Alea Iacta Est

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Tetsemi: As the Summer of love wraps up

Mewkow: We have lots of video evidence

Mkallah: so .. much… wow.. News

Tetsemi: Fly me to the moon… fire

Mewkow: and we have Captain Cybyl’s STO update!

All that and more coming up right now…

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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

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57442-community-summer-of-love-2017-july-31st-to-august-6th/

There were a lot of activities across all the games AIE is in, with the last event running earlier today in WoW with the Transmog Gear and pet Swap meet!

Thank you to everyone that participated and made the Summer of Love a wonderful AIE event.

If you missed some of the events, here are a few videos we found taken by our wonderful guildies.

FFXIV – By Ryooshi – https://youtu.be/RiqEmSWGM5Q (Rememberance Day)

WoW – By Joey Image – https://www.twitch.tv/videos/164656428 (Running of the Beef)

Also for a ton of screenshots, check out the #AIEGuild hashtag on Twitter

https://twitter.com/hashtag/AIEGuild

WoW

The time gate for the 3rd relic slot will automatically be removed in 7.3. In addition, players will not have to do the Broken Shore questline to unlock Concordance of the Legionfall and the other new traits.

Artifact Knowledge is also getting changes and will be global across all player. The week of the patch, all players will be Artifact Knowledge 41.

There are new missions, equipment and chests on Argus that can shoot Champions all the way to item level 900.

Reusable Augment Runes coming from Exalted Army of the Light, the Lightforged Augment Rune.

http://www.wowhead.com/news=269167/liveblog-of-the-q-a-with-ion-hazzikostas

SWTOR

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 205: To Merge Or Not To Merge

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-205 talk about the current server merge discussion, pros and cons, ways to merge, alternatives, and our views.

Also the Mandatory Fun Night, on Tuesday, will be on the Republic side this week.

FFXIV

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2017/Moonfire_Faire/

The quest begins in the Limsa upper decks and you can get a full seasonal outfit and some housing items while the event is live.

STO

We have completed the required work to allow us to start the Shipyard Tier IV upgrades. This will unlock many more fleet ships for everyone to purchase. And once we complete the shipyards, I believe we will be able to upgrade the starbase to tier IV as well.

I may hold on the Starbase tier IV to keep resources flowing into fleet ship consumables, so everyone can buy their desired fleet ships.

The Research Lab is also making big progress and one of the two branches is nearing completion as well with the other branch over halfway through tier 3.

Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 8/6/2017:

Before today’s news:

On Remembrance Day, August 2nd, 2017, Captain Cybyl, representing AIE Fleet, paid the AIE Fleet’s respects to the guild’s fallen at the Eternal Flame Memorial in Earth’s Star Fleet Academy, the Spock shrine on Vulcan, the Spock shrine on New Romulus and finally at the AIE Fleet’s star base. Captain Cybyl is humbled and truly honoured to be a member of one awesome gaming family called AIE. Thank you.

Now on to the news:

1. The STO staff is attending Star Trek Las Vegas for the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, Star Fleet leakers have supplied some interesting tidbits:

2. Season 14: ‘Emergence’ will launch October 18th, featuring the newest addition to the cast: Levar Burton. He will voice the character he portrayed and made famous in the TV series Star Trek: TNG: Geordi La Forge. An exciting trailer for Season 14 and beyond has been posted.

3. On September 12th, an introductory episode to the upcoming Season 14, ‘Beyond the Nexus’, will allow players to accompany Captain La Forge in investigating a distress call from a Galaxy-class ship with a mysterious emergency. See the STO website for details.

4. Season 13.5 launched July 18th, with the featured episode ‘Brushfire’. The last of three weekly rewards for playing this episode have been posted to the STO website.

5. The famous Phoenix Lockbox has arrived for the week of August 3rd to August 10th. Players will have a chance to turn in their spare Summer Event gift vouchers for starships, new equipment, weapons, upgrade tokens and much, much more. The website lists them all.

6. Now that you have al those nifty upgrade tokens from the Phoenix Lockbox, coincidentally, this is also an upgrade weekend! Captains will earn DOUBLE Technology points for upgrading their weapons and equipment.

7. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!

GW2

Here’s a brief description of what it takes from Diji on the #GW2 in Discord.

“For those not familiar with the fight, allow me to recount the epic tale of how we cleared the Guild hall. You start off in the Lost Precipice map, which is a huge area horizontally and vertically. A single Mordrem Maw spawns on the map with 2 Mordrem Vinetenders, and various other mobs nearby. You have a limited time (I think 3-4 mins if I remember right) to get to the maw, kill the 2 Vinetenders, and then kill the Maw. If you fail to kill the Maw within the time limit, the air toxicity rises, and a new Maw spawns elsewhere. If you lose 5 times, everyone dies and you start over. You have to kill 5 Maws. Once you kill them, a Vine Warden spawns in the middle, and you have a few minutes to down him. Once you do, you win, and the guild hall is yours.

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57408-the-roger-ralff-white-memorial-guild-hall/

TSW

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57436-secret-world-legends/

The Dreaming Dark event (AKA The Flappy Raid) is going on, before the Tokyo re-release. So, everything that’s been released is almost re-released. I mean, say you took a break, there is content that is now available, for free, in SWL. Just nothing in Tokyo. Though scenarios are there, but that involves the Venice map, and with the group finder tool, you can experience that content, without actually setting foot there.

Also, information on the Whispering Tide Event from the official site

https://secretworldlegends.com/news/the-whispering-tide/

The scales have tipped.

The Filth has entered Agartha, threatening the World Tree itself. Shadows the size of planets gaze upon us and prepare their winged harbingers for invasion. Darkness is upon us; The Whispering Tide has arrived.

Following the latest events from the Main Story, the portal to Tokyo is overflowing with Filth, blocking access and heralding an unkindness of Birds of the Zero-Point Pathogen into Agartha. You, the agents of Gaia, are the only ones that can stem the tide.

Mew and Tet- discuss the game!

And with that, let’s get back to Us and find out what we have been up to. Also, I have a few round table questions.

GAME NEWS

Tet: All the Alts in WoW!

Mew:

Mkallah: Wedding (RL summer of love drunken CAH), RPG, podcast stuff

Question: What was your favourite part of Summer of Love:

Tet: Rememberance day

Mew: How active FF14 was for it this year

Mkallah: all the games being involved,

With Russel Brower no longer the official face of music at Blizzard, let’s talk about music. What has been your favourite piece of game music?

Tet:Pandaria themes

Mew:too many to pick one. Fallout series. FF14 dungeons and hildebrad.

Mkallah:Wrath music, how it ranged from ethereal to menacing to fiddle heavy, which I always love. In general, and RedDead for the Wyrd West feel and Bioshock for that feels familiar but alien music

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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, we have no segments! Guys, if you want to submit segments, please email the show!

Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something! So until then, AIE…

– This is Mkallah

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mkallah: The Nomads love to explore

Mewkow: Thank you for the love of music

Tetsemi: Love is in the air

Mkallah: we have the lovely Captain Cybyl STO Update

Mewkow: Sy and Grimcow are here to talk about the Summer of Love!

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AIE News

Community

NOMADS

WoW

SWTOR

This week. Tuesday July 25th, MFN will be on the Imp side and next week it will be on the Pub side.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 203: There Were Never Such Devoted Sisters

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-203 review the Esne and Aivela boss fight added to the Gods From The Machine operation on Iokath.

STO

1. Season 13.5 launched July 18th, with the featured episode ‘Brushfire’. The first of three weekly rewards for playing this episode have been posted to the STO website. Rewards for weekly replays will be posted at the end of each week.

2. The Son’a Lockbox has arrived for Season 13.5. Two new, artsy-looking Son’a starships are the featured prizes along with new equipment, weapons, player enhancements and much more. Stats for the new ships have been posted.

3. The Xindi Lockbox has been upgraded to include upgraded T6 Xindi starships, along with new equipment, weapons, player enhancements and much more. Stats for the new ships have been posted.

4. The C-Store 15% lockbox key sale has been extended through this weekend! Grab ’em while you can.

5. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!

FFXIV

Kittee Fantastico and Tiara Leigh of our Final Fantasy XIV gaming community will be exchanging vows in their Ceremony of Eternal Bonding on Sunday, the 30th of July 2017 at 7PM EDT.

This may come as a shock to those who know the happy couple. However, between Kittee’s seemingly random, explosive tendencies and Tiara’s great love of collecting mounts in the game; we can all smile and offer sagely Warrior of Light nods to their union. (Tiara is not at all using Kittee to get the mount, and any rumors that say otherwise are clearly false…)

Invitations may be requested from the couple prior to the event, and are required to enter the Ceremony at the Sanctum of the Twelve in the East Shroud. You may send a friend request to either of them so they may mail you an invitation, or you can track them down in game or in the AIE Discord.

Join the FFXIV crew on their “Fun Night” during their Summer of Love meet up at the tiny home in the Goblet on Goblin. It’s Final Fantasy Fashionista Fun Night! Come as you are, or in your favorite outfits or glamour to celebrate the AIE community. Kickoff is at 9PM EDT and we’ll be coming and going from the house as we embark on our various fun activities of the evening

Just a reminder that the guild has moved to Goblin from Gilgamesh. Unfortunately, Goblin is no longer a preferred server which means free transfers are no longer available. You can still transfer for $18 or roll a new character on Goblin and join the guild. The guild house on Gilgamesh is still open for a little while longer for folks that need to transfer things over to Goblin but will be shutting down in the near future.

Current timelines are pointing to October for the release of 4.1 (yay more story) which will likely bring the new housing area near Kugane, as well as other quality of life additions, such as the removal of restrictions on the job boost potions. As Yoshi-P says, ‘Please look forward to it.’

And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and Grimcow and find out what’s going on in Summer of Love week.

GAME NEWS

Sy: We’re here to talk about the Summer of Love week long event. Summer of Love is our biggest community wide event each year. It’s a time to reflect on life and friendship and to share and support each other’s sorrow. It’s also a week of games, events, contests, and more across all of our game divisions. All of these events have built up around our community’s single most important, most historic, and most reverent gathering every year: Remembrance Day.

Grim: I joined AIE in April of 2011 on a baby rogue, based, like many of us, on the chatter on The Instance and the warm fuzzies I got listening about the antics and culture and community, etc. I heard about AIE’s Remembrance Day and decided I needed to attend this thing. I was mid-50s, still leveling, I think, and was absolutely blown away by the reverence and feeling of it. My tiny Alliance guild was dormant so I had no problem biting the bullet and thus transferred and faction-swapped my main. My original WoW toon (a dorf pally) became Grimcow as a direct result of Remembrance Day. I have not missed one since.

(Insert here – I (Sy) would like to have a general discussion on how Remembrance Day started here, with dialog from all the hosts. Informal talking. [See below where we mention general rules, like removing weapons.] Talk about Milliway, etc.)

Sy: Between Remembrance Day and the Craft Faire….both those events in AIE were the reasons I factioned changed all of my Alliance toons on Earthen Ring to Horde. Just the idea of a guild and community that would do these things for their members was and still is so incredible.

Grim: I agree with Sy. I got roped into the Craft Faire as the Tailoring Captain by an innocent-seeming chat with Nevermore. Innocent. Yeah, right. I spent the next several years managing 5 guild banks stuffed full of cloth as well as a lot of Google spreadsheets. When the Faire came around, I was running upwards of 8 banks! COOP and all of it was and still is gloriously fun. Love being a part of this crew. The community – to this day – remains the best part of the game for me.

Tuesday August 1st – Star Wars is hosting a very special Mandatory Fun night from 8pm to 10pm Central Time. (See show notes above. Details coming soon.)

As we hear back from more game divisions on locations, we’ll update the Community forum post.

Sy: Just a few reminders to anyone attending Remembrance Day…We ask that everyone remove their weapons out of respect for those that have fallen. A lot of people choose to wear formal tuxedos, suits, dresses, etc, however this is not a requirement. If you would like any dressy items to wear, please speak up in chat and people are always willing to help out. As far as WoW is concerned, please leave your cute and fuzzy pets in your class hall, that includes hunters and warlocks. Please don’t engage with the Horde or Alliance that might troll us during this event. Be the better person and ignore them. Please be respectful of our Alliance friends in Convert to Raid. Many of them show up for this event in support.

Grim: Also, please no ground effect spells or toys – except for your Horde balloon, of course. Many of our members run on sub-optimal machines, and these things can cause lag. We don’t want to accidently boot people out of the game just because a shaman thought Healing Rain would look cool. Remembrance Day is for everyone. Last, but not least, please respect those talking in comms during the event. This is not the time to tell that one dirty joke you know.

Sy:

Grim:

Sy:

Links to the posts in the forums –

General Information

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57442-community-summer-of-love-2017-july-31st-to-august-6th/

WoW Events

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57444-coop-summer-of-love-2017-edition/

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57443-running-of-the-beef-14-special-remembrance-edition/

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57446-transmog-swapmeet-summer-of-love-edition-aug-6/

FFXIV Events

SWTOR Events

SHOUTOUTS

Lars Gagner – Should out to AIEU. Apparently TEST is coming to play Eve with us.

Syreyne – Shoutout to our DoA raid member, Velazarius and his new wifey, Irina. Congrats and welcome to the USA!!!

