At what point since launch...hell since Beta for that matter...has any choice made in-game by you materially affected the story that's been fed to you since? I don't mean you got to...or didn't get to...see your screen fade to black as your character hooked up with a companion. I mean genuinely affected what you could or could not do in the game.

There is only one decision that matters in SWtoR, and that is whether to play or not. "Choices that matter" is a joke, and it's on us.

I don't think I can do it better. I don't think I can build a car from scratch either but if I buy a lemon I sure as hell feel ok with telling people about it.

Well, they did manage to shoehorn a slew of nerfs into it...

Well yes, there was that

Of course, you realize that not describing how you accomplished it in that other game makes saying you can't do it here pretty meaningless. I mean...what is it you can't do that results in your character doing a 180?

That's certainly true. It's also true that if there is a price clearly marked on a real life item and someone in real life buys that item...even if they could have purchased it for far less somewhere else...they have not been scammed. No consumer protection agency would take action in this instance, unless the true price of the merchandise was somehow hidden from the buyer.

I used to PvP. Not a ton, 54 valor on my gunslinger, but some. It was ok, nothing to write home about but it was ok. Now? Now I don't want to PvP. And I don't want BW cockblocking me from getting companions by putting them, any of them, behind a PvPwall. If it comes to pass that Pierce is needed to advance to another companion that I actually want before this ridiculous requirement is removed then I'll PvP, but you won't be thrilled to have me on your team.

Because right now the answer to "If we don't get companion X is it going to hurt us down the road?" has received a...at best...vague answer. We don't know that two months form now when we see Chapter X if we're also going to see "You can not recruit follower Y, who you really really want, without follower X with you in this dialogue".

It's likely that most of the people having fun are actually in the game while many subscribers who are not having fun in the game are playing SWTOR Forum PvP™ instead.

The requirement to PvP for KotFE alliance companions should be non-existent. It's ludicrous. In the context of the KotFE story arc, I am no longer fighting against the Empire (or Republic, depending). I am leading an alliance of individuals drawn from both to bring down a greater menace to the galaxy. Then again, forced recruitment requiring us to somehow "prove ourselves worthy of their joining the alliance" should be non-existent as well. I say that in the context of who we are in the game universe, not some meta entitlement perspective. Consider that: I (you, everyone playing) lead this alliance. If I don't want ally X then I should be able to tell whoever's trying to get me to recruit them "No, I'm not interested in that individual. Who else is on your list of suggestions? I say "suggestions" because, by the way, I'm your commander...you're not mine." Having said that... Mission lines where we are going to go rescue/liberate a potential ally in our war are another thing altogether, provided it's someone we actually want in our alliance.

You sir, have won all the internets. +1

Well then; here's hoping it's nothing you care about.

Good idea, done.

I (you, everyone playing) lead this alliance. If I don't want ally X then I should be able to tell whoever's trying to get me to recruit them "No, I'm not interested in that individual. Who else is on your list of suggestions? I say "suggestions" because, by the way, I'm your commander...you're not mine."