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  1. + 1 for Watcher One. I have one knight I created just to ship with him. And I wonder why I have altoholism issues! I also wish Agent Kovach (from Ziost storyline) had stayed around for a little longer. My biggest one is still Aristocra Saganu. But he isn't dead, and he showed up for the traitor storyline, so I still have some hope we're gonna end up seeing him again. Perhaps if Thrawn gets really popular in other parts of Star Wars or something -- I'm pretty sure the random mandalorian storyline showed up because of the mandalorian show.
  2. I have the bug too. This fixed it, but I also lost all my UI customizations, keybinding imports and preferences, which really sucks.
  3. First MMORPG I've played and, based on the others I've tried (Neverwinter Online, ESO, WoW for 2 hours), the last MMORPG I will play. I enjoy pvp (especially lowbie/midbie) and the occasional SM operation, but I only got into those because of the quality of voice acting, storytelling and dialogue. I care about these characters -- not only the NPCs, but my own characters as well -- which makes playing the game that much more fun. So many thanks for SWTOR! ♥ You were pretty much a full time job for me during some tough times, and now that I'm doing better, you remain a lovely hobby I can turn to when I need to relax for a couple of hours.
  4. I used to greatly enjoy creating a personality for my characters, following it, and then seeing where they "naturally" land on the alignment bar. Now, they land on Light V or Dark V, depending on which button I press, regardless of their personality. Yeah. Not a fan of this current system. Please let me opt out of it.
  5. My "headcanon-canon" ( ) Outlander is my Imperial agent. As for my other "headcanon-canon" characters... My JK probably went hiding after the jedi order scattered. He'd still try to help people around him, but also keep a low profile in hopes of not drawing any zakuulan attention. He'd hope for news that the jedi are back and ready to fight, but isn't the type of person to start organizing anything like that himself. I'm not a 100% sure which of my consulars I should use as my "canon" Barsen'thor, but from the two strongest candidates: one would support Republic military and Saresh to the end, the other would try to head to the Chiss Ascendancy after the jedi order falls (she'd be worried about Saresh's dictatorship, and her own position in the Republic, since chiss are considered Imperial allies). My smuggler would keep smuggling stuff. There's profit to be made of this war! Though since my imperial agent would never agree to become Alliance Commander (public speaking is not her thing at all, not as herself), I actually headcanon it as my smuggler getting hired to be the face of the Alliance, while my agent is actually making all the decisions. My trooper would stay with the Republic. Probably even after Saresh, and after Havoc leaves -- he's too attached both to the Republic, and to his wife, Elara. He wouldn't like Saresh, or the fact that he's not allowed to fight Zakuul, but he'd follow orders (as long as they're not too evil). I have too much headcanon for my SW, but long story short: she falls into deep depression after Marr's death, due to her strong need to believe in her leaders, and Marr being the only one she had left. Her father brings her to a secret facility of his to recover, which takes long enough that Zakuul pretty much has the galaxy conquered by the time she's in good enough condition to fight. Once Alliance shows that you can still resist Zakuul, she returns to the Empire, as Empire's Wrath, to inspire people to join Alliance's rebellion against Zakuul. My SI likely got her power base destroyed in an attempt to seize political power after Marr's death while also fighting Zakuul, and had to retreat into hiding. She's quietly building a new power base to become the next Sith Empress. She respected Marr enough to not plot his doom, but Acina is a different thing altogether. My BH has always been a mandalorian by heart, so I guess she would have stuck with them. I also have a couple of more alts I could mention buuuuut let's stop here before I get carried away.
  6. Now now. There's nothing wrong with trying to look like a plague-ridden 20 year old goth. I aim to do that every day. Anyway, at least I'd be happy if I could get a customization for Lana that would make her look like her SoR version. Like, face and hair too, not just the outfit.
