid One, 10-11pm – Break, 11-1am – Raid Two (fresh lock out/new raid instance))
The fine print: We are aiming here to help Noob members to be able to see the last tier of raid content and possibly get gear to help with starting quests in BFA. We want to keep that Noob Raid spirit going and aren’t focused on alts or extra gear for raiders in general.
Invites will be open on first come first serve basis starting 15 minutes prior to raid times. The number of slots per raid will depend on number of experienced raiders. There will be a limited number of spots per raid. Noob members will need to be running as DPS mostly. Healer spots are limited and we will have tanks covered since we’ll be running our experienced tanks and heals in order to successfully carry everyone. These fights are harder and more complicated than previous tiers. There may be wipes and we may not get to Argus. If you come for Raid One, you will be listed as standby for Raid Two and so on, as preference will go to someone who hasn’t done any of the raids offered. There is no guarantee how far any raid will go.
Hired Hands: If you are a geared and experienced raider with Antorus and would like to help out, please contact Syreyne (Officer Sy on alt Identity) in-game or Syreyne in Discord. Thanks.
*This event is Kini approved.
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Welcome to episode #300 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. 300, that can’t be right!! This is Mkallah! To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). And, as you heard in the introduction, this week we are joined by a Duo of very special guests Ghomus and Lanctharus who are here to celebrate this milestone! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be interviewing our guests shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
One of our own, Jason McDonald (aka Thraxxis ) has written a book! How to be a Sh*#ty Boss. It is currently available for Kindle download on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/How-Sh-Boss-Alienating-Employees-ebook/dp/B07F2Q7GSH/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1530363524&sr=8-8&keywords=jason+mcdonald
Syreyne’s Fireside Chats are going strong and a good way to hear from the broad range of guildies we have. The show can be found on Youtube, search for Sy’s Fireside Chat or subscribe to her feed, Syreyne the Rogue.
Summer of Love and Remembrance Day is coming up! The annual event celebrating our love for the AIE community takes place July 30th to August 5th. Please feel free to contact Sy if you want to run an event in any of the games that AIE plays, and she can get you on the Schedule.
Remembrance day is Thursday, August 2nd and will be celebrated in a number of games.
Streaming and guild podcast news
Available for download on Itunes, Stitcher, and their own website, https://secretsoftalonguard.com , join Evaric, Zephirah, Draven Dresden, Ben the Mage, Quoted Nevermore, and Alludra on their D&D adventure, Secrets of Talonguard! They are only a few episodes in, so join take a listen to what the Heroes of Knightsblood have gotten themselves into.
Upcoming Streams
Friday July 6th, ESO MFN Featuring whomever is volunteered to stream the scrollsy fun.
And tonight, Max has WOW planned for the AIE stream. Stick around for some pre-BfA hype, hang out in discord, show off characters, and more.
WoW
Summer of Love in WOW schedule-
Tuesday July 31: Pub Crawl Micro-Holiday – WoW
Saturday August 4: COOP – WoW
Sunday August 5: Gusty’s Giveaways – WoW
A huge thank you to Dankinia for leading the Noob raid during Legion , from her note on AIE’s Discord – “Thank you everyone who joined us for the final Noob Raid run of Legion. After some early struggles with the first of 3 bosses, we killed the final two of ToS on our first pulls. It was a awesome final run before our break.
Noob Raid will resume the first Saturday of October which is the 6th, and we current plans are for us to take our freshly leveled 120’s back to Legion so we can clear the Argus raid. I hope to see you all then.”
SWTOR
Mandatory Fun Night will be on the Republic Side this week, be sure and join in all the fun as the guild takes on conquest goals, has some story time with Max for folks that haven’t run through content yet, and make sure to remind everyone, Fun is Mandatory, as is your armor, don’t let your transmog fool you into thinking you’re actually wearing your gear.
ESO
A reminder that Mandatory Fun Night is on Friday’s in ESO so be sure to join early and get in the fun. You may even be lead over a cliff by Dankinia, who knows what adventures are planned.
EVE
Pew Pew SO MANY *explosions* hurt feels, narratives, man babies, and more! Come join your AIE Fleet Commanders with the POWAH of their alliance (fun creators!) and help defend our new home and put the nefarious Test Alliance in their place. The Hobo War is now known as the EvE War ((everybody vs. Everybody) Come hug everybody with your teeth!
Fleet commander program and a soon to be announce Newbro training program.
STO
Not to be left out of the new content, make sure you check in with your fleet mates in AIE and get ready to tackle the annual Lohlunat Festival Festival from July 3rd through August 16th. More details here – https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10934263-the-2018-risa-lohlunat-festival%21
FFXIV
Make sure you’re patched up and ready to tackle the second installment of the Deep Dungeon series, Heaven-on-High with your guildmates on July 3rd! Unsure of what you need to do to be ready, check out the link https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/002412.html Which tells you what you need to do and how to access the new content.
LOTRO
There are still rumors of getting the band back together, but you can enjoy the Summer Festival which just started this weekend including the Weatherstock concert series July 7th and 8th on the Landroval server!
And with that, let’s get back to Ghomus and Lanc!
GAME NEWS
Interview questions!
Just a note- we are going to have some different questions for you, Lanc, than we do for Ghomus
Mkallah: How did you get involved in the AIE podcast?
Ghomus:
Lanctharus: I got snookered in.
Mewkow: Who was your favourite guest on the show?
Ghomus: Scott and Randy
Mewkow: What was your favourite time on the show?
Lanctharus: The times I have flummoxed HOOTS on air
Tetsemi: What are you the proudest of during your time with the show?
Ghomus:Nerdtacular shows
Tetsemi: Just how many times have you guested on the AIE podcast?
Lanctharus: I have lost count
Mkallah: Favourite co-host
Ghomus: Alludra/Acuzod combo-host.
Mkallah: Favourite guest to be on the show with
Lanctharus: Kephas
Mewkow: Best memory from doing the show?
Ghomus:
Lanctharus: Alludra + Kephas + Lanc show
Tetsemi: Best take away from your involvement?
Ghomus: segments and how creative community is
Tetsemi: How many ships have you blown up?
Lanctharus: 376 roughly 217 dollars
I have destroyed over 712 ships at an estimated cost of 2,700 dollars
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Ghomus and Lanctharus for joining us.
@shownotfound
@lanctharus
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
The full interviews with Dills and Alludra will be played immediately following the show, but right now it’s time to play the AIE member segments this week including …
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Sweetgrass, aka Moll about Overwatch. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast episode 300!
Link to the AIE Christmas show – http://cdn.aie-guild.org/podcast/aie_podcast_ep065.mp3
Link to AIE Podcast Wiki – https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Main_Page/AIE_Podcast
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Welcome to episode #299 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi: – (Another settlement needs my attention!). And to my right is Mkallah: (Do you know how big a cake we are going to need for our next episode?). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
There is a new post up on the AIE Guild site – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/06/aie-community-news/ – that is intended to provide some cross-community updates as well as some insight into some of the work the officer team does behind the scenes across all the games. We are planning on having a post like this at least monthly, if not more frequently, let us know what you think!
Guild Podcast News
Our very own Syreyne has started talking to AIE members in a new show called Sy’s Fireside Chat. So far she has interviewed Diddi and Velazarius; Anwyl, Antibus, and Termaku; Acuzod and his family, Sethos; and OldLadyFranks and giggles with OLF’s daughter. You can find all the episodes linked in her #episodes channel on https://discord.gg/thZ4EdF .Next week she will be interviewing Grimcow on Episode 5.
Swtor Escape Pod Cast 244: Mad Max And Sema – Fury Roadmap
This week, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-244 hang out in the casino while we walk through the summer roadmap in detail.
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-244-mad-max-and-sema-fury-roadmap/
Swtor Escape Pod Cast 245: SWCC The Chicago Way
This week, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-245 talk about the PvP update posts and Star Wars Celebration with details on visiting Chicago, all while we check back in on our Sorc class story.
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-245-swcc-the-chicago-way/
Upcoming Streams
Don’t forget about the AIEGuild twitch channel http://twitch.tv/aieguild which is hosting a variety of content from AIE Streamers covering AIE in most of the games we’re currently in, including a number of Mandatory Fun Night events. Max the Gray will be streaming FFXIV along with Abovan shortly after the podcast, showing off the guild house and other activities that the AIE Guild is involved in.
Keep an eye out on http://twitch.tv/dankiniaplays as she will be streaming Noob Raid in WoW along with Season 14 of Diablo III which starts on June 15th, 2018.
NOMADS
There has been an uptick in Destiny 2 activity with the announcements, from the website as well as E3, about new content coming and changes to the game. Jump on in and play with other AIE Guild members, check out the #destiny2 channel in AIE’s Discord server.
Essentially, the start of the new season brought back Faction Rallies and that event is going on now but ends Tues. It only lasts one week and there are rewards specific factions: gear, weapons, etc.
There’s also hype for the newly announced Forsaken Expansion 2 to the game.
A handful of guardians are popping on to finish weekly events to level the Clan and obtain powerful engrams for all. The Clan is still accepting new members while anyone how hasn’t been on in 4-6 months may be removed to make room for new members. You can always receive an invite back to the Clan though.
WoW
The Midsummer Fire Festival starts on June 21st and goes through July 5th. Please keep an eye out on the guild calendar, https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar , as well as https://aie-guild.org for upcoming events, including groups getting together to put out the Alliance Fires.
ESO
Mandatory Fun Night,on Friday’s, continues to be well attended. The guild usually gets together and crashes an open world zone. Hitting world bosses, sky shards, dolmens, delves and public dungeons can be pretty fun so why don’t you join us or watch for http://twitch.tv/thedurus to stream on their channels or otherwise hosted on the AIE Twitch channel.
Guild members are on nearly every night running dailies, and working on the new story content introduced with the recently released Summerset.
SWTOR
Mandatory Fun Night, this week will be on the Galactic Republic side, the conquest event is Relic of the Gree so they will go fight Xenoanalyst, and the Ilum Gree WB and do the Ilum rampage at the same time. Conquest target will be set for Medium on Pub side, and Small on Imp Side. Speaking of which, congratulations to the guild on taking on and meeting the Large Planet goal on the Imp side and the Medium Planet goal on the Pub side last week. A lot of effort was put into that guild activity and it was great to see the guild come together to conquer the goal.
Star Wars Celebration will be in Chicago, April 2019 and tickets are going fast. Last we checked they were 80% sold out and the full event pass was already sold out.
Also, Friday, June 22nd at 8pm central, SWTOR will have a monthly guild event. Guild member Marcus is driving it and plans to take the guild on a rampage, taking down as many world bosses in the game as we can. That’s the first in what will likely be a new series of Monthly events in SWTOR.
FFXIV
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STO
The fleet had been making big steps forward on the various holding projects. Also for submitting Umami applications for the new Jem’Hadar, just use the faction federation and race alien.
It is bonus dilithium weekend. So come do queues, mine dilithium, and earn extra dilithium this weekend. The next weekend is going to be upgrade weekend, where tech points are normally doubled from your upgrade kits. This will help you get all your new Jem’Hadar captains and all your old captains their new max level great if MK XV, yes that is correct mk XIII is no longer the top gear level.
The new expansion, Victory is Life had been released. Odo returns with the Dominion to form an alliance with the Federation and KDF. As such, you can now create Jen’Hadar. If you purchase the starter pack you can unlock the Jem’Hadar Vanguard race. They have an added bonus in space combat on top of the default ground bonus of the regular Jem’Hadar. All Jem’Hadar start at level 60. They also are Gamma Recruit, which there are various objectives to complete with corresponding rewards. Many unlock account-wide rewards you can claim on other captains.
The Cardassians are another c-store race as well, as they join the fight. They start at level one and act as another option for races as a standard Captain.
And as with all things there are many new ships and even some old lockbox ships that are now in the c-store. So if you were hoping to get any of the old Jem’Hadar ships or the Cardassian Galor cruiser, you can now just visit the c-store. The Dominion haven’t been sitting idle with their ship technology and offer 4 new tier 6 Vanguard ship variants of all the Dominion ships. The Cardassian also offer 3 new tier 6 Intel ships.
If you are wanting the new vanguard Jem’Hadar ships on other captains, once you level up the ship mastery to the 6th tier, it unlocks account wide
EVE
The “Hobo Wars” between several small alliances and their large super power backers continue and show some signs of gathering strength. Some Hobos have left the area, some have fallen, some have joined larger groups. We are “getting settled” in our current home, have been very active conquering and defending our territory. We have excellent support setup for current pilots and welcome anyone that is curious to join us at our public channel in our AIEU Discord. Check out the #eve_embassy channel in the AIE Discord for more information.
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on with AIE in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Patch 4.3: Under the Moonlight
The ramifications of the Doma part of the main Stormblood story, along with the post credits scene (no spoilers!) come to a tipping point.
New primal fight with ???, because it is a spoiler, but a good story to witness.
More Side stories, including a new 4 Lords side quest.
Return to Ivalice, 24 man raid. 2nd part of the expansion.
The Doman Enclave reconstruction. I’m not saying that Doma was destroyed in an earthquake or a flood or something, but it needs to be rebuilt.
New best tribe, the Namazu. Crafting dailies, scaleable quests to help level your crafters from 60-70. There are now daily quests you can do to level your crafting jobs from 1-70.
New dungeons for Grand Company Squads
The Aurum Vale
Braflox Longstop Hard
Sohm Al
Squad members can be glamoured and equipment dyed.
Bard performance actions have been updated to include
Flutes
Oboes
Clarinets
Fifes
Panpipes
All notes can be keybinded.
Lots of job changes, read the case notes.
Cross server linkshells are a thing.
New Feast season, the ranked PVP.
Cosmetic bonus – Male bunny ears.
If someone is in a hurry and starts a boss fight early, you will be asked to join the fight and not be locked out. Does not let you a) leave the fight and then come back in or b) enter the fight if you are dead or died during the fight.
Lords of Vermillion matches has been updated to include NPC challenges, so a match will always be available.
Chocobo races can be registered for via duty finder, both solo and in groups.
Which leads us into…
The Make it Rain Campaign has started and will run thru July 24th.
Extra MGP will be available on all mini-games in the Gold Saucer!
Earn unique items during the event, including the mini games themselves as housing items to be placed in the house to be played anytime. Fully functioning mini-games, rewarding MGP.
A repeatable quest line that start off as a ghost story, but turns into a cute matchmaker questline.
On May 29th, we got patch 4.31
Adding The Weapon’s Refrain (Ultimate). New challenge raid for high end players, revisiting the Ultimate Weapon from the end of A Realm Reborn. The videos are for this are OMG SO COOL!!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
@Abovan
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
The AIE Podcast turns 300! And we are rounding up some very special guests for the occasion. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>This update letter is designed to give the greater community some insight into what’s happening across our game divisions as well as shine a light on some of the awesome guild news that may be of interest. The officer team meets regularly both as each division and as a cross-game group and works on community support in a number of ways behind the scenes. We wanted to make sure you are aware of that and receive a heads-up on what’s new in Alea Iacta Est.
Here are just a few things going on:
Streaming
Forums
AIE At Blizzcon and SWCC
Here are a couple game division highlights and events. Find more in the game division discord channels:
Thank you everyone for making this community great. As always, if you ever have any questions, please contact the officer corp at officers@aie-guild.org or in Discord in #lfo.
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Welcome to episode #298 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Lanctharus, Lars Gagner and the very late incredibly exploding Tukucommin who are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 242: Calculating Conquest
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-242-calculating-conquest/
This week, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-242 are joined by guild member @brendancavanagh to talk about Conquest updates and BC’s excellent planning spreadsheet.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 243: Smooth Operators
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-243-smooth-operators/
This week, @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-243 are joined by guild members and ops leaders Dent and Marcus (@marcusb814 also of the WorkingClassNerds podcast) to talk about starting and running an ops team, while we run the Umbara Flashpoint.
Upcoming streams
Max the Gray will be streaming on the https://twitch.tv/aieguild channel tonight after the podcast. Join him after we wrap up Eve to see AIE in ESO!
Also, on the same channel we have ESO streaming on Thursday at 9 EDT and Noob Raid for WOW on Saturday at 11 EDT.
Other Community stuff-
Are you going to Phoenix Comic Fest or just want to see what the phoenix crew is up to? Arra has created a Tadpool AZ discord to be used for con and beyond. Hit one of us, or Arra, up in discord for the link. And, speaking of Phoenix Comic Fest, Nevermore will be at booth AA503, Bouvi will be at the Hero Initiative booth at AA396/398, and Mkallah will be at AA501 carrying her own merchandise and goods from two other AIE members. Come by and say Hi, and keep your eyes out for a wandering Mew as a guest visit to Phoenix for con
Imperium Ludi
Destiny 2
New DLC has dropped for the game: Expansion II: Warmind. New story content, new raid, new strikes AKA reskinned story missions, and new gear to grab….
Season 3 has recently kicked off. Be on the lookout for the faction rally.
Some old faces have resurfaced and guild powerful engrams are being generated, go get them!
DLC info: https://www.destinythegame.com/expansion2
WoW
Congratulations to Noob Raid on downing two new bosses, 1 last week and 1 this week! Sounds like a great time was had by all. If you’d like to join in the fun, be online on Saturday evenings around 11 pm EDT and keep and eye out in game chat and in the #Wow channel in the AIE Discord.
SWTOR
Congratulation to the guild for hitting the medium conquest goal on the Imperial Side. The guild is really focusing on conquest goals and helping each other out to find ways to hit the goals that are both effective and fun.
Speaking of fun, Mandatory Fun Night will be on the Republic Side this week, make sure you join the #SWTOR channel on the AIE Discord and join in the Conquest activities and planning.
Also, patch 5.9.1 (mostly bug fixes) will be released on May 22nd and the Summer 2018 Roadmap is out – http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20180516 – looks like a lot of quatlity of life improvements a PvP focus with the PvE storylines picking up in the fall.
FFXIV
Patch 4.3 dropping on Tuesday, Monday is the 24-hour major patch maintenance.
Preliminary patch notes dropped.
Many changes, many QoL, many few features.
And it was the 45th birthday of Yoshi-P, (Naoki Yoshida) the FFXIV Game Producer, and the FFXIV worldwide gaming community created a 2 hour happy birthday video from the players around the world.
Details for all FFXIV news, events, and FC events are found in the FFXIV discord.
ESO
A new expansion called Summerset will be arriving on Mon., May 21st for players on PC/Mac and coming June 5th to PS4 and XBox. It features 6 new areas, a new skill line called the Psijic Order (pronounced Psy – jick), a new Trial (like a raid), Jewelry crafting and much more.
The guild members have been sky shard farming since they know they will want skill points early on for the new jewelry crafting skill line.
STO
In the upcoming new expansion, you will be able to create Jem’Hadar captains. As Jem’Hadar are all cloned for specific paths, this means your new Jem’hadar captain will start at level 60. You will start with a full complement of Jem’Hadar bridge officers, a fully geared ship, and shuttle.
It also says you will also have pre-completed progress in Crafting, Specializations, and Reputations. All players will be able to create Jem’Hadar characters, but they are recommending new players to create a regular captain first to go through the tutorial and learn to play. There is a Jem’Hadar tutorial, but likely be more an introduction to the new features the Jem’Hadar have before they join a faction.
There will also be a special variant of Jem’Hadar that you can purchase in the c-store, Odo’s Vanguard. These are a special premium breed carefully created under the watchful eye of Odo. They are identical as their lesser brethren, with the added bonus that their engineered soldier trait will also give bonuses to space combat.
Romulan captains may be happy to know that coming with the expansion, the Federation and KDF are going to allow the Romulan captains that have allied with them to fly most of their starships. So, if you have a Romulan captain and have been wanting to fly a Defiant class ship, you will soon get that option.
As for the fleet itself. We are currently focusing hard on the Spire holding, but also making steady progress on a few of the other holdings as well. When complete the Tier II of the Research branch of the Spire, we will have access to some of the best tactical consoles in the game.
And with that, let’s get back to Lanctharus and Hoots and find out what’s going on in EVE .
GAME NEWS
The Tenerifis Campaign aka Reasonable people doing things for Reasonable Reasons
So first a little story
The “narrative” Welcome to the Hobo War
AIEU has 5 new active Fleet Commanders in the alliance
AIE operates a critical logistics chain
AIEU creates community
Battles of YF-P4X
The freeporting of ZD1-Z2
You never call me in the Batphone!
Corporate FC program
Lots of new and returning faces
Holding the line and expanding the Empire
Point to AIEU Discord here: https://discord.gg/G3etFXG
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Lanctharus, Lars Gagner, and the ever lovable Tukucommin the explodable, first of his name for joining us tonight.
@lanctharus
@aie_universal
@Uncle_Tuku
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Read more about this expansion’s new story and available features in the official Elder Scrolls Online news article: Boundless Adventure Awaits in Summerset.
Highlights include:
Take on Menacing World Bosses
Explore New Public Dungeons
Shut Down Abyssal Geysers
Venture into New Delves
Complete the Museum Quest
Become a Grand Master Crafter
Join AIE on the PC North American megaserver. You may ask for invites to the Alea Iacta Est Cartis guild in the AIE Discord’s #lfo or #eso text channels.
]]>Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is preparing to drop patch 4.3! As with most patches, there are a ton of changes expected to be made to the game. Here’s a quick listing of what we know so far.
Patch Trailer!
At this point we’ll need to move forward in a new direction. We are still figuring out what that will be in the long term, but for now, Discord is open and available and channels like the #LFG channel are a great place to start up some conversations about people who are looking for groups and group leaders who need people.
We’ll update everyone on long term plans over the next week or two. Keep an eye out here and on aie-guild.org for details. You can PM me on Discord with specific comments or notes if needed and I’ll try to answer them all.
]]>Handwritten Advertisement posted to Alea Iacta Est Community Board:
Have you ever wanted to see the world from the sky, without the weird smelling bats, some crazy magical horses, or getting feathers to the face from giant birds???
Have you ever wanted a sweet and unique way to proposal to that beautiful blood elf you love?
Have you ever wanted to drink more spirits than a dwarf and *ink smeared here*
Now is your chance! The Spring Balloon Festival is back! Join us on our epic quest to ride every balloon!
Be in Orgrimmar at 11pm on the 11th of May! Grab a friend or three! And don’t forget the rum!
Sy ~ The Cat Herder
Join us to help AIE celebrate the Spring Balloon Festival micro-holiday in World of Warcraft. More information on this holiday can be found on Wowhead.
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Welcome to episode #297 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (My craft sprawl has taken over the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (May the Force be with you or Serve you well). This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sema who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
AIE is now active on Twitch and the AIE community is going to be streaming more often. Check out https://www.twitch.tv/communities/aieguild Plans are still in the works for hosting AIE community members streams, keep an eye out on the AIE Guild site and the AIE Discord in the #content-creators channel for more information and opportunities.
WoW – Noob raid http://www.twitch.tv/dankiniaplays
Streams every Saturday night at 11:00 pm Eastern. The only requirement is that you are level 110 and want to have fun with a bunch of AIE folks raiding. Spots fill up fast, so make sure you’re there on time!
SWTOR – The Escape Pod Cast – https://www.twitch.tv/newoverlords
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 240: Ring My Belsavis
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-240-ring-my-belsavis/
Sema & Max continue to play through the Sorc class story on Belsavis while we talk about in-game events and what else we’d like to see.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 241: Nothing But Nathema
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-241-nothing-but-nathema/
Sema & Max are joined by guild member Zen to run the new Nathema flashpoint and talk about the conclusion to the Traitor story and the end of an era. (Thanks for playing Star Wars the Old Republic ?)
ESO – Streaming Mandatory Fun Nights on Friday – https://www.twitch.tv/thedurus
FFXIV – Follow along as Abovan wanders through Heavensward! – https://twitch.tv/abovan79
AIE Game Specific News
Community
This month’s community event will be the Balloon tours in WoW (more info in the WoW News section) and next month’s event will be the Midsummer Fire Festivals to steal Alliance Fires on Sunday June 24th from 2-4 pm EDT (Server time).
WoW
We are doing the Balloon Tours event on Friday, May 11th starting at 11pm server time (EST). It takes four people queued up for a balloon to launch on the tour so we will be coordinating everyone to make sure folks can get to see which tour they want to see. Keep an eye out for an article on the https://aie-guild.org website for more information.
And if you’re in the BfA Beta, just a reminder, we have a couple of co-guilds available for you to join. We’re on the Sylvanas server, on the Alliance side, so as not to spoil the Horde storyline. Just hop into the #lfo channel on the AIE Discord and ask for an invite.
SWTOR
See Guest Game News!
ESO
The newest chapter in the world of Tamriel, entitled Summerset, is going into pre-order pre-release on May 21st for the PC/Mac and for everyone (those plus PS4 and XBox1) on June 5th.
FFXIV
Patch 4.3 will be titled, Under the Moonlight, and will be available late may.
New 24-player raid, continuing the Ivalice storyline, Pharos at Ridorana. New 8-player trial that is still under wraps. New Deep Dungeon, Heaven-on-High. Less of a deep dungeon and more of a tall tower. Heaven-on-High will have 30 floors of story content with floors 31-100 as challenge content. For those that have gone through stormblood, at least the Doma part of Stormblood, you might remember the large criss-cross tower in the Ruby Sea.
The new FFXIV mobile app will be debuting on 4.3.
Free features include, chat, event planners, and manage market board items.
Premium (like for $$$) features include more saddle bag storage (extra bag space, but not for active items) and a retainer for more bank space and market board slots.
The Namazu Beast tribe (AKA the sentient catfish people) will have their own daily quest and reputation rewards, joining the rest of the grindable beast tribe factions. Eureka will be expanded into the Ice-aspect area. Solo players are getting adjustments to fare better in Eureka content. Items will be able to be withdrawn from your Glamour Dresser (This is the storage for items that you want to keep around for glamour purposes, which is FFXIV speak for Transmog.) Cross Realm link shells are now a thing. These are chat channels that can now invite people from different servers.
For the top tier raiders, a new Ultimate difficulty raid will be unleashed to make the raiders cry in the follow up patch, 4.31. This will be Ultima Weapon, one of the last bosses from A Realm Reborn. (The base game) Not a spoiler, since a) It’s a Final Fantasy game, and b) It came out in 2013.
New 4 player dungeon, the Swallow’s Compass
STO
Need more ships? Until May 7 10AM Pacific, 20% off all ships in the c-store. The ship and dry dock slots, and ship upgrade tokens are also 20% off. Also, if you buy Tier 5 ships, you will receive a free ship upgrade token
Phoenix Prize pack is back again. You have until May 10th 7AM Pacific to claim a daily free prize pack. You can also spend dilithium in the dilithium store to buy more prize packs for more chances at some T5 and T6 ships. The daily free prize pack can be picked up at Drozana Station.
Arena Sompek has returned also until May 7 10AM Pacific. You can claim a new ground weapon if you have completed the event 3 times. This time it is a pair of Tsunkatse Gloves, which will also unlock a new appearance at the tailor.
They are also offering a new “Elite Starter Pack.” As STO shifts away from the monthly subscription, they are introducing the new starter pack as a way to unlock some of the monthly subscription rewards. The lifetime subscriptions are staying, and will still be available for purchase, so do not worry there. Once you pick up the starter pack, you will get one new character slot, 20 shared bank slots (the account wide bank), 5 captain retrain tokens, increase to your energy credit cap to 2 billion. And then once per character you can reclaim in the c-store to get 30 inventory slots, 60 bank slots and 2 bridge officer slots. If you have unlocked all this from other methods, like the regular monthly subscription, you will not lose any of these perks. If you have questions about this change, I highly recommend visiting the article about this: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10883424
And last but not least. If you still want to create Delta Recruits, you have until May 17th. If you are unsure if you should create 1, I would highly recommend having at least 1 on your account. If you can, then it can be beneficial to have a romulan and a standard federation officer as delta recruits, as there are slightly different checkpoints for free account wide bonuses. This also works with KDF as well, with having its own story and unlocks for account wide bonuses.
EVE
AIEU is recruiting, if you are already in the system come back, it’s a great time to be alive. We are in the process of taking our own space, and are having frequent fights with our old alliance TEST.
GW2
Balance Patch is coming on May 8th, and includes a rework of underwater weapon and skills. Keep an eye out on the GW2 blog for more details the morning of May 8. https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/coming-soon-changes-to-underwater-skills/
LOTRO
25% Skirmish Marks weekend from 5/10/18 – 5/14/18
Lootbox Weekend from 5/17/18 – 5/21/18
VIP Event Boost from 5/24/18 – 5/29/18
And with that, let’s get back to Max & Sema and find out what’s going on in SWTOR!
GUEST GAME NEWS
Focus on guild activities and story of guild accomplishments
Hunt for Izax
Explain the content arc and GftM
Explain no lockouts
Reminder on what MFN is
Talk about our ops teams
Talk about everyone working together to get all ops teams killing Izax
Conquest
Talk about the system
Talk about the guild targets
Mention Sakic and BC (zen on republic, Arv on invading, etc.)
Mention the spreadsheets!
Reminder on patch notes if needed
Quick rundown of 5.9 patch notes
http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes
Nathema + traitor story (will talk about in detail during the run)
Double XP, CXP, Ship Req
Returning Companion: Felix Iresso – Consulars
Returning Companions: Akaavi Spar & Mako – Bounty Hunter and Smuggler
Conquest updates (talk about more next week with another possible guest)
Relatively minor class updates (tank nerfs don’t seem too bad)
Izax fight tuning
New Augments
Introduction to Conquests and Intro to Black hole work again.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Max & Sema for joining us.
@AIESema
@MaxTheGrey
twitch.tv/newoverlords
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Next time, we’ll be talking to Hoots and Lanc in EVE. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Everyone knows what a great adventurer you are. You travel throughout Azeroth and the cosmos, defeating great evil like the Lich and Legion. You defend our far reaching territories from those pesky Alliance. All in the name of the Horde.
And yet, there are those that stay behind. Those who never travel. Who never leave our capitals. They protect our leaders, our citizens, and our trade. While you are off fighting the Legion, they stay home to repel Alliance invasions at Orgrimmar and defend our capitals and at our smaller towns.
These unsung heroes are our illustrious guards.
It has been decided that there shall be a day every year to honor these warriors. I implore you to step up and join them. Salute them with respect. And defend our fair city.
I hope to see you all there!
— Syreyne, Officer, Herder of Cats and Collector of Left Sharks
*End of missive*
Please join us on Saturday, April 28th, 2018, as we celebrate the mico-holiday of Volunteer Guard Day. We will be meeting up as a guild in Orgrimmar at 10pm Server Time. There will be pets given away, and maybe some other shenanigans.
All you need to do is /salute a city guard. This will give you a buff and allow you to attack city invaders. You can earn a title for the day depending on how many invaders you kill. Even though we aren’t meeting up until later, you can do this event on your own all day long. There is a nice write up in the comments on Wowhead that explains how everything works.
Let’s fill Orgrimmar with AIE and defend our city! For The Horde!
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Welcome to episode #296 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (Greetings, Gamers!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Durus and Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into ESO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Save the date – 10 pm to 11 pm server time, on April 28th, we are celebrating Volunteer Guard Day and we’ll be gathering in Orgrimmar to step into the shoes of a guard with a /salute and you’ll get to serve and protect the city just like them. Stay vigilant and watch out for any invaders. Pay attention to the AIE Discord #WoW and #General channels as well as the guild site for event times. There is reported to be a pet give away…. And other stuff.
Also, have you ever wanted to give someone some WoW Gametime, a little money for some Hearthstone cards, or just enough for them to buy Deckard Cain in Heroes of the storm but are just too busy to leave your house and hit the nearest shop for a game time card? Well, then Blizzard has some good news! You can now gift Blizzard balance directly to someone else who has a Battle.Net account, all without leaving your house and having to deal with people! Check out the article over at https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzard/21707369/blizzard-balance-gifting-now-available
NOMADS
The new God of War is out, and stealing a lot of people’s time and energy. AIE Has a PS4 Community, so if you’re interested in joining just search for AIE and ask for an invite.
WoW
Ready Check Noise/Ham Horn – There are 17 Raid lockouts till Battle for Azeroth! Time to cross off all those bucket list items, get your Allied races leveled, plan for your Orc’s new posture thanks to the chiropractor, I mean barbershop, and drool over the sweet new hair styles with exclusive ‘glowy bits’ coming to the Alliance side allied races! (Boo!) But hey, we got the best Antlers in the house (Moo!)
The Battle for Lorderan is testable on the Alpha server (no voice overs or major spoiler cutscene available, yet) and shows what happens after the intro cinematic showing the two armies starting the battle. No word yet on Malfurion’s fumble fingers that started the fire in Teldrassil, but we’ll let you know when it’s available as well.
If you are leveling an allied race and don’t want to leave Pandaria at 90, good news, the XP from quests, gathering, and mob kills stays decent up to level 94, so no need to rush to Alternate Timeline Draenor, hang out in Pandaria, do the intro quest to Warlords, start your garrison, and you can head right over to Taledor without needing to deal with Frostfire or Gorgrond.
Also, if you haven’t run with Noob Raid, you haven’t gotten to enjoy events like this – https://clips.twitch.tv/SavageFunnyCobblerPanicBasket Shout out to Gijora, the magnificent b*****d that brilliantly executed the Mass Rez Cliff Jump taking the majority of the raid team to their death after the wipe.
SWTOR
Check out the great article that the SWTOR team put toger on the AIE guild hunt for Izax – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2018/04/aie-swtor-and-the-hunt-for-izax/ We have almost 100% of the active raid teams with a kill on the final boss from GftM (Gods from the Machine) and in two weeks patch 5.9 will drop bringing even more Conquest adjustments as well as new content.
Mandatory fun night is on the Imperial Side and we will be tackling the Emergency Operations. Any Operation from Eternity Vault up to Dread Palace is a conquest goal, so make sure to attend, help yourself and the guild get to their Conquest goals.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 238: For Whom The Belsavis Tolls
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-238-for-whom-the-belsavis-tolls/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-238 play through the Sorcerer class story between Hoth and Belsavis. We also talk about 5.9 class update notes and cover other news, including what’s going on in our guild Alea Iacta Est.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 239: Save Us Belsavis
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-239-save-us-belsavis/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-239 continue to play through the Sorc class story on Belsavis while we talk about Conquest and say congrats to Eric Musco.
FFXIV
New things coming in patch 4.3: MSQ, more 24-man Return to Ivalice raids, new trials, 4 Lords (other trials), Ultimate Weapon’s Refrain, new Beast Tribes, more Hildabrand, Heaven-on-High (the new POTD), Eureka updates if that is your thing, and the mysterious “Additional Updates”
Oh, and a new dungeon
Late May is the tentative date.
One of the additional update is the raid roulette, 8-player group finder in other words.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/patch/4_3 Teaser site up.
Goblin is still a preferred server, so new toons will get a road to 60 buff, up the level cap of Heavensward, the last xpack) which gives you 3X experience on all gains.
You can easily run your first class up to 60 on Main Story Questline exclusively. (Class and Job quests are still recommended to unlock skills, however)
STO
Research lab has fully completed upgraded. Be sure to visit it to buy your extra traits and research slots.
They are opening up the ability to create Delta Recruit captains again. You have until May 17th to create one. As you level up a Delta Recruit, you unlock bonuses for all your captains no matter the faction.
The next expansion, Victory is Life, is slated for June. The level cap will increase to 65. The story will be another step forward in the Deep Space 9 section of the Star Trek story. And as always, if possible, they always try to bring back the actors to voice their in game avatars. They are featuring episodes leading up to the release that start some of the pre-expansion lore.
People collecting ships, do not panic, T6 ships will stay as the top tier of ships. Though I would bet we will see stronger ships as time goes on. They do tend to slowly creep up the power of the ships as they release new ones.
EVE
After refusing to bend to (absent) Russian Overlords, AIEU moved to Chinese Pandemonium. Kind of clear to state that gaming there is totally different from playing on occidental servers.
LOTRO
LOTRO Bonus Days brings you LOTRO’s 11th-anniversary celebration now through May 8th and Double Bonus Points now through April 29th!
Reclaim Middle-earth! Get 20% off now through April 26th:
Select Expansions & Expansion Quests (In-game only)
Enhanced XP Supply & Hornberg Token
Skirmishes & Instances
The 100% Mark Acquisition Boosts
The Weekly Coupon gets you +5% Attack Damage (90 min) with coupon code ATTKDMG now through April 26th
GW2
Monday fun nights are still a thing. They are like office hours…sometimes the line is around the corner, sometimes you get paperwork done.
There has been a change to how bonused gathering tools work. The bonus is now extractable and applyable to any gathering tool, even the consumable ones. A really nice QOL boost.
ESO
Anniversary event is ending on Monday. After that, the cake will be a lie.
ESO Plus will be free from 24-30 April. Current subs will get a free crown crate each day.
For more detail on what is going on in ESO, let’s get back to Durus and Dankinia !
GAME NEWS
“As a PTS participant, you’ll have a watermark visible while playing to help us identify any possible NDA breaches. To reiterate: You can share almost all of your adventures in ESO: Summerset publicly, including Jewelry Crafting, the Cloudrest Trial, open world adventures, Abyssal Geysers, Delves, World Bosses, Public Dungeons, and anything in the base game, but any details related to the main quest and its storyline beyond “The Queen’s Decree” is under NDA.”
Elder Scrolls Online Talking Points
What’s all this ESO stuff about? Basic chat about the game and world. Sub model, free to play, Steam, PC, console, addons, etc.
The entire world scales. Jump in and play with friends now that you’ve been playing with in other games for years. Caveat: level 10 for dungeons, level 6 is when craftings starts.
What’s AIE doing in the game? How do guilds work?
How do you get involved with AIE in the game? Talk to us in-game or via Discord in the #lfo or #eso chat channels. No UMAMI needed.
Mega-servers but if you want to play with us it has to be NA PC.
Brief word about the economy and trade guilds.
Tips
ESO Plus – note upcoming free / crate promotion
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/esoplus
Crafting
Inv / note the level 7 reward for 10 additional inv slots. Don’t buy the first ten until after level 7.
Addons. Use “Minion” : https://minion.mmoui.com/
If you don’t own the game currently. Morrowind is now rolled into Sumerset and the entire game can be bought / up to date and ready for update 18 on 21 May for PC.
Want to see us play the game? Talk about streams. The best way to get a glimpse of what the game is about.
Announcement summary for Summerset Isle
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/26347
Summerset and Update 18 Info
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/26341
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Durus and Dankinia for joining us.
Dankinia My twitter is @dankinia and my twitch stream is http://twitch.tv/DankiniaPlays where you can see Noob Raid in action every Saturday night.
ESO userid: @dankinia
Durus is @thedurus on the Tweeters, and streams as http://twitch.tv/thedurus. These days there is a lot of ESO is being streamed. However Steam and PS4 games are also known to show up there.
ESO userid: @theadurus
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Well we didn’t receive any this week, but please check out https://www.twitch.tv/newoverlords right after the show as @MaxTheGrey will be live streaming some ESO and showing of the AIE Guild and guild house as well as some of the cool game features.
Next time, we’ll be talking to MaxTheGrey and Sema’t’witch about AIE in StarWars the Old Republic and thoughts on patch 5.9, if it doesn’t get delayed! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Bioware recently released update 5.8 for SWTOR which brought us Izax, the final boss in the current top operation, Gods From The Machine. Izax is a killer fight and often lasts over 15 minutes with many phases. Almost the entire guild has been taking the challenge head-on in a couple different ways and we certainly want to say thanks to everyone supporting the ops teams in their hunt.
There is no ‘lockout extending’ in SWTOR, so one of the key ways that everyone has been helping is by joining in to use our Tuesday open guild fun nights to clear some of the early bosses in the operation to give the ops teams a head start for the week. Getting 16 people in on those ‘Mandatory Fun Nights’ and tackling Tyth, the Sisters of Sorrow, Nahut and Scyva has been quite a fun adventure.
As a result, a couple of our teams have now killed Izax and we are on track to get him down across the board. We’ll be mounting commemorative statues of the fight in our guild Stronghold and Guildship to show off the success. Again, it’s been a big effort and lots of support even from people not on one of the four ops teams and we really appreciate it. Great example of what AIE is all about!
If anyone is interested in getting a look at Izax or just jumping back in to the galaxy and seeing what’s new, we have plenty going on and a great team in-game and in Discord constantly that would be happy to pull you in and get you up to speed. MTFBWY!
]]>In an effort to promote fun, responsibility and continued social ties AIEU is announcing a new initiative to incentivize pilots to become corporate level Fleet Commanders.
This will be done by providing a direct financial incentive to AIEU (non director) pilots for running ratting, escalation or mining fleets of three or more pilots (excluding multi box alts).
Interested pilots must update and submit a Google Drive spreadsheet with a record of the fleet, it’s participants and any salvage sales contracts (contracted to AIETC) AIEU’s salvage buyback trade entity.
Qualifying pilots will be paid a direct sum of 40 million ISK from AIEU on top of whatever bounties and salvage proceeds splits paid to each participating pilot.
Initial funds for the program have been provided by individual members of AIEU to promote
Requirements for the program FC payout:
The FC program will continue until all money’s collected have been exhausted. At that time a notice will be sent out regarding the termination of the program.
SRP will follow the guidance as described in the Blades of Grass SRP policy located at: https://forum.bladesofgrass.space/index.php/topic,23438.0.html
Details and fleet requirements can change at any time as needed.
Have fun and explode hilariously!
Lanctharus Onzo
Explodey Meister
To join AIE in EVE Online on Discord use this link.
Or apply via UMAMI.
Because what could possible go wrong? – AIEU Corporate motto
]]>You can pre-purchase the expansion and watch the trailer on Blizzard’s website. Right now, if you purchase the new expansion, you receive Legion for free AND a 110 character boost. Also new this expansion for those that love the Collector’s Edition, you no longer have to give away your extra game key for buying both the Digital Edition and Collector’s Edition. Directly from Blizzard’s site:
“If you’ve purchased a digital copy of Battle for Azeroth, but want to upgrade to the Collector’s Edition, we will automatically credit you the cost of the digital copy in Blizzard Balance – as long as you enter the Collector’s Edition key before 11:59pm PST on December 31, 2018. When you enter the key from your Collector’s Edition, we will see the original transaction on your account and the credit will kick in. Remember, you will need to enter the Collector’s Edition key before the end of the year, as automatic Blizzard Balance credits will be turned off at 11:59pm PST on December 31, 2018.
Please note, if you bought a standard edition then upgraded to a digital deluxe, you will be credited for the original copy only.”
Blizzard has also rolled out several Alpha testing invites and Alea Iacta Est has joined in the fun. We have a guild on the Sylvanas Server on the Alliance side. Before you say “Boo, Alliance!”, we didn’t want to spoil any of the Horde fun when the expansion actually arrives. The guild is called Alea Iacta Est Audacia, and we have a few officers in the Alpha that can give you an invite. Just hop in Discord in the LFO channel and ask for a WoW officer. Only a few of us have Alpha, so please be patience as we try to get everyone in. See you there!
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Welcome to episode #295 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is is Mkallah: (Hey guys, there is a mocha java cake in the guild kitchen) . And to my right Mewkow (Greetings, gamers!) It’s been a while, so we are having a host show, to talk about what AIE is up to and what we are doing in and out of game.
Ok, we’ll be chatting soon, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
This month’s community event will be in World of Warcraft during the Micro-holiday on April 28th, Honor a Guard! We’re going to celebrate the event and parade around Orgrimmar.
Next month’s community event will also be in WoW, helping folks who want to participate in the Balloon Tour events and those that need help with PvP for Children’s Week to finally finish off What a Long, Strange, Trip it’s Been achievement.
WoW
August 14, the day before Cyberwaif’s birthday, AND the announced release date of Battle for Azeroth! With this announcement, the physical collector’s edition is available for sale and includes a hardcover book with two novella’s exclusive to the physical collector’s edition with story about Battle for Azeroth. Excerpts were posted by Blizzard and are really worth reading – https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21647285/collector-s-edition-a-tale-of-two-novellas For those of you not getting the physical collector’s edition, the novella’s will be for sale in digitial form minus all the artwork that is exclusive to the hard cover version. If you’ve already bought the expansion digitally in either standard or collector’s edition form and order the physical version, Blizzard will refund the cost of your initial purchase to your account’s Battle.net balance.
Some highlights from the PAX East announcement –
Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag’har Orcs will be the first two new Allied Races. Play through the War Campaign at release and unlock them.
Kul’Tiran and Zandalari Trolls will come later in the expansion.
Another round of realm connections is coming!
The pre-expansion patch will include content in Darkshore that tells the backstory of the Burning of Teldrassil. It will include both story quests and replayable skirmishes with elites.
There will be 2.5D animated pieces that tells the story of the Burning of Teldrassil.
Check out more information over at MMO-Champion and WoWHead which have been tracking all the announcements and dev interviews.
https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/7489-Battle-for-Azeroth-Releases-August-14th
Also, if you are in Alpha and want to join the AIE Guild there, we have formed Alea Iacta Est Audacia on the Sylvanas server on the Alliance side. That’s right, we’re on the Alliance side so we don’t spoil the Horde storyline since that’s where the majority of our folks will be playing at the start. Just hop into the #WoW channel in AIE Discord and ask for an invite or DM Tetsemi on Discord as well.
SWTOR
Mandatory Fun Night, where attendance is optional, but fun is mandatory, is on the Republic side this week. They will be tackling GoTM as their main objective with the possibility of another MFN randomly popping up later in the week depending on Conquest goals. As always please keep track of AIE Discord and the #SWTOR channel for up to date information and make sure you’ve completed your story line far enough to have your own ship.
Since we were gone both patch 5.8 and 5.8a dropped with a loud thud or clank depending on who you talk to. Major highlights were the Conquest overhaul, the return of followers and the final boss of GoTM, Izax. Links to both sets of notes are below, and the Conquest overhaul is a work in progress, to put it politely. There will be more changes ahead in patch 5.9 restoring some of the ability of alts to participate in Conquest and provide more variety in ways to participate in Conquest as well as more incentive for larger guilds to invade Medium and Large planets.
http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/3202018/game-update-5.8
http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/03272018/game-update-5.8a
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 236: Boarding Party On
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-236-boarding-party-on/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-236 talk cartel and conquest updates while running a playthrough of the Boarding Party Flashpoint
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 237: Reviving Revan
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-237-reviving-revan/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-237 run the Foundry Flashpoint and experience the introduction of Revan into the SWTOR story.
Cartel Market Direct Sale through Monday night. All items that came out of the cartel packs are available for direct sale.
FFXIV
There is a free login campaign currently running from March 27th through May 6th.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/6d6666ed8b669d6b6c6b9c6a38935191a68f0714
Eligibility –
Users who have previously purchased and registered FINAL FANTASY XIV.
All registered services accounts are set as inactive during the campaign period.
Registered service account must have been inactive for at least thirty days.
Also, for those that might have missed it, Eureka the forbidden land has been opened. Did you play FF11 and enjoyed the Notorious Mobs and camping them, the mad dash for mobs and resources? In a similar vein to the Palace of the Dead, you will have separate leveling in this new land. Interestingly enough, rumor has it that the dungeon queues have taken a hit as a result, and even DPS are in short supply there.
Star Trek Online is incredibly proud to announce our fourth major expansion, Victory is Life. Paying homage to fan-favorite Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, this brand-new expansion will bring Captains to the Gamma Quadrant and beyond, in a new story kicked off by the invasion of the mysterious Hur’q.
In addition to new cast members and features, Victory is Life will raise the Star Trek Online level cap to 65, introduce a new queue, new progression systems, and will add a Sector Battlezone, a new gameplay feature that takes players into a war between the stars to save the Gamma Quadrant.
EVE
AIEU is moving again and trading Russian overlords for Chinese overlords. AIEU and it’s aliance will be moving to a new region of space. Once there we will be paying the “IRON PRICE” for our space sovereignty. AIEU will be going to war!
A special message from the eternal beloved AIEU space dictator Hoots
LOTRO
There are quite a few events currently running or upcoming in LOTRO.
Hobnanigans (Chicken Hockey until April 9th)
25% XP Boost April 12th through April 16th
LotRO 11 Anniversary starts April 19th
20% off Shared Wardrobe, Cosmetic Outfit Slots, Mounted combat Trait Spec, and select cosmetics in the store until April 12th
Code MARKAC gets a 100% Mark Acquisition (90 minutes) bonus until April 12th
ESO
In ESO, the guild is getting active again with the new content and fixes since launch making it a solid game. We had a guild dungeon run over the weekend and we have opened a guild house.
We now have a guild account and guild house set up in ESO. The account is @AIEGuild. To get to the guild house, right click on that account in the guild roster and select “Visit Primary Residence”.
The house is located right on the outskirts of Rawl’kha with an Outlaws Den just out the back door and easy access to a small town with everything centrally located, bank, stable, wayshrine, crafting and some of the top guild traders.
Everyone in the guild right now is set up as a “decorator” and can move any decos around. Only the owner can place. If you have decos you want placed just mail them to @AIEGuild and I’ll drop for you to move where you’d like. Once things settle down we can think about locking decorating but we can all just play around with it for now. Enjoy!
In game news, a new expansion was announced called Summerset(More on that in 2 weeks), and if you haven’t seen already, the anniversary event has begun. Make sure to find the baker in the starter cities and grab your cake memento. During the event, summoning and using the special cake will give you a huge XP boost. Also, make sure to grind those daily quests because during the event, they will also drop a special anniversary loot box full of goodies, and some super rare motifs and other epic items.
GW2
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/march-29-2018/
From March 29th through April 19th the Super Adventure Festival will be running in Guild Wars 2.
Asuran genius Moto’s cutting-edge, high-tech ludonarrative triumph, the SUPER ADVENTURE BOX, is back for our annual festival of bouncing mushrooms, exploding flowers, and clouds with attitude. Jump into the future of edutainment…if you can handle that much adventure.
GAME NEWS
Cyberwaif
Not enough
Mewkow
Just watched Ready Player One. Like, literally an hour ago.
Far Cry 5 had my attention for the most part.
ESO had the latter bit of it.
Now starting up on Witcher 3.
And when I can sneak it in, I’ve been poking at the WoW Alpha.
Tetsemi
In WoW, leveling up the 4 allied races (2 Horde, 2 Alliance) (2 Alliance at 30, HMT at 66, and Nightbourne at 78). Working on my Alchemist, trying to get all the researched discoveries. Still raiding, but in a much more relaxed fashion now that we’ve killed Argus a few times. Still haven’t got the Pantheon trinket on Tetsemi, but we do have enough people with it on the raid team to get the bonus.
In SWTOR, mainly focusing on my Sith Sorcerer to participate in Conquest weeks, though that’ll change this week as we focus on the Republic side. Still trying to collect all the Odessen armor set pieces from the various loot boxes and max out the rep with your four alliance leaders on Odessen.
A ton of soul searching in WoW. Listen to episode 263 of Azeroth Round Table if you want some more audio. Because Blizzard has been very good at communicating the mechanical aspects of the expansion but haven’t yet shared the story beats of it, Tetsemi, in WoW, will most likely be retired as a character and one of the allied races (Nightbourne or Highmountain Tauren) will take up his banner in Battle for Azeroth.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll hopefully be talking to some of our ESO folks!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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While I sometimes pretend to be the space tyrant of AIEU, in reality I’m more a Janitor-in-Chief. I keep the lights on, I make sure the place is running smoothly, and I sometimes have to remove some really smelly trash.
When I was approached by Basil and Ein about the move I was initially skeptical, but I’ve been sold on the upsides. At the end of the day I’m looking forward to fighting for the space we live in rather than it being handed to us, and I’m looking forward to working with hyper competent folks like League of Unaligned Master Pilots [LUMPY].
You may hear grumblings associated with this move, that some members of Blades of Grass have low morale or that they are unable or unwilling to log in and “do anything” in EVE. Frankly, AIEU doesn’t fit that narrative. Spirits are high, we have a great deal of fresh blood, and the momentum is in our favor.
We’re a bright spot within the alliance and our morale is largely unaffected by the situation in the Drone Regions because we generally do not rely the whims of others to make our content.
When we are bored, we make our own content.
I don’t anticipate this move to impact our morale or change our trajectory. If anything, it’ll just give us more PVP stuff to do. Also, not to toot our own horn (but to totally toot our own horn), we don’t make decisions based on committee or votes, so we have a much more stable experience for our pilots.
People who aren’t happy are generally gently shown the door.
