OotiniCast Episode 128

With Game Update 2.7 set to drop next Tuesday, we revisit what it includes and provide some advice on how to get ready. Returning guest Jacob also provides some insight into how the class changes in 2.7 will affect Ranked PvP Season 2. Asteroid1_854x480

1. Introduction

"May this mark be remembered for all time"

“May this mark be remembered for all time”

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Oxi-jin!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a M8-R3 code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • BioWare announced a new ship role for Galactic Starfighter a lot earlier than expected; in fact, on April 1st. It’s the Asteroid. Eric Musco subsequently let us know about the “Fist bump, bro” achievement (for crashing your Asteroid ship into another asteroid), Tait revealed the “Roid Rage” achievement (for getting killed 10 times in a row while piloting the Asteroid, then quitting the match), and Courtney told us about the “Back that Ast Up” achievement (if you fly your Asteroid backwards for a certain amount of time). There’s also the “> 9000” title for killing 9,001 Scouts, and the title “‘The Rock’ Johnson” after 500 kills in your Asteroid.
  • If you have an idea for the next warzone, BioWare would like to hear from you! Contribute to this thread in the official forums, though pay careful attention to what the development team is after.
  • In response to a query sent to Musco, prompted by the assertion by Corellian Run Radio’s Jason (@JT_HoloNet) that Galactic Stronghold’s “Prestige Score” was something new, Musco confirmed that it was indeed a new system unrelated to achievement points.

4. Community

Our ops group that runs on Fridays at 4:30pm Pacific is hoping to expand to 16-man. If you’re interested in joining us on a regular basis, see this thread on our forums for details.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from Shamar, @GregCarter78, @TheMalgadar, Laurie M (@Lawilc01), Chaz Lobo (@Strongshocker), Ali, Kuze (@kuze_roh), nbbbm, @DanCremer, Haede, Hru, Oxi-jin, Andrew, Terg (@TheTurg), @Kranitoko and @ben_b55. Kranitoko is back with another video where he opens the latest Hypercrate, this time containing Space Jockey’s Starfighter Packs. It includes another awesome introduction! The Despair guild’s contribution to April Fool’s Day was a murder of Sleeths:

Every Harbinger GSFers worst nightmare. A murder of Sleeths! Happy April Fools Day from Despair ) - Imgur

6. Sarlacc Digest

We discuss what’s coming in Game Update 2.7, and how to get ready for it.

7. Outro

Thanks to Jacob (@deltiasgamingtwitch.tv/deltiasgamingdeltiasgaming.com) and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher.

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OotiniCast Episode 127

This week we talk about the Q&A from the Community Cantina in Boulder, the PvP Q&A, and more. Then Chill interviews Kana’ba, #1 Guardian on the Ranked PvP leaderboard.

Nar Shaddaa Sky Palace

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, David!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • The PTS is closing this coming Monday (31 March) at 10am CDT (4pm BST, 2am AEDT) ahead of the deployment of Game Update 2.7 on Tuesday 8 April.
  • Friend of the show Jason Connell (@Jayconnell) attended the Community Cantina held last Saturday (22 March) in Boulder, Colorado. He wrote up his experiences, which we posted here. Based on the question about new planets coming to SWTOR, I started a thread in the SWTOR sub-Reddit, which garnered some most interesting replies.
  • The second round of answers in the resumed Class Representative program have arrived, this time for Powertechs/Vanguards.
  • Jason Attard clarified what increasing power to a particular pool (weapons, shields or engines) in Galactic Starfighter actually does, how power pool regeneration works (there are two separate regeneration rates) and the effect of range on accuracy and damage.
  • Eric Musco (Community Manager) has published a series of answers to commonly-asked questions about PvP, with the intention of being transparent about their current plans and thinking. He reiterated that things may change in the medium- to long-term, but for now this is how things are.

4. Community

See this thread on our forums for more about the Community Cantina in Las Vegas happening in November, which will coincide with our first recording of OotiniCast where all the hosts will (hopefully!) be in the same room.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @TheMalgadar, @ForceChuckle, Oxi-jin, Graham (Awesome) Sellars, Dan Kalagian, @fnord3125, @DarthKenji, @O_JohnnyBravo_O, @joseph_foran, @JediKal, @FerrousTerran, @Adam_Schumpert, Chaz Lobo (@Strongshocker), Grim, @ThePummeler, Sarah (@Ethuiliel), Megan (@StoleTarts), Moff Chong (@EmpireDivider) and Carnz.

