A couple months ago we opened up host applications for our Final Fantasy XIV podcast Aetheryte Radio. We’d like to give a special thank you to everyone that applied! We received more applications than we thought we would!

Today we’re excited to announce that the application process has resulted in two new hosts for Aetheryte Radio! You can read up on each of them after the jump and look forward to hearing them in their first “official” episode being released this week!

Hi! I’m Michelle and/or Xenedra Ambreaus in Final Fantasy XIV. I started playing XIV in open beta as a natural progression from XI, aka, “Hey, a new SE MMO. I guess I’ll give that a go.” I happened to hop from one game to the next with a few people I’d been playing XI with for about 6 years and we wound up wrapped up in the role playing community on Besaid. There I was further tangled into one of Aetheryte Radio’s original 5 billion shows, Remotely Plausible. Aside from Aetheryte Radio itself, I think we might have been the longest running show and even though all we chatted about was RP, we got a lot of kind feedback from the people who listened to us. Thanks for that! Recently, though, the three of us collaborating on Remotely Plausible decided to go our separate ways. This was right about the time AR was asking for hosts, so I thought, “Why the heck not?” Apparently I’m not completely terribly at this talking to people on the internet thing ‘cause here I am!

As I said, I’ve been playing XIV since the open beta. No claim-to-fame like you alpha people, but at least I have an idea of how “interesting” the game was when it first started. Some of you will know that by interesting, I mean badly broken, others maybe not so much, but then you’re dealing with the game in its current form! And isn’t it better? Not only in amount of available content, but even down to the tiniest UI things. It doesn’t take us half an hour to sell something to an NPC!  Isn’t that exciting!? It excites me, and the more info I see, the more excited I get. The game definitely improves at least a little bit each patch, things are looking up. Square Enix has been doing a pretty good job, I feel, of offering us incentive to stick around, as well. So that’s what I’m doing: sticking around, crossing my fingers that SE can deliver the excellence that they’ve promised and bringing the latest information about the game to you guys.

Hello my name is Brian, or you can call me Brin Zalazar. My history with XIV started back at E3 ’09 when they announced Final Fantasy XIV. I started a podcast with my friends, unnamed when we started, but then evolved into the Eorzephoira podcast… I agree, the name sucked… Anyway, we did shows covering any bit of XIV news and speculated a whole bunch based off of what little we had at the time. Soon after I ended up getting approached by the curse network and asked to do a show for their website, and thus the crystal core podcast was born. I did that show for a long while, you might have heard me on it, and it was a lot of fun. During that time, got into Closed Beta, and then into the launch. After the fallout, I stuck it out. I paid for six months of game time and said that I’ll stick it out for that time period, and see where the game was in six months. Well, most everyone knows the story, how the game went free to play, so I kept playing, and kept podcasting. So I stayed involved in the drama that was Final Fantasy XIV, and I’m very glad I did.

I enjoy the game very much, and enjoy being able to play with my wife, and with a bunch of great guys (and gals) in game. Final Fantasy XIV has evolved to a point that I can be both hardcore, and casual, depending on my time, and what’s going on in my life. From here, now being on Aetheryte Radio I hope to bring my sense of humor to the show, as well as my passion for games. As Final Fantasy XIV evolves into its next form, I’m excited to be there on the forefront once more to help bring the latest news, and information about the game for fans of the series. There are those that have already written off this game, and may never come back, however, I believe Square Enix is in a unique position to do something that hasn’t been done in an MMO before, drop a phoenix down on the game and bring it back to life. In some ways they have already, but with 2.0 just on the horizon, it should be a very exciting time for those of us who are enjoying XIV now, and those who will see what it will become here at E3 2012.

Listen in as  Fusionx and Steak are joined by Crystal Core’s Brin and Remotely Plausible’s Xenedra to discuss Patch 1.22! Rocks, Nuggets and “Hecking the Bed” are just the tip of the iceberg in our longest episode this year!

We also received a tweet asking about whether FFXIV is friendly for new players and what some places are to help them get started. @KijimunaKudaka recommended a new player guide he’s posted up on the official forums to help us out with this. Let us know on the forums what some of your favorite sources/guides are for new players!