It’s all put us in a very good spot and is going to let us hit the ground running in what we do next in Blades of Grass.
Also, vodka is pretty terrible anyway. Tea is way better.
For additional information regarding AIE in EVE Online, visit the #eve_embassy channel in AIE Discord.
Sincerely,
Hoots
Space Dictator for Life
Baron of Witty Repartee
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #294 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Tetsemi: Blame Shojobeat for this, 100%, I got all my WoW Professions to 800. If you have a raid team member that supplies cauldrons or potions of power for the raid team, do them a huge favor and send them Legion herbs each week. I knew Ben the Mage and Saisri were spending a bunch on this, but good lord, Alchemy is the worst for material costs. Also, when the WQ for Bacon is up, make sure you do it and send to your feast provider, fish is cheap, bacon is not.
Mkallah- Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
Just a reminder for folks looking for AIE in other games, there are some folks active in The Division, check out the thread in our forums! – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57017-the-division/page-2
In ESO news, the next season of crown crates, the Scalecaller crate, is coming out March 15th. Your last chance to buy the current crate, the Flame Atronach, is on March 14th, so get them while you can. Also, if you hurry and log in today and kill at least one monster deserving of such a fate, you can get 1 free crate from the upcoming season.
NOMADS
Just a reminder that there is a new season in Diablo III so jump into the AIE Community in Diablo III and start rocking that seasonal character for rewards and profits. And don’t forget, any Paragon levels you achieve during the season are added to all your non-seasonal characters at the end of the season, so don’t just stop when you hit 70, keep going and benefit all your characters.
WoW
April Fools is coming up, and DOA is hosting a huge April Fools by taking extra guild members until we hit raid size cap. Message Syrene in game or on Discord for more info!
Don’t forget the Fools Rush in Challenge that GustyTail has issued to the community and now has extended to the first week of April, play a character class that you’re least familiar with, team up with friends, and go do dungeons and LFR!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57485-april1-fools-rush-in-challenge/
How did you do in the Trial of Style? Did you make it to GustyTail’s Transmog Swap Meet last weekend before the Trial of Style? Let us know if you participated and how you did in the Trial of Style!
SWTOR
Patch 5.8, Command Authority, which was supposed to launch this Tuesday, has been pushed back a week to March 20th. This will bring with it the final boss Izax, the Destroyer. If you defeat it on the hardest difficulty, you will get a new achievement, a special and unique title, and a ‘very enticing’ legacy-based reward.
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9540049#edit9540049
Speaking of patch 5.8, it also bring in the new Conquest update as laid out in the forums post here http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9549316#edit9549316 the biggest shift, is going to be how your Stronghold bonus is determined. No longer do you have to fill the stronghold with chairs to get 100% bonus, you just need to unlock all the room in a stronghold for it to count towards the Stronghold bonus. I think Max is going to have an un-chair-ing in some of his strongholds.
Mandatory Fun Night, where attendance is optional, but Fun is mandatory! Come hear Max’s tales of how the Imperial Explosive Conflict storyline goes on March 13th on the Imperial Side (of course) and then on March 20th, join us on the Republic Side for Tales from Karagga’s Palace!
If you haven’t heard Storytime by Max, or had Corley read the Codex entries to you, you’re missing out!
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 232: Did I Mention Best Duelist?
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-232-did-i-mention-best-duelist/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-232 discuss the coming Conquest updates while our sorc story sets an Ashara trap on Taris.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 233: We Have Queshtions
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-233-we-have-queshtions/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-233 talk about some upcoming update clarifications in the news and continue our Sorc adventures, moving on to Quesh.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
Into the beach event is currently going on. Completing the event 14 times get you a special ship console.
Lifetime subscription sale is going on now until early April. $100 off of the lifetime subscription.
Fleet holdings are making good progress. The K-13 station is closing in on unlocking tier 1, while we are closing in on finishing the final stage for the fleet research lab.
EVE
No major news, move ops should be over, things are getting back to normal. As normal as having a Russian bear as your friend is.
Also, As a followup to last weeks show, the folks in Eve have started a mentoring program and are taking new pilots under their wings and showing them how to force an enemy infrastructure to go into reinforce mode so it can be destroyed afterwords! 3 enemy bases were attacked and a good time was had by all!
GW2
Season 4 Episode 2, “A Bug in the System” was released. New map and new story chapter, can’t say much more that isn’t slightly spoiler-y. Oh and new Legendary Dagger, the Claw of the Khan-Ur, an item of great lore importance to the charr, and pretty cool.
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Patch 4.2
Been out for awhile now
Added new story content, continuing the Stormblood story, which is getting crazier by the patch.
New 8-players raid, Deltascape. FF6 Style bosses with a Kefka boss at the end.
Story and Savage modes available.
2 New Dungeons
For the fashionistas out there, the new weekly quest, Fashion Report is now available.
Get “judged” by an NPC at the Gold Saucer for rewards, based on a theme.
Submarines added, for the FC to build as a group to send out on missions, similar to the airships.
“The Ralff” airship has been completed and has been running missions for us to get unique crafting materials, eventually will level up far enough to allow items needed to craft up FC buffs.
Elemental Resistance is removed from the game! Rejoice!
Stackable items go from 99 to 999 per stack! Your bags, sacks I mean, will cry of not being overloaded again!
Chocobo saddle bags available! It’s like a bank that you can access in non-combat, non-instances areas. Your sacks will cry again in joy!
Duty recorder! Record your dungeon runs in-game! Play back from your vantage point or other players or NPCs. Store up to 3 dungeon runs.
Glamour Commode! Thanks to better a translator team than google translate, we have instead Glamour Dresser!
Lets us store gear for cosmetic and glamour purposes.
Can store sets of glamour.
Patch 4.25
This week! Maybe.
New Hildibrand quests.
The Forbidden Land!
144 players per zone
Separate leveling and progression
Friday Fun nights are still happening. Come as you are and we’ll find common content to run as a group.
AIE news!
Members can activate their own buffs now.
End game team is starting to form up, Speak with Abovan or Durus for details.
Plenty of new folks too, so getting started in the game isn’t a problem, as you will have other new players as well as seasoned folks to help you out.
Getting the game.
At the time of this recording, the game is on sale on the Square Enix Store.
Complete edition (Base game and all xpacks) 60 bucks, down to 30.
Stormblood Expansion, 40 bucks down to 20.
This includes both the PS4 version as well as the PC or Mac version.
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Shoutouts:
Shout out to our favorite STO News reporter Cybyl who has been dealing with real life, we’ve missed her, but glad she was here tonight in the chat room!
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chat room begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Quick program note, due to travel and Easter, we are taking a month off. We will return on April 8th! So, until then, AIE
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #293 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey guys, there is Sticky Toffee pudding in the guild kitchen). (And, Mewkow will be in shortly! Something about a backyard playscape being scattered around the neighborhood!) And to my right is Mewkow: (Greetings Gamers, or whatever else Mkallah decides to write in here). This week we are joined by Hoots and a mystery guest who are here to talk to us about AIE in Eve The Fine Art of Seafaring. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
ESO news: The Dragon Bones update is now live with two new dungeons and accompanying new items sets, monster helms and achievements. There’s only a handful of players in ESO these days but an AIE is available in game and a channel is active in Discord for those interested.
NOMADS
Season 13 in Diablo 3 has officially started and the group of usual suspects are in there doing our thing, come join us, it’s free to play after all. And a new League will be starting in Path of Exile this coming Friday at 1pm ET, it, also, is free to play, and really a lot of fun. Come on by and give Apolas and Durus a shout.
WoW
Gusty is hosting a transmog swapmeet, a WoW event, for the Trial of Style, giving away transmog gear. March 3rd at 4pm and march 4th at 1pm.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57494-get-fabulous-for-the-trial-of-style/
Also a reminder of the upcoming April 1st Fools Rush in Challenge
Do a raid or dungeon on Sunday, April 1, in your least-played spec. Yep. Tanks go heals (and vice versa if you’re a Druid). Hunters go Survival (which may be a misnomer in this case). Mages go Arcane (get to hear the cool stuff your weapon says!) The idea is to have fun and make a fool of yourself with friends.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57485-april1-fools-rush-in-challenge/
We had an amazing time with the First Annual Rall’s Amazing Race and can’t wait to duplicate this in other games as well. Thanks to Pellel and Max for the idea, thanks to Syreyne for hosting and cat herding, and thanks to Eagle the quest giver for taking his own mage portal and giving us all a good laugh.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57492-first-annual-ralffs-amazing-race/
Speaking of good laughs, posted w/out comment, because it speaks for itself.
https://clips.twitch.tv/SuperMotionlessAdminCorgiDerp
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 231: Not a Roadmap to Taris
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-231-not-a-roadmap-to-taris/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-231 walk through the game update news posted about 5.8 and 5.9 in the “not a roadmap” post all while we finally get our story play-through onto the surface of Taris
Update news for updates 5.8 and 5.9 are now published. We’ll be seeing those updates in March and April. This will include the final boss of the Gods From The Machine operation, conclusion to the Traitor story with a Flash Point on Nathema, and updates to Conquest, among other things.
Mandatory Fun Night will be on Pub side this week running Dread Fortress and next week on Imp side running Dread Palace.
FFXIV
Personal housing is once more available.
Raid Deltascape Savage now available.
Little Ladies’ Day, the next seasonal event starts on 1 March.
It features concert glow lights, doll furniture display, and music.
Our FC world server, Goblin in the Aether Data Center, still has the “Road to 60” buff that greatly boosts XP gains for jobs under level 60.
We’ve welcomed a few new folks to the FC, please be on the lookout for new names in FC chat.
A few folks are on daily doing hunts, and roulettes. Speak up in FC Chat if you want to be involved.
Those that missed the amazon FF14 purchase bonus event a year or so ago can now purchase those formerly exclusive maid and butler outfits on the store.
STO
Welcome back to Captain Hunter who has returned from his hiatus in STO and is back and exploring all the new content. He also brings with him news, that starting in March, you will be able to 3D print your starship.
Detail and discussion can be found on the forums at – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57498-3d-print-your-starship/
Development Laboratories rank III will be completing mid week. This will allow the purchase of an additional ground reputation trait and space reputation trait. These will be able to be purchased at the fleet science lab. After this completed, we will begin work on the final upgrade for the science lab. This will be a big project and take a lot of resources.
And as always the fleet has been doing amazing with all the hard work on the fleet projects.
EVE
See Game Notes
LOTRO
Yule Fest encore is happening now through March 4, it’s second Christmas!
Hobnanigans (chicken hockey) starts March 1 and ends March 5. Hop on Discord if you’d like to coordinate some Hobnanigans with fellow Kin members.
In the store, get 20% off instant level 50, 95, or 105 through March 1. Just look for Gift, Blessing, or Aria of the Valar.
And with that, let’s get back to Hoots and Lanc and find out what’s going on in AIE in EVE.
GAME NEWS
December 5th Alpha Clone Update
https://www.eveonline.com/article/clone-states-the-next-steps/
Upcoming March Release
https://www.eveonline.com/article/p4ejjg/balance-changes-coming-in-the-march-release
Assault Frigate Updates
https://forums.eveonline.com/t/februrary-balance-update-assault-frigates-and-assault-damage-controls/54115
Assault frigates stir unhealthy yearnings with Lanc
New Fleet Commander ship called the Monitor.
Lanc HATES the Muninn
AIEU — Core Competency — Moving
Three Hour Tour
Departure from GotG
Drone Control Unit and Drone Russian Federation
DNSBlack <3
DBRB
The Spire
Movement still in progress.
Bender’s Army (Alpha Clone Doctrine courtesy of Mannfred Sideous)
Why hello again! So you have been away from the game for awhile. Not to worry. Here is not what to do to get back into the swing of things.
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Shoutouts –
Deathstar troopers are going to take down the dread masters tonight in the dread palace!
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Hoots and Lanc or joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Next time, we’ll be talking to Abovan in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
One year ago, on February 17th, AIE lost one of its greatest leaders and friends. Words cannot express the true heartbreak the AIE Community felt on that day. While there is nothing we can do to bring Ralff back, we can always remember him for the person he was, and honor him for the legacy he left behind. So honor him we shall.
One of Ralff’s last requests made on the officer forums was to hold an event in WoW similar to the Amazing Race. So in remembrance of our friend, we have started a new annual event, Ralff’s Amazing Race. The inaugural run is this Saturday, February 17th, 2018 and will continue on every year in February.
The Race will be held in World of Warcraft, with registration starting at 8pm ET/Server Time in Orgrimmar. There will be a shotgun style start at 9pm when everyone will receive the first clue. You will need to find the next waypoint and engage with the master clue giver in a mini-game for the next clue. Points will be given to everyone that reaches the next clue. Those with the highest points at the end will win prizes, however I promised on the podcast that all participates will receive Left Sharks! Yay!
So grab your mounts and bags of tricks, put your goblin engineered thinking caps on, and join us for a silly good time. All waypoints are in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms, so don’t worry about being 110. And if you don’t have level 60 flying, now is a great time to make a friend in AIE!
Until Saturday, my friends!
Syreyne
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Welcome to episode #292 of the the podcast celebrating 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 Mkalah: (There is Quiche in the guild kitchen, and cinnamon rolls, and baked french toast, and blueberry croissant bake and…). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Acuzod who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
Laskan has started a thread on the OrbuvVR game and is looking for other AIE Folks playing in the game, take a look at the forum thread and respond if you’re playing!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57486-orbusvr/
WoW
The Battle for Azeroth alpha is out and a number of streamers have been showing off gameplay. Are you in the alpha or have you watched any of the streams? Let us know what you think.
Also, with the pre-order now released, you can gain access to 4 of the 6 allied races that were announced. Horde-side you can unlock the Highmountain Tauren and the Nightborne, and on the Alliance-side you can unlock the Void Elves and Lightforged Draenai. Have you pre-ordered and starting unlocking/playing the new allied races?
SWTOR
Mandatory Fun Night will be on the Imperial Side for the next two weeks, the 13 of February will be Toborro’s Courtyard and Ravagers and on the 20th, Terror from Beyond.
Also conquest in two weeks will be a crafting week, so start saving up your materials now.
Congrats to Sith with Unlimited Power, Soldiers of Light, Deathstar Troopers and Lords of Light for all downing the new raid boss!
Patch Notes – Game Update 5.7a
Corrected an issue that was preventing players from triggering the shuttle cutscene in Kuat Drive Yards.
Chapter 7: The Lady of Sorrows bonus Mission “Clean Up Detail” has had its rewards reduced.
Corrected a texture issue for the Guerrilla Tactician’s Breastplate.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 229: Zash Clash and 5.7a News
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-229-zash-clash-and-5-7a-news/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-229 get to the finale of the Sorcerer Chapter 1 story. We also talk about 5.7a, Microsoft buying EA (or not) and other news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 230: A Ton of Thanaton
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-230-a-ton-of-thanaton/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-230 deal with an introduction to Darth Thanaton in our Sorcerer play-through and spend some time talking about Strongholds and their various uses. We also cover other news
FFXIV
Valentine Day seasonal event: Valentione’s Day — lasting until 15 February.
Letter from the Producer LIVE (42nd) was yesterday, Saturday 10 Feb — stuff!
There’s a “Be My Valentine!” creative writing contest — submit your love letter as written to a game NPC, 300 words or less by 16 Feb.
FC News
Friday Night Fun Nights continue.
Some new members are rapidly approaching “end game”
New effort for 8 man content is once more underway. Contact Durus in AIE Discord for details.
The newly crafted airship “The Ralff” was constructed and sent on its maiden voyage.
We are now working on creating our first submarine for fC explorer missions.
Streams: Both Abovan and Durus have taken to streaming some Final Fantasy content. Look for posts in the “content-creators” channel of discord or drop them a follow on Twitch.tv: http://twitch.tv/abovan79 and http://twitch.tv/thedurus
EVE
The alliance that AIEU is a part of Blades of Grass is moving! Throughout the next few weeks we will be moving space from Branch to a new home to be announced Soon If you are have been a part of AIEU in the last two years and have stuff in Branch. Now is the time to log on and contact an officer. The Blades of Grass Alliance are parting ways with the larger coalition of Guardians of the Galaxy and are relocating. The parting has been amicable, but we all look forward to shooting each other in the near future!
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 02/11/2018:
1. The featured episode, ‘Scylla (skil-ah) and Charybdis (ka-rib-dis)’, rewards for weeks 2 and 3 have been unlocked. See the STO website for the exciting details.
2. It’s an upgrade weekend, captains! All Technology Boost Tokens used to upgrade weapons, shields, ground weapons, etc, will earn you DOUBLE technology points.
3. Speaking of Technology Boost Tokens: by sheer coincidence, this weekend only, Technology Boost Tokens on the C-Store are now on sale for a 20% discount.
4. But wait! There’s more! New costumes and uniforms on the C-Store are also on sale this weekend only for a 20% discount. Look your very best while upgrading your Technology skills.
5. By the way, fleets that have achieved tier 5 in their Dranuur (drah-noor) Colony can unlock a brand new T6 Lukari (loo-car-ee) Dranuur (drah-noor) Scout ship. Check out the STO website.
6. Finally, don’t forget: All the Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
LOTRO
The Kinship is looking for a good time to get together to do Skirmishes, hop into the lotro Discord channel if you’re interested.
A Buried Treasure event starts February 15 and runs through the 20th, followed by a Yule Festival Encore from February 22nd through March 5th
In the LotRO store, it’s 30% off select warsteeds and mounts as well as riding skills and movement speed buffs. Also, OPENBOX gets you a free Black Steel Key until 2/15
And with that, let’s get back to Acuzod and Syreyne and find out what’s going on in WoW
GAME NEWS
Notes for WoW – Trial of Style Season 2, April Fools, and Ralff
Acuzod – There are some great events coming up in WoW over the next few months. From March 5th to March 9th, there will be a micro-holiday called Trial of Style Season 2. This is the return of the ultimate transmog tournament, where you compete against five other players to see who can create the best transmog outfit to match the challenge theme. At the end of the tournament, you win some amount of transmog tokens, based on how you placed, which can be used to buy unique transmog sets created for the event. If you are a mogger, talk to a transmog NPC in any capital city to join the tournament.
Syreyne – Also coming up in April, our very own Gustytail has set forth a challenge. She is daring you all to a Fools Rush In event. ( http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57485-april1-fools-rush-in-challenge/ ) The idea is to play your least favorite/geared/known spec and run dungeons and raids with your fellow “fools”. Death and chaos may ensue, but there should be tons of laughs for everyone. If you haven’t figured it out by now, the event is on April Fools Day aka April 1st. We know that’s also Easter Sunday, so we are opening it up to that whole first week of April. Make sure you take plenty of screenshots and tag the guild on Twitter!
Acuzod – As you may or may not know, February 13th is our guild anniversary. It is a time to cheer for the beginning of AIE and the start of this wonderful community. It is also a time of sadness, as last year on February 17th, we lost one of our greatest members who was the epitome of what AIE is….Ralff aka Roger White.
(((pause here for a few minutes to reflect on Ralff)))
Syreyne – One of the last events Ralff wanted to do in WoW was an Amazing Race. So for Ralff and all that he did for this community, we are now hosting an annual event in his honor…Ralff’s Amazing Race!
Acuzod – The race will start in Orgrimmar on Saturday, February 17th. At 8pm server time (Eastern), we will open registrations with a shotgun start at 9pm. The event shouldn’t run more than an hour or so…..plenty of time for everyone to join NOOB raid afterwards! Just like in the real amazing race, everyone will be given the first clue at the same time. You’ll have to figure the clue out and find your hidden officer. Once you get there, you may have to do an emote or mini-challenge to receive your next clue.
Syreyne – Points are given to out for those that make it to the hidden mark. More points for first, second, or third, but everyone that gets there for the clue will receive points. There may also be bonus points earned with hidden or special mini-challenges. The top four people with the highest points win prizes! And everyone participating gets a Left Shark!!! Seriously….everyone….
Acuzod – Don’t worry about being level 110. All the locations are in Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Everyone is welcome to join in on the fun, but level 60 flying could give you an edge. You can compete as a pair (2 people) but you have to register that way. So if you’re under 60, grab a flying buddy and take to the skies!
Syreyne – While you can fly yourself (and a buddy!) and take flight points, please don’t use class specific cheats to hop around the world…mage portals, druid dreamway, etc. We want to make this as fair for everyone as possible. The clue givers will be keeping track of points on a spreadsheet, so once you’ve made it to the final destination, head on back to Gallywix’s to party before NOOB raid!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Acuzod and Syreyne for joining us.
@SyreyneAIE
@Acuzod
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Hopefully the fools from EVE!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode 291 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests us who are here to talk to us about AIE in our gaming lives. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into our gaming lives. shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Keep an eye on AIE Discord, the forums, and the main https://aie-guild.org page for information regarding the February events in all the games that AIE is involved in. Rumor has it, the WoW team is cooking up something special for the February event based on an idea that Ralff had and the the SWTOR team has run in the past. Curious? So are we, can’t wait to find out more as we get closer to the event.
Also, one of our AIE SWTOR members has a podcast called Working Class Nerds, check it out at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/working-class-nerds/id1330089578?mt=2#episodeGuid=Buzzsprout-626038
Imperium Ludi
Some brave AIE souls are checking out ESO again. Check out the #eso channel in the AIE Discord for anyone interested in joining them.
The guild is named Alea Iacta Est Cartis and is available for all AIE members to join.
On the Crowfall side of news, game is getting more finished and we’ll surely have an open beta (currently still a kickstarter beta, and the kickstarter campaign is closed) this summer with release sometime this year.
Still a lot of work but basic issues like animation cancellations and powers are fixed and are fluid now.
More classes and races are in
WoW
Patch 7.3.5 – Patch Notes – https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21365423
A lot of content shipped with this patch but isn’t available for play yet. If you have killed the last raid boss in Antorus on any difficulty, the character that killed him will get a new breadcrumb quest leading to Orgrimmar and the new quest line leading up to the next expansion, Battle For Azeroth. As of right now, you do need to kill the last boss in Antorus on each character you want to get the new content available to them, it is not account wide. No word if it will become account wide later in the patch cycle.
For all you altoholics, the new zone scaling is in for all content zones as well as a nerf to XP gained both through heirloom gear and quest/mob XP rewards, so as they say in Pandaria “Slow Down!” and enjoy the leveling content.
Holiday Dungeons are also now available to all characters starting at level 20 (same level as the new Allied races start at, coincidence? I think not) and the rewards will scale with character level.
And, as of right now, all Dungeons reward personal loot, which means if you want a piece for transmog, you have to run it on a class capable of obtaining it from the loot table. Expect the prices of BoE greens to skyrocket.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 01/20/2018:
1. STO’s 8th Anniversary celebration is now upon us with new story arcs, featured episodes, Q’s party patrol, Omega particles, an anniversary T6 Interceptor starship giveaway, new and wondrous rewards and daily free prizes. Ship stats and details are up on the STO website.
2. The new featured episode to start the story arc, ‘Scylla and Charybdis’, features Captain LeForge, Captain Kuumaarke and General Martok fighting the final, epic battle against the genocidal Tzenkethi. See the STO website for the exciting details.
3. With the launch of the 8th anniversary, a new backstory, ’They Came From Below’, has been posted on the STO website. This must-read story is one novel answer to the age-old question: Why does God Need a Starship?’.
4. From January 15th to January 23rd, random daily, one-time-only, free prizes will be available in-game. So far 10000 refined dilithium, Phoenix lockboxes and a classic starship have been awarded. Don’t hesitate! Check the website and get in-game for the next drop.
5. A new Discovery Lockbox has been added to the game honouring the new series Star Trek: Discovery! Federation and Klingon players have a chance to win Discovery-featured epic starships! Concurrently, the Lobi store shall be selling Discovery secondary ships.
6. Speaking of new lockboxes: Lockbox keys on the C-Store are now on sale for a 15% discount. Sale is from January 16th through the 26th.
7. Star Trek Online is partnering with Loot Crate to bring you STO goodies throughout 2018! Every two months, a new Star Trek Mission Crate, loaded with Star Trek keepsakes, will be released. Additionally, each of these boxes will include unlock codes for STO in-game items like Starships, Bridge Officers, gear and exclusive emotes! The website tells all!
8. Finally, don’t forget: All the Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website https://startrekonline.com
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
FFXIV
Thanks to the Warrior of Light’s heroic deeds and Raubahn’s long-awaited return, Ala Mhigo continues its steady march towards recovery. Yet there is no rest for the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, for the winds of trouble are blowing from the Far East, where an unexpected spark threatens to set the kindling of chaos ablaze. Can Doma survive the brewing firestorm to welcome the light of the new day?
Patch 4.2 Hype Video
https://youtu.be/_1tABKPBlJs
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/patch/4_2
New mounts, new beast tribe to quest in. A new submarine for the FC to build.
SWTOR
Patch 5.7 – Patch Notes will be available on Monday, Jan 21st, here – http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/
Preview of the patch was posted on Jan 9th including
Game Update 5.7 – Legacy of the Creators
Release date: January 23rd
New Operation Boss: Scyva – Available in Story and Veteran Mode
Returning Companions! (these Missions will be Class-specific)
Risha & Corso (Smuggler)
Andronikos (Sith Inquisitor)
New Cartel Market Pack
Various bug fixes / updates
Although we will save the specifics for the Roadmap, beyond 5.7 you can expect additional Companions returning, a new Flashpoint, and more! Thanks everyone, we are looking forward to an exciting 2018.
Mandatory Fun Night Schedule – Jan 23rd Imperial will go visit Scum and Villainy and on the 30th it will be Temple of Sacrifice.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 227: Alderaan Places
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-227-alderaan-places/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-227 start the story and talk about iconic planet of Alderaan while Max battles some RL Rakghoul Plague. We also cover the 5.7 news from SWTOR.
EVE
Big bad (?) war coming to our corner of the galaxy… unless it’s a wet fuse until more interesting things happen somewhere else. Who knows, but things are shacking up and ships are dying fast
Still waiting for news from player representatives that went to Iceland for the annual meeting with CCP
CapStable FR (http://fr.capstable.net/) is still running strong, for our French speaking members.
Upwell 2.0 Structure Changes coming on February 13th!
https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/upwell-2.0-structures-changes-coming-on-february-13th/
As we mentioned at EVE Vegas, the core of the Upwell Structures 2.0 design consists of four major pillars:
“Full power” and “low power” modes for structures
A new vulnerability and reinforcement system
A major structure combat overhaul
Moon mining in Wormhole space and some Highsec systems
In addition to the four pillars, this release will also include a significant set of other smaller changes to Upwell Structures and their associated mechanics.
GW2
Items for the guild house? Flax… so much Flaxseed :sob:
If you are in the guild, pop over to the Guild Hall and talk to Esa the Frugal [Guild Treasurer]. He will list items needed for the currently available incomplete upgrades.
They are also likely closing in on the end of the current living world episode window of being current.
LOTRO
25% XP Boost until tomorrow (Jan 22) at 3 am
Buried Treasure Event 2/15/2018 – 2/20/2018
Yule Festival Encore 2/22/2018 – 3/5/2018
(Thanks to Maellung on Discord for pointing out these dates)
25% off select storage on the LOTRO store until January 25th
Also until January 25th, the coupon code REGEN gets you one free regeneration food
Tangentially related, Arv on AIE Discord has pointed out that The Fellowship of the Ring is currently available on Netflix.
GAME NEWS
Tetsemi:
WoW: Got my 11th Class (Demon Hunter) through the class order hall and mount quests and working on the 12th and final class (Monk) who is currently 105 and working through the beginning of Azsuna. He’s an inscriptionist, so it was either Azsuna or Stormheim.
WoW Raiding: Have 6/11 Normal mode mobs on farm and working on Fel Tjorborn for progression. Got him to 50% on our best attempt and just need some more time to get used to the add rotation.
SWTOR: Got my Sith Marauder through the final part of KoET and working on getting my Gunslinger and Bounty Hunter through KotFE. Also, hopefully this Saturday afternoon, Mkallah and I will be starting new Republic characters and doing about an hour a week on the story content.
Mewkow: My other team has managed to not only defeat Argus for the first time on normal, but has repeated the feat a second time. As a result, I was able to get the breadcrumb quest for Silithis and check out the sword. I had actually go to check out the sword before the patch after we first downed Argus, and was able to wander around on the hilt guards for a bit. Curiously, the sword was a lot more visible pre-patch as I was able to see it from the Caverns of Time, but after the patch I had to be a lot closer, almost to the zone itself. I have also been poking around more in-depth at the professions, intending to start a sort of arch of Altitis episodes shortly. Today’s will be focused on the leveling process post 7.3.5 though.
The ESO bug has bitten me as well, and I have been exploring the many classes and races over there, letting my altitis run freely. The are many good quest lines in ESO, and in the wavelength of character choice, it is curious as to what the many decisions in ESO will result in down the line.
I also noticed several guildies have been trying a game called Doki Doki Literature Club.
At this point, I think the spoiler statute of limitations is over. It’s definitely firmly in the category of horror, hidden under an anime dating sim. I approached it with the thinking cap of a game developer though, because they do some interesting things with the game development wise that really create quite the atmosphere.
OWL has been interesting.
Mkallah:
Not as much gaming as I would like, of course, when it comes to the pen and paper, but we did find ourselves back in the Mines of Phandelver Monday night, which was good since our Monday night group (that includes Tet, Dankinia, and Elcarth) spent a month on hiatus due to the holidays (and the Noob Cruise and our shady bard getting married). Our Wednesday Roll20 game is back on board (in a group that includes Arra, Enn, and Cassia) and we just added a new player, Tony the beer guy from the tadpool. We had a great night riding Gryphons and battling Manticores. Also, a fireball works just fine in air. And those maticores hit like HELL! And, our Friday D&D was cancelled (our DM works full time and just started a new semester), so a few of us did a prelude to our upcoming Mage campaign, which is exciting since I get to play a character that I created 20+ years ago but never used.
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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.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Next time, we’ll be talking to well, we will tell you once we get someone scheduled. Beef said somehthing about it being a “holiday”, but we plan on recording. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #290 of the the podcast celebrating you , the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (greetings, gamers!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (My spreadsheets have spreadsheets). It’s been a while, so we are catching up with what we have been doing in and out of game, especially with the holidays.
We’ll be chatting shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
NOMADS
Interested in the Division? There are still a few folks in AIE out there playing, and Durus has a group on Uplay for folks playing on PC- send him a friend request under ndurus or hit him up on the nomad section of discord,
WoW
COOP was December 30th, another great run led by Grimcow. There is a link to a Facebook stream on discord, along with lots of great pictures. Also, in the #events channel on AIE Discord there are some very nice pictures taken in the Alliance Snowglobe and with Great Father Winter in IronForge.
NOOB raid is back for 2018! They had a full group and downed four bosses in ToS normal. If you are interested in NOOB raid, contact Dankinia in discord or on twitter- they run on Saturdays at 11 server time, the only requirements is that you are level 110 and want to have fun!
SWTOR
First MFN of 2018 will be Imperial side Terror from Beyond. And on the 16th of January will be Republic side Eternity Vault.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 225: 2017 Auld Lang Syne
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-225-2017-auld-lang-syne/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-225 review SWTOR in 2017 while we play through the Mandalorian Raiders flashpoint, and cover any other news from SWTOR, the community and our guild Alea Iacta Est.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 226: 2018 Predictions
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-226-2018-predictions/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-226 kick off 2018 with an extra-long show talking about our past predictions and what we predict for 2018. We also do some of the Cademimu flashpoint (with some fails on the second boss!), and cover any other news from SWTOR, the community and our guild Alea Iacta Est.
FFXIV
There is a new patch coming at the end of the month, membership is up, and according to Abo, the game is more fun than a plate of roasted garlic chocobo wings…… mmmmmmmm
Come join AIE on PC or PS4 console- and of course, discord voice chat. Abo has been doing some streaming and a show on Thursday at 10:30 pm eastern for new player experience
https://www.twitch.tv/abovan79
Final fantasy fan fest (always a mouthful) 2018/2019 has been announced, and it is World Wide!
November 16 and the 17th 2018 – Las Vegas, NV at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino
Sometime early 2019 (exact dates TBA) in Paris, France
And, March 23 & 24th 2019, Tokyo, Japan at Makurahi Messe, Hall 4-6
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/99f1a024705375d8adad513d8830fdec32a87484
STO
Update on AIE Starbase! We are doing great, just finishing up on the research lab, making some big steps on the spire, and the K-13 station is closing in on being upgraded to the next tier. The big projects for the last tier will be available later.
GW2
We are done with carrots, thanks to Disturbed Angel. Empty kegs, elonian wine, ectos, glassware and silverwastes shovels are the new materials needed for the guild hall.
And with that, let’s talk about what we have been doing since our last show!
GAME NEWS
Who the hell are you people?
How were our holidays?
Any fun games and/or any good geeky gifts?
What have you been doing in game?
Out of game?
Gaming resolutions?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, I want to thank my lovely co-hosts for being such great partners in podcast crimes!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
We are working on our guest schedule, but we will be back in two weeks with a great show and guests!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #289 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (Greetings, Gamers). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, guys, there are marshmallows, fudge, and seven layer bars in the guild kitchen. This week we are joined by special guests Durus and Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in Destiny 2, FFXIV, and other games Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Destiny 2, FFXIV, and other games shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
Destiny 2
First DLC: Curse of Osiris is live.
New “Raid Lairs” are now active.
New level cap is 25.
More updates due on 12 Dec (so Euro!)
WoW
AIE Winter Veil COOP Spectacular 2017
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57480-aie-winter-veil-coop-spectacular-2017/
IT’S TIME TO COOP!!!!!
We are having a bit of fun this Winter Veil and delivering gifts to our “friends” on the Alliance side! So bring your Winter Veil outfits, Transmogs, those cute Greatfather hats, and your S.E.L.F.I.E.’s and join us!!!!!!
When: Saturday, December 30, 2017
Time: 4:00 pm Server Time
Where: Death Blimp
Grimcow will be heading up this COOP run. If you have any questions, please let him or I know. Can’t wait to ring in the New Year with AIE!!!!!
SWTOR
MFN – for the 12th of December Explosive Conflict on the Galactic Republic side.
For the 19th of December Terror from Beyond on the Sith Empire Side.
December 26th and January 2nd we’ll be on break, we will be back on the 9th of January for a visit at Karraga’s Palace on the Sith Empire side.
Patch 5.6.1 hits on Tuesday and one of the highlights is some tuning to the new Copero flashpoint.
Here are the current patch notes for these changes in 5.6.1 (still subject to change, check on Monday for the final).
Bosses have had their health significantly reduced in both Story and Solo Mode.
The damage done by bosses has been reduced in both Story and Solo Mode.
Bosses have had their health slightly reduced in both Veteran and Master Mode.
The number of enemies has been reduced throughout the Flashpoint.
The Guardian Droid will no longer instant cast their Mortar Volley ability.
The Copero Security Droid will no longer instant cast their Seeker Missile ability.
Also, of note for Tetsemi, who loves his dailies
5.6.1 – The lack of that Daily Mission means you actually get less CXP than you did previously from the Daily areas, which is not something we want. In fact, we want you to get a lot more CXP from solo Missions in the game. In Game Update 5.6.1 all of the Planetary Heroic Missions and Daily Area Missions are going to have their CXP rewards tripled to 225 CXP per Mission (up from 75).
Our goal with this change is that both Planetary Heroics and Daily Area Missions are great sources of CXP for solo players. These changes in 5.6.1 along with all of the other increased rewards for both group and solo in Activity Finder means you can gain Command Ranks quicker than ever in whatever activities you choose to play.
Check for the final patch notes on Monday here – http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/
Also, starting Tuesday until the end of the year, they are having a Double XP, CXP, and Valor event. This was supposed to happen with the launch of 5.6, but some bits got misplaced and are now in order.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 222: Nar Shaddaa and Nahut Talk
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-222-nar-shaddaa-and-nahut/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-222 wrap up our class story on Nar Shadaa, talk about the new Nahut boss fight
FFXIV
Free login campaign
4 days of free time for previous players. 96 hours (4 days) of game time to be used between 12/1 to 1/4.
4 days timer starts at first login during period.
Next Live Letter from the Producer on 15 Dec… will detail information for 4.2 patch.
Starlight Celebration (Christmas seasonal event) to start soon.
Highly recommended that you use your free time during the starlight celebration for maximum effect.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 12/10/2017:
1. It’s that time of year again, captains: Q’s Winter Wonderland Event from December 7th to January 18th! Star Trek’s favorite Pain-in-the-Asteroid will be offering a gorgeous, Breen heavy raider starship and tons of other outstanding equipment for event prize vouchers. Traditional events plus new events will reward prize vouchers to all participants. Q’s snarky responses are included at no extra charge. See the details on the STO website.
2. The new Dranuur Colony fleet starbase’s next upgrade project has been unlocked: ‘Colony Utility: Lamps’. The colony gets really, really dark at night. See the STO website for details.
3. From December 7th to January 4th, the C-Store will make available legacy duty officer packs as well as the new Tzenkethi Dreadnaught Carrier starship. Check out the website for ship stats.
4. This weekend only, all duty officer packs as well as the aforementioned legacy duty officer packs are on sale in the C-Store for 20% off.
5. Finally, don’t forget: All the Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website https://startrekonline.com.
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
EVE
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Nothing much for AIEU, except that we started destroying moons (tractorbeam a huge chunk to orbit, blow it up and mine the blocks)… typical EvE explosive solution to everything (and especially diplomacy)
Some uncertainty on the future, with massive layoffs at CCP, including all the community managers.
Layoffs linked to VR, officially, but more reaching than the announcement. Not the first set of layoffs in the 15y of the game, but still worrisome, now that CCP is supported by an investment fund.
Alpha pilots (those you can play for free) have more ships and skills accessible, but those new skills need paid training or injectors to learn.
GW2
Monday fun nights, carrots, season 4 started – make sure you log in to get the first part for free.
And with that, let’s get back to Durus and Abovan and find out what’s going on in All the games!!!
GAME NEWS
Notes? Who needs notes? How about some bullet points?
Find the time to game
Holiday hours
Black Friday
Gaming with kids
Community
FFXIV 4.2 soon (Live Letter 40)
New pvp mode
Eureka! (zone, relic progression)
Housing, housing, housing – more plots
New purchase process
RP features – note the new performance bard ability
Diablo 3 (Season 12)
Destiny 2 (DLC: CoO)
Elder Scrolls Online (Morrowut?)
The Division 1.8
Twitch
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Durus and Abovan for joining us.
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If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
SHOUTOUTS
MarcusB – Deathstar troopers is looking for a full time dps. Sunday nights 8-10:30 pm EST in SWTOR OPS. No experience needed. To quote Max “That’s a risk, I’m willing to take.”
We will be returning after the first of the year, So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #288 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). The Mew House was stuck by the plague this week, so we are without everyone’s favourite altoholic. Due to the chaos of the holidays, we are doing a solo show this week.
Ok, we’ll be chatting a little more, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
If you visited the guildhall at Blizzcon and have ideas of things you’d like to see added to the guildhall for next time, please drop an e-mail to officers@aie-guild.org so that we can look it over and add it to the discussion that’s ongoing for next year.
NOMADS
Destiny 2 PC membership going strong. Near daily activities, membership in the AIE2 Clan is growing as it approaches Clan Rank 2.
Full Clan Raid cleared. Many members hitting 305 (max) gear score.
First Expansion: Curse of Osiris arrives on 5 Dec. New planet Mercury, new social zone “The Lighthouse,” increased level cap, new raid content, and new story content.
Here’s the backsides of the raiders who made that clear. Because: bad interfaces be bad.
Diablo 3 – Guildies are enjoying the new Season 12 which launched shortly after Blizzcon 2017 ended.
WoW
Antorus Raid Normal/Heroic launches this week.
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 219: Bye Balmorra and F2P
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-219-bye-balmorra-and-f2p/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-219 finish up on Balmorra in our continuing live character playthrough series. We also talk about how Free To Play works these days as well as other news from SWTOR, the community and our guild Alea Iacta Est.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 220: Putting the Hammer Down
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-220-putting-the-hammer-down/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-220 run through the Hammer Station Flashpoint in our continuing live character playthrough series. We also talk about how guild or community in-game events can work as well as other news from SWTOR, the community and our guild Alea Iacta Est.
For MFN this week the 28 will be imperial side Dread Palace and next week Imperial side Ravagers on December 5th.
New level 70 token (Master’s Datacron) – You can now pay to boost a toon to level 70 and then go back and do any story you want to and earn CXP while doing it
New Flashpoint
New Ops boss (Nahut in Gods From the Machine Operation)
New GSF Deathmatch map set in orbit over Iokath
Legacy-wide credits and Unassembled Components (gearing component)
Update to Group Finder UI
Plan to turn character transfers back on – 90CC for a limited time, then back to their normal price of 1000CC
And double XP, CXP, and PVP Valor for the week.
FFXIV
Patch 4.15: Bards can now “perform.” Custom music options for bards under the Performance ability. New PvP mode “Rival Wings.”
The Feast season 6 is now live (Ranked PvP play)
Latest American version of Duty Commenced is now archived and viewable: http://sqex.to/I28
The Maiden’s Rhapsody seasonal event returns. A FFXI cross-over promotional event that rewards a cosmetic set of the old FFXI Samurai armour.
Letter from the Producer #39: https://youtu.be/9ohPP5yrKRs
Details some of the 4.1 and upcoming 4.2 features.
Cross-world tells are now a thing, maybe linkshells in the future!
STO
Spire will complete the Research Facilities I, with Operations Facilities I queued up right behind it, which will then have the Spire Tier I upgrade right behind it. The research facilities has 5 more projects to be filled and we can start the completion of the big projects for it. We are also nearing tier 1 for both branches of K-13. And we are making decent progress on the first tier of the Colony. You guys are killing it. Keep up all the hard work.
Also, head on over to startrekonline.com and check out all the Black Friday sales still going on through Monday night.
Packs are on sale, 25% off all items in the c-store, bonus Zen if you purchase more Zen.
The mirror invasion event is currently going on. It is a great way to get marks for a rep or fleet marks for fleet projects
EVE
No public news. Political machinations afoot.
GW2
Carrots for the guild hall. Monday Night Fun night still a thing.
Path of fire is still awesome.
Living world season 4 starts at the end of the month and there will be a new fractal dungeon and the first wing of a new raid.
And with that, chat about our activities in and out of game!!
GAME NEWS
We ramble here, you have to listen, no copy/edit strong enough.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank wish Mew a speedy recovery from the plague.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News from Hunts the Wind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Durus about Final Fantasy ,or Destiny, or what ever comes to mind So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
–
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
There have been many updates to the game, including the recent unification of servers into mega servers to help bring more people together. This has had very positive results for just about everyone so far. There is also a very large update coming at the end of November that will have some quality of life improvements as well as some additional content to play through. All these updates are in addition to the Revan, Knights of the Fallen Empire, Knights of the Eternal Throne expansions and continuing story arcs that have been introduced over the past couple years. All great stuff..
Following up on the discord conversation, the key questions mentioned below focus on how to get back into SWTOR and what the difference is between Free To Play vs. Preferred vs. Subscription. This article won’t go into all the specifics about the pros and cons of the various models, and it is in no way intended to be a comprehensive list. Hopefully it will clarify some of the questions for those interested in playing SWTOR.
These are just some of the updates on Subscriptions and F2P in SWTOR. For a complete break down on the differences between F2P, Preferred, and Subscriber, please check out SWTORista’s article on her website. We are hanging out in SWTOR if you want to try it out. We have Republic and Imperial guilds. MTFBWY.
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Welcome to episode #287 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests US, to talk to the comings and goings of AIE!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we have been up to shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Welcome to our newest AIE Officers – Cirol and Dankinia (of Noob Raid Fame) who have graciously accepted their roles in the AIE Officer corps!
AIE Blizzcon Hall News and GoFundMe
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2017/10/aie-blizzcon-guild-hall-2017-fundraiser/
We’re going to have the AIE Guild at Blizzcon once again and Mewkow hopes to see everyone there! It will be open both days of Blizzcon and is a good place to meet up with fellow guildies, relax, and take a break from all the hectic Blizzcon activities. If you’d like to help out with the expenses this year, please see the GoFundMe page we have for that purpose. https://www.gofundme.com/nkft3-guildhall
Speaking of Blizzcon, events are already underway to determine who will crowned champion of several eSports at Blizzcon. Check out the Blizzcon schedule here – https://blizzcon.com/en-us/schedule to see what’s available to watch.
Imperium Ludi
Playing Destiny 2 and want to join AIE? Check out the thread Durus has in the forums about what’s going on. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57467-destiny-2-clan/page-2 Currently we’ve filled up one clan (they only hold 100 characters) and have created a second clan for those that still wish to join.
Destiny 2 News:
* PC release is out now!
* Clans are “meta” : all platforms (xbox, psn, pc) are in the clan but you only see the in-game roster for the specific platform you’re currently playing.
* The roster is currently broken on PC (it was on the console at release as well).
* The PC clan members are reaping the rewards of the console players’ efforts the past few months. We are at the max clan level and receiving all perks for the current season. No announcement yet on when seasons will cycle.
* Embrace the new “social” tab in the Blizzard app. Join the PC Blizzard social group “AIE Destiny 2” The invite link is pinned in the AIE Discord #nomads channel: https://blizzard.com/invite/ka2DgUJWk
* Pro tip: Only use “Powerful Engrams” once your current power level seems to stall. They will redeem a much higher power level piece of gear to help push you over the stalled gear level hump (Where NPCs seem to only offer a max level piece of gear despite your current gear level progression).
* The raid releases on 1 Nov.
WoW
Patch 7.3.2 dropped since our last show and has a lot of tweaks to several character classes. Notes can be found here, https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21121541 , but one of Tetsemi’s favorite updates is that they added a Primal Sagerite vendor to the Vindicar so you can trade in Primal Sargerite for Argus materials. This is much better than, for Tetsemi, than trying to prospect ore to get the right color gem, instead you can just buy it for 10 Primal Sagerites.
There are also a bunch of changes that didn’t make it into the patch notes and WoWHead has them all – https://www.wowhead.com/news=274728/undocumented-changes-in-patch-7-3-2 One of my favorite ones is that they fixed it so you can turn in Argus quests no matter where the Vindicar is located. Personally, I got used to moving the ship to all three locations just to make sure I wasn’t missing any quests and to do the turn-ins.
Also, with Blizzcon coming up this weekend, be sure to tune in and find out what’s in store for WoW (and other Blizzard games) and where we’re going after Argus.
SWTOR
Mega Server Unification coming on 08-Nov w/patch notes available here – http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/ This will reduce the total number of servers in SWTOR to 5, 2 in the US, and 3 in Europe. There is currently a bit of unhappiness with the announced move of both US servers into the Virginia Data Center, especially from those players in the Asia Pacific region who are experiencing higher latency and lower game responsiveness. Follow this thread to see if more information is forthcoming – http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9452485#edit9452485
MFN will be Pub side this Tuesday, which will likely mean Imps in Pub costumes, according to Apolas
Are you running out of character slots and don’t want to purchase any more than you already have? Well, in the upcoming patch, everyone will be getting 12 new characters slots and the maximum number of character slots will be going up from 52 to 100. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9453663#post9453663
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 215: A Ride On The Black Talon
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-215-a-ride-on-the-black-talon/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-215 take a ride on the Black Talon.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 216: Live From Dromund Kaas
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-216-live-from-dromund-kaas/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-216 start missions on Dromund Kaas in our continuing live character playthrough series.
FFXIV
* Big turnout this past Friday for Final Fantasy Fun Night, fun was had.
* Seasonal Event for “All Saints’ Wake” is active now, ends 1 Nov. (get your werewolf outfit!)
* Yokai Watch event comes to a close on 1 Nov as well.
* Patch 4.11 (active now) brings with it the first high end “Ultimate” duty: The Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate)
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 10/29/2017:
1. The Earth celebration known as Halloween is spreading to the galaxy’s greatest vacation destination, Risa, and you can show off your costume to win a piece of Star Trek Online history! This Tuesday, October 31st, Ambassador Kael will bring a special Twitch livestream to Risa at 3pm PT. Show up and enter into a costume contest to win an original boxed copy of Star Trek Online, autographed by the entire development team! The contest will be judged by STO’s Lead Character Artist Ian Castaneda, so make sure you show up looking your best. Times, places and rules are on the STO website!
2. The new Dranuur Colony fleet starbase’s next upgrade project has been unlocked: ‘Colony Beatification: Glass Floor’. This is an even more feng shui project to add a glass floor and what appears to be an aquarium below it to the fleet starbase. See the STO website for details.
3. The ’Melting Pot’ mission, released October 3rd, will be unlocking week 4 replay rewards. This will add the Inundated Shielding and Counter-Balanced Munitions sets along with the usual enhanced universal tech upgrade tokens or Specialisation Points. STO website has the details
4. A C-Store sale ending Monday, October 30th, is underway now, which includes a 20% Services discount, a 15% Lockbox Key discount and a 20-Key bundle pack which includes an Ultimate Tech Upgrade toke in every box. Act now for these bonus discounts!
5. Every October 31st and any Friday the 13th, ‘Hearts and Minds’, a fun, one-act horror story mission, is released for a limited time. Watch for it on October 31st and subsequent Friday’s the 13th. Haunt the STO website for the chilling details.
6. Finally, don’t forget: All the Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
GW2
Guild Hall needs Carrots. The guild hall buildout needs lots of resources, including 1000 carrots (for the harvesting bonus). Please contribute if you can. The Guild Treasurer NPC near the central waypoint shows what we need and takes the donations. Thanks to all who have contributed so far.
And with that, let’s talk about what we have been doing in and out of game, and maybe a quick Blizzcon prediction or two.
GAME NEWS
Mkallah: Gaming of the character sheet and dice variety.
Friday night D&D- after getting flung 1200 years into the future to a timeline where it has all gone to hell in a handbasket and our characters did some things that we don’t know about, plus being told that we are going to be gods, we had a fun Halloween event. And, by fun I mean an in game version of Dead by Daylight where we fought Jason Voorhees and Mike Myers last game, and Freddy for the big finale this game. Damn, it was rough.
Wednesday night D&D- StormKing’s Thunder – We spent some time in the remains of a giant Giant feasting hall, investigated a magical statue of unknown origin, and fought giant spiders that decided that two of our party members were best encased in spider web.
Monday night- D&D- Investigated the city of Phandelver, met a very depressed cleric of Tymora, a retired adventurer who took an arrow to the knee, and started finding out just how messed up the Redbrand are!
Tetsemi:
Got my Priest, as Shadow, up to 110, through the class order hall and mount campaign (including Broken Shore) and now is on Argus on the get 6 followers to 900 iLvl. Started my druid through the Argus campaign as well, just working on the first area.
Raid burnout is a thing, we’re talking a two week hiatus from raiding due to real life and Blizzcon scheduling, so taking the time, in game, to get alts caught up and leveled.
I have a serious Unsullied token issue, worse than the Timeless Isle token issue. My Alliance alt has only 4 slots free, out of 104, on her inventory as she’s holding all the Plate and Mail token pieces that I don’t need on the Horde side, as I’ve gotten the characters that need those tokens all outfitted. Still need to outfit my Monk and DH on the Horde side and my DH on the Alliance side, so the Leather Tokens aren’t an issue right now. And having just got the Priest up to 110, the cloth tokens will now start building up as well.
Protip for alts, the Nethershard Vendor, on the Broken Shore, sells 880 iLvl tokens for your followers, for 400 shards and gear crates for 250 shards. Really good for giving your followers a jump start, especially for Argus missions.
SWTOR, got to attend a Mandatory Fun Night and had fun (mandatorily). We did a 16 person operation on the Imperial Side and I brought my Lightning Sorc, whose is now up to level 104 CXP (slowly climbing up to 300).
Mewkow:
D2: Pretty much what little free time I had was playing this. Had already played through the campaign on the console, so this play through was a lot faster and smoother. Decided to go with hunter this time around, since I did titan on console. Slightly different playstyles even with the same guns for all classes. Hunter specific armor bonuses help to make things new.
WoW: Lots of headless horseman runs, even if fruitless. Will need to buckle down and go for the purchasable goodies before it goes away on the 1st. Started Monk alt. Continued Warlock to 110 and DK.