The post containing the set bonuses for all PvE and PvP armor sets can be found here.

Here are either the “Ootini Smugglers” or “Chongie’s Angels”:

Chong - Ootini Smugglers

6. Outro

Thanks to Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher.

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OotiniCast Episode 126

Chill interviews Hawk (Twitter, Twitch), a player who lives in Germany but plays on the US east coast PvP server Prophecy of the Five.

Teo, Jacob and Red then discuss some of the points that came up during the interview.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher.

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Community Cantina – Boulder, Colorado

(Editor’s note: Longtime friend of the show Jason Connell (@Jayconnell) attended the Community Cantina held in Boulder, Colorado on Saturday 22 March 2014. He’s provided this write-up of the Q&A and his other observations of the event. Thanks Jay!)

We got to the event about an hour and 15 minutes early and there were probably a hundred people in line already. It was hard to tell the total length of the line as it went around a couple of different corners.

I would guess two hundred or so people were there. The room they booked had about six large tables and five or six standing tables. We grabbed the last standing table when we got in. By the time the Q&A started, the room was standing room only with quite a few people sitting on the ground to the left and right of the stage.

Courtney Woods, Ben, Cory Butler (Producer) and Blain Christine were the devs present.

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At the risk of sounding elitist, I have to say that anyone who listens to OotiniCast regularly or pays attention to the dev posts on the official forums would have gained very little ‘new’ info from the Q&A. I kind of felt like I could have answered quite a few of the questions asked as they are common topics on OotiniCast, the SWTOR sub-reddit, and the SWTOR forums.

The following is my summary of the Q&A. I took far more notes and paid more attention to the less common questions.

Q: Someone asked what kind of items would be allowed into legacy storage.
A: That is still in development. It’s something they are still working out.

Q: Guild ship PvP
A: Not going to happen any time soon. Wall of Crazy™.

Q: GSF PvE
A: Currently on the Wall of Crazy™. However, Blain did mention how much weight is placed on feedback from Community Cantinas and that space PvE is something they get a LOT of questions about. The tone of his response left me thinking that GSF PvE is something that is fairly high on their list of possible future content.

Q: Open Space PvP
A: Totally Wall of Crazy™.

Q: More class story?
A: They would rather spend time on content that everyone can play rather than one person at a time.

Q: More GSF maps?
A: Yes. More are coming.

Q: Pazaak?
A: Wall of Crazy™.

Q: Mac (OS X) client coming?
A: Currently no plans are in the works for an OS X client. Blain and Cory both worked for some leading edge company that ported lots of games to the Mac. While they both had a “vested interest” in the topic, it is not something that BioWare is considering at this time. Blain mentioned that it’s more of a business problem than them having the ability to do it. Cory said Boot Camp works (allowing SWTOR to run when booted into Windows on a Mac).

Q: Open world PvP
A: They kinda hinted that something different was coming. Crowd was getting a little rowdy at this point so I only heard them say that they (BioWare) really liked the Gree world event, and considered it a success.

Q: New planet!
A: Someone asked about a planet that was in Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR). I didn’t play KOTOR so I can’t say what the planet was. Based on the BioWare team’s facial reactions and the very sarcastic reaction of “Wow, yeah that’s a really great idea!” I think he threw a bull’s eye on something in development now. I would speculate that we will be getting that KOTOR planet eventually.

(Editor’s note: Excluding Taris, Korriban and Tatooine which are already in SWTOR, KOTOR included Dantooine, Telos, Manaan, Lehon and Kashyyyk. Dantooine is kind of boring, Telos has too much overlap with Taris, Manaan is a waterworld and Lehon, the Rakaata homeworld, wasn’t visited directly, and it seems we’re done with the Rakata. I’d suggest that Kashyyyk, the Wookiee homeworld, is the most likely candidate to add to SWTOR.)

Q: Achievements
A: I asked the question “Are there any plans to start rewarding achievements with something other than cartel coins and prestige?” He responded by repeating the question and adding “like a title”. He smiled, said one word “Yes” and handed the mic back to Courtney. So (at the very least) we are getting titles for achievement rewards.

Q: Level cap increase?
A: Another sarcastic “Wow, that’s a really great idea” type of answer. While they didn’t actually say “yes, it’s going up”, it was kinda hard to think that it would not be going up in 2014.

