I know women in real life who play as male characters because it cuts down on the bs they have to deal with in the game.

I haven't been able to find one.

I ran Black Talon several times on several different characters. Almost no loot dropped. The bosses dropped loot and a few of the mini-bosses (the big droids) dropped credits, but almost nothing else dropped at all. This was in a 2 person group. Is anyone else seeing this?