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Our Writers’ Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk all about highlights of 1.6.2, forum censorship, Cartel packs, Phantom and Spymaster gear debacle, hacking & PVP, update 1.7, and more ! We have some our current writers Maer, Jason, Joe, Drew, JD, and John joining Carla & Deirdre to discuss these hot topics. This is a special episode to say farewell to Deirdre, who leaves us as the due date of her new baby rapidly approaches. We also welcome, Drew as our newest co-host. You won't want to miss this action packed episode!
Farewell Deirdre! WE LOVE YOU!!!
This week Carla & Deirdre are joined by Drew where they talk all about this week’s State of the Game #2 post by Jeff Hickman, sales price deadline for the expansion, European community cantinas, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s State of the Game #2.
More Episode #87 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Time Running out to get the preorder sale on Rise of the Hutt Cartel Expansion - http://www.swtor.com/rothc Comunity Cantinas - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20130103 State of the Game #2 - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20130102
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is January 8th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-january-8th-2013
Don't forget to check out the great articles on CRR this week!
SITH OR JEDI: Test of Best Friend Back Up
You and your best friend go shopping together during the holidays. You both are very excited because with the end of Christmas and the beginning of the New Year you know there are going to be sales galore. You never really go out, but this year, your BFF was super excited and you agreed to go with them and make the best out of a crowded situation and maybe get in on a few sales too.
While shopping in an over-crowded department store your best friend spots a really nice bag. Your BFF bee lines directly to it and grabs it at the same time another woman does. They each take turns at trying to pull the bag out of each others hand and what starts out as a small tug-of-war erupts into to women on the verge of screaming and clawing each others eyes out.
You've never in your life seen your BFF act this way and you don't know what to do.
Pull her away, let the other woman have the coveted bag and try to talk your best friend down. You know she's better than this and there are other items to be had. Do nothing. You turn around slightly embarrassed and pretend you're just an innocent bystander while keeping an eye out for mall security. Help your BFF out! It doesn't matter who found it first but whoever has the strongest pull and the most hands on the bag wins! Perform an elaborate distraction technique on the other woman and give your BFF the extra leverage she needs to win the ultimate battle.
Community Buzz
State of the Game #2 - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20130102
Welcome to the CRR podcast, Drew!
Thank you to Apollo Soul & jbisjim for the positive reviews on iTunes!! Also thank you to Vrodcruiser for the voice message!
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Thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
Our Writers’ Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk all about highlights of 1.6, Ancient Hypergate, preordering the new expansion, lack of Life Day & 1st Anniversary events, and if the community is unfair and misinformed! We have some our current writers Maer, Jason, Drew, JD, and John joining Carla & Deirdre to discuss these hot topics. Are most games acting like Santa this holiday and BioWare being Scrooge? You won't want to miss this action packed episode!
This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s 1st Anniversary Celebration moments, Game Update 1.6, Pay to Win Space Missions?, Player feedback on the lack of holiday events, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Game Update 1.6.
More Episode #85 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Share Your 1st Anniversary Celebration Moments: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20121211-0 Game Update 1.6: Ancient Hypergate is Live! http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20121211 & http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121211 Community Round-Up - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-december-13th-2012 Pay to Win Space Missions? http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5573354#edit5573354 Known Issues we want to make you aware of: Issues in Terror From Beyond - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5568547#edit5568547 Unify Colors Broken: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5560630#edit5560630 Deadline Extended to January 7th for you to subscribe to get your cartel coins
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is December 18th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-december-18th-2012
Don't forget to check out the great articles on CRR this week!
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Recycled Gift
The Holiday Season is among us and you have no real plans on what to buy for every person on your list. A list that you keep short with the names of the usual people you know are going to also buy you something for the holiday. Money is beyond tight and this list already keeps you pretty poor throughout the month.
Someone, not on the list, gives you a very nice present. This upsets your normal budget of presents because now you feel obligated to by a present for them in return. You scour the house and try to see if there is an equally awesome something that you may have gotten at one point and didn't use. There's nothing.
What do you do?
Suck it up and find something on caliber with what you received, which was very nice. You know you can find something budgetary, but where and how hard will it be is the question. You just decide that you're going to find them just the right gift and give it to them. You find a pair of unopened socks and an unused fingernail trimming kit that you got from a cheeky great aunt 10 years ago. Perfect! You wrap these things up and hope that the receiver doesn't notice the cheapness of the gift. You say thank you and hope you don't see the giver over the holidays. Maybe you'll get something that you don't want and you can "pass it on" to them. Or not, you really don't care, considering you didn't agree to buy them anything in the first place.
Community Buzz
Life Day – A cartel market money-maker or an event for all? Disappointment by subscribers that absolutely nothing is planned by BioWare for this holiday http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5559782#edit5559782 http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/14q9y5/the_stuff_we_are_doing_for_life_day_are/ http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/14/winter-holidays-around-the-virtual-world/
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This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s Interview with Rob Hinkle, 1st Anniversary Fireworks, Player feedback, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Interview with Rob Hinkle.
More Episode #84 and Comments after the jump… FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
1st Anniversary Fireworks - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20121203 Community Round-Up - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-december-6th-2012 Importance of Player Feedback - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121204 Guild Spotlight – Hope's Light - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121205 Dev Tracker Summary - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-december-7th
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is December 11th for game update 1.6! http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-game-update-1.6-december-11th-2012
Sith or Jedi: Test of Inactive Guild member
You have a relatively brand new guild that has become very popular in Star Wars: The Old Republic. One of the rules that you have in place, because the guild is so popular, is that any character that hasn't been played in 20 days will be removed from the guild. The reason you have this rule is so that people who play their toons on a regular basis can be invited into the guild which BioWare has a cap of 500 players allowed. You are currently hitting over 400 characters in the guild. Many of them are alts.
One player logs into the game after said amount of time and finds himself removed from the guild. He whispers an officer and promptly gets invited back only to start complaining in guild chat about how stupid the rule is and then proceeds to call everyone in the guild "welfare recipients" and that he's a working man with a job, responsiblity's and kids. This is quite obviously offensive to many players in the guild.
After taking him aside and talking with him privately, do you -
Understand where he is coming from but kindly ask him to apologize to the rest of the guild members even though he's still fuming. Let him have his rant, tell everyone to ignore him. Maybe he'll shut up and cool off on his own. /gkick his hairy wookie butt to the curb. No one talks to anyone like that and he's obviously not an intelligent person.
Community Buzz
TORWARS interview with Rob Hinkle http://torwars.com/2012/12/07/torwars-podcast-120-exclusive-interview-with-senior-systems-designer-rob-hinkle/
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This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s Companion 101: Vette, Meet the Developer: Jonathan Crowe, Heroic Space Missions, Ancient Hypergate, BioWare's Live Q & A , and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Live Q & A details.
More Episode #83 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Meet the Developer – Jonathan Crow - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121130 Companion 101 – Vette - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121129 Cartel Coin Card Boo-Boo http://torwars.com/2012/11/27/best-buy-and-gamestop-cartel-coin-card-exclusive-pets/ Developer Update – Heroic Space Missions - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121128 Community Roundup - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-november-29th-2012 Developer Update – Ancient Hypergate - http://www.swtor.com/blog/developer-update-ancient-hypergate Community Cantina – New Orleans – December 1st - http://www.swtor.com/blog/star-wars-old-republic-community-cantina-tour-arrives-new-orleans
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is December 4th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-december-4th-2012
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Bank Item Thief
You run a rather large guild that has 250 plus people in it and it's growing everyday. Recently, you've become quite popular with a bunch of new players coming in and you try to keep and open mind by not putting a level cap on guild vault access, but someone always wants to ruin it for everyone else.
A certain player, new to the guild is a nice enough person when you invite them, but then you notice that in the guild vault logs, they're taking items of value out, most of which are items they can't use.
You confront the player and they say that they really need the in-game money and were selling them and that they planned on paying the guild back.
You -
Kindly ask the player not to do it anymore and give them enough of your own in-game currency to help them out with whatever they need. Ask the player to stop doing it and give them another chance, letting them off with a warning. Immediately admonish them, give them a stern lecture about guild politics and /gkick them to the curb, then let everyone in the guild know who stole from them and that they and their alts are never allowed in the guild again. You also change guild bank access, so that only people with seniority have access, causing a few other players to /gquit.
Community Buzz:
Livestream Info Ilum!!! Life Day Copying Characters to the PTS before Makeb testing! Cathar within the next month? 6-8 weeks? http://torwars.com/2012/11/29/swtor-livestream-qa-recap/ http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=564137 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5501496#edit5501496
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Thank you to Empyrion Blackthorn for his positive review on iTunes.!
Thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
Our Writers’ Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk all about 1.5 and the Free to Play client now live on all servers! We have some our current writers Maer, Joe, Drew, and John joining Carla to discuss this hot topic. What did BioWare do so right and what may they have boo-boo'd on? You won't want to miss this action packed episode!
This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s release of the Free to Play Update scheduled for November 15th, State of Game From Jeff Hickman, a salute to our Veterans, Dev Tracker, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Free-To-Play details.
More Episode #80 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
State of the Game - http://www.swtor.com/blog/star-wars-old-republic-%E2%80%93-state-game Free to Play Coming November 15th - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20121108 Developer Update: Free To Play Option - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121107 Dev Tracker Summary: November 9th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-november-9th-2012 Community Cantina – Austin – November 16th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/announcing-star-wars-old-republic-community-cantina-tour Server News – TORWARS coming to The Shadowlands!
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is Nov 15th - No downtime on November 13th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/no-downtime-maintenance-november-13th
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation Information – Terror From Beyond Hard Mode Strategy Guide - http://corellianrun.com/2012/11/09/operation-information-the-terror-from-beyond-hard-mode-strategy-guide/ Holonet Links (highlighting one of our favorite fan fiction story writers, Mandalorian Girl)- http://corellianrun.com/2012/11/08/holonet-links-68/ Tactical Strike: S Advanced Class Spotlight – Commandos and Mercenaries - http://corellianrun.com/2012/11/08/holonet-links-68/ Community Checkpoint - The Ghosts - http://corellianrun.com/2012/11/05/community-checkpoint-15/
Community Buzz:
Free to Play update schedule November 15th!! Is your guild ready?
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This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s release of Cartel Market on the PTS, Community Roundup, Dev Tracker, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Free-To-Play details.
More Episode #80 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Developer Update: Technical Changes to 1.5 - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121029 Community Roundup Nov 1st - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-november-1st-2012 Meet the Developer: Hall Hood - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121101 Community Developer Blog: HK-51 Classified Intel - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121102 Dev Tracker Nov 2nd - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-november-2nd-2012 Cool find... Crew Skills Guide Directory - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=425519
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is Nov 6th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-november-6th-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation Information - Kephess the Undying - Hard Mode Strategy Guide Operation Information - Operator IX Hard Mode Strategy Guide Holonet Links Tactical Strike: Special Edition - October PVP News My Two Credits: TOR Cartel Market Community Checkpoint - Outer Rim Templars - Galactic Republic
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Mailbox Muffin (Thank you Thross for sending in this Sith or Jedi test! Send us your test at corellianrun@gmail.com !)
You’re running late one morning to get to work and clock in, but first you need to visit the nearby USPS mail box and mail a bill payment. As you approach the mail box, you see that someone has left a half-eaten and sticky looking blueberry muffin right in front of the slot where the mail goes. You roll your eyes and think that probably a drunk college student or a homeless person left it there last night. Do you:
Sweep the half-eaten muffin off the mail box and into the bushes with your hand and then mail your payment? Doing this will mean you will need to wash your hands before clocking in and make you a few minutes late. However, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that other people such as your coworkers using the mail box later won’t have to encounter the muffin. Deftly avoid touching the sticky muffin and just mail your payment. After all, you didn’t put it there so why should you clean up after someone else’s mess and be late for work. Let someone who is not running or the postal worker deal with it. Decide you will mail your payment instead on your lunch hour at another mail box and proceed to smear the muffin on the mail slot handle and shove the rest down the mail slot to be “mailed.” You walk away laughing manically like Darth Sidious as you head to the office bathroom to wash your hands.
Community Buzz:
Cartel Market - What's hot and what's not! Want your guild highlighted? Drop us an email at: corellianrun@gmail.com Thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
Our Writers’ Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk about Free To Play & the Cartel Market on the PTS. We have our current writers Jason, Maer, and John, as well our video guy, JD, joining Carla to discuss this hot topics. This is an action packed episode you won’t want to miss!
This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s release of Free-To-Play details, Community Roundup, Dev Tracker, SWTOR Encyclopedia, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Free-To-Play details.
More Episode #78 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
- Dev Tracker Summary - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-october-19th-2012
- Community Round-up - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-october-19th-2012
- Free to Play Preview #1 - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5291940#edit5291940
- See how many Cartel Coins you can claim - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20121016
- New SWTOR Encyclopedia arrives - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20121015
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is Oct 23rd - http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-october-23rd-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information - The Writhing Horror Hard Mode - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/19/operation-information-the-writhing-horror-hard-mode/ HoloNet Links #68: http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/18/holonet-links-65/ Tactical Strike Opinions on PVP Changes... Or Lack Thereof - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/17/tactical-strike-opinions-on-pvp-changes-or-lack-thereof/ My Two Credits: Terror From Beyond - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/16/my-two-credits-terror-from-beyond/ Community Checkpoint - Transcendence - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/15/community-checkpoint-12/
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Inconsiderate Gamer
You come across a loot chest guarded by two elite Mobs. You know you can take 'em so you jump in and start wailing away. Another player comes running up out of the woods and goes straight for the chest and takes the loot. You:
- Keep on killing your mobs and sort of mentally shake your head and move on after they are down.
- You hit enter and type the word "AssHat" into the "say" chat window and hit enter again then continue killing your mobs and move on.
- You kill the mobs then follow the "asshat" around for a while stealing his kills and or chests etc. Until you feel he is pissed enough at you .. then do a LOL and go on your merry way .... satisfied.
Community Buzz:
Free to Play details released. The differences between free to play and subscriptions. http://www.swtor.com/free/features Too limiting? (guild elitism?) Existing Characters - http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/6546 Preferred Status - Making a purchase will unlock access to the following features: The ability to run faster (Sprint) starting at Level 1. Cargo Hold access (Bank Slots) and higher login queue priority. Increased access to Chat and Secure Trading. NOTE: Characters must be at least Level six (6) to unlock access to their ship’s Cargo Hold, full General Chat, and Secure Trading. Free Trial converts - http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/6481
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HK-51: You want some of this, dirtbag?
This week Jeff from TORWars.com joins Carla & Deirdre to talk all about this week’s HK-51 on the PTS, Community Roundup, Dev Tracker, Game Update 1.5 on the PTS, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Update 1.5 on the PTS.
More Episode #77 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
- Meet the Developers - Jesse Sky http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20121009
- Community Roundup - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-october-12th-2012
- Dev Tracker - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-october-12th-2012
- Server Crash - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=543310
- Game Update 1.5 on the PTS - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/%5Bnews-category%5D/20121011
- HK-51 Active on the PTS - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20121011
QUICK MENTIONS:
A glance at this week's articles on CRR: Operation: Information - Rise of the Nerfs - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/12/operation-information-rise-of-the-nerfs/ HoloNet Links #67: http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/11/holonet-links-11/ Tactical Strike Advanced Class Spotlight - Sentinels & Marauders http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/10/tactical-strike-advanced-class-spotlight-sentinels-and-marauders/ Community Checkpoint - Pandamonium http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/08/community-checkpoint-11/
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Parade Goer
While at a them park coined as the happiest place on earth, you find a nice spot to sit while waiting for the main parade. While you're sitting with your child a person sits not only right next to you, but practically ON you. It's truly inconsiderate. You try to move over a little to give yourself room but there isn't any. You are relieved when the person can't fit their entire ten person party into the space and you've made it clear, you're not budging one inch, even if they're breathing on you and their breath smells like putrid cotton candy. The family gives up and moves so you take this moment of freedom and set your backpack right next to you, making it look like your saving a seat.
One minute after the parade starts a woman and her baby ask if there's anyone sitting next to you and essentially if you can move your backpack. You:
1 - Smile kindly and move your pack so that she can have the last spot on the parade route. 2 - Pretend you don't hear her and continue to laugh and cheer at the parade. 3 - Remember that bean burrito you had for lunch? Look her right in the eye and let all the pressure fly loud and proud. Then move the backpack.
Community Buzz:
Game Update 1.5 on the PTS HK-51
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Thank you, Jeff, for joining us this week! Be sure to check out TORWars.com ! Thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
Does anyone trust her twice?
This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s Companions 101: Kaliyo Djannis, Community Cantina Tour, Community Roundup, Dev Tracker, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Companions 101: Kaliyo Djannis news.
More Episode #76 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
- Companions 101: Kaliyo Djannis - http://www.swtor.com/blog/companions-101-kaliyo-djannis
- SWTOR Community Cantina Tour - http://www.swtor.com/blog/announcing-star-wars-old-republic-community-cantina-tour
- Community Roundup: Oct 4th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-october-4th-2012
- Dev Tracker Summary - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-october-5th-2012
- Daniel Erickson and Alexander Freed leaves BioWare - https://twitter.com/DanielAErickson/status/253549613351567360 https://twitter.com/AlexanderMFreed/status/254249187422662656
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next scheduled maintenance is Oct 9th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-october-9th-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR: • Operation: Information Terror From Beyond HM Review -http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/05/operation-information-terror-from-beyond-hm-review/ • HoloNet Links #66: http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/04/holonet-links-4/ • Tactical Strike PVP Roles - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/03/tactical-strike-pvp-roles/ • My Two Credits: Patch 1.4 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/02/my-two-credits-patch-1-4/ • Community Checkpoint - The Thirteenth Legion - http://corellianrun.com/2012/10/01/community-checkpoint-10/
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Stolen Lunch Items
You work shift work in a local factory. You bring your lunch every day to save money and because you simply don't have time to go out for lunch every day. You have a sweet tooth so you bring yummy deserts. Your lunch gets rifled through almost daily. Do you...
1. Get frustrated but think someone must need your lunch more than you. 2. Stop bringing sweet goodies and start bringing carrots and celery. 3. Decide to take revenge and sabotage your dessert with Ex-Lax instead of chocolate.
This week's Sith or Jedi test was sent in by Darak. Thank you Darak! If you have a Sith or Jedi test, please send it to us at corellianrun@gmail.com
Community Buzz:
No more black hole commendations in story EC. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5218430#edit5218430
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Thank you, P'luto for the positive review on iTunes! Thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
Our Writers’ Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk about Update 1.4. We have our current writers, Jason, Maer, John, Joe, and Drew, as well our video guy, JD, joining Carla & Deirdre to discuss this hot topics. This is an action packed episode you won’t want to miss!
This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s Server Consolidation, Community Roundup, Dev Tracker, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week’s Live Stream news.
More Episode #74 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
Server Consolidation - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120917 Developer Update – Shadow Optimization in 1.4 - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120917-0 Community Roundup - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-september-20th-2012 PVPers leaving warzones - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5186161#edit5186161 Fix to Dailies headed our way in 1.4 - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5182549#edit5182549 Live Stream Event 9/21 - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120918 (Live stream recorded on Darthhater - http://youtu.be/wEJpQ91-YvY ) Quality of Life Improvements in 1.4 - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120920
QUICK MENTIONS:
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information Terror From Beyond Preview - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/21/operation-information-terror-from-beyond-preview/ HoloNet Links #64: http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/20/holonet-links-64/ Tactical Strike Type of PVPers - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/19/tactical-strike-types-of-pvpers/ My Two Credits: The Other Side - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/18/my-two-credits-the-other-side/ Community Checkpoint - Olympia - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/17/community-checkpoint-8/ SWTOR 101 - Lesson 4 - Legacy System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mne6IiWGKls&feature=share&list=UUWzIc7LoVHaJRq6Tp7Yg_Ow - If you have missed previous lessons, you can find them on our site here http://corellianrun.com/columns/swtor-101/
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Big Sale
There is a big sale in a local mall and while you are not a huge "sale" person, you figure that with money being tight, you could use a deal or two for some holiday presents. While you are there, you find the perfect something for a loved one and it's very affordable at 75% off retail price, it's also the last one on the shelf. You pick it up and you're walking around the sale trying to procure more items to make your adventure complete even though the store is mostly "picked over".
As you stop at a group of things that you thin would work as gifts, you set your one perfect item down to free your hands up to look through the bin. As you're looking, a sweet little old lady comes up from behind and gently takes your perfect item which had been set next to you.