RenFair: Made the 2.5 hour trek out to the TexasRenFest.com grounds yesterday. We took a wagon for the toddler. Seemed to work well enough, even if he just wants to be set loose on the place. With it being halloween weekend, there were more than just the normal ren fair costumes around. A couple Bowie Goblin kings were seen, as well as a Bender, several types of Harleys, and probably too many clowns, and even a Freddy. Jen made the mistake of not going in full garb, so she went home wearing a new outfit.
Predictions
Mkallah- Obvious, the next WOW expac (Yes, Tet, I went for the Easy One!)
New Overwatch Heroes and hopefully some new shorts, since they are so amazing. Hints on a new IP.
Tetsemi- (That’s what she said!) For WoW, I think we’re going to see a Aldor/Scryers type faction for the next expansion Shadow/Light.
Mewkow-I’m expecting an over the top Overwatch focus this year, with the goodie bag being the first hint. There won’t be anything Diablo of course. WoW expac revealed. Likely seas based. Hearthstone will have plenty to show off. Starcraft 2 is starting to wane, they need to show us something to get our attention.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Altitis – @TheMewKow
We are going to take a few week hiatus due to RL schedules, but will let you know when to expect us back! So, until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
The weekend of Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th is fast approaching, which means Blizzcon 2017 is right around the corner. For those that haven’t joined us yet, Blizzcon is basically a high-energy whirlwind extravaganza of nerdy Blizzard goodness, with all manner of fun activities alongside it. If you can make it down, you don’t even need a ticket to enjoy these activities.
In years past, AIE has offered folks a place to hang out and a place away from the non-stop energy of Blizzcon that we’ve affectionately called our Guild Hall. This year yet again our very own Belthaz has organized the logistics of making the guild hall a reality, and he’s opened a GoFundMe campaign where you can donate directly to the cause.
If you’ve used the guild hall in the past, or just like the idea of supporting a space for the community during a busy convention, do feel free to click here and donate what you can do the cause. Any little bit helps. Seriously, even five bucks is a huge help, especially if everyone chips in.
Also, for those of the podcasting variety, please contact Mewkow directly if you’d like to reserve a slot to record and have our very own guildies in attendance. You can reach him in the AIE Discord or on twitter @themewkow.
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Welcome to episode #286 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi: – (Minecraft sheep are trouble). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, AIE, there are cinnamon rolls and ginger molasses cookies in the guild kitchen!. This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Abovan – What has Abovan been up to? **Ahem** GIGABIT INTERNET!!! Almost. 940Mbps
Mew – Destiny 2; 250 gear level. FF14 stuff. Divinity OS2. Time for halloween deco.
Tetsemi – Shaman through the 925 mission on Argus, WoW Burnout is real, Minecraft with the Hordling, and got to CXP 100 in SWTOR on my Lightning Sorc
Mkallah – 30 headbands, six key necklaces, three gothic cameos, three pairs of earrings, all while watching Rebels.
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
Are you playing Destiny 2 and want to join the AIE folks that are playing as well? Durus has a thread going over on the forums about the Destiny 2 Clan and how to join. Feel free to drop by and get your characters in the clan – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57467-destiny-2-clan/
And don’t forget, the PC version of Destiny 2 will be opening up on Tuesday October 24th.
NOMADS
For anyone that hasn’t seen, with Diablo Season 11 closing on October 20th, there are some people getting together in the #Nomads channel in AIE Discord to complete whatever remains. Check it out if you need to finish anything.
WoW
In case you missed it and the shock of seeing Lore’s hair pulled back instead of all it’s fluffy glory, or were perhaps distracted by Ion in general, Blizzard held a WoW Q&A and covered a number of 7.3 topics. With Blizzcon a mere 3 weeks away, it didn’t cover any new territory, although a Q&A question did get them to make the decision to make the Flight Master’s Whistle account wide on Argus as well. For a good write-up and a link to the video itself, head on over to WoWHead – https://www.wowhead.com/news=273355/liveblog-of-the-october-5th-q-a-with-ion-hazzikostas
SWTOR
Max and Sema have a new show format that is part news coverage and part commentary as they do a live play through of the starting levels. Packed full of tips and tricks for new and veteran players, including comments from the live chat room, these episodes are well worth a listen. They are currently doing the Imperial Side, Sith Sorcerer and fully committed to doing Dark Side choices even when the Light Side choices would be snarkier.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 212: Live from Korriban
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-212-live-from-korriban/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-212 start new characters on Korriban and begin a season of play-through, focusing on lore, tips, etc. while also talking about other game and community news for the week from SWTOR.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 213: Live From Korriban Plus Roadmap
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-213-live-from-korriban-plus-roadmap/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-213 continue our characters on Korriban and this season of play-through, focusing on lore, tips, etc. while also talking about the roadmap and related announcements from SWTOR
MarcusB’s team, Desthstar Troopers is looking for a dps. They run Sunday nights 8:00 – 10:30pm EDT. Please message him on AIE Discord or in game in SWTOR if interested.
Also, game update 5.5 dropped on Tuesday: http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/
Highlights include: preparation for uniting servers next month, achievements that help boost end game progression (CXP bonuses), class balance
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 10/15/2017:
1. The new Dranuur Colony fleet starbase’s first upgrade project has been unlocked: ‘Colony Beatification: Planters’. This is a feng shui project to add plant life to beautify the staircases and hallways of the fleet starbase. See the STO website for details.
2. The ’Melting Pot’ mission, released October 3rd, will be unlocking week 2 and 3 replay rewards. This will complete the Incontrovertible Defenses set and enhanced universal tech upgrade tokens or Specialisation Points. STO website has the details
3. A Dilithium Weekend Event, ending Monday, October 16th, is underway now! Mining dilithium ore yields an additional 100% bonus dilithium! Also, playing any game content that provides dilithium as a reward yields an additional 50% bonus!
4. Every October 31st and any Friday the 13th, ‘Hearts and Minds’, a fun, one-act horror story mission, is released for a limited time. Although it has ended, watch for it on October 31st and subsequent Friday’s the 13th. Haunt the STO website for the chilling details.
5. Finally, don’t forget: All the Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
GW2
The new expansion is awesome, come play. We are also still doing monday fun nights at 9:30 pm EDT, where we do stuff like guild missions, and sometimes (actually once), we did some fractals. Come play. Path of Fire can be bought directly through arena net, or in game. comes with a level 80 boost so you can jump right into the new content.
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
Patch 4.1 dropped this week. New MSQ (Main Scenario Quest) content dealing with the aftermath of what happened in Ala Mhigo, and the interesting fate of Zenos.
There was also a new Hildebrand quest line.
Oh, and there might have been a mad scramble for the new housing area. Large plots in Shirogane were sold before most people were out of the login queue. Medium plots were gone in about 8 minutes after the servers opened. There was much gnashing of teeth and the usual pitchforks being readied, but the developers promise to open new wards soon, and to find a better way to dole out new housing that isn’t a battle royale.
Yoshi-P did announce that the housing shortage has been recognized, apologized for the shortage, and announced that there will be new wards (copies of housing zones with plots) available in all housing districts in 4.2, the next major content patch.
The guild managed to snag a medium plot, which actually isn’t as bad as we thought it would be. It’s in a very primo spot; on the beach itself; which is swimmable now, and adjacent to market boards and retainer bells. We have 3 floors of fun to come see, including a very popular water-closet apparently.
Shirogane 10th Ward, Plot 31
Other new things:
Your faction squad members can now go into dungeons with you! Limited dungeons available at this time.
New 24 man raids. This is in between WoW LFR and normal mode raiding in difficulty. This raid theme is based in Ivalace, from FF Tactics (the PS1 one)
New beast tribe dailies.
Royal Menagerie Extreme (end boss of Stormblood, but in a harder mode for loots)
Ventures, daily beast tribe faction tokens are all moved to the currency tab, so you get those inventory slots back.
New levels of the Hidden Canals added, Hidden Canals of Uznair, accessible from treasure maps.
Glamour/transmog is now level 15.
They also lifted the restriction on purchasing class boost books, so if you feel left behind and have the coin, have at it.
Big shoutout to Sashi for all the hard work on the guild house and the decorating of the guild house.
House pictures!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
@Abovan
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…Hey, guys, we don’t have any segments this time around. If you are interested in trying your hand at producing a segment, we would love to air it for you!
But, speaking of content producers, it is the wonderful Hunts the Wind’s birthday!
Next time, we’ll be having a pre-Blizzcon show! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #285 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). We are doing a host show this week, so, welcome, US!
Ok, we’ll be digging into talking amongst ourselves shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
BlizzCon 2017 Guild Hall plans are well underway and we will have more information on hours of operation, where to volunteer if you’d like to help out, and what’s going to be going on in the Guild Hall.
Imperium Ludi
Are you playing Destiny 2? Well have we got a Clan for you! No, seriously, we have AIE Clans for both PC and console. Follow the directions that Durus has helpfully posted in the forum thread for information on how to join – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57467-destiny-2-clan/page-2#entry956023
WoW
Want to take a look back at all the content we’ve gone through this year, or see what you’ve been missing, if you haven’t been playing much, if at all? Well Blizzard has put up the BlizzCon 2017 Year in Review for World of Warcraft on their Blizzcon site and it’s available for everyone to see.
https://blizzcon.com/en-us/watch
New content releases every Wednesday leading up to BlizzCon 2017 and there are some cool ‘ticket holder only’ content like the Inside the Blizzard Vault Episode 3, a lot of Casual and Advanced Cosplay series and The Artist’s Journey series which are all amazing videos. If you have the physical or virtual ticket, you definitely should be checking out the site to see what’s coming out.
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 212: Live from Korriban
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-212-live-from-korriban/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-212 start new characters on Korriban and begin a season of play-through, focusing on lore, tips, etc. while also talking about other game and community news for the week from SWTOR. If you’d like to come join us, AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Our officer channel on Jedi Covenant is at /cjoin aielfo and more guild information is at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/
Catch the live podcast and chat room on Tuesday nights around 10:30pm central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords. Follow and subscribe on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. to hear podcast news and see our other guild streams.
Breaking news from the Imperial News Network – This week MFN will be on the Imperial side and next week on the Republic scum side.
FFXIV
Interested in doing 8 man content in FFXIV and don’t know where to start? Durus has an ongoing spreadsheet to help organize groups. Contact him in AIE Discord in the #ffxiv channel to get access, or update the spreadsheet with your availability if you already have access. And don’t forget, the AIE guild is now on the Goblin server.
Also, keep October 10th free as that’s the launch of patch 4.1 and the new housing area as well as all the other content, but seriously, housing, that’s what I’m talking about, amirte?
Also in 4.1 we get this expansion’s first alliance raid so that’ll give people an easy place to get gear and a good FFN activity. That’ll at least be a simple, easier introduction to larger group content for folks who might be intimidated by the other raid/dungeon content.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 10/01/2017:
Celebrating Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 30th birthday, STO is offering free uniforms and shuttlecraft. Yes, the adorable, unisex Skant skirtsuit is available for ALL factions AND genders! Also a Type 7 shuttlecraft will be concurrently released as well. Better hurry, as this free promotion ends October 5th! The STO website has the shuttle specs and fashions on display.
As a tribute to the new Star Trek: Discovery series on CBS, STO is giving away free Discovery uniforms for Federation captains only. They are one handsome uniform for the right price: free! Better hurry, as this promotion ends October 6th! The STO website has the fashions on display.
Additional ‘Beyond the Nexus’ related missions, ‘Dranuur Gauntlet’ and ’Melting Pot’, were released to introduce players to the new Lukari-Kentari Dranuur colony world. These missions will also familiarise fleet members with the new fleet starbase. STO website has the details
The original ‘Beyond the Nexus’ mission, released September 12th, will be unlocking week 2 and 3 replay rewards. This completes the trilithium-laced weaponry set and universal tech upgrade tokens. STO website has the details
The Kobayashi Maru Event returns this weekend. This is the famous Starfleet Academy no-win training scenario that cadet James T. Kirk hacked to win. Test your captain skills attempting to beat the event and win bonus marks and dilithium. Also, Weekend Event bonus vouchers will be added to your winnings to allow captains to complete reputation projects. See the STO website for more info.CyberWaif#4549
A Tzenkethi Lockbox has been introduced with new ships and prizes. Also, by sheer coincidence, there is a 15%-off Lockbox Key sale in the C-Store until October 6th. Get your keys now to take advantage of those cool Tzenkethi Lockbox prizes! The STO website tells all.
Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
GW2
The Path of Fire expansion has launched – https://www.guildwars2.com/en/path-of-fire/ Head on over to the AIE Discord and hop into the #gw2 channel for the discussion and all the strategies on the new expansion content.
And with that, let’s get back to US and find out what we have been up to!
GAME NEWS
Tetsemi: So many alts, still have 9 of the 12 class order hall and mount story lines done, the remaining 3 (Priest, Monk, Demon Hunter) are parked at 102 for the moment while I get the other 9 through the Argus content. I have my main working on the Upgrade 6 followers to 950 item level, and 6 working on the Upgrade 6 followers to 925 item level. Still need to get my Shaman and Druid through the Argus campaign, although the Shaman is half-way through chapter 2 and feeling very very squishy.
Also have been playing the latest Minecraft version with the Hordling in Survival mode, me made it through the first couple of day/night cycles without starving and now are working on trying to find more resources. Finally found sheep before all the wolves in the area ate them, and got just enough wool for two beds so we can skip the night cycle when needed. Also the Hordling found a mob spawner that we managed to disable and secure the surrounding area. We’ll probably turn it into an exp/material farm shortly, but need to work on making a better route to get to it.
Mkallah: Getting ready for Fanfest, all the games with dice, new class at work so focused there
Mewkow: Destiny, Divinity, De Final De Fantasy, and De Wow.
Shoutouts
MarcusB – I want to shoutout to my ops team! DST! Deathstar troopers. We have been getting better every week. Im so happy to have them. Tonight we run gods from the machine again. Also BIG shoutout to max and sema for there new format of podcast!! Great job!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
We will see you in two weeks!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #284 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Hoots who is here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Online Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
We have a Destiny 2 clan set up – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57467-destiny-2-clan/ Hop on over to the forum thread for information about how to join and discussion of the clan benefits and weekly caps you may be hitting trying to advance the clan.
WoW
If you haven’t already purchased it the Virtual Ticket and Goodie Bag are up for Blizzcon 2017. If you are going to Blizzcon and have a ticket, you’ll get the bag when you go there, but if you’re doing a virtual ticket (like Tet and Mkallah) you’ll have to spring for the goodie bag separately, The good news is, buying the virtual ticket gets you $10.00 US off of the price of the goodie bag.
https://battle.net/shop/en/product/blizzcon-virtual-ticket Also, this year, you get mounts! Smaller, 2 person, that’s right 2 person, versions of the Alliance and Horde gunships. They look really cool, and are fun to fly around in, in game.
Also, they are putting a lot of video content up, for Blizzcon, that is exclusive to Virtual and Physical Ticket holders. Make sure you are logged into your Blizzard account when you hit the Virtual Ticket page – https://blizzcon.com/en-us/watch
Also, do you like in game pets? Do you like helping people in need? Well guess what, the Blizzard Charity Pet is also available for order now. Now, through December 31st the entire price of the pet ($10 US) gets split between American Red Cross Disaster Relief and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). More information on the store page https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/world-of-warcraft-pet-shadow
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 210: All Aboard The Party Train
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-210 walk through the new Stronghold and talk about unlocking, decorating and using it.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 211: Traitor Talk
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-211 we head on down to spoiler town for some Umbara traitor talk.
Episode 211 is a really good listen if you’ve already been through the latest story beat, it is absolutely full of spoilers, but presents many different angles and interpretations of the story as well as a good discussion of what challenges Bioware faces with allowing players to make ‘hard decisions’ that will end up removing companions from the campaign.
Mandatory Fun Night is on the Republic side this week and the next expansion update is slated for October 10th. So, you’ll have to wait until then to see what the outcome of the latest chapter holds.
FFXIV
Patch 4.1, “The Legend Returns” will be coming out in early October, as soon as they are comfortable giving us an exact release day. Of course, the part we are all waiting for is the opening of the new residental area next to Kugane.
The producers have shared a few more details on how housing transfers will work once the new patch is live. Those with an existing home do NOT need to give up their homes beforehand as it has been in the past. Instead, you will be able to transfer your home to the new plot, wherever it may be, whatever size it may be, and still keep all your placed items that don’t allow pickup.
As a bonus, you will also be able to apply 30% of the purchase price of your old home to the price of the new home. We’ll have our new home buyers ready to go when the patch goes live to get the new AIE faction manor house.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 9/17/2017:
1. Celebrating Star Trek’s 51st birthday, ZEFilms, the STO official video trailer producer, released a video tribute to the franchise. See ALL versions of the Enterprise in their awesome splendor from 1966 to the present. Visit the STO website for viewing.
2. With Season 14 launching October 18th, an additional backstory, ‘Beyond the Nexus’, has been posted on the STO website. This story provides yet another lead-in to the new season. ‘The Next Generation’ and ‘Deep Space 9’ fans will enjoy this one as well.
3. A ‘Beyond the Nexus’ mission was concurrently released September 12th which will be unlocking unique weekly replay rewards over the next 3 weeks. Week 1 rewards are featuring tech upgrades and the first piece of a trilithium-laced weaponry set. STO website has the details.
4. Following centuries of conflict, the Lukari and Kentari peoples began efforts to reconcile differences and become partners in creating Dranuur Colony. Season 14 makes this colony available as a brand new fleet starbase to customise and upgrade. See the STO website for details.
5. Great news, captains! You no longer have to be intimidated by the over-powered Romulan Scimitar dreadnoughts! New Allied Flight Deck Cruisers have been released for ALL factions on the C-Store! These cruisers are easily the most powerful attack ships ever devised. The juicy details are posted on the website.
6. Speaking of new starships, by sheer coincidence, this weekend is a 20%-off starship sale in the C-Store until September 18th. Is there a new science ship, dreadnaught or even a flight deck cruiser on your list? Grab it now!
7. Also this weekend is a Bonus Marks event until September 18th. Earn an additional 50% more marks on any mission awarding marks upon completion.
8. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
GW2
Path of Fire releases on… Friday the 22nd.
Thats new expac that opens up Elonia and new elite specialization. And mounts.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/path-of-fire/
And with that, let’s get back to Hoots and find out what’s going on in Eve.
GAME NEWS
EVE? I’m not here to talk about EVE. There’s nothing to talk about in EVE. Except for the not one but two wars that happened since I was last on.
TEST Alliance Please Ignore and Goonswarm Federation invades and retreats from the North.
Then “The South” implodes in a diplomatic fit of sound and fury.
“Legacy Coalition” and Circle of Two drama
Complicated politics involving DRF
Relevant Jin’talks Video.
One of the largest thefts in EVE Online history ended this war
Jin’taan Explains
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/hilarious-spectacular-eve-betrayal-destroys-player-group-costs-trillions/
https://kotaku.com/how-eve-players-pulled-off-the-biggest-betrayal-in-its-1806168400
This maybe isn’t the “largest” theft in EVE Online:
http://nosygamer.blogspot.com/2017/09/did-judge-really-pull-off-biggest-heist.html
There’s a new expansion coming out on October 24th: Lifeblood
Refineries
RIP My Moongoo POS chains
Lots of things surrounding Mining
Death to the captain’s quarters.
Unrelated AIEU Space Communism.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Hoots for joining us.
@aiehoots
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Hey, no segments! Just remember, if you want to submit a segment, contact us! We love having guildies as content producers.
Mkallah: Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something to be determined!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Addendum – Show Titles suggested but not used
Tiber –
Show title: Eve, it’s complicated…. Really, Really Complicated.
Cybyl –
Show Title 1: The Zimmerman Letter Re-Emerges
Show Title 2: Adding ‘Dread’ to the Judge
Show Title 3: Twitch Live-Stream Expose’
Show Title 4: Reddit War of Words
catavarie –
Show Title: Randy Really isn’t that bad
Show Title: Give a Hoot, Don’t pollute internet space
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #283 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there are lemon bars and pineapple upside down cake in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow: (Greeting, Gamers). This week we are joined by special guests Sema and Apolas who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
Destiny 2 was in open beta this week and launches on October 24, 2017 on PC, with the console version starting up on September 6th. We will have a clan setup for folks wanting to jump in and play together, make sure you follow the thread on the forums
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57425-destiny-2-discovery/
NOMADS
Did you get No Man Sky when it first came out, or picked it up recently due to the Steam sale? Well the Nomads are spending time in the game, and feel free to join them in the #Nomads channel in AIE Discord to discuss all the things.
WoW
Patch 7.3 has launched and we’re headed to Argus. For those that feel a little bit overwhelmed, even after reading the copious amount of patch notes, check out Bellular Gaming’s Handy Tips for Argus https://youtu.be/CbHjuzoCYAc covering essential tips, tricks, and some undocumented changes. Here are the full patch notes, in case you missed them – https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/news/20947822#1
For those that have ventured to Argus, what’s your favorite find so far?
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 208: 5.4 is Live
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-208-5-4-is-live/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-208 give a no-spoilers, first impressions view of the 5.4 update.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 209: All Up In Umbara
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-209-all-up-in-umbara/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-209 do a live play-through of the Umbara flashpoint and talk through our impressions and a couple tips and tricks.
See more in the discussion in the Game News
FFXIV
It’s the fourth anniversary of the game, there was a 14 hour live stream celebrating it.
Patch 4.1, which contains the new housing update, should be live sometime in early October.
The Rising event is also running until September 14th. It has a fun old school style 8 bit dungeon that is randomly generated, with a word puzzle at the end.
There is also an Anniversary sale on all but the newest items on the Mog store, 30% off.
New items on the mog store: Edda’s outfit and scythe weapons.
Yokai Watch event is live now. Collect all 13 minions, themed weapons, and 2 whisper flying mounts. Event lasts for a couple of months until November 1st.
GW2
Don’t forget about Mandatory Fun Nights on Monday’s because the AIE team wants to run Dungeons and Fractals!
And with that, let’s get back to Sema and Apolas and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
New Flashpoint – Crisis on Umbara
Umbara is a planet that appears in 4 episodes of The Clone Wars
It’s also called the “Shadow World” because the rays of its sun do not reach the surface which leaves it in a perpetual gloom.
Umbarans have their own technology and their inhospitable planet has lots of new creatures.
The flashpoint (instance/dungeon) occurs on a moving train (it’s a hover train, essentially). You fight your way to the front of the train and then .
You are chasing a traitor and recovering adegan crystals (a valuable component of light sabers).
At various points there are traps that can either result in electrifying you, or a deployable turret popping up and inserting itself into the fight.
Available in one man, 4 man veteran and 4 man master modes.
New Stronghold – Umbaran Mobile Base
Yes.. it’s a train!
Similar to the flashpoint, when you enter your stronghold, you land on the train and the sections between you and the front of the train make up your mobile base.
You can decorate with personnel, speeders, utility items like personal bank, legacy bank (all your characters have access), guild bank, customization stations, mailbox, art, furniture, trophies, holograms, etc. Max has made a bar car in his already!
If you purchase the entire stronghold (there are two expansion areas) you can then take a speeder that flies alongside the train to get you to the front car.
There is one section where in order to move forward you have to grapple.
Something new: You must run the flashpoint several times to get the currency needed to become worthy to buy your train.
AIE in SWTOR
We have raid teams running most nights of the week and it’s always worth checking in to see if fill-ins are needed.
On Tuesday nights we have a Mandatory Fun Night (Attendance is not mandatory..etc). It’s open to everyone that is at least level 50 and sometimes we can take all levels, depending on what we are up to. But usually we do all or part of an operation, hunt down world bosses, or event-related things (special bosses, etc.)
We have a new raid team on Sunday nights. Yay!
We have guilds on both Imperial and Republic sides.
If you would like an invite, the best thing to do is ask in the swtor channel in discord. If someone is available we are always happy to pop in and invite.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sema and Apolas for joining us.
Just come into the swtor channel on discord and say hello.
SEPC records live on Thursday nights at around 11:30 Eastern – twitch.tv/newoverlords.
You can sometimes find Sema on twitter at @AIESema and put some stuff in here, Apolas!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Welp, the mailbox is empty, but remember, if you’d like to submit a segment for the AIE Podcast, our e-mail is podcast@aie-guild.org .
Next time, we’ll be talking to Hoots in AIEU for EVE. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #282 of the the podcast celebrating 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, guys, there is carrot cake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Grebog who is here to talk to us about AIE in Star Trek Online!!! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into STO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
NOMADS
Big shoutout to Corley for continuing to maintain and upgrade the Rust server that AIE has been playing on. If you have Rust and are interested in finding out exactly how many caves that Arv has set up shop in, the Rust server info can be found https://rust-servers.net/server/110215/
Thanks again to Corley for keeping this going.
WoW
Gamescom is coming up on August 22 through August 26 and Blizzard will be there with a lot of game news, trailers and announcements. For WoW, gamers will be able to group up with other gamescom attendees and run through a dungeon from World of Warcraft’s upcoming Patch 7.3—details about this content update will be unveiled on stage and via live stream during the Blizzard Reveal Ceremony on Wednesday.
Looking forward to more information about 7.3 and what the new dungeon design is and where the story is going. If you’re looking for information about all the Blizzard games, they will be live streamed at http://gamescom.blizzard.com .
Also, if you’re a caster (sorry warlocks), you have new casting animations to look forward to in patch 7.3. These look very cool, and definitely update the casting animations to match the ‘class fantasy,’ if you’d like to see a preview of them Blizzard has a blog covering what was updated and their thought process behind it http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/20946579?page=1#1
If you have a lot of alts and are having a hard time keeping track of where they are in the various 7.0 story/achievement lines, Wowhead has a new feature for you, http://www.wowhead.com/attunement . Works really well and they’re taking feedback about what else you’d like to see on the page.
And if you’re into transmog, be sure and check out the Trial of Style going on now through August 22nd. Check out the themes for the contest, put together your sets and get your butt on that catwalk. http://www.wowhead.com/news=269877/trial-of-style-transmog-holiday-august-17th-22nd
SWTOR
Mandatory Fun Night is on the Imperial Side this week, so make sure your armor and weapons are on the right characters and you’re wearing pants (*cough* Max *cough*).
Also, dropping this week is new content called “Crisis on Umbara” which will bring a new planet, a new flashpoint, and a new Stronghold (tied to the flashpoint). For those that haven’t listened to episode 207 of The Escape Pod Cast, where Max and Sema cover it, Umbara is the “Shadow Planet” and played a role in the Clone Wars.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 206: The Current Sea of Currency
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-206-the-current-sea-of-currency/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-206 talk about what we think a legacy merge of currencies might look like and what we heard about it so far in the brief note from Keith.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 207: Umbara Unraveled
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-207-umbara-unraveled/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-207 we talk about the lore behind the planet Umbara, which is central to the update coming next week
FFXIV
FFXIV is more active than ever on their new server! Turns out being on a server that allows character creation really helps boost activity, who knew. Fearless leader Abovan has sold their previous mansion on Gilgamesh and the officers are now poised to to buy a large housing plot when the Shirogane housing area launches!
Friday Fun Nights continue to be both Fun and on Friday nights, hop into #FFXIV in the AIE Discord to see what all the fun is about!
After the popularity of our Friday Fun Nights our very own Durus has started leading folks through the first raid of this expansion, Deltascape, regularly throughout the week. So if you
‘re looking for gear, you know who to bother! The guild is looking at spinning up one or two 8 person content parties, again, check the #FFXIV channel and ask all about it!
GW2
Disturbed0Angel on the forums has a great post up about folks returning to GW2 and getting ready for the new expansion, Path of Fire.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57456-path-of-fire-info-hype-etc/#entry955859
Thanks to Disturbed for putting that together. Make sure you also check out the #GW2 channel in AIE Discord.
TSW
Are you playing TSW? Are you subscribed, planning to subscribe, or just free to play? Let us know in the forums so we can gauge the current activity level for the game.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57436-secret-world-legends/
STO
As our guest today can attest, the #STO channel in AIE Discord has been hopping lately, make sure you check out the channel if you’re playing or interested in playing STO!
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 8/20/2017:
1. With Season 14 launching October 18th, a new backstory, ‘A Warrior Reborn’, has been posted on the STO website. This story provides a lead-in to the new season. Deep Space 9 fans will especially enjoy this one.
2. There is an R&D promotion in the C-Store from August 17th to September 7th. R&D packs will be 20% off AND Captains will have a chance to find a Son’a T6 Science Dreadnought starship hidden within the pack. It is a collector edition starship featured in the movie ’Star Trek: Insurrection’. Grab it while you can.
3. Now that you have all those nifty upgrade mats from the R&D packs while acquiring the Son’a starship, take note that this weekend is also an R&D upgrade event! Captains will earn DOUBLE Technology points for upgrading their weapons and equipment.
4. A big challenge for new and veteran STO players is how to build the ship you have always dreamed of. With the vast number of weapon and equipment choices and combinations, this can be a daunting, hit-and-miss task! Captain Qthulhu, a regular member of STO’s Reddit and ‘Ten Forward’ weekly stream has addressed this dilemma and started posting custom ship configuration and upgrade guides as a service to the STO community. Check the STO website for the links.
5. From August 17th to September 7th, the ‘Arena of Sompek’ returns. This event is similar to WoW’s arena play. Generous prizes await participants. Details are on the website. Grebog, do you have anything in particular to add to this one?
6. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of mats and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
And with that, let’s get back to Grebog and find out what’s going on in STO with the AIE Guild!.
GAME NEWS
Guests put show notes here
New Fleet Director
Starbase progress – currently working constructing the rank IV starbase
This is a pretty hefty upgrade, so it will take a little while. All help is appreciated
Research Lab is also nearing completion.
Completing this will unlock more traits for everyone and another R&D crafting slot (traits are little like talents in wow)
Going forward with fleet holdings, we will continue working on the starbase, and after the Research lab is complete, focus more on the Spire to get one of the best tactical consoles in game.
Set Phasers to Fun! – New weekly event starting up on the 26th. Main goal is to have fun, maybe earn some fleet marks or some rep marks and help people try out some different things to do, explore interesting places in the galaxy.
Fleet is going to become more visible in game. I will be allowing the fleet to be visible in the looking for fleet style system. People will still need to go to UMAMI and apply that route, but I want to first make the fleet a little more visible.
Mewkow- So, now that we know a little more about what is going on in STO with the AIE guild, we have a few questions for Grebog!
-Tell us about yourself- how did you first get involved in AIE and STO?
Tetsemi- What is it about STO that appeals to you?
Mkallah- Any plans in the works for events besides Set Phasers to Fun?
Mewkow- If someone were looking to hang out with the STO crew and have some fun, are there particular times that are more active?
Tetsemi: Tell us about your addiction to ships!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Grebog or joining us.
Check the Forums, find me on discord, or my barely used twiitter account @Grebog
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Join us for the AIE podcasts in standard Earth Weeks!.
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Welcome to episode #281 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (Greetings, Gamers!). This week we have our Summer of Love wrap up! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into What we have been up to shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
For anyone that missed the Summer of Love activities and wants to see what ocurred, please check out the forum post that the wonderful Syreyne has been keeping up to date.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57442-community-summer-of-love-2017-july-31st-to-august-6th/
There were a lot of activities across all the games AIE is in, with the last event running earlier today in WoW with the Transmog Gear and pet Swap meet!
Thank you to everyone that participated and made the Summer of Love a wonderful AIE event.
If you missed some of the events, here are a few videos we found taken by our wonderful guildies.
FFXIV – By Ryooshi – https://youtu.be/RiqEmSWGM5Q (Rememberance Day)
WoW – By Joey Image – https://www.twitch.tv/videos/164656428 (Running of the Beef)
Also for a ton of screenshots, check out the #AIEGuild hashtag on Twitter
https://twitter.com/hashtag/AIEGuild
WoW
There was a live Q&A with Ion Hazzikostas (no spoilers) over general WoW topics and some 7.3 specific information. It looks like Legion is becoming more alt friendly and some catch up mechanisms are in place for those just hitting 110.
The time gate for the 3rd relic slot will automatically be removed in 7.3. In addition, players will not have to do the Broken Shore questline to unlock Concordance of the Legionfall and the other new traits.
Artifact Knowledge is also getting changes and will be global across all player. The week of the patch, all players will be Artifact Knowledge 41.
There are new missions, equipment and chests on Argus that can shoot Champions all the way to item level 900.
Reusable Augment Runes coming from Exalted Army of the Light, the Lightforged Augment Rune.
http://www.wowhead.com/news=269167/liveblog-of-the-q-a-with-ion-hazzikostas
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 205: To Merge Or Not To Merge
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-205 talk about the current server merge discussion, pros and cons, ways to merge, alternatives, and our views.
Also the Mandatory Fun Night, on Tuesday, will be on the Republic side this week.
FFXIV
Moonfire Fair event begins this Tuesday!
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2017/Moonfire_Faire/
The quest begins in the Limsa upper decks and you can get a full seasonal outfit and some housing items while the event is live.
STO
Just a quick update from Grebiss on the forums
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57452-status-of-the-fleet/
We have completed the required work to allow us to start the Shipyard Tier IV upgrades. This will unlock many more fleet ships for everyone to purchase. And once we complete the shipyards, I believe we will be able to upgrade the starbase to tier IV as well.
I may hold on the Starbase tier IV to keep resources flowing into fleet ship consumables, so everyone can buy their desired fleet ships.
The Research Lab is also making big progress and one of the two branches is nearing completion as well with the other branch over halfway through tier 3.
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 8/6/2017:
Before today’s news:
On Remembrance Day, August 2nd, 2017, Captain Cybyl, representing AIE Fleet, paid the AIE Fleet’s respects to the guild’s fallen at the Eternal Flame Memorial in Earth’s Star Fleet Academy, the Spock shrine on Vulcan, the Spock shrine on New Romulus and finally at the AIE Fleet’s star base. Captain Cybyl is humbled and truly honoured to be a member of one awesome gaming family called AIE. Thank you.
Now on to the news:
1. The STO staff is attending Star Trek Las Vegas for the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, Star Fleet leakers have supplied some interesting tidbits:
2. Season 14: ‘Emergence’ will launch October 18th, featuring the newest addition to the cast: Levar Burton. He will voice the character he portrayed and made famous in the TV series Star Trek: TNG: Geordi La Forge. An exciting trailer for Season 14 and beyond has been posted.
3. On September 12th, an introductory episode to the upcoming Season 14, ‘Beyond the Nexus’, will allow players to accompany Captain La Forge in investigating a distress call from a Galaxy-class ship with a mysterious emergency. See the STO website for details.
4. Season 13.5 launched July 18th, with the featured episode ‘Brushfire’. The last of three weekly rewards for playing this episode have been posted to the STO website.
5. The famous Phoenix Lockbox has arrived for the week of August 3rd to August 10th. Players will have a chance to turn in their spare Summer Event gift vouchers for starships, new equipment, weapons, upgrade tokens and much, much more. The website lists them all.
6. Now that you have al those nifty upgrade tokens from the Phoenix Lockbox, coincidentally, this is also an upgrade weekend! Captains will earn DOUBLE Technology points for upgrading their weapons and equipment.
7. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
GW2
We have a guild hall! The Roger ‘Ralff’ White guild hall was officially obtained thanks to the diligence and perseverance of the GW2 guildies.
Here’s a brief description of what it takes from Diji on the #GW2 in Discord.
“For those not familiar with the fight, allow me to recount the epic tale of how we cleared the Guild hall. You start off in the Lost Precipice map, which is a huge area horizontally and vertically. A single Mordrem Maw spawns on the map with 2 Mordrem Vinetenders, and various other mobs nearby. You have a limited time (I think 3-4 mins if I remember right) to get to the maw, kill the 2 Vinetenders, and then kill the Maw. If you fail to kill the Maw within the time limit, the air toxicity rises, and a new Maw spawns elsewhere. If you lose 5 times, everyone dies and you start over. You have to kill 5 Maws. Once you kill them, a Vine Warden spawns in the middle, and you have a few minutes to down him. Once you do, you win, and the guild hall is yours.
Seems like the first part was far harder than the second part.”
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57408-the-roger-ralff-white-memorial-guild-hall/
TSW
Looks like some pre-Tokyo opening content just got released for Legends.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57436-secret-world-legends/
The Dreaming Dark event (AKA The Flappy Raid) is going on, before the Tokyo re-release. So, everything that’s been released is almost re-released. I mean, say you took a break, there is content that is now available, for free, in SWL. Just nothing in Tokyo. Though scenarios are there, but that involves the Venice map, and with the group finder tool, you can experience that content, without actually setting foot there.
Also, information on the Whispering Tide Event from the official site
https://secretworldlegends.com/news/the-whispering-tide/
The scales have tipped.
The Filth has entered Agartha, threatening the World Tree itself. Shadows the size of planets gaze upon us and prepare their winged harbingers for invasion. Darkness is upon us; The Whispering Tide has arrived.
Following the latest events from the Main Story, the portal to Tokyo is overflowing with Filth, blocking access and heralding an unkindness of Birds of the Zero-Point Pathogen into Agartha. You, the agents of Gaia, are the only ones that can stem the tide.
Mew and Tet- discuss the game!
And with that, let’s get back to Us and find out what we have been up to. Also, I have a few round table questions.
GAME NEWS
What we have been up to:
Tet: All the Alts in WoW!
Mew:
Mkallah: Wedding (RL summer of love drunken CAH), RPG, podcast stuff
Question: What was your favourite part of Summer of Love:
Tet: Rememberance day
Mew: How active FF14 was for it this year
Mkallah: all the games being involved,
With Russel Brower no longer the official face of music at Blizzard, let’s talk about music. What has been your favourite piece of game music?
Tet:Pandaria themes
Mew:too many to pick one. Fallout series. FF14 dungeons and hildebrad.
Mkallah:Wrath music, how it ranged from ethereal to menacing to fiddle heavy, which I always love. In general, and RedDead for the Wyrd West feel and Bioshock for that feels familiar but alien music
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank our chat room for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including… Hey, we have no segments! Guys, if you want to submit segments, please email the show!
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #280 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah – (hey, guys, there are lemon bars in the guild kitchen… and cinnamon rolls…. And carrot cake. Tet, I need a cleanup over here). And to my right is Mewkow: (Greetings, Gamers). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Grimcow who are here to talk to us about AIE in the Summer of Love Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Summer of Love shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Summer of Love is coming! More discussion shortly, but first, the links!
NOMADS
Nomads have launched a guild in Albion Online. It’s a lot like Ultima Online, meets Diablo 3, meets Eve. If you are interested in joining the guild, head to the #Nomads channel on AIE Discord, or contact Argus or Jehdai for information. Also there is a forum post with more information in it as well. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57441-aie-in-albion/
WoW
Just wanted to give a shout out to Russell Brower for all the work he did at Blizzard Entertainment on the music and sound tracks of all the Blizzard games. His position was ‘made redundant’ due to some corporate restructuring of the audio teams and we wish him well. He has a solo album coming up and will still be doing three Video Games Live concerts in the future. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook to see what he’s up to!
SWTOR
Our usual SWtOR MFN on Tuesday will be focused on SoL. Maybe a Running of the Pancakes on Hoth, a Galaxy World Boss hunt and a trip to get the harder to reach datacrons or something similar. I’m sure @Max will have a bunch of “Mandatory Fun” stuff for us to do.
This week. Tuesday July 25th, MFN will be on the Imp side and next week it will be on the Pub side.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 203: There Were Never Such Devoted Sisters
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-203 review the Esne and Aivela boss fight added to the Gods From The Machine operation on Iokath.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 7/23/2017:
1. Season 13.5 launched July 18th, with the featured episode ‘Brushfire’. The first of three weekly rewards for playing this episode have been posted to the STO website. Rewards for weekly replays will be posted at the end of each week.
2. The Son’a Lockbox has arrived for Season 13.5. Two new, artsy-looking Son’a starships are the featured prizes along with new equipment, weapons, player enhancements and much more. Stats for the new ships have been posted.
3. The Xindi Lockbox has been upgraded to include upgraded T6 Xindi starships, along with new equipment, weapons, player enhancements and much more. Stats for the new ships have been posted.
4. The C-Store 15% lockbox key sale has been extended through this weekend! Grab ’em while you can.
5. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
FFXIV
https://aie-guild.org/blog/2017/07/kittee-and-tiaras-ceremony-of-eternal-bonding/
Kittee Fantastico and Tiara Leigh of our Final Fantasy XIV gaming community will be exchanging vows in their Ceremony of Eternal Bonding on Sunday, the 30th of July 2017 at 7PM EDT.
This may come as a shock to those who know the happy couple. However, between Kittee’s seemingly random, explosive tendencies and Tiara’s great love of collecting mounts in the game; we can all smile and offer sagely Warrior of Light nods to their union. (Tiara is not at all using Kittee to get the mount, and any rumors that say otherwise are clearly false…)
Invitations may be requested from the couple prior to the event, and are required to enter the Ceremony at the Sanctum of the Twelve in the East Shroud. You may send a friend request to either of them so they may mail you an invitation, or you can track them down in game or in the AIE Discord.
Join the FFXIV crew on their “Fun Night” during their Summer of Love meet up at the tiny home in the Goblet on Goblin. It’s Final Fantasy Fashionista Fun Night! Come as you are, or in your favorite outfits or glamour to celebrate the AIE community. Kickoff is at 9PM EDT and we’ll be coming and going from the house as we embark on our various fun activities of the evening
Just a reminder that the guild has moved to Goblin from Gilgamesh. Unfortunately, Goblin is no longer a preferred server which means free transfers are no longer available. You can still transfer for $18 or roll a new character on Goblin and join the guild. The guild house on Gilgamesh is still open for a little while longer for folks that need to transfer things over to Goblin but will be shutting down in the near future.
Current timelines are pointing to October for the release of 4.1 (yay more story) which will likely bring the new housing area near Kugane, as well as other quality of life additions, such as the removal of restrictions on the job boost potions. As Yoshi-P says, ‘Please look forward to it.’
And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and Grimcow and find out what’s going on in Summer of Love week.
GAME NEWS
Sy: We’re here to talk about the Summer of Love week long event. Summer of Love is our biggest community wide event each year. It’s a time to reflect on life and friendship and to share and support each other’s sorrow. It’s also a week of games, events, contests, and more across all of our game divisions. All of these events have built up around our community’s single most important, most historic, and most reverent gathering every year: Remembrance Day.
Grim: I joined AIE in April of 2011 on a baby rogue, based, like many of us, on the chatter on The Instance and the warm fuzzies I got listening about the antics and culture and community, etc. I heard about AIE’s Remembrance Day and decided I needed to attend this thing. I was mid-50s, still leveling, I think, and was absolutely blown away by the reverence and feeling of it. My tiny Alliance guild was dormant so I had no problem biting the bullet and thus transferred and faction-swapped my main. My original WoW toon (a dorf pally) became Grimcow as a direct result of Remembrance Day. I have not missed one since.
(Insert here – I (Sy) would like to have a general discussion on how Remembrance Day started here, with dialog from all the hosts. Informal talking. [See below where we mention general rules, like removing weapons.] Talk about Milliway, etc.)
Sy: Between Remembrance Day and the Craft Faire….both those events in AIE were the reasons I factioned changed all of my Alliance toons on Earthen Ring to Horde. Just the idea of a guild and community that would do these things for their members was and still is so incredible.
Grim: I agree with Sy. I got roped into the Craft Faire as the Tailoring Captain by an innocent-seeming chat with Nevermore. Innocent. Yeah, right. I spent the next several years managing 5 guild banks stuffed full of cloth as well as a lot of Google spreadsheets. When the Faire came around, I was running upwards of 8 banks! COOP and all of it was and still is gloriously fun. Love being a part of this crew. The community – to this day – remains the best part of the game for me.
Tuesday August 1st – Star Wars is hosting a very special Mandatory Fun night from 8pm to 10pm Central Time. (See show notes above. Details coming soon.)
Wednesday August 2nd – Community Wide Remembrance Day at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern
Locations:
WoW – Shrine of the Fallen Warrior – west of Crossroads in the Northern Barrens
SWTOR – Juran Mountains on Alderaan
Final Fantasy 14 – Guild House
Guild Wars 2 – Field of the Fallen in west Lion’s Arch
Star Trek Online – They plan to start at Starfleet Academy eternal flame. Then onto the Spock memorial on Vulcan. Next to the Spock memorial on New Romulus. And finally to the AIE Fleet’s star base to commiserate over Romulan ale.
As we hear back from more game divisions on locations, we’ll update the Community forum post.
Sy: Just a few reminders to anyone attending Remembrance Day…We ask that everyone remove their weapons out of respect for those that have fallen. A lot of people choose to wear formal tuxedos, suits, dresses, etc, however this is not a requirement. If you would like any dressy items to wear, please speak up in chat and people are always willing to help out. As far as WoW is concerned, please leave your cute and fuzzy pets in your class hall, that includes hunters and warlocks. Please don’t engage with the Horde or Alliance that might troll us during this event. Be the better person and ignore them. Please be respectful of our Alliance friends in Convert to Raid. Many of them show up for this event in support.
Grim: Also, please no ground effect spells or toys – except for your Horde balloon, of course. Many of our members run on sub-optimal machines, and these things can cause lag. We don’t want to accidently boot people out of the game just because a shaman thought Healing Rain would look cool. Remembrance Day is for everyone. Last, but not least, please respect those talking in comms during the event. This is not the time to tell that one dirty joke you know.
Sy:
Friday August 4th – Final Fantasy is doing…Final Fantasy Fashionista Fun Night at 9pm EDT…(ask Mewkow)
Saturday August 5th – WoW is hosting a tribute version of Running of the Beef on Saturday afternoon in honor of one of our greatest guild members and leaders, Ralff aka Roger White, who passed away back in February this year. Running of the Beef is a long tradition where everyone creates a new character at level one and we take off on an adventure! So, to celebrate Ralff’s life and his contributions to our community, we are going to be creating mini-Ralffs by starting new male tauren warriors. There will be a photo on the forums if you want to get the latest horns right. The event will be on the Dalaran server, NOT Earthen Ring. We will start inviting at noon EDT (Earthen Ring server time) and roll out at 1pm. Remember, you can create your toon in advance, but you can’t leave the start area or do any quests. And the adventure is a surprise!!!
Grim:
Saturday – We shall COOP!!! A bit about COOP for those who don’t know. COOP stands for Creamy Orange Otter Pop and is AIE code for showing our love for the 4 Alliance Leaders. We go and love them to death, sometimes in very creative ways. It’s a dearly held AIE tradition and I’m proud to keep it going. On Saturday the 5th, we will gather at the Goblin Blimp of Death in the Slums of Orgrimmar at 8 pm EDT (8 pm Earthen Ring server time). We ride at 9. Bring your fanciest transmog. All are welcome, though 110s preferred. If you’re not max level, you will likely die. A lot It’s pvp, but not in the technical sense. We like it when we encounter resistance – makes it more fun We reserve the main raid for those going for the “For the Horde” achievement and if we fill that up, any subsequent raids act as support to keep the Alliance scum off our backs. It’s a total blast and everyone in AIE should try it at least once. Also? And this is very important, it’s family friendly, as are all guild-wide events. We’ve had kids as young as 8 with us in the past (shoutout to Termaku). Just show up and we’ll get you in. Sy, what is going on with N00B raid?
Sy:
Saturday – NOOB Raid Special Edition – Dankinia is hosting a special Noob Raid after COOP. They are going to visit the original, the one and only, the ultra dark and demon infested Black Temple!!! The more people that join up, the more raids in Black Temple they can do!! Plus, if they get done early, they might hit up other old school raids for mounts and pets.
Sunday – Gustytail is hosting her infamous Transmog Gear and Pet Swap Meet in the afternoon. This is where people can trade gear or goods for transmog items. They can also trade pets. Gusty also has a ton of pets and maybe some mounts to giveaway during the event. She wanted me to remind you that you do not have to meet up in person. They will be using a custom chat channel, and they can mail you the items.
Links to the posts in the forums –
General Information
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57442-community-summer-of-love-2017-july-31st-to-august-6th/
WoW Events
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57444-coop-summer-of-love-2017-edition/
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57443-running-of-the-beef-14-special-remembrance-edition/
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57446-transmog-swapmeet-summer-of-love-edition-aug-6/
FFXIV Events
SWTOR Events
SHOUTOUTS
MarcusB – Shoutout to a new SWTOR weekend operations team, DeathStar Troopers starting their first operations night tonight.
Lars Gagner – Should out to AIEU. Apparently TEST is coming to play Eve with us.
Syreyne – Shoutout to our DoA raid member, Velazarius and his new wifey, Irina. Congrats and welcome to the USA!!!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Syreyne and Grimcow for joining us.
Twitter @SyreyneAIE
Twitter @GrimcowAIE
Link to Summer of Love Schedule post: http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57442-community-summer-of-love-2017-july-31st-to-august-6th/
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Don’t forget, you too can submit a segment to the podcast. If they let the likes of me submit, anyone can join in.
In two weeks we’ll be talking to someone about something! Probably Hoots and crew with EVE.So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
I am very happy to announce that Kittee Fantastico and Tiara Leigh of our Final Fantasy XIV gaming community will be exchanging vows in their Ceremony of Eternal Bonding on Sunday, the 30th of July 2017 at 7PM EDT.
This may come as a shock to those who know the happy couple. However, between Kittee’s seemingly random, explosive tendencies and Tiara’s great love of collecting mounts in the game; we can all smile and offer sagely Warrior of Light nods to their union.
Invitations may be requested from the couple prior to the event, and are required to enter the Ceremony at the Sanctum of the Twelve in the East Shroud. You may send a friend request to either of them so they may mail you an invitation, or you can track them down in game or in the AIE Discord.
When the joyful day arrives, make sure you have the invitation in your inventory and at least one free inventory space before entering the instance at the Sanctum of the Twelve. Try to arrive 20 minutes prior to the event. The nearest Aetheryte crystal is at the Hawthorne Hut in the East Shroud. Some guests in attendance will be available to escort you to the ceremony. If you are creating a new character to join us for the event, make sure to create them with a starting city of Gridania on the Goblin world of the Aether data center.
If you’re having trouble picking out attire for the ceremony, visit Rianne in Ul’dah, Steps of Nald. A guest overview to the event may be found at the Final Fantasy XIV Ceremony of Bonding site. Your character will appear in various cutscenes throughout the event, so make sure you look fantastico!
Also, in attendance will be the marvelous Ms. Maple as the flower lady, and Abovan Vancegood as the rings bearer.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Again, congratulations to them both!
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Welcome to episode #279 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: – (Greetings Gamers). And to my right is Tetsemi: (Story? Where’s the story?). Due to a schedule snafu, we are chatting among ourselves, but that is okay- it is us, we have tons to say.
Ok, we’ll be digging into news soon, but first let’s talk about our Nerdtacular impressions and what we have been doing in and out of game.
Mew- FF14, but more on that later.
Nerdtacular souvenirs; con crud.
Black Temple: Fun blast from the past but not nearly as painful as Molten Core was. You got to see the beginnings of the tank swap mechanic, but it wasn’t quite there. Taunt was about useless as a tank, but it was a DPS paradise with many ‘kill it until it is dead’ bosses, or at least boss phases.
Tet- Nerdtacular was amazing and needs to happen again! I love going to Snowbird, it’s very relaxing (when the thermostat behaves) and really enjoying seeing everyone, attending the panels, and playing games. Doing the live podcast this year was definitely a highlight and we’ll do one again, next time the opportunity presents itself.
Rogue Class Mount and Order Hall Campaign – Done! May just be my favorite story and order hall so far.
Hunter is leveling up, just hit 108 about 1/3 rd of the way through Highmountain (Azusa is complete). Working on his engineering while leveling which has been interesting. I like the story bits and the cool items to make. Really enjoyed the fact I can buy the Beastmaster hidden appearance for gold and it’s a bow! Running with a Core Hound and Hati right now for companions, and I love, love, love, that you can just have Volley go off on your auto-attacks. Brings back the flavor of Volley without having to manage it.
Played a bit more of Secret World Legends, playing on the Dragon side as a Gunslinger (insert fake Mkallah shock here) and really enjoying the story (hey! I found the story!) in the game.
MK- TALK ABOUT STUFF
Games- Dammit, Mills (resulted in Castlevania), GnG D&D (now am I the note keeper), Return of Thors Thunder on Woden’s Day
NT- so many good things, coffee with Skky, Rocker, Diji, OLF and rotating guests in the atrium. Hiking, in the snow, in socially acceptable crocs, Marvel Munchkin with the Hordeling (Darth Amber won her first time out)
AIE News
NOMADS
Just a reminder, if you’re interested in checking out Rust, Corley has set up a private server for the AIE community. Check out #survival-exploration channel in the AIE Discord.
