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This episode we welcome Arlee from MMORPG, MMO Champion and, most importantly, the Big Green Nuclear Bear Tank from the guild Phalanx of Nod (Fimlys and Zabby’s guild). Twisted Links Hydra un-boxing after the interview is a Razer’s TARTARUS V2 and Razer’s Kitty Ears for Razer Kraken Coming Soon… Next is Episode 317, [...]

This show will be all about the upcoming patch 8.2. I talk to Grand Nagus about the game and all things wow, while we dive into the notes of 8.2 from MMO Champion. Of course you guys responded on Twitter to 8.2 details and I have done some more things on the rogue.... and it's all about the alts again! If you want to follow Grand Nagus and all the podcast adventures:  Corpse Run Radio podcast website link crr.podbean.com  Twitter for CRR: twitter.com/CorpseRunRadio  CRR on Twitch: twitch.tv/corpserunradio CtrlAltWoW podcast website: ctrlaltwow.blogspot.com CtrlAltWoW twitch page: twitch.tv/ctrlaltwowpodcast  Where to find the showwww.whispersofwar.podbean.com/ twitter: @whispers_of_war@McMonkeyzemail: whispersofwarpodcast@gmail.com    

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mewkow: the AIE DIvision is Strong Tetsemi: AIE and Celebration are coming to Chicago Mkallah: The cake is… not a lie? Mewkow: We have an update from the Warfront Tetsemi: and Abovan is here to talk about AIE in FFXIV All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/XOS09xdHULQ Open Mkallah: - Welcome to episode #317 of the the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Mewkow: - (catch phrase here). And to my right is Tetsemi: (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Abovan 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. A couple of games have moved days so make sure you double check when each game is running MFN. Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern Tuesday - SWTOR 9 pm Eastern Wednesday - FFXIV 10 pm Eastern Friday - ESO 9 pm Eastern Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11 pm Eastern Sunday - STO 8:30 pm Eastern Streaming and guild podcast newsi SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 285: Oricon Trail http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-285-oricon-trail/ This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-285 take a look at guild heraldry on the PTS and get back to some Dread Master lore with a discussion of Oricon SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 286: Something Dreadful This Way Comes http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-286-something-dreadful-this-way-comes/ This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-286 walk through the Dreadful Entity fight… because we, along with an awesome cross guild group, did it this week! NOMADS AIE in The Division 2. The Clan is doing well and having a lot of fun in the game. We're rank 17 (out of 30) with 27 members total. The first post-launch content update was released this past Friday and unlocks the new World Tier 5 that features the latest Stronghold: Tidal Basin. Also, the first "Apparel Event" titled "Invasion" is running until May 2nd. During this time you can earn up to 30 apparel items. Should you earn them all during the event you'll be awarded a special apparel item: The Black Tusk uniform. These 30 items will be available in the usual apparel caches and store after the event, but you can only earn the special Black Tusk uniform during the event. Apparel items include clothing, weapon skins, and emotes. The first raid, an 8 player activity, will go live on April 25th, later this month and our clan members are eagerly awaiting it. Get in and gear up now. Ask about the game in AIE Discord's #thedivision2 text channel. Receiving an invite is as simple as asking for one there for your UPlay ID. You can also look up the clan, "AIE Nomads", and request an invite that way. WoW The AIE Alliance guild is growing with 119 characters currently. Reminder, you just need to submit an application in Umami, leave the Faction as Horde and the officers will correct it when reviewing the application. Don't worry about the level either, just race/class and name and you're set. We are still having issue with gmail accounts, so check the LFO channel for acceptance, as the officers will announce when they've accepted those applications. In game news, the Artifact Knowledge ramp up will continue for the next 4 weeks to make sure everyone is ready for the 8.2 content. A number of players have reached level 50 on their necklace and currently you do not get anything for completing WQ's that award just azerite. Patch 8.2 is soon to be on the PTR (encrypted currently) and several outlets have had interviews with Ion Hazzikostas on what's to come, mostly around systems, flying and very little on content spoilers. WoWHead and MMO-Champion both have good write-ups and links to the originals, though, be warned,

