New race available!! Yay!!

Personally I like the Togruta more, but if Bioware decided to add something like a Rodian I would have been ok with it, it's an iconic species, there are a bunch of SWG fans that miss their Rodian character, I would have said "Ok, that's not the species I wanted, but I realize many people do want it" but Cathar? Really Bioware? My opinion, but I think they are disconnected from their playerbase and Star Wars fans in general if they can't figure out what are the favorite species in the SW universe.

Except in the very first post where it says that the Cathar are already being added.

It would be obvious to anyone else that such a statement would put them out of the running for races to add to the game.

And before you try to claim that this is a generic poll about what races people want, not just those that they want to add, note that Humans, Twileks, Zabraks, Sith, Miraluka, Mirialan, Chiss, and Cyborgs (eyeroll) are not included in the voting, either. Either this means that Bioware picked eight races that virtually no one in the community wanted...

...or that you totally failed at reading comprehension... and then proceeded to insult the intelligence of anyone who pointed out your mistake to you.

So, which one is it? Are you arguing that no one in that thread actually wants Twileks in the game? Or that no one wants Sith?

The Cathar were the top species in every species poll taken prior to launch. You want a link? Since the Forums were wiped at launch, you'd be hard pressed to find one. But ask anyone who was here and they will tell you Cathar was always number one. Is it my choice? No. But it's what the community wants and clearly, according to the dev posts in the poll you so often site, BW is listening to the community when it comes to new species. The only disconnect here is your own disconnect to the facts.

The caveat to that is the restrictions that BW, and I'm sure LucasArts, has in place for playable species. These restrictions were known prior to launch and have not been altered. Call the romance argument bunk all you want, but it is one of the basic tenants of selecting any new species, as is speaking basic. They have often indicated that they may relax these restrictions in the future, but for now that's what we have.

So continue to rail against the inclusion of a species you don't dig. Just be aware that you are in the minority and no amount of whining will change that.

Will hairballs be a melee skill or aoe? WOW got pandas, we got hello kitty lol

I was not doing the insulting around here, and my reading comprehension is fine thank you very much. You people keep saying that there was another poll and it was deleted, I dont belive it but even if that was true, the people following the game before launch is not the same that are fallowing (and Paying) for the game now, if you want to do a poll do it with your paying customers, that's the way to go.

I keep making referece to Cel Cawdro's poll because it's evidence that the people wanted iconic and classic star wars species that were featured in the movies, series, etc. Bioware goes with Cathar, that to me is a sign fo disconnect, but that's my opinion.

One. Good thing you understand this is all your opinion, as basic facts indicate it is wrong. Yes, opinions can be wrong.

Two. Cite CelCawdro's poll all you want, but you miss the basic point that as Cathar were already added at that point it is a moot poll in relation to determining the community's desire for Cathar. Why vote for an option that is already included? You fail to grasp this simple concept.

Three. To my knowledge, it was CelCawdro that did the polls prior to launch and the Forum wipe - you know the polls that indicated Cathar as a community favorite. Send him a PM, find out for yourself.

Ok, my point still stands that there was whole other community before launch and the forums were free, probably filled with all the people from creepy fur websites if indeed the Cathar won, as you claim.

I assume new species will be free for subscribers, but if they were to cost cartel coins for lets say, free players, I would be tempted to buy Togruta, KelDor, not so much the Neutolan, but from reading the forums I don't think many people are going to buy Cathar as much as those other more iconic species.

I was actually expecting Togruta to be the next race, but I look forward to making a Cathar.

My main issue is not having a free character slot. I don't want to have to make an all new Legacy on a different server.

Will they add extra character slot I already have 8 chars ?

They've been saying "Cathar" for months now.
I don't think we will see Togruta for a while, even though I'd like to.

I think if given a good variety of designs, Cathar will be cool.

- DH