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  • The AIE Podcast #271 – EVE of Destruction: Save the Whales

    On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

      Mewkow: We have a guild calendar
      Mkallah: and Umami reminders
      Tetsemi: Get Buffed in SWTOR
      Mewkow: Jita is burning and Hoots is here to talk about it
      Mkallah: and Bhock is here to clue us in on Crowfall

    All that and more coming up right now…

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    Welcome to episode # 271 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi To my left is Mewkow: – (Greetings, Gamers). And to my right is Mkallah (Hey, AIE, there are gruyere prosciutto croissant and lemon bars in guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Hoots and Bhock who are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE and Crowfall! Welcome!

    Ok, we’ll be digging into EVE, and maybe a sneak peek at Crowfall from Bhock,shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

    AIE News

    Community

    Did you know we have a Guild Calendar? We do! And we’re in the process of populating it with all the guild activities like Mandatory Fun Nights, raid times/team, etc. If you, fantastic members of the AIE Community, would like to get an event on the Guild Calendar, please e-mail [email protected] or pop into the #lfo channel in Discord and let us know!

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

    Imperium Ludi

    A reminder for all games, each character in each game needs an application in Umami. Please don’t forget to submit applications for your alts as well before asking for invites into the various games that AIE is in.

    Speaking of all the games, if you are playing Neverwinter on the Dragon Shard and you’d like to hang out with AIE folks, hop in game and look for “Dave’s Not Here” guild. Just post your name in the thread on the forums or in the #LFO channel in Discord, use the name@name format and mention Neverwinter if posting to the Discord #LFO channel.

    http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/50084-neverwinter-dragon-shard-daves-not-here/page-12

    The Alpha for RUST, a multiplayer survival game, is currently available on STEAM for $20.00- and AIE, of course, has a presence. This game is no for the faint of heart- or the under 18 crowd, though- the only aim of Rust is to survive- it is a kill or be killed environment. Find out more information at playrust.com and the link to the guild base and Corley’s excellent map is in the shownotes

    https://rust-servers.net/server/110215

    WoW

    Toxxia, on our forums, has a great suggestion for a new micro-holiday in World of Warcraft and would like folks that like the idea to help vote it up in the WoW Forums.

    From the post “Peacebloom Day would have you gather special blooms at 3 graveyards near the enemy faction and create a bouquet to leave at a graveyard near your faction capital (or get blooms from your faction to leave a bouquet for the enemy). Let the bouquets be visible for a week/month! Or maybe add this event to Remembrance Day/Hallows Eve? I’d call the quest Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and it would reward title: The Peaceable. For added fun, kills in BG’s would give seeds to plant in graveyards, and leaving those bouquets would give you the title: Wildly Inept Pacifist. (This was a guild on my server and I always loved the name.)”

    http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57409-holiday-idea-peacebloom-day

    https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20753587416#post-1

    Are you level 110, do you have iLvl 825 gear, are you available Saturday nights and like to hang out with a bunch of other new to raiding players? Then Noob Raid is the place to be, as evidenced by guild chat most Saturday evenings. For more information, check out the forum post or just ask in guild chat.

    http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/53227-noob-raid-team-saturdays-11pm-server

    EVE

    JITA is burning? JITA was burning? JITA is in a constant state of flammability? What the heck, exactly, is going on in JITA and how can you add to the burning by blowing up spectacularly? We’ll find out shortly with the Eve folks in the game discussion, but just know, something, somewhere is on fire!

    SWTOR

    The 250% buff to XP and CXP is still going strong till April 10th, jump in game and take advantage! Remember to check the #SWTOR channel in AIE Discord to find out which planets are being invaded for Conquest and what you should be running or crafting to help out the guild.

    Patch 5.1.3 (mostly bug fixes) is dropping on Tuesday, March 14th and patch notes will be available on http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes

    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 183: Update 5.1.2

    http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-183-update-5-1-2

    @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-183 talk about game update 5.1.2 that just dropped.

    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 184: Sema Tells Us Vitiate’s Life Story

    http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-184-sema-tells-us-vitiates-life-story

    @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-184 have a lore conversation where Sema walks us through the life and times of the Vitiate/Valkorian story arc across the timeline of Old Republic lore.

    If you like SWTOR lore, and who doesn’t, Episode 184 is for you, there’s a ton of story stretched over all the expansions to date and it’s fun to dig into all of it.

    GW2

    We’re building a thing! The Roger “Ralff” White Memorial Guild Hall is being unlocked in GW2 and they need your help! If you are level 80 and have the Gliding and Heart of Thorns expansions unlocked, you can help!

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

    FFXIV

    2 patches have dropped in the last two weeks, both adding new features.
    Relic Weapon changes. New steps for upgrades and needs to the umbrite step.
    Dun Scythe now has a new boss added. Drops a 265 (someone double check this) accessory.
    Diadam has reopened. Get loots crafting items, pets and mounts in a new zone.

    STO

    Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 3/12/2017:

    The AIE Classis Fleet in STO paid its respects on Ralff’s Remembrance Day on February 26, 2017. As Ralff was eulogised on Discord voice and text chats, Captain Cybyl paid respects as the Fleet’s emissary at the Eternal Flame Memorial in Earth’s Starfleet Academy, the Spock Memorial on Vulcan and the Spock Memorial on New Romulus.

    The 26th century Dreadnaughts are here! They will be either Federation, Klingon and Romulan, depending upon the lucky player’s character affiliation. These are gorgeous and massive, and I mean huge, ships! As a special promotion, starting March 9th until April 3rd, whenever an R&D pack is purchased from the C-Store and opened, there will be a random chance that a 26th century dreadnaught will be awarded! To support this promotion, this weekend all R&D material packs will be 20% off in the C-Store. This will be a big boon to crafting as well!

    Speaking of sales- a 20% off Lobi store sale is also happening this weekend as well. If you had your eye on a new uniform, starship, pet, weapon, or a host of other goodies, act now!

    A new backstory has been posted to the STO website blog entitled ‘A Divided Duty’ on the progress of the Tzenkethi uprising story arc. Is the conscious of a lone Tzenkethi enough to save a world? Find out in this latest sci-fi tale. As before, this Captain shall refrain from spoilers.

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

    And with that, let’s get back to Hoots and Bhock and find out what’s going on in EVE and have a chat about Crowfall!

    GAME NEWS

    EVE at 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Air? Space.
    Cold War
    Local but not massive conflict
    Whale hunting
    Capitals, Supercapitals, Titans

    Burn Jita

    What is a Jita?
    A trade hub, but more. The trade hub.
    Logistics and EVE… everything needs to be moved. No (unbugged) teleportation of stuff.
    What is a Goonswarm?
    Burn Jita 2012.
    Skipped last year. Burn Jita 4 (Kids)
    How do roast a Jita?
    A review of EVE mechanics, high sec, low sec, nullsec. Emphasis on high sec.
    Low skill alpha clones flying specific ships.
    Coercers, catalysts, taloses, other “high alpha” ships
    Jita itself. The periphery systems.
    Conclusion:
    Somewhere between 750 and 884 billion ISK destroyed between February 24th and February 27th. ($10k)
    80b stolen on a scam ($1k)

    Monthly Economic Reports

    February Slideshow Here
    The full Dev Blog here.
    These come out every month. Are they fair? See CSM kerfuffle about nullsec groups and regional data.

    New Trailer = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrwffiIB5ok

    Council of Stellar Management Elections — CSM XII

    Voting started March 6th and ends March 27th
    Results to be announced at Fanfest in April of this year.
    Number of seats being reduced from 12 to 10.
    See CSM Wire for lots of information and the candidates.

    March 14th Patch (YC 119.3)

    Improved scanning system
    Nullsec bubble decay
    Rorqual rebalance nerf. Need to select asteroid for Invulnerability module => no more hunting Rorqual fleets
    Ship designs, rebalances, citadel improvements (you can repair in them now) and more.

