First of all, allow me to start with that I absolutely love the UI changes. The game looks so much better now! However, something I noticed is that the Large Tooltip doesn't stay anchored to my mini-map when I select that. As soon as I log out or when there is a loading screen it resets to "Anchored to Position". It's not a game-breaking bug, but it's a little tedious to have to set it back to "Anchored to Mini-Map" after every log in or loading screen.

I think this would be a good way of introducing the Falleen into the game. As can be read in the novel Annihilation, the Falleen are around in the galaxy in this era, and having one as a subscriber reward companion would make for a truly unique comp, as we have not seen the Falleen ingame before. The backstory could be that they're a young Falleen noble on a tour of the galaxy, experiencing life outside of their homeworld. According the the lore of the species, the youths of Falleen nobles would tour the galaxy this way to see what it had to offer. Perhaps this companion's backstory could be that they heard of our character's adventures during their wandering, and wished to experience them from up close by fighting for us.

Nothing bad is going to happen. SWTOR will stay on like it always had and will not be shut down anytime soon. The game is doing well, player numbers are rising (especially since the Steam release) and we had multiple hints that something big is happening behind the scenes. I have been speculating for a while now that this behind the scenes stuff is about greater funding/revitalising the game, or even about integrating the game into the Disney canon. In other words: stop worrying, because there's nothing to worry about. SWTOR won't be shut down for years to come. Anyone who says otherwise is fearmongering for no reason.

Glad to see I am not the only one, I was starting to fear it was just me! Yes, I have really bad ability lag as well. Ever since the update finished to be honest. Related?

Chats could have the feature of displaying Person @ Account 1 and Person @ Account 2. That would solve the issue, and players could be given the option to hide the @ Account part or enable it. That would solve the problem you perceive.

With the changes made to the ignore system, I was hoping to also suggest some changes to the naming system in SWTOR. Several MMO's out there allow 2 players to have the same character name, as the name will be tied to 2 different accounts. Could this system also be implemented into SWTOR? It seems a bit archaic that each character name has to be unique. Legacy names, for example, do not have this requirement. Besides, many players try to circumvent this system anyway by altcoding character names that have already been taken. Couldn't the system be simplified by removing the need for character names to be unique? The game already seems to have a system in place to allow for guilds to have the same name (I know it was because of the server merges) by adding @[insert server name] behind the name. The character name system could employ a similar system, but leave out the @[accountname] part from the display name. Or, give players the options to disable this part in the display name, but still be visible in the friends list or something like that.

Question about the legacy ignore: if you have one player's character in your friends list, but then you ignore another character from that player's legacy, will the character you had in your friends list be taken down from it?

I have a question! If you have a player's character in your friends list, and then proceed to ignore another character from the same player's legacy, will that mean that character you had in your friends list will disappear/be taken off the friends list?

Each time I have a spin on a Kingpin Slot Machine, after it has spun its circle and it's a win or lose the entire machine disappears, only to reappear a second or few seconds later. It seems to be experiencing a very visible reset each time someone takes a spin on one. Is this working as intended?

Yes, you're good to go by simply downloading. No need to rebuy anything again.

Well, well, well, isn't this a nice suprise! I am thoroughly thrilled! There go all the "SWTOR is dead" comments and arguments, right down the drain

Hmm, maybe my anti-virus is oversensitive or something.

Watch out when you click that link. My anti-virus blocked an automatic download and notified me of malicious content on that website. Best not to click the link the OP. Excuse you, I am here for all the Low Angle Male Butt shots, thank you very much ;P

Hmm, you seem to be correct. In my head the Republic Dark Age seemed much closer, but it is indeed more than a millennium away. Still, I do think there is room for the Empire to fragment, as you elaborate on yourself in your post. There is also the comment made by Darth Malgus about the timber of the Empire being low and the fires of the Dark Side running out of fuel. It seemed to me as if he was anticipating the fragmentation of the unity in the Empire and that soon, we'd have dozens if not hundreds of Dark Lords competing for power. I believe Jadus could indeed be the catalyst for such a fragmentation, by either instigating it or by seizing power, becoming an unrivaled power within the Empire and eventually dying, as such leaving a power vacuum. Personally, I'd prefer the second option as that would rhyme with what happened with Marka Ragnos. His reign was the golden age of the Sith, but after his death a power vacuum was left behind that eventually led to the conflict between Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh, which was what began the fragmentation of the old Sith Empire. Jadus could seize power within the Empire, become the new Sith Emperor and rule for a while, leading the Empire into a glorious age. Perhaps he could even lead the Empire to conquer Coruscant, as both Legends and Disney Canon lore state that the Sith once ruled Coruscant. The Republic capital could be temporarily be relocated to Empress Teta, Corellia or perhaps even Alsakan (which after Jadus' death might spark another Alsakan War, once Coruscant liberates itself from under Sith rule). Either way, I sincerely believe that Jadus' return would create a very interesting setting for SWTOR to experiment with

