Boo! Just as I was about to complete a boss fight. :/

A loss of 400,000 subscribers is quite significant; there's no spinning it or putting a coat of icing sugar on that. Having said that, however, that figure - as others have pointed out - was cited before patch 1.2 went live and we're all left wondering how many new subscribers came to the game at that time and how many re-subscribed. 1.3 million is still a very good figure for a game only five months old. Not to compare it to that "other game" but World of Warcraft boasted 1.5 million subscribers after four months of going live (http://internetgames.about.com/b/2005/03/18/15-million-world-of-warcraft-subscribers-globally.htm). I wonder how many people left World of Warcraft after the first subscription cycle ended only to come back after a major content update or two.

<-- loves the game.

If you're after a raiding guild, consider Excession (guild link in signature) now on Dalborra server. Our raids schedule is based on Perth time (AWST); we raid three nights a week starting at 7:15pm and finishing around 10pm.

I thought this was something strange only happening with me so I'm glad I'm not the only one.

From: The Harbinger To: Dalborra

Seven hour downtime? What a FANTASTIC window of opportunity! I may even take my wife out tonight and go watch a movie get some dinner, and if the servers are still down by the time we get back, I might even go to the gym. Thank you, Bioware!

Nothing can be worse than the Consular fan/shovel headgear.

If Coruscant had gateways to the ops and flashpoints I can get to via the Republic Fleet, I'd visit there more frequently.

<--- loving it.

We'd rather not know how you clean yourself.

The same way you became so slow. ... And don't lie; you don't have a social life.

Welcome to last week... http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20120308-0

<--- also Australian but not bothered by the scheduled maintenance. One evening per week away from the game isn't going to kill you.

You can turn off your companion's class/ability attacks by right clicking on the green radio button on the actual hotkey. Your companion will, however, still do their default attack.