I like the new hair styles in theory, but something about the execution was botched. The parting between the knots for example makes the whole style look unfinished. I do hair, so it was obvious what they were going for, but to me it felt like "a beta version" of each new hairstyle. I wish there was a way they could make the cornrows and locks blend into the scalp better, but I'm not a programmer, sooo....IDK. Cornrows don't look like centipedes on people IRL. Personally, I want all sorts of over-the-top theatrical hair. Basic is the antithesis of SW to me, so I want Queen Amidala worthy styles. And longer side cuts. Tau's hair, but with Sith-y head tattoos would be cool in my book. I'll co-sign on nu-viking. Hell, I'll co-sign on mullets, better Afros, etc. even though I wouldn't rock them because the more hairstyles in general, the merrier. And let us do ombre, two-tone, etc.

I'm dying for an ice castle with some pointy, deadly spires, similar to what those Hailstorm Brotherhood guys are likely to hang out at. Something that's not super duper military looking. Nor a crashed ship. But I'm probably alone on that, since it being Star Wars and all people most likely want something as close to Empire Strikes Back as it gets. I can live with a boring base if the stronghold came with a built in ice cat in the vein of the Killiks on Alderaan. It could be dismissable for the people that don't want it. But gimme Snowblind Jr.

Let us not despair quite yet, Rivix fam. The Imp and Pub side cut scenes mirror each other almost beat for beat, so I think Lana's lines are just written to be adversarial/hostile to the "guest companions" we take along for our Malgus journey in Solo-Story mode. She's not exactly friendly to Tau either which gives me hope that it's not Rivix-specific hatred. Tau(along with Heta Kol and Malgus) is sort of the poster child for the story going forward in some capacity or another, yet Lana is aggro-ish toward her. Hence, I don't think that Lana's hostility is necessarily an automatic harbinger of doom for our boi. Hey, we're finally getting cosmetic weapons, so maybe Sith boyfriends are next on the agenda. Plus, Jackie sees us. She wouldn't pull her fan dramatically out like that in the last stream when she pointed out that she sees us, so hopefully, we're being seen indeed.

We are indeed overdue for that "manbun" & undercut option. Asking for a friend. As in all my boyfriend's alts have the same undercut and he deserves at least two hairstyles he doesn't hate.

My gut instinct tells me that it's Anri, because she's been around since Jedi Under Siege, so she probably gets some kind of "seniority" in the romance department. Alas, I hope that I'm wrong, because to me she's about as interesting as Pierce in Vette's body. I mean if that's the case, I'll kiss her because she's around and I don't have anything against her other than "You're not Rivix and you bore me", but *insert whine here* we've already been down the female Twi'lek/soldier/not-a-force-user route so many times. She's all the old romances, but remixed. That's 100% my pro-Rivix bias talking, but hey, we're in Rome, baby...

Your Imp Fleet apartment hallway of Sithness is so legit! There's something fun to look at in every corner. 10/10 Gonna have to check out Pubside, but I can already tell there will be good stuff there. Edit: That Jedi library <3 Everything in general looks so purposeful and lively with those NPCs grouped in 3s.

I know, right? I'm the outlier in this thread, because I think Arn is actually not a bad looking dude at all. People(straight dudes, I suppose, probably?) are always like "Blah blah blah Nickelback Jedi", but I listen to industrial/goth/etc., which makes me blissfully out-of-touch with American Top 40 radio. It also immunizes you to the "OMG TORIAN IS JUSTIN BIEBER" trash that probably the same people love to shout. But as far as Jedi go, I'd rather "Go Borg, than go basic". Bonus points for my IRL boyfriend wanting him for his cyborg & robot companion army. Derail aside, I don't enjoy Rivix's Callous Conqueror clawed feet very much. I think I lulled my BF with my musings about the clawed feet to sleep the other day. I'm a huge fan of the standing collar from the OG concept art though. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0yg0G

I can't seem to pass up one of those "Bring the beach decos back" threads without...asking to bring the beach decos back. It seems like they were only released for a month right after the Rishi stronghold initially debuted. I expected to see them again in 2020, but alas, no dice. How am I supposed to be a believable Sith Lord when groveling for beer buckets and beach blankets? I've been saving a space for 'em in Rishi for so long now, so please bring 'em back

