Swtor is becoming a fashion show

And to add.. while I am an "old gummer" in the MMO genre.. having played it for well past a decade... I very much appreciate that the MMO dev in this game gives me lots of choices in how to gear and appear on my player characters. The old days of being handed a "clown suit" by the devs are over. I think they are kind of over for all devs everywhere finally.

Of course, IMO.. the end game default gear in SWTOR is still produced and distributed by ClownsRus... but at least I can pull the mods an burn the skins and put the mods on decent looking gear.

It became all about looks. Looks and nothing else.
Is anyone here interested about how your character perform, about character stats, about gameplay itself, about new new content, achievements, world bosses mechanics and such?

Instead we get a ton of posts/threads like "armor looks ugly", " mount and armor clipping issues", "BW, where is that greenish-whitish-blackish etc dyes we wait for sooooo long", "where is that cool looking hat for my scoundrel" etc etc etc.

What is this - a barbie shop? Little girls not happy with their barbies dress color " its too red, we want a bit more orangeish".
Dont we have enough balance problems, bugs, story inconsistencies, computer incompatiblities, cartel market nonsense etc to talk about minor details in looks?
More and more I have a feeling Im in a kindergarten.

I dare you to look like this and tell me you don't care about how your character looks in game. That's right, because you do care. Looking cool is just as important as performance. So stop pretending like you don't give a crap about looks.

Welcome to the new casual dominated MMO market. Appearance is one of the top concerns of casual players. The market is no longer supported or driven by traditional hardcore players...they appear to be leaving the market for more challenging games.

I dare you to look like this and tell me you don't care about how your character looks in game. That's right, because you do care. Looking cool is just as important as performance. So stop pretending like you don't give a crap about looks.

Appearance and playing "dress up" have been parts of MMO's since day 1. City of Heroes owed much of its long life to robust appearance options. CoH was considered a very casual game in its day. If it were released tomorrow though, it would be a hard core game for MENSA members in comparison to the fluff that passed for an MMO today.

The market no longer exists for hard core gamers because there are no hard core games in the market. It's as simple as that.

It became all about looks. Looks and nothing else.
Is anyone here interested about how your character perform, about character stats, about gameplay itself, about new new content, achievements, world bosses mechanics and such?