    Looking to the future (accidentally posted leaks)

    The end of POS reaction farms.
    System wide asteroid mining.
    New (out of game) chat system?

    https://abload.de/img/8b701d35-9a59-4934-9fyklv1.png

    Crowfall: what it is… and what it is not

    Bhock can talk about Crowfall here. I’m super curious to hear about it. And, he really wants to talk about it!!!
    In short = Crowfall inspiration are ShadowBane and EvE Online
    Warning = this is a pre-alpha 4 (creating the basic blocs), and alpha are about testing basic blocks assembled
    balancing and refining is not part of alpha
    game will change a lot before it becomes playable beta and even more with release
    Basic Concepts:
    PvP (solo, group, faction and guild)
    Sandbox[ES] (Campaigns) with distinct sets of rules and goals
    Risk Vs Reward and Speed to Completion
    Import and Export rules for campaign engagement
    Everything is Player Made, Harvest, Craft, Transport and Sold (resources and crafting)
    Crow Vs Character Vs Class Vs Disciplines
    Roles are Tank, DPS, Support, Specialist… no pure Healing (in the classes not released yet)
    Tank = Knight, Templar, Myrmidon
    DPS = Confessor, Champion, [Frostweaver], [Stalker]
    Support = Druid, Legionnaire
    Specialist = Ranger, [Forgemaster], Duelist, [Assassin]
    no level or XP, skill progression are time-based
    Free/Buy to Play AND Subscriptions (unlike Alpha/Beta in EvE Online)
    Select 1 Basics Tree (Exploration [5], Combat [5], Crafting [8])
    Select 1 Class Tree (3 if Subscription)
    Long progression with harsh caps and decreasing returns (need 100% for next node and no skill queue !)
    Disciplines (Runecrafting) = 2 Weapons + 2 Major + 3 Minor (1 use item with quality from craft)
    Guild and Player Realm/Housing mechano and rights

    CLOSE

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

    We also have a few shoutouts:

    To Axxzilla from Puddin- thank you for being so sweet and awesome.
    To Samantha Jane from the AIE podcast crew- You are amazing and we hope you have a happy happy birthday!
    To the Pepperjack Fan Club Raid team from Stollen for downing first 3 bosses in Heroic Nighthold

    Guests

    @aiehoots

    @bhockcollective

    capstable.net

    fr.capstable.net

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

    Next time, we’ll be talking to Dankinia about NOOB Raid in WOW. And just a note – the date for our next show is still up in the air, due to family birthdays. It will either be the 26th of March or the 2nd of April. So until then, AIE…

    – This is Tetsemi

    – This is Mewkow
    – This is Mkallah
    And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

    1 hr 14 min
  • The AIE Podcast #270 – Be Like Ralff (No really, be more like Ralff)

    On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

    Mkallah: We honor Ralff

    Mewkow: with our very special guests, Maui, Lanctharus, and Stigg

    All that and more coming up right now…

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    Welcome to episode #270 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, guys, there is a lot of alcohol in the guild kitchen). And to my right is Mewkow (Greetings, Guildies). This week we are joined by a trio of very special guests- Lanctharus, Randy (Maui), and Stigg. Tonight we have the honor and pleasure to talk about someone who is was an integral part of the AIE Community- Ralff.

    Ok, we’ll be talking all things Ralff in a moment, but first, let’s cover this week’s brief news…

    AIE News

    Community

    AIE has set-up a Go Fund Me to raise money to cover his casket with flowers and a note to his family on behalf of AIE. Should we raise more than we can spend on that, we hope to commission a permanent marker, such as a gravestone or plaque, that briefly tells the world forever how much he meant to us.

    https://www.gofundme.com/ralff

    WoW

    The AIE WoW guild and its larger community joined together in game at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior to pay tribute to Ralff and the many contributions he made to the guild both inside and out of game. We were even joined by some of our friends in CTR and a number of guildies rejoined to honor our friend.

    And special thanks to Prime for streaming and recording the event- a link to the recording is in the show notes-

    https://www.twitch.tv/videos/125049292

    EVE

    They are working on a Station Naming, for Ralff, in Memorial, and a ceremonial roam. Likely next weekend, keep your eyes and ears in comms.

    SWTOR

    SWTOR held a moment of silence in the Juran Mountains on Alderaan in game for the passing of Ralff.

    GW2

    The guild in GW had a moment of silence at Lion’s Arch Memorial.

    Just a reminder, they are looking for level 80s, in decent gear, with Gliding and Heart of Thorns to unlock the “memorial guild hall.” If you are interested, ping Jehdai in the discord channel! Don’t forget to use those level boosts to catch up.

    FFXIV

    The AIE guild in FFXIV held a memorial walk in conjunction with the AIE WoW guild to honor Ralff.

    STO

    The guild in STO held vigil at the Spock memorial on Vulcan

    And with that, let’s get back to Stigg, Lanc, and Randy to talk about Ralff and his impact and influence on AIE.

    GAME NEWS

    In the beginning

    There was no stuff

    Then we had stuff

    Reorg of the Org

    Stewardships of the guild’s culture

    Leadership

    A boss just yells. A leader does.
    Engaging the masses
    Fostering a culture of engagement, cooperation and communication
    Fighting the tendency to build silos

    CLOSE

    And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Lanctharus, Maui, and Stigg, for joining us. Also,we have a current Go fund me total – $1,100.00 as of a few minutes ago – our initial goal reached in an hour

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

    In two weeks, we’ll be talking to Hoots and Bhock in Eve So until then, AIE…

    – This is Tetsemi

    – This is Mkallah
    – This is Mewkow

    And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

    1 hr 1 min
  • The AIE Podcast #269 – Sith Harry Potter:Gaming the AIE Way

    On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

      Tetsemi: Sad day in AIE
    Mew: Flamesaber is the new hotness
    Mkallah: XP XP XP
    Mew: News galore!
    Tetsemi: Mew, Mkallah, and Tet are their own party
    All that and more coming up right now…

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    Welcome to episode #269 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: (Greeting, Gamers). And to my left is Tetsemi (catch phrase here) And we are running this thing like a scenario instead of a five man, so we are doing this on our own this week- but, stick around for the end of the show, we have news on a trio of very very special guests!

    Ok, we’ll be chatting about what we have been doing in and out of game shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…

    AIE News

    Community

    Hey, gang, I am sure that a lot of you have seen some rather cryptic posts on Facebook and Twitter about the loss of a dear guild mate, but no names have been attached. We are doing that out of respect for their family. One of the greatest things about our guild is that we are community and we are family, and these times are never easy. So, be gentle and kind, there is a lot of sadness right now and everyone grieves differently. As we can share more, we will.

    WoW

    We know that AIE’s 10th anniversary passed this last week to little fanfare- but be rest assured, in the works! Because, why celebrate one day when we can celebrate all year. And, if you want to run an event for our big year, contact Nevermore in game, on discord, via twitter, etc.

    Blizzard announced this week a new mount available in World of Warcraft, the Primal Flamesaber. How do you obtain this new hotness you might ask? Well, you need to grab a friend and jump into Heroes of the Storm. Play 15 games (win or lose, against a real team or the AI) as a Warcraft Hero, and the mount is yours! Looking for a friend or a group? The #LFG channel in AIE’s discord is a great place to find people looking for a partner for this event. Gerjen also startedd a thread on the AIE Forums for this event as well – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57399-friends-for-hots/

    You have until March 13th to complete your 15 game, so you don’t have to run them all at once, unless that’s your jam!

    http://www.wowhead.com/news=259985/acquiring-the-primal-flamesaber-beginner-heroes-of-the-storm-tips-for-wow-player

    A new developer Q&A is coming up this Thursday and information about how to submit questions can be found on the official website here – https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20564523/join-us-for-a-live-developer-q-a-thursday

    SWTOR

    Just a reminder that the 250% gain to XP and Command XP (for max level characters) is going on through April XXth. If you’re max level, make sure you CTRL-G and open up the Galactic Command panel and see where the CXP bonus is each day for even more CXP goodness.

    In between shows, Max and Sema put out two new episodes of The Escape Pod Cast

    http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-181-substantial-reward-no-disintegrations/

    Episode 181: Substantial Reward, No Disintegrations

    @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-181 talk about update 5.1.1 and the continued refinement of the CXP system, including the CXP and XP bonus events in progress

    http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-182-master-chapter-tips/

    Episode 182: Master Chapter Tips

    @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-182 talk about Master Mode Chapters and some tips and tricks for getting through them.

    Max and Sema will also go over the conquest targets for the week on the podcast and in case you miss them be sure to check the #SWTOR channel on the AIE Discord server. You can also see which side the Mandatory Fun Night is going to be on and who is running what for CXP gains.

    GW2

    Looking for some Guild Wars fun? Well, they are looking for level 80s, in decent gear, with gliding and heart of thorns to unlock the “memorial guild hall” in GW2. If you are interested, ping Jehdai in the discord channel! Don’t forget to use those level boosts to catch up.

    FFXIV

    The last of three Fanfests was hosted in Frankfurt, Germany this weekend. The last big reveals for the game’s next expansion, Stormblood (release date 20 June 2017)-
    Last of two new jobs revealed — Samurai (Melee DPS, unfortunately). Previously announced was Red Mage (Ranged DPS). Inventory and housing capacities are being increased (just for Sashi) . New zones, cities, and a new residential area with an Eastern theme are being introduced. The newly revealed map is huge, practically tripling the size of the known world, showing us what’s to come. (http://i.redd.it/9ddv7y5ifpgy.png) The FFXIV crew is excited for the new expansion and will be sitting down to chat with us closer to the release of the expansion to share in all the wonderful details of Stormblood.
    Also- And they(SQEX) have 3 new world records to brag about.
    Longest credits in an mmo (1h 38 mins), most original pieces of music in a game with 384 tracks, and most prolific role playing game series with 87 Final Fantasy Titles.