Technically PVP Show Notes   Episode 66 - More Blizzcon News   Upcoming WoW PVP Events Resurgent ESB Monday Fight nights   WOW PVP NEWS There were a couple 1v1 tournaments on the Classic Demo server! :) https://challonge.com/StaysafeTV https://challonge.com/zao4cs8f Forums are getting a redo: https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/breaking/22764995   Subject of Analysis Blizzcon Dev Interviews There are no plans for improvements on PvP gearing, the dev team wants to see the 8.1 changes on the PvE side in action first before coming up with anything for PvP Free for All PvP Quests are scheduled to make a return in Nazjatar. Wintergrasp is coming back as an Epic Battleground! The Island Expedition's AI was improved to more likely behave like players and be used in Battlegrounds. Just like players, the AI likes to jump a lot! PvP Warfronts are currently not planned, but it is an idea the dev team discusses consistently. PvP Zone Objectives (like the PvP towers in Terokkar Forest) are scheduled to make an appearance in Nazjatar For Tides of Vengeance, the team is working on reviewing the state of abilities added to the GCD and many movement abilities will likely be removed from it. Since revamps for Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch were announced, we were curious if Alterac Valley would receive a similar revamp. No plans at the current time. Maybe something to get around to later on. WSG and AB are more compact so you see more at once. They are also two popular battlegrounds and part of the Rated Battleground rotation. What about Ashenvale getting an update now that Warsong Gulch has one? Slippery slope! https://www.wowhead.com/news=288498/latam-content-creators-interview-with-jeremy-feasel-and-paul-watkins-flying-in-n https://www.wowhead.com/news=288433/blizzcon-2018-mamytwink-battle-for-azeroth-interview-with-jeremy-feasel-and-tina https://www.wowhead.com/news=288454/method-blizzcon-interview-with-morgan-day-and-ely-cannon-nazjatar-reaping-detail https://www.wowhead.com/news=288418/blizzcon-2018-interview-with-ion-hazzikostas-and-chris-robinson-azshara-raises-n MMO-Champion puts blogs several interviews together There is a relatively even balance of people who play Alliance or Horde. Overall win rates in random battlegrounds are "shockingly even." Epic battlegrounds tend to favor Alliance and the other battlegrounds skew a bit more in the Horde's favor. The ratio seems of win rates is about 54% Horde and 46% Alliance, not including Rated Battlegrounds. The amount of players who utilize War Mode currently skew towards Horde. In Tides of Vengeance, the team is looking into offering some kind of increased rewards for the less-represented faction in War Mode, so the risk and reward are better calibrated. Ion suspects that many Alliance players had bad experiences in War Mode in the beginning of the expansion and have turned off War Mode because of it. The purpose of increased awards is to make up for the risk of being killed by the opposite faction, but they want to keep this on equal grounds, and their hope is that increasing the rewards of the less represented faction will encourage more people to activate War Mode when their faction is at a disadvantage. Ion admits that Berserking is a bit too powerful of a racial ability for some classes and this is why it is receiving a small nerf. Historically, PvP servers have always been more Horde-favored. It might have to do with player identity in the game, such as wanting to be something battle-hardened like an orc. Blizzard is also keeping an eye on class and specialization appearance rates in PvP combat. https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/8158-Enhancement-Shaman-PTR-Changes-Forbes-Eurogamer-Interviews-Podcast-Interviews Including a Forbes interview with Ion about PVP: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/2018/11/07/blizzard-working-to-balance-warcrafts-alliance-and-horde-players-in-war-mode-raiding/#5e4361df3c18 What’s next panel https://www.wowhead.com/news=288351/blizzcon-2018-world-of-warcraft-whats-next-panel CDew streams a review of the Blizzcon games and told his secrets https://youtu.be/1TWvmhhdGAs Trivia question Previous episode question was: What is the name of the pandaren racial trait that reduces falling damage?  A: Bouncy! Congrats to Verlane for being the first to answer again!     Send your answer to Technicallypvp@gmail.com.  First correct answer will earn a shout out on the next show.   Shoutouts Quick thanks to Verlane for sending his AWC predictions and his reasoning!  He guessed it would be Gosu Crew losing to Skill Capped 4-1.   Finding Us Podcast Cohosts Technically - https://www.twitch.tv/technically_pvp https://twitter.com/Technically_PvP https://discord.gg/w7WZ9ab https://blizzard.com/invite/gPmLWK3F9e0 Technicallypvp@gmail.com https://technicallypvp.wordpress.com/ Andallyn - https://twitter.com/Andallyn1244 https://www.twitch.tv/andallyn Windstead - https://twitter.com/windstead84  

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mkallah: Anyone doing anything August 14th? Mewkow: Conquest drops with a thunk Tetsemi:Final Fantasy 14 is free for a few! Mkallah: The housing market in ESO is hot! Mewkow: And, we are our own guests! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/Tysd1EhHgSk Open Welcome to episode #295 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi: To my left is is Mkallah: (Hey guys, there is a mocha java cake in the guild kitchen) . And to my right Mewkow (Greetings, gamers!) It's been a while, so we are having a host show, to talk about what AIE is up to and what we are doing in and out of game. Ok, we'll be chatting soon, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community This month's community event will be in World of Warcraft during the Micro-holiday on April 28th, Honor a Guard! We're going to celebrate the event and parade around Orgrimmar. Next month's community event will also be in WoW, helping folks who want to participate in the Balloon Tour events and those that need help with PvP for Children's Week to finally finish off What a Long, Strange, Trip it's Been achievement. WoW August 14, the day before Cyberwaif's birthday, AND the announced release date of Battle for Azeroth! With this announcement, the physical collector's edition is available for sale and includes a hardcover book with two novella's exclusive to the physical collector's edition with story about Battle for Azeroth. Excerpts were posted by Blizzard and are really worth reading - https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21647285/collector-s-edition-a-tale-of-two-novellas For those of you not getting the physical collector's edition, the novella's will be for sale in digitial form minus all the artwork that is exclusive to the hard cover version. If you've already bought the expansion digitally in either standard or collector's edition form and order the physical version, Blizzard will refund the cost of your initial purchase to your account's Battle.net balance. Some highlights from the PAX East announcement - Dark Iron Dwarves and Mag'har Orcs will be the first two new Allied Races. Play through the War Campaign at release and unlock them. Kul'Tiran and Zandalari Trolls will come later in the expansion. Another round of realm connections is coming! The pre-expansion patch will include content in Darkshore that tells the backstory of the Burning of Teldrassil. It will include both story quests and replayable skirmishes with elites. There will be 2.5D animated pieces that tells the story of the Burning of Teldrassil. Check out more information over at MMO-Champion and WoWHead which have been tracking all the announcements and dev interviews. https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/7489-Battle-for-Azeroth-Releases-August-14th Also, if you are in Alpha and want to join the AIE Guild there, we have formed Alea Iacta Est Audacia on the Sylvanas server on the Alliance side. That's right, we're on the Alliance side so we don't spoil the Horde storyline since that's where the majority of our folks will be playing at the start. Just hop into the #WoW channel in AIE Discord and ask for an invite or DM Tetsemi on Discord as well. SWTOR Mandatory Fun Night, where attendance is optional, but fun is mandatory, is on the Republic side this week. They will be tackling GoTM as their main objective with the possibility of another MFN randomly popping up later in the week depending on Conquest goals. As always please keep track of AIE Discord and the #SWTOR channel for up to date information and make sure you've completed your story line far enough to have your own ship. Since we were gone both patch 5.8 and 5.8a dropped with a loud thud or clank depending on who you talk to. Major highlights were the Conquest overhaul, the return of followers and the final boss of GoTM, Izax. Links to both sets of notes are below,

