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In the news we cover the upcoming Game Update 3.2.1, the return of the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event, and more. We then discuss feedback from last week’s topic on the value of progression raiding guilds, amongst other topics, including just what’s happening with “better than cross-server”.

1. Introduction

The gallery below features Chill’s latest levelling character, Chillhulk!

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Bellazar! Thanks to Death Star Down Under, Cest-la and Kal for entering.

Death Star Down Under recommended this thread on the official forums for those with nVidia graphics cards that want to boost their FPS.

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

3. Holofeed

• Patch 3.2c was deployed on Thursday morning in record time (35 minutes). Kudos to the Live Services team!
• The Relics of the Gree event will conclude on Tuesday 26 May. Bounty Contract Week will then start, concluding on Tuesday 2 June.
• Game Update 3.2.1 will be deployed on Wednesday 27 May, rather than Tuesday, delayed due to the Memorial Day public holiday on Monday 25 May. Preliminary patch notes have been made available.
• Included in Game Update 3.2.1 is the restoration of the achievements earned from last year’s Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event that had mysteriously disappeared. Speaking of the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event, it is making its annual return on Tuesday 9 June, running for 11 weeks until Tuesday 25 August.
• If you believe you are experiencing a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack while participating in PvP, please contact BioWare privately, providing as much information as you can. To avoid this happening to you, avoid situations where your personal internet connection’s IP address could be detected, such as logging into someone else’s Mumble, Ventrilo or TeamSpeak server, or posting on a private forum.
• It appears that KOTOR2 (Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords) will soon be available on mobile devices.
• Filmmaker Jamie Benning (@jamieswb) interviews Garrick Hagon, the actor who played Biggs Darklighter in Star Wars: A New Hope, in the video documentary Blast it Biggs! Where are you?!.
• In a cryptic tweet, Aaryn Flynn (head of BioWare Edmonton and Montreal) hinted that BioWare could return to the “amazing universe” of Star Wars, and explicitly mentions KOTOR (Knights of the Old Republic). Could this be a non-SWTOR game in The Old Republic timeline?

4. Community

Find out more about Swtorista’s ‘In the Wild’ decoration contest here.

5. Force Feedback

You can Kranitoko’s latest Krandom video here, which includes some OotiniCast guest voices!

Dekion highly recommends (and we concur!) this documentary video about the making of the Star Wars exhibit at Madame Tussauds in London.

If you’re after a rotation for Concentration Sentinels or Rage Marauders, check out Oofalong’s preliminary rotation and another derivative rotation.

The two articles on why “don’t feed the trolls” may be bad advice recommended by Laurie M are Don’t feed the trolls? It’s not that simple and “Don’t Feed the Trolls” is Bad Science.

You can see the full discussion about the value of progression raiding guilds and harassment in last week’s Reddit thread for episode 206.

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor) and Teo (@jasonetheridge).

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

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