Bioware, now would be the perfect time to bring back killing companions.

Due to lack of paragraphs, I cannot read the OP well; though because I've seen what the original setup TOR had with the killing of and betrayal of companions, I can say that I always missed this amazing feature.

I would like to have choices matter...and having a companion live or die was an amazing choice. The "players are too stupid" card was played waaaaaay too much in TOR development. We really should have kept one of the key hyped about / documented concepts in this game.

You should have just got another officer to replace quin who didn't have a story he's just there to fill the spot. Honestly.

As the title says, right now is the perfect time to reintroduce the ability to kill companions. As some of you may or may not know, players were giving the chance to kill companions back in beta. This was removed before the game was released for reason(s) I don't quite understand. (My guess was people complained because they weren't fully aware of the impact, or it would put them at a disadvantage to those who hadn't).

If the second one was true, it doesn't apply anymore. With the introduction of HK-51, and Treek as additional companions, any of the in game roles companions filled could now be replaced (HK can replace any of the DPS comps, while Treek can replace the Healer and Tank comps). Additionally, the limit is still set to where you can only have five companions deployed on crew skills missions at once. If you were to unlock Treek and Hk, you would have a total of eight companions. Now you wouldn't have any disadvantages if you killed off one or two of your comps. Additionally, as other threads bringing this idea up, have suggested putting in more droids like your ship droid, or some other extremely generic place filler, to bring you back on par if you feel you need eight comps, so you wouldn't have any disadvantage.

Putting this in game, is probably the hardest part. I'll be honest, I don't how it was like back in beta, or how you could implement it now. I'm guessing the best way to do this is have a new conversation added to each of the companions, which could lead to the demise of them if you so choose to go down that path, if not, it just goes away. Another idea, this would probably be a lot harder, and might not work due to some people beating the story and or finishing the all of the conversations, but bring back exactly how it was in Beta. Everyone who has played the Sith Warrior story knows what I'm talking about when I say there should have been this option at a certain part. I'm almost positive this is how it was like in beta. Plenty of warning needs to be given though. If people complain about it after all of that, oh well, they were warned.

There it is. I really want to be able to kill some of my companions, (I'm looking at you Mako). I listed how it would not negatively affect anything (I think, might have missed something), and possible ideas on how it could be implemented. Reading other threads that have suggested this, I have seen very little to no opposition on this idea. So, I don't see why not.

Comments, ideas, concerns, are all appreciated. A yellow post would be awesome.