  7. I don't agree with the argument that Quinn has nowhere to go after the SW disappears, or after Acina dies. This is years after he left Balmorra, and after that, he has served under the SW and therefore had a part in resolving quite a few major conflicts during that time. That's a pretty impressive resume, enough to overshine Druckenwell imo. I doubt he'd have any trouble landing a job under some moff or becoming part of a sith's power base if he wanted to. Especially since he probably made some connections during the time he was serving the SW. So, he has options. But it isn't in his nature to just abandon the SW and find a new boss because, well, loyalty.
  8. I don't think Quinn is loyal to a fault to the SW. He's loyal to a fault, period. And that's exactly his problem. He's loyal to several different people, and a faction in addition to that. When those loyalties start conflicting, he's having a hard time deciding on the right thing to do. He doesn't want to betray anyone, but he wants to serve the Empire the best he can, which tends to lead to him bowing to several masters at the same time -- and suffering the consequences.
  9. I agree! I would have liked him even if he didn't have this strong story arc (I apparently have a pattern of liking "smart military leader"-types in fiction ), but it definitely made him stand out more. He's forced to make hard decisions, and sometimes he makes the right ones. Sometimes, he doesn't. I do understand why some people don't like him, but I guess that will always be the case with characters who have deeply flawed personalities. There will be people who like them, and people who can't stand those particular flaws, and therefore can't stand the character.
  10. (Sorry for cutting your post, but it was very long, and I felt like just commenting about this.) I agree with with the statement that Quinn is "loyal to the fault", and would like to explain my reasoning for it, if you don't mind. To be exact, I would even say Quinn is, in a way, a deconstruction of a loyal follower. He is a very loyal person...which becomes a difficult thing to be when the people you're supposed to be loyal to, start fighting each other. Any side you pick, you'll be disloyal to someone. You spend too long picking it, someone else will pick it for you. In addition, I think he's a military man to the core. Following orders from his commanders is what he's most comfortable doing, which is why he tends to fall back to this behavior when he's unsure how to continue. First and foremost, Quinn is loyal to the Empire. I'd assume he joined the military because of his loyalty and desire to serve his faction. This first came to question during the battle of Druckenwell, where he had to choose between following his orders (loyalty to his commander) or disobeying them and saving the day (loyalty to the Empire). He chose the Empire, and it blew up on his face. Baras swooped in and saved his career. The military had obviously disappointed him, but he still believed in the Empire, and he was very thankful for Baras. I'd even say Quinn believed what was best for Baras was best for the Empire, as he believed in him and in his leadership. Then came the Sith Warrior. Baras, to whom Quinn owed everything, instructed him to get in the SWs crew and report to him. Quinn didn't refuse. At first, it was probably an easy job, since Baras and the SW were on the same side. But then, Baras betrayed the SW, and Quinn had to pick a side between the two. We can only speculate what went through his mind then. Honestly, it would probably depend on what sort of SW you play. If you played a SW who was destructive towards Imperial property, troops and other personnel, the choice was likely easy. If not, it might have been hard. Regardless, this time Quinn stuck with following his orders and sided with Baras, the man he owed his career to. Not necessarily because he had no loyalty to the SW, but because he was loyal to both, and was forced to choose. (Note that I'm aware of the different interpretations of the situation, but I'll leave them out of the argument for now, as they don't really re-enforce my point.) We know the result from that. SW wins, Quinn gets to serve them. Maybe it was because he was having doubts in the first place, maybe because he feared for his life, but he does switch sides. He, in example, starts gaining approval when SW declares that Baras needs to be defeated. Before the Quinncident, he disapproved of such talk. After Baras is dead, Quinn's conflicting loyalties are once again resolved. He serves the SW, and he serves the Sith Empire. I would argue that at this point, he is very much devoted to the SW. That's why, after the SW disappears, he keeps searching him/her until he's literally put to prison. Then, Acina springs him out of there. As he has no idea where the SW is and Acina has helped him -- not to mention he's still loyal to the Empire, and Acina's literally the Empress -- he serves her. Once again his