This might or might not lead anywhere, but I noticed that when you click the Smuggled Art crate from Altur one of the artworks is unique and doesn't show a location previously seen in the currently available painting decos. https://tord.mmo-fashion.com/smuggled-art/ ^ Best tried in your own stronghold if you want to see the detail up close. It has some landscaped gardens type of environment, daylight and reskinned Zakuulan assets. I don't think it's just "Zakuul in daylight" for what it's worth. Perhaps a hint of things to come? Maybe just wild speculation on my part. Something in the background of Heta Kol's Cartel Armor pic makes me think of Geonosis. Could those statues be outside of an arena? Will she and Shae eventually fight for supremacy while bugs watch(no idea what our player characters can do)? If so, can Malgus ALSO go there for the sake of condensing the story? Malgus and Shae go way back, so it's not totally implausible. No relics I can think of there, therefore it wouldn't be the *next* place he went. Could that garden be some Ithorian restoration handiwork on Telos? Didn't play KOTOR 2, just fell down a Wookiepedia black hole for the sake of theorizing, because wild Malgus guesses are pretty fun.

It's not hypocritical if I admit to never rooting for these guys, because I don't watch the show. I don't enjoy that timeliine of Star Wars. I like SWTOR, because I get to live in this world and to a degree control the outcome. And even if it was hypocritical, so what? The sun will still rise even if a random girl on the Internet hates your favorite. The companions I like have extremely ardent haters and while I don't like the vitriol there's very little I can do to control it, so I don't engage.

I'm a person that just doesn't vibe with the Republic, so I approached this particular class story with skepticism back in 2016. While I'll always consider the light side to be....unnatural, *ahem*, I still wanted to come out with The Full Jedi Experience when all was said and done, so come DVL I made a Consular. Honestly, I was expecting to be underwhelmed by the experience, yet I strangely wasn't. If I was gonna be a Sage, I'd try to live up to the name and tried to make the safe, mature, Yoda-approved choice everytime, which YES, felt alien to me the person, but as me, the Consular it felt pretty good to cure plagues and be of service to my fellow galaxy dwellers. So I'm the weird person that really liked Act 1. I DID struggle with the Jedi Diplomacy arc, because the Rift Alliance was doing what it was designed to do, test my patience. I had to dive deep into the Jedi-ness an think Obi thoughts, because me the person always wanted to sabotage everything that me, the Consular was trying to achieve. And I hated Zenith, because I'm a Sith at heart. He's my most hated companion of all time. I liked Nadia though. Maybe it's because her hairstyle + color reminded her of my Sin, if I'm being honest. But beyond aesthetics, I enjoyed her company, because I really embraced the Light V thing, so being a good influence on my padawan obviously felt right. And back to aesthetics again, stock Nadia had white hair and face paint, so my white haired, dark makeup Consular had a most excellent Space Barbie friend. Long story longer, despite my very obvious "SITH R GR8" bias, I really tried to approach each story on its own merit and found something that I liked about each class even if I'll never be too excited about playing nice with angry Twileks thrust on my ship against my will. In the end, either you'll like it or you won't. I think I would've enjoyed more archeology and artifact fetch quests say than meetings with Saresh, but that's why I'm the weird person that liked Act 1. TL:DR -Channeled rock throwing FTW, I guess

