On this episode of The AIE Podcast...
Mewkow: Venture into Shadowkeep with the Nomads
Tetsemi: Brewfest awaits!
Mkallah: PTS coming soon- no, really, we mean it!
Mewkow: Life in Hydaelyn is savage
Tetsemi: And we’re talking about AIE in WoW Classic tonight
All that and more coming up right now...
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Welcome to episode #329 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. I’m Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week it’s just us talking to each other and you about AIE in WoW Classic and Guild News and activities! *Slaps the roof of the guild* There’s so much room in here for activities!
Ok, we’ll be digging into AIE in WoW Classic shortly, but first, let’s cover this week’s news...
AIE News
Streaming and guild podcast news
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 309: A Horse Sized Dxun
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-309-a-horse-sized-dxun/
More updates for PTS Phase 2; Grand Galactic Sale; Diving Into Dxun.
SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 310: Dxun A Row And The Shroud’s Last Stand
http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-310-dxun-a-row-and-the-shrouds-last-stand/
More tuning of the Nature of Progress Operation; Swtorista and Xam Xam interviews; A look back at Macrobinoculars.
Working Class Nerds
https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/1739638
Episode 54: Tinfoil Tacos with Kogass!
Marcus and Nick debut a new show segment where Nick discusses gaming news, dive into SWTOR PTS Phase 2 with Kogass, and strap on their tinfoil hats for the entire ride!
NOMADS
Destiny 2
The move to Steam looms: October 1, coinciding with the launch of the next expansion: Shadowkeep. Transfer your Blizzard.net account now, if you have not done so already. ( https://www.bungie.net/7/en/PCMove)
* ShadowKeep: "To the Moon!"
* Power (Light) level increased to 960.
* New Gear
* New abilities
* New Raid: Garden of Salvation
* Etc, etc. More info at https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/Shadowkeep
WoW
Gustytail is planning some guild events for Brewfest this week for the sausage eating contest. I know Friday at 8pm Eastern is Horde side. I'm not sure what day/time she decided on for Horde. The contest grants a 2 hour 10% Exp buff and if you win 5 times, you can buy a toy. The idea is to cheese win it like we do for trial of style. You need 4 people to sit down to start it.
It gives you a 3 min CD to do it again, so ideally we want 2-3 groups of four rotating in.
Noob Raid is doing well and is 6/8 on Palace and runs on Saturday nights at 11pm server (Eastern Time)
Patch 8.2.5 is launching on the 24th of September with the usual scheduled downtime from 7 am PDT to 3 pm PDT.
SWTOR
It's been a quiet two weeks in SWTOR. The dev team has been working on getting Onslaught ready for its closeup on the 22nd of October. The Public Test Server will most likely be available this week for everyone to try out the new gear acquisition changes.
In the live game, The Grand Galactic Sale is going on. This is a Cartel Market event with a new sale announced each week. So,