Along with the latest news, we discuss the Q&A from the Boston Community Cantina, and the developer blog outlining how Ranked PvP Season 2 is going to work.

1. Introduction
2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Ferrous Terran! Thanks to BenB, Bara-dur, Jay Connell, Raymond W and Darth Malvictus for entering.

Please send your tips to ootinicast@gmail.com by next Wednesday for a chance to win a M8-R3 code, courtesy of BioWare, and an OotiniCast-provided Cartel Market pack from the latest shipment.

3. Holofeed

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• The first Grand Acquisitions Pack was made available for roughly four days (from 4pm CDT on Thursday 10 April to 11am on Monday 14 April). The always entertaining Kranitoko (@Kranitoko) has created another pack opening video for them, though he’s only purchased three of them (not unreasonable given each pack costs 900 Cartel Coins and there’s no Hypercrate available).
  
• Alex Modny (Associate Designer) announced that in Game Update 2.7.1, “turn-in†terminals would be added next to the Mission terminals that were added to all warzones in Game Update 2.7.
  
• An in-game item, a health regenerator provided by Cartel Associate 0U-1FY, has been added to the game to recognise the efforts of Dulfy.
  
• It seems that physical Security Keys (key fobs) are no longer being sold as of 7 January 2014.
  
• If you’re a little over the new Quesh Huttball warzone, its frequency (currently 25%, based on Rob Hinkle stating it would be twice as likely to pop as any other warzone) will return to normal (8%, based on 1 in 6 chance of Huttball, with a 50/50 chance of getting Quesh) in Game Update 2.7.1.
  
• On Friday night the Community Cantina was held in Boston. Heather (@Heather_PLS) of the Pretty Little Sith blog was in attendance, live-tweeting the Q&A and later writing up answers obtained via direct discussion with the BioWare developers. Dulfy has a post containing the images from the flash drive that was given to attendees.
  

4. Community

The second episode of the Galactic Gamers Coalition, featuring the hosts of TOROCast, SWTORReforged and our own OotiniCast, will be recorded Sunday 20 April at 7:30pm EDT. You can participate live via TwonkHammer’s Twitch channel.

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @RainbowConnRPG, Sean, Graham (Awesome) Sellars, @TheTurg, DroidDreamer, Raymond, jadilly, @AkaanDarasuum, @GregCarter78, Chong (@EmpireDivider), @JediKrackr, @block_kevin, Oxi-jin, Andreas, Russ (@Manciferous) and Ferrous Terran.

The Freddy Mercury Vine (short video) that symbolises for Chong why he loves SWTOR.

Shown below is the scoreboard from Raymond’s first PvP match playing a Mercenary:

6. Sarlacc Digest

Alex Modny (Associate Designer) has written a “What’s New in Season Two†blog post, summarising BioWare’s current thinking on how Ranked PvP Season 2 will work. Alex subsequently clarified that the three (instead of five) tier boundaries would be announced after Season 2 begins in Game Update 2.7.1.

If you have ideas for the what the rewards for those three tiers should be, you’re encouraged to contribute to this thread on the official forums.

He also confirmed that the “top 3″ per faction of each Advanced Class were determined for the solo and group populations across the entire game, not per server. We believe this may not be such a good idea. The graphs and tables shown below are referenced during our discussion.

Ranked population and ratings per server (solo)

Ranked population and ratings per server (solo)

Server
Population
Highest rating
Average rating
Median rating

Vanjervalis Chain
506
1803
1189
1168

Battle Meditation
522
1604
1183
1163

Mantle of the Force
729
2267
1183
1166

Begeren Colony
779
1788
1175
1156

The Progenitor
1108
1854
1174
1158

Jar’Kai Sword
1284
2190
1173
1155

The Ebon Hawk
1309
2202
1178
1157

Jung Ma
1539
2479
1168
1152

T3-M4
1738
2445
1177
1153

Jedi Covenant
1837
2202
1170
1152

Darth Nihilus
1972
2509
1172
1156

The Shadowlands
2082
1860
1176
1154

The Red Eclipse
2152
2405
1168
1154

The Harbinger
3066
2014
1172
1154

The Bastion
4425
2366
1155
1151

Prophecy of the Five
6295
3005
1155
1150

Tomb of Freedon Nadd
6329
3103
1147
1147

Ranked population and tiers per server (group)

