Very much this. People want different things and mix-match combat styles is a great compromise and truly the best part of 7.0 . Quite appreciated by many.

When they started this with Lana and Theron as your new and only choices, some people even understood - ok, since now on these are only possibilities, ok (or live with one line from LI of your real choice). But then they had to take off Theron's plot armor and with that all the potential cutscenes with him... A pity, really.

What if you choose the secondary combat style jug/sent? Would that give you the needed buff?

Very well said. In the case of Vette you can add those who take lore seriously and would not insult a Mandalorian with an assumption he is a damsel in distress and needs to be saved. So, Vette is 99% safe. But yes, she and Scorpio technically can die too. Still 3 vs ... how many? For what reasons? And does not change the main point - there is an everlasting female romance in the full plot armor without an equal male romance.

You can kill Kalio. Not sure if there was another killable female, but at least there is that.

Let me add something from Zenith camp. He is JC companion, long-promised and returned (sort of) only last update with a hint for maybe some more story later? He did not appear for a second in this "expansion" but sent a letter. However (!) not to his very own JC, who was faithfully waiting for him all this time, but to Imperial character, that set him up. We waited for so long to get nothing.

You know, this was probably brought up before, but I never noticed and never thought about it myself. Yet, it is so simple and so brilliant! The story as it is with Pub/Imp was dying for years. If instead, they would take direction Teck/Force (especially with how classes are separated now) - that would bring new life into the game!

Respec should totally be possible! If you gave us that wonderful option to play as we want, please, do not limit it with fixed choices! Yes, it was like this before, but with such freedom, sudden limitations feel even more restrictive.

I sincerely hope this is just the bug. Not because something like that could be added, but because of this: Seriously, we have several old races in desperate need of additional customization but instead got a very sloppy implementation of an unasked-for feature for the races with already the most possible customizations? It better be a bug!

And I still dream of the stand-alone single-player SWTOR... I mean, taking what we have now (or the classic) as MMO and making it single player.

Did someone get the alert? Because I did not

To be honest I am surprised the sorting option for companions did not make into the new UI. I expected that long asked for element to be there and be the point of advertisement - but no

Not official, no. But he is (an unresolved and unavailable) LI for many JC out there. And considering his VA was there all this time (Troy Baker, the voice of Theron Shan) - it's very likely we will never see Zenith (because of the same voice conflict). Yes, I know, Jennifer Hale managed, but in case of Zenith it does not work for some reason.

Truly?! That explains a lot!

On all my countless JCs I romanced Iresso only ones (just to see), I think of him as the least attractive companion out of all on every class. And still I think he does not deserve such fate!

No, no and no! Your male Nau looks good, Damask_Rose (I might even consider one) but posted females... OMG, I think I'll have nightmares after those pics. I tryed to make one, but that bottoxed mask does not fit any voice we have in the game. And when I imagine that with any LI in the game, I just cry. BW butchered the whole race.

So much this! Like everyone else I was expecting NPCs look, and instead got deformed monstrosity that had nothing to do with established look of the race.

"Ugly" is an undeserved compliment to that hideous model! I can sign under every word you said - same story, same feelings.

Made an angry rant and deleted it. But I am still angry and disappointed. I was so looking forward to get that race, did not want to spoil my fresh take with PTS, found the perfect class... And then I've got that. Personal tastes are vary, of course, but ... god, it's bad!

CS are so rarely thanked (in general and on these forums too), I would like to join chorus of thankful customers! CS helped me on several occasions even though half of them was totally my own fault. All I can say is "thank you!" one more time.

May I correct you a little? Because I happen to have a link to that post from Turbine: https://www.engadget.com/2014/07/03/turbine-raiders-make-up-the-smallest-player-group-in-lotro/ Raiders comprise the smallest, by far, group in our game. PvMP players are far larger and even they are small. in fact together the two groups wouldn't comprise 10% of the total player base and never have (this is important. it's not a new thing, it's a long standing historical fact). Forum posters comprise a slightly larger group than the combined group of PvMP and Raiders. However, Raiders and PvMP players make up the overwhelming majority of forum posters (More than half. Though raiders are the smaller group of the two (PvMP/Raiders)). So you have a tiny group, inside a small group that is grossly disproportionately represented on the forums. But WayOfTheWarriorx and Jdast are right about content (addition) nevertheless.

Actually, during that "brief boost" (that lasted for a year, btw) they said SWTOR was more profitable than ever. Then they dropped the format of every month update, made stories shorter and seldom-er (not to mention more and more directionless, to say it politely), ignored all promises about companions return, started to meddling with other solo-activities - and killed the interest of the story/solo players. And got that "node dive" you are talking about. Just saying.

As much as I like new shiny mount, I can not help it but ask - why are they always so huge? Or did I missed some graceful slick speeder easy to ride in a tight spots?

Agree on both "reasons" (even though one I used myself). Rusk can not be more popular than Zenith, yet, he is here (and there are others even less popular, which yet made it back and with a story no less - like Guss, for example). As of voices - FemTrooper and Satele Shan is a living proof that same VA never stopped BW from including any character into the story. But it's so hard to accept the reason "just because" as of "there is no reason other than Zenith is one out of a million insignificant characters for BW and not worth their attention" that we are trying to find something more respectful as an explanation.

As usual: removed player agency ruins a good idea. Why on Earth she can not be killed why so many other companions can - is beyond me. Not that it would take much to make that cutscene. Btw, I could not find anywhere on youtube Ahara's reaction if you simply refuse to take he to Alliance (without zapping). Anyone has that vid?