I did get to speak with Blain before the Q&A started while he was mingling around the room. I asked him Red’s other question about monetization of F2P (free-to-play) and allowing Preferred players in Ranked PvP. Short answer: No. Blain’s elaborated answer: Blain was very active in the F2P transfer, and it was a topic that came up often. At the end of the day they decided that the Ranked PvP players are the most dedicated PvPers out there and as such they tend to be subscribers anyways. Catering to F2P and Preferred players in Ranked PvP would have been focusing too small of a player base to warrant the required resources it would take to implement.

We had a great time! It was very cool meeting the guys who make the game we love. They are really passionate gamers. I feel better about SWTOR knowing the people behind it are so into what they do!

From the Flash Drive

(The text below is from the “First Look” Inside Scoop PDF included on the Flash Drive.)

Check out exclusive assets of new gameplay and Cartel Market items coming to Star Wars™: The Old Republic™!

  • Sick of resting your head on cold city streets? Need a break from the hustle and bustle from the crime-infested urban jungle? Get ready to kick back and own your personal little piece of the Smuggler’s Moon!
Nar Shaddaa Sky Palace

Nar Shaddaa Sky Palace

  • The galaxy continues to expand with new Droids™ and vehicles. Check out the latest concepts of the new Imperial and Republic Astromech Droids as well as land speeders being added to the game.
Republic Astromech concept

Republic Astromech concept

Imperial Astromech concept

Imperial Astromech concept

Tobus vehicle concept

Tobus vehicle concept

Tirsa Mini landspeeder concept

Tirsa Mini landspeeder concept

Stingray speeder vehicle concept

Stingray speeder vehicle concept

Mantis Sprinter vehicle concept

Mantis Sprinter vehicle concept

Imperial Speeder concept

Imperial Speeder concept

  • Also get a closer look at Theron Shan, the son of Jedi Grandmaster Satele Shan. Adventurous, charming and wry, Theron is a trusted field agent of the Republic’s Strategic Information Service who holds powerful knowledge about the Empire.
Theron Shan

Theron Shan

  • Ready for new Cartel Market items? From brightly feathered Orobird Mounts to delicately engraved Dual Lightsabers, the Cartel Market is your one stop shop for all the coolest new items in the galaxy!
SWTOR_Orobird_Mount_Concept

Orobird mount concept

 

Bantha mount concept

Bantha mount concept

Sniper rifle concept

Sniper rifle concept

Lightsaber concept

SWTOR_Rifle_Concept

Blaster rifle concept

SWTOR_Blaster_Concept

Blaster pistol concept

SWTOR_Assault_Cannon_Concept

Assault cannon concept

 

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OotiniCast Episode 125

Player housing will be arriving sooner than we thought! In Game Update 2.8, early access will begin for Galactic Strongholds, SWTOR’s second free-to-play digital expansion. We discuss all the details we have so far, with plenty of speculation about what is yet to come.

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1. Introduction

Teo is using the Sith Lords Restored Content Mod (version 1.8.2) in his playthrough of KOTOR2.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Jaylan!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • Game Update 2.6.2 was deployed during a long (7.5 hours) maintenance on Tuesday. The extended duration was due to technical housekeeping rather than the volume of the content being added and/or changed.
  • The double XP weekend that ended on Saint Patrick’s Day was marred by issues granting only normal (not doubled) XP to groups going through Kuat Drive Yards, and no XP at all to some group compositions in Flashpoints. The latter issue was resolved in Game Update 2.6.2. Another double XP weekend will be scheduled soon, hopefully (but not necessarily) after the Kuat Drive Yards issue is also fixed.
  • Some in-game graphical glitches that can be encountered, such as missing or delayed textures when zoning into new areas or after a new patch, can be due to the streaming client (identified by “ST” written in the bottom left corner of the Launcher once you’ve logged in), which can be resolved by following these instructions.
  • Following the Community Cantina that will be held this Saturday (22 March) in Boulder, Colorado, the next Community Cantina will be in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday 11 April.

4. Community

Hru provided the following screenshots of his two Bounty Brokers Association mounts which he has finally acquired. Each required 50 Completed Bounty Contracts!

bba 50 contract mounts

Karen (@chibiseira) requested that we refer players looking for a guild on the Republic side of the Jedi Covenant server to GAF (Gaming Age Forum). You can find more information here.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @AlrauneSWtOR, @Heather_PLS, Dracko, @ForceChuckle, Jay (@Jayconnell), Spero, Dan, Zombiesalmon, Shammar (of the Old Republic Dads guild on The Shadowlands), Hawk, Jeff (@jeffyjaws), @Kee_Chak, Terg (@TheTurg), Socordia and Greg.

