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May 08, 2023The AIE Podcast #403 – SWTOR: Tharan and Theron standing by
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Cross faction guilds are a success!
Trials, we got your Trials, in different flavours and games!
Stormblood mount farming gets extreme!
STO seems to be a bit Unraveled
And, we have Corley and Stask who are here to talk about AIE in SWTOR!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #403 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey folks! There is a coffee cake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guests Corley and Stask who are here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Funs Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2:00 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:30 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9:00 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
New World
Spring event is going on so logging in to get some presents and stuff
D4 server slam is next weekend may 12-14
WoW
So far, the cross faction guild implementation seems to be very popular! Especially with horde members joining the alliance side. The new zone is exciting and interesting. We’re all looking forward to season two officially kicking off on this coming Tuesday, which will bring the opening of the new raid on all difficulties (including the first wing of LFR) as well as the new mythic+ dungeons. The new upgrade system, although seemingly convoluted, is actually pretty neat and fun to experiment with.
Darkmoon Faire begins Sunday, with profession quests and a rep/xp buff if you ride the Roller Coaster or Carousel. Just in time for the new zone.
Also it is easy to do, unlike the neat and fun convoluted things.
WoW Classic
Trial of the Crusader (next short raid) is on the PTR, and normal dungeons will soon drop Ulduar 10 loot (and tokens for Hard Mode Uld 10) with a ++ mode named Beta. And our raid team has filled our 2 open spots with a new mage and paladin. We raid naxx tonight, to gear the new 80s up, and should be heading back into Ulduar next week.
SWTOR
See Game Notes
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been working on Trials again and having a lot of fun doing so even though we usually have less than 12 people.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– More trials and another ToT tournament is in the sign up stages.
Game News:
– The next chapter, Necrom, will be out June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles
FFXIV
9:30pm Eastern on May 24, plus this coming Friday is Stormblood Extreme mount farming, poster in show notes below. Game activity is in maintenance mode, with moogle tome collecting being the main focus until the next patch.

STO
Both fleets have made some big progress with fleet holdings. Fed fleet has completed the Colony tier V upgrade unlocking one of the better science ships in game. The KDF fleet has completed the dilithium mine, allowing us the best dilithium discounts for players and for other fleet projects.
STO is releasing new content starting on May 9th. They are starting a month long event to feature some of the new content. This new story arc is called Unraveled and we will be dealing with the multiverse and the Tholians. The event featuring the new content will reward a new Tholian themed space set and as such adds more options for Tetryon energy weapons for your ships.
Fun night is Monday at 10pm Eastern. Come join us while we set our phasers to fun and take on the enemies of the galaxy.
Fleet Action Report is on Thursday at 10pm Eastern. We will be delving into the new content and the new event.
LOTRO
It’s been a busy week in LOTRO with the release of Update 35.1.2. So that’s a new raid, Gwathrenost the Witch-king’s Citadel, and avatar appearance updates. Related but out of game, the LOTRO forums have been updated for the first time in years.
But my favorite by far is the look ahead by Lead Systems Designer, Orion. https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-letter-2023-en?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=default&utm_content=ap_xforx7za19. With news of the rumored Umbar expansion, a new level cap, and new class due in Q4.
For folks with Mithril Coins consider The Homesteads and Harvest coffers (now through 05/14). It’s a themed set of housing décor items in three tiers of cost/detail.
And with that, let’s get back to Corley and Stask and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.
GAME NEWS
SWTOR News:
MFN runs every Tuesday night at 9pm EDT
Variety of game activities
Alternate sides each week
Recently did some of the harder Datacrons
All are welcome, some events do require a subscription
Operation teams:
Monday – Republic
Wednesday – Sith Empire
Thursday – Sith Empire
Sunday – Sith Empire
PvP groups
Wednesday – Regular PvP
Friday – GSF
Galactic Season 4 is still going on with 99 days left.
PvP Season 2 has 43 days left.
Recently 7.2.1 was released and upgraded the game to a 64bit client. Seems to run smoother. Overall not much noise from the community with problems. Very much welcome upgrade.
Some players are having issues with using Steam to pay for their subscription.
Recently had a Live stream to talk about upcoming patches for the game.
LotsSahar for deco poster until 18 May
May the 4th droid pet, just need to log in buy May 18th
Double XP and Valor is going on until May 18th
Cartel market unlocks 50% off
Update 7.3 is coming soon.
New Story “Old Wounds” on Voss
New Flashpoint “Shrine of Silence”:
New boss mechanics, donuts
Optional, not required for the main story
PVP changes coming
Nar Shaddaa Nightlife is coming back with some new rewards
More changes to try to fix the credit inflation
Updating GTN functionality to make it the place to go for trading:
Order system
Scaling taxes
Changes to how players get gear with currency:.
Daily Resource Matrices are being removed.
Will be converted to Conquest Commendations 1 for 1
Weekly caps are being increased for most of the currencies.
No longer need multiple currencies to buy or upgrade gear.
PTS is up for testing.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Corley and Stask for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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 look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org/. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Corley
– This is Stask
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
1 hr 15 min
April 24, 2023The AIE Podcast #402 – ESO: Only One Fishy Stick; Benefits with Vampires.
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Congratulations to our new officers!
Happy Week of One shots!
Are you ready for Cross Faction? AIE is!
Happy birthday to LOTRO!
And, we have the floor tank herself, Kini, here to talk to us about AIE in ESO!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #402 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (Hey, folks, there is Porto’s in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Dankinia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be chatting with Kini shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
We are happy to announce we’ve asked two new officers to help within the community and they have accepted. @Rintalasin and @Kraemer29 have been members of the community for a while now and are always willing to help out with events, answer questions, and be a positive influence on the community. Rintalasin can generally be found hanging out in WoW (both Alliance and Horde sides) and Kraemer spends time in ESO (where he runs a ToT tournament every few months), STO, and SWTOR. Thanks to you both for agreeing to join and help out!
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Monday – STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday-
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
The Week of One Shots is off to a strong start. Whimsy of Fate with Lithou in the Fate Accelerated system (not D&D) was so much fun the players want a second session. We need more adventures with Atomic Rhino Crippler and Fergie McIntire, the “French” chef who may or may not be a dragon.
In Barber of Silverymoon with Catavarie, they rescued captives, defeated evils, and watched a Paladin work out some aggression on a defenseless machine. The DM regrets only that no players died, even to the Mimic disguised as a wig.
Sunday’s SCP Containment Breach with Duskmire had to be canceled due to a drop out but will be run again next Sunday, with more players needed. We also need players for Wednesday and Friday (two sessions). Saturday is full, because who can resist a session called Grammy’s Country Apple Pie? Mmm Pie
WoW
In WoW news, congratulations to Alliance Raid Team So Let’s Go Skating on their Ahead of the Curve achievement for killing Heroic Raza-geth. Players are getting ready for the next big content patch, Embers of Neltharion coming on May 2, with a new underground zone to explore. New Raid Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (where we get to meet an echo of Neltharion) opens the week of May 8. We also have Volunteer Guard Day, a micro holiday, on Friday. Defend Stormwind or Orgrimmar to obtain the temporary appearance of a guard.
Oh and let’s not forget that Cross Faction Guilds will be a thing in the new patch! Please welcome any unfamiliar faces and races you see in Guild chat. However, the way Greenwall works will limit the ability to see cross-faction Guild chat. Tets?
WoW Classic
We are still raiding Ulduar, with a few bumps and struggles with the roster. We are always looking for a few extra people who would like to raid with us, as we roll on through the content. We raid on Saturday nights, from 9-1 server time, and sometimes on Friday nights as well. Friday night is from 11-1. If you have any questions, please DM Looci in discord, and she will give you any info she has!
SWTOR
One of the rewards from the new Galactic Seasons is the Stronghold on Mek-sha (Max’s favorite zone), now known as the Mek-Shack. Or Max-Shack? Mek-Max-Shack?
MFN continues to thrive on Tuesday nights, but we also have pvp on Wednesday nights and Space Ship Pew Pew on Friday nights. Our Monday night raid teams are looking to fill some slots, so if you always wanted to get into group content, this is a great opportunity. To join any of these activities, drop a note in discord for more details.
ESO
Greeting fellow AIE family members we are now opening up sign ups for our Tales of Tribute 3 tournament. The tournament will start on Monday June 16th 2023. In order to sign up for the tournament please let Kraemer know in the tales of tribute channel or by DM in discord. The tournament will run for four weeks with a short break for the fourth of July week. As with the previous 2 tournaments you will need to have the high isle chapter and having completed the start quest for tales of tribute. If you need help finding the starter quest we can help with that. Also Dankinia will distribute the winnings to all the top 10 placers. If there are any questions just ask away and Best of luck to all our card players out there.
We are working on trials on MFN nights, have a vet dungeon group on Wednesdays, and we are starting a normal pledge dungeon group on Sunday nights.
