On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

NOOB is back, baby!
The Galactic season has been extended
The Entire galaxy is on red alert!
FFXIV is at a crossroads
And, we are talking amongst ourselves

All that and more coming up right now…

Podcast Audio

Raw Video

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Welcome to episode #428 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 folks, there will be pan au chocolate in the guild kitchen). This week we have a host show! Welcome!

Ok, we’ll be digging into what we’ve been up to in and out of the game 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 – 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
There are at least 2 dungeons and dragon ongoing campaigns currently one being run be Dproberts on some sundays and the other by Kraemer29 on saturdays we next meet on october 26th for both scheduling we both have to deal with the epic IRL monster

Diablo IV – Vessel of Hatred launches on October 7th at 4 pm PDT with a new class, the Spiritborn, a reduction in base top level to 50, growing to 60 with the expansion, along with a multitude of new difficulty levels, and story.

WoW
Noob Raid resumed last week and since cross-faction LFR isn’t a thing, decided to make an attempt at Normal difficulty. They managed the first boss, but still needed a lot of practice for the second one. Next week is time walking so they will be making another attempt at getting rare mounts with a full clear of Ulduar.

WoW Classic
With the launch of Season of Discovery Phase 5 on Thursday, September 26 at 22:00 CEST, Blackwing Lair will become available. Blackwing Lair is tuned and intended for ~20 players but the instance is capped at a maximum of 40 players. Blackwing Lair is on a 7-day raid reset timer.

Zul’Gurub is tuned and intended for ~10 players, but the instance is capped at a maximum of 20 players. Zul’Gurub is on a twice-weekly raid reset timer.

New Raid: The Crystal Vale

Prince Thunderaan the Windseeker has broken free from his prison with the release of Phase 5 and will be available to all players as a newly reimagined raid encounter. Thunderaan is tuned and intended for ~20 players but the instance is capped at a maximum of 40 players. The Crystal Vale is on a twice-weekly reset timer.

Old Raid: The Molten Core

Available with weekly resets starting on September 24th, The Molten Core will become available to raid with an instance capped at a maximum of 40 players. It will remain tuned for 20 players.

SWTOR
We continue to work through Galactic Season 7, which has been extended 6 weeks. If you need help with the larger group objectives, join us on Tuesdays and/or Fridays. We’re looking forward to another Broadsword livestream this fall as they let us know what’s coming up.

ESO
We’ve been working on dailies as a group to earn event tickets for the current in-game event and watching as Dankinia jumps/falls off cliffs on the way to our objectives.

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.

STO
The entire Galaxy is going to Red Alert! From October 10th at 8am PT to October 17th at 12pm PT on Xbox and PlayStation, 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.

More here https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11571644

FFXIV
Crossroads, referred to as Patch 7.1, will release in mid-November 2024.
Aside from the main scenario, a variety of sidequests will also be added, including:

Allied Society Quests featuring the Pelupelu; they will have daily quests you can utilize to level combat jobs from 90-100.

A new Custom Deliveries client: Nitowikwe, who was encountered in the Dawntrail main scenario traveling through Shaaloani.

A capstone Role Quest for players who completed all Dawntrail role quests for combat jobs.

A capstone quest for Wachumeqimeqi Deliveries for players who completed all the crafting and gathering quests.

Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures, where Nashu Mhakaracca seems to have found herself in Solution Nine.

More can be found at https://novacrystallis.com/2024/09/final-fantasy-xiv-live-letter-83-summary-patch-7-1-detailed-ffxi-collab-chaotic-alliance-raids/

LOTRO
We are in the pre expansion hype. Legacy of Morgoth is now available for pre-sale. It is tentatively scheduled to go on November 6th. With the raid content in February 2025. Harvestmath is also almost here. It will run from 10/10 at 10 am eastern through November 3rd. The elf avatar update is also expected to arrive with update 42 Legacy of Morgoth. Lots of stuff happening on the horizon. Lastly, if you want or need any help in game, please let us know.

And with that, let’s chat about what we’ve been up to!

GAME NEWS
What we’ve been doing

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And that’s our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank US 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 Guest in Game. So until then, AIE…

– This is Mewkow
– This is Tetsemi
– This is Mkallah

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.