She quietly says to her equally old companion, in her sweet grandmotherly voice, that it would be the perfect something for her daughter who has had the emotional ups and downs all year and that this item would bring a smile to the daughters face. You look over and see that the look on the little old ladies face is simply glowing when she talks about giving the item to her daughter for a holiday present. Do you:
Smile to yourself and walk away knowing that you can find another present elsewhere and that saying nothing at all will make someone's holiday a little bit brighter. Smile and tell her kindly that it's yours but you will help her find another one. When you can't find another item like it, you let her have yours, wishing her a happy holiday as you walk away to find something else. Tell the kind old woman that it's the last one in the store and that since you found it, you get first dibs, but if she wants it bad enough, she can give you retail price for it after you buy it.
Community Buzz:
Server Consolidation Forced Name change - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=533664 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5170943#edit5170943 Guild @ - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?
Deirdre is BACK! This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s Terror From Beyond on the PTS, High Population Server Tech Test, Dev Tracker, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about this week's SWTOR news.
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
Massively.joystiq.com article on 100th for Torwars.com: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/11/hyperspace-beacon-torwars-gets-candid-for-its-100th-episode/
Dev Tracker: http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-september-14th-2012
Game Update 1.4: Terror From Beyond is on the PTS: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120906-0
Developer Dispatch – Terror From Beyond: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120907 More details http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5155548#edit5155548
High Population Server Tech Test: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/%5Bnews-category%5D/20120913
QUICK MENTIONS:
Maintenance Tuesday, Sept 18th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-september-18th-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information 1.4 Public Test Server Open - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/14/operation-information-1-4-public-test-server-open/
HoloNet Links #63: http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/13/holonet-links-63/
Tactical Strike Opinions On PVP Gear As A Game Mechanic - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/12/tactical-strike-opinions-on-pvp-gear-as-a-game-mechanic/
My Two Credits: Changes in 1.4 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/11/my-two-credits-changes-in-1-4/
Special CRR Episode 72 - Interview with Joveth Gonzales - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/11/episode-72-interview-with-joveth-gonzalez/
Community Checkpoint - Among the Shadows - http://corellianrun.com/2012/09/10/community-checkpoint-7/
Introducing SWTOR 101 Video series -http://www.youtube.com/corellianrun
Sith or Jedi: Test of Convention Tickets
You're at PAX Prime and you purchased a three day pass. You thought you were only going to go for two days and promised the last day away to a dear friend. At the last minute, you decide you want to attend anyway. Do you...
Follow through with giving the last badge away as promised. Ask your contacts who are also attending if they have an extra badge because you decided you want to attend the last day. Lie to your dear friend and say you lost the badge and end up keeping it and attending the last day.
Community Buzz:
Patch notes about 1.4 - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5150816
Not able to character copy - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5155292#edit5155292
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Joveth Gonzalez by TORWars.com
This week Carla had the wonderful opportunity to interview Joveth Gonzalez, Community Manager for BioWare. Joveth was kind enough to answer personal questions about himself, gaming, SWTOR, and more! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
(NOTE: We apologize for the audio issues. They were unpreventable.)
This week Carla is joined by special guest, Adaram! They talk all about this week’s two articles at Massively, Community Roundup, Dev Tracker, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about Terror from Beyond.
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
EA COO Confident in BioWare - http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/22/ea-coo-maintains-confidence-in-bioware/ Hyperspace Beacon - http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/21/hyperspace-beacon-swtors-grand-acquisitions-race-fell-on-its-f/ Developer Update – Terror From Beyond - http://www.swtor.com/blog/developer-update-%E2%80%93-terror-beyond Community Round up (8/29) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-august-29th-2012 Dev Tracker (8/31) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-august-31st-2012 The World Unsubscribed? - http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-08-31-has-the-world-unsubscribed
QUICK MENTIONS:
Maintenance moved to Wednesday, Sept 5th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-next-week-september-5th-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information Where's The Content? - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/31/operation-information-wheres-the-content/ HoloNet Links #61: http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/30/holonet-links-61/ Tactical Strike PVP, Secondary Stats, and You - a Healer/DPS Edition - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/29/tactical-strike-pvp-secondary-stats-and-you-healerdps-edition/ My Two Credits: The Answer is 42 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/28/my-two-credits-the-answer-is-42/ Community Checkpoint - Force This - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/27/community-checkpoint-5/
Sith or Jedi: Test of The Car Accident
You are running late for doctor's appointment and on your way to the appointment you witness a car accident ahead of you on the road. A few cars ahead of you stop to see if they can assist in some way. Do you
Stop and wait for the police to give details of what you saw once you made sure everyone was ok. Pull over long enough to make sure someone was staying that witnessed the accident and that they called 911 before continuing on your way. You see others stopped to give witness, so you don't bother stopping.
Community Buzz:
PVP or the lack thereof http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5092865#edit5092865
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Our Writers’ Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk about the Grand Acquisitions Race, Future of SWTOR, and more. We have 4 of our current writers, Jason, Maer, John, and Drew, as well our video guy, JD, joining Carla to discuss these hot topics. This is an action packed episode you won’t want to miss!
This week Carla & Deirdre talk all about this week’s The Grand Acquisition Race Event, Community Roundup, Dev Tracker, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about the Future of the Old Republic details.
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
See the Future of the Old Republic: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120816 Community Roundup for August 15th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-august-15th-2012 The Grand Acquisition Race Event - Started with a teaser: http://youtu.be/Dgb58ces9wM Dev Tracker August 17th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-august-17th-2012 CRR is doing something new with our video series of The Grand Acquisition
QUICK MENTIONS:
Maintenance scheduled for August 21st: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-august-21st-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information High End Crafting - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/17/operation-information-high-end-crafting/ HoloNet Links #59: http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/16/holonet-links-59/ Tactical Strike Situational Awareness Part 1 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/15/tactical-strike-situational-awareness-part-1/ My Two Credits: Nar Shaddaa Event - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/14/my-two-credits-nar-shaddaa-event/ Community Checkpoint Mireth Syndicate - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/13/community-checkpoint-3/
Sith or Jedi: Test of The Insomniac
After going to bed at a reasonable hour you have to get up at around 2am to do whatever it is people have to do at 2am. You finish what you're doing and lie down in bed, close your eyes and find that you're fighting sleep like a professional boxer hopped on up on ten gallons of caffeine. Swimming through your head is ALL that you have to accomplish before you leave on vacation in two days, none of which has gotten done, including cleaning the house. What do you do?
Quietly name the titles of as many books as you can in your head until you wear your brain out and go to sleep. Play mindless puzzle games on your tablet or computer until you get so tired you have to fall to sleep. Beat yourself senseless, while calling yourself names making you fear that you've actually successfully moved over into the zone of crazy.
Community Buzz:
The Grand Acquisition Race Event
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This week Carla & Deirdre talk about this week’s Gamescon, Community Q&A, Squashing Rumors, Group Finder Bug, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about the Community Q&A details.
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
SWTOR heads to Gamescon 2012 - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/%5Bnews-category%5D/20120808 Community Meet & Greet: If you池e in Cologne, why not come by for drinks and lively conversation with the development team? Apply for an invitation here! Community Q&A: Free-to-Play Edition - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-free-play-edition Community Roundup for August 9th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-august-9th-2012 Squashing the Rumor mill.... Gamasutra - Dr Greg moves takes a broader role - http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/175775/BioWares_Star_Wars_boss_takes_on_broader_role.php
QUICK MENTIONS:
A glance at this week’s articles on CRR:
Operation: Information - Stat Theorycrafting Lite (Tank Edition) - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/10/operation-information-stat-theorycrafting-lite-tank-edition/ HoloNet Links #58: http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/09/holonet-links-58/ Tactical Strike - Special Holo - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/08/tactical-strike-special-holo/ My Two Credits: TOR F2P - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/07/my-two-credits-tor-f2p/ Community Checkpoint -Viper & Vysht Ventures - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/06/community-checkpoint-2/
Sith or Jedi: Test of The Last Glass
It's girls night in and you and your best friend are staying in while your spouses take the kids out to a movie. You thought you had prepared fully when you bought chips and snacks for the evening but when you go and pour the wine, you find you've forgotten to purchase more.
After you pour, you see there's enough for one glass. You know your best friend loves wine and could probably use it after the week they had at work. Do you -
Give your best friend the last glass. As much as you want it, you know your BFF could use it more. Pour it down the sink. If you both can't have wine, no one will. Try to enjoy the rest of the evening drinking only water. Wine shmine! Take a few sips from their glass before handing it over and then break out the 18 year whiskey and start doing shots. Have fun laughing with your friend because this is the good life.
Community Buzz:
Group Finder Bug - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5006855#edit5006855
Known Issues: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=403398
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This week Carla & Deirdre talk about this week’s Community Q & A, Community Roundup, Free to Play, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about Free to Play details.
More Episode #67 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
Crew Skills Guide - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=425519 Community Q&A for July 27th - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-july-27th-2012 Community Roundup for August 1st - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-events-and-forums-august-1st-2012 Free to Play Option Coming this Fall - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/press-release/20120731 Jeff Hickman talks Free to Play - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20120731 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch August 7th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-august-7th-2012
A glance at this week’s articles on CRR:
Operation: Information - Stat Theorycrafting Lite (DPS/Healer Edition) - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/03/operation-information-stat-theorycrafting-lite-dpshealer-edition/ HoloNet Links #57: http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/02/holonet-links-57/ Tactical Strike - Free to Play Conjectures - http://corellianrun.com/2012/08/01/tactical-strike-free-to-play-conjectures/ My Two Credits: Guilds - http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/31/my-two-credits-guilds/ Community Checkpoint - Kal歎yshde -RP Corporation - http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/30/community-checkpoint/ Corellian Run Radio is looking for a Video Star - Do you currently make videos of your SWTOR gameplay? We are currently looking to possibly add a few video article slots for those gamers out there making class guide videos, PVP tips/guides, and guides for Flashpoints/Operations. We would need all videos to be “family” friendly in language and to keep spoilers to a bare minimum in Flashpoints and Operations…Yes, there are still folks that have not been through all of them yet. Along the lines of PVP, we are also looking to talk to a Ranked PVP team about putting together some video segments. If any of these video opportunities or all are your thing, please email me at jason@corellianrun.com
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Old Garage Sale Bat
You're at a garage sale and a very cranky old lady offers to buy a $99 item for $5 and curses you when you won't go that low. A few moments later she see's an exceptionally lewd Mickey Mouse parody toy. She under prices it and offers you a dollar saying that her grandson loves Mickey and she wants to give it to him at his fifth birthday the next weekend. Do you:
Kindly explain to her that this is an adult novelty piece. Tell her it's $10 and say nothing else. Sell it to her for $1, saying nothing, and laugh inside knowing that it will cause her extraordinary embarrassment at her grandsons birthday party.
Community Buzz:
Free to Play – Good or Bad?
Deluxe Digital Edition purchasers don't despair! http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4966501#edit4966501
No Forum posting privileges for F2P subscribers? http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4946889#edit4946889
Earn Cartel coins now - http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/6475
More than just cosmetics - http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/6522
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Our Writers’ Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk about recent CRR articles, Character Transfer Rewards, Free Trial, Friend Referral, BioWare Layoffs, and more. We have 4 of our current writers, Jason, Maer, John, and Drew, joining Carla to discuss these hot topics. This is an action packed episode you won’t want to miss!
With Deirdre fighting off a cold, this week Carla is joined by one of CRR's writers, Maer. We talk about this week’s Community Q & A, Dev Tracker, Group Finder, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about Dev tracker replies to posts by the community.
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
Game Industry article: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-05-james-ohlen-vive-la-republic?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=european-daily Dev Tracker: http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-july-3-2012-through-july-9-2012 Community Q & A: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-july-13th-2012 A Guide To Group Finder – Part 2: http://www.swtor.com/blog/guide-group-finder-part-2 Tutorial videos: http://www.swtor.com/info/tutorials HK-51 Revealed - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120716 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch July 17th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-july-17th-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information - Operation Boss Mechanics - http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/13/operation-information-operation-boss-mechanics/ HoloNet Links #54: http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/12/holonet-links-54/ Tactical Strike – Obtaining PVP Gear Part 1: http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/11/tactical-strike-obtaining-pvp-gear-part-1/ My Two Credits: Crafting: http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/10/my-two-credits-crafting/ Guild Checkpoint – The Gray Order - http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/09/guild-checkpoint-52/
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Noisy Neighbor
It is Saturday. It is your day to sleep in and get the much needed rest you need after a hard work week. You are awakened at 7 am by the sound of a loud lawnmower. It appears your neighbor has decided to mow his lawn early. Do you....
Decide to get up and mow you own lawn to get it out of the way. Just ignore it and let the lull of the lawnmower motor put you back to sleep. Get up, go to your neighbor and sarcastically thank him for letting you sleep late and secretly vow to wake him up as pay back on the follow day.
Community Buzz:
Group Finder Features Part 1: http://www.swtor.com/blog/guide-group-finder Part 2: http://www.swtor.com/blog/guide-group-finder-part-2 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4823151#edit4823151
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This week Carla and Deirdre are joined by Jeff Hollis from TORWars.com. We talk about this week’s Community Q & A, the official swtor podcast, San Diego Comic Con, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction is all about what is happening in 3 different server communities.
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
Dev Tracker: http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-june-26-2012-through-july-2-2012 (love this http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4753324#edit4753324 ) TOR at Comic Con: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120706-0 Official SWTOR podcast is on iTunes: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120706 Rewards for Character Transfers: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120705 Community Q&A July 6th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-july-6th-2012 Community Events Roundup: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-events-and-forums-july-5th-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch July 10th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-july-10th-2012
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information - Explosive Conflict Tips and Tricks - http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/06/operation-information-explosive-conflict-tips-tricks/ HoloNet Links #53: http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/05/holonet-links-53/ Tactical Strike – Shoot, Move, Communicate: http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/04/tactical-strike-shoot-move-communicate/ My Two Credits: Legacy Perks 1.3: http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/03/my-two-credits-legacy-perks-1-3/ Guild Checkpoint – Alpha Imperium - http://corellianrun.com/2012/07/02/guild-checkpoint-51/ Cool stuff (FYI) Server Status page - http://www.swtor.com/server-status System Alerts page - http://www.swtor.com/systemalerts Current Patch Notes page - http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes Test Center page - http://www.swtor.com/test-center Test Center FAQs page - http://www.swtor.com/test-center/faq
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Out of Stock Sales Item
Armed with your sales ad for a local department store, you head off to shop. You arrive when the store opens on the first day of the sale. The store is not busy so you feel confident the item you want will be there. You go to the section that you believe is where the item is located. Unable to find the item, you hunt down a clerk. The clerk says “Oh I am sorry, we are sold out.” Do you...
Sigh in frustration and look for a similar product. Tell the clerk that it isn't right to advertise if they didn't have any of the product in stock, then leave the store. Ask to speak to a supervisor and insist you get a rain check (when rain checks are not normally allowed) because you know they didn't have any of the product as advertised.
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Our Writers' Roundtable is a lively discussion of the latest happenings by some of the writers here at Corellian Run Radio. This is a format that we try with one episode each month. We hope you enjoy it!
This segment we talk about recent CRR articles, Update 1.3, Character Transfers and more. We have 4 of our current writers, Jason, Maer, John, and Drew, joining Carla & Deirdre to discuss these hot topics. This is an action packed episode you won't want to miss!
This week Carla and Deirdre talk about this week’s Community Q & A, Update 1.3 live June 26th, crew skills and items in 1.3, legacy perks in 1.3, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about toxic scan, extra character slots, and companion "smart" abilities?
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Patch Notes for Weekly Patch 1.2.7 - http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-june-18th-2012 Team Ranked Warzones in 1.3 - http://www.swtor.com/blog/team-ranked-warzones-game-update-1.3 Community Roundup for Week of June 20th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-round-forums-and-events-june-20th-2012 Dev Track Summary for June12-18th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-june-12-2012-through-june-18-2012 Crew Skills and Items in Game Update 1.3: http://www.swtor.com/blog/crew-skills-and-items-game-update-1.3 Legacy Perks in Game Update 1.3: http://www.swtor.com/blog/legacy-perks-game-update-1.3 Community Q & A: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-june-22nd-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch June 26th Game Update 1.3!: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-game-update-1.3-june-26th-2012 A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information - Beginner's Guide to Gearing for Operations - http://corellianrun.com/2012/06/22/operation-information-beginners-guide-to-gearing-for-operations/ HoloNet Links #51: http://corellianrun.com/2012/06/21/holonet-links-51/ My Two Credits: Let the Games Being – Again! http://corellianrun.com/2012/06/19/my-two-credits-let-the-games-begin-again/ Guild Checkpoint – No Sleep Till Kessel - http://corellianrun.com/2012/06/18/guild-checkpoint-49/
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Coffee Shop Diva
You're waiting in line at a prominent coffee chain and a woman behind you is being a complete and total witch. She complains loudly about the help, about having to wait in line behind you and about the "crappy decor of the store". After you order coffee you realize that she orders the exact same thing but with soy milk because, "she's lactose intolerant". A few minutes pass and the barista puts two nearly identical coffee's on the counter, one with soy milk and one with regular. You accidentally grab the one made with soy and take a swig, It's delicious. Realizing your mistake. Do you -
Immediately tell the barista and apologize so that a new double machiato soy latte can be made. Shrug and tell the witch that her drink may or may not be soy. Graciously hand the witch the lactose latte. Smile, knowing that Force will be strong with this one...in the bathroom.
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Deirdre and Carla are joined on Father's Day by one of our favorite Dad's, Jeff Hollis, from TORWars.com. This week is all about character transfers!
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about viewable pvp stats, smart AOE heals and "cover fire"?
More Episode #61 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Free Character Transfers on Select Servers - http://www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20120612 Dev Tracker June 5-12th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-june-5-2012-june-12-2012 A Guide to the Group Finder: http://www.swtor.com/blog/guide-group-finder Weekly Thread Roundup: http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-forum-thread-round-june-14th-2012 Community Q & A: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-june-15th-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch June 19th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-june-19th-2012 A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation Information: Loot Rules Holonet Links #50 My Two Credits: Server Merges Redux.. Wait... What? Guild Checkpoint - Obscuri Lateris
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Unattentive Mom
You finish your grocery shopping and start pushing your cart towards the checkout lane. Just as you almost arrive at the checkout lane a small child about 7 years old darts in from of your overflowing cart and you almost hit him. You are a little annoyed, because he didn't even say he was sorry before stopping next to what appears to be his Mom. You continue your quest to reach the checkout lane and just as your start pushing your cart another child darts in front of you that is about 5 years old. Again, you almost hit the child and he also doesn't say anything before reaching his Mom. Their mom witnessed the whole incident and said nothing to her children and gave YOU a dirty look. Do you...
Smile and comment on how cute her children are. Ignore the situation and continue on your path to check out just to get out of there. Comment to the Mom about how you almost ran over two of her FOUR children before continuing your goal of checking out.
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Thank you to Aezrin for the positive review on iTunes!
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Server Transfers Here June 12th!
This week Carla and Deirdre talk about this week's Community Q & A, Update 1.3 on the Public Test Server, Character transfers, and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about crafting augment kits, gaining social points, and the group finder tool?
More Episode #60 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Weekly Forum Thread Round-up (June 5th) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-forum-thread-round-june-5th-2012 Class changes and balance in Game Update 1.3 (June 6th) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/class-changes-and-balance-game-update-1.3 Character Transfers (June 6th) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/character-transfer-server-populations-and-you Community Q & A (June 8th) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-june-8th-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch June 12th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-june-12th-2012 A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation Information: Key Bindings Holonet Links #49 My Two Credits: Empire 'n Jedi 'n Trolls, Oh My! Guild Checkpoint – Methodical (Republic guild)
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Classroom Cheater
A woman in your sociology group has copped out to cheating on all of her tests and she's getting an 'A' on every one of them because she's copying the smart girl in class who works hard. The cheater barely makes any effort in class and the teacher knows this, in fact, the whole class knows this. She never does any of her homework either. Clearly she doesn't care about this class. While she's generally a nice lady and she hasn't been mean to you at all, you feel that she has taken advantage of the system and you want to take steps to stop her cheating ways. Do you -
Come along side her and offer to help her study thereby eliminating her need to cheat and helping to give her confidence to pass the tests on her own? Do nothing at all? It's none of your business and the teacher probably knows that she's been cheating since she doesn't understand any of the concepts in class discussions and never does the homework. Completely throw her under the bus? Just because you can cheat, doesn't mean you should and it's unfair to the people she's cheating off of since they do most of the work. Besides, your teacher does seem rather oblivious at times. There may be a chance the teacher doesn't know at all.
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Are you signed up to test update 1.3?
This week Carla and Deirdre talk about Update 1.3, Community update, PTS testing and more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about warzones, community contacts, and the Hutts?