FFXIV
Caztiel Winchester will be holding an FC (or AIE players who want to DC/CW travel) event running the second Stormblood alliance raid this Thursday. Sahja is still holding her weekly Friday fun events and Saturdays are still Endwalker map nights. Starting Monday April 24th at 1am PT, the moogle treasure trove event begins, and continues until patch 6.4. Expect a lot of activity grinding specific dungeons to earn the new moogle tomes, especially the Nier Automata raids as they are the chosen alliance raid this time around. The Alexander raid series is the chosen ‘normal’ raid series, and the Weapon(emerald, ruby, diamond) series is the chosen extreme raid series.
STO
The Fleet is closing in on its final upgrade. This will give everyone access to a new Science Ship that’s pretty special. After that, we intend to focus as much as we can on the KDF Fleet.
STO is currently running it’s First Contact Day event. This rewards a new universal console that is a 2-piece set with one of the new fighters from the latest Legendary Bundle.
Fleet Action Report is switching to Thursdays at 10pm Eastern. Fun night will be moving to Mondays at 10pm Eastern. This change will help FAR better serve the community by being able to catch updates and content releases when they happen. These changes start this Thursday.
LOTRO
Lotro has turned 16 and is currently celebrating with the Anniversary event through May 14th. If you need help running the scroll quests let us know in discord and we can find a time to get a group together.
And with that, let’s get back to Kini and find out what’s going on in ESO.
GAME NEWS
The next chapter for ESO is called Necrom and arrives on June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles. It is part of the Shadow of Morrowind Saga and will bring two new zones and a new class to the game. The new class, called the Arcanist, has a new combat mechanic which involves using class abilities to generate a resource that allows you to empower your abilities. As all classes in ESO, you can choose any of the three roles (Tank, Healer, DPS) as well as swap between them fairly easily.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kini for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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 look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to a guest to be determined about SWTOR. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dankinia
– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
1 hr 1 min
March 27, 2023The AIE Podcast #401 – TTRPG’s Talk w/Lanc & Hoots …Four Hours Later…
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
We have an update on the Trial of Style!
Congrats, Conquerors of Ossus
Are you ready for the Jester’s Festival
LOTRO returns to Carn Dûm
And, Hoots and Lanctharus are here to talk about ttRPGs in AIE!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #401 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Hoots and Lanctharus who is here to talk to us about some of the ttRPG activities happening in AIE. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into the Table Talk shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
Just a note that the AIE Valheim hosted server is online and the IP has changed. The server info is pinned in the discord channel.
WoW
This week the Trial of Style event was live and lots of fun was had with guildies in this fast-paced fashion competition. There were new categories this year, such as Going Green, Profession Expression, Gothic Gala and Expedition: Catwalk. Sadly, we can’t queue as mixed Horde and Alliance groups yet, but Pepe was there to support both factions.
PS Is that Gustytail wielding Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker? Why yes, yes it is!
Raid Team news: Noob Raid took down the first 3 bosses in Vault of the Incarnates and made good progress on a fourth – Dathea. Go Noob Raid! The Filthy Casuals defeated Normal Razza-geth and 2 bosses on Heroic.
On Alliance side, Hell Froze Over downed Heroic Kurog (the coffee boss) and progression team So Let’s Go Skating is working on Heroic Raz for their Ahead of the Curve Achievement.
We’re looking for DM’s for a Week of One-Shots, Dungeons and Dragons guild event at the end of April. Visit the tabletop-rpg channel in AIE Discord for more info and tag Gustytail if you’re interested. Our DM’s will be receiving a hand-painted mini as a thank you gift, courtesy of Lanctharus. (Oh hey Lanc, maybe you can talk more about this later.)
WoW Classic
Still working on clearing Ulduar, been a busy few weeks for the team, but we are still around. Still waiting on word of when ToC is hitting, but we are still having fun!
SWTOR
In SWTOR, the guild won its Total Galactic War battle and now everyone who participated can display their new title of “Conqueror of Ossus”. Additionally, as you zone into Ossus, you see a banner message stating that AIE is the current conqueror of the planet.
7.2.1, which among many other things will bring Galactic Season 4, will be dropping on 3/28. This is also the update that will bring the 64 bit client, so we are expecting a bigger than normal download that day.
As always, please come and join us on Tuesday nights for MFN!
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– The last couple of weeks have been spent working our way through the two new dungeons in preparation for the next Chapter release.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– The next couple of MFNs will be focused on the upcoming Jester’s Festival. We will group up to do the daily quests and take advantage of the XP boost.
Game News:
– The Jester’s Festival runs from March 29th to April 6th and in addition to the event XP boost there will be event specific quests to earn Festival Boxes full of loot and event tickets
– The next chapter, Necrom, will be out June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles
FFXIV
Keep an eye out for the FC run of the second return to Ivalice raid. Caztiel be announcing the date soon
STO
The Fleet is closing in on finishing its last project. This will complete all the Fleet Holdings and give our players access to all the fleet goodies.
STO Is currently running its second event in the year-long campaign. This event focuses on the Voth and rewards a Universal Kit – Voth Battlesuit. This one is gonna be fun! Don’t miss it!
Fleet Action Report, a AIE-Related STO Video Podcast, runs Monday Nights at 10pm. This is live streamed, then later posted to YouTube. All episodes can be found on our website, http://fleetactionreport.com/
Fleet Fun Night runs Thursdays at 10pm. We will help players level, run TFOs, run events, or anything else players want or need. The fun happens at http://twitch.tv/grebog
LOTRO
Update 35 was released on Wednesday. With the update we return to Carn Dûm, as well as new instances for small and fellowships. Also the captains, hunters and wardens trait pouts have been reset. Along with the other fun class changes that a new update always brings.
Carn Dum has received a major refresh in Update 35. Check your mail for the starter quest!
And with that, let’s get back to Hoots and Lanc and find out what’s going on with ttRPGs in AIE
GAME NEWS
See the previous recording we did on the OGLocalypse. Support Indie RPG Publishers.
Speaking of indie RPG’s
Thirsty Sword Lesbians
Blade Runner
Traveller
Coyote & Crow
Lanctharus may talk about his first convention: Orccon 2023
I got the opportunity to play first hand Blade Runner, Call of Cthulhu, Pathfinder, Artemis Bridge Simulator
So many cool things in the dealers room
Hoots is going to Midwest Classic Gaming on April 1st.
He might also go to Gamehole Con in October.
Lanc may be going to Gamex 2023 in May
SoCAL D&D events in Southern California are picking up. Lanc missed out on going to the LA D&D Tavern Social due to reasons
Hoots reviews / book recommendation – Ben Riggs’ Slaying the Dragon. A history of TSR during both the Gygax and Lorraine Williams days with interviews with a lot of the business folk rather than creatives.
Buck Rogers connection
New edition of Warhammer 40K announced, 10th edition. There are some trailers.
D&D Movie is coming out 3/31 unless you were some select audience or at SXSW. Initially positive critic reviews, a light action-comedy with an ensemble cast.
Lanc and the Mrs. are going to go see it on Thursday
I really am hoping it’s not Jeremy Irons/Marlon Wayans level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00DcEe_42fg
I have to provide my wife a crash course on D&D and the various races/species found within its various multiverses
Mrs. Lanc is a therapists so her exposure to Lanc and his encyclopedic knowledge of nerd/geek knowledge comes in very handy
D&D home movie recommendation: The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
D&D Direct on March 28th. Product announcements and stuff from Wizards if you’re into that. Influencer summit the following week
WotC is channeling Nintendo?
Gusty’s event (she should really be on this show).
AIE RPG night/days
Looking for people interested in being DM’s
All DM’s will get a painted mini as a thank you from Lanc
Player’s will be added to a random drawing and a luck player will be getting a Blind Bag of Metal dice from Dice Envy
Reach out to Gusty Koo on Discord to sign up
If you want to listen to a really good podcast on Actual Plays
https://www.dndiscussions.com/2023/01/30/episode-82-talking-actual-play-shows-with-dr-emily-friedman/
She goes into why each show does the format it does, and why it works for some and not others.
And follow Emily Friedman on Twitter, she has really good summaries/reactions to Critical Role/Dimension 20/Words Beyond Worlds, etc.
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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Hoots and Lanc for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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 look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…
– This is Hoots
– This is Lanctharus
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
1 hr 34 min
March 13, 2023The AIE Podcast #400 – Watch that chest spike while waving your large DPS around!
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
It’s time for the Spring Trial of Style!
This Means Total Galactic War!
AIE is active in Coreborn Alpha and the Federation needs your help!
What lies beneath has been revealed
And, Gusty is here for our 400th episode to talk about AIE in WoW!
