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September 14The AIE Podcast #445 – WoW Forever, the GW2 version of WoW!
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Ready to live your best Viking life in Valheim?
So, we are going to need ya all to G Quit… no, really!
Masters of the Force, coming to SWTOR Guild near you this winter!
Come join the gang in Map Nights!
And, we have your Blizzcon WRAP UP!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #445 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey folks, there is a blueberry lemon curd croissant bake in the guild kitchen). This week we are chatting about all of the great Blizzcon news! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into all of the Blizzcon announcements shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
Fez (he/him) has a Valheim 1.0 server set up and a growing group is in there living their best Viking life. Check the Nomads channel for server details and chatter.
Continued thanks also go out to @Nazrai and the amazing set of private servers still running across a handful of Nomads games. ARK in particular has a cluster of maps that are really fun right now with the latest updates, like Pirate Ship battles.
WoW
WoW Season 2 is in full swing. Both HFO (alliance MFN raid) does heroics on Wednesday nights and raid on Friday Nights, and Noob raid (MFN raid) on Saturday nights.
The active co-guilds are strong and we have closed the following co-guilds on the Horde side.
The Purge: Mark-2 will take place on Saturday September 19th, please /gquit and submit an in-game applications to Salus or Fortuna.
Comitas (closed)
Gravitas (closed)
Verendus (closed)
Dignitas (closed)
Fidelis (closed)
Invictus (closed)
Remaining Co-guilds
Pondera
Libertas
Audacia
Salus (recruiting)
Fortuna (recruiting)
Virtus (recruiting) – alliance
Amicitia – alliance
SWTOR
We are in the beginning stages of the current Galactic Seasons, so that means there are plenty of things to do in game. Also, Info is starting to flow about the new expansion “Masters of the Force” (8.0) including a let’s-play livestream this past week showing off some of the features to look forward to. This is scheduled to come sometime in late 2026, so it’s a perfect time to come join us in the galaxy in preparation. MFNs are on Tuesday nights and everyone is welcome
FFXIV
Map night continues every Saturday at 9:30 eastern! If you’re 60+ and have finished Heavensward, come join us!
GAME NEWS
BLIZZCON
WoW
Patch 12.2
Housing gets Multiselect & Copy/Paste
New 8 Boss Raid including Xal’atath (Worldcore)
New Dungeon (Thraegar’s Stand)
New Delves difficulty and Nemisis
New Mythic+ Pool and rankings against your spec
New Caster Legendary
NightElf, Forsaken, and Darkspear Trolls can be Paladins
Patch 12.2.5 – Transmog across armor classes
Talebound – New roguelite system
WoW Classic Forever
Cost
Current Sub – Free
$30 – Unlock Skyborne, transmog, mount, & toy
$60 – Previous + 30 days of game time, more transmog, mount and Original Collector’s Edition pets, two Invite-a-Friend codes and beta access
$80 – Previous + Warcraft 3: Reforged and DLC Forsaken Kingdom, plus 3 Invite-A-Friend codes
$150 – Previous + Physical Collectors Edition – art prints, statue (original Dwarf and Bear companion), collectable pins, and a journal (SOLD OUT)
Realmless
Choose last names
New Legacy system (for alts)
Launches November 4, 2026
Diablo IV
New class – Amazon
Netflix Animated Series
Season 15 – Return of Deckard Cain (for the Season)
Launches on Nintendo Switch 2 – September 15
Diablo V
Release 2029
Alternate version of Diablo where Sanctuary has fallen and is ruled by DIablo
Classes – Monk, Demon Hunter, and new Plague Knight, plus more to come
Hearthstone
New class Monk
Battlegrounds get Aberrations with discard effect, but Naga rotated out
New expansion, Reign of the Black Empire
Releases October 20
Heroes of the Storm
Xal’atath is the first hero added since 2022
Another Hero is coming, not announced
Overwatch
Doctrine is the next support hero to join Talon
Sombra moved to support?
StarCraft (Ghost)
Release 2030
Open-world shooter
Warcraft III Reforged expansion
Forsaken Kingdom
Takes place at the fall of Lordaeron and the creation of the Undercity
New Class – Forsaken Paladin
SD/HD graphics mode
Releases – Out today
Mewkow- If you want to see all the announcement trailers, BlizzardWatch has a great write-up and links to all https://blizzardwatch.com/2026/09/13/melting-marines-crucified-angels-titan-kaiju-laser-beaming-wyrmrest-temple-blizzcon-2026-trailer-roundup/
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank us for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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July 14The AIE Podcast #444 – We’re back at last! Now how do we do this?
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
We aren’t podfading, we promise
We have your World of Warcraft Summer of Love schedule
Try something casual this summer with SWTOR
Ill Omens are on the horizon for LOTR
and, we are talking amongst ourselves
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #444 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 a lemon meringue pie in the guild kitchen, and chocolate chip cake, and pineapple upside down cake- I’ve been busy). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). And, contrary what it may seem like, we aren’t podfading, it has just been a crazy summer so far. But, it’s time to get back on track cast those die!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what all we have been up to, 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. Schedules subject to change due to summer holidays, of course
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
WoW
Our Summer of Love event will begin on Monday, July 27 and run through Sunday, Aug 2. I will be creating a channel shortly, but here’s the schedule so far.
