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OotiniCast Episode 111

Posted on December 12, 2013 by teoDecember 12, 2013

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As the Life Day holiday approaches, there’s not much happening… well, aside from Galactic Starfighter! We discuss what we’ve learned so far, and provide some tips and tricks for all you budding pilots.

1. Introduction

Red discovered that to search for Cartel Market items for Galactic Starfighter being sold on the GTN, you need to set the category to “Starship Upgrade”, and the upper bound of the “Required Level” to 1, as shown below:

If you only want to see starfighter unlocks, set the category to “Artifact” (purple).

Red also encourages the community who are into achievement hunting to get themselves added to the forum-based achievement leaderboard (thanks to BenB of the Empire-side guild Despair on The Harbinger for letting Red know).

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Darklighter!

Manciferous referenced this list of companion gifts.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

Patch 2.5a was deployed during a short maintenance on Tuesday. This included a fix to the issue that required players to repurchase all ranks of an ability when reaching a level when a new rank should be available for that ability, and for various daily-related achievements that had temporarily disappeared.
Along with the patch, Life Day items were once again made available on the Cartel Market.
There was an issue introduced with Game Update 2.5 that appears to be specific to those with some ATI video cards. BioWare is working hard to fix it, and while it didn’t make 2.5a, the issue was subsequently resolved in Patch 2.5b.
Some Galactic Starfighter clarifications were provided, including:
- how to identify your squadron (group) in the main list and map
- why suiciding to avoid an opponent getting a kill may be sub-optimal
Late last week, BioWare streamed members of their community and development team playing Galactic Starfighter on their Twitch channel for over 3 hours. You can watch the archived broadcast in two parts (part 1, part 2).
To celebrate SWTOR’s second anniversary on 20 December, BioWare is after “My SWTOR Saga” screenshots from players, capturing what they love about the game. Some will be featured on SWTOR’s Facebook page.

4. Community

While we always recommend JD’s (Gaddock Teeg) Unnamed SWTOR Podcast, episode 25 “Five point plan to saved Ranked” is particularly good!

Asros’s TOROCast article “Galactic Starfighter: Did it Stay on Target” is well worth reading.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @BlazeofCory (Cory Butler), @JediKrackr, @GregCarter78, @bytorsnowdog (Snowy), @ThePummeler, and emails and comments from Jacob, Kingsleyy and Tyserian.

6. Sarlacc Digest

Our discussion topic was tips and tricks for Galactic Starfighter. We reference Dulfy’s SWTOR Galactic Starfighter Medals list and Cosmic’s Top Five Galactic Starfighter Tips.

Thanks to Eric, @Dekarch, @Makinmoves, @EmpireDivider (Chong), Darklighter, Irahs, @JediKal and @TheTurg (Terg) for contributing their questions, tips and comments.

Here’s Chong awesome screenshot of him going head-to-head in an unintentional standoff:

7. Outro

Thanks to Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

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. We are a proud member of the TOR Syndicate! You can subscribe to us on iTunes and Zune, and listen to us on Stitcher and Radio4Gamers.

OotiniCast Episode 110

Posted on December 5, 2013 by teoDecember 12, 2013

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Game Update 2.5 is here, granting early access to Galactic Starfighter. Lock S-foils in attack position!

1. Introduction

Redna clarifies the name of the Android app he recommended last week: Viral Floating Youtube Popup.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Mark!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

Game Update 2.5: Galactic Starfighter Early Access, was deployed during a long 7-hour maintenance on Tuesday.
Blaine Christine (Senior Producer) authored a developer blog announcing that early access to Galactic Starfighter is here. There was also a press release and the Starfighter Customization trailer (also on YouTube).
In his Developer Update: Galactic Starfighter Crew Members, Brian Audette (Senior Designer) explains how choosing our crew is a critical part of preparing our starfighters for combat.
We get some insight into the development process with the Developing a Level for Galactic Starfighter developer blog by Chris Schmidt (Designer).
In Michael Backus’s (Lead Designer) developer blog Galactic Starfighter Development, Introduction: Part II, he gives some insight into the reasoning behind the design decisions affecting the expansion’s cost, accessibility and progression mechanic.
Michael Backus also explained how the system behind allocating rewards in Galactic Starfighter differs from that in regular warzones.
A new official forum has been created for Galactic Starfighter.
Now that Game Update 2.5 and its class changes has been released, the class representative program has been reactivated, starting with those Advanced Classes that received few (or no) changes in 2.5. The first set of three questions will be submitted in January.
The old on-rails space game should still be working, though the Grade 7 components used for the heroic space missions are no longer available on the Cartel Market. They should still be obtainable by others means (craftable, direct purchase for credits or Fleet Commendations).
Bounty Contract Week returns next week, running 10-17 December.