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Twitter @SyreyneAIE

Link to Summer of Love Schedule post: http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57442-community-summer-of-love-2017-july-31st-to-august-6th/

If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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

Don’t forget, you too can submit a segment to the podcast. If they let the likes of me submit, anyone can join in.

In two weeks we’ll be talking to someone about something! Probably Hoots and crew with EVE.So until then, AIE…

– This is Tetsemi

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mewkow: We have Rusty Reminders

Tetsemi: We Love Summer

Mkallah: We have carnage on Iokath

Mewkow: AIE is on the move in Final Fantasy… Finally

Tetsemi: And we have been given carte blanche to ramble!

All that and more coming up right now…

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Ok, we’ll be digging into news soon, but first let’s talk about our Nerdtacular impressions and what we have been doing in and out of game.

Mew- FF14, but more on that later.

Tet- Nerdtacular was amazing and needs to happen again! I love going to Snowbird, it’s very relaxing (when the thermostat behaves) and really enjoying seeing everyone, attending the panels, and playing games. Doing the live podcast this year was definitely a highlight and we’ll do one again, next time the opportunity presents itself.

Rogue Class Mount and Order Hall Campaign – Done! May just be my favorite story and order hall so far.

Hunter is leveling up, just hit 108 about 1/3 rd of the way through Highmountain (Azusa is complete). Working on his engineering while leveling which has been interesting. I like the story bits and the cool items to make. Really enjoyed the fact I can buy the Beastmaster hidden appearance for gold and it’s a bow! Running with a Core Hound and Hati right now for companions, and I love, love, love, that you can just have Volley go off on your auto-attacks. Brings back the flavor of Volley without having to manage it.

Played a bit more of Secret World Legends, playing on the Dragon side as a Gunslinger (insert fake Mkallah shock here) and really enjoying the story (hey! I found the story!) in the game.

MK- TALK ABOUT STUFF

AIE News

NOMADS

WoW

SWTOR

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 201: The Last Starfighter

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-201 talk about the GSF threads now open in the official forums in addition to the continued flurry of community team interaction.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 202: Manaan, Sisters And All of 5.3

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-202 talk about the Manaan Stronghold, the Sisters of Carnage, the class changes, and the bug fixes now live in update 5.3.

FFXIV

Live letter: While some of it is still being fully translated, it seemed like the focus was mostly on the various classes now that many are at max level. They didn’t seem to want to address the server crowding measures, or the new housing area as we were hoping. If you are curious about the coming class changes you can find a post on the official FF14 forums and another on the reddit group for FF14.

STO

1. Season 13.5 will launched July 18th, with the first new featured episode ‘Brushfire’, where players will be contacted by legendary Klingon General Rodek The exciting details are on the STO website.

2. A bonus marks weekend! Earn a 50% bonus on all marks earned by playing any content.

3. C-Store having a 15% lockbox key sale this weekend!

4. The annual Risa Summer Festival is still going strong until July 20th. Get your prize vouchers for numerous prizes plus a new T6 Vorgon starship.

5. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!

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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 chat room and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://bit.ly/AIEPodcastDiscord . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://keyswithsoul.com !

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

Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind

Due to a RL wedding, we will not have a show in two weeks- but, we are planning on having one Next week and I am working on, as we speak, getting Sy and perhaps additional guests to talk about Summer of Love.

– This is Tetsemi

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mkallah: Gyms they be a flipping

Mewkow: Give me an R!

Tetsemi: The Meta is Dead, Long Live the Meta!

Mkallah: Klingons off the starboard bow…

Mewkow: But I buzzed in!

All that and more coming up right now…

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Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW and Nerdactular shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

AIE News

Community

The Story Time and Drawing with Scott and Turpster was amazing and really needs to be an ongoing segment somewhere in the Frogpants portfolio.

And of course it wouldn’t be the Frogpants All-Stars without controversy and technology fails, but they powered on through and can’t wait for the final this afternoon.

Stop by and check out all the vendors (in fact we swiped Mkallah from her booth, thanks to Kiki for booth sitting while we record) and see what the amazing community has created.

Oh and one last thing, the Pokemon gym battles and raid battles are in full bloom. There is a gym right at the vendor area for Nerdtacular and it is constantly switching hands between Team Mystic and Team Valor (led by Brian Ibbott), although somehow both teams were caught off guard and Team Instinct held the gym for a while.

WoW

SWTOR

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-200 talk about the five class/spec changes that have been announced so far and debate how it might affect the “meta”.

STO

1. Season 13.5 will launch July 18th. In the first new featured episode ‘Brushfire’, players will be contacted by legendary Klingon General Rodek, voiced by Tony Todd. The mission is to raid a secret Son’a prison to free a special prisoner: former Klingon Chancellor Martok, who is key to stopping the Tzenkethi advance. The exciting details are on the STO website.

2. For the upcoming Season 13.5 story arc, STO announced the newest addition to the cast: J.G. Hertzler. He will do the voice the of former Klingon Chancellor Martok, the character he portrayed and made famous in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

3. The Kobayashi Maru Event returns this weekend until July 3rd. This is the famous no-win Starfleet Academy training scenario that cadet James T. Kirk hacked to win the no-win scenario. Test your captain skills attempting to beat the event and win awesome prizes. See the STO website for more info.

4. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog June 29th, entitled ‘Retaking the Test’ which relates one Starfleet captain’s emotional reaction to having been ordered to retake the hopeless, no-win Kobayashi Maru Scenario. Should the entire Alliance be ordered take it as well? Find out at the STO website for this intense story.

5. C-Store and Zen sale weekend! Buying Zen for the C-Store awards bonus Zen to the transaction! But wait, there’s more: a 20% discount on everything in the C-Store sweetens deal! One more thing: there is a 20% sale on packs. And lastly, buy a 20-key bundle and get a free ultimate tech crafting upgrade.

6. The annual Risa Summer Festival is still going strong until July 20th. There is still plenty of time to win prize vouchers for numerous prizes plus a new T6 Vorgon starship. Prize lists and starship stats are available on the STO website.

7. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

Until next time, Captain Cybyl says, ‘Live Long and Prosper’!

TSW

GAME NEWS

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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Ben The Mage and our very special guests for joining us.

