Alea Iacta Est

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Tetsemi: Do you like trucks? Do you like ships? Boy, do we have a game for you!

AIE in WOW is Stylish!

The Jester’s Festival is coming- and we’re not fooling!

Death till Dawn is on the horizon

And, we have Sema and Max here to talk about all things AIE in SWTOR

All that and more coming up right now…

Podcast Audio

Raw Video

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

AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/

Episode 99: The Twins!

Marcus and Nick are joined by THE TWINS aka great friends of the pod, Joey Fetta and Al! Their topic of discussion is How Video Games have helped people get through the pandemic. The usual conversational shananagins ensues… Enjoy! Also, you can call in and leave us a voicemail for Episode 100 this Thursday, March 25th via Google Voice! The number is: (413) 351-2144

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast – http://www.newoverlords.com/

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 373: 6.2.1 Amps And Uprisings

6.2.1 brought us a new amplifier roll system, Uprising updates, and Conquest changes.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 374: 6.3 Incoming

6.3 was just announced today in a fun-filled live stream.

STO – Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg

Fleet Action Report Ep 34 Small Craft

Fleet Action Report episode 34 Small Craft. This episode Nikodas and Grebog cover the various small craft, from how to acquire them to what you do with them.

Fleet Action Report Ep 35 Guest Stars Part 5

Fleet Action Report episode 35 Guest Stars Part 5. Nikodas and Grebog are back with another episode about the voice actors in Star Trek Online. This episode we talk about everyone brought in during 2018. We have a guest with us, Midnightage to help us with some of their personal experiences with interviewing a few of the actors.

NOMADS

PkhBasko attended the recent car show in game to show off his truck he designed and built and managed to win a ship while there.

The Org is in the planning phases for setting up a showroom for selling ships in game to other players.

Patch 0.24 came with some big changes to textures for elements and materials as well as terrain and flora. Also if you listen closely at night you can now hear crickets.

WoW

And, don’t worry, you didn’t miss all of the fun! Trial of style runs with additional times at Tues 3/23 8-8:30pm Alliance, 8:30-9pm Horde. All times Eastern aka Server.

Check out #pics-or-it-didn’t-happen channel in Discord for pictures!

WoW Classic

SWTOR

ESO

There have been several conversations recently regarding leveling and skills especially since the forced reset. Feel free to ask questions or join in the conversations in discord.

There is normally at least one death caused by gravity due to Dankinia leading people off cliffs

The Jesters Festival in-game even starts on Thursday, March 25th and runs until April 1st at 10am EDT. As usual, for MFN we will be grouping up to help each other complete the dailies. The first daily each day will reward event tickets.

This event also has a 100% experience boost memento you can obtain and use for the duration of the event which will be super handy now that the Champion point cap has been lifted.

The free pet in the crown store that is available as part of update 29 as well as the free respecs will no longer be available after March 22nd at 10 am EDT on PC and March 30th 10am EDT on Consoles so don’t forget to grab the pet before it’s gone.

FFXIV

The patch is slated to contain a whole bunch of content, but the highlights include:

STO

GW2

LOTRO

Update 29 has dropped and with it a new level 45 zone.

March 18- April 7 is the return of the Spring Festival so we are currently getting lost in the maze

If anyone wants help running skirmishes or epic battles let us know in the #lotro channel

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

GAME NEWS

CLOSE

And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Sema and Max 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 a reminder, if you have a short segment 90-120 seconds long that you’d like to play at the end of the podcast, we’d love to hear from you!

Next time, we’ll be talking to ourselves for an all host show!. So until then, AIE…

– This is Mkallah

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Outriders,and Destiny, and Valheim, oh my

MEGA is a go this Friday

DLC for Gates of Oblivion is coming our way

Much Merriment for Map Nights, Hazzah!

And, Syreyne and Gijora are here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft

All that and more coming up right now…

Podcast Audio

Raw Video

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

AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 371: Bounty Contracts

It was supposed to be a bounty contract event week this week but it was bumped. Regardless, it will be coming back in the next few weeks and we wanted to remind ourselves of how complicated a profession it can be.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 372: Light Of The Jedi Review

Book club wrap up… review time for the kickoff to the High Republic!

Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/

Episode 98: The Greatstorm of The Nihil

Marcus and Nick sit down with friend of the pod and fellow Twitch streamer/podcaster- Kitty! They break down the FULL SPOILERS version of the first installment of Star Wars content set in the High Republic era- The Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule. Enjoy!You can find more of Kitty at: www.twitch.tv/kittykissz

Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg

Fleet Action Report Ep 33 What to do at max level

Fleet Action Report Ep 33 What to do at max level. Nikodas and Grebog are back with another episode, this time trying to help you figure out what to do at max level.

NOMADS

Outriders is a looter/shooter with strong Gears of War, Destiny, and Mass Effect vibes. It’s developed by People Can Fly and published by Square Enix.

The free demo went live on 25 Feb, will continue past launch on 1 April, and allows for about 3 hours of the full gameplay until level 7 and world tier 5. You can chose from 4 different classes with varying styles of gameplay. It will be fully cross-play with support for PC, Playstation and Xbox.

This game is a day one, fully accessible game, and not “live service.” The level cap is 40/world tier 15 for higher risk and reward, and the end-game consists of 14 “expeditions” (raids) with a special 15th unlocked once you clear them all.

There are a few AIE folks playing the demo, please shout out in the #outriders discord chat for co-op play, or any questions you may have.

Destiny 2

TWAB (This Week at Bungie): https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50170

AIE has progressed through the Deep Stone Crypt and is currently working on the final boss.

Valheim

The team has set up a couple bases with portal connections. The starting area has a portal directly to the main crafting base. From there, there’s a portal to a swamp hunting lodge. A handful of other bases, huts and mining operations are scattered about as well and everyone is free to build more. A rough map is pinned in the Discord too.

