As much as I like refer a friend reward I have to say this is really a bad move. I personally bought the Collector's Edition and bioware continues to put things out that make the CE items completely obsolete. Not to mention refer a friend get a speeder that is max speed at 25 (10 with legacy perks) and avoid speeder 2-3 training but you gotta get your friend to drop $40-50 for the game and at least pay 1 month sub. Guess that makes the Longspur STAP gotten in the CE worthless and useless since it is stuck at 90% speed, just like the newer mini pets like the "return to SWTOR tauntaun" and other cooler looking minipets make CE owners ashamed to have their CE minimech out for display. What's left for CE owners? the horrible Merchant that sells non-impressive trooper armor (even more non-impressive republic side) for like 60k+ credits. Way to go Bioware. Keep putting out promos like this and alienate people from your game and I am sure that its not just CE owners that are fuming

I bought the CE for one thing only.... to change the damn music on the space station... some of the songs are just plain annoying

Ok I find this a bit ridiculous when starting at Nar Shadaa I hit 5-10 minute timers to load the world (from my ship) its absolutly insane. My PC is way better than spec according to specs posted there should be no reason for this. I am running AMD Phenom II x6 1065T 2.9GHz 8 GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB I don't know what other information is pertinent but I have my antivirus off when I play (have tried it on and on with exception for SWTOR and no difference in any case) My windows and router firewalls are all configured properly drivers are updated and I have a 25 GB hardlined internet connection why is this happening is there some trick I am unaware of or did bioware just decide hours of loading time (over the course of game's playlife) is fun for the consumer?

I could easily go through your list of questions but seeing I have a lvl 50 Operative and have only been a medic specced Operative since lvl 10 I can only comment on Heal Spec Operative only. While Sorc healers can out heal you (they seem to have unluimited resources) a good Heal Operative willing to learn their class and energy management is a HUGE asset. I constantly am sought after in BOTH PvP AND PvE for healing abilities and since the update to warzones I no longer feel cheated out of hard work (and being first target). I have run Ops and hard modes in PvE and after geting some gear things got way easier. Really I assume just like every class it depends on how you spec, stats you choose to prioritize, and your willingness to work at it. Healing Operatives dont have it easy by far buta good one is an asset. That's just my 2 cents since everyone is talking DPS. As stated before I have not rolled sniper or DPS Operative so I am not able to adequately comment on them