Capital ships over Coruscant

4. Community

Kal gives us some insight into the detailed planning that goes into an Ootini Templars operation:

The Empire-side guild Despair on The Harbinger is looking for raiders to join their operations group. See this forum post for more information.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @Geldarion, @TheTurg, @Jazzycaty (Pliskiin), @fnord3125 (Brian Peters), @JediKal, @TheMalgadar, @thehatfield, @Lawilc01 (Laurie M), @ForceChuckle, @AuramAlexander, @masterbearjedi, @Manciferous and @JediKrackr, and emails and comments from Carnz, Decurion, Narq, Youltar, Darth Kenji, Greg Carter (a.k.a. Evewyn), Mark S, Nathaniel Starr, Kal, Kingsleyy, Michael Sawyer, Ilmar, Oxi-jin, Morriah, TREaltoholic and Thundergod.

@AuramAlexander recommends the video guides provided by the OSWguild from The Harbinger, which you can find on YouTube here (follow them on Twitter via @OSWguild).

Darth Kenji offers yet more proof that day/night cycles are indeed possible!

Geldarion (a.k.a. Drew, co-host of Corellian Run Radio) penned a poem on the eve of Game Update 2.5’s deployment. He also sent us this screenshot of the new recruiting poster on Coruscant for Galactic Starfighter (the Aurebesh reads “Protect the Republic, become a starfighter pilot”):

Here is another cyborg Imperial Agent, this one from Mark S:

6. Outro

Thanks to Hyp (@Hypknotoad) and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

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

OotiniCast Episode 109

Posted on November 28, 2013 by teoNovember 30, 2013

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We cover a broad range of topics in the week before Galactic Starfighter comes out of hyperspace with Game Update 2.5 on 3 December, including our plans for leveling during double XP over the Thanksgiving holiday.

1. Introduction

Redna recommends the Android app Viral Floating Youtube Popup.

If you’d like to own the “Jawa Droid Sales” t-shirt which Teo obtained last time it was available, vote here at Qwertee.

Meet Highball Chong, the Moff’s new character to level during double XP:

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Longbow!

BenB offers the following as proof that a level 10 could gain access to Speeder Piloting 3 by purchasing only that Legacy unlock using Cartel Coins:

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

The double XP long weekend for Thanksgiving has begun! It finishes 1am CST on Tuesday 2 December. We again recommend the list of tips by long-time contributor to the show, The Malgadar.
Players are reporting some odd behaviour in the matchmaking logic used to assemble teams for solo ranked PvP. If you encounter a particularly one-sided match, please respond to the thread to help BioWare track down what’s going wrong.
Five different rare dyes will be available for direct purchase in the Cartel Market over the Thanksgiving holiday. Each dye will be there for a limited time, with a new dye appearing at 11am CST on the next switchover day.
- Black/Dark Purple: Tue 11am CST (5pm GMT, Wed 4am AEST) for 24 hours
- Black/White: Wed 11am CST (5pm GMT, Thurs 4am AEST) for 24 hours
- White/White: Thurs 11am CST (5pm GMT, Fri 4am AEST) for 24 hours
- Black/Black: Fri 11am CST (5pm GMT, Sat 4am AEST) for 48 hours
- White/Black: Sun 11am CST (5pm GMT, Mon 4am AEST) until maintenance
As part of his PTS coverage, JD of the Unnamed SWTOR Podcast reported that the legacy-unlockable personal starship repair droid was selling items that could apply different effects (reduce armor by 20%, reduce health to 1.5M, 1M and 500K) to the target dummies in our starships.
In the final week before the release of Game Update 2.5 and Galactic Starfighter, BioWare released three more developer blogs:
- Developer Update: Strike Fighter Class Starfighter (Brian Audette, Senior Designer)
- Developer Update: Gunship Class Starfighter (Chris Schmidt, Designer)
- Developer Update: Requisition and Upgrades (Jason Attard, Senior Game Designer)

4. Community

Evewyn’s PvP Advice references a forum thread on understanding SWTOR’s resolve system, and a developer update about the changes made to it in Game Update 1.4.

In response to Madmar (also known as @Swtorfamily) needing to move SWTOR from his existing computer to his new gaming rig, Teo authored this guide on the process.

If you’re interested in how things are shaping up for ranked PvP in Season 1, you may find Teo’s leaderboard analysis tool useful!