Congrats to the team for taking out both the first and second bosses so far. Each boss increases the difficulty of the game events a bit but also opens up higher tiers of crafting to help progress.

The servers are limited to 10 concurrent players but any number can be popping in and out. We haven’t had more than 6 on at a peak so there’s still more room to grow. The Alpha base has private rooms for 8 people and we could make more..

And… for those not familiar with what we are talking about here, Valheim is an indy survival/building/sandbox game that’s gotten pretty popular. The very small dev team has some plans for additional bosses, zones, weapons, etc. We’ll keep an eye on it as it develops and keep on keeping on with our little world.

WoW

SWTOR

MFN, Ops teams, and Friday night activities are purring along. In fact, this Friday, the 12th is MEGA.. Marcus is going to lead us in some guild pvp warzones and Galactic Star Fighter. This is a unique opportunity to play around with pvp without stress and to learn some things about controlling your ship in GSF. We can set up the guild stronghold for pvp and play there, or even create a guild instance of a warzone. Even if you don’t normally pvp, it’s safe to attend. Honest! Well, unless you are Max.

Pop into our discord and say hi!

FFXIV

Bozja Front! Beat up the Garlean Empire, cause they got it commin’! Great leveling opportunity for your level 70-80 toons. Never stepped in there before? No worries, as this is a great chance to see what this content is all about. Thursdays at 9pm eastern

Discussion is starting back up to restart the Retro-Raid nights! Get those old raids and see stuff that you may not be able to clear on your own or via the duty finder. We are in the planning and scheduling phases, but we need your help to make sure we make this event available to as many as we can. Make your voices heard on the #ffxiv discord channel.

We also have had a few new folks and returning folks to the game. This is awesome news. Please remember to reach out to the new and returning members. Also, for the new members, speak up! We’d love to show you around the game, make some friends, and have some great adventures along the way.

A few FFXIV announcements and reminders. If you were one of the few lucky ones to get a PS5, the Playstation 5 specific version will be available on April 13th. This is a free upgrade for existing PS4 players. The game plays today on the PS5, but it is the PS4 version. Now, you can actually utilize the power of your PS5! Also on April 13th, we have patch 5.5. Last part of the Dark Apocalypse 24-player raid series.

We do have some small information on our next expansion, Endwalker! Details are limited now, but more information will be released during the all digital, Fan Fest Online, May 15-16.

ESO

There have been several conversations recently regarding leveling and skills. Feel free to ask questions or join in the conversations in discord

There is normally at least one death caused by gravity due to Dankinia leading people off cliffs

The first DLC for the Gates of Oblivion yearlong even comes out on March 8th on PC and March 16th on consoles. There will be two new dungeons as part of this DLC. As usual, the first MFN after the release will be spent exploring the dungeons together.

Update 29 comes out on March 8th on PCs and March 16th on consoles which will overhaul the Champion points system. As part of this overhaul, there will be a forced reset of all skill points and champion points.

There will be a free pet in the crown store to claim and for two weeks after the forced reset all re-specs will be free so you can try out new builds, make adjustments, and get used to the new system.

On March 17th the bonus mount and pet you get for pre-ordering the next chapter, Blackwood, will no longer be offered and Blackwood is still scheduled to come out in June.

STO

The first event working towards that is the Voth Advance, where running one of the two TFO s will give you credit and after 14 daily competing Molor’s flaming sword.

As for the fleet, we are still making great progress on the federation side. We are closing in on finishing the K-13 space station and the colony is nearing the Kentari bridge officers unlock.

KDF side (klingon defense force) is making strides at pushing up the dilithium mine and unlocking the discounts to all the costs of the fleet projects.

GW2

LOTRO

Next weekend is the + 25% xp bonus so we will be looking to once again help people level their toons

We expect that within the next 2 week to have the producer’s letter and Update 29

And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and Gijora and find out what’s going on in World of Warcraft .

GAME NEWS

Aie raiding:

Summer of Love

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@SyreyneAIE – Twitter

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…Well, no segments, but you know the drill! If you want to try your hand at creating one, send it our way to the AIE podcast email! We love guildie driven content

Next time, we’ll be talking to Max and Sema in SWTOR. So until then, AIE…

– This is Tetsemi

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

It was a busy weekend for Blizzard news

Torghast is getting more!

Stand by for the Tribunal celebration

Be ready for the Ides of March

And, Kelseer is here to chat about AIE in FFXIV

All that and more coming up right now…

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

AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 370: Master Mode Conquest

We won a Conquest planet the hard way last week with over 149 million conquest points. Along the way we learned a thing or two about Conquest at the extremes. We bring on our Conquest leader BC today to talk about that and more.

Working Class Nerds – https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com/

Episode 96: WCN Upgraded!!!

The boyzzz sit down with great friend of the show Kogass!!! They chat about alllll of the fun and exciting things in their gaming lives, and then finish with an interesting discussion about Energy Drinks

Find Kogass At: https://www.twitch.tv/Kogass_

Fleet Action Report – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqEKYJPKmiiYuj7eiHy6kOg

Fleet Action Report Ep 30 A Call to Arms TFO

Fleet Action Report Episode 30 A Call to Arms: TFO, Nikodas and Grebog take you through the TFOs that are part of the 11th Anniversary event. Talk about tactics, from what to expect, to what needs to be done.

Fleet Action Report Ep 31 Enemies Part 6

Fleet Action Report is back at it again with another episode on enemies. This Time Nikodas and Grebog take on the Heralds and the Iconians.

Fleet Action Report Ep 32 Guest Stars Part 4

Fleet Action Report Episode 32 Nikodas and Grebog discuss and show you the voice actors from 2017 and 2018.

NOMADS

Need an invite to the Clan/Community ask in discord.

Destiny 2

WoW

Flying will be available just by progressing through the new covenant story and you will get a covenant themed mount as well. Ground mounts will no longer shiver with fear and will be able to be summoned in the Maw. Also, as part of the covenant story line, a new covenant themed armor set will be rewarded.