WoW
Summer of Love is coming up in August, we’ll have more detail in an upcoming podcast (*cough* Syreyne *cough*) touching on the events, dates, and times, including Remembrance Day.
SWTOR
Patch 5.3 is out and along with some class tuning (*cough* nerfs *cough*) there is a new raid boss, the Sisters of Carnage, to tackle on Iokath.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 201: The Last Starfighter
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-201-the-last-starfighter/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-201 talk about the GSF threads now open in the official forums in addition to the continued flurry of community team interaction.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 202: Manaan, Sisters And All of 5.3
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-202-manaan-sisters-and-all-of-5-3/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-202 talk about the Manaan Stronghold, the Sisters of Carnage, the class changes, and the bug fixes now live in update 5.3.
FFXIV
* Move has been successful, 69 members active since the move.(edited)
* An interim small house has been purchased in the Goblet while we wait for the new housing area to open (Shirogane). Please do not buy private rooms in the interim house! Save your money for Final House.
* The FC has achieved Rank 8, within the span of a week. Nice job everyone!
* New “Raid” content: The Deltascape has been out for two weeks. Our first, mostly FC group cleared it last night (Friday Fun Night activity). The “Savage” mode of this 8 man encounter is out this coming Tuesday.
* Big Kudos to the officers and members for making it a very smooth transition to Goblin. Huge thanks to Jasmine for coordinating the survey on the move, and both her and Sashi for coordinating the packing of our FC house and subsequent unpacking and decorating of the interim house.
* Thanks to Jehdai for muling over items from the FC chest.
*Welcome to our brand new FFXIV Members, joining us with their first characters to the FC in July: Romulious, Ashlor’n, Moric, Qana, Renga, Tinyguy, Adric, and Yumomo. Also, welcome back to all our recent returners: you know who you are!(edited)
* The lights are still on for a little while on Gilgamesh so folks have time to collect their things from the FC house private rooms, and themselves, before moving on or joining us on Goblin. We will provide some notice before closing down the house on Gilgamesh.(edited)
* Please, please join us in the AIE Discord in channel #ffxiv to keep up to date with all the Free Company’s news and events.
* Remember, we’re here to help you with your Main Scenario Questline, Duties, Trials, and questions! Look for queue-buddies in FC chat and Discord before queuing up. It is not an imposition! There are perks and benefits gained by doing activities together as a group, especially if it is someone’s first time through the content.
Live letter: While some of it is still being fully translated, it seemed like the focus was mostly on the various classes now that many are at max level. They didn’t seem to want to address the server crowding measures, or the new housing area as we were hoping. If you are curious about the coming class changes you can find a post on the official FF14 forums and another on the reddit group for FF14.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 7/16/2017:
1. Season 13.5 will launched July 18th, with the first new featured episode ‘Brushfire’, where players will be contacted by legendary Klingon General Rodek The exciting details are on the STO website.
2. A bonus marks weekend! Earn a 50% bonus on all marks earned by playing any content.
3. C-Store having a 15% lockbox key sale this weekend!
4. The annual Risa Summer Festival is still going strong until July 20th. Get your prize vouchers for numerous prizes plus a new T6 Vorgon starship.
5. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves for rambling.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chat room and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Due to a RL wedding, we will not have a show in two weeks- but, we are planning on having one Next week and I am working on, as we speak, getting Sy and perhaps additional guests to talk about Summer of Love.
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode 278 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (Greetings Gamers). This week we are joined by special guests Ben the Mage who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW and Nerdtacular Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW and Nerdactular shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Nerdtacular is rolling along! The first full day of content is over and we’re into the second day as we record this. The Paul and Storm concert was epic and they, of course, finished with the Pirate Song (Happy R!) along with many well placed X was the name of cover band.
The Story Time and Drawing with Scott and Turpster was amazing and really needs to be an ongoing segment somewhere in the Frogpants portfolio.
And of course it wouldn’t be the Frogpants All-Stars without controversy and technology fails, but they powered on through and can’t wait for the final this afternoon.
Stop by and check out all the vendors (in fact we swiped Mkallah from her booth, thanks to Kiki for booth sitting while we record) and see what the amazing community has created.
Oh and one last thing, the Pokemon gym battles and raid battles are in full bloom. There is a gym right at the vendor area for Nerdtacular and it is constantly switching hands between Team Mystic and Team Valor (led by Brian Ibbott), although somehow both teams were caught off guard and Team Instinct held the gym for a while.
WoW
See Game News
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 200: The Meta is Dead, Long Live the Meta
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-200-the-meta-is-dead-long-live-the-meta/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-200 talk about the five class/spec changes that have been announced so far and debate how it might affect the “meta”.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 7/1/2017:
1. Season 13.5 will launch July 18th. In the first new featured episode ‘Brushfire’, players will be contacted by legendary Klingon General Rodek, voiced by Tony Todd. The mission is to raid a secret Son’a prison to free a special prisoner: former Klingon Chancellor Martok, who is key to stopping the Tzenkethi advance. The exciting details are on the STO website.
2. For the upcoming Season 13.5 story arc, STO announced the newest addition to the cast: J.G. Hertzler. He will do the voice the of former Klingon Chancellor Martok, the character he portrayed and made famous in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
3. The Kobayashi Maru Event returns this weekend until July 3rd. This is the famous no-win Starfleet Academy training scenario that cadet James T. Kirk hacked to win the no-win scenario. Test your captain skills attempting to beat the event and win awesome prizes. See the STO website for more info.
4. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog June 29th, entitled ‘Retaking the Test’ which relates one Starfleet captain’s emotional reaction to having been ordered to retake the hopeless, no-win Kobayashi Maru Scenario. Should the entire Alliance be ordered take it as well? Find out at the STO website for this intense story.
5. C-Store and Zen sale weekend! Buying Zen for the C-Store awards bonus Zen to the transaction! But wait, there’s more: a 20% discount on everything in the C-Store sweetens deal! One more thing: there is a 20% sale on packs. And lastly, buy a 20-key bundle and get a free ultimate tech crafting upgrade.
6. The annual Risa Summer Festival is still going strong until July 20th. There is still plenty of time to win prize vouchers for numerous prizes plus a new T6 Vorgon starship. Prize lists and starship stats are available on the STO website.
7. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!
TSW
The Secret World Legends has launched and Tetsemi and The_Hordling have been playing around with it. The tutorial section is much improved and the story flow to start is much smoother and helps you get into the world and in character. It’s free to play, with 1 character slot if you’re brand new and 3 character slots if you were previously subscribed to The Secret World or are a Patreon contributor.
GAME NEWS
In the Tomb of Sargeras raid, there are several clickable runes hidden across the raid. Each rune can only be clicked once per lockout and will transform the player into Gul’dan with a new set of abilities. More importantly, it will turn you hostile to the rest of the raid!
http://www.wowhead.com/news=266554/guldan-transformation-in-tomb-of-sargeras-raid
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Ben The Mage and our very special guests for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Be Announced . So until then, AIE…
This is Tetsemi
This is Mkallah
This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #277 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi – (One second, updating my Nerdtacular prep spreadsheet). And to my right is Mkallah: (busy making chicken thingies for the upcoming road trip). This week we are joined by special guest Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFIXV shortly, but first, let’s talk about next weekend’s upcoming event, Nerdtacular and get into this week’s news…
Nerdtacular preview and thoughts:
Tetsemi:
Just a brief WoW update, I got my rogue to 110 and about ½ way through the class story (still need to finish two leveling zones) and got concordance on my other 110’s (Mage, DK, Paladin, and Druid) and now working on their off-spec weapons.
Nerdtacular is one of my favorite get together’s for the AIE guild and the greater Frogpants community. There’s a ton to do both at Nerdtacular and at the Snowbird resort as well. Non-nerdtacular activities I’d recommend. Take the tram to the top of the mountain for the view (if you’re okay with heights) and ride the mountain coaster. The coaster takes you through the forest and some very pretty sites. If you’ve got kids with you, go for the wristband.
For Nerdtacular itself, check out the game room (We miss you Ralffie) and you may find a new favorite game to play or watch.
Cyberwaif:
As always, my computer time is nil, but I am getting back into my first love, RPGs. Our old Monday group is back together, and we have gone through two weeks of a new game that was recently kick started, City of Mist. The starter PDF is available at https://www.cityofmist.co/. It’s a noir game where everyone is the mortal representation of a mythical power. Though, Tet may be the human embodiment of too much gin. We are playing through a premade adventure, trying to solve three mysterious murders and a robbery, preferably before Halloween night. My Thor’s Day thunder group has been moved to Woden’s Day, though we are on a hiatus due to real life schedules. And, my every other Friday group with the GnGs crew is in full swing! Great game so far and the DM has a good combination of battle and player development, just like I like it. Oh, and I am playing a Cthulhu powered crazy warlock from Thay, which makes things….. Interesting. If you want to follow along, we do stream and the the game is available after the fact on their Yourtube channel and on Itunes, search for Geeks and Geeklets. The D&D game is marked “The Forgotten Prince.” And, word to the wise- this game is saltier than a drunken raid night. You have been warned.
Now, to piggy back on what Tet said. Yes, if you are staying at Snowbird, it is good to plan for a free day to do all of the activities and get a wristband! In years past, if you did the buffet breakfast, you got a free tram ticket, so if they still do that, it is a great savings. We like to take the tram up and then take the mile hike down to the ski lift. As for food, it is expensive, but, we love the Aerie, especially if they have any happy hour deals going. And, the Atrium opens at 7 for coffee and breakfast. For food, we also regularly take a trip into SLC for Sushi Groove- the sushi is great, the music can be loud, and they have fun desserts. Check them out at http://www.sushigrooveutah.com/. We also hit up the Target down the mountain for room food like lunch meat and yogurt since the rooms have small refrigerators.
As for NT itself, besides all of the panels and the concert, there is the soon to be world famous game room, occasional CAH and Munchkin games in the halls- and as a word of note, bring your own games to play, and sometimes pick up D&D or Star Wars games. Usually there are a handful of vendors, I know for sure there will be the Tadpool collective, Nevermore, Jules, Gates of Imagination, myself and we will also be carrying some of Leontines crafts as welll. There is the meet and greet on Thursday which is the official start to Nerdtacular and I know a fair few of us are doing a 1920s Disney cosplay. Saturday is always the coplay spectacular, though some people do light cosplay on Friday as well.
Mewkow-
Beyond FF14, which we will focus on shortly, I’ve been spending a bit of time in WoW with the _curiously_ timed launch of Tomb of Sargeras.
I’ve finally been spending a bit of time with Zelda on the Switch. Bringing that with me.
Nerdtacular – Arriving Tuesday via plane. Getting a suv. Stopping before the climb to stock up. Bring these items…
Hills.
Central activity area.
Slalom.
Zip lines
coaster
Various food options.
WATER.
Gift shops.
Moths, and other wildlife.
Mewkow- And now, this week’s news!
AIE News
Community
Gretschen, on the forums, has started new blog about D&D, board games, and other table top RPG’s and would love to have folks check it out
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57428-starting-a-new-blog/
WoW
Wowhead has a good write-up of the Warcraft Class Design AMA on Reddit
http://www.wowhead.com/news=266435/all-the-developer-responses-to-the-warcraft-class-design-reddit-ama
Didn’t get your Blizzcon tickets? Well, you have another shot. The new hall at the Anaheim convention center will be useable and Blizzard opened up more tickets – Wednesday, July 5 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time. on Universe.com
http://www.wowhead.com/news=266314/blizzcon-tickets-round-3-july-5-7-00-p-m-pt
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 199: Balancing Act
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-199-balancing-act/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-199 walk through the “feedback” posts from Charles, Eric and Keith and then deep dive into the class balance outline that’s been posted recently.
FFXIV
See GAME NEWS below
STO
We have Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 6/25/2017:
1. The annual Risa Summer Festival is still going strong until July 20th. There is still plenty of time to win prize vouchers for new vanity pets, beachwear, mini-powerboards, jetpacks, a new T6 Vorgon starship and much, much more. Prize lists and starship stats are available on the Star Trek Online website.
2. A new ‘Endeavor’ system will be coming soon to STO in an upcoming update. Every 2 – 3 days, a new Endeavor mini-mission will begin. No need to hail an admiral and get a lengthy briefing, just jump in and go. Captains are free to pick and choose any mini-missions, each of which earn huge varieties of immediate rewards for captains and their fleets. The STO website says it all.
3. Two new backstories were posted to the STO website blog:
The June 7th posting, ‘Cold Dishes’, hints at a sadistic Klingon prison warden’s plot to overthrow the entire Klingon Empire!
The June 22nd posting, ‘A First’s Tale’, relates a Jem’Hadar prisoner’s tale of capture, imprisonment and survival under horrific ‘experimentation’ by the sadistic Klingon warden.
Both stories are an essential must-read for the upcoming story arc.
4. Lifetime subscriptions for PC players! From now until July 27th, lifetime subscriptions are discounted by $100 to $199! Get yourself a lifetime of Star Trek bliss!
5. Star Trek Online has joined up with the Razer Paid-to-Play Program. Starting soon, you’ll have the option to play STO through the Razer Cortex gaming portal and begin earning Razer’s zSilver currency for every minute you play the game. Use your zSilver to purchase gaming keyboards, gaming mice, headsets and much more from Razer and other participating dealers. The exciting details are waiting for you on the STO website.
6. Starship news: The Constitution and Miranda class cruisers have had their looks updated to match the TV and movie configurations. Also, Ferengi starship campaigns have been added to the Admiralty systems.
7. A 23th century R&D promotion, starting June 22nd through July 5th, will give captains a chance to win a T6 faction-specific Temporal Cruiser whenever an R&D pack is purchased from the C-Store and opened.
8. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV
GAME NEWS
Stormblood! Blood of storms!
Show notes full.
Place in queue, 2045
Oh, and a DDOS attack. Fun!
Stormblood is here!
Highlights
New lands, Al Amigho, Doma
Returning and new characters to adventure with,
New main scenario quests and OMG a lot of side quests!
Combat skill revamp! Some gained, some lost, but simplified skills and reduced skill bloat.
New UI elements for each job and for MSQ
Quick, non spoiler lore intro.
Gilgamesh? Still locked.
Cross server parties
Want to start but can’t get on Gilgamesh? We have a linkshell on Goblin. Join the FFXIV channel in discord for details.
How to get started.
PC
MacOS
Steam
PS4
Each one has a different license. One sub can cover all platforms, but you need the license to play on that platform.
Class catch-ups. Story catch-ups. Tomato ketchup.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
If all goes well, we will be recording live from Nerdtacular on Saturday!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #276 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi. To my left is Mewkow (Greetings, Gamers). And, to my right is Mkallah (Hey, guys, there are dark chocolate fig cakes in the guild kitchen). We are our own guests again!
Ok, we’ll be digging into News shortly, but first, let’s talk about what we have been up to.
Tetsemi
Got through the Druid Class Order Hall and Artifact Quest line (Tank/Melee DPS) and just getting caught up on the Broken Shore quest line (stuck on the 12 wq’s). Once I get caught up, I’ll start on my Rogue. Also have been working on my crafting a bit, it’s very much a slog on alts, compared to previous expansions, so not focusing too much on it.
Dabbling in SWTOR a bit, checking out Iokath and it’s dailies. Trying to find time to get into either MFN or an operation, but days have been very busy.
Mewkow – In FF14, finally got my Bard to ilevel 230, so I’ll be running the final dungeons for Heavensward and will be ready for the expansion. Once that is done, I’ll try to grind a bit of Gil, and level gathering and crafting classes to try and have those ready for Stormblood. FC has been quite active lately, likely due to expansion hype. Sadly, new players can’t join us on Gilgamesh, but lots of returning players are appearing. I will be joining in the Early Access play on the 16th, which should give me plenty of time to get pretty far in before WoW drops the Tomb in everyone’s laps. Not very subtle of them to have it come out on the same day as Stormblood, which has been a known date for quite a while. Thoughts?
And speaking of WoW, paladin is 110 now and with the partial catch-up of artifact knowledge, and some AP grinding, is closely catching up to my warrior so I can have the two tank types ready for Tomb. Both my FERT druid and worgen warrior are nearly at knowledge level 40 and a couple traits away from concordance. Once I get them to 40, I’ll be sharing the knowledge love around to my many alts. My belf rogue is waiting for the knowledge boost before going too much deeper in that story.
In SWTOR, I have been moving forward in the Fallen Empire storyline with my Bounty Hunter.
In non MMO gaming, I am currently exploring the many mods that are being made for Fallout 4, now that the game is in a more final state as far as DLC goes. There are some impressive DLC like mods out there, adding tons of story and lore to the game. Some even feature voice acting, and add new factions to the game, like the Enclave from Fallout 3, and even NCR armor and power armors from other groups.
A while back, I managed to get my hands on an Oculus, and I’m seeing the promise coming there. I saw a new controller being kickstarted that will bring ‘touch’ to VR by having haptic feedback in a glove. The fact that it is aiming to be compatible with all the existing VR headsets is promising because the more VR becomes interchangeable in tech, the strong it becomes as a whole.
For a recent real life leveling event, I got a nintendo switch. It came with the new Mario Kart, which will allow me to participate in some of the workplace gaming that’s been going on lately amongst the switch owners. It’s a smooth experience on the built in screen, handles nicely. I’ll be trying the new Zelda game next which I hear is rather good. The only sore spot I’ve seen with it is inventory management and equipment breakage. Oh, and suddenly losing all sense of time while playing it.
Mkallah- Phoenix Comicon- our time and misadventures. (some guildies were nice enough to come by and say Hi! We have the best guildmates and yes, there will be some meetups coming up soon after NT- maybe something in the Tempe area even. If you have suggestions of a location, let me know). Now, to Nerdtacular Prep!
Gaming- sadly, due to Phx CC and RL issues, no tabletop gaming, though I have my warlock rolled up for an upcoming 5E came starting this Friday and am halfway through her history. And, it looks like we may be back to RPGs on Monday nights, our buddy pre-ordered a new game coming out, City of Mists, and we are going to start the intro game soon. Looks like a lot of fun, modern noir, but the players are avatars of gods, heroes, even mythological weapons, they just don’t know it yet. I am going to be playing Hel, which should be a ton of fun. And, I may be taking my first foray into running an occasional game- which scared me more than it should considering that I write 20 page character histories.
Tet- Now that we have talked about what we are doing in and out of game, let’s get into this week’s news!
AIE News
Community
Ashes of Creation has released some pre-Alpha gameplay footage that looks very cool. The KickStarter has completed and the team wanted to show off how things look so far in the game.
Check out some of the other videos on their channel as well.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfbi2EvzQmIJ55TJvZumNZw/videos
And discussions are going on in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/
Also a reminder that there’s a discovery post for interest in Destiny 2 and which platform you will be playing on in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57425-destiny-2-discovery/
Imperium Ludi
A reminder there is a community run Rust server, administered by Corley, if you’d like more information or just to swing by and say hi, check out the #survival-exploration channel in the AIE Discord.
WoW
Make sure you’re up to date with the Broken Shore questline as this upcoming week is the last quest needed for the achievement and the class mount becomes available for each characters that’s completed the achievement. You can use the class mount on lower level characters of the same class once they have the ability to use mounts. It’s both a ground and flying mount as well, so it’s worth a bit of time to do the quests on Broken Shore.
If you’ve been current on your Artifact Knowledge, you should be hitting level 40 this week which is the cap, for now. Blizzard tweeted out that once you hit level 40 in Artifact Knowledge, you’ll be able to send an AK40 tome to your alts. Originally it was going to be 35, following the 5 levels below your current knowledge divided by 5, but made a design decision to make it 40.
Also don’t forget patch 7.2.5 is slated to drop June 20th, which will be the release of the Tomb of Sargeras raid.
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 195: Free Droid Companion
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-195 talk about the HK-51 mission line, how to get him as a companion, and what our favorites parts are of this older but still relevant content.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 196: Have Roadmap, Will Travel
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-196 talk about the new producer’s roadmap that was just published and what the Summer of SWTOR is shaping up to be.
MFN Is imperial side this week and next week will be republic.
FFXIV
The next expansion, Stormblood, is nearly here. Those that have pre-ordered the expansion can start in Early Access play on June 16th at 2am Pacific time, with the official start being on June 20th. (Nice try WoW).
There are several class previews available online to give you an idea of how your classes are changing. I am looking forward to the changes coming for Bard as they are finally fixing the class back to its pre Heavensward mobile glory, while giving the songs a much more synergizing role in battles. You can find this and all other class information videos on youtube by searching for Stormblood Class changes, and the name of the class. You will also find some good videos on the two new classes; Red Mage and Samurai.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 6/4/2017:
1. It is that time of year for the annual Risa Lohlunat Festival! This event is happening June 8th to July 20th. A New daily event, the Biathlon, has been added. Win prize vouchers for new vanity pets, beachwear, mini-powerboards, jetpacks, and much, much more. The Annual Summer Event Starship is a new T6 Vorgon (NOT Vogon) Ryn’Kodan Carrier! For a complete listing of prizes and starship stats please visit the Star Trek Online website.
2. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog on May 26th, entitled ‘Fortunes of War and Peace’. If a player miraculously receives a smuggler’s Amarie Heavy Escort as a prize in a random R&D Pack, this backstory explains it’s existence. Get a chance for a new career after retirement from Starfleet!
3. A Duty Officer weekend! From Thursday, June 1st, to Monday, June 5th, playing any Duty Officer content that provides Commendation XP shall yield an additional 50% XP bonus! Also, the annual Particle Scanning Event at the Starfleet Academy campus, will again reward additional Duty Officers.
4. What a coincidence! The C-Store is having a 20% off Duty officer pack sale this weekend. But wait! There’s more: during the previously mentioned Duty Officer Weekend, opening ANY Duty Officer packs purchased on the C-Store will yield a FREE additional green or better Duty Officer.
5. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, UI patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off
GAME NEWS
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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.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Overly Dramatic news – @HuntsTheWind
We will keep you posted on our next show as soon as we have details, since our next scheduled show is Father’s Day! And, we are also in discussion to do a show from Nerdtacular! So, until Next time-
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– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
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Welcome to episode #275 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (I have spreadsheets for my spreadsheets). And to my right is Mewkow (Greetings, Gamers!). This week we are joined by ourselves and we are here to talk to us about AIE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be chatting shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Phoenix Comicon is coming up next weekend and several AIE folks will be in attendance as vendors and attendees. If you want to see Mkallah and Nevermore, stop by booth 501/503 and browse their wares! If you want to see Alachaas and Leontine (Ozarin) stop by the 501st Legion Outpost and you be able to catch a glimpse of them or take a shot at them in the Shoot a Trooper game! Bouvi will be at booth 396 & 398 (Hero Initiative), stop by and say hi!
Keep an eye out on Meetup.com to see if any of the Phoenix guildies are meeting up at Comicon or for a food gathering nearby!
Imperium Ludi
With the recent announcement by Bungie and Blizzard that the Destiny 2 game will be utilizing the Blizzard Launcher and the Friends/Chat/Voice capabilities it provides, Durus has started a new poll asking folks that are buying Destiny 2 which platform they’ll be playing on. Consider this a check of the community for possible AIE organizational activities
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57425-destiny-2-discovery/
Galadeon brings us a new update for Ashes of Creation, they’ve launched a Kickstarter and it’s fully funded, you still have 11 days (from this recording) if you want to contribute and have a chance to get into the alpha. There is a new video up for the Kickstarter, and I, personally, am waiting on the 3rd and 4th Nodes videos.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/
NOMADS
Corley is hosting a Rust server and a very tight knit community has been actively playing on it. The server is being kept up to date with patches and other features as they become available. If you’d like to try Rust out and play with AIE folks, drop by the #survival-exploration channel on Discord for more information.
WoW
Still working on getting flying in Legion? Some tips and tricks for tracking what you need to do and how to get a little edge on the harder factions to get to revered can be found in the forum thread http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57404-tracking-your-legion-pathfinder-status/
Summer of Love (slated for the beginning of August) planning is in full swing. If you’d like to run an event, contact Syreyne on the forums, in Discord, or on one of her many alts in game! There will be a CooP run, a Running of the X (most like in conjunction with CTR guild like last time), a Remembrance Day meet up at the Shrine of the Fallen Soldier and a march to Orgrimmar. With Ralff’s passing this year, it will be especially meaningful for the guild. Keep an eye on the Discord channels and forums for the other games as well for their activities!
SWTOR
Roka_imo (on the forums) has rejoined the Wars among the Stars and the forum posting contains a lot of good information for folks recently returning to the game as well as guild activities and things to focus on in game while leveling up.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57419-back-again-into-the-wars-amoung-the-stars/
Mandatory Fun Night will be on the pub side this week and then imp for the next two, continuing the rotation and getting both factions some love!
The summer “roadmap” should be published soon from Bioware. We saw a few hints of what to come earlier from Keith, but the full roadmap with, hopefully, a lot more information should be out in the next couple of weeks.
The next boss of the new operation “Gods from the Machine” is entering testing.
SWTOR Ops Wrapup
Imperial Teams:
Lord of Light is finishing a couple week break with people finishing up school, traveling for work and getting ready for summer.
Sith with Unlimited Power ran Eternity Vault and 4/5 bosses in Karagga’s Palace with help from friends. It was a great night for all involved.
Republic Team:
Soldiers of Light ran Dread Fortress and had a great night as a team. Looking forward to tomorrow night.
All the teams are fully staffed, but, keep an eye out on Discord on Mon., Wed., and Thur., because real life happens and fill-ins get needed,lol.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 193: I Owe Kath Daily
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-193-i-owe-kath-daily/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-193 do a walkthrough of Iokath dailies and talk about tips and tricks.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 194: Stronghold Secrets
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-194-stronghold-secrets/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-194 talk about Strongholds, favorite decorations and tips for using your prosperity as a weapon.
FFXIV
From Durus and the rest of the FF14 officer team:
The Data Center moves for the FFXIV NA servers completed without any significant incident and servers were actually back online ahead of schedule. One thing that does impact AIE’s server on the Aether Datacenter, Gilgamesh, is that it is now locked to both character creation and paid transfers. Neither is currently possible as they are working to stabilize population on high pop servers through the launch of Stormblood next month.
However, the officers are keenly aware of the impact this has on recruitment and the the desire of existing members to play with friends new to the game. We’re following things closely and while some are concerned and looking at the possibility of server moves, etc., at this time there are no options or incentives in place for us to undertake such a thing but we are eagerly awaiting Square Enix’s decisions on how the want to attempt to balance populations. We’re hurrying up and waiting, in the meantime let the fun continue.
Our Final Fantasy Fun Nights, @9PM EDT on Fridays, have seen some increased participation and we’re working on Alexander 8-man raids. Last Friday we completed the second stage of these raids and we’ll be focusing on “Creator”, the last four levels of Alexander, moving forward.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 5/21/2017:
1. The last featured episode, ’Mirrors and Smoke’, released April, 25th. Will be offering new 4th week rewards for replays until Tuesday, May 23rd
2. Kipleigh Brown, the voice actress who voiced Lukari Captain Kuumaarke in many featured episodes, was interviewed by the STO community manager, Ambassador Kael. The interview audio has been posted on the STO blog. A fascinating and talented voice actress indeed!
3. A 20% off starship sale in the C-Store is happening from Thursday, May 18th through Monday, May 22nd! Now is the time for captains to get the ship of their dreams!
4. A bonus marks weekend! From Thursday, May 18 to Monday, May 22nd, playing any game content that provides Fleet or Reputation marks as a reward will give you an additional 50% bonus!
5. The stats of the recently released T6 Light Cruisers as well as the newly upgraded and re-released T1 Miranda class Light Cruiser have been posted to the STO blog.
6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, UI patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off
And with that, let’s get back to ourselves and find out what’s going on in AIE..
GAME NEWS
Tesemi:
WoW
Got my druid to 110 and now working through the class order hall and artifact story lines for her.
Got my Mage, DK and Warrior current on the Broken Shore quest line so far, with my Paladin being held back by the do 12 WQ’s on the Broken Shore. My druid has done the opening scenario and is starting to work on the story line.
Going to work on leveling my Rogue next after I get my druid finished on the Order Hall/Artifact Weapon quests.
SWTOR
Working on Iokath dailies on both Dark and Light side characters, waiting for more story to occur, but enjoying it so far. Almost maxxed out the faction for each.
Going to work on getting my other characters to end game, have a couple going through the KotFE story right now and a backlog stuck on Ilum (yes I’m a completionist :P)
Mewkow:
Finished second run through Fallout 4 doing BoS faction. First run through was railroad to institute.
Tanked first heroic guldan kill two get the AOTC achievement. Had also gotten the elisande kill before it. Elisande extra rings. Guldan extra add.
Leveling paladin using legion invasions for research.
Started playing with VR in oculus. Learned I need more room. Lots of potential.
Prepping for FF14. Discussions with admin on transfers and what’s involved. Pros and cons of staying or moving. Redid my system to support new expansion.
Social opportunities at work due to gaming. Discuss.
Mkallah: Most of my time has been has been spent getting ready for Phoenix Comicon wishing I was gaming, somewhere, on a computer, with friends at a table, with friends over roll20, some D&D with some great people from the Tadpool. Oh, and speaking of gaming- I may have joined a new D&D game….. to later find out that it is also a podcast! My buddy was looking for another player for the group he recently joined since they were going from World of Darkness to D&D and. Started working on my character (yes, I finally get to play a 5th ed Warlock) and getting to know the rest of the crew (great group of geeks who totally know their stuff) when it was mentioned that the group name is Geeks and Geeklets, and the have a stream and a podcast! So, yes, I am the only one who can join a game and have it be a podcast!
Oh, and Cosplay- have I mentioned cosplay? The lovely Amy Frost- Danoria of AIE – had the crazy idea to do disney 20s cosplay for the meet and greet for Nt17- and immediately asked Mew’s geekily awesome wife Jen and me to join her. We have a group of folks joining us now. And, since 20’s couture is not complementary to figure, I decided to get back to the gym, since I have so much free time. Cause, Cosplay workouts are a thing. And, if you coming to NT and want to join us, message me and I am happy to hook you up to the group.
Shoutouts
Nitetrek – Always a shout-out to noob raid! And the teams that got heroic guldan these past few weeks.
Suhli – Deja Noobs progressed with H Krosus this week. But they are just generally righteous dudes!
Arv – Special shoutout to Banori and Racevan for helping out my Ops team in SWTOR!
Dent – I’d like to give a shoutout to Soldiers of Light in SWTOR. We ran Dread Fortress last week with the help of Sema and Primal
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank ourselves for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul ! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Mkallah:: Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something in AIE! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #274 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there is carrot cake in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow (Greetings, Gamers) This week we are joined by special guests Arv and Apolas who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Mewkow – Finished Andromeda. Enjoyed the story. Waiting for the DLC. Now diving back into WoW more full time to catch up on 7.2 content. Not too far from getting revered rep for the final piece of pathfinder 2 flying. Will now be able to dig into the new SWTOR content since the wow rep grind is a dailies thing.
Tetsemi – FERT Killed Gul’dan on Normal making this the second raid content, this expansion, we’ve killed before it has been nerfed or the new raid content has launched. Tetsemi has unlocked flying and is halfway to exalted with the Armies of Legionfall. I’ve completed the Class story line on my Mage and Death Knight as well, and working through the Paladin storyline, which is really good so far, as we’ve invaded a demon homeworld providing a daring rescue of our forces and inducted the first Night Elf Priest into the Paladinhood. Hopefully Tyrande didn’t notice we recruited one of her priests.
Got through the initial storyline on Iokath with my Pub Trooper and Imp Sorc, each ultimately deciding to stick with their original faction, although the decision for my Trooper was more difficult than I had thought. When I get to the Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, and Agent it’ll be interesting to see which direction I got. I’m planning on having at least one or two characters go cross-faction just to see how it plays out and fits into their storyline.
Ok, we’ll be digging into the Galaxy far, far away shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Don’t forget to check the guild calendar out and see what’s going on in all the games that AIE is involved in! Want to lead an activity or have an event or raid team that needs to be on the calendar, just drop a note to the officers in #lfo in AIE Discord or e-mail the officers at aie-guild.org and we can make sure your event is added.
https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar
Imperium Ludi
Galadeon is keeping us up date with the progress on Ashes of Creation. A new video has been published describing the Nodes in more detail and, I quote Galadeon, “The housing stuff planned is insane”
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/#entry955435
WoW
Shout out to the guildies for helping Wobbley sort out the last piece of the achievement he needed for the Suramar quest line. Love to see guildies jumping in and helping folks with questions in the forums.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57417-perhaps-im-a-bit-lost-but/
How are you finding patch 7.2? Have you gotten PathFinder part 1 & 2 done and taking to the skies? Are you having flashbacks with the treasure goblin to the Isle of Thunder and the chest room?
This week, if you grab the quest from your journal or the Archmage Timear in Dalaran you can get 5k order resources for completing 20 WQ’s. Between the emissary quests and the Broken Shore dailies it’s fairly easy to hit the 20 WQ’s in a few hours. Also you get 50% more reputation gain from each WQ, so if you’re trying to gain reputation, go grind!
EVE
Eve Online has a great news writeup about current game information and new things coming down in the future.
Looking for new blue prints? Think you’re all that and a bag of chips? Well the Blood Raider Shipyards await the brave capsuleer and friends (always bring friends). Blood Raider shipyards provide a unique opportunity for capsuleers from across the cluster to assault Blood Raider manufacturing facilities and military staging points,salvaging blueprints that will allow the construction of formidable Blood Raider capital vessels.
New to Eve and not quite sure what’s it all about? There’s a new introduction video that was introduced as part of the ongoing project to improve the New Player Experience and give a more meaningful journey through character creation, a new cinematic video has arrived to brief capsuleers on the trials and tribulations of forging their own legacy in New Eden.
https://updates.eveonline.com/date/2017-05-09/
SWTOR
Have you had a chance to play the new content? Confused about what’s going on? Well both the Escape Pod Cast, Dulfy’s, and Arv and Apolas can help!
For those looking for a comprehensive guide and story details, Dulfy’s has you covered.
http://dulfy.net/2017/04/19/swtor-iokath-story-and-dailies-guide/
First impressions from the Escape Pod Cast crew can be found on the latest episode
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 190: Iokath Expanse First Impressions
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-190-iokath-expanse-first-impressions/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-190 talk through first impressions on Iokath, the new operation and the other bits 5.2 that we managed to check out on day 1 of the update.
And they’ll go more in depth next podcast episode with story thoughts, which side they decided to join (or see if Max’s Merc is still deciding), and how they were judged by Tyth.
For more discussion we’ll go to Apolas and Arv after the news.
LOTRO
Thanks to Dux on the forums and in Discord for letting us know about the LOTRO 10th Anniversary celebrations
Celebrate LOTRO’s 10th birthday with fireworks in Bree, and a new quest series starting at the Party Tree in Hobbiton. New horses, costumes, emotes, and decor items. Take a break from the Black Gate and come back to town. Links to the forum post and to the LOTRO official site are below.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57418-lotros-10th-anniversary/
STO
We have Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 4/23/2017:
1. The last featured episode, ’Survivor’, released April, 3rd. Will be offering new 2nd week rewards for replays until Tuesday, April 25th, whereupon the 3rd week replay rewards shall begin.
2. Beginning Tuesday, April 25th, a new story arc, ‘Escalation’, will be introduced with a new featured episode, ’Mirrors and Smoke’. Assist the Lukari expedition explore a heretofore unknown artificial nebula that mysteriously appears on the star charts. Surprises await. Rewards shall be announced as Tuesday draws near. Free desktop wallpaper shall also be made available to download to celebrate this new release as well.
3. A new ‘Privateer Lockbox’ is being introduced next week with a new T6 Privateer Heavy Raider class starship as the main prize. Also included shall be exotic gadgets, hunter-seeker drones and drone systems, advanced disruptor weapons, and much more. Also, a new T6 Privateer warship class starship, privateer and saboteur items shall also be introduced in the Lobi store as well.
4. Double XP weekend, Captains! From Thursday, April 20th to Monday, April 24th, playing any content that provides skill points and expertise will reward a 100% (2x) Bonus.
5. A 15% sale on Keys in the C-Store is happening from Tuesday, April 18th through Monday, May 1st! Now is a great time to load up on lockbox Keys and grab those ships, weapons, equipment, etc, you’ve been eyeing.
6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
TSW
There is a beta for Secret World Legends- and I’d love to tell you all about it, but….. Redacted
FFXIV
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/7ee22ba181fbc53f3579bb5d97e21a459f2ab5b3
Patch 3.57, improving on the 3.5 patch Far Edge of Fate, has dropped, bringing with it a number of quality of life improvements centered around catching up.
Materials needed for Anima weapons have had their drop amount increased, and a number of turn-ins have had their required amounts decreased, allowing for faster completion.
The weekly gear drop restrictions for raiding in Dun Scaith have been removed, allowing multiple runs per week. More gears dropping in the Alexander raids, mostly because Mkallah is bleeding into the worlds.
A number of smaller bug fixes are also live, all of which can be found at the link in the show notes.
And with that, let’s get back to Arv and Apolas and find out what’s going on in SWTOR..
GAME NEWS
Our regular weekly events with three raid teams running, Soldiers of Light (SOL) on the Pub side, Sith with Unlimited Power (SUP) and Lords of Light (LOL) on the Imp side.
Mandatory Fun Night runs every Tuesday at 9pm server time and is open to everyone. We run Operations (raids), Boss kills, and datacron hunts among many other things that we have fun doing. Remember, attendance isn’t mandatory, but fun is.
Patch 5.2 with new Daliy Area on Iokath.
Changes to the Command XP system which rewards CXP for all kills.
New Operation (raid) titled “Gods of the Machine” being released one boss at a time over several months.
The first boss is Tyth and is available on Regular and Veteran modes.
There is a new currency that comes from these mob called Iokath Shards which with reputation level, you will be able to buy cosmetic gear, mounts and pets that several folks have fun showing off.
New achievements related to collecting Nerf pets (insert “Who you calling scruffy looking?” here)
A guide is on Dulfy’s website.
http://dulfy.net/2017/04/19/swtor-nerf-calf-pets-and-hidden-achievement-guide/
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Arv and Apolas for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Hey, guys, remember, if you want to try your hand at creating a segment, send them to us at us at the above mentioned email at aie-guild.org
In two weeks, we will be talking to … someone in AIE about something! We will let you know as we get closer. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #273 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. Greeting Gamers, this is Mewkow. To my left is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here) and to my right is Mkallah (There are scones, lemon cake, and angel food cake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to give us an update on AIE in FFXIV. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Final Fantasy XIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Are you having trouble keeping track of what AIE is doing in all the games we play? Well glance over at the Guild Calendar and take a look at all the activities!
https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar
Imperium Ludi
Galadeon posted in the forums to let everyone know about a new MMO in development called Ashes of Creation. It’s a player driven content MMO with the content unlocked by player activities around hidden nodes in the game. A 6+ minute video of the basic concepts is also in the forum post. Let us know what you think in the forums post below.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/
WoW
Follow up from our last podcast, Noob Raid did invade Trials of Valor raid and were able to knock down the first two bosses in the Trial, way to go raiders!
Patch 7.2 has been out for a bit now and players have unlocked two of the three towers and experienced what was offered by each. Most feedback seen, seem to indicate the solo scenario for your class weapons was very difficult and higher level gear is going to be needed for most folks to complete the scenario, also the extra loot chest (the random buff) did provide extra loot but I think folks were looking for a bit more from it.
The Nether Disruptor was completed and brought with it a world boss that has a chance to drop loot (I received a ilevel 900 Blood Relic for my tanking weapon) as well as an item that gives you Artifact Power (with level 28 AK it gives 1.2 million AP). You also get the buff that if you spend a bonus roll token and don’t get bonus loot, there is a chance the token will be refunded to you. More Unstable Nether Portals are created while this tower is up and there is a chance to get Artifactor Commendations which are used in crafting legendaries by the three armor class professions (Tailoring, Leatherworking, and Blacksmithing).
Legion Invasions are also active, but the requirement to complete all four has been removed from Pathfinder Part 2 (to unlock flying in Legion), so the requirements now are just Pathfinder Part 1, Exploring all of Broken Shore, and getting getting to Revered reputation with Armies of Legionfall.
Getting reputation with Legionfall is achieved through Work Orders in your class hall, completing the World Quests that are up on the Broken Shore and turning in Building Supplies for Towers. Legion Invasions does not give Legionfall reputation, but they do help with the reputation for the zone they are in.
SWTOR
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-187-uprisings-part-ii/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-187 talk about the second set of Uprisings that were added to the game in update 5.1. Hats off to @AIESema who was a trooper and did the podcast with a wicked cold.
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-188-cantina-questions/
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-188 talk about the new Tyth preview videos the community has been able to release and we also brainstorm some questions attendees might be able to ask at the Cantina event in Orlando next week.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20170407
The War for Iokath: The Faction Battle Reignites
A good write-up about the upcoming patch, storylines, and information about the conflict on Iokath is on the SWTOR main site. As Outlander you will have to decide if you want to side with the Republic and its new commander Jace Malcom or the Empire and its new leader Empress Acina.
Of definite note is the Returning companions – Quinn and Elara. They will side with you depending on if you side with Empire/Republic. Sith Warriors may have another way to get Quinn back. There are still choices you can make that determines if you get them or not. These companions are tied to the story, and not dailies/reputation.
Also a reminder, you just need to be level 70 to access Patch 5.2 content. Which means you must have been a subscriber in the past but don’t need to be a current subscriber.
GW2
Good news everyone! (Oh wait wrong game), the Guild Hall is at the actual unlock event stage. It’s a drawn out series of fights to clear out the Guild Hall and take it over for the guild. We need level 80’s with HoT expansion and access to gliding is very, very helpful. For updates, please check with the forums thread
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57408-the-roger-ralff-white-memorial-guild-hall/
As well as the #GW2 channel in AIE Discord. Remember this is going to be the Roger ‘Ralff’ White Memorial Guild Hall so please help if you are able.
And also, we know you like fun, and in fact, it’s mandatory you have fun, which is why the AIE Guild in GW2 has instituted Mandatory Fun Nights on Monday evenings. For more information, check the forum thread – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57412-mandatory-fun-nights-on-mondays/
As well as the Guild Calendar – https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar
TSW
https://secretworldlegends.com/
https://secretworldlegends.com/news/letter_from_the_producer/
From the Producer Letter:
Today we’re writing to you to announce that The Secret World will be relaunching this spring as Secret World Legends, a shared-world action RPG featuring over 100 hours of story-driven quests and revamped gameplay and progression systems that will be completely free to play.
Given the sweeping extent of the changes being implemented, Secret World Legends will reset story progression for anyone who joins, offering a fresh start for all players.
This will not erase your progression in The Secret World though! Secret World Legends will exist on a different server than The Secret World, meaning you will still be able to play your old character on The Secret World server.
We’ve made some major improvements to the game and server, so Secret World Legends will have its own client. You can have both Secret World Legends and The Secret World installed on the same computer and play either game at any time.
If you’re intrigued by Secret World Legends but don’t want to leave behind the things you’ve worked hard to attain in The Secret World, worry not: a free transfer process will allow you to move vanity items like Mounts, Pets, Vehicles, and other customization’s that have been purchased through the item store from The Secret World to your characters in Secret World Legends
The Secret World Legends closed beta is announced and there is a signup on the main page of Secret World Legends.
FFXIV
See Game News below
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 4/9/2017:
1. A new featured episode, ’Survivor’, was released April, 3rd. Loyalist, traitor, daughter, hero, villain, warlord, empress. Yes, Sela of Romulus fame, returns for evil? For good? Only players of this episode shall know the secret of her return. New rewards for completion of this episode shall be added every week for the next 3 weeks.
2. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog entitled ‘Ripples’. This introduces the new featured mission, ’Survivor’. The crew of the time ship, USS Pastak picks up time ripples that will lead us to the Survivor. The surprising events that follow are totally unexpected. As before, no spoilers.
3. On April 5th, 2063, the legendary scientist, Dr. Zephram Cochrane flew his experimental warp ship to become the first man to achieve faster-than-light travel. This accomplishment was detected by a passing Vulcan explorer vessel, initiating mankind’s First Contact with advanced extra-terrestrials. Free computer desktop wallpapers of this historic event are now available on the STO website.
4. This day was also celebrated April 5th with a special event where players helped Dr. Cochrane collect parts to build the first warp drive spacecraft. In addition a First Contact sci-fi short story story writing contest was introduced and which ends April 14th. Both event’s prizes are listed on the STO website.
5. This weekend is the annual Shuttle Weekend event. Players fly their favourite shuttle craft to assist a Romulan colony fend off giant land walking tanks and airborne attacks. Rewards are posted on the STO website.
6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website <https://startrekonline.com >.
Thanks to Captain Cybyl, as always, for the STO updates.
And with that, let’s get back to Abo and find out what’s going on in Final Fantasy XIV..
GAME NEWS
67 Days until Stormblood Early Access!! June 16 for early access and June 20 for general availability.
FFXIV is on sale with the humble bundle.
9.99 for A Realm Reborn
9.99 for Heavensward
19.79 for both, a savings of $0.18!!!
Free trial time limits – gone! Level limits lifted to 35! Significant level bump, let’s to play to the class turns into a job!
Refer a friend is still a thing, but new is refer a friend back is new. Refer a previous player back to the game for rewards for both, including 7 days of free time for the returning player.
PS4 Pro Boost mode is significant. Graphics and frame rates on par with high end gaming machines. Solid 60 fps in most game areas on max details levels.
Boost Potion discussion. Story boost and level boost. Expected to hit sometime in Stormblood.
Full Trailer for Stormblood.
https://youtu.be/Jt1h1MinlLI
Stormblood recap.
F4N
Hatching Tide
Optional amusing FF14 related news:
http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/31/15136738/final-fantasy-14-daddy-of-light-netflix-release-date
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
@Abovan
#FFXIV Discord Channel
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Next time, we’ll be talking to our fine guildies in SWTOR! . So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode # of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah. To my left is my right is Mewkow (catch phrase here) and to my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia and Anwyl who are here to talk to us about AIE’s NOOB Raid in WOW . Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be talking to the lovely ladies of Noob Raid shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Blizzcon announced, hotel rooms opened, ticket sales days Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time and Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time.
We are already discussing the Guild Hall for 2017- more information on the specifics- and how you can help, coming soon!
Also, looking for events in the games we play? Make sure to check out the Guild Calendar on the Wiki – https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar
WoW
Patch 7.2 releases March 28th.
MMO-Champion has a good writeup on getting prepared for patch 7.2 – http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/6473-Patch-7-2-Preparation-Character-Services-Sale-Blue-Posts-PvP-Title-Cutoff-Key-Art
But since there’s only a day left (Monday) before the patch goes live, but here’s the highlights,
Get Your Artifact Weapon to (at least) 35 Traits – Once you’ve earned 35 traits in your Artifact Weapons, you’ll be eligible for a new questline to empower your weapon.
Cap Your Artifact Knowledge – Caps at 25 and will cap to 50 in 7.2
Complete Order Hall Class Campaign – To continue with your order hall campaign in 7.2, you must have completed all currently available order hall quests.
Collect 25,000 Order Resources for New Order Hall upgrades – The first upgrade (tier 7) costs 10,000 x Order Resources and takes one day to research.
The second (tier 8) costs 15,000 x Order Resources and research completion will take 5 days.
You’ll also need Order Resources for purchasing new artifact knowledge ranks (which now caps at 50).
Earn the Broken Isles Pathfinder, Part One Achievement
Max Reputations to Exalted for Paragon – For each 10,000 reputation earned past Exalted, you will earn a supply reward similar to those awarded by Emissary Quests.
Level Class Hall Champions – All Champions will now be able to reach Legendary quality, which unlocks a third equipment slot.
Gather Crafting Materials for new BoE Legendaries
Sell Excess Gathered Materials Before Flying is Unlocked – With Flying, gathering becomes easier, supply increases and prices drop on the AH.
Level Battle Pets
Collect Transmog Items
WoWHead has a link to Blizzard’s 7.2 Video Survival Guide that was an IGN exclusive – http://www.wowhead.com/news=261625/blizzards-patch-7-2-video-survival-guide
There was also another developer Q&A with Ryan Shwayder (Senior Game Designer) covering the 7.2 content – http://www.wowhead.com/patch-7-2-live-march-28th
SWTOR
Escape Pod Cast 186 – Level Synch and Bolster
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-186 talk about how level sync and bolster work in general and why they are useful in SWTOR. They also touch on other game and community news for the week from SWTOR in general and remind everyone that our casual, family-friendly multi-game guild is always looking for new members. The officer channel on Jedi Covenant is at /cjoin aielfo and more guild information is at http://aie-guild.info/swtor
Catch the live podcast and chat room on Tuesday nights around 10:30pm central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords. Follow and subscribe on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. to hear podcast news and see the other guild streams.
Want to get involved in Mandatory Fun Night but don’t know the schedule? Well, we have you covered! MFN runs Tuesday nights at 9pm Eastern
March 28 and April 4th will be Imp side and April 9th will be Pub side!
Hit up the SWTOR channel in discord with any questions.
FFXIV
Abovan resumes position of director after a double lalafell induced hiatus.
Patch 3.56 is scheduled to release on Tuesday, March 28, and will usher in the end of the Heavensward main scenario. This gives us a few months to finish things up before Stormblood starts in June.
TSW
Funcom has announced that they will be relaunching The Secret World soon.
Changes include:
Redesigned new player experience
Major improvements to gameplay such as the combat system.
Introduction of retention mechanics like daily rewards/quests.
Adjustments to the business model, allowing free to players to still play new story content.
Expect things to begin around end of March/Early April.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 3/26/2017:
News at the STO website has been sparse this last two weeks, but a couple of tidbits have been posted:
1. The Tzenkethi story arc continues. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog entitled ‘What Rough Beast’ continuing the mission of the Tzenkethi to test their world destroyer weapons on small, defenseless, unknown races. Have the Tzenkethi bitten off more than they can chew in this encounter with a world of pure energy beings? Find out the amazing details of this encounter in this latest sci-fi tale. As before, no spoilers.
2. Starship collectors rejoice! The long-awaited Andromeda class dreadnaught is now available in the C-Store. Freshly refitted, repainted and upgraded to T6 level, Federation ship collectors will now experience the bliss of owning a favourite classic mainstay vessel. Visit the STO website for the juicy specs and details.
3. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off
GW2
The GW2 guild is pleased to announce that we are stealing/instituting the AIE tradition of Mandatory Fun Nights. They are scheduled for Monday nights at 9:30pm ET and as always, only the fun is mandatory
And with that, let’s get back to Kini and Anwyl to talk about NOOB raid!..
GAME NEWS
Q-What is the purpose of NOOB raid?
S: Noob Raid was created to provide a safe casual environment for people new to raiding to learn how to raid and become more comfortable with the process. It also allows more experienced raiders to try a different spec/class then one they might normally play.
A: I really appreciate that younger players have a safe place to dip their toes into raiding too. When we have minors in the room, everyone is always great about keeping it PG13 for the most part!
Q- How did it get started?
S: About 3 years or so ago, the original Noob Raid leader, Sparrow, heard a lot of comments about people being scared to try raiding. They were worried they would not perform well and let others down or get ridiculed and/or yelled out. He decided a raid team with the focus on learning and having fun would benefit the AIE community.
A: And the idea of it really caught on. I remember times when we would run two full raid groups through SoO. People really appreciated the fact that they could come in, try new specs and be confident that nobody was going to yell at them cause of performance or meters.
Q-How did you get involved in NOOB raid?
S: I started playing Wow In Pandaria and had no idea what raiding was about. I was hanging out in mumble one night with a group of people and Sparrow told me I should join them one night. I spent most of the fights tanking the floor with my warlock, but still having fun. During WoD, life got busy for Sparrow and he could no longer lead the group so he passed the lead to me.
A: I actually got involved with Noob Raid because of my husband…he wanted me to get into raiding and I was terrified! I remember sitting there in tears every time somebody died in the raid. Afterwards Sparrow and Fyre talked with me and gave me a huge pep talk! I have been a part of it ever since! Now even our son runs noob raid every once in while. He was 8 when he started and 10 now!
