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OotiniCast Episode 234

Posted on November 12, 2015 by teoNovember 12, 2015

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Very little news, so this week’s show is primarily community-driven: a wide array of tips, summaries of interviews with Charles Boyd and James Ohlen, and GasGuy’s datacron rant.

1. Introduction

Chill participated in this month’s Galactic Gamers Coalition #11 “Extra KotFE”, hosted by Old Republic Radio.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Beringer! Thanks to Rendrin, Patrick, TheUnNamedHero, @BornToEatBacon, Tait Ransom, Teadra, Groo the Trooper, Fatalspark and Memmek 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 insta-60-gate saga is resolved! After initially taking the insta-60 (“Start at 60”) tokens off the Cartel Market, and requesting that players avoid using any insta-60 tokens they have, BioWare subsequently announced that the issue had been identified and fixed. Some players who’d insta-60 tokens weren’t restored with that fix had them returned later.
Please note that you must have deleted your insta-60 character prior to reaching level 61 to be eligible for the insta-60 token to be refunded.
Swtorista has obtained some answers from Charles Boyd (Lead Writer) about KotFE’s story.
PCPowerPlay interviewed James Ohlen on 7 September.

4. Community

You can find Dorjee Vajra’s SWTOR Community Guides and Resources (SWTORCGR) here.

Dekion provided a wonderful summary of his and Fyonha’s participation in the Extra Life Events hosted by the Unholy Alliance and Wookie Mistake guilds.

Fyonha as Musco

Dekion and Fyonha as Musco

SWTOR Family Feud

5. Force Feedback

Blachloch provides visual proof that the assertion that level sync ensures that the mobs on a planet are never grey is wrong!

Tim wades into the murky depths that is Star Wars humour…

As does Grez’ly of Begeren Colony:

6. Outro

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

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

You can email questions and comments about the show to ootinicast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter via @OotiniCast. Check out our website, ootinicast.com, which has links to our presence on Google+ and Facebook. You can subscribe to us on iTunes, and listen to us on Stitcher and Spreaker. We record the show live every Wednesday at 4:30pm Pacific, goto ootinicast.com/live to find out how to join in!

OotiniCast Episode 233

Posted on November 5, 2015 by teoNovember 5, 2015

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We discuss the news, BioWare’s developer roundtable and our continuing adventures in Knights of the Fallen Empire!

1. Introduction

The OotiniCast SWTOR Meme Contest continues! Goto ootinicast.com/memecontest2015 to find out more, and click #swtormemecontest to see all the entries. Here are two that Chill created:

The two best entries from week 1:

Kuze’s entry

Blachloch’s entry

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Alex! Thanks to Bahumet/Locke, AmenRe, Thunder, Sukai, Greg, Pandoren, Knite and Kranitoko for entering.

3. Holofeed

Patch 4.0.1a was deployed on Wednesday morning.
Some players have encountered issues with using their insta-60 (“Start at 60”) tokens. The latest advice from BioWare is that the insta-60 tokens should not be used until further notice.
If pay Cartel Coins to unlock an item in your Collections, and it isn’t available on your other characters, restarting the client will fix the problem.
Some players do not have access to companions that they are entitled to after Game Update 4.0. This issue should be resolved in the upcoming Game Update 4.0.2.
Electronic Arts held its Q2 2016 earnings call.
BioWare held a Knights of the Fallen Empire roundtable with their developers, inviting influencers and the press. Swtorista was one of those who attended, and wrote up her experience on her blog.

4. Community

Thanks to Kevin for his donation, and to our latest Ootini Patrons, Mathew and Josh!

Bant the Fat and Pink’s Optimal Stats for all 24 Disciplines to Maximise Average DPS, DtPS or HPS in PvE is an excellent resource for gearing your characters.

The participants in the Galactic Gamer’s Coalition has created its own ExtraLife team!

5. Force Feedback

Charlie observes that a character can freeze very oddly when they die:

He also appears to have seen two instances of Hemdil Tre!