    Also a reminder that Friday Nights are Final Fantasy Friday Fun Nights (similar to the Mandator Fun Nights from SWTOR) and you can find out what’s going on each week by checking out the forum post here – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57293-final-fantasy-friday-fun-night/ or the #FFXIV channel in the AIE Discord Server

    STO

    Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 2/19/2017:

    The new Season 12, ‘Reckoning’, story arc is still moving along nicely. The first featured mission, ‘Of Signs and Portents’, is in it’s 4th week with additional rewards and 7th Anniversary prize vouchers for each replay. New space and ground and exploration scenarios are featured.

    Major changes are coming to STO! According to the latest blog posting, drastic changes to the STO experience are being tested. For 7 years STO has been adding and updating content, systems and play mechanics. To maintain optimal gameplay and maximum fun, STO is scheduled to be totally reset and re-balanced. The numerous changes and details of these soon-to-be-released updates, are listed on the website.

    A Bonus Marks weekend is in progress! During the event, Fleet and Reputation marks will reward a 50% bonus above normal amounts. This would be a great time to build your Fleet projects or reputation.

    Concurrently, a costumes and boost sale is happening in the C-Store this weekend. Costume packs are 20% off. Show off your Seven-of-Nine skin-tights to your fleet mates! Also, all Commendation points, R&D Research XP and basic player XP booster packs are also 20% off.

    Additionally, a 20% off ship sale is also transpiring this weekend in the C-Store as well. If your secret desire is that sexy, new ship, give in to your feelings and act now!

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

    And with that, let’s get back to Us!

    GAME NEWS

    Tetsemi – 4th toon, Bounty Hunter, to level 70 in SWTOR and just finished the Makeb storyline and heroics, heading to do Shadows of Revan.
    My Smuggler, who also hit 70 during the Makeb storyline, is going through Shadows of Revan as well, and has actually made it planet side.
    Working on trying to collect all the Odessen Bind to Legacy gear from the crates you get from doing heroics at max level and turning in at your alliance base.
    Got my 3rd legendary drop (shoulders to go with chest and gloves) on my warrior and we’re 4/10 on Nighthold Normal and thanks to the DMF I got my Jewelcrafting to 800.
    Working on my Class and Order Hall campaign for my Death Knight and her tradeskills (blacksmith/mining)
    Working on leveling my Paladin and his tradeskills (alchemy/herbalism)

    Mew – On top of the raiding I’ve been doing with FERT, I’ve been busy with my ‘other’ raid team, Banana Republic. We recently managed to overcome Guldan after the challenge that was Elisande, and even returned the next week and took him down a second time for good measure.

    Outside of WoW, I’ve been grinding MGP, having managed to get the mini-cactapot jackpot 3 times this week. Closer to those cosmetic and mount goals.
    In SWTOR, I’ve working on my imp spy.
    Poking at Fallout 4.
    And finally joined that Fire Emblem game.

    MK – slowly getting back into WOW. Hopefully in the next few months, we will have new systems and that will help. Killed Harpies in high mountain and dealing with the Bloodtotems- loving the Star Wars “I have a bad feeling about this” and “It’s a trap”.

    Gaming- through roll 20, limited due to scheduling, but still loving it
    Written- Star Wars finally started, possible WOD game

    CLOSE

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

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

    Shoutouts-Not many shoutouts this week- just one to Old Lady Franks for being hot and brave enough to step into Heroes of the Storm- wanna guess who that was from?

    And, one from Arv to OMF for being sly enough to find someone like this to marry him!

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

    Overly Dramatic news

    We are having a special show in one earth week- Randy, Lanc, Stigg!. So until then, AIE…

    – This is Mkallah

    – This is Mewkow
    – This is Tetsemi

    And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

    40 min
  • The AIE Podcast #268 – Mew and Tet Carry the Show to Score a Victory

    On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

        Mew: Looking for Raiders in WoW
          Tetsemi: SWTOR, Best I can do is 250% XP for two months
            Mew: Log in and claim your free chapter before it costs ya, GW2
              Tetsemi: STO, the story carries on and on and on …
              Mew: and we’re talking to ourselves!

            All that and more coming up right now…

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            Welcome to episode # of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the Die has been Podcast. This is Tetsemi and to my left is Mewkow – (Welcome, Gamers). Mkallah is not joining us tonight, she said something about having to tank some inventory backup at work, but we all know she really snuck off to watch the big sportsball game We are talking about the general goings on in AIE and what we have been up to in the past few weeks.

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

            AIE News

            WoW

            Interested in raiding in WOW, but don’t know how to find a raid group? Check out the Alea Iacta Est LFG discord channel or the recruitment sections of the forums- there are a few groups currently needing new members:
            Pepperjack Fan Club is looking for more raiders- they run Saturdays & Sundays,12-3 PM server time.- contact Sinru or Keligh in game or in their recruitment thread listed in the show notes.
            http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57314-pepperjack-fan-club-have-reformed-still-lfm-raiders-satsun-12-3-pm/page-4

            Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is looking for backup tanks and DPS- they raid Monday and Thursday nights 11:55pm-2:00am server – contact Illmar or Bullwork in game or on their recruitment thread listed in the show notes.

            http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57377-horseshoes-hand-grenades-m-th-1155pm-200am-server-recruiting-dpsbackup-tank-and-dps/

            If you are looking at running an event in WoW, please let Nevermore know in game, via Discord, or the @AIE_WoW twitter account and she’ll make sure folks are aware.

            SWTOR

            Looking to find out what’s happening in game? The SWTOR team publishes a monthly in game event listing each month, and this month’s is really really good.

            http://www.swtor.com/info/in-game-events?intcmp=sor_bwa-mkt-t-us-lp-117

            In preparation for the upcoming patch 5.2, the SWTOR team has decided to help you gear up, level up, and generally speed up your progress in game. They are providing a 250% XP bonus (while leveling up) and a 250% command XP bonus once you reach max level. This will be starting Feb 7th and lasting through April 10th. So that will give returning folks, and players leveling up alts (to max level) plenty of time to take advantage of it. And for those with max level toons, this will speed up gaining CXP, which I know Max and Sema will be very happy with as it’s a constant topic they touch on in their podcast. Speaking of which

            SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 180: New Operation!

            This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-180 talk about the recent dev stream highlighting the new operation under development as well as a few other good things coming to the game in the next couple months.

            FFXIV

            The folks over at Final Fantasy 14 want to remind you that Final Fantasy Friday Fun Night is going strong. Join us every Friday as we find new ways to run amok in the beautiful land of Eorzea.
            Also, if you haven’t already, be sure to get your pre-order in for the newest expansion, Stormblood, coming June 20th of this year.

            GW2

            A reminder for Guild Wars 2: The Lunar New Year festival ends on the 7th and the new episode of the living story starts up. Be sure to login on your toons before then so as to get the current episode of the living story for free. Once Episode 4 comes out, you will not be able to claim your access for free.

            A-Net is using a time gated claim system for the Living World Episodes. As long as you log in, even with a free account, you will claim your access to the current Episode during its release window. In order to play the Living world, you need a Heart of Thorns paid account, but you can still claim the access on a free account, to play through at a later time. Also, be sure to follow up with logging on after Feb 7th as well to claim Episode 4.

            Finally, if you do not log in, but are interested in the game at a later time, A-Net has in the past allowed the purchase of Season 2, so I am guessing a similar system is/will be in place for late comers to go through the Living World stories (minus season 1, which as of now is not accessible to anyone and was only playable during its live time).

            STO

            Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 2/6/2017:

            1. The new Season 12 ‘Reckoning’ story arc is moving along nicely. The first featured mission, ‘Of Signs and Portents’, is in it’s second week with additional rewards for each replay. New space and ground combat and exploration scenarios are featured.

            2. Concurrent with Season 12, STO’s 7th Anniversary daily giveaways happened last week featuring free uniforms, weapons and rare older star ships re-released for the occasion. Those listening to my advice to visit the STO website last week would have had access to these perks. Sorry if you missed them, but if you snooze you lose.

            3. Our fixer-upper Starbase K-13 will have additional feature unlocks available as of last week. See the STO website for details.

            4. A 20 percent off services sale is happening this weekend in the C-Store. If you need boosts, extra ship or officer slots, better act now!

            5. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s original Star Base, as well as Star Base K13, are always seeking contributions of materiel. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.

            6. And once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

            Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off

            And with that, let’s get back to us and find out what’s going on in with our gaming.

