I'm on the side with the premades should be separate from the solo que for regs and unranked, here... but I play an operative in PVP, so that would definitely be to my benefit, since a premade is typically a huge bane to my existence in PVP. But, even if I step back and accept my bias, I still don't want to play in a premade. The few times I've played in a pre-made group... it's.. unfulfilling. There's no challenge in it. It's too easy. And that sucks. Honest to god, I used to be one of the players who complained regularly about getting facerolled by premades in voidstar and huttball, but since I started embracing the solo que, it's not that offensive when it happens. At the very least I can focus target one of them and maybe stem the tide long enough for my team to get back in the picture and make it competitive. Or I can get my 8 medals for some conquest points. Or-the real fun thing-if I can stealth an objective and/or stealth out before getting killed. But I only get that kind of fun if I'm playing solo. If I'm playing in a group, then I'm not just being judged by my group members. I'm also relying on them to not screw up and cost a match, which can put a damper on the friendship and the group, especially in the (I'll admit it) hyper-competitive PVP environment. In a good hypergate or 4v4 match, a single screw-up can cost the game, and that's... depressing. I'd rather play through that kind of depression with strangers who are going to forget it-and probably not even remember my toon-than with someone I'm going to have to play with again, probably that same night. And finally, if you're the kind of person who thinks that solo players should go asking pre-made groups-who just wiped the floor with them in a voidstar match and then gloated about it in gen chat or emotes-for advice on how to PVP... god help you, because that's the kind of weird social control behavior that starts cults and abusive relationships. "Sure, you can join our gang, but first we have to beat you up, and then you have to ask really nicely and we'll teach you our ways." Like... really? THAT'S how you learned to play PVP? I just read guidebooks online, watched some videos, and then practiced over and over and over again. The other way sounds... kinda cringy. It's just a continuation of the toxic behavior thats killing ranked. Nobody should have to go asking premades for advice on how to PVP. Maybe try asking in guild, instead? If anything, premades should be limited to 1-2 full teams per guild, and set up in their own league kind of like the NFL where you have a regular season of so many games, and then a playoff season in a format like March Madness. Then regs could be just solo ques for people who don't want to play in groups.

I feel like- if the only way to succed in PVP, now, is to either queue in Unranked with a group that knows what it's doing, or to hope for the best, then PVP is not working the way it's supposed to. The advisable solution would be to remove the group option for PVP, but since I feel that people will flip out if that becomes a reality, then it has to be the opposite end of the spectrum: only being able to play PVP with a group, a la operations. As it is, now, PVP is only getting worse and worse for the unranked solo queue.

I just finished the Arcanum mission for the Seeker Droid storyline, and the Akriss Veng Dashade Sith had a Vibrosword that was supremely awesome looking. Since Bioware already has the weapon designed in game, could we get the item available in the cartel market? I REALLY want one for my Jedi Shadow.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. Should be a Khem Val customization for sure.