A new landmass that will be our foothold in the Maw will be uncovered, named Korthia, and what secrets of the First Ones does it hold?

A new 10-boss raid, the Sanctum of Dominion, will launch with the true Eye of the Jailer, the Tarragrue, Kel’Thuzad, and Sylvanas as raid bosses.

A new 8-boss MegaDungeon, Tazavesh the Veiled Market, will also be available at Mythic 0 difficulty during launch. And yes, it involves a bank heist, so Oceans 11 meets the Brokers? I’m in.

Torghast gets new layers and a new wing with new enemies and traps.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23624699/shape-the-fate-of-the-shadowlands-in-chains-of-domination

WoW Classic

During BlizzConline The Burning Crusade Classic was announced and it’ll come with the option to move forward to TBC, stay with Classic, or with a paid service, per character, keep a character in each type of server. We are just beginning to discuss how the AIE guild and UO will proceed, so keep an eye on #wow-classic channel on Discord.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23625676/world-of-warcraft-classic-and-burning-crusade-classic-characters-and-realms

SWTOR

Patch 6.2.1, which was scheduled to be released last Tuesday, was delayed when Austin’s Bioware Studio was impacted by the calamitous weather events in Texas. There is no new date announced yet. Stay tuned.

Come join in for Mandatory Fun Night on Tuesdays. We alternate between Republic and Imperial sides each week. There are no gear or experience requirements, however, some activities do require a character level of 70. We will always let you know when this is the case. Even if you are just starting out, come join us in discord and listen to “Story time with Max”.

ESO

The Tribunal celebration in-game event starts on February 25 and runs until March 9th. As with prior in-game events, we will be focused on doing the daily dungeon and world boss quests as well as the public dungeons in Vvardenfell and Clockwork City for our MFNs during this time period to help guild members get as many of the rewards a possible.

The first DLC for the Gates of Oblivion year long event comes out on March 8th for PC/Mac and march 16th for consoles. The DLC is titled Flames of Ambition and will have two new dungeons. There will be a full reset of skill points and champion points when Update 29 drops, people may want to prepare for that.

FFXIV

GW2

LOTRO

There is supposed to be a new build to hit bullroarer this week

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

GAME NEWS

On top of that, if anything we talk about today sounds interesting, FFXIV has an amazing free trial. You get all of the base game AND the Heavensward expansion. This is a ton of content, and it includes one of the best expansions and story lines in Final Fantasy, so do come check it out!

Patch 5.5

Endwalker

CLOSE

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…

Next time, we’ll be talking to Syrene and maybe a guest of two two talk about AIE in WOW. So until then, AIE…

– This is Mewkow

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Tetsemi: We are ready to wrap up this raid(e)

Mewkow: We’re doing it online!

Mkallah: Happy 11th anniversary to STO

Tetsemi: SWTORs getting ready to RUMMMBLLLLLE!

Mewkow: And, Dankinia is here to talk about AIE in ESO

All that and more coming up right now…

Podcast Audio

Raw Video

Open

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

AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

SWTOR

The High Republic is coming. We are starting a book club style discussion for the month of February.

Working Class Nerds

Episode 95: The Celebration of Ootini!

The WCN gentlemen are joined by the hosts of Ootinicast, Chill and Kitty! Together they talk about SWTOR, AIE Con 2021 aaaannnd of course Ootinicast!

Fleet Action Report

This time on Fleet Action Report Grebog takes the reigns solo as Nikodas is out sick with Covid. Grebog covers one of the fastest ways to level up your ship mastery. This should help those with the obvious reason of unlocking more starship traits to use. Grebog even delves into an Elite patrol

Fleet Action Report Ep 28 Guest Stars part 3

Nikodas and Grebog bring you another Fleet Action Report. This time we are covering the voice actors in the game from 2016.

Fleet Action Report Ep 29 11th Anniversary Event

In this episode of Fleet Action Report, Nikodas and Grebog take you through ALL the news and events that have been happening leading up to the 11th Anniversary. And then we delve into the 11th anniversary and what there is to do.

NOMADS

For those that signed up to play D&D with Catavarie, check your Discord DMs for your game invites.

Division 2

-Destiny 2

Join the cross-saved Clan at the following link: https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972

Weekly Clan engrams are available at the Clan vendor in the Tower. Currently, the Gambit and Nightfall engrams are available on a regular basis.

Interested in raiding on the PC? The Clan is looking for a few more people for the current raid content. Post in the discord if you’re interested. Looking to raid on another platform, also coordinate in discord.

The new “Season of the Chosen” starts on Tuesday. https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/SeasonOfTheChosen

WoW

Noob Raid is now 10/10 LFR having gotten Denathrius down last night.

F.E.R.T is 4/10 Normal

Raid Team Recruitment

Horseshoes & Handgrenades(H&H) is a late night heroic raiding team in the dignitas sub-guild. We raid Mondays and Thursdays from 11:55pm to 2am ET(Server time), with a couple nights of M+ dungeoning on the side. We are always looking for people that enjoy a bit of challenge in the heroic scene without getting too stressed about burning through the highest content. At the moment, we are hunting for Healers and DPS, but could always use tankable classes for backups or M+ runs. Feel free to reach out if you have questions.

Hell Froze Over: Hell Froze Over is a casual raid group with the following goal of Fun>Loot, Camaraderie>Progression, Pirates>Ninjas, and Crispy>Wiggly. Friday nights, we begin invites around 7:45 pm with a goal to pull trash at 8:00 pm. We take breaks at the top of each hour and end the raid at 11:00 pm. All times are EST. We encourage people to bring the class they enjoy most. Have friends on other realms? No problem. We have several team members in other realms. We do ask that you keep your hands and feet inside the raid at all times. horns tooting minions cheering.

For more about HFO please message Fez [WoW]#9407 on Discord, or in game with battletag Fezgig#1509.