Mon, July 27 8pm Eastern
Ugly Mount Parade & Contest in Silvermoon. Show off your best and ugliest mounts. They need love too!
Tues, July 28, 8pm Eastern
Another Great Race: Alliance and Horde players create a new Haranir and race to the opposite faction’s capital. Who will get there first?
Wed, July 29, 7pm Eastern
Decor Home Tours: Come be inspired by the creativity and whimsy our guildies. While not required, the Guestbook addon allows you to leave notes for the home owner. (Such as, “Gusty, why is there a filthy Peon’s Work Bucket under your stairs?”)
Thurs, July 30, 7pm Eastern
Guild Hide & Seek: Hop in Discord and we will all queue at once for this new game in Silvermoon. We probably won’t be paired with guildies, but merriment will ensue.
Fri, July 31, 6pm Eastern
Decor gathering (and maybe a battle pet or two). Quests, dungeons, old raids. A couple of Warlocks and Mages would be welcome as some quests are faction specific.
Sat, Aug 1 , 4pm Eastern
Decor Craft Fair: BYO Lumber and let Gusty know in advance 1-2 items you are looking for, or any you can make . I’ll provide mats within reason, but donations are welcome. We’ll make more decor if possible. (PS Gusty has lots of Elek Plushies thanks to Shojo, and various other decor to give away).
Sun Aug 2, 2pm Eastern
Trial of Style
Strut your stuff in this transmog fashion show competition. Mismatch Mayhem IS a category and It’s extra fun with Guildies!
Sun, AUG 2 8pm Eastern – 7pm Central Remembrance Day.
This is the signature AIE annual event, which takes place across all of our game communities. Meet at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior near Crossroads to honor friends and family we have lost, followed by a procession to the back gates of Orgrimmar for a picnic and fireworks.
And, there is a Discord channel for Summer of Love now, check there for schedules and updates
WoW Classic
All is quiet on the western front
SWTOR
In Swtor, the guild has largely finished up with Galactic Season 10 with a few people getting those last few objectives in for the meta achievement. After all, who doesn’t like a good meta achievement? The PvP Season is ongoing and we do have some hardy souls participating in that. News of 8.0 is on the horizon, which will include new levels, new zones, new flashpoints, and even a new operation. We should hear more about it soon. Now is a pretty good time to get in and level up a character.
For some casual group fun, we continue to have our regular Tuesday night MFN. Here’s where you can learn more about the game, chat about all things nerdy, generally just hang out, and get a few objectives done. Everyone is welcome. We will be celebrating Summer of Love with a special MFN on July 2th and we will see the return of Star Wars Trivia!
ESO
The new Season One just started and includes a new quest series for the Thieves Guild.
The Microsoft layoff’s hit ZeniMax Online pretty hard. It seems like they lost about half of the active developers that work on content, events and dungeons. The previous roadmap for updates will probably shift considerably, but there are no specifics yet.
GW2
https://www.guildwars3.com/en/
Guild Wars 3 has been announced and beta being in Fall 2027 and sign ups are available at the link above.
FFXIV
The Berlin fanfest is happening on 25th. New job reveal and more expected https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/fa499f335a87707b8dfc578e8662aa2a724cdca4
LOTRO
Lots of stuff coming in the near future for lotro that we can group up for. Starting on July 23rd and running through August 11th will be the ill omens skirmish event. We can count on Maellung to be spending as much time doing skirmishes during this event. You are welcome to join him. The delving armour will be updated soon. Good opportunity to upgrade our armour at level cap. If you play on the legendary servers, later this summer Angmar and Mordor reach a major milestone. As players venture into the Mordor and North Mirkwood level bands, all Nine Nazgûl enter the fray, opening the door to some of the most challenging encounters yet. In PvMP news, monster players will be getting a new class for the first time in 18 years: the Angmarim Sorceress. And on July 31st we are expecting the new expansion name, setting and more to be revealed to us. Too much coming for us to remain patient for.
And with that, let’s find out what we’ve all 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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
We will see you all in August! So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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April 13The AIE Podcast #443 – Maximum Fun Nights: The Pod has been Diecast
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
We have a WoW Mini Raid Wrap-up!
Lots of patches in lots of games
Happy First Contact to all who celebrate
And, Happy Birthday to LOTRO!
We are chatting amongst ourselves today
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode # 443 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 filling you in on everything going on with AIE. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be chatting amongst ourselves shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
New World
• Will be sunset in January 2027
• Might do a going away party before it goes away
D4
• New expansion this month
WoW
We have a WoW mini raid wrap up! In Raid Team news, Alliance Team Hell Froze Over (HFO) defeated final boss Crown of the Cosmos (aka Xalatath) in The Voidspire – a victory with unexpected consequences – and then Beloren, first boss in March on Quel’Danas, both on Normal difficulty.
On Horde side, Raid Team Kiddie Aggro is now 6/9 in Heroic Voidspire, having out punched the Double Dragons and then sending the Lightblinded Paladin trio bubble hearthing to the Shadowlands.
Noob Raid completed the first three bosses in The Voidspire on Normal, and Dankinia’s death count is up to 11.
