On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

• Congrats on 60 character deaths, Kini!


• Don’t forget to check the guild bank for your gifts!


• Red Alert, I repeat, Red Alert!


• Set your feet on the road to adventure in Middle Earth


• And, we have Gustytail here to talk to us about AIE in WoW!

All that and more coming up right now…

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Welcome to episode #425 of the podcast celebrating you, 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 Mkallah: (Hey guys, there are cinnamon rolls in the guild kitchen, and soon there will be lemon cupcakes, and maybe… let’s just say the Guild Kitchen is a mess). This week we are joined by special guests Gustytail who is here to talk to us about AIE in World of Warcraft! Welcome!

Ok, we’ll be digging into WoW 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.

Sunday – Destiny 2 8:30 pm Eastern

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

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/

WoW

If you still need the achievement for clearing all three of the current awakened Raids to get the mount, come join Noob Raid and we can help you out.

Noob Raid cleared Normal Aberrus on Saturday and Dankinia’s floor-tank tally is at 60 deaths(this year)! Hooray for Kini!

There are 8 days left to speed level fresh alts to 70 with Pandaria Remix. Thanks to those who have been doing Guild carry runs (including Nagratz during Summer of Love). New event Radiant Echoes in Dalaran helps level current alts and get gear, transmog, pets and a mount (two really, because you get one for each faction).

And the new expansion War Within arrives Aug 26. Early access starts Aug 22.

Let’s all celebrate the return of everyone’s favorite cursed Legion Weapon, Xal’atath the Harbinger of the Void!

WoW Classic

Cataclysm continues to cataclysm, with a few folks still enjoying working their way through the content.

SWTOR

We conquered Section X last week on Star Forge and Balmorra on Shae Vizla. Prizes are available for everyone in the guild bank gift tabs. Now we are recovering on the beaches of Rishi. For the Empire!

ESO

For SoL Kramer ran an ESO themed one-shot D&D campaign which from all accounts was a lot of fun.

Kraemer has all of the mundus stones and crafting stations currently available at his primary residence. Feel free to stop by to use them if you need to.

FFXIV

Just a reminder that Map nights are on Saturday’s at 9:30 Eastern and right now are requiring that you be level 100 and have flying unlocked in all the Dawntrail zones.

Patch 7.0.8 should be coming out sometime this month or early next month, but nothing yet on what it entails, but it may be a tuning and bug fix patch.

STO

The entire Galaxy is going to Red Alert! From August 15th at 8am PT to August 22nd at 12pm PT on all platforms, all of our Red Alert events will be returning at once, as the Final Frontier is caught in a massive invasion on all sides. During this event, you’ll be able to play the following content:

Borg Red Alert

Elachi Red Alert

Tholian Red Alert

Tzenkethi Red Alert*

Nakuhl Red Alert

*Please note: As the only Red Alert with a fail condition, the Tzenkethi Red Alert will not grant daily bonus progress if you fail the TFO. The fail condition will likely be removed in future runs of this event.

In addition to their usual rewards, these Task Force Operations will also grant daily bonus progress. You’ll receive one Daily Progress each day for completing one Red Alert – doesn’t matter which one – on any character on your account. After you receive five daily progress, you’ll be rewarded with a package containing the following, once per account:

An Ultimate Tech Upgrade

A Specialization Point

You can also purchase this Grand Prize on the events page, if you’d prefer. The price will be prorated as you earn Daily Progress, becoming cheaper the more you play.

If you earn, or purchase, the event’s Grand Prize, you can still complete Red Alerts to earn Bonus Progress. Completing a Red Alert TFO each day will grant a bonus amount of Dilithium Ore, beginning at 8,000 and increasing by 1,000 for each completion thereafter.

Red Alert Task Force Operations are available to Captains of level 50 or higher. Head out and defend the Galaxy, Captains! Go to Red Alert!

LOTRO

The Middle-earth Venturing Pack is available for a limited time!

LIMITED TIME OFFER! Limit One Per Account! Steed, Riding Skill, Weapon Aura, Cosmetic Clothing, Milestone Skill, Crafting Tool, Silver, and Virtue XP!

Set your feet on the road to adventure! The Middle-earth Venturing Pack provides the following to one character:

The Riding Skill

Your choice of steed from one of the following: Steed of Bree, Steed of Michel Delving, Steed of Rivendell, Steed of Thorin’s Hall

The Uniform of the Border Scout cosmetic outfit to weather the road

A Westernesse Weapon Aura

21,000 virtue XP

Milestone Skill XI to find your way back

A Medium Pile of Copper Scraps worth 500 silver

A Universal Toolkit useful for any crafting profession.

The Middle-earth Venturing Pack can only be purchased once per account. Available through August 25th, 2024 in the LOTRO Store!

And with that, let’s get back to Gustytail and find out what’s going on in World of Warcraft.

GAME NEWS

WoW discussion in WoW Section up above

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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Gusty for joining us.

If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org You can find us on the AIE Discord and other non-Twitter social media.. We record live with video every other Sunday at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. You can join the chatroom and play along with us on our website at https://aie-guild.org/podcast-live-stream/ and look for the link to our discord server at https://aie-guild.org. And for past episodes, you can see them on our Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAIEPodcast ! Our theme was composed by the amazing Andrew Allen, follow him at @keyswithsoul! or visit his website https://andrewallenmusic.com/

And now it’s time to play all of the great AIE member segments we received this week, including…

Next time, we’ll be talking to Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann) to talk to us about his new book, The Gamer’s Journey. So until then, AIE…

– This is Gusty

– This is Mewkow

– This is Tetsemi

– This is Mkallah

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.