TOROcast - Episode 31 - The Sith Infiltrator
In todays show we are joined again by Brandon Miletta. We talk about the 2 news updates of the week as well as the “announced” new class the Imperial Agent. Of course, we also hit the usual mailbad and hot topic goodies!
Intro
- Introduction
- Lewis (aka Mater Rex)
- Ketricel picture - http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af75 … ndNate.jpg
This Week in SWTOR
- Threat of Peace 19
- Writing the Jedi Knight
Discussion of the Week
- Imperial Agent
Hot Topics
- Last Weeks Topic: Fo show
- Business plan
- MT
- WAR
- Endgame design
- Trinity roles vs. alternate roles (or no roles)
- Alignment affecting optimization
- Crafting/Player Based Economy
- What would destroy TOR for you
Mailbag/Q&A
- What type of enemies do you think we’ll be combating in PvE? Questing vs Flashpoints vs Raiding? (Gerb)
- At some point, some time after the game has launched, they need to make an expansion. If the expansion is gonna fit the game, they need to make it fully voiced, will this be a problem? Also if you hate your chars voice, will you turn off the sound or change class? (Delajen)
- Do you think that all the abilities will be instant only restricted in speed by their cooldowns and the GCD and what is your opinion of the absence of “casting” abilities/classes? (DarkenedLight)
- Do you think the player base demographic for each faction be noticeably different, and will that affect your final decision on class choice? (NetFoolsMedia)
Announcements/Closing
- TOROshop - http://www.cafepress.com/toroshop
- The NO News - http://www.thenonews.com
Closing statement
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To correct some misinformation, imperial agents (not sith infiltrators) were mentioned in the 4th timeline, Zam Wesell was an assassin as well as a bounty hunter. Please, please, please, get up to date with Star Wars because you’re just making crap up as you go it seems. At least just find one friend (who can join your podcast) that knows the movies.
dH said this on November 11th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Well, the reason we referred to it as Sith Infiltrator was simply because not only ourselves but EVERYONE was referring to it as Sith Infiltrator. So we just followed suit. But if you listen to the opening of the show you will notice that we are very aware of the name being incorrect as I corrected Musco in the opening. LAWL
I believe I am correct by saying I referred to Zam Wesell as a bounty hunter, so I am unclear as to why there are any complaints. Unless it has to do with the assassin part, but assassin, bounty hunter, what’s the difference they both get paid to kill.
And to comment on the “get someone who has Star Wars knowledge,” this is a gaming podcast, not a Star Wars podcast, we go and do very minimal research on different pieces of information we receive.
We both enjoy the Star Wars universe, but we’re not a two complete dorks who know it in and out. And this has been a disclaimer since the beginning. Besides that’s what we have our fans for, they come and tell us what we need to know about the Star Wars universe.
torocast said this on November 11th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I understand Sam(?) corrected Musco in the beginning of the show as to what the class was called, but what was mentioned was that in the 4th timeline that bioware referred Agent as a Sith Infiltrator which was incorrect, they referred to them as Imperial Agent(s).
A Bounty Hunter technically is paid to bring a target back and usually alive, perhaps dead or alive like in the old westerns but is still considered bounty hunting. An assassin, on the other hand, is hired to kill someone. In the case of Zam, she is hired to kill Padme in the movie, therefore, is considered an assassin, not a very good one, but an assassin none the less.
Finally I’m not saying that you guys need to know anything in depth but you should at least know the movies, maybe not Episode I but the other 5 would be nice, or at least the original trilogy would be just sufficient enough to get by as Star Wars fans, I really don’t know anything outside of the 6 films and what is/was shown on CN.
dH said this on November 12th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
I’ll have to go back and check it out, I remember watching it and for some reason we came up with the name Sith Infiltrator. But as I said a lot of others thought the same. Perhaps it was because Imperial Agent was mentioned a million times that it didn’t seem that would be the name of it.
I know the difference between the bounty hunter and assassin, point is, Zam is a bounty hunter in the movies, if she was hired to kill Padme in the movie, she was hired to fulfill a bounty. Thus a bounty hunter. But instead of dead or alive, she is instructed to kill. Regardless comparing the Imp Agent to Zam and Tarkin did not seem to fit. But I guess we’ll find out today.
And again as for the movies, I know the original 3 decently, episode IV more than V and VI, but that is just because I was addicted to it when I was a kid and it was before I knew the other two existed. Now as for the new movies, all three were crap, I watched them all once and was disgusted. The best part of the three movies was in the arena when all the Jedi came to rescue Obiwan, Ani, and Padme. Other than that they were all junk.
torocast said this on November 13th, 2009 at 9:31 am