If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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

Next time, we’ll be talking to Be Announced . So until then, AIE…

This is Tetsemi

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Tetsemi: Nerdtacular starts in FIVE DAYS

Mkallah: And we are kind of excited

Mewkow:We have game updates

Tetsemi: Including Captain Cybyl’s STO writeup

Mkallah:: Plus Abovan is here to talk about Final Fantasy XIV

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Ok, we’ll be digging into FFIXV shortly, but first, let’s talk about next weekend’s upcoming event, Nerdtacular and get into this week’s news…

Nerdtacular preview and thoughts:

Tetsemi:

Nerdtacular is one of my favorite get together’s for the AIE guild and the greater Frogpants community. There’s a ton to do both at Nerdtacular and at the Snowbird resort as well. Non-nerdtacular activities I’d recommend. Take the tram to the top of the mountain for the view (if you’re okay with heights) and ride the mountain coaster. The coaster takes you through the forest and some very pretty sites. If you’ve got kids with you, go for the wristband.

For Nerdtacular itself, check out the game room (We miss you Ralffie) and you may find a new favorite game to play or watch.

Cyberwaif:

Now, to piggy back on what Tet said. Yes, if you are staying at Snowbird, it is good to plan for a free day to do all of the activities and get a wristband! In years past, if you did the buffet breakfast, you got a free tram ticket, so if they still do that, it is a great savings. We like to take the tram up and then take the mile hike down to the ski lift. As for food, it is expensive, but, we love the Aerie, especially if they have any happy hour deals going. And, the Atrium opens at 7 for coffee and breakfast. For food, we also regularly take a trip into SLC for Sushi Groove- the sushi is great, the music can be loud, and they have fun desserts. Check them out at http://www.sushigrooveutah.com/. We also hit up the Target down the mountain for room food like lunch meat and yogurt since the rooms have small refrigerators.

As for NT itself, besides all of the panels and the concert, there is the soon to be world famous game room, occasional CAH and Munchkin games in the halls- and as a word of note, bring your own games to play, and sometimes pick up D&D or Star Wars games. Usually there are a handful of vendors, I know for sure there will be the Tadpool collective, Nevermore, Jules, Gates of Imagination, myself and we will also be carrying some of Leontines crafts as welll. There is the meet and greet on Thursday which is the official start to Nerdtacular and I know a fair few of us are doing a 1920s Disney cosplay. Saturday is always the coplay spectacular, though some people do light cosplay on Friday as well.

Mewkow-

Nerdtacular – Arriving Tuesday via plane. Getting a suv. Stopping before the climb to stock up. Bring these items…

Mewkow- And now, this week’s news!

AIE News

Community

WoW

Didn’t get your Blizzcon tickets? Well, you have another shot. The new hall at the Anaheim convention center will be useable and Blizzard opened up more tickets – Wednesday, July 5 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time. on Universe.com

SWTOR

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-199 walk through the “feedback” posts from Charles, Eric and Keith and then deep dive into the class balance outline that’s been posted recently.

FFXIV

STO

1. The annual Risa Summer Festival is still going strong until July 20th. There is still plenty of time to win prize vouchers for new vanity pets, beachwear, mini-powerboards, jetpacks, a new T6 Vorgon starship and much, much more. Prize lists and starship stats are available on the Star Trek Online website.

2. A new ‘Endeavor’ system will be coming soon to STO in an upcoming update. Every 2 – 3 days, a new Endeavor mini-mission will begin. No need to hail an admiral and get a lengthy briefing, just jump in and go. Captains are free to pick and choose any mini-missions, each of which earn huge varieties of immediate rewards for captains and their fleets. The STO website says it all.

3. Two new backstories were posted to the STO website blog:

4. Lifetime subscriptions for PC players! From now until July 27th, lifetime subscriptions are discounted by $100 to $199! Get yourself a lifetime of Star Trek bliss!

5. Star Trek Online has joined up with the Razer Paid-to-Play Program. Starting soon, you’ll have the option to play STO through the Razer Cortex gaming portal and begin earning Razer’s zSilver currency for every minute you play the game. Use your zSilver to purchase gaming keyboards, gaming mice, headsets and much more from Razer and other participating dealers. The exciting details are waiting for you on the STO website.

6. Starship news: The Constitution and Miranda class cruisers have had their looks updated to match the TV and movie configurations. Also, Ferengi starship campaigns have been added to the Admiralty systems.

7. A 23th century R&D promotion, starting June 22nd through July 5th, will give captains a chance to win a T6 faction-specific Temporal Cruiser whenever an R&D pack is purchased from the C-Store and opened.

8. Finally, don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

And with that, let’s get back to Abovan and find out what’s going on in FFXIV

GAME NEWS

Stormblood is here!

Highlights

New lands, Al Amigho, Doma

Quick, non spoiler lore intro.

Gilgamesh? Still locked.

How to get started.

PC

Each one has a different license. One sub can cover all platforms, but you need the license to play on that platform.

Class catch-ups. Story catch-ups. Tomato ketchup.

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

If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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

If all goes well, we will be recording live from Nerdtacular on Saturday!. So until then, AIE…

– This is Mewkow

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mew: We are talking to ourselves

Mkallah: There are Rusty Ashes of Creation?

Tetsemi:: Keeping up with Broken Shore

Mew: Are you ready for Stormblood?

Mkallah: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO update

All that and more coming up right now…

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Ok, we’ll be digging into News shortly, but first, let’s talk about what we have been up to.

Tetsemi

Dabbling in SWTOR a bit, checking out Iokath and it’s dailies. Trying to find time to get into either MFN or an operation, but days have been very busy.

Mewkow – In FF14, finally got my Bard to ilevel 230, so I’ll be running the final dungeons for Heavensward and will be ready for the expansion. Once that is done, I’ll try to grind a bit of Gil, and level gathering and crafting classes to try and have those ready for Stormblood. FC has been quite active lately, likely due to expansion hype. Sadly, new players can’t join us on Gilgamesh, but lots of returning players are appearing. I will be joining in the Early Access play on the 16th, which should give me plenty of time to get pretty far in before WoW drops the Tomb in everyone’s laps. Not very subtle of them to have it come out on the same day as Stormblood, which has been a known date for quite a while. Thoughts?

And speaking of WoW, paladin is 110 now and with the partial catch-up of artifact knowledge, and some AP grinding, is closely catching up to my warrior so I can have the two tank types ready for Tomb. Both my FERT druid and worgen warrior are nearly at knowledge level 40 and a couple traits away from concordance. Once I get them to 40, I’ll be sharing the knowledge love around to my many alts. My belf rogue is waiting for the knowledge boost before going too much deeper in that story.

In SWTOR, I have been moving forward in the Fallen Empire storyline with my Bounty Hunter.

In non MMO gaming, I am currently exploring the many mods that are being made for Fallout 4, now that the game is in a more final state as far as DLC goes. There are some impressive DLC like mods out there, adding tons of story and lore to the game. Some even feature voice acting, and add new factions to the game, like the Enclave from Fallout 3, and even NCR armor and power armors from other groups.