Missandei of the Tomb of Freedon Nadd server has created a most concise visual guide on the crafting bonuses provided by all companions.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @bytorsnowdog (Snowy), @Enyonix, @heymason12 (Hash), @JoshuaLynch125 (Codex), @masterbearjedi (Raz), @Adam_Schumpert, @Darklighter159, @GTeeg (Gaddock Teeg, a.k.a. JD of the Unnamed SWTOR Podcast), @MaraJade5233, @Lawilc01 (Laurie M), @ForceChuckle, @TheTurg (Terg), @EmpireDivider (Moff Chong), @FerrousTerran, @Strongshocker (Chaz Lobo), @GregCarter78, @fnord3125 (Brian Peters) and @TheMalgadar, and emails and comments from Chris, Jacob and Socordia.

Snowy’s droid look:

Adam Schumpert’s Wookie illustration that appears (fittingly) on Wookiepedia:

6. Sarlacc Digest

We briefly (due to time constraints) answered some questions about Galactic Starfighter. For more information (in fact, all you could possibly want to know!), we once again recommend Dulfy’s various guides about the expansion:

7. Outro

Thanks to Moff Chong (@EmpireDivider) and Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

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 Radio4Gamers.

Rare dyes being sold direct over Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 25, 2013 by teoNovember 25, 2013

Five different rare dyes will be available for direct purchase in the Cartel Market over the double XP long weekend that coincides with the Thanksgiving holiday. Each dye will be there for a limited time, with a new dye appearing at 11am CST on the next switchover day [source].

Black/Dark Purple: Tue 11am CST (5pm GMT, Wed 4am AEST) for 24 hours
Black/White: Wed 11am CST (5pm GMT, Thurs 4am AEST) for 24 hours
White/White: Thurs 11am CST (5pm GMT, Fri 4am AEST) for 24 hours
Black/Black: Fri 11am CST (5pm GMT, Sat 4am AEST) for 48 hours
White/Black: Sun 11am CST (5pm GMT, Mon 4am AEST) until maintenance

OotiniCast Episode 108

Posted on November 21, 2013 by teoNovember 27, 2013

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We discuss the latest news, including the public unveiling of Galactic Starfighter at the Community Cantina last week in San Francisco. Less than two weeks until the Ootini Fleet launches!

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, DroidDreamer!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

The workbench that was added to the Fleets’ VIP areas in Game Update 2.4.3 is apparently not working as intended. Best to avoid until further notice!
Patch 2.4.3a was deployed during a short maintenance on Tuesday morning, to fix a rating exploit that had been discovered shortly after Game Update 2.4.3 went live. It was mentioned that the issue was introduced in that build, and wasn’t present on the PTS.
The launcher was also updated.
The Community Cantina held at EA’s Redwood Studios in San Francisco was the first public demonstration of Galactic Starfighter. Our intrepid man on the ground, the inestimable Ferrous Terran, has compiled a most detailed report for your edification and enjoyment.
A new Galactic Starfighter trailer, “Domination”, was released (also on YouTube).
Bret Hoffman (Associate Designer) has authored another Galactic Starfighter developer blog, this one focussing on the Scout family of starfighters.
At the Community Cantina, it was revealed that the PTS would be open to all last weekend (16-17 November) and this coming weekend (23-24 November), from 7pm CST Friday to 11pm CST Sunday.
The indefatigable Dulfy (aided and abetted by some friends) has produced a mountain of guides (and an awesome tool) to tell you all you need to know about Galactic Starfighter. We salute her efforts and that of her team!
Some wonderful discoveries were made on the PTS over the weekend. The first was by Jean Prior of TORWars, which was also written up by Dulfy, who discovered that there were achievements for two events: the Rakghoul Resurgence and Life Day.
When I hopped onto the PTS to see for myself, I discovered that there is a new Legacy global unlock for “Tactical Markers”. These allow one to deploy three different markers, each of which lasts 1 minute, with no cooldown or limit to how many you can place.

A reminder that the double XP long weekend for Thanksgiving is nearly here! It commences Wednesday 27 November at noon CST, and runs until 1am CST on Tuesday 2 December. Long-time contributor to the show, The Malgadar, has compiled a most awesome list of tips for maximising one’s XP gains while double XP is in effect.

4. Community

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @DsanOB (Dan O’Brien), @Lawilc01 (Laurie M), @ForceChuckle, @TheTurg (Terg), @EmpireDivider (Moff Chong), @FerrousTerran, @Strongshocker (Chaz Lobo), @GregCarter78, @fnord3125 (Brian Peters), @SallyBowls, @Manciferous (Russ Moody) and @TheMalgadar, and emails and comments from Tarkko, DroidDreamer, Tex McShootEmUp, Chris and Oofalong.

