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

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) 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) 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

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