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We dive into the initial information released about Knights of the Fallen Empire, SWTOR’s next expansion!

1. Introduction

Kranitoko’s latest videos include Opening 24x Mid Rim Explorer’s Packs and SWTOR: Knights of the Fallen Empire & Battlefront Impressions – #EA #E32015.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, CapsSlapshot27! Thanks to Kelly, Teadra and Relasine for entering.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Tuesday for a chance to win a Taunfawn or M8-3R droid code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

• The next Community Cantina will be held in conjunction with San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) on Saturday 11 July.
• Knights of the Fallen Empire (KotFE) is the next SWTOR expansion! It will be released free to subscribers on 27 October 2015. Some links of interest:
  • Jerba’s compilation post, including video transcripts
  • EA’s original pre-E3 press conference press release
  • The full-length Sacrifice trailer created by Blur Studio
  • SWTOR’s expansion announcement
  • BioWare’s press release announcing the expansion
  • FAQ for KotFE
  • Article from Polygon: SWTOR’s next expansion arrives Oct. 27, is a new hope for MMOs
  • IGN’s Sacrifice trailer discussion with Bruce MacLean (Senior Producer)
• There will be 7 days of early access, starting 20 October 2015. To be eligible for early access, you must have received the four pre-launch expansion rewards, which require being subscribed on 31 July (Nico Okarr companion), 31 August (his blasters), 30 September (his duster coat) and 19 October (swoop bike).
• Some other tidbits about the expansion:
  • The Eternal Empire is not a playable faction, and there will not be cross-faction play (the same as it is now)
  • Charles Boyd gives us some story insights into what’s coming
  • Obtaining the expansion (by being subscribed on 27 October) will grant a single character per account that starts at level 60. Subsequent “insta-60s” can be purchased through the Cartel Market. They must be new characters (you cannot “boost” an existing character to level 60).
  • While there was no mention of new Operations in the expansion announcement, there is a blog coming soon on the subject explaining their plans.

• Charles Boyd wishes us to remember that the truth is out there!

4. Community

Thanks to our latest Ootini Patrons: Cokebeard, David and the extraordinarily generous Kranitoko!

5. Force Feedback

You can find out more about the spectacular punishment of a hacker in Guild Wars 2 here.

Blachloch’s breakdown of how he’s spent his time in SWTOR in terms of which characters/roles played can be seen in this tweet.

To find out more about using WinAuth instead of the official mobile security key, see this Reddit post.

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Turg (@TheTurg, @OotiniWarRoom) and Kranitoko (@Kranitoko, youtube.com/KranitokoGames).

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

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