Did I hear this right?

That's also something we don't know, especially now considering Mr. Hickman went out of his way in the recent LiveStream to tell everyone that not everything said during the Guild Summit is true. He didn't say which bits weren't true (like guild capital ships, which would have been cool).

I'd link the FAQ that has everything that we know in it, if you'd like.

*pokes head in, looks around

Wow spacious here in general. Was getting cramped being shoved in that Story and Lore forum for so long.

Well now that we are here, just a quick reminder about the inevitable since this thread will undoubtedly draw every troll and bigot on the fourm, don't reply, just flag and move on.

/waves goodbye to Uluain

I won't be far behind, only came back for the one month to check things out and see what they have added and improved in the nine months I've been gone. Unfortunately not much. Once my one month runs out I'll be gone again, likely for good this time. Until then though I can do little more than ask "What's the status of SGRA's being added to SW:TOR?".

You guys DO realize that Bioware doesn't just work on one thing at a time, right? Story content and bug fixes are done at the same time by different teams.

I was under the impression that the exact opposite was stated way back by Daniel Erickson. He said that they always knew which companions were going to have SGRA, which implies that the ones we have in game now.

Wow. There are so many rude, obnoxious or arrogant posts in this thread that it makes my head spin.

Let me be clear about something here:

Just because YOU are not interested in same-gender relationships DOES NOT MEAN that this isn't important to a lot of other players who wanted this in at launch.

Such options were there at launch for other games from Bioware (notably Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age), so were sorely lacking here.

If you're not interested in it, that DOES NOT make it a waste of time. By that logic, I could claim that all PvP improvements are a waste of time. I could also claim that many of the flashpoint improvements are a waste of time. Do I claim this? NO. Why? Because I realise that other gamers have different priorities to myself.

Please have a bit of empathy for this and realise that a heck of a lot of players find this an important part of character design and story. Furthermore, please refrain from making snap value judgements about those for whom this is important, lest you be judged as such yourselves in a similar nasty manner.

Kind thoughts
llesna

Curses, foiled again!

For those unaware supporters of SGRA's have undertaken a writing campaign to GLAAD and other GLBT organizations and various gaming and news outlets to try and garner outside interest in the addition of this content to SW:TOR and some, any, word on the issue. It took about GLAAD about 24 hours to respond with a quick "Thanks for the letter, we're contacting BW/EA for a response" which is much faster than we are used after 9 months of silence from BW.

Will it get anymore out of EA/BW than a quick canned "blah blah blah we truly care about the GLBT community and have a long history of inclusion in our games. More info when available blah blah blah"? Probably not, but its worth the effort if for no other reason than to throw a little egg on their face.

That's not actually true, they've never said anything about whether the content would be with existing or brand new companions.

Except that is actually true. PvP in MMO's is always horrible and is universally the least skill dependent venue for Player versus Player type action in any video game genre I've ever played. It always come down to who has the bigger lightsaber so to speak. For good PvP a game needs to be designed around it to ensure a level playing field for all competitors. I enjoy a lot of different kinds of "PvP" but MMO's are about the last place it makes sense.

That said, I don't go around all the PvP threads telling folks their concerns are unimportant. That would just be an incredibly rude and selfish thing to do.

I can't believe of all the problems with this game, people are pushing for dev time to make SGR (same gender romance, for those of you like me who had no idea w t f people were talking about for a while). I am floored by this. SO MANY THINGS need fixing in this game, this should be a bottom priority. This is not a sandbox game, the story of your character is laid out by what they write. I'm sorry but dev time shouldn't be spent doing SGR's, just so you can continue your little SGR story with a companion. Chances are, you wont like the stories they write for you anyway!

And I dont mean to sound cold hearted. I just dont understand how this is a reoccurring "priority" for some people.

Most of us are trying to pretend this is a good game. Why can't you all just pretend your companion loves you?

He hinted at it... they couldn't even say whether we'd have to abandon characters until it comes in, if we want to see it.

Nothing but "Thanks for waiting, have some more silence."