The CXP system definitely needs some tweaking, and it appears they intend to according to yesterday's stream. I actually recommend looking into crafting 228 gear. You could have each member of your family focus on crafting different things and work together to gear everyone. That actually sounds pretty fun.

I don't know what your price range is, but it would be wise to steer clear of integrated graphics. I suggest something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834298770&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834298770&gclid=Cj0KEQjwjK--BRCzv-Wyu4OTosEBEiQAgFp5ODvUyH9Zfum9tKXr1gWSldNt0LjElmf9RX-Vn48GxxgaAnjn8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds Or spend a little more for a laptop with a GTX 1060 (like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154297&cm_re=gtx_1060_laptop-_-34-154-297-_-Product and be good for a few years. You could also wait for laptops with a GTX 1050, assuming they are coming.

This idea is heavily inspired by Kylo Ren's lightsaber. I would like to see an "unstable" lightsaber, similar to Kylo's but without the crossguard. Regular sized hilt and saber effects that are similar to the volatile derelict lightsaber but with the visual along the entire beam as opposed to just near the hilt like you see on the volatile derelict. The main thing is that it needs to be loud, both the hum, power-on, and strikes. Here is an how Kylo's lightsaber sounds: . It would be cool to have something truly savage sounding, and I think Kylo Ren's saber did a good job with that.

I did not read the whole OP, but I will say that my view on F2P or at least preferred is that it is about where it needs to be. I would only change a couple of things, first get rid of the need for Artifact Equipment Authorization and let unify colors and hide head slot be unlocked free for preferred.

As others have said, it runs fine on W10. But make sure you get the official windows troubleshooting tool that disables auto downloading and installing of drivers. Then use Display Driver Uninstaller and reinstall the latest driver manually.

It's not canon until Disney says it is. Personally I don't care if it is, I love it and it will continue to be canon in my head forever.

Obviously there will be after KotFE lore-wise. But I hope we never see it in-game. I'm so tired of it, I think KotFE was a nice departure from the tired story of Pub vs Imp that is ubiquitous in the Star Wars universe.

Unless they have changed it recently, you can just take the hilt/barrel out of the offhand saber/blaster and use it in your mainhand. This applies to the 208 offhand only.

I've been playing SWTOR for a long time now, and I don't remember it (the single player content) ever being a challenge. With the exception of my very first character, and that was because I didn't know anything about the combat mechanics at the time.

So...don't put your companion in healer mode. How hard is that?

Humblebrag lol

I did not receive one either, weird.

I'm still baffled over why people want the story stuff to be challenging. It has never been the case, so why the change all of a sudden? Challenge exists in higher difficulty Ops and PvP. Also, as for my earlier remarks about disabling companion ABILITIES to increase your challenge, that is just what I meant. Not disabling COMPANIONS, unless you want to, as some people thought I said. Yes this would be an artificial increase in difficulty, like all increases in difficulty in video games. Just a self-imposed one, but it is something you can do now, and something people against the nerf can't do (to make them more powerful) if there is another nerf to companions. The best solution would be some kind of equip-able item that does a flat 50% nerf to a companions stats/power. Edit: I just want to add, I disable my companion's abilities, and sometimes just dismiss them all together, often so I can work on my rotation in more realistic scenarios (as in, not on a dummy).

I don't understand what you are talking about... What does that have to do with what I wrote?

While that would be nice to have, you can just disable some of your companions abilities. That is in-game right now, no nerf needed.