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Ba da da dhah! Star Forge Holiday Special 🎵🎄❄️☃️31 Dec 202300:02:43

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

🎵🎄❄️☃️🎵🎄❄️☃️

Scya was a streamer and she always had a blast
And she never had no trouble til she started up a podcast
Safe with her Academy or on her Twitch live stream
Til Scya decided to bring Mal upon the scene

Twas a chilly spring day when Mal came to fill in
For Scya's Thursday group because Bamm had up and quit
Mal had heard of Swtorista but not of Scya see
Why she went on the raid was a total mystery

Would you make a podcast with me?
The rest is Star Wars History
We say Oi to the news! And Oi to events!
Oi to our comedy about SWTOR content

After day 1 of recording Mal looked around and found
Editing was truly awful to produce a decent sound
Scya got some upgrades and Mal learned her mixing
And by Episode 2 all the listeners were cheering

Would you make a podcast with me?
The rest is Star Wars History
We say Oi to the news! And Oi to events!
Oi to our comedy about SWTOR content

Scya adds awesome info about all things in the game
While Mal just writes about how you Can't Make This Sith Up (so lame)
We dissappoint the people, and then we fly solo
And then you hear the news that you probably already know
Our theme song is so catchy and the music is all great
The end part even has a cool secret outtake!

Oi! Oi!

And the episodes are loaded with a lot of witty banter
Mixed and edited by Mal who's like an audio enchanter
Then it's published by Scya who knows all about these things
Which is good cause it's really her who's puling all the strings

Would you make a podcast with me?
The rest is Star Wars History
We say Oi to the news! And Oi to events!
Oi to our comedy about SWTOR content

Would you make a podcast with me?
The rest is Star Wars History
We say Oi to the news! And Oi to events!
Oi to our comedy about SWTOR content
Oi! Oi!

Parody of Oi to the World! a Christmas album by the southern California punk rock band the Vandals. It was released in 1996 by their label Kung Fu Records, who also re-released it in 2000 with altered artwork and a bonus track. It was the band's sixth full-length studio album and presented holiday-themed songs written and performed with the tongue-in-cheek humor for which the band is known. You may know of the version covered by No Doubt and Gwen Stefani.

Happy holidays!

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Episode 42: Happy One Year Anniversary!28 Oct 202200:26:45

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 42 (43 is out as well, we backtracked!): Happy One Year Anniversary!

Mal: Hello SWTOR players! I am The Mal.

Scya: And I’m Scya.

Mal: And we are so happy you are here with us for our One Year Anniversary Episode!

Mal: I would like to thank each and every one of you who listen to this podcast. We put a lot of hard work into it each week and thanks to everywhere here I am now known as THE Mal. 

Mal: So thank you everyone from the bottom of my cold angry nerd heart for making me feel so loved in the community. Huge shoutout to our loyal listeners and to all my friends who support the show especially Vaz, Sayuri, and Vorn. 

Mal: Now please enjoy this mix of both new and some of our very funniest outtakes from the past year. We love all you nerdy SWTOR humans

Scya: And as always–

Both: MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

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Episode 34: A History of Xpacs Part 5: Onslaught29 Jul 202200:37:00

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 34 -  A History of Xpacs Part 5: Onslaught

We are covering the history of expacs as a series!

⭐ Knights of the Eternal Throne

Mal: Welcome to part 5 of our History of Xpacs series and we have finally hit good old patch 6.0: Onslaught. I feel like this is what most people are going to remember best of all these xpacs because it was so recent and so recently overridden hahahahah! If you don’t want your spoiler-free brain overridden with our spoiler discussions for Onslaught the exits are marked overhead. 

Scya: This expansion’s story release was actually quite interesting. So they released Ossus, which was quite story-rich and was a pretty expansive planet, but more importantly, was not launched as an expansion - it was just a big content update, and it came in December 2018. Although players were of course hoping for a full expansion, I think people were pretty happy with how much was on Ossus.

Mal: But then we didn’t get the actual expansion until October 2019! Almost a full year later, with only a small story update on Dantooine in-between. 

Scya: Once Onslaught actually launched, Ossus was rolled into it, and you had to catch up with story content on Ossus if you hadn’t done that prior to this patch, you could not skip it on your ship. The story brought us two new planets, Onderon and Mek-sha, a new flashpoint, a *GASP* New Operation, Dxun.

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News

  • If you are listening to this Podcast on the date it was released Bounty Contract week is happening right now and runs until August 2nd. 
  •  7.1 is slated for August 2, 2022

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Episode 33 - A History of Xpacs Part 4: Knights of the Eternal Throne22 Jul 202200:35:47

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 33 - A History of Xpacs Part 4: Knights of the Eternal Throne

We are covering the history of expacs as a series!

⭐ Knights of the Eternal Throne

Mal: Here we are again friends, this is the 4th major xpac in SWTOR and it is called Knights of the Eternal Throne or as the people call it KOTET. Early access was November 29, 2016. If you have not played KOTET and you do not want to hear spoilers turn us off now, re-listen to an earlier episode, or go see shit you can’t make up in an EV HM. Always something new there. So Scya what is the elephant in the room here? 

Scya: So this xpac was once again free to subscribers as with the last expansion KoTFE, but the bantha in the room here? This was released at the very end of 2016 so at this point it had been almost 2 years since SWTOR released major story and game updates. This felt especially long to end game players because there were no new Operations released with KoTFE so now it has been almost 3 years with no new end game content, and this fact was actually a big turning point in how I engaged with the game. We’ll talk more about that later, let’s quickly list what we did get. 

Mal: When 5.0 launched we got new story: 9 fully fleshed out chapters when the patch dropped. Two new planets Iokath and Nathema although you don’t really go to Nathema so that’s kind of a weird thing for them to promote. The level cap went up to 70, all your 65 gear now garbage. Uprisings were introduced in this patch as well, we’ll talk more about those later because Scya and I feel differently about those. 

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News

• Update 7.1 -  targeted mid-summer
• Bounty Event - Level 15+ - Jul 26 - Aug 2, 2022
• Nightlife Event - Nar Shaddaa Casino - Confirmed to be coming this year

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Episode 32 - A History of Xpacs Part 3: Knights of the Fallen Empire15 Jul 202200:27:13

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 32 - A History of Xpacs Part 3: Knights of the Fallen Empire

We are covering the history of expacs as a series!

⭐ Knights of the Fallen Empire

Mal: We are back again with the 3rd xpac in SWTOR, Knights of the Fallen Empire or as we call it KOTFE. Early access was October 19, 2015 and general admission started October 27, 2015. If you have not played KOTFE and do not want to hear spoilers you should turn this off now.  

Scya: Talk about this and then, the price of the xpac was very different. Kotfe was not a direct buy, you gained access to KOTFE instead by subbing to the game for 1 month. No extra money required. 

Mal: This is a huge departure from the past 2 xpacs and it is probably due to the fact that I think a lot of free to play people were playing the game, a lot of people who had subbed to the game had unsubbed due to a lack of end-game and other content. They clearly wanted free-to-play people to start subbing and older players to come back and remaining subscribers to feel like they were getting something shiny and new for free. 

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News

• Update 7.1 -  targeted mid-summer
• Pirate Incursion Event - Dantooine, Level 20+* - Jul 12 - 19, 2022 
• Bounty Event - Level 15+ - Jul 26 - Aug 2, 2022
• Nightlife Event - Nar Shaddaa Casino - Confirmed to be coming this year

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Episode 31 - A History of Xpacs Part 2: Shadow of Revan08 Jul 202200:22:14

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 31 - A History of Xpacs Part 2: Shadow of Revan

We are covering the history of expacs as a series!

⭐ Shadow of Revan

Mal: Alright people lets talk about the 2nd big xpac in SWTOR history, wait who is this one about again?

Scya: REVAN! Lets talk about that guy Mal doesn’t know again.

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News

• Update 7.1 - PTS is up, 7.1 targeted mid-summer 
• Gree Event - Level 50+ - Jun 28 - Jul 5, 2022
• Nightlife event is coming

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Episode 30 - A History of Xpacs Part 1 Rise of the Hutt Cartel01 Jul 202200:27:10

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 30 - A History of Xpacs Part 1 Rise of the Hutt Cartel

We are covering the history of expacs as a series!