Tetsemi- The next patch for Midnight arrives April 21, bringing new World content such as Void Assaults in Eversong Woods and Zul’Aman as well as Decor Duels – a Hide and Seek challenge that players will queue for.
It’s also a busy time for WoW Holidays. Noblegarden ends April 13, Children’s Week arrives April 27 – which may be awkward as Outland orphan Salandria is now an adult NPC in Silvermoon – and Volunteer Guard Duty takes place April 28.
Player Housing Endeavors have reset. Fortuna now has Mechagnomes (with miscalibrated hens that jump on your head), Salus has Drakthyr, and Virtus has Ethereals.
Consortium won the Alliance side vote. Horde-Fortuna has Mechagnomes. Both got flashy zappy decor rewards this season. And, Gusty is running around with malfunctioning mechachickens on her head.
SWTOR
In swtor, the guild has some special plans coming for May the 4th, including a trivia contest and a community event. Stay tuned to discord for dates and times.
The current Galactic Season is bringing back 2 of the original companions, so if you missed them from GS1 and GS3, now is your chance. MFN is on Tuesdays and everyone is welcome. We promise no more talk about peeps or the proper pronunciation of Coruscant!
ESO
MFN on Friday still happens, but the group is small
FFXIV
Next Liveletter is 4/17
North American Fanfest from 4/24-4/25
New major story patch at the end of the month (4/28)
STO
Lots of stuff going on with STO!
All Platforms:
Empersa Lance Updates: Damage output reduced, self-damage increased
First Contact Day Celebrations!
April 7th to May 7th
20 days of progress to earn the grand prize:
Nobel Intel Batlecruiser
Lobi Sale
April 7th to April 12th
20% off all items!
Bonus Marks Event
April 10th to April 14th
50% bonus for all content that rewards marks
For PC-
Gral Class command Scout added to Infinity Lock Box starting April 7th
Key Sale
15% off Keys from April 7th to April 12th
Key Ring Bundle returns as well
Includes ultimate tech upgrade
LOTRO
Lotro is turning 19!!!!! The new gifts will arrive on April 23, with the anniversary event running from April 23 at 10am eastern through May 11. There has been a letter from Orion with an updated development schedule for quarters 2 and 3 of this year. Some of the highlights arriving in the near future is new content with update 48 “A Glorious Hunt” as well as Rivendell Housing. A link to the letter is in the lotro channel. Also Saturday Night Lotro will kick back off this coming Saturday after an unexpected hiatus.
And with that, let’s see what we have 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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
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 Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
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March 09The AIE Podcast #442 – Delves, BElves, and Shelves
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
World of Warcraft is now on Zillow
Congrats to Sethos on 70!
Spring Abundance is in the air
Nifty things are happening in LOTRO
And, we have our dear friends Gusty and Shojo here to talk all about AIE in World of Warcraft
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #442 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey folks, there is a homemade chicken pot pie in the Guild Kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Gusty and Shojo who are 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 – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
Rust on a PvE server since the new naval update came out. Boats are fun!
New World will officially shutdown its servers January 31, 2027. We are still there! Keep an eye on the channel in nomads for a possible farewell as the end draws near.
Valheim 5 Year Celebration and Regular Update. AIE Valheim Community Server Information is pinned in the AIE Discord #Nomads channel
WoW
Noob Raid had a great final run of Manaforge Omega on pre-Midnight launch – clearing both Normal and Heroic! Dankinia will be taking a break until the first raid in Midnight is released, around early April.
Midnight launched on 3/2, with early access for folks who prepurchased expected to begin 2/27. Lots more about Midnight from our lovely guests later in the show.
Player housing. This new feature is time consuming but a great deal of fun. The creativity of our Guildies is amazing to behold!
WoW Classic
As Jehdai pointed out, we have our first 70 (Sethos) and light activity on the 20th Anniversary TBC launch on Dreamscythed Horde side. We have the guild available with the guild bank open and invite others to join us in Outland.
In other Classic news:
Reminder that there are now 3 launchers for Classic (‘Original’, ‘Anniversary’, ‘Era’)
“Original” Classic is progressing with Mists of Pandaria. The guild is available on Horde side on Galakras. If I have this right, MoP classic uses the modern guild interface so we have the new interface showing 651 members.
“Anniversary” Classic which is now at TBC as mentioned above.
“Era” classic is a separate launcher with 3 game modes:
‘Classic Era’ which is forever frozen in the original game (pre-TBC). We were on Mankrik here but really no activity or guild.
“Season of Discovery” which is where experiments were performed by the devs which some expect may lead to the anticipated “Classic Plus” many hope for. We have no real activity there currently.
“Hardcore” is the 3rd game mode in the Era client and probably our 2nd most active within the classic modes.
We have an Alliance side guild on Doomhowl and some activity on the Horde side of Doomhowl but no guild currently. Lars plans to return to his attempt at a “Solo Self-Found” run to 60 in Hardcore but that has been on pause for quite some time. We did have guild members make it to 60 on the hardcore server previously.
Ravisant is ProffessorWC or Sethos one of the raid leaders from HoG
SWTOR
In Swtor this week, we are ready for Update 7.8.1, Master’s Enigma. It will bring a story piece, Galactic Seasons 10, new date nights, and the Spring Abundance Festival. The story finale is coming in the June timeframe to make room for 8.0 at the end of the year.