Patch 1.21 has been out for a bit now, and 1.21a and the world merge is fresh on the list of hot topics this week.  We talk about some of the awesome content coming in 1.22 including an Imperial Stronghold with ties to Meteor and a new primal fight featuring Garuda!

The big 1.21 patch is here! Jobs, Raids and food/medicine revamps oh my! We talk about the huge amount of content added since our last episode and talk about our experiences trying it out. If you haven’t had some hands on with the patch yet, we highly recommend you try it out!

Oh, and we had a guest! Calaera joined us from Zantetsuken.net’s Sequence Break XIV podcast. Make sure to check them out!

And as a reminder, we’re now accepting host applications for Aetheryte Radio. Ever wanted to host one of the sweetest Final Fantasy XIV podcasts around? Now’s your chance! Submit an application today!

Patch 1.21 is here and with it, we finally have the introduction of the new Job System! Players can finally play as their favorite Final Fantasy jobs such as Dragoon, White Mage, or Monk. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg! There are also two new instanced raids, revamps to medicine and food and you can get armor for your Chocobo now!

Let us know what you’ve been up to since the patch in our Bragging Rights thread! And who knows? We might just read your post on the next episode of Aetheryte Radio scheduled to go live at 10:30 pm EST!

Listen to the pre 1.21 episode where Fusionx and Steak talk about the radio antenna on the Monk armor, world merge applications and read some e-mails! Also, there’s a discussion on the word “boughten”. This is Aetheryte Radio after all, did you expect us to not go off topic on something?

We also announced earlier this week that we’re now accepting host applications for Aetheryte Radio. Ever wanted to host one of the sweetest Final Fantasy XIV podcasts around? Now’s your chance! Submit an application today!

Make sure to let us know what you get done with the patch before our next episode by throwing up your achievements in our Bragging Rights thread!

Today we’re excited to announce that we are opening up applications for those interested in becoming a host for our Final Fantasy XIV podcast Aetheryte Radio! If you’re interested in becoming a host, check out all of the details after the break.

Please answer the fields below and e-mail it to aetheryteradio@gamerescape.com. Selected applicants will then be contacted for Skype interviews. All applicants must have a good microphone (if using a laptop, must not be using a built in microphone), good internet connection, and Skype.

• Character name
• World
• Jobs and Levels
• Game Experience (What have you done in the game? Any areas you feel very experienced in? Not experienced in?)
• Why do you want to be a host on Aetheryte Radio?
• Are you free Saturday at 10:30pm EST for up to 2 hours?
• Are you willing to commit time to Aetheryte Radio outside of episode recording times?
• Are you familiar with how to create and publish posts via WordPress? List examples if you have any. If no, are you willing to learn?
• Do you have any experience with editing and publishing works of audio? List examples if you have any. If no, are you willing to learn?
• Are you interested solely in Aetheryte Radio or are you looking to be an active member of the FFXIV Gamer Escape website?
• Is there anything else we should know?

Listen in as Fusionx Steak and Chin talk about about the details with player house and the resting exp bonus. Changes have been made to the previously announced world merger plan including new names based off of legacy items. Oh, and Fusionx submitted a love letter to Pissed Pirate for the Valentione’s Day contest on the official forums.

Listen in as Fusionx and Steak talk about the latest news surrounding Final Fantasy XIV. New payment options, 1.20c, player residences and more! Oh, and 1.21 is slated to land (hopefully) around the end of the month.

Listen in as Fusionx and Steak talk about the giant mount introduced in Patch 1.20b. Also discussed is Chocobo Barding- which sadly isn’t singing birds. Instead it’s different types of armor that players will be able to acquire in the future. Oh, and there’s a new live event that people found. We talk about that too… after we learned how to read our outline.

Also make sure to keep an eye on our twitter account. We’ve started to post previews for our show outlines that you can comment on to help develop each episode!

Listen in as Fusionx, Steak and Urthdigger catch up with Final Fantasy XIV after the new year and talk about everything added with Patch 1.20a as well as their thoughts on the commencement of billing. All that and more on this episode of Aetheryte Radio!

Tune in as Fusionx, Aniero and Steak talk about the beginning of billing for Final Fantasy XIV as well as discuss the absolutely huge amount of patch notes for Patch 1.20.