⭐ Rise of the Hutt Cartel

Mal: Lets go back to April 2013. SWTOR launched about 1 and a half years ago and now we have the first big Thing and it cost $19.99 ON TOP OF a monthly subscription fee. What do you think about that Scya? This xpac cost CASH MONEY, 2.0 CASH MONEY!

Scya: At the top I just forked out my money happily and continued eating Noodle in a Cup because that’s all I could afford as a student! At the time it felt really normal to pay for subscriptions and expansions - the idea of true free to play games being king was only starting to really float around.

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News

• Update 7.1 - PTS is up, 7.1 targeted mid-summer 
• Gree Event - Level 50+ - Jun 28 - Jul 5, 2022
• Nightlife event is coming

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Episode 29 - Great Expectations (7.1)17 Jun 202200:37:41

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 29 - Great Expectations (7.1)

  • ⭐ Group Topic: What do you do when you are bored?
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: (None Today)
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: What do you do when you are bored solo

⭐ Disappointing Other People

New operation, R-4 Anomaly

  • Should any group of 8 people with organization be able to beat story modes with some organization, or should there be harder ones?
  • How much gear SHOULD you need for story mode?  
  • Do you think our more skilled team will enjoy a challenging story mode?
  • What do you think about the new gear being gated behind the new operation, otherwise inaccessible?

⭐ Flying Solo

New Manaan Daily Area

  • Mal, since you daily a lot, what are you looking for or hoping for from a new daily area?
  • Should daily areas be hard?
  • If a daily area doesn’t have a specific reward you want, will you still work on the reputation? And will you grind it?
  • Is there any type of mechanic or quest type you’d like to see in a daily area, that you haven’t seen before, or would really like to see again?

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News

  • • Update 7.1 - PTS end of May, 7.1 targetted mid-summer 
    • Swoop Event - Level 20+ - May 31 - Jun 7, 2022
    • Gree Event - Level 50+ - Jun 28 - Jul 5, 2022
    • Rakghoul Event - Level 50+ - Jun 14 - 21, 2022

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Episode 28 - Star Wars Celebration 202203 Jun 202200:55:04

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 28 - Star Wars Celebration 2022

Mal: So today we are going to drive the spaceship into the real world here as Scya recently took a trip to Star Wars Celebration 2022! So I’m 99% sure people already know what this is all about but just for kicks Scya tell the people what IS “Celebration”?

Scya: ANSWER

Mal: That being said, the first stop on our tour is going to be your cape! Now I was lucky enough that you actually shared this project with me about a month before it was actually made so thank you for that. Scya tell me about this cape! 

Scya: IS AWESOME CAPE I HAVE!

Mal: Tell me next about a few things you got to do because you are you. Here you are Scya but mostly you are known as the one, the only Swtorista and you got to do a ton of very special things including an Old Republic panel! Give me the details

Scya: Answers

Mal: And did you get to visit any other panels that really interested you that you were not the star of? 

Scya: (Dave Filoni & tales of the Jedi panel, Behind the Scenes ILM & Mando panel)

Mal: I also heard you left there with a special and very exclusive present from a certain bag company that I personally freaking love (I actually just got my backpack zipper fixed on the one I own and love). Tell me about your trip to Loungefly!

Scya: (Has a free Revan bag you lucky lady!)

Mal: Speaking of the perfect bag for cosplay, lets talk about cosplay! I hear there was a Cosplayers of the Old Republic booth and a photo shoot! 

Scya: Tells all about that

Mal: I find this fascinating because I did cosplay way back in 2015 and it was wild because about 300 people had signed up to do it at a cantina event but only 8 people actually showed up and now it’s crazy how popular this has become. Besides the Old Republic cosplay what other good outfits did you see? 

Scya: (Talks about the billions of star wars costumes you saw)

Mal: Lets loop back to SWTOR here for a moment– I feel like they were very well represented at Celebration, did you get a chance to sit in on any SWTOR dev talks? Did you meet anyone working on or who had previously worked on SWTOR? 

Scya: (Dev talks, Darrin DePaul yes? What else go on girl)

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News

  • • Update 7.1 - PTS end of May, 7.1 targetted mid-summer 
    • Swoop Event - Level 20+ - May 31 - Jun 7, 2022
    • Gree Event - Level 50+ - Jun 28 - Jul 5, 2022
    • Rakghoul Event - Level 50+ - Jun 14 - 21, 2022

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Episode 27 - Imp v Pub20 May 202200:35:46

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 27
 - Imp v Pub

“Back in my day” you played Pub side or Imp side and there was no co-mingling at all. They didn’t even share GTN via fleet, the GTNs all had factions!!!! You couldn’t even send mail to yourself on another side, we used to have to go to a “neutral” GTN on Nar Shadda and then list an item for a ridiculously high price and then swap characters and buy it on the opposite faction. Hilarious! No legacy bay either, no sharing of gear etc. You really did pick a side and that is where you played because the game made it so hard to do otherwise.

  • THE BEGINNING SEPARATION
  • THE ATTITUDES OF PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE
  • “MIRROR CLASSES” AND GEAR
  • THE SOUND/VIBE OF EACH SIDE
  • THE ABILITY ANIMATIONS AND ICONS

You Can't Make This Sith Up

This week in You Can’t Make This Sith Up: saying you are ready when you’re not. In a recent trip to Rishi a healer, who was content to remain nameless and hoover up tech fragments in a quick story mode Ravagers, found herself with an angry pug. The op was going by lightning fast, the group was in a jet engine being powered by a 2 big dps, 1 amazing tank, 1 power-lifting healer, 1 nameless lazy healer, and 3 pugs.. When it came time for Master and Blaster someone threw out a ready check and 2 of the pugs said they were not ready. “Ready” one of them typed into chat. Another ready check was thrown. This time just 1 said not ready, which was quickly followed up with a “sorry ready” in the chat. One more check was thrown JUST to be sure. “The Group is Ready!” announced the game –3-2-1 go! As soon as the pull began, one pug died immediately. The slacking healer sighed, clicked their name and looked for the body. Not in the corners. Not in the middle of the map. Not by the fence. Oh well, she thought, it is just story mode. After another death she realized she was going to have to stop being lazy and actually help, but this body was located quickly and returned to life once again, nothing to see here. When the fight was over, the first dps who died began typing in chat “Can someone PLEASE rez me, I’m outside the door”. Why would they be outside the door? The now tired healer wondered. She gave them a rez and instead of ‘thank you’ they said “I died because you pulled without me”. Perhaps this dps did not understand the function of a ready check and were confused by the pop-up question. Perhaps this was their first time doing this fight and they thought it would start 200 meters away from the boss. One can only wonder at this phenomenon and offer the following advice: when presented with a ready check and you are not, in fact, ready don’t fucking click yes. 

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News

  • Bounty Contract Week: May 17th - May 24th, 2022
  • The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally: May 31st - June 7th
  • Star Wars Celebration May 26 - 29

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Episode 26 - Revenge of the Sixth06 May 202200:30:04

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 26 - Revenge of the Sixth

Mal and Scya discuss their favorite Sith in the Old Republic!

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Episode 25 - 7.0.2 Updates29 Apr 202200:37:45

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 25 - 7.0.2 Updates

Disappointing Other People

7.0.2 changes

You Can't Make This Sith Up

This week in You Can’t Make This Sith Up: the pug raid leader. In a recent trip to the Eternity Vault a very good but very sick dps (who shall remain nameless lest she spread her disease to the rest of the galaxy) pulled up to the first boss with a group of 16 people– one of whom was a pug. It started on the 1st boss, a heal marker placed under the feet of the annihilation droid. Okay, sure, the dps thought. A good place to gather for AOE heals. While waiting for a speeder to the 2nd boss another marker appeared by the speeder. Yes, obviously, thats the speeder to ride. On the way to the 3rd boss more markers appeared. One at the foot of a cliff used to bypass trash. Another farther down the road to lead the way. Uh huh. Then more markers appeared on the terminals for the pylon boss and at this point people were annoyed. “Who is putting down all these markers?” someone asked. “Oh…it’s the pug!” someone else answered.  On the way to the last boss someone wondered if the pug would again place markers on the ground to lead the way and, sure enough, they did! THANK YOU SO MUCH the coughing dps typed into Ops chat. She then proceeded to place upwards of 20 markers on the platform in various and sundry spots. At this point everyone else in the group joined in and soon there were markers everywhere, much to everyones delight. On the last floor the tired, sniffling dps made one last ditch effort– she placed markers around the entire lower ring and told the group “These are where the mind traps might spawn so please be aware”. After Soa was defeated, the sick dps pulled up the parser to find she was doing overall 2 times the damage of the pug. Perhaps this pug thought that this was our first time in Eternity Vault. It is, after all, only 10 years old. Perhaps they thought the group needed guidance and direction for this extremely challenging operation. This reporter can offer only the following advice for pugs doing bad dps in a very large group: shut the fuck up and get carried.