All that and more coming up right now…
Podcast Audio
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Welcome to episode #400 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (there is an Irish apple cake). This week we are joined by special guests Gusty who is here to talk to us about AIE in WOW Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WOW shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
Diablo 3
The new Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary is live. https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/blog/23897180/season-28-rites-of-sanctuary-now-live-2-17-2023
This season features the Altar of Rites that grants account-wide perks for your seasonal characters such as reducing all level requirements of gear to level 1, double bounty cache rewards, etc.
Diablo 4
Closed Beta for Pre-orders next weekend, Mar 17 – 19. Open Beta for everyone the following weekend, Mar 24 -26.
Level a character to level 20 in the beta and receive the Wolf Pup backpack. https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23916442/your-guide-to-the-diablo-iv-open-beta#Rewards
Release date is June 6th, 2023.
We had the Coreborn Alpha – A number of folks from AIE got invited to the Closed Alpha of Coreborn, an open world survival game, and we had a blast! Once we got our heads around the crafting, gathering, and building, we went to town. Max literally laid down the blueprints (awesome game feature) for the building and workstations/chest and we gathered up the supplies to make them real. Once we got to level 2 on the Town Center we had a PvE attack coming from NPC’s. We swarmed them and defeated them, but 8 hours later, while we slept, they got their revenge and knocked out 90% of the bottom floor of the base. We rebuilt and got to level 3 just before they did a full wipe for the last day of alpha. We rallied the troops and rebuilt much faster, now knowing the system, and got to level 2 before the alpha ended.
Beautiful scenery, lots to explore, fun building/crafting stuff to do, and yes, they’re adding fishing.
See pictures below.

Coreborn – Not pictured is Fortzr who joined us later in the testing once we got the US/EU stuff sorted.

Coreborn – Stronghold, Level 3
Coreborn – First town invasion

Star Citizen 3.18 is a huge leap forward there in a number of ways but will take a week or two to stabilize and we’ll have a few people checking it out.
WoW
In WoW, we have a Guild event coming up: The Trial of Style (a micro holiday fashion contest) returns March 20-24 and I’ll be doing guild runs at 7pm Eastern. Players earn tokens for transmog gear and the event counts toward the new Trading Post’s monthly goal for the Darkmoon Harlequin transmog set. FOR THE MOG!
In Raid Team news, Kiddie Aggro defeated Heroic Razageth for the Ahead of the Curve achievement and completed Glory of the Vault Raider for a molten mammoth mount. My team, Better Late Than Never, has both as well! Behind the Curve is 4 of 8 bosses in Heroic, Alliance Team Hell Froze Over is 3 of 8 Heroic and the Filthy Casuals are working on Normal Razageth and have taken out the first boss (Eggnog) on Heroic.
Noob Raid went Timewalking Saturday night, defeating 5 bosses in Ulduar. Whoa that Crazy Cat Lady!
WoW Classic
In WoW Classic, Stale Puft Marshmallow Raid Team is going strong in Ulduar with 12/14 bosses down and looking for their first Yogg-Saron kill. They have a great group of core players but could use more! With a few folks out last weekend they went after some “short-handed” achievements in Naxxramus instead, such as Less Is More,The Dedicated Few and Subtraction.
SWTOR
The big thing this week in AIE Swtor is Total Galactic War. The guild will be working to gain points to beat other guilds to the domination of a planet. It’s a bit of strategy, a healthy portion of teamwork, and usually a lot of fun as well.
FFXIV
This is the first in a monthly series Caztiel is doing
Pic #6
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been working on clearing the trials that don’t have mechanics that force us to have a full 12 people. We’ve currently got three that we can routinely complete.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Tales of Tribute Tournament 2 has concluded, but there are plans for ToT 3 to take place in mid-June with a prize pool of over 7 million gold. (too bad that doesn’t convert to real money)
Game News:
– Update 37 along with the Scribes of Fate DLC will be out on March 13th for PC and March 28 for consoles. Update 37 brings some accessibility improvements and housing improvements and the DLC brings two new dungeons.
– The next chapter, Necrom, will be out June 5th for PC/Mac and June 20 for consoles.
STO
The Federation fleet is making big moves with the colony. We are currently working to complete the Tier V for the overall colony. We could use some help with people doing the renewable energy daily at the colony for more batteries to help move it along. Somehow we have already filled the 1.79 million dilithium and almost have the fleet marks. Amazing job you all.
KDF fleet is working on the final project of the dilithium mine, which will unlock the last of the discounts on dilithium prices.
GW2
New episode, What Lies Beneath, in the new more regular release schedule has dropped. Dungeons and more on the second Friday, MFN weekly.
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/What_Lies_Beneath
LOTRO
Update 35 is still on Bullroarer (pts). That means we are getting closer to when the new update goes live. The spring festival started on March 9th and runs through March 27th. Time to dust of fthe map of the maze and get ready for some fence walking.
And with that, let’s get back to Gusty and find out what’s going on in WOW.
GAME NEWS
Content release 10.0.7 lands on March 21st. We’ll be heading to the Forbidden Reach (the Dracthyr Evoker starting area). The new content for max-level players involves exploring five zones and the Zskera Vault, a weekly Treasure Room with a fancy ring, the Onyx Annulet. That’s A-N-N annulet not amulet.
Primal Storms, including a Mega Storm, will offer gear upgrades and are great for alts. New Faction grind rewards include four Dragon Riding customizations, a Battle pet named Buckie and the Noble Bruffalon mount. We’ll also have a quest to befriend the Winterpelt Furbolg in Azure Span by slowly learning their language. What a nice concept!
Human and Orc Heritage Armor quests are also coming. Full skirt and chest spike transmogs? Don’t mind if I do! Also – Worgen, Goblins and Lightforge Dranei can now be monks. Let’s Roll!
Meanwhile Content release 10.1.0 is on the PTR
We’ll see a new underground zone, new Dragon Riding skills, a new raid – Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible – and a new season of Mythic+ with 8 different dungeons. But the thing we’re REALLY excited for is Cross-Faction GUILDS! Yes, we’ve been doing cross-faction raids and dungeons, but we’ll finally achieve the dream of one community! The officers are currently testing functionality on the PTR, and we’ll let you know how it will all work once it’s ready to go.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gusty for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [email protected] . You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://discord.com/invite/bCVvumW. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
A preview, a teaser, a bit of things to come? Your guess is as good as ours, but following the AIE Podcast, we’ll be sending another AIE Podcast down the feed focused on TTRPG’s featuring Lantharus, Bhock, and Hoots!
TTRPG’S, The Tabletop Role Playing Game Show (Interim Name)
Episode 1: The Pilot
Join Bhock, Hoots, and Lanctharus as they talk about their forays into the realms of Tabletop Role Playing Games. In this show, we touch upon the history of Dungeons & Dragons, our own experiences playing tabletop games, and the recent game community rage regarding Wizards of the Coast’s Open Game License (OGL) 1.2 debacle.
Next time, we’ll be talking to Lanc and crew about gaming shenanigans. So until then, AIE…
– THIS IS GUSTYTAIL
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
58 min
February 27, 2023The AIE Podcast #399 – Trust the Witness & Go Sit on the Couch
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Diablo Season 28 is LIVE! And Open Beta is on the way!
We have AIE WoW raid group updates!
Mount up in SWTOR! And, we hear there is ice cream!
The Federation is boldly going towards Tier five!
And, we have the Working Class Nerd himself, Marcus, here to talk about Destiny 2
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #399 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. Sorry about the show two weeks ago, we had technical difficulty agro and had to cancel after hitting out head against the wall for 20 minutes! This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Marcus who is here to talk to us about AIE in Destiny 2 Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Destiny 2 shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday Destiny 2 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/\
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
Home
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
New World continues to be quiet for AIE but the dev team is working hard to build on the strong foundation they started with. They’ve published a 2023 dev roadmap that includes “season” story updates and an “expansion” for the fall, which is targeted to include “mounts”, which is a long awaited feature. Keep an eye out and maybe we can get an AIE excursion later this year.
Diablo 3
The new Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary is live. https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/blog/23897180/season-28-rites-of-sanctuary-now-live-2-17-2023
This season features the Altar of Rites that grants account-wide perks for your seasonal characters such as reducing all level requirements of gear to level 1, double bounty cache rewards, etc.
Diablo 4
Open Beta starts in a few weeks, March 17-19th for pre-orders and the following weekend 24-26th for all.
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo4/23916442/your-guide-to-the-diablo-iv-open-beta
Release date is June 6th, 2023.
We have players dabbling in a bunch of other Nomads games regularly too. Be sure to check out the Nomads channel and if there’s something you’d like to get going, put the call out and we can see who is interested. Recent adventures included a few people surviving in Rust, a new No Man’s Sky expedition, and a start in Kerbal early access. On the horizon is the Coreborn Alpha event, Wild Hearts, and a possible Sons of the Forest hosted server.