More Episode #59 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Community Q&A – June 1st http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-june-1st-2012 Patch notes June 1st : http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-june-1st-2012 MCM 2012 Expo - http://dulfy.net/2012/05/28/mcm-2012-expo-swtor-panel-transcript/ Community Team Update - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-team-general-update-may-31st-2012 Weekly Thread Roundup - http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-forum-thread-round-may-30th-2012 Test Center Info - http://www.swtor.com/test-center/news/315055 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch June 5th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-june-5th-2012 A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation Information: RL Gear Check Holonet Links #48 My Two Credits: TOR Subscriptions Guild Checkpoint – Order of Coruscant
SITH OR JEDI: The Test of the Computer Generated Political Telephone Call
You are just sitting down for dinner and the telephone rings. You answer it only to find that it is a computer generated political message. You know that there is a law that all computer generated calls must allow people to opt out by pressing 9, so you press 9. Nothing happens. You can hung. The following night at about the same time, you get another call from the same political organization. This continues almost daily for the next 3 weeks.
Do you:
Just hang up the phone and go back to eating dinner, not minding the call since it is for the person you will be voting for. Hang up the phone, go back to eating dinner, and vow not to vote for that person. Record the time of the call. Call the political organization and complain. Letting the person on the line know that even though that person was your candidate of choice, that you would not be voting for them because of the phone call spam.
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May Writers' Roundtable
We are proud to announce a new episode of a special segment here at Corellian Run Radio. It is our Writer’s Roundtable. We are targeting this segment to be the last show of the month each month.
This segment we talk about recent CRR articles, BioWare layoffs, Update 1.3 and more. We have 3 of our current writers, Maer, Jason and John, joining Carla to discuss these hot topics.
Voidstar
Elearic, former SWTOR PVP Officer in the Old Timers Guild, joins Deirdre and Carla to chat about everything PVP and so much more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about the Group Finder in 1.3, archived Q&A questions, and classes impacting drops.
More Episode #57 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
05/18 - Weekly Q&A Archive: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4406503#edit4406503 (Before posting a question for an upcoming Q&A, BioWare urges you to check this archive to see if it has already been answered.) All Q&As can be found here (Thanks, Parali!!): http://www.swtor.com/blog/tag/community%20q%2526a 05/18 - Augment kits explained in more detail - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4405935#edit4405935 05/17 - Weekly SWTOR Forum Thread Round-Up - http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-forum-thread-round-may-17th-2012
QUICK MENTIONS:
No Patch May 22nd, Enjoy!: http://www.swtor.com/blog/no-downtime-may-22nd
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information – Min-Maxing http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/18/operation-information-min-maxing/ Holonet Links #46 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/17/holonet-links-46/ My Two Credits: Server Merges - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/15/my-two-credits-server-mergers/ Guild Checkpoint #44 -Skyhound Adepts - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/14/guild-checkpoint-44/
Call for Writers! If you are interested in becoming a writer for CRR, we need a writer for both PVP and news related articles. Please email us at: corellianrun@gmail.com
Thank you to our guest, Elearic and thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
1PTS Testing?
This week Carla is joined by Maer as they talk about BioWare's podcast, 1.3 reveals, PTS testing and more. The audio quality is not our normal high quality, but will return to normal as soon as Carla's computer is replaced.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Deirdre and her family in her time of loss. Her grandfather just passed away.
More Episode #56 and Comments after the jump…
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about augment tables, adaptive gear, and acquiring augment schematics in 1.3.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
05/11 - Community Q&A http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-may-11th-2012 (Going to every two weeks) 05/10 - Augmented Tables coming in 1.3 - (kits from crafters but for all gear) http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4330446#edit4330446 05/10 - Adaptive Gear - (From Damien Schubert in the official podcast #1) 05/09 - Official Podcast #1 released http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4315086#edit4315086 Personal playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch May 15th: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4343545#edit4343545
A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information – PreOps Checklist http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/11/operation-information-pre-op-checklist/ Holonet Links #45 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/10/holonet-links-45/ My Two Credits: Top 10 Wishlist - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/08/my-two-credits-top-10-wish-list/ Guild Checkpoint #43 -Demonic Sith Lords http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/07/guild-checkpoint-43/
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Bad Cashier
You have just finished your grocery shopping and find a line to check out that isn't too long. You start to unload your groceries on the belt and had the cashier your earth-friendly bags to load the groceries in and the cashier makes this heavy exhale in disgust and takes the bags. You smile and tried to make light chatter as you grouped my items for bagging. Every time you would move an item she would over-react as if you interrupted her when you weren't even close to the items she was working with. No matter what you did to lighten the mood, she wasn't having any of it.
Do you:
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You pay for your groceries and tell the cashier to have a wonderful day as you leave.
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You ignore the situation, pay for your groceries and leave.
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You pay for your groceries, sarcastically tell the cashier to have a nice day then go find a supervisor and tell her how horrible the cashier was.
Call for Writers! If you are interested in becoming a writer for CRR, we need a writer for both PVP and news related articles. Please email us at: corellianrun@gmail.com
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Operation: Explosive Conflict
Deirdre and Carla are BACK! Due to computer issues beyond Carla's control (her computer blew up!) we were unable to record our podcast the past couple of weeks. While Carla's computer is still at the retailer for warranty repairs or replacement, this podcast was recorded using Carla's MacBook Pro. The audio quality is not up to our usual standard, but we hope you enjoy it!
This podcast we chat about patch 1.2.3, return of Fan Friday, Nightmare Pilgrim issues, and so much more. Now if Carla can only figure out what the correct date is, all will be right with the world. LOL
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about Boarding Party flashpoint, characters in your legacy tree and Nightmare Pilgrim issues.
More Episode #55 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
05/03-Action being taken against fraudulent payment activity http://www.swtor.com/blog/action-being-taken-against-fraudulent-payment-activity 05/04-Return of Fan Friday! http://www.swtor.com/blog/star-wars-old-republic-return-fan-friday 05/04-Community Q&A http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-may-4th-2012 Dev Tracker Highlights -1.3 Notes - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4287196#edit4287196 Nightmare Pilgrim Issue - http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=4286522#edit4286522 System Alerts - http://www.swtor.com/systemalerts Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch May 8th (today!): http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes A glance at this week's articles on CRR: Operation: Information – Combat Logs http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/04/operation-information-combat-logs-and-what-to-do-with-them/ Holonet Links #44 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/03/holonet-links-44/ Force Lore: Satele Shan Part 2 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/02/force-lore-satele-shan-part-2/ My Two Credits: Legacy-The Bad - http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/01/my-two-credits-legacy-the-bad/ Guild Checkpoint #43 -Demonic Sith Lords http://corellianrun.com/2012/05/07/guild-checkpoint-43/
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Improperly Fixed Computer
You have a name brand computer that you bought from a major retailer. You go to turn it on and it won't come on. You take it to the retailer for a warranty repair. They have your computer for 2 weeks and you are all excited when you get it back. Three days later, your hard drive crashes and you are yet again forced to take your computer in for repair.
Do you:
You tell the tech what is wrong, take your repair order and let things be processed on the retailer's time schedule and procedure. You tell the tech what is wrong, take your repair order, and ask that the repair be done inhouse so you can get it back quicker. When you arrive, you politely yet firmly explain how your computer is lemon and ask that it be replaced.
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Thank you, SWTORCrew and DarthGriz, for your positive review on iTunes! Thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
Celebrate Update 1.2 with a TaunTaun Ram
Kash from Old Republic Dads & Old Republic Radio joined Deirdre and Carla to chat about Update 1.2: Legacy, Ranked Warzones, BioWare gifts of customer appreciation, and so much more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about Lost Island, Orobird eggs, and medpack usage in flashpoints and operations.
More Episode #54 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
04/11 Update on Ranked Warzones - http://www.swtor.com/blog/update-ranked-warzones-game-update-1.2 04/12 Operation: Explosive Conflict - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120412-0 04/12 Begin Your Legacy with 1.2 - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120412 04/12 Celebrate Game Update 1.2: Legacy - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120412-1 04/13 Win a Life Size Darth Malgus Statue - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120413
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch April 17th : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-april-17th-2012 A glance at this week's articles on CRR:
Operation: Information – Eternity Vault Tips and Tricks Holonet Links #41 Force Lore: Holidays My Two Credits: Why People Game Guild Checkpoint - V Squad
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Class Project
You are part of a study group that has been tasked with a class project. There are six of you in a group but only one member isn't pulling their share of the group project load. This member, complains all the time about the meeting time outside of class, but because of their youth, you haven't said anything in hopes that they will start helping out more but you are losing patience fast. When the time comes to hand in your work and the amount of participation each group member has put into the project.
Do you:
Fabricate a lie and tell the Professor that every member of the group participated and gave 100% of themselves to the project. Tell the Professor the truth, that even though the lazy group member didn't participate as much as you would have liked, they did offer the minimum amount of help. Completely throw the group member under the bus and tell the teacher the that the lazy group mate was less than helpful and complained entirely too much.
Spring Celebration Contest ended last night at midnight. Winners will be announced soon! A big thank you to our sponsors, Chronicle Books and New Video!
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Thank you, YojeVawree, for your positive review on iTunes! Thank you, EVERYONE, for listening!
Deirdre & Carla talk about the PVP, Community Q & A, the new official SWTOR podcast, BFFs and much more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about augments required for existing content, crafters are the only source for augmented items, and leveling a human to 50 has no benefit, or does it?
More Episode #53 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
PVP Update in 1.2 - http://www.swtor.com/news/blog/20120330 Community Q&A: Friday March 30th 2012: Game Update 1.2 Special - http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-friday-march-30th-2012-game-update-1.2-special Your Legacy Begins - http://www.swtor.com/news/blog/20120329 New Official SWTOR Podcast - http://www.swtor.com/blog/preview-our-new-podcast Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch April 3rd : http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-april-3rd-2012 This Week's articles on CRR:
Operations: Information - Are you ready for Hard Modes? Holonet Links #39 - Cool stuff on the PTS Force Lore: Ord Mantell Family Tree Arrangement & Legacy Benefits My Two Credits: Legacy 1.2 & Guild Banks Guild Checkpoint - The Older Republic Guild
SITH OR JEDI: Test of Single Concert Ticket
You have been given a ticket to see a band in concert that you and your best friend absolutely love. The problem is that the concert is sold out and you only have one ticket. Do you:
Give the ticket to your BFF and make them take lots if pictures for you. Give the ticket away. You don't want to go if your BFF can't enjoy it with you. Go and enjoy the show and say nothing to your BFF.
Spring Celebration Contest! A big thank you to our sponsors, Chronicle Books and New Video! For more information about our contest, please go here.
Call for Writers! If you are interested in becoming a writer for CRR, email us at: corellianrun@gmail.com
We are taking next week off for the Easter holiday. We will see you again about the 15th. Enjoy your Easter holiday!
March Writers' Roundtable
We are proud to announce a new episode of a special segment here at Corellian Run Radio. It is our Writer’s Roundtable. We are targeting this segment to be the last show of the month each month.
This segment we talk about the Legacy System. We have 3 of our current writers, Maer, Jason and Daniel, joining Carla to discuss this hot topic. Deirdre is MIA due to real life kicking her butt!
Check out the newly released video about the Legacy system here!
Update 1.2: Novare Coast
Deirdre and Carla are joined this week by none other than Scott Johnson. Many of you will know Scott from his podcast, "The Instance", but Scott is not only a gamer and podcaster, he is an artist as well. They discuss the Legacy and much more!
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about stackable companion gifts, reverse engineering end-game items and loot drops taking group composition into consideration in Update 1.2.
More Episode #51 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Dev Tracker posts: http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-march-5th-2012-%E2%80%93-march-13th-2012 1.2 on the PTR: http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120316 Your Saga Continues in 1.2: http://www.swtor.com/news/blog/20120316 Community Q&A: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-march-16th-2012 Weekly patch: http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-march-16th-2012 Personal Playtime discussion.
QUICK MENTIONS:
Scheduled Maintenance 3/20: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-march-20th-2012 Holonet Links - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/15/holonet-links-37/ Force Lore: The Jedi and The Sith, Part 1 - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/14/force-lore-the-jedi-and-the-sith-part-1/ My Two Credits: The Gaming Stigma - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/13/my-two-credits-the-gaming-stigma/ Guild Checkpoint (Imperial Guard) - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/12/guild-checkpoint-35/
SITH OR JEDI: The Case of the Crazy Clown
You're at a bar in a rockin' city, enjoying your beer and the great music and atmosphere when a guy in rodeo clown makeup sits next to you at the bar. He sits pretty close but you think nothing of it and you place an order for another beer and a sandwich. The beer comes first but before you can take a swig, the rodeo clown gently grabs it and lifts it to his mouth, taking a juicy swig. While this irritates you, you think nothing of it, maybe he ordered a beer at the same time. Your sandwich comes next and while you're talking to your friend, you spy out of the corner of your eye, the rodeo clown using one finger to pull the sandwich plate to himself. You quickly pull the plate back resulting in the rodeo clown reaching down and not so gently grabbing your poor sandwich, bringing it to his mouth and taking a hearty bite out of it. You:
Shake your head and just give the man your sandwich. Maybe he's poor and hungry. Tell him that you're upset with him, notify the barkeep and have him thrown out. Make sure he gets a really good bite of that sandwich by following it up with a fist to the mouth.
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
Legacy: Do you like where BioWare is going with the Legacy program? Do you think the making people play the opposite faction on the same server will present issues for guilds? Is there something specific you love about the Legacy program?
We would like to thank Scott Johnson for being our guest today. Please visit his website, Frogpants.com, to see a list of all his podcasts and other information.
We would also like to thank ShiNji for their positive review on iTunes.
Update 1.2, Guild Summit & More!
While Deirdre is busy studying for a big test, Carla is joined by our very own Maer and special guest, Medros from All Things Azeroth. They discuss the 1.2 Update, the Guild Summit and much more!
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about patch 1.2 items from companion conversations, confirmation dialog when choosing your legacy name, and abandoning bonus quest on Tatooine.
More Episode #50 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Now Available in the Asia Pacific Region - http://www.swtor.com/news/press-release/20120301 TOR partners with J!inx - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120302 Friends of Star Wars: The Old Republic - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120305 Coming in Game Update 1.2 - (see below for community buzz) TOR on the Big Bang Theory - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120308-0 Weekly Patch 3/9 (1.1.5) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-march-9th-2012 Personal Playtime discussion
QUICK MENTIONS:
Wall Street Journal article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203458604577263273943183932.html Holonet Links - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/08/holonet-links-36/ Force Lore: The Esseles - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/07/force-lore-the-esseles/ My Two Credits: SWTOR Staying Power - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/06/my-two-credits-swtor-staying-power/ Guild Checkpoint - http://corellianrun.com/2012/03/05/guild-checkpoint-34/
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Outrageous Pug Group
You're a healer in a PUG and the tank is being an outrageous jerk. Though there have been no major problems, the tank is constantly demanding instant debuff cleansing and faster heals but unwilling to slow down when pulling mobs. It gets to the point where they are calling you the "worst healer in the game" even though you've asked repeatedly for them to slow down. Even though you're doing a great job, the two other members of your PUG, don't speak up to support you and one of them even complains about a slow heal they've received. Suddenly, the tank pulls a few too many mobs to handle easily. Do you:
Heal everybody like a pro, sacrificing yourself in the process to show them how good you really are. Just do what you can and if there's a wipe, blame the tank. Port out asap the minute he pulls and let the bitches die.
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
1.2 Update & Legacy - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120308
Forum section for the Guild Summit to make your comments: http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=371
Thank you to Medros from All Things Azeroth for guest hosting with us today. We would also like to thank Hexejager & Grimkov for the positive reviews on iTunes.
CRR Writers' Roundtable
We are proud to announce a new episode of a special segment here at Corellian Run Radio. It is our Writer's Roundtable. We are targeting this segment to be the last show of the month each month.
This segment we introduce a new writer to our staff, Sam McLeod. We have 3 of our current writers, Maer, Jason and Sam, joining Deirdre & Carla. In this segment, we discuss the pulse of SWTOR and more.
Needy or Greedy?
Deirdre & Carla are joined by Jedi Master Terran Hawkins from SWTOR Unlimited. They discuss the latest patch notes,the Asian Pacific launch and much more!
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about patch 1.1.3 items from companion conversations, confirmation dialog when choosing your legacy name, and abandoning bonus quest on Tatooine.
More Episode #48 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Guild Summit Update 2/12: http://www.swtor.com/blog/guild-summit-update Dev Tracker Blog Feb 6th-12th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/dev-tracker-summary-february-6th-2012-%E2%80%93-february-12th-2012 Weekly Patch Notes 2/14 & 2/17 (1.1.3): http://www.swtor.com/blog/reminder-scheduled-maintenance-february-14th-2012http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-february-17th-2012 Asian Pacific Launch - March 1st! http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120214 Drew Karpyshyn Leaving BioWare: http://drewkarpyshyn.com/c/?p=369#more-369 Community Q&A 2/17: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-feb-17th-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch Feb 22nd: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-february-22nd-2012
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Little Miss Princess
As you're getting out of a car at a local shop a woman in a very expensive automobile with a 'Princess' license plate frame pulls in beside you. You both reach the door to the shop at the same time and as you open the door, without saying "excuse me" she rushes past you to get inside. At first you get a bit perturbed but toss it off as nothing and get over it. Later, while shopping you see that she is being especially rude to the clerks that are trying to help her, belittling them and just being plain rude.
After you finish your shopping foray, you drive down the street to see the 'Princess' stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire. You:
Stop and lend a hand because not only does this act of kindness reflect better on you but it may help her extend the hand of kindness to another. Smirk to yourself as you drive by knowing that the bitch likely has auto insurance to help her get that tire fixed. Roll down your window and point at her whilst cackling mercilessly until she cries.
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
Need vs Greed on gear (for you or your companion?) http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=2813008#edit2813008
We would like to thank Jedi Master Terran Hawkins from SWTOR Unlimited for joining us this week.
Remember guilds, if you are interested in being highlighted, please contact Jason at corellianrun@gmail.com
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A Look At Ilum
Deirdre & Carla talk about the upcoming changes headed our way on February 14th in the form of patch 1.1.3, problems on Ilum, and much more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about patch 1.1.2 items from chest items to sprint re-activation on revive to Champion bag rewards.
More Episode #47 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Weekly Patch Notes 2/7 (1.1.2) & 2/9 (1.1.2a): http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/1.1.2/272012http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/1.1.2a/292012http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-february-10th-2012 Incoming Changes to "Global Cooldown" UI: http://www.swtor.com/blog/incoming-changes-global-cooldown-ui Community Q&A 2/10: http://www.swtor.com/blog/community-qa-feb-10th-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch Feb 14th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-february-14th-2012 Create your own loading screen! http://www.swtorstrategies.com/2012/02/create-your-own-swtor-loading-screens.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theoldrepublic2+%28The+Old+Republic%29 http://www.swtorpano.com/?p=218
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Unpleasant Train Passengers
You're enjoying a pleasant train trip with your young children. The ride is about three hours long. Near you are seated three bratty children and their completely inattentive parents. The brats are loud, they throw food and they bully your own kids. At some point the mom leans over and asks you, "What stop did they say this was?" Do you:
Knowing that her stop isn't for some time, you tell her the truth about what stop is coming up. Tell her, "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear it over the sound of your child screaming." Again, knowing that her stop isn't for some time, lie to her saying, "Yes, this is absolutely your stop allow me help you with your bags."
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
Ilum Woes: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=2653452#edit2653452 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=278701 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=286019
Remember guilds, if you are interested in being highlighted, please contact Jason at corellianrun@gmail.com
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio!
First Guild Summit Coming Soon!
Deirdre & Carla are joined by Rich Fisher from Empire for Life Podcast and EGO Networks as they talk about the upcoming changes headed our way on February 7th in the form of patch 1.1.2, first guild summit, and much more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about SWTOR being the fastest growing subscription MMO ever, quick start videos, and the guild summit.
More Episode #46 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Busting Bugs 1/31: http://www.swtor.com/blog/developer-blog-busting-bugs-and-fixing-exploits SWTOR Continues Meteoric Rise 2/1: http://www.swtor.com/news/press-release/20120201 Weekly Patch Notes 2/3: http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-february-3rd-2012 New Community Blogs (Weekly Q&A & Dev Tracker Summaries) 2/3: http://www.swtor.com/blog/new-community-blogs-weekly-qa-dev-tracker-summaries Learn the Basics 2/3: http://www.swtor.com/news/%5Bnews-category%5D/20120203 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch Feb 7th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-february-7th-2012 CRR new writers: Timothy De Block & Daniel Spirelli - Daniel's new column "Force Lore"
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Chatty Patrons
It's a beautiful Sunday morning and you decide that it would be a nice day to go and sit at your favorite outside restaurant. The waitress seats you next to a very nice, albeit chatty, couple. You make polite conversation and then open your newspaper to relax and read. The chatty couple get progressively louder and in doing so try to continue to make conversation with you even though it is quite apparent that you don't wish to join in. Do you:
Put your newspaper away and politely engage in conversation. Give one or two word answers but clearly avoid engaging further going so far as to give body language that show's you're not interested in conversing. Throw the newspaper down on the table every time they talk to you and passive aggressively state that you really wish that there were more people in the world who were respectful of other people's need for quiet time.
