@OP 1: A lot of people (even Star Wars fans) aren't familiar enough with the setting to imagine a character in it. So they go with something they know. (Identification/relating to the toon they make - so playing it is more enjoyable/immersive). 2: Since a lot of people aren't familiar with the setting and whats going on, they don't want to be distracted by character image while they learn/get used to the setting/game/environment. They tend to keep similar to themselves or bland and shallow since they don't want to think about the character as much as about the setting/world. Thats only true for 1st toons and not for players playing the game to 'ROLEPLAY'. They are typically the exact opposite 1st time through. After the 1st toon, depending on what they like they may continue to do so (if the characters don't really interest them) or stretch out and explore different characters/perspectives.

Don't suppose NOT having Crew Skill mission reward pop-ups close out all other interfaces other than dialog is in with 1.2 or sooner (hopefully)?

Don't suppose NOT having Crew Skill mission reward pop-ups close out all other interfaces other than dialog is in with 1.2 or sooner (hopefully)?

Displayed Guild ranks? Clan Name/tag as surname? Intra-Guild LFG system? Ops scheduling system (Guild Calender mod from that other game)? {edit} Guild GTN?

will Cybertech be able to craft Orange droid parts and crit (add augment slots)? or build droid replacements for undesirable companions (rakata mind prison ish personality chips to preserve story and what-not as well as maintain basic role - tank/dps/heals)?

any chance of replacing Companions with Droids?

Legacy Renames? When? How? <my desired legacy / surname was blocked on all servers due to the system trying to prevent Stormtrooper names - Storm / Störm and I haven't been able to get special characters despite having non-english language versions> Furthermore, I've experienced D/C's while selecting legacy names and have had typos. I also understand that the name persists despite having deleted all characters from those servers and no longer playing on them. I don't even use the Legacy system because of it [legacy names always hidden] also this is a good point. Are Legacy unlocks only valuable/usable to new characters or will they benefits existing characters?

I think the main issue's with this are LFG functionality including advanced user options like setting requirements on slot positions by the group/group leader. [EDIT] As well the OPTION of cross-server groups for those that play during low population times on their server (ex. my main server drops to about 30-50 Imperial side around 3 am CST every night). The OPTION part being there b/c Ops/FP groups are really the only sense of community that a server has right now and wouldn't want to destroy what little there is.. As well as small variation of FP's (map layout, boss locations/type, multiple paths [ie. running battle areas or puzzle/maze areas to reach same point]) to make them more enjoyable instead of memorisable. Not to mention new ones or fixes/changes to existing. A large number of buges present with a number of the more complex bosses that glitch. (the cloning on D7 boss, immortality on some other stuff due to bugs, etc.)

I wouldn't discount the possibility of Hacks doing it but...I've had this happen to a number of toons. Its the Netcode. I'm constantly finding myself stuck in Cover when I shouldn't be and quite simply don't want to be or stuck in a jump animation or w/e. Lousy Netcode, thats really all I've been seeing. Basically sometimes the Client or Server fails to update a state and doesn't fix it til you relog, or find some way to fix it. Reloading the UI via Control +UU doesn't work so it can't just be client side. Sometimes your client might be operating fine but your server state isn't synced. You see whats normal and should be like but everyone else is viewing you in one of these anomalous states.

Not a bug. next Mako mission is level 40. I don't recall where the trigger is for the next mission. Thats normal with that story line.

Armoring and Mods for all alts plus: Space Equipment & Earpieces with Augment slots for any class. Its useful to any class. As opposed to specialised to a few classes (Artifice, Synthweaving, Armormech, Armstech).

I'm pretty sure its not, I've seen mission rewards that are offhand only Blaster pistols on my BH (mainly I see it on my merc but I may have seen it on my Powertech as well - some of the Heroics give customisable offhand pistols - sorry I don't recall exactly which ones but I think it was on Nar Shadda or Balmorra heroics). Seems a bit stupid to me but there usually is a non-offhand version of them available in most cases that I've seen. I've just got into the habit of checking for it when I look at weapon stats (I've only seen it with blaster pistols - wonder if it happens with Lightsabers too though [marauder/sentinel]). [edit: Ie. the offhand weapons are AC specific like shields and other offhand items. In the case of blaster pistols its exclusive to Dual Wielders {BH Merc and Gunslingers} since , with BH Mercs at least, the offhand pistol only contributes 20% damage and is mostly a stat booster. So the offhand versions might be boosted in stats more than main hand versions to restrict/balance the power of the item.]

This. This a Known EXPLOIT of the flagging system thats almost as old as PvP/PvE flagging system that is used by Players for the sole purpose of griefing other players. The only people defending it are players that abuse the system or think everyone should be forced to play a PvP game (don't ask me why? I mean heck, they must think the world revolves around them or something). Given all the Phasing/Instancing & Technology thats been developed you'd think a game that cost 100 million to develop would have something like working correctly when underbudgeted Indie games can.

Because they CAN'T control that. I'm sure they are aware of it - they do have numbers/statistics of all characters/servers etc. But there isn't anything for them to do. Community/Players dictate what they play and where. If you got an idea on what they are supposed to do about it, DO TELL. because there is little reason for them to do or say anything about it otherwise. Do you expect them to lock players out of their characters because there aren't enough opposing faction players playing? Do you expect them to Nerf one faction to compensate for the imbalance? And what that does do for players that don't CARE about the opposing faction because they are doing PVE and have nothing to do with factional PvP?

