OotiniCast Episode 46

Chill and Teo are joined by Izaak to talk about the deployment of Game Update 1.4 and other news. We also discuss SWTOR’s gearing model for endgame, with its proposed three tiers of operations.

1. Introduction

2. Question to the panel

Chill provides his interpretation of the new moods that are now available for our characters in Game Update 1.4:

  • Neutral—Neutral
  • Alarmed—Stupid
  • Annoyed—Constipated
  • Astounded—Macaulay Culkin
  • Awed—Slightly Stupid
  • Cheery—Cheery (some of them are named pretty well)
  • Dejected—Pouting
  • Depressed—Doing a Robert DeNiro impression
  • Discomforted—Doing an angry Robert DeNiro impression
  • Eager—Still Novocaine’d from the dentist (lip sticks out weird)
  • Flattered—Smarmy
  • Frustrated—Doing a Gilbert Gottfried impression
  • Hurt—Doing a Clint Eastwood impression
  • Joyful—Pleased (looks happy but not joyful)
  • Meditative—Pretending to be Asleep (also: how am I fighting now?)
  • Mournful—Puppy-dog eyes
  • Saddened—Mildly bummed
  • Scowling—Nearsighted
  • Stunned—Freshly Tased. Pretty darn accurate, actually. Could use some drool.

3. Trivia question

The following screenshot contains a sample of Aurebesh, the Star Wars writing system. The question is simply to translate it! If you are interested in learning Aurebesh, you can try Teo’s simple Aurebesh trainer.

If you are interested in being entered in the random drawing for a Tauntaun Fawn code, please send your answer to ootinicast@gmail.com.

4. The Holofeed

  • While there was no maintenance on Tuesday, Game Update 1.4 was deployed during an 8 hour maintenance on Thursday morning. Patch notes are here, and James Ohlen’s Welcome to Game Update 1.4: Terror from Beyond is also worth reading.
  • The deployment wasn’t entirely without issues, the most pressing of which was the GTN being unusable. The Preferences option to hide one’s headslot doesn’t work; the workaround is to select the checkbox via the Customize Appearance button (right side of your Character Sheet, near your Feet slot).
  • An explanation was provided regarding name conflicts with guild names following the recent merger into super-servers: it turns out that if two or more guilds were merged onto a server that shared a common name back on their origin server, all those guild names now have “@ <origin server>” appended (e.g., “Despair @ The Harbinger”). Once there is only one guild remaining on the server with that name (due to the guilds changing their name or being disbanded), the “@ <origin server>” will be removed.
  • The first Livestream community discussion was held on Friday. Dulfy almost immediately provided a YouTube copy of the broadcast, along with a transcript.
  • Damion Schubert (Principle Lead Systems Designer) provided a Quality of Life Improvements in Game Update 1.4 blog post.
  • An unexpected (but most welcome!) change in Game Update 1.4 was to drastically increase the respawn times of the objectives for the Black Hole dailies.
  • It sounds like multi-spec is still a long, long way off (unfortunately).
  • Rob Hinkle (Senior PvP Designer) says that BioWare is considering penalties for abandoning an in-progress warzone, though may instead opt for additional incentives for staying until the end.
  • The three Oceanic servers also received 12 character slots per server in Game Update 1.4, bringing them to parity with the rest of the servers after the merger. Action is still being considered to alleviate the low populations on those servers.
  • Bioware has placed a job advertisement for a “Monetization Analyst“. They subsequently needed to allay fears that this implied that the free-to-play conversion hadn’t actually started.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @Dimbo56, @voyak, @ForceChuckle and @AspisVodox.

6. Outro

Thanks to Izaak (@IzaakTheMad) for joining us this week.

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. We are a proud member of the TOR Syndicate! Subscribe to us on iTunes, and watch for us in your Bind on Equip feed.

Share

Comments

OotiniCast Episode 46 — 25 Comments

  1. I got this site from my friend who shared with me concerning this
    website and now this time I am visiting this web site and reading very informative articles or reviews at this place.

  2. I do not even know how I finished up right here, however I thought this put up used to be great.
    I do not recognise who you are but definitely you are going to a famous blogger for those who aren’t already. Cheers!

  3. Wireless in security gives you an opportunity to place cameras just about anywhere you
    want. At the very first, it provides the portability of using this camera from one place to another.
    These wireless cameras are directly connected to a monitor or set of monitors placed in the office room, from where
    you can actually see what the camera sees.

    My web page – swann home security systems

  4. They are used quite often on smoke damaged walls and will
    cover and adhere to almost anything. This can work well in
    the sense that they have worked together before and therefore have a history of communicating well and understand each other’s way of working. Attention to details is paramount in the cosmopolitan style, and all finishes should have either a gentle gloss or a luxurious matte touch.

    Feel free to visit my web site; before and after renovations

  5. Vacation Ready Service allows you to keep or throw
    out any property that the landlord reasonably believes is
    worth less than $300. Those who are not as fortunate, however, it can property
    management companies dallas be used in more productive works.
    L C is a highly demanded event that requires a real estate school.
    Our employees and partners bring extensive experience to every implementation in the areas.
    Property owners can also use online resources to narrow their search
    for properties. A landlord can use the basic principles for wherever your rental home.

    Feel free to visit my page; showers small bathrooms

  6. You can choose from simplistic designs that provide room for engravings, or you can
    find beautiful cufflinks with subtle gem details for a more formal look.
    Lapel years have served many functions, being useful for varied reasons.
    Moreover, members of sororities and fraternities on college campuses throughout the U.

    Here is my site … work badges

  7. Give the people involved with your relief efforts something
    to remember your organization by. Many times we fool ourselves into thinking that we must continue to act in a certain way so as to
    be consistent with our previously held belief system and patterns of action.
    Lapel pins can be made in a variety of different styles to fit specific needs.

    Here is my web site – star lapel pins

  8. At family reunions, an old photo of great-grandma and great-grandpa printed on
    a pin and marked with the reunion year makes a special gift for everyone.
    They ought to be ready to pattern 1 for you as extended as you’re prepared to obtain a couple of dozen or so. Rail fans and history buffs will be able to purchase commemorative Union Pacific Railroad 150th anniversary merchandise beginning today as the railroad kicks off its year-long sesquicentennial celebration.

    My website: custom badges [postcard-marketing-campaigns.com]

  9. Everything is very open with a clear clarification of the issues.
    It was definitely informative. Your site is very
    helpful. Many thanks for sharing!

    Feel free to visit my web page – google

  10. Usually I really don’t discover write-up for information sites, but I would choose to say that this specific write-up extremely forced my family to carry out it! Your current crafting style has been surprised myself. Thanks a lot, quite awesome write-up.

  11. Do you have a spam problem on this blog; I also am a blogger, and I was curious about your situation;
    many of us have developed some nice practices and we are looking
    to swap solutions with others, why not shoot me
    an e-mail if interested.

    Here is my website; IT Service; Sandy,

  12. What a funny web site! I truly enjoyed seeing this humorous online video with my loved ones unit as properly as with each other with my mates.

    Also visit my homepage; Review of AskNow (Bonita)

  13. Quite wonderful post. I just stumbled on your weblog and
    desired to say that I have really liked browsing around your blog site posts.
    In any scenario I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you create all over again quite quickly!

    my webpage – online psychic

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.