As part of the discussion about the changes to Marauders/Sentinels, we reference Njessi’s blog post “Feeling a bit useless as Marauder DPS”.

Here’s Greg Carter’s TV playing SWTOR:

Brian Peters recommends RiffTrax’s treatment of The Star Wars Holiday Special.

6. Outro

Thanks to Redna (@R3DN4, twitch.tv/r3dn4) for joining us this week.

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

SF Community Cantina (Galactic Starfighter) Wrap-Up

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Ferrous TerranNovember 14, 2013

Introduction

Wow. And they’re just getting started.

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to head up last night to EA’s Redwood Shores campus for the first Community Cantina Tour event dedicated to the Galactic Starfighter digital expansion. I had to leave before the Q&A (boo!) but notes were typed fast & furious before my phone died. We’ll start with a few impressions of the event itself and then roll into what I jotted down.

The campus, as one might expect, is quite nice and we gathered in the café for some delicious finger foods and drinks. Everyone from EA was super friendly, passionate about the game and expansion, and engaged with all the players who attended. Sketches and concept art were scattered on stands around the outside of the room. When you entered they had stand-ins for Imperial or Republic pilots and offered to snap shots with your phone (cheesy photo attached from the proper faction, heh.) Today was the first round of press demos and we played in 5 groups of 11 x 11 (2 games, 1 to learn and 1 to fight) with the matches being streamed from the game room to the café.

General Game Info

~1 million active users a month
~10 million accounts created since launch
F2P was massive undertaking debuting about a year ago
creature mounts were difficult to get in because of the engine; fans demanded it and the Cartel Market helped (and continues to) fund/drive features
current is “ground” game, this is “space” game; together they form SWTOR for many years to come
Galactic Starfighter started conceptually a bit prior to F2P and hit the ground running
focus on making and evoking the moments and experiences we all know and love
my impression is that the Cartel Market is going to be instrumental in how big this can be (customization, engagement, etc.)
long time, robust support for space game
open PTS will be available for testing this weekend and the next!!

Galactic Starfighter Info

ran a new trailer (“Domination”) to showcase Galactic Starfighter
can start playing “space” game even if you’re just starting level 1 in the “ground” game
to make the space game happen, they stretched the engine by building new interaction models on top of existing mechanics
Requisition (Fleet and Ship) is the currency
ship is your character
companion is your co-pilot
roles are your classes essentially
choose your role each time you spawn (not when queueing for the battle)
super customizable appearance (weapons & their colors, engines & their colors, ship variants and much more)
upgrade trees are there too
14 fighters available at launch across both factions
november subscriber-only benefit: Gunship role is available from early access (3 December); essentially 1.5 months preview, others will have to earn unlock in February.
Bomber role coming in February update
adding up to 24 fighters roughly around then (didn’t get a chance to clarify)
neutral (faction and role) Flashpoint, Kuat Drive Yards, starts at level 10 and coming in February. Content changes dynamically. Referred to as “something special”.
all the companions have been integrated as a co-pilot option including Treek and HK (unlock in ground then purchase with reqs in space)
all the voice actors were back to record new dialogue; companions continue adding that flavor we know and love (we now know why the voice actors were posting a few months ago)
premium ships (cartel market purchase, probably per ship) – the ships you encountered in the “ground” game, now in space!
defensive maneuvers (which engine customizations improve) allow you to do a barrel roll or activate your retro thrust (awesome!!)

Jeff Hickman (General Manager of BioWare Austin) said it best:

“It’s as much fun to watch as it is to play.”

Play Session

map is Lost Shipyards; big sun in the background, large asteroids with areas to fly through or camp; capital ship spawn points
I’m not really a PVPer yet but I was hooked immediately and couldn’t wait to respawn
flying is just plain fun and I immediately said “do a barrel roll!” like Star Fox
easy to learn, difficult to master like many of the best things in life
Gunship role is fun because you enter a tank-/turret-like mode (stop moving and enter a ‘scope’ to aim) but it’s longer range strategic support like a sniper
destroy turrets (3) to allow capture of control points; was able to hide near some asteroids, dash out, and then snipe all the turrets on B (middle node)

Notes

shows up as another little button on the mini map’s left side or use H to open your “hangar” (the customization window)
can’t modify ships once you’ve queued for a battle
spawning is exiting hyperspace (awesome!!)
use the F1-F4 keys to change ship resource balance on the fly (shield, blaster, engine, balanced)
missile lock is intuitive, hold secondary weapon (right mouse button) while tracking until lock occurs and then release
fun suggestion from lead designer – fly together with guild colors; match blasters to faction or saber
observation: much like crew skills ‘fits’ a mobile UI the hangar ‘fits’ a tablet UI (fingers crossed, right Hyp?!)
creating scenarios such as the blockade around Hoth are in the realm of possibility
they’ve heard requests for joystick controls of some form for space game; requires work to map efficiently from engine (Hero isn’t a fan of them) – if you are passionate about this let them know, that’s how invert mouse got added during alpha/early beta testing

