Worst Romance companion romance?

Nobody is going to question your virility if you run a female toon 'Tis actually lots of fun. I had shunned male PCs for years, but as long as it is by choice, it is a different RP experience; less of alter ego more of "him".

you sorta can. well... not further into the story, but my god, playing my sin on Taris was so satisfying because I pretty much shocked Ashara repeatedly - it was the only time my sin was acting like herself in that particular relationship.

now. its not that I actively dislike Ashara. more like, I dislike what the story doesn't allow me to do as far as she's concerned. I dislike it that my insane assassin, suddenly gets all reasonable and crap. especially after how she was able to treat Ashara on Taris. other companions have this issue. but as far as Ashara is concerned, it seems to be the worst to me, and it doesn't help the fact that gaining her affection is ridiculously painful as fem inquisitor as she doesn't really like any gifts outside of a romance.

Eh, little troll kids do it all the time, but their opinions don't matter. Some people think these games are some sort of singles' bar and a guy playing a female character is "deceiving" them. They get seriously offended when they start crassly flirting with a "chick" in-game then find out that she's a "dude" IRL. Somehow it's the fault of the guy playing the female character.

Point well taken. But I figure that the players who are out there to annoy and harass will find a reason to annoy and harass, and not trying a different RP only because of it is silly. Now, if one genuinely doesn't want to try, no big deal either.

I simply split the crews like that, and gain the APs on a boy for the girls, and on a girl for the boys. For me the Agent is the worst, because Kalyio is strongly DS, and Vector is strongly LS, so the agent will end up being a completely evil to start with, and then going shiny light-sided, and Kalyio's influence is important for her crits....

well... in case of Kaliyo and Vector, I can counter act that issue with gift spam. Ashara is the only one I cannot do that and it bugs me for completionist purposes :P honestly, i dislike the whole affection rating based companion story mechanic in general, I feel like conversations should ONLY be tied to the story itself and relationships should evolve based on that and actual conversations, not how many gifts I threw their way. but... oh well

Oh, I agree, the whole AP system is not my favorite thing.

But yes, pragmatic that I am, I am planning a DS run for a F!Inq and an LS M!inq... But I like the concept behind Ashara, and yes, the fact that she is a Torguta, and the Consular/Inq class plays very differently depending on the AC and spec, so I don't mind it.

i don't know why people keep bringing up other mmos in the forum. i am seriously getting tired of people going off about SWG an Kotor being so much better, and i'm not sure why they just don't play those games if they find them better. i am also annoyed at the stereotypical idea that every Swtor citizen has played WoW before. i don't know what a Tolkien-like fantasy land has to do with a sci-fi story, other than the presence of magic (force).

i love swtor, but i do feel a lot of problems. halfway to full on rushed companion romancing like andronikos is a biggy.

i also dislike that they really impose being social on you. the best, most rewarding things ingame are FPs, ops, and heroic missions. you get a 5% or more increase in XP if you join a guild. there is also an xp bonus for grouping with players. "social points" is another. i have never gotten any toons, not even my one-and-only 55 sorc matriarch of my legacy, to social 1, nor do i see any need to.

the whole point of an mmo is to pick your own activity you like the best, and do that. you've got the PVPers, raiders, RPers, story-orientated people, trolls, and spambots, each one is special to the individual. you don't really get a choice when group content is the most rewarding thing out there. group content is also the only thing to do besides queuing for pvp while loitering in the fleet once you get 55 since class stories are dead.

A lot of games, including offline single-player RPGs, allow you to pick the activity you like best. But an MMO is a Massively Multi-Player Online game, so one would expect that interaction with other players, such as PvP, group content, merchanting, guilds, and so on, would be the core of the game.

I didn't care for certain aspects of the companion story with Ashara, because I couldn't really restrict her from going off and doing her own thing. It would have been better for my dark side fem sorc, if she could have completely said, "No going off to see them.." *zap*

My light side male sorc had a slightly easier time with her, but she still ran amok all over him, the way the story went. I would have preferred to turn her both times, like with Jaesa...and if I couldn't turn Ashara, then imprison her, or throw her out the air lock. And I agree, getting her affection up is a chore, because she a nuisance. I swear I had to spend double the money or more on her, than anyone else lol.

as for merchanting, a live economy gives the game a nice, complicated touch as well as gets people to be opportunistic.

going onto the GTN does not require any talking with people, *shudder*

doing a warzone requires some tactics and planning, but you certainly don't have to take part in too much human interaction, just call incs and stuff and pay attention to what's going on and you'll be good! PvP is also great because you can fight something that thinks and learns, and has the same capabilities and tactical variety your own character possesses.

joining a guild is optional, and they should certainly continue encouraging people to do so. a guild makes for some good conversations when you're waiting on a tat balloon or waiting for palladius's force drain to wear off, as well as providing datacron location, as well as how to get it. lot's of things can be learned form them, and just say "i have to do the ___" and they will understand that you're busy.

then you have group content... it requires the forced participation and cooperation between 4/8/16 people, often strangers or 10-year-olds. some people freak out a ton if you're a healer and you try to dps when no one is in any trouble currently. damn it, i have attacks, and do i really need to keep your healths at a constant 100%?!

group content is rewarding, and has its ups and downs. unfortunately it seems the game really stresses it quite a bit. the guilds are more reasonable, the rewards for being in one (banks, currency, xp boost, etc.) are unimportant, but nice. it's something that another, more individually-suited, activity could easily counteract if that's not their thing.

sure, you have long queue times, and long gameplay time for FPs, i haven't even done any ops yet because i have been in groupfinder for about 5-6 hours a day for 3 days in a row, so i gave up. but group content is where you get the ****** level 55 artifact implants, cool minipets like [heartglow mewvorr] and reasonable profit once expenses are paid. cool armor is found all over the place, and it kind of annoys me.

of course, every activity has its own main reward. pvp gets you the cool mods

group content gets you the cool things (ear pieces / implants / buyable relics) that can't be avoided by just stuffing mods into some empty adaptive and equipping them.

so i guess its not all bad, but i really wish i didn't have to be a "people person" to enjoy such a great game as swtor!