WoW
Congrats to Raid Team Kiddie Aggro on their Ahead of the Curve Achievement for downing final boss Raza-geth in Vault of the Incarnates on Heroic. Noob Raid has now defeated two bosses on Normal. Thanks to all who join our Saturday night Guild event and shoutout to Dankinia for leading it.
WoW Classic
Classic continues to roll along, with Ulduar up and the Tournament grounds being built. Dailies for TOC are around, and things are cooking. No word on the next phase yet, but when it happens, we will be ready!
Alela’s Wrath (Stale-Puft Marshmallows) continue our progression thru Ulduar, with Thorim hard mode downed, and we were oh so close on Hodir Hard mode last week. Hoping for success this week on Hodir! We have killed 12 of 14, and we started to progress on Yogg last week.
We periodically run Naxx on Wed nights to fill in slots in gear to help that progression.
SWTOR
Bioware awarded a special mount to anyone that logged into the test server and ran a pvp match. Stash and Machete marshaled a group of guildies to get that done. Everyone’s mounts should appear in the mail when 7.2.1 launches. If anyone wants to continue their pvp journey, talk to either of them about their Wednesday night pvp shenanigans.
Also, make sure to have some pistachio ice cream in the guild kitchen. I hear it’s Marcus’ favorite. (according to Sema)
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been working on clearing the trials that don’t have mechanics that force us to have a full 12 people. We’ve currently got three that we can routinely complete.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Tales of Tribute Tournament 2 has concluded, but there are plans for ToT 3 to take place in mid-June with a prize pool of over 7 million gold. (too bad that doesn’t convert to real money)
Game News:
– The next chapter of the game, which is called Necrom, was announced. It will bring two new regions, new companions, and a new class called the Arcanist. Pre-orders of the chapter are available now.
FFXIV
Map nights on saturdays, and Weekly events that change every week at 9pm on Fridays, hosted by Sahja
STO
The Federation fleet has made a big step forward and the final project, Tier V, for renewable energy branch of the colony has 5 days left. Once it completes we will be able to work on the overall colony’s final Tier V upgrade. Also something to note is that once the Renewable Energy project completes, we will have access to the best tactical consoles in game for tank builds.
Our KDF fleet has also been making some big strides as well. In just over 3 days and the final project for the Development branch of the dilithium mine will complete. This will unlock the maximum discounts for fleet project marks, which will in turn help us with other projects. We will have 1 more big project to complete at the dilithium mine and the holding will be completely done.
KDF fleet is actually not all that far from a Tier III starbase as well. And we have seen an influx of new KDF captains with the KDF recruit event going on in STO. Which, if you are wanting to create a Klingon Recruit, you have until March 9th. You only have to create the captain and get maybe 5 to 10 minutes into the tutorial and get the Encrypted Klingon Receiver device. Once you have the device have as much time as you want to complete the goals the device ask you to do. So, you can be a diehard and do it all in a weekend or be more like Grebog and still be working on it over a year later.
Fun nights are on Thursday at 10pm eastern. Come join us with our crazy antics. We run missions, TFOs, or sometimes Grebog comes up with a silly thing to have fun with.
Fleet Action Report episode 138 will be this Monday. This will be a bit of a different episode as hosts will discuss various things from what brought them to STO to why they continue playing all these years later and much much more.
GW2
Dungeons and more on the second Friday, MFN weekly.
LOTRO
Update 35 is still on Bullroarer (pts). That means we are getting closer to when the new update goes live. The spring festival starts on March 9th and runs through March 27th. Time to dust off the map of the maze and get ready for some fence walking.
GAME NEWS
Lightfall trailer
Calus
Witness
Clovis and rasputin
Viel
Neptune!
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Marcus for joining us.
Working Class Nerds
https://twitch.tv/marcusb814
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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 look for the link to our discord server at https//aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to GustyTail in WoW, for our 400th episode!!!! So until then, AIE…
– This is Marcus
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
1 hr 3 min
January 16, 2023The AIE Podcast #398 – FFXIV: Violence and Fiddles
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Happy 2023!!! Now, back away slowly, we don’t want any trouble
Time to get our raids, ops, maps, and trials back in order.
Don’t forget Lunar New Year!
Or, those Ill Omens!
And, we have Kelseer here to talk about FFXIV!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #398 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: – (Hey, everyone, we are finally done with the holiday treats in the guild kitchen. Now, for Valentine’s day!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Kelseer who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Friday – FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
New World
AIE has a handful of people checking in each week as the overall population of New World continues to grow and the “recent reviews” continue to remain high. The new zones and holiday content were a highlight. It’s quiet but if anyone wants to check it out they just need to ask and we can get them in the AIE Company.
No Man Sky is wrapping up their end-of-year expedition replays which are a fun way to see the game.
Lost Ark
The AIE presence has been reduced to one guild. Membership is still open for anyone to join. As always, drop a request in the lostark discord channel once you’ve submitted an application.
Activity is low for the game, use discord to find partners for activities.
The game’s roadmap for 2023 includes a new continent next month while the January update going live on the 18th features a special themed “Witcher” event with various cosmetics. (Rich opportunity to discuss all the Netflix Witcher drama).
Roadmap: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/2023-roadmap-part1
January Update: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/january-2023-update-announce
WoW
Now that the holidays are past us, Noob Raid has resumed. We are currently working though wing 1 and 2 of LFR. Unfortunately due to game restraints, there is an ilvl requirement of 359 but in a few weeks we will probably dive into normal.
WoW Classic
Acclaimed Ulduar 10/25 raid is starting next Thursday, with a Hard Mode available for each boss independently
Current (older) 10 man content will drop 25 man content, to stay relevant
Current (older) 25 man content will drop even more 25 man loot than before
5 man dungeons will have a Hard Mode option for better gear (old Naxx 10), to stay relevant
daily 5 man dungeon quest will reward the new tokens and new crafting orb, making it very useful
SWTOR
The season of snowballs has come to a close and we are looking forward to 2023. 2022 brought a lot of infrastructure, UI, and behind-the-scenes revamping, so we are hoping 2023 will bring us a lot of really cool player-facing content.
Showdown on Rhunuk dropped in December. It brought a large story chunk, a new planet, new dailies, a new reputation track, and new achievements (including some hidden ones). The cinematics that came with this content update have been the best so far.
Additionally, a flashpoint (and story beat) that we previously thought was just part of a side story is turning out to have tendrils feeding back into the main story. We are waiting for Malgus’s next move.
Join us on Tuesday nights when we knock out some Operations, Conquest targets, and Galactic Seasons targets. Everyone is welcome.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– MFN’s have resumed after our holiday break and we’ve been venturing into trials again.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– The next Tales of Tribute tournament starts Monday January 16th. This time it will only run for four weeks and consist of 3 matches per week. Places 1-10 will be paid out again with 1st place getting 1 mil gold. If you are not already registered, and you are interested, reach out to Kraemer in the discord and thank you to Kraemer and Dragger for funding the event again.
FFXIV
See Game Notes
STO
Fed fleet is days, maybe a week out from starting the Tier 5 Renewable Energy project, which will then let us start the Colony major Tier 5 project after it.
KDF Fleet Starbase Tier 2 is counting down now. The dilithium mine is knocking at the door for Tier 3 and completion
Fun nights are still Thursday at 10pm Eastern. Come and join us, just set your phasers to fun.
GW2
The Lunar New Year festival is back and has 2 more weeks to run. We had a chill Dungeons and More night on Friday, trying the festival activities. New weapons set this year, “Fireworks”. MFN is still happening every Monday night.
LOTRO
It is a new year, we are half way through January and that means one of the best events is almost here. The ill omens skirmish event will run from February 2nd-February 27th. Let’s group up and earn some pets and other rewards.
And with that, let’s get back to Kelseer and find out what’s going on in FFXIV.
GAME NEWS
FFXIV just got patch 6.3!
Big Highlights
Continues with the story of your character trying to find something to do in his retirement after saving the universe, And the Void story line that started with 6.3.
As a great redditor said, we got “Zero character development!” this patch, aka character development for the character we met in a previous patch named Zero.
Also continues the Myths of the Realm 24 main raid story line, where we explore more about the 12 Gods of Eorzea.
Big fan of this as it is one of the big mysteries since 1.0.
Maybe talk about primals vs “Real” gods?
Primals are created via magic(Aether) and like to enslave people.
The primals of the gods(Dynamis) were summoned at the end of 1.0 to seal Bahamut away, so even an in-game character states that is all they are and they are not real, just like Ifrit or Garuda.
I’ll let the game speak to me if that is true or not.
If you like violins and fiddles I highly suggest this latest raid.
If you like music I recommend FFXIV generally.
And actually I recommend FFXIV generally.
Lots of additional story content
Paladin got a big rework which is somewhat rare for FFXIV in the middle of an expac.
Paladin would cycle into melee and holy magic phases, very rigid rotation.
Both mix now more regularly in the rotation, and it is much less rigid.