Meh, a lot of people consider it a dirty tactic but honestly half of Huttball isn't damage its CC/KB/Snares. Grapple is great for 'Tackling' the ball carrier or anyone else and/or just getting them out of the picture for a time. Jet Boost is great for the same [defensively protecting the ball carrier or just breaking up a cluster on a walkway] as is the Jedi/Sith equivalent (sniper only good for defense unless they camp a choke point). People will complain about it because they equate success=stats not winning/losing or teamwork. If PvP could be determined statistically what would be the point of the players? Window dressing?

maybe not Jet Charge but a Jet Jump instead (targeted move using Death from Above like targeting) because Jet Charge is an Attack+Interrupt+Teleport ability.

Also, pick and choose your abilities on your hotbar a bit, some generate a lot of heat without doing much more than Rapid Shots (basic attacks). ex. Missile Blast is nice early on when your lacking in abilities but quickly becomes a waste of time and heat - Triggers GCD and generates 25 Heat (the only reason to use it would be that its instant and can be fired moving - the weak splash damage is a joke and mainly just breaks CC while Rapid Shots does almost as much damage, has no splash and can be used moving, jumping and whatnot for NO heat.) Also look at the heat costs of your abilities to figure out what can be frequently and what can't (Sweeping Blasters for instance Can't be used frequently despite lack of CD because the 33 Heat it generates - you can fire 3 to cap your heat and the damage is a lot less that Death From Above but useful if you need that extra AoE damage).

We already do have that. Its kind of strange that we have a Reward pending Icon in the upper right as part of the Mission Tracker yet it still closes all interfaces and pops-up. Must be some friggin emergency. They removed the option of killing your companions too so no venting on them for being overly self-important asses is no longer possible. I get the sarcasm, I TOTALLY HATE the crew skill completion pop-ups. +1 Vote to get rid of annoying pop-ups.

Best way is to run low level players thru instances or Black Talon/Esseles. Basically, anyone thats lower level (where you can probably solo the instance) and can't find a group because there aren't enough players at that level looking for groups (I see this like crazy and tend to run them thru just for the sake of it - already at Social 2 - however there are Social 5 - if it keeps up I'll be qualified for those in no time).

and with the UI being the way it is right now, not button mashing means half the time your paying the cost for something without actually getting it (ie. ability doesn't actually fire but the UI thinks it has - especially in PvP).

For what does Bioware deserve Praise/Credit? I think Launch was chaotic but very smooth, that probably deserves credit. However, I'm having far more issues with the game with every patch that overshadows that one thing. -UI almost completely unresponsive most of the time - I have 3 out of 10 chance of a command being processed/recognised since 1.1 (before 7 out of 10 chance), and the client recognises the input and the UI reacts (ie. CD's trigger, hotbar updates etc. except it doesn't actually do the command - like firing a dud command). -I've had tickets opened repeatedly to fix Non-Technical account issues for over a month (even talked to Support over the Phone - they couldn't fix it at the time and referred me to open a ticket via the Game or the Website) to get BILLING & CONTACT info corrected because the glitches with the Website messed them up - I get tickets closed with an automated response. -I've seen the SWTOR client trash my registry which required a Windows restoration/repair install to fix. Basically all the garbage they done has more than destroyed the benefit of what they did right. The conduct of Customer Service has largely added insult on top of it. Furthermore, most of SWTOR is just Cut & Paste from other games so there is no reason to give BIOWARE praise for someone's else innovation and work. You want to kiss their butts go right ahead but don't expect me to.

Restrict the bandwidth protocol on the wireless connections (I'm assuming your wired connection is using GigaLan / Ethernet 100/1000). That way the wireless connection can only use a portion of the bandwidth. Also I believe there are usually ways to adjust priority or wireless vs wired connection on routers that support both. You'll have to dig & google the internet for the exact info on how though.

Personally I just wanted the surname of 'Storm' for most of my toons (and not exclusively mine either) but apparently Storm isn't available on ANY server even the non-english Euro servers. My guess is the Trooper ability named 'Storm' stole my Legacy...Lol. Oh well, guess I'll just hide the name and pretend it doesn't exist. Heck I can't even use the extended ascii characters of a few vowels to use my alternative names and they aren't actually correct without those characters [non-english words though technically I'd be using the French or German translation which is Supposed to be supported - even setting language to the appropriate language doesn't allow it]. Think I may delete and reroll my toons on another server to try and secure the name Sturm which is apparently some kind of translation of Storm - based on "Sturm und Drang" 'Storm and Stress' some german artistic movement/philosophy 1780's based partly on the American Revolution. I'm not particularly thrilled about the Storm und Drang style [google it, Wikipedia has an article about it] though, doesn't really match what I want.

LOL Looks like a marketing trick to retain subscriptions and convince people that customer service isn't less than worthless in SWTOR.

Until the recent 1.1 patch, I was dealing with it as a BH Tank quite well. Regardless of how bad the DPS was (and I PuG exclusively) and provided they were inside LOS to me I could deal with it or I just didn't care if they got killed (unless the Healer got the bright idea to try and run to them to save the idiot). However, since last 1.1 patch I've had so many issues with the UI and warping/net updates and what-not that I can barely do anything. (I never had significant issues otherwise even the day before the patch while on one of the most Heavily Populated servers [iron Citadel (PvP) East Coast - Empire side] - latency avg's 50-60ms) My advice for dealing with bad DPS is...Don't. Take care of the groupmembers that aren't useless or problems and just have fun. If you find your in a group that doesn't have any then leave. Its not worth the trouble.