A while back, I managed to get my hands on an Oculus, and I’m seeing the promise coming there. I saw a new controller being kickstarted that will bring ‘touch’ to VR by having haptic feedback in a glove. The fact that it is aiming to be compatible with all the existing VR headsets is promising because the more VR becomes interchangeable in tech, the strong it becomes as a whole.

For a recent real life leveling event, I got a nintendo switch. It came with the new Mario Kart, which will allow me to participate in some of the workplace gaming that’s been going on lately amongst the switch owners. It’s a smooth experience on the built in screen, handles nicely. I’ll be trying the new Zelda game next which I hear is rather good. The only sore spot I’ve seen with it is inventory management and equipment breakage. Oh, and suddenly losing all sense of time while playing it.

Mkallah- Phoenix Comicon- our time and misadventures. (some guildies were nice enough to come by and say Hi! We have the best guildmates and yes, there will be some meetups coming up soon after NT- maybe something in the Tempe area even. If you have suggestions of a location, let me know). Now, to Nerdtacular Prep!

Gaming- sadly, due to Phx CC and RL issues, no tabletop gaming, though I have my warlock rolled up for an upcoming 5E came starting this Friday and am halfway through her history. And, it looks like we may be back to RPGs on Monday nights, our buddy pre-ordered a new game coming out, City of Mists, and we are going to start the intro game soon. Looks like a lot of fun, modern noir, but the players are avatars of gods, heroes, even mythological weapons, they just don’t know it yet. I am going to be playing Hel, which should be a ton of fun. And, I may be taking my first foray into running an occasional game- which scared me more than it should considering that I write 20 page character histories.

Tet- Now that we have talked about what we are doing in and out of game, let’s get into this week’s news!

AIE News

Community

Check out some of the other videos on their channel as well.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfbi2EvzQmIJ55TJvZumNZw/videos

And discussions are going on in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/

Also a reminder that there’s a discovery post for interest in Destiny 2 and which platform you will be playing on in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57425-destiny-2-discovery/

Imperium Ludi

WoW

If you’ve been current on your Artifact Knowledge, you should be hitting level 40 this week which is the cap, for now. Blizzard tweeted out that once you hit level 40 in Artifact Knowledge, you’ll be able to send an AK40 tome to your alts. Originally it was going to be 35, following the 5 levels below your current knowledge divided by 5, but made a design decision to make it 40.

Also don’t forget patch 7.2.5 is slated to drop June 20th, which will be the release of the Tomb of Sargeras raid.

SWTOR

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-195 talk about the HK-51 mission line, how to get him as a companion, and what our favorites parts are of this older but still relevant content.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 196: Have Roadmap, Will Travel

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-196 talk about the new producer’s roadmap that was just published and what the Summer of SWTOR is shaping up to be.

MFN Is imperial side this week and next week will be republic.

FFXIV

STO

1. It is that time of year for the annual Risa Lohlunat Festival! This event is happening June 8th to July 20th. A New daily event, the Biathlon, has been added. Win prize vouchers for new vanity pets, beachwear, mini-powerboards, jetpacks, and much, much more. The Annual Summer Event Starship is a new T6 Vorgon (NOT Vogon) Ryn’Kodan Carrier! For a complete listing of prizes and starship stats please visit the Star Trek Online website.

2. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog on May 26th, entitled ‘Fortunes of War and Peace’. If a player miraculously receives a smuggler’s Amarie Heavy Escort as a prize in a random R&D Pack, this backstory explains it’s existence. Get a chance for a new career after retirement from Starfleet!

3. A Duty Officer weekend! From Thursday, June 1st, to Monday, June 5th, playing any Duty Officer content that provides Commendation XP shall yield an additional 50% XP bonus! Also, the annual Particle Scanning Event at the Starfleet Academy campus, will again reward additional Duty Officers.

4. What a coincidence! The C-Store is having a 20% off Duty officer pack sale this weekend. But wait! There’s more: during the previously mentioned Duty Officer Weekend, opening ANY Duty Officer packs purchased on the C-Store will yield a FREE additional green or better Duty Officer.

5. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, UI patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off

GAME NEWS

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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…

Altitis – @TheMewKow

We will keep you posted on our next show as soon as we have details, since our next scheduled show is Father’s Day! And, we are also in discussion to do a show from Nerdtacular! So, until Next time-

– This is Mewkow

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Tetsemi: Comicon is coming!

Mewkow: Help create the Ashes of Creation

Mkallah: Any plans for Summer of Love?

Tetsemi: Come for the fun nights!

Mewkow: And, we are our own guest tonight

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Ok, we’ll be chatting shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

AIE News

Community

Keep an eye out on Meetup.com to see if any of the Phoenix guildies are meeting up at Comicon or for a food gathering nearby!

Imperium Ludi

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57425-destiny-2-discovery/

Galadeon brings us a new update for Ashes of Creation, they’ve launched a Kickstarter and it’s fully funded, you still have 11 days (from this recording) if you want to contribute and have a chance to get into the alpha. There is a new video up for the Kickstarter, and I, personally, am waiting on the 3rd and 4th Nodes videos.

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/

NOMADS

WoW

Summer of Love (slated for the beginning of August) planning is in full swing. If you’d like to run an event, contact Syreyne on the forums, in Discord, or on one of her many alts in game! There will be a CooP run, a Running of the X (most like in conjunction with CTR guild like last time), a Remembrance Day meet up at the Shrine of the Fallen Soldier and a march to Orgrimmar. With Ralff’s passing this year, it will be especially meaningful for the guild. Keep an eye on the Discord channels and forums for the other games as well for their activities!

SWTOR

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57419-back-again-into-the-wars-amoung-the-stars/

Mandatory Fun Night will be on the pub side this week and then imp for the next two, continuing the rotation and getting both factions some love!

The summer “roadmap” should be published soon from Bioware. We saw a few hints of what to come earlier from Keith, but the full roadmap with, hopefully, a lot more information should be out in the next couple of weeks.

The next boss of the new operation “Gods from the Machine” is entering testing.

SWTOR Ops Wrapup

Sith with Unlimited Power ran Eternity Vault and 4/5 bosses in Karagga’s Palace with help from friends. It was a great night for all involved.

Republic Team:

All the teams are fully staffed, but, keep an eye out on Discord on Mon., Wed., and Thur., because real life happens and fill-ins get needed,lol.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 193: I Owe Kath Daily

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-193 do a walkthrough of Iokath dailies and talk about tips and tricks.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 194: Stronghold Secrets

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-194 talk about Strongholds, favorite decorations and tips for using your prosperity as a weapon.

FFXIV

The Data Center moves for the FFXIV NA servers completed without any significant incident and servers were actually back online ahead of schedule. One thing that does impact AIE’s server on the Aether Datacenter, Gilgamesh, is that it is now locked to both character creation and paid transfers. Neither is currently possible as they are working to stabilize population on high pop servers through the launch of Stormblood next month.

