I've figured that it's better to hang onto Items that I got from Cartel Market Packs that were either repeats or items that I didn't want and see if any of my friends would like to have them instead. Usually I just give them the item(s) in trade and call it even. It's great to help out friends, right?

Yeah, I've been hoping that they'd add some more skin color options for Twi'Leks [after all, Togrutas got a few shades of purple for Skin Color and Montral & Headtail Pattern Colors in their selection of 19 Colors]. Plus, some more Patterns for on the Lekku would be nice for Twi'Lek Characters. And it would be nice to see all of the additional Eye Colors that were originally marked as 'Human Only', and then later added to a few more species also finally be made available to Twi'lek and Zabrak characters. *About the upcoming Nautolans, I found online a picture showing the skin color options they'll possibly have. https://swtorista.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nautolan-female-colors.jpg ** Zabraks are another species that haven't really seen any new Appearance Design Options added either as single items or Packs/Bundles yet. [i'd like to see new face tattoo design options and colors for their tattoo designs; as well as more fun colors added for their Hair Colors.]

There's been the Pirate one for a while now, lol --- which was just perfect for a Rishi Stronghold.

Server Merges don't change what time zones people are in, or what their hours to play are, though.

Yeah, those are some good ideas. I've wrote down some other ideas for Quality of Life Improvements for a while now. Would it be a good idea to share them here as well?

Are you mixing up the Cartel Market Certificate with the Golden Certificate from the Summer of Splendor Nightlife Event on Nar Shaddaa? Or the Contraband Slot Machine with the Smuggler's Luck Machine & Kingpin's Bounty Machine?

Would really like it to work like the regular class companions --- being able to put whatever outfit you like on them [if you're not fond of their default/starter outfit]. I'd like to see that being possible for not just Theron Shan, but also Koth, Nico Okarr, Senya Tirell, Lana Beniko, and Shae Vizla. And still also see appearance customizations for them all [that change their hairstyle, or hair color --- like the class companions have]. In fact, there's still customization option numbers missing for a lot of the class companions yet. And so many possibilities.

I think you missed a part of what he said there:

There have been at least some parts of events that actually DO REQUIRE PvP, such as the Dark Side Choices Vs. Light Side Choices Event for a specific tier of the challenge. And yes, there used to be some planets that did FORCE PvP on you [until the PvP part was FINALLY made more optional via a different Instance]. So yes, he was right.

Okay, so you do understand that SW: TOR already has had a MAJOR round of server merges back in fall of 2012, and it took the North American Servers from 20/30/40 down to 8; as well as the same for the European Servers, down to 9; and completely shut down the Pacific/Oceania servers, right? I've seen a lot of players on the forum demanding server merges in the last couple of years, who must have missed out on that back in 2012. Server merges can't fix what people's work schedules are like, or which time zone they're in --- and not everyone can be on 24/7. So it's usually better to plan to run Ops, Uprisings, and Flashpoints that you need a good group for on the weekend.

Plus the ones demanding Server Merges must be players who completely missed out on the MAJOR Server Merges that happened 3 or 4 years ago --- that took the number of servers from 20/30/40 .... down to the 8 North American servers that we have now; as well as took the number of servers for Europe down to the 9 they have; and completely closed down the Pacific/Oceania servers. As well as they fail to take into account that most players also have jobs that they work at during the week, maybe only get one or two or three hours of game time in the evening; or happen to live on the other side of the world, and can't be on 24/7. Not everyone's schedule revolves around the ones demanding server merges. If there's something that you want to run that you need a group for [if you don't want to put together a group at random through the Group Finder], check with your friends when there's a time that works out to run it --- such as on the weekend. And, unless there's a raise the character limit per server that us players can make from 52 up to 100 [when the max amount of character slots are unlocked, using the Add Character Slot Unlocks and/or the Outlander Token], server merges might not be the most helpful of things right now. I take it that the ones demanding for server merges only have characters on one or two servers? And never once have made characters on any of the other servers?

Did you try restarting the whole computer? Sometimes that helps. Also, a new bug happened with the latest patch for Subscribers who received the special decoration for having been a continuous subscriber for all 5 years ...... the count has reverted back to only being able to use one. When a month or so ago, they had made it possible to be able to use 50 of it in Strongholds [not of course limited to just decorating in one Stronghold with it]. Will they fix it soon, too? Along with the outfit preview glitch?

What you're asking about there is actually the Light Vs. Dark Side War feature that is tracking the overall alignment of everyone playing on the server at that time. There will be times when the Dark Side is winning; and there will be times when the Light Side is winning. Whichever side reaches 5 on the alignment scale, is declared the winner, and goes into the Victory state that lasts one hour. During that time, if you've got a character at level 70, you'll want to check what the daily activity is for Galactic Command, and earn double Command EXP and Light [or Dark] Side Tokens (that you can save up and use at a special Vendor; there's one for Light Side and one for Dark Side on the Fleet).

The Eternal Level [Tier 5] was what was required to earn Master Ranos as a Companion; and the Eternal Level of course, required having completed all the levels ahead of it. Legendary Level [Tier 6] was not required for that part.

/SIGNED Yeah, when they first told us about the Dark Side Choices Vs. Light Side Choices Event, it was said to be a one-time deal. And that also implied that the achievements accomplished would stay recorded in our Legacy Achievements. And part of the tasks for the DSC Vs. LSC Event required getting one of each character class up to level 50 at least. So in order to do the event, you had to at least make one of each of the 8 character classes; and for most, that involved buying the Add Character Slot Unlock [or more than one of that]. Never before with the Relics of the Gree, Bounty Contract Week, Rakghoul Resurgence, Nightlife Event, Life Day Event, etc. have any of the achievements been reset there. Because they take a while longer to achieve than one or two weeks. And we don't have to use just one character to work on them. All of our characters in our Legacy on a server can contribute, and when one of the tasks is completed, it's date is marked in the Achievements. That way, we can keep track of what we've done, and what we have yet to do for the Events. And considering that from June 28 to November 29 was the longest time for an Event, to take away the record of our achievements is a major slap in the face, so to speak. One of which, of course, there was no prior notice/warning of at all. Until AFTER the KOTET Early Access Launch ....... Most of us who ran the DSC Vs. LSC Event had believed what was said from the start, that the DSC Vs. LSC Event was a one-time deal, in celebration leading up to the 5 Year Anniversary of SW: TOR. And worked hard to achieve whichever Level [Tier] we wanted to complete.