Exactly. I'd rather it be done right than done fast.

While I certainly think some of the names can get a little out of hand, a couple of my characters have special accents in their names because it helps indicate its proper pronunciations. But when the special B symbols, and dots galore and everything are just there so that someone can look like they have the name they actually wanted, it's annoying.

My bounty hunter is generally light, but I've picked a few dark choices here and there. The only thing that light/dark really can gimp you on is the relics, so I picked up diplomacy (since I have biochem and bioanalysis anyway) to help compensate for the times I do pick a dark side choice. I play mine similar to how many of you have mentioned: Professional. I don't turn on my employers, and I get the job done the way it's wanted. The only time I didn't is *SPOILER ALERT* that one mission where the guy sends you to kill his daughter, I froze her and brought her to him instead. Mako liked it more, and he ended up having second-thoughts anyway so it worked out best for everyone.

Did you actually enter the pre-order code? They're on December now, so you should be in.

September 9th, crossing my fingers but not holding my breath.

Spacebar, I think. You'll still have to stop and select your responses, and if you're in a group you'll have to wait for the other player(s), but I believe hitting your spacebar will fast forward through a line of dialogue.

9/9/2011, no email yet. Happy to be patient though.