We’re looking forward to seeing all of your bragging rights from the patch on our next episode as well as reading your e-mail comments and questions! (hint hint)

Tune in as Fusionx and Steak discuss the changes coming up for Final Fantasy XIV! Changes are coming to classes with a revamped collection of abilities and traits and we get our first look at abilities for Jobs in 1.21. We also talk about crafting changes and the updated list of features in the works released in the 21st Letter From The Producer!

Join Fusionx, and Steak as they talk about even more answers revealed during recent interviews with Naoki Yoshida including the recent Letter From The Producer LIVE #2!

You can check out some follow up questions from last month’s interviews below:

• Blue Gartr
• ZAM

Join Fusionx, and Steak as they comb through all the exciting details of this week’s interviews with Naoki Yoshida. Oh, and we have Rhomagus joining us from the Dodo Stampede podcast! Nice!

Check out the interviews that we mentioned in full:

• Gamer Escape
• RPG Site
• Blue Gartr
• ZAM

Join Fusionx, Aniero, Steak and Chinchilla as they discuss the massive bombshell that was dropped on the Final Fantasy XIV community in the form of the XIV 2.0! Massive permanent changes are coming to Eorzea, what part will you play in XIV’s history?

Remember we have a new email address for you to send your thoughts and comments – aetheryteradioATgamerescape.com. Also make sure to toss your in-game updates into our Bragging Rights thread for us to read on air!

Join Fusionx, Aniero and Steak as they attempt to cover all the amazing additions and adjustments included in Patch 1.19. Airships! Chocobos! Ifrit! And those are only a few of them! Hear about the rest on this episode of Aetheryte Radio.

We’ve also got a brand new e-mail address for you to send in your questions, comments and anything else you wanna throw our way- aetheryteradioATgamerescape.com. Also make sure to throw your in-game updates into our Bragging Rights thread for us to read on air!

Hello everyone! Today we have some good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?…OK so you can’t really pick since this is a post so I’ll just lay it out for you.

We have decided that that due to the amount of information being made available and recent lack of community interaction, that Pet Food Alpha will be stepping down from its weekly release schedule that it has held for the last five years. The show is by no means ending, however we will be spreading the episodes further apart in an attempt to have more “full” episodes. We hope that by doing this we’ll have more news available to discuss and more e-mails to read. By the way, we still want/need people to send in e-mails! Send them to petfoodalphaATgamerescape.com

Now on to the good news! Starting this week, we will be alternating between Pet Food Alpha and Aetheryte Radio. This week we will be streaming Episode 19 of Aetheryte Radio at 10:30pm EST on Gamer Escape Radio to talk about Patch 1.19 and other recent events including the live Q&A session held by Naoki Yoshida. If you have any thoughts about 1.19 that you’d like to share send us an e-mail: aetheryteradioATgamerescape.com

Looking ahead to the future we will be changing air dates for both PFA and AR. We’re looking to move the shows from Monday night, back to Saturday night. Same bat time, same bat channel. Just a different day. You can thank the wonderful world of job schedules for this change and we hope that it won’t be an inconvenience for any of you.

As always, make sure to check our Gamer Escape Radio Calender to see when our shows will be airing and make sure you get in any Final Fantasy XIV Bragging Rights you might have!

Today we’re excited to introduce a new version of our “Player Achievements” segment on Aetheryte Radio.

Bragging Rights will be a single stickied thread in our general discussion forums where you can post your latest accomplishments for a chance to have them read live on the Aetheryte Radio podcast when it airs. And of course they’ll also be in the edited versions of the episodes that are made available for download.

Bragging Rights will vary from our previous Player Achievements in that there will only be a single thread to post in. There will be no more worrying about the achievement thread being posted late and no more worrying about getting your posts up in time for an episode. We’ll also be stopping Wiki gifts for podcasts for the time being.

If you’d like to participate (and who doesn’t like to brag?) head on over to the forums for posting guidelines.

Join Fusionx, Viki, Xyle, Chinchilla and Steak as they discuss all the epic changes that were introduced into the game with Patch 1.18. We go over a handful of interviews, world redesign, auto attack, Grand Companies, raids and more on this episode of Aetheryte Radio!

Aetheryte Radio returns! Join Fusionx, Aniero and guests Juxtaposition and Maxx-V as they discuss the mountain of proposed changes that await Final Fantasy XIV players in patches 1.18 and beyond. They talk about auto-attack implementations, the Materia system, introduction of jobs, and more. The cast also discusses changes to the Aetheryte Radio Network shows and the transition over to Gamer Escape.