Conclusion

BioWare handed out the normal assortment of SWTOR swag such as the thumb drive and Taunfawn code, but in honor of Galactic Starfighter they added some cool extras: your choice of an Imperial or Republic patch and a signed poster! Kudos to the community and marketing teams for another great Community Cantina Tour stop and most especially thank you to the development team for their incredible work. I didn’t get a chance to capture everything but I hope you’re as excited as I am for one of the more transformative experiences to hit an MMO.

(Editor’s note: Thanks to guest writer Ferrous Terran for an awesome write-up! You can find him on Twitter using @FerrousTerran.)

OotiniCast Episode 107

Posted on November 14, 2013 by teoNovember 18, 2013

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After covering the news, including Game Update 2.4.3 and the new web-based Leaderboards, we reveal all about Galactic Starfighter!

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Carn! He suggests we visit this location in the Juran Mountains on Alderaan to experience a most strange effect.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

Game Update 2.4.3 was deployed during a longish regular maintenance. It includes the Opportunist’s Bounty Pack, previewed by Dulfy.
PvP Ranked Season One is now live, accompanied by the web-based leaderboards. Rob Hinkle (Senior System Designer) authored the PvP Season One Blog, covering much the same information that was included in the Help Center article we covered last episode. The following data was retrieved on Wednesday afternoon US time:

Solo (all servers)

Total: 5230 (3099 [59.3%] < 1200 <= 2131 [40.7%])
2911 [55.7%] Imps, 2319 [44.3%] Pubs

Gunslinger/Sniper: 388 [7.4%] (248 < 1200 <= 140)
Sage/Sorcerer: 824 [15.8%] (524 < 1200 <= 300)
Guardian/Juggernaut: 614 [11.7%] (366 < 1200 <= 248)
Scoundrel/Operative: 695 [13.3%] (396 < 1200 <= 299)
Sentinel/Marauder: 893 [17.1%] (518 < 1200 <= 375)
Shadow/Assassin: 788 [15.1%] (459 < 1200 <= 329)
Commando/Mercenary: 494 [9.4%] (331 < 1200 <= 163)
Vanguard/Powertech: 534 [10.2%] (257 < 1200 <= 277)

Group (all servers)

Total: 1127 (727 [64.5%] < 1200 <= 400 [35.5%])
598 [53.1%] Imps, 529 [46.9%] Pubs

Gunslinger/Sniper: 56 [5.0%] (39 < 1200 <= 17)
Sage/Sorcerer: 127 [11.3%] (80 < 1200 <= 47)
Guardian/Juggernaut: 137 [12.2%] (98 < 1200 <= 39)
Scoundrel/Operative: 216 [19.2%] (131 < 1200 <= 85)
Sentinel/Marauder: 222 [19.7%] (133 < 1200 <= 89)1
Shadow/Assassin: 107 [9.5%] (77 < 1200 <= 30)
Commando/Mercenary: 93 [8.3%] (71 < 1200 <= 22)
Vanguard/Powertech: 169 [15.0%] (98 < 1200 <= 71)

Solo (The Harbinger)

Total: 414 (240 [58.0%] < 1200 <= 174 [42.0%])
135 [32.6%] Imps, 279 [67.4%] Pubs

Gunslinger/Sniper: 48 [11.6%] (27 < 1200 <= 21)
Sage/Sorcerer: 59 [14.3%] (34 < 1200 <= 25)
Guardian/Juggernaut: 37 [8.9%] (23 < 1200 <= 14)
Scoundrel/Operative: 56 [13.5%] (32 < 1200 <= 24)
Sentinel/Marauder: 68 [16.4%] (43 < 1200 <= 25)
Shadow/Assassin: 50 [12.1%] (30 < 1200 <= 20)
Commando/Mercenary: 54 [13.0%] (33 < 1200 <= 21)
Vanguard/Powertech: 42 [10.1%] (18 < 1200 <= 24)

Group (The Harbinger)