AIE Alliance on Earthing Ring-US, will be coming up on it’s 2-year anniversary this March. Please share any ideas you have on how we can celebrate, let Fez, Sy, or Gusty know.

We continue to get new people who are either coming back to the game after many years gap, are Horde friends checking out the Alliance side, or some people who are new to WoW or looking for a family friendly casual environment to play in.

Mythic runs happen weekly to help folks see content and gear up for raid.

Remember you can always find the AIE guild officers in Discord in the #lfo channel or by pinging them @officers. You can always request WoW guild invites via the in-game system by searching “alea iacta est”, even if there are no officers online. Just remember, you have to go back to Guilds & Communities (J) to accept the invite once an officer approves it.

BlizzConline will be free to watch online February 19 and 20. There will six channels of content to watch covering all the games.

To go along with BlizzConline …

Commemorate 30 years of Blizzard® games and universes with three treasure troves of in-game items and extras! The limited-time bundles will help you channel the anniversary spirit as you adventure and battle in World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo® III, StarCraft® II, StarCraft®: Remastered, and Heroes of the Storm®

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23606574/take-home-a-legendary-loot-haul

If you have, or buy a 6-month sub to WoW you’ll get the Lucky Yun Mount. It’s a golden bull who will bestow prosperity upon anyone who touches its glittering hide.

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23606578/new-mount-lucky-yun

WoW Classic

STO

SWTOR

This week AIE in SWTOR is battling to win a planet. This meta-game is available only a few times a year and we are going all out. For perspective, AIE Guildies have put over 85m (placeholder number) points on the scoreboard, which is many times what we normally do. We are in the lead on our chosen planet of Ziost, but the second place guild has not stopped pressing, so neither will we! MFN, MEGA, Ops teams, as well as other organized and semi-organized activities were all geared and aimed toward this one goal. Every day play counts too, in any style and in any amount.

As for game news, there is new patch coming in a week or so, but who can even think about that. More about it later!

If you have a swtor character, log in, jump over to the pub side, say hi and possibly shoot a few things. Or throw pebbles at them. The week won’t be over until early Tuesday morning.

ESO

FFXIV

AIE Free Company events in AIE continues:

Check out the FFXIV channel for more info or if you have any questions!

GW2

LOTRO

We will be running some group stuff this Saturday for marks

Small bug fix patch should be coming sometime this week

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

GAME NEWS

CLOSE

https://twitch.tv/dankinia

I can be found on Twitter at Dankinia and I stream the ESO Mandatory Fun night on Fridays and Noob Raid on Saturdays at twitch.tv/dankinia

If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at [email protected]. You can also follow us on Twitter. The show is at @aiepodcast. Mew is at @themewkow, Mkallah is at @cyberwaif,and Tetsemi is at @ivorytiger. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and our Discord server for chat at https://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…

None this week

Next time, we’ll be talking to Kelseer in FFXIV. So until then, AIE…

– This is Mkallah

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mewkow: We had pics and podcasts and panels

Mkallah: Casual games

Tetsemi: Board games

Mewkow: And, D&D

And, Albus is here to help us wrap up the first AIE Wintercon!

All that and more coming up right now…

Podcast Audio

Raw Video

Open

Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE Winter Con 2021 shortly, but first, let’s briefly cover this week’s news…

AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 367: Our New Lucasfilm Games Overlords

Lucasfilm Games has returned to curate Star Wars games moving forward and exclusivity is coming to an end with EA.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 368: Aieconwinter2021

This is a special show where we combine shows with Nick and Marcus of the Working Class Nerds to talk about our gaming community “Con” live along with a solid dose of SWTOR chat.

Working Class Nerds

Episode 94: Escape PodCast Mash up! AIE Con 2021

Marcus and Nick team up with The Escape Podcast’s Max and Sema to discuss Swtor and all thing AIE Con 2021.

Star Trek Online – Fleet Action Report

Did not record any new episodes, but can be found by looking up Fleet Action Report on Youtube and there is a link in the show notes

AIE Winter Con 2021

Guild Town Hall

Con-Pic-Challenges

Podcasts-and-Panels

Indy Game Panel:

Board Game Panel:

Casual Games

Board Games

D-and-D

Max’s Presentation PPT and Video Links

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FAUdpgIGPPdpTSMJO7Cl1AKp6oIWsl9Q/edit#slide=id.p1

Links to Videos – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyRGcyjhvOp_MTTc7XJ-wYBoSfUZsflTI

4 Videos up for viewing currently on the site!

Opening Town Hall

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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…

No segments this time, but if you want to stretch your creative muscles, feel free to submit one to us- we always love having guildie submitted content

Next time, we’ll be talking to Dankinia in ESO. So until then, AIE…

– This is Tetsemi

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Join the AIECon Winter 2021 for some frosty fun!

AIE Alliance is turning two!

SWTOR ends a VERY LONG story arch and new things are in store for 2021

All of your favourite weekly events are back, baby!

And, we are our own guests!

All that and more coming up right now…

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AIE News

Community

AIECon Winter 2021 – Aiming for the weekend of January 22nd! There is a post on the guild website, aie-guild.org and a link in the show notes.

https://aie-guild.org/aiecon-winter-2021/

Signups for board games and D&D will start this week and you’ll want to get in there and get a slot. Please watch the page above and Discord channel #aiecon-january-2021 for more information!

Mandatory Fun Nights

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

Fleet Action Report Ep 25 Guests Stars Part 2

Nikodas and Grebog fight through internet issues during the live show to bring you this episodes. We are back with more of the guest stars of Star Trek Online and the voice acting they have done to help bring STO to life.

Fleet Action Report Ep 26 Enemies Part 5

Nikodas and Grebog are back for another episode of Fleet Action Report. This time we go into some of the servitor races of the Iconians. Come learn and see the combat abilities of the 3 of STOs greatest threats!