Q-What is your greatest achievement when it comes to NOOB raid?
S: This is a hard question to answer. In -game the most recent one I’m thrilled about is Noob Raid did it’s first full clear of Emerald Nightmare on Normal. As a group, we had managed to get through most of the bosses each night for a few weeks before but hadn’t managed to reach or kill the final boss. The night we pulled it off, we one-shotted every boss in the raid and finished with 2 minutes left in our allotted raid time. Personally – Keeping Sparrow’s vision for Noob Raid going has been a goal of mine. I do my best to keep Noob Raid a casual, fun, and welcoming environment and at the end of every Saturday night I can honestly say I’ve had a great time with a great bunch of people no matter how many bosses we have/have not killed.
A: I think one of my favorite parts of noob raid is the connections that I have made with people. Some of the people who are in there we have been running with for 3 years now. That has spilled over to real life friendships and meet ups. Even when I get burnt out or bored with the game…the wonderful people of noob raid keep me coming back!
Q- Favourite moment?
S: There are so many…One of which I didn’t realize the significance of until much later. I get lost in game frequently and in SoO it happened to me a lot. I’d go the wrong way or pass the entrance of where we needed to be. The first night I raided with Noob Raid, I got lost on the way to the Iron Juggeraut fight and this toon named Elcarth came to find me and lead me back to the group. Three years or so later, I’m married to him, and yes he still comes and finds me in game when I get lost. Which is often. There have been nights I’ve laughed so hard I couldn’t talk, nights I’ve accidently pulled the boss and caused a wipe, and nights where all goes perfect and we clear the raid like we know what we are doing.
A: Honestly…there are too many to mention! Each time we get together there is something fun happening. There are times when we were down to just one person and we killed the boss..or even last night, we took down Il’gynoth in just one trip inside the tree!
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nd that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kini and Anwyl for joining us.
And, we have some shoutouts-
SJ says thanks to FERT raid for convincing her to Raid- or at least trail behind them picking up loot!
Arv gives a Shoutout to your Mom an ’em…Evidently, they’ll know what he means.
And, Alludra gives a shout out to all of you guys for being so awesome!
@Dankinia
@Anwyl_Ferantu
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News
And Altitis (Hey, we know that guy!)
Mkallah: Next time, we’ll be talking to… well, someone about something! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode # 271 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi To my left is Mewkow: – (Greetings, Gamers). And to my right is Mkallah (Hey, AIE, there are gruyere prosciutto croissant and lemon bars in guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Hoots and Bhock who are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE and Crowfall! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE, and maybe a sneak peek at Crowfall from Bhock,shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Did you know we have a Guild Calendar? We do! And we’re in the process of populating it with all the guild activities like Mandatory Fun Nights, raid times/team, etc. If you, fantastic members of the AIE Community, would like to get an event on the Guild Calendar, please e-mail officers@aie-guild.org or pop into the #lfo channel in Discord and let us know!
https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar
Imperium Ludi
A reminder for all games, each character in each game needs an application in Umami. Please don’t forget to submit applications for your alts as well before asking for invites into the various games that AIE is in.
Speaking of all the games, if you are playing Neverwinter on the Dragon Shard and you’d like to hang out with AIE folks, hop in game and look for “Dave’s Not Here” guild. Just post your name in the thread on the forums or in the #LFO channel in Discord, use the name@name format and mention Neverwinter if posting to the Discord #LFO channel.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50084-neverwinter-dragon-shard-daves-not-here/page-12
The Alpha for RUST, a multiplayer survival game, is currently available on STEAM for $20.00- and AIE, of course, has a presence. This game is no for the faint of heart- or the under 18 crowd, though- the only aim of Rust is to survive- it is a kill or be killed environment. Find out more information at playrust.com and the link to the guild base and Corley’s excellent map is in the shownotes
https://rust-servers.net/server/110215
WoW
Toxxia, on our forums, has a great suggestion for a new micro-holiday in World of Warcraft and would like folks that like the idea to help vote it up in the WoW Forums.
From the post “Peacebloom Day would have you gather special blooms at 3 graveyards near the enemy faction and create a bouquet to leave at a graveyard near your faction capital (or get blooms from your faction to leave a bouquet for the enemy). Let the bouquets be visible for a week/month! Or maybe add this event to Remembrance Day/Hallows Eve? I’d call the quest Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and it would reward title: The Peaceable. For added fun, kills in BG’s would give seeds to plant in graveyards, and leaving those bouquets would give you the title: Wildly Inept Pacifist. (This was a guild on my server and I always loved the name.)”
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57409-holiday-idea-peacebloom-day
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20753587416#post-1
Are you level 110, do you have iLvl 825 gear, are you available Saturday nights and like to hang out with a bunch of other new to raiding players? Then Noob Raid is the place to be, as evidenced by guild chat most Saturday evenings. For more information, check out the forum post or just ask in guild chat.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/53227-noob-raid-team-saturdays-11pm-server
EVE
JITA is burning? JITA was burning? JITA is in a constant state of flammability? What the heck, exactly, is going on in JITA and how can you add to the burning by blowing up spectacularly? We’ll find out shortly with the Eve folks in the game discussion, but just know, something, somewhere is on fire!
SWTOR
The 250% buff to XP and CXP is still going strong till April 10th, jump in game and take advantage! Remember to check the #SWTOR channel in AIE Discord to find out which planets are being invaded for Conquest and what you should be running or crafting to help out the guild.
Patch 5.1.3 (mostly bug fixes) is dropping on Tuesday, March 14th and patch notes will be available on http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 183: Update 5.1.2
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-183-update-5-1-2
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-183 talk about game update 5.1.2 that just dropped.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 184: Sema Tells Us Vitiate’s Life Story
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-184-sema-tells-us-vitiates-life-story
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-184 have a lore conversation where Sema walks us through the life and times of the Vitiate/Valkorian story arc across the timeline of Old Republic lore.
If you like SWTOR lore, and who doesn’t, Episode 184 is for you, there’s a ton of story stretched over all the expansions to date and it’s fun to dig into all of it.
GW2
We’re building a thing! The Roger “Ralff” White Memorial Guild Hall is being unlocked in GW2 and they need your help! If you are level 80 and have the Gliding and Heart of Thorns expansions unlocked, you can help!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57408-the-roger-ralff-white-memorial-guild-hall
FFXIV
2 patches have dropped in the last two weeks, both adding new features.
Relic Weapon changes. New steps for upgrades and needs to the umbrite step.
Dun Scythe now has a new boss added. Drops a 265 (someone double check this) accessory.
Diadam has reopened. Get loots crafting items, pets and mounts in a new zone.
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 3/12/2017:
The AIE Classis Fleet in STO paid its respects on Ralff’s Remembrance Day on February 26, 2017. As Ralff was eulogised on Discord voice and text chats, Captain Cybyl paid respects as the Fleet’s emissary at the Eternal Flame Memorial in Earth’s Starfleet Academy, the Spock Memorial on Vulcan and the Spock Memorial on New Romulus.
The 26th century Dreadnaughts are here! They will be either Federation, Klingon and Romulan, depending upon the lucky player’s character affiliation. These are gorgeous and massive, and I mean huge, ships! As a special promotion, starting March 9th until April 3rd, whenever an R&D pack is purchased from the C-Store and opened, there will be a random chance that a 26th century dreadnaught will be awarded! To support this promotion, this weekend all R&D material packs will be 20% off in the C-Store. This will be a big boon to crafting as well!
Speaking of sales- a 20% off Lobi store sale is also happening this weekend as well. If you had your eye on a new uniform, starship, pet, weapon, or a host of other goodies, act now!
A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog entitled ‘A Divided Duty’ on the progress of the Tzenkethi uprising story arc. Is the conscious of a lone Tzenkethi enough to save a world? Find out in this latest sci-fi tale. As before, this Captain shall refrain from spoilers.
Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
And with that, let’s get back to Hoots and Bhock and find out what’s going on in EVE and have a chat about Crowfall!
GAME NEWS
EVE at 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Air? Space.
Cold War
Local but not massive conflict
Whale hunting
Capitals, Supercapitals, Titans
Burn Jita
What is a Jita?
A trade hub, but more. The trade hub.
Logistics and EVE… everything needs to be moved. No (unbugged) teleportation of stuff.
What is a Goonswarm?
Burn Jita 2012.
Skipped last year. Burn Jita 4 (Kids)
How do roast a Jita?
A review of EVE mechanics, high sec, low sec, nullsec. Emphasis on high sec.
Low skill alpha clones flying specific ships.
Coercers, catalysts, taloses, other “high alpha” ships
Jita itself. The periphery systems.
Conclusion:
Somewhere between 750 and 884 billion ISK destroyed between February 24th and February 27th. ($10k)
80b stolen on a scam ($1k)
Monthly Economic Reports
February Slideshow Here
The full Dev Blog here.
These come out every month. Are they fair? See CSM kerfuffle about nullsec groups and regional data.
New Trailer = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrwffiIB5ok
Council of Stellar Management Elections — CSM XII
Voting started March 6th and ends March 27th
Results to be announced at Fanfest in April of this year.
Number of seats being reduced from 12 to 10.
See CSM Wire for lots of information and the candidates.
March 14th Patch (YC 119.3)
Improved scanning system
Nullsec bubble decay
Rorqual rebalance nerf. Need to select asteroid for Invulnerability module => no more hunting Rorqual fleets
Ship designs, rebalances, citadel improvements (you can repair in them now) and more.
Looking to the future (accidentally posted leaks)
The end of POS reaction farms.
System wide asteroid mining.
New (out of game) chat system?
https://abload.de/img/8b701d35-9a59-4934-9fyklv1.png
Crowfall: what it is… and what it is not
Bhock can talk about Crowfall here. I’m super curious to hear about it. And, he really wants to talk about it!!!
In short = Crowfall inspiration are ShadowBane and EvE Online
Warning = this is a pre-alpha 4 (creating the basic blocs), and alpha are about testing basic blocks assembled
balancing and refining is not part of alpha
game will change a lot before it becomes playable beta and even more with release
Basic Concepts:
PvP (solo, group, faction and guild)
Sandbox[ES] (Campaigns) with distinct sets of rules and goals
Risk Vs Reward and Speed to Completion
Import and Export rules for campaign engagement
Everything is Player Made, Harvest, Craft, Transport and Sold (resources and crafting)
Crow Vs Character Vs Class Vs Disciplines
Roles are Tank, DPS, Support, Specialist… no pure Healing (in the classes not released yet)
Tank = Knight, Templar, Myrmidon
DPS = Confessor, Champion, [Frostweaver], [Stalker]
Support = Druid, Legionnaire
Specialist = Ranger, [Forgemaster], Duelist, [Assassin]
no level or XP, skill progression are time-based
Free/Buy to Play AND Subscriptions (unlike Alpha/Beta in EvE Online)
Select 1 Basics Tree (Exploration [5], Combat [5], Crafting [8])
Select 1 Class Tree (3 if Subscription)
Long progression with harsh caps and decreasing returns (need 100% for next node and no skill queue !)
Disciplines (Runecrafting) = 2 Weapons + 2 Major + 3 Minor (1 use item with quality from craft)
Guild and Player Realm/Housing mechano and rights
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Hoots and Bhock for joining us.
We also have a few shoutouts:
To Axxzilla from Puddin- thank you for being so sweet and awesome.
To Samantha Jane from the AIE podcast crew- You are amazing and we hope you have a happy happy birthday!
To the Pepperjack Fan Club Raid team from Stollen for downing first 3 bosses in Heroic Nighthold
Guests
@aiehoots
@bhockcollective
capstable.net
fr.capstable.net
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…Overly Dramatic News
Next time, we’ll be talking to Dankinia about NOOB Raid in WOW. And just a note – the date for our next show is still up in the air, due to family birthdays. It will either be the 26th of March or the 2nd of April. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Hey you!
Have you joined the AIE Discord server?
You haven’t?!
Then what are you waiting for? Downlaod the app and login in using your UMAMI account information and join in on the conversation. Chat with your guild mates, share videos, audio and even use the integrated voice functionality.
It’s like your guildmates are right there.
Sitting right next to you.
Watching you play in your underpants while raiding or mining…
Eww.
Click here to join: https://aie-guild.info/discord
You will be glad you did.
]]>]]>Howdy AIE folks. AIE is looking to unlock our Guild Hall in Guild Wars 2. With the recent passing of Ralff in the guild, it was determined that in GW2 we would dedicate the hall to him as our former GM. If you are interested in taking part in the unlock of the Guild Hall, please hop into the GW2 channel in the AIE Discord. We are waiting to judge interest level and make sure we have enough members present to get the Hall before we settle on a date and time.
If you have been taking some time away from GW2 post HoT launch, now is a great time to get back into the game. Right now we are currently in 4th episode of Living World Season 3, and Season 3 has brought new maps and great stories that are only getting better.
If you are curious about why the specific Guild Hall was chosen, please see the prior Guild Hall Thread here. You will also find a few links included if you are interested in reading more on the Guild Halls in GW2.
Again, if you have any interest or questions, please feel free to hop into the GW2 Discord channel. I know several members of the leadership keep an eye on it, and I also check in on the regular.
Mkallah: We honor Ralff
Mewkow: with our very special guests, Maui, Lanctharus, and Stigg
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #270 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there is a lot of alcohol in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow (Greetings, Guildies). This week we are joined by a trio of very special guests- Lanctharus, Randy (Maui), and Stigg. Tonight we have the honor and pleasure to talk about someone who is was an integral part of the AIE Community- Ralff.
Ok, we’ll be talking all things Ralff in a moment, but first, let’s cover this week’s brief news…
AIE News
Community
AIE has set-up a Go Fund Me to raise money to cover his casket with flowers and a note to his family on behalf of AIE. Should we raise more than we can spend on that, we hope to commission a permanent marker, such as a gravestone or plaque, that briefly tells the world forever how much he meant to us.
https://www.gofundme.com/ralff
WoW
The AIE WoW guild and its larger community joined together in game at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior to pay tribute to Ralff and the many contributions he made to the guild both inside and out of game. We were even joined by some of our friends in CTR and a number of guildies rejoined to honor our friend.
And special thanks to Prime for streaming and recording the event- a link to the recording is in the show notes-
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/125049292
EVE
They are working on a Station Naming, for Ralff, in Memorial, and a ceremonial roam. Likely next weekend, keep your eyes and ears in comms.
SWTOR
SWTOR held a moment of silence in the Juran Mountains on Alderaan in game for the passing of Ralff.
GW2
The guild in GW had a moment of silence at Lion’s Arch Memorial.
Just a reminder, they are looking for level 80s, in decent gear, with Gliding and Heart of Thorns to unlock the “memorial guild hall.” If you are interested, ping Jehdai in the discord channel! Don’t forget to use those level boosts to catch up.
FFXIV
The AIE guild in FFXIV held a memorial walk in conjunction with the AIE WoW guild to honor Ralff.
STO
The guild in STO held vigil at the Spock memorial on Vulcan
And with that, let’s get back to Stigg, Lanc, and Randy to talk about Ralff and his impact and influence on AIE.
GAME NEWS
In the beginning
There was no stuff
Then we had stuff
Reorg of the Org
Stewardships of the guild’s culture
Leadership
A boss just yells. A leader does.
Engaging the masses
Fostering a culture of engagement, cooperation and communication
Fighting the tendency to build silos
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Lanctharus, Maui, and Stigg, for joining us. Also,we have a current Go fund me total – $1,100.00 as of a few minutes ago – our initial goal reached in an hour
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic news
In two weeks, we’ll be talking to Hoots and Bhock in Eve So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>To a person, everyone who knew Ralff had a great friend in him. Ralff was, as Scott Johnson put it, “not just an online friend. He was *the* online friend”– someone who was always available and always awesome. In addition to serving the community as a Council Officer since that rank was created, Ralff was a long-time, stalwart member of AIE’s Over the Hill Gang. So long in fact, that when he started, they’d not yet crested the hill. All of AIE sends its warmest condolences to everyone in the Over The Hill Gang, as well as the literally hundreds of people he befriended.
Mainly, and this can’t be stressed enough, Roger was the nicest, most helpful person anyone has ever known. That’s just a fact.
This wonderful, global, online community that he supported every single day … has lost its Ralff.
He is irreplaceable, but we should all try to be like him. You and I and everyone can make the world such a better place by simply emulating Ralff. He was overflowing with unlimited kindness and friendliness. He’s the perfect inspiration for us all.
Never forget that, and he’ll live forever.
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Welcome to episode #269 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: (Greeting, Gamers). And to my left is Tetsemi (catch phrase here) And we are running this thing like a scenario instead of a five man, so we are doing this on our own this week- but, stick around for the end of the show, we have news on a trio of very very special guests!
Ok, we’ll be chatting about what we have been doing in and out of game shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Hey, gang, I am sure that a lot of you have seen some rather cryptic posts on Facebook and Twitter about the loss of a dear guild mate, but no names have been attached. We are doing that out of respect for their family. One of the greatest things about our guild is that we are community and we are family, and these times are never easy. So, be gentle and kind, there is a lot of sadness right now and everyone grieves differently. As we can share more, we will.
WoW
We know that AIE’s 10th anniversary passed this last week to little fanfare- but be rest assured, in the works! Because, why celebrate one day when we can celebrate all year. And, if you want to run an event for our big year, contact Nevermore in game, on discord, via twitter, etc.
Blizzard announced this week a new mount available in World of Warcraft, the Primal Flamesaber. How do you obtain this new hotness you might ask? Well, you need to grab a friend and jump into Heroes of the Storm. Play 15 games (win or lose, against a real team or the AI) as a Warcraft Hero, and the mount is yours! Looking for a friend or a group? The #LFG channel in AIE’s discord is a great place to find people looking for a partner for this event. Gerjen also startedd a thread on the AIE Forums for this event as well – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57399-friends-for-hots/
You have until March 13th to complete your 15 game, so you don’t have to run them all at once, unless that’s your jam!
http://www.wowhead.com/news=259985/acquiring-the-primal-flamesaber-beginner-heroes-of-the-storm-tips-for-wow-player
A new developer Q&A is coming up this Thursday and information about how to submit questions can be found on the official website here – https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20564523/join-us-for-a-live-developer-q-a-thursday
SWTOR
Just a reminder that the 250% gain to XP and Command XP (for max level characters) is going on through April XXth. If you’re max level, make sure you CTRL-G and open up the Galactic Command panel and see where the CXP bonus is each day for even more CXP goodness.
In between shows, Max and Sema put out two new episodes of The Escape Pod Cast
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-181-substantial-reward-no-disintegrations/
Episode 181: Substantial Reward, No Disintegrations
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-181 talk about update 5.1.1 and the continued refinement of the CXP system, including the CXP and XP bonus events in progress
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-182-master-chapter-tips/
Episode 182: Master Chapter Tips
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-182 talk about Master Mode Chapters and some tips and tricks for getting through them.
Max and Sema will also go over the conquest targets for the week on the podcast and in case you miss them be sure to check the #SWTOR channel on the AIE Discord server. You can also see which side the Mandatory Fun Night is going to be on and who is running what for CXP gains.
GW2
Looking for some Guild Wars fun? Well, they are looking for level 80s, in decent gear, with gliding and heart of thorns to unlock the “memorial guild hall” in GW2. If you are interested, ping Jehdai in the discord channel! Don’t forget to use those level boosts to catch up.
FFXIV
The last of three Fanfests was hosted in Frankfurt, Germany this weekend. The last big reveals for the game’s next expansion, Stormblood (release date 20 June 2017)-
Last of two new jobs revealed — Samurai (Melee DPS, unfortunately). Previously announced was Red Mage (Ranged DPS). Inventory and housing capacities are being increased (just for Sashi) . New zones, cities, and a new residential area with an Eastern theme are being introduced. The newly revealed map is huge, practically tripling the size of the known world, showing us what’s to come. (http://i.redd.it/9ddv7y5ifpgy.png) The FFXIV crew is excited for the new expansion and will be sitting down to chat with us closer to the release of the expansion to share in all the wonderful details of Stormblood.
Also- And they(SQEX) have 3 new world records to brag about.
Longest credits in an mmo (1h 38 mins), most original pieces of music in a game with 384 tracks, and most prolific role playing game series with 87 Final Fantasy Titles.
Also a reminder that Friday Nights are Final Fantasy Friday Fun Nights (similar to the Mandator Fun Nights from SWTOR) and you can find out what’s going on each week by checking out the forum post here – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57293-final-fantasy-friday-fun-night/ or the #FFXIV channel in the AIE Discord Server
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 2/19/2017:
The new Season 12, ‘Reckoning’, story arc is still moving along nicely. The first featured mission, ‘Of Signs and Portents’, is in it’s 4th week with additional rewards and 7th Anniversary prize vouchers for each replay. New space and ground and exploration scenarios are featured.
Major changes are coming to STO! According to the latest blog posting, drastic changes to the STO experience are being tested. For 7 years STO has been adding and updating content, systems and play mechanics. To maintain optimal gameplay and maximum fun, STO is scheduled to be totally reset and re-balanced. The numerous changes and details of these soon-to-be-released updates, are listed on the website.
A Bonus Marks weekend is in progress! During the event, Fleet and Reputation marks will reward a 50% bonus above normal amounts. This would be a great time to build your Fleet projects or reputation.
Concurrently, a costumes and boost sale is happening in the C-Store this weekend. Costume packs are 20% off. Show off your Seven-of-Nine skin-tights to your fleet mates! Also, all Commendation points, R&D Research XP and basic player XP booster packs are also 20% off.
Additionally, a 20% off ship sale is also transpiring this weekend in the C-Store as well. If your secret desire is that sexy, new ship, give in to your feelings and act now!
Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
And with that, let’s get back to Us!
GAME NEWS
Tetsemi – 4th toon, Bounty Hunter, to level 70 in SWTOR and just finished the Makeb storyline and heroics, heading to do Shadows of Revan.
My Smuggler, who also hit 70 during the Makeb storyline, is going through Shadows of Revan as well, and has actually made it planet side.
Working on trying to collect all the Odessen Bind to Legacy gear from the crates you get from doing heroics at max level and turning in at your alliance base.
Got my 3rd legendary drop (shoulders to go with chest and gloves) on my warrior and we’re 4/10 on Nighthold Normal and thanks to the DMF I got my Jewelcrafting to 800.
Working on my Class and Order Hall campaign for my Death Knight and her tradeskills (blacksmith/mining)
Working on leveling my Paladin and his tradeskills (alchemy/herbalism)
Mew – On top of the raiding I’ve been doing with FERT, I’ve been busy with my ‘other’ raid team, Banana Republic. We recently managed to overcome Guldan after the challenge that was Elisande, and even returned the next week and took him down a second time for good measure.
Outside of WoW, I’ve been grinding MGP, having managed to get the mini-cactapot jackpot 3 times this week. Closer to those cosmetic and mount goals.
In SWTOR, I’ve working on my imp spy.
Poking at Fallout 4.
And finally joined that Fire Emblem game.
MK – slowly getting back into WOW. Hopefully in the next few months, we will have new systems and that will help. Killed Harpies in high mountain and dealing with the Bloodtotems- loving the Star Wars “I have a bad feeling about this” and “It’s a trap”.
Gaming- through roll 20, limited due to scheduling, but still loving it
Written- Star Wars finally started, possible WOD game
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank you guys,the chat room, for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
Shoutouts-Not many shoutouts this week- just one to Old Lady Franks for being hot and brave enough to step into Heroes of the Storm- wanna guess who that was from?
And, one from Arv to OMF for being sly enough to find someone like this to marry him!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic news
We are having a special show in one earth week- Randy, Lanc, Stigg!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>Feel free to come chat with folks in our #ffxiv Discord text or chat channels. Information on joining the AIE Discord can be found in UMAMI. If you are a returning player, try to find someone on your friends’ list to take advantage of the Callback Campaign. Are you a new player? Then the Recruit-a-Friend campaign cam be a big boon to starting your FFXIV career.
Also, the new expansion: Stormblood is coming in June. The last Fanfest in Frankfurt is this weekend. Additional features about the new expansion will be revealed!
Kupo!
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Welcome to episode # of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the Die has been Podcast. This is Tetsemi and to my left is Mewkow – (Welcome, Gamers). Mkallah is not joining us tonight, she said something about having to tank some inventory backup at work, but we all know she really snuck off to watch the big sportsball game We are talking about the general goings on in AIE and what we have been up to in the past few weeks.
Ok, we’ll be talking amongst ourselves shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
WoW
Interested in raiding in WOW, but don’t know how to find a raid group? Check out the Alea Iacta Est LFG discord channel or the recruitment sections of the forums- there are a few groups currently needing new members:
Pepperjack Fan Club is looking for more raiders- they run Saturdays & Sundays,12-3 PM server time.- contact Sinru or Keligh in game or in their recruitment thread listed in the show notes.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57314-pepperjack-fan-club-have-reformed-still-lfm-raiders-satsun-12-3-pm/page-4
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is looking for backup tanks and DPS- they raid Monday and Thursday nights 11:55pm-2:00am server – contact Illmar or Bullwork in game or on their recruitment thread listed in the show notes.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57377-horseshoes-hand-grenades-m-th-1155pm-200am-server-recruiting-dpsbackup-tank-and-dps/
If you are looking at running an event in WoW, please let Nevermore know in game, via Discord, or the @AIE_WoW twitter account and she’ll make sure folks are aware.
SWTOR
Looking to find out what’s happening in game? The SWTOR team publishes a monthly in game event listing each month, and this month’s is really really good.
http://www.swtor.com/info/in-game-events?intcmp=sor_bwa-mkt-t-us-lp-117
In preparation for the upcoming patch 5.2, the SWTOR team has decided to help you gear up, level up, and generally speed up your progress in game. They are providing a 250% XP bonus (while leveling up) and a 250% command XP bonus once you reach max level. This will be starting Feb 7th and lasting through April 10th. So that will give returning folks, and players leveling up alts (to max level) plenty of time to take advantage of it. And for those with max level toons, this will speed up gaining CXP, which I know Max and Sema will be very happy with as it’s a constant topic they touch on in their podcast. Speaking of which
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 180: New Operation!
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-180 talk about the recent dev stream highlighting the new operation under development as well as a few other good things coming to the game in the next couple months.
FFXIV
The folks over at Final Fantasy 14 want to remind you that Final Fantasy Friday Fun Night is going strong. Join us every Friday as we find new ways to run amok in the beautiful land of Eorzea.
Also, if you haven’t already, be sure to get your pre-order in for the newest expansion, Stormblood, coming June 20th of this year.
GW2
A reminder for Guild Wars 2: The Lunar New Year festival ends on the 7th and the new episode of the living story starts up. Be sure to login on your toons before then so as to get the current episode of the living story for free. Once Episode 4 comes out, you will not be able to claim your access for free.
A-Net is using a time gated claim system for the Living World Episodes. As long as you log in, even with a free account, you will claim your access to the current Episode during its release window. In order to play the Living world, you need a Heart of Thorns paid account, but you can still claim the access on a free account, to play through at a later time. Also, be sure to follow up with logging on after Feb 7th as well to claim Episode 4.
Finally, if you do not log in, but are interested in the game at a later time, A-Net has in the past allowed the purchase of Season 2, so I am guessing a similar system is/will be in place for late comers to go through the Living World stories (minus season 1, which as of now is not accessible to anyone and was only playable during its live time).
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 2/6/2017:
1. The new Season 12 ‘Reckoning’ story arc is moving along nicely. The first featured mission, ‘Of Signs and Portents’, is in it’s second week with additional rewards for each replay. New space and ground combat and exploration scenarios are featured.
2. Concurrent with Season 12, STO’s 7th Anniversary daily giveaways happened last week featuring free uniforms, weapons and rare older star ships re-released for the occasion. Those listening to my advice to visit the STO website last week would have had access to these perks. Sorry if you missed them, but if you snooze you lose.
3. Our fixer-upper Starbase K-13 will have additional feature unlocks available as of last week. See the STO website for details.
4. A 20 percent off services sale is happening this weekend in the C-Store. If you need boosts, extra ship or officer slots, better act now!
5. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s original Star Base, as well as Star Base K13, are always seeking contributions of materiel. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
6. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off
And with that, let’s get back to us and find out what’s going on in with our gaming.
GAME NEWS
Tetsemi –
WoW raiding, got the first three bosses in Nighthold down on Normal mode, got my Mage to AK 25 and through her class story line (still working on profession story line). Got my DK to Level 110 and he’s at AK 23 and still working on his class order hall story line. Working on my Tauren Paladin next which should be interesting as the DK and Paladin Class Order Hall story lines cross (no spoilers).
SWTOR got my Bounty Hunter through the class story line (ended at level 62) and working on the Ilum story line to get him to max level, then will tackle MakeB, Shadows of Revan and the current expansion.
Leveled up my companion levels to 20 on a few characters to help speed up crafting and mission times.
Working on my strongholds to get the Conquest bonus
Mew – Grinding MGP (Manderville Gold Points) to get mounts and cosmetic gear.
Working on progression with my heroic raid team.
Grinding loot boxes in OW.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we’d like to thank them for joining us each time for the podcast.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…welp, the mailbox is empty right now, but a reminder, if you have a short segment you’d like played on the show, be sure to send it in!
Mew: In two weeks, we will be talking to someone about something! Stay tuned. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #267 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. Greetings, Gamers, This is Mew(And hopefully you aren’t neglecting your alts): To my left is Tetsemi (spreadsheets in Space, now coming to SWTOR) and to my right is Mkallah (Hey, guys, there is a lovely carrot cake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan and Durus who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy XIV (14 for us non-Romans!) Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
Are you interested in Star Citizen or curious about what’s going on in the game as it develops? Durus, on the forums, has created an AIE group in the game for those interested. Check out the forum thread (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51609-star-citizen/page-5) for more information about joining the guild in game.
WoW
Did you run with COOP and show the Alliance on Earthen Ring some love? See if you made it into Malefic’s video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=tsR_2h2o7MU) during the event. Did you miss the event or are unsure what COOP is? Take a look and talk about it on the forum thread (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57373-coop-january-2017-edition/) Big thanks to Grimcow for putting this run together.
And speaking of community run events, Toxxia ran a Transmog Swap meet this afternoon in guild chat, the event started at 3 pm Server time. Did you get a piece of armor or a weapon that you were looking for? Let us know in the forum thread (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57381-transmog-swap-meet-sunday-jan-22-3pm/)
Patch 7.1.5 dropped in between podcasts as well as the Nighthold raid opening up a week later. Are you enjoying the built in group finder for World Quests? Did you supply all your alts with Artifact Knowledge tomes? Did you punch Guld’an in the face? Let us know via e-mail or twitter and we’ll go over the responses during the next podcast!
And speaking of patches, Blizzard continues to keep up with the content push, dropping patch 7.2 on the PTR. This patch brings another round of UI element fixes, a new raid, a pet dungeon scenario, and too many more things to mention. A good write-up on the 7.2 patch is found over on WoWHead (http://www.wowhead.com/news=259395/patch-7-2-ptr-starts-today-and-patch-recap)
Patch 7.1.5 also brought in micro-holidays, the first of which is active now through Tuesday the 24th. Call of the Scarab is a micro-holiday celebrating the opening the gates of Ahn’Qiraj (On Caraj) during the classic World of Warcraft time period. Run AQ20 and AQ40 to get commendations to help your side (the Horde) win the event which will be represented by a Horde banner flying over the raids until the holiday comes around next year. There are also repeatable meat turn-ins and if you’re not yet exalted with Cenarian Circle you can scour Silithis for cultists and summon elemental lords to raise your reputation. WoWHead has a good write-up (http://www.wowhead.com/news=259399/call-of-the-scarab-micro-holiday-guide-january-21st-23rd) on the holiday
SWTOR
Not much from the official SWTOR news side of things so Max and Sema dig into a couple topics they’ve had on the back burner regarding Conquest and how to do it as well as the quality of life features in SWTOR compared to other MMO’s as well as features they’d like to see borrowed from those other MMO’s.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 177: How to Conquest (http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-177-how-to-conquest/)
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-177 revive an older topic that’s been of interest to our guild lately, Conquest, and talk through details, tips, tricks, etc.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 178: Quality of Life (http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-178-quality-of-life/)
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-178 talk about Quality of Life features in SWTOR and what else we’d like to see added.
It also looks like long time member Ori has returned after his life and work schedule got wonky and separately Arv has managed to wrangle folks to get the Wednesday night operations group up and running again. Please visit the forums or the SWTOR channel in the AIE Discord to hang out, say hello, and found out how you too can run the universe as emperor, benevolent or not.
FFXIV
They were invited to be on the AIE Podcast this week! That’s exciting! What awesome news to they have in store? What will happen in Eorzea in the post-Dragonsong era? What news of Hildabrand, the world’s greatest inspector? Keep listening to find out! /teaser
STO
Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 1/22/2017:
1. The Tzenkethi are coming! The race that decimated the planet that Starbase K-13 orbited for 700 years with a super weapon has been detected massing a vast attack force in the unexplored regions of the Alpha Quadrant. A huge new Season 12 story arc will be launched January 26 introducing this reptilian, 12-foot tall, 1000-pound, six-armed, Goliath adversary race. Imagine warriors wearing several hundred pounds of heavy armour and cannons as sidearms! The STO website describes them and provides pictures of these monsters.
2. Season 12 will also bring two new battle queues, ’Gravity Kills’ and ’The Tzenkethi Front’. Both queues involve destroying Tzenkethi protomatter manufacturing stations and stealing the bombs, all while orbiting a black hole. See the STO website for details.
3. A new backstory, ‘A Gathering of Wills’, was been posted on the website blog. Having discovered the Tzenkethi build-up and testing of super weapons on remote, defenseless worlds, Klingon General Rodek has been tasked to whip the peaceful, Lukari explorer race into a viable army and navy to counter the threat. The Lukari mission ‘Of Signs and Portants’ based on this backstory shall be introduced as well. As before, this Captain shall refrain from spoilers.
4. As a concurrent Season 12 release, new space and ground weapon systems and an Infinity Lockbox upgrade will be available to be earned under a new Lukari Restoration Initiative. New starships, kit modules and ship and player traits shall be also added to the release as well. The new Lukari uniforms are oh, so fashionable (be still, my beating heart). Also a new Kit and Module Research School will be introduced to craft personal kits and modules as well. Details on the STO website.
5. Starting Thursday, January 19, though Monday, January 23, there will be a an XP weekend event. During this event, playing all content that awards skill points and expertise will be rewarded a 100% bonus.
6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s original Star Base, as well as Star Base K13, are always seeking contributions of materiel. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
7. Once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and Durus and find out what’s going on in FFXIV..
GAME NEWS
Happy patch week!
Patch 3.5: The Far Edge of Fate
New Story Content (MSQ and Side Quests)
Wrap up of the Void Ark 24-man raid story.
First raid was Void Aark
Second raid was The Weeping City of Mhach
Third and final raid is Dun Scaith
New side quests,
New Hildabrand quests
New Warring Triad Trial (Boss fight)
New Scholasticate quests
New Relic quests (Job specific Legendary quests for the WoW people)
New Beasts Quests, tying together the Heavensward beast questlines.
2 new 4-man dungeons
One part of the MSQ, one is a side quest, but both are needed to get the Expert roulette.
New stuff from Aquapolis, the random zone that can pop from a treasure map. Bring friends!
New House items. Big thanks to Sashi for taking point on decorating the FC house.
New Triple Triad tournaments and cards
New Egi Glamors!
Egis are the pets that Summoners use. Now you can have Egi A, but make it look like B
Right now, it’s just carbunkle (picture a glowing squirrel.) But others are coming soon.
Chocobos can be summoned in queues, GC Leves, and Gathering Leves
Party Finder is now cross server!
Note: Party Finder is not a duty finder. You have to put the group together, but this is a way to advertise a group, and the messages and groups can be sent and searched for over the datacenter.
Gilgamesh is on Aether Datacenter
Other Servers:
Adamantoise
Balmung
Cactuar
Coeurl
Faerie
Goblin
Jenova
Mateus
Midgardsormr
Sargatanas
Siren
Zalera
Groups can be public or private (password protected)
Returner Status
Returned to the game after an absence?
45 days of paid time, one level 50 job, you get returner status.
Access to the New Player Channel
EXP bonus when grouped with a Mentor up to level 20 on other classes.
A cool icon on your name.
Callback Campaign
If you made friends on the server, and were added to their friends list, but have been inactive for 90+, you can get invited back.
Rewards for the one coming back.
Free 7 days of game time
99 Aetheryte Tickets (Free Teleports)
10 Silver Chocobo Feathers
Used to trade in for level specific gear to get caught back up.
The sender gets 5 gold chocobo feathers to use for cosmetic items.
GPose has now more options.
Gpose, or group pose, has been enhanced with more features including action lines, frames, and filters.
And extreeeeme close ups and zoom outs.
Hotbar layouts
Now any bar can be vertical or horizontal, and can be arranged in any dimension, like 1×12, 6×2, 5×7, 6×6, ect.
FC News!
Still on Gilgamesh.
#FFXIV Discord is very active!
F4N, our weekly get together, is happening every Friday at 9PM EST. Any level, any class, and we do stuff as a group!
House redesign by Sashi! It looks great!
We are now providing grade 2 buffs, thanks to Kelseer’s efforts. Thanks!
Party up with FC members to help you through your backlogged MSQs! (Jasmine and Sashi. Tank and Heals).
Shoutouts – From the AIE Podcast Discord
@BentheMage – Shout out to the FERT Raid team for our successful first step into Nighthold!
@Stollet – Shoutout to the PepperJack Fan Club Raid team for downing 3 bosses in Nighthold and 2 in Trial of Valor.
@Grimcow – DoA cleared EN Heroic and ToV normal just in time for Nighthold to drop.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan and Durus for joining us.
https://twitch.tv/abovan79
https://twitch.tv/thedurus
@Abovan
@thedurus
#FFXIV Chanel in AIE Discord
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News from @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’re working on scheduling our next guest, now, otherwise, you may just hear from the three of us! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #266 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow – (catch phrase here) and to my right is Tetsemi (Say something about spreadsheets, Tet). This week we are flying sans guest as we start off a new year with a little bit of recapping last year and talk about what we’ve been doing on holiday break. Welcome chat room!
We are our own guests tonight, chatting about AIE in 2016 and what we are looking forward to in 2017. We will be doing that shortly, but first- the news!
AIE News
NOMADS
Just a reminder that the Nomads’ Minecraft server has been shut down, but Stigg has made the world files available to anyone who wants them, be warned, it’s a large (5.8 G) download. Link can be accessed in the forum post in the Nomads section of the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57344-shutting-down-the-nomads-minecraft-server/
WoW
Are you ready for some football, I mean Nighthold? Patch 7.1.5 drops on Tuesday, make sure you have any important world quests completed before patch day as world quests will be changing then. The Brawler’s guild is returning, Mists of Pandaria dungeons added to the Timewalking event, micro holidays are being introduced (check your in game calendar for dates), and a large number of class changes (especially to secondary stats). A link to the details is in the show notes https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20457780/patch-7-1-5-arrives-on-january-10
Another big change, especially for those people with Altitis that have been feeling a bit left out this expansion cycle, is the ability to catch up on Artifact Knowledge. If you have a character at AK 25, you will be able to purchase tomes for order hall resources that allow your alts to catch up to AK 20. A good write-up on the process is available over on WoWHead – http://www.wowhead.com/artifact-knowledge-guide – many thanks to Perculia for her hard work on writing and keeping this guide up to date with the changes.
Also, this gives everyone that’s doing progression raiding, about a week to get adjusted to the new changes in their classes as the Nighthold raid opens on January 17th, just one week after the 7.1.5 patch drops.
Want to hangout with a bunch of guildies and give the Alliance leader’s some heartburn? Join Grimcow on January 15th for a return of C.O.O.P. Details can be found in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57373-coop-january-2017-edition/
SWTOR
With the passing of Carrie Fisher, many groups and guilds held an in game vigil at House Organa in game. MassivelyOP captured some screenshots of the event – http://massivelyop.com/2016/12/27/star-wars-the-old-republic-players-pay-tribute-to-carrie-fisher/ and the AIE Guild participated as well.
And with the new year comes a new episode of the Escape Pod Cast, SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 176: 2017 Predictions. This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-176 kick off 2017 with wishes and predictions for the year from us and the rest of the SWTOR community.
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-176-2017-predictions/
This weeks Mandatory Fun Night will be held on the Republic Side and I’ve heard rumors that there will be a party on the guild ship to unlock a new room. Make sure you check the forums and the AIE Discord #swtor channel for more information!
FFXIV
Are you a casual FFXIV player but looking to upgrade your gear? Thanks to Natsume Meiken in AIE Discord’s #ffxiv channel, who linked to a Reddit post on how to gear as a casual player – https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/5kuyag/34_an_updated_casuals_guide_to_gearing_up_from/
Want to find out what’s all in patch 3.5 that’s dropping on January 17th? Take a look at the official Youtube posting here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kA9aAdIDG0 as well as joining us on January 22nd on the podcast when we will have Abovan and crew joining us to discuss this upcoming patch and what the guild has planned.
LOTRO
Are you interested in a class on The Lord of The Rings? Well have we got an event for you. On January 3rd, LOTRO launched a new program called “Exploring The Lord of the Rings” with founder and president Corey Olsen, The Tolkein Professor, who will teach a details, chapter-by-chapter couse on The Lord of the Rings … in LOTRO on Tuesday evenings at 9:30 pm EST. He will spend about an hour and a half discussing the book chapter and its themes, reading passages and doing some close reading so that participants can really get into the story as it unfolds. For the final portion of the class, in-game participants will take a “field trip” to visit the places connected with the part of the book just discussed to examine both the visual adaptation and the related quests and story lines.
http://lotroplayers.com/2016/12/31/exploring-the-lord-of-the-rings-begins-tuesday-january-3rd/
STO
We have Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 1/8/2017:
1. No major missions have been released over the holidays, but a major story arc is expected to be released sometime in February, which coincide with the 6th anniversary of Star Trek Online and typically accompanied by a free anniversary starship and other giveaways. Stay tuned for more news as it becomes available.
2. Q’s Winter Event will be ending Thursday, January 12th, so there is still time to accumulate the remaining prize vouchers for a starship and other great prizes. This is also a last chance to participate in Klingon Smash ’n Grab Ice Fishing.
3. A 4th backstory, ‘Tales from K13’, was been posted on the website blog. Having survived an unexpected time jump to 700 years in the past, we learn the sad yet heroic fate of the surviving 3 Federation crew members that could not go into stasis on Star Base K13. This series of stories are true to the highest standards of Star Trek and also an immersive must-read. As before, this Captain shall refrain from spoilers.
4. Fixer-upper Star base K13, a playable and upgradeable star base available to AIE fleet holders, needs your help. Several level unlock upgrades have been released which means mats and duty officers are needed to be contributed to get the station to a more useable level as a fleet hangout. After 700 years, make Starbase K13 great again!
5. Sad news to report. In September, STO, Cryptic Studios, Perfect World and CBS announced a partnership with Eucled to allow players the ability to 3D print their own personal starships as a durable plastic model. Well, the company providing this service has gone bankrupt. The STO community is devastated. For now, this service shall not be available in the foreseeable future .
6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s original Star Base, as well as Star Base K13, are always seeking contributions of materiel. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
7. Once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
And with that, let’s discuss what happened last year in AIE, what we’re currently up to, and what we’re looking forward to this year as well.
GAME NEWS
Theme#1: “What happened in 2016?”
Mew-
Tet-
Mkallah- highlights-
Blizzcon and AIE guild hall
AIE Moving chat more to Discord
WoW Legion expansion launched
WoW Guild banks- new member welcome kits- available on tab one for newbie- bags and starting equipment
SWTOR – Knights of the Eternal Throne launched
GW2 – Heart of Thorns Chapter 3 launched
Theme #2: “What we are looking forward to in 2017”
Patches.
Mew: WoW: 7.1.5, 7.2, 7.3; SWTOR: Uprisings; FF14: 3.5 -Far edge of fate-;
Expansions.
Mew: D3 Necromancer; FF14: Stormblood
New Games.
Mew: KH2.8(KH3?), ME: Andromeda, South Park
Events.
Mew: Nerdtacular 2017(future of nerdtacular events), Blizzcon 2017
Mkallah-
Getting back into gaming, playing more WOW and more SWTOR, because right now, my mind is a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Nerdtacular- the nerd family reunion was greatly missed
More local AIE meetups
General Geekery-
50 shades darker…. Just kidding!
All things Star Wars-
All things Marvel-Thor- Guardians- Spiderman
Dankinia and Elcarth’s wedding this summer
RPG via docs and roll 20 and at our dining room table
Focusing on writing, no matter what
Phx CC – vending again with Nevermore and I will probably have Leontine’s fabboo chainmail lightsaber keychains
Shoutouts
Arv – Shoutout to some guy named @Tetsemi for all his work in SWtOR and becoming an “official” officer.
Ralff – Shoutout to Diablo on his/her 20th anniversary!
Get Your Crit Together is looking for new members.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank YOU for joining us. Oh, and if you have suggestions of what YOU, the members of AIE, want to see in 2017 for the podcast, let us know!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including- hey, no segments, but we are happy to play segments as you guys create them! Next time, we’ll be talking to the gang from FF14. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been…
The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #265 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi, and I have in front of me a spreadsheet of everything we need to do get ready for Christmas: To my left, having a panic attack, is Mkallah: – (Hey, AIE, there are tiny pumpkin tarts in the Guild kitchen, and lemon snowball cookies, and gingerbread crinkle, and ….) And to my right, as cool as a cucumber, is Mewkow (put in catch phrase here) This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sema. and we are talking about AIE in SWTOR and catching up!
Ok, we’ll be talking to Max and Sema and catching up shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Welcome to Parannor, the latest AIE Officer to accept the mantle of officership. Condolences and/or congratulations can be sent via AIE Discord and generally in WoW where he spends the majority of his gaming time with AIE.
Microsoft has added a new Club Feature to Xbox One and Jehdai has created one for the guild. It’s listed as Alea Iacta Est
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57331-alea-iacta-est-xbox-club/
Well, we have some good news and some bad news. As you probably know, Nerdtacular 2017 tickets went on sale Tuesday. AND, they quickly sold out! According to the truly awesome Scott Johnson, more tickets will be opening up! The best way to keep posted is either checking back at Nerdtacular.com or follow Scott, the lord of the Frogpants, on twitter – @scottjohnson (but, you probably knew that).
Oh, and if you are coming to Nerdtacular, come find us! Tet and I are making it for sure and if more tickets open up, we may see Mew, Mrs Mew the geekily awesome, and Baby Mew.
And speaking of the gatherings of the nerds, thanks to the organizers, staff, AIE members, and guest that stopped by the guild hall at Blizzcon! Oaten in the forums put a short shoutout to the Guild Hall for welcoming non AIE members, especially for the live Instance recording.
NOMADS
According to Stigg, the Nomad Minecraft server will be shutting down on December 16th, 2016 and world data will be made available via Dropbox (or a suitable) platform.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57344-shutting-down-the-nomads-minecraft-server/
WoW
We’re 6 weeks into the 9 week storyline Insurrection in Suramar, leading up to breaking into Nighthold. This is the follow on story after the Good Sumaratan achievement and it’s story lines in Suramar. A new piece opens up every Tuesday with the server resets and is heading to a final confrontation with the Nightfallen leaders and the opening of the Nighthold raid.
Also, if you like testing things, patch 7.1.5 is up on the PTR and is dealing with a lot of class changes that are upcoming, the newly redesigned Brawlers Guild, and the introduction of micro-holidays to the make the world feel a bit more alive.
Don’t forget, the Feast of WInterveil starts on December 16. Speaking of Winterveil gifts, Blizzard’s tradition of supporting the Make-A-Wish foundation continues this year, as the company has revealed this year’s charity pet for World of Warcraft is a cat named Mischief the Fel Kitty. It is absolutely adorable and all of the proceeds go to a great cause.
And, if you’d like a sneak peak at the micro-holidays, there’s a good post over on WoWHead about them – http://www.wowhead.com/news=257684/7-1-5-holiday-updates-micro-holidays-and-world-events
EVE
EVE is now officially Free to Play!
After over 13 years of paid subscriptions, EVE Online’s recently revealed free-to-play experiment is now live. In a bid to boost its dwindling player base, CCP’s latest expansion allows both new and existing players to explore the EVE universe for free. The new pricing model is known as Clone States, and is the headline addition to the game’s latest expansion, EVE Online: Ascension. New players will automatically start off as “Alpha Clones,” with free access to all of EVE’s world, though they’ll be limited to to certain skills and spaceships. Pilots who want the complete EVE Online experience can opt to pay the $10 (£7) a month subscription, upgrading their player state to “Omega Clone,” unlocking the game’s full gamut of skills and spaceships.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/16/eve-online-is-now-free-to-play/
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 170: KotET Story and New Planets
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-170 talk about the Charles Boyd story stream, new planet announcements and some of the community preview videos being released this week including our preview of the Crimson Fang Uprising.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 171: KotET First Impressions
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-171 talk about our first impressions of Knights of the Eternal Throne and the 5.0 expansion changes
Don’t forget the new expansion, Knights of the Eternal Throne launched on December 2nd. As long as you were a subscriber on or before December 2nd, you will get access to KotET.
http://www.swtor.com/eternal-throne?intcmp=sor_bwa-mkt-t-us-hp-277
Also, for those folks finishing up DvL, a special shoutout from Arv to Dent and Pristzz for helping him with the Hard Mode Flash Point piece of his DvL achievements.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57329-pristzz-et-al/
GW2
It is a good time to log in and play the third chapter of the living story season for free, if you’ve bought the expansion, Heart of Thorns, for GW2.
If you haven’t bought Heart of Thorns, you get an instant level 80 with any version that you do purchase – http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/en_US/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.127548813.1817224794.1469643919&cid=32:5::::Global:40
Make sure to hop into the GW2 channel in the AIE Discord, especially if you’re coming back to the game, as decisions about where to put skill points, what to focus on, etc. can be a bit confusing, there is help out there, use it!
FFXIV
No Final Fantasy XIV news this week, beyond some minor patches, but there is some news in general! Tuesday, November 29th, the stand alone Final Fantasy XV came out for the Xbox and PlayStation and people are loving it! (I even have a copy of it waiting for me, but you know, I have all this free time…)
Also, if you previously have purchased and registered FFXIV, they’re having a Free Login Campaign: Up to 96 hours from Dec 1 2016 through Jan 4 2017 – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57350-free-login-campaign-12-1-2016-1-4-2017-4-days-game-time/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/7f6f03825f75fdb71701f7ad9f68cbf4d8ab3bca
STO
And with the news out of the way, let’s talk to Max and Sema about AIE in SWTOR and the new expansion!
GAME NEWS
New expansion… game changer… Knights of the Eternal Throne
How we got here:
Over the past couple years
Shadow of Revan… story resulted in the “awakening” of the Sith Emperor, Vitiate
Knights of the Fallen Empire…
Followed our journey tracking Vitiate down
Revealed that he had over time also been building a second empire, the Eternal Empire, based far to the edges of the galaxy around a system named Zakuul
Revealed that in this second life he had also had three children he was grooming to become part of his rule – Arcaan, Thexan, and Vaylin
Fallen Empire focuses on what happens when the Eternal Empire wages war on the galaxy and for “reasons” Arcaan take over and
Your character is central to the resistance to his tyrannical rule
The Alliance is created
DvL – Summer
Knights of the Eternal Throne…
For “reasons” Vaylin has taken over the Eternal Empire and is more tyrannical than ever
The Alliance must continue to work to save the galaxy
First impressions:
Sema
Tetsemi
Max >> Definitely like the story and chapters. Solid wrap up to the storyline and tied the loose ends together and explained motivations even better than I had expected… having fun with some of the new features and how the expansion has changed what people want to group up and do, at least for the moment
Mew- Simplification of abilities helps.
Expansion Features:
Story
Multiple difficulties – story, veteran with “master” to be added later in December
Direct access to replay chapters for achievements and other rewards (like CXP to be explained next)
Galactic Command
Tiers, Ranks
CXP and Bonuses
Crates
Thoughts on the grind
Dark vs. Light
Server wide meta battle over the course of hours repeating non-stop
Win state
DvL world bosses – possible addition to our Tuesday Mandatory Fun Night activities
(for those not familiar, quick 1 min pitch on MFN)
Rewards
Uprisings
New Flashpoint style content type
5 Uprisings
Fast combat, no cutscenes, many waves of adds but wrapped closely around boss battles
Additional mechanics, dynamic abilities, etc.