Total: 59 (45 [76.3%] < 1200 <= 14 [23.7%])
16 [27.1%] Imps, 43 [72.9%] Pubs

Gunslinger/Sniper: 5 [8.5%] (3 < 1200 <= 2)
Sage/Sorcerer: 8 [13.6%] (4 < 1200 <= 4)
Guardian/Juggernaut: 9 [15.3%] (7 < 1200 <= 2)
Scoundrel/Operative: 10 [16.9%] (8 < 1200 <= 2)
Sentinel/Marauder: 11 [18.6%] (10 < 1200 <= 1)
Shadow/Assassin: 4 [6.8%] (4 < 1200 <= 0)
Commando/Mercenary: 4 [6.8%] (4 < 1200 <= 0)
Vanguard/Powertech: 8 [13.6%] (5 < 1200 <= 3)

Solo (The Bastion)

Total: 533 (319 [59.8%] < 1200 <= 214 [40.2%])
318 [59.7%] Imps, 215 [40.3%] Pubs

Gunslinger/Sniper: 42 [7.9%] (29 < 1200 <= 13)
Sage/Sorcerer: 83 [15.6%] (55 < 1200 <= 28)
Guardian/Juggernaut: 60 [11.3%] (38 < 1200 <= 22)
Scoundrel/Operative: 66 [12.4%] (39 < 1200 <= 27)
Sentinel/Marauder: 98 [18.4%] (51 < 1200 <= 47)
Shadow/Assassin: 72 [13.5%] (41 < 1200 <= 31)
Commando/Mercenary: 41 [7.7%] (27 < 1200 <= 14)
Vanguard/Powertech: 71 [13.3%] (39 < 1200 <= 32)

Group (The Bastion)

Total: 70 (43 [61.4%] < 1200 <= 27 [38.6%])
20 [28.6%] Imps, 50 [71.4%] Pubs

Gunslinger/Sniper: 6 [8.6%] (5 < 1200 <= 1)
Sage/Sorcerer: 9 [12.9%] (6 < 1200 <= 3)<br/span>
style=”font-size: 10px;”> Guardian/Juggernaut: 3 [4.3%] (2 < 1200 <= 1)
Scoundrel/Operative: 18 [25.7%] (11 < 1200 <= 7)
Sentinel/Marauder: 14 [20.0%] (7 < 1200 <= 7)
Shadow/Assassin: 4 [5.7%] (3 < 1200 <= 1)
Commando/Mercenary: 4 [5.7%] (3 < 1200 <= 1)
Vanguard/Powertech: 12 [17.1%] (6 < 1200 <= 6)

Bounty Contract Week is back once more (finishes Tuesday 3am PST).
The next Community Cantina is in Austin at 8pm CDT on Friday 22 November.

4. Community

The Vy’aalators are looking for more raiders! They run on Monday evening (US time), starting at 5:30pm Pacific. If you’re interested, please post in this thread on our forums.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @ForceChuckle, @rbleamon (Ray Leamon), @Strongshocker (Chaz Lobo), @Geldarion, @fnord3125, @sterlinglee38, @GTeeg, @Lawilc0 (Laurie M), @joseph_foran, @GregCarter78 and @grimrok, emails and comments from Loudshirt, DroidDreamer, Decurion, Giantgina (Ben), Oxi-jin, The Malgadar and Chris.

We recommend SWTOR’s New Player Guide for those in need of some basic MMO guidance.

The HK-51 Watchtower customization that was removed from the Oricon reputation vendor:

Here’s PJ, just hanging around…

6. Sarlacc Digest We were honoured to be included in the closed PTS testing of Galactic Starfighter over the past couple of months. Based on that experience, we give a detailed overview of its gameplay, a few tips and our overall impressions.

7. Outro

Thanks to Redna (@R3DN4) for joining us this week.

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

Moving SWTOR between computers

Posted on November 14, 2013 by teoNovember 19, 2013

You’ve just got yourself a brand new rig, and in part of setting it up, you want to get SWTOR up and running again as quickly and painlessly as possible.

From your old computer, copy the contents of the following directory somewhere safe. It includes your client’s graphics settings and the GUI profiles you created using the in-game Interface Editor.

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\SWTOR Windows 7 & 8: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\SWTOR

If you can’t see the above folder, you may have to enable the following option in Windows Explorer, which makes “hidden” folders (such as AppData) visible:

You may want to archive your screenshots and/or combat logs:

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\My Documents\Star Wars - The Old Republic\CombatLogs Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\My Documents\Star Wars - The Old Republic\Screenshots Windows 7 & 8: C:\Users\{username}\Documents\Star Wars - The Old Republic\CombatLogs Windows 7 & 8: C:\Users\{username}\Documents\Star Wars - The Old Republic\Screenshots

Note that your keybindings are stored with your account on BioWare’s servers, so they’ll be preserved even if you do nothing!

If you have an amazingly fast Internet connection, unlimited bandwidth and lots of faith in BioWare’s CDN (Content Delivery Network), you could do a clean installation on your new computer.

