The Star Forge SWTOR Podcast

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 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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Social

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• New Episode Every Friday

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 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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Social

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• New Episode Every Friday

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.

🛑🛑🛑 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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Social

• Starforgepodcast.com
• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
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• New Episode Every Friday

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.

🛑🛑🛑 WARNING! BOOK OF FETT SPOILERS!

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

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 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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Social

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• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
• Or on Swtorista’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/swtorista
• New Episode Every Friday

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 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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Social

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• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
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• New Episode Every Friday

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 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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Social

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• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
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• New Episode Every Friday

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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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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Social

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• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
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• New Episode Every Friday

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 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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Social

• Starforgepodcast.com
• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
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• New Episode Every Friday

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 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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Social

• Starforgepodcast.com
• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
• Or on Swtorista’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/swtorista
• New Episode Every Friday

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.

✨✨🛰️ ✨✨

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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Social

• Starforgepodcast.com
• Twitter @starforgecast at https://twitter.com/starforgecast
• Listen at Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher
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• New Episode Every Friday