Not sure if it's been mentioned, but the new complexion options don't work with Sith corruption on. At least for me. I wanted to have no eyebrows with corruption on, but it's just not working. Tested in the Appearance Station at my stronghold.

Very strange. The dev post in this thread says the issue has been fixed. https://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=10000367#edit10000367 It's possible this is another issue as a result of the fix/patch.

Is anyone able to confirm that the game launches correctly on Steam now? I saw a small 5 MB update and would like to know for sure before I go ahead with my 12700k upgrade!

Yeaaah, I really hope this is actually fixed with 7.0 launch. It's getting kind of ridiculous now. More and more people will be upgrading their CPUs, and the fact that Cassianus here has already made an effort to make it easier for BW to fix the issue themselves, makes it inexcusable that there isn't at LEAST a small update on the situation. I'm still waiting to go through with my own upgrade, specifically because of SWTOR. I've already googled every other game I play on the regular and they're all compatible with 12th gen CPUs.

Ability bloat was never an issue. Not even back when they had those silly little "only usable on weak targets" abilities, like hilt strike and shoulder slam. They were fun to "RP" with, so to speak, by adding them into your rotation against mundane mobs for the sake of visual flair, which *added* fun. God forbid an MMO lets us have a ton of options, right? Making me pick between Saber Reflect and Mad Dash on my Immortal Jugg isn't getting rid of any bloat. It's annoying the hell out of me by removing things I use all of the time, for no good reason other than... the sake of it, I suppose, like others have said. if they wanted to "confuse" people less, or make this game console-friendly, hide away all the auxiliary abilities by default, similar to how they hide some quests on the map unless you opt into them. There's your streamlined ability profile, completely easy to digest for anyone picking the game up. But nah, I guess that just makes too much sense.

Dualsabers holstering on the back is asinine and an eyesore. Staves and swords, whatever. But dualsabers should always go on the hip. It's a lightsaber, not a staff. Not to mention that potential clipping with clothing items and armor (or tentacles) is almost always worse on the back as opposed to the side. No clue why they started doing this.

BH Vanguard, probably? I've always wanted a rifle on one of my BHs. Operative is really my only other choice, but OP doesn't really use his rifle that much. Then again, I suppose Vanguard doesn't either, but certainly a bit more depending on the spec. Frankly, I'd rather be able to keep my Powertech or Merc's abilities but with a rifle. This is the next best thing I suppose.

I feel for all of you my friends, and hope that this is resolved with the update next month. I actually looked this topic up in preparation for my Alder Lake upgrade (currently running a 4790k I've been meaning to swap out). Kind of glad I found out before making the switch. I'm delaying my upgrade until this issue is firmly fixed on both Win 10 and 11. Really hope it's sooner rather than later!

Yeaah I only do this while grinding dailies, drops or any other kind of content I've been through a million times already. I have my in-game sound and music on at all times during any kind of story moment. I don't think I've ever played a cutscene I've never seen before without sound.

In any other case, I would totally agree with your sentiment that a silent protagonist grants more freedom of immersion and RPing as your character. But I think SWTOR is special. I can't speak for everyone, but to me, the VAs of every character have embodied their respective class almost perfectly in every instance. Since the very start. We've been listening to them for 10 years now. Hell, even longer. If the game was designed from the beginning to be like this, if my Juggernaut never had the power of his awesome, menacing performance during intense story moments, then I probably wouldn't care. But now that I know what I'd be missing out on, I wouldn't be able to not feel cheated.

I believe they were talking about Flashpoints, since those were mentioned previously.

People leave Hammer Station? It's one of the quickest ones, you can sleepwalk through it in 10-15 minutes tops. The only FPs that make me leave GF groups are Chiss and Umbara. Horribly designed trainwrecks. Pun intended.

I would actually argue that the beauty of Star Wars is in its simplicity. That's not to say complex topics of grey areas cannot be explored. But the force is Dark and Light. It can be deconstructed and criticized (as KOTOR 2 did), but the two sides of the force always remain constant in any Star Wars story. All of this is speaking from a lore point of view, of course. Which matters a lot to many people, myself included. So I gotta say no to this idea. Maybe if another Star Wars MMO was made with this in mind, then absolutely yeah. But a change this drastic, this late in the game? I really don't think it would work.

Are you still looking for one? I actually have two, in case you need Lokin on an alt. Not really sure what to price it. Completely open to offers.

You're absolutely right.