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Not much news, though we do cover the ongoing May the Fourth competitions, the hint that cheap server transfers may soon briefly return, the latest EA earnings call, and more. Then we discuss some hard-to-get or relatively unknown achievements that the completionists among you need to know about!
1. Introduction
WSplit was the tool mentioned by Djredd for measuring the time taken to do the Eternal Championship.
2. Tip of the week
Congratulations to this week’s winner, Shiny! Thanks to Ajay, Lecto-Sama and Darkcinn 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 May the Fourth competitions continue through May. Though if you’re tempted shorten your time in the Eternal Championship Speedrun using nefarious means, you’ll get disqualified and possibly banned.
- Ben Irving may arrange for server transfers to be cheap again for a brief window sometime soon.
- The new adaptive gear vendor on the Fleet and on each faction’s capital worlds was introduced due to the hard work of Ahmad Zabarah.
- BioWare have announced that Chapter 14 will arrive on Friday 3 June, with early access starting on Wednesday 1 June.
- EA have held their Q4 FY16 earnings call.
- Members of the guild ZORZ were apparently told in Q1 2015 that there would not be any new Operations for 2 years as SWTOR’s focus was shifted to story(-story-story).
- The new Star Wars game from EA’s Respawn Entertainment is a third person action adventure.
4. Community
Positivo’s entry into our Share the Rage competition is featured at the end of this week’s show.
5. The Academy
Swtorista tells us about reputations: what they are, how to get them and why.
6. Force Feedback
You can see the results of Teo’s Twitter poll here.
B’Mal Suj recommends the web comic Imperial Entanglements, particularly this one.
He’s also managed to replicate the Masters of the Universe!
7. Sarlacc Digest
Djredd and Dekion tell us about hard-to-get, rare and relatively unknown achievements.
8. Outro
On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Dekion (@therealDekion) and Djredd (@damonhomer).
Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.
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