Let’s have some Q and A fun, group finder questions abound in this episode, the ToR forums and the state of the people over there, how to capture the cultural spark that some games attain, a real like Moisture Farm, and the weekend pass!

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Today’s show includes a HUGE bunch of talk regarding free to play MMO’s and ToR’s eventual entry into that side of gaming.

Getting hung up in your 30′s. Pets in this game are kinda awesome. The EU and Middle East get some ToR love. PVP states of being. A legit damage meter. Gearing up from quests and drops. Lower monthly before going free. Economic meltdown averted. More on moisture evaporators. When your main is no longer your main. All crafiable things on display! And more!

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Join Scott, Dills, and special guest, Garrett W! (Sorry about the weird audio glitch that started about half way through…still pretty listenable after that, but weird nonetheless.)

1.2 lands, and we talk all about it, free time, free stuff, and free love, Bioware gives some new controversy, Rakghoul make camp in Tatoonine, servers merges coming, UI mod seems great to some, not to others, is 1.2 the Jesus patch, where do we go from here, Dawn of the Jedi recommendation, ToR site redesign, and MORE!

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Join Scott, Dills, and special guest, Brian Brushwood! (Of the awesome GameOn!)

Some clarification on what a Heroic Moment actually is, Grey Alignment NOT coming in 1.2, Darth Malgus wants to scare you when you use the bathroom in the middle of the night, TOR has an official podcast, family as companions, changing race all over the place, followup on Dills girlfriend, meters in Star Wars, Guild Bank Preview, and MORE!

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Dills is back! And so is some good old fashioned ToR talk. Enjoy!

BH bug solved, legacy class stuff, 1.2 armor, more deets on how it will all work from the devs, leveling faster, saving ToR from a lower ranking, E3 and what it might hold for ToR fans, mods and meters, lack of freedom in game, Scoundrels is OUT, and MORE!

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Garrett and Brian H. join us while Dills travels from rainy Austin back to sunny SF!

BH still can’t move, Patch 1.2 is up on the test servers, a nice look at the new armor sets, 8 man warzone queuing clarification, too much content, ME3 taking a bite or not, Legacy going to far, okaying tor with friends, bugged too, crafting needs, realism in games, and how to use a light saber.

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Scott and Garrett hash out all this big news from the Bioware Guild Summit, held this week in Austin, TX. Gotta start somewhere. Great breakdown of the details at OldRepublic.net!

COMING in 1.2
- New Warzone: Novare Coast
- New Flashpoint: Lost Island
- New Operation: Explosive Conflict
- Warzone Ranking coming into Game Update 1.2
- Improved character textures coming to 1.2
- In-Game events are going to be introduced
- Guild Banks are going to be introduced in Game Update 1.2 (7 separate tabs for the Guild Bank)
- Game Update 1.2 has no official deploy date for the PTS (early April is their aim for deployment)
- Friends of Star Wars program is launching tomorrow (6th of March): players can give up to 3 friends a free week of play in SWTOR

Two new Ops modes
- Nigthmare mode will have a different loot (gear) post Update 1.2
- Normal mode wil be replaced by “Story Mode”, to allow casual players to enjoy the story behind the Operations

Player vs. Player Discussion
- New Warzone: Novare Coast (same faction vs same faction gameplay). It’s an objective control type Warzone.
- Game Update 1.2 will bring Ranked PVP.
- Group queue will be available in 1.2 (up to 8 players)
- 18 new objective medals are going to be introduced in 1.2
- Winning the games faster is encouraged in 1.2
- Vote to Kick will be added in 1.2
- Players who afk in Warzones or don’t do anything (0 modals or objectives), won’t get any rewards in 1.2
- New PVP gear (tier) in 1.2
- New PVP Crafting (expertise crystals)
- Cross-server Warzone queues will be implemented in the future
- Warzone Tournaments will be introduced post Game Update 1.3
- Persistant groups through Warzones will be implemented with no ETA atm
- Ilum will be redesigned in the near future (from scratch it sounds like)

Legacy Announcements
- Family Tree type legacy
- Once you reach level 50 with a species, you can unlock that species to all classes
- Human species alts give you extra Presence
- Legacy Global Unlocks: – unlock class emotes
- Unlock other class buffs (ex. as a Bounty Hunter, with a Sith Warr alt, you can buff with both class buffs)
- Heroic Moment ability (not usable in Warzones/Ops etc)
- Unlock Heroic Abilities (ex. using Force Choke on your agent – again, not usable in Warzones/Ops and usable only with an active companion)
- Complete all missions for a companion “type” (e.g. ranged tank) unlocks a shorter cooldown for Heroic Moment, a small stat boost and additional Presence buff for all your companions.

Crazy Social stuff
- dance with your companions
- brawling abilities for unarmed combat
- Purchasable Legacy Rewards
- Dark/Light/Neutral rewards
- New “”Sprint”" ability – short duration buff
- Ship training dummies and Warzones dummies will be available at 1.2 (testing damage etc)
- Ship repair droid that will repair your gear, which you can sell gear to and from you can buy different items
- Ship mailbox
- Ship Neutral GTN (high legacy level only)
- Legacy Weapons and Armor
- Legacy appearances
- Unique orange items only unlock-able by legacy levels.
***** – Multi spec is coming (a type of Dual spec but allows you to save multiple specs – more than 2)
- Voice restraining mod for the ship robot (aka mute)
- Ship droid gains affection

The Economy
- 84% of players have less than 1 million credits and repair costs are currently seen to high. The developers are working for balance adjustments to correct this situation

Odds and Ends
- Character copy to PTS will be available soon
- Game Update 1.3 will include a Group Finder (single server only)
- Game Update 1.2 will not come with any in-game combat log or any metrics for that matter
- New possible features include character re-customization and chat bubbles
- Social, alignment and family tree unlocks will be available through the Legacy system
- Animal mounts will be implemented at some point in the future
- Guild Capital Ships design exists (will also not be available to soon)

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Scott and Dills are joined by special returning guest, Garrett! BOOM!

Crew skill management going mobile, LFG is a thing happening and happening soon, crew skill problems, PVP and frame rates, 1.1.4 UI walkthrough, players spending enough time in TOR, the closeness of a gaming community can be hard, Han really did shoot first, or did he, MMO’s trying to get you back, companion customization guides, and MORE!

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Scott and Dills are joined by special guest, Chris from The ToR Reporter!

Globals get a UI change again, dual spec is coming, the summit goes all live stream up in this grill, end game formats and what to do about it, should MMO’s have a pause button, will ME3 ding TOR sales and play, useless sprint buttons, PVP penalties revisited, slicing and what to do about it, and using dance to decide who gets what loot. All that and special guest, Chris Perry!

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Scott and Dills slap each other with light saber hilts and get down to business.

EA claims some big stuf fin their investor call, ToRhead leaks some stuff, ToR Reporter had Scott on, five planets TOR needs, UI changes to cooldown good or bad, why no sticky camera, PVP rage quiters, the TOR / WOW vacuum, and MORE! (Great tor loot link there)

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