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We cover the latest KotET news, including a bit about crafting in 5.0 and the repeatable chapters livestream. Then with our returning guest Cristina we talk about the voice actors strike, and why #PerformanceMatters.
1. Introduction
Meet Chillriff, Chill’s mullet-wielding Jedi!
2. Tip of the week
Congratulations to this week’s winner, Rutunest! Thanks to Elion D 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 currency conversion rates for warzone commendations and crystals into credits, which will will on 28 November when Game Update 5.0 goes live, have been announced. We have incorporated them into our handy calculator. Note that Fleet Commendations (rewarded for doing the old on-rails space missions) will remain unchanged.
- Some details were revealed about the philosophy planned for crafting endgame gear in Game Update 5.0. We also found out there would be a new tier (MK-10) of augments.
- This week’s KotET livestream, summarised by Dulfy, discussed how KotFE chapters and the new KotET chapters would be repeatable on different levels of difficulty.
- Electronic Arts held their Q2 FY17 earnings call.
6. The Academy
This week in the Academy, Swtorista will tell us all about targetting: how to set your focus target, the keybinds associated with targetting, setting up the target of target on your UI, and how to use target markers!
7. Force Feedback
8. Sarlacc Digest
We talk about SAF-AFTRA going on strike. The rather strange site created by the video game companies is here. Cristina provided the following additional sites with more information.
- Why Video Games’ favourite voices are and should be on strike
- The Reality of the SAG-AFTRA Voice Actors Strike
- Game Actors for all
Remember, #PerformanceMatters!
9. Outro
On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge) and Cristina (@CristiPetrarca,cristinapetrarca.com).
Information about our guilds on The Harbinger, Ootini Knights (Republic) and Ootini Rage (Empire), can be found here.
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