SWTOR The Escape Pod Cast

SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 366: 2021 PREDICTIONS

We kick off the new year with our 2021 predictions and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-366.

Working Class Nerds

Episode 92: Welcome to the Kymerian Family!

Marcus and Nick sit down with The Kymeri! Kymeri is a Twitch streamer who specializes in Star Wars video game content (specifically SWTOR’s PVP). They talk about the new High Republic books and comics, and a whole lot about Kymeri’s rise to Twitch steaming success! You can find Kymeri at: https://www.twitch.tv/thekymeri You can find Marcus at: https://www.twitch.tv/marcusb814

NOMADS

We have been hard at work developing new ship designs to sell to other players in the game.

Alioth Aerospace Expo for January was pushed back after the last major update allowing us more time to prepare our ships to be showroom ready.

Update 0.23 came to the game in December causing major changes to Crafting and Industry which have affected the way everyone plays the game.]

WoW

Noob Raid has restarted after expansion/winter break. We will be running LFR for the next few weeks so there is an iLvl requirement of 170 to join us.

Alliance update – Alea Iacta Est Virtus on Earthing Ring-US, will be coming up on it’s 2-year anniversary this March.

Recruiting

We invited our 800th character (welcome aboard Karn!) this morning, with two more invites approved.

We continue to get new people who are either coming back to the game after many years gap, are Horde friends checking out the Alliance side, or some people who are new to WoW or looking for a family friendly casual environment to play in. We had a new member join that found us through Frogpants (welcome aboard Yopper!). And Fez’s wife came back to the game after a year away.

Mythic runs happen weekly to help folks see content and gear up for raid.

Remember you can always find the guild officers in Discord in the #lfo channel or by pinging them @officers. You can always request WoW guild invites via the in-game system by searching “alea iacta est virtus”, even if there are no officers online. Just remember, you have to go back to Guilds & Communities (J) to accept the invite once an officer approves it.

For more updates please check out – https://aie-guild.org/blog/2021/01/aie-warcraft-alliance-update-10-jan-2021/

WoW Classic

Burning Crusade rumors, with a launch date before this summer vacation… seems distinct servers, so Classic will remain. Hopefully we’ll get solid information from BlizzConline in February!

Naxxramas is in full swing, the last raid of Classic

SWTOR

The end of the year in SWTOR brought one last story beat that was the finale of a story that has been going on for essentially nine years. And with that, also came the seeds a new story. We have hints to go on and we think the new villain of the galaxy might be Darth Malgus. If it is him, it should be a wild ride. Malgus is a nuanced character who has been on both sides of torture and slavery. He has known unbridled power, but also love and loss. He has been a ruler and a rebel. There is a lot of speculation about who else might be involved and we are all looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

Tune in Tuesday nights for MFN and Friday nights for Master Mode Flashpoints and Achievements. And stay tuned for more info on January’s MEGA!

FFXIV

On Thursday, January 21st, patch 5.41 will hit and this one focuses on crafting. At least, the crafting for Ishguard restoration. The skybuilder’s ranking will complete then, so expect a mad dash to craft.

ESO

After a two week holiday break, the first MFN on 2021 happened on Friday night. We chatted about how we all spent the holidays while clearing public dungeons.

As usual, there was at least one death cause by gravity to make sure MFN’s for the year got started off correctly.

Now that the holiday’s are behind us, MFN’s are happening again.

January 21st at 5pm EST there will be a Global Reveal Event on Bethesda’s Twitch channel to introduce the 2021 Chapter and year-long adventure.

STO

We’re expecting a big announcement sometime soon in regards to the Anniversary event. Only thing going on currently is an Admiralty Event which increases EXP from the Admiralty system.

GW2

Next dungeon and more night is coming up on Friday, January 15th at 9pm ET

LOTRO

During SNL we stayed casual to end and start the year

2021 we will be trying to run more group content.

The next update is supposed to bring us game performance improvements

And with that, let’s get back to us! .

GAME NEWS

Question of the show- what was the geekiest thing you gave or got for the holidays this year?

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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…

The return of Ask Buxley

Next time, we’ll it’s a new year, so we are still working on getting our guest lined up. So until then, AIE…

– This is Mewkow

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

We have your holiday gaming schedule update

ESO is Undaunted!

The Future is Rewritten in stone

There’s no place like Frostbluff for the Holidays

And, we have Sema and Max here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR

All that and more coming up right now…

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AIE News

Community

Mandatory Fun Nights

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 361: Spirit Of Vengeance

We show off and talk through Spirit of Vengeance, the new flashpoint in 6.2 on the PTS.

Fleet Action Report

Fleet Action Report Ep 19 Klingon Defense Force

Nikodas and Grebog take on the Klingon Defense Force as it takes the stage by storm. They’re bold, they’re gruff, they respect power, and they’re honorable.

Fleet Action Report Ep 20 PVP Oh My!!

This time on Fleet Action Report Nikodas and Grebog delve into pvp and bring along some friends. While we only do private match PVP, we do discuss the STO pvp scene and some things you may want to know to get started.

Working Class Nerds

Episode 88: SWTOR Livestream Breakdown with Intisar!

6.2 was announced and broken down today with a livestream from Bioware. Marcus sits down with Intisar from “This Week in Aurebesh” We breakdown the livestream and even get into some tinfoil hat stuff about the plans for SWTOR’s 10 year Anniversary.

NOMADS

Same as last time, really. Activity has been a bit higher but not anything to report on the “AIE activity” front.

Beginning on 1 Dec, Battle.net accounts will no longer be supported for user signins to the Bungie website or Destiny companion app. https://www.bungie.net/7/en/PCMove

Additionally, anyone with an old PC only clan membership (Blizz) account, pre-Steam migration will be kicked from the clan to free up some room for member applications. You can always be re-invited should you return to the game via the Clan page linked in the discord pinned topics: https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972

Claim your Prime Gaming Rewards for Destiny 2: https://gaming.amazon.com/loot/destiny2

Diablo 3

Season 22 is ongoing. Should you want an invite to the Nomad Clan or AIE Community, please ask via the public discord #nomads channel. Feel free to @mention Durus.

