I love that this thread keeps popping up Vector Hyllis is probably my favorite romance of the game. He's so sweet, albeit a bit strange... which for me only adds to the air of mystery around him. I'm a sucker for tall, dark, handsome and mysterious. (For statistical purposes, actual female gamer here. In my 40's, married for a quarter century )

It's happening with all my characters, any class. Highly annoying. This thing is so buggy, I'm amazed it made it out of test.

Agreed. I've tried at various levels with different classes and the companions are all overpowered, with one (so far) exception: not sure if it's the companion's fault, or if Operatives were nerfed, but I am dying a LOT on my operative with Vector (whereas before it my favorite combination of class and companion, with a reasonable amount of risk). In contrast, with my Jedi Sentinel, I can just stand there doing nothing while Doc keeps me healed and kills the mobs. Things have become very imbalanced with 4.0

I had posted about this before I saw yours. Happens with Vector as well.

My apologies if this has been posted before. Scrolled and searched but didn't find anything relating to this. A trifling bug, but immersion breaking. Was adventuring with Vector at the Starship Graveyard on Hoth. Traditionally, as you know, he fulfilled a damage role. Decided to switch him to tank since I'm a healer operative and, since 4.0, he and I seem very squishy when he's in his old role. The problem: when switching Vector to the tank role, during combat he said a line of dialogue that was Kaliyo's rather than his. "You and me? We're getting good." The "best" part? He said it in Kalyio's (her) voice lol... Funny but extremely jarring and immersion breaking, which therefore makes him currently unplayable as a tank without muting the sound. I don't know how often this repeats because it was the only fight I used him in as tank. Switched him back to damage immediately. Thanks! Screenshot of the bug: http://i.imgur.com/btLovjx.jpg

Taking advantage of the 12x xp boost. Making some machinima. Savoring the experience minus all those pesky planetary distraction quests. Leveled a new Jedi. Now working on my 2nd agent because I love the story so much. I have no intentions of being 60 by the time the expansion is released (nor of making a level 60 character from scratch). I like to ease in to things

"Are voices really that important? " Yes. I'm much more likely to pay attention to the story told via VO. If I have to read, and unless the story is incredibly engaging, I end up clicking through until I can go. Love the voiceovers. Hope they continue with it in future content.

I have several old SWG friends and a few EQ2 friends who subbed. Some of us played together, some not.... by now most have quit and gone back to whatever games they were playing before (EQ2 and WoW, mainly). Also subbed with my two sons and husband. edit: and now I feel dumb.. seems I already answered this!

Tell ya what... if I win it, I'll run a new contest for the thing, open for only people outside the US. You pay shipping though, ok? It can get hefty, just so you know! I wanted to mail a small package (less than 5 pounds and fit within my arms easily) from the US to Portugal. Over $200. About 190 euros. 238 Aussie dollars. That won't be a problem for you, will it? Oh and of course, you'll have to reimburse me the taxes I've paid on it too. There is no doubt a perfectly sensible reason this is only available in the US. Step back, calm down a ponder it a few.

It was a plague. Everyone should potentially be affected by it, ie. infected. To make it all ok, I'd say remove involuntary pvp flags on pve servers from these types of events. People go to those servers for a reason and that reason should be respected by the devs and supported by the game mechanics. Other than that, the event was great. I experienced no griefing (pvp server) I'd certainly like to see more events in the future.

"If 1.3 Isn't Out by May - Will You Unsub? " No.

It didn't always, at least not in my experience. I hate to always point back to previous mmos, but... EverQuest 2 was different, and excellent right from the start (though over the years it's morphed itself to fit the newest trends and is no longer installed on my machine). Gear varied greatly. There were so many different choices in loot, from common to fabled, and crafted options as well. There was no path. You were bound by level, but aside from starter and class quests (which were few). You felt like you were in a vibrant, living world. You were free. Freedom. That is what is lacking now. This new gen of mmos (WoW, Rift, Warhammer, SWTOR) are very much "follow the path in xp, adventuring, and gear. Experiences may not vary." As to the OP question, I am not bored... (much). Following the stories, which are really good. Loving that I'm in a Star Wars world again! Playing an alt on a more populated server (RP PVE US) and enjoying general chat and actually seeing other players, which is non-existent on my other server (PVP EU). Not in a guild on the former, preferring to not entangle myself in a guild there yet. My guild on the latter is a small group of friends from previous games. For the most part, no one in my guild is playing, having gone back to WoW or just hit 50 and never came back (one friend, 49, finished his story. Not into alts so he's done). I'm all that's left except for the occasional weekend when two of them log in to do a flashpoint with me. So, having fun. But... it won't last. There's not enough of that special mmo-something to keep me interested for years. MMOs have always been much more than an xp and gear grind to me. Remove the story, that's what SWTOR is, and very much on a path. Should add, though, that I'm determined to not be bored. I very much want to give this game a chance.

What's worse: doing this completely sober. In my group of friends, if anyone dies or we wipe, someone invariably says, "I blame the healer." It's become almost an endearment.

Do you play other games? Not currently. I usually only devote myself to one game at a time. I have Rift installed, but if I play it I will likely put SWTOR's sub on hold while I do. Perhaps at the end of summer. But I'll be back if I do venture off to Rift for a vacation. Do you have other hobbies besides SWTOR? My other hobbies do not include gaming. The only games I play are MMOs, and as mentioned above, usually only one at a time. I do have many non-gaming hobbies. Yoga. Hiking. I garden. Currently am in the process of moving a ton of river rock around my yard, digging up a brick patio and re-purposing the brick on a hill as a retaining wall, planting trees, growing herbs and melons. I read. I blog. I crochet and occasionally paint Even for those of you who aren't mad gamers and only play 8-10 hours a week... I play swtor perhaps 8-10 hours a week (rather than the 40+ hours in my SWG and EQ2 days); often I'll play less than that. Sometimes I'll go an entire week and not log in at all (also unheard of in the past). This is mainly by choice and partially by SWTOR's design. I limit my gaming time on purpose, but also this game lacks that MMO vibe that keeps me in a game for hours at a time (I call this "downtime within the game"... housing, an interesting crafting system, richly social elements, exploration off "The Path," etc.). Happily, MMOs are back in the realm of healthy entertainment. So, while I can be a little disappointed that the game certainly did not meet all my expectations, it isn't the end of the world like it would have been back when mmos were my world . I should add as an edit that the level of negativity I have felt stems almost entirely from my own lofty expectations, both of what an MMO should be, and ... well... it's Star Wars! I had (have?) extremely high hopes for this game.

I take my sweet time and don't hit max level within the first 6 months or more. I slow it down, avoid "grinding," and make alts from the start. Been playing since early release, highest level is 42. So, if I had a 50 already, I'd do the same. Slow, avoid the grind, play an alt(s).