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Mewkow: Check your calendar Tetsemi: So Many Patchnotes Mkallah: Mandatory fun, not just for SWTOR Mewkow: TSW, FFXIV, and STO, oh my! Tetsemi: And, we have Dankinia and Anwyl from NOOB raid! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/HtqB2VFXfvg Open Welcome to episode # of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Mkallah. To my left is my right is Mewkow (catch phrase here) and to my left is Tetsemi: - (catch phrase here). This week we are joined by special guests Dankinia and Anwyl who are here to talk to us about AIE's NOOB Raid in WOW . Welcome! Ok, we'll be talking to the lovely ladies of Noob Raid shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community Blizzcon announced, hotel rooms opened, ticket sales days Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 7 p.m. Pacific Time and Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. We are already discussing the Guild Hall for 2017- more information on the specifics- and how you can help, coming soon! Also, looking for events in the games we play? Make sure to check out the Guild Calendar on the Wiki - https://wiki.aie-guild.org/index.php?title=Guild_Calendar WoW Patch 7.2 releases March 28th. MMO-Champion has a good writeup on getting prepared for patch 7.2 - http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/6473-Patch-7-2-Preparation-Character-Services-Sale-Blue-Posts-PvP-Title-Cutoff-Key-Art But since there's only a day left (Monday) before the patch goes live, but here's the highlights, Get Your Artifact Weapon to (at least) 35 Traits - Once you've earned 35 traits in your Artifact Weapons, you'll be eligible for a new questline to empower your weapon. Cap Your Artifact Knowledge - Caps at 25 and will cap to 50 in 7.2 Complete Order Hall Class Campaign - To continue with your order hall campaign in 7.2, you must have completed all currently available order hall quests. Collect 25,000 Order Resources for New Order Hall upgrades - The first upgrade (tier 7) costs 10,000 x Order Resources and takes one day to research. The second (tier 8) costs 15,000 x Order Resources and research completion will take 5 days. You'll also need Order Resources for purchasing new artifact knowledge ranks (which now caps at 50). Earn the Broken Isles Pathfinder, Part One Achievement Max Reputations to Exalted for Paragon - For each 10,000 reputation earned past Exalted, you will earn a supply reward similar to those awarded by Emissary Quests. Level Class Hall Champions - All Champions will now be able to reach Legendary quality, which unlocks a third equipment slot. Gather Crafting Materials for new BoE Legendaries Sell Excess Gathered Materials Before Flying is Unlocked - With Flying, gathering becomes easier, supply increases and prices drop on the AH. Level Battle Pets Collect Transmog Items WoWHead has a link to Blizzard's 7.2 Video Survival Guide that was an IGN exclusive - http://www.wowhead.com/news=261625/blizzards-patch-7-2-video-survival-guide There was also another developer Q&A with Ryan Shwayder (Senior Game Designer) covering the 7.2 content - http://www.wowhead.com/patch-7-2-live-march-28th SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 186 - Level Synch and Bolster This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-186 talk about how level sync and bolster work in general and why they are useful in SWTOR. They also touch on other game and community news for the week from SWTOR in general and remind everyone that our casual, family-friendly multi-game guild is always looking for new members. The officer channel on Jedi Covenant is at /cjoin aielfo and more guild information is at http://aie-guild.info/swtor Catch the live podcast and chat room on Tuesday nights around 10:30pm central at http://twitch.tv/newoverlords. Follow and subscribe on Twitter, YouTube, Twitch, etc. to hear podcast news and see the other guild streams.

For videos, audios, and all things CtR, join us online at http://converttoraid.com Gizmo (Lords of the Storm podcast) and John Horstmann (BlizzPro.com) join the crew this week to talk about the latest in World of Warcraft and other fun stuff! Intro 4:30 - Dairies on going from hardcore to casual WoW play 8:00 - John on gearing in WoW without raiding 13:05 - WoW to hold a Q&A this week before Patch 7.1. What do we expect to hear? 31:45 - Leveling stats from MMO-Champion 39:40 - Blizzcon updates! Gear store, Diablo Party, Well Played Party 49:20 - Heroes of the Storm: New Hero + Brawls on PTR 53:55 - Hearthstone updates 55:30 - Overwatch: Halloween Season Play 1:04:00 - Jeff Kaplan talks about OW Development 1:11:40 - Q&A??? 1:15:15 - Outro Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/converttoraid or individually: Pat Krane -- http://twitter.com/PatKrane Dairies -- http://twitter.com/BoredMind Gizmo -- http://twitter.com/Gizmozord John -- http://twitter.com/KickedTripod

Artifact hidden appearances have been found! Still looking for yours? We might be able to give you a hand in our latest episode. Couldn’t make it to the show? You can watch it right here! Here are some links we mentioned during the show:Wowhead guide to Hidden Artifact Appearances - http://www.wowhead.com/guides/artifact-weapons/hidden-potentialWowhead - Feral Druid hidden artifact help - http://www.wowhead.com/item=139552/feather-of-the-moonspirit#commentsHoly paladin hidden artifact Divine Shield appearance (thanks reddit!) - https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/54jm7i/using_divine_shield_while_equipped_with_the/Wowhead - Demonology Warlock artifact help - http://www.wowhead.com/item=139576/visage-of-the-first-wakener#comments:id=2413156Unholy Death Knight hidden appearance news on Mmo-Champion - http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/6008-Unholy-Artifact-Appearance-Xavius-and-Cenarius-Kill-Videos-Oct-3-Hotfixes-TweetsTracking your hidden appearance achievements (thanks reddit!) - https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/54856y/tracking_hidden_artifact_skins_progress/You can watch future episodes live on twitch at twitch.tv/reinsofazeroth or watch past episodes on YouTube. Share your mount/toy/achievement collection stories, pics and questions – @reinsofazeroth or reinsofazeroth@gmail.com. Thank you to Sirius for our wonderful twitch artwork! To see more of Sirius’ art or to commission her, visit her website at https://supersirius.net.