MaterRex sent us this cartoon which may be one of the rare examples of Star Wars humour that is actually funny (originally tweeted by @killer_kitsch):

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Turg (@TheTurg) and Swtorista (@swtorista, swtorista.com, swtorstrongholds.com).

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

The SWTOR Meme Contest has begun!

Posted on October 29, 2015 by teoDecember 10, 2015

As discussed in episode 232, we are having a ‪#‎SWTORMemeContest‬! To find out more, goto ootinicast.com/memecontest2015.

OotiniCast Episode 232

Posted on October 29, 2015 by teoOctober 29, 2015

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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.

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.

OotiniCast Episode 231

Posted on October 22, 2015 by teoOctober 22, 2015

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Game Update 4.0 and early access to Knights of the Fallen Empire are here! We discuss our experiences so far (spoiler-free, of course), walk through the patch notes, and talk about what has been revealed about the new Alliance system.

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Ameel from The Harbinger! Thanks to Fatalspark, Biggus’dickus and Mariarchi for entering.

3. Holofeed

Game Update 4.0 was deployed on Tuesday morning, accompanied by a welcome from Bruce Maclean (Senior Producer). You can find the known issues here.
A new “Alliance” gameplay trailer has been released.
A blog by Matt Pucevich (Designer) has been published that explains the new Alliance system.
To have all your datacrons added to your Legacy, you will need to log into each character which originally gained those datacrons.
The official trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been released!
The voice actor’s strike appears to be proceeding.

4. Community

There is a new SWTOR database attempting to replace the now defunct TORHead. You can find out more about their current and future plans in this Reddit post.

5. Force Feedback

Kranitoko’s latest pack opening video is now available.

Blachloch is skeptical about the Voss being “9 feet tall”:

Blachloch - 9 foot tall Voss

Joost wishes for more of the visual humour provided by Veedrig’s witty banter:

Veedrig witty banter

Dunedai provided this example of visual Star Wars humour:

Dunedai - R2

6. Outro

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

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

OotiniCast Episode 230

Posted on October 15, 2015 by teoOctober 15, 2015

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Chill regales us with his adventures at NYCC and the Community Cantina. We then discuss the rest of what’s coming in Game Update 4.0, including the Inquisitor/Consular class changes, the updated leveling experience and the streamlined combat system.

1. Introduction

The Season 2 teaser trailer for Star Wars Rebels that Chill saw at NYCC can be seen here.

The photos that Chill took at the NYC Community Cantina can be seen in the gallery below.

[Show slideshow]

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Mykehl of the Harbingers of War guild on The Shadowlands! Thanks to Knite and Mariachi for entering.

3. Holofeed

The launcher for the game has had a minor update to fix a few defects.
The help article which incorrectly stated that Preferred players would have a maximum of 14 character slots per server once Game Update 4.0 goes live has been corrected to 16 character slots.
The issue that led to the planned disabling of Planetary Conquests once Game Update 4.0 goes live will be fixed with the deployment of Game Update 4.0, which means that they will continue uninterrupted.
The class changes for Sith Inquisitors and Jedi Consulars coming in Knights of the Fallen Empire have been published.
Rob Hinkle (Lead Systems Designer) has written up the combat changes coming in Game Update 4.0.
Brian Audette (Senior Content Designer) has documented the changes to the core worlds and the leveling experience in Game Update 4.0.

4. Community

Thanks to Kodo for his donation, and to Devin for becoming our latest patron on Patreon!

5. Force Feedback

Ah, Star Wars humour. It actually doesn’t get any better than this:

Luke-warm

6. Outro

On the show this week were Chill (@BrandonLStarr, twitch.tv/chillswtor), Teo (@jasonetheridge), Alex (@MixUpPixels, geek-podcast.com) and Kuze (@kuze_roh, YouTube).

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

OotiniCast Episode 229

Posted on October 13, 2015 by teoOctober 15, 2015

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Chill attended the Community Cantina in NYC, held in conjunction with NYCC. As well as having a fantastic time, he managed to secure some recordings from the event, which we provide in this episode.