However, the officers are keenly aware of the impact this has on recruitment and the the desire of existing members to play with friends new to the game. We’re following things closely and while some are concerned and looking at the possibility of server moves, etc., at this time there are no options or incentives in place for us to undertake such a thing but we are eagerly awaiting Square Enix’s decisions on how the want to attempt to balance populations. We’re hurrying up and waiting, in the meantime let the fun continue.

Our Final Fantasy Fun Nights, @9PM EDT on Fridays, have seen some increased participation and we’re working on Alexander 8-man raids. Last Friday we completed the second stage of these raids and we’ll be focusing on “Creator”, the last four levels of Alexander, moving forward.

STO

1. The last featured episode, ’Mirrors and Smoke’, released April, 25th. Will be offering new 4th week rewards for replays until Tuesday, May 23rd

2. Kipleigh Brown, the voice actress who voiced Lukari Captain Kuumaarke in many featured episodes, was interviewed by the STO community manager, Ambassador Kael. The interview audio has been posted on the STO blog. A fascinating and talented voice actress indeed!

3. A 20% off starship sale in the C-Store is happening from Thursday, May 18th through Monday, May 22nd! Now is the time for captains to get the ship of their dreams!

4. A bonus marks weekend! From Thursday, May 18 to Monday, May 22nd, playing any game content that provides Fleet or Reputation marks as a reward will give you an additional 50% bonus!

5. The stats of the recently released T6 Light Cruisers as well as the newly upgraded and re-released T1 Miranda class Light Cruiser have been posted to the STO blog.

6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, UI patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off

And with that, let’s get back to ourselves and find out what’s going on in AIE..

GAME NEWS

WoW

Got my Mage, DK and Warrior current on the Broken Shore quest line so far, with my Paladin being held back by the do 12 WQ’s on the Broken Shore. My druid has done the opening scenario and is starting to work on the story line.

Going to work on leveling my Rogue next after I get my druid finished on the Order Hall/Artifact Weapon quests.

SWTOR

Going to work on getting my other characters to end game, have a couple going through the KotFE story right now and a backlog stuck on Ilum (yes I’m a completionist :P)

Mewkow:

Tanked first heroic guldan kill two get the AOTC achievement. Had also gotten the elisande kill before it. Elisande extra rings. Guldan extra add.

Started playing with VR in oculus. Learned I need more room. Lots of potential.

Prepping for FF14. Discussions with admin on transfers and what’s involved. Pros and cons of staying or moving. Redid my system to support new expansion.

Social opportunities at work due to gaming. Discuss.

Mkallah: Most of my time has been has been spent getting ready for Phoenix Comicon wishing I was gaming, somewhere, on a computer, with friends at a table, with friends over roll20, some D&D with some great people from the Tadpool. Oh, and speaking of gaming- I may have joined a new D&D game….. to later find out that it is also a podcast! My buddy was looking for another player for the group he recently joined since they were going from World of Darkness to D&D and. Started working on my character (yes, I finally get to play a 5th ed Warlock) and getting to know the rest of the crew (great group of geeks who totally know their stuff) when it was mentioned that the group name is Geeks and Geeklets, and the have a stream and a podcast! So, yes, I am the only one who can join a game and have it be a podcast!

Oh, and Cosplay- have I mentioned cosplay? The lovely Amy Frost- Danoria of AIE – had the crazy idea to do disney 20s cosplay for the meet and greet for Nt17- and immediately asked Mew’s geekily awesome wife Jen and me to join her. We have a group of folks joining us now. And, since 20’s couture is not complementary to figure, I decided to get back to the gym, since I have so much free time. Cause, Cosplay workouts are a thing. And, if you coming to NT and want to join us, message me and I am happy to hook you up to the group.

Shoutouts

Nitetrek – Always a shout-out to noob raid! And the teams that got heroic guldan these past few weeks.

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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…

Altitis – @TheMewKow

Mkallah:: Next time, we’ll be talking to someone about something in AIE! So until then, AIE…

– This is Mkallah

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mkallah: Find the Path

Mewkow: And the Blue Prints

Tetsemi: LOTRO turns 10!

Mkallah: Step into the Far Edge of Fate

Mewkow: And, we have Arv and Apolas here to chat about SWTOR

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Mewkow – Finished Andromeda. Enjoyed the story. Waiting for the DLC. Now diving back into WoW more full time to catch up on 7.2 content. Not too far from getting revered rep for the final piece of pathfinder 2 flying. Will now be able to dig into the new SWTOR content since the wow rep grind is a dailies thing.

Tetsemi – FERT Killed Gul’dan on Normal making this the second raid content, this expansion, we’ve killed before it has been nerfed or the new raid content has launched. Tetsemi has unlocked flying and is halfway to exalted with the Armies of Legionfall. I’ve completed the Class story line on my Mage and Death Knight as well, and working through the Paladin storyline, which is really good so far, as we’ve invaded a demon homeworld providing a daring rescue of our forces and inducted the first Night Elf Priest into the Paladinhood. Hopefully Tyrande didn’t notice we recruited one of her priests.

Got through the initial storyline on Iokath with my Pub Trooper and Imp Sorc, each ultimately deciding to stick with their original faction, although the decision for my Trooper was more difficult than I had thought. When I get to the Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, and Agent it’ll be interesting to see which direction I got. I’m planning on having at least one or two characters go cross-faction just to see how it plays out and fits into their storyline.

Ok, we’ll be digging into the Galaxy far, far away shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

AIE News

Community

Imperium Ludi

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/#entry955435

WoW

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57417-perhaps-im-a-bit-lost-but/

How are you finding patch 7.2? Have you gotten PathFinder part 1 & 2 done and taking to the skies? Are you having flashbacks with the treasure goblin to the Isle of Thunder and the chest room?

This week, if you grab the quest from your journal or the Archmage Timear in Dalaran you can get 5k order resources for completing 20 WQ’s. Between the emissary quests and the Broken Shore dailies it’s fairly easy to hit the 20 WQ’s in a few hours. Also you get 50% more reputation gain from each WQ, so if you’re trying to gain reputation, go grind!

EVE

Looking for new blue prints? Think you’re all that and a bag of chips? Well the Blood Raider Shipyards await the brave capsuleer and friends (always bring friends). Blood Raider shipyards provide a unique opportunity for capsuleers from across the cluster to assault Blood Raider manufacturing facilities and military staging points,salvaging blueprints that will allow the construction of formidable Blood Raider capital vessels.