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... AIE still in Discord Class Order Hall Go FFXIV is heading back to the Library! We have Captain Cybyl's STO update           And Hoots and Turbo are here to talk to us about AIE in EVE! All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/hqbmdFVBeAw Open Welcome to episode #261 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Tetsemi. To my left is Mkallah: - (there is a sopapilla cheesecake in the guild kitchen). This week we are joined by special guest Hoots and Turboadiction who is here to talk to us about AIE in EVE Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into Eve shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community Just a reminder that we have an AIE Discord server for all games and activities that AIE is involved in. Just hit the front page of http://umami.aie-universal.net and once you've authenticated, check the bulletin entitled - AIE's Discord Server. Oh, and big AIE podcast news! Tetsemi and I had a meeting and we decided…… no, we aren't the podcast, but we decided on a new third chair! He will be joining us in the next few shows and is an awesome member of our community, In fact, there are some weeks when I am pretty sure he has provided half of the show material for us. Wonder who it is? You will have to tune in and see…. Or hear. WoW Too busy playing … I'm kidding, there have been a ton of hotifxes for content and class abilities, to keep up to date, check WoWHead or MMO-Champion, they always have a good list of the hotfixes and developer communication. Speaking of developer communication, Blizzard held a Q&A with Ion Hazzikostas this week and covered topics ranging from the state of launch up through Patch 7.1 (Return to Kharazan) and when it will hit the PTR. I love that they're already talking about more content even though I'm currently drowning in things to do in game, which is amazing. https://www.twitch.tv/warcraft/v/88435402 Stuck away from the computer and want to check up on your Class Order Hall? Download the Legion Companion App on iOS or Android and you send your followers on missions, collect rewards from those missions, recruit new minions and see what world quests are available when you get back to the computer. Announcement/Links https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/20271495/introducing-the-legion-companion-app FAQ: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20749095813 EVE See Game News section FFXIV Square Enix has announced some details on the next big content patch 3.4 Players are going to be tasked with heading back into the Great Gubal Library to retrieve untold tomes of powerful knowledge as well as venturing into Xelphatol to prevent another summoning of Garuda by the Ixal. Preview images for the patch, showing off the MSQ, the new Tomestone gear, housing additions, and the upcoming double-cross hotbar http://massivelyop.com/2016/09/08/final-fantasy-xiv-previews-the-main-scenario-and-dungeons-of-patch-3-4/ LOTRO Gorgesh posted in the forums about a recent developer interview with a community site, covering a timeline for content through 2018. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57199-layoffs-at-turbine/#entry953202 Turbine is calling the next major content release an expansion, so it will be a significant update, which I understand will take us into Mordor and eventually up to the Black gate. Links to Dadi's interview below http://dadislotroguides.com/dadis-exclusive-interview-with-the-lotro-team-part-1/ http://dadislotroguides.com/dadis-exclusive-interview-with-the-lotro-team-part-2/ SWTOR Escape Podcast Cast 158 and 159, Quick Tips II and III are up on the feed. Max and Sema cover more in game tips and tricks, even covering things veteran player might not know or may have forgotten. Want a refresher on the game and some good ideas on how to do things more efficiently? Tune in to the podcast every Tuesday Night around 10:30 pm C...

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Tetsemi: Rocket chat fixes are in the works Mkallah: Why do YOU love AIE? Tetsemi SWTOR Patch 4.1 broke some stuff and 4.1a fixed some stuff Mkallah: The Nomads try out Blade and Soul Tetsemi: And we have Alanya and Nevermore here to talk about the AIE Anniversary weekend Shenanigans in WOW All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/IO8reYy1ARQ Open Mkallah: - Welcome to episode #249 of the the podcast celebrating the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has ben podcast. This is Mkallah: To my left is Tetsemi - (Gotta catch them all). Alludra is out this evening, spending her Valentines Day with her wonderful husband and sons. This week we are joined by special guests Allanya and Nevermore who are here to talk to us the Anniversary Weekend Celebration for AIE in WOW. Welcome! Ok, we'll be digging into Anniversary festivities shortly, but first, let's cover this week's news... AIE News Community AIE is using Rocket.Chat - http://aie.community and there's a fix in the next couple of days for folks that are having trouble authenticating. We'll post updates to Twitter and on the forums when folks that were having issues can try again. Sadly, AIE has lost one of our own- Patchem passed away on December 31, 2015. His wife Tabitha reached out to let us know that he loved the guild and was proud to call himself a member of AIE. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57043-in-remembrance-of-patchem NOMADS Nomads have wandered into Blade & Soul (Korean style MMORPG) and are on server Old Man Cho with a clan name of Nomas. If you're interested take a look at http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56782-blade-soul WoW Why do you love AIE? Well, share the love- Jayblz started a forum port called “Reason No 852 Why I love AIE, thanking Runwa, Ysaw, and Karius for being awesome guildies and offering to give him (or her) Medaltions of the Legion to help acquire flying. Thank you, guys, for being such great guildies! This is what this amazing community is all about! And please, if you have a great interaction with another guildie, let us know about it. Email the officers, post on the forums, tweet it out! http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/56997-reason-no-852-why-i-love-aie Legion to release some time after the June 10th, 2016 launch of the Warcraft Movie, not a surprise to anyone, but that's a lot of time to participate in guild events and try out all the other games AIE is in! If you'd like more details, such as they are, feel free to look at the summary on MMO-Champion which includes more news from other Blizzard games as well. http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5481-Activision-Blizzard-Q4-2015-Earning We'd like to thank all the people that hosted events and attended them as well for AIE's 9th Anniversary in WoW. SWTOR Patch 4.1 came out and it added a new chapter to the ongoing story (Chapter X) and it also broke some things. It was quickly followed up by patch 4.1a. If you're enjoying the new content, frustrated by bugs, or just want to talk about the patch, come on over to the Patch 4.1 discussion on the forums - http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/57039-patch-41 Escape Pod Cast Epsiode #129 - A First Look at 4.1 is out, it was recorded the day 4.1 came out and contains first impressions of it. http://forum.myextralife.com/topic/51359-swtor-escape-pod-cast/page-33#entry948464 http://www.newoverlords.com/swtor-escape-pod-cast-129-first-look-at-4-1 And with that, let's get back to Alanya and Nevermore and find out what all happened during the AIE Anniversary weekend in WOW .. CLOSE And that's our show for tonight. While the chatroom begins suggesting show titles, we want to thank Alanya and Nevermore for joining us. @aie_wow #aieguild @benthemage (no he isn't anymore :( ) @quotednevermore If you have a question or comment about our show, you can email us at podcast@aie-guild.org.

