YEah, no more mains are going through the expansions unless their LIs are brought back in game. I have a lower level Jedi knight who I plan to level up and play through KOTFE and KOTET with a Theron romance. I liked Theron, but my Jedi main is married to Doc and remained faithful to him. I am choosing to take the addition of Quinn and Dorne as a good sign. I must hold out hope for an Aona/Doc reunion that I don't have to write myself. If that doesn't happen it looks like I'll be returning to writing fanfiction in addition to my professional writing.

Honestly, I'd hold out for a little while. I ran my Jedi Knight through and never got my LI back in game. The story wasn't engaging enough to make the loss worth it in my book. That being said, I did have fun with it, but I feel that a lot of the writing was weak and had some giant plot holes. Obviously, I'm a story player so that may bother me more than it does you. My recommendation would be to run an alt through first and then decide if your mains should go through it.

I almost spit coffee all over my laptop. Nice, lol.

That would be fantastic. I think the devs need to be a little more communicative about the whole issue. This thread is over 30 pages long, that's a pretty good indicator that this is not a complaint by a niche group or one that's going to go away. If they'd just come out and confirm that the old companion are returning in story it would ease a lot of frustration from players. As it stands, I think a lot of people feel like they're being strong armed into trading a game they enjoyed for one they never asked to play.

I'm not a rage quitter but I'll be honest, the missing companions bother the living hell out of me. Granted my reasons are probably different from most of the people here. I'm a young widow, swtor offered some fun escapism where my characters got to have husbands that were alive in a manner of speaking. Just a game, yes, but it was a nice distraction. I ran my Jedi knight through and lost my Doc, talk about hitting a tender nerve. Yes, alright, I got him back through the terminal, but he's not really back. (I know he isn't super popular, but Aona loves him and misses him.) My Empire main will not be running through the expansions until I know when and where Vector will return. I've had that toon for five years now and Inari is not gonna lose her bugboy! I've kind of had my fill of losing spouses. Enduring that in real life, in your twenties tends to sour one of the experience in game. Hey, maybe I should throw the young widow card at the devs. Sad thing is, I'm only partially joking, lol. The other sad thing is that it wouldn't get the devs to pull their heads out of their butts.