1 mistake won’t ruin your DPS anymore.
Despite having a shield paladin was sort of the least defensive tank in terms of its cooldowns. THis has been fixed.
They fixed Machinist for high latency players as well
Got a new map dungeon which is more focused on boss fights. Fights are not a pushover!
Big expansion to the amount of houses available. 1800 added per server.
Auto demolition has begun as well so more houses will be coming as those who have left the game’s houses get demolished in 45 days from patch day
New PVP arena and Island Sanctuary updates. Ever want to have a morbol farm? Well now you can, you freak!
But no one cares about any of that. WHat you really want to know is that your character can now automatically get an umbrella out when it rains. Even when walking into rain from a sheltered area!

The rest of the 6.3 patch series will include:
New ultimate raid, “The Omega Protocol”
New deep dungeon, Eureka Orthos
Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures
Next stage of our relic weapons.
Relic tools for crafters and gatherers
New tribal quests for crafters. Is saying the name of the tribe a spoiler?

CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Kelseer for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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 look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
We are working on getting our podcast schedule set for 2023, if you have something you want to come on and talk to us about, contact us! We aren’t sure who our guests will be next show, but we will certainly let you know! So until then, AIE…
– This is Kelseer
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
1 hr 10 min
December 05, 2022The AIE Podcast #397 – Balance in all things, if it’s not fun, walk away
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And the days of auld lang syne?
In other words, we have the AIE year in review!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #397 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week, we have our year end in AIE Review!! Welcome!
Ok,now that we have caught up on what we’ve been up to, let’s get into some game news and a year End Review!! ..
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-
SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/
Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema)
https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/
Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) – NSFL
https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com
Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)
https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords
Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )
https://drgameology.com/
STO – Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)
https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport
A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) – NSFL
https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/
NOMADS
From Marcus – AIE’s Destiny 2 clan was reborn this year! We had an amazing expansion released in February. Witch Queen brought so many guardians back to the game. Since then we have been running clan night every Tuesday night at 9pm est. Between Strikes, PVP, gambit, nightfalls, and the occasional dungeon. This has been quite the year for Destiny 2 in AIE!
Coming in 2023…
The next expansion “Lightfall” comes in Feb 2023! Then we will get 4 seasons throughout the year with Story, Raids, Dungeons, and updates to keep you playing!
If you’re interested in joining the clan ping Marcus or Wargus! We will get you into the fun!
“May the light provide!”
Merry Christmas!
From Albus – We have had a lot of fun with board gaming, and there’s one particularly epic game of King of Tokyo that Face of Case won which stands out in my mind. He rolled just right and pulled off a double win! I’m looking forward to more people joining in next year and also the next AIE Con.
From Maellung – This year the D&D channel has been busy. Tons of great talk in there. Next year there are DMs and future new DMs looking to run some stuff.
From Max – Nomads in general, we’ve had players hosting private servers for AIE this year for us all to try out a ton of fun games. Definitely worth a shoutout to Sartavius and Fez organizing stuff in Valheim, Nazrai in Empyrion and Ark, Corley in Rust, etc. (am I missing any?) We really appreciate the extra hosting and organizing work!
WoW
Dankinia – Noob Raid and Noob Raid. Dankinia is looking forward to seeing how many Evokers show up on January 7th when Noob Raid returns.
Gusty – The biggest activity for me was AIE Con, with multiple WoW events and four Dungeons and Dragons one-shots – one led by a first time Dungeon Master. Most memorable, our Horde and Alliance players teamed up for a last minute Fated Raid on Dragonflight launch day. They defeated The Jailer with only an hour to spare, earning several people a very cool mount, Jigglesworth Senior.
I am looking forward to raiding with my Drak-theer Evoker – the new draconic race & class – and perfecting my Dragonriding skills.
WoW Classic
Looci – For me, it’s having the Akela’s Wrath team, working together to do end game content, and helping each other out. Again, AIE is about the people, and we have GREAT people in Classic. I love you guys!
Lars – 2022 was the first time I actually joined a team and raided in WoW. Really this is the first time for me to have any sustained group content outside of Eve Online in AIE. So I must say that I am very happy for that and send a big hug to our raid team Akela’s Wrath.
SWTOR
From Sema – High points for AIE in swtor this year include a new Operation (raid), where guildies are still progressing, and Total Galactic War, where we won two new planets. We also got major UI upgrades including the much awaited, game-changing color blind mode. BC handed the reins of MFN over to Corley who has been making our Tuesdays so much fun. And we’ve welcomed new members all year long. It’s been a good year.
ESO
From Dankinia – I think the biggest, most memorable event of the year in ESO was the Tales of Tribute tournament. Six weeks of chatting, playing cards, and some good natured competition. Everyone got a prize at the end, thanks to the generous donations of Kraemer and Drager, and we all had fun. Next year we are looking forward to another ToT tournament and possibly a fishing tournament.
From Kraemer – Greeting AIE community we are now opening up signing up for the second AIE guild Tales of Tribute tournament that will start Monday January 16th 2023. To sign up all you have to do is respond in the tot channel or dm @Kraemer29 on discord. The tourney will run for 4 weeks this time for a total of 12 matches against each other. You will play 3 matches per week for 4 weeks if there is a tie for example tied for 1st the players tied will get 1st and 2nd and then divided by 2 to split evenly among the tied players. We will once again pay the top 10 spots.
1st – 1,000,000
2nd – 750,000
3rd – 500,000
4th – 250,000
5th – 125,000
6th – 75,000
7th – 50,000
8th – 35,000
9th – 25,000
10th = 10,000
Total gold in prizes will be 2,820,000.
Good luck to all those who are interested in signing up for the tourney.
FFXIV
From Abovan – With the release of Endwalker, it has been awesome to see and hear all of the AIE members reactions to the 8-year conclusion of the first major story arc in FFXIV. And then, from those passions, how it attracts other new players to AIE to see how you can truly have an engaging, entertaining, and emotional storyline in a MMO. And then their emotions and reactions through the game grabs the interest of the next wave of players, and the cycle repeats itself.
From Sahja Moshraka/Elaine of Shalott
The last Sunday Retro Treasure Hunt will be level 80 Treasure Maps on December 18th at 4PM Eastern. Then join us in the new year as AIE in FF14 embarks on the Magical Miscellany Tour. Each Friday Night at 9PM Eastern the tour will make a new stop. Events include Retro Treasure Maps, Mount and Glamour farms, Crazy Challenges and more. The first stop will be on January 6th for a Winter Wonderland in the Aquapolis. Flaunt your most fabulous frigid fashions at the Free Company house before setting out to locate the treasures of the Aquapolis in those chilly Heavansward Zones. This event is accessible to any level 60 player who has completed the Heavansward MSQ including Free Trial players. More details will be posted in the FF14 channel in discord. Feel free to contact Sahja Moshraka in Discord or in game with questions or ideas for future events.
STO
Grebog – STO’s Year in review. We have made some major progress this year on the Federation fleet holdings. All small holdings are 100% complete and we even finished off the starbase. Even with that made a huge dent into the colony, which is also closing in on completion. KDF fleet also went from a gleam in our eyes to having nearly completed the Dilithium mine for all the discounts it awards for progressing projects and pushed the starbase to just a hair under being tier 2.
The fleet has been having lots of fun on Fun Night Thursdays. We have done things from blowing each other up for laughs to helping gear and level up people.
Fleet Action Report had a huge year thanks to the community. We were invited to be part of a special Game Developer event and you all helped us turn the numbers out for the special show. This still blows my mind, that we were even able to participate in that.
It has been a great year and you all have made it that.
GW2
MFN Weekly + Dungeon Nights Monthly continue to be a guild highlight here.
Also the guild opened it’s guild hall! Congratulations.
LOTRO
From Maellung – This year we have had some fun on low level toons. Starting with different race/class combos being available. This also brought an increase in the game in the starter areas. Then with the recent release of Before the Shadow expansion we had fun with a brand new starter zone. Also with Before the Shadow some of us were able to enjoy learning a new skirmish for the first time in many years. Next year we will look at continuing our fun guiding people through the new starter zone and getting the deeds done for the new skirmish. We also are looking at helping people get some group content deeds completed.
GAME NEWS
And with that, I have a question for my co-hosts- what was your gaming highlight this year? And what is your gaming resolution for next year?
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank you all for joining us in 2022!
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segment we received this week, including…
We will see in 2023! So until then, AIE…
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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November 07, 2022The AIE Podcast #396 – Wow Classic – Everything Again, Retail Eligible
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
We have all of your guild podcast news
All SWTOR does is WIN, WIN, WIN!