We continue to do our MFN on Tuesday nights. Please join us. There are no gear or level requirements, but you may need to have gotten your personal ship as we do tend to travel about.
If you want to read about an awesome trip to Galaxy’s Edge, with not only pics but also tips and tricks for your own visit, check out guildie Strykezone’s blog post. You’ll find a link in the pinned messages in the swtor channel of the AIE discord.
The Kanjiklub House
https://kanjiklubhouse.com/2026/02/18/my-star-wars-adventure-to-galaxys-edge-at-disney/
ESO
The guild has been working on endeavors and in game events.
FFXIV
This past Tuesday we got the new Variant dungeon with the newer middle level difficulty
The next live letter is on March 13th at 4am PST, and they’ll probably be discussing the next story patch
LOTRO
We had an update that brought us some nifty things. The new raid “The Folly of Nagakhêdi” (Nah-gah-KAY-dee) for tier 1 is live, tiers 2 and 3 are coming this week and next week. There is a new legendary reward track with some great rewards such as a rose-colored mûmak calf cosmetic pet. With other class changes, mainly with guardian, we also got a great change. It is now possible to start Private Encounters from inside of a Housing Neighborhood. Looking forward to seeing you in game and doing some of these awesome new instances.
And with that, let’s get back to Gusty and Shojo and find out what’s going on in World of Warcraft.
GAME NEWS
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gusty and Shojo for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Gusty
– This is Shojo
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast
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January 13The AIE Podcast #441 – Kicking off 2026 with guilds, games, and get togethers
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
We will see you at Nerdtacular
Renegades is giving a galaxy far far away vibe
SWTOR celebrates with 4 crazy nights
the STO Starbase is expanding
And, we have our first show of 2026!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode 441 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). Happy 2026, folks! The first week and a half has felt like a year and we are all getting back into the swing of things.
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we’ve all been up to shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Nerdtacular 2026 has been announced- the event that we affectionately refer to as the Nerd Family Reunion is back for the first time since 2017. Lots of information on Frogpants.com, including tickets and hotel details. The event is scheduled for June 11-13 and will be held at the Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek in Salt Lake City. All three of us have tickets and have been chatting about how we can record a live show.
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
Destiny 2
The new expansion Renegades is chugging along- it is a very”Star Wars themed” expansion. We get lightsabers! It’s got a very cool Darth Revan/Kylo Ren feel to the new bad guy. We get to be kinda like bounty hunters and work for the criminal syndicates doing contract jobs as part of the core activity for the expansion. Earning reputation with each syndicate gains new abilities to use during the contract runs. Not much going on Guild wise. Things are pretty slow overall in Destiny 2, the community is waiting on the new Roadmap to see where things are going. Rumors and hopes are high that a Destiny 3 gets announced. If you are in Destiny 2 and Just_Wargus online feel free to reach out for a hand with anything.
ARK – got a pretty dedicated group in there right now
WoW
Resting up for prepatch of Midnight. Housing is going well. Remix winding down. Noob Raid started up again after its holiday break. A new addon, XFaction for cross guild communication is working well.
The last days of Legion Remix are upon us. We are in the final 7 days, so get those last minute runs done now. There is still transmog gear to grind, pets, mounts, and exclusive legion remix only housing items to grab before they are gone. If you ever wanted those legion artifact appearances, this is it.
SWTOR
In SWTOR, we closed out 2025 with our Winter Nights celebration which was 4 evenings of guild activities including a tour of World Bosses where we took a piece of armor off after each successive fight, stronghold tours, dressing up in our Life Day finest, a clothing drive on the starter planets, a parade of Life Day mounts, and a cracking good trivia night. Great way to spend the last gaming week of 2025.
On to 2026! Next week is Total Galactic War! Again! This time we are ready for it. Mostly. We will be maximizing conquest points this week by doing group activities, crafting, and class stories. GSF and pvp are also good ways to rack up the points, if you are so inclined. Keep an eye on discord for any last minute group stuff that may pop up.
ESO
Nothing new really. It’s been quiet due to the holidays.
FFXIV
Just had a new patch and things are going well. New MSQ, Savage raid tier is open and the world first race is already over. New trial with a train, new Unreal trial with everyone’s favorite lady to hate and feel sorry for, Tsukuyomi’s Pain. The cosmic crafter and gatherer area has new updates, and crafters have pink heart themed items to make new. Hildebrand has more story, and the Air Force One GATE has a new place to fly around and pew pew.. The Strategy Board is live, and everyone is clearly using it for helpful raid explanations and mechanics demonstrations. Totally.
Free login campaign has started. Up to 96 hours from when you start it. Ends February 9th.
STO
KDF fleet has made some big strides with the fleet holdings. The Starbase will complete the Tier IV shipyard in just about a week. Which means after that we can start tossing resources in for a tier IV Starbase. Also the Research lab is closing in on Tier III.
What all this means is more fleet ships will be accessible. And once the research lab hits Tier III, the purchasable trait slots will be available.
Fleet Action Report has been doing playthroughs of the missions showcasing accolades and recruit special tasks, while letting you know what rewards could be handy for your ships or on ground. We will be completing the final mission of the Iconian War arc this week. Which you can catch us live recording the episode Thursday 10pm eastern.
