Seconded.

For all of the people who can't (or won't) wrap their head around the fact that this is an issue for some people: Imagine that it has been announced that starting sometime in the next year, you will be able to choose from a list of spaceships instead of having one picked for you based on your class. That's all the information that is given. What happens if you play a character past the point where they get a spaceship? You don't know. Do all classes get spaceship options? You don't know. When will this option be implemented? You don't know. Many people would choose not to play characters past the point where they get their spaceship, because they don't want to miss out on the option. That is exactly what is happening here. We know the feature is going to be added. But we don't know anything else, so it is difficult to play past a certain point on characters that we want to experience SGRAs with. (Yes, I have a bounty hunter in limbo waiting for any information on this.)

No. I've already lost enough of my character names, thank you. Several of them twice now. I'm sorry you didn't get the name you wanted, but: A. Neither did I, in many cases B. I should not be punished further just so you can have a specific name

I totally agree, and I think most of the people here asking about future story content feel the same way. That's the trick though; at the moment all of the future content discussion from the devs has been about ops, warzones, etc., and no mention of story. I don't expect new story content tomorrow, but I would like confirmation that they are still planning to create new story content, since that is a major part of the game for me.

Please don't misunderstand this post, because I really do appreciate your recent commitment to communication here on the forum, and I understand that there are things which you are unable to provide details on. But I, at least, am not asking for details. At this point, I'm not even asking for "sooner" or "later". You must know internally whether story content updates are in the planning or development stages. If you could simply state, yes or no, whether there are plans for future story content updates, it would be much appreciated.

I would also really appreciate a dev response on the state of future story content, especially as it relates to character romances/SGRAs. Thank you in advance!

This is a popular theme ("the toggle") and although it has been hashed to death here I am going to hash it some more. This is meant as a general response to everyone who wants a toggle. What people are saying, by wanting a toggle, is that same-gender romance is so awful, so icky, so destructive, that they need a way for it to be hidden. By requesting a toggle, they are explicitly stating that they believe that same-gender romance is a greater evil than: lying, stealing, betrayal of trust, slavery, torture, torture for pleasure, poisoning someone, poisoning many people at once, murder, mass murder, murder for hire, genocide, etc. All of these choices are in the game right now, with no way to avoid seeing them. That is why the toggle idea is offensive. There are three major fallacies brought up by the pro-toggle crowd I'd like to address. 1. Just toggle all romance Opposite-gender romance is already part of the game without a toggle. As others have said here, wanting to toggle all romance is just a way to ask for a toggle for SGRAs while maintaining a veneer of respectability. No one wanted a romance toggle prior to the SGRA debate. Asking for one now betrays the fact that you don't want SGRAs, and think that this is an acceptable way to say so. 2. You're putting your social issues into the game Asking for both types of romance to be dealt with in the exact same way is not pushing anyone's agenda. Opposite gender romance is in the game. Same gender romance would merely level the playing field. I would argue that asking for it to be hidden once it is implemented is the real example of forcing your social morality into the game. 3. It doesn't belong in Star Wars Not only are there previous examples of such relationships in Star Wars, it would not matter if there weren't. This game has every right to add to existing Star Wars canon, and has done so liberally, just as it's predecessors have done. One variant of this is the "no romance belongs in Star Wars", which is a ridiculous statement on it's own, and for which I refer you to #1. I doubt this will convince anyone to change sides. For what it is worth, I suggested at one point what was effectively a toggle, and while it was primarily for storyline reasons rather than "hide it from the phobics" reasons, the discussion here has shown me why that is not a good idea, and I no longer support any sort of toggle. TL;DR: Asking for a toggle is offensive. I have yet to see a rational reason why same-gender romance should be handled any differently than the currently implemented opposite-gender romance.

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NM, mods are quicker than I am. Sorry for feeding the troll.

I know Suaine already answered this, but I am going to again because I think it's important. First, thank you for asking, many people who don't understand our questions have been far less pleasant about it. This game is advertised as a story-based MMO. The companion interaction with your character is a focal point of these stories; so much so that the companions have a part driving the story forward. The game allows romances between your character and one of your companions - if the companion is the opposite gender from your character. So the fact is that we are part of a story driven game with a romance option that is available to some people, but not all. I guess a summary of why people are upset might be: - This is a highly story-based game - Romances are already part of that story - But not for those who prefer their own gender If opposite gender romances were not included in the game, I believe this would be much less of an issue. Certainly I would not expect a game to have only same-gender romance. However, with the inclusion of opposite gender romance, there is no rational reason why same-gender romances should not be included as well. This design choice, along with the fact that we have been continually ignored in the Q&A thread despite similar vague questions getting "yes we are working on it" answers, is what I would consider to be the root of much of the frustration here. I'm rambling, but again, here are some things people should understand if they aren't actively following this thread: - We don't want SGRAs because it's Star Wars, we want them because OGRAs are already in-game. - We don't want SGRAs for political reasons, we want them because OGRAs are already in-game. - We don't want this to the exclusion of other updates, just alongside them. - We don't want a hard deadline, we just want some confirmation that they are working on it. - [edited to add] If at all possible, we would like to know how they will be implemented. Because some of us are holding off on leveling characters because we don't want to miss out on potential story elements. And also because no one in any official capacity is talking to us Sorry to everyone here if it seems I am speaking for them, in the end all opinions in this post are mine alone. YMMV.

Is there any new information you can provide regarding the implementation of same-gender romance/flirting?

OK, now they are just being obtuse. They can't hide behind the "we cannot answer everything, especially on far-reaching content" line anymore. At least four of their answers this week boil down to "yes we are working on it, but we don't have an ETA yet". I should try to be optimistic and put another polite question in the Q&A forum, but I'm not sure I have it in me to be nice about it again this week. Seriously, how hard would it be to at least acknowledge us?

You win the bet! She is both a flirt option and fade-to-black option at the end of the bonus series... I, of course, would love to see Thana Vesh as a companion and romance option. Not just for an inquisitor either, but really any Empire faction character.

Would it be possible to provide any information regarding your plans to implement same-gender romances and flirts?

Long winded and possibly boring first draft condensed down to this: - I am not happy with the lack of response. It won't hurt to try again next week, of course, but they don't appear to be taking popularity of the question into account. Also would like to pass my thanks to Uluain as well.