loyalties are nicely aligned, right until the SW decides to show up again. Maybe it would have made more sense for him to approach the SW, during KotET chapter 2. But that didn't happen, and we gotta take his excuse of "I was afraid you still haven't forgiven me/have fallen out of love with me". To me, this means when he gets insecure about something, he tends to respond with inaction, and -- I'd argue -- "just following orders"-mindset. So, he finally meets the SW on Iokath. If the SW sides with Empire, Quinn has no conflict of loyalty here. He can be loyal to the SW, Acina and Sith Empire at the same time. However, if the SW does side with the Republic, Quinn's facing a huge problem. Because it's just not his loyalty to the SW against his loyalty to Acina -- it's his loyalty to SW against his loyalty to the Sith Empire. He's a hardcore Imperial patriot, and suddenly he needs to make a decision between that, and someone he used to follow and greatly respects. Maybe even loves. So, what does he pick? Inaction and following orders, naturally. I haven't actually seen what happens when a SW sides with Republic, but based on the comments in this thread, he follows through with Acina's plan (aka follows his orders), but doesn't seriously hurt the Alliance, and doesn't directly attack the SW. Apparently sometimes he even apologizes for doing it? To me, this seems like half measures, because he doesn't want to pick a side, but he has to. Later Acina forces him to choose between his loyalty to the Sith Empire, and loyalty to SW. And, based to this thread, he picks the SW (at least if romanced), refusing to directly attack her, even if it means betraying the Empire. Quinn's an imperfect man, who makes imperfect decisions. I'm sure his decisions are sometimes affected by the fact that he has to fear for his life, because a sith could easily kill him. I do understand why someone would see him as disloyal and opportunistic, but I don't think that's actually the case. I think he's in fact an idealist, who so desperately wants to be loyal, that he actually fails at it several times. And...uh. Sorry for the essay. Anyone who bothered to read this can have a free cookie. I'll mail them...sometime, I promise.
  11. I liked SoR Lana the best. Pity we can't have that one as a customization or something. But yeah, I agree that the last change was likely due to needing to have another model so she could be customized. The other two look like they just tried to improve on her looks. Many people didn't like SoR Lana, and at least I think #3 is a huge improvement to #2.
  12. ...now I kind of want to play a fem SW who romances Quinn but sides with Republic.
  13. I wish to recommend you for this behavior. I used to stand up to these people in chat, but I don't feel it's worth the bother anymore. From my experience, they just start arguing with you and then the whole chat is littered with dumb things not related to the warzone. Now I just put them in my ignore list so I don't have to see their messages, which (unfortunately) often means I have no idea who they're commenting to this time and can't whisper to them for support. x.x I don't remember being called names or told to stop queuing when I started pvp, either. The only time I can remember was when someone thought I had called incs after dying, even though I had not -- my recruit geared sniper just melted so fast that I was dead before anyone realized I had called for help. It was only when I started using forums I was told I shouldn't pvp because I wasn't good enough, or good geared enough (I didn't know anything about gearing. Still don't, in fact. I just google a guide when I feel determined to play max level pvp). Funny how that has shifted nowadays. The pvp forums feel much more accepting nowadays, and certain in-game people are determined to aggressively call out any and all sub-optimal playing, regardless if they're winning or now. Dunno why I'm posting in a thread about ranked though, since I doubt I'll ever play ranked. But I suppose this is a subject I feel strongly about. I came back from a semi-break (only logged in to play class stories with a friend) and have been leveling 3 different characters for a week now. On every one of those characters, I've had to ignore the same damn player for throwing tantrums because people made mistakes. In lowbie. Exactly where does he think new players are supposed to learn?
  14. No. It's nothing like what he did for Baras. With Baras, he hid the fact that he was taking orders from him. Now, he works for Acina, is very upfront about it, and if there's something on Iokath that hints towards him spying the Commander or the Alliance, I haven't seen it.
  15. This is definitely not an intended mechanic. Though next time you hear of a possible exploit, report it and/or PM Eric on the forums -- posting about it brings it to the attention of more people, therefore resulting in more exploiting.
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