A community-focused Blizzard & World of Warcraft Podcast. For the people. By some people. Episode 24 of the Lagging Balls podcast, hosted by Thorn & Thyst: "Fun On Tap!" Feedback, comments, & submissions: laggingballs@gmail.com Full show notes available here: http://bit.ly/1izBJ0L On this episode we cover: Blizzardy Ear Candy Headless Horse-end Farewell Dear Friend http://ourpeacefulplanet.com WoW vs. “Traditional Social Life” BlizzCon Virtual Ticket http://blizz.ly/1Skx1AR BlizzCon Charity Auction http://blizz.ly/1OkdLVu Warcraft Movie Official Poster & Confirmed Trailer http://bit.ly/1NnDpXW Movie Trailer Screenshots http://bit.ly/1N9VnsC Questions for Devs via MMO Champion http://bit.ly/1N9VnsC November WoW Events Pre-BlizzCon Heroes of the Storm Matches Divergent Gaming Nov 6 NA Open Tournament http://bit.ly/1KVWnyJ #Underwatch Memes http://bit.ly/1RMmX2y New Overwatch Hero: D.Va http://bit.ly/1PiwD65 Overpwn Datamining http://bit.ly/1NnE2Ry

This week, the guys are joined by Jules Scott from Tauren Think Tank! World of Warcraft PvP developer Brian Holinka made an appearance during the NA Arena Qualifier for Blizzcon to talk about the upcoming changes for PvP in WoW’s next expansion. One of the big reveals was that player stats will be based on the character’s specialization firstly, not their gear. That in conjunction with other changes should allow Blizzard more power to tune PvP than ever before without affecting PvE. The flying patch was NOT released this week, but MMO-Champion.com did parse the numbers for flying achievements on 2 million current players. The numbers don’t reflect a real drive for players to fly in Draenor. Could it be that this patch is coming too late in the expansion, or is there really no need to fly in WoD? Also, Reddit goes crazy over last week’s show, the Blizzcon goodie bag is revealed, Diablo, Heroes and Hearthstone make the Battlenet News, and one news article asks the question: Does Blizzard need World of Warcraft anymore? Plus, more on the Well Played Party at Blizzcon, your questions and more!

This week, the guys are joined by Jules Scott from Tauren Think Tank! World of Warcraft PvP developer Brian Holinka made an appearance during the NA Arena Qualifier for Blizzcon to talk about the upcoming changes for PvP in WoW’s next expansion. One of the big reveals was that player stats will be based on the character’s specialization firstly, not their gear. That in conjunction with other changes should allow Blizzard more power to tune PvP than ever before without affecting PvE. The flying patch was NOT released this week, but MMO-Champion.com did parse the numbers for flying achievements on 2 million current players. The numbers don’t reflect a real drive for players to fly in Draenor. Could it be that this patch is coming too late in the expansion, or is there really no need to fly in WoD? Also, Reddit goes crazy over last week’s show, the Blizzcon goodie bag is revealed, Diablo, Heroes and Hearthstone make the Battlenet News, and one news article asks the question: Does Blizzard need World of Warcraft anymore? Plus, more on the Well Played Party at Blizzcon, your questions and more!

Greetings Geeks! This week on the show Tarley and Britzza talk about the quiet week in WoW. Oh, and the recent sub losses and the Legion Announcement! World of Warcraft down to 5.6 million subscribers: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/08/06/world-of-warcraft-subscribers-down/ Why World of Warcraft Lost So Many Subscribers: http://kotaku.com/why-world-of-warcraft-lost-so-many-subscribers-1702814469 Legion Announced! MMO Champion’s Full Overview: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/5071-Legion-is-the-next-World-of-Warcraft-expansion! http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/06/blizzards-huge-world-of-warcraft-legion-expansion-hits-beta/ http://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/13199-wow-legion-details-at-gamescom-interview-with-tom-chilton-ion-hazzikostas/ http://warcraft.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/gamescom-2015-legion-interview-with-tom-chilton-ion-hazzikostas Dev Talk Q&A 09/08/2015: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/ ________________________________________________________________ Thankyou very much for listening. Our show, as always, is available in iTunes, Stitcher, Youtube, and Twitch You can also catch us on Twitter: @GeeksofAzeroth Tarley - @Tarley_pawz Zul - @Zulgeek Tom - @Britzza_EG You can contact the show with your messages, questions, and shoutouts via geeksofazerotheg@gmail.com And remember to check us out on www.epicgeeks.co.uk for more shows. We’ll be back same time, same place next week - until then have a great week in Azeroth!

This week, the guys are back for all the latest WoW news… and beyond! Players got a preview of Hellfire Citadel in the form of a new post on the World of Warcraft website. Inside, it gives a broad overview of the characters and encounters raiders will face along with some very green pictures. Designers also gave some of their notes and insights on how they approached the encounters from a design perspective, which is a very cool twist! MMO-Champion released the latest raiding statistics for Blackrock Foundry. And while the health of raiding overall looks great, is there too large of a gap between heroic difficulty and mythic? The guys will give you the breakdown inside this episode. The Q&A with Lead Game Designer Ion Hazzikostas was pushed back a week to make room for a Heroes of the Storm lifestream event, and players erupted online. The CtR crew takes a look at some of the issues Warcraft players are facing right now, including the fact that WoW has to share the spotlight with some of the new Blizzard IPs. Because it looks like we’re heading into a new age of Blizzard Entertainment, CtR tries out a new segment! The Battlenet News takes a look at the big headlines from other Blizzard games. Heroes of the Storm officially released this week introducing Johanna as the latest hero, Hearthstone will be offering hero skins soon™, and Overwatch has been releasing a ton of gameplay footage over the last couple of weeks.   Also inside: World of Warcraft is to be one of the first to be inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, fans react to Koltrane’s announcement last week, your questions and much more!