Server
Population
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5

Vanjervalis Chain
506
2.6%
10.7%
20.6%
28.7%
37.5%

Battle Meditation
522
2.3%
12.3%
19.0%
26.2%
40.2%

Mantle of the Force
729
1.9%
9.3%
21.0%
27.7%
40.1%

Begeren Colony
779
2.1%
9.5%
18.6%
30.8%
39.0%

The Progenitor
1108
3.3%
8.8%
21.8%
25.2%
40.9%

Jar’Kai Sword
1284
2.5%
9.5%
17.4%
29.4%
41.3%

The Ebon Hawk
1309
3.0%
10.2%
17.3%
29.6%
39.9%

Jung Ma
1539
4.2%
8.4%
14.8%
26.0%
46.6%

T3-M4
1738
4.1%
9.6%
14.5%
27.2%
44.6%

Jedi Covenant
1837
4.4%
7.9%
13.7%
28.6%
45.4%

Darth Nihilus
1972
3.0%
9.3%
17.1%
27.7%
42.8%

The Shadowlands
2082
4.1%
9.6%
15.6%
27.8%
42.9%

The Red Eclipse
2152
4.2%
7.6%
14.5%
28.7%
44.9%

The Harbinger
3066
3.7%
8.2%
16.5%
28.3%
43.3%

The Bastion
4425
3.8%
8.0%
12.9%
26.6%
48.7%

Prophecy of the Five
6295
4.7%
7.6%
12.1%
25.8%
49.8%

Tomb of Freedon Nadd
6329
3.8%
7.6%
11.6%
24.9%
52.0%

Ranked population and ratings per server (group)

Ranked population and ratings per server (group)

Server
Population
Highest rating
Average rating
Median rating

Vanjervalis Chain
516
1815
1179
1152

The Ebon Hawk
677
2014
1184
1157

Battle Meditation
680
2603
1168
1154

Jar’Kai Sword
814
2044
1173
1151

Mantle of the Force
835
2384
1171
1154

The Progenitor
911
1992
1181
1158

Jedi Covenant
918
2029
1181
1150

Begeren Colony
1023
1822
1181
1158

The Shadowlands
1053
1801
1178
1154

Jung Ma
1189
2032
1180
1157

T3-M4
1213
2661
1173
1151

Darth Nihilus
1236
2307
1159
1147

The Red Eclipse
1418
1893
1171
1152

The Harbinger
1500
2118
1175
1153

The Bastion
2111
2171
1170
1151

Prophecy of the Five
2171
2388
1169
1150

Tomb of Freedon Nadd
2491
2942
1156
1144

Ranked population and tiers per server (group)

Server
Population
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5

Vanjervalis Chain
516
6.8%
15.1%
14.3%
17.2%
46.5%

The Ebon Hawk
677
3.0%
13.6%
16.5%
25.7%
41.2%

Battle Meditation
680
4.3%
10.6%
15.1%
22.9%
47.1%

Jar’Kai Sword
814
5.5%
11.8%
10.8%
23.7%
48.2%

Mantle of the Force
835
3.6%
10.3%
15.6%
27.4%
43.1%

The Progenitor
911
4.1%
12.4%
17.1%
25.1%
41.3%

Jedi Covenant
918
5.9%
12.0%
11.4%
22.8%
47.9%

Begeren Colony
1023
3.2%
13.3%
14.7%
27.3%
41.5%

The Shadowlands
1053
3.4%
14.9%
13.4%
26.1%
42.2%

Jung Ma
1189
4.6%
12.4%
12.5%
25.6%
44.8%

T3-M4
1213
5.3%
12.4%
12.0%
22.9%
47.5%

Darth Nihilus
1236
4.0%
9.5%
10.8%
24.4%
51.4%

The Red Eclipse
1418
5.1%
12.6%
12.6%
22.6%
47.1%

The Harbinger
1500
2.7%
8.5%
14.9%
30.2%
43.7%

The Bastion
2111
4.6%
9.3%
13.1%
25.0%
48.0%

Prophecy of the Five
2171
5.0%
8.2%
9.6%
27.4%
49.8%

Tomb of Freedon Nadd
2491
5.0%
6.9%
9.0%
25.7%
53.4%

7. Outro

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

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