            GAME NEWS

            Tetsemi –
            WoW raiding, got the first three bosses in Nighthold down on Normal mode, got my Mage to AK 25 and through her class story line (still working on profession story line). Got my DK to Level 110 and he’s at AK 23 and still working on his class order hall story line. Working on my Tauren Paladin next which should be interesting as the DK and Paladin Class Order Hall story lines cross (no spoilers).

            SWTOR got my Bounty Hunter through the class story line (ended at level 62) and working on the Ilum story line to get him to max level, then will tackle MakeB, Shadows of Revan and the current expansion.

            Leveled up my companion levels to 20 on a few characters to help speed up crafting and mission times.

            Working on my strongholds to get the Conquest bonus

            Mew – Grinding MGP (Manderville Gold Points) to get mounts and cosmetic gear.

            Working on progression with my heroic raid team.
            Grinding loot boxes in OW.

            CLOSE

            And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we’d like to thank them for joining us each time for the podcast.

            If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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 right now, but a reminder, if you have a short segment you’d like played on the show, be sure to send it in!

            Mew: In two weeks, we will be talking to someone about something! Stay tuned. So until then, AIE…

            – This is Mewkow

            – This is Tetsemi

            And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

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          • The AIE Podcast #267 – What do you want on your Tome Stone?

            On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

                Tetsemi: Become a Star Citizen
                  Mkallah: COOP Rides again
                    Mew: Wednesday Operations in SWTOR
                      Tetsemi: Captain Cybyl’s STO update
                      Mkallah: We have Abovan and Durus here to talk about FInal Fantasy XIV

                    All that and more coming up right now…

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                    Welcome to episode #267 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. Greetings, Gamers, This is Mew(And hopefully you aren’t neglecting your alts): To my left is Tetsemi (spreadsheets in Space, now coming to SWTOR) and to my right is Mkallah (Hey, guys, there is a lovely carrot cake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan and Durus who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy XIV (14 for us non-Romans!) Welcome!

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

                    AIE News

                    Imperium Ludi

                    Are you interested in Star Citizen or curious about what’s going on in the game as it develops? Durus, on the forums, has created an AIE group in the game for those interested. Check out the forum thread (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51609-star-citizen/page-5) for more information about joining the guild in game.

                    WoW

                    Did you run with COOP and show the Alliance on Earthen Ring some love? See if you made it into Malefic’s video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=tsR_2h2o7MU) during the event. Did you miss the event or are unsure what COOP is? Take a look and talk about it on the forum thread (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57373-coop-january-2017-edition/) Big thanks to Grimcow for putting this run together.

                    And speaking of community run events, Toxxia ran a Transmog Swap meet this afternoon in guild chat, the event started at 3 pm Server time. Did you get a piece of armor or a weapon that you were looking for? Let us know in the forum thread (http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57381-transmog-swap-meet-sunday-jan-22-3pm/)

                    Patch 7.1.5 dropped in between podcasts as well as the Nighthold raid opening up a week later. Are you enjoying the built in group finder for World Quests? Did you supply all your alts with Artifact Knowledge tomes? Did you punch Guld’an in the face? Let us know via e-mail or twitter and we’ll go over the responses during the next podcast!

                    And speaking of patches, Blizzard continues to keep up with the content push, dropping patch 7.2 on the PTR. This patch brings another round of UI element fixes, a new raid, a pet dungeon scenario, and too many more things to mention. A good write-up on the 7.2 patch is found over on WoWHead (http://www.wowhead.com/news=259395/patch-7-2-ptr-starts-today-and-patch-recap)

                    Patch 7.1.5 also brought in micro-holidays, the first of which is active now through Tuesday the 24th. Call of the Scarab is a micro-holiday celebrating the opening the gates of Ahn’Qiraj (On Caraj) during the classic World of Warcraft time period. Run AQ20 and AQ40 to get commendations to help your side (the Horde) win the event which will be represented by a Horde banner flying over the raids until the holiday comes around next year. There are also repeatable meat turn-ins and if you’re not yet exalted with Cenarian Circle you can scour Silithis for cultists and summon elemental lords to raise your reputation. WoWHead has a good write-up (http://www.wowhead.com/news=259399/call-of-the-scarab-micro-holiday-guide-january-21st-23rd) on the holiday

                    SWTOR

                    Not much from the official SWTOR news side of things so Max and Sema dig into a couple topics they’ve had on the back burner regarding Conquest and how to do it as well as the quality of life features in SWTOR compared to other MMO’s as well as features they’d like to see borrowed from those other MMO’s.

                    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 177: How to Conquest (http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-177-how-to-conquest/)

                    This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-177 revive an older topic that’s been of interest to our guild lately, Conquest, and talk through details, tips, tricks, etc.

                    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 178: Quality of Life (http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-178-quality-of-life/)

                    This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-178 talk about Quality of Life features in SWTOR and what else we’d like to see added.

                    It also looks like long time member Ori has returned after his life and work schedule got wonky and separately Arv has managed to wrangle folks to get the Wednesday night operations group up and running again. Please visit the forums or the SWTOR channel in the AIE Discord to hang out, say hello, and found out how you too can run the universe as emperor, benevolent or not.

                    FFXIV

                    They were invited to be on the AIE Podcast this week! That’s exciting! What awesome news to they have in store? What will happen in Eorzea in the post-Dragonsong era? What news of Hildabrand, the world’s greatest inspector? Keep listening to find out! /teaser

                    STO

                    Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 1/22/2017:

                    1. The Tzenkethi are coming! The race that decimated the planet that Starbase K-13 orbited for 700 years with a super weapon has been detected massing a vast attack force in the unexplored regions of the Alpha Quadrant. A huge new Season 12 story arc will be launched January 26 introducing this reptilian, 12-foot tall, 1000-pound, six-armed, Goliath adversary race. Imagine warriors wearing several hundred pounds of heavy armour and cannons as sidearms! The STO website describes them and provides pictures of these monsters.

                    2. Season 12 will also bring two new battle queues, ’Gravity Kills’ and ’The Tzenkethi Front’. Both queues involve destroying Tzenkethi protomatter manufacturing stations and stealing the bombs, all while orbiting a black hole. See the STO website for details.

                    3. A new backstory, ‘A Gathering of Wills’, was been posted on the website blog. Having discovered the Tzenkethi build-up and testing of super weapons on remote, defenseless worlds, Klingon General Rodek has been tasked to whip the peaceful, Lukari explorer race into a viable army and navy to counter the threat. The Lukari mission ‘Of Signs and Portants’ based on this backstory shall be introduced as well. As before, this Captain shall refrain from spoilers.

                    4. As a concurrent Season 12 release, new space and ground weapon systems and an Infinity Lockbox upgrade will be available to be earned under a new Lukari Restoration Initiative. New starships, kit modules and ship and player traits shall be also added to the release as well. The new Lukari uniforms are oh, so fashionable (be still, my beating heart). Also a new Kit and Module Research School will be introduced to craft personal kits and modules as well. Details on the STO website.

                    5. Starting Thursday, January 19, though Monday, January 23, there will be a an XP weekend event. During this event, playing all content that awards skill points and expertise will be rewarded a 100% bonus.

                    6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s original Star Base, as well as Star Base K13, are always seeking contributions of materiel. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.

                    7. Once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

                    Until next time, Captain Cybyl signing off

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

                    GAME NEWS

                    Happy patch week!

                    Patch 3.5: The Far Edge of Fate

                    New Story Content (MSQ and Side Quests)
                    Wrap up of the Void Ark 24-man raid story.
                    First raid was Void Aark
                    Second raid was The Weeping City of Mhach
                    Third and final raid is Dun Scaith
                    New side quests,
                    New Hildabrand quests
                    New Warring Triad Trial (Boss fight)
                    New Scholasticate quests
                    New Relic quests (Job specific Legendary quests for the WoW people)
                    New Beasts Quests, tying together the Heavensward beast questlines.
                    2 new 4-man dungeons
                    One part of the MSQ, one is a side quest, but both are needed to get the Expert roulette.
                    New stuff from Aquapolis, the random zone that can pop from a treasure map. Bring friends!
                    New House items. Big thanks to Sashi for taking point on decorating the FC house.
                    New Triple Triad tournaments and cards
                    New Egi Glamors!
                    Egis are the pets that Summoners use. Now you can have Egi A, but make it look like B
                    Right now, it’s just carbunkle (picture a glowing squirrel.) But others are coming soon.
                    Chocobos can be summoned in queues, GC Leves, and Gathering Leves
                    Party Finder is now cross server!
                    Note: Party Finder is not a duty finder. You have to put the group together, but this is a way to advertise a group, and the messages and groups can be sent and searched for over the datacenter.
                    Gilgamesh is on Aether Datacenter
                    Other Servers:
                    Adamantoise
                    Balmung
                    Cactuar
                    Coeurl
                    Faerie
                    Goblin
                    Jenova
                    Mateus
                    Midgardsormr
                    Sargatanas
                    Siren
                    Zalera
                    Groups can be public or private (password protected)
                    Returner Status
                    Returned to the game after an absence?
                    45 days of paid time, one level 50 job, you get returner status.
                    Access to the New Player Channel
                    EXP bonus when grouped with a Mentor up to level 20 on other classes.
                    A cool icon on your name.
                    Callback Campaign
                    If you made friends on the server, and were added to their friends list, but have been inactive for 90+, you can get invited back.
                    Rewards for the one coming back.
                    Free 7 days of game time
                    99 Aetheryte Tickets (Free Teleports)
                    10 Silver Chocobo Feathers
                    Used to trade in for level specific gear to get caught back up.
                    The sender gets 5 gold chocobo feathers to use for cosmetic items.
                    GPose has now more options.
                    Gpose, or group pose, has been enhanced with more features including action lines, frames, and filters.
                    And extreeeeme close ups and zoom outs.
                    Hotbar layouts
                    Now any bar can be vertical or horizontal, and can be arranged in any dimension, like 1×12, 6×2, 5×7, 6×6, ect.