For Graham (Awesome) Sellars of the EU server Red Eclipse, @AlrauneSWtOR suggests the guild DayCrawlers, while Dracko recommends NorDev and Wookies are Chewy.

Zombiesalmon provides this spreadsheet as a possible tool for potential credit-seeking entrepreneurs.

Thanks to our friend Dan for his audio submission. He also provided the following screenshot showing an incredibly close GSF match of Domination, which his team won 1000 to 998:

Dan - Closest Match Ever

6. Sarlacc Digest

We discuss the next free-to-play digital expansion, Galactic Strongholds, which will arrive for Subscribers in Game Update 2.8 on 24 June. You can see its trailer on YouTube.

7. Outro

Thanks to Jacob (@deltiasgamingtwitch.tv/deltiasgamingdeltiasgaming.com) and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher.

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OotiniCast Episode 124

Lots of news this week, including more details about the new Quesh Huttball Pit warzone, the Q&A from the Community Cantina in Atlanta, and the Super Secret Housing Project teaser trailer. In our discussion, Bill is back to provide yet more credit-making advice.

Quesh Huttball Pit

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Socordia!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • Game Update 2.6.1a was deployed during maintenance on Tuesday.
  • Bounty Contract Week is back for another week, and will conclude on Tuesday 18 March at 2am PDT. It overlaps with the double XP weekend that will run from Friday 14 (11am PDT, 6pm GMT, Saturday 5am AEDT) through to Monday 17 March (midnight PDT, 7am GMT, 6pm AEDT).
  • If you are subscribed on Saint Patrick’s Day (Monday 17 March), you will receive the Lucky-77 Swoop for all your characters. It was showcased in a recently released trailer.
  • The Q&A from the Community Cantina in Atlanta was made available on YouTube.
  • The SWTOR Insider video for March 2014, featuring Cory Butler (Producer) and Andrew Horwitz (Associate Producer) discusses what’s coming up in Game Update 2.7. This included a mention of the Quesh Huttball Pit warzone, which now also has its own developer blog written by Alex Modny, who subsequently indicated that the concern about “snipers on the pipe” controlling the middle area is recognised and encouraged. Rob Hinkle also commented on how often the new warzone would pop once it was deployed.
  • BioWare have released a new teaser trailer for what they’re calling the SSHP, presumably the “Super Secret Housing Project”. Larry Everett (who authored the now defunct Hyperspace Beacon column on Massively, which he now runs on his own site) has done a detailed breakdown of the trailer.
  • The first set of answers in the resumed Class Representative initiative have been posted for Sith Marauders and Jedi Sentinels.
  • The web-based Leaderboards have not been updating for a week, but are now fixed.

4. Community

Heather has plenty to say on her Pretty Little Sith blog, including Happiness in Video Games vs. Real Life and My Guild as a Communist Society.

Tim (GasGuy) has updated his Codex Tracking List, a spreadsheet which can be downloaded from the right-hand sidebar on our site, or directly from here.

The OSWguild from The Harbinger, which you can find on YouTube here (follow them on Twitter via @OSWguild) have their latest player guide available, this one on leading a raid.

Long-time friend of the show, Dan O’Brien (@DsanOB) celebrates over 400 followers of his most useful @SWTORTracker feed on Twitter, which publishes links to SWTOR dev posts.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @grimrok, @JediKrackr, @Heather_PLS, Shammar (of the Old Republic Dads guild on The Shadowlands), Lachlann Lindsay, @TheMalgadar, @Taldune, @dulfycleric, @Adam_Schumpert, Chong (@EmpireDivider), Jacob (@deltiasgaming), Nathaniel Starr, Graham “Awesome” Sellars, Soulibon and @Enyonix.

Dulfy has published the following image and video showing the Rancor mount, a Tier 1 reward for Ranked PvP Season 1. It’s being modelled by our friend Ben (@giant_gina).

Dulfy - Rancor mount

Artist extraordinaire Adam Schumpert eerily foreshadowed the player housing teaser trailer:

Adam - player housing

Chong provided the following visual demonstration of how many targets are affected by the Kolto Residue left on the ground by a Commando’s Kolto Bomb:

Chong - kolto bomb residue targets

6. Sarlacc Digest

Bill is back with more credit-making advice. This time he covers how to get the most out of dailies, and then answers some listener questions.