Fun nights are Monday 10pm eastern. If you want to group up and run any STO content, looking for help with something, or just want to hang out, come join us.
LOTRO
Not much is happening. In general players are leveling, working on the epic quest, and enhancing their legendary items.
If anyone is looking for help leveling or enhancing their legendary items please reach out to Maelllung and they’d be happy to help!
And with that, let’s get back to what we have been doing in and out of game!
GAME NEWS
HOST CHAT
Question of the show- what was the geekiest gift you received for the holidays?
CLOSE
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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
We will see you all in February. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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December 01, 2025The AIE Podcast #440 – Homes for the Holidays
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
We have floor tanking and other WoW noobs… um, news
Happy Lifeday, AIE
December, where the attendance is optional and the fun is mandatory
LOTRO brings YULE Kingdoms of Harad
And, join us for our last show of the year
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #440 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 leftover caramel apple pie in the guild kitchen). This week, we have a wrap up of what is going on for December in AIE and gaming in general.
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
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
WoW
Noob Raid is on winter break until January 3, 2026 so Dankinia can get a bit of relief from the horrible jokes the group likes to torment her with. During 2025, Dankinia demonstrated her floor tanking abilities 172 times.
While she is out, Celindre will be leading Noob Raid – After Dark during the normal 11pm EST time slot each Saturday.
In WoW, Midnight – the next expansion – has a release date of March 2nd with the pre-patch release on Jan 13. Anyone with an Epic Edition pre-order will have early access – expected Feb 27 according to WoWHead. Players with early access will also be able to use the new Player Housing feature as of Dec 2. This will be a bit complicated for AIE and our co-guilds, which are one of several ways to join “neighborhoods” for player housing. Every player’s Warband gets two houses – one Horde and one Alliance, but any alt can access either home. There will be open neighborhoods that are server wide, and Guilds can create private neighborhoods open to anyone in that guild. Groups of friends (such as Raid Teams) can also create charters for their own neighborhoods. We will have neighb orhoods for all the co-guilds (probably) but haven’t assigned which officer will be assigned to which yet.
Currently, in addition to the Legion Remix event (speed leveling/transmog/mounts etc), the WoW Anniversary is active in Retail WoW, with a rep & xp boost. Visiting the Anniversary Celebration at the Caverns of Time will provide an additional buff. Rep is good – because it’s one of the ways to obtain decor for Player Housing.
SWTOR
SWTOR will see a holiday release of update 7.8 entitled “Pursuit of Ruin”. It will include a new story chapter, a new type of Dynamic Encounter, and a new stronghold (player housing). That’s not to mention Life Day festivities, with the snow balls and the wookiee hugging. Also, for the first year ever, we will be trying out a new guild event during the evenings between Christmas and New Years. Stay tuned to discord for more info on that!
ESO
MFN in ESO generally takes the month of December off, but expect to find a couple of people hanging out at the normal time on Friday nights though the holidays. Attendance will be sporadic but feel free to reach out if anyone would like company while running the holiday events in game.
FFXIV
Patch 7.4 comes December 16th.
Main Scenario – Into the Mist
Raid Dungeon – The Arcadion: Heavyweight Division
Variant Dungeon – The Merchant’s Tale
New Dungeon – Mistwake
New Trial – Hell on Rails
New Unreal Trial – Tsukuyomi’s Pain (Unreal)
New Frontline Campaign – Worqor Chirteh
Weapon Enhancement Quests – Phantom Weapons
Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures
Manderville Gold Saucer GATE – Air Force One (The Cieldalaes)
Cosmic Exploration: Oizys and Tool Enhancement Quests – Cosmic Tools
Strategy Board – Raid explanations but better
Glamour Update – Unlocked all types!
New Theme Settings – Clear Green and Clear White
Mac support (Ventura ends Jan 27, Tahoe now supported)
Save 50% on Collector’s Edition Digital Upgrades Until December 7
New ridiculous hotpot mount (It flies)
And irregular tomestones are active now until 7.4 is live.
Fanfest is happening where Blizzcon is normally, April 24/25th.
Cookbook #2 is out!
LOTRO
New expansion “Kingdoms of Harad” as of right now is scheduled to be released on December 3rd. The instance cluster for the expansion is expected to be delayed, which means this gives a chance to level up to the new level cap and get a group together and look at it as a kinship. Also looking forward to the Yule Festival that starts on December 11th. Join us as we look to have fun in Frostbluff as well as protecting it in “The Battle of Frostbluff”.
STO
Yes, it’s true, Cryptic studios has once again been sold. However, this is not a time for doom and gloom. The new owners have no intentions of sunsetting STO. In fact, STO has simply returned to its original owners who want to see the game succeed.
There are ongoing sales in both the Zen Store and Mudd’s Market. Some of these are as high as 50% off! Lifetime Subscriptions are 33% off until Dec 14th
Q’s Winter Wonderland will be returning on Dec 9th. While we don’t have any specific details on what the rewards will be this year, it’s sure to be something you don’t want to miss!
And with that, let’s get to what we have been doing in and out of the game! And, Mkallah has a question for everyone!
GAME NEWS
Okay, friends! What geeky thing are you planning to give for the holidays, and are there any geeky gifts you hope to receive?
