She's a Consular that cheated and spec'd into both Sage and Shadow AC's. The move she used in hope trailer was replaced by the current 'Force Wave' (It used to be a 360 AOE Knockback but was changed to the 'cone' you see Consulars with now. It had the same animation seen in the hope trailer.) Just like how Malgus is a Sith Warrior that cheated and spec'd into both Jug and Mara AC's. (He's prominent in both Single and double saber combat, but doesn't use anything a Sith inquis does (His master was one of those) The only 'Knight/Consular' was Satele's Master and only by way of using her double bladed saber in combat, but even then, he fought more like a Sentinel than anything else.

^^^ This is the race i was refering to. My god i want to play as one so badly. Why is there a set ammount of races? i mean c'mon its starwars, We dont want to be limited playing 6-7 races in a universe with hundreds if not thousands of races! Star Trek Online did this perfectly by adding the models of almost every race, then having the option of selecting Alien and making your own. (alright, not every race, but there is easily 20 different set races you can choose and the option of creating something unique) Also, I think the only reason they are adding Cathar is because there is already a few in the world and it means less work they have to do.

Im not exactly sure what race it is, But for those that have played through Tython on The Jedi Knight's Story, Lotah's (the Jedi that gets killed in a cave) race has gotta be my favourite.

I made a suggestion quite a while ago to make it more of a Channeled Project. think about its current casting animation, Instead of the pebbles it basically launches Rocks/debris at them so its basically casting 3 'projects'. BW could make the animation a little more snazzy by instead of just throwing three 'rocks' at them, You first lift the rocks and they hover around your character and it begins launching them every second. Then they could just fall and fade away if interrupted. EDIT: OR it could have an animation similar to that of the way Sidious throws those round booth thingys at Yoda near the end of Episode 3.

^ This. They need to address the subs BEFORE they address the F2Pers /Thread.

Exactly, And bioware and making heaps of money exactly the way it is, They have a steady revenue from the Subbers and also for those who buy all the unlocks and pay that $10 a month for the pvp/pve. Sure the latter isnt as steady but they get $5 for every Section X unlock that has ever sold (just to put it in perspective the mass of money they made on one unlock). Now imagine how much money they made on Weekly unlocks? it HEAVILY exceeds the ammount of money made for the unlock somebody had to pay for once. so, again i ask, Why would they change it?

1 in a hundred people are stating that they dont see any reason to being subbed. Does EAware Care? NO. The fact is this thread wasnt made about questioning Subbing and the deal you get with it. It was a Thread about crying because being preffered or F2P doesn't give a player or two all he/she wants. and for those who play long term, its is better, No need to pay for unlocks of any kind, No need to buy med probes. Free content updates, 1/2 price expansons. think about it. You pay for all those unlocks and you still need to spend at least $10 a month if you want to do some pvp and/or pve. now the 'med probes' are making EAWare a lot of money on their own. so, EA is making money, Why would they change it? Because a minority is unhappy. EA dont care about the minority OR the majority. So long as they are rakeing in the cash, Nothing will change. and believe me, they ARE rakeing in the cash...

the only thing Subbers have to pay for are expansions, but everyone has to pay for those, Large content updates are free to subscribers(this was stated), but F2P players have to pay for them (Think HK-51). Even then, as we clearly see, Subbers only need to pay half the price of expansions. Now, You are asking for something that being subscribed 'unlocks' the ONLY way for you to get it is for Subscribers to get something more. In order of things it goes Subbers - Preffered - F2P Same thing apply's to features in the game. Subscribers take point in the new things. Now if something purely awesome is released to subscribers only, then, and only then, Would i accept giving preffered and F2P players the option to buy a feautre currently only available to subbers.