This week, the guys are back for all the latest WoW news… and beyond! Players got a preview of Hellfire Citadel in the form of a new post on the World of Warcraft website. Inside, it gives a broad overview of the characters and encounters raiders will face along with some very green pictures. Designers also gave some of their notes and insights on how they approached the encounters from a design perspective, which is a very cool twist! MMO-Champion released the latest raiding statistics for Blackrock Foundry. And while the health of raiding overall looks great, is there too large of a gap between heroic difficulty and mythic? The guys will give you the breakdown inside this episode. The Q&A with Lead Game Designer Ion Hazzikostas was pushed back a week to make room for a Heroes of the Storm lifestream event, and players erupted online. The CtR crew takes a look at some of the issues Warcraft players are facing right now, including the fact that WoW has to share the spotlight with some of the new Blizzard IPs. Because it looks like we’re heading into a new age of Blizzard Entertainment, CtR tries out a new segment! The Battlenet News takes a look at the big headlines from other Blizzard games. Heroes of the Storm officially released this week introducing Johanna as the latest hero, Hearthstone will be offering hero skins soon™, and Overwatch has been releasing a ton of gameplay footage over the last couple of weeks.   Also inside: World of Warcraft is to be one of the first to be inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, fans react to Koltrane’s announcement last week, your questions and much more!

This week, the CtR crew has the latest on what’s happening in WoW — so buckle up! Blackrock Foundry Raid Finder Wing 4 was released this week, and experiences were varied. While some groups struggled, others breezed through in minutes to make this one of the shorter raid content releases in Warlords of Draenor. What makes for some of the differences, and what can you do to help make this a smooth fight for everyone? The WoW Token is coming soon™ according to Blizzard, and with the latest patch have created a WoW Token area in the Auction House user interface. Though it’s not live yet, once trading begins you’ll be able to purchase a token for $20 USD. But what will the selling price be? MMO-Champion.com released more raiding stats direct from the WoW Armory to examine completion rates of raids in Warlords. How does this compare with raiding in Siege of Orgrimmar and other past raids? Are we seeing a growing trend in the end game?   Plus, we have a ton of reaction from our last show, your questions and more to get to this week!

This week, the CtR crew has the latest on what’s happening in WoW — so buckle up! Blackrock Foundry Raid Finder Wing 4 was released this week, and experiences were varied. While some groups struggled, others breezed through in minutes to make this one of the shorter raid content releases in Warlords of Draenor. What makes for some of the differences, and what can you do to help make this a smooth fight for everyone? The WoW Token is coming soon™ according to Blizzard, and with the latest patch have created a WoW Token area in the Auction House user interface. Though it’s not live yet, once trading begins you’ll be able to purchase a token for $20 USD. But what will the selling price be? MMO-Champion.com released more raiding stats direct from the WoW Armory to examine completion rates of raids in Warlords. How does this compare with raiding in Siege of Orgrimmar and other past raids? Are we seeing a growing trend in the end game?   Plus, we have a ton of reaction from our last show, your questions and more to get to this week!

The guys are back with a brand new show in the brand new year! Over the break, the last boss of the Highmaul raid was released in the Looking for Raid difficulty. Did LFR live up to the promise of Blizzcon 2013 as being “tourist mode,” or were there unexpected results? The CtR crew weighs in, and Dairies response may surprise you! Patch 6.1 hits the test realms, and the data mining has already gone deep! The guys will give you some of the big highlights, which include a Legendary garrison follower, a couple of new toys, a new mount, and more. Blackrock Foundry is also set to release around the time 6.1 should be hitting live servers in late February. How does the timing compare to that of Mists of Pandaria, and what do we know about this new schedule for raid releases? The 10th Anniversary events wrap up this week, but how have they been received? MMO-Champion.com released some statistics over the break, and the players will give you the low down. Will we see more content like this in the future, and was there a point that Blizzard was trying to prove during these events?   Plus, Ghostcrawler tweets about WoW, Blizzard hotfixes may save the game, a lonely panda hits level 95, and a whole lot more in this week’s return of Convert to Raid!