Flying Solo

Little changes in 7.0.2

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Episode 43: SWTOR Wishlist21 Oct 202200:50:16

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 43 (we skipped 42!): SWTOR Wishlist

⭐ Group Topic: Group Wishlist
⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Save the Vorantiki
⭐ Solo Topic: Solo Wishlist
⭐ Flashpoint: Cademimu

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News

  • If you are listening to this episode on the day it was released patch 7.1.1 has been implemented with lots of changes, updates and improvements to the game. Galactic Seasons Season 3 was also included in this patch and features a new companion, mounts, cosmetic items and a reputation track. The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally is in full swing and will end on October 25th. Be on the lookout for the Feast of Prosperity event which will start on November 1 2022 and end on November 29th. That's it for the news.

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Lullabye of the Vorantikus music - copyright free music: Forest Lullabye by Asher Fulero https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKn6_1iFFC5fxSmFgVC9Fsw

Episode 24 - Lair Bosses & Dailies22 Apr 202200:31:27

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 24 - Lair Bosses & Dailies

Lets talk about events, the rotating set of events that SWTOR has to offer people. Scya, what are those events that the people can partake in? Besides your annual birthday death party.

Banter

 The beautiful sign Mal saw in her front yard: https://starforgepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/horrible-disease.jpg

Dailies

  • CZ-198, 
  • Oricon, 
  • The Black Hole, 
  • Section X, 
  • Iokath, 
  • Ossus 
  • Ziost, 
  • Yavin 4, 
  • Onderon, 
  • Makeb and 
  • Rishi. 

Lair bosses

Colossal Monolith, Hive of the Mountain Queen and Golden Fury

News

  • Gree till April 25
  • 7.0.2 and weapons in outfit designer soon?


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Episode 23 - Epic Events15 Apr 202200:47:16

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⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 23 - Epic Enemies

Lets talk about events, the rotating set of events that SWTOR has to offer people. Scya, what are those events that the people can partake in? Besides your annual birthday death party. 

Events: (8 total)

  • Relics of the Gree
  • Bounty Contract Week
  • Rakghoul Resurgence
  • Pirate Incursion (dantooine Event)
  • The Ultimate Swoop Rally
  • Feast of Prosperity
  • Nar Shadda Nightlife 
  • and Life Day.

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Episode 22 - Galactic Seasons II08 Apr 202200:35:33

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Episode 22 - Galactic Seasons II

  • ⭐ Group Topic & solo Topic: Galactic Seasons

Disappointing Other People & Flying Solo

Galactic Seasons 2:

  • How it was last season
  • How it was this season
  • The new companion

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Episode 21.5 - Galactic Fools01 Apr 202200:16:52

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A beautiful collection of chaos to celebrate the first day of April.

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Episode 21 - Smash, Pass or Airlock (Part 2)25 Mar 202200:37:30

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Episode 21 - Smash, Pass or Airlock (Part 2, Imperial)

  • Today I saw one of the funniest social media posts I have ever seen - it’s pretty normal for players to post about their companion romance interests on Twitter for SWTOR - especially when it comes to some of the more popular female characters in the game. This post however, was on the personal account of the SWTOR Community Manager… who posted… Mal, could you read this one for me?
  • Mal: (Dramatic Reading) “Oh. Oh no. My Twitter algorithm is now showing me tweets of people playing SWTOR Smash or Pass. OH NOOOOO.”
  • Scya: So, that’s why we’re going to be playing: Smash, Pass, or Airlock today.

This episode: 

Bounty Hunter

Blizz
Gault Rennow
Mako
Skadge
Torian Cadera

Imperial Agent

Doctor Lokin
Ensign Raina Temple
Kaliyo Djannis
SCORPIO
Vector Hyllus

Sith Inquisitor

Andronikos Revel
Ashara Zavros
Khem Val
Talos Drellik
Xalek

Sith Warrior

Broonmark
Jaesa Willsaam
Lieutenant Pierce
Malavai Quinn
Vette

Events

  • The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally: March 22nd - 29th, 2022
  • 7.0.1 patch out
  • March 29th for Galactic Seasons fix

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Episode 20 - Smash, Pass or Airlock18 Mar 202200:34:26

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Episode 20 - Smash, Pass or Airlock

  • Today I saw one of the funniest social media posts I have ever seen - it’s pretty normal for players to post about their companion romance interests on Twitter for SWTOR - especially when it comes to some of the more popular female characters in the game. This post however, was on the personal account of the SWTOR Community Manager… who posted… Mal, could you read this one for me?
  • Mal: (Dramatic Reading) “Oh. Oh no. My Twitter algorithm is now showing me tweets of people playing SWTOR Smash or Pass. OH NOOOOO.”
  • Scya: So, that’s why we’re going to be playing: Smash, Pass, or Airlock today.

This episode: 

Jedi Consular
Lt. Felix Iresso
Nadia Grell
Qyzen Fess
Tharan Cedrax
Zenith

Jedi Knight
Doc
Fideltin Rusk
Kira Carsen
Scourge
T7-O1

Smuggler
Akaavi Spar
Bowdaar
Corso Riggs
Guss Tuno
Risha

Trooper
Aric Jorgan
Elara Dorne
M1-4X
Tanno Vik
Yuun

Events

  • The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally: March 22nd - 29th, 2022
  • March 22 date for 7.0.1 bug fixes and all flashpoints in groupfinder, and all daily planets / heroic weeklies to activity finder
  • My gearing video is finally out.

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Episode 19 - Creative Combat11 Mar 202200:55:25

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Episode 19 - Creative Combat

  • ⭐ Group Topic: 7.0 FP/Op Differences
  • ⭐ Sith Up: Spicy Flashpoints
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Combat Style Combinations

Disappointing Other People

Quick chat about Operations and Flashpoints and what we have seen. What expectations have changed, whats the flavor dps/tank/heal of the patch?

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in You Can't Make This Sith Up -- flashpoint fighting. Is it healthy and does it add anything to gameplay? In a recent trip to Rakata Prime a dps, who will remain nameless to protect the tattered remains of her sanity, encountered a bit of pvp in her flashpoint. It began as a standard flashpoint, trash was skipped when it could be, bosses were dying. However, by the last boss things took a turn. The tank decided which boss should be focused first and marked it with a gun. Sure, the dps said, no problem. Two minutes into the fight the tank then types “focusing the wrong one, switch. Swap pls”. Here we go, the dps said to herself – (sound of bag opening) she was playing the part of the quiet reliable in this episode and therefore had packed snacks. The other dps then responds “it literally does not matter stop typing. Stop typing and tank”. (crunch crunch) The tank responds “you cant dipshit”,(crunch)  cut to the other dps “you need to”,(crunch)  back to the tank “you can’t dipshit its un-tauntable”  (Sounds of snacking) “WOW these season-opener episodes of Master Mode Flashpoint Queue have gotten SPICY!” What did these two hope to gain by arguing during this flashpoint? Did they hope to somehow outdo each other in a race of stupidity? Perhaps they thought their banter would be welcomed, it was, after all, very snack worthy. All this dps knows is that a quick parse check revealed she had done 4k more dps than the belligerent tank and loud dps had done put together. You’re welcome for the carry you fucking assholes.  

Flying Solo

Discussion about mixing and matching your combat styles.

Events

  • March Events: 
  • Bounty Contract Week Date: March 8th - 15th, 2022
  • The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally Date: March 22nd - 29th, 2022
  • 7.0.1 patch aimed for March 22, 2022
  • Anniversary Event New Rewards (February 15, 2022 till early 2023)

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Episode 18 - Launch of Legacy of the Sith04 Mar 202200:44:35

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(Legacy of the Sith launched Feb 15, we recorded this February 21, and are posting it March 4th. On March 2 a new round of test server testing started with a lot of bug fixes showing up, nice. - Swtorista)

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Episode 18 - Launch of Legacy of the Sith

  • ⭐ Special Report: 7.0

Disappointing Other People

Mal & Scya discuss the tumultuous launch of Legacy of the Sith, the newest expansion in Star Wars: The Old Republic, aka 7.0. 