ESO is singing the Firesong
Before the Shadow is getting longer, or at least pushed back a tad bit
And, we have Looci here to talk about AIE in WoW Classic!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #396 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi. To my left is Mkallah – (Hey folks, there are still treats from Halloween tea in the Guild Kitchen. And, we are in the missing Mewkow formation this evening. But, we are joined by special guests Looci who is here to talk to us about AIE in WoW Classic. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW Classic shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
First Look At A Last Breath – Behind The Games podcast with Eneko of Moonatic Studios
https://www.newoverlords.com/first-look-at-a-last-breath-behind-the-games-podcast-with-eneko-of-moonatic-studios/
Fresh off a world tour showcasing an early view of Moonatic Studios new game called One Last Breath, we catch up with Eneko Zubiaurre. We talk about the style, art and themes of this atmospheric adventure puzzle game with deep themes and meaning. We also hear about Moonatic Studios origins and the game dev scene in Spain. Thanks, Eneko!
Check out One Last Breath at http://www.onelastbreathgame.com/ and be sure to wish list and play the early access demo on Steam.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 445: 2022 Feast Updates
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-445-2022-feast-updates/
The Feast of Prosperity is back for 2022 with a couple updates.
Fleet Action Report Ep 121 Happy Halloween
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2AG8vqv66E
It’s Costumes and Candy in this episode of Fleet Action Report! Join us for a Halloween extravaganza as we highlight just how much can be done with the Alien Creator! Will you see ghouls? Ghosts? Or perhaps something truly scary?
he Gaming Persona
The Fog Has Lifted on the Silent Hill 2 PS5 Remake
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504/11613780
Silent Hill 2 Remake has been announced for the PS5!
The Gaming Persona takes the time to review the announcement and cover the historical significance of the Silent Hill franchise to fans of gaming and the survival horror genre.
Gaming Library:
Silent Hill 2, Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius, WWE 2K22, Final Fantasy XIV Online, PT, Resident Evil, Flappy Bird, Phasmaphobia, Resident Evil Village, Emily, Pokémon, The Quarry, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Fallout 3
Working Class Nerds – Episode 174: Ruthless Nightsister!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11631487-episode-174-ruthless-nightsister
Marcus is back, and we have a RUTHLESS guest this week! ?She is not only a Twitch Streamer, Star Wars nerd like us but she’s ALSO an Epic Cosplayer. If you thought Marcus’s Halloween Costumes were cool, wait until you seeeeee RUTHLESS NIGHTSISTER!
You can find more of Ruthie at:
https://www.twitch.tv/ruthlessnightsister
Warcrow Adventures, Fort: Cats & Dogs Expansion, Endless Winter- Boards & Swords #205
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs205
Philip is on his way back from the House of Mouse, so Shaun steps into the cohost chair! We’ve got stolen board game ideas, lots of miniatures kickstarters coming, and putting Cats and Dogs in your Forts. Plus, Chris has been painting up some deadly Imperial Knights for Warhammer, too bad he hasn’t won a game yet!
NOMADS
New World – New expanded zone and content now available and has regenerated some interest in New World in general. Servers are busy and have lots of fun new things to explore.
Fresh start servers are available and a couple people are checking them out but most are sticking with our Valhalla server. For those cases where someone hasn’t logged in for 9+ months and might have been moved off Valhalla, server transfers back to Valhalla may be open again.
WoW
Last Noob Raid of the year due to holidays and the expansion will be November 19th. Noob Raid will resume on January 7, 2023. Dankinia is looking forward to floor tanking a new raid for you all in the new year.
WoW anniversary started today. Together with Winds of Wisdom buff (+50%) and Darkmoon Faire (+10%) and this anniversary buff (+18%) it’s the best time to level any chars. Also some nice gear chances (+transmog)
Dragonflight pre-patch event will be launching on November 15th, so get those characters ready to level and collect gear/items from the event.
WoW – Twitch drops for Dragonflight
As we get ever closer to the launch of Dragonflight, we want to keep the spirit of epic adventure going with Twitch drops, along with a new way for you to support your favorite streamers. There are many opportunities to earn unique rewards, and all roads lead to the Dragon Isles. Here’s what you can expect:
Eligibility
To participate, you must link your Twitch account by visiting https://account.battle.net/connections After you’ve claimed your rewards on Twitch, please make sure you’re logging into the Battle.net region you’d like to receive the drop(s) on, as the first region you log into will be where your items will be delivered. It can take up to 24 hours to receive your reward(s) in game after claiming.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23873861/updated-nov-1-dragonflight-twitch-drops-earn-rewards-watching-and-supporting-creators
Visual for WoW Dragonflight Twitch Drops – https://twitter.com/LHP64D/status/1588475196033601536
WoW Classic
See Game Notes
SWTOR
Last week we won another Total Galactic War. This time we conquered the planet of Onderon with several of our arms tied behind our backs. It was smooth sailing. Perhaps the galaxy was preparing us for a real fight the next time TGW comes around. We had a conquerors’ party during MFN and prizes were had by all!
We are awaiting the release of 7.2 which Bioware will be talking more about on a livestream this coming Wednesday at 2:30 PM Eastern.
Feast of Prosperity is going on and people are playing in the event for fun and rewards.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– After the pumpkin hunt prizes were passed out, we decided to go back as a group and see if we could find them all. Several of us died to BC’s pet slauterfish, but we managed to find all 21
– We’ve worked on killing bosses for the weekly endeavors and plotting our next group event.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Rumor has it there is a fishing tournament in the works. Keep you eyes peeled for more details on that.
– We will be exploring the new zone, Galen, for our next MFN on November 12.
– Kini will not be leading MFN on November 25th due to USA’s Thanksgiving holiday. Feel free to group up and fall off of cliffs without her.
Game News:
– Update 36 and the Firesong DLC is now live on PC and will be out on consoles on November 15th.
FFXIV
From Elaine of Shallot / Sahja Moshraka
On November 20th at 4PM Eastern the FF14 Retro Treasure Map group will be back to running Heavensward treasure maps. Because these are level 60 content they are accessible to Free Trial players as well. Anyone who is level 60 and has access to all Heavensward zones is welcome to join. They can be contacted either in discord or in game if anyone has any questions. Clean out your bags and join in as we gleefully gain glamour and gil. If the RNG is in our favor maybe we will reach the last room in the Aquapolis
STO
Fed fleet is still progressing through the colony, with some provisioning projects being added here and there.
KDF fleet is closing in on completion of the dilithium mine. While the Starbase is nearing tier 2.
Fun nights are still on Thursday, but have been moved up an hour to 10pm Eastern to help with people’s schedules.
Fleet Action Report had also shifted its recording time due to schedule changes in real life and is now recorded live on Monday at 9pm Eastern. This Monday we will be delving into more of the TFOs (dungeons for you non-STO mmo’ers) in the game.
GW2
Shadow of the Mad King the Halloween (Oct 18th – Nov 8) event is now running. This drops some excellent (exotic stat settable) gear. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more nights is the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall, see @jehdai for details.
LOTRO
Before the Shadow has been pushed back a week. The new release date is November 15th. Once the expansion launches come hang out in voice and in game while we chat about our experience with the great new zones
And with that, let’s get back to Looci and find out what’s going on in Wow Classic.
GAME NEWS
Hello everyone, Wotlk is going great, its been a great experience, to do everything again. We have a Raid team, we run 2 nights a week, 10 man, and we have cleared all the current content, Naxx, OS, and EoE(malygos). We are starting on progression on Killing Sarthion with Drakes alive, with the hope of managing to do this with all 3 drakes up, so we can get the mount! Beyond raiding, we usually run at least a few heroics daily, and we are all working on the holiday Meta achievements, so we can get 310 flight next year! We worked as a team to get everyone who wanted the Hallowed title, running the Headless horseman daily, and turning each other into various things with Wands. We will continue to run, level alts and in general have fun. This expansion has lived up to everyones expectations so far, as many of us played the original WotLK expansion.
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Looci for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
We are skipping the next show, but will be back on December 4th for our last show of 2022! So until then, AIE…
– This is Looci
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
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November 07, 2022The AIE Podcast #395 – GW2:She brings the problems
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
It’s time to get those alts geared before the next expansion!
Crow, and Witches, and Pumpkins, OH MY
A Merry All Saint’s Wake to you!
The Shadow of the Mad King is upon us!
And, we have a truly awesome special guest who is here to give us a newbie’s guide to GW2!
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #395 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by a very special guest and our former co-host, Alludra, who is here to talk to us about a newbie’s perspective of Guild Wars 2! Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into Guild Wars 2 shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Making Salt and Sacrifice – Interview with Ska Studios on the New Overlords Behind The Games Podcast
https://www.newoverlords.com/making-salt-and-sacrifice-interview-with-ska-studios-on-the-new- overlords-behind-the-games-podcast/
Ska Studios has been ahead of the curve making stylish indie games for many years now. We talk with the studio core, James Silva and Shane Lynch, about their latest souls-like game Salt and Sacrifice, how it’s made, how they got to this point, and what might be next for gaming like this.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 443: The 411 on 7.1.1
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-443-the-411-on-7-1-1/
7.1.1 has arrived along with Galactic Season 3. We take a first look at the update and new season.