On this episode of The AIE Podcast... The triumphant return of the Guildie of the Month! Did you see that trailer? Garrisons, Garrison, Garrisons! Have you preordered the Shadows of Revan yet? Abovan is here to talk about Final Fantasy All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y2IqoOkq2k AIE General Guildie of the Month - AIE would like to congratulate our Guildie of the Month for December: Thuggs of AIE WoW! For those of you who do not know, Thuggs coordinated an event in World of Warcraft that helped over 130 people obtain a special weapon from the final boss of Mists of Pandaria, Garrosh Hellscream. This weapon, called an Heirloom, levels with the player up to 100. It is also transferable to alts. AIE's Guildie of the Month program is our way to acknowledge outstanding members in our community. If you know someone who you think deserves to be recognized please send an email to officers@aie-guild.org (we are in the process of getting a new email set up, will update that as new arises). Nominations for January's GotM will be accepted until December 13th, 2014. This is a guild wide program, nominations will be accepted for members from any game division. Regardless of whether you're a fan of the franchise or not, it's hard to deny the impact the Star Wars movies have had on the world. Last week, Lucasfilm announced the next movie in the series, Episode 7 The Force Awakens, will hit the screen on December 18th, 2015. They also published a teaser trailer, which spread across the Internet like wildfire. http://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens Zod Step-down announcement AIE World of Warcraft One of the coolest new feature of Warlords of Draenor is undoubtedly the Garrisons- and Thoribas on the forums was kind enough to post some great info from MMO Champion about highly useful ad-ons, Master Plan and Garrison Mission Manager. Having issues with level up followers because as soon as one follower hit 100, all missions became level 99-100? Blizzard has hot fixed the mission set up to create three brackets 90-94, 95-99, and 100. Each bracket can have 3-6 missions as long as you have a follower in that bracket. Thanks to Miy on the forums for letting us know. With membership spiking to 10 Million for World of Warcraft, AIE has seen a major influx of new and returning players thanks to Warlords- the WOW officers request your continued patience as we manage the queue. AIE EVE Online Lanctharus would like to remind all EVE players to sign up for Fleet-up. Fleet-up is the service they use to schedule corporation operations, which you can sync to your favorite desktop or mobile app, and give fleet commanders easy ways to prepare for and review missions, see what kinds of content the team can handle, see how they can improve, and more. If you're playing EVE and not in Fleet-up, you are missing out on a lot. And if you're not playing EVE,CCP released a video last week that might draw you into it. The video is called “This is EVE”, and shows off some of the high points of the game. Shot entirely in game and voiced by actual players carrying out missions, it's a pretty thrilling look at what goes on in the deep dark recesses of space. If you haven't seen it, we'll have a link in the show notes, and there's a link to it in the AIE EVE forums. AIE SWTOR We will have Max on next week to tell us more, but the all new expansion, Star Wars, The Old Republic: Shadows of Revan drops on December 9th- and your last chance to preorder for all of the goodies is Tomorrow! Bonuses include a Subscriber Exclusive Class XP bonus, as well as a grand statue of Revan for your Stronghold. There is a great discussion on the forums around what changes to expect with 3.0, particularly around the new commendation conversion and caps. And with that, let's get back to (Abovan) and find out what's going on in (Final Fantasy)... GAME NEWS FFXIV Fan fest

It’s been well over a year since our last new raid in WoW, and the CtR crew cannot wait until the Highmaul raid opens on Tuesday (Dec. 2)! So the guys have a special introduction to all of the new bosses and what you might be able to expect when you meet them for the first time. Patch 6.0.3 landed this week, and there were a number of fixes and changes in Blizzard’s first attempt for better class balance this expansion. The gang will go over some of the bigger spell changes and talk about how it might affect your play.   Also, more tips and tricks for your Garrisons, early WoD stats from MMO-Champion, the new Blood Elf character models, and more on another fun-filled episode!

On this episode of Azeroth Roundtable Ben and Jon are joined by Kevin from the Darkmoon Herald. They talk about carnie pants, button bloat, and Ben goes slightly senile about Mogushan Vaults! News: Tiers sets shown on MMO Champion.

This week, Blizzard banned a TON of accounts (unofficial numbers in the hundreds of thousands) for botting programs that enhance gameplay, and some WoW players were caught in the crossfire. The CtR crew explains how these third party programs work, and what other programs may have been suspect. But was Blizzard biting the hand that feeds them, or is their tolerance for cheaters really that low? Ion Hazzikostas announced that Blizzard is pretty happy with the bonus roll system for loot that was developed in Mists of Pandaria, but are you? Are there improvements to be made, or do the limitations feel appropriate? The human female artwork revamp was released this week, and Koltrane explains why Blizzard should think about clothing their models, and why his coworkers are avoiding him at the water cooler. More raiding stats were released this week from MMO-Champion about class popularity in heroic Siege of Orgrimmar, and the CtR crew weeds through the data to get to the important stuff.  Plus, the Warcraft movie finishes its first week of filming, the CtR Guild anniversary celebration wraps up, the guys answer your questions and more in this exciting episode!

This week the guys have plenty to talk about as everyone from Blizzard seems to have finally come back from the winter break! More raiding stats are unleashed on the internet as MMO-Champion takes a look at heroic progression. Only 0.23% of active raiders have downed heroic Garrosh, but what does that mean in the scheme of things? Blizzard’s Lead Encounter Designer Ion Hazzikostas joined Twitter this week and had plenty to say about some of the upcoming plans (or lack thereof) for the future of raiding. But is short form social media a good thing for players looking to glean some insight, or is it all too much noise for the average consumer? Hazzikostas did state via Twitter that there were no plans for a raid-wide nerf in Siege of Orgrimmar. The players discuss whether (and when) they think it’s going to come, and how big of an influence Flex Raids are in the equation. Also, with the flexible raiding system and the proposed Group Finder tool for Warlords, where does LFR fit in the next expansion? The guys tell you their reasons why Blizzard needs to nerf this feature even further in the future. And… Convert to Raid is covering PvP news? Sure! Afterall, the announcement of a new PvP season could point to when the next expansion may drop. The crew updates their calendars and make new predictions based off the latest information. And Pat, Koltrane and Dairies wrap up last week’s segment on how to be a better raid leader for 2014 with some more advice on communication and taking a look at different loot systems around the World of Warcraft.

--A couple of guys in China are imprisoned for 2 years for hacking, and their names are ironic. --MMO-Champion loves graphs! --Extended Guardian of the Forums because THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WORTH TALKING ABOUT. Please email questions, comments, song requests and critiques of the show to sheepmoonblog@gmail.com or tweet @sheep_moon

This week, the guys are back for another look at the latest buzz in the WoW community! The Warcraft movie announced some of their cast members this week including Rob Kazinski, who claims to have a huge WoW background and plays a mean DK.  How important is it for our crew that the cast and crew of the movie play World of Warcraft?  Is there a meaningful difference to us if these guys are fans of the movie magic they’re producing? Armory Stats show (as reported by MMO-Champion) that raiding numbers in Mists of Pandaria have dropped steadily over the expansion, with only 10% of raiders completing Siege of Orgrimmar.  Has the luster of raiding worn off, is the pain and toxicity of LFR too much for players to handle, or is it just a matter of time before those numbers start climbing again? It was Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street’s last day last week, so how can we welcome the newest guy (Celestalon) to the forefront of the Blizzard community?  By blaming him, of course… for everything! Raegwyn is back at downing bosses all by himself, and recently he took on (and defeated) Dark Animus in 10 man normal.  Find out how he did it, and what other encounters we should expect being soloed soon! Could Blizzcon be changing for the future?  The Blizzcon follow up survey from this year certainly alludes that could be, possibly even splitting the panels from esports.  The guys break down how it could happen All that, plus there are a ton of viewer questions in the mail bag, so Pat, Koltrane and Dairies give you their insights on your questions!

