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Chill and Teo are joined by Hyp and first-time guest Redna to discuss the latest news. Our discussion topic centers on the new heroic space missions being introduced in Game Update 1.6. They certainly are challenging!

1. Introduction

Hyp provided a nice screenshot of his Imperial character, Hornigina, sporting the latest fashion from the Cartel Market.

2. Trivia question

We’re extending last week’s question for another week. Please help us find a home for a Tawntaun Fawn!

Detractors of the prequels sometimes argue that George Lucas almost killed the Star Wars franchise. But what other well-known director/writer/producer, who has similarly made at least one sci-fi movie, also came close to killing the Star Wars franchise during the making of the original series, by delaying one of the three original movies for weeks upon weeks and adding 20% to its cost?

Original hint: It is not George Lucas, nor is it either of the directors of Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi.

New hint: The movie in question is Empire Strikes Back.

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

3. The Holofeed

• Patch 1.5.1 was deployed during regular maintenance on Tuesday morning. However, it introduced a nasty bug where companion gear did not contribute stats when first summoned; players had to requip all their gear each time. That was quickly fixed in patch 1.5.1a, deployed the following morning.
• A post in the Customer Service forum indicates that most players should receive their 100 CC (Cartel Coins) per month for having a security key attached to their account around the 15th (based on the date the free-to-play launched). If you add a security key now, that day of the month will be when you get your 100 CC. This allocation is independent of the subscription CC stipend.
• The advertised free character, guild or Legacy name change that subscribed players could get per month is not yet available, but is coming.
• In response to player feedback, Preferred status players will be getting 4 quickslot bars (up from 2), in next Tuesday’s patch.

4. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @EmpireDivider (Chong), @Rrubb, @ForceChuckle, @bytorsnowdog (Snowy), @grimrok (Grim), @rbleamon (Ray Leamon), @Arveshet, @Ahnog, @Dimbo56, @vayne_verso, @StoleTarts, @JediTChalla (T’Challa) and @JKremss; we also respond to a forum post from DroidDreamer.

Here’s the picture that Hyp took of his bare-chested Scoundrel, along with Teo’s Jedi Guardian and the Party Jawa:

5. Sarlacc Digest

In the first of our two-part series about the content coming in Game Update 1.6, we discuss the new space game missions. They are introduced by Lead Designer Michael Backus in Developer Update: Heroic Space Missions.

From our own experience on the PTS, they are indeed heroic (in that they’re very challenging), especially with the Grade 6 starship upgrades that are currently available. The missions recommend Grade 7+ upgrades, which Dulfy describes in SWTOR patch 1.6 Grade 7 Starship Upgrades and HM Space Missions. In summary, by ship item slot:

• Ship armor: 500 Fleet Commendations
• Energy shield: Cybertech schematic (700 Fleet Commendations)
• Shield regenerator: 150 Daily Commendations
• Beam charger: 500 Fleet Commendations
• Beam generator: 500 Fleet Commendations
• Missile magazine: Cybertech schematic (700 Fleet Commendations)
• Power conversion module: 300,000 credits
• Electronic Warfare Pod: Cybertech schematic (200 Daily Commendations)
• EMP Generator: 150 Daily Commendations
• Proton torpedoes: (no upgrade)

It seems we’ll definitely be needing to run a lot of existing space missions to accumulate sufficient Fleet Commendations to purchase all of the upgrades; at least the ones for Daily Commendations will be easier to obtain! There is an informative Reddit post (Gearing up for HM 1.6 Space Missions!) giving a breakdown of how efficient the space missions are in terms of time versus Fleet Commendations earned.

6. Outro

Thanks to Redna (@RystoJ) and Hyp (@Hypknotoad) for joining us this week.

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