Join Fusionx, Mason and Nel as they talk about all of the information coming out during the month of March! Listen in as we discuss Matsui’s direction for Auto Attack, Yoshida’s thoughts on Death Penalty as well as our own thoughts about all of the things showing up on the Dev Tracker. We also take an e-mail and talk about changes that we may implement regarding the Community and Topics shows. We still plan on doing them, so don’t worry about them being cancelled just yet.

Join Fusionx, Urthdigger, Andrey, Jared, and Xenedra as they discuss what’s been going on with Final Fantasy XIV during the first months of 2011!

Usually Aetheryte Radio is a monthly show, however due to multiple issues with scheduling, people getting sick etc. we had to postpone the recording on several occasions. This episode will cover both January and February and as a result, some things may have been excluded or briefly mentioned to prevent an even longer episode. Now that that’s out of the way, listen in as we talk about the last couple of updates, thoughts on the official forums pre-launch and more!

Join Fusionx, Viki, Urthdigger and Mason as they discuss what’s been going on with Final Fantasy XIV during the month of December!

This month we discuss our thoughts about the recent change of leadership on the development team. We also touch on the Starlight Celebration, the very first seasonal event to make its way into Final Fantasy XIV. We also go over some of the things included in the December updates as well as player achievements and what all of the hosts have been up to in game. Also, Remotely Plausible was hogging all the e-mails over the last few weeks. Please send in e-mails for the monthly show!

Guest: Eliot Lefebvre
Website: Massively.com

Join Steak and Fusionx for the third episode of the Aetheryte Radio Community show!

In this episode we talk to Eliot Lefebvre from Massively.com, and his weekly column “The Mog Log!”

Join Fusionx, XyleHarkyn and Aniero as they discuss what’s been going on with Final Fantasy XIV during the month of November!

This month we talk about some of the new NMs coming our way in the upcoming December Version Update. We also discuss our thoughts on the November version update which addressed several problems that players were having with the user interface. Those that had their player achievements read on this episode have received their special gift on their user pages. And last but not least, don’t forget to vote once a day for us in this year’s Podcast Awards! We would love your support !

Join Fusionx and Corinth for episode 7 of Aetheryte Radio news!

We’re trying out a different format to see if you like a longer more discussion filled show as opposed to a quicker scripted news show. Let us know what you think!

Keep checking back to Eorzeapedia for the latest Final Fantasy XIV news. You can also follow Eorzeapedia on twitter for the latest updates! If you have a news story you want to submit to us, e-mail it to news@eorzeapedia.com!

We encourage you to leave feed back for the show via our forums, iTunes reviews, or via Aetheryte Radio’s Twitter.

• Free Trial Extension
• Beginners Guide (battle and aggressive monsters)
• New items and Balances to Synthesis
• New Features and User Interface Improvements
• Where the Wild Things Spawn
• Ask The Devs! (User Interface)
• Balancing is Half the Battle
• JPGames.de Interview clarifies F2P rumor
• PS3 version is 100% ported
• Did the trial extension hurt FFXIV? (ZAM)
• Did the trial extension hurt FFXIV?
• Right of Passages are arriving

Join Fusionx and Corinth for episode 6 of Aetheryte Radio news!

• Player History Pages
• Fansite Page added
• Point Allotment and Quests
• Getting Around
• Skill Points and Magic
• FFXIV Novel Coming In December (Japan)
• 4Gamer E-mail Interview
• Eurogamer Talks With Tanaka
• New show: Hails From Hydaelyn
• Nominate Aetheryte Radio For The People’s Choice Podcast Awards

Topic: Player & Community Submitted Tips
Guest: Keres

Join Aniero and Eskalia, host for the upcoming show Hails from Hydaelyn, for the second episode of the Aetheryte Radio Topics Show!

Guest Keres joins the hosts to help read and discuss their tips and observations about Final Fantasy XIV. We also read tips provided by the Erozeapedia.com community, and discuss our opinions about some of the Final Fantasy XIV reviews. Join us for Aetheryte Radio: Topics!

Join Fusionx, XyleHarkyn and Klisk as they discuss what’s been going on with Final Fantasy XIV during the month of October!