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
Announcing Guild Summit: http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120201 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=259114
Special thanks to Rich Fisher from EGO Networks for joining us for this podcast. Be sure to check out his Empire For Life Podcast!
We would also like to thank RipN8R, Secret78Agent and Boss of the Saw for the positive reviews on iTunes. THANK YOU!
Remember guilds, if you are interested in being highlighted, please contact Jason at corellianrun@gmail.com
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CRR Writers' Roundtable
We are proud to introduce a special segment here at Corellian Run Radio. It is our Writer's Roundtable. We are targeting this segment to be the last show of the month each month.
This segment has 3 of our current writers, Maer, Jason and Thom, joining Deirdre & Carla. Hopefully this segment provides a little insight into the minds of those writers keeping things fun and light.
Deirdre & Carla talk about the upcoming changes headed our way on January 24th in the form of patch 1.1.1, the issues with patch 1.1 on Ilum, and much more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about camping the opposing faction's base, founder's title and ability delay issues.
More Episode #44 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Coming Up in SWTOR! http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120119 Become a Founding Member! http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120118-0 Georg Zoeller on Ability Delay: http://www.swtor.com/blog/georg-zoeller-gives-update-ability-delay Rise of the Rakghouls Patch 1.1 issues - Originally scheduled 1/17, postponed to 1/18. Game design update: http://www.swtor.com/blog/design-notes-game-update-1.1 surprise attack on Dromund Kaas? Patching the patch! http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-january-20th-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch Jan 24th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-january-24th-2012 CRR is looking for a few writers. Do you have an idea for a weekly column? Would you rather write small articles several times a week? We would love to get a few people to write for us. Some of the topics/columns could be on PVP, RP, New Player Tips & Tricks, short video casts, etc. You get the idea!
SITH OR JEDI: Test of the Raid Night Late Arrival
You have had a long day at work, but you are looking forward to quitting time because you know it's "raid night" in your favorite game. As you are preparing to leave work, your boss comes in and asks you to research an important topic for tomorrow's staff meeting. That research is going to take you about an hour and cause you to arrive 15 minutes late for your in-game raid event. What do you do?
Go to your guild's website, notify everyone that they will need to replace you because you are working about 15 minutes late. You don't want 15 other people standing around waiting on you. Go to your guild's website, notify everyone that you will be running 15 minutes late, but secretly hope they will wait on you. If they have to replace you, you aren't happy about it but you know it's the right thing to do. Go to your guild's website, notify everyone you are running late and ask everyone to wait until you get there. After all, you are the tank! The raid can't succeed without you and if they replace you, there will be hell to pay!
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
Ilum PVP: http://www.swtor.com/blog/ilum-pvp-issues
Server Forum Group Changes: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=1587319#edit1587319
Special thanks to David Bass for helping us to understand the server group forums!
Remember guilds, if you are interested in being highlighted, please contact Jason at corellianrun@gmail.com
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Deirdre & Carla talk about the upcoming changes headed our way on January 17th in the form of patch 1.1, the announcement of new server group forums, and much more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about neutral gear, pvp adrenals and Kaon Under Seige flashpoint.
More Episode #43 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Loot for neutral players too! http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/01/11/swtors-alignment-system-will-offer-exclusive-loot-for-neutral-players/ Interview with James Ohlen: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/12/interview-biowares-james-ohlen-on-swtor/ Kaon Under Siege Flashpoint: http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120113 Rise of the Rakghouls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjxpJ4EZ_Q&feature=youtu.be http://www.gamespot.com/features/flashpoints-and-fixes-the-old-republic-rise-of-the-rakghouls-6348435/ GTN post by Georg Zoeller: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=1585082#edit1585082 Georg's post on BioChem/Cybertech in patch 1.1: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=1585840#edit1585840 Gabe's note referring to Georg's comments: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=1590164#edit1590164 Personal playtime discussion.
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch Jan 17th (Patch 1.1): http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-january-17th-2012
SITH OR JEDI: TEST OF THE DONATION BOX
You visit a local museum that claims to be free of charge but has an obnoxiously large donation box practically blocking the entrance. Do you:
Toss in $10 knowing that running such a little operation costs a lot in upkeep. Toss in $1 just so you don't feel bad. Blow through the gate jiggling the box and knocking a few bucks out of the coffer, pick them up and pocket them on your way in.
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
Server Group Forums?: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=1587319#edit1587319
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio!
Sith Inquisitor by Roxanne
Roxanne and Carla are excited to have Jaro from Jen'Jidai & Fragworld as their guest to talk TOR. Kathy & Roxanne first met Jaro at PAX-East in March of last year. He was the first person outside our circle of friends that actually listened to our podcast!
Our prayers go out to Deirdre and her family. Her Uncle just passed away. We love you DD!
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about in-game keyboard shortcuts.
More Episode #42 and Comments after the jump…
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
A Word on Bugs from James Ohlen - http://www.swtor.com/blog/word-bugs-james-ohlen Roxanne's Sith Inquisitor painting made it as an Honorable Mention on the @cadcomic (Ctrl+Alt+Del) contest! http://www.cad-comic.com/ New Year's PVP Update from Gabe Amatangelo - http://www.swtor.com/blog/new-year%E2%80%99s-pvp-update January 6th Patch Day 1.02 - http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes/1.0.2/142012 and additional deployments: http://www.swtor.com/blog/weekly-patch-notes-update-january-6th-2012 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
Next Patch Jan 10th: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-january-10th-2012
SITH OR JEDI: TEST OF THE HELPING HAND
An old lady appears to be struggling when crossing the street and you offer to help her. She adamantly declines your offer, calling you a pervert and other expletives. Do you:
Wish her a very nice day but continue to monitor her progress to make sure she makes it across safely. Shrug it off and continue on your way. Force push that crazy old bitch into oncoming traffic while maniacally chuckling to yourself.
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
Flashpoint Fridays! http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=141291
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
We would like to thank StarFleetJedi & Enrick30 for leaving us a positive review on iTunes.
We would also like to thank Jaro from Jen'jidai/Fragworld for joining us. Twitter for Jaro: @JustinJKruger
Jen'Jidai: http://www.legend-gaming.net/jenjidai/
FragWorld: http://www.fragworld.org/index.php & TOR-World: http://www.tor-world.com/
Roxanne is back! She joins Carla & Deirdre as they bring in the new year discussing SWTOR and what they would like to see in the game for 2012.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about early access, guild server assignments and official launch date changes.
More Episode #41 and Comments after the jump...
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
James Ohlen talks future Flashpoints and Operations: http://www.swtor.com/news/blog/20111223 As of December 22nd, EA announced that SWTOR has one million subscribers. SWTOR hits Australia officially on March 1st SWTOR is named Game of the Year by MSNBC Patch Notes 12/27: http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/27/patch-1-0-1-slicing-nerfed-bugs-fixed-and-more/ Patch Notes 12/30 on the public test realm: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=958025#edit958025 Personal Playtime
QUICK MENTIONS:
CRR Contest: Create a Character Profile and Win a Razer Peripheral - http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/26/crr-razer-contest/ Thom's Thought Transmission: What Do You Care About? http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/28/what-do-you-care-about/ HoloNet Links #26: http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/29/holonet-links-26/ CRR HoloScan: Jeff Hollis of TORWars.com http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/30/crr-holoscan-jeff-of-torwars-com/ Scheduled Maintenance for January 4th - 2AM-10AM CST: http://www.swtor.com/blog/scheduled-maintenance-january-4-2012
SITH OR JEDI: TEST OF THE SANTA LINE
COMMUNITY BUZZ:
2012 Wish list for the game
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
We hope all our listeners have an even better year in 2012 than they had last year! Thank you to each of you that took the time to submit entries for our latest contest and for following us on Facebook & Twitter. THANK YOU and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Today is the final day with Day 12! It is the wish of the Hosts and Staff from Corellian Run Radio that all of you that celebrate Christmas have a very, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the sixth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the seventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the eighth day of Christmas, Bioware gave to me eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the ninth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the tenth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me ten missions pending, nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the eleventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me eleven Ewoks dancing, ten missions pending, nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the twelfth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me twelve seats in the Senate, eleven Ewoks dancing, ten missions pending, nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 11, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the sixth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the seventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the eighth day of Christmas, Bioware gave to me eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the ninth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the tenth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me ten missions pending, nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the eleventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me eleven Ewoks dancing, ten missions pending, nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 10, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the sixth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the seventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the eighth day of Christmas, Bioware gave to me eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the ninth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the tenth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me ten missions pending, nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 9, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the sixth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the seventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the eighth day of Christmas, Bioware gave to me eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the ninth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me nine indie planets, eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 8, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the sixth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the seventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the eighth day of Christmas, Bioware gave to me eight awesome species, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 7, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the sixth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the seventh day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me, seven lighted sabers, six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
Carla and Deirdre talk about early release, grace period in, and queue woes while Roxanne is MIA.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week’s fact or fiction talks about early access, guild server assignments and official launch date changes.
More Episode #40 and Comments after the jump.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Update 12/16: Final Choose Your Side - Smuggler vs Sith Warrior http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111216 Early Access Has Begun 12/15 - http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111213 Game time cards, security authenticators (iTunes app), Digital Edition upgrade pack, player guide Personal Playtime - Deirdre and Carla talk about their in-game playtime.
QUICK MENTIONS:
Reminder about Launch parties - http://www.swtor.com/blog/be-part-launch-12202011 Thom's Thought Transmission: EGA and YOU http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/15/ega-and-you/ HoloNet Links #24 http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/15/holonet-links-24/ CRR HoloScan - Alan of Alan Shot First - http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/18/crr-holoscan-alan-of-alan-shot-first/ 12 Days of Christmas - We are on day 6 and will continue to post a new day every day until Christmas day. http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/18/12-days-of-christmas-bioware-style-day-6/
SITH OR JEDI: TEST OF THE PARKING LOT (This sith or jedi question was submitted by one of our regular listeners, Steve)
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Grace period in now - http://www.swtor.com/blog/giving-grace-period-star-wars-old-republic Queues, queues, and more queues - http://www.swtor.com/blog/regarding-server-queues
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thank you to soulbendersix, Matthew White, and davalyn for the positive feedback on iTunes. We appreciate your feedback!
It’s time for Day 6, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the sixth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me six light speed starships, five Companions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 5, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fifth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me five Com-pan-ions, four mirrored classes, three Advanced skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 4, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the fourth day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me four mirrored classes, three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It’s time for Day 3, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access. On the third day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me three Advanced Skill trees, two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It's time for Day 2, we hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day’s release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access. On the second day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me two opposing factions and the chance to play in Early Access.
It is our pleasure to present to you, our rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas... BioWare style. We hope you enjoy it! Check back daily for a new day's release. Musical talents of Tyler Heikes. Written by our very own Maer!
On the first day of Christmas, BioWare gave to me the chance to play in Early Access.
Dierdre & Carla decide to talk about pre-launch, grace period and early access in Roxanne's absence.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the true fact? This week's fact or fiction talks about early access, guild server assignments and official launch date changes.
More Episode #39 and Comments after the jump.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Up 12/9: Sith Inquisitor Progression video http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/sith-inquisitor-character-progression Unified color to chest piece gone - http://www.swtor.com/blog/why-unify-color-chest-piece-gone-and-whats-next Early Access - http://www.swtor.com/preorder/faq#q209656 Pre-load STAR WARS: The Old Republic Now! http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111207
QUICK MENTIONS:
Be part of launch (Launch parties) - http://www.swtor.com/blog/be-part-launch-12202011 CRR HoloScan - Samm Carbo of TOROCast - http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/09/crr-holoscan-samm-of-torocast/
SITH OR JEDI: The Test of the Noisy Neighbor
COMMUNITY BUZZ
No Grace Period - http://corellianrun.com/2011/12/09/special-edition-my-two-credits/ - http://torwars.com/2011/12/09/the-great-grace-period-controversy/ Twitter info - https://twitter.com/#!/Rockjaw/status/145987386575302658 - https://twitter.com/#!/EAgamer/status/145704775126745088 No Advanced notice on when you get in for early release.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
What is more important, individuality or being cute?
Deirdre Hollis (you may know her from the TORWars site) joins us to provide another arguing partner for Roxanne as we cover everything from Philosophical Stand Island to how hard it is to make an attractive female toon.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge takes a look at the final day of testing, legacy names, and the pre-launch guild phase.
More Episode #38 and Comments after the jump.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Up 12/2: Free music tracks via Facebook and YouTube. Fri Up 12/2: SWTOR peripherals on sale. Do people really still buy mouse pads? Fri Up 12/2: IA vs. JC video Fri Update 11/25: JC Character Progression. How practical are those heavy robes and headdresses when fighting bad guys? James Ohlen confirms Legacy system and last names here. No AC re-spec, says Georg. Wal-Mart cancels pre-orders due to “lack of product availability.” Stephen Reid says he will be checking into it here, here, and here. David gives an update here. Big testing weekend (Thanksgiving), final testing weekend Dec 2nd NDA lifted!
QUICK MENTIONS:
New Associate Online Community Manager, JoVETH Gonzalez. Unofficial Boot Camp Discussion Thread. Great thread on Crafting in TOR, “Theory: Crafting.” Check out our new weekly column, CRR HoloScan. Our first victi-, err subject, is Lethality from Ask A Jedi.
GUILD CHECKPOINT PLUG Would you like to see your guild highlighted in our weekly column? Email Jason at jason@corellianrun.com.
CRR HOLOSCAN Check out our new weekly column, CRR HoloScan. Our first victi-, err subject, is Lethality from Ask A Jedi.
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Ice Cube Trays
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Philosophical Stand Island Character Creator, Individuality
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Deirdre Hollis for joining us today. Zyns for writing a positive review on iTunes.
Entrance to the Fansite Summit was well-guarded.
Sunny Ravencourt and Radicool from Sunny’s Diner join us to discuss our Fansite Summit experience, plus we are slowly figuring out that Sunny might be a hardcore player in casual clothing. We also learn that Georg is a playful, vengeful god and that just makes us like him more.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s trick challenge ends unexpectedly, but still fulfills its main purpose of delivering fake facts.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Dreamhack Winter 2011, Nov. 24-27. Sweden. Read more here. Sith Inquisitor vs. Trooper trailer. Carla is sad it’s not a tutorial. Plus, she doesn’t get to find out who wins. Another round of Beta Test Weekend invites. FAQ. You can get weekend testing keys from gaming sites, but David says don’t go there if you’ve already signed up on swtor.com everyone signed on official swtor forums before Nov. 11 will get a weekend invite. Stephen says more details coming about grace period after end of Early Access. Fansite Summit 2: James Ohlen Q&A Gabe Amatangelo on Voidstar, Flashpoints, Operations and Ilum; Georg Zoeller Metrics Presentation.
QUICK MENTIONS:
Guild Checkpoint: Redeemed, the family-friendly Republic guild. CRR on The Pink Side of the Force. On Bootleg Radio this Wed night 8 pm EST.
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Unwanted Phone Call.
COMMUNITY BUZZ Does SWTOR appeal equally to the Casual, Hardcore crowd? Official forums: “Thank you TOR – from a casual player”
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Sunny and Radicool from Sunny’s Diner for joining us today. Oggie24,Jason Andersen, and Vamdree/LingeringDrama for writing positive reviews on iTunes. BioWare, especially Stephen Reid and David Bass, for inviting us to the second Fansite Summit.
Outro music by General Fuzz.
But mostly, this is quite boring to the average SWTOR fan.
We make bets about early game access. We try to avoid talk about the dramacast. We debate movie-watching commitments.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge concerns cover, guild pre-launch, the pre-order offer code.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Up 10/28: Warzones page. Phase 3 Guild Pre-Launch. Dev Tracker: David Bass explains the four server types. Pre-Order Page. Early access details. Fri Update 11/4: Imperial Agent Character Progression video. Revan releases Nov. 15th. Excerpts here. Fansite Summit II, Nov. 6-8 at BioWare Austin.
Quick Mentions
Chimaera’s Alexander Freed interview Republic Trooper’s Georg Zoeller interview about the Trooper.
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Movie Night.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Fansites, Gaming Coverage, Bias Links to many press reviews. Props to Sunny’s Diner
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thrawn1818 (US), John Chesh (UK), PathosBedlam (Australia) for writing positive reviews on iTunes.
We’ve already talked about New York Comic Con on the TORWars and Mos Eisley Radio podcasts, but we still manage to find a few topics that we didn’t cover. We are joined by Virtek (Damien) from TORSyndicate and Guild Umbra to get his NYCC impressions and later by our very own Jason Taylor to discuss Dark/Light impact on gameplay. We also can’t help talking about the new Kung Fu Panda expac.
More Show Notes, all NYCC coverage, and Comments after the jump.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge concerns Dark side corruption, species/class combos, dungeon finders. Here’s the link to the post of awesomeness where TheDarkKnight has gathered up all SWTOR info.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Up 10/14: NYCC: Signs of War Trailer. Satele, Trooper Dude, Darth Malgus in-game! Fri Up 10/14: New Game Systems page. Fri Up 10/21: Eurogamer Expo Highlights Video. Hi, Dover! Fri Up 10/21: Collector’s Edition video. Kathy & Roxanne rail against class warfare again. Fri Up 10/21: Fan Friday. We loved Dreddon’s Bounty Hunter even before we knew he had given us a shout out on his thread. Paris Games Week, Oct 21-25. New York Comic Con 2011: mini-reveal recap here and here, Fansite Face-Off, David Bass interview, SWOOTR-not-SWEATER debate, it’s not Steve Blum.
Quick Mentions
CRR on MER. CRR on TORWars Jeffrey’s post-PAX video. Massive influx of press reviews of SWTOR follows lifting of press embargo on Oct. 15th. CRR article gathers links to lots of different gameplay reviews from IGN, Massively, Rock Paper Shotgun, the Escapist and many more.
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Last Appetizer.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Morality and Gameplay Mists of Pandaria
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Virtek/Damien (@Virtek_dma) and Jason Taylor (@JT_Holonet) for joining us on our podcast. brisnmundaen (Canada), Azurebonds (UK) , von Thom83 (Germany) for writing positive reviews on iTunes
CRR Coverage of NYCC In case you missed it, we have articles, pictures, guest appearances, and videos of our NYCC coverage:
CRR on TORWars CRR on Mos Eisley Radio Official Meet & Greet Thursday pics, SWTOR Events at NYCC Main Panel Tweets MMORPG Q&A with SWTOR CRR David Bass Interview Video: Release Date Re-enactment Facebook Q&A with Daniel Erickson Fansite Face-Off Recap Video: NYCC Slideshow
Larry Everett Brings It
Roxanne couldn’t make it this episode, but we got Larry Everett (The Republic, Massively) to fill the third seat, which was great when we started our retrospective talk about following SWTOR because he’s been tracking this game since it was just a twinkle in BioWare’s eye. Bonus: three-minute blooper reel where Kathy cannot get through the outro.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge concerns companions, pre-ordering, and PvP.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump...
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Update 9/30: Galaxy Map. Fri Up 10/7: Choose Your Side video. Jedi Knight vs. Bounty Hunter Fri Up 10/7: Part 2 of William Wallace’s Companion Dev Blog. Beta Testing Weekend 2. Testing Email Woes. Stephen Reid responds here. To check your status, go to swtor.com/tester. Georg’s Class Design Philosophy. New York Comic Con Oct 13-16.
Quick Mentions
Drew Karpyshyn responds to criticisms of his upcoming novel, Revan, in his personal blog. Gamesindustry.biz interview with the Doctors. Craig Morrison’s blog post, “The Success Anomaly.” Extra Credits – Games You Might Not Have Tried #2
ON THE CRR SITE
Jason Taylor reminisces about discovering Star Wars for the first time Fan Fiction contest. Submit on the official forums Oct. 8-22.