  • Story
  • Flashpoint
  • Combat Styles + Second Combat Style
  • Ability Changes
  • User Interface Updates + New Character Creator
  • Loadouts
  • New Gearing System
  • Galactic Seasons Season 2

Events

  • March Events: 
  • Bounty Contract Week Date: March 8th - 15th, 2022
  • The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally Date: March 22nd - 29th, 2022
  • Anniversary Event New Rewards (February 15 till 2023)

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Episode 17 - Operations Boss Championship Finale (Part 2)18 Feb 202200:46:57

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Episode 17 - Operations Boss Championship (Part 2)

  • ⭐ Group Topic: Trash Talking Operations Finale
  • ⭐ Solo Topic: None today!

Disappointing Other People

LETS GET READY TO RUMBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULL!

This is the Operations Boss Fight Championship, where Scya and I will pit fight against fight for all of the Operations in SWTOR currently. 

So to start, how many Operations are there in the game? Well, some of us were surprised to find there are Eleven currently Operations in the game! 

  • Eternity Vault (previous episode! #16)
  • Karagga’s Palace  (previous episode! #16)
  • Explosive Conflict  (previous episode! #16)
  • Terror From Beyond  (previous episode! #16)
  • Scum and Villainy  (previous episode! #16)
  • Dread Fortress  (previous episode! #16)
  • Dread Palace  (previous episode! #16)
  • The Ravagers ✔️
  • Temple of Sacrifice ✔️
  • Gods In the Machine ✔️
  • Nature of Progress ✔️

And a Partridge in a Pear tree! A 12th Operation is allegedly coming sometime in 2022, don’t hold your breath though or you might die waiting. 

So for this episode we are going to pit fight against fight to see what we think are the best fights across all Operations and which ones should go right in the garbage! 

Events

  • February Events: 
  • Dantooine Pirate Event (February 22 – March 1)
  • Expansion Has Launched! (not discussed in this episode February 15)
  • Anniversary Event New Rewards (February 15)

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Episode 16 - Operations Boss Championship (Part 1)11 Feb 202200:56:06

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Episode 16 - Operations Boss Championship (Part 1)

  • ⭐ Group Topic: Trash Talking Operations
  • ⭐ Solo Topic: None today!

Disappointing Other People

LETS GET READY TO RUMBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULL!

This is the Operations Boss Fight Championship, where Scya and I will pit fight against fight for all of the Operations in SWTOR currently. 

So to start, how many Operations are there in the game? Well, some of us were surprised to find there are Eleven currently Operations in the game! 

  • Eternity Vault ✔️
  • Karagga’s Palace ✔️
  • Explosive Conflict ✔️
  • Terror From Beyond ✔️
  • Scum and Villainy ✔️
  • Dread Fortress ✔️
  • Dread Palace ✔️
  • The Ravagers (next episode! #17)
  • Temple of Sacrifice (next episode! #17)
  • Gods In the Machine (next episode! #17)
  • Nature of Progress (next episode! #17)

And a Partridge in a Pear tree! A 12th Operation is allegedly coming sometime in 2022, don’t hold your breath though or you might die waiting. 

So for this episode we are going to pit fight against fight to see what we think are the best fights across all Operations and which ones should go right in the garbage! 

Events

  • February Events: 
  • Gree Event (February 8 – 15)
  • Dantooine Pirate Event (February 22 – March 1)
  • Expansion (February 15)
  • Anniversary Event New Rewards (February 15)

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Episode 41: Let's Look: The Visuals of SWTOR23 Sep 202200:44:42

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Episode 41: Let's Look: The Visuals of SWTOR

⭐ Group & Solo Topic: How do things look

Scya: So today we are going to talk about the visuals of SWTOR in a group setting and Mal and I both agreed that since we talk about Operations A LOT we will try to just briefly touch on Operations and then move on to some other great views in group content. 

Mal: So some flashpoints I like. As awful as it is to pug, I like how A Traitor Among the Chiss looks. It kind of has it all! That town nobody wants to walk through full of trash, then into a more industrial area for the 2nd boss and then the end is you going through these snowy mountains with broken stairs and wampas come up the sides of the cliff that guy in a cove of trees who does blizzard tornados. Kind of cool! 

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News

  • Pirate Incursion: September 20th - September 27th, 2022
  • September 26th new forums
  • Update 7.1.1 with new classes updates and Galactic Seasons Season 3

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Episode 15 - StarParse04 Feb 202200:33:44

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Episode 15 - StarParse

  • ⭐ Group &Solo Topic: StarParse

StarParse

The notes for this one are too long! See the website!
https://starforgepodcast.com/episode-15-starparse/

Events

  • February Events: 
  • Gree Event (February 8 – 15)
  • Dantooine Pirate Event (February 22 – March 1)
  • Expansion (February 15)
  • Anniversary Event New Rewards (February 15)

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Episode 14 - Player vs Player vs Crafting28 Jan 202200:39:22

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Episode 14 - Player vs Player vs Crafting

  • ⭐ Group Topic: PvP
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Push-to-talk
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Crafting

Disappointing Other People

  • What types of PvP are in the game? Open World, Unranked, Ranked/Group ranked
  • What types of PvP do you like?
  • How do you go about getting into PvP?
  • Do you need to redo your utilities and/or gear for PvP vs PVE?
  • What kind of maps/stages are there for PvP and what are your favorites?
  • What class do you like to take in PvP and why? 

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in You Can't Make This Sith Up -- people who don't use push to talk in voice comms. 

On a recent trip to what should have been an easy veteran mode Operation, a tank– who will remain nameless to prevent others from knowing she knows how to tank and therefore always be asked to fill tank, found herself in a - stuffy - situation. The group had need of 2 pugs to fill out the roster, and the guild graciously invited these guests into their voice comms. The raid began and after the first boss was defeated it began. *SNIFF*.  *SNIFF SNIFF*.  What the hell was that? The tank thought to herself. Nevermind, probably just an errant noise. The second boss began. *SNIFF* *SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF*. Now not only was this noise odd, it was quickly becoming annoying to hear every 10 seconds. Lo and behold the sniffling was coming from one of the pugs. By the 3rd boss other group members were sending her whispers like "What is that noise?" and "Make it stop.". After offhand suggestions and subtle comments failed to produce results in this regard, by the 4th boss and 500th sniffle the tank, fed up at this point, said "Who does not have a push to talk on and keeps sniffling? Get a tissue for gods sake and turn on push to talk!" "Sorry," the pug replied. "I have a bad cold and I never use push to talk, it annoys me." Perhaps this pug was unaware that his sniffles were echoing across mountaintops and through the seas. Perhaps they knew and did not care, after all, push to talk 'annoyed' them. There's only one thing this this reporter knows for sure and that is if sniffles were dps, that pug would have had top fucking parse. 

FLYING SOLO

  • since you can only choose one per character, which should you choose?
  • All jokes aside I actually really hate it that crafting is only good for giving you reusable stims and making augments, augment kits, war supplies
  • Inflation lol

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

  • Feast of Prosperity January 11 – February 1, 2022 (three weeks)
  • Rakghoul Resurgence on Tatooine January 25-February 1st
  • Expansion launching February 15, 2022 

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HOT TAKES - Book of Fett (Part 2, Ep 2&4)21 Jan 202200:24:23

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🛑🛑🛑 WARNING! BOOK OF FETT SPOILERS!

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SCYA AND MAL'S HOT TAKES

Scya and Mal cover Star Wars media in a way that just didn't fit in the regular podcast episodes. Listen at your own risk.

🔥 Book of Fett - Episode 2 & 3

In this episode of Mal & Scya's Hot Takes the ladies will discuss the first episode of the Book of Fett on Disney+. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you will definitely come back for more.

Disney+ Link to Watch
https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-book-of-boba-fett/57TL7zLNu2wf

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HOT TAKES - Book of Fett (Part 1, Ep 1)14 Jan 202200:19:29

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🛑🛑🛑 WARNING! BOOK OF FETT SPOILERS!

