Game Update 2.9: Galactic Strongholds is here! We cover its deployment, along with the Community Cantina held in Cologne, Germany. In our discussion, Bill is back with more wealth creation tips as players rush to decorate their Strongholds.

1. Introduction

2. Tip of the week

Congratulations to this week’s winner, Neekish! Thanks to Jace, @RevengeForsaken, ElionD, Nepthen and Dracko for entering.

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

3. Holofeed

4. Community

Congratulations to the SWTOR Escape Pod Cast on their one year anniversary!

BenB (@Ben_B55) will be at the Community Cantina being held in Seattle on Sunday 31 August. He will be live-tweeting from there, and hopes to livestream. You can find out more, and how to send him questions to ask the BioWare representatives, in this Reddit post.

You can answer the Ootini Templars call to arms on our forums. For Ootini!

5. Force Feedback

We discuss tweets, emails and comments from @Kranitoko, @OlibGaming, Tiffany (@aurora1916), Julien (@julien_macy), @JoostHoedemaeck, Jeremy (@darksplat), @GregCarter78, Chong (@EmpireDivider), @Prottal, @Darklighter159, @Jacerish, Morriah and (@RosieBear77).

Kranitoko has published his latest Hypercrate opening video. Each time he does one of these videos he gives away three packs; watch the video for details.

See Zombie Chong here!

We recommend Olib’s Legacy Unlocks: Cartel Coins vs Credits guide.

6. Sarlacc Digest

Bill discusses how the market is faring now that Game Update 2.9 is here. You can find his daily posts with GSH-related prices in this forum thread.

7. Outro

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

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

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