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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
We will see you all in January of 2026!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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October 20, 2025The AIE Podcast #439 – Fall Food Remix
Those Nomads are roaming again
Legion is Legioning, but hey, at least there is flying from the get go
Dantooine is a Wreck(age)
FFXIV is here for Spooky Season
And, we are talking with ourselves
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #439 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (listen, there is a wedding shower and a witch’s tea next saturday, I am gonna need everyone to not snack on random sweets in the guild kitchen, you can have the left overs). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are talking to ourselves.
Just a note, please keep AIE’s Kramer in your thoughts. He will be out of the games indefinitely due to a stroke on the evening of October 5th. Right now he is in a long-term acute care hospital and the last thing we heard is that he is making small improvements.
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
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
Fun times with a group in 7 Days To Die on a private server. We may pick up another survival game in the future too. Stay tuned and check in Nomads if you want to jump in.
New World’s Nighthaven update is live giving us a new zone, skill tree revamp, Catacombs, and log in queues! Come check us out in the fresh start server Hudsonland and say hi in the New World channel under nomads.
(note that Hudsonland is currently locked though so you’d have to wait until it is unlocked if you haven’t logged in there in the last 180 days)
WoW
Noob Raid got its first full clear on Manaforge, and yes Dankinia was there for it.
Remix is going great, it’s a legion revisit, and all the things we hated about Legion are still there. The best thing is you can now fly from the get go, which makes ancient mana farming much easier.
WoW Classic
Classic is good, not many people are online at this time and there is always room for more.
SWTOR
We are looking forward to update 7.8, which is going to include a unique style of Dynamic Encounter called the Wreckage of Dantooine. A ship with powerful technology is going to crash land on Dantooine, spilling out its cargo of basically terraforming bacteria and substances along with the droids to make it all happen. This will create burgeoning biomes that will start to push out the native farming land of peaceful Dantooine. Players will have the opportunity to enter the biomes and push them back by doing various activities to make a central boss accessible. We are hoping this form of Dynamic Encounter is guild friendly, meaning that everyone in a raid group will get credit as we work toward the goals. Fingers crossed! 7.8 does not have a date yet, but it should be on the test servers soon.
ESO
The guild has been working on endeavors and in game events.
FFXIV
Kelseer is going back to any level map nights, and the Halloween seasonal event is going on right now until Nov 4 with a new mount. The next Live Letter is set for 10/31 at 7am EST/ 4am PST, where they’ll be discussing 7.4 (the beginning of the set up for 8.0!)
STO
This week, we’re finishing up the Delta Quadrant story line by running Nikodas’ favorite mission! Tune at 10pm Eastern only on http://twitch.tv/grebog.
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FAR is a video podcast that explains all aspects of STO. Visit http://fleetactionreport.com/ or https://discord.gg/kDebFUFg for more information.
LOTRO
New Expansion is up for Pre-sale, with that, Bullroarer is in, its cycle of builds for update 46: Kingdoms of Harad. Harvestmath runs through November 2nd. The legendary reward track has been extended through December 2nd. This is to align it with the release of Kingdoms of Harad. If you need help with the reward track we are always up to running some group content to help get some of those levels done. If you missed out on getting your toons transferred off of the 32 bit worlds that just closed, you may now transfer from those dark worlds for free. The code for a bunch of quest packs is still available through November 3rd, use the code EXPLOREOURWORLD, sorry Mkallah, for shouting but it is case sensitive.
And with that, let’s chat about what we’ve been up to- and Mkallah has a question for us all!
GAME NEWS
Question- Favourite fall treat!
Bonus question if we have time- have you ever dressed up as a character from a game?
CLOSE
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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Just a quick programing note, as the end of the year schedules are filling up, we are trying to squeeze in one more show, somewhere at the end of November or very early December.
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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September 10, 2025The AIE Podcast #438 – Why would M’kallah do this to M’Kallah?
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
The great migration is under way
And, we have a mini raid wrap up!
Congradullances to Stask!
Kdf Recruits incoming
And, we are catching up with ourselves
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #438 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 having a host show Welcome, friends!
Ok, we’ll be digging into what we have 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 – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
WoW
The great migration to the active 5 horde co-guilds is going well. Member removal of accounts that haven’t logged in for a year or more also was completed and we have plenty of room for growth, so we kept the two recruiting co-guilds, Libertas and Fortuna, open for another month. The consolidation on the alliance side and culling of accounts also left us with plenty of room for growth. It feels so much better to login and see so many others in guild playing. We encourage those who haven’t made the migration to please do so, and don’t be shy. If you need help, officers are here for you. We get it, it can be scary to hit the /gquit, but I think you will like rejoining an active co-guild.
Alliance side MFN raid team HFO is 7/8 on normal and working on the dance with Demensius.
Noob Raid ran Firelands for the Timewalking quest, with thanks to Ashayo for getting a skip on the (again) bugged Lord Rhyolith. Ragnaros was troublesome but we took him down eventually, then hopped over to the new Raid, Manaforge Omega to defeat first boss, Plexis Sentinel on Normal. Kiddie Aggro has feasted upon Nexus King Saladbar and are now 7/8 Heroic in Manaforge Omega. Next stop: Dimensius. Surely our bestie Xal-Atath will reward us well for his demise this time?