7. Outro

Thanks to Bill (@BillLentz) and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher.

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OotiniCast Episode 123

Game Update 2.7: Invasion is now on the PTS; we go over its patch notes, along with the information delivered at the Community Cantina in Atlanta. Then in our second Galactic Starfighter roundtable, we discuss the Scout, with two exceptional pilots from The Bastion.

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1. Introduction

Redna provides the following gallery to prove that his Trooper did indeed reach level 55 via playing Galactic Starfighter, without having chosen an Advanced Class.

Red - gsf trooper 1

Red - gsf trooper 2

Red - gsf trooper 3

Red - gsf trooper 4

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Ryan Keogh!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • At the Community Cantina held in Atlanta, the thumb drive (via Dulfy) provided to attendees included a “first look” inside scoop of what was coming in Game Update 2.7: Invasion.
  • Game Update 2.7 is now on the PTS. In addition to the class changes and other content already revealed, it seems that Nightmare Mode operations will now have their “Nightmare Power” buff removed by BioWare after some amount of time; clearing the operation while the buff is in effect will grant a unique title.
  • It was confirmed that separating Hard Mode and Nightmare Mode into separate weekly lockouts will apply to all existing operations.
  • Four new starfighters are being added: a new Scout and Strike Fighter for each faction. Two can be seen in this trailer (also on YouTube).
  • The various exploits that are being used in PvP to take advantage of bugs in Bolster should (theoretically) be fixed in Game Update 2.7.
  • Matt Dondelinger (Associate Designer) assures the community that BioWare is listening to suggestions for new Cartel Market items based on existing in-game assets.

4. Community

Oofalong of the Chosen guild on Prophecy of the Five server has written the second in his Understanding SWTOR Basics series, being published on Dulfy’s site; this article is about understanding tooltips.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @TheViszlaLegacy, @TheMalgadar, @Casmas_, @ThePummeler, Dracko, @ben_b55, @Theshadowlegion, @nicknightmoves, Nathaniel Starr and @Jayconnell.

The Shadow Legion guild on Empire-side of The Shadowlands are looking for new members for their story mode 16-man weekly operations group.

6. Sarlacc Digest

Jubbs and Pincer from The Bastion join us to discuss the Scout, providing a wealth of information and tips.

7. Outro

Thanks to Jubbs (@OrdooSkirata), Pincer and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Radio4Gamers.

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MSE-6 (SWTOR Ability Tracker) Tutorial

MSE-6 is an add-on that uses SWTOR’s Combat Log to assist the player with awareness of their abilities and in some cases of impending doom. MSE-6 reads the Combat Log and can be used to track any ability that is reported in the Combat Log.

What does this mean? Well, just think of all those DoTs and HoTs that you have to worry about applying and/or removing. Maybe you have an ability that you know you should use more, but it always seem to slip your mind. Well then, MSE-6 might be the program for you.

MSE-6 runs outside SWTOR, using audible tones to let you know when a designated action has been completed. There will be some setup and configuration on your part, but the developer has designed the program to make this as easy and painless as possible.

You can download MSE-6 from here.

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OotiniCast Episode 122

Lots of news this week, including yet more class changes in Game Update 2.7 and some clarifications related to Ranked PvP Season 1’s reward system. Then returning guest Bill has yet more advice on enhancing your credit balance.

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Adam Schumpert! Adam has previously created some wonderful art for us, such as our Ootini Knights guild logo:

Adam - Ootini Knights

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

  • Game Update 2.6.1 was deployed during the usual maintenance time on Tuesday morning.
  • The Class Representative Initiative is now active once more, with the schedule for the submission of each Advanced Class representative’s top three questions announced.
  • To receive any Ranked PvP Season 1 tier-based rewards, you must have played at least 10 Ranked arena matches. Note that it is your highest rating achieved, not your current rating, that counts when determining which tier you will be placed in.
  • Our speculation about the uniqueness of the Rancor mount being received by Tier 1 players at the end of Ranked PvP Season 1 has been resolved with confirmation that Rancor mounts (with differing appearances) will indeed be available elsewhere in future, starting with a very rare Cyborg Rancor from Nightmare Mode Dread Palace, and then more “basic” models to be found in other parts of the game (including Cartel Market packs).
  • The Bolster exploit utilising lower-level blue mods that Jacob described in the last episode has been identified as a bug that BioWare will be fixing. It seems this will be resolved for Game Update 2.7 where there will be a new set of PvP gear.
  • Teo would like to see Bolster at level 55 significantly simplified, as he describes in this forum post.
  • Game Update 2.7’s appearance on the PTS has been delayed from the originally announced Monday 24 February. No ETA is currently available.
  • From Game Update 2.7, Hard Mode and Nightmare Mode will no longer share the same lockout.
  • More class changes (subsequently adding changes for the Commando and Mercenary) for Game Update 2.7 have been announced, in addition to those already released.
Ranked PvP participation (solo, all servers)