New to Eve and not quite sure what’s it all about? There’s a new introduction video that was introduced as part of the ongoing project to improve the New Player Experience and give a more meaningful journey through character creation, a new cinematic video has arrived to brief capsuleers on the trials and tribulations of forging their own legacy in New Eden.

https://updates.eveonline.com/date/2017-05-09/

SWTOR

For those looking for a comprehensive guide and story details, Dulfy’s has you covered.

http://dulfy.net/2017/04/19/swtor-iokath-story-and-dailies-guide/

First impressions from the Escape Pod Cast crew can be found on the latest episode

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 190: Iokath Expanse First Impressions

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-190 talk through first impressions on Iokath, the new operation and the other bits 5.2 that we managed to check out on day 1 of the update.

And they’ll go more in depth next podcast episode with story thoughts, which side they decided to join (or see if Max’s Merc is still deciding), and how they were judged by Tyth.

For more discussion we’ll go to Apolas and Arv after the news.

LOTRO

Celebrate LOTRO’s 10th birthday with fireworks in Bree, and a new quest series starting at the Party Tree in Hobbiton. New horses, costumes, emotes, and decor items. Take a break from the Black Gate and come back to town. Links to the forum post and to the LOTRO official site are below.

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57418-lotros-10th-anniversary/

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?653142-Anniversary-Festival-Tokens-Time-Saving-Guide&s=e86d01f560410d28fce46f441cb407a6

STO

1. The last featured episode, ’Survivor’, released April, 3rd. Will be offering new 2nd week rewards for replays until Tuesday, April 25th, whereupon the 3rd week replay rewards shall begin.

2. Beginning Tuesday, April 25th, a new story arc, ‘Escalation’, will be introduced with a new featured episode, ’Mirrors and Smoke’. Assist the Lukari expedition explore a heretofore unknown artificial nebula that mysteriously appears on the star charts. Surprises await. Rewards shall be announced as Tuesday draws near. Free desktop wallpaper shall also be made available to download to celebrate this new release as well.

3. A new ‘Privateer Lockbox’ is being introduced next week with a new T6 Privateer Heavy Raider class starship as the main prize. Also included shall be exotic gadgets, hunter-seeker drones and drone systems, advanced disruptor weapons, and much more. Also, a new T6 Privateer warship class starship, privateer and saboteur items shall also be introduced in the Lobi store as well.

4. Double XP weekend, Captains! From Thursday, April 20th to Monday, April 24th, playing any content that provides skill points and expertise will reward a 100% (2x) Bonus.

5. A 15% sale on Keys in the C-Store is happening from Tuesday, April 18th through Monday, May 1st! Now is a great time to load up on lockbox Keys and grab those ships, weapons, equipment, etc, you’ve been eyeing.

6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

TSW

FFXIV

And with that, let’s get back to Arv and Apolas and find out what’s going on in SWTOR..

GAME NEWS

A guide is on Dulfy’s website.

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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…

In two weeks, we will be talking to … someone in AIE about something! We will let you know as we get closer. So until then, AIE…

– This is Tetsemi

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Tet: There are Two Towers

MK: The Faction Battle Reignites

Mew: We have Secret… Oh, sorry, that was redacted

Tet: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO update

Mk: And Abovan is here to chat about Final Fantasy

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Ok, we’ll be digging into Final Fantasy XIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

AIE News

Community

https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar

Imperium Ludi

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57396-ashes-of-creation/

WoW

Patch 7.2 has been out for a bit now and players have unlocked two of the three towers and experienced what was offered by each. Most feedback seen, seem to indicate the solo scenario for your class weapons was very difficult and higher level gear is going to be needed for most folks to complete the scenario, also the extra loot chest (the random buff) did provide extra loot but I think folks were looking for a bit more from it.

The Nether Disruptor was completed and brought with it a world boss that has a chance to drop loot (I received a ilevel 900 Blood Relic for my tanking weapon) as well as an item that gives you Artifact Power (with level 28 AK it gives 1.2 million AP). You also get the buff that if you spend a bonus roll token and don’t get bonus loot, there is a chance the token will be refunded to you. More Unstable Nether Portals are created while this tower is up and there is a chance to get Artifactor Commendations which are used in crafting legendaries by the three armor class professions (Tailoring, Leatherworking, and Blacksmithing).

Legion Invasions are also active, but the requirement to complete all four has been removed from Pathfinder Part 2 (to unlock flying in Legion), so the requirements now are just Pathfinder Part 1, Exploring all of Broken Shore, and getting getting to Revered reputation with Armies of Legionfall.

Getting reputation with Legionfall is achieved through Work Orders in your class hall, completing the World Quests that are up on the Broken Shore and turning in Building Supplies for Towers. Legion Invasions does not give Legionfall reputation, but they do help with the reputation for the zone they are in.

SWTOR

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-187 talk about the second set of Uprisings that were added to the game in update 5.1. Hats off to @AIESema who was a trooper and did the podcast with a wicked cold.

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-188-cantina-questions/

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-188 talk about the new Tyth preview videos the community has been able to release and we also brainstorm some questions attendees might be able to ask at the Cantina event in Orlando next week.

http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20170407

The War for Iokath: The Faction Battle Reignites

A good write-up about the upcoming patch, storylines, and information about the conflict on Iokath is on the SWTOR main site. As Outlander you will have to decide if you want to side with the Republic and its new commander Jace Malcom or the Empire and its new leader Empress Acina.

Of definite note is the Returning companions – Quinn and Elara. They will side with you depending on if you side with Empire/Republic. Sith Warriors may have another way to get Quinn back. There are still choices you can make that determines if you get them or not. These companions are tied to the story, and not dailies/reputation.

Also a reminder, you just need to be level 70 to access Patch 5.2 content. Which means you must have been a subscriber in the past but don’t need to be a current subscriber.

GW2

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57408-the-roger-ralff-white-memorial-guild-hall/

As well as the #GW2 channel in AIE Discord. Remember this is going to be the Roger ‘Ralff’ White Memorial Guild Hall so please help if you are able.

And also, we know you like fun, and in fact, it’s mandatory you have fun, which is why the AIE Guild in GW2 has instituted Mandatory Fun Nights on Monday evenings. For more information, check the forum thread – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57412-mandatory-fun-nights-on-mondays/

As well as the Guild Calendar – https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar

TSW

From the Producer Letter:

Given the sweeping extent of the changes being implemented, Secret World Legends will reset story progression for anyone who joins, offering a fresh start for all players.

This will not erase your progression in The Secret World though! Secret World Legends will exist on a different server than The Secret World, meaning you will still be able to play your old character on The Secret World server.

We’ve made some major improvements to the game and server, so Secret World Legends will have its own client. You can have both Secret World Legends and The Secret World installed on the same computer and play either game at any time.