Do you also want a permanant unlock for warzones, Flashpoints etc? The system is perfectly fine the way it is, albeit there could be some improvements with Customer service. They will not implement a med probes unlock, Simply because thats less money they can milk from players. (and as we have established, This game IS nothing more than a cash grab now) I Prefer being a subbed member, mostly because i'd probably end up paying the same ammount of money for warzone, flashpoint and ops weekly unlocks alone (think about it 275 cartel coins each for a week). IMHO if you want the story of the game, Free to play is best for you, if you want to get the story, pvp and PvE you are better of subbing.

Although i havent got Her yet. And as i've been reading this thread i've been skipping what spoilers i can (Please use spoiler tags!) I have turned Jaesa and honestly, I hated how it was done. It was just kinda. Bam, She's darkside now. I wish what happened was what I've read about Ashara, You get her as your apprentice, She starts of Light (and this is what should happen for both of them) Eventuall turns dark by doing dark deeds. Say you have to interrogate someone, You elect Jaesa/Ashara to do it. Being the 'fallen jedi' they are, they Hesitate, You 'force' them to do it. once they use their methods, you get a response like "That felt.... Good". You could then make it deeper by having the player channel those feelings into the Companion, making them feel good. Much like how Darth Baras feels 'every sensation', you could sit back and feel those sensations, and sutbley channel them, making your companion feel them aswell, Turning them that little bit more dark side. There also should be Darkside/Light side companion missions. You send your apprentice off to deal with a rebellion. Telling him/her to either deal with it peacefully or diplomatically (light side) Or Slaughter them all (Dark Side). This can be done with every compainion and much how Players get to go darkside/light side, Companions get it too. This of course changes they way they react to player light side and dark side choices based on their lightside or darkside points. I admit, implementing that is A LOT of work. But how about an expansion based purely on companions? Fixing all the companion bugs and adding new features. That's summin i'd pay $20 for

and free to play was the only thing that stopped the Ghost-town planets in SWTOR. not just the starting zones, all planets. and SWTOR clearly is not doing a cash grabb, oh no. not EAWare....

No story. thats a definate. imo it'll just be a planet full of daily's.

I remember one Ray Muzyka saying that game updates would include things like new planets, wz, etc. and that expansions were something that they were gonna use for a huge influx in content... Where is this 'Huge influx of content' for this 'expansion'

its the fact that this isnt an expansion. Its a planet unlock with a couple of more levels. nothing more. Also, look at MoP. The ammount of content you got for $20 (sure it was on sale but its what Non subbers pay for Swtor Expansion one) is the entire size of the star wars galaxy (MoP) to one planet in that star wars galaxy (Swtor expansion), in content alone...

Runescape. Star trek online, Asherons Call, pretty sure there are more...

You are kinda right and kinda wrong. Yes you pay for a wow expansion, HOWEVER your 'subscriptioin' is merely your key to long in and play. Nothing more. WoW doesn't Dress up the level increase, with the ammount of content Blizzard add per expansion you would expect more levels. What blizzard do, is Design everything first, then decide on how many levels to put in. Naturally its 10. but they want to continue expanding the game and dropped it to 5 with a much larger EXP requirement to level. so you get those '10' levels worth of content anyways. BW is doing exactly what you stated. Charging us for questing and a level increase.. which is no way an expansion. + subbers do continue to pay $15, just like wow, for their Key, Only difference is the F2P aspect in which you now pay $15 for everything unlocked. Before the F2P it was no different to wow. So you are still paying for you sub and BW still charges you for the expansion. Just like WoW, only you are getting a simple planet unlock.

^^^^^^^ THIS Everyone who has played other MMO's KNOW that this ISNT an expansion. a Paid SWTOR expansion should be another Chapter to every class Story, a few other planets. a new PVP, couple of Raids/Flashpoints and some more space mission. What they have done here is NOTHING like that. And since its a Free to play model now, Yes, I expect all that for around $20-$30. I think everyone here has forgot this game was stold on the entire Story aspect of the game. It's what BW hyped up. Honestly to me this is just another Cartel Market Unlock that you pay for in a different way.