Dungeon Fighter Second Edition, Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, Pathfinder in D&D5e? – Boards & Swords #204
https://boardsandswords.com/blog/bs204
Paizo is making an adventure for D&D? You got your Clone Wars in my Pandemic! Plus we have more spelljammer to talk about and Chris wrote a campaign for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy
The Gaming Persona
Education & Video Games (featuring ESA President Stanley Pierre-Louis)
Oct 17, 2022 Season 3 Episode 2
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504/11517696-education-video-games-featuring-esa-president-stanley-pierre-louis
This week, Dr. Gameology and Gene bring in the President and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, Stanley Pierre-Louis!!
Topics included how video games support varied learning styles, which game titles assist with learning and other important experiences, and how our soft / hard skills are used to solve complicated puzzles in rapid ways while gaming.
Podcast
Fleet Action Report Episode 119 Spooktacular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnMmikhCK3A
It’s a spooktacular episode on Fleet Action Report. Specters have returned and it’s up to Nikodas and Grebog to stop them. We’re highlighting the new event patrols and TFO.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 172: No “The” in Kymeri
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11546087-episode-172-no-the-in-kymeri
Nick is at a bachelor party. Marcus and Atrax have the Pineapple king Kymeri on the show to talk about the big name change and talk gaming news. Yes plenty of trolling was included in this great conversation.
https://twitch.tv/kymeri
NOMADS
New World
The Brimstone Sands release is live and pretty well received. We have a handful of people logging in to check it out.
If you haven’t logged in in the last 8 months you may have been moved off the AIE Valhalla server and may need to request they move you back. This is part of their effort to reduce server queues and balance populations.
WoW
There is an exp boost happening now so time to level your alts before the new expansion. Phase 1 of the pre-patch is October 25th which will bring system changes such as new talent trees and new race/class combos. Phase 2 is November 15th and will bring the new Dracthyr Evoker Race/class combo with their new starting zone as well as a new dungeon and the primal storm event.
Last Noob Raid of the year due to holidays and the expansion will be November 19th. Noob Raid will resume on January 7, 2023. Dankinia is looking forward to floor tanking a new raid for you all in the new year
WoW Classic
#10forWrath #Akela’sWrath has its 1st 10 man raid Saturday night at 10 server time. We are planning on Obsidian Sanctum with no drakes, and then moving on to Naxx. I will update more tomorrow morning on how it goes!
Update on Akela’s Wrath: Downed Sarth in Obsidian Sanctum with no issues, and rolled to NAXX, cleared the spider wing, the Undead wing, and got 3 of 4 down in the construct wing. Tonight is Last boss in the construct wing, and then the military quarter. Gear was acquired, and fun was had
SWTOR
7.1.1 is here. It brought:
– class balance changes that everyone is still trying out.
– Galactic Season 3, which brings daily and weekly quests for fun and rewards.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been running around killing bosses and collecting crow feathers for the Witches Festival
– Our first Tales of Tribute Tournament has ended after 6 weeks of exciting matches over 2 million in gold has been paid out to the players. The tournament ended with DPRoberts and Kini tied for first followed by Newtype, Redstick, Malakyi and Bashirra, Tetsemi, and Darklightwolf
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– BC has decorated their primary residence for the fall season and stashed pumpkins throughout for a fall themed pumpkin hunt. The 10 guild members with the closest guess to how many pumpkins he has hidden will win a halloween themed prize and a gold prize. In order to join in the hunt, visit BC’s primary residence and try to count all the pumpkins you manage to find and then send a discord DM to BC with your guess prior no later than October 31st. For more information, check out the ESO channel in discord.
Game News:
– The Witches Festival is running until Wednesday November 2nd at 10 am EST. There is a 100% exp buff from using the Crow Caller tool that stacks with experience scrolls. You can earn event tickets and loot boxes to earn style pages, motifs, and pet fragments.
FFXIV
Level 90 Map night continues every Saturday at 9:30 eastern. We also have Retro Maps happening every Sunday at 4pm Eastern!
FFXIV’s All Saints Wake is ongoing! Come check out one of FFXIV’s best events following the ongoing story of the Phantom Trope and the Night of Devilry. Can you prevent their dastardly plan and make this All Saint’s Wake merry for both man and voidsent alike? You need to be level 15 but it’s available in the free trial!
Sunday, November 6, at 4PM Eastern the FF14 Retro Treasure Map group will be running Shadowbringers treasure maps. Anyone who is level 80 and has access to all Shadowbringers zones is welcome to join. Sahja Moshraka/Elaine of Shallot can be contacted either in discord or in game if anyone has any questions. Butter up your lovely branch so that RNG will be in our favor as we scour the Dungeons and the shifting Oubliettes of Lyhe Ghiah in search of gil and glam!
STO
Both fleets are moving along on their holdings. KDF just unlocked the transwarp gate at the Starbase
Fun nights are on Thursday at 11pm Eastern.
Fleet Action Report had a lot of fun with the fleet week special event and our special stream. We would like to thank AIE for helping make it successful. This Monday’s episode we are entering the workshop and helping Rmurray put together a Fire-at-will build.
GW2
Shadow of the Mad King the Halloween (Oct 18th – Nov 8) event is now running. This drops some excellent (exotic stat settable) gear. The WvW alliances test has been extended for a week because the beta test achievement (5 captures or defenses) was bugged. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more nights is the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall, see @jehdai for details.
The WvW beta has not been extended, but the achievement is still there. Not sure if it is active now, or you have to wait for the next beta.
LOTRO
This week we saw the first look at Before the Shadow expansion on Bullroarer. Some of us are testing stuff on Bullroarer to avoid any spoilers that the new expansion might bring. Before the Shadow is open it is expected to go live on November 8th. Harvestmath is live right now so go check out the haunted burrow at the party tree. Lastly don’t forget to use coupon code FreeQuests2022 by the end of October for some free content.
And with that, let’s get back to Alludra for a Newbie’s view on Guild Wars 2!.
GAME NEWS
Guests put show notes here
No.
Alludra talks about GW2
MFN – Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank our Awesome friend Alludra for joining us.
@AlludrasPets
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If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Next time, we’ll be talking to hopefully Gusty and Looci about WoW. So until then, AIE…
– This is Alludra
– This is Mkallah
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
1 hr 21 min
October 10, 2022The AIE Podcast #394 – How many characters? I need more time to play more games.
On this episode of The AIE Podcast…
Our crew is hard at work due to the Dual Universe launch
Just what IS Kiddy Agro up to?
Do you like to run Ops? SWTOR needs you!
STO welcomes everyone to Fleet Week!
And, we have Dux and Maellung who are here to talk to us about AIE in LOTRO
All that and more coming up right now…
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Welcome to episode #394 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mewkow: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkallah: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dux and Maellung who are here to talk to us about AIE in LOTRO. Welcome!
Ok, we’ll be digging into LOTRO shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news…
AIE News
Community
Mandatory Fun Nights
Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.
Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern
Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern
Monday – GW2 9:30 pm Eastern
Tuesday – SWTOR 9 pm Eastern
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday – FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern
Friday – ESO 9 pm Eastern
Friday – FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later
Saturday – LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern
Saturday – Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern
Streaming and Guild Podcast News
Hand First VR – Behind The Games chat with Jason Parks of ROTU
https://www.newoverlords.com/hand-first-vr-behind-the-games-chat-with-jason-parks-of-rotu/
ROTU has a series of VR games that push the boundaries of where VR experiences are headed. Their latest game, Eolia combines amazing music and audio, lore, story, and exploration with a hands first VR design for the Meta Quest 2. Jason Parks, the CEO, joins us to talk about the game, tech and all the other amazing things he and his team at ROTU do. Thanks Jason!
Learn more about Eolia and ROTU here: https://www.rotu.com
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 441: DPS Race
https://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-441-dps-race/
The first fight in R4 takes a lot of DPS and our team had to up our game and tune things up to get it on farm. The second half of this episode we’ll talk about tips and recommendations for tuning up DPS and how we all can git gud.
The Gaming Persona – We Did This Show For 2 Years!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339504/11390506-we-did-this-show-for-2-years
The Live Stream Twitch Celebration of the Two Year Gaming Persona Anniversary occurred on September 14th. Join Dr. Gameology (Dr. Daniel Kaufmann), Jenny Lebron, and Gene Wong on a free flowing conversation looking back at Season 2 of the show, favorite moments, and hopes for the next season. Most of all, Continue the Journey!
Thanks to all of our listeners and supporters. We could not have made the show what it has become without the support and interest from all of you.