                    FC News!

                    Still on Gilgamesh.
                    #FFXIV Discord is very active!
                    F4N, our weekly get together, is happening every Friday at 9PM EST. Any level, any class, and we do stuff as a group!
                    House redesign by Sashi! It looks great!
                    We are now providing grade 2 buffs, thanks to Kelseer’s efforts. Thanks!
                    Party up with FC members to help you through your backlogged MSQs! (Jasmine and Sashi. Tank and Heals).

                    Shoutouts – From the AIE Podcast Discord

                    @BentheMage – Shout out to the FERT Raid team for our successful first step into Nighthold!

                    @Stollet – Shoutout to the PepperJack Fan Club Raid team for downing 3 bosses in Nighthold and 2 in Trial of Valor.

                    @Grimcow – DoA cleared EN Heroic and ToV normal just in time for Nighthold to drop.

                    CLOSE

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

                    https://twitch.tv/abovan79

                    https://twitch.tv/thedurus

                    @Abovan

                    @thedurus

                    #FFXIV Chanel in AIE Discord

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

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

                    Overly Dramatic News from @HuntsTheWind

                    Next time, we’re working on scheduling our next guest, now, otherwise, you may just hear from the three of us! So until then, AIE…

                    – This is Mkallah

                    – This is Tetsemi
                    – This is Mewkow
                    And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

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                  • The AIE Podcast #266 – 2,017 Games To Play This Year

                    On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

                        Mewkow: Patches galore
                          Tetsemi: Tuesdays are for going to Mordor
                            Mkallah: We have Captain Cyby’s STO update
                              Mewkow: What happened in 2016!
                              Tetsemi: What we are doing in 2017!

                            All that and more coming up right now…

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                            Welcome to episode #266 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow – (catch phrase here) and to my right is Tetsemi (Say something about spreadsheets, Tet). This week we are flying sans guest as we start off a new year with a little bit of recapping last year and talk about what we’ve been doing on holiday break. Welcome chat room!

                            We are our own guests tonight, chatting about AIE in 2016 and what we are looking forward to in 2017. We will be doing that shortly, but first- the news!

                            AIE News

                            NOMADS

                            Just a reminder that the Nomads’ Minecraft server has been shut down, but Stigg has made the world files available to anyone who wants them, be warned, it’s a large (5.8 G) download. Link can be accessed in the forum post in the Nomads section of the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57344-shutting-down-the-nomads-minecraft-server/

                            WoW

                            Are you ready for some football, I mean Nighthold? Patch 7.1.5 drops on Tuesday, make sure you have any important world quests completed before patch day as world quests will be changing then. The Brawler’s guild is returning, Mists of Pandaria dungeons added to the Timewalking event, micro holidays are being introduced (check your in game calendar for dates), and a large number of class changes (especially to secondary stats). A link to the details is in the show notes https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20457780/patch-7-1-5-arrives-on-january-10

                            Another big change, especially for those people with Altitis that have been feeling a bit left out this expansion cycle, is the ability to catch up on Artifact Knowledge. If you have a character at AK 25, you will be able to purchase tomes for order hall resources that allow your alts to catch up to AK 20. A good write-up on the process is available over on WoWHead – http://www.wowhead.com/artifact-knowledge-guide – many thanks to Perculia for her hard work on writing and keeping this guide up to date with the changes.

                            Also, this gives everyone that’s doing progression raiding, about a week to get adjusted to the new changes in their classes as the Nighthold raid opens on January 17th, just one week after the 7.1.5 patch drops.

                            Want to hangout with a bunch of guildies and give the Alliance leader’s some heartburn? Join Grimcow on January 15th for a return of C.O.O.P. Details can be found in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57373-coop-january-2017-edition/

                            SWTOR

                            With the passing of Carrie Fisher, many groups and guilds held an in game vigil at House Organa in game. MassivelyOP captured some screenshots of the event – http://massivelyop.com/2016/12/27/star-wars-the-old-republic-players-pay-tribute-to-carrie-fisher/ and the AIE Guild participated as well.

                            And with the new year comes a new episode of the Escape Pod Cast, SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 176: 2017 Predictions. This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-176 kick off 2017 with wishes and predictions for the year from us and the rest of the SWTOR community.

                            http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-176-2017-predictions/

                            This weeks Mandatory Fun Night will be held on the Republic Side and I’ve heard rumors that there will be a party on the guild ship to unlock a new room. Make sure you check the forums and the AIE Discord #swtor channel for more information!

                            FFXIV

                            Are you a casual FFXIV player but looking to upgrade your gear? Thanks to Natsume Meiken in AIE Discord’s #ffxiv channel, who linked to a Reddit post on how to gear as a casual player – https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/5kuyag/34_an_updated_casuals_guide_to_gearing_up_from/

                            Want to find out what’s all in patch 3.5 that’s dropping on January 17th? Take a look at the official Youtube posting here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kA9aAdIDG0 as well as joining us on January 22nd on the podcast when we will have Abovan and crew joining us to discuss this upcoming patch and what the guild has planned.

                            LOTRO

                            Are you interested in a class on The Lord of The Rings? Well have we got an event for you. On January 3rd, LOTRO launched a new program called “Exploring The Lord of the Rings” with founder and president Corey Olsen, The Tolkein Professor, who will teach a details, chapter-by-chapter couse on The Lord of the Rings … in LOTRO on Tuesday evenings at 9:30 pm EST. He will spend about an hour and a half discussing the book chapter and its themes, reading passages and doing some close reading so that participants can really get into the story as it unfolds. For the final portion of the class, in-game participants will take a “field trip” to visit the places connected with the part of the book just discussed to examine both the visual adaptation and the related quests and story lines.

                            http://lotroplayers.com/2016/12/31/exploring-the-lord-of-the-rings-begins-tuesday-january-3rd/

                            STO

                            We have Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 1/8/2017:
                            1. No major missions have been released over the holidays, but a major story arc is expected to be released sometime in February, which coincide with the 6th anniversary of Star Trek Online and typically accompanied by a free anniversary starship and other giveaways. Stay tuned for more news as it becomes available.

                            2. Q’s Winter Event will be ending Thursday, January 12th, so there is still time to accumulate the remaining prize vouchers for a starship and other great prizes. This is also a last chance to participate in Klingon Smash ’n Grab Ice Fishing.

                            3. A 4th backstory, ‘Tales from K13’, was been posted on the website blog. Having survived an unexpected time jump to 700 years in the past, we learn the sad yet heroic fate of the surviving 3 Federation crew members that could not go into stasis on Star Base K13. This series of stories are true to the highest standards of Star Trek and also an immersive must-read. As before, this Captain shall refrain from spoilers.

                            4. Fixer-upper Star base K13, a playable and upgradeable star base available to AIE fleet holders, needs your help. Several level unlock upgrades have been released which means mats and duty officers are needed to be contributed to get the station to a more useable level as a fleet hangout. After 700 years, make Starbase K13 great again!

                            5. Sad news to report. In September, STO, Cryptic Studios, Perfect World and CBS announced a partnership with Eucled to allow players the ability to 3D print their own personal starships as a durable plastic model. Well, the company providing this service has gone bankrupt. The STO community is devastated. For now, this service shall not be available in the foreseeable future .

                            6. Don’t forget: The AIE Fleet’s original Star Base, as well as Star Base K13, are always seeking contributions of materiel. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.

                            7. Once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

                            And with that, let’s discuss what happened last year in AIE, what we’re currently up to, and what we’re looking forward to this year as well.