I started playing with the intention of playing a Sith Lord and I...never really stopped, ha ha. So even in my best attempts to play as a Light V Consular, I could never in my heart of hearts align myself with Republic goals. I did "Jedi things" to not rob myself of the experience of doing things typically outside of the realm of my selfish, Sith-y nature and because I love lore, but if there was *any* way to subvert the Republic, I'd do it. Naturally, this translates to a deep-seeded hatred of Zenith, though he's not what I'd call a Republic patriot. And I *CAN* see where he's coming from, I just don't care, because I head canon all 8 classes to just be secret underlings of my Sith Warrior anyway. So Zenith and I will be enemies even if I'm wearing a LS Consular skin ATM. Nothing to rationalize here, folks, you just can't help but hate some people. Koth just asked too much of me. Yet again, our ideals will never align, though my warrior didn't kill him because she was my first playthrough with KOTFE/KOTET. So he lived by pure accident. He's kicking around on my Light V Consular as well, because she's the forgiving type to a fault. Everyone else killed him because a Zakuulan loyalist and someone(s) who doesn't appreciate being guilted into helping out Zakuulans while being pursued by various enemies just won't be friends. His crime was annoying me to (his) death. I hated anyone related to Valkorion at first, but after my Warrior killed Senya the rest of my Legacy let her live, redeemed Arcann etc. Since my warrior's playthrough is my "canon' one, I think of them as dead for the most part. But my bloodlust has been sated, so I don't have to kill them like 27 times over or anything. Vaylin has never elicited any sympathy in me nor will she ever, but I will admit that I loved her character design. I always wished Risha would get off my ship, but she never did, so my Smuggler would always choose the rudest in conversation option possible. I'm mad that she made me complicit in delivering the Shinjaru beast to that Hutt. Though I do use her in combat with the white haired cosmetic customization, b/c she doesn't look like the Risha on my ship anymore, so I was oh-so-graciously willing to let that grudge go.

While I found her pretty insufferable, because it felt like she was written to be yet another One Note Sith who is there to make the non-force users seem reasonable and competent, I would have liked her to stick around. Why, you ask? She felt undercooked with her "Let's put her on the poster, but brush her off to the side after acting crazy in 2 or 3 cut scenes" appearance. But I guess the spotlight was meant to shine on Major Anri and Malgus( Imp-side speaking anyway), so she kind of fell(pun not intended...really) off after doing her plot device thing. Her design was so cool, so I wish she had more of an arc than she was given. If she does absolutely nothing else plot wise from this point forward, I'd like to add her to my Alliance base for purely aesthetic reasons. At least we got her deco. It looks pretty good paired with the Kubindi terrarium. It feels pretty bizarre to say that, because IRL my aversion to anything insectoid, arachnid, etc. is off the charts high.

I actually REALLY wanted to wrap spoiler tags around my ranty paragraph of questionable and possibly Rivix thread inappropriate opinions, but either my browser is outdated(my SWTORputer doesn't get used for Internet browsing) or I'm supposed to type the tags out like HTML and BIG OOFS. Forgive me, I post in bursts like every 2 years or so. 90% of the time I'm very much a proponent of "to each their own", no matter how ludicrous I find the premise personally. Yet, I'll be watching a livestream and in one breath I'll hear "sexy David Bowie vampire" and in the next breath I'll hear "LOL...j/k, you can't romance the sexy David Bowie vampire, because he'll kill you". And it's so bait-y and frustrating, that I just wanted to cry about wanting nice things. Especially in light of what I said in the latter part of my post that probably doesn't bear repeating.

Judging by the amount of "that darn shady Rivix is probably up to no good" threads on Reddit the betrayal is being telegraphed pretty heavily. And I don't like it. Like we've just been down that route on Nathema. While it was pretty obvious that something else was afoot in that storyline, narratively it's too soon for another traitor. I know that betrayal is kind of a big Sith trope, yet relying on it over and over and over again just makes things unfun for me. And frankly if I wanted "typical, tropey Sith", I'd just watch Palpy do Palpy in the OT. And I like SWTOR way better than the OT. I'd like to make one final, rambly point here-I am growing quite annoyed how there are so many cries for a redemption arc for a certain ex-Zakuulan psycho princess. The mental gymnastics that people are willing to engage in are astounding. And I have read and considered all their points, I just disagree. Because all the Quinns, Therons and Rivixes need the ax the second they look at our big, scary Dark 5 Body Type 3 Warrior funny, but AMNESTY FOR THE WAIFUS no matter how much of a threat to our operation someone like Vaylin* or Dark Jaesa or Thana Vesh would be. Because hot waifus can always be fixed, but the boys better be Pierce or else! *Believe me as a goth chick I get Vaylin's appeal. I also have a Dark Jaesa dressed AS Vaylin running around the galaxy with me, so like I don't even have some bias against them. Just getting annoyed at ALLLLLL the double standards.