Thermal Devastator, Combat Clarity, etc.
Caveats
Subscription required
One time to unlock the story
Ongoing if you want to participate in CXP and end game rewards
Operations
No new ops at launch but they have been clear in recent dev streams that they know we want them and they want to respond, news and discussion on “large group content” is promised for January
Additional Notes (maybe skip this stuff depending on time):
Graphics updates
52 character slots – 2 new unlocked (for subs only?)
L65 character token, create character at 1, 60 or 65
“New harvesting nodes are now available for all Skills. These can be found in the Zakuulan Swamp and Zakuul cities alongside the Grade 9 harvesting nodes.”
Legendary “flair” in a new dropdown (20 pieces?)
Expertise is gone, Mastery crystals
Life Day coming soon with the promise of a new twist on the annual event
(including a Wampa companion via the cartel market)
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we have a shoutout or two
From Kero (Your WoW Money) – Shout out to lady Havah for getting back into WoW
From Gargao – Shout out to AIE’s tolerance of bad Gargao puns, and always welcoming me back when I fall in a creation hole and leave Azeroth for gaps of time!
And now we want to thank Max and Sema for joining us.
@MaxTheGrey and @AIESema
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast can be found on iTunes, YouTube and at newoverlords.com
Come join us on the Jedi Covenant server and ask for a guild invite!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every usually other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments, including
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
The AIE Raid Wrap Up – @TheMewKow
We are taking the rest of the year off and will see you in January 2017, so until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
WoW raids
Mythic
There are no teams that have downed a Mythic boss in Emerald Dream or Trials of Valor yet, but we’ll keep you posted once the siege begins.
Heroic
Better Late Than Never was the first to complete the Heroic version of Emerald Dream on November 7th with Mythic on Mains following on November 27th.
Kiddie Aggro is not far behind, having taken down 5 of 7, with Just Blame the Healers at 4 of 7, Horseshoes & Handgrenades at 3 of 7, Reckless Endangerment at 2 of 7,
and Who Pulled That?!?, Dojo of Awesome, and Chicken McThuggets all at 1 of 7.
Currently, none of the teams have tackled Odyn in Trials of Valor on Heroic difficulty, but that should come with time.
Normal
Better Late Than Never was the first team to take down Normal Emerald Dream, followed by the team Mythic on Mains for second place.
All of the remaining listed teams have also completed Normal progression for Emerald Dream. In order, those include:
Who Pulled That?!?, Kiddie Aggro, Reckless Endangerment, Filthy Casuals, Hydra, Just Blame the Healers, Dojo of Awesome, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Chicken McThuggets, FERT, and Deja Noobs.
These teams are now working on Trials of Valor; with the notable exception of Better Late Than Never who have already completed this raid in first place, with Mythic on Mains following in second.
Kiddie Aggro, Just Blame the Healers and Filthy Casuals are 2 of 3, with Reckless Endangerment at 1 of 3.
Special Mention
Recruiting
We have a number of teams recruiting for current raid content as well. You can find out more in the AIE raid team progression forum thread.
Wrap-up Wrap-up
And that wraps up the AIE Raid Wrap-up.
If you’d like your raid team featured on the AIE raid wrap-up, including any non-WoW games, send those details to me, Mewkow.
Also, HUGE thanks to Kardinal and now Cirol for coordinating the Raid Team Schedules and Progression forum post, and making it far easier to put this all together.
Keep raiding, AIE.
Curious about the background track?
The song is the title song from the Nameless: Hacker RPG by Boxcat games. It is Creative Commons licensed.
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Welcome to episode #264 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mew: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, AIE, there are tiny pumpkin tarts in the guild kitchen). And, to my right is Tetsemi (Something about spreadsheets). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy 14. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
So, anyone doing anything next weekend?? If you in Southern California, there may be a few things to look at- like, you know, Blizzcon and the AIE guild halll! We are at the Anaheim Hilton, San Simeon room. Doors will be open Friday morning. We still need plenty of help, if you have time, check in on site to offer assistance. And remember, the Guild Hall is open to all- Come on in, get off your feet, watch the live stream, and get to know your guildies!
Relith, one of our newer member and an Air Force vet, is starting up an AIE Veterans group. His vision a place for any veteran, active duty, or guard/reserves players (regardless of country
See the forums for more details, and they even have their own discord server. https://discord.gg/4TBbYsm
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57307-aie-veterans-group/
WoW
Noob Raids are running again. They are a casual group that runs LFR with the goal of learning how to raid and having fun. We run every Saturday night at 11pm server time and invites go out about 15 minutes prior.
Want to host an in game event? We had some great events in October, and would love to continue to be active in November as well. Why not try your hand at hosting a baking event for Pilgrims Bounty or a Costume Party with an all black gear theme for Black Friday. Contact the lovely Nevermore in game, on the forums, or on Twitter if you want to plan a guild event.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57299-aie-guild-events-october-2016/
How is patch 7.1 treating you? Still going through patch 7.0 content and wondering what all the fuss is? Well, last Tuesday, a new Mythic dungeon set in Kharazan opened, along with a continuation of the Suramar story line. A new 3 boss raid called Trials of Valor are opened allowing you wrap up the Stormheim storyline with Odyn (asshole) and Helya (asshole) and Gaurm (cute doggie). For more information about 7.1 video that Warcraft posted – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpCRvHZMZ54
FFXIV
See Game News
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 165: Dev Stream on Galactic Command
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-165 examine the dev stream on Galactic Command and related gear change announcements, in detail.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 166: 10-20 Dev Stream Talk
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-166 talk about the 10/20 dev stream which covered adjustments to the Galactic Command gearing strategy as well as some details on the Dark vs. Light server system.
Catch the live podcast and chat room on Tuesday nights around 10:30pm central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords. Follow and subscribe on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. to hear podcast news and see our other guild streams.
Are you working on DvL and need some hard mode help? might be what you’re looking for. MFN during the week focuses on the bigger groups to get as many people in as possible, where the weekend edition tends to do the 4-man HM’s to clean up what people missed during the week. Head over to the forums and check it out – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57289-mfn-weekend-edition/
GW2
Do you play Guild Wars 2 and want to know when other guildies will be online to play? Well, has been a ton of chatter on our Discord channel about Guild Wars 2! Come join AIE in the beautiful Buy to play game
STO
No STO updates this week, Captain Cybyl has gone on a rare away mission and is too busy outsmarting the Klingons to be able to send a transmission.
And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in Final Fantasy XIV..
GAME NEWS
Final Fantasy Fan Fest Wrapped up their US based show in Las Vegas.
Next shows is in Japan on Dec 24 and Dec 25, Germany Feb 18 and 19.
Tons of announcements for FFXIV, including Stormblood, the next expansion to hit next summer.
New Stuff:
3 New classes, what they are is a mystery, but the Yoshi-P clue he left us was his shirt with Marvel’s Scarlet Witch on it. We are pretty sure he is referring to Red Mage as a new job in Stormblood.
All classes, combat, gathering, and crafting has their leveling cap raised to 70.
Combat skill revamp, dumping useless skills, combining skills from similar roles to reduce the amount of “skill bloat”.
The expansion will take place in Ala Mhigo, a city that was invaded and was under the control of the Empire for the last 20 years. Can we save it? Will they want to be saved? The drama ensues!
New gear and recipes, as created from the FFXIV fan design gear contest!
Moar inventory slots!
More housing areas.
Dropping PS3 support, but offering a free upgrade to PS4 if you are still on the PS3 version of the game.
So….
What’s in the game now?
Patch 3.4 hit somewhat recently. We will get more patches before the expansion, so let’s go over some highlights of what we have now.
Palace of the Dead (Deep Dungeon)
Randomized dungeon, different leveling curve and track.
Team of 4 (matched or fixed) goes into a randomly generated dungeon. Saves every 10 levels, ending with a boss fight. Traps, buffs, and transformations abound!
Great way to learn a new class, since it runs at a different leveling track, greatly accelerated, so you can see how the class feels at higher levels very quickly.
Currently, there are 50 floors to run though, with 51-150 to be released on the mini-patch, 3.45, dropping on Nov 1.
Great way to get experience on your actual class, pets, fun loot, and on occasion, materia that is used to augment your gear.
After time, you will gear up your atherial gear (Weapon and armor) and can then bring that out with you to the rest of the world to use.
Screenshot enhancements and filters.
Taking screenshots to the next level, there has been some enhancements on how screenshots can be taken. You can sync animations with other party members with a /grouppose. You can also freeze animations or move them one frame at a time to get that perfect shot. New in 3.4, there are now ways of changing the depth of field, to de-emphasize the background, add a iris to the outside of the frame, change the color balance, or apply a filter to the image for that artistic view.
Mounts and pets can also be included in the group pose, making for a great way to show off your character!
Void Ark
Weeping City
24 Man Raids
Casual Raid Content, similar to LFR
Alex Raids
3 Raids, 1 for each raid patch
8 Man raids
Story mode, Savage Mode
The Feast
8 Player PVP Arena Style
Point based system, so if you are killed, you still get to keep playing.
More Hildabrand
Airship Explorations
The Aquapolis (New Treasure Hunts)
Some
Apartments and Aquariums
Look at the fishies!
AIE in FFXIV News
Final Fantasy Friday Fun Nights (F4N) 9pm EST/6PM PST
Free Company Workshop orders. Anyone can participate for bonus xp!
Halloween Dungeon!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Abovan for joining us.
@Abovan
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntstheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to …. Well, it is a surprise (as in Mkallah is still trying to wrangle guest). So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #263 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi, To my left is Mewkow – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah- (Hey, guys, there is homemade pretzels and beer cheese soup on the guild kitchen.) This week we are joined by special guests Apolas and Arv who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Imperium Ludi
Riders of Icarus:
After not one, but two delays, Rift of the Damned has finally arrived in Riders of Icarus. The patch includes the new Tritael Rift zone, additional cash shop items, the floating five-player Breach dungeon, 30 more familiars to collect, and an expansion to the Exarahn Badlands area.
Riders of Icarus is also hosting several events in which brand-new and veteran characters will get free gifts for logging in, staying logged in, and even leveling up. All of these events will conclude on October 19th.
Riders of Icarus (finally) delivers its Rift of the Damned update
ForceOfWill asked if anyone was playing Black Desert Online. We did have guild activity in the game, it’s diminished a bit, however, just a remind that the #general and #lfg channels on the AIE Discord server can be used to look for AIE Folks other games!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57297-any-one-playing-black-desert/
WoW
Are you looking for guild events in game? Well Nevermore has you covered with her fabulous write-up of all the in game events for October in WoW. Head over to the forums and check out the post – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57299-aie-guild-events-october-2016/ – and find out why Murlocs are involved (hint it’s a masquerade – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57298-mathanuggs-merry-murloc-masquerade/) , what the Trivia topic is, and some good old fashion Running of the Dead (Beef) as well as PvP In the Underbelly.
FFXIV
Are you a fan of fun? How about Friday nights? Well then, welcome to Mandatory Fun Nights where the Fun is mandatory, but attendance isn’t. Abovan is running MFN’s in FFXIV every Friday at 9pm ET, check out the forums post for more – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57293-final-fantasy-friday-fun-night/
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 162: How to Fly GSF for DvL
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-162 talk about how to fly GSF for your Dark vs. Light achievements.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 163: How to PvP for DvL
@AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-163 talk about how to get into PvP for your Dark vs. Light achievements, especially if you haven’t done much PvP.
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 10/09/2016:
1. Starting October 25, the Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday expansion will continue with a brand-new episode update: ‘Agents of Yesterday – Artifacts’! Captains will participate in Star-Trek: The-Original-Series themed episodes in a new story arc through 2017. New missions shall feature the joys of exploration, dangers of unknown space and amazement of new discoveries with lasting consequences. The return of missing Starbase K-13 will become available as a fleet holding. Spectacular upgrades to graphics and lighting effects will be introduced to enhance the player experience as well.
2. There is a 20%-off star ship sale in the C-Store this weekend until Monday, 10/10. If you are a player awaiting the perfect time to purchase that sweet attack ship, that awesome dreadnaught or that stealthy temporal destroyer, you simply must take advantage of this sale. Also, purchased T5 ships get a free T5-U upgrade token.
3. To stash older starships replaced with shiny new starships from the ship sale, your long term storage problem is solved: there is a 20%-off dry dock slot sale running concurrently.
4. Additional 20%-off items include account shared bank slots, ship upgrade tokens and other goods and services. See the website and C-Store for a listing of sale items.
5. Don’t forget: The Fleet’s Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
6. Once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, RRF Captain Cybyl signing off
And with that, let’s get back to Apolas and Arv and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
Fun with DvL, MFN twice a week and three Ops groups currently. SoL, LoL and SUP
SOL is looking for a healer for Mondays.
Player numbers are up on both factions. Several people coming to Jedi Covenant (our server) from other servers to play with us thanks mostly to Max and Sema and their SWtOR Escape Podcast. Players like Deathr0wNZ, BornToEatBacon and our newest member GamerBear.
KotET
Knights of the Eternal Throne is FREE to all Premium (currently subscribed) players!
YOUR PERSONAL STAR WARS STORY – Nine chapters, five new levels and two new planets where you fight to rule the galaxy.
MAKE DYNAMIC DARK VS. LIGHT SIDE CHOICES – Decide the future of the galaxy and determine the fate of your allies and enemies – your every action drives the galaxy closer to the light or dark side of the Force.
RULE WITH GALACTIC COMMAND(?) – Grow your influence as you ignite light and dark side enemies, battle new Uprisings and unlock the most powerful rewards – all starting at Level 70 in the new and ongoing Galactic Command(?) system.
BATTLE WITH ALLIES IN NEW UPRISINGS – Join with up to three allies in erupting action-packed battles and confront the galaxy’s most notorious adversaries rising to challenge your influence in Galactic Command.
PLAY YOUR WAY – Choose to play any story chapter or battle in three new challenge levels – Story, Veteran, or Master mode – whatever suits your playstyle!
BE A PREMIUM PLAYER – GET ULTIMATE ACCESS!
Get eternal access to the new KotET expansion FREE at launch including one free*** high-level character to start your adventure. (One per subscribed SWTOR account)
Unlimited access to the new Galactic Command system unlocked at Level 70 as you fight to grow your power and retain control of the galaxy in ongoing battles and Uprisings – alone or with friends – to earn the most valuable rewards.
Must be a Premium player (subscriber status) as of December 2, 2016 to play KotET.
Subbed on October 25th for the Shae Vizla Companion, Nov. 27th for the Rapid Recon Walker mount and continuously Oct. 25-Nov. 27 for three days early access to KotET.
Some rumbling on the SWtOR forums about no new Operations being announced, but Eric Musco has said that information about “larger group content” should be coming in January.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Apolas and Arv for joining us.
@Arv_AIE
@beninmtl
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something! . So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Place: Final Fantasy XIV
Purpose: Fun on a Friday Night!
Join us for Final Fantasy Friday Fun Night this and every Friday at 9pm EST/6PM PST. Each week we will have a focus of group content lined up to work on as a group. For the first F4N event, we will be running 4 man dungeons, either queues or specific requests. Future events can be requested by replying to the F4N thread in the FFXIV boards.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57293-final-fantasy-friday-fun-night/
]]>Final Fantasy Patch 3.4, Soul Surrender is upon us! Click here for the full patch notes, but here are a few of the highlights after the jump.
New Main Story Content Quests, as we prepare for the next expansion!
New Alexender Raid
Two New Dungeons, Xelphatol and The Great Gubal Library (Hard).
New Side Story Quests, including more Hildabrand!
New Grand Company Quests and Rank to achieve. With this new rank, you can hire NPCs to run missions for rewards.
Housing Auto-Demolition. For houses that are abandoned, or has not had a FC member or owner visit the house in an extended peroid of time, the house will be demolished and will be available for purchase for a new FC or individual. If you were looking for your own house, this may be your chance.
Apartments are also available to allow more people to have their own home. You can decorate your homes or apartments with the new aquariums feature. Housing still out of your budget? The AIE FC house is still up and open to all AIE members.
Triple Triad, the in-game card game now has matchmaking in the Gold Saucer.
Lord of Verminion matches, the in-game pet RTS game, can now be made via the duty finder.
Glamor prisms have been simplified. Gone are the grade 1, 2, 3 and so forth. Now, you just need to match up the category of the item you wish to cast your glamour on.
The Deep Dungeon, the randomly generated dungeon now has 50 more levels to explore.
New screenshot capture options, like freeze animations, group animations, depth of field, color filers, and more to get that perfect screenshot.
A right click, report RMT messages is being added! Report all the spammers!
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Welcome to episode #262 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (Spreadsheet joke here). And, that voice you heard at the beginning of the show is our brand new third chair, Mewkow! (Mew, say hi and put in a catch phrase here) This week we are joined by special guests Joe from Your Wow Money who is here to talk to us about making bank in Legion. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be chatting with Joe shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Don’t forget, the AIE Guildhall will be happening at the Hilton during Blizzcon, November 4th and 5th at the Anaheim Hilton. Stay tuned for more details as they are released.
WoW
Legion, AIE has lots of raid teams – http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/13-team-recruitment/ and they’re looking for raiders. Check out the Team Recruitment forum and the Free Agent threads to see who needs raiders and when the teams are running. Also, feel free to use the #LFG channel in AIE Discord as well.
Nevermore, Allanya, and the AIE events committee (I am not a committee) have some fun planned for October. On the 17th, there is Mathnauggs’s Merry Murloc Masquerade – 9 pm server at Gallywix. On the 29th, Nevermore & Allanya are hosting Harry Potter Trivia at Hogwarts 2PM server, classrooms to be announced later. And, join Alachaas for the RUnning of the Dead, time and location to be announced.
We are always looking for guildies that want to host in-game events for AIE! There are so many different aspects of World of Warcraft to base your event on, including:
Normal/Heroic/Mythic Legion Dungeons
World Quests
Pet and Mount Collecting
PvP Battlegrounds and Arenas
RolePlay Gatherings
Scavenger Hunts
Transmog Contests
Unlock Achievements
Visit the Darkmoon Faire
Level Professions
Grind Reputations
In-Game holiday themed activities and MORE!
If being an AIE Event Host sounds like something you would like to participate in, please contact Officer Nevermore. She’s available if you need help at any point during the process of planning your event!
Oh, and just a reminder, the Warcraft movie will be available to purchase on Tuesday, September 27th in most locations.
FFXIV
Patch 3.4, Soul Surrender, is coming this week on Tuesday, September 27th.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/special/3_4_Soul_Surrender/
Main Story Quest progress (Finish Final Coil T4 first!)
New Hildebrand content
Continuation of the Scholasticate quest line
New Raid wing inside Alexander: The Creator (Final wing)
New Duel mode (Inside Wolf’s Den)
New Spectator mode for PvP pre-mades.
New Trial, Containment Bay P1T6, Sophia The Goddess.
2 New dungeons; Xelphatol (Ixial/Garuda), The Great Gubal Library(Hard)
Housing
Personal apartments available(500k).
Fishtanks, orchestrion playlists
Adventurer Squadron (Looks like Garrison follower missions)
Patch 3.45 preview
More levels in the palace of the dead, and progress in many questlines.
Also, rumors abound of the FF14 officer team potentially stealing the Mandatory Fun night formula for their own uses.
GW2
If you’ve bought GW2 please jump into the game. There isn’t a subscription fee, so once you’ve bought the game, the only money you need to spend is to buy expansions when they come out. And speaking of expansion, with Heart of Thorns, it’s a good time to help work on unlocking the guild hall. If you bought Heart of Thorns you can log in and get a free level 80 character.
http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/en_US/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.127548813.1817224794.1469643919&cid=32:5::::Global:40
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56829-guild-hall-initiative-11142015-9pm-central/page-2#entry953477
Also it is a good time to unlock season 3 chapters. If you are returning to GW2, please also hop into the AIE Discord Server and hit the #GW2 channel and join the discussion!
SWTOR
There is now a Mandatory Fun Night – Weekend Edition, hosted by Arv on Saturday’s from 5 to 9 server time. If interested please reach out in game or respond in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57289-mfn-weekend-edition/
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 160: Shroud of Memory
On this episode @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-160 take a dive into the HK bonus chapter called Shroud of Memory.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 161: Flash Points and DvL
And on this episode @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-161 talk about Flash Points and DvL. We cover things to know, tips, challenges and also discuss the Michael Backus interview on Flash Points from the Going Commando blog.
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 09/25/2016:
1a. Star Trek Online has launched for PS4 and Xbox One featuring multiple story arcs directly from the Star Trek movies and episodes we’ve come to love. However, both console and PC players have raised the question about how does 6 years of episodes relate to each other, the TV series, movies and the Kelvin timeline split in 2009.
1b. To answer this burning question, Cryptic Studios posted ‘Star Trek Online Timeline’: a viewable and downloadable, high-res graphic chart which interconnects the story arcs to the TV series, movies and 2009 Kelvin timeline schism. This is a highly recommended, detailed overview presentation which puts the amazingly vast Star Trek universes into crystal-clear perspective. The ‘Grand Scheme of Things’ never looked so good!
2. Yet another backstory, ‘Fleet Station K-13 Returns’, has been posted on the website blog with confirmed hints of missions to come. Not only has a star base that disappeared into a temporal anomaly been rediscovered, but is now available to be used a playable, second fleet holding. The story is also an intriguing and poignant must-read. Again, I shall refrain from spoilers.
3. For lockbox collectors who wish to cash in on their stash big time, take note: From Sept 22, until Oct 10, lockbox master keys will be sold in 20-key bundles.
4. The usual reminder: The Fleet’s Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
5. Once again, please check out further news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, etc., at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, this is RRF Captain Cybyl signing off
GAME NEWS
Bank toons (where, why and how to make)
Addons that i use for the auction house
What professions do you have?
Gathering Profession quests
Gathering vs flipping
Crafting (why craft?)
Obliterum
Tetsemi – ProTip – Always check WQ’s before posting gems. Wondered why Queen’s Opal and Azsurite along with Ore went through the roof. 765 BoP Recipe requires Azsunite Pendant (1 Queen’s Opal, 5 Azsunite and 1 Sangarite)
Tetsemi Q’s?
Gems – Deep Amber (green q), Chaotic Spinel (green q) and Shadowfury Ruby(blue q) all seem to be below market consistently. Intentional due to glut or just willful ignorance of the market price?
Ore – Feels like too few gems for the amount of ore, does this go up with higher levels of JC (prospecting) or is it just gem chips all day every day the new normal?
JC gear, right now, feels like too low level for the mats required, especially with the Obliterum requirement to raise from 815 to something more appealing for Mythic+ and Raid geared folks. Curious if the market shifts once we get the 800 JC recipes?
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Joe for joining us.
http://tinyurl.com/ywmdis2
@joebrums
@yourwowmoney
http://yourwowmoney.com/
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mewkow is @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://discord.gg/w4mRct4 . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Our Mail Box was Empty, no this isn’t a new segment, we didn’t receive any this week.
Next time, we’ll be talking with the crew from SWTOR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #261 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi. To my left is Mkallah: – (there is a sopapilla cheesecake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Hoots and Turboadiction who is here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Eve shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Just a reminder that we have an AIE Discord server for all games and activities that AIE is involved in. Just hit the front page of http://umami.aie-universal.net and once you’ve authenticated, check the bulletin entitled – AIE’s Discord Server.
Oh, and big AIE podcast news! Tetsemi and I had a meeting and we decided…… no, we aren’t the podcast, but we decided on a new third chair! He will be joining us in the next few shows and is an awesome member of our community, In fact, there are some weeks when I am pretty sure he has provided half of the show material for us. Wonder who it is? You will have to tune in and see…. Or hear.
WoW
Too busy playing … I’m kidding, there have been a ton of hotifxes for content and class abilities, to keep up to date, check WoWHead or MMO-Champion, they always have a good list of the hotfixes and developer communication. Speaking of developer communication, Blizzard held a Q&A with Ion Hazzikostas this week and covered topics ranging from the state of launch up through Patch 7.1 (Return to Kharazan) and when it will hit the PTR. I love that they’re already talking about more content even though I’m currently drowning in things to do in game, which is amazing.
https://www.twitch.tv/warcraft/v/88435402
Stuck away from the computer and want to check up on your Class Order Hall? Download the Legion Companion App on iOS or Android and you send your followers on missions, collect rewards from those missions, recruit new minions and see what world quests are available when you get back to the computer.
Announcement/Links
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20271495/introducing-the-legion-companion-app
FAQ:
http://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20749095813
EVE
See Game News section
FFXIV
Square Enix has announced some details on the next big content patch 3.4
Players are going to be tasked with heading back into the Great Gubal Library to retrieve untold tomes of powerful knowledge as well as venturing into Xelphatol to prevent another summoning of Garuda by the Ixal.
Preview images for the patch, showing off the MSQ, the new Tomestone gear, housing additions, and the upcoming double-cross hotbar
Final Fantasy XIV previews the main scenario and dungeons of patch 3.4
LOTRO
Gorgesh posted in the forums about a recent developer interview with a community site, covering a timeline for content through 2018.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57199-layoffs-at-turbine/#entry953202
Turbine is calling the next major content release an expansion, so it will be a significant update, which I understand will take us into Mordor and eventually up to the Black gate.
Links to Dadi’s interview below
SWTOR
Escape Podcast Cast 158 and 159, Quick Tips II and III are up on the feed. Max and Sema cover more in game tips and tricks, even covering things veteran player might not know or may have forgotten. Want a refresher on the game and some good ideas on how to do things more efficiently? Tune in to the podcast every Tuesday Night around 10:30 pm Central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords
Also, don’t forget about Mandatory Fun Nights, where attendance is optional, but the fun isn’t.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/53691-tuesday-mandatory-fun-night/
STO
RRF Captain Cybyls Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 09/11/2016:
1. The 50th Anniversary of Star Trek occurred on September 8. In celebration of this amazing achievement, Star Trek Online gave away the 23rd Century Bundle for free and for 24 hours only, starting September 8, at 2pm Pacific time on PC, Playstation4 and Xbox One. This bundle includes the Class F Shuttle, the entire Original Series Ship Interior, the Command Tunic Uniform, the Medical Officer Uniform, the Formal Dress Uniform, as well as a TOS phaser weapon. If you missed this offer, you haven’t been taking our nagging seriously to visit the STO website. Tsk, tsk.
2. As reported previously, the current release ‘Temporal Cold War’ time-travel episodes came to an unexpected conclusion, not through gameplay, but through blog backstories. Yet another backstory has been posted on the website with hints of mission hints to come. A fascinating must-read and again, I shall refrain from spoilers.
3. On September 6, Star Trek Online was finally released for Xbox One and Playstation4. 6 years of gameplay content will be playable right from day one! Huge improvements in graphics and UI are featured. As with the PC version, it will be 100% free to download and play.
4. STO, Cryptic Studios, Perfect World and CBS announced a partnership with Eucled to allow players the ability to 3D print any ship they own with infinite variations of customisation as a durable plastic model. A free desk stand is included. Take note: these are not tiny 2-inch models but are 12+ inches big. This service will be available soon.
5. The usual reminder: The AIE Classis’ Fleet Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers from all AIE fleet mates. Check out the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu for donation needs.
6. Please check out further news, backstories, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc., at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, RRF Captain Cybyl signing off
And with that, let’s get back to Hoots and Turbo and find out what’s going on in Eve…
GAME NEWS
World War Bee — Quick Recap
Novemberish Release
Alliance Tournament XIV
The Return of the Blood Raiders halloween event for October.
Alpha and Omega Clones and EVE’s free-to-play future
http://www.projecttriforce.com/index.php?p=product&id=71
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Hoots and Turbo for joining us.
@aiehoots
@turboaddiction
If you have a question or comment about our show- or want to send us a segment- you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://discord.gg/w4mRct4 . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to Kerosene kid- aka Joe from Your Wow Money. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
And in those days Randy Jordan (Randydeluxe/Maui) was our Guild Master–as well the co-host of The Instance. He led us through the Burning Crusade, and stood against the Wrath of the Lich King. He was with us during the Cataclysm and the great sundering of AIE and re-forming into 9 guilds: the great Ferting and the building of the Green Wall that unites us to this day.
Then in February 2011, Randy joined Blizzard as a Community Manager, and stepped down as AIE GM, and from The Instance. So it came to pass that one of our most esteemed praetorians, Lanctharus, stepped into the role of guild master. With other praetorians by his side, Lanc and his fabulous golden braids lead us into the Mists of Pandaria and then back to Orgrimmar to battle the corrupted Garrosh Hellscream.
As WoW expanded, AIE grew– we added co-guilds to hold our new Pandaren friends (alts)– and we went back to Draenor, long before it was broken into Outland–and we fought the Iron Horde and their Dark Portal.
But now the dark portals of grad school and EVE have pulled Lanctharus from us. AIE once again needs a leader, so we put out the call–and there was an answer.
In this sixth expansion in the World of Warcraft, as doom comes for the Horde and the Alliance, Maui returns to lead us, as the demonic Burning Legion also returns, seeking to call forth their fallen leader, the dark titan Sargeras. But they aren’t the only ones who’re back …
Hail renewed guild leader Maui! LOK’TAR OGAR!
]]>Calling all Horde! We need your help!
The Legion is attacking Azeroth and it’s going to take every caster, fighter, and healer we have to send them back through the portals. Those demons took down the King of Stormwind, along with our beloved Warchief, Vol’jin. Our new Warchief Sylvanas has issued a call to avenge our fallen.
The Legion has thrown down the gauntlet. It’s time we slapped them in the face with it. Take up your wands and swords! Join the battle! Fight for our homes, our lives, our families! Fight for the Horde!
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Welcome to episode #260 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: Mkallah is off reading by the ocean and relaxing but is returning, just like the Legion in WoW. This week we are joined by special guests Ben The Mage and Mewkow who are here to talk to us about AIE pre-Legion launch WoW and other games we’ve been playing.
Ok, we’ll be digging into all the games shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
All that and more coming up right now…
AIE News
Community
Congratulations to fellow AIE guildies @Dankinia and @Kojak_70 who got married last week! Another gaming couple getting together, we love you folks!
AIE has joined the Discord revolution, if you have questions about it, or need more info, please check out Mathanugg’s post in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57241-aie-discord-where-the-green-wall-can-be-in-your-pants/
Meetups
Remind that September is going to be a busy month and it begins with DragonCon. We have a meetup invitation on the Meetup website http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/events/233396271/
Folks attending are encouraged to use the #Meetups channel in the AIE Discord for planning before and coordination during DragonCon.
WoW
Spoiler if you haven’t done the Broken Shore Scenario
Manajamba is planning on holding an in game ceremony for former Warchief Vol’jin. If anyone is interested in joining him please reply on the forums to the thread he’s started – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57251-funeral-for-the-warchief/
FFXIV
Mew any news?
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 157: Quick Tips I
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-157 do a shorter quick tips show. We’ll alternate with this slightly different and new format between major news and content release cycles for a bit. We also touch on other game and community news for the week from SWTOR in general and remind everyone that our casual, family-friendly multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Our officer channel on Jedi Covenant is at /cjoin aielfo and more guild information is at http://aie-guild.info/swtor
Catch the live podcast and chat room on Tuesday nights around 10:30pm central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords. Follow and subscribe on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. to hear podcast news and see our other guild streams.
STO
RRF Admiral Cybyl communication systems are currently being overrun with Tribbles, however, Greibiss did manage to get a transmission through the forums to remind folks that the Mirror Invasion Event is running to September 15th. More information on his post on the forums
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57263-mirror-invasion-event/
GAME NEWS
DEMONS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!
Shoutouts
Mathanugg
All those tanks that died in the invasions.
Ralff
Shout out to gchat cheese pun
Kazrik
Future shoutout to all the guildies that will be racing thru the Legion content for not spoiling anything in Discord or gchat whilst the rest of us muggles work our way thru it. Thank you really thank you.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Ben the Mage and Mewkow for joining us.
@BenTheMage
@TheMewKow
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif, and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://discord.gg/w4mRct4 . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Join us in two weeks for the next show!
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #259 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests – hmmmm, no guest tonight! Let’s talk about the Legion prepatch and AIE in general, shall we?
Ok, we’ll be digging into the Legion Prepatch and AIE shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Community
AIE Discord – AIE has joined the Discord wave and now has our own Discord server for text and voice chat. Server details are available on the Umami main page – https://umami.aie-universal.net/ under the first Bulletin named – AIE’s Discord Server. The Mumble server will still be available for raid teams and other large gatherings to use but feel free to try out the Discord voice chat and let the officers know what you think!
Are you looking for in game events? Hit the #events channel. Looking for folks going to Dragoncon, Blizzcon, or the local pizza joint? Hit the #meetups channel. Need a group in game? Try the #lfg channel and see who’s playing.
We have a new officer, SamanthaJane (SJ) has joined the WoW officer corps (she’s already a FFXIV officer) and will bring her amazingly friendly and upbeat attitude to the game while helping get all the new demon hunters and other classes corralled as things pick up in WoW. Many hugs and thanks to SJ joining us.
Blizzcon AIE Guild Hall – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2016/07/blizzcon-2016-aie-guildhall/
@TheMewKow is looking for volunteers to help out with this year’s Blizzcon AIE Guild Hall. Please feel free to contact him via Twitter, Discord, or the forums (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57187-blizzcon-2016-aie-guild-hall/) if you are interested in helping out.
Imperium Ludi
Interested in the latest update to Riders of Icarus? Details on the guild alliance system, free-for-all PvP zone, capture the flag area, and more. Join in the discussion in our forums as @TheMewKow heads up interest for this game which is now in open beta. AIE Is on the Baellas NA server.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57229-riders-of-icarus-pvp-updates-and-more/
WoW
The four part audio drama – The Tomb of Sargeras is out (http://itunes.com/wow) and we really enjoyed listening to it. It helps explain Gul’dan’s motivations, how the Legion got back into Azeroth and why Khadgar shows up at the end of the demon hunter starting area.
Want to find out what separates a demon hunter from the demons they hunt? Watch the last Harbringers animation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUfOIvlC6Eo and you’ll find out. You will also get to see this in demon hunter starting area.
More Discussion in Game News Section
FFXIV
Would you like to try FFXIV free for 5 days? Of course you would. Between July 25 and August 30th, if you meet eligibility rules (http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/0b8920e68063ec4a16533bcc115d6d154b75ce73) you can play for 5 days free during the Free Campaign time period.
And speaking of logging in, Abovan has returned from active baby duty and is back in the game, find out what he’s up to http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57230-hia-folks/ and/or just say hi!
Don’t forget, @TheMewKow is still looking for input on which FC action buffs people would prefer active and when. Pop over to the forums and let him know http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57193-fc-action-buffs-discussion/
SWTOR
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 155: Sweet XVI
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-155 dig into Chapter XVI (The Battle of Odessen) the second to last of the Knight of the Fallen Empire chapters, is Mako back yet?
Catch the live podcast and chat room on Tuesday nights around 10:30pm central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords. Follow and subscribe on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. to hear podcast news and see our other guild streams.
Want to discuss the latest happenings in SWTOR, what you really feel about the Producer’s Live Steam, and if Mako is back yet? Hope on over to the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/49885-the-newsupdatesinfo-thread-20/page-50 and join in.
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 08/14/2016:
1. The ‘Agents of Yesterday’ expansion released July 6, is still in full swing! This reporter is enjoying replaying the new episodes again, but with new bridge crew members. As explanation, this reporter received a redemption code for being a 50th Anniversary Star Trek Las Vegas participant: the entire holographic bridge crew of the original series USS Enterprise as epic bridge crew members. This even included Yeoman Rand with her epic and famous beehive hairdo! The reward was courtesy of Cryptic Software.
2. As reported last time, the current release ’Temporal Cold War’ time-travel episodes came to an unexpected conclusion, not through gameplay, but through a blog backstory. Another backstory also concluded the end of temporal hostilities for the little-known Vorgon race: ‘Winter of Discontent’. A fascinating must-read and again, we are staying clear of spoilers.
3. There is a 20%-off star ship sale in the C-Store this weekend until August 15m 10 am PDT. If you are a player awaiting the perfect time to purchase that sweet pilot attack ship, that awesome, all-powerful dreadnaught or that stealthy, invincible science carrier, you simply must take advantage of this sale.
4. Make AIE Classis Starbase the crown jewel of the Federation! The AIE Classis’ Fleet Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers from all AIE fleet mates. Donations assist in building up the Fleet’s Starbase and other Fleet holdings to their full potential. Check out the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
5. Players are encouraged to check out the above news, backstories, patch release notes, UI and quality of life improxments, fixes, forums, commentary, etc., at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, RRF Captain Cybyl signing off
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And with that, let’s get back to the Legion Prepatch and find out what’s going on in AIE.
GAME NEWS
WoW pre-patch and invasion event discussion
Shoutouts
We have some Shoutouts – and Tet, how do people give us shout outs for the podcast??
From Kazrik – Shoutout to all the WoW officers processing all the new demon hunters. Prepping for the Legion invasion influx in a couple weeks!
From Mathanugg – Shout out to the Demon Hunters for stealing all my cool abilities.
Ellynn – Shout out to those who participated in remembrance day events
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank the chat room for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis from @TheMewKow
Overly Dramatic News from @HuntsTheWind
We are still trying to figure out our guests for the next so, but we will make sure we keep you all posted! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #258 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi To my left is Mkallah: – (there are churro cupcakes in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Dux who is here to talk to us about AIE in LOTRO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into LOTRO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
WoW
The AIE Summer of Love is here! Well, as of tomorrow. We celebrate the love for our guild, and our community, this upcoming week.
The scheduled events are as follows-
Monday, 7:30 server time- Running of the Beef 13- Mechanicals Vs Manicals
We are going to be on the Gnomergan server- the idea is to create a gnome hunter and go on a fun run! More details will be available the night of the event, but this looks like it is going to be a blast. You can make your toon now, but please make sure you aren’t leveling or questing at all before hand. There will be a prize given for the best name, but please remember, this is AIE, so keep it family friendly.
Tuesday is the community wide Remembrance day- at 9pm server time. And a big shout out to Beefmaster and the Ooka Hozen style for taking over firework duty for Take- ummm, Larry this year.
Wednesday is Gusty’s All Druid ICC/Ulduar run – invites start at 7:30 server time.
Friday- COOP with Grimcow, keep your eyes and ears out for details!
Saturday- Disney trivia in “neverland” with Nevermore and Allanya- 3-5 server time- come dressed in a disney inspired transmog outfit for a chance to win more prizes.
And stick around, 8 PM server time there is a SOL old school raid night with BRA and Dojo of Awesome!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57157-summer-of-love-is-coming-to-aie-august-1st-7th/
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57194-aie-remembrance-day-fireworks-august-2nd-help-needed/
Patch 7.0.3 has hit and what’s new that can keep you busy for a couple weeks? You can go recipe hunting!
Tome of the Clear Mind and Codex of the Clear Mind: These items, crafted by Scribes, allow you to freely talent when you are not in a rested area. The recipe for Tome of the Clear Mind comes from the Herb Trader in your Garrison, as well as the Garrison Quartermaster Sergeant Crowler and Sergeant Grimjaw. Codex of the Clear Mind is a world drop.
If you like the look of weapon enchants, you can now collect them for Transmog and they are known as Weapon Illusions – http://www.wowhead.com/guides/transmogrification/weapons/illusions
You can gather some individually and others, including a quest line for one, come with a group of illusions.
If you like clothes, and who doesn’t, you can run Kharazan and Molten Core for drops of new recipes that will teach tailors how to make a Clothes Chest useable by your party from the Kharazan Opera House and Molten Core.
http://www.wowhead.com/item=138017/clothes-chest-pattern-karazhan-opera-house
http://www.wowhead.com/item=138018/clothes-chest-pattern-molten-core
Mark August 9th on your calendars, because that’s when you can make a Demon Hunter and the Burning Legion invasion begins. And as a reminder, we’re hoping to have Umami updated to handle all your Demon Hunter applications and for those coming back from hiatus a friendly reminder it’s one application per character. If your characters are in Umami already, just type /join aielfo and as for an invite from one of the officers.
Do you like Lore? Do you like animated movies and animated web comics? Well have we got a ton of content for you.
Harbinger’s Videos – These are videos similar to the Warlords videos that were released before the Warlords expansion launched. They’ll be highlighting important lore/story characters and what they’ve been up to since Archimonde’s defeat at Hellfire Citadel as well as origin/back stories of others.
What has Khadgar been up to since we defeated Archimonde in Hellfire Citadel?
Where did the Warlords version of Gul’dan come from?
Webcomics – The links below take you to the Madefire version of the comic which is a ‘live’ version of the comic and, for me, a very enjoyable way of reading the comics. There are four so far: Magni, dealing with the Dwarven King awakening from his crystalization during Cataclysm; Nightborne, dealing with the new Elf Civilization and the story so far that we’ll be exploring once we hit 110 in Legion; Highmountain: for all you that love the Tauren race and lore; and Anduin: which contains spoilers about the Broken Shore invasion and the aftermath of that invasion.
#1 Magni: Fault Lines released
http://bit.ly/World_of_Warcraft_1
#2 Nightborne: Twilight of Suramar
http://bit.ly/World-of-Warcraft_Nightborne
#3 Highmountain: A Mountain Divided
http://bit.ly/World-of-Warcraft_Highmountain
#4 Anduin: Son of the Wolf (warning Broken Shore/Legion spoilers)
http://bit.ly/World-of-Warcraft_Anduin
There is also a new audio drama launching tomorrow called The Tomb of Sargeras and will be four episodes in length. It will deal with Gul’dan and The Tomb of Sargeras (which contains Sargeras colossal, broken form)
You can subscribe via iTunes – http://itunes.com/wow
EVE
Don’t forget, there is a meetup for planned for the big EVE Vegas event at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino – the event is Friday, October 28th to Sunday, October 30th. Expect Shinanigans, space double crossing, and stuff blowing up, but not in real life.
Tickets can be purchased for the event itself at http://vegas.eveonline.com/
http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/events/229507699/
FFXIV
Want to try Final Fantasy XIV, but want to pay? There is a free login campaign going on through August 30th. Log in now and you will get five days to play the game for free. And with Heavensward going on now, this is the perfect time to explore all that the game has to offer, including the Palace of the Dead, which helps you earn a new i235 weapon.
And don’t forget, Mew is still looking for everyone’s thoughts on how to use the FC action buffs.
SWTOR
The AIE guild in SWTOR will be having a few Summer of Love events as well!
They will be honoring Remembrance Day on August 2 and 8pm central time. Meet at the traditional location high in the Juran mountains north of the house Aide on Alderaan. Coordinates are 1490, -940.
Saturday, August 6th from 8-10 pm Central time, there will be a guild party for both factions. Festivities include Stronghold tours and awards, a costume contest, a worst costume dance party, and music played over plug.dj!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57218-remembrance-day-and-the-summer-of-love-2016/
And, this week on SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 153: Sema, Max, and Astromech EPC-153 review how Conquest works and talk about how one of our guild members put up over 5 million conquest points himself. They also touch on other game and community news for the week from SWTOR in general.
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 07/31/2016:
1. The Star Trek Las Vegas 50th anniversary convention starts this Wednesday, August 3, 2016. As a tribute to 50 years of Star Trek, Star Trek Online is celebrating with it’s ‘Agents of Yesterday’ release along with associated, limited-time perks.
2. The ‘Agents of Yesterday’ expansion released July 6, is in full swing! A player creates an original series Trek character and plays special time travel episodes.Cybyl reports that the episodes quite light and fairly easy. The short story arc has a major plot twist but, no spoilers!
3. The current release ’Temporal Cold War’ time-travel episodes came to an unexpected conclusion, not through gameplay, but through a new blog backstory: ’No Profit but the Name’.
4. The concurrent timeline story arcs had enough players somewhat confused of the timeline differences. So STO released blogpostings ‘The Story So Far’ parts 1 and 2. These must-read narratives explain the differences in the timelines and clear up major points of confusion. A part 3 is rumored to be released next week.
5. There are a 20% off Services and a 15% off Lockbox key sales this weekend. If you are a player with new bridge officers or have collected a quantity of Kelvin lockbox loot drops, take advantage of this sale.
6. The usual large number of UI and player quality-of-life improvements and fixes, were released over the last 2 weeks as well. For a complete run down, check out the website.
7. Make AIE Classis Starbase Great! The AIE Classis’ Fleet Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers from all AIE fleet mates. Donations assist in building up the Fleet’s Starbase and other Fleet holdings to their full potential. Check out the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
8. Players are encouraged to check out the above news, backstories, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc., at the Star Trek Online website .
Until next time, RRF Captain Cybyl signing off
And with that, let’s get back to Dux and find out what’s going on in LOTRO
GAME NEWS
Update 16, the Ashes of Osgiliath.
Update 16.2:
Update 17 The Siege of Minas Tirith
Update 18:
Update 18.2
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dux for joining us.
@HistoricGeek
Mkallah: If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom, http://aie.community and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
Tetsemi: And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including … wait, a note has just arrived, due to a summer cold, Overly Dramatic News has been on a small break. Rumors of an Altitis and Raid Wrapup abound, but we’ll have to see if @TheMewKow has snuck out of FFXIV long enough to wrap up a segment or two.
In two weeks, we’ll be talking to someone about something! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
While this was a rather long raid season, even longer than the Siege of Orgrimmar, it certainly gave us plenty of time to get things done.
With the Pre-Patch live, we might just see some teams sneak in a quick victory to finish out the expansion.
WoW raids
Mythic
Just Blame The Healers went 5 bosses into Mythic HellFire Citadel, ending at Kilrogg for a 5 of 13 finish.
Better Late Than Never managed to make it to the Council, leaving them 4 of 13 to finish out.
Heroic
Kiddie Aggro, and Who Pulled That ended their reign of terror with a 13/13 sweep of heroic.
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades has able to take out Archimonde, making them 13 of 13 in Heroic as of April 28th.
Filthy Casuals are 13 of 13 ending their killing spree on May 10th.
DoA last defeated Heroic Tyrant, putting them at 12 of 13 on May 22nd.
Witty & Sophisticated ended their journey by taking out Archimonde on July 10th making them 12 of 13 as they prepare for Legion.
Cereal Killers decided that they liked the coziness of Zakuun’s lair, choosing to hang out there until Legion, leaving them at 8 of 13.
Ooka Hozen Style seemed to like that idea as well, ending their progression with Zakuun, skipping Iskar, which I don’t blame them for, and ending at 7 of 13
Normal
FERT, who is anything but normal, is now 13 of 13, having taken down Archimonde on July 28th.
Ready Check preferred the lighting in the Council’s room, ending their time there for a 4 of 13 finish.
Special Mention
Recruiting
We have a number of teams recruiting for current raid content as well. You can find out more in the AIE raid team progression forum thread.
As we get ready for Legion, these teams might just be looking for you.
Wrap-up Wrap-up
And that wraps up the AIE Raid Wrap-up.
If you’d like your raid team featured on the AIE raid wrap-up, including any non-WoW games, send those details to me, Mewkow.
Also, HUGE thanks to Aarde for coordinating the Raid Team Schedules and Progression forum post, and making it far easier to put this all together.
Keep raiding, AIE.
Curious about the background track?
The song is the title song from the Nameless: Hacker RPG by Boxcat games. It is Creative Commons licensed.
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Welcome to episode #257 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah and there is a chocolate chip pound cake, a german chocolate cake, and angel food cake in the guild kitchen. Hey, Tet, remind me to start the carrot cake when we are done here. And, to my left is Tetsemi – (catchphrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Gustytail who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Interested the AIE Guild Hall at Blizzcon? We have your news and ways you can help out, even if you can’t join us! We are at the Anaheim Convention Center Hilton, upstairs at the top of the escalator, then left. Keep your eye out for the signs. The Guild Hall will be open at exactly 8:00 AM on Friday November 4th and Saturday November 5th and will be closing down when one of the persons in charge falls asleep from exhaustion (but most likely before midnight Sunday in a flurry of panicked cleaning and packing.)
Mewkow has stepped up as our Guild Hall Coordinator! Thanks so much, Mew. We still need a ton of help, including: IT and A/V Coordinator; Lead Volunteer Coordinator; Info Desk Coordinator; Social Media Coordinator; Decorator Committee; Guild Hall Setup and Breakdown; and Kidspace Coordinator. Let Mew know if you can help in any way, especially if you are interested in one of the aforementioned positions.
We also need donations to help cover the expenses of this great gathering. As we get closer, we will announce details for the AIE Guildhall 2016 Fund Raiser.
Oh, and do you want to podcast at Blizzcon? We have you covered there, too!
Podcasters are welcome to use the hall to record a show as long as you conform to the time schedule availability and must be confirmed by staff. Schedule availability is first come first served. Podcasters MUST provide their own equipment, be responsible for its security and set up and break down their own gear. A recommended donation to the Guild Hall of $40.00 to help cover costs of the guild hall is requested. In lieu of a donation, podcasters can also opt to work as volunteers at the Guild Hall.
And, a HUGE thanks to Belthaz who donated to help make this year’s AIE Guild Hall happen. Besides helping pay for the event, he coordinates with the Hilton to make sure we have the space we need. The Guild Hall was first baby back in 2010 and it is a tradition that has carried on strong in our community.
NOMADS
And, more news…. From Mew, who we may be appointing the AIE news director if he keeps this up. The Riders of Icarus Beta is open to the public! The game is free to play, so feel free to join us on Steam or direct client. We have a group of AIE folks on the Baellas server, most of which has greeter access to help get newcomers into the guild. Since this is just a beta, and not a GERP supported game, we do not require Umami registration to be up to date, but that may change to depending on interest. There are mounts and pets and the dungeons is very easy to learn. The story is great and every class has a hunter option! And in coordinating with the Summer of Love, we plan to hold an in game raffle for legendary founder packs, which is a real life $250.00 dollar value! The planned cost is 1 gold per ticket and you must have a Steam account in order to claim the founders code. And, this is a soft opening, so your characters will not be wiped.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57196-riders-of-icarus-open-beta-to-the-public/
WoW
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 the 7.0.3 pre-Legion patch is going live. There are numerous changes, not only to classes but to all the in game systems, including professions, garrison and shipyard missions and more.
WoWHead has a wonderful writeup of all the changes that happen when the patch hits. Inventory space seems to be #1 on everyone’s list with the new Transmog collections tab going live, a lot of the items people have been saving up for transmog will now be able to be sold/deleted as the appearance will be captured in the collections tab. Personally, I’m going to keep items with on-use abilities like the Headless Horseman’s Helm and the Argent Tournament tabard because the transmog closet is only capturing the appearance, not the whole item.
All the new class changes and mechanics will be live including glyphs going away (sell them before Tuesday or you’ll have a bunch of grey items in your bank/inventory where they’re stored.
Also, with the new changes and the long layoff in Legion, expect many addon authors to take a bit of time to catch up, there has been some major API re-work done and things like Tidy Plates Threat Plates won’t work and may not be updated for Legion.
http://www.wowhead.com/news=254146/legion-pre-expansion-patch-major-class-character-visuals-and-gear-updates
Taka … Larry needs your help with the remembrance day fireworks display. Please check the forum thread and respond if you can help or know someone who can.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57194-aie-remembrance-day-fireworks-august-2nd-help-needed
FFXIV
Mew (wow, that guy is busy) is looking to know people’s opinion for the Free Company action buffs in Final Fantasy 14. For those not familiar, the Free Company can purchase 24 hour buffs that activate two at a time for the Free Company members. The ones we usually use are teleportation price reduction, battle XP increase, craft XP increase, and sometimes the gather XP increase. We like to have the teleport one up at all times since it benefits everyone, with the second buff dependant on what is going on in the game. Do you want to see a rotation of weekend buffs, or whole week buffs, so you can plan your activities accordingly? Let Mew know, either on the forums of via twitter at @themewkow.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57193-fc-action-buffs-discussion/
SWTOR
In case you missed it from the Star Wars Celebration livestream, Knights of the Eternal Throne (KotET) is confirmed as the next expansion coming in Fall 2016. Not much more is known beyond this, but there is a teaser picture in the writeup and more will be forthcoming as we head to Fall and finish up Chapter XVI of Knight of the Fallen Empire.
Also, Chapter 1 of Knights of the Fallen Empire is now free to play for all players regardless of subscription status.
SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion coming Fall 2016
SWTOR has released a write up and pictures of the past five years of the game as a celebration for turning five. One infographic that caught my eye – OVER 340 HOURS OF VOICED STORYTELLING EQUAL TO WATCHING ALL 7 Star Wars FILMS 22X . *cough* Blizzard *cough*
http://www.swtor.com/swtor5/blog
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 150: Producer Stream and XV
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 150: Producer Stream and XV
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-150 talk about the most recent producer live stream, the DvL event in progress, and a bit on Chapter XV.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 151: Sema Makes a Healer Out Of Max
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-151 dive into details on setting up a Mercenary for healing, including abilities, utilities, heal types, cooldowns, etc.
STO
We’re still trying to find a home for a ship giveaway, so far no one’s responded, but if you want a NX Light Class Escort ship. This looks just like the ship in the Enterprise TV series. It unlocks the ability to use the NX prefix on all ship serial numbers to denote an experimental prototype. It even comes with the grappler console, which allows you to shoot a grappling hook onto an enemy ship
RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 07/17/2016:
1. The ‘Agents of Yesterday’ expansion released July 6, and introduced new retro starships, new missions and a new Captain Specialisation: Temporal Operative. Players can create brand new captains in the Original Series era and engage in a story that takes them through the 23rd century and beyond. Meet the original crew and admire Yeoman Rand’s awesome beehive hairdo. Also the new Kelvin Lockbox loot drop will introduce retro T2 thru T5 starships, new T6 starships, uniforms, retro weapons, consoles and loads of useful stuff. The website lists these and more surprises in exquisite detail. The ‘Agents of Yesterday’ expansion into the Kelvin Timeline will have an amazing cast of voice actors joining our captains on their adventure through this episodic content. Walter Koenig will be reprising his role as Chekov, and Chris Doohan will be filling in for his father by playing Montgomery “Scotty” Scott. Additionally, Chase Masterson will return and will be reprising her role as Admiral Leeta from the Mirror Universe, and Matt Winston will be making his Star Trek Online debut as Agent Daniels – originally seen on Sthe tar Trek: Enterprise TV series. Finally, Joseph Gatt playing the cyborg crewman 0718, a character from the new Star Trek movies also joins us on our first adventure into this universe.
2 The STO Summer Event on Risa will be ending July 21st. There is still time to do daily events to win prize vouchers for vanity pets, vintage beachwear, updated mini-powerboards, jetpacks, and much, much more. Also, be sure you collect the last of your prize vouchers for the Annual Summer Event Vorgon Xyfius Heavy Escort!
3. Two more Temporal Agent backstories, ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ and ‘Aftershocks’ were released on the website blog. They fill in important details of the Mirror Universe, Vorgon and Na’Kuhl involvement in upcoming gameplay. Read them now to be forewarned and prepared. They are both a great read. Also, sweet, new Temporal Agent T6 starships were added to both the Lobi Store and C-Store for this story arc as well.
4 Make AIE Classis Starbase Great Again! The AIE Classis’ Fleet Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers from all AIE fleet mates. Donations assist in building up the Fleet’s Starbase and other Fleet holdings to their full potential. Check out the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu.
5 A truly massive number of UI and player quality-of-life improvements and fixes, were released over the last 4 weeks as well. Players are encouraged to check out news, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc., at the Star Trek Online website .
And with, let’s get back with Sy and Gusty to talk about AIE in WOW and the upcoming Summer of Love!
GAME NEWS
Sy: Before we talk about why we’re here, Gusty, since this is the first time you’ve been on the show, I just want to point out that you are not an officer in AIE, just regular, normal guild member. I just wanna ask you a few questions. I know you have toons in multiple guilds. What’s your experience been like, joining AIE and playing with guild members? What’s the best thing you like about being part of AIE?
Gusty: I was invited (OK lured) to AIE by Lisky, who was the former tank in my former raid guild. I was a bit intimidated at joining a massive outfit like AIE, but it’s been a great fit! I’ve been raiding with two AIE teams as well as with my main’s guild, Lunacy. I love being able to easily find guildies for heroics, mythics, and various mischief. I also love the events that AIE does, to help members accomplish things they haven’t been able to complete on their own.
Sy: Well, we’re counting down the days to pre-patch for Legion. I think to start with, we should recap some of the best things we liked about Warlords. Personally, I liked the concept of the garrisons and shipyards. Yeah, they could have been better, but it was something new added to the game. Something optional. I really really hate to say this, but the Alliance garrisons are so much prettier than Horde. Another thing I liked was some of the new mechanics they came up with in boss fights in raiding, like the construct in Socrethar, and the craziness of the heroic Archy fight. Or even the pop tarts during Hanz and Franz. What did you think guys think about this last expansion?
Gusty: While I 100% agree the Alliance has better looking garrisons, the dirty, spiky Horde is my home. I’ll miss my followers such as Garona, Ken-Ken, Kristian Nairn and of course, Leeeroy Jenkins. The starting zone End quests were also glorious. Even after 10 alts, I still shout “Lok-Tar!” along with Ga’nar. I was disappointed though by how quickly many of the warlords, in Warlords, came and went. Orgrim, we hardly knew ye! Now though, I’m excited for the pre-expansion patch, especially the new transmog system. We are all about The Mog, right Sy? I also want to get a firm hold on my talent changes so I can be ready when Blizzard unlocks more content as we get closer to Legion’s August 30th launch. I’ll be rolling a gnome hunter and of course, a Demon Hunter. Does everybody know that you can get an early start on your Demon Hunter if you pre-purchase Legion?
Sy: Guess what else is coming up for AIE? Summer of Love. This year, Summer of Love will be held from August 1st to the 7th. On Tuesday, August 2nd, the whole AIE community will be observing our annual Remembrance Day, in honor of those of us that have fallen in real life. Each game division will have a place to meet with WoW meeting at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior in Northern Barrens. (Open discussion with everyone on the meaning of Remembrance Day)
Gusty: (Again ) It’s also time for another episode of Creamy Orange Otter Pop. Yep, that’s right. There will be COOP on Friday night during Summer of Love. Because we love our Alliance brethren and want to hug them and squeeze them … to death. Nothing says love like dancing on the bones of your enemies.
Sy: Saturday night, BRA and DoA raid teams are joining forces to host an old school raid night. We are inviting everyone in the guild, level 90+, to join us. We are going to be doing Siege of Orgrimmar raid on Heroic and doing all the raid achievements. This is a great way to finally get that Shammy only transmog set or to get the Reins of Galakras mount.
Gusty: (Again) This is where we need your help though. The officers aren’t the only people who can host events. We have plenty of other days during this week where we could have events, like costume contests, war games, and running of the beef. Maybe even an All Druid run of ICC? But we need you to step up and help. If you’re interested in hosting or helping with a guild event, please contact Syreyne (if possible include a Left Shark. She can never have enough). Or you can contact any other officer at officers@wow.aie-guild.org. This is your chance to give back to our community and have fun while doing it.
Sy: Like Gusty said, anyone can host a guild event. Just like anyone can submit an article to our website. Are you tired of seeing all the EVE posts? Well, write one about WoW and submit it. We want you guys to be more involved. So hop to it!!!
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Syreyne and Gustytail for joining us.
@SyreyneAIE
@ZeusMom2010
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including, well, possibly an Altitis segment from Mew! And, if you want to submit a segment, we would love to hear from you. A BIG shout out to Mewkow and Cybyl, who were kind enough to provide the news for most of the games this week! We love you guys!
Next time, we’ll be talking to Dux about Lord of the Rings online. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Greetings, guildies. It’s that time again. As we storm through the calendar towards Blizzcon, it is time to start sharing the details we have for the AIE guildhall at the Hilton this year.
Date/Time: The Guild Hall will be open at exactly 8:00 AM on Friday November 4th and Saturday November 5th and will be closing down when one of the persons in charge falls asleep from exhaustion (but most likely before midnight Sunday in a flurry of panicked cleaning and packing.)
Location: The Anaheim Convention Center Hilton, upstairs at the top of the escalator, then left. Look for signs.
How you can help: Either by volunteering (see Current Staff below), or by donating to our AIE Guildhall 2016 Fund Raiser(To be created).
Rules of the Hall
Communication
Blizzcon is a frenzy of activity. That is why we recommend that you use the guilds Meetup.com service to plan as many of events around Blizzcon as possible. Twitter is invaluable when trying to find out what is going on so please use the #AIEguild hash tag to let us know what cool things are going on.
Podcasters:
You are welcome to use the hall to record a show as long as you conform to the time schedule availability and must be confirmed by staff. Schedule availability is first come first served. Podcasters MUST provide their own equipment, be responsible for its security and set up and break down their own gear. A recommended donation to the Guild Hall of $40.00 to help cover costs of the guild hall is requested. In lieu of a donation, podcasters can also opt to work as volunteers at the Guild Hall.
Special thanks to Belthaz who donated to help make this year’s AIE Guild Hall happen.
Current staff listing: (In progress, will be updated. Speak up if you can help.)
Special Thanks:
We’ll be tracking those that help below.
]]>In addition, today also marks the launch of a summer event added to the game. The Dark vs. Light Event is similar to a Diablo season in that players need to roll new characters starting at level 1 and complete a series of achievements with only those characters to reach the various tiers of rewards. The first few achievement levels are relatively reasonable, but the Legendary level is quite hard core, and will have players rolling 8 new characters and doing some of everything in the game.
The AIE guild in SWTOR will be supporting our members in working through the event over the course of the next couple months. We’ll share our plans, levels of achievement, offers of assistance and requests for help. A couple weeks from now we expect to be arranging our Tuesday Mandatory Fun Night open guild nights around some of the event achievements as well.
Watch this forum thread for continued news, plans and progress: http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57182-dark-vs-light-event-plans/
As always, anyone interested in jumping back in or jumping in for the first time can find us on the Jedi Covenant server and can get to the officers for an invite though the “/cjoin aielfo” channel on either the Republic or the Imperial sides. No application necessary for the initial invite. Officers are also watching Twitter (#AIEGuild and @MaxTheGrey) and AIE Rocket Chat: https://aie.community/home
]]>Tetsemi: Rocketing into something new!
Mkallah: Are you ready for the Summer of Love?
Tetsemi: and the Dark VS the Light
Mkallah: We have RRF Captain Cybyl’s STO update
Tetsemi: and Mewkow to talk Final Fantasy XIV!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #256 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah! To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Mewkow who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy XIV. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Final Fantasy XIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Podcast Chat
With the switch to the new website, we realize, the IRC channel isn’t as easily accessible as it was. We’re going to be moving to something easier to access, that most, if not all, of our listeners should have access to.
Rocket.Chat – The nice thing is that you can access it through a browser, through an app for Windows, iOS, Android, Mac and you don’t have to create a new account. It uses your Umami log on and password. We’ll be testing this in between this podcast and the next one on July 3rd, so it’ll give folks plenty of time to get logged in and sort through any issues. If you do run into any issues, feel free to e-mail podcast@aie-guild.org or officers@aie-guild.org and we’ll help you out.
Let us know what you think and join us in the #podcast channel.
Community
Back in December 2014, Shimmeredge started a post in the community section for the forums asking a beautiful question- are you okay? A lot of our fellow guildies have been checking in from time to time to let AIE know what is going on and how they are doing. Please feel free to read updates, give hugs and accolades, and cheer each other on the thread, in game, on twitter, and everywhere else that AIE is represented.
WoW
The big news IN AIE is that Summer of Love is just over a month away. The festivities start Monday, August 1st and go through Sunday, August 7th. Right now, we have the Community Wide Remembrance Day on Tuesday, August 2th, COOP tentatively scheduled for Friday the 5th, and Old school raid night on Saturday the 6th, and Thugg’s AIE VS the Garrison boss event sometime in the week as well. We are also looking into a Luau and costume contest and there has been a request for War Games, even. If you have interest in hosting an event in WOW, message Syrene on the thread in the forums, in game, or on twitter at @SyreyneAIE. And Sy will be joining us on July 17th to talk all things Summer of Love!
Are you interested to see what the #Legion expansion is going to look like but don’t have beta access? Hop on the PTR which has the #Legion pre-event invasions and all the race, class, and mechanical changes, including a reduced camera zoom out distance that causing a bit of a stir on the official forums.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/20745744692?page=1#18
LOTRO
No update yet, but we should have DUX on in July to let us know what is going on with the citizens of MIddle Earth.
SWTOR
Are you new to SWTOR or haven’t completed the character stories on all 8 classes yet? Feel like doing a class story over again but choosing the opposite side? Well does SWTOR have an event for you. The Dark vs. Light Event. Create a new Level 1 character, on or after June 28th and start playing. The event rewards and objectives are built into six levels. As you complete each level’s objectives, you will earn amazing rewards including titles, mounts, armor sets, and Force-Bound Dark vs. Light packs. One special reward will help in progressing your journey through the event. The Victorious Pioneer’s Armor set will provide an amazing 50% Experience Boost when you are wearing the complete set! You will earn the set in three parts, from Legacy Level through Champion Level. Check later in this blog for all of the details on how to unlock the Victorious Pioneer’s Armor set.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20160623-0
Sounds like an amazing time, but what about all those veterans that have already completed their story lines and don’t feel like taking another character from level 1 on up? You have Chapter XV – The Gemini Deception coming out on June 30th to look forward to.
In this new chapter, prepare to lead your Alliance in the ultimate assault to land a fatal blow against the Eternal Empire. Alongside the mysterious and deadly Droid SCORPIO, the Outlander’s team must infiltrate a Zakuulan warship and face Arcann’s formidable force of elite soldiers. When the mission goes awry, the Outlander must find a way out of a deadly trap – only to be faced with the ultimate betrayal.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/press-release/20160608
STO
We have Captain Cybyl’s update for the week ending in June 26th, 2016
1. We have some surreal news to start out: A new ‘Kelvin Timeline’ was announced this week. Apparently the USS Kelvin accidentally encountered an anomaly left over from the immensely powerful Hobus supernova that destroyed the Romulan homeworld. The anomaly turns out to be a gateway between the Star Trek Prime Universe and the so called Star Trek JJ-Verse alternative timeline.
2. So, what does this mean? Glad you asked. Players will soon be able to move between the Classical Star Trek TV/Movie universe to the JJ Abrams-inspired ’Star Trek-into-Darkness’ timeline. This JJVerse timeline will be the basis of the upcoming CBS online-only series coming in 2017. Hopefully this will settle the controversy plaguing Trek fans as to which Universe is the most relevant. Players would be able to play both universes without feeling schizo. Who knew?
3. In other STO news, the upcoming ‘Agents of Yesterday’ story arc will be introducing several new retro starships, new beta missions and a new Captain Specialisation: Temporal Operative.
4. The STO Summer Event on Risa is still in full swing through July 21st. There is still time to do daily events to win prize vouchers for vanity pets, vintage beachwear, updated mini-powerboards, jetpacks, and much, much more. Also available is an opportunity to save up excess prize vouchers for the Annual Summer Event Starship: a Vorgon (NOT Vogon) Xyfius Heavy Escort! For a complete listing of prizes and starship stats please visit the Star Trek Online website.
5. For status of the AIE Classis’ Fleet Starbase, all fleet mates are encouraged to check out the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu. Contributions of materiel and personnel are always welcomed to assist in building up the Fleet’s Starbase and other Fleet holdings to their full potential.
6. Players are encouraged to check out news, patch release notes, information about the upcoming consol vesions, UI improvements, forums, commentary, and more at.
Don’t forget we’re looking for a good home for new Startship, Grebog has a code for a free NX Light Class Escort ship. This looks just like the ship in the Enterprise TV series. It unlocks the ability to use the NX prefix on all ship serial numbers to denote an experimental prototype. It even comes with the grappler console, which allwos you to shoot a grappling hook onto an enemy ship. Also, you can be a lieutenant and fly this ship, which for those who do not know is the rank you are when you get your first ship. It makes a great starter ship.
If you’re interested, either send an e-mail to podcast@aie-guild or hit us on Twitter @aiepodcast
GAME NEWS
FF14 podcast notes
Patch 3.3 – Revenge of the Horde (The Diablo patch?)
Continuing the Main Story Quest
New Raids
– Raid Finder added, requires attunement for each new raid released, allows for practice of phases.
– Weeping City of Mhach (Sky Pirates)
Moogle Beast Tribe
– This is another non-combat tribe, like the “birds” that had crafting and gathering quests
– Requires crafting class at level 50
New Dungeons
– Hullbreaker Isle (Hard)
– Sohr Khai
– Aquapolis (Treasure hunting dungeon)
Hildibrand returns
New PvP battlegrounds
– Fields of Glory (Shatter)
– Feast
Housing
– Pots for personal gardening
– Flowers can be vased for display
New Trials
– The Final Steps of Faith
– The Minstrel’s Ballad: Nidhogg’s Rage
(End of video section)
Quality of Life
– Better questing with icons
– Arrow markers for map exits
– Quests can be hidden from tracking
– Can save multiple HUD layouts
Prisms can be bought from NPCs now in addition to being crafted and sold by players
Idyllshire
– Now has proper buildings
– A Goblin NPC sells ilevel 145 gear
– A Goblin NPC can meld gear now(like enchanting)
– There are melders in other areas as well
Mount stuff
– Dragon barding for chocobo
– Dandelion puff mount
– Purple bird
– Alicorn
Recommended Gear button
Patch 3.35
Palace of the Dead (http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2016/4840.html)
– Solo or party of 4. Either are seperate progression.
– Independant progression system starts at level 1.
– Level and floor(every 10 floors) progress auto-save.
– Gear minimally affects, allowing groups of all levels to play together.
– Floor layouts are random generated.
– 50 levels to get through for now, but more planned.
Final Fantasy Fan Fest 2016
– Sold hour in hours (not the same horrible experience that Blizzcon is though)
Hatchling Earring available until July 6th(140k twitter followers) – http://sqex.to/bxF
Summer DLC sale at Amazon – http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/6d27fccfcd8bcde0a72be895222a9f85ecae2562
Recruiting Blurb
– Discuss recruit a friend
– Recruiter and recruitee get goodies
– Recruitee gets useful gear and leveling gear
– Recruiter gets a 2 seater mount and improved leveling gear to help them
– Free teleport to nearest Aetheryte of friend
– what AIE is doing
activity is up (content lulls elsewhere?)
Forum post for themed boost weekends
Crafting leveling
Discuss Icarus
– free founders codes to give out
– Early preview for guild starts June 29th
– Share blurb from community manager
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Mew for joining us.
@TheMewKow
Tetsemi: If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We normally record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific- though due to scheduling, we are looking to do a show next week!. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
Mkallah: And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…Wait, where are the segments? If you want to try your hand at creating a segment, contact us at @aiepodcast.
We should be back next week, hopefully talking to DUX about LOTRO. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #255 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Alludra:I think you are awesome To my left is Mkallah – (Hey, folks, there are strawberry shortcakes in the guild kitchen). And right over there cleaning up the mess, we have Tetsemi (According to my spreadsheet, ah nevermind, I’ll do it). This week we are joined by special guests Randy Deluxe AKA Maui who is here to talk to us about the Warcraft Movie! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Warcraft shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news..
AIE News
Community
The Warcraft movie came out this week- and we had a TON of Meetups to watch it, including one in Chicago, Phoenix, Chattanooga, LA, and of course Scott’s shindig in the Utah! If you want to schedule a meetup for a movie gathering, a guild dinner, or anything else, go to http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/
Keep an eye on the Imperium Ludi section of the forums! Mewcow has been posting beta keys for the Riders of Icarus, an Eastern style MMO made by Nexon.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57158-riders-of-icarus/
And, sadly, Archleon’s planned adventure of the Curse of Strahd at the Capitol Meeting Room in Madison, WI on June 26th has had to be canceled. if this is something that interests you, PM Archeleon on the forums or hit him up on twitter at @Lothmegal if this is something you would be interested in the future.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57115-curse-of-strahd/
WoW
AIE WOW- under new Managment! Or is it old management? Or is it Orange is the new black- oh, we don’t know! In any case, congrats to Randy Deluxe – aka Maui- aka our guest tonight- he has accepted to take over the reigns as the big kahuna of AIE WOW! And if you know Randy, you know he is the perfect fit- he has been involved with the guild from the beginning, has been our GM already, is still very active in the game, and is highly regarded in the community.
Congrats are in order for the Hearder of the Cats and the Craft Faire folks- and a fair few raid groups, Syreyne has been promoted to Praetorian! For those who don’t know, a Praetorian is a Senior Officer rank- a step up from the Centurion rank. Oh, and free to mail Sy a Left Shark as a celebratory gift!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57169-praetorian-promotion-syreyne/
A big thanks to Maui and Sy, may the refrigerator in the break room be filled with all of your favourite treats.
Due to a sadly low drop rate for the garrison boss summoning items., Thuggs has changed the date on the AIE Vs Garrison Boss event to coincide with the Summer of Love! See our forums for details, or whisper Thuggs in game (or on twitter at @Alecmazzar).
And reminder you can help by farming up the boss summoning items. These items have a chance to drop upon ANY completed garrison invasion regardless of any previous invasions done that week. They are INDEPENDENT of the bag of loot drops and you have a chance each and every time you complete an invasion. Everyone can help, regardless if they’ve done it before. And we will need that help, because we need at least 2-4 of every item.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57083-aie-vs-garrison-bosses-a-guildwide-event/
Speaking of Summer of Love, it is coming- sooner than you think! This year, the annual event of love and celebration runs August 1st to August 7th. Right now, the Community wide Remembrance day is Tuesday, August 2nd, Friday August 5th we have a COOP tentatively planed, and Saturday, August 6th we have Old School raid night! Please contact Sy in game, on the forums, or @SyreyneAIE on twitter if you want to host an event or find out how you can help!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57157-summer-of-love-is-coming-to-aie-august-1st-7th
Want to know more about Legion, the upcoming WoW Expansion? Well then head on over to MMO-Champion which has a summary and links to the Legion Summit interviews that were done the day after the red carpet movie premier in the US of the Warcraft movie.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5756-Legion-Summit-Dev-Interviews
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5758-Legion-Dev-Interviews-Movie-Update-The-Demons-Arrive-Tweets-Disc-Priest-Preview
One highlight, at least for Tetsemi, is that a feature similar to Lords of War is ready to go for Legion and folks at the Legion Summit already saw the first one and loved it.
Be warned, MMO-Champion did try and block out spoilers in their summary, but in the interviews all bets are off, so if you don’t want to be spoiled with story and lore, tread carefully.
EVE
Just a reminder, the EVE Vegas event on Friday, October 28th to Sunday, October 30th is a GO! Crazy Uncle Lanc and the Robot Stigg are gathering as many pilots of AIEU to converge on the celebration. Tickets are on sale now at http://vegas.eveonline.com/ And once you have your tickets, head over to the meetup site to let them know you are coming!
FFXIV
Patch 3.3 – Revenge of the Horde was released on June 7, 2016 – We’ll fill in details later, as this just links to a video.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/sp/special/3_3_Revenge_Of_The_Horde/
LOTRO
Hmm, there is some LOTRO talk on the forums! We do have officers on fairly regularly for invites and there is some chatter on getting the band back together and maybe some Epic Battles. It sounds like it may be the perfect time to take a trip into Middle earth.
SWTOR
Episode XIV – Mandalore’s Revenge has been released since our last podcast. In this story progression chapter of Knight’s of the Fallen Empire you get find out what Shae Vizla has been up to since you last saw here in the Shadows of Revan expansion and also what your former companion Torian has been doing as well. And make sure you keep an eye out for a very famous Mandalorian Clan, the Fett’s who make an appearance in the story.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20160603
Already played through Episode XIV and looking for more information about what’s coming in Episode XV? The Gemini Deception trailer is out and get’s you ready for the next story beat in Knight’s of the Fallen Empire coming June 30th.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/press-release/20160608
The producer’s letter for the month of June came out and Dulfy has a good write up on it as well as a link to the video on Youtube.
Max and Sema also cover the producer’s letter on the latest episode of The Escape Pod cast # 146 – The Producer’s stream. They have changed recording days to Tuesdays so feel free to join in the live chat room when they record
https://www.twitch.tv/newoverlords
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast/page-35#entry951270
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 06/12/2016:
1. HUUUUGE news of the forthcoming ‘Agents of Yesterday’ expansion: a July 6th release date! There have been many pre-release beta episodes to get players with beta server access a chance to get familiarised with. Starting July 6th, all of these episodes and many more shall be released for all players. More juicy details of these episodes and more are available on the Star Trek Online website <startrekonline.com>.
2. Another beta mission, (drumroll, please) ‘Vorgon Conclusions’, was released. This story is a continuation to the ongoing ’Yesterday’s War’ story arc. It is available to players with beta server access. Details are posted on the Star Trek Online website
3. It is that time of year again for the STO Summer Event: the annual Risa Lohlunat Festival will be starting June 9th and playing through July 21st. Do crazy daily events to win prize vouchers for vanity pets, vintage beachwear, updated mini-powerboards, jetpacks, and much, much more. Also available is an opportunity to save up excess prize vouchers for the Annual Summer Event Starship: a Vorgon (NOT Vogon) Xyfius Heavy Escort! For a complete listing of prizes and starship stats please visit the Star Trek Online website.
4. On the subject of the current Temporal Cold War story arc, a new back story was released, Thursday, June 9th, entitled “Army of Me’. It features a 31st century Ferengi temporal agent on a trip back in time to intercept a Na’Kuhl operative. A surprise plot twist ensues. This story is available for reading on the STO website
5. Star Trek Online has been releasing more details of the Xbox One and Playstation 4 console versions. No formal release date has been announced but our Ferengi operative says ’soon’. Technical details are available on the Star Trek Online website.
6. A sizable number of UI and player quality-of-life improvements and fixes, were released over the last two weeks as well. For a complete run down, I again direct you to the Star Trek Online website for details.
7. For status of the AIE Classis’ Fleet Starbase, all fleet mates are encouraged to check out the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu. Contributions of materiel and personnel are always welcomed to assist in building up the Fleet’s Starbase and other Fleet holdings to their full potential.
8. Players are encouraged to check out news, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc., at the Star Trek Online website <startrekonline.com>.
And with that, let’s get back to Randy and talk about Warcraft- the movie! Warning, there will be spoilers!
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank you guys for joining us on this my last show!
Yeah it’s true. The AIE podcast from this point on will be alludra-less. I have been here since episode 93 and I wouldn’t trade a single one of my 162 episode run for anything. YOU GUYS made the show awesome and I was thrilled to be a voice of the community.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic news – @huntsthewind
And please remember, the AIE podcast is always looking for new segments.
Cheers, next time, we’ll be talking to @Mewkow about AIE in FFXIV! So until then, AIE…
-this is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Ashayo
AIE Council
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Mkallah: Mandalore’s gets his Revenge
Tetsemi: STO updates abound
Alludra: Do not mess with AIE in land or space!
Mkallah: We have Crazy Uncle Lanc to talk to us about AIE in Eve
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #254 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Alludra: – (Hey, AIE, I think you’re awesome. And right over there messing things up, we have Mkallah: (There are raspberry chocolate cakes in the guild kitchen ). This week we are joined by special guest Lanctharus who is here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
The Warcraft Movie is quickly approaching and there is plenty of talk on the forums organizing meetups, plus one already scheduled in Colorado and one in Tennessee on meetup.com. Head over to the forums or to Meetup to plan a viewing of Warcraft with local guildies.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57077-meetups-for-the-warcraft-movie/
http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/events/229684068/
http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est/events/230449926/
Love AIE? Of course, who doesn’t? We are currently passing the hat around to help raise funds to offsets costs for chat servers, umami, forums, etc. You can help us by donating – there are links on the community website, AIE-guild.org and please feel free to contact us at fundraising@aie-guild.org if you have any questions. Also, we are in the processes of nailing down details for the guild hall at Blizzcon, information should become available in the next few weeks.
And a reminder, the AIEGC is looking for writers for the webpage- see wiki.aie-guild.org for submission guildlines.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/54051-aiegc-has-opened-the-doors-to-the-community-writers/
NOMADS
Tons of activity in BDO- including another guild declaring war on us last week, and then retracted it after an hour of fighting! Guys, AIE is a force not to be messed with in land or space!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57068-black-desert-online-guild-info/page-5/
WoW
A reminder, Thuggs is still looking for folks to run invasions to get the garrison boss invasion tokens for the Event which is tentatively scheduled on June 4th at 8pm server.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57083-aie-vs-garrison-bosses-a-guildwide-event/
Also, Legion Alpha has become Beta and Blizzard is sending out invite e-mails to join in, including folks that aren’t currently subscribed, so check your e-mail or the launcher and see if you’ve been invited.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/20099961?page=1#1/
If you didn’t get lucky on the initial invite wave, you can also check WoWHead out and try their contest for Beta Giveaway Codes – http://www.wowhead.com/news=252937/wowheads-legion-beta-key-giveaway-week-1&BRL
And for those of us manning the guild kitchen, the official World of Warcraft cookbook will be released on October 18, 2016. Revitalize your raid group with Azeroth’s most scrumptious treats. Featuring recipes for Horde and Alliance favorites such as Dirge’s Kickin’ Chimaerok Chops and fresh loaves of Mulgore Spice Bread.
GW2
Are you playing GW2 and interested in an AIE Guild Hall in game? There has been some recent activity headed by Disturbed0Angel on the forums to revive the initiative. If you want to help out or know more, head over to the forums and check out the thread Guild Hall Initiative.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56829-guild-hall-initiative-11142015-9pm-central/
SWTOR
This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-142 talk about the producer live stream and the details of Chapter XIII story. They also touch on other game and community news for the week from SWTOR in general.
Chapter XIV, Mandalore’s Revenge, is out on June 3rd and the teaser trailer is up on http://swtor.com/
The newest chapter in the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion gives the Outlander an opportunity to confront Emperor Arcann with an army of ruthless Mandalorian warriors. Enlist the help of the infamous bounty hunter Shae Vizla as you and your Alliance move to seize control of the most powerful armada in the galaxy – the Eternal Fleet. Prepare to brave the harsh desert world of Darvannis and survive its brutal enemy forces in a desperate attempt to save the galaxy from the Eternal Empire forever – and earn the loyalties of Shae Vizla and unyielding Mandalorian warriors!
Also a rugged new Subscriber Reward, the Eternal Empire Patroller vehicle will be awarded to subscribers.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/press-release/20160511/
STO
This fall, Star Trek Online will be launching simultaneously on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles. Our goal is to deliver the same high quality Star Trek experience to players on these consoles, with some additional upgrades to make the transition to the console space a smooth and natural experience.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57136-star-trek-online-coming-xbox-one-and-ps4/
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9956413/
Also, Mac OS X support has been dropped, however, Gramerog has been able to get it working with Wine on the Mac, if you have questions or want to know what they did, check out the forum post
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57130-mac-support-dropped/
AIE STO Contest
Grebot has given us a code for a free STO ship code for the NX Light Escort
Tweet to @AIEPodcast: tell us your favourite ship in any version of Star Trek and we will pick a winner at random.
GAME NEWS
So, we have been kinda busy in EVE.
Where should I begin?
I know! Let’s talk about back when AIEU was living in Fountain.
You see back in the day AIEU used to be part of TEST Alliance Please Ignore and all was good with the world.
We use to fight with this group called the CFC and they became the strongest group in the game and we were cool.
Until one day, the Fire Nation Attacked!
The CFC who has changed their name to The Imperium decided that we were no longer cool and kicked TEST from it’s home in Fountain.
We were kind of mad because Hoots had just started to run Planetary Interactions in our part of space.
So we went gypsy and wandered Faction Warfare and we decided to leave TEST and join this alliance called BRAVE.
And for a while things were cool. We were even able to find a new ancestral home land.
And then BRAVE blew up.
And we went gypsy once again and we decided to really check out a new alliance.
And we did, and this alliance used to be in the CFC and they were betrayed when the Fire nation… I mean the CFC kicked them out. Because they were independently minded and ask questions.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Lanc for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something! So until then, AIE…
-this is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast
Just how big are these famed citadel anyway? Take a tour of the Astrahus medium sized citadel to get a better understanding of the scope and size of these massive “cities in the heavens” and find out.
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Welcome to episode #253 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has Ben podcast. This is Alludra, and I think you’re awesome! To my left is Mkallah: – (hey, guys, there is an olive oil lemon cake and apple crumble bars in the guild kitchen, since I have been MIA). And right over there cleaning up the mess, we have Tetsemi (Even my spreadsheets have spreadsheets ). This week we are joined by special guests Ben the Mage who is here to talk to us about WOW and anything else that comes to mind! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be taking with Ben shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Have you ever thought about being a writer, or ever wondered how to have an article posted on our website? Well, wonder no more.
The AIEGC has decided to open the flood gates and let the general membership submit articles for the community website. To help moderate the flow and content of information, the AIEGC has also established a new editorial staff to review the articles coming in. We have a great write up on the AIE wiki with information on our policies for your submitted articles.
http://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=The_AIEGC_Website
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/54051-aiegc-has-opened-the-doors-to-the-community-writers
Keltian has started a discussion around Blizzcon 2016 on the forums, asking who’s going and how their experience with Universe was for trying to get tickets.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57120-whos-going-to-blizzcon
Looking to meet folks in real life and seeing what activities the guild has planned? Make sure you check out the guild group on Meetup.com
http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est
http://www.meetup.com/find/?events=true&radius=Infinity&eventFilter=my
NOMADS
WoW
Speaking of events, how about several in game events? Thuggs is looking for folks to help out with Garrison invasions, with the purpose of collecting the Garrison boss tokens so he can hold a Garrison Boss Beat Down. Tenative date is June 4th at 8 pm Server, so we need folks to get invaded and collect the albeit rare Garrison Boss tokens. All info is in Thugg’s post on the forums.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57083-aie-vs-garrison-bosses-a-guildwide-event
Are you an engineer? Do you know how to build the Geosynchronus World Spinner and/or the Depleted-Kyparium Rocket? If you have the recipes and the mats, Fracta would rather pay a guildie for the items, please check out the forum thread below and contact Fracta in game to make sure it’s not already been fulfilled by our awesome guildies.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57119-gold-to-a-guildy
EVE
AIE and our new alliance Blades of Grass successfully attacked and conquered one of the most prized areas in New Eden, 2GTHR in Branch. AIE and its allies have joined forces with the Money Badger Coaltion to attack and destroy The Imperium and its allies.
CCP Games released the latest expansion cinematic trailer during the EVE Fanfest keynote presentation featuring the new ability for players to build “castles in space” called Citadels. These citadels can be built anywhere in space and will be completely player built and controlled. In addition a new capital size “Force Auxiliary” ships will be made available for large ship field support. The most important feature of the new citadel structures is that they will be 100% destructible, forcing players to defend their castles from enemy attack.
EVE Online Citadel expansion and new features videos released at Fanfest
FFXIV
Still love your Chocobo? Been wanting to take a look at upcoming content for FFXIV? Captain Placeholder put up a forum post about the recent Q&A panel at Pax East about the new “Palace of the Dead” It’s a “deep dungeon” that starts you off at level 1 and will get new levels added to it in future updates. You can play solo or in groups and ‘save’ on floors where you will respawn if you die.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57121-patch-335-palace-of-the-dead
SWTOR
Max, Sema and EPC140 go over the Producer’s Letter from Ben Irving in depth on Escape Podcast 140, available
https://www.twitch.tv/newoverlords and where ever fine podcasts are posted.
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8905159#edit8905159
In celebration of May the Fourth (Force), SWTOR has released Chapter 1 of the Knights of the Fallen Empire for free until May 30th as a trial to get your feet wet in the new Knight of the Fallen Empire storyline. This includes a free level 60 character so you can confront the Eternal Emperor and save the galaxy!
http://www.swtor.com/may-the-fourth
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s synopsis of the Star Trek Online News for week ending 05/01/2016:
It’s the 3rd week of Season 11.5 with the 3rd round of rewards for playing the Featured Episode ’Temporal Front’. Complete the episode to complete your personal Na’kuhl Temporal Operative ground combat armor and weapon set.
There is an ongoing 15%-off Zen sale from April 28th, 2016 till May 2nd, 2016. Captains will earn an extra 15% bonus Zen in addition to the sale prices
Now what to do with all that newly-purchased Zen? Why not take advantage of the simultaneous 20%-off Starship sale! Have you been eying that new, T6 Dreadnaught, Attack ship or Science carrier? Now is the perfect time to buy it!
But that’s not all: a Tech Upgrade Weekend! Still striving to get the greatest performance out of your equipment? Now is the time to act! This weekend will be the perfect time to apply Tech Upgrades to your gear, as all Technology Points earned from each one applied will be DOUBLED!
Another Temporal Front back story was released. It was a well-written, third-person account of a lecture to students of Temporal Mechanics in a 29th century Academy classroom with an unexpected turn of events.. The lecture documents a nicely simplified description of time streams and disruptions. Also, an inquisitive student makes a startling discovery during his time stream homework session! You have to read it to believe it!
Lastly, a number of UI and player quality-of-life improvements, too numerous to mention, were released as well. For a complete list of these as well as the entire Season 11.5 scenario listings, please visit the Star Trek Online website .
For status of the AIE Classis’ Fleet Starbase, all fleet mates are encouraged to check in on the fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu. Contributions of materiel and personnel are always requested to assist in building up the base and fleet holdings to their full potential.
Further news, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc. are always available at . Players are encouraged to check in regularly.
Imperium Lodi/Nomads
Looking for early access beta keys to try out Overwatch in Open Beta? Folks that have pre-ordered the game are receiving their early access keys and a key for a friend. AIE Guildies have been posting in the forum thread their keys and discussing when/if a clan system gets into the game.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56833-overwatch-and-aie
If you are into Mobile games, Nash is looking to see if anyone is playing Star Wars – Galaxy of Heroes.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57106-anyone-playing-star-wars-galaxy-of-heroes/
Apolas has started a discussion around Season 6 of Diablo III. We have a community Alea Iact Est and several Clans in the game as well. Join in the discussion on the forums and/or find us in game.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57123-diablo-3-season-6/
And with that, let’s get back to Ben and find out what’s going on!..
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Ben for joining us.
Ben, where can people find you?
@BenTheMage
@BattlePetsshow
@AzerothRT
@Geektopiashow
http://www.youtube.com/BenBumhoffer
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuUt9C93Zuf8b6Scep_YUOA
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
AIE Raid Wrapup – @TheMewKow
Altitis – @TheMewKow
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Join us in two weeks- we’ll be talking to someone about something! . So until then, AIE…
This has been Alludra
This has been Mkallah
This has been Tetsemi
And this has been the AIE podcast
WoW raids
Mythic
Just Blame The Healers currently 5 bosses into Mythic HellFire Citadel with their kills of Kormrok, the Council, and Kilrogg.
Better Late Than Never began their march into Mythic on April 14th, quickly taking down Hellfire Assault that night. They continued the breach on April 21st by taking out Iron Reaver.
Heroic
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades killed Archimonde on April 28th, finally earning the coveted flying Moose. Keep a look out for migrating Meese. Moosen? Just dodge the hooves and antlers.
Filthy Casuals are now 11 of 13 having skipped the line and taken out Mannaroth on Feb 23rd, returning to remove Zakuun on April 12th, and Socrethar on April 19th.
Witty & Sophisticated downed Xhul’Horac making them 9 of 13 as of April 17th.
DoA killed Heroic Zakuun on April 9th, putting them at 8 of 13.
Kiddie Aggro, Who Pulled That, and Cereal Killers are still working on their progression in Heroic.
Normal
Ooka Hozen Style has bested Mannaroth as of March 3rd bringing them to 12 of 13.
FERT is 12 of 13 and is currently working on Archimonde, having taken down Mannaroth on April 10th.
Ready Check is still working on their Normal progression.
Special Mention
Recruiting
The Old School raid team is recruiting. If you too want to focus on the challenge of raid achievements, inquire to Sokotep or post in the forums for details.
We have a number of other teams recruiting for current raid content as well. You can find out more in the AIE raid team progression forum thread.
Wrap-up Wrap-up
And that wraps up the AIE Raid Wrap-up.
If you’d like your raid team featured on the AIE raid wrap-up, including any non-WoW games, send those details to me, Mewkow.
Also, HUGE thanks to Aarde for coordinating the Raid Team Schedules and Progression forum post, and making it far easier to put this all together.
Keep raiding, AIE.
Curious about the background track?
The song is the title song from the Nameless: Hacker RPG by Boxcat games. It is Creative Commons licensed.
]]>The Nomads’ community server has been upgraded to the new version.
]]>The publisher has already pushed out multiple updates to the game to continue to port expansion content from the source. The Mediah expansion opened up another 1/3 of the land mass and the recent Maehwa & Musa expansion added two new blade wielding classes to the game.
In-game guild space is limited due to the game mechanics but anyone should feel free to jump in on the Orwen server (any channel) and can certainly catch up with the BDO crew nightly in Mumble.
]]>It’s like the 80’s never went away.
Permaband, this child of the greatest generation salutes you!
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]]>CCP Games released the latest expansion cinematic trailer during the EVE Fanfest keynote presentation featuring the new ability for players to build “castles in space” called Citadels. These citadels can be built anywhere in space and will be completely player built and controlled. In addition a new capital size “Force Auxiliary” ships will be made available for large ship field support. The most important feature of the new citadel structures is that they will be 100% destructible, forcing players to defend their castles from enemy attack.
The new structures will also be able to defend themselves from both sub capital and capital ship attacks and will allow players to fully customize the available services which they offer their friends and allies.
In addition new industrial array structures have been announced to help aspiring industrialist build upon their financial empire.
We will keep you up to date in regards to the latest EVE Online news coming out of Fanfest.
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Alea Iacta Est Universal and it’s alliance Blades of Grass have been successful in attacking and conquering one of the most prized areas of space in New Eden.
It has been a hard fought war and AIEU’s and it’s alliance have still much to do along with the entirety of the Money Badger Coalition, the mega coalition that has formed to attack and destroy The Imperium and it’s allies. AIEU has been fielding fleets of the deadly Cerberus heavy assault cruisers to great
effect and have now completed the important job of securing sovereignty over the region and cement it’s foothold in it’s new home.
Interested in joining the fight and helping AIEU in protecting it’s new homeland? Click on this link for a trial account and search for Alea Iacta Est Universal (corp ticker AIEU) in game and make sure you apply using UMAMI.
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Welcome to episode #252 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Alludra: – (catch phrase here). Mkallah is off working at a friend’s theatre this evening, hope the patron’s are in a good mood tonight. This week we are going to cover the AIE Community and News
Ok, we’ll be digging into this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
The Phoenix group is getting together on April 23rd, to raid Chino Banditos and meet with some folks traveling through Phoenix, come join us if you’re in town.
And Warcraft movie meetups are already being planned, Lanctharus has started one for June 10th in Pasadena, CA.
Don’t forget to check the forums and http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est for community meetups that are happening nearby or to plan your own!
Donations
Also, would you like to help defray the costs of running the guild, web hosting, etc? We have a donation page up on https://www.payit2.com/fundraiser/76565
Every little bit helps.
NOMADS
Black Desert Online – We do have a presence in BDO, however the current guild cap is 40 characters. If you’d like to join up and hangout with the AIE folks, check out the forum post for more information
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57068-black-desert-online-guild-info
The Division – Are you playing The Division and want to hang out with AIE folks while exploring the Dark Zone? Take a look at the forum thread for more information
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57017-the-division
D&D Local Meetup
And if you’re local to Madison, WI. Archleon is looking to put together an all day D&D playthrough of the newly release and updated Curse of Strahd adventure.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57115-curse-of-strahd
WoW
Blizzcon – Dates have been announced, November 4 and 5 in the Anaheim Convention Center. Tickets go on sale April 20th
https://blizzcon.com/en-us/news/20089731/blizzcon-2016-ticket-purchasing-guide
AIE Guild Hall plans are in the planning stage, if you want to help out be sure to let us know on the forums or you can e-mail officers@aie-guild.org
EVE
Has the new galactic civil war peaked your interest in Eve? Just want to read the news and follow along? Take a look at the latest information posted by Lanctharus on the news feed of the guild page.
https://aie-guild.org/the-scope-conflict-continues-as-mbc-advance-on-the-north
SWTOR
Chapter 12 – Visions in the Dark released on April 7th and continues the story with Emperor Valkorion. Also added are a new mission for a new follower on the Alliance side, new PvP challenges with a new Proving Ground and a new 4v4 Arena, and of course, a new Cartel Market Pack.
New Alliance Mission – Rumors of a Sith artifact lead you to Yavin, where you discover the ancient Dashade warrior, Ak’ghal Usar, who you can recruit as your Companion. Free from captivity, Ak’ghal seeks vengeance against the captors who’ve nearly eliminated his species.
New PvP Challenges – Prepare for the fight against the Eternal Empire in the newest 8v8 Odessen Proving Grounds or fight to the death in the new 4v4 Rishi Cove Arena.
New “Visionary” Cartel Market Pack – Inspired by the latest chapter, the new “Visionary” Cartel Pack offers players the opportunity to get unique Jedi-inspired items, including Grand Master Satele Shan’s gear, new Acklay creature mount, and more.
http://www.swtor.com/info/news/press-release/20160407
Also, don’t forget The Escape Pod Cast, the latest episode #138 is up on the feed – http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-138-livestream-and-chapter-xii and covers Chapter 12 (wth spoilers at the very end of the show, clearly called out before hand).
If you’re looking to create Legacy gear that can be used for each Role and shared between characters, take a look at the post by JJ18 on the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57109-easy-way-to-create-a-set-of-legacy-gear-for-each-role
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s synopsis of the Star Trek Online News for week ending 04/17/2016:
1. Season 11.5 dropped on Star Trek Online players on Tuesday, April 12th with in a blaze of glory! Skill tree revamp, Romulan admiralty missions, a new Strategist space specialisation were added per prior announcements.
2. However a number of unexpected surprises were added: free giveaways of starships, admiralty ship cards, specialization points, Na’kuhl lockbox loot drops with a chance of an awesome Na’kuhl timeship or improved crafting materials packages, new uniforms and other gear.
3. One significant surprise was the addition of a long requested feature from Captains who wanted greater control over the appearance of their ship: starship visual slots. Now STO players now have transmog options for their starships!
4. Na’kuhl Red Alerts were added to the game based on PvE queues rather than the free-for-all model of existing Borg, Klingon, Tholian, etc., Red Alerts. They are a huge, fun improvement with more rewards than the older Red Alerts. Gotta love ’em!
Tetsemi –
5. The new Featured episode, Temporal Front, is an action-packed time-travel, search-and-destroy effort to eliminate Na’kuhl time agents from changing the time stream. Their evil goal is to to eliminate the Federation and it’s allies from existance. Several short stories were released prior to this mission to supply back story and to prepare players for this epic task.
6. Lastly, a number of UI and player quality-of-life improvements, too numerous to mention, were released as well. For a complete list of these as well as the entire Season 11.5 scenario listings, please visit the Star Trek Online website .
7. For status of the AIE Classis Fleet Starbase, fleet mates are encouraged to check in on the fleet holdings tab in the in-game menu. Contributions of materiel and personnel are always requested to assist in building up the base and fleet holdings to their full potential.
8. Further news, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc. are always available at . Players are encouraged to check in regularly.
RRF Captain Cybyl
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind
Altitis – @TheMewKow
In two weeks we’ll be talking to someone in some game. So until then, AIE…
This is Tetsemi
This is Alludra
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
]]>The drums of war continue to beat. Will The Imperium be destroyed? Will the Money Badgers Coalition be able to continue the onslaught?
Join the corp and find out!
Click on the corp logo for a trial buddy account and once in game search for Alea Iacta Est Universal [AIEU].
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]]>The conflict has really been heating up with constant fleets facing off.
If you are interested in trying EVE Online and getting into the action click here for a trial account and search for AIEU.
]]>The latest Great War has begun and you can join Alea Iacta Est Universal, AIE’s corporation in EVE Online and lend your effort in the war.
Click on this link to get a trial account and find out what the latest conflict is all about.
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Welcome to episode #251 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Alludra: – (Hey, AIE, I think you’re awesome). And right over there cleaning up the mess, we have Tetsemi: (I decided that a Galaxy Far, Far away needed Spreadsheets ). This week we are joined by special guests Max and Sema who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
It’s never too early to plan a meetup and Mkallah has started a thread in the Community section discussing Meetups for the Warcraft Movie. I know the Phoenix contingent will be getting together for this (something about reserved seats, etc etc) and may tie in a dinner before or after depending on the schedule.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57077-meetups-for-the-warcraft-movie
Also, speaking of stuff outside of games, join us in Rocket Chat for that Greenwall experience outside of games. http://aie.community Use your Umami log on and password to log in. There is a Windows, iOS, and Android app, so you can get to it where you want it.
Imperium Ludi
Black Desert Online (BDO) BlackDesertOnline.com has launched and Lord Senile has posted a thread about the Guild Info. Right now the guild has a very low starting cap on members and the folks that are in are working hard to raise that member cap, so please bear with us while they work on it. In the meantime, if you are playing, please add Dethode to your friends list.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57068-black-desert-online-guild-info
It’s a beautiful fantasy-based MMO with a big learning curve — feels like an old school MMO. Has been up in Korea for 2-3 years.
Action-based combat
Classes
Warrior, Ranger, Berserker, Valkyrie
Sorceress, Wizard, Witch
Coming: Blader, Plum
Some fun features:
Auto run/path to objective, NPC searcher
Quests to make your way in the world—killing mobs to level (mostly)
Fishing is the early money maker
Lots to the game:
Crafting/trading/gathering
Knowledge? Seems like gossip.
You have many alts, and many workers and a network of “nodes”
Dethode’s workers are everywhere.
Dulfy.net already has some guides
NOMADS
WoW
The blizzard pet battle team has decided that epic pet battle stones are not to be a thing! Great news for pet battlers as we will not have to farm up 700+ stones! Yay!
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/20742364802?page=20#398
The latest 6.2.3 hotfixes are out and they are all about pvp changes, with ability rebalances and some minor asharan bug fixes.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19996976/patch-623-hotfixes-february-2-march-3-3-3-2016
FFXIV
Neopheonix is looking for raiders for Alexander, the newest final fantasy raid, on tuesdays from 6-8 pst. If you are interested, let him know on the forums, in game, or just drop in! They are going to be in mumble and the invite is wide open.
Jasmine wanted everyone to know how up to date our housing decor is! Anais is really on the ball when it comes to keeping things up with the current events/seasons. We just got a really neat music player in the house that lets us set what music folks hear when they’re inside.
SWTOR
We’ll discuss SWTOR more in the Game News section, but we did want to highlight that Tetsemi and a few others have created spreadsheets to help you track your crew skills. At first glance, crew skills may not seem like a focus, but trust me, having some crafted gear while leveling as well as a sense of advancement helps round out your character. It’s something SWTOR does very well and helps enhance your play through the game.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57072-crew-skills-spreadsheet
Also Escape Pod Cast episode #132 is up on the feed. Max and Sema discuss all things 4.3 on the Public Test Server (PTS).
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast/page-33#entry949160
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s synopsis of the Star Trek Online News for week ending 03/06/2016:
1. Season 11.5 which will be released very soon, shall not only include the new skill tree, but also a Romulan Admiralty Campaign. Yes, Romulan players will get equal Admiralty love along with their Federation and Klingon allies. Among the rewards this new campaign brings are fabulous tech upgrades and an epic-quality Romulan Admiralty ship.
2. Starting Thursday, March 3th until, Monday, March 7th, all Duty Officer packs will be available for purchase in the C-Store for 20% off. This is a perfect chance to fill your roster and replace those expendable redshirts. But thats not all:
3. Starting Thursday, March 3th until, Thursday, March 24th, all Delta Alliance Duty Officer packs purchased from the C-Store will be put into your inventory as usual, but here’s the deal:
3a. Upon opening the pack, it shall contain 10 Lobi crystals or a Tier 6 Krenim Annorax Science Dreadnaught, in addition to the Duty Officers! This is one fine ship! Other bonus items available are also available. See the Star Trek Online website for details.
4. The ‘Into the Breach’ Event queue has been updated and reintroduced in the PvE event queues. This pits you and your fleet mates against a hostile Voth City Ship for reputation marks.