                            GAME NEWS

                            Theme#1: “What happened in 2016?”
                            Mew-
                            Tet-

                            Mkallah- highlights-

                            Blizzcon and AIE guild hall
                            AIE Moving chat more to Discord
                            WoW Legion expansion launched
                            WoW Guild banks- new member welcome kits- available on tab one for newbie- bags and starting equipment
                            SWTOR – Knights of the Eternal Throne launched
                            GW2 – Heart of Thorns Chapter 3 launched

                            Theme #2: “What we are looking forward to in 2017”

                            Patches.

                            Mew: WoW: 7.1.5, 7.2, 7.3; SWTOR: Uprisings; FF14: 3.5 -Far edge of fate-;
                            Expansions.
                            Mew: D3 Necromancer; FF14: Stormblood
                            New Games.
                            Mew: KH2.8(KH3?), ME: Andromeda, South Park
                            Events.
                            Mew: Nerdtacular 2017(future of nerdtacular events), Blizzcon 2017

                            Mkallah-

                            Getting back into gaming, playing more WOW and more SWTOR, because right now, my mind is a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
                            Nerdtacular- the nerd family reunion was greatly missed
                            More local AIE meetups
                            General Geekery-
                            50 shades darker…. Just kidding!
                            All things Star Wars-
                            All things Marvel-Thor- Guardians- Spiderman
                            Dankinia and Elcarth’s wedding this summer
                            RPG via docs and roll 20 and at our dining room table
                            Focusing on writing, no matter what
                            Phx CC – vending again with Nevermore and I will probably have Leontine’s fabboo chainmail lightsaber keychains

                            Shoutouts

                            Arv – Shoutout to some guy named @Tetsemi for all his work in SWtOR and becoming an “official” officer.

                            Ralff – Shoutout to Diablo on his/her 20th anniversary!

                            Get Your Crit Together is looking for new members.

                            CLOSE

                            And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank YOU for joining us. Oh, and if you have suggestions of what YOU, the members of AIE, want to see in 2017 for the podcast, let us know!

                            If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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, but we are happy to play segments as you guys create them! Next time, we’ll be talking to the gang from FF14. So until then, AIE…

                            – This is Tetsemi
                            – This is Mewkow
                            – This is Mkallah
                            And this has been…

                            The AIE Podcast.

                            53 min
                          • AIE Raid Wrap-Up December 2016 – The Legion begins

                            Greetings Gamers. This is Mewkow, bringing you the AIE raid wrap-up for December 2016; The Legion begins.

                             

                            http://www.altitis.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AIE-Raid-Wrapup-December-2016.mp3

                            WoW raids

                             

                            Mythic

                             

                            There are no teams that have downed a Mythic boss in Emerald Dream or Trials of Valor yet, but we’ll keep you posted once the siege begins.

                            Heroic

                             

                            Better Late Than Never was the first to complete the Heroic version of Emerald Dream on November 7th with Mythic on Mains following on November 27th.

                            Kiddie Aggro is not far behind, having taken down 5 of 7, with Just Blame the Healers at 4 of 7, Horseshoes & Handgrenades at 3 of 7, Reckless Endangerment at 2 of 7,

                            and Who Pulled That?!?, Dojo of Awesome, and Chicken McThuggets all at 1 of 7.

                             

                            Currently, none of the teams have tackled Odyn in Trials of Valor on Heroic difficulty, but that should come with time.

                            Normal

                            Better Late Than Never was the first team to take down Normal Emerald Dream, followed by the team Mythic on Mains for second place.

                            All of the remaining listed teams have also completed Normal progression for Emerald Dream. In order, those include:

                            Who Pulled That?!?, Kiddie Aggro, Reckless Endangerment, Filthy Casuals, Hydra, Just Blame the Healers, Dojo of Awesome, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Chicken McThuggets, FERT, and Deja Noobs.

                             

                            These teams are now working on Trials of Valor; with the notable exception of Better Late Than Never who have already completed this raid in first place, with Mythic on Mains following in second.

                             Kiddie Aggro, Just Blame the Healers and Filthy Casuals are 2 of 3, with Reckless Endangerment at 1 of 3.

                             

                            Special Mention

                            Recruiting

                            We have a number of teams recruiting for current raid content as well. You can find out more in the AIE raid team progression forum thread.

                            Wrap-up Wrap-up

                            And that wraps up the AIE Raid Wrap-up.

                            If you’d like your raid team featured on the AIE raid wrap-up, including any non-WoW games, send those details to me, Mewkow.

                            Also, HUGE thanks to Kardinal and now Cirol for coordinating the Raid Team Schedules and Progression forum post, and making it far easier to put this all together.

                            Keep raiding, AIE.

                            Curious about the background track?

                            The song is the title song from the Nameless: Hacker RPG by Boxcat games. It is Creative Commons licensed.

                            2 min
                          • The AIE Podcast #264 – The Red Mage Arriveth

                            On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

                              Mkallah: Come visit the Real Life AIE guild hall
                            Tetsemi: Noob Raid is back in action
                            Mew: MFN Weekend Edition in SWTOR is a thing!
                            Mkallah: Go play Guild Wars 2- seriously!
                            Tetsemi: We have Abovan here to chat about Final Fantasy XIV

                            All that and more coming up right now…

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                            Welcome to episode #264 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mew: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, AIE, there are tiny pumpkin tarts in the guild kitchen). And, to my right is Tetsemi (Something about spreadsheets). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan who is here to talk to us about AIE in Final Fantasy 14. Welcome!

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

                            AIE News

                            Community

                            So, anyone doing anything next weekend?? If you in Southern California, there may be a few things to look at- like, you know, Blizzcon and the AIE guild halll! We are at the Anaheim Hilton, San Simeon room. Doors will be open Friday morning. We still need plenty of help, if you have time, check in on site to offer assistance. And remember, the Guild Hall is open to all- Come on in, get off your feet, watch the live stream, and get to know your guildies!

                            Relith, one of our newer member and an Air Force vet, is starting up an AIE Veterans group. His vision a place for any veteran, active duty, or guard/reserves players (regardless of country

                            See the forums for more details, and they even have their own discord server. https://discord.gg/4TBbYsm

                            http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57307-aie-veterans-group/

                            WoW

                            Noob Raids are running again. They are a casual group that runs LFR with the goal of learning how to raid and having fun. We run every Saturday night at 11pm server time and invites go out about 15 minutes prior.

                            Want to host an in game event? We had some great events in October, and would love to continue to be active in November as well. Why not try your hand at hosting a baking event for Pilgrims Bounty or a Costume Party with an all black gear theme for Black Friday. Contact the lovely Nevermore in game, on the forums, or on Twitter if you want to plan a guild event.

                            http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57299-aie-guild-events-october-2016/

                            How is patch 7.1 treating you? Still going through patch 7.0 content and wondering what all the fuss is? Well, last Tuesday, a new Mythic dungeon set in Kharazan opened, along with a continuation of the Suramar story line. A new 3 boss raid called Trials of Valor are opened allowing you wrap up the Stormheim storyline with Odyn (asshole) and Helya (asshole) and Gaurm (cute doggie). For more information about 7.1 video that Warcraft posted – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpCRvHZMZ54

                            FFXIV

                            See Game News

                            SWTOR

                            SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 165: Dev Stream on Galactic Command

                            This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-165 examine the dev stream on Galactic Command and related gear change announcements, in detail.

                            SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 166: 10-20 Dev Stream Talk

                            This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-166 talk about the 10/20 dev stream which covered adjustments to the Galactic Command gearing strategy as well as some details on the Dark vs. Light server system.

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

                            Are you working on DvL and need some hard mode help? might be what you’re looking for. MFN during the week focuses on the bigger groups to get as many people in as possible, where the weekend edition tends to do the 4-man HM’s to clean up what people missed during the week. Head over to the forums and check it out – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57289-mfn-weekend-edition/

                            GW2

                            Do you play Guild Wars 2 and want to know when other guildies will be online to play? Well, has been a ton of chatter on our Discord channel about Guild Wars 2! Come join AIE in the beautiful Buy to play game

                            STO

                            No STO updates this week, Captain Cybyl has gone on a rare away mission and is too busy outsmarting the Klingons to be able to send a transmission.

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

                            GAME NEWS

                            Final Fantasy Fan Fest Wrapped up their US based show in Las Vegas.

                            Next shows is in Japan on Dec 24 and Dec 25, Germany Feb 18 and 19.

                            Tons of announcements for FFXIV, including Stormblood, the next expansion to hit next summer.

                            New Stuff:

                            3 New classes, what they are is a mystery, but the Yoshi-P clue he left us was his shirt with Marvel’s Scarlet Witch on it. We are pretty sure he is referring to Red Mage as a new job in Stormblood.

                            All classes, combat, gathering, and crafting has their leveling cap raised to 70.

                            Combat skill revamp, dumping useless skills, combining skills from similar roles to reduce the amount of “skill bloat”.

