Organism Handler Since working as a freelance "entrepreneur" endet in a major financial setback for me - most likely due to some severe miscalculations from my side, I have to admit to my shame - I have more free time on my hands than anyone could hope for and a hole in my pockets that's big enough to hide my ship, so currently I'm finding myself in the unfortunate position of having to take whatever I can get. (You don't have to take the last part literally... I can be a loyal family member and I don't suffer from cleptomania. As long as no one tries to backstab me... uh, even then I wouldn't spontaneously develop a severe case of cleptomania... ) And to answer the question of "Why Czerka?": Well, why not? Czerka products have always been my trustful companions in rough situations and I couldn't care less about "smear campaigns" and a doubtful reputation. Lies are the real truth - I always say - and the only truth that counts for me is the one I want to be true. And my truth is: Czerka is a great opportunity for someone like me. To be honest, I doubt I'd fit into an "average" company with my very specific set of traits and mind and Czerka is nothing but extraordinary. The more I think about it, the more eager I am to get started! I'm so sick of freelance. Employment, here I come! By the way: I manage to live in a very confined space with an angry Wookiee, a mentally deranged tin-can, a snobbish wanna-be-princess, a farmboy and a few more poeple. Without going ballistic. I should be able to handle a few creatures... Aside from that I'm handy with medium to long-ranged weaponry, I can fly a ship, can con my way into any party, make men do my bidding with a wink and a gentle twitch of my lekku, look incredibly good in skimpy clothing (not that I think Czerka would benefit from that in any way), can dance and sing (again, not really helpful here I guess), And know my way around the galaxy. Since I've often had to hide as far away as possible from densely inhabited regions, I have a profound knowledge of all manners of beasts. (It's always good to know which ones are likely to mistake you for a snack.) I have to admit, that's a tough one, since I had a few bad experiences with boasting about my accomplishments. Theoretically it's never a bad thing to have "good credentials", but people like me need to be careful with "what to tell who and when it's best to keep your hatch shut". Little me already has more than enough big fish who're trying to eat her. But I think there are a few things I can tell: 1.: Hutt's aren't as clever as they think they are, and fat worms fall deep and land hard if you push them over the edge of their pleasure barges. 2.: If you save a whole species from going extinct, some bio-engineers might be inclined to name the re-born species after you. 3.: Might sound odd, but: Still being alive! (And that's NOT a family milestone...) Let's do this one short: Do I want to win? Yes. Do I want to live? Yes. (Never ask me to throw myself into a sarlacc pit in order to save someone's life...) Do I object to violence? Not really, though I generally try to resort to different means. I hate blood on my clothes. Do I object to fatal incidents due to applications of violence? Sad but true: blaster fire hurts a lot and some people are just so... clumsy/unlucky/idiotic. Means: No. Usually they've had it coming. Thinking about it: Everyone's having it coming! Do I object to using all my assets to achieve my goals? No. Though I prefer flesh over blasters. Giving them a chance never hurts, eh? Yes, deep down I'm a little yellow softie. With a bite. And a pair of blasters. Let's just say I believe in giving people the chance to use their brains before shooting them. Some people just need that extra time. Do I object to twisting the truth? *whistles innocently* Who'd lie? Not me! No... never... So, this should be enough for you to interpret me in this regard. I like to be successful and I like to live. Call me a manipulative little "female dog" as much as you want. I don't give a *peep* as long as I'm coming out on top and alive. Though I'm patient. It doesn't have to be today. It can be tomorrow or the day after. And it doesn't have to be with a big bang and a gush of blood. It can be silent and indirect. The smart one with the long breath and a good intuition usually tends to be true winner... May I ask a question first? Was that "esteemed" irony? Well, first of all, experiments running loose in the facility, no matter whether I'm around or not are a bad thing. No one likes being eaten and a company cannot afford loosing precious material, uh personnel. So I need to be sure that thing's staying where it is. The different question is: Do I secretly fix the problem before it actually occurs, or do I take care of being able to take credit myself and discredit that "esteemed colleague"? Personal advancement's always a good thing, but teamwork is important too, since I need to be able to rely on co-workers, or I'll end up being the unlucky one who's getting eaten by an experiment on the loose because the whole department's the type of people who don't give a **** as long as they're not in imminent danger themselves. Hmmm that's a tough decision to make without knowing any potential co-workers. But it would be based on factors like the ones I've already mentioned and: "do I think the department's better off / safer without that jerk or not" and "do I benefit from helping that one". You know... things like that...