Raid Team Dungeoneering INC has advanced to 4/8 Heroic with successful kills of Loomithar, Soulbinder and Forgeweaver.
Raid team So Let’s Go Skating got 3/8 heroic last week with a sub 1% best pull on Araz, they’re going back in this evening for revenge!
SWTOR
AIE in swtor has a new Guild Master! Corley has passed the reigns on to Stask. Show them both some love!
‘Where’s the Cantina’ Operations Team is hosting a 16 man run of Terror From Beyond on Monday, September 8. For fun times and a Galactic Seasons objective, check in discord for more info and to let Machete know you are interested. There are no gear requirements, but you must be 80 and subbed
FFXIV
New relic step is out
Cosmic Exploration has been updated with a new map to visit, and new rewards to craft and gather for.
Map night continues every Saturday at 9:30 pm eastern. Don’t be intimidated, you don’t need to bring anything to join in on the fun!
ESO
Keep your eyes open for the next ToT tournament which should start in October.
STO
Kdf Recruits starting on the 8th. Remember, they are a great way to bolster your endeavors.
While the boost to the endeavors is only earned once, the extra perk points you unlock doing the endeavor portion is for each kdf recruit.
You can get 5 extra perk points just by doing endeavors with each kdf recruit for the recruit tasks. Make 10 kdf recruits and 50 more perk points.
LOTRO
There has been some recent news in lotro. First Angmar and Mordor legendary servers has opened up Rise of Isengard expansion, so with that the new level cap is 75 on those servers. The 32-bit servers are now considered dark servers. As a thank you for players’ patience with the lag boss they have released a code that you can redeem in the in-game store for a lot of quest packs, 1x per account. The code is EXPLOREOURWORLD. Lastly, stay tuned to ?lotro channel for some upcoming Kin/guild activities.
And with that, let’s find out what everyone has been doing in and out of game.
GAME NEWS
CLOSE
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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
The AIE Podcast will return on October 5th! . So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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July 28, 2025The AIE Podcast #437 – Matchmaking and Summer of Love
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Some major movements are happening in our WoW guilds
ESO is on sale!
Beach Party, Risa style!
Guild Wars 2 is getting elite!
And, we have Gusty here to help us with the Summer of Love schedule of events!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #437 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 Dutch Babies in the Guild Kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Gusty who is here to talk to us about AIE in Summer of Love Welcome!
Ok, time to jump into Summer of Love and this week’s news! Gusty, tell us what all is going on in WoW retail to start!
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
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/
WoW
Hey folks, the plan in WoW is to consolidate our co-guilds, starting August 9th, which will make creating neighborhoods for player housing easier.
Members of co-guilds that we are mothballing will be encouraged to LOOT THE GUILD BANKS.
One change to the SoL schedule is Kiddie Aggro’s offer of Heroic Gallywix carries on Tuesday night for Undermine Ahead of the Curve achievement.
Here’s what’s coming up in WoW-Retail for the AIE’s Summer of Love, July 26 to Aug 2 (Remembrance Day)
July 26 (Sat) 5pm Eastern/4pm Central D&D with Duskmire.
“We’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This” Homebrew Solar Punk
D&D 5e Star Wars characters – 5 players lvl 6
Sign up in dnd with Duskmire.
11pm Eastern/10pm Central – Noob Raid SoL edition.
7/27 (Sun) 4pm Eastern/3 Central Fate One Shot with Lithou:
The adventures of Florida Man across the 6th and a half dimension
5 players. Info in dnd with Lithou.
8pm Eastern/7 Central AIE Podcast and Town Hall, SoL Edition.
July 28 (Mon) 8pm Eastern/7 Central Lore Night with Anirra
Gather at relevant locations for tales of Azeroth. They can be lore, famed NPCs, folks tales or your own character. (Remember the time you punched Deathwing?) Contact @Anirra to be a storyteller. All can listen in Discord.
NEWJuly 29 (Tues) 9pm Eastern/8pm Central AOTC – Undermine Edition
Kiddie Aggro is offering Heroic kills for Ahead of the Curve: Chrome King Gallywix and will carry as many guildies as time permits. Contact Gustytail if interested.
July 30 (Wed) 8pm Eastern/7 Central Raisin’ Bran
We will run Delves and count how many times we can make him say, “Don’t Stand There!” Let Gusty know if you are interested.
July 31 (Thurs) 8pm Eastern/7 Central Earthen Rings
Roll a new Earthen (in advance) and we race from Orgrimmar to Stormwind and vice versa.
Aug 1 (Fri) 8pm Eastern/7 Central Trial of Style
Gusty’s favorite Holiday returns! Bring your best – or worst looks and be judged by fellow players. Mismatch Mayhem IS a category. Runs take about 10 min.
AUG 2 9pm Eastern – 8 Central Remembrance Day.
The signature AIE Guild event. Meet at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior near Crossroads to honor friends and family we have lost, followed by a procession to Orgrimmar and picnic at the back gates.
WoW Classic
MOP is out, Sema and Looci are pet battling! A few others are in and playing again. Hard Core remains at about 3 to 4 people, and everyone is enjoying that as well. Anniversary Classic is quiet, but a few folks are in there as well! Looci is planning to walk in MoP on the 2nd for Remembrance Day.