However, if you’d rather avoid downloading roughly 20 GB, you’ll need to copy or archive (via a tool like WinZip or 7Zip) your current SWTOR installation. By default, it’ll be installed in one of these locations:

C:\Program Files (x86)\EA\BioWare\Star Wars – The Old Republic C:\Program Files\EA\BioWare\Star Wars – The Old Republic

You’ll want that copy accessible to your new computer (over your home network, on a USB drive).

Next, download the installer for the game’s launcher from BioWare. You’ll find a download link on your account page on SWTOR’s official site.

Run the installer, which will install the launcher.

Do NOT run the launcher yet! Next, overwrite the newly-installed game with what you copied from your old computer. If there are conflicts, it doesn’t matter whether you overwrite them or keep the new version (I’d lean towards keeping newer ones).

Next (and this applies if you’ve done a clean install, too), copy your settings (which you preserved above) into the equivalent location from which you copied them on your new rig.

Finally, you can fire up the launcher on your new computer. Everything should (in theory!) be ready to go, pretty much exactly as it was on your old computer.

Now, back to the game!

OotiniCast Episode 106

Posted on November 7, 2013 by teoNovember 11, 2013

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In the news this week, we cover the introduction of in-game purchasing of Cartel Coins, the details of the Character Name Renewal program, and some revelations about how the Ranked Leaderboards will work.

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Mike!

Strike Force Tauntaun

Mike’s impressive reputations

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

The Rising Hero Bundle, mentioned in last week’s show, had to be removed from the Cartel Market. It will return in Game Update 2.4.3 on 12 November.
During a very short maintenance on Tuesday, the in-game purchase of Cartel Coins was made available. You need to enable the feature on the official site, nominating a credit card (not PayPal) to be used. However, you must have purchased Cartel Coins on the site previously using a credit card; if you haven’t done so, you’ll have to buy at least the minimum amount as an initial transaction. Subscribers do get the one-time 50% discount from their first (and only their first) purchase of Cartel Coins, though only one bundle can be chosen (it’s not possible to obtain more than one and get the discount).
The “Character Name Renewal” program will start on 12 November. BioWare has elaborated on exactly which names are at risk, and how to hang onto your characters’ names if you are not subscribed.
The Gree will be back in December! It was announced in Bruce Maclean’s holiday update, but we may have forgotten to mention it.
Some information about the mechanics of PvP Season 1 appeared in the SWTOR Help Center on the official site.

4. Community

BennyKrak of the SnX guild is organising open world PvP mini-events on The Harbinger. For more information, see his post on the official forums.

The Vy’aalators are looking for more raiders! They run on Monday evening (US time), starting at 5:30pm Pacific. If you’re interested, please post in this thread on our forums.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @ForceChuckle, @FerrousTerran, @GregCarter78, @TheTurg, @Adam_Schumpert, @AckaanTalgala, @fnord3125 (Brian Peters), @Strongshocker (Chaz Lobo), @AlexDGeslin, @GTeeg (Gaddock Teeg of the Unnamed SWTOR Podcast), @EmpireDivider (Moff Chong) and @nicknightmoves (Andrew Bailey), emails from Kalf, Josh (Oofalong), Green Armadillo, Oxi-jin and Grim, and a comment from The Malgadar.

Terg’s pumpkin carving triumph!

From @AlexDGeslin: accept or decline? Hmmm…

From @GeorgeTakei, via @Strongshocker: It’s a (mouse) trap!

Josh’s (a.k.a. Oofalong) post on the official forums arguing against the change to Bloodthirst/Inspiration can be found here.

Green Armadillo, author of the Player Versus Developer blog, reviewed the fictional game found in Neal Stephenson’s Reamde: A Novel.

Green Armadillo has also documented his experiences with the Friends of Star Wars: The Old Republic promotion:

Account Status Before Experiment
Preferred Account, last subscription time lapsed in June (I used a 2-month time card to qualify for the discount on RotHC), no authenticator attached, ineligible to add a mobile authenticator due to non-subscriber status.

Upon activating referral (more on this in a minute)
Account status upgraded to subscriber, in-game non-subscriber restrictions lifted, account page shows seven days game time. Account eligible to add a mobile authenticator. All characters on my account – yes including a newly created one – now receive a bundle containing four unlocks which are bound to character and vendor for 0 credits. These are a crew skill slot unlock (preferred have two normally), title display unlock, unify colors unlock, and an inventory unlock (I have 60 base from account-wide unlocks, so my new level 1 immediately got the 100K credit bump to 70 slots with this item).