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Scya and Mal cover Star Wars media in a way that just didn't fit in the regular podcast episodes. Listen at your own risk.

🔥 Book of Fett - Episode 1

In this episode of Mal & Scya's Hot Takes the ladies will discuss the first episode of the Book of Fett on Disney+. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you will definitely come back for more.

Disney+ Link to Watch
https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-book-of-boba-fett/57TL7zLNu2wf

I'M BOBA THE FETT
MY BACKPACK'S GOT JETS
by MC Chris
popularized by a video by Balgosa from Star Wars Galaxies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9XTeeA43o

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Episode 13 - We’re Back Baby!07 Jan 202200:44:02

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Episode 13 - We’re Back Baby!

  • ⭐ Group Topic: Raid Personalities
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Backstage
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Character Personalities vs IRL

Disappointing Other People

  • We have talked in the past about events, world bosses, Operations, Flash Points, group etiquette etc. What we didn’t talk about is how our personalities have an impact on what aspects of the game we choose to play and what we do
  • Mal: Scya, tell me about who you are in the game. I know you stream, I know you have team Chaos in the mornings and I know you stream nim raiding Thursday night. Are you a “raid leader”? 
  • Mal: SO, what do you need to BE a raid leader? Do you need to know everything about what you are doing? You could lead ranked pvp, you could lead an Operation, a FP team etc. Is it your job as raid leader to know everything? 
  • Mal: I think there are a couple of rolls in groups and it depends on the situation, how big your group/guild is and stuff like that. I feel like I’m at least 50% raid leader and 100% cruise director. How many times have I magically managed to pull 3-4 fills for a raid out of my bag of tricks? A lot. And I do it for almost all the groups I am in and I do it just about every week.  
  • Every group has people of different personalities, and I know that a lot of people shit on extroverted people.

FLYING SOLO

  • Let’s talk about how your personality impacts how you play the solo class stories for now. I have heard a lot of people say, about SWTOR and other games, that they just cannot be mean at all for any reason no matter how hard they try. They just cannot deviate from their own personality to even make different choices in a game because they feel bad. Or on the flip side people find they just can’t be nice to a certain character at all no matter what is going on in their playthrough. 
  • So tell me Scya, when you go through the story did you decide before you started how you were going to play it?
  • Do you have a character that is a mirror of your  personality? 
  • Do you base other characters off of people you know? 
  • Are you able to make decisions like spacing those engineers in Esseles in a for-real playthrough or are you a big softie?

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

  • Feast of Prosperity January 11 – February 1, 2022 (three weeks)
  • Expansion launching February 15, 2022

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Episode 12 - I'm Tired of This Game and Everyone In It17 Dec 202100:38:36

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Episode 11

  • ⭐ Group Topic: What do you do when you are bored?
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Desolation
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: What do you do when you are bored solo?

Disappointing Other People

TOPIC: The Xpac is not coming-- what do you do when you are bored?

  • Scya: 
    • I get asked why I don’t get bored of the game after ten years
      • I tend to stick with things for a while
      • I NEVER grind - Renown burnout
      • I NEVER stick with one part of the game long, there’s lot to play
      • ITS OK TO GO PLAY OTHER GAMES!!!!!!
    • Playing social is a huge game changer
      • Join a guild
      • Join random flashpoints or operations, the unpredictability
      • PvP
      • Roleplay
      • Discord / Streaming community
      • Creating content
  • Mal: I have a helping problem, it's terrible. I love to help. I love to help people get cheevos they need

FLYING SOLO

TOPIC: The Xpac is not coming-- what do you do when you are bored... and alone?

Scya:

  • I find goals and follow them
    • Steam Achievements
    • Completing all the stories
    • Story research
    • Achievements
      • Space missions
      • Eternal Championship
      • Limited-time events like Bounty Hunter and Rakghoul cheevos
      • Creating content for myself - short stories, character sheets, lore entries, video montages, art, etc
  • Mal: achievements!

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

  • Dantooine Pirate Event Dec 14 – 20, 2021
  • Life Day: December 14, 2021 to January 11, 2022
  • Anniversary Vendor December 14, 2021 – January, 2023
  • Double XP: December 20, 2021 – January 4, 2022 (two weeks)
  • Bounty Contract Week: December 28th, 2021 - January 4th, 2022
  • Feast of Prosperity January 11 – February 1, 2022 (three weeks)
  • Expansion launching February 15, 2022
  • Sales From December 20, 2021 to January 3, 2022: Seasonal items will be available 75% off all Collection Unlocks 
  • Sales From December 20, 2021 to December: 27, 2021 50% off all Armor Sets, 50% off Character Slots
  • Sales From December 27, 2021 to January 3, 2022L 50% off all Mounts and Stronghold Decorations

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2021 Outtakes Life Day Miracle Episode10 Dec 202100:13:37

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And Now For Something Completely

The outtakes episode for the year. Enjoy!

FLYING SOLO

Creating  Characters

  • When do you create new characters mal, scya?
  • Do you go heavy on how they look and their name? 
  • Do you create a story or imagine what they are like beforehand? 
  • Do you like the species / colors / options available? 

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

  • Rakghoul Resurgence on Corellia Date: November 16 - November 23, 2021
  • Relics of the Gree Date: November 30 - December 7, 2021

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Episode 11 - To Click or Not to Click, That Is the Question03 Dec 202100:48:18

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Episode 11

  • ⭐ Group & Solo Topic: Playing Effectively vs What You Want
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Too Busy to Cleanse

Banter

To click or not to click, that is the question

Whether 'tis easier for the hand to suffer

The many clickings of the left mouse button

Or to bind thy skills to hot keys on the keyboard

For by clicking slowly your parse will dwindle

No more, a gaming mouse will end

The hand-ache and the sorrow you will feel

To bind, to click, ah there's the rub

For binding brings 40-55 APM and good numbers will come

Disappointing Other People

User Interrace and Keybindings vs Clicking!
See the website for all the info:

https://starforgepodcast.com/episode-11-to-click-or-not-to-click-that-is-the-question/

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

People who are "too busy" to do more than one thing. An epidemic has been sweeping the galaxy-- no, not the Rakghoul plague, we’ve pretty much cured that. I mean people who do group content with other people and do not or will not help. A long time ago in a galaxy far away a young healer took to a trip to the Valley of the Machine Gods-- as a dps. The group she was with was tackling Tyth, the robot of rage. In certain phases of this boss several ads appear, some of which need to be interrupted. At some point a dps, who will remain nameless due to licencing restrictions, expressed the need for an extra interrupt to be thrown out on an ad by one of the healers. To this request both healers responded that they could not, in fact, use their interrupt at all in this fight because they were “too busy”. As a heal main herself, this made the dps particularly cranky and after a quick check of the healers numbers in the parser, she felt even grumpier. After several more failed attempts, the group ended for the evening. Perhaps these healers did not know what an interrupt was. Perhaps they were also baking desserts while raiding and that was why they were “too busy” to help. Or, in this reporter’s opinion, they need to fucking get good. 

FLYING SOLO

Creating  Characters

  • When do you create new characters mal, scya?
  • Do you go heavy on how they look and their name? 
  • Do you create a story or imagine what they are like beforehand? 
  • Do you like the species / colors / options available? 

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

  • Relics of the Gree Date: November 30 - December 7, 2021
  • Expansion! December 14, 2021

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HOT TAKES - Star Wars Visions (Part 2)26 Nov 202100:21:49

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SCYA AND MAL'S HOT TAKES

Scya and Mal cover Star Wars media in a way that just didn't fit in the regular podcast episodes. Listen at your own risk.

🔥 Star Wars Visions (Part 2)

In this episode of Mal & Scya's Hot Takes the ladies will discuss the second half of Star Wars Visions. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you will definitely come back for more. 

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Episode 10 - We Made It!19 Nov 202100:48:37

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Episode 10 - We made it!

  • ⭐ Tenth episode! How to edit a podcast
  • ⭐ Group Topic: Playing Effectively vs What You Want
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: No Ability to Summon
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Creating Characters

Banter

Ootinicast Podcast reaches its tenth year!
Listen: https://ootinicast.com/
Growth of their SWTOR podcast: https://vimeo.com/136417451

Tenth Episode of Star Forge Podcast!
Mal talks about editing.
PICTURES: https://starforgepodcast.com/episode-10-we-made-it/

Disappointing Other People

Group Content - Playing what you like vs Playing Effectively - Mal and Scya, when you run flashpoints and operations, do you play your most effective class or whatever you want?

