Mos Eisley Radio

With little news coming from the SWTOR site and Comic-Con, we break down some of the finer points of group play and the concept of companion characters in an MMO setting. We also get our first chance to field some listener questions from Twitter and the site. Give it a listen and let us know what you think in the comments!

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News From the Galactic Republic / Stories from the Outer Rim
Pre Comic-Con IGN Interview with Dallas Dickinson and Jake Neri
-Healing
-Raids and Group Class Members
-Companion Characters

Twitter Questions
–sirdesmond and bmartin717 were curious about group structure and whether or not tanks would be required.
–NpXDinO and Silv3r_Rav3n wanted to know about the graphics in SWTOR

P.S. Unfortunately we missed covering the new developer blog. This will definitely be discussed in the next episode!

Zach and Brooks break down the past two weeks of SWTOR news, from the voiceover work outlined in Developer Blog #10 to the UI design shown in Video Documentary #3. All that and more in this week’s episode of Mos Eisley Radio!

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News From the Galactic Republic
Return of the Mandalorians
-Overview of the video
-Mandalorians as a “faction” and how factions would work in SWTOR

Development Blog #10 / Video Documentary #3
-Visual appearance of the SWTOR engine
-Voicing of both NPCs and your player’s character
-All aspects of the scale and level of production going in to the voice over work.
–Brooks’ post about audio from an engineer’s perspective
-SWTOR’s UI and the need for a mod community

Stories from the Outer Rim
PC Gamer UK Interview with Rich Vogel
-PVP, Raids, Economy

Discussion of the Week
Trooper and Bounty Hunter Classes
-What roles Trooper and Bounty Hunter will play within both party and solo settings
-Class abilities
-Possible ability focus based on armor (for Troopers) and weapons (for Bounty Hunters)

Podcast Directories
We’ve uploaded our feed to a few different directories to make sure that whererever you are, you can hear us! Listed below are the links to our pages on various sites.
–PodBean.com (claim-my-podcast-in-podbean{scid-bW9zZWlzbGV5cmFkaW8=-ecid})
–Podfeed.net
–Podcast Alley

The time has finally come to throw preparation and caution to the wind and release the very first episode of Mos Eisley Radio! We couldn’t be more excited about bringing you the latest in The Old Republic news, as well as in-depth looks at all aspects of the vast Star Wars universe we all know and love.

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In our premiere episode, we take a general look at the setting we will be playing in, and give an overview of what we know as far as classes and gameplay. While there aren’t a whole lot of details at this point, there’s plenty of room for deep discussion and speculation.

Don’t forget to follow the show on Twitter! There you’ll find some of the latest news about The Old Republic and what’s going on with the show.

We want to know what you think! Leave a comment, write on the forum, send us an email ([email protected]), shout like the Sand People, whatever! We’ve got a lot of in-depth looks at classes and gameplay planned, but let us know what topics you want us to discuss in coming episodes.