WoW

WoW Classic

Vanilla “Sundae” Fundays is starting a tentative holiday schedule for November/December. So keep an eye on the discord channel for updates each week! And due to the time change we will be starting at 1pm Eastern!

If you’re active in WoW Retail that means you’re able to play WoW Classic too! Let us know if you make a toon, need a guild invite, or bags to get started!

SWTOR

ESO

We have continued the tradition of following Kini off cliffs and getting lost while searching for Skyshards.

The Undaunted Event Runs from December 3rd to December 15 which is an event focused on the four person instanced dungeons and the daily delve quest from Bolgrul.

MFN’s will be focused on doing the daily delve quest as well as splitting up into groups of four to tackle run the daily dungeons for Undaunted Reward Boxes and the first one of the day will include 3 event tickets.

Please feel free to raid the guild bank for items your characters might need

FFXIV

Map Nights still continue to be profitable and fun. Grab your 80 (with all of the zones unlocked), your treasure hunting spirit, and some good humor as we meet on the lawn of the FC house at 9:30pm EST on Saturdays.

Patch 5.4 Futures Rewritten, has been previewed and scheduled to release on December 8th!

And for proof that the patch is on it’s way, we have the hype story trailer for the patch, right here. Check the show notes on aie-guild.org for the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybuvKVzVBT4&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=FINALFANTASYXIV

If you are looking for more details from the Live Letter that explained all of these updates, well, you can watch the live stream on demand, but it’s all in Japanese, so unless you know the language, you will need to use the many translations are that are up on the FFXIV reddit page.

Of course, down in #ffxiv channel in the AIE discord, we always jump on the patch notes as soon as they hit to talk about the details of the changes that we see that may not have been covered in the patch previews. So, jump on down, and we hope to see you adventuring with us in Final Fantasy XIV.

STO

The projects are moving along nicely. Fleet Spire has had the very last project counting down. The fleet embassy had the last recruitment branch counting down and once it completes we will have the final upgrade for a tier 3 embassy to work on.

LOTRO

Things are being planned for January, so stay tuned

There is a 50% off sale on most expansion packs in the lotro market.

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

GAME NEWS

Game Stuff

WoW

Game Stuff

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

Ask Buxley

It’s time for our annual podcast break, we will be back in January! So until then, AIE…

– This is Mkallah

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

The Organization is on the Move

November MEGA – more fun than getting trampled at Walmart!

Stay Tuned for FFXIV news on Black Friday, more fun than a fist fight at Best Buy!

November is a busy month in ALL THE GAMES!

And, Syreyne is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft!

All that and more coming up right now…

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AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern

In community fun news, our officer team is right now working on something fun for everyone this winter. You can expect an announcement around the beginning of December. For now, block out some time on your calendars for the weekend of January 22nd. Stay tuned and stay warm. An AIE Winter is coming!

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

The Feast of Prosperity is drawing to a close. We talk about the story, achievements, rewards.

SWTOR ESCAPE POD CAST 360: 6.2 REACTIONS!

Check this out for our hot takes reactions (well, spirited discussion) to the 6.2 update on the PTS.

Working Class Nerds

Episode 87: Marcus Moves and Musselman Makes Media!!

Marcus and Nick sit down with one of Marcus’s favorite raid teammates, and fellow Twitch Streamer- Musselman! The trio talks about the new console releases, some updates to SWTOR, and the games they’re digging into!

Fleet Action Report Ep 17 Guest Stars part 1

Nikodas and Grebog celebrate the Voice Actors of Star Trek Online. These Guest Stars brought their characters to life on the big screen and in game.

Fleet Action Report Ep 18 A Call to Arms Battlegrounds

Nikodas and Grebog are conquering Battle Zones in the Solanea Dyson Sphere. These fleet and ground battles require coordination and teamwork to win.

NOMADS

Ask for Clan and Community invites in the public Discord’s #nomads channel.

Destiny 2

Apply to the Alea Iacta Est Clan at https://www.bungie.net/en/ClanV2?groupid=2122972

Dual Universe Update

The Organization has MOVEDto an exciting new location on the far side of Alioth this new location gives all Org members room to build in the immediate area with lots of free and empty tiles up for grabs.

Work is still being done in preparation for the next Alioth Aerospace Expo in January.

Salvaging is back in the game! So if you ever wanted to be a treasure hunter now if your opportunity.

While the Org currently has a surplus demand will be high over the coming weeks to months for Tier 1 ore.

WoW

WoW Classic

SWTOR

November MEGA will be a Black Friday MEGA. Lighthearted and fun activities will abound.

The public test server is up and three new things are on there to try out and test: Login Rewards, a new Emote system, and a new Flashpoint. Log into the public test server to check them out and provide feedback.

Come see what’s going on ingame on Friday nights. Depending on the date, it could be Master Mode Flashpoints, Achievements, or MEGA!

FFXIV

Thursday nights, AIE is also venturing into the Bozjern (BOSH-jen) Front to help unlock the rewards from the new zone and progress though the story of the Bozjern Resistance take the fight to the IVth (4th) Imperial Legion. Again we meet up at the FC house, but at 9:30PM EST. Being part of a group is much safer and much more fun in this content. Hope to see you there.

The next live letter is set for November 27th, and people are predicting the release date of patch 5.4 will be December 8th. With that, a new treasure dungeon will be released, and more phat lewts for the taking!

ESO

Weekly MFN’s will be either zone clears, public dungeon clears, or dungeon runs until the next event.

Please feel free to raid the guild bank for items your characters might need.

