On this episode of The AIE Podcast…

We aren’t podfading, we promise
We have your World of Warcraft Summer of Love schedule
Try something casual this summer with SWTOR
Ill Omens are on the horizon for LOTR
and, we are talking amongst ourselves

All that and more coming up right now…

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Welcome to episode #444 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: – (hey guys, there is a lemon meringue pie in the guild kitchen, and chocolate chip cake, and pineapple upside down cake- I’ve been busy). And to my right is Mewkow: (catch phrase here). And, contrary what it may seem like, we aren’t podfading, it has just been a crazy summer so far. But, it’s time to get back on track cast those die!

Ok, we’ll be digging into what all we have been up to, 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. Schedules subject to change due to summer holidays, of course

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
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

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
Our Summer of Love event will begin on Monday, July 27 and run through Sunday, Aug 2. I will be creating a channel shortly, but here’s the schedule so far.

Mon, July 27 8pm Eastern
Ugly Mount Parade & Contest in Silvermoon. Show off your best and ugliest mounts. They need love too!

Tues, July 28, 8pm Eastern
Another Great Race: Alliance and Horde players create a new Haranir and race to the opposite faction’s capital. Who will get there first?

Wed, July 29, 7pm Eastern
Decor Home Tours: Come be inspired by the creativity and whimsy our guildies. While not required, the Guestbook addon allows you to leave notes for the home owner. (Such as, “Gusty, why is there a filthy Peon’s Work Bucket under your stairs?”)

Thurs, July 30, 7pm Eastern
Guild Hide & Seek: Hop in Discord and we will all queue at once for this new game in Silvermoon. We probably won’t be paired with guildies, but merriment will ensue.

Fri, July 31, 6pm Eastern
Decor gathering (and maybe a battle pet or two). Quests, dungeons, old raids. A couple of Warlocks and Mages would be welcome as some quests are faction specific.

Sat, Aug 1 , 4pm Eastern
Decor Craft Fair: BYO Lumber and let Gusty know in advance 1-2 items you are looking for, or any you can make . I’ll provide mats within reason, but donations are welcome. We’ll make more decor if possible. (PS Gusty has lots of Elek Plushies thanks to Shojo, and various other decor to give away).

Sun Aug 2, 2pm Eastern
Trial of Style
Strut your stuff in this transmog fashion show competition. Mismatch Mayhem IS a category and It’s extra fun with Guildies!

Sun, AUG 2 8pm Eastern – 7pm Central Remembrance Day.
This is the signature AIE annual event, which takes place across all of our game communities. Meet at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior near Crossroads to honor friends and family we have lost, followed by a procession to the back gates of Orgrimmar for a picnic and fireworks.

And, there is a Discord channel for Summer of Love now, check there for schedules and updates

WoW Classic
All is quiet on the western front

SWTOR
In Swtor, the guild has largely finished up with Galactic Season 10 with a few people getting those last few objectives in for the meta achievement. After all, who doesn’t like a good meta achievement? The PvP Season is ongoing and we do have some hardy souls participating in that. News of 8.0 is on the horizon, which will include new levels, new zones, new flashpoints, and even a new operation. We should hear more about it soon. Now is a pretty good time to get in and level up a character.

For some casual group fun, we continue to have our regular Tuesday night MFN. Here’s where you can learn more about the game, chat about all things nerdy, generally just hang out, and get a few objectives done. Everyone is welcome. We will be celebrating Summer of Love with a special MFN on July 2th and we will see the return of Star Wars Trivia!

ESO
The new Season One just started and includes a new quest series for the Thieves Guild.

The Microsoft layoff’s hit ZeniMax Online pretty hard. It seems like they lost about half of the active developers that work on content, events and dungeons. The previous roadmap for updates will probably shift considerably, but there are no specifics yet.

GW2
https://www.guildwars3.com/en/

Guild Wars 3 has been announced and beta being in Fall 2027 and sign ups are available at the link above.
FFXIV

The Berlin fanfest is happening on 25th. New job reveal and more expected https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/fa499f335a87707b8dfc578e8662aa2a724cdca4

LOTRO
Lots of stuff coming in the near future for lotro that we can group up for. Starting on July 23rd and running through August 11th will be the ill omens skirmish event. We can count on Maellung to be spending as much time doing skirmishes during this event. You are welcome to join him. The delving armour will be updated soon. Good opportunity to upgrade our armour at level cap. If you play on the legendary servers, later this summer Angmar and Mordor reach a major milestone. As players venture into the Mordor and North Mirkwood level bands, all Nine Nazgûl enter the fray, opening the door to some of the most challenging encounters yet. In PvMP news, monster players will be getting a new class for the first time in 18 years: the Angmarim Sorceress. And on July 31st we are expecting the new expansion name, setting and more to be revealed to us. Too much coming for us to remain patient for.

And with that, let’s find out what we’ve all been doing in and out of game

GAME NEWS

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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 BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/aiepodcast.bsky.social. We record live with video once a month on 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!

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

We will see you all in August! So until then, AIE…

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

And this has been… The AIE Podcast.