As the title suggests, there seem to be too many threads that are sticky,. Many deal with varying aspects of the new expansion and could be consolidated imo. Others should simply be allowed to fade.

Anything that is free is usually worth what you pay for it. The flair is OK. For me, the issue is that I already have Shae Vizla, so the reward for being a sub does nothing for me and I have been a subscriber since launch.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=951169

For grinding levels to bring up alts from 50 to 70, I would do the daily heroics. They are a snap and you can do them solo easily.

Having read about this event, I doubt that I will be participating. I don't want to start over and only characters created after June 28th at level 1 count.

Since there are many potential options that you did not list, I will take option C.

Price really depends on your server, I have seen the full set on Shadowlands for about 900k.

From the Wild Space Explorer's Pack the Ravager's set has a mask like that which should be adaptive. http://tor-fashion.com/ravagers/

Actually, the chapter guide on dulfy.net has information on the buffs. http://dulfy.net/2016/04/05/swtor-chapter-12-story-and-alliance-recruitment-guide/

If you got the box from running a treasure hunting lock box mission, that is why; they most often return an item. If you want to run lock box missions that return credits, you must run slicing lock box missions.

Unfortunately for, you are correct, you subbed too late.

Since the field is an area, reducing the radius from 8 to 5 results in a 61% reduction

According to the patch notes: Players who earned Legendary status but lost it with the release of 4.3 have had it restored. Players who lost the status will need to log into the Character associated with the Class they are missing to regain credit for completion. It was stated earlier that characters created using level 60 tokens would not count toward legendary status. If you had a character that was being counted but used a level 60 token, it is very possible that it has been corrected.

How about fixing it so courting gifts work on romanced companions again.

To be honest, since you have to complete all of the classes, it doesn't matter the order in which you complete them. As for the fastest way to level, if you simply do the main story line and add side quests as needed, you should be able to level up fairly quickly and be ahead of the planet level. With the level sync, you will never get to the point where you lose xp so just keep playing on. The main companion quests vary, but are all fairly similar in length. With the companion conversations being tied to planets now, not levels, it will still be a grind and take time to finish.