I am always disappointed at how most of the personnel or companion decorations in my stronghold just stand there like an idiot. I know there are some that have a pacing action and a few other poses but they seem to be in the minority. This got me thinking that it would be awesome to be able to choose(and change whenever you want) the deco's action. Something like a limited emote menu if you right click on the deco or something. Or it could be a list of actions or emotions that mirror what you have unlocked from your character emote menus. Or a separate set of Cartel Market unlocks even. I know it would probably tax the server resources more to load all these custom actions every time but I figure it has to load each deco and it's pose/action anyway. It would just make it a lot more fun to put the characters in better "action" poses, though. Every time I walk through a playing environment that has NPCs doing a bunch of different or interesting things, I always hope we can do that in our own strongholds one day.

Yah, it would be nice to have ALL flashpoints SOLO mode. I agree with reduced rewards, too. But it would be nice if you could get more decos solo but maybe at a reduced chance at dropping. Ops might be nice solo but with all the mechanics for some bosses, I don't see how companions would be smart enough to follow them. As a side note, I would love to be able to do flashpoints solo with 3 of my own chosen companions. Not the stupid bot they have now.

I would love access to more personnel. Like you said, all the ones on the GTN are expensive - unless you want to fill your stronghold with Imp/Rep soldiers. I'm disappointed to hear all those decorations that say "holo" actually are just holos:D. The previews show the normal character model so I was wondering whether the name was literal or not. It feels like such a waste of possibly interesting decos. Being able to have a large assortment of "people" populating my stronghold would've been cool. What would it take for the devs to change them from holos. I doubt they ever will but it would be nice.

I understand what you're saying and everyone is responsible for their own decisions but ultimately the blame should fall on the seller. Don't take the responsibility away from the one profiting to deliver something of good value or it just becomes exploiting. It would be nice if there was a guaranteed minimum amount of gold items per hypercrate so you are left with some feeling of value. Individual packs, supercrates and platinum items could all remain random and that would be fine. I will never consider spending money to buy hypercrates until they change the rng. I've gotten ONE gold item from a hypercrate that I got using credits and I still felt screwed over. That is unacceptable.

Count me in as someone else who would like to know if people are getting drops from this FP. I was about to go try my luck until I saw these last few posts. Any info would be appreciated.

Do you think Bioware can/will tell us when this ends? I would appreciate to know exactly how long I have to try to unlock as many things as I can.

Yes. If I could toggle which PVP maps I am queing for, like for flashpoints, I might actually play them more.

You know, I might have been against you if I ever had any good luck opening packs. The pack opening system is clearly rigged against the player so you have to open countless packs to get all the things you want. Unfortunately, this results in people ending up spending more on packs than they would have on direct sales. So from a business perspective it makes sense for Bioware. I don't think they'll change the system any time soon. I just wish there wasn't as much trash in the packs or better chances of getting the rarer items. I think there are people out there who like it this way, though. It fills up the GTN with items and they can get millions selling all their extra stuff.

The timing of this change of Cartel Market sales is unusual too isn't it? I can't recall the last time I've seen it change on any other day than Tuesday. Maybe nobody at all bought a Huttsbane set so that's why it's gone?

Well I see that the Plunderer Pack Hypercrates are now 55%off (only the hypercrates-the supercrates are 52% off I think and I don't recall how much the individual packs are off for) Is this the sale finally? It's better than nothing I guess but not what I was expecting. Unfortunately there's not much of anything interesting left in these packs other than the impossible -for me anyways- to get Unstable Arbiter sabers...Better than Huttsbane Armor at least.

Ya, it better not be the Huttsbane Armor, either. That would suck. 1) It's probably the first time I've even noticed the armour set . Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it. I just don't see it as something anybody is waiting for. 2) It's only 50% off. NOT 55% like they advertised the SWTOR5 sale would be. (5 months, 5 items, 55% off) Any official confirmation from Eric Musco or whoever would be appreciated.

I never cared much for the Staged Weekly and I don't like the misions there are for Makeb now. They're the same or very similar now to the old Staged Weekly which had too many long missions. I think I've tried it once since 4.0. It took like an hour or so. I used to blow through the Makeb Dailies and the Makeb GSI missions very often as they only took like 30 - 45 mins to complete all of them combined. Bring them back, please!

The quality was great as always but my qualms with it are the same as others have pointed out. The characters are a little difficult to distinguish at first. They don't look quite the same as their in game counterparts. I get that people's hair color may change a bit from a child but it's the way she looks at the end that is strange. It doesn't look like the Vaylin we are used to seeing at all. I can see why some people might think it's Thexan. Also, while I like having this backstory shown to us after it was referenced in the KOTFE storyline, I can't help but think this should have just been in the KOTFE story itself. Or at least at the beginning/prequel chapter of KOTET. My view is a little skewed in that this is the first trailer I've seen while I've been actively subscribed. I saw the first ones on Youtube and they got me hooked on the game. I saw the Sacrifice one after beeing unsubbed for like 8 months or something and it brought me back. I wonder how I would feel now if I had let my subcription run out for a while. I guess that's the real point of this, isn't it? It matters what non subscribers feel about it and whether it will draw them in or not.

*Sigh*...They put up a new armor set (Nathema Zealot) but there is still no 55% off sale (or mention of when it will be this month) as of yet. Or did I miss something again. I guess they can put something up for sale anytime during the month and it will technically be right.

Thanks. I hadn't notice that, obviously. I really hope it actually is something special this time. I wasn't disappointed with the Eradicator set but that Zakuul Dropship felt like a slap in the face after all the hype. I hope they're trending in the right direction now and we can get something really cool or rare.