Should you have to play effectively in group content? 

Should you always be striving to be playing at your very best in every type of content or is it ok to coast?

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in You Can't Make This Sith Up - world boss groups. In a recent trip to Nar Shadda, for some ungodly reason, a dps whose name has been withheld for another ungodly reason, joined a world boss group at 1:25 in the morning. The target world boss was Battledroid R4-GL found on Nar Shadda. Upon joining, the leader announced that they had no ability to summon to the boss nor did they know the way to the World Boss’s location. The time was now 1:35 AM and the tired dps began making her way to the world boss location. Upon arrival around 1:40 AM there were 18 people in the group. Hooray, summons incoming. “No no” she was told. “The group is not full yet”. What? How full did this group need to be for this boss that could be demolished in under 2 minutes. Finally at 1:45AM the leader announced “Everyone gather in the same instance or you will not get the summons”. What? After ready checking and waiting for 24 people to indicate that they were, in fact, ready the boss finally died at 1:55 AM. Perhaps this tired dps just needed to have some patience with people. Perhaps she should learn to be less cranky, after all, the boss did die. Or, in this reporters opinion, she should have Alt F4’d and gone the fuck to bed.  

FLYING SOLO

Creating  Characters

  • When do you create new characters mal, scya?
  • Do you go heavy on how they look and their name? 
  • Do you create a story or imagine what they are like beforehand? 
  • Do you like the species / colors / options available? 

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

  • Rakghoul Resurgence on Corellia Date: November 16 - November 23, 2021
  • Relics of the Gree Date: November 30 - December 7, 2021

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Episode 40: Let's Listen: The Sound Effects of SWTOR15 Sep 202200:45:43

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Episode 40: Let's Listen: The Sound Effects of SWTOR

⭐ Group & Solo Topic: Sounds!

 In terms of SFX, this is the top thing I love about Operations and Flashpoints. There are so many good sound cues in the group content it isn’t even funny. I have been listening to this so long when it’s gone I notice immediately. If I have accidentally pressed ctrl+s boy do I know it and have to fix that shit fast. 

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News

  • Pirate Incursion: September 20th - September 27th, 2022

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Episode 9 - RELAX12 Nov 202100:39:44

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Episode 9 - RELAX

⭐ SPECIAL REPORT Topic: Expansion / 7.0 Gearing News round 2 / gear discussion


Renown / Social / Dark vs Light

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9976838#edit9976838

7.0 Conquest Changes

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9977770#edit9977770

Itemization in 7.0 Big post came out after the podcast

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9979133#edit9979133 (Part 1)

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9979401#edit9979401 (Part 2)

Expansion Launch Guessing Game:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NgixP-id6yJBgmr4hBVoU1VBZ7ii9ouulj962ucKwzM/edit?usp=sharing

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Episode 8 - omg NEWS05 Nov 202100:40:39

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Episode 6 - omg NEWS

  • ⭐ SPECIAL REPORT Topic: Expansion / 7.0 Gearing News

Special Report

Tons of 7.0 news!

TOPIC: NEW HAIR

https://swtorista.com/articles/new-hairstyles-seen-on-the-swtor-test-server/

TOPIC: New UI

https://swtorista.com/articles/new-ui-seen-on-the-swtor-test-server/

TOPIC: Manaan Sneaky Peaky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTNAS4RRL1s

TOPIC: Daily and Weekly Mission Reset

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9975594#edit9975594

TOPIC: Shared Tagging

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9975594#edit9975594

TOPIC: Vanish / Stealth Res / Revive

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9975594#edit9975594

TOPIC: LEGENDARY GEAR

https://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20211027

TOPIC: Weapons in the Outfit Designer

https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=9975594#edit9975594

TOPIC: NEW GEAR

https://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20211102

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Episode 7 - Whatever Happened to Baby Trapjaw?29 Oct 202100:46:30

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Episode 7 - Whatever Happened to Baby Trapjaw?

  • ⭐ Group Topic: World Bosses
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Everyone Lived
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: 999 Renown

Banter

Pacifism character!
Blog: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/search/label/pacifist%20levelling 

Disappointing Other People

World Bosses

  • Are they fun? 
  • Which ones are favorite? 
  • Are they worth doing?
  • How do you get into a group? 
  • Monolith stories
  • Nightmare pilgrim stories
  • Pirate stories
  • Feast of Prosperity

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in You Can’t Make This Sith Up - Toborro’s Courtyard. For all of you who spend more than 30 seconds on the fleet in a day, you might have noticed that 75% of all group content seems to revolve around Toborro’s Courtyard. You see, this fight has become very popular due to the large amount of rewards one can receive for being bored to death for 5-6 minutes. In a recent trip to Toborro’s Courtyard a healer, whose name has been redacted to protect the integrity of her guild, was told that she could not, in fact, solo heal Toborro’s Courtyard in story mode because it was “too hard”. When the healer woke up after blacking out from anger, she found that after 10 minutes of waiting the group leader still had not found another healer. Another 5 minutes passed and just as she was about to unplug her internet, lo and behold a healer appeared in the group. Then began the dance of queuing, un-queuing, re-queuing, and repeating this process until Toborro finally showed up in the box. After 30 minutes of waiting, the fight had finally begun, but as soon as the tank pulled the boss the 2nd “healer” said “im spec’d dps just FYI”. The fight continued and by the end, miraculously, some way, somehow, surprisingly, in an M Night Shymalahn style twist, everyone had fucking lived. 

FLYING SOLO

Renown

  • #1 Get at least some stronghold bonus, mine is 150%. Also buy the legacy bonus to reknown levels 1-5. 
  • #2 Do it on the character I play the most
  • #3 Jump in those TC and Hive Queen runs
  • #4 Do Fractured MM, it can be done with 2 good people 
  • #5 Heroics and Dailies - Czerka in 10 mins, Ziost in 15, Black Hole in 15
  • #6 Eternal Championship\

more info: https://starforgepodcast.com/episode-7-whatever-happened-to-baby-trapjaw/ 

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

  • FEAST AND DOUBLE XP ARE ‘CURRENTLY RUNNING’! so is bounty event
  • Feast of Prosperity October 12 – November 2
  • Double XP October 12 – November 2

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Episode 6 - Credits Lies and Exploitation21 Oct 202100:42:26

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Episode 6 - Credits Lies and Exploitation

  • ⭐ SPECIAL REPORT Topic: Economy & Inflation

Special Report

The inflation in the Star Wars economy has been steadily getting worse and worse and it all seems to have come to a head today. On the forums today there was a post titled “BioWare, GTN Prices are insane, it’s time to do something”

  • Hot Topic - Hypercrates are now so expensive, they are selling for over a billion credits and so players are trading them in general chat instead of GTN.
  • How did it get that way
    • Exploits
      • Over the years various ways that allowed to to duplicate credits or items
      • During the worst one billions of credits were generated by taking advantage of the in-game vendors
      • The duplicators then went and bought all the rare items on the GTN, so the billions of credits were distributed even to normal people
      • And when the accounts were banned the legitimate items were also deleted, making the supply low and the credits in the non-banned economy high
      • The credits from the multiple exploits over the years were also laundered in various ways - send them to a friend, send them through the guild bank, stash them in the legacy bay, etc. and not all credits still in the hands of exploiters were even banned or removed
      • THE BIG ONE companion gifts cleared out the economy 
      • Plug to learn more
    • Quests and vendors give too much credits
      • Quests reward a ton of credits
        • This makes credit selling worse
      • Can sell items to vendors for tons of credits (ex level 75 gear)
    • How is inflation fixed?

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE! https://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20211001

  • FEAST AND DOUBLE XP ARE ‘CURRENTLY RUNNING’! so is bounty event
  • Feast of Prosperity October 12 – November 2, 
  • Double XP October 12 – November 2,
  • Bounty October 19 – 26, 2021

PTS: The Jedi Knight, Imperial Agent, Sith Inquisitor, Bounty Hunter and Sith Warrior are all up for testing!

