On this episode of The AIE Podcast...

Mewkow: the AIE DIvision is Strong

Tetsemi: AIE and Celebration are coming to Chicago

Mkallah: The cake is… not a lie?

Mewkow: We have an update from the Warfront

Tetsemi: and Abovan is here to talk about AIE in FFXIV

All that and more coming up right now...

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Mkallah: - Welcome to episode #317 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan 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.

A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN.

Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern

Tuesday - SWTOR 9 pm Eastern

Wednesday - FFXIV 10 pm Eastern

Friday - ESO 9 pm Eastern

Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern

Sunday - STO 8:30 pm Eastern

Streaming and guild podcast newsi

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 285: Oricon Trail

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-285-oricon-trail/

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-285 take a look at guild heraldry on the PTS and get back to some Dread Master lore with a discussion of Oricon

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 286: Something Dreadful This Way Comes

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-286-something-dreadful-this-way-comes/

This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-286 walk through the Dreadful Entity fight… because we, along with an awesome cross guild group, did it this week!

NOMADS

AIE in The Division 2. The Clan is doing well and having a lot of fun in the game. We're rank 17 (out of 30) with 27 members total.

The first post-launch content update was released this past Friday and unlocks the new World Tier 5 that features the latest Stronghold: Tidal Basin. Also, the first "Apparel Event" titled "Invasion" is running until May 2nd. During this time you can earn up to 30 apparel items. Should you earn them all during the event you'll be awarded a special apparel item: The Black Tusk uniform. These 30 items will be available in the usual apparel caches and store after the event, but you can only earn the special Black Tusk uniform during the event. Apparel items include clothing, weapon skins, and emotes.

The first raid, an 8 player activity, will go live on April 25th, later this month and our clan members are eagerly awaiting it. Get in and gear up now. Ask about the game in AIE Discord's #thedivision2 text channel. Receiving an invite is as simple as asking for one there for your UPlay ID. You can also look up the clan, "AIE Nomads", and request an invite that way.

WoW

The AIE Alliance guild is growing with 119 characters currently. Reminder, you just need to submit an application in Umami, leave the Faction as Horde and the officers will correct it when reviewing the application. Don’t worry about the level either, just race/class and name and you’re set.

We are still having issue with gmail accounts, so check the LFO channel for acceptance, as the officers will announce when they’ve accepted those applications.

In game news, the Artifact Knowledge ramp up will continue for the next 4 weeks to make sure everyone is ready for the 8.2 content. A number of players have reached level 50 on their necklace and currently you do not get anything for completing WQ’s that award just azerite.

Patch 8.2 is soon to be on the PTR (encrypted currently) and several outlets have had interviews with Ion Hazzikostas on what’s to come, mostly around systems, flying and very little on content spoilers.

WoWHead and MMO-Champion both have good write-ups and links to the originals, though, be warned,