STO

GW2

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/watch-the-trailer-for-the-icebrood-saga-champions-chapter-1/

Dungeons and more run Friday November 20th at 9pm eastern

LOTRO

The next Chicken Play Race is being planned for January

PvMP focused update has been on Bullroarer (PTS)

And with that, let’s get back to Syreyne and find out what’s going on with AIE in the World of Warcraft.

GAME NEWS

Winners are:

It was exciting to see a cross-game participate! Thank you everyone that joined in on the fun. The contest may be over, but the Discord channel is still up so go take a look at the awesome ideas everyone came up with!

Shadowlands Block Parties:

Pre-Patch:

Wowhead has a really nice guide to help navigate the pre-patch events. Check it out on their website, or click the link in the show notes.

#QuestforCoguild

To make that happen, Blue Side is launching a new campaign, Quest for Coguild. We want to invite everyone to try out the Alliance side. Join us in Stormwind. Wear blue, not red! So pick up the gauntlet and share your best campaign slogans in Discord or on twitter @AIEGuild with #QuestforCoguild. Thanks Kazrik for the hashtag idea!

Here is a sample of the ones we came up with during Friday night raid.

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Twitter: @SyreyneAIE

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…

Well, no segments this week, but you all know the deal! If you want to flex your creative muscles and create a segment that is three minutes or under, please send it to our email!

Next time, we’ll be talking to Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…

– This is Tetsemi

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

Mkallah: AIE wants to pick your brain!

Tetsemi: Blizzard is serving up your Thanksgiving appetizer

Mewkow: To Nar Shaddaa and beyond

Mkallah: AIE is venturing forth into the Bozjern (BOSH-jen) Front

Tetsemi: And, we are talking to ourselves!

All that and more coming up right now…

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AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern

We are starting to brainstorm some new, unique activities and events for our community. We wanted your thoughts on ideas we’ve had recently on ways we all might have more fun together. There’s no guarantee that we’ll be able to get these going but your input would be a great help in building momentum. If you have a couple minutes, check this out. Thanks! https://forms.gle/puN3q7UXSkXhij7Y6

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

The Feast of Prosperity is live so we dig in and get our first taste of this new event.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 358: The Mandalorian Season 1 Recap

Season 2 of The Mandalorian is finally here so we do a quick Season 1 recap to get us all ready.

Working Class Nerds

Marcus is joined With Kitty Kisses to talk all about SWTOR! Also talk about what a bromance is!

Star Trek Online

This time Nikodas and Grebog talk about all the basic features of the game from core settings, your HUD setup, to key binds and more. After all that they discuss the delta, temporal and gamma recruits. And while they sadly can not be created, to keep your eyes out and create one if they bring back the availability temporarily.

Fleet Action Report Ep 16 Enemies pt 3 Gorn, Breen, and Voth

Grebog and Nikodas are fighting for the fate of the Deferi people. They engage some of the older enemies in STO, and maybe one of the newer threats. We go into the details of the Gorn, the Breen and the Voth. We cover the various aspects in space and ground compact that each bring into combat, so you know what to expect.

NOMADS

The Organization ran 2 separate rescue operations to save a member who had run into trouble.

The Org is currently planning for the next Alioth Aerospace Expo to be held in January.

The biggest news in DU this week is that the current area Safe Zone Triangle will be remaining PVP free. This opens up several more planets and moons along with a large area of space in which people can safely build without concern for having their assets blown up by pirates.

WoW

The Alliance guild hit over 600 members with all the people creating new alts or bringing characters over due to the 30% off Blizzard services sale.

The in game Guild Finder is how we do many of our invites, please remember, once you’ve put in an application, on either side, the officers will review and approve the application. Once it’s been approved, you need to go back to the Guild/Community Panel and accept the approved invitation and you’ll be in the guild.

WoW Classic

Vanilla “Sundae” Fundays is starting a tentative holiday schedule for November/December. So keep an eye on the discord channel for updates each week! And due to the time change we will be starting at 1pm Eastern!

If you’re active in WoW Retail that means you’re able to play WoW Classic too! Let us know if you make a toon, need a guild invite, or bags to get started!

SWTOR

Repeat PSA: If you have not acquired your Vanguard Squadron inspired mini-pet (offered due to the release of Star Wars: Squadrons), be sure to log in before NOV 7th.

Be sure to log in on Friday nights for MM Flashpoints, Achievements, and MEGAs! Also, let BC and Marcus know if you have things you’d like to see us do for MFN or MEGA.

ESO

Weekly MFN’s will be either zone clears, public dungeon clears, or dungeon runs until the next event.

Please feel free to raid the guild bank for items your characters might need.

FFXIV

Thursday nights, AIE is also venturing into the Bozjern (BOSH-jen) Front to help unlock the rewards from the new zone and progress though the story of the Bozjern Resistance take the fight to the IVth (4th) Imperial Legion. Again we meet up at the FC house, but at 9:30PM EST. Being part of a group is much safer and much more fun in this content. Hope to see you there.

STO

@Dent still is running the Fleet nights on Sunday at 8:30 PM Eastern.

GW2

LOTRO

And with that, let’s go around the table for our question of the episode!

GAME NEWS

Mewkow:

Mkallah: Noblegarden, Orphans week, Call of Cthulhu one shot

Tetsemi: D&D – Christmas themed one-shot, WoW – Raid Team Gift Exchange for Solstice

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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, well, we will be talking to Sy about AIE in WOW and the prepatch fun! So until then, AIE…

– This is Mewkow

On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

AIE is showing off our ships!

SO… Many… Addons… to update

This Friday is going to be Mega!

This the time of the Mad King!

And, Abovan is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV

All that and more coming up right now…

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AIE News

Community

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday – STO 8:30 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

Nikodas and Grebog welcome you to another episode of Fleet Action Report. This time we go into playing as the Dominion and Jem’hadar. We cover the basics and how far you need to go before you become a Dominion representative for either The United Federation of Planets or the Klingon

Fleet Action Report Ep 14 Crafting and Tribulations

Grebog and Nikodas take you through the Research and Development system and end with cover the long lost art of tribble breeding.

