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Chill and Teo (with Hyp’s remote presence) discuss what’s happening in SWTOR, focussing on the issues that have arisen since Game Update 1.4’s release.

1. Introduction

2. Question to the panel

3. Trivia question

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Krilltok (John A). His guild, The Brotherhood of Darkness on The Tomb of Freedon Nadd server, cleared 16-man Terror From Beyond. Well done, guys!

4. The Holofeed

• Patch 1.4.0b was deployed on Tuesday as a hot-fix, with no downtime required.
• BioWare has summarised the issues that remain extant since Game Update 1.4 was released; there’s quite a few! They include already-known schematics being consumed if you attempt to learn them (and there’s no way to tell that you already know them, aside from checking your crafting window), the second boss in The False Emperor being bugged, and the win for warzone matches occasionally being awarded to the wrong side.
• While Game Update 1.4 was on the PTS, it was noted that there were two expensive items: relics for 400 Daily Commendations, and implants for 350 Black Hole Commendations. We mentioned last week that during the Livestream, it was indicated that these items were there by mistake; it turns out that only applied to the relics. The implants are correctly priced, though given the stat differences, hardly worth 350 Black Hole Commendations!
• Story mode operations, including Explosive Conflict and Terror From Beyond, will no longer drop Black Hole Commendations from bosses or in chests. This is due to the progression path being through hard mode operations, with the story mode ops being effectively the entry level.
• While you can queue for both warzones and Flashpoints via the Group Finder, as of Game Update 1.4 upon entry to a warzone you are automatically removed from the Group Finder queue. It was explained that this was to prevent people abandoning warzones if their Group Finder popped.
• Companions 101: Kaliyo Djannis is the first in a series covering specific companions. Kaliyo is the first companion that joins the Imperial Agent. You can suggest which companion to cover next on the forums.
• The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour is an initiative to allow players to meet the community team and developers at various events.
• The Star Wars: The Old Republic: Encyclopedia will be published on 15 October 2012. It retails for $US40, though is available for a reduced price at Amazon US and the Book Depository (free shipping worldwide).

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @AHlaenxna (Vis), @IzaakTheMad (Izaak), @ForceChuckle, @meredithwatson, @EmpireDivider (Chong)`, @Dimbo56 (Dimbo), @grimrok (Grim), @voyak, @IamAlana, @DarthPops (Marshall Carr Jr. of TORWars), @banyo1984 (Benjamin Becker), @rbleamon (Ray Leamon), @BayCityScramblr (Chris Johnson) and @HolyCrapItsLate (Rob Henriquez).

The following the poster that Chill saw with a vision of the future from the early 20th century, that bears a striking resemblance to Coruscant!

6. Outro

Thanks to Hyp (@Hypknotoad) for joining us (remotely!) this week.

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