4a. Now here’s THIS deal: starting Thursday, March 3rd until, Thursday, March 24th, Captains between levels 50 – 60 can queue up for the 5-Captain ‘Into the Breach’ Event to defeat the evil Voth City Ship and earn one Voth Operative Transmission every 20 hours. Collecting 14 VOTs will be rewarded 50,000 dilithium ore, 500 fleet marks, 250 reputation marks of your choice and a T6 Voth Admiralty Ship Card. See the Star Trek Online website for details for even more exciting bonuses for this event.
5. The Galactic Development Campaign has ended by players completing all 3 tiers.. Until Thursday, March 10th, all players shall be getting 150% bonuses for ALL types of skill sets.
6. For status of the AIE Classis Fleet Starbase, fleet mates are encouraged to check in on the fleet holdings tab in the in-game menu. Contributions of materiel and personnel are always requested to assist in building up the base to it’s full potential.
7. Further news, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc. are always available at . Players are encouraged to check in regularly.
And thanks to RRF Captain Cybyl for the STO updates!
And with that, let’s get back to Max and Sema and find out what’s going on in SWTOR …
GAME NEWS
State of the Game
Story saga so far:
Forged Alliances -> Shadow of Revan Story Complete ->
Ziost -> Knights of the Fallen Empire
Chapter Content – game changer
Chapter 11-16
Description of chapter release cycle, how that works, etc.
Companions
Alliance
Eternal Championship
etc.
(downside… subscription but one-shot works, no new ops so far)
New Warzone(s)
PTS – king of the hill
Cartel Market
Toys, pets, decorations (strongholds), outfits (outfit manager)
State of the Guild
Guild events
Conquest
Weekly goals, bonuses, one time vs. repeatable
Personal target, guild target, rewards
Tuesday – MFN
Weekend – GSF
Ops teams
Monday – SOL – republic team
Wednesday – SUP – imp team
Thursday – LOL – imp team
Friday – new Imp team… 8pm central
How to join – Jedi Covenant, /cjoin aielfo, cheap server transfers (90 coins)
More guild news feeds – forums, twitter (#AIEGuild #SWTOR), streaming, podcast, etc.
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@MaxTheGrey
@AIESema
@ralffie
Alludra: If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
Tetsemi: Both @Mewkow and @HuntsTheWind were away on assignment so no new member segments this week. But remember, we LOVE new member segments.
In two weeks we’ll be talking to Someone about something! we can guarantee it’s AIE related tho. So until then, AIE…
-this is Tetsemi
– This is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Tetsemi: – Welcome to episode #250 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah – (there is mocha java cake in the guild kitchen). Alludra is off trying to catch them all. This week we are joined by special guests Turboaddiction and Lanctharus who is here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
NOMADS
Black Desert Online, a sandbox MMORPG (Korean), is a buy to play (think GW2) game that folks are starting to take interest in. Lord Senile has started a thread in the Imperium Ludi section of the forums with discussion about how to join the guild when it’s possible/created and what’s going on in game.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57068-black-desert-online-guild-info
The Division, a Tom Clancy multiplayer shooter is also on people’s minds. Rockdwg has started a discussion of the open beta weekends and folks are talking. See the forum thread to join in the discussion
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57017-the-division
WoW
Waterstrider gate has come and…gone. The blizzard dev team announced that they were going to restrict water striders to specific expansions. Within 48 hours they had backed it off to pre-Legion content only, and then reverted the whole change, waved their hands in the air like they didn’t care, and put the whole thing to rest. Long Live Waterstrider Gate.
Warlords have buckets, who knew? Oh wait, no, it’s a Warlords of Draenor Bucket List discussion on the forums. We still got a few months left on the expansion and folks are making list of things to do before the expansion is over. Join in the discussion
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56631-warlords-of-draenor-bucket-list
FFXIV
Kelseeer wanted the community to know that Patch 3.2 (Gears of Change) is out. A handpicked selection of changes were highlighted such as
Void Ark loot restrictions have been completely lifted, including the fact you can get extra Mhachi farthings.
New bard casting animation
Tanks use VIT instead of STR now for damage. MAKE SURE TO RESPEC IF YOU SPECCED FOR STRENGTH.
The Soul of the Crafter gives a pretty substantial bonus to craftsmanship and control.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57057-patch-32-gears-of-change-is-out
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/c755d756aece79cc9707f5444ad0980ac2b5a39c
And Sashi has been busy decorating the guild house. There is a girl’s day event and she’s used the platform you would typically display dolls on to show off all the plushies the guild has accumlated so far. Screenshot in the forum thread
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56817-special-event-housing-decor-%E2%99%A5/page-2
Keep up the great work Sashi!
SWTOR
Are you just re-starting your SWTOR experience or have you just finished up Chapter X of Knights of the Fallen Empire and can’t wait for Chapter XI coming in March? Either way, there’s a ton to do in game and activity has been picking up with the guild.
Episode 131 of the Escape Podcast Cast is out and Max and Sema talk about patch 4.1 and how to profit from Crew Missions, what you should be running, what you shouldn’t and why. It’s a very good listen and really helps focus where your crafting should be headed if you’re into optimizing your crafting experience.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast/page-33#entry948936
Have you always wanted to be a fighter pilot? I know Mkallah has, we guess what? You can! All of the character classes have access to missions involving piloting ships and Jonathan Lefebvre has started a thread in the forums for a fun PvP style night with ships Galactic Star Fighter night is aimed for March 12th and there’s a discussion in the forums.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57064-gsf-night
Are you a free to play player and want to get the most out of your cartel coins? Well Old Man Franks does and he started a thread on the forums to get the ball rolling. Max did some analysis when this first came out and it contains a lot of good info.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57067-best-cm-things-to-buy-when-youre-leveling-with-a-new-player
And a quick congrats to Kakarotok for getting a new weekend Ops team off the ground and running.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56968-weekend-ops-team
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s synopsis of the Star Trek Online News for week ending 02/27/2016:
1. The big news item is that Star Trek Online’s player skill tree is being completely redesigned. Players are being asked to test the new skill tree on the Tribble beta test server. This skill tree overhaul is quite the controversy in the STO forums. It is similar to the WoW’s new revamped talent tree.
2. Star Trek Online’s 6th Anniversary is continuing with the release of new Federation, Klingon and Romulan Dreadnaught Flagships. There are 3 variants of the Dreadnaughts for each faction: tactical, science and engineering. They are available in the C-Store singly or in discounted bundles.
2. Omega particles strewn about the galaxy have been continued along with a mini game to collect them for awesome R&D crafting materials for your upgrades
3. The Featured Episode, ’Time and Tide’, which carries the ’Year of Hell’ temporal warfare to the next level, is now only available to level 60 players. A next Featured Episode in this story arc is expected to be released soon.
4. New stories have been released for reading on the STO website featuring the Na’kuhl preparing for temporal cold war vengeance against the Federation and it’s allies, blaming them for supposedly destroying their sun with a stolen experimental device. Based on these stories, it sounds like the new Featured Episode will be a good one.
5. The Macintosh STO client was abandoned earlier this month allowing subscription refunds for those players who do not adopt the PC version. If the player DOES continue play with a PC client, their account will be available for a seamless transition. This reporter used Bootcamp (part of the Mac OS) to install Windows on her iMac to continue uninterrupted play.
6. The Galactic Development Campaign has enjoyed some early success in the rebuilding after the devastating years of the Iconian War. Starting February 25th until March 3rd, all captains who log in can aid the effort by completing PvE queues and Fleet actions. Based on contributions made by ALL participants, a Bonus Experience Week will be unlocked the following week with 50%, 100% or 150% bonuses for ALL types of skill sets.
7. This and further news, patch release notes, forums, commentary, etc. are always available at . Players are encouraged to check in frequently.
Thanks to RRF Captain Cybyl for the updates
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57059-skill-revamp-coming
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9797693-star-trek-online%3A-skill-system-revamp
And with that, let’s get back to Turbo and Lanc and find out what’s going on in EVE
GAME NEWS
EVE
I Can see FOREVER!
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/grid-sizes-you
As part of the prepping for the upcoming Citadels grid sizes have changed.
http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/68671/1/xl_citadel_vegas.jpg
Really big news or at least really big things in space
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/the-first-citadels-help-upwell-consortium-build-the-world-of-tomorrow
Citadels are awesome and we have tested them.
Caving your brain out to sell for isk or powerleveling at the cost of your wallet.
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/skill-trading-in-new-eden
http://eveboard.com/pilot/IronBank 28,000$ or 1.7trillion isk for max in all things except a full wallet and possiblely the skill to know how to use everything.
The Return of FAKE Space Congress
CSMXI voting is about to start. 53 confirmed candidates and we grill them on their platforms.
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/csm11-elections
The end is nigh! Sorry XP
http://community.eveonline.com/news/news-channels/eve-online-news/changes-to-os-minimum-requirements
I’m not entirely sure who was still playing eve on XP but it’s going away and probably for the best older EvE plays are not known for being accepting of change.
Come join us in eve!
AIE in EvE no matter what you think or have heard is just normal AIE like any other game, just in eve. We have all the same rules and expectations of any of the other divisions we just play a game that has darker corners than most. So come join the fun we can make sure you have something to do whether you are hours old or years.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Turbo and Lanc for joining us.
@Lanctharus
@Turboaddiction
http://capstable.net
http://csmwatch.com
http://fr.capstable.net/
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis (@Mewkow)
Over Dramatic News (@HuntsTheWind)
Next week we’ll be talking to Max and hopefully Sema in SWTOR So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
WoW raids
Mythic
Did you know that we have a raid team on Mythic progression? Just Blame The Healers completed their Heroic progression on December 1st 2015, bringing down Archimonde. They are now 2 bosses into Mythic HellFire Citadel as of Jan 30th with their Iron Reaver kill.
Heroic
Kiddie Aggro has also finished their Heroic progression on January 19th 2016 with their downing of Archimonde.
Better Late Than Never defeated Archimonde on Jan 28th 2016, making them third in the AIE progression race, and this keeps them true to the name.
Who Pulled That killed Tyrant, making them 11 of 13 on Feb 3rd 2016
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades killed both Socrethar and Tyrant on Jan 18thr, making them 9 of 13.
Cereal Killers has recently downed Iskar and the Fel Lord Zakuun making them 8 of 13 as of January 8th.
Witty & Sophisticated downed H Iskar making them 8 0f 13 as of Jan 24th.
Filthy Casuals are now 7 of 13 having bested Iskar on January 6th.
DoA killed Heroic Gorefiend on Feb 6th, putting them at 6 of 13.
Normal
FERT, AKA Flex Encounter Raid Team is 11 of 13 in normal and is currently working on Mannoroth as of this recording.
Ooka Hozen Style has hozed Tyrant as of Feb 4th bringing them to 10 of 13.
Ready Check is 4 of 13 as of this recording, having recently resumed raiding.
Special Mention
The Old School Raid Team has recently finished their Mist of Pandaria raid achievement challenge, and moved on to be not so old school by taking on and completing the Highmaul list. They are now working on Blackrock Foundry.
Recruiting
Speaking of the Old School raid team, they are recruiting. If you too want to focus on the challenge of raid achievements, inquire to Sokotep or post in the forums for details.
Ooka Hozen Style is recruiting for current raid content.
Joining them in recruiting is Witty & Sophisticated and Horseshoes & Handgrenades.
We also have some brand new teams recruiting. Double Gold and Bonus Rolls For the Win are actively recruiting in the forums.
Wrap-up Wrap-up
And that wraps up the AIE raid wrap-up.
If you’d like your raid team featured on the AIE raid wrap-up, including any non-WoW games, send those details to me, Mewkow.
Also, HUGE thanks to Aarde for coordinating the Raid Team Schedules and Progression forum post, and making it far easier to put this all together.
Keep raiding, AIE.
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Mkallah: – Welcome to episode #249 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi – (Gotta catch them all). Alludra is out this evening, spending her Valentines Day with her wonderful husband and sons. This week we are joined by special guests Allanya and Nevermore who are here to talk to us the Anniversary Weekend Celebration for AIE in WOW. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Anniversary festivities shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
AIE is using Rocket.Chat – http://aie.community and there’s a fix in the next couple of days for folks that are having trouble authenticating. We’ll post updates to Twitter and on the forums when folks that were having issues can try again.
Sadly, AIE has lost one of our own- Patchem passed away on December 31, 2015. His wife Tabitha reached out to let us know that he loved the guild and was proud to call himself a member of AIE.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57043-in-remembrance-of-patchem
NOMADS
Nomads have wandered into Blade & Soul (Korean style MMORPG) and are on server Old Man Cho with a clan name of Nomas. If you’re interested take a look at http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56782-blade-soul
WoW
Why do you love AIE? Well, share the love- Jayblz started a forum port called “Reason No 852 Why I love AIE, thanking Runwa, Ysaw, and Karius for being awesome guildies and offering to give him (or her) Medaltions of the Legion to help acquire flying. Thank you, guys, for being such great guildies! This is what this amazing community is all about! And please, if you have a great interaction with another guildie, let us know about it. Email the officers, post on the forums, tweet it out!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56997-reason-no-852-why-i-love-aie
Legion to release some time after the June 10th, 2016 launch of the Warcraft Movie, not a surprise to anyone, but that’s a lot of time to participate in guild events and try out all the other games AIE is in!
If you’d like more details, such as they are, feel free to look at the summary on MMO-Champion which includes more news from other Blizzard games as well.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5481-Activision-Blizzard-Q4-2015-Earning
We’d like to thank all the people that hosted events and attended them as well for AIE’s 9th Anniversary in WoW.
SWTOR
Patch 4.1 came out and it added a new chapter to the ongoing story (Chapter X) and it also broke some things. It was quickly followed up by patch 4.1a. If you’re enjoying the new content, frustrated by bugs, or just want to talk about the patch, come on over to the Patch 4.1 discussion on the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57039-patch-41
Escape Pod Cast Epsiode #129 – A First Look at 4.1 is out, it was recorded the day 4.1 came out and contains first impressions of it. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast/page-33#entry948464
And with that, let’s get back to Alanya and Nevermore and find out what all happened during the AIE Anniversary weekend in WOW ..
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Alanya and Nevermore for joining us.
@aie_wow #aieguild
@benthemage (no he isn’t anymore )
@quotednevermore
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
The AIE Raid Wrapup – Feb 2016 – Welcome back!
Altitis episode 11
Overly Dramatic News episode 208
In two weeks, we’ll be talking to those scoundrels in EVE . So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode # 248 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. This is Alludra, and I think you are awesome, with me as always, is Mkallah (there is an angel food cake in the guild kitchen) and right over there, we have Tetsemi. (“spread sheets blah blah”). This week we are joined by special guests Kelseer who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy 14! Welcome!
Abovan is missing in action tonight. Last we heard, he has gone missing fighting the Abo-twin’s dirty diaper monsters. He does wish everyone well, and the kids are doing awesome and are still crazy cute.
Ok, we’ll be talking to Kelseer shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Want to chat with AIE outside of game? Have we got a place for you. Just grab your Umami e-mail and password and head over to http://aie.community It’s a Rocket Chat site, and there are mobile and Windows 10 App store versions as well. We’re still testing this out, but feel free to drop by, say hi, and chat!
NOMADS
Cards Against Humanity event coming – February 19 9PM Eastern Standard Time.
Remember, it is an adult focused game, but please join in, if you’re so inclined.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57007-cards-against-humanity-friday-feb-19th-9pm-edt
Imperium Ludi
Did you make it into the Beta before the invites got closed? Join in with other folks from AIE playing in The Division – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57017-the-division
Ever thought of playing a Trading Card Game MMO? That’s right folks, HEXTCG launched it’s PvE content last week, and it’s a blast. Our very own @Mewkow is heavily involved in the launch and game (disclaimer, he works there) and would love to see more AIE folks join in and play.
Check out http://www.hextcg.com for game information and downloads.
WoW
First of all, welcome to yet another new sucker- we mean Officer, Saisri! Girl, clearly, there isn’t enough in your
Are you new to AIE? Or have a new toon that’s just starting out? Never got a guild tabard for your current toon? Well head over to the guild bank and look in tab 1. We’ve done some house cleaning and made the 1st tab a Welcome to AIE tab. You can grab a guild tabard, a 16-slot bag, and some starting crafting profession materials, and maybe even an heirloom trinket or pet. Please let us know if you have suggestions about how we can make this better for new, returning, and long time members!
Anniversary Events in the forums and on the in game calendars
General Announcement –
There are tons of great guild events going on for the anniversary weekend – which happens to coincide with Valentine’s weekend! There is a rundown on the forums and in our show notes, but here is the gist of it. And as always, all times are in server time.
Friday, Feb 12th:
Meet and Greet – 7pm-8pm – Allanya and Nevermore
Introduction to Where’s Waldowe? event – 7:30pm-8:15pm – Emberfire and Indigoskye
Old School Raid Night – 8:30pm – BRA Raid Team (Ellynn)
Saturday, Feb 13th (Our Anniversary!):
Running of the Beef – 12:00pm?? – Syreyne
Star Wars Trivia Event – 4pm-6pm – Allanya and Nevermore
Where;s Waldowe? Event – 6pm-7:30pm – Emberfire and Indigoskye
COOP – 8:00pm – Grimcow
Sunday, Feb 14th:
Transmog Contest and Party – 3pm-5pm – Syreyne and Gustytail
Pet Battle Picnic – 6pm-8pm – Allanya and Nevermore
Raffle – TBD – Syreyne
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56969-aie-wow-guild-anniversary-spectacular-weekend-feb-12th-14th
COOP
Jaybelz has a shoutout to the guild for being awesome – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56997-reason-no-852-why-i-love-aie
Still trying to get tomes for your legendary ring? Don’t have a raid team and LFR scares you? Why not LFR with Friends? The Muster and Catch Up team is going to be running an LFR with Friends event Tuesday nights. Check out the listing in the team recruitment post in the forums for details.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57010-muster-catch-up-tuesday-night-lfr-in-hellfire-citadel
GW2
Jedhai has posted to let us know the Winter 2016 – Quarterly Update is out
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57014-winter-2016-quarterly-update
Enhanced Squad UI, Gliding in Central Tyria, a Lunar New Year celebration and the Eldvin Monastery Brew of the Month Club are just some of the things, check out the forum for the full post.
SWTOR
AIE celebrated it’s 4 year anniversary in SWTOR on January 26th, 2016. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56996-swtor-aieguild-4th-anniversary-party-tuesday-126 It took place on a, what else, Mandatory Fun Night! If you are joining back in to SWTOR due to The Force Awakens or other feelings for the Force, please read up on Mandatory Fun Nights – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/53691-tuesday-mandatory-fun-night/page-33 and other information on the forums.
The Star Wars Escape Pod Cast Episode 127 is out – Player Made Events – This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-127 talk about player made events across the SWTOR community. We include PvP tournaments, custom contests, guild events and scratch the surface on the RP community. We also touch on other game news for the week from SWTOR in general and remind everyone that our casual, family-friendly multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Our officer channel on Jedi Covenant is at /cjoin aielfo and more guild information is at http://aie-guild.info/swtor
STO
RRF Captain Cybyl’s synopsis of the Star Trek Online News for week ending 01/31/2016:
1. Star Trek Online’s 6th Anniversary started with daily giveaways, a Q Continuum game, Omega particle mini game, a new Featured Episode and a new Science ship as the event prize along with new lockbox and Lobi ships as well..
2. The daily giveaways will happen from Tuesday, January 26 to Tuesday, February 2, and include ships, tech R&D upgrades, spec points, fleet dilithium credit vouchers, uniforms and more. Any player may claim them and they change daily.
3. Our favorite PITA, The Q, has returned to join the celebration with a game to win reputation marks along with a liberal supply his usual snarky commentary
4. The event prize starship is a Krenim Science vessel with awesome stats. Now your Science captains, have a shiny new starship with a science focus. The lockbox ships are the epic T6 Tholian Tarantula Dreadnaught and the rare T5 Tholian Meshweaver destroyer. The fearsome Mirror Universe Paradox attack ship is now available in the Lobi Crystal store.
5. Omega particles strewn about the galaxy have been reintroduced with a mini game to collect them for awesome R&D crafting materials for your upgrades.
6. Lastly, the new Featured Episode, ’Time and Tide’, carries the ’Year of Hell’ temporal warfare to the next level. Having played ’Time and Tide’, the time travel story arc is leading to great promise and danger with the Mirror Universe lurking about along with a Temporal Cold War that may await. The story in written in the classical style of classical Star Trek.
For additional details, news and content announcements, please visit the Star Trek Online website.
Also, huge congrats to the guild, they completed the Dilithium Mine! – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57003-dilithium-mine-is-done
Next projects look like it’s focused on the Starbase and Research Labs.
And with that, let’s get back Kelseer and find out what’s going on in Final Fantasy 14.
GAME NEWS
Patch 3.2, “Gears of Change” is going to be released on February 23rd! An early birthday present for Kelseer.
Big Changes / New Things:
New Raid, “Alexander: Midas”, the second hardcore raid wing.
New gear tier and new tomestones, aka currency for armor. The new armor is themed around the Final Fantasy summons that were fought in A Realm Reborn, such as Ifrit, Titan, Leviathan, etc.
Materia melding is coming to raid gear, which is new. Overmelding isn’t possible on this gear (yay!)
LOTS of new crafting recipes are on their way. A lot of the gear is raid-ready, and while the raid drops are better ilvl wise, they will help with challenging the raids.
Most duty roulettes can be done with friends now, so more AIE parties!
Two new end-game dungeons, the Antitower, which appears to be an upside-down tower related to the main story, and everyone’s favorite creepy dungeon, Lost City of Amdapor hard-mode
The Antitower appears to be inspired by Ispen’s Castle from FF9.
Tanks are getting their stats changed, in that vitality will affect their damage. That way they will stop using STR gear, maybe.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kelseer for joining us.
@Kelseer_AIE
@Abovan
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Tetsemi is @ivorytiger, and Mkallah is at @cyberwaif. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis – @Mewkow
Overly Dramatic News – @Huntsthewind
In two weeks, we’ll be talking to Allanya and Nevermore to talk about all the great anniversary events!. So until then, AIE…
-This is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
A few of the more interesting details are below.
Tanks:
VIT will now give battle potency, and STR will give a reduced amount.
– They basically want tank health to look like tank health (high HPs) and still be able to add some DPS.
Quests:
New beast tribe dailies. The Gnath tribe will be available to quest for
– They have a very interesting looking mount, looks like a weird mix between a dragon fly and a stone robot.
The Inspector will return!
We will finally get some information on a missing main character.
Dungeons & Raids:
****Dungeon Queues are no longer solo only!***
New primal, not part of the Main Story though.
New solo dummy trial to see if you can kill it before a timer runs out.
New raid wing in Alexander called Midas.
PvP:
New battleground called The Feast.
– Kill enemies to gather their coins/badges. Either have the most when time is done, or gather a set number first.
– Will use seasons to track ranking.
Misc:
New jukebox for housing. You can earn new songs (Much like the WoW version)
A new Mentor system
– Must be earned. For battle players: Get to level 60 in healing tank AND dps. For crafting: Get to level 60 in one of the crafting For gathering: 60 in one.
– Mentors have a special dungeon queue to help newbies.
– Mentors can invite newbies to a special chat channel (to avoid RMT spammers)
Materia – No more overmelding main stat materia.
Retainers can now buy junk directly, no more running to a vendor.
Full details here.
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Mkallah- Welcome to episode # 247 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. This is Mkallah and right over there, we have Tetsemi. (Must get all the oil rigs!) Alludra is off hybernating in all this cold and wet weather we have been having. This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Ellynn who are here to talk to us about AIE Guild Anniversary in World of Warcraft. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be talking to Sy and Ellynn shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Rocket Chat – https://aie.community It’s a thing! Use your Umami name (all lower case) and password and help us test the outside the game chat. More information here – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56923-what-happened-to-the-forum/#entry946835
Community
Community Games
Also upcoming game Blade & Soul (North American release) is garnering some discussion on the forums as well – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56782-blade-soul
Join Lotwook for the Conncon in Connecticut for the weekend of March 18-20th! There is a strong focus on RPG, Board Games, and miniatures and if enough folks are interested, he will organize a meetup. If you are interested, please let Lotwook know on the forums and more information can be found at www.conncon.com
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56983-ct-meetup-march-18-20th-conncon
Diablo III just released Season 5. You can earn your 6 piece class armor set instead of getting lucky while farming for it and then you can take on the Armor Set dungeon challenges. Can you drop a meteor on every single mob in the dungeon before you kill it? You know you can! Great write up/video at DiabloFans – http://www.diablofans.com/news/48615-patch-2-4-roundup and https://youtu.be/fJDnmbhXOHM
We have several active clans and an Alea Iacta Est community. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/54694-diablo-3-pc-clan
NOMADS
Check out the Nomad thread in the forums about their lastest roam into Diablo III – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56944-diablo-3-patch-24-and-season-5
WoW
Welcome to the newest AIE Officers in World of Warcraft – Allanya (@BenTheMage), Ellynn (@Ellynn_), Nazrai (@NazAIElock) and CelticGoddess (@Celticgodess09). Congratulations to the new officers, welcome to the machine!
Legion Alpha is back and they had their first raid boss test on Friday. For those lucky enough to have an invite, let us know how it’s going, but don’t spoil the story/lore please.
Also our AIE Anniversary is coming up and we’ll be digging into that shortly after the rest of the game news.
EVE
The folks in Eve are busy doing interviews for all the candidates for the Council of Stellar Management which is an elected body of players to help drive the direction of Eve among other [redacted] things. Keep up to date with all the AIE shenanigans in EVE as well as Eve news in the Cap Stable podcast – http://capstable.net
FFXIV
Welcome to the newest officer in Final Fantasy XIV – Sashi! May all your Chocobo’s be awesome.
SWTOR
Speaking of anniversaries, many Bothan spies died to bring you rumors of an anniversary celebration to be announced soon. Please keep an eye out on the forums, as we’re running out of Bothan’s.
Episode 125 of the Escape Pod Cast is out and they discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens and other game news – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast/page-32#entry947316
And don’t forget the Tuesday Night Mandatory Fun Nights – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/53691-tuesday-mandatory-fun-night Keep up to date with which side is running and what they’ll be doing.
STO
Development Campaign runs Jan 14th – 28th – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56980-developement-campaign-jan-14th-28th
Star Trek Online is calling for all Captains to take part in a post-war recovery event running from January 14th at 9AM PST, until January 28th at 9AM PST. All Captains who log in during this timeframe will be able to contribute to global efforts to rebuild the quadrant in the aftermath of our war against the Iconians. The level of contributions made by all Captains will be matched by special reward events that will unlock for everyone the following week.
For the first week, running from January 14th at 9AM PST, until January 21st at 9AM PST, Captains can aid the recovery efforts by completing fleet projects and earning Fleet Credits. Based on the contributions made by all Captains during this week, a Bonus Reputation Mark Week will be unlocked for the following week, with a bonus of 25%, 50% or 75%.
And with that, let’s get back Syreyne and our new sucker…. we mean officer Ellynn and find out what’s going on in World of Warcraft with AIE.
GAME NEWS
Ellynn: We’re here to talk about of WoW guild’s anniversary coming up on February 13th and all the fun things we have planned to help us celebrate. We are planning events from Friday Feb 12th to Sunday Feb 14th, so even if you have plans with your hunny for Valentine’s Day, you can still join us for some of the events.
Syreyne: We have a schedule of events posted in the main forum thread with links to each event’s post where they have all the information of that event posted. We have something for everyone at all different times, so we hope to see as many guild members participating as possible.
Ellynn: On Friday we have a Meet and Greet hosted by Allanya and Nevermore in the Filthy Animal in Dalaran from 7pm to 8pm. Come share stories, ask questions, laugh, and have a good time! Make sure you have Mumble set up so you don’t miss out on the fun!
And the BRA raid team is doing an old school raid night for pets and fun times! (We will be running Karazan and Black Temple (in celebration to Legion coming soon!). This is a tabard only event! The only weapons and gear allowed is what you find in the raid, nothing but a tabard allowed to enter. We will start with Kara and move to Black Temple from there. Make sure you have plenty of bag space and mumble will be required. You can whisper me that evening (I will be advertising in the appropriate channels) and we will have a blast! Lots of fun to be had and pets to boot!
Syreyne: On Saturday, we have a super special event planned. We are joining up with the guildies from Convert to Raid. You may have heard their podcast. AIE is going to create alliance gnomes on Aerie Peak and with the help of CtR, we are making a run at Vol’jin. Of course, the gnomes with die. But Running of the Beef has always been fun! (Expand with hosts on this. CtR will be talking about it on their podcast as well, according to my contact there.)
Nevermore and Allayna are hosting one of their Trivia events too. This one is about Star Wars, the original trilogy. It’s going to start at 4pm in Undercity. If you haven’t tried it yet, its really fun using raid markers for Trivial Pursuit tokens.
Ellynn: And to end the night, on this our anniversary night, we shall COOP!!!!! Grimcow is taking us on a bear run, so if you don’t have the mount yet, be early!!! Its first come for the bear raid group. Of course, if you already have it, we can always use support teams!!! We are going to love the Alliance to death!!! Meet up at the Goblin Death Blimp at 8pm!
On Sunday, Nevermore and Allanya are hosting a Battle Pet Picnic where they will be helping people learn to pet battle, trade rare pets, and other fun things. No tournament this time, but it’ll still be lots of fun. Its going to be at Karnum’s Glade in Desolace at 6pm.
Syreyne: We also have a few other events in the works. There’s talk about having a transmog contest and a Where’s Waldo of WoW game. Make sure to keep an eye on the forums for updates on current events or information on when new events get added.
To cap off the weekend, we are having a raffle. This one is completely free! The way to get tickets is to attend events. For each event you attend, you receive one ticket in the drawing for mounts, pets, Rep medallions, XP potions, and more. You don’t need to be present at the raffle to win.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sy and Ellynn for joining us.
@syreyneaie
@ellynn_
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Tetsemi is @ivorytiger, and Mkallah is at @cyberwaif. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Altitis from @Mewkow
Overly Dramatic News from @HuntsTheWind
In two weeks we’ll be talking to Abovan about FFXIV. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Don’t Forget: Get the show title before closing the broadcast!
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In order to allow members to maintain inventory items, we will be moving all inventory stored in Ender Chests to the new world. If you apply diamond to the handles of your Ender Chests, the chests will be specific to your character.
If you have any questions or concerns, please post in the server thread in our forums.
]]>First, we must thank those that helped to make the Guild Hall another successful destination. These people made our guild hall a home for the convention, and I believe it just wouldn’t be the same without it. There were so many that helped, but in particular:
We had all sorts of great visitors and guildies alike, including our friends in CTR guild. It was great to see everyone there, and we hope to see you again.
The podcasting tradition was in full effect this year with Daily Tech New Show, Azeroth Round Table, The Instance, Tauren Think Tank, Angry Chicken, Realm Maintenance, The Morning Stream(PM!), and more taking place live with our guild hall audience.
Those that didn’t make it were still in our thoughts while we were there, and we hope you can make it in the future. For those that were able to attend, we hope you had fun, always welcome any comments and suggestions, and look forward to doing it again at future Blizzcons, or whatever other events we might be gathering at.
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Welcome to episode # 246 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. The Die has been podcast, This is Alludra, and I think you are awesome, with me as always, is Mkallah (there are apple spice cookies in the guild kitchen ) and right over there, we have Tetsemi. (“spread sheets blah blah”). This week we are joined by special guests Hoots and Turbo who are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be talking to Hoots and Turbo shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
The AIE Guildhall at Blizzcon was successful, lots of friends and guildies met up, hung out, and a few podcasts were recorded. Just a reminder, the AIE Guildhall at Blizzcon is not just the AIE WoW Guildhall, but for the whole community of AIE and friends. Planning is already underway for next year’s guildhall so we can get a jump on preparations to make it more awesome. Big thanks to Mewkow and Lanctharus who help organize the guild hall and to all the volunteers and people who donated their time, effort and money to make it a success.
Also, did you know we have a general community section in the forums? We do, it’s for anything about the community, meetup planning, or general topics the AIE Community wants to discuss. Join in a topic already started or make your own, this is your community, let’s celebrate.
http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/36-community-discussion
DPRoberts has started a thread about heading to PAX South in January, if folks are interested, please join in the discussion currently in progress.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56876-pax-south
Tabletop RPG’s
Are you interested in playing D&D with like minded folks in AIE? Razzy has started a forum thread and applications are open, please find information in the forum post.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56784-stories-of-pavalon
NOMADS
Interested in trying out World of Warships? Djangoh was nice enough to provide two codes for new players along with instructions on how to redeem them!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56867-world-of-warships
Also, over in minor league games (typically mobile games), DragunJL is looking for folks to play Vainglory (iOS) and almost has enough to start an AIE guild there, if you’re interested post on the thread and find them in game.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56860-anyone-playing-vainglory-ios
WoW
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19955745/patch-623-overview-11-13-2015
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/19946444
Tuesday, Nov 17th, Blizzard will release patch 6.2.3 for World of Warcraft. This patch will come with Valor upgrades completing a wing of LFR each week for the first time each week, the first heroic dungeon of each week, Mythic dungeons and also earned with the weekly event upon completion.
Each piece of gear will be able to be upgraded twice for 250 valor for each upgrade.
Timewalking dungeons for Cataclsym as well as Cross-Realm mythic raiding will also be introduced as well as a transition to PvP Season 3 beginning.
Class changes as well, generally buffs to underperforming spells/talents for certain classes.
FFXIV
Abovan has started a discussion thread in the forums around the Console UI for FFXIV. He’s trying to transition from keyboard and mouse to gamepad controls. If you have suggestions, tips or tricks to help out, or you just want to see the work in progress, follow along!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56872-console-ui-discussion-and-help
If you’re looking for some helpful information regarding patch 3.1, Khlaw has started a discussion thread along with a link to a reddit post with useful information
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56864-31-helpful-info
Sashi, the guild house decorator, took some screenshots of the Halloween decorations for posterity and those that do not have the game yet. Discussion of Christmas decorations (not before Thanksgiving) are underway
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56817-halloween-decor
GW2
A reminder from last show, an ongoing discussion and poll over the location for the Guild Hall is going on in the forums
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56829-guild-hall-initiative-11142015-9pm-central
Check in for updates, as real life may have caught up to some folks and the flag still needs to be planted in the ground.
SWTOR
This just in, Luke, still not evil …
Escape Pod Cast 116 released on the 10th, talking all about making credits in the Star Wars economy
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 116: Making Credits with SWTOREconomics
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast/page-31#entry944611
Looks like SWTOR now supports Google Authenticator/Authy similar to GW2 and Wildstar, check out the thread below on how folks are using it.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56871-swtor-security-keys
Arv has started a discussion on Conquests, explaining what they are and when the guild will be running them. He will be posting each Tuesday which planet they’re invading and make you can do to easily reach the goal on one character. It looks like for this week they’re invading Alderaan (aww…hasn’t that poor planet been through enough already?)
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56866-conquests
STO
We’d like to thank Cybyl for the following update to STO!
Starships are here! STO is offering starships and a mirror universe bridge officer, captain leeta, if you make a donation to the chase masterson’s charity. This charity fights bullying using the appeal of pop culture and are active in schools and conventions and the like! And for those of us who are thinking Leeta sounds familiar, she is from deep space 9 and yes, they got the original actress back to voice her!
And there’s been a new exploration story arc added! It starts with the quest ‘a signgle step’. The latest update also adds the mirror invasion even and the badlands battle zone. Other quality of life improvements include an overhaul to the trait system, allowing for more sharing of traits across the different races, and the new drydock system.
Finally, STO is having weekly giveaways, announced every tuesday on their website, and if that is not enough, from now until November 26th, they have reduced the price of lifetime subscriptions by $100!! Considering all the perks and amazing things you get for being subscribed, that’s a huge deal!
Wildstar
Quite a few people have returned to Wildstar as it’s gone free to play and an active discussion of hitting level cap and what to do when that happens is occurring on the forums.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56761-aie-is-going-back-to-wildstar
And with that, let’s get back Hoots and Turbo and find out what’s going on with AIE in EVE..
GAME NEWS
EVE Vegas. Vegas Baby
The return of actual expansion packs
Turbo – Citadels
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/building-your-citadel-one-block-at-a-time/
Hoots – Capitals Rebalance
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/reworking-capital-ships-and-thus-it-begins/
Turbo – Redesigned Update website for Eve Online
http://updates.eveonline.com/
Hoots Parallax update Released
Brain in a box
Jokes about brian in a box
Turbo – CCPs hardware announcements for THE FUTURE.
It’s actually really impressive, let me find that dev blog.
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/tranquility-tech-3/
Hoots – Bloody Omir and the Crimson Harvest event [ended Nov 2nd]
Hoots – Drifter incursions are back
Amarr succession trials and death of Empress Jamyl Saurm
Empress Death
Succession trials
Eve Community
Turbo – Broadcast 4 Reps Eve Players doing good things to combat suicide
Hoots – Something something, I promised Lanctharus, the Cap Stable podcast won an award.
AIEU News
I have an announcement. We are moving.
PVP Deployment for AIEU.
Khanid. Vezila and surrounding area.
Blades of Grass [2GTHR]
Smaller alliance in the Guardians of the Galaxy Coalition
Sort Dargon and there be dragons.
Good folks, good mission statement, family friendly and older gamers.
We’ll have tangible goals and objectives again.
Meet and greet op next Sunday with 2GTHR, so you have one week to move your things.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Turbo and Hoots for joining us.
@Capstable
@HootsAIE
@Turboaddiction
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Tetsemi is @ivorytiger, and Mkallah is at @cyberwaif. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News #200
and the brand new Alt-itis segment from Mewkow
Next time we’ll be talking to… well, not sure yet. Depending on guests, this may be our last show of the year, as SOMEONE has a busy social calendar and can’t record most of December. So until then, AIE…
-This is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode #245 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Alludra – (hey, AIE, I think you’re awesome”). And to my right, we have Mkallah: (Hey, guys, there are tiny pumpkin tarts in the guild kitchen ). This week we are joined by special guests Jehdai who is here to talk to us about AIE in GW2 Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into GW2 shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Last year Shimmeredge start a thread in the community forum asking “Are you Ok?” and the activity has started to pick up again. Please feel free to contribute and/or post in the thread. Our thoughts go out to El Huntero who just lost a family member in October and was looking for a wee bit of support and Tynchal’s wife, Brithael who is dealing with recently discovered cancer (get your annual examinations regardless of age and sex).
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/55457-are-you-ok
Twitter is abuzz with the Nanowrimo! Are you participating? Let your guildies know and join the support teams that are crazy busy tweeting about their experiences!
WoW
Reminder that this is Blizzcon week and the AIE Blizzcon Hall is available again this year. The Guild Hall will be open at exactly 8:00 AM on Friday November 6th and Saturday November 7th and will be closing down when one of the persons in charge falls asleep from exhaustion (but most likely before midnight Sunday.)
https://aie-guild.org/blizzcon-2015-aie-guildhall
Donations to help defray the costs are, of course, very much appreciated.
http://www.payit2.com/fundraiser/76596
And our own Mewkow is looking for volunteers to help run the thing, hit him up on the forums or on twitter @themewkow
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56814-blizzcon-2015-aie-guildhall
We’re fairly certain there will be a number of folks hanging out in game, in Mumble, and on Twitter discussing the news and contests, so be sure to keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities to participate in the discussion, make friends, or just hang back and listen to your guildmates discuss the nuances of each announcement.
EVE
With the EVE Vegas announcement, CCP has officially ruined everything, or just a few people’s social lives as they thought they’d escaped from the game.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56822-with-the-eve-vegas-announcements-ccp-has-officially-ruined-everything
Also the latest Cap Stable podcast discusses Amarrian Succession Trials, Eve Vegas, the CSM, and, oh yeah, Eve Vegas!
http://capstable.net/blog/2015/10/31/cap-stable-episode-78-1-community-certified
FFXIV
Hallow’s End is still going on until the 4th, Sashi our own guild decorator has the Guild House decorated for the holiday fun. Please feel free to stop by and view the house and enjoy all the hard work!
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56817-halloween-decor
GW2
Don’t forget the great thread going on in the forums regarding the Beginner’s or Returner’s Guide to GW2. Good information about how to find out about things in game and how things have been updated.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56711-the-beginners-or-returners-guide-to-gw2
See Game Notes below, thanks Jehdai!
LOTRO
Minas Tirth went live on October 27th, 2015. Join AIE and help defend the walls of the city in the new epic battle that’s been release with this expansion.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56838-update-17-minas-tirith-live
https://www.lotro.com/en/u17
SWTOR
Old Man Franks (Get off his lawn!) started a discussion thread in the forums asking which character they used their boost to 60 on and it’s lead to a lively discussion. Worried about picking the right character? As long as you don’t hit 61 with the newly created character, you can delete it and the next character you create will have that option again.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56840-what-did-you-use-your-free-60-on
Are you a theory crafter, do you like oodles of numbers, and tons of possible outcomes? Well with 4.0 Knight of the Fallen Empire, there are a ton of new things to delve into. Corley, on the forums, provides links to a Reddit discussion that sparked some discussion from our own folks on our forums.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56832-theory-crafters-rejoice-this-is-the-data-you-have-been-looking-for
Wildstar
Not to be outdone, this year Wildstar has a great halloween event going on, Shade’s eve until tomorrow, November 2nd! If you haven’t gotten your quests done and your super fun outdoor raid finished, now’s your last chance!
http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/game/events/shades-eve
Imperium Ludi
We now have a Rocket League room in Mumble under the Minor League Games section, feel free to drive your cars, hit the balls, score goals, and hang out with guildies!
And with that, let’s get back to Jehdai and find out what’s going on in GW2..
GAME NEWS
Lazy Show Notes from Jehdai: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Guild_Wars_2:_Heart_of_Thorns
Few things Fixed Recently: Elite down to 250 from 400, map population fixed, dungeons disincentivized to get people out in the world.
Guild Hall: http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56829-guild-hall-initiative
Currently Have about 15g out of 100g. Please donate via guild bank. Would like to get this started before Xmax.
So far it looks like Lost Precipice is in the lead for the location
Base Game is Free2play with some restrictions: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Account#Free_accounts
Heart of Thorns is 50 dollars, 75 dollars and 100 dollars from AN. Prices are about the same at brick-n-Mortar. No subscription fee afterwards.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Jehdai for joining us.
@jediknifefight
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast.. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Hey, we have no segments. If you want to submit a segment for the AIE podcast, contact us! We have the best community in the world and want to showcase your talent creativity!
Two weeks from today we’ll be talking to someone in Something. So until then, AIE…
– This is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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Welcome to episode # 244 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community. This is Mkallah, and when I’m not podcasting, I am messing up the guild kitchen. With me as always, is Tetsemi (“spread sheets blah blah”). Alludra is off scouting out the best houses to go trick or treating at. This week we are joined by special guests Arveshet and Sferics who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be talking to Arv and Sferics shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Did you know have an AIE Community on PS4? We do! Please check out the thread on the forums for people looking for other AIE Members and folks looking for an invite to the PS4 community.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56801-ps4-and-xbox-one-online-gaming
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56772-aie-has-a-ps4-community
We also have a Neverwinter Nights presence, led by Ratto Zatto, check out the forums for activity and invite instructions
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50084-neverwinter-dragon-shard-daves-not-here
WoW
For those attending Blizzcon, in less than two weeks, the AIE Guild Hall is going to be available and active, and they are looking for volunteers to help make it successful. We need people and donations to help cover expenses.
The Guild Hall will be open at exactly 8:00 AM on Friday November 6th and Saturday November 7th and will be closing down when one of the persons in charge falls asleep from exhaustion (but most likely before midnight Sunday.)
Location: The Anaheim Convention Center Hilton, upstairs at the top of the escalator, then left. Look for signs.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56814-blizzcon-2015-aie-guildhall
http://www.meetup.com/Alea-Iacta-Est
https://www.payit2.com/fundraiser/76596
EVE
CCP had some big news this weekend at the EVE Vegas 2015 event. Coming Spring of 2016, expect the Citadel Expansion, which is expected to be the biggest addition to the sandbox gameplay since the original starbases. Citadel will include a complete overhaul of capital ships and three different sizes of the new modular citadel structure which will be anchorable anywhere including high security space. Links in the shownotes on where you can get more information, including our forums.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56822-with-the-eve-vegas-announcements-ccp-has-officially-ruined-everything
GW2
Heart of Thorns expansion is now live and there’s a lively discussion on the forums around what type of guild hall AIE is working towards, please check out both threads, about the expansion and guild hall and see what’s going on in GW2.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56820-heart-of-thorns-now-live
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56811-guild-hall
Also join us next week when Jedhai will be going more in depth about AIE in GW2 and the game in general.
The Secret World
The second part of Issue #12: to the Dark Tower is here, with lots of new context and challenges. Take on the new Manufactory Breached Dungeon, where you continue the story from the Manufactory and face all new challenges in the depths of the Orochi headquarters.
Fight against the hideous monstrosities which the Orochi have tried to take control of, and hear from your old acquaintances John and Emma as they struggle for the future of Tokyo.
You can also enjoy the all new Nightmare version of the New York Raid. Get ready for even more epic battles as you now need to master your opponent’s AEGIS attacks and defenses.
Also, the preorder for The Park, Funcom’s upcoming psychological horror thriller, set in The Secret World’s Atlantic Island Park, where a dark and sinister secret is just waiting to be uncovered is currently 23% off. The game will be out just in time for Halloween, with a release date of Tuesday, October 27th.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56671-the-park
http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/issue_12_part_2_is_live
STO
From the Romulan Republic news affiliate (Mol’RihannNews) of
the United Federation of Planets Galactic News Network
This is Admiral Cybyl’s synopsis of the Star Trek Online News
website for star date 47634.44 (10/25/2015):
1 Pre-Season 11 ‘The New Dawn’ recap:
1.1 The Iconian war is over and preparations
for the Galactic Restoration, Mirror Universe
Invasion and Badlands Battle Zone are under way.
1.2 By completing certain tasks during
the Galactic Restoration, bonus
reputation and XP will be enjoyed
for the week of the official release
of Season 11.
1.3 Admiralty System is coming!
Obsolete starships in your
inventory will be used by Duty
Officer (similar to WoW’s follower)
daily missions for rewards. This is in
addition to the current Duty Officer
daily missions.
1.4 Dilithium pricing for all starships
has been greatly reduced until 11/3
to encourage upgrading starships
for Season 11 challenges.
1.5 A new Herald lockbox will begin dropping
in loot in Season 11. Rare Iconan and
Herald starships will be available to
the lucky player.
1.6 New Herald starships and a pet
will be available in the Lobi store
as well
2. Dry docks will be introduced for the
long-term storage of no-longer-used
star ships that exceed the player’s
currently-used star ship inventory
slots available. This a starship
collector’s dream-come-true.
3. Until Season 11 launches 10/27, daily
give-aways of services and items in
the in-game C-Store will be available
for all players.
4. In honour of ‘National Back to the Future
Day’, a free Future Flyer hover board
will be available to all players in the
C-Store. The giveaway will be from
10/21/2015 until 10/26/2015. It will be
only useable on Risa. A sweet performer
by my this reporter’s test runs!
5. The ‘Design Your Ship’ crowd-sourced
starship project is in the last stage. We
shall get the final result shortly, which will
be made available for purchase.
6. Until Season 11 launches, all current
and legacy lockboxes from previous
seasons will drop randomly as loot.
Be sure to check the Star Trek Online website
for current news and forums.
Jolan’tru and cheers… Admiral Cybyl
Final Fantasy XIV
Do you like your Chocobo, but want a broom to ride instead? Then check out the All Saints Wake holiday event
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56808-all-saints-wake-2015-preview-broom-mount-hype
Are you interested in what’s coming in patch 3.1? Kelseer was and has posted some awesome information in the forums regarding it.
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56798-31-previews-void-ark-main-scenario
Wildstar
We may not have the numbers, yet, for raiding, but there is a discussion thread and pointers to another guild that is looking for raiders
http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56792-raids-anyone-thinking-about-them-yet
And with that, let’s get back to Arv and Sferics and find out what’s going on in SWTOR of AIE.
GAME NEWS
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank guest names for joining us.
Join us in SWtOR on the Jedi Covenant server, then /cjoin aielfo to ask for an invite.
Visit our website at https://aie-guild.org/swtor
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If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Alludra is at @alludra_aie, Tetsemi is @ivorytiger, and Mkallah is at @cyberwaif. We record live with video every Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at TheAIEPodcast.com. Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Overly Dramatic News
Your WoW Money – Contest Promo
Next week we’ll be talking to Jedhai about AIE in Guild Wars 2 So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
Until we can get the DNS configuration completed, please use the IP address and port given on the wiki to access the server.
]]>AIE will be working toward a guild hall soon, expect details on the forums. For a quick run down of the major changes go check out the GW2 wiki.
Welcome to the jungle!
]]>Greetings, guildies–as we storm through the calendar towards Blizzcon, it is time to start sharing the details we have for the AIE guildhall at the Hilton this year.
Date/Time: The Guild Hall will be open at exactly 8:00 AM on Friday November 6th and Saturday November 7th and will be closing down when one of the persons in charge falls asleep from exhaustion (but most likely before midnight Sunday.)
Location: The Anaheim Convention Center Hilton, upstairs at the top of the escalator, then left. Look for signs.
How you can help: Either by volunteering (see Current Staff below), or by donating to our AIE Guildhall 2015 Fund Raiser.
Rules of the Hall
Communication
Blizzcon is a frenzy of activity. That is why we recommend that you use the guilds Meetup.com service to plan as many of events around Blizzcon as possible. Twitter is invaluable when trying to find out what is going on so please use the #AIEguild hash tag to let us know what cool things are going on.
Podcasters:
You are welcome to use the hall to record a show as long as you conform to the time schedule availability and must be confirmed by staff. Schedule availability is first come first served. Podcasters MUST provide their own equipment, be responsible for its security and set up and break down their own gear. A recommended donation to the Guild Hall of $40.00 to help cover costs of the guild hall is requested. In lieu of a donation, podcasters can also opt to work as volunteers at the Guild Hall.
Special thanks to Belthaz who donated to help make this year’s AIE Guild Hall happen.
Current staff listing: (In progress, will be updated. Speak up if you can help.)
Special Thanks:
We’ll be tracking those that help below.
]]>It’s a Game-Changer:
To be clear… lots of the game changes today but access to some features, including story don’t come until next week unless you were a subscriber back at the beginning of August for “early access.”
The patch is big (over 8G)! Patch notes call out some new, interesting information we hadn’t known yet, including the introduction of a new Flashpoint: Star Fortress: http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/10202015/game-update-4.0-knights-fallen-empire-early-access
Invites, Applications, etc.:
If you are a returning player or have alts that you’d like to get added in, that’s no problem at all. If we took an old, unplayed alt of yours out that you’d like back in or if you need that new boost to 60 character in just jump in /aielfo and we’ll get you set up. We may clear other old, unplayed alts out to make room on the Imperial side but there shouldn’t be any problems. We do ask that you get apps in for each character name when you have a chance. We have some lingering “citizen” ranks out there that I’d like to see get updated. (http://umami.aie-universal.net)
Ops teams:
Each of our ops teams will continue to run in the coming weeks but LoL and SoL will be shifting to Flash Points and heroics for a couple weeks as people get through KotFE content. This may shift to some of the scaled Ops as well. LoL will be going to one night a week until the end of November as well to give us more chance to jump in other guild activities for a while.
SUP will continue to run but also may be shifting content for a bit while the expansion settles. Check the individual ops team threads for open slots and details.
If there is enough of a surge of interest we could always be spinning up another ops team or run an ad hoc ops night on occasion. The bolster system and incentives to run the “ops finder” of the week might make that very viable and interesting.
Mandatory Fun Night:
This week and next week’s MFN will be focused on people having fun with the expansion. We’ll leave the door open for pick up Flash Points or Heroic runs for those interested as well. After that we’ll get back in the groove and may be shooting for 16M group finder type stuff, eventually.
Sema and I will be shifting this week’s SWTOR Escape Pod Cast to tomorrow night (Tuesday) as well so we can talk through our “First Sip of KotFE” Probably go live around 9:30pm central.
Conquest:
We’ll be paying more attention to conquest and at least signing up for planets that get us bonuses. This is more directed at crafters that will be looking to hit their personal targets if they need the materials for the intro tier of end game crafting.
Let me know what other questions, thoughts or fun plans you have and I’ll continue to update this post.
Have fun in the carbonite. Stay frosty!
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