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Game Update 4.0.1 is here, along with the official release of Knights of the Fallen Empire for all subscribers!

1. Introduction

Kuze’s new looks:

As mentioned by Chill, Kira’s bracers (from her original starter gear) are quite fetching:

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Sechari! Thanks to AegisKnight, Dan-Piehurler, Dekion, LaChimba, Knite, O’barr, Alex, LekRyugan, JediKnight3420 and JSarc (@BornToEatBacon!) 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 equipment removed from vendors due to their stats being redundant (there was huge overlap once the primary stats were merged into Mastery) will not be returned, though the armor appearances either exist elsewhere in-game or will be added over time.
• Patch 4.0a was deployed on Thursday.
• Insta-60s can be deleted and re-created if you do so before reaching level 61.
• The “Face Your Destiny” trailer was released along with Knights of the Fallen Empire being made available for all subscribers.
• Game Update 4.0.1 was deployed on Tuesday.
• Extra hardware was added to increase server capacity.
• BioWare is asking for feedback about the new Cartel Market pack design that came with Game Update 4.0 in this thread on the official forums.

4. Community

Thanks to our latest Ootini Patron: Andy!

The OotiniCast SWTOR Meme Contest has begun. Goto ootinicast.com/memecontest2015 to find out more.

5. Force Feedback

Thoroughmas observes that his cape is really determined not to clip through his speeder:

Jerrold sent us these images of Treek looking very, very strange:

He also provided this video to show exactly how it looks. Michael likewise encountered the issue:

Jerrold encountered a Voss that actually is 9 feet tall:

Knite suggests people send in their KotFE screenshots from its awesome cutscenes2, such as this one which he provided:

6. Outro

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