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January 22, 2018The AIE Podcast #291 – Game-wide Seppaku as You Go
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Mewkow: To boldly go, into ESO
Tetsemi: Follow the breadcrumbs to Azeroth
Mkallah: No rest for the Scions
Mewkow: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO update
Tetsemi: And so much news, that we had to do a Host Show
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.
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 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.
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January 08, 2018The AIE Podcast #290 – Narced Out By Alexa
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Mewkow: We get back into the Swing of Things
Tetsemi: There was a COOP! And some NOOBS
Mkallah: In 2018, there is still mandatory fun to be had
Mewkow: We need to get Abo’s recipe for garlic roasted chocobo wings
Tetsemi: And we are talking to ourselves
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 [email protected]. 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.
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December 11, 2017The AIE Podcast #289 – Happy Yuletide, Raids, Recruiting, Crafting, and Kids
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Mewkow: a Winterveil COOP is such a great gift!
Mkallah: Copero flashpoint hits Tuesday
Tetsemi: Fun with four free days in FFXIV
Mewkow: We have Cybyl’s STO update
Mkallah: And Durus and Abovan are here to talk to us about ALL THE GAMES
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
[redacted]
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.
[GUESTS: We’ll ask you if you have anything you want to plug here – Twitter, Website, etc. Please enter details below for our show notes.]
@TheDurus on Twitter
@Durus on AIE Discord
@abovan
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [email protected]. 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.
56 min
November 27, 2017The AIE Podcast #288 – Blizzcon Happened, War Stories Return
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Tetsemi: Blizzcon guild hall 2017 is so last year!
Mkallah: Destiny is cursed
Tetsemi: Bards are performing!
Mkallah: SWTOR has a token to boost
Tetsemi: We are our own guests!!!!
All that and more coming up right now…
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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 [email protected] 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.
CLOSE
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 [email protected]. 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
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And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
36 min
October 30, 2017The AIE Podcast #287 – WoW War Stories Until Blizzcon Mercifully Happens
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Tetsemi: We have new suckers, we mean officers
Mewkow: Blizzon Guild hall is a GO
Mkallah: the virtual Guild Hall needs carrots!
Tetsemi: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO updates
Mewkow: And, we are talking to ourselves about Blizzcon predictions and more!
All that and more coming up right now…
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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.
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 [email protected]. 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.
1 hr 4 min
October 16, 2017The AIE Podcast #286 – FFXIV: Rosie the Riveter, report to the guild house
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Tetsemi: Play Destiny and Diablo with the crew!
Mkallah: Lots of Lore Q&A
Mewkow DST is looking for DPS
Tetsemi: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO update
Mkallah: And Abovan is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy 14!
All that and more coming up right now…
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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 [email protected]. 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.
1 hr 10 min
October 02, 2017The AIE Podcast #285 – Raiders Wanted: Apply Within
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Mewkow: Guild hall plans are under way
Tetsemi: We have found our destiny!
Mkallah: It pays to be a ticket holder!
Mewkow: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO update
Tetsemi: And we are our own guest!
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 [email protected]. 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.
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September 18, 2017The AIE Podcast #284 – Dude, where’s my Keepstar?
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Tetsemi: Clans, with benefits
Mewkow: Goodie, Goodie, Blizzcon is coming
Mkallah: Man Pub Fun
Tetsemi: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO updated
Mewkow: and Hoots is here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Online
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.
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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 [email protected]. 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
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September 04, 2017The AIE Podcast #283 – All Aboard The SWTOR Party Train
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Mkallah: Prepare for your Destiny
Mewkow: 7.3 has dropped and so has everyone’s jaw
Tetsemi: Final Fantasy XIV four years of fun
Mkallah: Fun is still mandatory
Mewkow: And we have Sema and Apolas here to talk Star Wars, the old Republic
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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected] .
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.
52 min
August 21, 2017The AIE Podcast #282 – Fleet Commander on the Bridge!
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Tetsemi: Three Cheers for Corley
Mkallah: Winter is… sorry, Gamescon is coming
Mewkow: Pants, we don’t need no stinking Pants
Tetsemi: The Final Fantasy move has been Fantastic for AIE!
Mkallah: Our new AIE Star Trek Online director, Grebog, is here to talk about AIE in STO
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!
CLOSE
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 [email protected]. 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!.
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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