I got poor download speed, then I remembered that I've seen that SWTOR Unleashed and patching aren't a good combination so I restarted and now it's up to 6MB/s. I'm not going to risk restarting again to see if SWTOR Unleashed was the culprit, but it could be worth a shot if you use SWTOR Unleashed and see slow downloads. Edit: Actually just after I posted that it slowed down, so I tried just clicking the pause button and then resumed and it sped up again.

Yeah, I can't imagine where they'd ever get the idea that a smuggler might wear a cape. It's not like there are any in the original trilogy after all: Lando Calrissian would never wear a cape.

My experience (only on the republic side) is that there are very few places outside where you can't dodge the mobs and get on towards your quest objective, if you're careful to keep as far away as possible from everyone who's aggressive.