On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

• October is already going to hell! Or, at least Sanctuary


• WoW is getting ready for a huge milestone!


• Happy Star Trek day to all that celebrate!


• Taking a casual stroll through LOTRO


• And, in honor of Star Trek day we have Corley here to talk to us about AIE in StarWars The Old Republic

All that and more coming up right now…

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Welcome to episode #427 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (catch phrase here). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Corley who is here to talk to us about AIE in SWTOR Welcome!

Ok, we’ll be digging into SWTOR 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) (starting up again either the 21st or 28th) 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

Diablo 4’s first expansion, Vessel of Hatred, launches October 8. We’ll journey to the jungles of Nahantu to track down Mephisto, with access to a new Spiritborn class and Mercenaries to fight alongside us. The expansion will also introduce the Dark Citadel (a four player raid), and the Kurast Undercity (a time attack dungeon).

Season 6 also starts on October 8, with a revamped leveling experience, D4’s take on runewords, new endgame activities, and a group finder.

Post in the #diablo channel in Discord if you want to join the clan to chat and group with fellow AIE members. See you in Sanctuary!

No Man Sky just launched a new update – Aquarius – Fishing!

WoW

In Wow Retail, players were able to unlock Earthen as an Allied Race following a campaign update this week. The cinematics are glorious!

In a coming patch, Drak’thyr will be playable as six additional classes: Hunter, Warlock, Mage, Warrior, Rogue and Priest, with shadow priests getting some cool visuals for their wings.

The first Raid of War Within – Nerub-ar Palace – opens September 10 and Queen Ansurak has much to answer for.

Blizzard also announced plans for WoW’s 20th Anniversary, an event so massive that it’s going to run through November and December.

Features include a revamped Blackrock Depths raid/dungeon, Timewalking for Deadmines, Dire Maul (both sides), and Stratholme (also both sides). There will also be timey-wimey stuff with Chromie at the Caverns of Time, PvP fun in Alterac Valley, and special Warcraft 3 flavored items at the Trading Post.

Among notable loot, there will be a new mount: Coldflame Tempest – a blue version of Ashes of Al’ar, baby Doom Lord battle pets, and an updated Appearance for the Iconic Tier 2 armor sets. Paladins are rejoicing (YEAH!) and Gustyail can’t wait for a new set of goofy moose antlers. Death Knights, Demon Hunters, Monks and Evokers will get brand new sets, since they were not around way back then.

Raids and mythic 0s are opening with this coming reset. Mythic plus the following reset.

There will be timewalking Zul’farrak as well.

WoW Classic

From Bhock:

Got my first Sinestra kill, so only 2 hard modes (Nefarian and Council) remain and I doubt we’ll ever do Council HM. Still making good gold running a gDKP on Saturdays, so good time in game overall, even if I’m not sure of attendance with Firelands and the rest of the expansion, as most players will skip the rest until Mists of Pandaria,

And me, I will be a lot on Ashes of Creation, starting 10/25 Alpha 2

SWTOR

See Game News

ESO

We’ve been working on trials, killing world bosses, and helping each other collect gear.

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

The next Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXXIII (83) Set for September 28! This is the first live letter that will debut some of what will come with Patch 7.1. A new set of updates to the Graphical Update have also been announced, but most of the changes are incredibly subtle and difficult to read over a podcast, so check out the lodestone if you’re interested!

STO

Star Trek Day was Sept 8th! To celebrate, STO is running a special event until the 20th! At Earth and DS9 you can visit all the starring ships from Star Trek movies and television. Hailing all 10 ships will grant a special title!

The Flagship Celebration event has 4 days left! If you’ve not completed the event yet, you might still have time. If not, you could reduce the buyout price a bit if you desire!

The Galaxy goes to Red Alert starting Thursday, Sept 12th for 1 week. Participating for 5 days earns one an Ultimate Tech Upgrade and a Specialization Point!

Our fleet is hosting a fleet fun night Mondays at 10pm Eastern! You can join us in-game to run TFOs, or we can help you with troublesome missions, episodes, ship builds, or anything else you might need. If you can’t join us in-game, you can watch the fun at http://twitch.tv/grebog!

Fleet Action Report will be talking about Warbirds at 10pm Eastern on Thursday, Sept 12th! We’ll give you the details on all the different types of Warbirds, and what sets them apart from other ships in the game. As always, you can watch the fun on the same twitch address as above, http://twitch.tv/grebog.

LOTRO

There is big stuff on the horizon for lotro. Over the next 5 weeks, a casual stroll on Wednesday afternoon will be giving a sneak peek at the new landscapes in the upcoming expansion “Legacy of Morgoth”. Also, the starting area “Before the Shadow” is now available to everyone with a coupon code for 2 free steads. The code for the steads is GALADRIELSGIFT. The new instance “Dragon and the Storm” is now on the live servers. This too has a coupon code for a free green dragon portrait frame and a golden drakeling pet by using the code SMAUGSSPOILS. Be advised that both codes are 1/ account so use it wisely.

And with that, let’s get back to Corley and find out what’s going on in SWTOR.

GAME NEWS

Guild news:

Tuesdays – MFN 9pm EDT

Wednesday Ops Team has a spot open for permanent member 9pm EDT

Wednesdays Stask and Machete run PvP. Alternated between low level and max level. 8:30 pm EDT

Fridays alternate between GSF, Master Mode FPs, and stuff on SV. 8:30 pm EDT

Game Stuff:

There have been a few updates in the last few months.

7.5 and 7.5.1 have been released.

7.5 had the next part of the story and ended on a bit of a cliff hanger. Interested to see where it goes from here. Might be some good surprises coming for us.

7.5.1 launched the next Galactic Season The Greatest Bounty. Bounty Contract week is active while the Season is going on. No new companion again which is good. Also no rep except the one that is for the Bounty Brokers Association.

DvL bosses have returned to the game. Only the ones that are needed for the weekly objectives. Can be tough, but with enough people it can be a bit easier. This is something that we have been focusing on for MFN.

Only the first 16 in a group get drops from the boss for some reason. Tokens are currently per character, but will be legacy wide once the patch goes in on 10 Sept. Vendors for those tokens have some new items that are legacy bound, but old stuff has restrictions. Shared tagging works, but is restricted to the same faction.

A new set of Date Night with Vette and Aric Jorgan. Timothy Omundson returns to voice Aric Jorgan.

Twitch drops (going until 9/16) – speeder

Items in the Cartel Market inspired by The Acolyte and Star Wars: Visions.

Swoop racing is coming mid Sept.

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