On this episode of The AIE Podcast...

Tetsemi:The Battle for Allied Races

Mkalah: February means AIE Love

Mewkow So much love in so many games!

Tetsemi: And, we have Captain Cybyl’s STO update

Mkalah: And, the return of some Old Friends to talk to us about AIE in WOW

All that and more coming up right now...

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Welcome to episode #292 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Tetsemi: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mkalah: (There is Quiche in the guild kitchen, and cinnamon rolls, and baked french toast, and blueberry croissant bake and…). This week we are joined by special guests Syreyne and Acuzod 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

Imperium Ludi

Laskan has started a thread on the OrbuvVR game and is looking for other AIE Folks playing in the game, take a look at the forum thread and respond if you’re playing!

http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57486-orbusvr/

WoW

The Battle for Azeroth alpha is out and a number of streamers have been showing off gameplay. Are you in the alpha or have you watched any of the streams? Let us know what you think.

Also, with the pre-order now released, you can gain access to 4 of the 6 allied races that were announced. Horde-side you can unlock the Highmountain Tauren and the Nightborne, and on the Alliance-side you can unlock the Void Elves and Lightforged Draenai. Have you pre-ordered and starting unlocking/playing the new allied races?

SWTOR

Mandatory Fun Night will be on the Imperial Side for the next two weeks, the 13 of February will be Toborro's Courtyard and Ravagers and on the 20th, Terror from Beyond.

Also conquest in two weeks will be a crafting week, so start saving up your materials now.

Congrats to Sith with Unlimited Power, Soldiers of Light, Deathstar Troopers and Lords of Light for all downing the new raid boss!

Patch Notes - Game Update 5.7a

Corrected an issue that was preventing players from triggering the shuttle cutscene in Kuat Drive Yards.

Chapter 7: The Lady of Sorrows bonus Mission “Clean Up Detail” has had its rewards reduced.

Corrected a texture issue for the Guerrilla Tactician’s Breastplate.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 229: Zash Clash and 5.7a News

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-229-zash-clash-and-5-7a-news/

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-229 get to the finale of the Sorcerer Chapter 1 story. We also talk about 5.7a, Microsoft buying EA (or not) and other news

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 230: A Ton of Thanaton

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-230-a-ton-of-thanaton/

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-230 deal with an introduction to Darth Thanaton in our Sorcerer play-through and spend some time talking about Strongholds and their various uses. We also cover other news

FFXIV

Valentine Day seasonal event: Valentione's Day -- lasting until 15 February.

Letter from the Producer LIVE (42nd) was yesterday, Saturday 10 Feb -- stuff!

There's a "Be My Valentine!" creative writing contest -- submit your love letter as written to a game NPC, 300 words or less by 16 Feb.

FC News

Friday Night Fun Nights continue.

Some new members are rapidly approaching "end game"

New effort for 8 man content is once more underway. Contact Durus in AIE Discord for details.

The newly crafted airship "The Ralff" was constructed and sent on its maiden voyage.

We are now working on creating our first submarine for fC explorer missions.

Streams: Both Abovan and Durus have taken to streaming some Final Fantasy content. Look for posts in the "content-creators" channel of discord or drop them a follow on Twitch.tv: http://twitch.tv/abovan79 and http://twitch.tv/thedurus

EVE

The alliance that AIEU is a part of Blades of Grass is moving!