And yet ALSO generic enough that every trooper in the imperial army gets one lol

That just strikes me as really odd, there is literally nothing else in the VIP area to see besides the CE Vendor (who has a few decent things but hasnt been updated in forever despite them saying it would be over time) and Special Vendor (who has only 1 item, a massively overpriced and ugly as hell mount) other than a mailbox and a GTN station lol Why anyone would pay to access that then..who knows what they were thinking. You don't need to tell me what was in it, I HAVE it, I am literally sat not three feet from the big square box itself And it isn't a mouse droid its called the MinMech CE its cute but utterly uselss its just a vanity pet it doesnt even make sounds like the recent ones. And AGAIN like I said the Digital Deluxe upgrade gives people all the digital stuff (minus the minimech CE and the CE vendor access) and all the physical items obviously. Your kinda repeating yourself now and making me repeat myself also..to what end one can only wonder..

The Companion Lieutenant Pierce also has a set that is very similar (with logos) prior to the KoTeT content (at which point he gets a different set) you could use if your wanting it for purely cosmetic purposes. Alternatively put a thread in suggestions specifically relating to making the Imperial Trooper and Republic Officer sets available in some fashion. Can't hurt.

With regard to the imperial trooper armor specifically. You can get a recoloured version via the Cartel Bazzaar vendors if you have adequate rep etc.. But like I say you can buy access to the VIP area via the VIP band anyway for credits which will give you access to the CE vendor in the VIP area.

Well thats stating the obvious ANYTHING ANYONE says on here is representative ONLY of an INDIVIDUAL opinion and nothing more lol But it doesn't make it a wrong opinion, nor less of a fact In your opinion (see what I did there lol) And Bioware CLEARLY do not share it as the VIP access band to enter the VIP area where the vendor is has been accessible to EVERYONE else who wants to buy one for credits since it was implemented. Nope im afraid they don't.. and that is because as I say EVERYONE has been able to buy the vip band to gain access to the VIP area and CE vendor since it was implemented. So why would they include it in something people pay for when everyone already has access to buy it in game if they don't already have it. THAtTwould seem a little pointless. We subscribers save the million credits or whatever it is for the band.. everyone else doesn't. It is such an inconsequential amount of money in game these days that its access is essentially EASY for everyone. True but unless someone wants the physical goods or to have it as memorabilia/collectible its pretty much a waste of money when the Digital Deluxe upgrade is as good as for what the OP was wanting. Not that I think he necessarily realised there was so little digital difference between the two things. Or that the VIP access was already available to him.

LOL no it doesn't as I said CC have an intrinsic dollar value anyway irrespective of where you get them, but LIKE I said as the referral ones in particular come conditionally upon the referred person subscribing for a month giving them the same value as a months subscription essentially. Whetyher Billy pays a red cent or not is irrelevant to the CC's base value.

During the second round of chapters you can ask Valkorion about the original Valkorion , apparently he was a great warrior powerful in the force before vitiate used him as a husk to dwell in.

Well they aren't FREE CC's, ALL CC's have an intrinsical $ value in real money. How they are obtained is moot. Even Referal CC's aren't free they are based upon the referred person subscribing for at least a month. Which makes the amount given equatable to a months subscription price in value. At any rate its moot they will do whatever they choose to do. Not like anything any of us say here will have much affect on that lol but I personally do not object ot hem selling it in the Cartel store, OR using the incentive again for future subscribers. Making content and excluding everyone ever again would be utterly retarded and self defeating for them as a business.

Im telling you AS someone who has the Collectors Edition, that upgrade gives you more or less all the items we got in the Collectors edition MINUS the phsycial items (i.e the art book, the malgus statue etc..) essentially what was the Digital Deluxe edition. It does not include is the PRE ORDER bonuses (which were crystals) the only other things that were digital and specific to the CE that it doesn't show is the VIP access (fleet area) but everyone can buy that for credits if they want it anyway and the mini mech droid pet, which is purely a vanity pet. so the difference is far less than more and entirely incidental. And the reason for the significant price difference is obvious... the physical items, malgus statue, art book, map etc..the collectors edition box was about a 14 inch cube. They obviously aren't going to have an upgrade to Ce include the physical items again as it would mean having to manufacture more, which just isn't likely to happen. And as the difference between the CE and DDE is two digital items, one of which anyone can buy with credits.. the upgrade in the store is NEAR enough.

Doesn't really matter, the fact of it is is some do/did the exact numbers none of us will know as EA doesn't talk numbers. Also I already acknowledged those who make Cartel purchases but even their occasional and varying contributions do not entitle them to the same incentives as those who provide predictable, regular income for the game via subscriptions, just more than those who contribute nothing at all (and they get that is is called Preferred status and gives them more bonuses than free to players who have never subbed). Likewise those who provide referrals do not deserve any additional consideration ebcause they already recieve rewards for referrals. You seem to have wandered on a bit of a tangent? The issue is free to player wanting a bonus chapter that was a subscriber incentive. And as I stated before I do not think anyone but subs should get subscriber incentives. Generally speaking. However I do not object to them running time gated subscriber incentives numerous times personally. Neither would I object to them putting it for sale in the cartel store so preferred and free to players could purchase it for cartel coins, that would be a way for them to acquire it while having it done in a way that remains fair to those who paid for it. Noone is looking to exclude ANYONE or lord thier benefits over others, it is simply about being fair to those that pay for the game and rewarding that loyalty in applicable ways, one of which is subscription incentives. Noone is DENIED a subscription incentive, unless they choose not too or cannot afford to subscribe, in which case thats not our fault. Because that would not be fair at all. The Chapter is just an incidental anyway it isn't story important. Yes it introduces a wonderful quirky (if ugly as sin) companion but that is all.

You should probably stick the idea in suggestions area of the forum then, that is where they are most likely to see it.

Yup those who make Cartel store purchases who aren't subscribed absolutely support the game financially as I said and I give them due credit and acknowledgement for that. However in regard to the Shroud of Memory bonus chapter those who didn't subscribe to gain access to it, had the option too..so they weren't denied access, they chose to forego it. That was their own choice. I guess the only workaround that works for everyone would be to include it in the Cartel store as a purchaseable optional. That way cartel store users and even free players can choose to contribute some money to the games upkeep and BUY the chapter if they want it, while subscribers still get it for being subscribed free. In this way it remains an incentive for subscribers but those who don't have it and want it can contribute something to the game in order to obtain it. Win, Win.

The Digital Upgrade on the Store page of the SWTOR.com website is the upgrade to the collectors edition. It contains all the items we got minus the physical items.

Lets face it if we go across the class stories there are a number of really memorable NPCs we encounter with whom it would be great to have as potential companions and see/know what has transpired with them over the 5 years period we were in Carbonite. One such NPC is Than Vesh, beautiful, surly and constantly overestimating her own power. Plus she was a potential romance that was left unresolved and her exit is left pretty open ended for her to turn up again at a later dead (unless you killed her of course). But I would like to see Thana Vesh included as a Companion

Im pretty sure it will be eventually, if you look at the Interior layout it has been set up so certain player ship features can be included.