Working Class Nerds (NSFW) – Episode 170: Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos!!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/11460330-episode-170-spicy-sweet-chili-doritos
With Chronic’s cancellation, the guys are joined by MEGA Nerds Community member DORITOOOOOSSS!! The three of them go over the latest gaming news, including the new Mario movie trailer, God of War: Ragnarok’s incoming release and more! Enjoy!
You can find more of Doritos at:
https://www.twitch.tv/doritos95000
Join the Nerds Community!
https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8
NOMADS
Dual Universe
Dual Universe has launched with typical growing pains that come with a game going into full release. AIE’s current dedicated crew have been hard at work progressing through all the things that must be done early in the game to help insure a long, strong, and stable presence within the game.
Lost Ark
Participation continues to be very low-key. Note that if you are not yet in “Aie Communitas” please contact Durus in discord to arrange a guild move. The overflow guild is intended for alts and any additional expansion but at this stage of the game we can easily have mains all in one guild.
Research is continuing to be set for each guild every week. If you are still playing or looking for help make sure to shout out in the LostArk channel in the public AIE discord. Remember, if you wish to have an application approved, also mention it there with the hashtag: lostarkapp
News for the game:
* The roadmap for the remainder of 2022 has been posted, highlighting new raids and the Reaper and Summoner advanced classes.
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/end-of-2022-roadmap
* There are current Twitch drops available until 24 October:
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/october-8-2022-twitch-drop
* Another round of Prime Gaming rewards are available from “In-Game Items” at https://gaming.amazon.com/home
WoW
Running out of content? Make your own!
Kiddie Aggro did something that was stupid funny today.
We broke into 2 m+ groups that did the same dungeon and key size. The goal was to finish the dungeon (timing was not required) before the other team.
However, an impartial 11th person decided who was the ‘imposter’ on each team.
That person’s goal was to slow down the party enough to lose the challenge to the other team while also being subtle enough not to be discovered.
At the end of the run, each team had a quick discussion and then voted on who they thought was the imposter.
It was very fun and funny.
Noob Raid is making their way through Normal Fated in hopes of killing all the bosses for the mount. It’s been challenging but fun to save the lock outs and focus a bit on progression while still explaining the fights and taking our time.
We’re seeing more new and returning guildies as Dragonflight nears. Please make them feel welcome and help answer questions in Guild chat.
WoW Classic
Raids opened in WotLK on Thursday, 10/6, with Naxxramas being cleared on Mankrik in about 1 hour. Akela’s Wrath plans to start raiding on 22 Oct. We are all working toward pre-raid Best in Slot, and running heroic dungeons, working on reputations, and crafting. In general, everything is going great, and WotLK is living up to our expectations!
SWTOR
We are looking forward to 7.1.1 which will bring us Galactic Seasons 3 and Feast of Prosperity. In the meantime, it’s a good time to join one of our Operations teams as some of them have openings. Ask about operations in discord and one of the Ops leaders will respond. For many of the teams, no gear or experience is required.
The Best View in SWTOR contest is back. This is an event where players can submit screenshots of their favorite spots, as long as their favorite spots are on one of the specified planets. Winning screenshots will be made into decorations that all players can then buy for their strongholds.
ESO
Cool things the guild has been doing:
– We’ve been running around killing world bosses for the current event
– We’ve been playing our weekly Tales of Tribute matches for the AIE tournament and posting our victories and defeats in discord for all to see.
Things planned or coming up for the guild:
– Dungeons, zone clears, and of course having fun.
– A second ToT tournament is being considered for mid – January and a fishing tournament is being planned.
Game News:
– The Heroes of High Isle event was a success so don’t forget to collect your rewards from the Crown Store if you own the High Isle chapter. We got new character markings, a new emote, a box of loot that contains more boxes of loot, and the upcoming Firesong DLC for free.
– The bonus challenge for the event to close Vents is still happening, and for every 25% completion towards that goal, the event will be extended by another 2 days. That’s additional time to earn reward boxes and tickets.
– Just an FYI, if you don’t own High Isle yet, it is currently on sale during the event.
Tale of Tribute rankings so far, with 1 week left.
1 – @DPRoberts 12-3
2 – @Kini (Dankinia) [she/her] 11-4
3 – @Newtype72 (Morrogoth) 10-5
4 – @Bashirra 8-7
5 – @Malakyi 7-8
@redstick94 7-8
7 – @Tetsemi Lok’vadnod (he/him) 4-11
8 – @Darklightwolf 1-14
FFXIV
(Shaja Moshraka) Elaine of Shalott(e) – October 23rd at 4PM Eastern the FF14 Retro Treasure Map group will be running Stormblood treasure maps. Anyone who is level 70 and has access to all Stormblood zones is welcome to join. Elaine can be contacted either in discord or in game if anyone has any questions. Join us as we search for the Lost Canals, summon opponents from the Shifting Altars and if RNG is truly in our favor perhaps we shall raid the deepest sluice in the Hidden Canals of Uznair and make progress on one the rarest achievements in all of FF14.
Map nights still continue to roll with the merriment and loot. These run weekly on Saturday night, 9:30pm EST. Bringing maps is not required, but highly appreciated.
Lower level map nights also happen every other week. Pay attention to the ffxiv channel in discord will be scheduled next. Big shout out to community member Sahja for organizing this event.
The special 14 hour director’s broadcast has completed, and while there was a lot of zaniness during this time(loporitt guest), we did get a live letter out of it. Mostly showing off the next sub-patch and some other odds and ends. But there was one nugget that is getting us all excited.
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest is returning to an in-person event!
In North America, on July 28th and July 29 in fabulous Las Vegas, the FFXIV fan fest will return. More details to come when they become available. NA is first, so we’ll get first dibs. (Hint: This is usually when they announce the next expansion too.)
STO
Cryptic Studios is doing a special event called Fleet Week. Starting the 10th and going through the 15th. Fleet Week will cover various topics around the ships of Star Trek, from audio, artwork, form and function, and much, much more. They are bringing in all kinds of special guests to discuss all the various topics, even naval ship analysts and some of the Star Trek Adventures TTRPG gamemasters.
Fleet Action Report has been invited to take part in Fleet Week and will be doing a special event stream on Wednesday the 12th at 12pm Pacific. And we have been given a bunch of codes to give away during the stream. And the codes are not just for pc, we have codes for playstation and xbox as well. Some of the keys we will be giving away even include ships, and we have 1 code for a 10th anniversary 10 legendary ship bundle. We are not the only content creators taking part and not the only ones with codes to give out. So, come support us and also check out the other streams as well.
GW2
New roadmap from Arenanet is up for fall and winter. Highlights include Christmas and Halloween (Oct 18th) events, WvW alliances test week, and the Extra Life charity event. As always, AIE Xiphos is there to help if you want to see why GW2 has thrived for a decade. MFN is on Mondays at 9pm ET, dungeons and more night is the 2nd Friday of each month. Still looking for materials for the guild hall, see @jehdai for details.
And with that, let’s get back to Dux & Maellung and find out what’s going on in LOTRO.
GAME NEWS
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Online:_Before_the_Shadow
https://www.lotro.com/guides/lotro-guide-to-delvings-en
Before the Shadow will be released on November 8th
Pre-Purchase is open now
Two new regions
Cardolan:
Basically the area South of the Shire and Bree-Land
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Cardolan
Tharbad!
Southern end of Eregion
Eregion was founded by Celebrimbor the grandson of Feanor, so you know there will be trouble.
Spanned the river Gwathlo with a large bridge like Osgiliath.
Numenor founded Vinyalonde nearby to get access to the forests for lumber
Tyrn Gorthad aka detailing the / Southernmost Barrow-Downs
Swanfleet
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Swanfleet
Once part of Eregion
It’s the area between the river Mitheithel and Glanduin, it was devastated by Sauron’s attack in the Second Age
Tweaks have been made to the Old Forest
It’s part of a major revamp so the zones are 1-32 and have 4 new “epic” quest lines.
It’s an entirely new starter zone and can be chosen at character creation
New 6-person instance
A new skirmish
Delving difficulty system with new rewards and challenges
Tier 1-10 difficulty system for higher level characters
You run a mission at T1 if you finish you get T2 gem. You can work your way up to T10.
If you fail you get back a broken gem for that level. So you can zero in on the difficulty level that fit your play-style and character
Success gets you Delving Gems, Delving Writs, and other items to barter for.
As LOTRO.com guide says “lest you … delve too greedily…”.
Daily quests + tie up wrapper
Freequests2022 is the code

CLOSE
And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Dux and Maellung for joining us.
If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [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://aie-guild.info/discord . And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website http://andrewallenmusic.com/
And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…
Coffee and Community Chat from Maellung & Lars Gagner
Next time, we’ll possibly be talking to Jehdai and/or Dejara in Guild Wars 2. So until then, AIE…
– This is Dux
– This is Maellung
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mewkow
– This is Mkallah
And this has been… The AIE Podcast.
1 hr 7 min

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