On this episode of The AIE Podcast...

Mewkow: The Shadow Tide marches on

Tetsemi: Impromptu Volunteer Guard Day was a success, with a few casualties

Mkallah: Oh boy, do we have some Conquest Points

Mewkow: Noobs, now on demand

Tetsemi: And speaking of Noobs, the Floor Tank herself, Dankinia, is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO!

All that and more coming up right now...

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Welcome to episode # 342 of 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 guest Dankia who is here to talk to us about AIE in ESO and ,knowing Kini, fallout 76. Welcome!

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

AIE News

Community

Mandatory Fun Nights- no changes to the MFN schedule, but just a reminder, STO is starting in about a half an hour!

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday - STO 8:30 pm Eastern

Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern

Tuesday - SWTOR 9 pm Eastern

Tuesday - FFXIV (Casual Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern

Wednesday - FFXIV (Fun Night) 9:00 pm Eastern

Thursday - FFXIV (Progression Raiding) 9:30 pm Eastern

Friday - ESO 9 pm Eastern

Friday - FFXIV (Late Night Fun Night) 11:00 pm Eastern

Saturday - LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern

Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern

Saturday - FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern

Streaming and guild podcast news

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 336: A Plethora Of Conquest Points

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-336-a-plethora-of-conquest-points/

6.1.1 is live and it’s a game changer, for conquest at least. We’ve brought on our resident conquest leader and expert, Bcavanagh, to walk us through it.

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 337: Life In 6.1.1

http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-337-life-in-6-1-1/

This episode we talk all about life in the new 6.1.1 reality, along with news, guild activity highlights more this week from @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-337

Working Class Nerds

Episode 72: Jackie Cao of Gearbox Software

https://www.buzzsprout.com/143519/3575809-episode-72-jackie-cao-of-gearbox-software.mp3?blob_id=13191785

Marcus and Nick chat with a friend of the show and game developer at Gearbox Software, Jackie Cao! They chat about what it's like having to develop games

NOMADS

The first Division 2 Season (Shadow Tide) marches on. The current ongoing activity is the Home League that continues for another 8 days. Three of the four manhunts required to unlock the intel for the Season's main boss event have been concluded.

Title Update 9 went live last week, and to celebrate: anyone who logs in before May 5 will receive a backpack trophy "Soda" and 3 Apparel Cache keys. This update features the exotic items reconfiguration that will allow you to "level up" your old exotics to current gear levels, and many bug fixes. Full notes are available at https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2218056-Title-Update-9-Patch-Notes

There is also a free trial for the Division 2, playable for 8 hours up to level 8. Any progress made during the trial will be carried forward if the full game is purchased. Reach out to anyone in the AIE clan for friend referrals as well.

Free Trial info: https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthread.php/2218056-Title-Update-9-Patch-Notes

Friend Referral: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-division/the-division-2/friend-referral

Clan activity has been low. I encourage members to reach out in the community discord's #thedivision2 chat channel to arrange nights for play or ask for help.

Diablo 3

Season 20, Season of the Forbidden Archives, is still going strong and sees some AIE community members dipping back into the game here and there. Remember you have the "Alea Iacta Est" community and the Nomads clan at your disposal. Just ask for invites in the AIE community discord in channe...