This month Klisk joins us to talk about his trip to the New York Comic Con where he got some time to chat with Global Online Producer Sage Sundi! We read off some great achievements (pics NPC kissing included). And last but not least, we talk about a brand new show coming to the Aetheryte Radio Network!

Guest: Xariana
Website: FFXIVblog.com

Join Steak and Corinth for the second episode of the Aetheryte Radio Community show!

In this episode we talk to Xariana about ffxivblog.com, as well as their podcast “Orzcast!”

Join Fusionx and Corinth to get a quick rundown of this week’s news.

• “Ask the Devs” for October 22nd, 2010
• October 22nd Version Update Notes
• Final Fantasy XIV Internet Cafe Promotion
• Malware Targeting Online Gamers

Join Fusionx and Corinth for episode 4 of Aetheryte Radio news!

• Upcoming Version Updates
• Message from the Director
• Free Trial Period Extension
• ZAM Pumpkin Carving Contest
• 4Gamer Fan Feedback Review
• NYCC Interview with Sage Sundi

Join Fusionx and Corinth for the third episode of Aetheryte Radio News!

• Market Wards being organized
• Tips for Crafting
• Choosing a Path Companion
• Battle Regimens and Incapacitation
• Character Creation
• Gamespot reviews FFXIV
• GameTrailers reviews FFXIV
• Dude! Where’s My Auction House?

Join Fusionx, Chinchilla, and Steak as they discuss what’s been going on with Final Fantasy XIV during the month of September!

This month we jump into Eorzea with the start of service for FFXIV! We talk about the first episodes of our Community and Topics shows as well as what the hosts have been up to during their time in game. We also read off your player achievements, list the top 5 wiki contributors for this month and read your e-mails!

Join Fusionx and Corinth as they talk about all the exciting things going on this week!

• Final Fantasy XIV has started Collector’s Edition
• The Lodestone is now online
• 3D at TGS is still a tech demo
• Tanaka tweets about service in China
• Sunflex bringing FFXIV accesories to PC
• New Final Fantasy XIV Merchandise Available
• Winners announced for Community Contests
• The launch of the Never Ending Quiz
• Op-Ed about Special Task Force forms
• Wiki front page has been updated
• Link Lodestone profiles to your wiki user profile
• Community and Topics episodes premiered this week

Topic: The Wiki & Wiki Editing
Guest: Tunapiano

Join Aniero and Fusionx for our kick off of the Aetheryte Radio Topics show!

For our first episode we’re talking to Tunapiano to pick up on some tricks and tips for using and editing the Wiki on Eorzeapedia.com. We hope this episode will inspire you to add to our growing database as you adventure in the land of Eorzea!

Guest: Ganiman
Website: Eorzeapedia.com

Join Steak and Nel Celestine for the very first episode of the Aetheryte Radio Community show!

In our first episode we talk to Eorzeapedia’s own Ganiman and find out how he came to be the man behind the website you’re visiting right now. He also talks about some of the exciting new features coming to Eorzeapedia and the wiki in the future!

Join Fusionx and Corinth for the very first episode of Aetheryte Radio news!

• Open beta ends September 19th!
• New Final Fantasy XIV Merchandise available at Tokyo Game Show
• Final Fantasy XIV coming to China
• Wrap up of the pre-launch party in Ebisu
• Besaid selected as unofficial role play server for FFXIV
• Interview with Yasu Kurosawa and Sage Sundi at PAX 2010
• Eorzeapedia receives a server upgrade

August 18th marked the one year anniversary for Aetheryte Radio!

Join us for this episode as we catch up on some news and answer questions related to the Final Fantasy XIV Beta!

But that’s not all! We also have several exciting announcements regarding  Aetheryte Radio that are sure to get you excited for the future. We’ve been planning everything since we started just over a year ago so we’re very excited to finally be able to tell you about it! We’ll make a post later this week revealing all the details so stay tuned!

As most of you know, we usually wait until there’s quite a bit of information to talk about before releasing an episode. However, with the recent announcement that Final Fantasy XIV would be coming out this September, we felt that was all the reason we needed to throw up a new episode!

One correction we do want to make note of before you listen in. The “tumbler” that we mention for the Collector’s Edition is  part of the Japanese CE. The North American version excludes this item. Check out our wiki page for more information on the Collector’s Edition for each region!