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HOT TAKES - Star Wars Visions (Part 1)20 Oct 202100:13:38

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SCYA AND MAL'S HOT TAKES

Scya and Mal cover Star Wars media in a way that just didn't fit in the regular podcast episodes. Listen at your own risk.

🔥 Star Wars Visions (Part 1)

Scya and Mal discuss episodes 1-6 of Star Wars Visions on Disney+.

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Episode 5 - AFK, IRL Aggro15 Oct 202100:42:13

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Episode 5 - AFK, IRL Aggro

  • ⭐ Group Topic: dedicated raid group vs your real life
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Popups
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Conquest

Disappointing Other People

The following post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/lctalx/aita_for_leaving_my_wife_outside_without_keys/ 

A husband doesn't let his wife in when she forgets his keys while he's raiding...

Who's at fault? Scya and Mal share stories about real life vs game night.

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in You Can’t Make This Sith Up - gigantic pop up notifications about who controls the galaxy. In a recent Operation a dps, whose name has been omitted to protect the other 15 people that were in the group with her, encountered a typical ‘feature’ in SWTOR. You see, sometime ago it was decreed that players could decide to fight for either the light side or dark side of the galaxy. Nevermind that this feature makes very little sense for say, non-force using classes and neutral parties, but I digress. This system was implemented and as a result everytime the galaxy leans towards the one side or the other a giant rectangular box, as big as 3/4s your screen pops up in the middle of the screen. This reporter acknowledges the size of the box might be a salty exaggeration from eyewitnesses, This annoyance stays in the players’ way for about 5 seconds, although to players trying to do 3-4 different things in a raid it feels like hours. Again, this might be a slight hyperbole due to extreme salt. 

This reporter will provide you a direct quote from the dps in the Operation, “Get this goddamn ****ing shit off my fucking screen I don’t care about the state of the ****ing galaxy when I’m in a raid.” 

FLYING SOLO

Conquest

  • What is Conquest?
  • Is it worth doing?
  • What does it give you? Solo/Guild
  • What should you do with the rewards?
  • What are some of the conquest objectives you can do solo?

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE! https://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20211001

PTS: The Jedi Knight, Imperial Agent, Sith Inquisitor, Bounty Hunter and Sith Warrior are all up for testing!

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Episode 4 - Pay For What You Get08 Oct 202100:48:17

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Episode 4 - Pay For What You Get

  • ⭐ Group Topic: Operation Sales Runs
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Sap
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Achievements

Banter

Oga's Disneyland Cantina from the intro: 

https://starforgepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ogas-cantina.jpg

Disappointing Other People

Sales Runs

  • What is a sales run?
  • Sale runs - has Scya or Mal ever been on one? 
  • Is that cheating? 
  • Is it healthy for the game? 
  • How about items like nightmare crystals? 
  • Is SWTOR "pay to win"? 

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week on You Can’t Make This Sith Up people on stealth classes who never sap. In a recent trip to the Red Reaper, a healer, whose name has been redacted to protect her cat, encountered a startling and disturbing phenomenon. You see, the flashpoint group included a scoundrel dps, a class celebrated both for making others “catch these hands” as well as their stealthing ability. Upon arriving at the first set of enemies that could be sapped and thus successfully passed by, the group waited eagerly as the scoundrel dropped into stealth, snuck up behind the enemy, and Back Blasted it....

FLYING SOLO

Achievements Points

  • How many points do you have Scya? 

Mal: 54,015

Scya: 39,320, mostly from just trying to play different parts of the game

  • What are some of your favorite or most fun achievements that you have? 

Mal: I really enjoyed doing the MM Uprisings. 

Scya: My first-time hard mode ops achievements and the few nightmare ones I have

  • What are some of the most impressive achievements that you have?

Mal: All my nim Ops achievements and timer runs for sure. 

Scya: Nothing as impressive as Mal has. But I’m really proud of my run through Master Mode Knights of the Fallen Empire and Eternal Throne.

  • When achievements were first launched how did that go? 
  • What do you really want to complete that you haven’t yet? 

Mal: 16m nightmare Ops (last 2 of DF, all of DP), DP timer, and nim Dxun. Also the MM Chapters

Scya: I want more of the nightmare mode achievements just so I look less like a scrub. 
I’d love more of the “Possessions” achievements

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE! https://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20211001

PTS: The Jedi Knight, Imperial Agent and Sith Inquisitor are all up for testing, hoping to get the final class for testing soon.

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Episode 3 - You Get What You Pay For07 Oct 202100:42:25

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Episode 3 - You Get What You Pay For

  • ⭐ Group Topic:F2P/Preferred Grouping Up
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Kolto Stations
  • ⭐ Flying Solo:Fashion

Banter

Tv from the intro:

https://starforgepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/only-jesus-TV-225x300.jpg

Disappointing Other People

F2P/Preferred Grouping Up

What options does f2p have for grouping up?
Is this fair?
Is it healthy for the game?
Do you think we will one day see raid pasess or subscription tokens return?

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in You Can’t Make This Sith Up, pressing kolto stations in a group with a fully geared healer. Kolto stations - wonderful additions to veteran mode flashpoints or an annoyance? In recent flashpoint excursions a fully geared, experienced healer whose name has been redacted to protect her family and friends, found that despite all group members never dropping below 90% health, players would continuously stop what they were doing in order to press the kolto stations. If a player’s health suddenly dropped from 100 to 95%, rest assured that person would immediately interrupt their current action to slow-walk to the h hiealing station. Curiously, upon arrival at the station, even if their health had been fully restored by the healer, they would press the panel anyway and then begin their leisurely walk back to the boss. An even more peculiar phenomenon in this story is that these kolto stations seem to make people stand in all AOE, conal, cleave and ground circle damage at all times, turning a simple veteran mode flash point into a bloodbath that not even a healer and several kolto stations could salvage. Perhaps these players were unaware that they had a healer in their group. Perhaps they believed that these magic healing stations could save them from mechanics. This reporter will leave you tonight with a direct quote from the beleaguered healer “If you’re going to stand in all that shit, fuck it, heal yourselves.”

FLYING SOLO

Fashion
Mal, Scya, do you care about how your characters look?
Touch on F2P / Expensive fashion, status symbol
ex White/White Black/Black is considered “rich” so much its all over Zakuul
Touch on earned fashion - adaptive gear, reputation, crafted, etc
If you could have any fashion/armor added to the game, what would you add?

VIEW some of the fashion items mentioned: starforgepodcast.com

YOU HEARD IT HERE LAST - NEWS

NEW CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE! https://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20211001

News: None.

Galactic Seasons: over! Next season will start with the next expansion, “holidays 2021”

PTS: The Jedi Knight, Imperial Agent and Sith Inquisitor are all up for testing, hoping to get the final class for testing soon.

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Episode 2 - Space Bar Plz01 Oct 202100:44:14

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EPISODE 2 - SPACE BAR PLZ

  • ⭐ Group Topic: Flashpoints in the Groupfinder
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: Cleanse Me
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Gearing Solo

Disappointing Other People

Flashpoints, doing them, queing them, etiquette and the great space bar debate

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in you can’t make this sith up, calling for a cleanse when literally everyone in the group needs a cleanse. On a recent trip to veteran mode Dxun a tight-knit group was forced to pick up a rando, from the fleet of all places, in order to raid. After spending the entire operation talking constantly despite having no experience whatsoever in the zone, as the group approached Apex and began discussing Contagion cleanses the guest vanguard dps declared in all caps I WILL CALL WHEN I NEED A CLEANSE. A healer in the group whose name has been redacted but who might now be on a podcast responded by telling him that at that point in the fight everyone, in fact, needed a cleanse and that he would be told when he would receive one. Her message was ignored by the rando who continued to type CLEANSE ME in all caps after every Contagion, but refused to stand in the correct spot to be cleansed resulting in multiple wipes. Perhaps that vanguard was confused about mechanics. Perhaps he does not know how to behave as a guest in a raid. Or maybe, in this reporters opinion, he was a fucking troll. 

FLYING SOLO

Gearing! Is it worth it solo? What types of content are worth it? What are some good ways to gear solo? Gearing at low level? 