Ha... I want to do that! Sounds awesome... *laughs* Too bad... *looks at the date*

I never liked the "engamge" gear to begin with. I always wondered why "uber" seems to be equal to "ridiculous" and/or "horrible". Why on earth does "being great and special" have to mean wearing/wanting humongous spaulders and ridiculous hats/helmets? If I want to wear stuff like that, I'd go and play some asia-grinder, where armour like that is to be expected. But Star Wars? Almost nothing of that looks like something you'd expect in Star Wars. It just... feels wrong. Utterly and plainly wrong. Yes, I know that pvp and operation gear should show people that they're standing in front of someone who's "achieved" something. I'm fine with that. I'm just not fine with the visual ways your art department chose. There's so much else you could do. Why not go for textures, patterns, colour schemes and ... maybe even something like sigils/logos you can find in different places/operations that show people where it's from? (Something like a stupid example not related to the star wars world itself: If I go and raid a mayan temple, I'd expect to find equipment with mayan patterns and colour schemes.) Why does "uber" armor have to have huge spaulders and spikey parts and hats that look like being too heavy to wear, if you could go for intricately enameled parts, "costly" materials and significant patterns, stitchings, embroidery and combine it with a base model look that's better fitting to the classes? There's so much you can do with different types of robes for example that still look sort of modest and Jedi like and at the same time show it's worn by someone who's achieved something, who's higher up the ranks. (Has it ever occured to your team that there's something like different cuts or different ways of seaming parts together? Subtler changes you can do to sleeves and shoulders and waist and so on?) And there's always stuff like... badges and military rank stripe thingies... Why not go for such as well? Arch... enough ranting... I actually didn't even want to join that discussion... EDIT: I've taken a closer look at some of the operations gear for republic side now and... if you remove those freakingly oversized parts, there ARE some good things about most of them. I've noticed some nice patterns and details I've never even noticed before, because those ridiculously oversized parts were so drawing my attention to them I didn't even see the rest. I actually liked the orange/white Jedi Knight one... MINUS those shoulders of course. So, some of them aren't COMPLETELY ****. Just stop using all those humongous asianized manga fancy crap "mine is bigger than yours!" parts. Please.

Hey, thank you for that very nice list, but there's one thing... I sort of feel bad for nagging about that, but the name is Tharan Cedrax. There's some e's and a's wrong

And that's why half of my cargo hold is full of stripped orange ones... *laughs* And in the end I still stick to ONE outfit... but it's good to have them, right?

YEs, well there's not much info out yet on what's to come for all our Legacy levels. Because so far, you get to choose it at the end of Chapter One, and then gain levels with it. That's it. No benefits so far whatsoever.

Enjoy the game. Most important. If you outlevelled an area, why do you care? Quests and stories are still fun. Enjoy them if you like that. If you're only out for getting to max as fast as possible, skip them and just do class quests. But that's up to YOU. No one can tell you what to do. BTW: I'm one of those outlevelled ones too. Does it bother me? Nope...

Seriously: start a few and stick to the one whose playstyle and story you like...

actually you unlock number 5 at level 48 (if I remember correctly). So yes, at level 50 you can send away 5 companions simultaneously. BTW: The class quests are awesome. Why would someone skip that for warzones and space missions?

If you want to know about things like these, go to your character sheet (c button). Somewhere at the bottom are your stats. You can take a closer look at these. They show you which stats do give which kind of bonus. Just use the dropdown menu to get to the appropriate section

1) And running the same flashpoint again and again and again is less "grindy" than listening to awesome characters? Seriously? ("Hey, am I going to get robbed by a *********** Jedi now? Aren't you guys allergic to credits or something like that?" Quoted some "stupid random guy with a stupid random quest) B) Uh... right... I want to enjoy a game... not get to 50 in 4 days without know what it's about anyway... 3) That's like reading the last 3 pages of a book to find out how it ends without reading the rest. Or in case you're not reading: watching the last 10mins of a movie... who cares about the rest?

Wait... you got to 1100 without noticing that you have to finish quests before getting LS and affection? *facedesk*

I want to be alone! *laughs* If it prevents having to sit staring at dwindling queue numbers for hours... *sighs* (Still 50 to go btw...)

Didn't try yet, but is the quest grey for you? Might be you don't profit from it anymore... BTW: just keep doing your quests... best way if you ask me. I'm close to LS IV now...

What happened to the good old idea of using ones' brain to figure out stuff like that? All you have to do is read the codex entry to find out what companions might like and what not... Or listen to them. Best you'd do both...