This episode of Aetheryte Radio delves into everything and everything Final Fantasy XIV at this years E3 expo!

Join Aniero, Fusionx, and Ganiman as they talk about all the exciting news coming out of the event. And as a special treat we also have the audio from Eorzeapedia’s interview with Hiromichi Tanaka and Yasu Kurosawa on the episode! Make sure to check it out!

Also if you haven’t caught up with all of the news released from E3, make sure to check out our E3 compilation!

Listen in on Episode 7 as Aniero, Corinth, Fusionx and Steak discuss the content that has come out since episode 6 including some information about things going on with Eorzeapedia.

We discuss Life in Eorzea #1 as well as talk about the clan and city-state information released via updates to the official FFXIV website. Corinth fills us in on whats been happening with with Dengeki and Famitsu over in Japan and provides some funny twitter stories.

We also mentioned on the show that we’re looking for another translator in Japan to fill Corinth’s spot when it comes to the magazine write ups. If you are interested in helping us out please let Corinth know via e-mail or forum PM.

Keep an eye out for another episode of Aetheryte Radio after E3!

Listen in on Episode 6 as Fusionx, Chinchilla, and Steak talk about the Conjurer and Miner classes as well as the newly added spells, abilities, and weapon skills for the classes! We also talk about Eorzeapedia’s policy regarding NDA and talk about some of the changes you can expect to see coming to the website.

If you haven’t already make sure to check out all the class information that has been released:

- Discipline information

- Dengeki Q&A: Part 1 and Part 2

On this episode we discuss the Distant Worlds premiere of Final Fantasy XIV music, as well as jump into some update news! Going over weapons for Gladiator and Pugilist disciplines leads to discussion on the possibility of PvP and arena based combat. We also take a look at the screen shots that were leaked onto the European Final Fantasy XIV site before the update that followed the recording of this episode.

We’re also excited to announce that Aniero and Fusionx will be appearing on the Voices of Vana’diel call in podcast coming up at the end of January. Head over to the Limit Break Radio Forums and sign up for the episode so you can call in and ask the hosts of Aetheryte Radio your questions or share your thoughts!

On this episode of Aetheryte Radio we cover some post Tokyo Game Show interviews as well as jump into the latest update of the official Final Fantasy XIV website! We’re also excited to announce that we now have original music provided to us by DJPlaeskool!

Corinth joins us this week and discusses the large number of sources that are available to her in the Japanese Media. We’ve been shown all new disciplines in the forum of the Lancer and Alchemist. We’ve also been given the interesting look at the lifestyle of the Culinarian which leads us to a variety of discussions. This week we’re curious as to your thoughts on one of the new bits of information that we’ve heard- What do you think about crystals being used for cooking? Let us know in our forums!

We encourage you to leave feed back for the show if you haven’t already either via our forums or iTunes reviews. If you have any questions that you would like answered on a future show let us know at podcast@eorzeapedia.com.

On episode 3 of Aetheryte Radio we cover info released after Gamescom 2009 as well as the small amount of information released at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.

More information about the Guildleve system is out, as well as new disciplines in the Armoury System! We get a look at some new monsters that adventurers will encounter in Eorzea, some looking very similar to those found in Vana’diel. Ganiman also joins us for this episode to talk a little bit about Eorzeapedia 2.0, coming soon!

Aetheryte Radio is now on twitter! Make sure to follow us for show updates.

On episode 2 of Aetheryte Radio we cover Gamescom 2009!

We talk about the playable alpha build of Final Fantasy XIV at the show, discuss the new action battle system and what we currently know about the Guildleve system.

We also would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their feedback on the show and encourage you to leave some if you haven’t already either via our forums or iTunes reviews.

We’re now also posting links to download the show from a variety of sources. We hope you find them useful!

Today we’re excited to announce the launch of the Eorzeapedia podcast: Aetheryte Radio!

Aetheryte Radio is the collaborative effort of two of the most popular Final Fantasy XI podcasts: Limit Break Radio and Pet Food Alpha. We’ve come together to deliver you a fun and exciting show that covers everything related to Final Fantasy XIV. You can find more information about the show here.

Join us for our first episode as we recap E3 2009 and talk about the information released with the update of the official FFXIV website!