I love this. A weekly hot topic is a great idea!

Hi! I can not tell you how happy I am to learn that vanilla companions are finally returning and that we can customize our newer companions. The main reason I choose to not use them is the lack of customization. Now if you could just reintroduce armor/ mod/ etc. gearing for them, that would be great! You took away a good chunk of immersion when you simplified things. Thank you for the roadmap and the continued communication. I really appreciate it.

:Best of luck in the future, sir! Who's gonna keep the Stream Dream Team in check now....?

Agreed I was only on for a few hours during the afternoon but had a blast. Fun, informative and friendly. I appreciate you guys sacrificing a day off. When is the next one....?

^This^ Hi there, One of the fun parts about this game was gearing your companions, not just with fancy looking armor but with mods and augs. Mainhand/ offhand choices. I felt a real sense of achievement in doing so. Buying or crafting mods to equip them. Now that immersive part of the game has been taken away for the sake of convenience. Been subbed since the beginning and I do worry about the future of the game.

You're Welcome! Good luck with regaining your credits. Shouldn't be too hard.

Hi. Go to the artifice trainer on the fleet or on various planets. You should be able to advance by showing him a few credits. Hope that helps.

Totally agree. I actually grinned when I first saw it. Great throwback.

...for the love of Luke, please allow us to customize our new companions appearances. It would help slightly with what you did with the companion overhaul. (Some of it good, some of it bad). Apologies if this has been covered in another thread.

Been here since early access. Also a proud owner of the pre order crystal and founder title.

Oh, I'm fairly realistic. I learned from bitter experience (looking at you, Phantom Menace!) not to have my hopes raised too high. lol

Hey all, Just wanted to say how wonderful that trailer was that sets up the next stage of our beautifully flawed game. Brings back the excitement of seeing the original trailers for the first time. So many questions need answers. I'm sure they'll be addressed soon enough. I've been here since pre launch and while past expansions have been hit and miss (Makeb, no. Revan, yes), this one has the feel of a sequel, much in the way that ME2 allowed you to transfer your original Mass Effect save data over. Not saying it's a bad thing, quite the opposite. A huge break from the status quo is on the horizon. I'm very interested to know how that break comes about. And what comes after. Quite a bit of time between now and late October. A lot can and will happen storywise to set this up. I guess that's why I keep playing. The pros heavily outweigh the cons. Still loving the game.

It does sound exciting but.....I'm also wondering if this is EA's last throw of the dice for the game or more hopefully, positive stops forward regarding future story driven content and companion development.

My guess is that this new expansion will be released around late October. Enough time to get a few updates in to lead into it. Building anticipation. No way will they release it too close to the holiday season and have another Ravagers style exploit when the majority of staff are on vacation.

Well, I managed to somehow get onto the Harbinger even though my version of the game didn't match the current version(!).....then got kicked out. Guess that's all for today. I'll be back tomorrow.