This week, The Council gets together to discuss Conquest in SWTOR: What it is, what we think BioWare meant it to be, and what we think needs to happen to make it a central, driving mechanic in the game.

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This week The Council addresses a question that has been asked right from the very inception of the game: Is SWTOR dying? A recent Kotaku article caused quite a stir in the community, and we wanted to weigh in.

Referred to this episode:

• Kotaku Article Link
• BioWare's "Answer"

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Crafting has long been a complicated part of SWTOR. Everyone wants it to thrive, but it seems to compete directly with the Cartel Market. This week The Council sits down to think through crafting in SWTOR, how it's doing, and how it might be improved.

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This week The Council gets together to discuss all of the complexities relating to end-game gearing, and to compare notes about attitudes. We were shocked this week at our poll numbers, showing just how many in our player community have at least one character with 248-rated gear, the highest tier of gear.

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DeliberationRedna

• Guild Calendar
• Guild Tax
• Guild Messaging

Alise

• Guild leader permissions by account not character (ESO does this)
• Guild list searchable
• Guild voice channel

Other games are at different points on the spectrum. Destiny is really behind. They have in game voice, but nothing else. You have to go out of the game to do almost everything.

• SWTOR isn't too bad really. They have some issues.

Majik

---Easier way to give guild keys

---different types of guild ships

---options to change interior color

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In our first episode of 2018, The Council sits down to talk about new year's resolutions. What do we each want to achieve in the game this year? What new year's resolutions would we hope would be on the board for BioWare?

There was no title graphic or poll this week.

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Our first non-live, prerecorded episode ever, our Christmas-day episode gives us some time to do a year-in-review. We discuss what we felt were the highlights for BioWare and SWTOR for 2017, share our viewpoints on how the show is shaping up, and offer a guess or two as to what is coming for SWTOR in 2018.

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The council discusses exploits and datamining, what BW thinks it is, and what the definition actually is.

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This week The Council meets to discuss the overarching SWTOR story: Where are the factions now that The Eternal Throne is concluded? Where are the Sith and the Jedi? Where are the Republic and the Empire? What about all the third-party factions like the Black Sun and Czerka? Where should the story go from here?

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With Redna out this week due to a last-minute appointment, the rest of the crew discusses monetization of video games and EA's loot box strategy.

Referenced Links This Episode:

• The Untold History of EA's Long (and Rich) Pay-2-Win Love Affair
• Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic's cash shop is finally on the right track

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