SWTOR

If you don’t yet have it, the HK-51 companion is still in the game and we talk about how to get it.

Working Class Nerds

Nick and Marcus look ahead to the games and nerdy media content that they’re looking forward to coming out just before the end of 2020!

NOMADS

Mining trips continue as we work towards building Anti-Grav technology. Some of the more rare materials still elude our grasps, but we hope to soon find them.

As the game is still in Beta there are constant improvements, perhaps the most exciting recent addition is a few additional logic gate elements including the Nand, Nor, and the ever loved XOR gates.

The Organization is in need of Coal and Carbon. So if you are sitting on a large hoard then feel free to drop these off for project use.

WoW

WoW Classic

Hallow’s End is here! If you need an event refresher, Wowhead has a great WoW Classic guide to follow!

If you’re active in WoW Retail that means you’re able to play WoW Classic too! Let us know if you make a toon, need a guild invite, or bags to get started!

SWTOR

MEGA coming on October 23rd (This Friday!). We will be doing a spooky costume contest to start the night. Marcus is going to lead us in acquiring the Fleet Datacron. If you don’t have it yet, do not miss this. It takes a group and some fairly heavy duty cat herding to get it done. Afterwards open world pvp with @Corley .

If you have not acquired your Vanguard Squadron inspired mini-pet (offered due to the release of Star Wars: Squadrons), be sure to log in before Nov 7th.

Be sure to log in on Friday nights for MM Flashpoints, Achievements, and MEGAs!

ESO

The Witches festival begins Oct 22 at 10 AM EST and runs though November 3 at 10 AM EST

On Tuesday October 20th at 12PM EST Pete Hines will be joining the Bethesda UK Stream Team at https://twitch.tv/bethesda to show off some of the Greymoor content while raising money for the Cancer Research UK charity. They will have drops active so tune in to support a good cause and get in game loot.

Remember to raid the guild bank for any items your character might need.

STO

The widening Gyre event is going on now and as part of the ways to add to the completion is a new TFO (dungeon) called Synth Wave. This is from the show Picard. Getting 20 days off completion gets you a full space set.

All T5 and T6 can now have an experimental upgrade to them, making them a little more powerful. This gives you a universal console slot, another ship trait slot (linked to the ship though), and another device slot. Everyone gets one free experimental ship upgrade per account, but you can buy more from the Zen store at 1000 Zen for 1 or 2000 Zen for 3.

MFN on Sundays are still going strong.

GW2

LOTRO

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

GAME NEWS

The highlight is the Bozjan Front. This is the next phase of the resistance weapon quest chain, although it is not required to upgrade the resistance weapon.

The zone consists of a staged zone, where you stay in the lower zone until you level and quest your way up, then you unlock the 2nd area, then the 3rd. It uses an independent leveling system. All jobs are scaled up to level 80 and jobs that are level 71+ can enter, so it could be used as a 71+ leveling zone.

The primary goal is to find Skirmishes, which are like FATEs in the main game world. These will reward some gil, experience (for leveling jobs), tomestones, and mettle, which is the experience point system for The Bozjan Front. Sometimes, a completed Skirmish will trigger a special Critical Engagement, which you will be prompted to queue up for. When you join one, it carves out a little piece of the zone as an arena for the 48 players for the encounter. This is a full boss encounter, with high health, mechanics, and overall fun fight. Once that concludes and loot is is awarded (mettle, tomestones, lockboxes, and relic weapon items), there is a chance that it will trigger a Solo Critical Engagement, and someone who was in the first Critical Engagement will be selected to fight a boss, one-on-one as the rest of the player can spectate or go about their business. Lots of cheering and emoting happens during these events.

There are drops that can be used as lockboxes for items, cosmetics, pets, and lost action, consumable actions that can be used in the Bozjern Front.

Also, items can be acquired in the front to upgrade the relic weapon. These can drop from any mob in the front, either in the skirmish or not. These items can also be acquired outside of this new zone, via fates in the Heavensward expansion. There is a 2nd step to get items from the Bozjan Front but can be acquired by running level 60 dungeons or your first Leveling roulette of the day.

As AIE, we ran the new Bozjern Front and it provided enough battle and randomness that makes map nights fun. We ran it as a group (with people bowing in and out as they wished), and it was a ton of fun. Skirmishes, critical engagements, and lots of fun all around. We will continue to run this content on Thursday nights, 8:30pm-ish (Final start time to be decided, ask in the #FFXIV channel for updates).

Other content in this .x5 patch include updates to the skybuilders’ crafting relics, a few new minions, hairstyles, emotes, mounts, new seasons for the Feast (competitive PvP), and for the first players to log in for 5 minutes when the patch went live, new housing plots.

Map nights continue to be a big draw. A level 80 character is required, but maps will be provided. If you bring your own maps, that is greatly appreciated. Maps are tons of fun, highly profitable, casual content that helps players at all skill levels and play types, either you be an end game raider looking for gil and tomestones, a casual player looking for cosmetics and gil, or someone casually playing looking for some fun and some gil.

Patch 5.4 is coming over the horizon, estimated to drop sometime in December. Aside from the normal “Even” numbered patches (last installment of the Eden raid, game adjustments, ect), we will be getting a 2nd type of map dungeon. For those that have done maps in the Storblood content, there is a 2nd type of map that acts like a wheel of fortune, and the screenshot that we have so far looks similar. AIE Map nights will surely be looking forward to this once we get our hands on it.

As a group, we are looking at expanding our fun nights to adding a bit more structure. We have been tossing around the idea of having legacy raid nights, doing past content that player may not have done themselves in previous expansions. We also want to do some story raids, such as Eden, Omega, or the Dark Apocalypse raids on a regular schedule. See the #FFXIV channel for details on this.

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