On this episode of The AIE Podcast...

Seeds of Renewal is almost upon us!

RED ALERT< RED ALERT… through January 18th!

We have news from FFXIV FF

So many games, so many updates!

And, we are getting back into the swing of things after our break

All that and more coming up right now...

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Welcome to episode #414 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week, we are catching up to see what we’ve been up to over the break, what games we have been playing, and the like. Welcome!

Before we get into what we have been up to, let's go over this week's news!

AIE News

Community

We have your Mandatory Fun Nights schedule for 2024!

Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not.

Sunday - You all get a day off!

Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern

Monday - STO 10:00 pm Eastern

Tuesday - SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern

Wednesday - HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern

Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central

Friday - ESO 9:00 pm Eastern

Friday - FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern

Saturday - LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern

Saturday - FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern

Saturday - WoW Classic Hardcore 9:30 pm Eastern

Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern

Streaming and Guild Podcast News

We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here-

New Overlords Podcast (Max and Sema)

https://www.newoverlords.com

Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) - NSFL

https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com

Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip)

https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords

Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann )

https://drgameology.com/

STO - Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas)

https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport

A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) - NSFL

https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/

NOMADS

On the small server front, there's groups running right now in ARK and Rust.

Rust has a fresh map this week and Corley and Kuda have just started building.

On ARK, we've just wrapped up the winter event and a few of the group have started in on end bosses. We'll be continuing there for a while and are looking forward to the next holiday and soon, the next expanded map for Ascended.

WoW

WoW Retail, Patch 10.2.5 Seeds of Renewal is coming January 16 with lots of changes.

Night Elves are building their new capital, Bel-Ameth in the World Tree Amirdrassil and Alliance and Horde players can visit, although Horde will have a buff warning that they're being watched... especially fire mages. There are new Night Elf tabards, cloaks and weapons there as well as new Night Elf children NPC's.

Worgen leader Genn Graymane is also taking his people back to their former capital, Gilneas.

Dragonriding is coming to every zone in WoW where flying is possible -- but at 80% Dragonflight speed... because 100% would be ridiculous, right? There will be new Dragon Racing events with new transmog and achievements to earn.

Darkspear Trolls are getting 5 new hair colors and Dranei will have a new skin tone available, and Warlocks will have new customizations for their Demonic Tyrant and Darkglare demons.

New Follower dungeons will allow players to practice roles and abilities without resorting to LFD. NPC's will make up the rest of the party.

Holidays Love Is In The Air, the Lunar Festival and Noblegarden have new content including battle pets, transmog, and a dragonriding appearance. Be warned there are some very, very pink items coming to the Trading Post in February.

And there's a new weekly event, Azeroth Archives that will have solo and group content to earn a v...