                            The expansion will take place in Ala Mhigo, a city that was invaded and was under the control of the Empire for the last 20 years. Can we save it? Will they want to be saved? The drama ensues!

                            New gear and recipes, as created from the FFXIV fan design gear contest!

                            Moar inventory slots!

                            More housing areas.

                            Dropping PS3 support, but offering a free upgrade to PS4 if you are still on the PS3 version of the game.

                            So….

                            What’s in the game now?

                            Patch 3.4 hit somewhat recently. We will get more patches before the expansion, so let’s go over some highlights of what we have now.

                            Palace of the Dead (Deep Dungeon)

                            Randomized dungeon, different leveling curve and track.

                            Team of 4 (matched or fixed) goes into a randomly generated dungeon. Saves every 10 levels, ending with a boss fight. Traps, buffs, and transformations abound!
                            Great way to learn a new class, since it runs at a different leveling track, greatly accelerated, so you can see how the class feels at higher levels very quickly.
                            Currently, there are 50 floors to run though, with 51-150 to be released on the mini-patch, 3.45, dropping on Nov 1.
                            Great way to get experience on your actual class, pets, fun loot, and on occasion, materia that is used to augment your gear.
                            After time, you will gear up your atherial gear (Weapon and armor) and can then bring that out with you to the rest of the world to use.

                            Screenshot enhancements and filters.

                            Taking screenshots to the next level, there has been some enhancements on how screenshots can be taken. You can sync animations with other party members with a /grouppose. You can also freeze animations or move them one frame at a time to get that perfect shot. New in 3.4, there are now ways of changing the depth of field, to de-emphasize the background, add a iris to the outside of the frame, change the color balance, or apply a filter to the image for that artistic view.

                            Mounts and pets can also be included in the group pose, making for a great way to show off your character!

                            Void Ark

                            Weeping City
                            24 Man Raids
                            Casual Raid Content, similar to LFR

                            Alex Raids

                            3 Raids, 1 for each raid patch
                            8 Man raids
                            Story mode, Savage Mode

                            The Feast

                            8 Player PVP Arena Style
                            Point based system, so if you are killed, you still get to keep playing.

                            More Hildabrand

                            Airship Explorations

                            The Aquapolis (New Treasure Hunts)

                            Some

                            Apartments and Aquariums

                            Look at the fishies!

                            AIE in FFXIV News

                            Final Fantasy Friday Fun Nights (F4N) 9pm EST/6PM PST

                            Free Company Workshop orders. Anyone can participate for bonus xp!

                            Halloween Dungeon!

                            CLOSE

                            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 keyswithsoul.com!

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

                            Overly Dramatic News – @HuntstheWind

                            Next time, we’ll be talking to …. Well, it is a surprise (as in Mkallah is still trying to wrangle guest). So until then, AIE…

                            – This is Mewkow

                            – This is Mkallah
                            – This is Tetsemi

                            And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

                            1 hr 12 min
                          • The AIE Podcast #263 – Nightmare Mode: No New Missions This Week!

                            On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

                                Mewkow: Riders of Icarus be damned
                                  Mkallah: Murloc masquerade is a must
                                    Tetsemi: Friday Fun in FFXIV
                                      Mewkow: We have Captain Cybyl’s STO update
                                      Mkallah: And Apolas and Arv are here to talk about some major SWTOR news

                                    All that and more coming up right now…

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                                    Welcome to episode #263 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi, To my left is Mewkow – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah- (Hey, guys, there is homemade pretzels and beer cheese soup on the guild kitchen.) This week we are joined by special guests Apolas and Arv who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!

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

                                    AIE News

                                    Imperium Ludi

                                    Riders of Icarus:

                                    After not one, but two delays, Rift of the Damned has finally arrived in Riders of Icarus. The patch includes the new Tritael Rift zone, additional cash shop items, the floating five-player Breach dungeon, 30 more familiars to collect, and an expansion to the Exarahn Badlands area.

                                    Riders of Icarus is also hosting several events in which brand-new and veteran characters will get free gifts for logging in, staying logged in, and even leveling up. All of these events will conclude on October 19th.

                                    Riders of Icarus (finally) delivers its Rift of the Damned update

                                    ForceOfWill asked if anyone was playing Black Desert Online. We did have guild activity in the game, it’s diminished a bit, however, just a remind that the #general and #lfg channels on the AIE Discord server can be used to look for AIE Folks other games!

                                    http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57297-any-one-playing-black-desert/

                                    WoW

                                    Are you looking for guild events in game? Well Nevermore has you covered with her fabulous write-up of all the in game events for October in WoW. Head over to the forums and check out the post – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57299-aie-guild-events-october-2016/ – and find out why Murlocs are involved (hint it’s a masquerade – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57298-mathanuggs-merry-murloc-masquerade/) , what the Trivia topic is, and some good old fashion Running of the Dead (Beef) as well as PvP In the Underbelly.

                                    FFXIV

                                    Are you a fan of fun? How about Friday nights? Well then, welcome to Mandatory Fun Nights where the Fun is mandatory, but attendance isn’t. Abovan is running MFN’s in FFXIV every Friday at 9pm ET, check out the forums post for more – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57293-final-fantasy-friday-fun-night/

                                    SWTOR

                                    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 162: How to Fly GSF for DvL

                                    @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-162 talk about how to fly GSF for your Dark vs. Light achievements.

                                    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 162: How to Fly GSF for DvL

                                    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 163: How to PvP for DvL

                                    @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-163 talk about how to get into PvP for your Dark vs. Light achievements, especially if you haven’t done much PvP.

                                    SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 163: How to PvP for DvL

                                    STO

                                    RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 10/09/2016:

                                    1. Starting October 25, the Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday expansion will continue with a brand-new episode update: ‘Agents of Yesterday – Artifacts’! Captains will participate in Star-Trek: The-Original-Series themed episodes in a new story arc through 2017. New missions shall feature the joys of exploration, dangers of unknown space and amazement of new discoveries with lasting consequences. The return of missing Starbase K-13 will become available as a fleet holding. Spectacular upgrades to graphics and lighting effects will be introduced to enhance the player experience as well.

                                    2. There is a 20%-off star ship sale in the C-Store this weekend until Monday, 10/10. If you are a player awaiting the perfect time to purchase that sweet attack ship, that awesome dreadnaught or that stealthy temporal destroyer, you simply must take advantage of this sale. Also, purchased T5 ships get a free T5-U upgrade token.

                                    3. To stash older starships replaced with shiny new starships from the ship sale, your long term storage problem is solved: there is a 20%-off dry dock slot sale running concurrently.

                                    4. Additional 20%-off items include account shared bank slots, ship upgrade tokens and other goods and services. See the website and C-Store for a listing of sale items.

                                    5. Don’t forget: The Fleet’s Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet’s in-game menu.

                                    6. Once again, please check out news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, and other goodies at the Star Trek Online website .

                                    Until next time, RRF Captain Cybyl signing off

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

                                    GAME NEWS

                                    Fun with DvL, MFN twice a week and three Ops groups currently. SoL, LoL and SUP

                                    SOL is looking for a healer for Mondays.

                                    Player numbers are up on both factions. Several people coming to Jedi Covenant (our server) from other servers to play with us thanks mostly to Max and Sema and their SWtOR Escape Podcast. Players like Deathr0wNZ, BornToEatBacon and our newest member GamerBear.

                                    KotET

                                    Knights of the Eternal Throne is FREE to all Premium (currently subscribed) players!

                                    YOUR PERSONAL STAR WARS STORY – Nine chapters, five new levels and two new planets where you fight to rule the galaxy.

                                    MAKE DYNAMIC DARK VS. LIGHT SIDE CHOICES – Decide the future of the galaxy and determine the fate of your allies and enemies – your every action drives the galaxy closer to the light or dark side of the Force.
                                    RULE WITH GALACTIC COMMAND(?) – Grow your influence as you ignite light and dark side enemies, battle new Uprisings and unlock the most powerful rewards – all starting at Level 70 in the new and ongoing Galactic Command(?) system.
                                    BATTLE WITH ALLIES IN NEW UPRISINGS – Join with up to three allies in erupting action-packed battles and confront the galaxy’s most notorious adversaries rising to challenge your influence in Galactic Command.
                                    PLAY YOUR WAY – Choose to play any story chapter or battle in three new challenge levels – Story, Veteran, or Master mode – whatever suits your playstyle!

                                    BE A PREMIUM PLAYER – GET ULTIMATE ACCESS!

                                    Get eternal access to the new KotET expansion FREE at launch including one free*** high-level character to start your adventure. (One per subscribed SWTOR account)

                                    Unlimited access to the new Galactic Command system unlocked at Level 70 as you fight to grow your power and retain control of the galaxy in ongoing battles and Uprisings – alone or with friends – to earn the most valuable rewards.
                                    Must be a Premium player (subscriber status) as of December 2, 2016 to play KotET.