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Pirated Movie.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Great responses on the subject of race in Star Wars in the Comments section and forums. Following SWTOR: Looking Back and Forward
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
To Larry Everett (@Shaddoe on Twitter) for joining us To Dan Nichols, dstupper, and Jerrit for writing positive reviews on iTunes. Blooper reel music by General Fuzz
Just in time for Santa
It’s the release date episode! We each recount our stories of where we were and how we found out, as people do for significant events such as the JFK assassination or the Space Shuttle tragedy. Wildly inappropriate.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves guilds, the release date, and the ESRB rating.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Release date. Monthly sub rates. Watch swtormovie’s video of the doctors announcing the release date at Eurogamer. Listen to Darth Hater’s full audio of the presentation. Launch day desktop app will help you count down the days until release. Friday Update 9/16: Q&A with Gabe Amatangelo. Scroll down. Guild Phase 2: Alignments. Carla in Old Timers Guild. Kathy and Roxanne in MERC (Mos Eisley Radio Community). Gamespot’s exclusive Developer Dispatch: Companions. Watch video and read interview with James Ohlen here. Friday Update 9/23: William Wallace’s Developer Blog on Companions. Mako can be ANY RACE now. Carla praises it as progressive, Roxanne thinks it’s weird and possibly a sign of bad writing, esp after reading the Gamasutra article about diversity in gaming. Same gender romance arcs announced as a post-launch feature. ESRB gives SWTOR a Teen rating.
Quick Mentions:
BioWare at upcoming Game Developers Conference. Darth Hater posts list of GDC panels with BioWare representation. Damion Schubert interviewed by TORWars. Dressing rooms discussed. James Ohlen interviewed by Gamasutra. For really great Eurogamer coverage, check out Darth Hater.
On the CRR Site
If you missed this, take a look at Noah’s article about the companions, “Children of Ideas.” Irrational Games podcast: Creative Director Ken Levine talks with Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk about making video games.
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Office Refrigerator.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thanks to Off Day, And Some Others, and Mynos Corva for leaving us positive reviews on iTunes.
Serge Tries Not to See Red
Serge from SWTOR-Life joins us to discuss the latest updates and to give a “red zone” perspective on game release. The team comes closer than ever to losing Fact or Fiction. Kathy picks her Advanced Class based on outfits. Roxanne doesn’t understand mail. Serge doesn’t understand junk mail.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge concerns rep grinding, The Lost Suns, and PvP commendations.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
9/2 Friday Update: Gamescom Highlights video 9/9 Fri Up: PAX Highlights video 9/9 Smuggler Character Progression video. TOR Reporter video interview with Gabe Amatangelo. Dev Tracker: Georg talks about how phasing will help with launch day overpopulation, how it doesn’t hurt PvP, how it will be used minimally. GameFest, Sept 16-18 in Birmingham, England. Eurogamer Expo, Sept 22-25 in London.
Quick Mentions
Gamasutra article on EA Games CFO Eric Brown on quality of service, Q4 ship for SWTOR, mentions “industry standard” of 18-24 months for new post-launch content. Darth Hater joins Curse gaming network. Star Wars eBay charity auction. Cool Star Wars merchandise for cancer research. Dedicated page features video clips, trivia, etc. CRR on TOROcast and Sunny's Diner.
SITH OR JEDI? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Return Address Labels.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Weekend Testing. Stephen Reid posts Testing FAQ, plus some revisions. SR updates fans on first beta testing weekend, says that there will be no testing during the second weekend of September, and perhaps no other September weekends. Gamasutra reports that analyst group Cowen and Company predicts SWTOR could sell 3 million units.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Serge from SWTOR-Life for appearing on our show. Jobeleca for writing a positive review on iTunes. Everyone at PAX who helped out with our opening “You Are Listening To…” bumper.
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Carla, Kathy, and Roxanne are back from PAX and full of stories and opinions about what we learned.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves PvP.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Pre-PAX
Shout-out to TOROcast, Ask A Jedi, TORWars, Mos Eisley Radio, and Ford for joining us at the Taphouse Grill. Read Kathy’s recap here.
DAY 1: Friday
Huttball Q&As – lockouts, difficulty levels, raid loot, customizable UI Daniel Erickson interview What else we saw at PAX Fantina
DAY 2: Saturday
Q&A: release date “targeting holiday 2011;” no mail between factions Jennifer Hale sighting. Autographs happen. Check out her audio interview by the New Yorker here. Irrational panel on voicing Bioshock Infinite BioWare Meet & Greet
DAY 3: Sunday
Q&A Paramount Theater presentation: Eternity Vault demo, weekend testing, Ilum
Quick Mentions:
Ask A Jedi article on Cowan Financial Group raising investor rating for EA based on expected sales of SWTOR. Estimating that 3 million units will be sold. Forbes article. VGChartz ranks SWTOR #6, 384k boxes sold so far.
On the CRR Site
PoisonTaco’s look back at the history of following SWTOR. Hard to believe some folks have been waiting for this game for so long. Would you like to write about SWTOR? We’re looking for a few more writers to keep content on our site. Contact us at corellianrun@gmail.com.
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Convention Line.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
To everyone who came to the PAX events and introduced themselves to us. To Darth Hater for making the arrangements for the Community Cantina. To TOROcast for hosting a multi-site podcast. To BioWare and especially David Bass for taking care of the fansites at PAX and for hosting the official meet and greet. To MekoRedtail, Otistoh, Deverin11 for leaving us positive reviews on iTunes.
Group Stealth, Harry Potter-Style
The whole crew is back together this week – Carla, Kathy, and Roxanne review the new videos and how they’re starting to look like they’ve been directed by Michael Bay. We also delve into the good, bad, and ugly of microtransactions.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves the Jedi Consular companion, stealth, and blaster colors.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump...
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
7/29 Fri Update: Esseles Walkthrough. Dallas Dickinson guides us through an early flashpoint – cutscenes galore and play-by-play descriptions. 8/5 Fri Update: San Diego Comic Con Highlights video. Our first SWTOR infomercial! 8/5 Fri Update: Jedi Consular finally get some lovin’. Class trailer, companion Qyzen Fess, Corvette Defender. EA re-organization. Gamasutra reports that BioWare gets its own label under EA Games. Gamescom Aug 17-21 in Cologne Germany. Dev Tracker: Georg mentions Smuggler group stealth in the official forums. He also confirms that the Imperial Agent will have it on Google Plus. Daniel Erickson tells us that switching companions will no longer require a trip back to the ship on Google Plus.
Quick Mentions
Dev Tracker: Georg Zoeller tells us that there is no gear dye system in place right now, but it may happen later. DT: Georg talks about changing blaster fire colors. DT: Chris Collins is named new European Community Manager. DT: David Bass says no decision has yet been made about whether players will be able to have surnames.
CRR ARTICLES
Weekly Guild Checkpoint by Jason Taylor. Interested guilds please contact us at corellianrun@gmail.com Official Forums Fan Fiction Contest until Aug. 14th. Details here. “Those People” by Noah. Do you recognize these guild personalities? “SWTOR and the Future of Star Wars” by PoisonTaco
SITH OR JEDI: We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Collector’s Edition.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
This Extra Credits: Microtransactions episode spawned our discussion on the dreaded MT.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thanks to gsworld and Prince Ali of ia for leaving us positive reviews on iTunes. Special thanks from Kathy to Carla and all our gifted staff writers – Mark, Jason, Chris, Noah, PoisonTaco --who have kept the articles rolling out while Kathy has been seriously MIA these past couple weeks.
Pre-Ordering Begins, But Not For All
Brandon and Kim from Old Republic Dads join Carla and Kathy to discuss the Comic Con reveals. Surprise pre-order announcement sends SWTOR community into a frenzy and it isn’t all good.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s challenge concerns the legacy system, the collector’s edition, and the planet Ilum.
More Show Notes and Comments after the jump
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Pre-orders! BioWare kicks off Comic Con by opening SWTOR up for pre-orders to selected parts of the world. Unselected parts of the world are unhappy, esp with the lack of information. Stephen Reid explains why here and in Darth Hater interview. When you register determines when you get into early game access. Some codes are not sent out right away. Allison Berryman says BioWare does not currently plan to block IPs. San Diego Comic Con Day 1: SWTOR Q & A. Watch video here. SDCC Day 2: Darth Hater’s Live Blog & BioWare Q&A. Read blog and watch video here. SDCC Day 3: Darth Hater’s Live Blog & BioWare Q&A video. Jennifer Hale! Read blog and watch video here. 7/22 Friday Update: Join the Fight video. Dev Tracker: Georg talks about companion death here and here. Dev Tracker: Georg talks about AC Respec. Dev Tracker: Georg talks about flashpoint size.
Quick Mentions
Dev Tracker: Georg says Consular and Inquisitor have combat rez. Dev Tracker: Georg says no equipment damage as result of PvP death. Dev Tracker: Stephen Reid addresses inviting friends in testing. Grace period after launch confirmed.
SITH OR JEDI? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Stray Puppy
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Velinos asks about server difficulty. HereticZero asks about age restricted servers Snodge asks about leveling.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thanks to Brandon and Kim from Old Republic Dads for appearing on our show. Thanks to Mr_Zero, AmoreMorte, Agent_1138, Heftig, MrGutts, Kingduck13, Kevin Martin, and LotusBunny for writing a positive review on iTunes. Thanks to Scotty for lending his voice talents for this week’s Regis Blade spot.
I Can Haz Day/Night?
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Roxanne is sick this week, but we have JJ from TOROcast to fill the third seat and make sure we never go under an hour! We're feeling feisty this week and we have several lively debates on everything from how much you need to know about the game before the game, whether companions should be money-making machines, and whether day/night cycles are necessary in MMOs.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves the beta testing invites.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Update 7/1: Bounty Hunter Character Progression video. Carla thinks it’s weird that the Bounty Hunter doesn’t look like Boba Fett. Kathy thinks it’s weird that the Bounty Hunter looks like a pill bug. Fri Up 7/8: Damion Schubert’s Dev Blog on maps, maps, maps. Supreme Court decision on the sale of violent video games. A win for the gaming industry. SDCC July 21-24. Stephen Reid gets accused of parsing words…by using words. David Bass talks about drawing for extended playtime at the off-site location for SWTOR, ME3, Dragon Age 2 DLC. Sign up for drawing on July 12. Dev Tracker: Georg says server first achievements highly unlikely. Dev Tracker: Damion says you won’t be able to use your companions as money making machines by sending them out to gather constantly here and here. Dev Tracker: Stephen Reid says BioWare has heard the community’s ridicule of the speeders and to stay tuned. WoW’s F2P trial. WoW’s Lead Designer Tom Chilton tells PC Gamer that “at some point, it may not make sense for us to have a subscription fee.” Welcome to Adam, Mark, Jason, Noah, and Chris, our new staff writers. Check out their new articles and opinion pieces on our site. Happy Birthday CRR! We’re giving away 10 copies of The Lost Suns #1, all signed by Alexander Freed. Two ways to win: enter our bumpers contest and/or random drawing of new positive iTunes reviews. Details here.
Quick Mentions
Dev Tracker: Georg on convenience of joining convos vis Holocron here and here Dev Tracker: Daniel Erickson on d/cs and the Esc button during convos Stephen Reid says they still haven’t decided about RPPvP servers. And it’s actually not a trivial decision.
SITH OR JEDI? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Bad Haircut
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Shagon Kabuto asks about using the “wrong” color Lightsaber. Decon Jax asks about recent beta fever. The Day/Night cycle Throwdown HereticZero defends Roxanne’s gaming honor.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thanks to JJ for being a guest on our show. Thanks to Honey Dijon, Dimbo56, and Chris McFee for writing a positive review on iTunes. Thanks to Scotty for lending his voice talents for this week’s guard rail spot.
Dover from Darth Hater
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We’ve been trying to get Dover on the show since we found out how fun he is in person at PAX East earlier this year. The planets finally aligned and we met up to talk about SWTOR and how to handle people who annoy you.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves knowing your SWTOR biographies.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Update 6/17: Fan Friday, Ask a Jedi in Fan Site Spotlight. Fri Up 6/17: Polls! What did you like most from E3 here and vote for your favorite extended universe SWTOR content here. Fri Up 6/17: SWTOR wins bunches of awards. Fri Up 6/17: Developer Blog: Post-Writing Polish by Ian Ryan. Writers get paid to play the game, no fair! Fri Up 6/24: Battle for Alderaan Highlights video. Fri Up 6/24: E3 Highlights video. More Origin info on Dev Tracker. Stephen Reid clarifies here, here, here, and here. Release Date Drama. Stephen Reid tells us we’ve been bad and he’s locking the thread. MCVUK uses UK retail shop as evidence of new release date here. Georg Zoeller tells us why we should do class quests here, here, and here. Damion Schubert talks about Light/Dark gear and ambiguous conversation wheel choices here. Star Wars Galaxies ends. Massively interview with John Smedley here.
Quick Mentions
Offsite hands-on gameplay outside SDCC at Hilton Gaslamp hotel, says David Bass. Damion Schubert confirms key bindings. Georg explains why Gear Score won’t work in SWTOR here and here. Cross-faction communication currently allowed in testing, but no final decision yet here and here.
SITH OR JEDI? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Crying Child.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Does Story restrict or hurt community? Damion says no here. Game Reviewing. Extra Credits episode on the art of good reviewing here. G4 mini-review from E3 play here.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thanks to JJ for submitting his McMillan’s Promenade Polish commercial. Thanks to Dover from Darth Hater for being a guest on our show. Thanks to Elkatt for writing a positive review on iTunes
Discuss this episode on the forums here.
Discuss this episode on the forums here.
E3 was a doozy! Our eyeballs are still bleeding from watching and reading all the coverage. You sure won’t hear us complaining that there wasn’t enough new info – as is evidenced by the length of this episode. Hard to believe that this is only one week of news. This week we talk about, well, everything. We’re also very excited to receive our first call-in questions.
Opening sponsorship spot is a clip from Ehren Ziegler’s spoof video, “Your Lightsaber and You.” Watch the whole thing at Comedy Central here.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves companions, operations, and James Ohlen.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
“Return,” new cinematic by Blur Studios. “Choose,” new trailer from Origin.com. Jennifer Hale FTW! E3 2011 Game Features Preview: cinematic storytelling, space combat, operations, warzones, ahhhhhhhh! "Eternity Vault" trailer. End game! They said end game! “E3 2011: Tatooine Walkthrough.” The ever-affable Dallas Dickinson chats his way through questing and combat in Tatooine. Excellent depiction of how it feels to play the game. Live coverage: Daniel Erickson Tatooine gameplay demo plus Q & A. GameTrailers: James Ohlen Tatooine gameplay demo. Gamespot: Daniel Erickson Alderaan gameplay demo.
Other E3 Reveals Sources: BioWare Pulse interview with Casey Hudson and Dallas Dickinson, Machinima interview with Daniel Erickson, Darth Hater interview with Daniel Erickson, Newsarama interview with James Ohlen, Gamespot interview with Daniel Erickson, Fureur interview with Daniel Erickson (translation thanks to KC-Cullen), IGN interview with Daniel Erickson, Machinima interview with James Ohlen, TORWars tweet, David Bass tweet, Stephen Reid Dev Tracker post.
Fri Update 6/10: Razer Peripherals, Contest for Razer game packs ends June 14th. Details here.
Jeff Hollis represents CRR with Daniel Erickson interview Facebook group chat. Join us at the Corellian Run Radio page in Facebook.
Quick Mentions
Curse Gaming interview with Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. G4 TV: Adam Sessler and Candace Baileys talks to Daniel Erickson. First Star Wars game for Xbox’s Kinect. David Bass’ personal blog entry about E3.
SITH OR JEDI? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of Promotion.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Responses to macro discussion from Episode 25. Check out the discussion on our forums here and here. Two call-in questions! Personal mounts and same gender romance arcs
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Glen Speed and Sunny Ravencourt for leaving us positive reviews on iTunes. Autocron from the Sith Happens guild and Joe from Chapel Hill, NC for sending in call-in questions. Jeff Hollis and David Moore from TORWars for representing us at E3 and interviewing Daniel Erickson on our behalf. Daniel Erickson, for being such a gentleman. And also for being Daniel Erickson. Don’t miss his beefcake shot here.
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It’s been three long weeks since our last podcast – great to be back! Anything from more than a week ago gets the Quick Mentions treatment so we can dig into the meaty stuff like debating digital downloads and what we expect from raids. We’re trying a new sound editing set up which, unfortunately, resulted in some static. A thousand apologies plus a thousand promises to fix that before our next ‘cast.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves macros, vehicles, and stealth.
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FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Friday Update 5/20: Fan Site Summit Video. Fan Sites loved watching themselves. We wonder if anyone else cared, but we give it a thumbs up! Fri Update 5/20: Fan Friday, Fan Site Spotlight on SWTOR Life, Community Q& A, Studio Insider on Combat Audio. Fri Update 5/20: SWTOR announces bunches of cons they will attend through the end of the year. Stephen Reid cautions that one should not draw conclusions based on their convention schedule. Fri Update 5/27: Trooper Armor Progression video gets people excited about big guns and knocking girls off their feet. Fri Update 6/3: The Lost Suns Issue #1 on sale June 8th. Fri Update 6/3: EA Games starts digital download service, Origin. Stephen Reid explains here and here. Should we be upset that SWTOR won’t be available on Steam? Fri Update 6/3: Advanced Classes and their Skill Tree Names. Kathy and Roxanne are nearly overwhelmed with the info, Carla was expecting more. MMORPG interview with Georg Zoeller on Advanced Classes. Information overload! Game mechanics mavens rejoice. Kathy didn’t even want to read it. Stances sound curiously Asian. Friday Update 6/3: Fantastic preview trailer sets the stage for E3 reveals. IGN’s Live Show schedule. Live EA Press Conference Monday June 6th 12:30 pm Pacific. You can watch it at Gamespot. Stephen Reid’s train track metaphor. Gamespot video interview with Daniel Erickson, print interview with Gabe Amatangelo, and Damion Schubert. Daniel agrees with Roxanne that you can’t get away with story. Damion emphasizes the importance of crafting. SWTOUR winners! Congrats to kkaywork, Daelda, James Dye, Shaun Quinn, Michele Mummert, and JediElkatt. Thanks to everyone for entering.
Quick Mentions
Gamasutra interview with The Doctors, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. Star Tours opened in Walt Disney World and Disneyland. G4 video interview w/ Tom Fitzgerald and George Lucas. The Health Museum in Houston, TX will feature a Star Wars exhibit, “Where Science Meets the Imagination” June 18- Sept 18. Patron Saints of Star Wars, corporate logos go Star Wars The People vs. George Lucas trailer TORWars interview with David Bass Damion Schubert explains why skipping story is bad.
SITH OR JEDI? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Mis-Delivered Mail. Thanks to voleo for sending this suggestion.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Raiding Expectations.
Poll: Raid length, reset time Poll: Who likes Recount? Dev Tracker: No macros, the community debates here, here, and here.
Knowing the Game Before Release
BioWare’s “Idiocy.” OP is really upset we don’t know naming conventions and other nitpicky details. Poll: Are you happy with rate of information release? Stephen Reid has a suggestion for those who are actually upset about not knowing everything.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Tav raney and Danielle Phillips for leaving us positive reviews on iTunes. Jason from notalotofnews newshour for lending us his radio announcer voice for this week’s sponsorship spot.
Story That Will Not Be Silenced
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We’re back to our regular format this week with Carla, Kathy, and Roxanne. We also invited the fellows from TORWars, Jeff Hollis and David Moore, just because they are fun. The five of us debate Datacrons and the bolster system, plus we venture into release date speculation. Jeff and David have to leave after the Newsnet segment, which is good because Roxanne gets very, um, “excited” when we talk about skipping story in BioWare games. Somehow she manages to bring Silence of the Lambs into the conversation.
FACT OR FICTION: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves Khem Val, the Codex, and auto-facing.
FROM THE NEWSNET & BEYOND: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Friday Update 5/6: The Codex. Damion Schubert explains how explorers get some love in this MMO. He also encourages people to take the Bartle gamer DNA test. Official forums debate here. Friday Update 5/13: Sith Inquisitor time! Video, companion Khem Val, and sharing the Sith Warrior’s spaceship. Is she Sorceror? Is she Assassin? Doesn’t matter, we just like her British accent. CRR interview with Georg Zoeller. Georg makes the case that maybe AC choices ARE one-size-fits-all. Also, he doesn’t laugh us out of the room when we bring up speederbike jousting, so let the speculation begin! PeeVeePee. Killing enemies for the community! Matchmaking & bolster system discussed on official forums. Our PvP roundup plus audio of Gabe Amatangelo Q&A here. Release date speculation. We look into our crystal ball and make guesses based on…no real evidence. TORWars guys say November, BOO. Remember the MCV article that guessed September and then got so much fan hate? Now we WISH. SWTOUR Drawing 1. Deadline March 17th, 11:59 pm ET. Winners will be contacted March 18th. Details for entry here.
Quick Mentions
Camera view distance configurable says Georg E3 June 7-9, Los Angeles. David Bass asks who wants to come to a community meet and greet? Musco, fo, and Kimiko step down from TOROcast. Samm soldiering on. Best wishes to everyone.
SITH OR JEDI? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the “Do Not Block Driveway” Sign.