You can hear more from Chill about NYCC and the Cantina in episode 230.

OotiniCast Episode 228

Posted on October 8, 2015 by teoOctober 8, 2015

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We wade deep into the sudden deluge of Knights of the Fallen Empire information, this week going in depth on the Cartel Market changes and what’s happening with Crafting.

1. Introduction

Here’s Chill’s Walker deco, which he obtained with fellow Ootini Ragers from the world boss on Yavin 4:

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, GasGuy! Thanks to Knite, Leon, Teadra and OryansBelt for entering.

You can purchase the Knights of the Fallen Empire Starter Pack from Amazon via our Amazon referral link.

Here are the details from Teadra about how to copy your chat channel settings to another character:

If you go into your settings folder which is located under app data like follows:

(example) C:\Users\Teadra\AppData\Local\SWTOR\swtor\settings

(You might have to change your folder view options to show hidden files and folders, and this is where it is located for windows 7/windows 10 for me, it might be a different drive or location for others)

All you have to do is find the GUIState Configuration file for a toon that currently has the chat tabs that you prefer, you open that file and copy the ChatChannel line. Open the GUIState configuration settings file for the toon you want the chat channels on, and simply paste the line you copied over that entire line, and save.

You cannot be logged into the game when you do this, as it will overwrite your settings files back to what they currently are. So you will either have to do it before loading the game, or after you have exited the game entirely.

3. Holofeed

During a short maintenance on Monday, the Launcher was given a significant face lift, its first since before SWTOR’s launch.
The issue with Conquest rewards not being awarded remains. As of Game Update 4.0 (being deployed on 20 October), Conquests will be switched off for at least a month as BioWare attempts to remedy the problem.
Companion achievements have undergone a significant revamp in Game Update 4.0.
Dan Bunten (Producer) describes what’s changing in the Cartel Market in Game Update 4.0, which was subsequently clarified in this post. Note that the change to reputation vendors described has been reverted due to player feedback.
Ahmad Zabarah (Senior Designer) talks about what’s changing in Crafting, with clarifications provided via Community Team member Nick Avola (who emerged briefly from the shadows).

4. Community

5. Force Feedback

Another attempt at Star Wars humour spotted by Chill, courtesy of Last Destrus:

Alex wonders just what’s going on with Treek:

It seems the mystics of Voss have started exporting bottled water:

6. Outro

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

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

OotiniCast Episode 227

Posted on October 5, 2015 by teoOctober 5, 2015

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Teo and Chill interview Kimi, a regular on vanilla TOROCast back when it was hosted by Eric Musco and Samm.

OotiniCast Episode 226

Posted on October 1, 2015 by teoOctober 1, 2015

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From famine to feast! This week we discuss all that was revealed in the developer livestream which revealed all kinds of new information about what’s coming in Knights of the Fallen Empire.

1. Introduction

Chill will be attending next week’s Community Cantina in NYC on Thursday 8 October. If you have any questions you’d like him to ask, please email him directly via chill@ootinicast.com or tweet to @BrandonLStarr.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Natqus! Thanks to Seth Eldar, Deuter, Lachimba, Dunedai and Knite for entering.

3. Holofeed

BioWare held a two-hour livestream hosted by Eric Musco (Community Manager) describing many of the changes coming in Game Update 4.0. You can watch the entire presentation on Twitch, or see Dulfy’s archived version on YouTube along with a superbly detailed summary of what was covered.
SWTOR’s Customer Support forum is being replaced by answers.ea.com, which will allow non-subscribers to ask for help. The forum will be switched to read-only on 5 October, and eventually removed.

4. Community

Xam Xam has authored Knights of the Fallen Empire—Vitiate, Valkorion and The Zakuul Empire Part 2. Note that this is spoiler heavy! It covers the same material that she presented on our last spoilercast.

You can find Blay’s world boss achievement spreadsheet here.

5. Force Feedback

Dunedai spotted this Clone (Scone?) Trooper in Edinburgh:

Alex (of the GeEk Podcast) found himself flying high on Alderaan!

6. Outro

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

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