I think (and hope) that Darth Rivix will indeed be a gateway to introduce more Near-Human species, as it's quite evident that he is meant to be a Zeltron, especially with the lines Vector gives. It would be odd for them to turn everything around and make Rivix another species, when he's obviously intended as a Zeltron. With his introduction, perhaps the way will be paved to the Zeltron becoming a new playable species

The tattoos initially had been intended to be Human Warrior only, as the tattoos signify the Warrior's Sith bloodline. However, things have changed since then and we see other Sith who wear the tattoos as well. Darth Thanaton for example is a former slave, very much like the Sith Inquisitor, yet he still has the tattoos. I see no reason why a Human Sith Inquisitor couldn't get them either. My dream would of course be for the tattoos to become available for other races as well, such as the Twi'lek or Sith Pureblood. There's no reason why the tattoos should be limited to Humans alone

Well, it's not an idea really, as patch 6.2 has already been announced by Charles Boyd to continue the Kira & Scourge story arc however, the Creative Director stated that their initial release date for it was late summer or early fall, depending on how things will unfold with the virus. As such, I was interested in knowing whether things have changed, whether the opening of the recording studios (which was announced to have happened a while ago) has influenced the target release date True enough, I sincerely hope they'll take the time to polish the patch up and make sure it's as bug-free as possible before they implement it in the game. Still, it would be nice to know whether the general timetable for the release date for patch 6.2 has been updated or changed. Most likely the target of late summer/early fall is still the most likely, but it would be great to receive confirmation of that

Oh, I wouldn't dream of rushing EA regarding the patch! We saw what happened with patch 6.1.2, of which the bugs still invest the game. However, it would be nice to know the updated timetable, if there is one as the upcoming story update sounds very interesting, I can't deny I am anticipating it highly!

I still won't agree with your belief that the devs hate the Twi'lek. It is a ludicrous assumption based on no factual evidence other than your gut feeling. However, I will admit that you were right regarding the coding not being the issue. I was following the information that the devs had provided and you can't hold that against me. It's logical to believe that the developers of a game know their game the best. If Charles Boyd states that he will pass along the tweet to the team, I fully trust that he will do such. I am therefore convinced that sooner or later we will see new customization options released for the Twi'lek. The devs are well aware of how badly players want new customization options for this species, so I am sure they will listen to the request eventually.

I wanted to ask whether the devs have been able to determine a more concrete release date for patch 6.2, which according to the new patch numbering system would include the new story installment of the Kira & Scourge arc. In a previous update, Charles Boyd had stated that their aim was to release that story late summer or early fall, depending on how things would unfold regarding the global pandemic. Is that still the targeted release period or have things sped up since the recording studios were opened again? If we could get a few updates around this, that would be great!

That would require a class title port, as the Acolyte title is only given to Warriors. Which is not how the idea I am proposing would work. The idea I speak of, is that you can unlock class titles only for the class you are playing on a toon that doesn't have the titles and only if you have completed the respective class story at least once before. For example, should you roll an instant level 70 Sith Inquisitor and you have completed that class story on a different toon before, then through the legacy unlock system you could unlock all the Sith Inquisitor titles on your instant level 70. That means that the titles of the Sith Warrior would not be available to you to unlock on your Sith Inquisitor toon. On top of that, the unlock system should only work if you have skipped the class stories, not while you are playing them. Because if you're playing the class stories and you're still an Acolyte on Korriban, it wouldn't be fitting if you could already claim the Lord or Darth title. However, if you have skipped to one of the expansions or until the most revent story content (Onslaught), then the legacy unlock should be available to players, of course under the above mentioned conditions.

I agree, it would be nice to see a similar design to the already existing long braid hairstyle for the Zabrak, for example. The Zabrak don't have any longer hairstyles.

A Sith Civil War could work in terms of the lore of the setting and universe. The Sith Empire will eventually fragment and wage war against one another for many hundreds if not thousands of years while the Republic descends into a Dark Age. I definitely could see Darth Jadus being the architect of something like that

I was wandering around on the fleet when to my great astonishment I saw this Cathar NPC: Cathar NPC Screenshot I couldn't believe what I was seeing! The old, long braid hairstyle had finally been ported over onto a Cathar, something I had been hoping for, for ages. Dev team, please include this hairstyle for the Cathar in the Appearance Designer/Character Creator. We have waited for this hairstyle to become available to this playable species for far too long. And while you are at it, include the long, wavy hairstyle for the Cathar as well

An update as to what you dug up and what was said in that livestream! As it turns out, Charles Boyd and Eric Musco meant something completely else in that livestream. The other day I asked Charles Boyd over Twitter about the possibility of new Twi'lek headbands and tiaras as CM headgear, because the devs had stated it was difficult to add in new appearance customization options for the Twi'lek because of the coding. Charles responded to this with confusion and stated that he might have been misunderstood or mispoken, as there is no specific difficulty with the Twi'lek as a playable species and adding in new customization options for them. Here is a link to the Tweets in question.