COMMUNITY BUZZ
Extra Credits: “Graphics vs. Aesthetics.” These brilliant folks discuss why crummy graphics can still have great aesthetics and vice versa.
The Skipping Story Debate. Most people on the forums are against skipping through story to hit level cap quickly. Kathy agrees, but is a little turned off by their high-horse attitude. Roxanne hops right on that high-horse’s back.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Jeff Hollis and David Moore from TORWars for appearing on our show. CookingDad and Jjoren for leaving us positive reviews on iTunes Regis Blade for lending us his great radio announcer voice for this week’s sponsorship spot. If any of our listeners are so inspired to create their own fake ads, send your mp3 to corellianrun@gmail.com. If we like them, we’ll try to find a place for them.
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David Bass, Stephen Reid
Senior Community Online Manager Stephen Reid and Senior Community Coordinator David Bass sat down with us for a post-Fan Site Summit roundup. We talked about planning the event, the dangers of communicating anything at all on the forums, fan site feedback. We hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the Fan Site Summit.
SWTOUR Drawing 1 We’re giving away some of the swag we picked up in Austin – posters and a couple copies of Deceived. Our first drawing is for a set of SWTOR posters – one Darth Malgus poster and one Ven Zallow poster. Find out how to enter here.
CRR SWTOUR Content CRR Interview with Georg Zoeller FanSite Summit Recap, Part 1 FanSite Summit Recap, Part 2 FanSite Summit Recap, Part 3 FanSite Summit Recap, Part 4 Carla’s Imperial Agent review Kathy’s general SWTOR review, including Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, Black Talon
Check out these participating fansites for #SWTOUR coverage: Darth Hater, TOROCast, Mos Eisley Radio, Ask A Jedi, TOR-Talk, TORWars, TOR Syndicate, Gamona, InGame, SWTOR.EU, Fureur, SWTOR Life, SWTOR UK, SWTOR-FR.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Stephen Reid and David Bass for talking to us about the Fan Site Summit Everyone who sent us sample Force Cloak commercials. We had fun listening to them.
Gabe Amatangelo's Warzone Blows Everyone Away
Lead PvP Designer Gabe Amatangelo kicked off the Tuesday session with a short presentation on PvP in warzones. Many features of SWTOR warzones focus on building community behavior through the proper placement of "carrots," which entice players away from that all-for-me mentality, and nudges them toward a let's-coordinate-and-beat-the-other-guys strategy.
Recap of Gabe's presentation, our warzone experiences, and Q&A highlights after the jump.
PRESENTATION
Badges, Community Building PvP In SWTOR warzones, each player has a role to play, and each player is encouraged to play as part of a team. Badges are rewarded for an array of teamwork-oriented behaviors.
The tanking Guard ability absorbs damage to a friendly player within fifteen meters. A bubble-like visual cue tells you the player is being protected, while a projectile animation to the tank shows that damage is being absorbed. Damage to the tank is normal, damage to those being protected is diminished. Defending an objective earns badges not only for the player who clicked on the turret, but also for the players nearby. If you collect enough badges without dying, you earn a badge streak reward. Commendations: at the end of the warzone, you can vote a fellow teammate as a kind of most valuable player. Commendations are awarded.
Valor, Ranks, Gear
PvP sets are unique and are purchased with valor tokens. You can also buy PvP consumables and trinkets with valor tokens. All valor tokens are awarded at the end of the match. There will be ranks. PvP gear has approximately a ten percent edge over equivalent PvE gear.
Misc.
Resolve: any crowd control ability triggers a Resolve bar above the victim's head. Each crowd control attack fills the Resolve bar more. When the bar is filled, the player is immune to crowd control for a certain amount of time. Power-Ups available on the battlefield. Teams that own one of the objectives gain additional taxi paths back to the action. When defeated you do not come back at full health. Take a minute to buy useful consumables from the nearby vendor before hopping onto the speederbike to get back to the battlefield.
THE WARZONE The presentation ended and we were allowed to start the Alderaan warzone. After a short practice session, we started the match for keepsies. Lots of laughing and dying and killing. First match went to the Republic, second match went to the Empire. Stephen Reid warned that whoever won two out of three would earn a nerf for the entire faction. That didn't stop the Republic team from going for the win in the final match, an exciting back and forth exchange that many times looked like a Sith victory, but always tilted back in the Republic's favor.
"WHY CAN'T THE EMPIRE STOP LOSING???" someone shouted at one point. I think it was Dover. He likes to shout a lot.
Finally, the Republic prevailed. Stephen Reid looked at the numbers ticking down and pronounced, "It's over." Within another minute or so, the Republic had made a comeback of, shall we say, heroic proportions. The last seconds of the match had TOROcast's Samm, refusing to die as he slashed, tumbled, and even somehow leapt onto the gun turret, with Empire players trying to do him in. Just when it looked like it was curtains for his Jedi Consular, the timer finally ran out and the victory message declared the Republic winners. Applause and high-fives went around the room.
One word: cinematic.
I leaned over to Samm and asked, "How did it feel?" Samm can always be counted on to give an honest, heartfelt reaction.
"Perfect," he said. "It felt perfect."
Q&A WITH GABE AMATANGELO A Q&A session with Gabe was meant to begin immediately afterward, but got off to an amusing start when it seemed that no one had any questions. Apparently, we were so satisfied and pumped after our Alderaan warzone experience that our brains had melted and ...
CRR Gals with a Surprisingly Cheery-Looking Stephen Reid
This week Kathy, Carla, and Lethality from Ask A Jedi sit down to rehash their visit to BioWare Austin for the first ever Fan Site Summit. We talk about what we took away from the Q & A sessions, our personal interviews, and especially how we feel about the game after playing several hours in the origin worlds and the early level Imperial flashpoint.
Check out these participating fansites for #SWTOUR coverage: Darth Hater, TOROCast, Mos Eisley Radio, Ask A Jedi, TOR-Talk, TORWars, TOR Syndicate, Gamona, InGame, SWTOR.EU, Fureur, SWTOR Life, SWTOR UK, SWTOR-FR.
Damion Schubert Q &A: full audio and highlights listed here.
Daniel Erickson & Blaine Christine Q & A: full audio and highlights listed here.
Writers Q & A: Darth Hater audio here. Our highlights here.
CRR Georg Zoeller highlights here. Video snippet here. Georg’s hilarious post about his typical day, along with his take on our interview with him here.
Ask A Jedi's interview with Damion Schubert here. See what Kathy means about his intense facial expressions!
TOROCast 100th episode here. Mos Eisley Radio here. We appear on their multi-host Fan Site Summit podcast. Look for it soon.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
BioWare, for inviting us to the wonderful Fan Site Summit. Special thanks to Stephen Reid, David Bass, and Georg Zoeller. Lance Baumgard, Honey Dijon for leaving nice reviews on iTunes
Principal Lead Combat Designer Georg Zoeller wrapped up the Summit with an intimate Q&A session with the few fansites that remained Tuesday afternoon. Our favorite reveals:
Metrics are mostly used to follow up on player feedback, rather than as the starting ground for figuring things out. Metrics help figure out the right balance for difficulty. Devs look to see if players are challenged and learning, but “we’re not afraid of death as part of the game experience.” Whereas players in other MMOs may use only two to three primary abilities, SWTOR is designed so that players will use four to five. Right now Bounty Hunters level faster because their first companion is Mako, a healer. This results in less downtime. Devs are trending toward making everyone’s first companion more of a jack-of-all-trades. More Imperial Agent love: Georg says, “I actually think that some of the best story in the game is on the Agent class, some of the best characters you encounter is on that class.” It is natural that some classes are more popular than others. Devs will not buff or nerf classes just to artificially achieve equal representation of all classes. In solo play, relying completely on companion AI is sufficient. Flashpoints and open world PvP requires more micro-managing for optimal play. AI-wise, companions are about 60% effective when compared to an actual player.
Daniel Erickson & Blaine Christine
Lead Writer Daniel Erickson and Live Producer Blaine Christine teamed up to field questions about the game. We’re sad the part where Stephen Reid tells Daniel Erickson that he has to stop talking so much was cut out.
Favorite reveals after the jump.
Here are our favorite reveals:
Blaine Christine has the power to command everyone at BioWare to log on and go jump up and down on one spot in Nar Shaddaa for fifteen minutes. Datacrons show up on your map while questing. No vendors on your ship. The role of companions is increasing. Daniel Erickson says big things are coming down the pipe that will change “everything that you guys are thinking how we deal with them.” Daniel Erickson: “This game is not built to play without your companions.” AI recently improved so companions will heal other party members, not just you. New crew skill: Archaeology. Empire and Republic will mingle from an early start. They meet face to face on Nar Shaddaa, but cannot fight. By the next world, it’s everyone in everyone else’s face. Cross-faction communication is still being tested.
David Bass & Damion Schubert
Principal Lead Systems Designer Damion Schubert answered questions on a wide range of topics. We got some important reveals in this twenty-four minute Q&A session. Listen to the full audio to hear Kathy get derailed when Damion starts giving her the crazy eyebrows as she asks her question about gear for neutral players! She begged Brooks to let her re-record her question, but he was a meanie and said no. He also laughed and said, ‘I felt SO bad for you!”
Our favorite reveals after the jump.
Here are our favorite reveals:
Dark and Light armor is available from drops and vendors right now. Neutral armor is not in the game right now, but it is in the works for strictly Gray players. It will be better to be pure gray than leaning towards Dark or Light. The extremes: +5 Light, -5 Dark Companion Affection Rating affects the chance to get a crit on a crafted item in a small way. It affects the length of time needed to complete a crafted item to a greater extent. However, in general, Affection Rating will not tilt crew skill effectiveness in an overly dramatic way. You can increase Companion Affection Rating with gifts, as in Dragon Age. Mini-games like Pazaak are not in the game right now. However, they are definitely on Damion’s “Big Wall of Crazy.” Especially Pazaak. Crafted items will not have random stats -- too annoying to mouse over each piece of identically-named gear to check individual stats. Guild advancement system probably not in game at release. But remember the Big Wall of Crazy! Some in-game tools for role-players, but SWTOR will not heavily focus on role-playing. “The best role-playing comes from the imagination.”
Making Up for Too Many Dark Side Choices
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It’s just the home team this week, which is probably good because there was a TON of new information to cover. We’re excited that companions are back to the forefront again – companions in flashpoint player slots and dev tracker talk about companion romances. We also find out Carla won’t save seats in a movie theater.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves the titles, underwater shenanigans, and companions.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Official PAX East 2011 Highlights video. Check out our article for names and time stamps. UK Hands-On event at Gamerbase. Blog post from Moon Over Endor here, official forums thread on gameplay here, Doghouse Gamer Q & A session here, Aartan Away podcast with Q & A session here. Daniel Erickson talks swimming, companions, conversation wheel, titles, datacrons here. Friday Update 4/8: Advanced Classes Update by Georg Zoeller. Tanks, Healers, and Stealth, oh my! Dual spec poll here. Deaths on Ord Mantell map here. Friday Update 4/15: Fan Friday. We made the Fan Site Spotlight! Fan art, avatars, polls, etc. here. E3 announcement here. Friday Update 4/15: Studio Insider: Environment Polish. Senior Environment Artist Robby Lamb discusses adding finishes touches, lighting, and more. Friday Update 4/15: Community Q &A. Senior Game Designer William Wallace tackles questions about class roles, gear, class abilities, and more. Georg Zoeller talks about DPS output comparisons between classes here. Thanks to gaou for picking that out for us. Fan Site Summit April 24-26. CRR, along with a number of other SWTOR fansites and podcasts, has been invited to tour the BioWare Austin location. We look forward to seeing the BioWare offices, talking to the great people there, and hanging with the other fansites.
Quick Mentions
CRR’s James Ohlen PAX East interview here. Damion Schubert says loading screen will have class quest recaps. Buffed.de reveals the next warzone, The Voidstar. Darth Hater’s article here. Check out the comments section for translation of highlights.
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Movie Theater Seating..
Community Buzz
Romancing Companions vs. Moral Choices. Randy Begel says it’s more nuanced than Light Side/Dark Side points, but yeah, your companion isn’t going to sleep with you if you piss her/him off.
Socialization in MMOs. Will players new to MMOs find a home in a world filled with jaded veterans?
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
BioWare, for featuring us in this month’s Fan Site Spotlight Kevin Martin and Elkatt for leaving us reviews on iTunes DarthRaKain, syllepsis, B-Wing, and Voleo for leaving nice comments about us on the Fan Friday page.
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James Ohlen, Game Director of Star Wars: The Old Republic, took a few minutes to talk to us at PAX East. We touch on guilds, how designers must now listen to playtesting feedback, and the balancing act of expectation vs. innovation. James also takes our Sith or Jedi test, The Test of the Elevator Door.
The brief silence after the one-minute mark denotes the ninety-seconds of questions about guilds that James couldn’t discuss.
Transcript of interview after the jump.
CRR: A couple days ago they released a lot of information about guilds, which was very exciting to a lot of people. Can you tell us a little bit about the pre-launch? You have guilds that are registering ahead of time, is that right?
James Ohlen: Yeah, so we know that one of the key points to having a successful Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game is by having a game that really encourages social play and encourages people to find online friends, joining guilds. That’s the glue that keeps players coming back to play your game over and over again. So we want to make sure that our guilds are very successful. So one of our plans was to have this early launch of the guild program so players could form their guilds way before the game launches, and therefore, they can have their groups together and they’ll already be ready. It’s something that other companies haven’t done yet and we felt, “Hey it’s just a little innovation in guilds.”
[We talked a little about certain aspects of the guild pre-launch. James wasn’t able to elaborate on specific details such as how BioWare will address some guilds’ concerns about caps on number of members per guild, or how guilds will react to having their server chosen for them by BioWare, etc.]
CRR: Anytime you try to take control away from the player, their first reaction is to say, “Wait a minute!”
JO: One thing that we think is really important is to take feedback from our fanbase and make sure that we use that feedback to make the game that they want to play, so if we get a lot of feedback on certain aspects of the game we’re going to make modifications. If people don’t like something we’re not going to say, “Hey, we’re designers, we know best.”
CRR: That brings me to something wonderful I heard yesterday. Daniel Erickson quoted you, he said, “This is what James Ohlen tells us. The whole end part of the product is just polish. Everything that you have for a philosophy, and everything that you think as a designer that you think is right, is now wrong. The players are the ones that are right.” Can you explain what you meant by that?
JO: When you’re at the home stretch, you have to make a lot of painful decisions. You don’t have unlimited resources. You don’t have unlimited time. You have to make adjustments if you’re going to make the game better. So you have to put aside your ego and you have to just use the feedback from the data you’re getting to use the limited resources and time you have to make the best changes in the game you can. I have the most power over decisions on the game on the project, but I try to limit myself as much as I can because I know that if I make some decision that I care about, I’m taking away resources that we could, for example, use to make adjustments that a huge percentage of our fans would think would make the game better. So that’s really what it’s about, it’s about making sure that you’re making adjustments to the game that the fans and the players are going to see have the biggest impact and make the game better for them.
CRR: This past summer a lot of the talk was about how choice matters and you make these decisions in flashpoints and things change and don’t stay the same. Now we’re talking about repeatability. Is that one of the things that maybe changed a little bit from your original idea?
JO: Yeah, the thing about flashpoints is they’re one of our key social activities. They encourage players to group up into groups of four an...
Dual Wield is So Five Minutes Ago
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In our continuing quest to have all the people we met at PAX East on the show, we invited Eric Musco from TOROcast to join us as we talk about TOROcast’s beginnings, account security, and PvP. We also find out that Eric is a weird mix of good manners and touchiness in this week’s Sith or Jedi Test.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves the UK gameplay event, Younglings, and Imperial Agent abilities.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Fri Update 3/25: Jedi Armor Progression video. Is Kathy hallucinating or is she just more observant than everyone else? Deceived on sale March 22nd. Eric can’t get enough of Darth Malgus. Kathy shows her latent Sith side when it comes to children who irritate her. UK Community Event, London. Stephen Reid announces a surprise community gameplay opportunity. Friday Update 4/1: BioWare’s April Fool’s update may be a joke, but it still has some actual mini-reveals, says Stephen Reid. Larry Everett does a roundup of the gaming industry’s April Fool’s jokes in his article for Massively. David Bass gives encouragement to guilds who are having trouble recruiting during this pre-launch phase. He is less encouraging but extremely sympathetic in another thread devoted to oceanic guilds. Beware of game testing invite scams! Allison Berryman warns of scams and explains the real process of getting invited here. Eric reminds everyone of the dangers of clicking on links in emails. Will SWTOR avoid the account hackery that happened in RIFT?
QUICK MENTIONS
Damion Schubert tells us lightsaber colors will be determined by crystal, not your class. Damion Schubert confirms dueling will be in SWTOR. Damion Schubert explains some gear will be class only. Eric’s must-read article on rolling Need/Greed in an MMO here. Watch WoW parody “Ninja Raiders” music video set to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” here (“If you liked it then you shoulda rolled Need on it.”).
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Restaurant Door.
Community Buzz
Servers, PvP
Official forums discussion on separate mechanics for PvP and PvE here. Auto-facing poll/discussion on official forums here. Same discussion on TOROcast forums here.
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
Thanks to Eric Musco for joining us. Thanks to BarbaraFett, Cornbread Christ, and PrincessPlaya for saying some nice things about us in the official TOR forums.
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Han Thinks Smuggler Heal Animation Needs Work
Larry Everett of Massively and Gamebreaker TV joins Carla, Kathy, and Roxanne this week as we do a final PAX clean-up discussion and spend quite a bit of time talking about guilds, companions and the trinity, and space combat. We also find out that Larry is a little confused by the Smuggler healing animation.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge covers friendly fire, Miraluka, and space combat.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news
Wed Update 3/09: GUILDS. We debate who the pre-launch registration system is more useful for and Carla is sad that the questions on the application can’t be changed. Kathy, Roxanne, and Carla have guilds picked out, while Larry is weighing his options. Guild FAQ page here. Guild Headquarters here. Friday Update 3/11: Fate of the Galaxy trailer Friday Update 3/11: Taral V Developer Walkthrough. Don’t watch this if you want to beat the flashpoint! PAX East space combat demo at PAX East looks beautiful, but Carla still doesn’t like space combat. PAX East panel, “Interactive Drama: Dialogue as Gameplay” with Daniel Erickson. Listen to hour-long audio here. CRR PAX East interview with Daniel Erickson. Daniel corrects our Sith or Jedi test and gives props to Roxanne for beating Taral V. Friday Update 3/18: Fan Friday. Check out Redding’s artwork here. The best fan art we’ve seen. Friday Update 3/18: Fan Site Spotlight. TORWars. These guys have a unique retro feel to them. Check out their podcast here. Friday Update 3/18: Polls! Vote on your favorite spaceship here. Vote on your favorite set of smilies here. Friday Update 3/18: Cinematic Animation with Andrew Lauretta. Andrew talks motion cap and hand animation here. Friday Update 3/18: Community Q& A with Jesse Sky. Many useful questions about flashpoints answered here.
Quick Mentions
Damion Schubert talks about the solo gamer at GDC. Read article at Massively here. Miraluka can be Jedi Consulars, Daniel Erickson says. Damion Schubert tells us we don’t have to worry about friendly fire. Stephen Reid did not have dinner at Morton’s Steakhouse with random forums user.
Sith of Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life in The Test of The Elevator Door.
Community Buzz
Changing Roles of Companions The Trinity
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
Thanks to Lance Baumgard, CornbreadChrist, and Hannah Jacobs for leaving reviews on iTunes. Thanks to Larry Everett from Gamebreaker TV and Massively for appearing on our show. Thanks to Stephen Reid and David Bass for making our first convention experience so positive. Thanks to all the BioWare people who made themselves so available to the fans during the convention. Special thanks to Cory Butler, Daniel Erickson, Hall Hood, and James Ohlen for giving us interviews. Thanks to Mos Eisley Radio for hosting the multi-cast.
Daniel Erickson Rocks Dialogue Panel
For those of you who love the game design side of things, we present a full audio recording of one of the panels we attended at PAX East. “Interactive Drama: Dialogue as Gameplay” featured a fascinating discussion about using dialogue and conversation to create a fun, engaging experience in-game. Not surprisingly, BioWare’s Daniel Erickson had some of the most memorable lines, including one about not wanting to create Citizen Kane for ballet.
Moderator : Jonathon Myers (writer and co-founder of Reactive Games).