Well, other MMO's that charge for Expansions are not only adding a couple of quests and 5 levels, you are getting a lot of content added as well and honestly, Its the Content that you pay for. i could give zero banana's if WoW was still capped at level 50. the ammount of content they added per expansion is enough for my money and the extra 'levels' were just a bonus. Also they are planning on bumping up current 50 gear, so even less items are going in, just things are getting 'buffed'

What you are saying is that you would pay X ammount of money, regardless of Content being added so long as it gave you x ammount of levels? In that case BW can increase the cap by 1 and charge you $5 for every content update, and that you would pay for it. I think the 5 levels is a SUBSITUTE for not getting class quests, and getting almost no items, Rather than seeing it as a mere level increase. They would be better off putting "Buy an extra level on the Cartel Store for 5000 Cartel coins!" Since there is a Cap increase and only daily's to get you there. Also based of what you said. about other MMO's that charge for level increase they are not only adding a couple of quests and 5 levels, you are getting a lot of content added as well and honestly, Its the Content that you pay for. i could give zero banana's if WoW was still capped at level 50. the ammount of content they added per expansion is enough for my money and the extra 'levels' were just a bonus.

Frankly I'd rather spend $10 on buying the WoW battlechest.

Sorry for the double post. This is nothing more than a Content update with 5 more levels. Honestly look at Star trek online, that went free to play and has sinces released 5 more 'seasons' for free. Every 'season' had much more content then what is going into SWTOR's first 'expansion' and swtor want you to pay for it... no thanks.

In what way is this an expansion and not an Content update? All this is, IS a content update with 5 more levels. still not worth of an expansion, Look at every other expansion e.g Vanilla wow to BC... THAT is an expansion.

With what is being added, I cannot see this as an Expansion, it appears to be a mere Content Update, And i REFUSE to pay for it since BW stated and i QUOTE : "Subscribers would never have to pay for Content Updates if we implemented a F2P Model" You get a single planet. and 5 more levels. Considering how SMALL planets are compared to e.g Continents in WoW, (BC you got outlands, WOTLK, you got Northrend, cata (the smallest) you got that middle place, MoP you got Pandaria) all combined i'd say Vanila WoW's two original contients are larger than all the 'planets' in SWTOR. Not to mention the ammount of CONTENT in those expansions. New items, 10 levels for the first 2, 5 for the last, New Abilities, New Raids/Dungeons PVP, etc. Now if you look at this 'CONTENT UPDATE' you will see you get a planet, 5 levels, maybe 4-5 items and a couple of more abilities for your class and thats about it. TL:DR It isnt an expansion at all.

But the Dev's got involved and did something that the whole community could join in on. BW gave you a script which gives every character 25 fireworks (WITH THE OPTION TO BUY MORE ON THE CARTEL STORE?!, even more proof they just want to milk every cent outta ya) and called it a day. No 'Xmas theme on the fleet' or Snow on Tython etc. no EVENT that charcters could engage upon at all. Wonder what they are going to give you next year? probably just 25 fireworks again. They could have even given you a Festive Green/Red Color crystal, but no, even thats too much to ask for. Probably woulda put it in the C-Store anyways. EDIT: I copywright the idea of a Festive Green/Red color crystal. However you can make it if you do not intend to add it to the Cartel market.

This game honestly needs fixing, NOT expanding upon. Bugs that have exsisted since BETA are still present a full year on. The engine is WAY to unstable, There has been a Game breaking/really annoying bug in almost every expansion since F2P. All that WILL happen is More bugs, More hate for BW and in the end people will just be saying. "Thank god i only payed $10 for it". 1.5 saw Companions break completely, Unify colors are still broken, What are they going to break by adding a FULL expansion? Phasing? Leveling? I can already see how buggy the new planet will be. But its ok, CS have that fine old saying "Thank you for your patience and Understanding" and think that makes it all better.