The AIE Podcast #398 – FFXIV: Violence and Fiddles

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Happy 2023!!! Now, back away slowly, we don’t want any trouble Time to get our raids, ops, maps, and trials back in order. Don’t forget Lunar New Year! Or, those Ill Omens! And, we have Kelseer here to talk about FFXIV! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/phgz1RUH9rI Open Welcome to episode #398 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mewkow: To my left is Mkallah: - (Hey, everyone, we are finally done with the holiday treats in the guild kitchen. Now, for Valentine’s day!). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Kelseer who is here to talk to us about AIE in FFXIV Welcome! Ok, we’ll be digging into FFXIV 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. Please be aware, we have a change of schedule with STO Sunday - WoW Classic 2 pm Eastern Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern Tuesday - SWTOR 9 pm Eastern Wednesday - Thursday - FFXIV (Sprout Raid) 10:00 pm Eastern Thursday- STO 11:00 pm Eastern Friday - ESO 9 pm Eastern Friday - FFXIV (Mount Farming) Various times, usually starting at 8pm EST or later Friday - FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9pm Eastern Saturday - LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern Saturday - FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11 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- SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema) https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/ Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema) https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/ 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 New World AIE has a handful of people checking in each week as the overall population of New World continues to grow and the "recent reviews" continue to remain high. The new zones and holiday content were a highlight. It's quiet but if anyone wants to check it out they just need to ask and we can get them in the AIE Company. No Man Sky is wrapping up their end-of-year expedition replays which are a fun way to see the game. Lost Ark The AIE presence has been reduced to one guild. Membership is still open for anyone to join. As always, drop a request in the lostark discord channel once you've submitted an application. Activity is low for the game, use discord to find partners for activities. The game's roadmap for 2023 includes a new continent next month while the January update going live on the 18th features a special themed "Witcher" event with various cosmetics. (Rich opportunity to discuss all the Netflix Witcher drama). Roadmap: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/2023-roadmap-part1 January Update: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/january-2023-update-announce WoW Now that the holidays are past us, Noob Raid has resumed. We are currently working though wing 1 and 2 of LFR. Unfortunately due to game restraints, there is an ilvl requirement of 359 but in a few weeks we will probably dive into normal. WoW Classic Acclaimed Ulduar 10/25 raid is starting next Thursday, with a Hard Mode available for each boss independently Current (older) 10 man content will drop 25 man content, to stay relevant Current (older) 25 man content will drop even more 25 man ...