Two new WoW podcasts are introduced this episode which features HearthPro in the podcast spotlight (Heals & Headshots will be featured next week). Can the hype can get any bigger for Blizzcon? Rho breaks down some of the recently released map and schedule information in the Rolling Restart. Thanks to WoWhead, WoW Insider, MMO-Champion, and […]

Podcast awards, Brewfest, and the Bind on Equip podcast are in the spotlight this week. NOTE: While there is no explicit language in this week’s show, a small portion of it does contain mature themes. Thanks to WoWhead, WoW Insider, MMO-Champion, and battle.net for their continued coverage of WoW news which was used as research […]

We have a couple of weeks until the big 5.4 episode, so Realm Maintenance gets back to its usual fun short format until then! Character models are only 25%. Can anything be read into the next WoW expansion from this info? Rho considers that in the Rolling Restart. Thanks to WoWhead, WoW Insider, MMO-Champion, and […]

With the first fifty shows now in the archives, it’s time to dive in to more podcast news and spotlights. This week Rho interviews two hosts from But Wait! There’s Lore. An alternate version of Stormwind Harbor is the focus of this week’s Rolling Restart. Thanks to WoWhead, WoW Insider, MMO-Champion, and battle.net for their […]

A new PTR, a casual podcast, and a number of milestones highlight this week’s show! Rho covers his thoughts on Virtual Realms during the Rolling Restart. Thanks to WoWhead, WoW Insider, MMO-Champion, and battle.net for their continued coverage of WoW news which was used as research for this week’s show. Official PTR Notes can be […]

It’s an epic show with an epic amount of podcast news and an Epic Podcast featured this week! The Rolling Restart covers Rho’s thoughts on the new “Fansites & Other Resources” post on the General Discussion forum. As always the show goes around the World of Warcraft in 80 seconds. Thanks to Battle.net, MMO-Champion, WoW […]

This week’s episode is packed full of podcast news from old contests resurfacing to contests aplenty! The Rolling Restart: Greg Street aka @Ghostcrawler has his claws all over Twitter. —————- Around the WoW in 80 Seconds: One week of WoW News in 80 seconds. Ask Creative Development Round 3: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6489940501 Thanks to Battle.net, MMO-Champion, WoW […]

Try the Secret World for free, Pondera's gone to plaid, and we talk Ponies and WoW with Lanctharus and Tetsemi!  All that and more coming up right now. THIS is the AIE Podcast... -- Zod's update on DragonCon AIE NEWS We have a new guildie of the moment! Let's all give a big congrats to Ael Botlehewer! One of EvE's finest, he has had nothing but good things said about him! For example.. This member has been very engaged since he joined the corp and has a great focus on getting people involved in corp-wide activities. He is a man with limited time and always willing to help! This man deserves all the praise we can give him. Have you seen the pretty, pretty desktop wallpapers he's made? Head on over to the forums, or fly your own spreadsheet to give this member a big congratulations! The Secret World is now offering free three day trials! If you have been curious about Funcom's newest MMO but hesitant about shelling out for another game, you can now get a short weekend trial! Head on over to the website and sign up to check it out! And if you're looking for people to play with, Black-Francis is organizing Secret World Dungeon Night! on Mondays at 8pm server time.  It's a chance to be able to take on some of the dungeons you haven't seen with a nice group of folks! We have another officer Cornered! But ya know, in the nice way! Ask Syrene whatever you dare, and hope she dares to answer it! (Well you know, within reason!)  The thread is in the community section of the forums! Pondera update! You remember how Salus got weekly updates and how we discussed it's growth and marveled about how fast it went? Thanks to the last patch XP caps are a thing of the past and Pondera is already level 22! This is only with 265 members! Thanks Blizz for the boost! It was level 6 last Tuesday. City of heroes is done. Though AIE never officially branched out into the city of heroes/city of villains landscape, it's still sad to see an MMO shut down its servers. We hope the fine folks at Paragon land on their feet! Random shoutout to Gallibond: Keep going! You can do it! And with that, let's welcome this week's guest Tetsemi and Lanctharus GAME NEWS Tis you friendly neighborhood brony guild master Lanctharus here to illuminate all that is going on in Warcraft. (Big thanks for Tetsemi for jumping in at the last moment to cover for a late Lanctharus) First things first!  We wanted to remind folks that if they have been taking a vacation from World of Warcraft and will be returning soon you better log in soon!  Players who have been AFK longer than 5 months will be removed from their guild's starting the end of September.  After that starting a month later we will be going back to removing players who have been inactive longer than 3 months. The old paid app Auction House Remote is now available for GRATIS!  Buy and sell your stuff in the Auction House remotely and it even lets you participate in your co-guild's gchat.  Sorry there is no support for greenwall if you use this app so you will only be able to read and participate in only one co-guild's gchat. In case you didn't notice or you don't read the forums (hint, hint).  We have two new WoW guild officers Dejara and Atriana.  Congratulations you two and may you two be able to do something that some of us don't get to do so much.  Actually play Warcraft. Which brings us to the big shiny new patch.  So many new changes to spells, abilities as well as a new talent build system.  I logged the night after the new patch and I could barely recognized how everything worked.  Then I realize that I need to learn how to play all my 10 characters. ><  So much reading and research to do.  If you are like me and you feel a little overwhelmed with all the changes I recommend reading over the class/talent guides on sites such as MMO Champion, WoW Insider or MMOsite.com.  Greenwall update! AIE WoW co-guild stats are here in the wiki CLOSE And that's our show for tonight,