                                    Subbed on October 25th for the Shae Vizla Companion, Nov. 27th for the Rapid Recon Walker mount and continuously Oct. 25-Nov. 27 for three days early access to KotET.

                                    Some rumbling on the SWtOR forums about no new Operations being announced, but Eric Musco has said that information about “larger group content” should be coming in January.

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

                                    @Arv_AIE

                                    @beninmtl

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

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

                                    Overly Dramatic News – @HuntsTheWind

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

                                    – This is Tetsemi

                                    – This is Mewkow
                                    – This is Mkallah
                                    And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

                                    48 min
                                  • The AIE Podcast #262 – The gold tech bubble burst

                                    On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

                                        Mewkow: We have a new cohost!!
                                          Tetsemi: AIE WOW has a fun October planned
                                            Mkallah: Weekends are now Mandatory fun
                                              Mewkow: Get ready to Surrender your Soul
                                              Tetsemi: We have Joe from Your WOW Money to gold in Legion

                                            All that and more coming up right now…

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                                            Welcome to episode #262 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (Spreadsheet joke here). And, that voice you heard at the beginning of the show is our brand new third chair, Mewkow! (Mew, say hi and put in a catch phrase here) This week we are joined by special guests Joe from Your Wow Money who is here to talk to us about making bank in Legion. Welcome!

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

                                            AIE News

                                            Community

                                            Don’t forget, the AIE Guildhall will be happening at the Hilton during Blizzcon, November 4th and 5th at the Anaheim Hilton. Stay tuned for more details as they are released.

                                            WoW

                                            Legion, AIE has lots of raid teams – http://forum.myextralife.com/forum/13-team-recruitment/ and they’re looking for raiders. Check out the Team Recruitment forum and the Free Agent threads to see who needs raiders and when the teams are running. Also, feel free to use the #LFG channel in AIE Discord as well.

                                            Nevermore, Allanya, and the AIE events committee (I am not a committee) have some fun planned for October. On the 17th, there is Mathnauggs’s Merry Murloc Masquerade – 9 pm server at Gallywix. On the 29th, Nevermore & Allanya are hosting Harry Potter Trivia at Hogwarts 2PM server, classrooms to be announced later. And, join Alachaas for the RUnning of the Dead, time and location to be announced.

                                            We are always looking for guildies that want to host in-game events for AIE! There are so many different aspects of World of Warcraft to base your event on, including:

                                            Normal/Heroic/Mythic Legion Dungeons

                                            World Quests
                                            Pet and Mount Collecting
                                            PvP Battlegrounds and Arenas
                                            RolePlay Gatherings
                                            Scavenger Hunts
                                            Transmog Contests
                                            Unlock Achievements
                                            Visit the Darkmoon Faire
                                            Level Professions
                                            Grind Reputations
                                            In-Game holiday themed activities and MORE!

                                            If being an AIE Event Host sounds like something you would like to participate in, please contact Officer Nevermore. She’s available if you need help at any point during the process of planning your event!

                                            Oh, and just a reminder, the Warcraft movie will be available to purchase on Tuesday, September 27th in most locations.

                                            FFXIV

                                            Patch 3.4, Soul Surrender, is coming this week on Tuesday, September 27th.
                                            http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/special/3_4_Soul_Surrender/
                                            Main Story Quest progress (Finish Final Coil T4 first!)
                                            New Hildebrand content
                                            Continuation of the Scholasticate quest line
                                            New Raid wing inside Alexander: The Creator (Final wing)
                                            New Duel mode (Inside Wolf’s Den)
                                            New Spectator mode for PvP pre-mades.
                                            New Trial, Containment Bay P1T6, Sophia The Goddess.
                                            2 New dungeons; Xelphatol (Ixial/Garuda), The Great Gubal Library(Hard)
                                            Housing
                                            Personal apartments available(500k).
                                            Fishtanks, orchestrion playlists
                                            Adventurer Squadron (Looks like Garrison follower missions)
                                            Patch 3.45 preview
                                            More levels in the palace of the dead, and progress in many questlines.
                                            Also, rumors abound of the FF14 officer team potentially stealing the Mandatory Fun night formula for their own uses.

                                            GW2

                                            If you’ve bought GW2 please jump into the game. There isn’t a subscription fee, so once you’ve bought the game, the only money you need to spend is to buy expansions when they come out. And speaking of expansion, with Heart of Thorns, it’s a good time to help work on unlocking the guild hall. If you bought Heart of Thorns you can log in and get a free level 80 character.

                                            http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/en_US/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.127548813.1817224794.1469643919&cid=32:5::::Global:40

                                            http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56829-guild-hall-initiative-11142015-9pm-central/page-2#entry953477

                                            Also it is a good time to unlock season 3 chapters. If you are returning to GW2, please also hop into the AIE Discord Server and hit the #GW2 channel and join the discussion!

                                            SWTOR

                                            There is now a Mandatory Fun Night – Weekend Edition, hosted by Arv on Saturday’s from 5 to 9 server time. If interested please reach out in game or respond in the forums – http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57289-mfn-weekend-edition/

                                            SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 160: Shroud of Memory

                                            On this episode @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-160 take a dive into the HK bonus chapter called Shroud of Memory.

                                            SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 161: Flash Points and DvL

                                            And on this episode @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-161 talk about Flash Points and DvL. We cover things to know, tips, challenges and also discuss the Michael Backus interview on Flash Points from the Going Commando blog.

                                            STO

                                            RRF Captain Cybyl’s Star Trek Online News Summary for week ending 09/25/2016:

                                            1a. Star Trek Online has launched for PS4 and Xbox One featuring multiple story arcs directly from the Star Trek movies and episodes we’ve come to love. However, both console and PC players have raised the question about how does 6 years of episodes relate to each other, the TV series, movies and the Kelvin timeline split in 2009.

                                            1b. To answer this burning question, Cryptic Studios posted ‘Star Trek Online Timeline’: a viewable and downloadable, high-res graphic chart which interconnects the story arcs to the TV series, movies and 2009 Kelvin timeline schism. This is a highly recommended, detailed overview presentation which puts the amazingly vast Star Trek universes into crystal-clear perspective. The ‘Grand Scheme of Things’ never looked so good!

                                            2. Yet another backstory, ‘Fleet Station K-13 Returns’, has been posted on the website blog with confirmed hints of missions to come. Not only has a star base that disappeared into a temporal anomaly been rediscovered, but is now available to be used a playable, second fleet holding. The story is also an intriguing and poignant must-read. Again, I shall refrain from spoilers.

                                            3. For lockbox collectors who wish to cash in on their stash big time, take note: From Sept 22, until Oct 10, lockbox master keys will be sold in 20-key bundles.

                                            4. The usual reminder: The Fleet’s Starbase is still seeking contributions of materiel and duty officers. Do your part by checking out current donation requests in the Fleet holdings tab in the Fleet’s in-game menu.

                                            5. Once again, please check out further news, backstories, patch notes, forums, commentary, etc., at the Star Trek Online website .

                                            Until next time, this is RRF Captain Cybyl signing off

                                            GAME NEWS
                                            Bank toons (where, why and how to make)
                                            Addons that i use for the auction house
                                            What professions do you have?
                                            Gathering Profession quests
                                            Gathering vs flipping
                                            Crafting (why craft?)
                                            Obliterum

                                            Tetsemi – ProTip – Always check WQ’s before posting gems. Wondered why Queen’s Opal and Azsurite along with Ore went through the roof. 765 BoP Recipe requires Azsunite Pendant (1 Queen’s Opal, 5 Azsunite and 1 Sangarite)

                                            Tetsemi Q’s?

                                            Gems – Deep Amber (green q), Chaotic Spinel (green q) and Shadowfury Ruby(blue q) all seem to be below market consistently. Intentional due to glut or just willful ignorance of the market price?

                                            Ore – Feels like too few gems for the amount of ore, does this go up with higher levels of JC (prospecting) or is it just gem chips all day every day the new normal?

                                            JC gear, right now, feels like too low level for the mats required, especially with the Obliterum requirement to raise from 815 to something more appealing for Mythic+ and Raid geared folks. Curious if the market shifts once we get the 800 JC recipes?

                                            CLOSE

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

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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. Mewkow is @themewkow. Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://discord.gg/w4mRct4 . Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website keyswithsoul.com!

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

                                            Our Mail Box was Empty, no this isn’t a new segment, we didn’t receive any this week.

                                            Next time, we’ll be talking with the crew from SWTOR. So until then, AIE…

                                            – This is Mewkow

                                            – This is Tetsemi
                                            – This is Mkallah

                                            And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

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