Upon subscribing
Game time from the subscription added onto the free time (i.e. I did not forfeit the free time for entering payment info early, which happens in some other MMO’s). Immediately received both a monthly stipend and the 100 CC supplement for having a mobile authenticator – not sure if this works the other way around, so I recommend you do what I did and add the mobile authenticator if you intend to use one between activating your invite and re-subscribing. I am not yet ready to use the free character transfer that is supposedly included (want to finish a current character first before copying my legacy), but I got all the way to the “start transfer” button without any indication of what, if anything, I would be charged.

Technical issues
I received the referral in an email and clicked on it in Firefox, only to be taken to a “site down for maintenance” page on SWTOR.com when SWTOR.com was clearly up. Next I pasted the link into Internet Explorer, and was taken to a generic signup page for completely new players. I clicked on the “already have an account” button and logged in, but nothing unusual happened here. THEN I pasted the referral link into the IE browser bar with the login session to SWTOR.com still active and was sent to the referral page, which had a one-time banner at the top of the screen saying that I had been successfully referred by my friend.

Oxi-jin recommends Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One: A Novel.

6. Outro

Thanks to Oni (@Freakin_Ninja) and Redna (@R3DN4) for joining us this week.

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

OotiniCast Episode 105

Posted on October 31, 2013 by teoNovember 2, 2013

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We discuss what arrived in Game Update 2.4.2, the non-start of Ranked Season 1, and other bits of news from the SWTOR universe!

1. Introduction

Thanks to David, Simon and Kristy for allowing Teo to join them on The Oceanic Gamer’s Flash Point podcast for episode 67, “Pink Murloc Daleks”.

Happy Halloween from OotiniCast!

The following image was created by our guildmate, @TheTurg, based on the artwork of Adam Schumpert.

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, RSKeogh96!

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a Tawnfaun code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

Game Update 2.4.2 was deployed during a longish maintenance (4.5 hours) on Tuesday morning. This included the removal of the PvP Rating (not Valor) requirement from most (but not quite all) items.
The issue that decouples the procs on power relics (allowing two to be equipped, and proc independently, not locking each other out) remains, and is intended to be
fixed in Game Update 2.4.3 (probably on 12 Nov).
There remains an issue in the last encounter in Dread Palace, which should also be fixed in Game Update 2.4.3.
The bug with achievements in space missions remains.
The world (not class) mission “Spoils to the Victor” on Hoth is currently unable to be completed.
Those of you who were subscribed as of 20 October should be receiving your “Join the battle” rewards via in-game mail. They include a mini-pet (JA-3 Subversive Battle Droid) and the (rather awesome) JA-3 Subversive Speeder. Note that the speeder’s tooltip indicates that it’s intended to be adaptive, but for now requires Speeder Piloting 3 to use.
For those Advanced Classes that are not being updated in Game Update 2.5 (Scoundrel/Operative, Commando/Merc, Sage/Sorc), BioWare is asking the community to brainstorm some ideas for what they need.
Electronic Arts had its Q2 2014 earnings call on 29 October. While the focus was mainly on next-generation console titles (with the imminent release of the XBox One [22 Nov] and the PS4 [15 Nov]), SWTOR was mentioned as a major contributor to their live services revenue, alongside FIFA Online.
The delayed livestream hosted by MMORPG.com on Twitch was held on 24 October, featuring Lance—also known as the “Jedi Consular”—solo-queuing for ranked arenas on the Bastion. BioWare’s Ben Irving (Release Manager), Alex Modny (Designer) and Eric Musco (Community Manager) were looking on. You can watch a replay here. Lance also has his own Twitch channel.
BioWare is asking for your “scariest screenshots” via their Facebook page.

4. Community

The Vy’aalators are looking for more raiders! They run on Monday evening (US time), starting at 5:30pm Pacific. If you’re interested, please post in this thread on our forums.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets from @Swtorfamily (be sure to follow him back to join the #swtorfamily!), @ForceChuckle, @ThePummeler, @HamSammich509, @K0h4ku (Amber Green, Live Services Specialist), @rbleamon, @GTeeg (host of the Unnamed SWTOR Podcast), @crabby654, @Darklighter159, @bytorsnowdog, @TheTurg, @Strongshocker (Chaz Lobo), @foehammer75, @fnord3125, @JKremss, @GregCarter78 and @O_JohnnyBravo_O, emails from Brian, Hash, Spero and Greg Carter, and comments from Emily, RSKeogh96, Morriah and The Malgadar.

Reamde: A Novel is referred to by Brian, and enthusiastically endorsed by Redna.

6. Outro

Thanks to Redna (@R3DN4) for joining us this week.

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