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Episode 1 - The Podcast Awakens01 Oct 202100:45:40

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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EPISODE 1 - THE PODCAST AWAKENS

  • ⭐ Group Topic: Ops Exclusive Drops
  • ⭐ Can't Make This Sith Up: AOE on a Single Target
  • ⭐ Flying Solo: Datacron Hunting

Disappointing Other People

Ops Exclusive Drops - unique ops-only loot like rare mounts…

  • Which ones do mal and scya have?
  • Is it fair only one drops for the group for such hard content like nim mounts, and not even for the whole account who wins it? 
  • Is it fair that solo players can not get this? 
  • (End with, there were recently changes to master looter which we’ll talk about in the news segment later in the show)

What drops only in ops?

  • Mounts are the big one
  • Decos, but most can be on GTN or bought/sold via trading
  • Corruptor Blade weapon from Dread Fortress, that stupid hat from Karagga’s Palace, the mask that drops from Dreadtooth
  • Pets
  • Technically crest of the dread masters, that sparkly doodad that is also from Hateful Entity

VIEW OPERATION MOUNTS HERE: https://swtorista.com/mounts/operation

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SITH UP

This week in “You can’t make this sith up!”: using AOE on a single target. In a recent flashpoint, a gunslinger whose name has been redacted to protect their loved ones, only used one of their 45 gunslinger abilities: Sweeping Blasters throughout the entire veteran mode flashpoint. They used this ability until they ran out of energy, at which point they stood there until it regenerated and they could once again resume use of Sweeping Blasters. Perhaps the player in question was deep into some kind of RP. Perhaps they were unaware of the many other abilities SWTOR has to offer. There are many unanswered questions in regards to this deeply puzzling situation, but this reporter will ask just one: What the actual ****.

FLYING SOLO

Lets talk about Datacron hunting because you just put out a great new guide about it!

  • Do scya and mal have them all
  • Do they enjoy looking for them
  • How do they feel about it being legacy-wide now vs per-character
  • Which ones were hardest for them
  • Is it worth getting all the datacrons?

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Episode 39: Let's Listen: The Music of Star Wars the Old Republic02 Sep 202200:40:53

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

⚠️ This podcast is rated E.S. for extremely silly and may contain bad words bad jokes and other bad content that is not suitable for children maybe it is we don't know we're not their parents.

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Episode 39: Let's Listen: The Music of Star Wars the Old Republic

⭐ Group Topic: Operation Music?
⭐ Spacebar PLZ: Hammer Station
⭐ Flying Solo: Music Around The World

That the music in the game is partially new and made purely for this game, partially movie music, and partially music from Knights of the Old Republic.

The SWTOR Youtube has an official playlist with EIGHTY TWO tracks including many of the newest ones! This isn’t even all the tracks in the game.

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5MoBb8-75E&list=PLiJsK_sFeeKygEepqlUoXIBwcyeGfXrXx

Music links

The Clairvoyance of Aryn Leneer (Live) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQBxW18zXzg

The Clairvoyance of Aryn Leneer (Not Live) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUU5_mmE-zE 

Balmorra the Forge, horns that go buh duh duh duh dun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF7ROkpzQ1c 

Coruscant, The Capital theme, calming music, violins that go dan na na na na na nuh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAWDeWTlMjc 

Korriban, The Homeworld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heuveUxnLkA 

Dromund Kaas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcKBsJ5-GY   

Justice the Knight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6spL_lN04g   

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  • • Gree Event, Sep 6- 13
  • • Dantooine Pirate Event, Sep 20 - 27
  • • Nightlife, ends Sep 13
  • + Maintenance Sep 1

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Episode 38: Let's Talk Lore26 Aug 202200:38:55

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

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Episode 38: Let's Talk Lore

⭐ Group Topic: Codex Entries in Group Cotnent
⭐ Spacebar PLZ: Black Talon
⭐ Flying Solo: Collecting Lore Objects
⭐ Sith Up: ZZZZZzzzzzzz

Mal: So Scya, I know that you love love LOVE lore especially in the Star Wars the Old Republic era. You love it so much you did a panel on it during Celebration 2022. So lets start off with this very simple question: What IS lore exactly and in terms of SWTOR what does that look like?

Scya: When we’re talking about lore in different types of media, whether it’s video games, books or movies, usually refers to the larger over-arching story and its details, much of which is more obscure or not easily seen as part of the main plot or story. 

In Star Wars: The Old Republic specifically, apart from the cutscenes, books and comics, the additional Lore is delivered in the form of Codex entries, readable text snippets which can be found across the galaxy. They are broken down into several categories: Datacrons, Epic Enemies, PvP, Titles, Bestiary, Crew Skills, Events, Game Rules, Locations, Organizations, Persons of Note, Planets, Ships and Species.

Picture of Mal's patch of grass: https://starforgepodcast.com/episode-38-lets-talk-lore/

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News

  • Nar Shaddaa Nightlife: August 2nd - September 13th, 2022
  • Rakghoul Resurgence on Tatooine: August 23rd - August 30th, 2022
  • Had update 7.1a with bug fixes

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Episode 37: Flashpoints Then & Now19 Aug 202200:39:23

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Episode 37:  Flashpoints Then & Now

⭐ Group Topic: Flashpoints
⭐ Spacebar PLZ: The Esseles
⭐ Flying Solo: Solo Flashpoints

Scya: Mal, what are flashpoints?

Mal: Flashpoints are group content in SWTOR that has both story and unique enemies to fight. Each flashpoint is almost like an episode of Your SWTOR Character’s Life etc. Some of them have longer stories and cut scenes, especially the earlier ones, and some are more simple. 

Scya: What was your first ever Flashpoint? What did it feel like?

Mal: First flashpoint ever was Black Talon, I played the beta and this was kind of the first thing we did together, my husband and my best friend Norin. They were horrified at a choice I made, which is funny but it was nice to see that in the beta and know perhaps there was another way later! It felt like a cool adventure our characters were going on together outside of our individual class stories that we were all pursing. We did come together to do the world quests and heroics, but up until that point all the story we saw was alone. Plus we didnt want story spoilers so it was a nice coming together moment. COME TOGETHER

RIGHT NOOOOW OON THE FLEET!

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News

  • Nar Shaddaa Nightlife: August 2nd - September 13th, 2022
  • Rakghoul Resurgence on Tatooine: August 23rd - August 30th, 2022
  • Had update 7.1a with bug fixes

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Episode 36: 7.1 and The R4 Anomaly12 Aug 202200:36:52

You're listening to the Star Forge podcast with Scya and Mal, two nerds who  have a lot to say about Star Wars: The Old Republic and all its 'features' - rest assured, the podcast is working as intended.

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Episode 36:  7.1 and The R4 Anomaly

⭐ Group Topic: New Operation
⭐ Flying Solo: New Story, Dailies, Gearing

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  • If you are listening to this Podcast on the date it was released Bounty Contract week is happening right now and runs until August 2nd. 
  •  7.1 is slated for August 2, 2022

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Episode 35: A History of Xpacs Part 6: Legacy of the Sith06 Aug 202200:47:04

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Episode 35 -  A History of Xpacs Part 6: Legacy of the Sith

We are covering the history of expacs as a series!

⭐ Legacy of the Sith

Scya: If you’ve been listening to the podcast, you’ll know we’ve been talking about every expansion, launch by launch, what they included, and how players felt about them at the time. If you haven’t listened to the rest of this multi-part series, you may want to back track, as each expansion launch episode will give you a lot of insight into why veteran players felt the way they did when the latest expansion, Legacy of the Sith, came out.


Mal: Okay so lets kick this off here, 7.0 a patch we all know and remember well because it is still going on. Scya, what is the release date for this patch and what is the controversy surrounding that?


Scya: 7.0 was announced early in 2021, to the great excitement of many players. It was originally supposed to debut late in the year, and the expansion was supposed to launch with the new story, new flashpoint, new combat style system, new operation, and new daily area on Manaan. In November of the same year, it was announced that the Operation and Daily area would be pushed back until January 2022, and we still didn’t have a date for the actual expansion that was supposed to launch during the “holidays”. At some point, we got a livestream, where the date was finally announced for December 2021! 


Mal: Unfortunately, a week before it was supposed to launch, the announcement came that the entire expansion was going to be delayed until February 2022, which is when it finally actually launched - but it still wouldn’t include the operation and the manaan daily area.



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  • If you are listening to this Podcast on the date it was released Bounty Contract week is happening right now and runs until August 2nd. 
  •  7.1 is slated for August 2, 2022

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