Panelists: Daniel Erickson, Dragon Age Origins, SWTOR Jeff Orkin, No One Lives Forever 2, F.E.A.R. Aaron Reed, interactive fiction writer Dan Tanguay, Vicarious Visions Martin Van Velsen, Senior Research Engineer at Carnegie Mellon University
Epic Drops from PAX East 2011
Roxanne and Kathy are back from PAX East and full of gameplay impressions and stories about talking with the BioWare crew and SWTOR fans. Rather than do our usual format, the two of us just sat in front of our mics and told Carla everything that happened during that wild, wonderful weekend. Like, starting from, “We got into our car…..” Hope you enjoy stories about getting lost in Boston!
We also talk about playing Taral V, the panels we attended, the two SWTOR meet-ups, how fun it was to do the mega podcast with Mos Eisley Radio, Darth Hater, Torocast, TOR Syndicate, and Ask A Jedi, and how musco’s on air-sarcasm is only a fraction of his in-person sarcasm. Plus, he’s incapable of telling a story without using his whole body.
Apologies to The Imperial Guard guild for messing up your name on the podcast.
Things we mention:
Jen’Jidai The Imperial Guard. Watch their guild prologue video, riffing on the SWTOR timelines, here. Mos Eisley Radio for the mega-multi-cast show (look for it soon -- can't wait to hear the blooper reel!)
Sith or Nazi?
Kathy’s back from being out of town and we celebrate by having Roxanne compare things to Nazis and spread baseless rumors about who’s picking up the tab at the fansite cantina event. Speaking of cantinas, we hope actual social spaces like cantinas will replace fake social spaces like the mailbox in our Community Buzz discussion.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves crew skills, class balance, and PAX East.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Friday Update 2/11: Timeline, “The Great Hyperspace War.” Jedis believe in genocide! Friday Update 2/18: Studio Insider, “Sith Temple Concept Design.” Friday Update 2/18: Fan Friday, Community Q&A, Fan Site Spotlight on Mos Eisley Radio, polls. Friday Update: 2/25: Developer blog, Blaine Christine’s “Living the Life of a Live Producer.” Working at BioWare Austin is like working in a combination of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and Disneyland! Damion Schubert interview with Ask A Jedi. Companions can’t be killed on missions, but they might screw it up and lose your money. Full article here. The Doctors at DICE 2011. Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk face-off with Blizzard’s Mike Morhaine….and everyone is really nice to each other. Read Gamespot article here. Watch Gamespot video interview here. Read Gameindustry.biz article here. “SW:TOR Graphics Evolution & Comparison” video by logun24x7. Terrific side by side comparisons of old TOR graphics to latest graphics, plus comparison to other current MMOs. A second video showing off the run/walk animations is also worth a look. “New” Fansite Agreement. Well, not really new, but BioWare is starting to ask the sites to be in compliance. Thanks to Guild Launch for their sponsorship, sorry we had to say goodbye. Georg Zoeller confuses us with his talk of Guardian DPS “option.” Read here and here. PAX East! March 11-13 in Boston, MA. Stephen Reid talks about what to expect here and here. Daniel Erickson pipes in about the official fan meet and greet on Saturday night. SWTOR Community Cantina event at PAX East on Friday night. Come meet various personalities from your favorite fansites and podcasts (including Kathy and Roxanne!) at The Times Irish Pub & Restaurant. Details here. Have questions you’d like us to ask at PAX East? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or our forums. Conventionist app here.
Quick Mentions
We fixed the space combat trailer! Gordon Walton leaves BioWare for Playdom. John Riccitiello strikes a competitive tone at Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference. Read full Gamasutra article here.
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Coffee Bar Table
Community Buzz
Are Sith Really Evil or Just Misunderstood? Read Daniel Erickson’s fantastic food-for-thought post here. Read Drew Karpyshyn’s interview with Ask A Jedi here.
What About Social Hubs?? Georg Zoeller posts about selling grays here, here, and here. Damion Schubert confirms that your ship is your bank here. Larry Everett (Hyperspace Beacon) wonders if TOR is moving too far away from being an MMO here.
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
To Guild Launch for their previous sponsorship. To Darth Hater for organizing the SWTOR Community Cantina event.
Flashpoint Fun
Carla and Kathy are joined this week by Ysme and Syryn from Kajidic, a PvP SWTOR guild. The four of us discussed the flashpoints updates, the many Dev Tracker posts, and the whole stock market/release date rumor brouhaha. ERTS is up 3 points since all these rumors started, so go figure.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge covers SWTOR time frame and flashpoints.
Kajidic Talk: Ysme and Syryn talk a bit about Kajidic and the all-female chapter of the guild, Azalus.
Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Friday Update 1/28: Flashpoints Game Systems Page. A sneak peek into five flashpoints we can expect to see in TOR, plus a nice little video. End game! They said “end game!” Gamespot interview with World Designer Jesse Sky. Changing events based on player decisions and discoveries = repeatability. Friday Update 2/4: Flashpoint Developer Blog. Jesse: thumbs down on trash mobs and strict linear progression. Dev Tracker: Georg Zoeller and Damion Schubert talk about skipping cut scenes. Will somebody PLEASE tell us how to pronounce “Georg??” Dev Tracker: Damion Schubert explains his philosophy on harsh death penalties Dev Tracker: Georg Zoeller addresses concerns about server faction balance. Metrics tell them that in testing, the split between Republic and Empire is pretty even. Also, players are relatively unaffected by the Next New Thing syndrome and do not, for instance, respond to a cool class video by switching their preference to that class. Release date kerfuffle. Recap time! Mike Hickey says investors are betting against SWTOR. Brean Murray Carret & Co. downgrades EA. MCVUK.com claims that “development sources” are whispering about a September release. Unfortunately, they also mention EA Louse and the unsubstantiated $300 million figure, which makes people think that their report is based on an anonymous blog. Also, they cite EA Louse as a BioWare dev, which even EA Louse did not claim to be. Interestingly, all references to EA Louse and $300 million were later removed from the online article. At EA shareholders meeting (thank you TOR Syndicate for the audio) CFO Scott Brown and CEO John Riccitiello debunk the $300 million figure, and say TOR will be released between April and December 2011. Stephen Reid repeats this release date window on the announcements section of the official forums. Suddenly, Spring 2011 feels a little iffy.
Quick Mentions
Dev Tracker: Georg Zoeller talks about auto-attack here, here, and here. Dev Tracker: Daniel Erickson talks about the time frame of SWTOR here and here. Where’d the space combat trailer go?
Sith or Jedi: Test of the Snowy Sidewalk
Community Buzz: Advanced Class Respec? Significant majority says no switching between advanced class choices.
Thanks from Corellian Run Radio
To Ysme and Syryn from Kajidic for appearing on our show. To The Fish76 for leaving us a review on iTunes. To our sponsor, Guild Launch, the place to go for all your guild web-hosting needs.
Darth Hater's emlaeh talks TOR
AUDIO QUALITY DISCLAIMER: We apologize that the sound quality is not up to our usual standards. In production we discovered a few issues, the worst being a hiss and echo effect. Carla did her best to fix it, but wasn’t able to in every case. These problems are much less noticeable if you listen through your computer speakers rather than headphones.
We snagged emlaeh, Executive Producer of Darth Hater, to join us for our podcast and we found out that emlaeh can go on and on about her hands-on gameplay experiences! It was great fun and we grill her on everything from the beginnings of Darth Hater to how it’s so much fun just to fight things in the game.
Echo Bazaar. A little browser game praised highly on Extra Credits. Wonderful if you like the whole creepy Victorian chasing devils and lurking in dark alleys vibe.
Emlaeh talks about Darth Hater.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves Quesh, PAX East, Advanced Class points.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Friday Update 1/14: Starship Creation, Fan Friday, Community Q&A, polls on guilds and fansites. Read the Starship Creation blog here. Read full Fan Friday update here. Friday Update 1/21: Quesh. Just how the heck DO you pronounce that? See Holonet entry here. Dev Tracker: Daniel Erickson discusses Sacking and Treaty of Coruscant. Dev Tracker Sith toons on Coruscant? Daniel Erickson says “NO WAY.” Dev Tracker: Georg Zoeller confirms on German swtor forums that each faction will have three healers, not two. Dev Tracker: Georg Zoeller explains controlling companions. Gamasutra reports industry analyst says investors are “betting against” SWTOR.
Quick Mentions
Stephen Reid likes TOR apps for smart phones. Daniel Erickson does not like immersion breaking pop culture references. David Bass says we will hear about guilds “soon” in his appearance on recent episode of Torocast.
Emlaeh Talks About Jedi Immersion Day. Topics include: combat, AI, cut scenes, ACS, the best things about SWTOR, and the things that could use some work. Brianna’s hands-on review from Massively.com.
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Last Twinkie.
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
To emlaeh, for appearing on our show. Also, to Darth Hater for their friendly support of Corellian Run Radio and other fansites. To all those who voted for us on the official favorite fansite poll. Special thanks to those who took the time to write some nice things about us in the thread: Maylox, saneman, MrWarlock, Darka, heybarn. Guild Launch for their generous sponsorship. Check out their guild hosting services here.
Two Well-Known Droids, Clearly Pants-less
Welcome to 2011, the year of the rabbit and SWTOR release! Roxanne is back with her BioWare fangirl enthusiasm and knowledge of Star Wars ships. Plus, she makes fun of Kathy’s interpretation of gear slots on droids. Carla has never heard of snow blowers.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge involves the Jedi Knight, Qyzen, and speeder bike taxis.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
Jedi Immersion Day! A starship-load of new articles, interviews, and hands-on reviews arrived on December 14th when BioWare’s news embargo was lifted. Our list of best reveals here. Links to other great articles here. Friday Update 12/24: Trooper Madness. Meet Tanno Vik, the guy with the explosive personality, literally and figuratively. Fly around in the Thunderclap, the world’s first flying stapler. Class video with Jennifer Hale rounds out a meaty Christmas Eve update. Read full update here. Friday Update 12/31: Cinematic Design. Paul Marino, Lead Cinematic Designer explains how making SWTOR is a lot like making a movie. Two excellent videos clips showcase the cinematic nature of the cut scenes. Read the full update and watch the videos here. Friday Update 1/7: Biographies. More treats for the lorehounds. Meet Supreme Chancellor Janarus, Dark Council member Darth Janus, and Bounty Hunter Jewl’a Nightbringer. Full update here. Deceived giveaway! Author Paul S. Kemp is giving away three signed advanced reader copies of his upcoming SWTOR novel. Winners will be announced Jan. 24th.Find out more on his personal blog here.
Quick Mentions
Addons coming? Curseforge.com is making preparations for SWTOR addon information. See link here.
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Thank You Note.
Community Buzz
Push to max level or enjoy the ride? Official forums poll suggests that most people are not in a hurry to hit max level. What does SWTOR look like from the outside? The Instance worries that the fans are turning on BioWare. Skeptics like Scott Jennings on MMORPG.com and Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz wonder if SWTOR has spent too much money to ever be financially successful. And of course, there’s always EA Louse. Should BioWare be worried?
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
Guild Launch for their generous sponsorship. Check out their guild hosting services here. To all those who voted for us as your favorite SWTOR podcast on the official forums poll: artoodetoo, chachabob, daneborn, DarthMaulIK, DocterAnonimous, Kaalkingdom, Katarama, Maylox, Ospek, Rae Raeth, Taalat, Tolbrin, Zepour
Joanne Laroche, BioWare Gamer Gal
A couple weeks ago we got the opportunity to sit down with one of BioWare’s Senior Community Coordinators, Joanne Laroche. We talked about Joanne’s work history and gaming background, how she got started in the industry, her work at BioWare, and what her blog reveals about her attitudes toward MMOs. As a holiday treat for our listeners, we present this half-hour interview in place of our usual news round-up segment. We'll resume our regular format in 2011. Have a safe and Happy New Year!
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge examines the Trooper, Twi’lek, and companions.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Interview with Joanne Laroche
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Retail Store Line.
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
Joanne Laroche for taking the time to chat with us and for being so easy-going and fun to talk to. Guild Launch for their generous sponsorship. Check out their guild hosting services here.
Will TOR Be Relased Before the End of the World?
Zach Brown from Mos Eisley Radio stopped by to talk TOR with us and we somehow spent a lot of time talking about WoW. But never fear, we also talk about crafting (yes, we know…still), plus a few other things. Bonus: no one calls each other names because Zach is much nicer than Roxanne. Don't forget to check out our joint Cataclysm adventure with Mos Eisley Radio in Anvilmar. Faction: Alliance. Guild name: Don't Feed the Wampas. Whisper Tavus, Zachariahs, Howlabout, Fanglethorn, or Karilla for guild invite.
Fact or Fiction: Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge examines the Crew Skills System.
From the Newsnet & Beyond: Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
EA Games announces that SWTOR will be released during the fiscal year of 2012. Some people call, “PUSH BACK!” Read gamasutra article here. GameStar magazine gives mixed review of SWTOR, Stephen Reid responds to inaccuracies. Read SWTORStrategies.com recap here. Read community reaction thread, including Stephen Reid’s response, here. Friday Update 12/3: Developer Blog by Patrick Malott. Companions are increasingly useful, but keep them happy or risk their poor work ethic. Patrick also discusses the new Armstech branch of the Crew Skills System. Blasters are never worse than Premium quality! Read full article here. Does the community like the Crew Skills System? You betcha! 93% give a thumbs up to crafting, TOR-style. See full poll here. BioWare embraces the old-style monthly subscription model, Darth Hater reports. Digital downloads will be available for those who don’t want to leave their houses. Read full article here. Eric Brown says SWTOR will not need subscribers in the millions, Eurogamer.net reports. Read article here. Eurogamer.net satirizes BioWare developer trailers in this clever parody, “If Trailers Told the Truth.” Watch video here. Friday Update 12/10: Master Gnost’s Timeline, “Rebirth of the Sith Empire.” A look at Odile Vaiken, the original Grand Moff and founder of the modern Imperial army. Watch timeline video here.
Quick Mentions
Game Revolution video interview with Daniel Erickson and Gabe Amatangelo. Watch female interviewer squished uncomfortably between Daniel and Gabe on the couch here. G4 Interview with Daniel Erickson. Nothing new, but Daniel stays committed to next Spring as the release date. Watch video here.
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Hot Shower.
Community Buzz
Player-Driven Economy How Much Story is Too Much Story? Read thread here.
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
Zach Brown for taking the time to be a guest on CRR. B.Bizz for leaving a positive review at the iTunes store. New listener heybarn for emailing us a really nice note after hearing us on Mos Eisley Radio and deciding to check out CRR. Guild Launch for their generous sponsorship. Check out their guild hosting services here.
Sith or Jedi Test for Dogs It’s been three weeks since our last podcast, so we’re still talking about how much we like the crafting system. Also, some unpronounceable creatures make their debut on the Holonet. Our Thanksgiving-themed Sith or Jedi yields some surprising results and we read our Top Ten “You Know You’re an MMO Gamer When…” entries. Enjoy! Fact or Fiction (4:37): Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge examines the crew skills system, warzones, and fauna. From the Newsnet & Beyond (8:45): Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
(9:10) 11/26 Friday Update. New creatures and droids, plus Sith Purebloods all get a little love from the Inhabitants page on the Holonet. (11:18) 11/19 Fan Friday. Art, fiction, wallpapers, avatars, and some pretty rockin’ lightsaber hilts. Check out the submissions here. (12:00) 11/19 Studio Insider and Community Q&A. Concept Artist Diego Almazan walks fans through the development of the Flesh Raider in a step-by-step overview. In a new Community Q&A thread on the forums, Daniel Erickson answers miscellaneous questions (scroll down). (21:15) 11/19 Polls. Most popular weapon poll here, what do you like about the Crew Skills system poll here? (24:35) 11/12 Friday Update: Crew Skills System. Game Systems page here. (29:03) Daniel Erickson interview with Darth Hater. Daniel talks Affection Rating, critting on crafting rewards, maker’s marks. Read full interview here. (41:25) Daniel Erickson interview with Torocast. Time components, value of crafted gear. Watch full interview here. (42:39) Damion Schubert talks crafting in several Developer Tracker posts. Variable rewards here, companion bonuses here, commitment to making crafting important to economy here, unlearning skills here, emergency recall of companions here. (53:29) Daniel Erickson & Gabe Amatangelo interview with Massively.com. Crafting and warzones! Full interview here. (56:53) Stephen Reid, new Online Community Manager. Introductory thread in official forums here. Darth Hater interview here. Massively interview here. (1:00:29) Reflections on properly marketing a new game. Fans love giving marketing advice as seen here.
Quick Mentions (1:07:37)
Credits will be the universal monetary unit. Dev Tracker post here. Machinima interview with Daniel Erickson here.
Sith or Jedi? (1:08:43) We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Thanksgiving Dinner Community Buzz (1:14:03)
Playable planets, confirmed and hinted at, thread here. Building a respectful community thread in official forums here. Respect in Gaming forums here. You Know You’re An MMO Gamer When…. all entries here.
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
Xavier, pmartin1969, Kryos, HereticZero, Arifael, Kai-Sun, Rae, and Chronbodi for their contributions to our Top Ten list. Guild Launch for their generous sponsorship. Check out their guild hosting services here.
Smooth Criminal Haz Orbital Bombardment
Praise the Friday Update gods, they brought us to the Promised Land! After a dry season of no gameplay information, BioWare said unto its fans, “Have faith and you shall have your fill.” But the people hardened their hearts and they cried out into cyberspace, the void of which is terrible deep, magnifying the clatter of voices in endless echoes of dissatisfaction. And lo, just when the night’s gloom was unpierced even by the tiniest spark of hope and most silent, a light blazed across the horizon, and broke the spine of the dark, whining beast. “Behold,” said BioWare, “We bring you glad tidings of great joy! We give you the Imperial Agent, the smoothest of all criminals! We give you PvP and Crafting! We’ll even let you change that Advanced Class name you hated so much.”
And the beast retreated into its place of lurking and the fans were mollified. For now.
Fact or Fiction (3:15): Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge is an all-Imperial Agent test.
From the Newsnet & Beyond(4:45): Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
(5:05) 10/29 Friday Update. The Imperial Agent. Part James Bond, part Jason Bourne, the Imperial Agent not only gets the girl, but he gets the best looking ship in the game. Holonet entry here. Includes Advanced Classes, companion Kaliyo Djannis, screenshots, starship. Watch terrific video here. (15:24) Warzones. BioWare did not disappoint those fans who thought we might get a big reveal at EA Games Winter Showcase in London. Lead PvP Designer Gabe Amatangelo described the warzone on planet Alderaan and gave hints of other zones to be announced. Darth Hater coverage here. Gamespot article and video interview with Amatangelo here. Official SWTOR warzones video here. (26:02) Crafting. Crew Skill system. Gathering, Crafting, Missions. Your minions will do the dirty work for you both on and offline! And they will scurry off to pick flowers while you deal with the mob just ahead. Darth Hater article here. Gamespot article here. (34:40) Jedi Wizard no more. BioWare gives the fans a big Do-Over for this much maligned class name. Check out official poll here. (36:47) Payment models. Kathy and Carla try to parse out which way Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk are leaning when they talk about possible payment options for TOR in the IGN Game Scoop interview, transcribed by Ask a Jedi here, and the Videogamer.com interview here. (41:23) Supreme Court heard case on restricting sales of violent video games to minors on Nov. 2nd. See our coverage of the case here. Roundup includes articles and full transcript of hearing.
Quick Mentions
(42:28) Eurogamer.com interviews Ray Muzyka. Pushback on release date? Full interview here. (43:03) Zynga, a rising social gaming developer, surpasses EA Games in market share. Read article here. (43:20) Georg Zoeller dev post confirms that Imperial Agents and Smugglers have equal healing capability here.
Sith or Jedi? (43:40) We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Leaf Blower
Community Buzz (48:57)
Outward Corruption Appearance. Official forums poll examines players’ willingness to go Dark Side and look it. Take poll here. Concerns about movement animation. Official forums thread here. OK, but what if we hate the other names too? Thumbs down on Shadow/Sorceror/Powertech thread here.
Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
Mos Eisley Radio, for inviting us to their podcast. Brooks and Zach, you were great fun to hang with and we were sorry when it was time to stop (way past time, maybe!). Guild Launch for their generous sponsorship. Check out their guild hosting services here.
Gameplay News, It's A-Comin'
It’s Star Wars Story Time! Again! Lorehounds are happy as happy can be as BioWare puts out one story update after another. Those wanting gameplay info will have to wait a bit longer. BioWare keeps humming that ol’ gospel tune, “Soon and Very Soon,” but the community ain’t joining in.
Fact or Fiction (3:26): Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge covers popular classes, Exar Kun, and Sith Purebloods.
From the Newsnet & Beyond(5:53): Roundup of the most important announcements and news.