SWTOR
We will be doing a special version of MFN at 9PM Eastern on Tuesday night, as well as a Star Wars Trivia game on Friday night. We will do our traditional walk in the Juran Mountains on Alderaan for Remembrance.
ESO
Save Up to 75% on ESO Standard Edition during the PlayStation Summer Sale.
Update 47, titled “Feast of Shadows,” will be released on August 18th for PC/Mac and September 3rd for PlayStation and Xbox consoles. This update introduces a new dungeon pack and other content as part of the “Seasons of the Worm Cult” storyline.
FFXIV
Next major patch is on 8/5, with a new alliance raid, new relic upgrades, and the final MSQ chapter for the Dawntrail expansion (the next two will be set up for 8.0). Moogle tomestones is currently active until the patch, and Gold Saucer GATEs give around 4 each, every 20 minutes, which is a very chill way to get them.
STO
Story update July 29th. Also, from July 29th at 8am PT to August 19th at 12pm PT on PC, you can create a new Temporal Agent character. Lohlunat Festival ends July 30th, AKA the Risa beach party.
GW2
“Train new elite specializations and adventure on the magical island of Castora when the expansion launches on October 28!” 9 new elite specs. Devs will be detailing them over time. Mesmer, Ranger, and Guardian, which bring the troubadour, galeshot, and luminary.
LOTRO
For the Remembrance Day ceremony LOTRO will be meeting in our normal spot on the hill above the Prancing Pony. We can use a summoning horn if people want or need help finding the way up there. We may run some stuff after the Remembrance Day Ceremony.
GAME NEWS
Anything else to add, Gusty?
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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
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 Gusty
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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June 30, 2025The AIE Podcast #436 – Summer of Love Preview and Best Virtual Vacation Spots
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
We have your Summer of Love schedule
With D&D, and Lore, and Remembrance Day, and more
Congrats to the SWTOR on a total galactic win
Big Changes are coming to LOTRO
And, we are chatting amongst ourselves
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #436 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 fig and goat cheese pinwheels in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we have your Summer of Love schedule and other gaming news!
Ok, we’ll be chatting about what we’ve been up to shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday – HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com
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/
Summer of Love
July 26th – August 2nd with August 2nd being Remembrance Day
So far Summer of Love will include two D&D one-shots, one hosted by Duskmire in a Star Wars setting and the other hosted by Kraemer for ESO on their MFN night. If anyone is interested in hosting a One-Shot, contact Gustytail.
We’ll also have Lore Night, where participants will share a story from in game lore, events or their character’s backstory. In WoW, we’ll have trivia night in Guild chat with pet and transmog giveaways, WoW Hide and Seek, and a Delves event.
SWTOR
The big news in SWTOR is that we won both our Total Galactic War last week and are using this week to pick prizes, lie on beaches with pina coladas, and not do uprisings for a bit. It was a close race on some days, but we pulled away near the end and our competition just could not catch us. Check out discord for our victory screenshot. And while you are there, feel free to click on the capybara link. It will make your day better.
ESO
Summer of Love we have the D&D one shot down at the docks going on on our usual MFN Friday August 1st and we will meet at Kini’s main house on Saturday August 2nd for Remembrance Day in the Chapel room.
FFXIV
Come join us for map night at 9:30 eastern every Saturday! As long as you have completed the Heavensward main story there’s stuff for you to do! You can even join us as part of the free trial, or if you’re in a different FC or world! We’re on Goblin in the crystal data center.
STO
Fleet Action Report, your weekly dive into the world of Star Trek Online! In Episode 257, join hosts Nikodas, Tabbytha, and Grebog as they plunge into the unknown—deep into Fluidic Space itself! This week, they tackle the eerie missions “Assimilation” and “Fluid Dynamics”, where the Borg and Undine collide in one of STO’s most unsettling story arcs. What happens when the Borg find a way to assimilate the Undine? Tune in to find out—and bring a towel. It’s going to get weird.
New Official STO Discord – now open! Join here: https://t.co/x72UXMQuZj
Console Sale – 20% off ships, bundles, slots, tokens until June 30th!
Heart of the Matter Event – Ongoing through July 2nd
TFO: Devil’s Heart
Mini-episode: All That Matter
Reward: Kida’s Boon Set
2-piece bonus: Drain heals hull
3-piece bonus: Subsystem power drain, antiproton damage, delayed explosion
LOTRO
There are big changes coming to Lotro. For starters, August 31st free transfer from 32 bit worlds, after that they will become dark worlds. With this change coming, the kinship on the legendary server Treebeard has been disbanded. Also, the old forums are going away, and have been in a read-only state for a few years. New stuff to the game right now, the midsummer festival is going on right now with new quests in Futherholm. Futherholm is a new island off the coast of Umbar. Minas Tirith midsummer is still around. The midsummer festival runs through July 7th. Be on the lookout for some group stuff for the kinship to run in the near future.
We will have a special SNL (MFN) on July 26th as to not divert from Remembrance Day
And with that, let’s talk about what we have been up to- and, we have a question of the month!
GAME NEWS
If you could vacation in any game location, where would it be?
CLOSE
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 [email protected] You can find us on the AIE Discord and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
We will see you again on July 27th!. So until then, AIE…
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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