If you’re intrigued by Secret World Legends but don’t want to leave behind the things you’ve worked hard to attain in The Secret World, worry not: a free transfer process will allow you to move vanity items like Mounts, Pets, Vehicles, and other customization’s that have been purchased through the item store from The Secret World to your characters in Secret World Legends

The Secret World Legends closed beta is announced and there is a signup on the main page of Secret World Legends.

FFXIV

STO

1. A new featured episode, ’Survivor’, was released April, 3rd. Loyalist, traitor, daughter, hero, villain, warlord, empress. Yes, Sela of Romulus fame, returns for evil? For good? Only players of this episode shall know the secret of her return. New rewards for completion of this episode shall be added every week for the next 3 weeks.

2. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog entitled ‘Ripples’. This introduces the new featured mission, ’Survivor’. The crew of the time ship, USS Pastak picks up time ripples that will lead us to the Survivor. The surprising events that follow are totally unexpected. As before, no spoilers.

3. On April 5th, 2063, the legendary scientist, Dr. Zephram Cochrane flew his experimental warp ship to become the first man to achieve faster-than-light travel. This accomplishment was detected by a passing Vulcan explorer vessel, initiating mankind’s First Contact with advanced extra-terrestrials. Free computer desktop wallpapers of this historic event are now available on the STO website.

4. This day was also celebrated April 5th with a special event where players helped Dr. Cochrane collect parts to build the first warp drive spacecraft. In addition a First Contact sci-fi short story story writing contest was introduced and which ends April 14th. Both event’s prizes are listed on the STO website.

5. This weekend is the annual Shuttle Weekend event. Players fly their favourite shuttle craft to assist a Romulan colony fend off giant land walking tanks and airborne attacks. Rewards are posted on the STO website.

6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website <https://startrekonline.com >.

Thanks to Captain Cybyl, as always, for the STO updates.

And with that, let’s get back to Abo and find out what’s going on in Final Fantasy XIV..

GAME NEWS

FFXIV is on sale with the humble bundle.

Free trial time limits – gone! Level limits lifted to 35! Significant level bump, let’s to play to the class turns into a job!

Refer a friend is still a thing, but new is refer a friend back is new. Refer a previous player back to the game for rewards for both, including 7 days of free time for the returning player.

PS4 Pro Boost mode is significant. Graphics and frame rates on par with high end gaming machines. Solid 60 fps in most game areas on max details levels.

Boost Potion discussion. Story boost and level boost. Expected to hit sometime in Stormblood.

Full Trailer for Stormblood.

Stormblood recap.

F4N

Hatching Tide

Optional amusing FF14 related news:

CLOSE

@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 https://keyswithsoul.com!

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

Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind

Next time, we’ll be talking to our fine guildies in SWTOR! . So until then, AIE…

– This is Mewkow

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mewkow: Check your calendar

Tetsemi: So Many Patchnotes

Mkallah: Mandatory fun, not just for SWTOR

Mewkow: TSW, FFXIV, and STO, oh my!

Tetsemi: And, we have Dankinia and Anwyl from NOOB raid!

All that and more coming up right now…

Podcast Audio

Raw Video

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Ok, we’ll be talking to the lovely ladies of Noob Raid shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

AIE News

Community

Also, looking for events in the games we play? Make sure to check out the Guild Calendar on the Wiki – https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar

WoW

MMO-Champion has a good writeup on getting prepared for patch 7.2 – http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/6473-Patch-7-2-Preparation-Character-Services-Sale-Blue-Posts-PvP-Title-Cutoff-Key-Art

But since there’s only a day left (Monday) before the patch goes live, but here’s the highlights,

Cap Your Artifact Knowledge – Caps at 25 and will cap to 50 in 7.2

Complete Order Hall Class Campaign – To continue with your order hall campaign in 7.2, you must have completed all currently available order hall quests.

Collect 25,000 Order Resources for New Order Hall upgrades – The first upgrade (tier 7) costs 10,000 x Order Resources and takes one day to research.

Earn the Broken Isles Pathfinder, Part One Achievement

Max Reputations to Exalted for Paragon – For each 10,000 reputation earned past Exalted, you will earn a supply reward similar to those awarded by Emissary Quests.

Level Class Hall Champions – All Champions will now be able to reach Legendary quality, which unlocks a third equipment slot.

Gather Crafting Materials for new BoE Legendaries

Sell Excess Gathered Materials Before Flying is Unlocked – With Flying, gathering becomes easier, supply increases and prices drop on the AH.

Level Battle Pets

WoWHead has a link to Blizzard’s 7.2 Video Survival Guide that was an IGN exclusive – http://www.wowhead.com/news=261625/blizzards-patch-7-2-video-survival-guide

There was also another developer Q&A with Ryan Shwayder (Senior Game Designer) covering the 7.2 content – http://www.wowhead.com/patch-7-2-live-march-28th

SWTOR

Escape Pod Cast 186 – Level Synch and Bolster

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-186 talk about how level sync and bolster work in general and why they are useful in SWTOR. They also touch on other game and community news for the week from SWTOR in general and remind everyone that our casual, family-friendly multi-game guild is always looking for new members. The officer channel on Jedi Covenant is at /cjoin aielfo and more guild information is at http://aie-guild.info/swtor

Catch the live podcast and chat room on Tuesday nights around 10:30pm central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords. Follow and subscribe on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. to hear podcast news and see the other guild streams.

Want to get involved in Mandatory Fun Night but don’t know the schedule? Well, we have you covered! MFN runs Tuesday nights at 9pm Eastern

FFXIV

TSW

STO

News at the STO website has been sparse this last two weeks, but a couple of tidbits have been posted:

1. The Tzenkethi story arc continues. A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog entitled ‘What Rough Beast’ continuing the mission of the Tzenkethi to test their world destroyer weapons on small, defenseless, unknown races. Have the Tzenkethi bitten off more than they can chew in this encounter with a world of pure energy beings? Find out the amazing details of this encounter in this latest sci-fi tale. As before, no spoilers.

2. Starship collectors rejoice! The long-awaited Andromeda class dreadnaught is now available in the C-Store. Freshly refitted, repainted and upgraded to T6 level, Federation ship collectors will now experience the bliss of owning a favourite classic mainstay vessel. Visit the STO website for the juicy specs and details.

3. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s Star Bases are always seeking contributions of materiel and personnel. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off

GW2

And with that, let’s get back to Kini and Anwyl to talk about NOOB raid!..

GAME NEWS

Q- How did it get started?

Q-How did you get involved in NOOB raid?

Q-What is your greatest achievement when it comes to NOOB raid?

Q- Favourite moment?

CLOSE

And, we have some shoutouts-

@Dankinia

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…

Mkallah: Next time, we’ll be talking to… well, someone about something! So until then, AIE…

– This is Mkallah

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.