(6:09) Damion Schubert interview with Darth Hater. SWTOR’s Lead Systems Designer discusses many things but all the community hears is LEGACY SYSTEM OMG. Damion says crafting news is coming up "really soon." Read interview at Darth Hater here. Read official forums reaction here. (17:11) 10/15 Friday Update: “The Exar Kun War” timeline video. Another Jedi succumbs to the thirst for power and ends up possibly being an endgame boss. Watch video here. (20:15) 10/22 Friday Update: Fan Friday. The usual assortment of fan art, avatars, wallpapers, etc. In this update’s Developer's Corner Ryan Dening shows the development of Kaas City. Two new polls ask for your favorite Blood of the Empire character and the first class you will play in SWTOR. Old poll on favorite class here. (31:10) 10/22 Friday Update: New Biographies. For the Empire, ultimate spymaster, Keeper. For the Independents, the slowly-going-mad ruler of Alderaan, Bouris Ulgo. For the Republic, the gloom-and-doom bureaucrat, Diab Duin. (34:23) Schwarzenegger v. EMA (Electronics Merchants Association). On Nov. 2nd, the Supreme Court will listen to arguments for the criminalization of selling video games to minors. Gamespot’s article on the upcoming case here. FTC report which shows that gaming industry is doing better at shielding minors from violent content than the music and movie industry here. Article about gimped version of Left 4 Dead 2 in Australia here. (40:14) Daniel Erickson jumps in to explain that Sith Purebloods aren't Pureblood. Read his forums post here. (40:25) New Awards page on SWTOR site. (40:39) Active CRR forums member Xavier writes about meeting voice actor Tom Kane at Fan Days in Plano, TX. Pics and forum post here.
Sith or Jedi? (42:14) We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Street Parking.
Community Buzz (45:53)
Concerns about Endgame
SWTOR thread: “If you don’t care about story, why would you play this game?” SWTOR thread: "Endgame isn’t THE GAME” SWTOR thread: “You’re shooting yourself in the foot.” Dev Leo Olebe assures us that game systems info is “coming up” here. “Why will you play TOR?” Refreshingly positive SWTOR thread shows that BioWare and Star Wars are names that make people’s heads turn. Thank You from Corellian Run Radio
Justin Lowe and Pete Trerice from Darth Hater for making some really nice bumpers for us. We are big DH fans! Xavier for his great article on meeting Tom Kane Guild Launch for their generous sponsorship. Check out their guild hosting services here.
This week Kathy’s daughter Roxanne joins the podcast, which is great because nothing spices up a show like talk of Pokemon and pedometers! Also, six out of six gaming producers agree, cyberspace is alive with the sound of microtransactions. Ka-CHING!
Fact or Fiction? Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge is an all Ilum-themed brainteaser.
From the Newsnet & Beyond Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
10/1 Friday Update: “Designing the Advanced Classes System,” a developer blog by Principal Lead System Designer Greg Zoeller. Are you a Sawbones or more of a Dirty Fighting type? What will that Emergency Medpack actually DO? Read full article here. New database site for all things TOR, R2-Db.com. Visit the site here. Ask A Jedi interviewed founder Aaron Cox here. GDC (Game Developers Conference) Online: Zam.com interviewed BioWare’s Greg Walton and ZeniMax Online Studios’ Matt Firor about trends in online gaming. Expect more Farmville! Part 1 of interview here, part 2 here. GDC Online: Damion Schubert, Principal Lead Systems Designer SWTOR, gave talk, “How Online Gaming Has Adopted the Grind.” Expect cleverly hidden grind! Damion’s presentation slides here. Darth Hater coverage here. Ask A Jedi coverage here. GDC Online: Panel, “Strategies for Successfully Running an MMO from Launch and Beyond” with BioWare’s Rich Vogel, Turbine’s Jeffrey Steefel, EA Mythic's Jeff Hickman, Sony Online Entertainment’s Lorin Jameson, CCP’s Nathan Richardson, and Nexon’s Min Kim. Expect more – gasp! – micro-transactions. Ask A Jedi coverage here. Darth Hater coverage here. Gamespot coverage here. 10/8 Friday Update: Ilum. Jedi’s secret pilgrimage planet not-so-secret anymore. See Holonet entry and screenshots here. Watch short video here. New York Comic Con, Oct. 5-8. Blood of the Empire artist Dave Ross and inker Mark McKenna did book signing and participated in panel on Dark Horse video games and comics. Damion Schubert’s column, “Make Better Bosses” in Game Developer. Ask A Jedi summary here. Buy a digital copy of magazine here.
Sith or Jedi? We find out which path we walk in real life with The Test of the Express Checkout Lane. Thank you to Ford for suggesting this week’s test. Take the full test here.
Community Buzz
Official forums Poll: Allow respec on Advanced Classes? See poll here. Official forums thread: Would you pay extra for auction house and guild chat app on your smart phone? Read thread here. CRR forums thread: PvP thoughts. Read thread here.
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Sith Lord Mickey Loves Chapeau Shenanigans
Nothing as menacing as an adorable little clown hat when you’re trying to teach a Sith apprentice his place! This week we discuss the last installment of Blood of the Empire, community polls, Jedi, and the Smuggler update bonanza. In other news, the millinery tomfoolery continues.
Fact or Fiction? (5:05) Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge concerns advanced class skills, companions, and the finality of flash points.
From the Newsnet & Beyond (8:42) Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
(8:58) 9/17 Friday Update: Fan Friday. Enjoy the impressive assortment of artwork from our talented community and new avatars here, plus a helpful page which organizes all the artwork by artist here. The Developer’s Corner show’s the creation of a Republic Capitol ship by Ryan Dening. (11:45) 9/17 Friday Update: Polls. Favorite area of forums poll here, favorite Game Systems section poll here (16:52) 9/17 Friday Update: “Designing the Light Side” documentary. Jedis love earth tones and martial arts moves! Stealth is smoky, not ghostly! The Consular gets a new cute hat! Watch the video here. (24:33) Lorehound.com’s PAX interview with Blaine Christine. Story is important, but not all-important. Also, the captain stays dead quote. Watch the video here. (27:18) 9/24 Friday Update: Last Blood of the Empire. Maggot buys it again and chapeau shenanigans. Read the last installment here. (33:08) Smuggler trailer. Released a week early on Machinima, now added to the official SWTOR site. Watch the smuggler duck and roll, ambush, type, and lean on a bar here. (36:13) 9/24 Friday Update: Smuggler Advanced Classes on the Holonet. Dual pistols and groovin’ hat or scattergun and stealthing? Holonet page here. (38:50) Smuggler players can be Twi’leks. Hint of racial ability? Check out the Twi’lek on the Inhabitants page here. (40:25) 9/24 Friday Update: Wookie companion for the Smuggler, Bowdaar AKA “Boneshatterer.” Holonet page here. (43:09) 9/24 Friday Update: Smuggler ship, Corellian XS Stock Light Freighter. Check out Holonet page with screenshots and short video here. (45:26) SWTOR-Station’s video of a Smuggler taking a Sunday drive on his speederbike here. (47:31) Game Developers Conference in Austin, TX, Oct. 5-8. Website here.
Sith or Jedi? (48:53) Carla and Kathy find out which path they walk in real life with The Test of the Empty Gas Tank. Take the full test here.
Community Buzz (52:33)
(52:48) Endgame polls. Preferred raid size poll here and the How long will you play if endgame sucks poll here. (1:01:53) Token/Badges discussion. Are badges a nice consolation prize or another grind-fest? View thread here.
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HK-47 haz salutationz
The last convention of the season rolled through Seattle, WA over Labor Day Weekend. Did we get a big reveal? Mmmmm….kinda, sorta, maybe, depending on who you were talking to.
Fact or Fiction Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge concerns playable species, playable planets, and Maggot.
From the Newsnet & Beyond Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
Trailer: Mysteries of Knights of the Old Republic. Watch video here. PAX presentation with Blaine Christine and Dallas Dickinson. First half: Retread. Second half: Teaser Mode! HK-47 was nice, though. Darth Hater’s video of presentation and Q&A with Daniel Erickson here. PAX gameplay demo. Brandon, Sado, and Lordhammer kick butt. Darth Hater video (Part 5) here. PAX gameplay impressions, Darth Hater thread. Read it here. TOR Syndicate interview with Daniel Erickson. Watch video here. Ask a Jedi interview with Blaine Christine and Daniel Erickson. Choice has only temporary, erasable consequences now! Read full interview here. Massively.com’s Larry Everett interviews Blaine Christine. EndGame sounds like BeginAgainGame. Read full interview here. Read what the official forums community thinks about that here. Blood of the Empire #11. Maggot enters the fray. Read the latest issue here. At last, Corellia. Holonet page here, short fly-through video here, screenshots here. Musco’s Torocast article on stats here. Darth Hater’s page on Class Abilities here. Farewell, Sean Dahlberg
Sith or Jedi Carla and Kathy find out which path they walk in real life with The Test of the Oatmeal Bowl. Take the full test here.
Community Buzz
Rethinking the Wizard. Blaine Christine notes the “frenzy” in his interview with Darth Hater here. Daniel Erickson comments on the fans’ “affection” in his interview with TOR Syndicate here. “Controversial” Choices poll. Where’s the controversy? Read and take the poll here. What’s wrong with a little Rodian kissy-face? Daniel Erickson explains why it’s important that playable characters look near-human here. Regular CRR forums user Rae, makes a heartfelt plea for diversity here.
Special Thanks: iTunes feedback from Jason Owens and MrGutts. Thanks, guys!
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"Lightsabers at dawn, Mr. Wizard!"
It’s Harry Potter time! Between the Advanced Classes announcement and all the Gamescom coverage, there was tons o’ TOR-related news out there. We were almost defeated by the many, many interruptions that happened during the recording session (are monitors supposed to flash like lightning and then black out? Does that dog have to keep barking? Why is every one of these phone calls actually important?), but we persevered to bring you one of our most information-packed podcasts to date.
Fact or Fiction? (2:18) Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge concerns advanced class skills, player ships, and gameplay at GamesCom.
From the Newsnet & Beyond (4:42) Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
(5:03) Two new polls posted by Sean Dahlberg. Have you played KOTOR poll here and Favorite SWTOR features poll here. Apparently only KOTOR fans lurk the forums! (9:43) New starships on the Holonet. Fury-Class Imperial Interceptor and Corellian Defender-Class Light Corvette. See them here. (11:50) All sixteen advanced classes announced, including the much-maligned Wizard and Powertech. Specializations and abilities listed here (scroll down). (18:12) Gamespot interview with Daniel Erickson. Will space combat be optional or not? (19:58) SWTOR-Station interview with James Ohlen. Topics include: companions, appearance tabs, “erasing” earlier decisions. Watch video here. (32:27) SWTOR-Station article includes gameplay impressions and nice screenshots – map, NPCs, Sith on speeder bike, crafting loot. (38:04) Gamona interview with Ray Muzyka at GamesCom. Those dark points could be bad for your complexion! Cinematic questing! Watch video here. (42:45) Ask a Jedi interview with Hal Hood at Celebration V. Be Han Solo, the smoking-est Smuggler in the galaxy. (44:33) IGN reviews Sith Inquisitor play at Gamescom. Nice quest and abilities descriptions. Read the article here. (45:09) Regular guy Raul’s reviews his experience playing the Bounty Hunter at GamesCom in the official swtor forums. Loves the gameplay, thinks the graphics need work still. (46:00) Jedi Archive Online has a terrific Everything You Wanted to Know About Gamescom page with links to all the interviews and articles they could get their hands on. Scarily comprehensive, read it here. (46:39) Blood of the Empire #10 released. Teneb Kel shows he’s not such a bad guy and Exal Kressh is causing trouble again. Read the most recent issue here. (48:49) PAX 2010 Sept. 3-5 in Seattle Washington. Lordhammer of Guild Umbra might get some face time with Sean Dahlberg. Have a good question for him? Post it here.
Sith or Jedi? (50:53) Carla and Kathy find out which path they walk in real life with The Test of the Garbage Cans. Take the full test here.
Community Buzz (54:53)
(55:25) PvP. Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka were interviewed by Allvater.com. Greg annoyed Carla with his no-pvp-in-space talk. Watch the interview here. (58:32) Cross-faction Communication. Yes or no? French article here, German article here. Hal Hood weighs in here.
Special Thanks (1:05:55)
Thanks to odinseye, Sgt Invincible, and Stoufers for leaving nice reviews of our podcast on iTunes. And if anyone can figure out how to make us show up on an iTunes search of "swtor podcast," please let us know! :D
Rail Shooter Makes for Unhappy Smuggler
It’s convention season, which means the devs are out there giving interviews, doing panels, whipping the fans up by hinting at wondrous wonders. What will our characters look like? What will they fly? What will they do when they fly? Why should we care about stories that happened 300 years ago? So much to talk about, so many names to mispronounce….
Fact or Fiction? (1:59) Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge concerns playable races and advanced classes.
From the Newsnet & Beyond (3:51) Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
(4:01) New Timeline video, “The Mandalorian Wars,” on the Holonet. Master Gnost-Dural goes deeper into history to examine the beginning of Revan and Malek’s fall to the Dark Side. (5:57) Four new playable races/species announced: Sith Pureblood, Miraluka, Mirialans, Zabraks. Official article here. (13:03) Ninth installment of Blood of the Empire. Teneb Kel has many awesome adventures and 5-second conversations in just a very few pages! (14:15) T7-01 droid announced as companion for the Jedi Knight. Basically, R2-D2 with attitude and GUNS. More info on the official page here. (15:40) A cornucopia of Jedi Knight information: official HoloNet page; Advanced Classes (Guardian, Sentinel); and action-packed, albeit short, video. Also, some nice screenshots. (20:03) PC Gamer space combat issue woohoo! Is a cinematic tunnel shooter enough if it makes you “pee your pants?” (29:50) BioWare announces their new Space Combat Trailer at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Kathy swears that one of the pilots sounds exactly like Carla. (31:03) PC Gamer speculates on cross-faction changes. Is the author smoking something or does he know something we don't? (33:27) Celebration V panel. Writers Drew Karpyshyn and Hall Hood along with Concept Artists Arnie Jorgensen and Clint Young discuss the usual TOR topics, but elaborate a bit more on races, elder characters, player ships. We forgot to mention this in the podcast, but Darth Hater had great live blogging columns and pictures from the panel. You can read about Friday's panel here, and Saturday's panel here. (39:15) PAX scheduled for Sep. 3-5 in Seattle Washington. (41:25) Daniel Erickson gave two excellent interviews for Game Informer. The first article, “Storytelling in Star Wars: The Old Republic,” which we only mentioned briefly in the podcast, talks about solo play dovetailing into group play, how hard it will be to play the game against type (i.e. Light Side Sith), and explores important figures in Star Wars lore. Read the full story here. It’s an excellent read. In the second interview, Erickson talks on camera about Revan and Malek, some rather surprising thematic class parallels, and companion characters. (45:17) CORRECTION: Apparently Mako is not the same person as Mayko! Thanks to Xavier for catching this slip and directing us to the correct companion character in the PAX 2009 gameplay demo (15:12). UPDATED CORRECTION: The Mako shown in the PAX demo is spelled "Mako," not "Mayko." She just hadn't been added to Wookiepedia at the time of recording. Curse you, Wookiepedia!
Sith or Jedi? (46:30) Carla and Kathy find out which path they walk in real life with The Test of the Free Refills. Take the full test here.
Community Buzz (49:46)
Playable Races. Where are the straight-up alien species? Thanks to Rae and Chronbodi for letting us know what races they’d like to see.
Special Thanks (54:17)
Thank you, Xavier, for leaving a nice review of our podcast on iTunes Big thank you to Larry Everett, Hyperspace Beacon columnist from Massively.com for his thumbs up review of our podcast and fansite.
It's been confirmed! We will have space combat!
Two chock-full Friday Updates and a Comic Con panel made for lots of discussion.
Fact or Fiction? (2:05) Can you pick out the confirmed fact from the tall tales? This week’s host challenge concerns faction change, pazaak, and the Cathar.
From the Newsnet & Beyond (3:45) Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
(4:03) Fan Art. From Vitellius, a 3-D animated video featuring Darth Rasp. From Tanq, pretty pictures. From Ash/Oxyjin, a painting, “Sith’s Little Helper.” (6:00) Updates to the Fan Site Kit, including new avatars. (6:30) Concept art: Cathar race from the Developer’s Corner of the 7/23 Fri Update. Remember Jedi Juhani from KOTOR? She was a Cathar. (7:40) Fatal Alliance spotlight. Chapter one excerpt posted on official forums. Carla liked it. Kathy recommended the audio version. (12:21) Comic Con panel, “Beyond Solo: Crafting the Multiplayer Story.” Hosted by Morgan Webb. Lead Designer James Ohlen and writers Drew Karpyshyn and Alexander Freed answer questions about TOR. Topics: Space combat, developing character storylines, House Thul, new companion(?), For full forty-nine minute panel, watch Gamespot’s video here. (28:26) Blood of the Empire #8. Exal Kressh shows Teneb Kel a thing or two. (29:34) Nar Shaddaa revealed as playable world. Neon! Pleasure palaces! What happens in Nar Shaddaa stays in Nar Shaddaa. Teeny but awesome video here, history and art here.
Sith or Jedi? (32:57) Carla and Kathy find out which path they walk in real life with The Test of the Seat Hog. Take the full test here. Don't be surprised if you ever see Carla's picture here.
Community Buzz (38:00)
Micro-transactions (38:20). EA Games announced that Live Gamer will handle their micro-transactions. Carla and Kathy argue over the definition of a micro-transaction and find they are on basically on the same side of the fence. End Game worries (45:32) This thread (70+ pages) on the official forums gets the usual mix of freaking out, reasonable response, jumping to conclusions, and, let’s not forget, whining. MaxLiao's take on the Trinity (48:00) Read his post here.
Yes, it's beautiful, but the Internet here stinks.
Thanks to everyone for your comments about our first podcast. Carla is recording this one on the road!
Fact or Fiction (3:03) Can you pick out the confirmed fact from rumor? See the Gamespot video we talk about here. See the screenshot here.
From the Newsnet & Beyond (5:30) Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
(6:10) Closed Beta testing officially announced. If you’re in, don’t blab! If you see someone else blabbing, don’t blab! Sean Dahlberg reminds us of the baaad things that could happen here. (10:41) IncGamers interviews James Ohlen about the "elder game." Daniel Erickson on RPG Forever in CVG article. (14:02) Bad news for Deceived fans. Release date pushed to March 2011. (14:27) Threat of Peace in comic book form now on sale. Epic fail at Kathy's local comic book store. (15:39) Trinity revisited. Damion Schubert, Lead Combat Designer at BioWare wrote an interesting article about this on his blog. (18:53) Sean Dahlberg promises big reveal at Comic Con if TOR fans follow through on Facebook and Twitter. (20:23)Third Star Wars Robot Chicken episode coming in Dec. (21:32) New Blood of the Empire released. Read it here. (22:15) Developer Blog, “Sounds of The Old Republic.” Does my sword sound better than your sword? Read the article here. (26:22) Developer Dispatch, “Music of The Old Republic.” Watch the video here. Very swoon-worthy.
Community Buzz (28:23)
(28:45) From Games Testing to RealID. Sean Dahlberg says, "I mean it!" Blizzard says, "JK JK." (34:16) Crafting. Think grinding is bad in WoW? Try A Tale in the Desert . Their crafting is cool, though.
Sith or Jedi? (40:42) Carla and Kathy find out what side they walk in their real lives with the Test of the Over-Priced Produce and the Test of the Charitable Organization Call. Read the questions and take the test yourself here.
"What do you mean you didn't hit the universal translator button? None of our podcast listeners understand Wookie!"
Our first podcast is done and submitted for your perusal! It’s been a long haul from the first glorious days of let’s-do-a-show innocence to the in-the-trenches reality of forgetting to push the button when you record. It was great fun putting it together – we hope you enjoy it too.
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Here’s what we talked about:
Fact of Fiction? (3:09) Can you pick out the confirmed fact among the rumors?
From the Newsnet & Beyond. (5:00) Roundup of the most important announcements and news:
Favorite E3 Discovery. Kathy was pleased to learn more about the multiplayer dialog and choices. Carla couldn’t get enough of the Jedi Consular in the Hope trailer. Friday update: multiplayer demo trailer. Dallas Dickinson narrates another look at a flashpoint, featuring the four Republic classes. Closed Beta Testing? Closed beta testing rumors sets off furor on the forums, prompting Sean Dahlberg to explain the Game Testing Agreement. Webcomic update: Blood of the Empire. SWTOR for PC only. CVG article here. BioWare will send SWTOR representatives to Comic Con, Celebration V, and PAX. Excerpt from SWTOR novel, Deceived, on author’s personal web site. Monolith Software’s monitoring system to be used for IT management. Gamasutra article here.
Sith or Jedi? (22:10) Carla and Kathy find out what side they walk in their real lives with the Test of the Open Road and the Test of the Trail Mix. Read the questions and take the test yourself here.
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