Ranked PvP participation (solo, all servers)

Ranked PvP participation (group, all servers)

Ranked PvP participation (group, all servers)

4. Community

The Galactic Gamers Coalition’s inaugural episode is available! The RSS feed with GCC episodes is here, and it should be in iTunes shortly.

The Aequitas Vox guild on The Bastion (Republic-side) are recruiting new members for their progression Hard Mode groups. They’re also on Twitter (@AequitasVoxTOR).

PvP specialist Jacob has created another guide, this one about how to gear for Ranked arenas.

Kuze has produced a video tutorial of the MSE-6 Ability Tracker, which he reviewed in Kuze’s Korner in episode 112.

Much fun was had by all who attended the Ootini meet-up in Las Vegas on the weekend! You can find Heather has authored a most complete summary of the event in her blog post “Hanging out with OotiniCast in Las Vegas”.

Vegas - Inside Aria (Bill)

Chong, Mosq, Bill, Chill, Tim (GasGuy), Heather

Vegas - Heather, Terg, Mosq, Bill

Heather, Terg, Mosq, Bill

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @PadmeAm, @Rrubb, @ben_b55, Tarkko/Praefecti, @darksplat, @O_JohnnyBravo_O, @badfeelingpdcst, Raz (@masterbearjedi), Terg (@TheTurg), @jeffyjaws, @GregCarter78, @Blackloch, Chaz Lobo (@Strongshocker), @RPGbeatsRL, James Jubb (@OrdooSkirata), Thomas Midena (@Thoroughmas) and Jacob (@deltiasgaming).

@jeffyjaws spotted what appears to be a Nostromo in the recently released Ender’s Game movie:

Nostromo in Ender's Game

@Thoroughmas likes the look of gear with reflective surfaces:

Thoroughmas - Reflective weapon

6. Sarlacc Digest

Bill is back with more credit-making advice.

7. Outro

Thanks to Bill (@BillLentz) and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher.

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OotiniCast Episode 121

PvP specialist Jacob returns to discuss the avalanche of PvP-related news this week, including the class changes coming in Game Update 2.7 and the Ranked PvP Season 1 rewards.

Ranked PvP Season 1 - Rancor Mount

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Merrilin!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

4. Community

Chaz Lobo (@Strongshocker) has authored the guide Converting to F2P in SWTOR.

We recommend two new SWTOR podcasts for your listening pleasure: Chuck and Brian’s The Bad Feeling Podcast (iTunes, RSS), and Hochi’s SWTOR Elder Game Podcast (iTunes, RSS).

Farewell to the TORWars site and podcast. You will be missed!

The rendezvous for the Ootini meetup in Las Vegas is the City Bar at the Aria Resort and Casino (near the MGM and the Rio) this Saturday 20 February at 8pm PST.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @TheMalgadar, Sperô, Dan, @Dekarch, @JediKal, @Jayconnell, @ForceChuckle, @Andreas_Sch, @badfeelingpdcst, @BillLentz, Tony Ho, Chong (@EmpireDivider), @Rrubb, @GregCarter78, @JediAio and Snowy (@bytorsnowdog).

Chuck and Brian from the @badfeelingpdcst appreciate Chill’s use of the term “OP-ness”.

Snowy referred us to the video Amazing Footage: The Spaceship User Interfaces of Star Wars.

Chong believes the following arena scoreboard sums up our beloved server, The Harbinger:

Chong - Harbinger in one pic

6. Sarlacc Digest

We discuss the class changes coming in Game Update 2.7. Try them yourself when the PTS goes live on 24 February!

7. Outro

Thanks to Jacob (@deltiasgaming, twitch.tv/deltiasgaming, deltiasgaming.com) and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher.

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