Jaesa is already a companion one can get. Additional material for Jaesa would be fine and all, but making those characters from Rise of the Hutt Cartel, ESPECIALLY Cytherat, would be really appreciated.

This is correct. Mythran set does not unlock in collections even if fully equipped.

I would pay cartel coins to get Lord Cytherat (from the Imperial Makeb storyline) as a companion. Back in the day, people argued against this possibility, because "he's dead in some people's story". There are plenty of companions out there who are dead in some people's story, and not in others. This argument that was once made against Cytherat as a companion no longer holds water. I also would love to see Lemda Avesta (also from Makeb, Republic-side) as a companion. These two characters had a great story on Makeb, and were front-and-center on the "Rise of the Hutt Cartel" artwork. I would love to add them to my roster of companions. With Malgus making his return, it seems a good time story-wise to potentially bring Cytherat back, at least. If it was through a Cartel Coin purchase, or through a story in the game, or through unlocking an achievement... whatever. I'm fine with any of those options. Just please bring those characters back as companions.

Absolutely sure. That's how I usually donate them to the guild -- through my UI. A bunch of them can't be, and there's really no rhyme or reason as far as I can see.

There are a bunch of decorations that you simply can't donate to guild. None of the companions, of course, but there are a bunch of others that you can't donate to guild, either. The LvD Datacron decoration. The awesome dance floor from the Nightlife event. The Gree. The decorations from the Star Fortress achievements. The Rakata warriors. (The Rakata Mystics, strangely, can be donated.) It's kind of hit or miss which ones can be donated and which ones can't. Is there any way we could get the ability to donate more decorations to our guild?

Ahem. To repeat: "it's not like those who made certain choices would be left out of anything from a gameplay perspective. It would just be different story options." So, in other words, people who wanted Cytherat could do so. People who made certain choices on Makeb could simply not collect him. Easy peasy. There's room for both sorts of story choices there.

Or Avesta could have learned to fight since we last saw her. Honestly, my personal primary interest is in Cytherat, but I wouldn't turn down Avesta as well, or some of the others suggested above. The easiest way to do them would be as Cartel items ala the Akk Dog, the Nexu, and the Probe Droid, though perhaps as a direct sale instead of a random draw; those who don't want him can easily avoid him, while those who want him can easily go about getting him. If a more plot-centered option was used, that'd be fantastic and I'd be all over it, but honestly, I'd just love to have a Cytherat companion, however it was done. It looks like I'm not the only one who'd love a Cytherat companion.

Exactly. They're both romanceable characters, and many people really liked either one or both. Make them entirely optional (maybe through the Cartel market), and people who would rather avoid interacting with them for story reasons can do so quite easily, while others who would rather interact with them or run around with them as companions are free to do so.

With companions now optional in so many ways, perhaps those two NPCs people so loved from the Makeb storyline could be made companions. I know one of them might not be possible for some people, depending on choices they made, but it's not like those who made certain choices would be left out of anything from a gameplay perspective. It would just be different story options. I know Cytherat was very popular as a character. I know I'd love to see him as a companion, and with the current system, it seems like it could be possible

Thanks, Madenos!

Man, Ratajack, after all this time tirelessly crusading against this, you still don't have an argument against this that doesn't utilize the "Slippery Slope" logical fallacy? You've gotta get some new material, man.

A nice idea. I'd love to see a "holocron meditation" animation for out-of-combat regeneration at some point, too -- both a cubic holocron (for the Jedi), and an pyramidal holocron (for the Sith), allowing people to meditate with a holocron in their hands.

If you want her unlocked on all your characters, pay the cartel coin cost; the regular credit cost is a per-character cost. Go to your collections and find the Mercenary Contract there, and unlock it. Once it's unlocked, all of your characters can get the Mercenary Contract from your collection, and thus pick up Treek.

I'd be down for that. They are pretty cute, it's true...

At the time, it was the only way to access the content. However, as time went on, they made the decision to make it available to everyone. Makes sense to me. I've been a subscriber since the beginning. I preordered Hutt Cartel the moment it became available, and I'll do so again with any new expansions. For the last 6 months, I had a TON of fun with the expansion, and it was totally worth the $10 I put into it. I don't need cartel coins -- I see why people who ordered it recently should get some, and I don't need it. (Not that I'd turn it down if it showed up, but I hardly feel obligated to it.) I think this is great. It's going to get more people enjoying the game and playing, and that's good for the survival of this game I so enjoy playing.