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Quite a bit happening in the lead up to Game Update 4.4 next Tuesday, especially the news about SWTOR’s jam-packed month of May to celebrate Star Wars Day!
1. Introduction
2. Tip of the week
Congratulations to this week’s winner, Kirkadoodle! Thanks to Dak, Synwulf, Javadoggy Starbucks and ElionD for entering.
As mentioned in ElionD’s tip, you can see SWTOR server status here, which includes the server load and the now defunct label of each server.
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
- Your fifth Stronghold, contrary to BioWare’s previous statement, will indeed contribute up to 25% to your Conquest bonus, making a potential total Conquest bonus of 125%.
- Dan Bunten (Associate Producer) answered some questions asked about Weapon Tunings, with the first (Lightning) arriving in the Plunderer’s Pack coming in Game Update 4.4.
- The Eternal Empire Recon Walker, currently available as a rare drop in the Heroic Star Fortresses, will also be available on the Eternal Championship vendor.
- Character transfers, which increased from 90 CC to 1000 CC, are now available between the US and EU, though are more expensive at 1500 CC.
- BioWare are doing a series of promotions for May to celebration Star Wars Day (May the Fourth).
4. Community
Our Leaderboards page has been updated to show the latest data for Ranked PvP Season 7.
5. The Academy
This week Swtorista tells us all about roleplaying in SWTOR.
Fy mentioned the YouTube channel of Kristopher “Yagu” Shafer who streams his roleplay.
6. Force Feedback
Chill found the following most helpful poster for one’s bathroom:
JP Sinclair sent us this SWTOR take on a key scene from Empire Strikes Back:
7. Outro
On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Dekion (@therealDekion) and Fyonha (@GamrGrlNextDoor).
Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.
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