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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 37 – Suit up!

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-ArtworkThis week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-37 talk all about how to suit up your character with moddable gear, how it works, and what options you have to choose from. We cover the types and sources of moddable gear, from old school flashpoint drops to cartel and collection sets. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from our guild, Alea Iacta Est in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 36 – Cybertech

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-ArtworkThis week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-36 talk all about Cybertech. From mods to droid and ship parts, we talk through one of our favorite crafting skills. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from our guild, Alea Iacta Est in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Our Wish of the Week: More grenades for Cybertech, but of the toy/troll variety. Dance grenade, cheer grenade, aoe glitter grenade… what about grenade. Chuck one into a crowd on the fleet and have fun.

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 35 – 2.7 Story Arc Speculation

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-35 talk about the story arc started in patch 2.7, what hints we have, what leaks we’ve seen and what our hopes are for what’s to come. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from our guild, Alea Iacta Est in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Our Wish of the Week: I’m on a Boat! With the expected coming of Manaan, we think it’s about time that boats are added to SWTOR. There’s a whole market of adaptive gear and emotes that could certainly follow. So yeah… get your towels ready.

(Let us know what your wishes for the future of SWTOR are and we can talk about them on the cast and feature them here.)

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 34 – Companions

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-34 talk about companions and how they work in SWTOR. We cover how we set them up, how we use them, and which are our favorites. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from our guild, Alea Iacta Est in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Our Wish of the Week: Multi-person mounts! Awesome speeders like the new Desler we see in the Boston Cantina screenshots should really hold two people. Also, if no other player is hitching a ride then your active Companion can sit in the passenger seat!

(Let us know what your wishes for the future of SWTOR are and we can talk about them on the cast and feature them here.)

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 33 – Getting started with Crew Skills

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-ArtworkThis week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-33 talk about getting started with Crew Skills and Crafting. We cover the background, tips on the first Crew Skills you might want to pick up, and talk about what we like to do on new characters or even on a first character on a new server. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from our guild, Alea Iacta Est in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Our Wish of the Week: We are going to agree with the Bad Feeling Podcast guys here and wish for mini-games! They have some great ideas this week so we second the motion… make it so. (Let us know what your wishes for the future of SWTOR are and we can talk about them on the cast and feature them here.)

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 32 – Hard Mode Ops For The Casual Team

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-32 talk about what it’s like for a casual operations team to start getting into “Hard Mode” operations, including some tips and tricks on the who, when, and how. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from our guild, Alea Iacta Est in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Anti-April Fools Actual Truth: For those newer to the Star Wars expanded universe, there are a series of books that cover “The Old Republic” as an era in Star Wars lore. The Old Republic: Revan in particular is an interesting lead-in to the current setting in SWTOR. You can find details at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars_books

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 31 – Galactic Stronghold Housing

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This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-31 collect all the news and rumors about the Galactic Stronghold hosing announcements and comb through them for everything we can find. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from AIE in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Space lie of the week: With the Galactic Stronghold expansion, Agents and Smugglers will gain the Burgle ability. This will allow them to break into strongholds, ransack decorations, and rummage through your personal under armor drawer. This can be countered through the use of Guard Akk Dogs.

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 30 – Patch 2.7 Details

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-30 build on the 2.7 flash point discussion from last week and talk about the rest of patch 2.7 on the Public Test Server. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from AIE in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Rumor of the century of the week: The two new storyline characters in patch 2.7 may actually be twins, but true to Star Wars universe rules they, and we, won’t find this out until they kiss at least once.

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 29 – Patch 2.7 Flash Points

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This week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-29 talk about the two new tactical Flash Points on the Public Test Server. These Flash Points introduce new characters and kick off the storyline that Bioware alluded to in their summer roadmap blog post. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from AIE in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Rumor of the century of the week: With the new levels being added to the fleet there is rumor of a secret level as well. Nobody has accessed it yet but data mining has found keywords including, “friendship”, “magic”, and “Darth Celestia”.

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 28 – Datacrons

SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-ArtworkThis week @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-28 talk about datacrons. What they are, how to get them and all the details you’d ever want to know. We also cover news for the week from SWTOR in general and from AIE in SWTOR. Of course, you’ll also hear what we have been doing lately.

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Link to the datacron spreadsheet here on NewOverlords.

Kuze video link for the Makeb +10 endurance datacron.

Rumor we wish was true: In the summer expansion there will be a new “+11 to all stats” datacron. It will take 11 people do attempt and will take 11 hours to complete. It will be awesome because… it goes to 11.

On Jedi Covenant, find Max playing as: Imperial (Max’z, Mhax, Mhaxs, Mhaxz) Republic (Maxz, Maxxz, M’axz) and Sema playing as: Imperial (Maurienne, Enne) Republic (Semaperdu)

Podcast theme music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com